Hongnong County is the only county south of the Yellow River in Hedong Province, located east of Tongguan and west of Shaanzhou, just separating Dugi Province, where Luoyang is located, from Gyeonggi Province, where Chang'an is located, and its geographical location is extremely important.

Cui Qianyou has his eyes on Hongnong County, indicating that the An Lushan rebels are preparing to attack Tongguan, and then directly threaten Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Empire. However, the 200,000 troops led by Gao Xianzhi are still guarding Taiyuan Cang in Shaanzhou, and they dare not move half a step easily, if Cui Qianyou's intention is successful, then the rebels will successfully cut off the connection between Guanzhong and Guanwai, and the central court of the Tang Dynasty will be completely blocked in Guanzhong west of Tongguan.

"What are you still rubbing? Hurry up and keep up, remember, now you are all under the control of General Cui, don't think about that anymore. ”

The rebels who looked like the leader warned Qin Jin's subordinates a few words, and although they were holding on to them alone, they still failed to attack "their own people". Of course, this may not be what kind of incense he has, the main reason should be that there are many people on the Qin and Jin sides, and more than 170 people have an absolute numerical advantage over 40 or 50 people.

If this advantage is reversed, whether the leader will be so calm and restrained is between the two. Both sides were cavalry, galloping horses on the great plain, and within half an hour they ran out of dozens of miles, and a large river was already seen in the distance across the north and south, and a large number of men and horses gathered on the east bank of the river. The rising sun leapt out of the horizon behind them, painting everything in sight an illusory gold.

In the blink of an eye, smoke was already curling on the riverbank, and it seemed that the army was not in a hurry to cross the frozen Honglu water, but was burying the pot to make food.

This large river, called Honglu Shui, is slightly different from Xin'an, which is full of snowfall, with very little snowfall, and a silver and frozen ice belt contrasts strongly with the two banks of the withered earth. Crossing the Honglu River, and further west is the county administration of Hongnong County, Yuzhou City.

Zheng Xianli didn't say a word during the whole process, only silently mixed in the cavalry, and was introducing the geographical situation to Qin Jin in a low voice.

The current situation is completely beyond the expectations of Qin Jin and others, if according to the plan, they should have crossed Hongnong by now, and on the post road from Tongguan to Shaanzhou, they pretended to be the Fanhu rebels who broke into this place to rob and kill the prison general Bian Lingcheng who rushed to Shaanzhou to deliver the decree.

But at this moment, Qin Jin and the others were trapped in Cui Qianyou's army, which was a bit ridiculous, and they were also treated as their own family by Cui Qianyou's subordinates and assigned to a group of people. Holding the steaming porridge bowl, Qin Jin immediately felt hungry in his stomach, and a very unreal feeling enveloped his heart.

Just a few steps away, the gruel in the cauldron was steaming hot, and groups of rebel soldiers gathered around, vying for a few more bowls.

"Don't rob, don't rob, the general has a rule, only one bowl is allowed for one person...... After drinking the porridge, everyone is ready to go into battle to kill the enemy, don't stand in the way here......"

When the rebels were neutral, they responded with swearing, but most of them dispersed.

"Cui Qianyou, what kind of tone is this, so that the soldiers under his command go to the battlefield hungry?"

The cavalry under Qin Jin had a lot of discussions in private, and they had a lot of contempt for Cui Qianyou's stinginess.

Zheng Xianli whispered to Qin Jin on the side: "This is the key to using soldiers, and soldiers who are about to fight are not allowed to eat full......

"What are you doing in a daze? Drink porridge, drink porridge ......"

Gobbling up the gruel in the bowl into the belly, although it could not completely eliminate the hunger, the temperature of the hot porridge instantly spread all over the limbs, driving away the fatigue of the night of wind and snow, and the spirit was suddenly lifted.

With Qin Jin taking the lead, everyone also raised their necks and drank the porridge bowl in their hands.

After drinking the porridge, the rebels of Cui Qianyou's army began to march towards the west bank of Honglu River, while Qin Jin's troops were gathered together with all the defeated troops and left in the temporary camp in a disorderly manner, waiting for further orders.

Obviously, Cui Qianyou did not trust the fighting power of these "rabble", and after gathering these nearly 1,000 people, he divided them into three waves and placed them on both sides of the Honglu River, in order not to cause chaos to his plan.

"Shaofujun, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, why not take this opportunity to stab Cui Qianyou in the back?"

"Yes, send someone to Shaanzhou to deliver a letter to Dr. Gao......"

Being "trapped" in the rebels, the cavalry began to talk in a low voice, and all kinds of brain-opening suggestions emerged one after another, Qin Jin was noncommittal about this, and only more than a hundred people wanted to stab Cui Qianyou in the back, I am afraid that Cui Qianyou's ability was too underestimated.

As for sending a letter to Gao Xianzhi, not to mention, such a large-scale surprise attack with troops, except for the initial period of time, the news will spread quickly. It is believed that at this time, Gao Xianzhi's people have already learned the news of Hongnong's attack. Now Qin Jin is very curious, Yuzhou City is not a small county town, how can Cui Qianyou conquer it before Gao Xianzhi can deal with it.

Qin Jin, who was preoccupied, didn't notice that Zheng Xianli's face began to be cloudy, and only after a long time did he say to Qin Jin: "If Cui Qianyou captures Hongnong County, the connection between Tongguan and Shandong will be severed, and the edict of the Son of Heaven will not be able to reach Shaanzhou......"

