Wei and Jin cooks

Liu Cong led the army all the way to the gate of Jinyang City. The people outside Jinyang hid in the city. Liu Kun could not get out of the city. Liu Cong really had nothing to do with him for a while.

Liu Kun himself was not good at fighting, but he also had good generals under his command. Linghu Sheng was one of them. With him around, Liu Cong was unable to enter Jinyang for a while.

It's just that they don't have the extra troops to assist Liu Xi in Jizhou.

The edicts from Pingyang came one after another. Liu Cong learned that Zhao Hanzhang and Chen Bing were outside Pingyang City. Even if he knew that she was besieging Wei to rescue Zhao, he could only lead his troops back to defend.

What's disgusting is that Shang Dang's position is clearly more important, but she bypassed Shang Dang and only sent Bing outside Pingyang City.

But Shi Le only waited and watched without sending troops.

Liu Cong, like Liu Yuan, could not afford to gamble. Once Pingyang was lost, Han's prestige would be ruined.

Liu Cong left only part of his troops and returned to the court.

He hurriedly ran back to Pingyang with his army, but he was unable to send troops because Liu Yi ran to Zhao's army camp. Liu Cong was almost angry to death.

He didn't hide his anger and smashed everything in the house.

"General, the envoy has already set off. Is it possible that our commander came back just to negotiate peace?"

"Yes, General, we can't just let this matter go."

"If you ask me, no matter who he is, it is important to capture Zhao Hanzhang. If we can defeat her here, maybe we can capture Luoyang."

"It's okay to talk about this kind of delusion here, but not outside."

"His Majesty is still covering up for the King of the North Sea, saying that the King of the North Sea is trying to relieve the difficulties in Pingyang, otherwise the Zhao army will attack at night before the general comes back, but we went out for a walk and found that there were no enemy troops within twenty miles outside the city. There are no traces of troops stationed there, and any night attack is all nonsense! I don’t know whether Zhao Hanzhang deceived the Seventh Prince, or the Seventh Prince deceived His Majesty?"

"Okay, it's too late to say anything now. General, are we just going to do nothing and let Zhao Hanzhang lead us?"

A cold light flashed in Liu Cong's eyes, "Zhao Hanzhang almost took over the entire Sizhou, and the Central Plains is in her hands. Emperor Jin and Gou Xi didn't react at all?"

He clenched his fists and said coldly: "Send someone to bring heavy gifts to Yuncheng. Since she can approach Pingyang County, we can also make her rear catch fire."

"yes!"

Other ministers in the court could tell Liu Yuan to give up Liu Yi, but the prince could not, and neither could Liu Cong.

Liu Yi is not only Liu Yuan's favorite son, but also the son of Empress Shan and his legitimate son.

Liu Yuan admired Han rule. Although the ministers in the court did not like Han rule, they recognized one thing, that is, the inheritance system of eldest son.

Therefore, Liu He is the prince because he is the eldest son of Liu Yuan's original wife.

After Liu He, Liu Yi was the second heir.

To be honest, Liu Cong doesn't think much of Liu He, his eldest brother, and he thinks his father doesn't think much of him either. If he could choose freely, Liu Yuan would probably choose Liu Yi.

Therefore, Liu Cong cannot target the prince, nor can he target Liu Yi. Liu Yuan will be very unhappy.

The relationship between their father and son is actually not that deep. Liu Cong has the feeling that his father will kill him for the great cause, and he will also kill him for Liu Yi.

When Liu Cong had just selected people to go to Yuncheng, Wei Jie and Zhao Xin had already entered Jizhou.

They carefully avoided Shi Le's sphere of influence and pretended to be businessmen on their way. The Zhao army who escorted them all put away their armor, but their backs were straight and their actions were measured. At first glance, they were not ordinary guards.

When they reached a fork in the road, everyone stopped and waited for Wei Jie and Zhao Xin to choose their way.

Wei Jie unfolded a small picture, compared it carefully, then clicked on a certain place and said: "We should be here. If we go west, we can reach Zhongshan County in two days. Liu Xi is there, and Wang Jun's army is also there. Outside Zhongshan County."

Zhao Xindao: "Then we have to pass through Changshan County, which is mostly occupied by the Xiongnu and Han Dynasties. Although Liu Cong has retreated now, there are many soldiers left behind. It is still at war and the guards are heavily guarded along the way. I'm afraid we won't be able to do it well." Pass through.”

Wei Jie nodded, "So if we take this route, it will take a little more time. It may take four days."

It's a bit of a detour, but it's safe and if the speed is faster, it won't be impossible to get there in three days.

Wang Yu saw them talking together for a long time, so he couldn't help but go over to take a look. Seeing that the map was quite detailed, he asked, "I've been meaning to ask for a long time, where did this map come from?"

Zhao Shi, a half-grown boy who followed him, immediately said proudly: "My third brother-in-law painted it."

Wang Yu: "Who is your third brother-in-law?"

Zhao Shi:......

Zhao Shi glanced at him and said, "Fu Tinghan, my third brother-in-law!"

Zhao Xin on the side smiled and said: "Fu Shangshu is very powerful. He found descriptions of mountains, rivers and roads from some classic county annals, and he can draw a rough map based on them."

The map that Taixue is drawing now is the one he and Uncle Cheng are presiding over. The small map given to us now is only a part of it.

At this point, Zhao Xin had to admire Fu Tinghan's brain. He was able to draw a small picture just by relying on memory without comparing it to a map.

Along the way, he compared it with Wei Jie. The difference between the actual map and the actual map was only about two points. He wrote down the differences and handed them over to Fu Tinghan for correction.

Wei Jie accepted the picture and said, "Then let's take the east road."

Everyone responded, got on their carriages and horses, and turned to the east.

They felt that it would be safer to go east, but who knew that within half a day they would encounter a rebel army head-on.

The soldiers who were running towards us had their helmets and armor removed, their hair was disheveled, and they were out of formation. At first glance, they looked like a defeated army.

Xin Zhao was shocked when he saw it, and immediately ordered: "Hurry and take shelter in the mountains!"

However, the defeated army was not slow, and soon they collided head-on. They saw that Zhao Xin and others had cars and horses. The cars behind them were covered with oilcloth and had many boxes tied up. They looked like wealthy business travelers.

The defeated soldiers' eyes lit up and they rushed to grab it.

Wei Jie's face turned pale and he said: "Cut the ropes and lift the belongings in the car. It's important to save people first!"

Zhao Shi was unwilling to give up. The third sister was so poor. These were all the properties that were given to Wang Jun. If they lost them, where would they find so many treasures to bribe Wang Jun?

He snatched his spear from the guards, directly ordered two soldiers, and said loudly: "You are following me to meet the enemy. They are just a group of deserters. Are we, the Zhao army, still afraid of them?"

The soldiers shouted "drink", drew their knives from the car one after another, and quickly lined up behind Zhao Shi.

Zhao Xin and the others ran all the way up the mountain and turned back all the way.

Zhao Shi only looked back and said loudly: "Brother, don't worry, I will divorce you. You and Mr. Wei are envoys, so nothing will happen to you!"

He shouted to Wang Yu: "General Zhonglang, I will leave the mission to you!"

Wang Yu also became serious, responded, and led people to escort the carriage and property up the mountain to avoid disaster.

Zhao Shi led his men to block their way up the mountain, staring at the approaching rebels with sharp eyes.