If it were Liu Wei's troops, Zhao Yun would have no reason not to know!

After all, when Fanyang was planning a full-scale counterattack, Liu Wei had said that only Zhao Yun and Wang Fangyi's troops were harassing Dai and Shanggu counties.

The only possible origin of such a large Han army that suddenly appeared outside Gaoliu City is the troops under Xu Rong, who are from Yanmen County in Bingzhou, which is adjacent to Dai County.

Perhaps Dong Zhuo learned that Liu Wei was going to fight the rebels in Youzhou, and took the opportunity to send troops to attack Dai County and Shanggu to expand his territory.

"Whose troops are these?!"

Zhao Xin and Zhao Kai also rushed over, their faces showing confusion and vigilance. "With such a massive crossbow formation, I reckon they have at least five thousand crossbowmen!"

"Why are there so many archers? They're probably troops from Bingzhou!"

"Since they are also here to fight the Xianbei, then they are on our side."

"Let's show ourselves quickly and go up to greet them. With their help, Gaoliu City will surely fall. Tonight, we won't have to eat snow and sleep in the open; we can go into the city and have a cup of hot wine!"

Zhao Yun stopped them: "I have heard others say that the Governor of Bing Province and our lord appear to be doing business together and are on good terms, but in reality, the Governor of Bing Province, Dong Zhuo, harbors ill intentions towards our lord."

“We only have five hundred cavalry. If we show ourselves, and the enemy finds out that we are the lord’s troops, they may suddenly attack and kill us all, and then blame it on the Xianbei people.”

"At that time, we will die a truly unjust death!"

Upon hearing Zhao Yun's words, the two were immediately terrified and felt a chill run down their spines.

The arrows fired by five thousand archers turned their five hundred cavalrymen into pincushions in just one volley.

If the blame is then placed on the Xianbei people, they will truly die a very unjust death.

"Then what do we do?" they both asked in unison.

"We went to great lengths to lure the Xianbei people out of the city so we could seize it and resupply them."

"Who would have thought that the Bingzhou army would appear and get there before us!"

"It's getting late. When the Bingzhou army enters the city, we'll attack from behind and give them a hard time!" Zhao Yun thought for a moment, his face turning cold.

If it were only Zhao Yun and Wang Fangyi's small force, even if the Murong Xianbei leader Mohuba Dawang outside Jixian City knew, he would only think that Youzhou was using a diversionary tactic to harass the Jixian army from the rear.

Mohuba would likely send troops back to help annihilate these two cavalry groups, but he wouldn't expect them to come to block the entrance to his Juyong Pass.

But the appearance of this large number of Bingzhou troops is different. Once the news spreads, it will soon cause panic throughout Dai County and Shanggu County.

This will disrupt our previous plans!

However, the enemy had more troops, so Zhao Yun had no choice but to take advantage of the chaos to launch a surprise attack and gain some advantage.

They immediately had to inform Wang Fangyi of this situation. The two troops could not stay in Dai County and Shanggu County any longer. They had to quickly seize Juyong Pass and cut off the connection between the two counties and Ji County.

"Fine, I'm also annoyed by their sudden appearance, I have to teach them a lesson!"

Zhao Xin glared angrily at the "Bingzhou Army" that was launching arrows at Gaoliu City from afar.

Before long, the order was quickly passed down, and the 530 knights sharpened their weapons, prepared for battle, and waited for nightfall.

......

"Yuwen Lie, look at our arrows, aren't they magnificent?"

Liu Du, Li Su, and Yuwen Lie rode their horses side by side.

After Liu and Li reached an agreement at Tanhan Mountain and prepared to launch a surprise attack on Gaoliu City through the snow, they immediately sped south.

Upon arriving at the Great Wall pass, the Xianbei people left only a few hundred soldiers to guard it, while Li Su dispatched a thousand archers.

After three waves of arrows, 300 Xianbei people at the pass were killed by arrows. Only a dozen or so people remained, looking at the tens of thousands of soldiers outside the city, their legs already weak with fear.

They never expected that so many Han Chinese soldiers would come from their rear.

After Liu Du shouted a few times, they obediently opened the gate and let Liu Du and his group pass.

Liu Du left these ten people at the checkpoint to fend for themselves.

Immediately, the army surged towards Gaoliu City like a tidal wave.

When they arrived at the foot of Gaoliu City, they found thick smoke billowing and flames flickering outside the city.

Meanwhile, the walls of Gaoliu City were densely packed with soldiers guarding the city, their attention focused on the fire outside the city.

An excellent opportunity!

So Liu Du instructed Li Su to use the snow as cover to send 5,000 archers to quietly approach the city. Once they were within range, they would all reveal themselves and unleash a barrage of arrows.

The Xianbei soldiers on the city wall cried out for their fathers and mothers and scattered in all directions, and most of them were shot dead in an instant.

Li Su then ordered the archers to get closer to the city and fire ten more arrows from their bodies.

After ten volleys of arrows, there was no one left alive on the city wall.

Seeing that he would soon be able to go into the city to drink hot wine, Liu Du proudly boasted to Yuwen Lie beside him.

Yuwen Lie was dressed in casual clothes and was quite imposing.

During the more than half a year that he was under house arrest in Hetao, he and Huchuquan were like brothers in misfortune, being escorted by Wei Ji, who was in charge of the prison, to do hard labor by the shore of Wuliangsu Lake.

They fished, cleared land, built the new city of Wuyuan, repaired the road from Yunzhong to Linwo in Shuofang, and even spent a few days mining coal at the Woye Coal Mine.

According to Wei Ji, the goal was to make them undergo labor reform.

However, according to Wei Ji, this was something Liu Wei specifically instructed him to do.

After several months of labor reform, Yuwen Lie and Hu Chuquan gradually learned about the situation in the Hetao region under Liu Wei's governance.

They also figured out why they couldn't defeat Liu Wei.

From initial resistance to later humbly accepting reform, they were gradually attracted by the thriving Hetao region.

Not only did they have good food, but they also got to attend Cai Cai's lectures with other people.

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