A few days after leaving Shannan County, Gao Yuansuo led his troops to appear in Changshou County, Hejian County.

After forcing Tan Feng to retreat, Ye Zhen led the 3,000 troops who guarded Jishi City and Zheng Xiaoyang's subordinates who returned from the Donghu battlefield, totaling more than 5,000 people, directly into Hejian County.

Hejian County is a place that Gao Yuan must take, in the past two years, Gao Yuan has been thinking of ways to weaken the power of Hejian County, after several battles, the living force of Hejian County has basically been wiped out, and there are not too many resistance forces that the other party can take.

Of course, no matter what, Hejian County is also the capital of a county, the city is tall and strong, although Yan Shenghao has lost most of the elite army, but the remaining part, plus the young and strong who are temporarily transferred, is still a force that should not be underestimated, and the field battle is insufficient, but there is still no problem in defending the city.

This is also the reason why Ye Zhen arrived in Changshou County, divided his troops to cut off all the external passages in Hejian County, but did not launch an attack for a long time.

Gao Yuan led more than 3,000 cavalry to Changshou, which greatly increased the military strength of the Eastern Army in Hejian County, and the morale of the Eastern Army immediately jumped to a new level. A day later, Gao Yuan took Ye Zhen and appeared under the Hejian County for the first time.

Banners fluttered in the wind, and fierce cavalry galloped unscrupulously along the city walls, making disdainful gestures at the guards of the city. And Yan Shenghao, who came to hear the news, did not have the slightest intention of fighting, and with a sad face, he looked at the Eastern Expeditionary Army that was gathering in the distance, and his body trembled slightly.

It was a force he couldn't resist. Several battles with the Eastern Army ended in his fiasco, and the Eastern Army really scared him.

There were also 20,000 troops temporarily conscripted in the city, and when Zhou Yu passed through Hejian County, he left him a battalion of 500 veterans. Let him use this as a skeleton to build a new army, but the Eastern Army came too quickly, and although the army skeleton was erected, there was no time to train. The combat effectiveness can be imagined.

What's even more strict is that most of these temporarily conscripted troops came from surrounding counties and townships, and these places have now become the territory of the Eastern Army. In other words, the families of these soldiers are now under the control of the Eastern Army. Under such circumstances, morale can be imagined.

The morale of the army is floating. The soldiers have no fighting spirit, and during this time, it has become a major topic in the city, every day in the city. There were always a few incidents of desertion, and even if the officers suppressed it forcefully, it did not suppress the trend.

"Gao Yuan actually came in person. How can this battle be fought? Yan Shenghao said in a trembling voice, looking around, the experienced generals, in the previous few battles with their opponents, they had all been defeated by their opponents, and the generals around him who could still support the overall situation were only his son Yan Peng. And a civil official is even more colorless.

To describe the current Hejian County in four words, it is that people are panicked. Even Tan Feng and Zhou Yu were defeated and lost under Gao Yuan's men, and they had to sign an alliance under the city, so the wolf bèi withdrew from Liaoxi, what did Hejian County use to resist the opponent?

After the eastern army under the city showed off its might, it slowly retreated, and under the city, it was still frightened and undecided, the large camp set up by the eastern army was only a few miles away from the county town, and the large battalion built by the mountain did not even set up a fence, obviously, they did not pay attention to the soldiers of Hejian County at all, and calculated that the other party did not have the courage to go out of the city and attack the camp.

"Ye Zhen, if you want to attack, how much loss do I have?" Gao Yuan looked at the model of Hejian County made of yellow clay in front of him, and turned his head to ask Ye Zhen beside him.

"Hejian County is three zhang high, one zhang wide, every fifty meters is equipped with a Tibetan military tower and Weng City, the city defense facilities are extremely perfect, this is mainly because we have cracked down on Hejian County in the past two years, which has also prompted Yan Shenghao to strengthen the construction of the city defense, from the intelligence sent by the spies in the city, now there are more than 20,000 soldiers in the city, of which the elite is about 4,000, this is also Yan Shenghao's last force, about 15,000 new soldiers, and the officers who lead these recruits are actually from the Yan State Standing Army, These people were left by Zhou Yu to Yan Shenghao, about 500 people, and they controlled half of the new army. But now that I've heard that these recruits are extremely unstable, you also know that only the county town of Hejian County has not been taken. ”

Gao Yuan couldn't help but laugh when he heard Ye Zhen's price, "Zhou Yu knows that he can't stop me from taking Hejian, but he still wants to disgust me, does he expect five hundred people to turn decay into magic and stop me under Hejian County?" ”

"General Gao, if we fight hard, even if our combat effectiveness is far superior to that of our opponents, I am afraid we will have to pay the price of more than 3,000 people." Ye Zhen reminded Gao Yuandao: "This is not something we can bear, siege warfare has always been piled up with human lives." ”

"So I'm not going to fight hard!" Gao Yuan said with a smile: "In the future, we may experience a brutal siege battle, but now, I don't want to, our Eastern Army has a total of this number of men, and we can't afford to lose it, let alone for such a city." ”

"Then how are you going to take the county town of Hejian?" Ye Zhen asked puzzled.

