After Li Jue's army set off, the marching speed was not fast in the past few days. After sending elite troops to clear out the Baibo bandits on the front line of the Shui River, nearly 20,000 troops carefully crossed the Shui River.

As they approached Linfen City, which was deeply encircled, the number of Baibo bandits encountered along the road became stronger and stronger. Moreover, these Baibo troops were no longer the small bandits led by various Qu generals they had encountered before, but were also the Buqi team that had just begun to train and had complete soldiers and armor.

These bandits have grown from bandits who have plundered everywhere to robbers to attack cities and lands. This is a big deal. Speaking of which, Dong Zhuo's army must also bear certain responsibilities.

Since the first year of Zhongping and the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the beacons everywhere have not been cut off. The bandits and bandits flocked to rebellion. The troops of the mountainous bandits were also transformed into a rebel army that had begun to form a military-scale battle with the soldiers of the pursuing county and county guards, the powerful soldiers guarding the forts, and their opponents.

Just like Chu Feiyan who was in the Hebei rebellion, he initially led the mobs to besiege Yintao with Zhang Niujiao. However, the city did not catch up. Zhang Niujiao was shot and killed by the officers and soldiers guarding the city. Chu Feiyan took over the people's troops, and the people were not in favor of the people, so he had to change his surname to Zhang to stabilize the people's hearts in Zhang Niujiao's team.

By now, the former bandits led by Zhang Yan have become the "Millennium Army" in Changshan, Zhaojun, Zhongshan, Shangdang, and Hanoi. They have absorbed bandits such as Sun Qing and Wang Dang who were originally occupied mountains and uprising in various places. The number of people is said to have reached one million. The court at the time of Emperor Ling was unable to conquer such giant bandits in Hebei and had to recruit them. They were awarded the title of "General of the Punishment of the Unity" by Zhang Yan, which in disguise recognized the fact that Zhang Yan and other bandits occupied counties as official troops.

The temporary appeasement policy naturally could not truly pacify the chaos in Hebei, so some of the Heishan army went south to attack Hanoi, attempting to threaten the Kyoto Luoyang and test the bottom line of the court. This behavior that touched the stability of the Three Rivers finally attracted the court's counterattack. Zhu Jun, who was second only to Huangfu Song, was appointed as the prefect of Hanoi and led troops to repel this part of the Heishan army, ensuring the safety of the northern part of Luoyang.

There is the Heishan Army in Hanoi and the Baibo Army in Hedong. However, although the Baibo Army is much less powerful than the Hebei giant bandits like Zhang Yan, they are lucky. They met Dong Zhuo's Xiliang, Qin and Hu soldiers. Dong Zhuo was determined to preserve his strength and gain profits in the struggles between the various parties in the court. How could he fight with the Baibo Army in Hedong?

So he wrote a memorial to "I was ordered to attack Fuluo, and the soldiers were hungry and refused to cross the river. They all said that they wanted to go to the capital to kill eunuchs and pass the people first, and they wanted to eliminate the harm of the people, and asked for help from the Tai Pavilion to ask for resources and beg for enlightenment." He turned around and rushed to Luoyang, allowing the Baibo army and the Xiongnu to join, forming a situation where the tail was too big.

Now Li Jue led his army and looked at these white wave soldiers who had become a climate, and secretly regretted it. At that time, in Hedong, he did not defeat them when they were not stable in their foothold. This is why these white waves today, the Xiongnu people were able to compete with their own army.

Although the main force of the Baibo Army was not more than 100,000, there were still 50,000 or 60,000 people. In addition to the thousands of strong Xiongnu cavalry, the advantage of the troops was far greater than that of the soldiers and horses in Li Jue's hands. Li Jue had learned the cunning and difficulty of these Xiongnu people a few days ago, and he did not dare to rashly march to break the siege of Linfen. He could only fight steadily and build a strong camp, and support each other through the Fen River and Linfen City on the other side of the river, and confronted the main force of the Baibo Army besieged Linfen along the Fen River line.

