Faced with the encirclement of nearly 70,000 coalition forces by Yang, Yu Jin could only help but do nothing. After Long Shushui suffered a defeat in his aggrieved land, Yu Jin's troops only had 10,000 people left.

Then, Wei Yan's fighting like a mad tiger brought nearly 4,000 casualties to Yu Jin.

Realizing that the possibility of breaking through on his own seemed minimal, Yu Jin simply gave up this tempting plan and led his army to retreat into Jiuzi Mountain (now Jiuhua Mountain, Anhui Province).

Jiuzi Mountain is located in the west of Gushi County, Zhangling County, and is the branch of Huangshan Mountain. Jiuzi Mountain is vast and covers an area of ​​nearly 400 miles. There are many peaks and valleys in the mountains, streams and waterfalls, strange rocks and ancient caves, green pines and bamboos, and beautiful and quiet.

Escape into the mountains is of course very helpful for avoiding the enemy's encirclement and pursuit, but there are also many problems...

The most important issue in front of Jin was the supply of food and medicine. During the last fierce battle with Wei Yan, Yu Jin was burned half of the food and grass by Wei Yan's surprise soldiers because of his carelessness.

The loss of half of the food and grass made Yu Jinjun even more nervous. With the approaching of the enemy troops on the east and west sides, Yu Jin could no longer plunder the food and grass.

It was the middle of winter, the mountains and forests were withering, and birds and beasts were hiding, and there were very few things that could be eaten.

As a last resort, Yu Jin ordered that three meals a day be changed to two meals a day, and the food for each meal was appropriately reduced. On the other hand, the soldiers were allowed to hunt birds and animals for spare food.

Compared with food, the shortage of drugs is also worrying.

Nearly three-thirds of the 4,000 soldiers who died in the fierce battle with Wei Yan were not killed or injured, but were seriously injured. However, in this cold season, the consequences of lack of drug treatment are not much different from waiting for death.

Short of food and medicine, and his strength is far inferior. His morale is low... Yu Jin, who is very clear about the current situation in the army, actually knows that his efforts are just about to get closer to his duties, and it will not help turning the situation around.

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Between the two peaks of Jiuzi Mountain, a slightly depressed army is stationed here.

In a small bamboo forest far away from the brigade of soldiers, two lieutenants and five lieutenants sat in a circle, their expressions seemed a little dark. Some people looked down at the stones on the ground, while others looked at the distant sky with their eyes wandering.

Some people also looked at Yu Jin, the leader of the army. After a series of battles, the captains and captains in the army died, and the remaining ones were less than half.

Yu Jin looked at these depressed subordinates and sighed silently, losing the desire to scold them: "Everyone says, what should I do next?"

After a while of silence, Zhang Jin, who was straightforward, said first: "Sir. I can't break through anyway. It's better to die than to die, and go out and fight with them. Fight one to make enough money, and fight two to make money."

Yu Jin looked at Zhang Jin in anger and turned to look at the others.

"Stay the green mountains here. Don't be afraid of burning fire!" A chief lieutenant said cautiously, "Sir, what is the last general..."

Yu Jin raised his hand and stopped the Chief Commander's words. Although he had not finished speaking yet, Yu Jin knew his meaning—————————————————————————————————————————————————.

"The Prime Minister treats us with great kindness as a mountain. If there is no way out, we can only die to be loyal!" Although Yu Jin did not rebuke the commander, he also expressed his determination.

For a moment, the atmosphere returned to its original dullness.

Seeing that he could not agree on any result, Yu Jin waved helplessly and signaled that the generals would scatter.

"Sir, there will be a way to do it. I wonder if it is feasible?" Captain Huang Zheng suddenly spoke.

"Say!" Yu Jin felt a little excited and nodded.

"Although there are many enemy troops, they are divided into several routes. The troops of Jingzhou Army and Li Tong are cut off our army's way westward.

"Huang Zheng said hesitantly, "Li Tong... Although the general surrendered to the enemy, the last general had been under General Li for a while and knew that he was not a person who was not indifferent to his old love. I heard that he had some friendship with General Li in the past, and maybe he could send someone to find General Li.

Ask him to give way. With Jiuzishan as a cover, other enemy troops may not notice it immediately. As long as one day, even half a day, our army can get rid of the pursuers behind.

The people of Jingzhou must have not expected our army to escape, and their defenses will not be so strict when going west. If it goes well, they may be able to retreat to Runan from Yiyang."

Huang Zheng's proposal caused an uproar. Some people immediately thought it was a delusion, but Yu Jin expressed his agreement.

In fact, Yu Jin had this idea for a long time. In his opinion, since he could not escape through other channels, he had to take a risk and use Li Tong to gamble. However, as the main general, he was not convenient for him to make this proposal.

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In the northwest of Jiuzi Mountain, a dark green "Li" flag is flying in the wind.

In a military camp that can accommodate about 5,000 people, Li Tong is arraigning the enemy's detailed work of a scout's captured place.

After Li Tong and Huang Zhong's coalition intercepted Yu Jin, Lu Xun sent a quick horse to contact the two and informed him of his combat plan.

General Li and Huang Er, who took into account the overall situation, immediately expressed their cooperation, followed Lu Xun's advice, re-allocated troops, and completely blocked Yu Jin's retreat.

Among the handsome tents, only Li Tong and the fine worker who were tied up with arms tied and kneeling on the ground.

