A team in charge of liaison from the Dreadnought Army came to report to the general, "Inform the general that the Zhongdu and Jingling sides have completed the expulsion of the scouts of the old king of the Xiongnu." ”

"Okay, good work. How are the heroes in these counties in the fringe areas? ”

"General Hui, these heroes are very desperate for their own interests, sending thousands of troops to fight with Captain Hu Lang'er, and the Hun scouts have no power to fight back."

"Very good, you have to make good physical reserves, there will be a big battle ahead."

"No! The general will not be disappointed! ”

Hu Lang'er's Third Cavalry Brigade, together with part of the Tuntian Army and Haoqiang Armed Forces, firmly guarded the vast area north of Jiexiu County. Coupled with the fact that the ice surface of Zhaoyuze was relatively thin, it was impossible for the Huns to make a detour to attack several counties in the Taiyuan Plain.

Xu Huang must have no problem there, Beiqu County is mainly mountainous, and Xu Huang, a first-class famous general, leads the brave battalion and the main force of the 11th Brigade who are the best at mountain warfare. With the support of the Tuntian army and some of the Huns on their side, the old royal court would definitely not be able to get benefits.

The first war to solve the head of the old royal court of the Southern Xiongnu will depend on his own side.

Before the official decisive battle, he just couldn't let go of Chang'an's side a little, and he didn't know what happened to Dong Bai and Li Ru.

Five days later, a team of guards around Feng Mou and Dong Bai arrived and handed Tong Yuan a secret letter.

The secret letter means that under the instigation of Li Ru, Guo Yan, Fan Chou and Li Dao gradually became enemies, and the three parties were on the same page, and the situation of separating and competing for hegemony in Chang'an City became more and more intense.

Others, such as Duan Xuan, who was stationed in Hongnong, and Dong Cheng, who was your uncle, were all watching coldly on the surface, but in fact, they had secretly expressed their continued loyalty to the Dong family and waited for the dispatch of Weiyang Jun and Haoyang Hou.

Not to mention, Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu, who were stationed in key positions such as Hongnong and Shaanxi County, had long been a subsidiary force of the Xinxi Liang Army, and they were basically in the palm of their hands.

He knew the time had come, and there was nothing to hesitate about.

He arranged for Feng Mou to return to Weiyang Jun and instructed, "Everything is going according to plan." By the way, what is the situation of the waterway from Xiayang to Beiqu? ”

Feng Mou replied, "This section of the river is currently unblocked, and the water flow in this section of Xiayang is gentle, and there is ice in some places near the shore. The water flow on the north bend and Hukou side is relatively turbulent, so there is no freezing. ”

Tong Yuan nodded, and asked again, "What did you see and hear about your fleet along the way?" ”

Feng Mou thought about it seriously and said, "Beiqu County is mainly mountainous, and according to the previous understanding, it is generally from Pishi to the shore and take a farther land route to here. “

"Listening to the latest introduction, Beiqu and Puzi counties have built a fast stone road along the river, and this road will be faster than Pi's side. The military tun in Beiqu County has arranged for soldiers and horses to be stationed at the main passes, and the people will also carefully identify the unfamiliar faces passing by. ”

"In Puzi County, our group was quickly discovered by the scouts of the 11th Brigade, this army was strictly disciplined, ordered and forbidden, and carried out strict identity checks on us. Even Xu Huang joined the army and showed up in person and asked where we were going. ”

"Xu Huang took us very seriously, and sent a small number of soldiers and horses to lead us quickly through the area where we might fight. After entering Yong'an County, you can feel the high morale of the soldiers and horses of the Huns Huchuquan. ”

"However, their military discipline is not good, and we have seen many beatings and scolding of soldiers on the road. In addition, there was a clear division within the tribes, with some poor people starving to death on the streets, and markets for slave trade......"

Tong Yuan sighed, he planned to increase the proportion of agriculture slightly on the basis of maintaining the original living habits. But its primitiveness and contradiction do not diminish or disappear by attachment.

