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Chapter 422: Covering from both sides
Among Liang Jun's six generals, Xu Jin was the most low-key one.

He has guarded the divine capital for more than ten years and directly obeyed orders from Huan Wu.In Huan Wu's evaluation, Xu Jin was a righteous general.

Of course, Huan Wu naturally praised his generals as much as possible.

Xu Jin once served under Yang Chun and learned the art of using troops.Yang Chun once said that placing [-] elite soldiers in Xu Jin's hands is the same as [-] new soldiers who have just learned the blood-killing spirit.

This remark is not purely derogatory. What Yang Chun means is that no matter what kind of soldiers and horses, in the hands of Xu Jin, the effect is the same.He cannot maximize the advantages of his troops, but he can also eliminate the disadvantages of those new recruits.

Among the Liang army, Zhang Rui was fierce in his troops, Zheng Da was steady, Zhu Jian was weak, Zhao Gong was sharp, Chu Lian was brave, and the other five generals were all able to make the best use of elite troops and lead an army. Elites with their own style.

However, this does not mean that Xu Jin's ability is poor. On the contrary, Xu Jin's generals are particularly valuable in troubled times.

In the last years of Emperor Qi, the population of the seven states in the Central Plains was nearly 7000 million, but in a troubled world, only 3000 to [-] million people remained in the Central Plains.

This troubled world is like a huge meat grinder, devouring countless lives every day.

The princes fought against each other, and every day the army was killed, and new people were attracted to the army.At the most intense time, the princes even pulled young and strong men who had not yet cultivated the spirit of killing blood and threw them directly into the battlefield.

You know, the tens of thousands of troops in Yongzhou have been trained for a period of time, but when facing Yang Xian's elites who have experienced the flames of war, the battle is one-sided, not to mention the Qing Dynasty who have not even practiced the blood-killing spirit. When he got strong, he was even worse than cannon fodder.

And by handing over their armies to a general like Xu Jin, the princes at least don't have to worry about him losing all their possessions.

This [-]-strong army from the Central Plains was not the top among Liang's troops, but it was not the lowest either, and its combat power was at a medium level.

The reason why Xu Jin was able to become a general was of course more than that.A first-class army could not perform to a super first-class level in the hands of Xu Jin.However, a second-rate army can be used as a first-rate army in the hands of Xu Jin.

This is also the reason why Huan Qing asked Xu Jin to lead the army. Although he was not good at marching and fighting, he had a sufficient understanding of the abilities of his generals.

The Wei River is long, connecting east and west.

Haojing is the largest city in Yongzhou, and also the largest city in the world besides the Divine Capital.At its most prosperous time, the city of Haojing alone had millions of residents, and it was the western capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

After the war, the number of residents in Haojing dropped a lot. After Huanwu's maintenance, there are still 60 million residents, which is two or three times that of Xiancheng.

One hundred thousand Liang troops left Haojing and entered Fufeng County. A considerable part of the supplies that could have been transported by water had to be transported by land instead due to the harassment of the navy led by Tang Dafu.

Xu Jin knew the situation on Liang Jun's side very well, and also knew the thoughts of Liang Ting, especially Liang Emperor Huan Qing.

Even if Yongzhou's nearly 30 troops have been destroyed, it doesn't matter. The key is to use up the Zhou army's strength as much as possible.

Huan Wu can bring all the elites in Shendu to confront Yang Xian in Cangqiu.Huan Qing did not have such courage, but he had to say that his decision was wrong.

Because if the nearly 30 second- and third-rate troops can really wear down the elite of the Zhou army, then it will be the most cost-effective for Huan Qing.After that, Liang Jun from Shendu and Nanyang were able to surround and kill the Zhou army from both sides.

But for the hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line of Cangqiu, it was too cruel.

There was an eagle cry in the sky, and Liang Jun's Swift Eagle arrived.

"General!"

"What's the matter?"

Liang Jun's detective took the message and hurried over. "News came from the defenders on the Mei Kingdom side that a Shu army with about [-] riders broke through our defense line and headed east."

"east?"

Xu Jin knew the terrain of Yongzhou very well. After leaving Meiguo, he arrived at the southern suburbs of Haojing. Could it be that this Shu army wanted to attack Haojing by surprise?
Xu Jin thought deeply and then felt that it was impossible.Most of Yang Xian's cavalry should be Xiliang cavalry. Although they are elite, attacking Haojing is still a dream.Most of Yongzhou's military strength is in Cangqiu, and a small part is in Haojing.As long as these two places are guaranteed not to be lost, the Shu army can only make a general raid, but cannot occupy Yongzhou.

If these six thousand cavalry really dare to attack Haojing and Xu Jin orders the rear army to return, then no matter how brave these six thousand cavalry are, they will only be fed by Liang Jun's mouth.

If it wasn't Haojing, where else could Yang Xian deploy so much military force?

This question only swirled in Xu Jin's mind, and soon he had the answer.

"Shangguan!"

Xu Jin woke up with a start, and the knight under his seat shivered, and a puff of white breath came out of his nose.

Yang Xian wanted to use these six thousand horses to occupy Shangguan and cut off the connection between Nanyang and Yongzhou.And once his plot succeeds, the [-] Liang troops in Nanyang may be trapped in Suowan City and unable to support Haojing.

"Immediately order the rear army to return to the division and support Shangguan."

Shangguan is a purely military pass. Because it is the junction of Yongzhou and Nanyang, it belongs to the rear of Liang Army, so a lot of grain, grass and weapons are stored.

If it was obtained by the Shu army, the current Liang army has no spare power to seize it.

"You can go to the General."

Before the general beside Xu Jin finished speaking, the sound of a horn could be heard faintly from behind.A cavalryman came up with hoof raised, blowing the fatal horn.

"what happened?"

It is impossible for all of these [-] troops to follow Xu Jin. The rear army was the last to set off, and also had the important task of escorting supplies. It was thirty to fifty miles away from Xu Jin's central army.

This distance is not long. Ordinary people may have to walk for a day, but for Liang Jun's trained sergeants, it is only an hour's distance.If they rush to help, the speed will be faster.

The knight who came to report the news quickly approached, and when he looked closer, his face was still stained with soot.

"General, the Shu thief general Qin Feng led the cavalry to attack the baggage train of our rear army and burned all the baggage."

"how many people?"

"My subordinates don't know, but the Shu thieves are everywhere."

If it takes an hour for an infantry force of thirty to fifty miles to march, then for an elite cavalry force like the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, it only takes a quarter of an hour or two.

Not long after the cavalryman finished reporting the letter, the sound of horse hooves rumbled.A large number of cavalry troops came from the rear. While Liang Jun was on guard, they stayed on a high slope a few miles away from Xu Jin's army.

And Qin Feng, with a hundred cavalry, rushed to a distance of one hundred feet away from Xu Jin's formation.

This was already a very dangerous distance. Qin Feng was riding on a horse, holding Zhu Zi's purple tassel star gun in his hand. He and Xu Jin, who had just caused chaos in Liang Jun, looked at each other and laughed. Hearing the sound, he rode away on horseback.

(End of this chapter)