Chapter 625

It was not just the commoners in the city who were afraid.

Even the Grand General He Jin, who was currently leading nearly ten thousand of the Left and Right Forest Guards stationed outside Luoyang, was afraid.

Defeat reports from the provinces and commanderies were arriving one after another.

Zhu Jun had been defeated by the Huang Jin rebel troops in a single battle.

Huangfu Song was besieged in Wancheng.

In Wancheng, Yangzhou, and various other places, instances of Huang Jin rebel troops killing officials and seizing cities were everywhere.

Although he was surrounded by ten thousand troops, He Jin still could not feel any sense of security.

Outside Luoyang, within the camp of the Left and Right Forest Guards.

He Jin had not stepped out of the main camp for ten days.

Sitting in the center of the main military tent, the Grand General He Jin, dressed in armor, was chewing on maltose.

Although the maltose was sweet, He Jin still felt that his mouth was incomparably bitter.

And every time he chewed, the fever blisters on his lips would ache severely.

"That god-damned Zhang Jiao."

"That incompetent Zhu Jun."

He Jin cursed while chewing.

Taking advantage of the momentum of Zhang Jiao's rebellion, He Jin had been promoted to Grand General.

He was in command of all the troops in the world.

Originally, being promoted to Grand General should have been a happy event.

But now, He Jin could not feel happy at all.

He even had the thought that Luoyang was very dangerous and he wanted to return to his hometown.

As for leading troops in battle, He Jin had never fought any real battles in his life.

Let alone commanding the tens of thousands of troops under him.

Looking at this camp of over ten thousand people, He Jin did not even know where to begin.

So he stayed in his tent as much as possible every day.

Just as He Jin was still in the camp cursing Zhang Jiao, as well as Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song, a general from outside the camp rushed into the main tent.

He was shouting while running.

"Grand General, Grand General."

"There is a force of troops coming from the west."

"Grand General, Grand General."

What?

He Jin, who was stunned, suddenly stood up from his seat, and a look of panic immediately appeared on his face.

"Where did the troops come from? Could you see clearly how many people there were?" He Jin asked hurriedly.

The general who rushed into the tent panted and shook his head: "I didn't see clearly, Grand General. It was the soldiers outside the camp who reported it, saying they were all cavalry, all of them were cavalry."

He Jin instantly felt stars before his eyes, and his head was buzzing.

Oh no, oh no!

Could it be that the Huang Jin rebel troops have already broken in?

"Quick, quick... quick!"

"Beat the drums, assemble the soldiers, assemble all the soldiers, hurry up."

As He Jin spoke, he anxiously turned around, took his precious sword from the rack behind him, and then walked out of the main military tent.

"Grand General, what are you..."

He Jin said without looking back: "Prepare a squad of cavalry for me. This General is going to enter the city to report this news to His Majesty, hurry."

The deputy general following behind He Jin was stunned.

Enter the city?

Report to His Majesty?

The deputy general looked at He Jin's back.

You could have just said you wanted to desert the battle.

But the deputy general dared not disobey He Jin's order.

Very soon.

The sound of drums rang out in the camp.

The Left and Right Forest Guards were the elite among the elite of the Great Han, the elite guarding the capital city of Luoyang.

Every person was fully equipped with armor, long bows, short crossbows, horizontal blades, and round shields.

And they were all selected from good families.

Although He Jin did not know how to lead troops, these ten thousand or so Forest Guards were truly elite.

After the war drums sounded, the camp of ten thousand began to assemble under the leadership of their respective junior officers, military marquises, and captains.

The gates of the front, rear, left, and right camps were closed.

The soldiers pulled the deer-blocking stakes across the camp gates.

The soldiers also climbed onto the walls and towers of the camp stockade, holding long bows and short crossbows.

Soldiers holding blades and shields blocked the camp gates, while the archers behind them drew their bows and nocked arrows.

By the time He Jin arrived at the camp gate with the cavalry he wanted to escape with, the gate had already been closed.

Looking at the closed gate, He Jin panicked immediately.

"Open the gate, open the gate, this General needs to go out!"

He Jin, wearing heavy armor and riding on his horse, shouted at those around him.

The soldiers of the Left and Right Forest Guards looked at each other and then at He Jin, their faces filled with confusion.

The captain guarding the gate was also completely bewildered.

Open the gate at this time?

We don't even know what kind of troops are coming; what if there is cavalry charging the camp?

Wouldn't opening the gate be the same as letting the enemy in?

How could the captain know that He Jin intended to take this opportunity to return to Luoyang city.

Just as He Jin was about to scold the captain to open the gate.

A scout on horseback ran in from outside the gate.

"It's reinforcements, it's reinforcements, not the Huang Jin rebel troops."

"It's the reinforcements from Liangzhou, the reinforcements of the General Who Breaks the Qiang have arrived!"

Upon hearing the four words "General Who Breaks the Qiang," the tense atmosphere all around vanished instantly.

The soldiers lowered the horizontal blades and shields in their hands.

The archers also released their bowstrings.

The General Who Breaks the Qiang.

Duan Yu!

Although it had only been a year.

But in the world today, as long as one was in the military, who had not heard the name of Duan Yu?

He rose from humble beginnings.

From a small village patrol officer.

He grew all the way to become a General.

From his rise until now, he had never known defeat.

He fought the Xiongnu, broke the Xianbei, and killed the Western Qiang.

Within just one year, he had left hundreds of thousands of heads rolling.

It was said that Duan Yu had terrified the Western Qiang in Liangzhou.

Even the Southern Xiongnu took the initiative to send gifts and choose peace talks.

He was truly a tiger general of the age, undefeated in a hundred battles, with Xiliang horses running rampant across the world.

And He Jin, on his horse, saw the tense expression on his face vanish instantly when he heard it was Duan Yu who had come.

Replaced by joy.