The last three kingdoms

Chapter 314
"It's hard to describe!" Deng Zhong sighed, and said: "Magistrate Xu, we have walked hundreds of miles of mountain roads and are suffering from hunger and cold. Can we enter the city first? As for the rest, Rong will talk about it slowly."

"Okay, okay!" Xu Jun responded repeatedly. Deng Ai had the kindness of knowing each other and the virtue of supporting him. He didn't care whether Deng Zhong was a deserter or whether he would be implicated in him, so he immediately ordered the city gate to be opened and Deng Zhong released. They enter the city.

The city gate creaked open, outside the city Deng Zhong and Zhao Zhuo looked at each other, smiled, and nodded secretly.

After crossing Minshan Mountain, the Shu army was eager to take Lintao to obtain food and supplies. Although there were only a few troops stationed in Lintao, the [-] troops of the Shu army crushed them all the way. There was no difficulty in taking Lintao, but the movement of the siege If it is too large, it will inevitably alarm the Wei army far away in Longxi and create difficulties for the next step to attack Longyou.So Liu Yin decided to use a surprise attack to defraud Lintao.

If he wanted to defraud Lintao, Deng Zhong, General Yamen, was the best candidate. Liu Yin ordered Zhao Zhuo and Deng Zhong to lead 500 people, all of them put on Wei Jun's clothes, disguised as Wei Jun who had fled from the front line, and walked along the avenue until the Go to Lintao City.

At the same time, Liu Yin dispatched A Jian to lead [-] private soldiers to bypass Lintao by a small path and cut off the road from Lintao to Xiangwu in Longxi County, so that no one from Lintao could escape back to Longxi.

Deng Zhong and Zhao Zhuo didn't expect that this operation would be so smooth. Xu Jun who was guarding Lintao turned out to be Deng Ai's former clerk. the city gate.Deng Zhong and Zhao Zhuo looked at each other with a smile, and led the troops straight into the city.

"Major General, where is Dudu Deng?" Xu Jun was still more concerned about Deng Ai's affairs, and asked again as soon as Deng Zhong entered the city.

Deng Zhong chuckled, and said, "My father is fine, and he will come to Lintao later. We have been traveling all the way, but we are running out of food and grass. I would like to ask County Magistrate Xu to borrow some food to relieve the urgent need for cooking."

Xu Jun smiled heartily, and said: "Young General is too polite, why bother to borrow some food and grass?" Immediately, he ordered his servants to go to the treasury to fetch some food for Deng Zhong.

The county treasury was next door to the county office. After a while, the guard brought some bags of rice to the county office.

"Major General, you have the right to keep the fifty dendrobium rice, and use it as military resources." Xu Jun pointed to the grain delivered.

Deng Zhong shook his head and said, "Not enough."

Xu Jun couldn't help being stunned. Deng Zhong's four to five hundred people, if each of them shared a bucket of rice, they could eat at least a few days. Can you eat a bucket of rice?

Seeing Xu Jun's puzzled expression, Deng Zhong chuckled and added: "A total of 3 people, does County Magistrate Xu really think this is enough food?"

"Ah!" Xu Jun was stunned.

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Taking Lintao was finally a temporary solution to the urgent needs of the Shu army.

But it is only temporary. After all, Lintao is only a small county. Even if the government treasury and the people's food and grass are scoured, it can only meet the needs of an army of [-] for ten days. If the army wants to gain a foothold in Longyou, it must win Longxi, Nan'an, Tianshui and other counties.

Naturally, Liu Yin accepted the food and supplies in the warehouse of Lintao County unceremoniously, but after entering the city, the first order issued by Liu Yin was that no crime was committed in the autumn of the common people. One of the common people will be killed immediately without pardon.For the food and cloth materials needed by the army, all the purchases are made with money and purchased at market prices. If the common people are unwilling to sell, they must not resort to forced buying and selling.

Liu Yin knows very well that entering Longyou this time is to take root in Longyou. With Longyou as the foundation, Xutu Guanzhong and enter the Central Plains, how to take root in Longyou can only be done by gaining the support of the local people. In Longyou, if you just plunder and plunder without restraint, you will definitely lose the support of the people.

For the common people, it doesn't matter who is the emperor, what matters is that they have fields to farm, food to eat, and clothes to wear. They will support whoever gives them benefits. As for the Liu family's world or the Cao family's world, Didn't bother with this.

So as soon as he entered Longxi, Liu Yin repeatedly reiterated the military discipline. The current Shu army is so hungry that their eyes are staring straight. When they see food, they want to fill their stomachs. At this time, the soldiers are the weakest. It is also the time when military discipline is most likely to be slack, and they must be strongly restrained so that violations of military discipline will not occur.

After setting up the army, Liu Yin went to see Deng Ai immediately to discuss the plan to march into Longxi.

Setting foot on the land of Longxi again made Deng Ai feel a little dazed. After defeating Yinping, Deng Ai even thought that he would never set foot on the land of Longxi again in his lifetime.

For Deng Ai, Longyou is his second homeland. From the beginning of Zhengshi four years when he served in the Western Army and transferred to Nan'an prefect, Deng Ai's life has been indissoluble with the land of Longyou. Fate, 20 years have passed, Deng Ai has become a general who conquered the West from a county guard, and the governor of Yongliang and other military forces. In many contests with Jiang Wei, he has achieved great military exploits. The most powerful person, call the wind and call the rain, and take life and death. It can be said that Deng Ai is a king and hegemony in Longyou, and no one dares to stroke his beard.

However, the broken halberd on the Yinping trail caused Deng Ai to lose all his original powers, and even he himself became an "invisible person"——Deng Ai could only remain anonymous because he was unwilling to surrender to Shu. Hiding behind the scenes, as Liu Yin's aide, everyone thought that Deng Ai was no longer alive.

The familiar land, the familiar mountains and rivers, and even the coldness in the air made Deng Ai feel an inexplicable excitement. When he returned to his homeland, things were different, so why didn't he feel a lot of emotion.

At the door, Liu Yin met Deng Zhong. Deng Zhong had placed Deng Ai in a courtyard. When he saw Liu Yin coming, he hurriedly saluted him.Liu Yin nodded with a smile, and said, "General Deng made the first achievement in capturing Lintao this time. Congratulations."

Deng Zhong was praised by Liu Yin, and he said happily: "This time, we all rely on the general's strategy, and the general dare not take credit for it."

"Where is your father?"

"My father is in the hall." Deng Zhong replied.

Liu Yin nodded, went straight into the mansion, and saw Deng Ai Qinghao's back from a distance.

"Mr. Ai returned to his hometown, what do you think?" Liu Yin said with a smile.

Deng Ai deliberately made himself look calm, stroked his white beard lightly, and said calmly: "Times have changed, things are different."

(End of this chapter)