Chapter 231: Huo Xiang's Help
Just when Le Bo and Chang Yuchun had no idea what to do, Jiang Chen also arrived at Juyu Pass with five thousand silver-armored guards.
After learning the news that Jiang Chen was leading his troops, King Jin hurriedly took Xiong Kehui and waited outside the pass early.
Looking at the five thousand silver-armored guards behind Jiang Chen who looked like a dense silver forest, a hint of surprise flashed in King Jin's eyes.
After a while, Jiang Chen brought the silver-armored guards to the King of Jin.
"Jiang Chen, meet His Royal Highness Prince Jin!"
Jiang Chen reined in his warhorse and bowed to King Jin.
"Haha, you are too polite, Prince Fuguo. I have to thank you for coming to help me."
As he spoke, King Jin looked at the silver-armored guards behind Jiang Chen and continued asking.
"This is the silver-armored cavalry under General Chen Huai, right?"
Hearing King Jin's question, Jiang Chen nodded.
"Your Highness has good eyesight. These soldiers are the silver-armored cavalry from the past."
After saying that, Jiang Chen turned around and looked at the five thousand silver-armored guards with pride.
The combat power of these five thousand silver-armored guards has been improved by more than one level compared to before.
Jiang Chen wanted to maximize the combat effectiveness of the five thousand silver-armored guards.
Before this expedition, Jiang Chen specially replaced all the weapons and armors of 5,000 men with those made with new smelting technology!
In addition, Jiang Chen also exchanged the one thousand high-quality war horses for some of the Silver Armor Guards.
It can be said that these five thousand silver armored guards.
Even when facing an enemy that is several times larger than yours, you can still take down the enemy's center in the chaos!
As Jiang Chen brought the Silver-Armored Guards to Juyu Pass, Han Zhong and Du Mingyu also withdrew from the top of the city wall.
"General Han Zhong (Du Mingyu) greets the lord!"
As soon as the two arrived in Jiang Chen's tent, they knelt on the ground and saluted Jiang Chen .
"You two, get up now."
"Tell me quickly, how is the battle going these days?"
After Jiang Chen helped the two men up, he asked the two generals.
When asked by Jiang Chen, the two generals immediately and impatiently told him about the battle situation of the past few days.
"My lord, the joint forces of Qi and Ming have been attacking fiercely these days."
"But based on the defense of Juyu Pass, we haven't lost many people these days."
"However, the people from the seven mountains and forty-nine villages on the side of King Jin have lost thousands of people."
It must be said that although Juyu Pass withstood dozens of waves of attacks from the two countries' coalition forces.
However, the people from the Seven Mountains and Forty-Nine Villages are not regular troops after all.
Therefore, in such a fierce battle, heavy losses are inevitable.
However, this is also the most astute point of King Jin.
The reason why he chose to lead the irregular army from the Seven Mountains and Forty-Nine Villages.
It is to prevent one's own strength from being weakened!
After listening to Han Zhong and Du Mingyu's stories, Jiang Chen fell silent.
Gongsun Liang on the side also frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a long time, Jiang Chen raised his head and spoke.
"Military Advisor, send a message back immediately and let Yuan Hao lead part of the new army."
"Let them pretend to be people from the Seven Mountains and Forty-Nine Villages and rob the caravans that are making money from the war!"
Hearing this, Gongsun Liang couldn't help but smile knowingly.
Jiang Chen's idea coincided with his.
At this very moment, some merchants in the North were taking advantage of the war between the Three Kingdoms to engage in frantic smuggling.
If at this time, Jiang Chen chose to rob.
Then, Jiang Chen will get a very considerable income.
Thinking of this, Gongsun Liang couldn't wait to write a letter by carrier pigeon.
Yuan Hao, who was guarding Jibei County, received a carrier pigeon letter from Gongsun Liang.
He took the letter and came to the imperial prison in the "Ant Hole".
In the deepest part of the imperial prison, there is a very special "prisoner" imprisoned.
Led by a member of the "Ant Hole" staff, Yuan Hao came to the deepest cell.
"General Yuan, you may come in."
After opening the cell door, Yuan Hao walked in slowly.
I saw several oil lamps lit in the small cell.
Under the light, a middle-aged man in Confucian clothes was sitting there flipping through the book in his hands.
Hearing someone walking into the cell, the middle-aged man slowly put down the book in his hand and raised his head.
"I greet General Huo Xiang!"
After seeing the middle-aged man raise his head, Yuan Hao hurriedly bowed respectfully.
"I am no longer General Pingyuan. You can just call me by my name."
Facing Yuan Hao's respect, Huo Xiang responded very calmly.
" I dare not. My lord has instructed me to treat you with courtesy before he left."
As he spoke , Yuan Hao smiled at Huo Xiang.
"Just tell me what you want to say. I don't think you would come to me for no reason."
After listening to Yuan Hao, Huo Xiang said lightly.
Seeing that Prime Minister Huo was so direct, Yuan Hao no longer hid anything and directly handed the letter sent by carrier pigeon to Prime Minister Huo.
Looking at the letter handed over by Yuan Hao, Prime Minister Huo was a little hesitant.
But after hesitating for a while, Huo Xiang took the letter handed to him by Yuan Hao and began to read it.
As Prime Minister Huo finished reading the letter in his hand, a very strong desire to fight flashed in his eyes.
"Does your master trust me so much ?!"
After some inner struggle, Huo Xiang asked Yuan Hao with a smile.
Facing Prime Minister Huo's doubts, Yuan Hao smiled slightly and replied generously.
"Please rest assured, General Huo. My master has said so."
"He believes that for the sake of the people of Xia Country, the general will not refuse his request!"
Hearing this, Huo Xiang was slightly stunned. When he came to his senses, he smiled and shook his head.
"Hahaha, it seems that I have been judging others by my own standards..."
"Come on, take me out. I am willing to agree to your master's request for this matter!"
Seeing that Prime Minister Huo agreed, Yuan Hao immediately felt a little relieved.
Now, after Ye Fan took Han Zhong and Du Mingyu away.
In the vast area of three counties, only he and Li Yuanyi were left to guard it.
If something happened at this time, the two of them would be too busy to handle it.
Therefore, Jiang Chen asked Gongsun Liang to write another letter to Prime Minister Huo on the carrier pigeon.
The purpose is to ask Prime Minister Huo to come out and help him.
Of course, this letter alone would not be enough to make Prime Minister Huo compromise.
The reason why Prime Minister Huo agreed to Jiang Chen's request was because Gongsun Liang was his best friend!
When Huo Shang had not yet joined the army, it was Gongsun Liang who had been supporting him.
For this kindness, Prime Minister Huo has always wanted to find an opportunity to repay Gongsun Liang.
Today, with Jiang Chen's words, Huo Xiang finally found this opportunity.
After Yuan Hao took Huo Xiang out of the imperial prison, he brought him to the new army’s base.
So, Prime Minister Huo selected five thousand soldiers from the new army.
With these five thousand soldiers, Huo Xiang disguised himself as bandits from the seven mountains and forty-nine villages.
Just like that, the news of the Seven Mountains and Forty-Nine Villages' crazy looting of caravans spread throughout the entire northern border.