In fact, Li Tong did not intend to personally examine this meticulous work, but the scout found something from meticulous work, which attracted his attention.

Playing with the delicate dagger in his hand, Li Tong looked up at the delicate work and suddenly asked, "What did Yu Jin ask you to do?"

The short dagger in Li Tong's hand was something passed down by Yu Jin's family, which was extremely sharp. In the past, when Li Tong was still under Cao Cao's command, he had seen this short dagger many times, so when he saw that the scout was about to present the object, he immediately recognized it.

Li Tong knew very well that this dagger was a treasure of Yu Jin and would never be rewarded with an ordinary soldier casually.

The fine work with injuries on the left shoulder was still not enough to say the first half of the sentence. At this moment, when Li Tong asked, he was stunned for a moment.

But soon, he came to his senses and replied respectfully: "The villain has written a handwritten by the prefect Yu and was ordered to present it to General Li!"

"Handwritten?" Li Tong looked at the detailed work under the tent in surprise. When this detailed work was sent into Li Tong's tent, it had been carefully searched. It should be impossible to leave anything behind.

"Please untie the bandage on the villain's shoulder!"

A strange look appeared in Li Tong's eyes, and he walked to Xi Zuo and unbuttoned the bandage wrapped around his left shoulder.

There were blood marks on the outside of the bandage, but the more they went in, it became cleaner. In the last few rounds, Li Tong saw blood stains and blood-written texts again.

"Bloody Book? It's indeed Yu Jin's handwriting!" Li Tong spread the bandage with words and quickly browsed it. There was not much content on it.

Yu Jin first briefly described his past friendship and the care of Cao Cao for other members of the Li Tong clan in recent years. Then he revealed his current helpless situation and asked Li Tongnian to open up his sleeves in the role of his past friendship and secretly gave up a way for Yu Yinjun to retreat westward.

"Huang Zheng, the Captain Huang, is also in the mountains. He asked the villain to greet General Li on his behalf." Seeing that Li Tong's expression was slightly moved, the delicate poem said cautiously.

"This kid is here too. He actually became a captain!" Li Tong's mouth raised slightly and murmured softly. Huang Zheng had been Li Tong's personal guard captain, and was just a dude at that time.

"General Li, let us go!" Xiaozao begged, "As long as you do it ingeniously, you will not be discovered!"

Li Tong didn't say anything, walked slowly to the tent, lifted the curtain, and looked up at the sky. His expression was extremely complicated.

Although he had already been under Liu Bei's command and although Liu Bei trusted and used Li Tong very much, Cao Cao's appreciation and grace in the past could not be easily abandoned, and he had a deeper friendship with Yu Jin.

The little master looked at Li Tong nervously and expectantly, hoping to get a positive answer.

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After a long time, Li Tong walked back to the tent, faced the delicate gaze, and slowly shook his head: "No!"

One hour later, Li Tong put the fine work back to Jiuzi Mountain and asked him to bring a few words to Yu Jin.

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"Wenze, now you are in death and there is no possibility of escape. For your thousands of soldiers, you have surrendered! The longer you drag, the more people die..." Xizuo recounted Li Tong's dialect intact.

The last glimmer of hope was shattered, and Yu Jin's face turned pale.

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Hunger, cold, wounds... are always troubled by the imperial guards.

At the same time, Wei Yan was like a bloodthirsty wild wolf, looking for the smell of blood and quickly chased after him. Lu Xun, who was calm and almost "conservative", suddenly showed an astonishing desire to attack.

The 20,000 army was divided into four parts, forming four closely connected arrows. In cooperation with Wei Yan, they cut them diagonally like the sickle of the God of Death.

To the west, Huang Zhong also divided his troops into two parts, one of which continued to block the retreat route and went all the way to the mountains and attack.

Among the four armies, the only one that remained unmoved was Li Tong, who guarded Yu Jin's two most critical rushes to retreat to the west.

The casualties increased day by day, some died from the fight, and some died from the cold.

After seven days of circulating in the mountains, Yu Jin's troops had more than 7,000 people (including more than 1,000 injured), and only less than 3,000 were left. Moreover, the food in the army was completely exhausted, and even the war horses were slaughtered.

On the eighth day, Lu Xun successfully judged Yu Jin's retreat route and surrounded Yu Jin's troops in a valley. Then, Lu Xun sent people to persuade Yu Jin to surrender again.

Looking at the soldiers who were almost wounded and had a terribly look on their faces, Yu Jin sighed to the sky, threw down his weapons and led his army to give up resistance.

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Two days before the ban surrender, from Wancheng, Runan "attacked" Xiangyang, and Cao's army, who were in charge of the ban's retreat, had given up their efforts and withdrew from their respective territories.

The reason is nothing else. I gave Cao Cao a big gift. Lu Xun seized Yu Jin's handsome flag in the battle of Longshu. I just ordered someone to return the handsome flag to Cao Cao.

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On December 12, the eighth year of Jian'an, the Jiaozhou Army captured Nanye County, Luling.

On December 15, the Jiaozhou Army captured Nan'an County. (There are two Nan'ans, one in Liangzhou and the other in Yangzhou)

On the 18th, the Jiaozhou army was blocked from attacking Luling for the first time. Under the city of Ganxian, which had gathered most of the Luling army, the Jiaozhou army failed to defeat the attack for three days.

Immediately, the Jiaozhou army divided into two parts, one continued to attack Ganxian, and the other took a detour to continue to attack Yudu.

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Chapter completed!