Should it be changed by coercion? Still not for the time being, this contradiction is really not the main problem on his side. And forcing the Sinicization of the Huns will also affect their combat effectiveness and even set off riots.

However, if you don't give someone a chance, he will do his best to make trouble. For example, some people, for their own interests and ambitions, will push the anger and disparity of internal slaves to Hu Chuquan and Tong Yuan. This black hand is still dormant for the time being, and one day it will cause a disaster.

Tong Yuan told Feng Mou to take the overland route to Pingyang County, south of Yong'an, and then head west to Beiqu and return to Xiayang by water.

This time, let him inspect the area where the Xiongnu temporarily lived for him, and ordered the corresponding county and township officials to let the corresponding leaders restrain a little on the basis of not oppressing the Hu people.

Feng Mou had a period of being captive by the Hu people, so he naturally knew what those leaders were doing. He also knew that many Hu people were in rebellion because of the tyranny of officials and the recklessness of human life, so it was most appropriate for him to inspect and suggest.

At the end of November, the scout battalion came to report that it was determined that at least eight kings and no less than 70,000 troops had gathered in the Zuoguo City of the Old King Court of the Southern Xiongnu. All the Han heroes in the territory were forced to send troops to assist them in the war.

On 1 December, the number of enemy scouts increased dramatically, and the combat was high, and it was difficult for the scout battalion to detect the movement of the enemy's main force.

Tong Yuan ordered the scout battalion to retreat to the east bank of Dahu Zhaoyu Ze and join up with Hu Lang'er's department.

Jiexiu County was under full martial law, and except for the Dreadnought Army and the Tuntian Army, they retreated to Mianshan to avoid the enemy.

The 11th Battalion of the 11th Brigade of the Fearless Army, Tong Yuan, Geng Qing and the guard battalion around him, and the corresponding logistics troops temporarily stationed in Jiexiu County, quickly stationed in the fortress on the west side of Fenshui, where Hao Zhao was located.

The whole army will not retreat from the enemy army, and will never go out of the city!

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Hao Zhao had already led more than 1,000 soldiers and horses in Taiyuan and Juntun and Mintun in his camp to build a fortress specially prepared for this battle next to Fenshui on the west side of Jiexiu County.

This fortress is backed by mountains, guarding the main road from the stone to Jiexiu, and condescendingly overlooking Fenshui, Jiexiu and Taiyuan Plain.

The building material of the fortress is Luliang Mountain granite, the fortress is divided into two layers, the perimeter of the outer wall is more than one mile, and the whole area is slightly more than the size of a football field.

The height of the city wall is not high, and it is specially designed to lure enemy soldiers to attack. Several turrets were set up in several places with steep slopes, which were specially used to shoot the attacker's crossbowmen.

The inner city is smaller, but has a number of basements and high-rise buildings, which can accommodate up to 500 people for high-quality rest. In addition, the inner city is higher than the outer walls where the enemy is most likely to attack, so that it is possible to command the mobilization of troops and horses, or shoot enemy troops who climb the outer walls.

The city contains a spring and two wells, which have living water throughout the year, and the wells are warm in winter and cool in summer. The warehouse has 8,000 catties of charcoal, 10,000 catties of corn, pickled vegetables and dried meat.

Due to Tong Yuan's timely order, the Mintun households that built the fortress were orderly transferred to Jiexiu County or the townships and tun near Mianshan.

Therefore, there are a total of 1,100 dreadnought troops in the city, more than 700 tuntian troops, and more than 100 people with logistics, medical and other functions, totaling more than 2,000 troops.

The three kings of the Xiongnu, Yougu Li, and several Han vassals as the vanguard, came from the main road of Shizhi Jiexiu.

"That child thief is in this small city, and if we cut him down, no one will be able to stop the revival of the Huns! For Shan Yu, for the Huns, for the grassland, let the world see the strength of the Huns! ”