Li Tong led his army to the outside of Shang County and saw that the flag had changed on the top of the city. Cui Jun ordered people to open the city gate and bowed to Li Tong: "I have lived up to the general's entrustedness. Jun has captured Shang County, recruited more than 2,000 surrendered soldiers, and obtained more than 50,000 stones of food, equipment, chariots, gold and iron. Jun has all sealed it in the treasury. This is the account, please check it out."

Li Tong nodded, looked through it briefly, and then said, "I dare not dedicate these materials. When the lord comes, everything will be left to the lord. What we need to do now is to try our best to settle the people's hearts. It's a pity that our responsibilities are not to take advantage of the victory to attack Shangluo immediately, otherwise, we might be able to take the opportunity to seize Shangluo."

But Cui Jun smiled and said, "Actually, this may not be a bad thing. General, think about it, if we arrived at Baling now, what would happen? It can only be that our army alone bears the attack of more than 100,000 Xiliang cavalry. In this way, even if we can defeat it, we will definitely be seriously injured. This will benefit Ma Teng and Cao Cao. Therefore, we need to advance slowly, take steady steps, and gradually eliminate the enemy's strength. After Cao Cao takes Hongnong and Ma Teng's army are dispatched, we will join the Allied forces and attack Chang'an together."

Li Tong thought about it and said with a smile: "Sir, it's still a wise man. Since that's the case, we will first deploy Shangxian's defense with peace of mind. I believe that in the near future, Li Jue will send someone to counterattack Shangxian. Then we will repel their attack here, which will be a great achievement."

"Yes, I believe that the lord's main army will arrive by then. We will attack inside and outside, and break Li Jue's offensive, which will definitely make the lord famous all over the world."

Cui Jun also nodded and smiled.

A few days later, Liu He, who received the news, also smiled and exclaimed: "Li Tong did not disappoint my expectations. He captured Shang County so easily and collected thousands of people. This merit must be recorded, and he will be passed on the order to reward Li Tong's soldiers with tens of thousands of pieces of cloth and a thousand gold coins. After this battle, I will report to the emperor and promote Li Tong's military position."

At this time, Xu Shu said, "My lord, don't be busy and happy. You must instruct General Li not to take advantage of the victory to attack Shangluo. Even if you break through Shangluo, you must withdraw back to Shang County immediately. After all, our vanguard camp is not large, and the closer we get to the bandits, the more dangerous it is. It is best to build defenses in Shang County and wait for the bandits to attack. In this way, he can rely on the right geography to resist, and we can also take the opportunity to cooperate with General Li inside and outside to defeat the bandits."

Liu Ye nodded and said, "Yuan Zhi said so much, so please send an order immediately."

Liu He smiled and said, "I will send an order to this matter immediately, but you don't have to worry. I believe Cui Zhouping will remind you in time, and Li Wenda is not a stupid person. He will definitely choose to stick to Shangluo instead of attacking Shangluo."

Xun You and others nodded at Liu He's words, and at the same time they admired him deeply. Although Liu He's intelligence is not very high, this kind of mind and demeanor that trusts people so much is not comparable to ordinary people. He can know people and take good care of them and can use them without doubt. This is even more clever than simple intelligence.

Immediately afterwards, Liu He was not in a hurry and led the army to move forward slowly. He wanted to slow down as much as possible. He must arrive at Shang County after Li Jue's counterattack arrived. It would be best if the Liangzhou army came to Shang County. They were not close, so that they could have a greater chance of winning.

What the counselors under Liu He expected was indeed correct. When he heard that Liu He's vanguard army had easily captured Shangxian like a wind storm, Li Jue, Guo Si and others were shocked when they heard the news and immediately ordered the sending of reinforcements to Shangluo. At the same time, they ordered the generals under him, Yang Ding, general Anxi, to lead 20,000 cavalry under him, and sent general Yang Feng as deputy to lead 10,000 Baibo troops to follow Yang Ding to attack Shangxian.

"This time you have 30,000 people under your command, and the thief general Li Tong is only an unknown general, and there are only thousands of soldiers under your command. If you can't take back Shang County like this, it will be a shame to my Liangzhou army." Li Jue looked at Yang Ding and Yang Feng. Although his face was full of smiles, everyone could hear the agitated intention in the words.

Yang Dingran said calmly: "Zhiran, don't worry, this time I, Yang Ding, have been dispatched. If I can't conquer a small Shang County, then what kind of face can I still survive in our Liangzhou army?"

Yang Ding is also a big shot in the Liangzhou army. Although his influence is not as great as Li Jue, Guo Si and Zhang Ji, his status cannot be underestimated. It is precisely because of this that he was appointed General Anxi by Li Jue.

Afterwards, Yang Ding led an army of 30,000 and immediately rushed to Shang County. In just one day and one night, he arrived fifteen miles outside Shang County.

Yang Ding ordered the army to set up camp. After a little rest, he led his 20,000 cavalry directly to Shang County, and ordered Yang Feng to lead his 10,000 Baibo army to guard the camp.

In Yang Ding's opinion, although Yang Feng was also a general of Li Jue, he was born into a Baibo thief and had no combat power at all. When he came, he was just a charge and robbing merits. With 20,000 cavalry, he was enough to take Shang County and make great contributions. There was no need to share the credits to the other party.

Although Yang Feng was angry, he could only swallow his anger and accept the order obediently.

Yang Ding led his army forward with enthusiasm, but unexpectedly he suffered a lot on the way, because from the barracks to Shangxian City, only fifteen miles away, the enemy actually sprinkled thorns, thorns and other objects along the way, and set up hundreds of trapped horse pits. Because Yang Ding was eager to make achievements, he did not send spies to investigate the road conditions at all, and ended up losing hundreds of soldiers along the way.

Whenever he saw the soldiers falling into the trapped horse pit, being stabbed by deer antlers, horse-repellents and other objects inside, and screaming in pain, his heart twitched.

Although the fifteen miles were short, it took a lot of time for Yang Ding's army. It took half an hour to arrive at the foot of Shang County.

Yang Ding suppressed his anger in his heart and shouted loudly to the top of the city: "I am General Yang Ding, Anxi, and let your city master come to the top of the city to answer."

A moment later, a pair of helmets and armor came to the top of the city and shouted loudly: "Who are you? What is the reason for offending my city for no reason? Or are you here to surrender to my lord?"

Then there was a burst of ridicule on the top of the city.
Chapter completed!