During the confrontation, while sending a small number of troops to test each other with the main forces of the Baibo Army, Li Jue couldn't help but stretch his neck, frowned and looked at Baibo Valley in the north, and silently recited in his heart:

This time, don’t let yourself down if you have a fake from the Xu family!

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A small-scale battle is coming to an end, twenty miles south of the Baibo Valley.

When a small group of Huns were stationed here, Xu Kun and Yan Xing's cavalry were rushing to raid dumplings from all over the place.

Because the only Han army west of the Fen River was surrounded in Linfen City, and the day was in danger, and the Han army east of the Fen River was also blocked by the main force of the Baibo army and could not cross the river, so the Huns, who were in their own territory, relaxed a lot of vigilance. They did not have a rotating man to keep watch, so they sneaked nearby by Yan Xing and others before they woke up.

The Huns caught off guard were already shot to death by Yan Xing and others with bows and arrows before they could approach the horses. Only two or three Huns were lucky enough to grab their horses and wanted to break through and leave.

Unfortunately, the encirclement has been formed. The spears on all sides are as dense as trees. They are raised and pushed flat, and they are fixed on all sides. The crossbow hands are floating on both sides of each side, and they are placing bows and arrows.

The mounts had no speed. Seeing how these bright weapons could still break through the encirclement? After riding the "Xilulu" neighing horses for two rounds of spears, the remaining Huns had to dismount honestly and surrender to the uninvited guests who pretended to be Baibo and the Huns.

During these three days, we took a long journey, crossed the water and avoided Baibo. The Huns' men and horses were sleeping in the open air, and were in danger. Finally, we came to the near Baibo Valley and killed a small group of Huns who were attacked by night that night. Xu Kun was in a good mood. After pulling his mount and hiding into the forest, he came to Yan Xing with a smile and said:

"Yanming, he was very bitter, and the military strategists said, "The army has made contributions, and no more plans." Now they have safely bypassed the Baibo bandits and the main force of the Huns and arrived here. They can't escape a great success. Why? I'm afraid that I will get rewards for making contributions, and I don't know how to squander it?"

Speaking of this, Xu Kun glanced at the other soldiers around him, mysteriously approached Yan Xing and said:

"I was in Luoyang, but I found a virgin. In the past, it was often visited by the powerful and powerful young men in the city. Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk

When Yan Xing heard this, his face changed slightly, and he leaned back, avoiding Xu Kun's saliva sprayed out of praise, so as not to spray on his face.

Xu Kun smiled, pulled the distance apart, pointed at Yan Xing and said with a smile:

"Look at you, look at you, you have never seen it on weekdays to charge and you have been afraid of it. When it comes to this, it becomes like this, hehe, can it be--"

Xu Kun was a rare battle with troops. He was not surrounded by his uncle and felt happy. In addition, he had never encountered setbacks along the way. He was about to succeed when he was about to run, and his emotions were much higher. When he was free, he would joke with Yan Xing, who was more and more pleasing to him.

Yan Xing was afraid that he would be crazy, so he quickly stopped him and continued to speak, saying:

"The drunk woman is more beautiful than a sword. Xu Sima, now he is defeating the enemy, so he should take care of his business first!"

"Okay, okay, let's talk about the serious matter first!"

Seeing Yan Xing's serious look, Xu Kun waved his hand and had no choice but to give up. He sat down next to him with an open space, pulled up a weed, pinched his head and tail, held it in his mouth and started saying:

"Have you ever asked about Baibogu's information?"

"Cao Tun is still questioning, and you will know soon. Please wait a while!"

While the two of them were talking, Cao Yuan, who was covered in blood, walked over quickly. He wiped the blood on his hands with a linen cloth as he walked. When he came to the two of them, he saluted first and said solemnly:

"Sima, Junhou, and Baibogu's information has been tortured!"

"Speak quickly!"

When Xu Kun heard this, he quickly spit out the grass stem that he had just held in his mouth and said seriously to Cao Yuan.

