Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 441 Decision
Nanxiang County, an ordinary county, is located in the northwest of Nanyang County.

But now, it is the place where Liu Jin, the prefect of Nanyang, is currently stationed.

Ever since King Qin's imperial decree to crusade against Mushan covered the whole world, Nanyang has become a place of war. Yuan Shu poured all his soldiers from Runan, and directly invaded Nanyang. Nanyang only had the main force of a battalion led by Liu Jin. During the battle, he did not hold back for long. Already you lost the east of Nanyang.

Later, when Sun Jian came, the Jiangdong Army was attached to Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu was even more powerful. Facing this situation, Liu Jin could only retreat steadily. Most of them are lost.

In his hands, there are only six county towns.

Nanxiang, Champion, Shunyang, Wudang, Danshui, Xixian.

These six counties form a line in the northwest of Nanyang, but compared to other places in Nanyang County, they are still relatively barren cities.

Nanyang County is the largest county in the world, with a population of more than 200 million.

However, the combined population of these counties is less than 30, and the mountain roads around these counties are rugged, undulating, and difficult to walk. There are not even official roads, and most of them are small roads and mountain roads.

It is precisely because of this terrain that Liu Jin has a foothold.

Otherwise, with the strength of the Runan Army and the Jiangdong Army, if they want to occupy Nanyang, and Liu Jin's battalion is the main force, it is impossible to hold the land of these six counties.

in the county government.

Liu Jin sat on his knees, holding a secret letter in his hand, which was from Mu Jing, the young lord of the Mu Clan. He read it over and over again, considered it over and over again, again and again, always hesitating among.

"Prefect Liu, it's time for you to give me an answer!"

Tan Zong knelt and sat under his highness, with such a calm expression, he said indifferently.

Liu Jin raised his head and stared at this young man, he was no stranger to Tan Zong, he had met several times when he was in Nanyang, he knew that this was one of Mu Jing's confidantes: "What answer do you want me to give you? "

"Liu Taishou, although the First Master is dead, the Young Master is still alive!"

Tan Zongdao: "This military order, do you listen to it or not!"

Liu Jin was silent.

The news of Mu Shan's death in battle has spread all over the world. He doesn't know what he is insisting on. The best result is to surrender to Yuan Shu immediately and surrender the six counties. If Yuan Shu still wants people's hearts, he will accept him. Save your life.

If things go on like this, once Yuan Shu returns, he may immediately send troops to seize the six counties in the northwest of Nanyang. He will never allow Nanyang to be split. Yuan Shu, who has enough troops at that time, is simply not something he can stop.

But with Mujing's letter, he was shaken again.

He thought of one thing.

In the Battle of Runan, Mu Shan and he had already fallen into the siege of the Yellow Turban Army. At that time, he thought that even if he rushed out, he would suffer heavy casualties, and even as a civil servant, he would be involved in the war first.

But Mu Jing came out.

That was the first time I suddenly met the young master of the Mu family, Mu Jing.

"I have a guest!" Liu Jin said suddenly, "Why don't you meet him too!"

He waved his hand, and after a while, a person walked in through the door, and he said carelessly: "Zhongsun, Mu Yuanzhong is already dead, what are you still thinking about, the latter general gave you such preferential treatment, you should Seize the opportunity, otherwise, when the general's army rushes in, a certain family will not be able to keep you!"

Zhang Zi, the former Nanyang prefect, once belonged to He Jinmen, and later...became Yuan Shu's henchman.

Yuan Shu has the arrogance of a family member, but he is not a fool. Those who can stand out in this cruel era are all heroes.

He was able to take down a piece of Nanyang in Runan, so he was naturally superior. When he attacked Nanyang, he felt that his foundation was weak, so he used the former Nanyang prefect Zhang Zi to sort out Nanyang for him.

Zhang Zi didn't collide with Mu Jing this time, but he had been trying to unify Nanyang with chips and blood, and he wanted to persuade Liu Jin to surrender to Yuan Shu.

After all, Liu Jin still holds the population of several 10 people in six counties.

There are more than 1 soldiers and horses in hand.

It would be very disadvantageous to fight. On the battlefield of this kind of mountain road, at least one to two battle losses are needed to regain the northwest land of Nanyang.

"Zhang Zi?"

Tan Zong raised his head and took a look, his face was ugly.

He stared at Liu Jin and said, "Prefect Liu, what do you want?"

At this moment, his heart was cold.

Could it be that Liu Jin has surrendered to Yuan Shu?

Once so, he can only implement the second set of plans.

Assassinate Liu Jin!

This is a difficult task, almost impossible to complete, and it may even cost him his life here, but he has no hesitation, the broken blade on his cuff has been unsheathed, and is waiting for Liu Jin's answer,

"I didn't want to do anything, I just thought that I had already betrayed once!"

Liu Jin stood up, looked at Tan Zong, then at Zhang Zi, walked up step by step, and said faintly: "There can't be a second time!"

