"Oh dear, why didn't you come sooner! I almost got killed by that General Zhao!"

In Sanggan City, Liu Du repeatedly protested his injustice to Lu Jianxing.

"This General Zhao is our lord's favorite general. With so many troops, you didn't make things difficult for him, did you?"

However, Lu Jianxing ignored Liu Du's cries of injustice and instead blamed Liu Du for bullying Zhao Yun because of his superior numbers.

"Old Lu, you have to be reasonable!"

Li Su recounted in detail their encounter with Zhao Yun at the foot of Gaoliu City, which calmed Lu Jianxing down considerably.

After all, Liu Wei had instructed him to personally deliver a message to Liu Du and Li Su, and to arrange the battle plan.

At the same time, he also instructed Lu Jianxing to remind Liu Du not to get into a conflict with Zhao Yun.

His words seemed to show a greater bias towards Zhao Yun.

Liu Du felt a pang of jealousy. He never expected that his status as the brother-in-law would be less important to Liu Wei than this handsome young general.

Well, it'll be difficult for him to get revenge on Zhao Yun when he gets to Liu Wei.

"Since you only had conflict but no casualties, let's let this matter rest!"

Lu Jianxing slowly said, "Now the lord orders the two of you to quickly complete the infiltration of Shanggu and Daijun, and to wipe out the Xianbei people here within seven days, while supporting Zhao and Wang in capturing Juyong Pass."

"Then, your troops will enter Juyong Pass in ten days and head to Ji County to join forces with our lord."

"Here you go!"

Li Su and Liu Du's expressions hardened, and they immediately bowed and accepted the order.

After conveying Liu Wei's orders, Lu Jianxing also bowed and apologized, saying, "My words were a bit harsh just now, please don't take offense, Generals."

"No, no!"

"Of course, of course!"

Li Su and Liu Du certainly dared not offend the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Shen Lian's subordinates are directly under the lord's command, and others cannot interfere unless temporarily authorized.

Liu and Li had witnessed firsthand the methods of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

They always exist in places you wouldn't expect, and if you commit a crime, they can strip you bare.

After some polite exchanges, Lu Jianxing rose to take his leave:

"I expect you two to strictly follow the Lord's orders, and to stand guard at the gates of Jixian within the designated time to participate in the decisive battle. There must be no mistakes."

"I must also set off to inform Commanders Zhao and Wang. Farewell!"

After seeing Lu Jianxing off, Li Su and Liu Du looked at each other for a while, then shook their heads and sighed.

"I never expected that those five hundred cavalrymen were actually sent by our lord!"

"I was captured alive by him right in front of everyone. It seems unlikely that I can regain my dignity now!"

The two complained for a while, then discussed the orders Liu Wei had given them:

"Our lord has ordered us to wipe out the Xianbei people in the two prefectures within seven days and to support Zhao Yun and Wang Fangyi in capturing Juyong Pass. Lieutenant Li, what do you think we should do?"

Li Su pondered for a moment and then said:

"At our current pace, it will be quite difficult to clear out the two prefectures in seven days! In three days, we only managed to capture four cities with powerful bows and crossbows, while Dai Prefecture has eleven."

"According to the intelligence provided by Lao Lu, the main force of the Xianbei in Dai County is 5,000 men, entrenched in the city of Dai County. The garrison commander is Yuwen Yong. If we want to control the entire territory of Dai County, we have to take down Dai County."

Liu Du's eyes lit up: "Wait, you just said that the Xianbei garrison commander of Dai Commandery is named Yuwen Yong?"

"Yeah!"

Li Su looked puzzled, then exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be that he has some kind of relationship with Yuwen Lie?"

"That's right, they belong to the same Yuwen tribe and are brothers. I didn't expect Yuwen Yong to submit to the Murong Xianbei. I guess it was out of necessity for survival!"

Liu Du sighed, "However, we can send Yuwen Lie to persuade Yuwen Yong to let their Yuwen tribe submit to our lord!"

Li Su asked, "Will Yuwen Yong submit?"

"There shouldn't be any problem. He should be able to see the situation clearly," Liu Du said confidently.

He was originally a tribe of 100,000 people. After the ambush in Hongtao Valley, he not only failed to kill Liu Wei, but was also captured alive by Xue Rengui and almost buried alive.

Fortunately, Liu Du assessed the situation and promptly submitted to Liu Wei, thus protecting his clan and leading to their current glory.

"Then let's quickly summon Yuwen Lie to discuss this!"

Li Su nodded.

They don't have much time left. If they can get Yuwen Yong to submit, they can wipe out the remaining Xianbei in Dai County within two days.

"Brother Liu, in order to speed things up, I think we should split up."

"I will handle the matter of Dai County with Yuwen Lie. You will lead your cavalry to seize Juyong Pass. What do you say?"

Li Su then made another suggestion.

Liu Du's Duoyan Three Guards cavalry consisted of Xianbei people and a small number of Xiongnu people.

At this moment, Shanggu County was probably in a state of high alert due to the harassment from Zhao Yun and Wang Fangyi, and its defenses had become even tighter.

Although Zhao Yun and Wang Fangyi's troops were elite, they might not be able to capture the formidable Juyong Pass easily.

Liu Du's cavalry didn't need to disguise themselves at all; they only needed to pretend to be defeated soldiers from Dai County and Shanggu County, and they would have a very high chance of tricking the gates into opening and capturing Juyong Pass.

The commotion in Shanggu and Daijun these past few days must have alerted the main force of the Murong Xianbei outside Jixian City.

They must have realized the importance of Juyong Pass. If they sent a large force to defend the pass, Liu Du and Li Su's 9,000 troops would not be able to reach Ji County in time to participate in the decisive battle.

Li Su did not intend for Liu Du to steal credit from Zhao Yun and Wang Fangyi.

Rather, it was Liu Du and his three guards of Duoyan who had a natural advantage.

When he learned that Zhao Yun's five hundred cavalry, in addition to harassing the Xianbei people in the two counties, had a more important objective of capturing Juyong Pass and cutting off the Xianbei people's retreat route inside the pass.

The situation in Dai and Shanggu prefectures has likely already reached Juyong Pass and Ji County, and action has already been taken.

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