"There are about 10,000 families of bandits in Baibo Valley, most of which are women, children, elderly and weak. The wealth and some food and grass that the bandits plundered by Baibo also are stockpiled in this valley-"

"That's great. It's really a God-given opportunity. Yanming, I'll just say it, this is really a reward for the great cause!"

Xu Kun almost laughed from ear to ear. It was precisely in order to keep his image in front of a newly recruited military officer like Cao Yuan that he did not laugh loudly. Cao Yuan was overjoyed when he saw his boss, but he didn't listen to his words. He could only emphasize his tone and add again:

"But there are white waves outside the valley and inside the valley. The Xiongnu people were stationed. I'm afraid it would be not easy to attack and attack the valley!"

"this!"

When Xu Kun heard Cao Yuan's words heavier behind him, his face turned cloudy and gloomy. His hands that he raised had just wanted to boast about his prophet's wisdom to Yan Xing also collapsed. Instead, Yan Xing, who was listening calmly, continued to speak and asked Cao Yuan:

"What about the garrison forces inside and outside the valley?"

"Yes, let it be clear!"

Xu Kun also quickly spoke.

Cao Yuan nodded and continued:

"There are two thousand soldiers and horses stationed outside the valley, one of which is the Huns' cavalry, and there are one thousand white wave bandits stationed at the pass inside the valley."

"It seems that the White Bo bandits and the Huns are also guarding against each other!"

After hearing this, Xu Kun frowned and said, originally this was just the defense arrangement of the Baibo bandits against the Huns, but now it has brought great difficulties to his attack.

"In addition to these soldiers, are there other soldiers nearby?"

Yan Xing thought about it and continued to ask.

"Yuan has asked. It is said that the situation of confrontation across the river in Linfen is becoming increasingly tense. Bai Bo and other soldiers of the Huns have been transferred to Linfen, and there are no other soldiers nearby!"

"Yanming, there is no way to have only one entrance in Baibo Valley. How many places can the two thousand people outside this valley guard? I thought, if I change another place, sneak into the valley and burn the enemy's food, grass and supplies, I can still make great achievements!"

"No!"

Facing Xu Kun's plan to bypass Baibo outside the valley, the Xiongnu people and horses were looking for the entrance, breaking into the valley, and taking the risk of burning the enemy's food and grass. Before Yan Xing could speak, Cao Yuan had already spoken out to dissuade him.

Facing Cao Yuan, the newly invested general, suddenly questioned his plan, Xu Kun frowned immediately, but it was not easy to have an attack on the spot, so he had to say coldly:

“Why?”

Cao Yuan was a steady person and could not speak easily, but he was afraid that Xu and Yan were the leader of the two who did not understand Bo Gu's geography, were greedy for great achievements, and took risks easily, so he hurriedly spoke to dissuade him and immediately responded and said:

"There is a pass at a critical point in the valley. Even if you sneak into the valley from a different road and want to burn food and grass, you need to break through the pass first. I am afraid that our army will take the risk of sneaking into the valley. Before we can capture the pass, the rear route will be cut off by the enemy troops outside the valley. By then, there will be no horses left. Please ask Sima and the army waiter to think twice!"

Speaking of this, Cao Yuan's face gradually turned red. Obviously, with his understanding of Baibogu geography, it is difficult to agree with the adventure plan of Xu Kun, a person who loves to use surprise weapons.

Yan Xing saw that Cao Yuan was thoughtful and responded well. When he was tortured by the prisoners, he had already considered military use. He secretly praised his talents in his heart, but he did not speak directly in front of Xu Kun.

He remained silent and turned his head to Xu Kun and persuaded him to explain:

"Sima, this plan is indeed too risky. We have arrived near Baibo Valley and are nine leeks of the mountain. If we fail, we should be more steady in this last step!"

"But what if you don't follow the other way?"

Xu Kun was not very disgusted with Yan Xing's dissuasion. He spread his hands and said helplessly.

Yan Xing pursed his lips, pondered and thought about a plan to break the deadlock. His turning eyes just happened to catch a glimpse of the blood of the captives whose armor was splashed on Cao Yuan's body. He had a light of inspiration and blurted out and said:
Chapter completed!