Back then when he took refuge in Mushan, it was tantamount to betraying Zhang Zi, the prefect of Nanyang. Maybe he was forced to, but he did betray Zhang Zi.

"Hahaha, Zhongsun, I knew you would definitely make a conscious choice, and I will let the past go..."

Zhang Zi's smile stopped abruptly.

Click!

A stab through the chest.

Liu Jin is holding the knife.

It was Zhang Zi who was pierced through the chest by this knife.

Zhang Zi's face became stiff. He looked at the knife on his chest and the blood that was stained. Blood gushed out of his mouth, but he still didn't understand, so he exhausted his last strength and asked, "Zhong...sun, For...for...what...what!"

"I've said it before, there can't be a second betrayal!"

Liu Jin looked at Zhang Zi, and said quietly: "Mu Shan never betrayed me, I can't betray him, so I can only be sorry!"

Zhang Zi died.

He escaped the four rounds of the He Jin Rebellion that year, but he never thought that it would be in the hands of his former classmates.

Tan Zong was also surprised at this moment, the way he looked at Liu Jin changed, the broken blade in his hand was also submerged in the long sleeve, and he stared at Liu Jin vividly.

This is a ruthless man.

I am not as good as myself.

Liu Jin threw the knife away and shouted in a low voice, "Come here!"

"exist!"

Several guards came in from outside.

"Take care of it, remember, he needs to be buried generously, and some Confucian scholars in the city are invited to erect an inscription for him!"

"promise!"

Several guards escaped the body, and then someone washed the ground clean.

"Tan Zong, tomorrow I will personally lead my troops to the north, quickly occupy Wuguan, and meet the young master's troops going south, but I have no choice but to enter Hanzhong. Zhang Lu in Hanzhong is stationed in the west city, and he is also on guard us!"

"You don't have to worry about that!"

Tan Zong stood up: "I'm going to Sichuan soon, if this trip goes well, see you and me!"

"Then I wish you the best of luck!"

"Prefect Liu, I was the one who was irritable just now, I'm sorry!" Tan Zong bowed his head and saluted, he shouldn't doubt Liu Jin.

"It's okay!"

Liu Jin laughed at himself and said: "You should be on guard against me, I just don't want to make myself regret it, Yuan Shu and the young master, I choose the young master!"

He is a child of a poor family, and Yuan Shu is a child of an aristocratic family. He is very clear that no matter how good his ability is, he will not be valued by Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu's family status is more important.

So his balance still leaned towards Mujing.

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Chang'an City.

The Guanzhong army was stationed in Bashang.

Huangfusong looked at the imperial decree in his hand, narrowing his eyes slightly: "This imperial decree is indeed an imperial decree, but it is missing something, not enough to mobilize the army!"

"General Huangfu, this is His Majesty's holy will, is there anything wrong?"

A eunuch screamed in a sharp voice.

"Please get him out!"

Huangfu Song waved his hand, and the two guards on the left and right escorted the eunuch out.

Soon Huangfusong gathered all the lieutenants of the Guanzhong Army, and said: "The little thief of the Mu family wants to break through Guanzhong, the emperor issued an edict to let my Guanzhong Army go east to defend against the enemy!"

"Father, there seems to be something wrong with the seal on this imperial decree. There is only a private seal and no national seal. Is it missing the seal of the Jade Seal of the State?"

The young Huangfu Jianshou said.

"Ok!"

Huangfu Song nodded.

"This is entirely caused by the Xiliang army, we don't have to respect this imperial decree!" nephew Huangfu Li said coldly.

"The first emperor is dead, and King Chenliu ascended the throne. We can't intervene in this matter. Yang Biao and Wang Yun all support the emperor. I, the gentry in Guanzhong, should support the emperor, so the emperor is the emperor!"

Huangfusong shook his head: "The Son of Heaven's orders must be respected!"

"Father is going to send troops?"

Huangfu Jianshou frowned.

"Mu's father and son are in chaos in Guanzhong, turmoil in the government, and ruined our Han Dynasty. Although the Mu thief is dead, the Mu clan's little thief is still rampant. How can I let him go out of the Guanzhong and harm the people of the world!"

Huangfusong's resentment towards the Mu family came from when he was expelled from Luoyang. Now that he has the opportunity to make a move, he wants to avenge the old and new grudges together.

"Pass my order!"

Huangfusong stood up and said: "The Guanzhong army is assembled, and they will move out of the camp tomorrow morning. Within three days, we must rush to Shangluo!"

"Aren't you going to Hongnong?" Huangfu Jianshou said.

"Humph!"

Huangfusong snorted coldly: "Mu Longtu's tricks of this little thief can deceive others, but not me. He fought in Hongnong Henan, just to delay time. He must want to go south to Nanyang. Wuguan is The key point is that we can capture Wuguan by going out from Shangluo, block his last escape route, and naturally block him in the middle of the pass!"

(End of this chapter)