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Chapter 56: Captives (2)

As the two generals of the Youzhou Army fled one after another, Lu Yao and Liu Xia's Dai County cavalry chased each other and reluctantly left them. The main battlefield, which was originally a shocking sound of killing, suddenly became quiet. The early autumn sun shone on the gentle plain meadow, shining on the soldiers' military uniforms soaked in blood and sweat.

At this time, only the main infantry force led by Xue Tong and Shen Jin's troops stayed here to clean the battlefield.

Lu Yao's method of using troops was accustomed to suddenly concentrate troops during the stalemate of the two armies and launching unexpectedly powerful offensives. The victory in Tuanbai Valley and Yecheng was the result of this tactic. However, concentrating troops to launch an offensive does not mean that Zhu Tu is concerned about the head and tail. In any case, he will try his best to ensure that he has a strong reserve team in his hands to prepare for emergencies. This is just as Sun Bin, a master of military strategy in the Warring States Period said: Use three points to use the formation, and there is a front for the formation, and there is a rear for the command. Fight one to defend and two, invade the enemy with one, and two to conquer. The troops of Chen Jin are the general reserve team of the Daijun Army in this battle.

The reason why he was used to take on this task is because Chen Jin and his subordinates are brave and good at fighting, and they can play a considerable role no matter where they are used; and because Chen Jin is qualified enough and has a high prestige among the soldiers, it is enough to shake the scene at critical moments. From the perspective of division of labor in the battle, the importance of Chen Jin's troops is exactly the same as Ding Miao, Xue Tong, Liu Xia and others.

However, Chen Jin himself is not very satisfied with this. Since he is a reserve team, it means that he cannot make contributions in this battle...

His subordinates dispersed from all directions, formed a huge net to collect all kinds of leftover military horses, and captured the lonely Xianbei people. He looked at the free time, found a river beside him, and thought about it with some concern. Several personal soldiers followed him step by step, and were soon swept back by him.

In the past, Ma Teng, the Japanese company failed to operate Bingzhou. After fleeing to Yecheng, many remaining Bingzhou troops, including Lu Yao, were displaced among the poor mountains and rivers, and were in panic all day long. It was not until the light cavalry of Yue Shigong entered Bing and destroyed the Huns General Liu Jing in the Battle of Banqiao that the exiled soldiers from all over the place were able to belong and set the airs of the Jinyang army on the ruins.

The formal establishment of the Jinyang Army began with the reorganization of the army in Jicheng. Lu Yao was favored by the Duke of Yue Shi and was able to lead the army alone. Among the old subordinates of the Bingzhou Army, there were four people who led a considerable force to join Lu Yao's commander: Chen Jin, Gao Xiang, Deng Gang, and Chu Kun. Among them, Deng Gang was old and became a military officer; Chu Kun was too young, so he was appointed as the commander of Lu Yao's personal soldiers and partnered with He Yun, who was also young. Therefore, the only ones who actually controlled the troops were Chen Jin and Gao Xiang. The two of them, Lu Yao and Xue Tong successively gathered the reorganized old subordinates and formed Lu Yao's initial military team.

A year later, Lu Yao, the leader of the Bingzhou army, was already the general Yingyang, the prefect of the county, and the military affairs of Shanggu, Guangning, and the county. Xue Tong was always Lu Yao's most capable right-hand man, and his position gradually rose to a general. In addition to being bewitched by Long Jimeng and eventually fighting and dying with the rebels, Chen Jin was undoubtedly the most experienced one. The status of officers such as Guo Huan and Xie Yuan is far from comparable to him. His expectations for himself were undoubtedly positioned as the third person second only to Lu Yao and Xue Tong.

However, the facts were not as complete as Chen Jin thought. Since Lu Yao was ordered by Duke Shi of Yue to go to Yecheng, more and more civil and military talents have been serving him. Civil officials, such as Shao Xu, were from the Anyang clan of Wei County. He served as the military officer of Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu. His status was not comparable. This is not to be said. The rapid expansion of military generals is even more dazzling.