Gao Yuan didn't answer his question, but turned his head to look at Wu Ci'an on the other side, "Lord Wu, I have traveled all the way from Baokang, and I have seen that the newly occupied place of our army is in good order, whether it is the government of the newly occupied land, or the people, they have all calmly accepted this fact, you have made great contributions!" ”

Wu Ci'an owed, "The general praised it, this is mainly because the strategy of the expedition to the Eastern Mansion is proper, and there is a policy, so I can operate freely at the bottom." ”

"You don't have to be so humble." Gao Yuan shook his head and said: "When you were still in Baokang, your policies were very targeted, and they had a strong effect on appeasing the people. Lord Wu, I'm curious about how you distributed those lands along the way. And did not cause a backlash from the local gentry? ”

"The news that the Eastern Army is coming, in fact, has already come out, those rich and powerful heroes have basically swept away and fled, and now I am afraid that it is in the county town in front of us, and those who remain are not the big heads." Wu Ci paused, "The biggest thorn is gone, so it's much easier to do, those who stay." We promised them to join the Four Seas Trade, and the surplus land in their hands was purchased by us at a reasonable price, of course, we did not have the money, but Cao Tiancheng Cao allowed them to use this money as their share capital in the Four Seas Commerce, and the matter was solved. The situation of land annexation in Hejian County was particularly strict, and those ordinary people who did not even have a ridge of land suddenly had their own land. The government issued them a title deed written in black and white, how can they not be happy? Naturally, they have the first sense of belonging to Zhengdong Mansion, and now what they are most afraid of is that we can't win, if we lose. The title deeds in their hands are a piece of waste paper. ”

Gao Yuan laughed, land policy, in China, is really invincible. Wu Ci'an's words couldn't help but remind him of the time when he fought local tyrants and divided the land in another world. What I'm doing now is similar to what happened in that era. And in this agrarian-oriented world, this policy is even more lethal.

"Ye Zhen, immediately send someone down to check, see which families have conscripted soldiers in the surrounding places, invite these people here, pay attention, please, the food must be full, not let people freeze, in short, let these people appear under the city in good spirits, let those soldiers see their families. The second point is to let Mr. Wu take charge of writing some leaflets describing the current situation in the surrounding areas of Hejian County and shoot them into the city, so that the soldiers can understand what has changed in their hometown. ”

"General, these people are only afraid of being illiterate!" Wu Ci'an was embarrassed.

"It doesn't matter, not everyone is illiterate, these leaflets, every day, as long as you have a few literate people, these news will spread ten, ten to hundred, God, don't you have some of your subordinates in the city, find a way to contact them, let them promote the progress of this matter." Gao Yuan said with a smile: "Twenty thousand people, right, if fifteen thousand of them are in a commotion, I would like to see if Yan Shenghao still has the confidence to defend Hejian County." ”

"Are you going to make a forced landing on Yan Shenghao?" Ye Zhen asked.

"If Yan Shenghao is willing to surrender." Gao Yuandao: "I will give him a good treatment, and even give him a distinguished position in the Eastern Army, we will take a lot of places in the future, it is impossible to lead troops to fight in every place, or let people really belong, it is also a good choice." ”

Ye Zhen and Wu Ci'an are all thoughtful.

"Lord Wu, after taking Hejian County, are you interested in becoming the county guard of Hejian County?" Gao Yuan suddenly changed the topic, and asked a question that made Wu Ci'an dumbfounded, the first time Wu Ci'an almost thought that he had heard it wrong, now Gao Yuan and his Zhengdong Army are in the limelight, but if they really want to talk about the territory, there are only the two counties of Liaoxi and Hejian, and according to the internal report of the Zhengdong Mansion he saw, the county guard of Liaoxi is led by Gao Yuan, Ye Zhong is in charge of the armed forces, Zheng Jun is responsible for the people's livelihood and civil affairs, and now the political center of Zhengdong Mansion is served by Changshi Jiang Jiaquan, and the city guard is served by Wu Kai, This is Gao Yuan's henchmen, and he, a guy who came over halfway, and he was not willing at the beginning, he was forced to cooperate, he never thought that Gao Yuan would be interested in taking the position of Hejian County Guard, which directly entered the core management of Zhengdong Mansion.

Looking at Wu Ci'an's stunned appearance, Gao Yuan smiled and said: "You are from Hejian County, and you are known for your prestige, there are not a few people who want to know your reputation in Hejian County, and you will minimize the opposition by taking this position, of course, what I value more is your ability, Yan Shenghao only used you as a county commander, which really wronged you." ”

Wu Ci'an was stunned for a long time, and finally reacted, he was also very single, and he did not lie to him, and he looked directly at Gao Yuan, "If Ci'an can hold this position, he will definitely live up to the general's expectations, and within three years, I will make Hejian County the most stable territory of the Eastern Army." (To be continued......)