This old acquaintance is Han Ling, who is responsible for staying in Ye County, Donglai County among the Donglai rebels.
Han Ling, named Yanyun, was Liu Bogen's brother-in-law and a powerful man in Yin County, Donglai. Before Liu Bogen went westward, Han Ling stayed in Ye County as the backbone of guarding the rear of Donglai.
When Liu Yu saw Han Ling in the camp, he almost didn't recognize him. Han Ling used to be well-dressed and handsome, but now he was wearing tattered coarse clothes, no different from ordinary refugees.
Han Ling was encountered by Liu Yu's scouts when they were guarding the road ahead. At that time, several scouts almost ignored him as an ordinary refugee. However, Han Ling recognized Dong Ping, the leader of the scouts, and was able to come to Liu Yu. Preliminary camp.
At this time, Han Ling had already wolfed down two large bowls of wheat rice. If he hadn't seen Liu Yu coming, he might have continued to eat.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Ji
Han Ling said with tears in his eyes when he saw Liu's prognosis.
Liu Yu was a little surprised when he heard Han Ling cry that Yexian was lost.
At this time, most of the soldiers in Liu Yu's army were from Yin County and Huang County of Donglai County. Ye County was the gateway to the west of Donglai County and the only way to enter Donglai County from the west.
Liu Yu originally thought that Donglai County, the home base of the rebels, would not be lost so quickly. Now it seems that if he wants to lead his men back to Donglai, he must recapture Ye County.
Otherwise, he could only cross the Changguang Mountains from the south and take a detour into Donglai County. But in that case, he would have to abandon most of his luggage on the rugged mountain road. I am afraid that Liu Yu would have to climb over the Changguang Mountains that stretch for hundreds of miles. He became a beggar-like gangster.
"When did Yexian fall?"
"It was three days ago."
"Who is the enemy general, and how did he lose his position?"
"The enemy general was Ju Peng of Donglai. Ju Peng led thousands of troops to seize the city gate with the response of Hao You in Ye County. Soon Ye County was lost."
Soon, Han Ling told Liu Yu exactly how Yexian fell.
The one who raided Ye County was Ju Peng of Ye County, Donglai County. Ju Peng's father served as a bus commander in Luoyang.
Ju Peng's Ju family in Donglai County was also a powerful person in Ye County. When Liu Bogen raised his army, most of the powerful people in Donglai County were unwilling to follow in the rebellion. These powerful people fled south to Changguang County to escape.
Most of the Ju family also fled, but Ju Peng led his tribe of slaves to stay in his hometown in Ye County and did not escape. Although he was young, he had always been famous and talented, so Liu Bogen planned to recruit him as an official. Ju Peng said His father, Ju Xian, was still serving as a bus commander in Luoyang. If he accepted Liu Bogen's official position, his father would be put into a passive position. Faced with Ju Peng's refusal of "filial piety", which is a contemporary political correctness, Liu Bogen gave up. , and he didn’t take this young man of seventeen or eighteen years too seriously.
Who would have thought that when the news of Liu Bogen's defeat and death in Linzi reached Donglai, Ju Peng secretly contacted several powerful men in Ye County and cooperated with others, personally led hundreds of troops to raise troops from outside the city, successfully attacked Ye County at night, and garrisoned Hundreds of Donglai rebels in Ye County were defeated in one battle.
The guard general Han Ling abandoned the army, changed his clothes, climbed out of the wall, and fled among the ordinary people. He originally wanted to flee eastward back to his hometown in Yinxian County, but there were soldiers interrogating him, so he had no choice but to flee westward without thinking. If he hadn't encountered Liu Yu's scouts may starve to death on the roadside in a few days.
"How is the situation in other cities in Donglai?"
Liu Yu is more concerned about the situation in several other places in Donglai County.
In addition to Ye County, there are Dangli and Luxiang cities to the west of Ye County, and Yinxian, Huangxian and Dongmou to the east of Ye County.
"Dangli and Luxiang have also been lost, but Yinxian and Huangxian are probably not lost yet. When I passed by Dangli, I heard that Ju Pengzheng was calling for powerful troops to attack Wang Li in Yinxian County."
Han Ling's answer reassured Liu Yuqi.
The one who stayed behind in Yin County was Wang Li, Wang Mi's nephew. He was a relatively cautious person and would not have allowed the enemy to succeed in a sneak attack so easily like Han Ling.
Finally, after Liu Yu's repeated inquiries and confirmations, and based on Han Ling's answers, Liu Yu judged that Ju Peng, who had launched an army, had occupied the three cities of Dangli, Luxiang and Yexian at this time. He should have about 5,000 troops, most of whom were They are the tribes of various powerful families. Although they are not officers and soldiers of the Western Jin Dynasty, their combat effectiveness is no worse than that of the officers and soldiers, and may even be stronger.
Ju Peng, who occupied the three cities of Donglai, was now blocking Liu Yu's return home.
Because after crossing the glue at the junction of Xiami and Luxiang, he entered the territory of Donglai County, he might encounter Ju Peng and his powerful army at any time, so Liu Yu decided to rest in Xiami for a day before entering Donglai. Refresh your mind a little.
At this time, Liu Yu also wanted to meet Ju Peng for a while to see what level this newly rising young hero was.
One day later, Liu Yu led his army to the ferry of Jiaoshui River, hoping to cross the Jiaoshui River through the pontoon bridge there.
Along the way, he passed by the Wubao of the Xu family in Xia Mi. Thinking of the battle with the Xu family more than a month ago, Liu Yu felt as if he was in another world.
At that time, the Donglai rebels were full of momentum, and only Liu Yu was wary about the future. Now the Donglai rebels have lost all their losses, but Liu Yu has a relatively clear plan for the future.
From a distance, I saw the gate of Xu's Wubao being closed, as if facing a formidable enemy.
Liu Yu ordered his men to select ten pieces of fine brocade and went to give them to Xu Yan, the head of the Xu clan. He said that they were apologies and greetings for the disturbance caused by Liu Jixing of Donglai when he passed by.
Soon the men sent by Liu Yu returned and brought back two exquisite jade pieces as a return gift from Xu Yan, the head of the Xu family in Xiami.
Xu's affair with the rebels made Liu Yu feel at ease.
The local tycoons in the late Western Jin Dynasty have suffered a nervous breakdown due to the turmoil in the past few years, because it seems that every person in power will be immediately knocked down and trampled to death by others. This makes every time you follow the trend and take sides, obviously there is a risk. A certain person with a "protagonist face" might end up eating lunch in just a few days.
Therefore, as long as the foundation of their own clan is not involved, these powerful families will be wary of officials, soldiers, rebels, and barbarians but will not easily conflict with them.
From this, Liu Yu could be sure that when he crossed the glue and fought against the powerful enemies of Donglai County, the powerful Xu family and Beihai County would not attack him from behind.
Not long after Liu Yu led all his troops to cross the Jiaoshui River, the scouts who were sent out discovered an unidentified ranger in front. After testing the enemy and friends, Liu Yu's scouts determined that the other party was the enemy's powerful army.
After receiving the report from the scouts, Liu Yu asked the entire army to advance more cautiously.
The next day, when they had just broken camp and continued to advance, two enemy cavalrymen suddenly approached the Donglai Army scouts with their bare hands and said that they had important letters to present to Liu Yu.
When Liu Yu saw two enemy envoys among the heavily guarded guards, he accepted the letter.
Liu Yu opened the letter and couldn't help laughing after reading it.
Gongsun Sheng and Dong Ping all looked puzzled.
"Ju Peng wants to make a gentleman's agreement with me, and the victory or defeat will be determined by a battle."