Liu Xia, a native of Yiyang, Guangping, who was formerly the governor of Jizhou, made many outstanding achievements in the battles of Dai County with his extraordinary martial arts. Now he is a general, and the cavalry he leads are elite recruited from the Hu Jin tribes of Dai County, which can be regarded as the sharp edge of the entire army. Judging from his performance in the battle just now, he is indeed a first-class cavalry general. With time, his future is unlimited.

Chen Pei and Liu Fei both came from the Ji Sang bandits to surrender. The former was originally a dead soldier under the tent of Sima Ying, the King of Chengdu. He was ordered by Lu Zhi to lurk and support Ji Sang and switched to the north and south of the rivers. He was regarded as a powerful thief bandit under Ji Sang. A few months ago, the battle in Yecheng, he turned against him and made great contributions. The latter was originally a brave military academy of the King of Chengdu, and was even an old friend of Lu Yao. The entire Dai County Army went north to the grassland, leaving Chen Pei and Liu Fei to guard Luochuan alone. The trust that only entrusted the foundation was enough to make people envious.

And the younger generation like Chu Kun, Ni Yi, Jiang Li, Tulinus and other newly appointed officers have been able to lead considerable forces to stand alone. Even Zhu Sheng, a horse thief, has become a confidential figure.

This situation made Chen Jin feel a little pressure. He knew that his personality was too tough and he was used to being free in the Bingzhou army in the past, which led to less scruples in his words and actions, and often did extraordinary things and said inappropriate words. Originally, with his extraordinary personal courage, he could still play a considerable role under Lu Yao, but as Lu Yao occupied Dai County, his strength expanded rapidly, Chen Jin did not have any achievements. He gradually felt that the degree of attention he received was not as good as before, and his status was also vaguely surpassed by later generations.

Seeing Lu Yao's career prospering, he seemed to be unable to keep up with his pace. What should he do?

Chen Jin frowned, thought about this question repeatedly, unconsciously picked up the pebbles on the river beach, and threw them into a reed not far away.

This river beach is located on the south bank of the river where the county army relied to block the Xianbei people in the past. The water volume of the river is not large, but the hydrological environment is quite complex, with deep and shallow depressions and swamps scattered, so it is difficult for the Xianbei light cavalry to cross. The reeds on the edge of the river are lush, half a person is high and below. When the head is blooming, it looks white and dense. When the breeze blows, thousands of reed poles sway from side to side, rising and falling like waves. The pebbles thrown by the heavy force flew straight into the depths of the reeds with the strong wind, as if hitting something, and a dull sound was faintly made.

The sound was a bit strange, but he was immersed in his many worries and didn't care. How to communicate with his boss and how to fight for the opportunity to make meritorious contributions is really a very mentally consuming problem for a straight-minded warrior like him. He looked in that direction blankly, continued to think about it, touching the pebbles beside him, and whizzing over him.

The pebbles were about the size of a fist, weighing one or two pounds. If they were not as strong as heavy force, they would not be thrown far away. Pebbles hit the depths of the reeds with crackling sounds, and soon they seemed to hit something again, making a dull sound.

Someone in the reeds yelled in anger: "A bastard from Jin, if you have any kind, come and kill them. Don't humiliate the Xianbei warriors like this!"

With this roar, a strong and bearded man with a top body clenched his fists and suddenly jumped out of the water nest that was waist-deep. Seeing a newly blooming wound on his forehead, half of his face was blue, and his face was covered with blood. He was hit by a stone thrown by Chen Jin. This person was obviously a defeated soldier from the state army. In order to avoid the search of Dai County Army, he hid in the depths of the reeds and did not dare to move, but was poisoned by Chen Jin.

It would be fine if the stones were flying only once, but in order to escape the disaster in front of him, he gritted his teeth and endured them. But Chen Jin threw the stones as big as a fist one after another, and it would be like to smash them to death. The Xianbei man didn't know that Chen Jin was ecstatic, but just thought that he had discovered his hiding place and deliberately threw the stones to humiliate him. So he made up his mind and simply jumped out to ask for a happy deal.

Chen Jin really didn't expect someone to hide here, and he was immediately shocked and jumped up. When he found that this person had no armor and weapons, he calmed down and asked, "Who are you!"

"I'm Duan Mobo!" The Xianbei man shouted angrily, spread his arms and rushed towards him.
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