Qin Jin's heart suddenly moved.

"Borrowing a knife to kill someone?"

Thinking in his heart, he asked softly. Zheng Xianli nodded emphatically, "What does Shaofujun think?"

Qin Jin was indeed moved, this was a good way, but after changing his mind, his thoughts faded again. If what he did to spare no effort and even take risks to save Feng Changqing, is he just a person? What is the difference between Feng 2 and the ordinary Feng 3, 4, 5, and 6?

"How?"

In Zheng Xianli's heart, Feng Er's position is far heavier than the Tang Dynasty he serves, heavier than the Yuzhou City in front of him, and heavier than the lives of thousands of people in the city. Qin Jin was not originally an indecisive person, but after coming to the Tang Dynasty, he repeatedly faced this bloody choice, which made him feel pain in his head when he was born in a peaceful and prosperous era.

Zheng Xianli only thought about it for a moment, and if he talked about the specific way to kill people with a knife, he had to spread his hands.

However, looking at the curling smoke that had been extinguished one by one, a faint sneer appeared on Qin Jin's face. In the era of cold weapons, when marching and fighting, what was fought was grain and grass, as the saying goes, "the army has not moved, and the grain and grass go first". Cui Qianyou tasted the sweetness of the surprise attack, and he had to endure the fragile supply of grain and grass.

Cui Qianyou could not transport grain and grass through the post road that had to pass through Shaanzhou from Mianchi, so he could only consume the small amount of grain he carried with the army, or raid Hongnong County to replenish on the spot.

"I first took the opportunity to burn their grain and grass, and then left the place at night. As soon as the grain and grass are cut off, Cui Qianyou's army will definitely not last, and with the arrival of Gao Xianzhi's reinforcements, the advantages and disadvantages will be reversed immediately, and if it is not handled properly, it is also possible to be annihilated by the Tang army in one fell swoop. ”

Cui Qianyou's grain and grass supplies were on the east bank of Honglu Shui, only a mile or two away from them. The success rate of burning grain and grass is much higher than the unreliable plan of killing people with a knife.

Since the defeat of the rebels in the two battles in Xin'an, Zheng Xianli's attitude towards Qin Jin has completely changed from the beginning. Therefore, he quickly gave up the idea of killing people with a knife, and instead supported Qin Jin's plan to burn grain and grass.

But he was still worried.

"I'm afraid that the envoy of the Son of Heaven has arrived in Shaanzhou. ”

"It won't be so fast, we have three days, and it's only been two days!"

In Wei Yao's letter to Qin Jin, he said that he would delay the envoy of the Son of Heaven for three days and let him maneuver as much as possible, otherwise he would be powerless. In the letter sent back by Chen Qianli, he gave a detailed description of the situation in Chang'an City, in addition to the attitude of the Son of Heaven, the most spent pen and ink was Wei Yao's best efforts.

"Besides, from Tongguan to Shaanzhou, Hongnong County is a must-pass place, if the envoy of the Son of Heaven has not yet left Tongguan, or has just left Tongguan, it is impossible to pass through here. ”

Qin Jin said this to completely dispel Zheng Xianli's doubts, and sure enough, the expression on Zheng Xianli's face stretched a little.

The sound of war drums in the distance suddenly rumbled, it was the rebels attacking the city of Yuzhou, Qin Jin was very worried that the defenders of Yuzhou would not be able to withstand Cui Qianyou's hard blow.

At this time, the war horse clattered on the ground, from far to near. There was a commotion among the rebels scattered across the banks of the river, and they were clearly unhappy with the status they had been treated so despised. When Sun Xiaozhe was under his command, it was always them who squinted at others. Now facing the embarrassing situation of inferiority, naturally I can't bear it.

Some of these people are the remnants of the Xin'an Soap River valley who were lucky to rush out, and some of them are the defeated soldiers of the Tongluo Department under the command of Du Mo, even if the two sides are in trouble, they are still hostile to each other, and they are eyeing each other, only Qin Jin's group is relatively low-key, and after drinking porridge, they will stay by the war horse one by one and close their eyes to recuperate.

"Get up, hurry up, General Cui's subordinates don't have idle food, it's your turn to go into battle in a while!"

The dozens of arrogant cavalry soldiers of the Cui rebel army arrogantly scolded the remnants of Sun Bu scattered along the river, and a few of them stood in the way, so they raised their hands and whipped them.

Then the leader of the arrogant generals pointed at Qin Jin and the others, "Hand over your war horses, they will be requisitioned from now on!"

Although the people under the command of Qin Jin are unity soldiers, they have also fought and won vicious battles, and have annihilated tens of thousands of rebels, and now although they are trapped here, how can they endure the reprimands of the rebel leaders who deceive people too much. What's more, he asked them to hand over the war horses that they regarded as the root of their lives.

"Why? We don't pay it!

The leader of the rebels laughed, and the scar on his face twitched to make it even more hateful, and then he looked back at the left and right, and said in an extremely playful tone:

"Brothers, did I hear me right?" and then snorted coldly and waved his hand: "Give it to me!"

Don't look at the fact that there are only dozens of people, but they don't take Qin Jin's more than 170 people in their eyes at all!

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