But the Hu young man, his family moved west from Youzhou to Shuofang in order to avoid the war, and in order to find a backer, enhance the sense of security, and was willing to pay the price of a large number of sheep and horses dedicated to the Tuoba Department every year, and the Tuoba Department married, but the current war for a hundred years, when there is really money can not be a person, the world is not quiet, although the sea is big, where can it be a paradise? His family died in the plundering battle of Zhang Shaobu's slaughter of Huze, and he was able to survive, which can be called a fate, but in the end he did not die under Zhang Shaobu's knife, but died under Gou Xiong's military law.

And Qu Yuanguang held the head of this young man's death, and when he dedicated it to Gou Xiong, he suddenly recalled that when Ji He saw the young man, he asked himself to go and say one of the few words to the young man, Ji He's original words were "As long as he is not afraid of death, I can not only let him be a man, but also be a man." Looking at the young man's head in his hand, the more Yuan Guang tasted it, the more he felt that Ji He's words were really meaningful.

"When he decided to use this beard, Lord Ji thought that this beard might be killed by Gou Xiong?" Yuan Guang already felt that Ji He's courage could be compared with him, and at this time, he felt that Ji He's "decisiveness" was the same as his own, and he suddenly felt a sense of pity.

Ji He attaches great importance to Yuanguang, or is it because of this? Do you think Yuanguang is similar to him in some way? Maybe so, maybe not. If Ji He doesn't say it, no one can know.

On how to recapture Shuofang County, what kind of strategy should be adopted, whether to be cautious or rushed, Gou Xiong and Ji He have been arguing for many days, so far, by grasping Ji He's "cheating" handle, Gou Xiong has the upper hand.

He was proud, stretched out his legs, put his palms on his black-haired thighs, and only glanced at the young man's bloody head, and said to Ji He: "Old Ji, I have decided to send troops tomorrow, first to fight Heyin, and then to fight Shuofang!" How do you say? ”

Ji He also wanted to try again to stop him, and said: "General, the former Japanese military council, you also heard Yuanguang say, Zhang Shao, the main general of Dingxi's invasion of our Shuofang, is the general of Dingxi, who used to fight in the Western Regions, and has a small prestige. The Zhao Xing brothers, the two local snakes of Shuofang, used it for him to recruit the Huns and other Hu tribes of Shuofang County. The lower officials still think that this battle must not be underestimated!

And the scouts have also reported one after another in recent days, the Tuoba cavalry and Ding Zhuang in Xi'anyang, Hebei Province and other places have been assembled one after another, about nearly 10,000 people, and are now mainly stationed in Xi'anyang and Jiuyuan counties. Xi'anyang is adjacent to Shuofang County, and Jiuyuan is adjacent to Heyin County. Meng Gong sent an envoy to Shengle to meet Tuoba Beijin, Tuoba Beijin promised happily on the surface, and was willing to help our army recapture Shuofang, but Meng Gong specially explained, this Xianbei Hu is ambitious, and it is not credible! What is the meaning of his troops stationed in Xi'anyang and Jiuyuan? It's unpredictable! In the unlikely event that when our army was fighting fiercely with Zhang Shaobu, he suddenly crossed the river and joined in and attacked my flank, the consequences may be unbearable!

"General, dare to think twice!"

"The cavalry and Ding Zhuang of the Tuoba Department in Xi'anyang, Hebei Province", this refers to the movements of the Tuoba Department on the grasslands of Hebei in recent days.

Since the seizure of Xi'anyang, in order to keep this territory, but also to prevent Zhang Shao from sending troops to cross the river to fight, but also to wait for the opportunity to snatch back the large grassland in the west of Xi'anyang, which Dingxi refused to give, Tuoba Beijin has urgently relocated more than 2,000 Xianbei herdsmen who grazing in the grassland west of Shengle and not far from Shuofang.

More than 2,000 falls, for the time being, it is not the whole family moving, it is every fall, that is, each family, first out of Ding Zhuang and two people, bring a small number of sheep and horses to arrive, and the remaining family members will wait for the situation to stabilize. The population of the Hu people and the family of the Tang people is the same, and the average is five, which is equivalent to moving every male to the family first. The Hu people practiced the clan and soldier system, ordinary herdsmen, grazing in peacetime, soldiers in wartime, more than four or five thousand men, a little organization, is a light cavalry force that cannot be underestimated.

The herdsmen had about 5,000 soldiers, plus the cavalry of Helan Yannian and his troops who remained on the north bank of the river, it was nearly 10,000.

Such an unknown friend and foe of the army, stationed on the north bank of the Yellow River a few steps away, is like a sword hanging over its head, that is, to throw away Zhang Shao's "general", Zhang Gui's "wisdom", Gao Yancao and other "Longdi warriors" of various factors, to be honest, this war to recapture Shuofang should indeed be cautious first, "think twice before acting", it is no wonder that Ji He has always opposed Gou Xiong's rush forward.

Gou Xiong said disdainfully: "What kind of general is Zhang Shao?" Get rid of the battle of Qinzhou, Lao Tzu has never heard of him before! It was clear that there was no one available for Xin Agua, so he had to be reused. The wise man of Dingxi, Lao Tzu has only heard the name of Tang Ai, Zhang Gui? But I heard that he is not only blind, but also lame, such a waste man, also worthy of the name of 'wisdom'? Zhao Rangan is very familiar to me, Lao Tzu's subordinates are defeated, ten of him are not worth a little finger of Lao Tzu! Zhao Rangan and Zhao Xing are the head snakes? Don't you hear what Lao Tzu said? Lao Tzu has internal responses in Heyin, Shuofang and other counties! Zhang Shao has a city to rely on, so what? As soon as Lao Tzu's soldiers and horses arrive, you don't need to spend an arrow and arrow, you just watch, someone will open the door and dedicate the city!

"Only that Tuoba doubles, its meaning is indeed unpredictable. But it is precisely because of its unpredictable intentions that our army has to recapture Heyin and Shuofang and other counties as soon as possible! Lao Ji, you are Tang'er's talent, don't you hear 'late will change'? ”

After the call, Ji He was speechless.

Ji He's worries are reasonable, but Gou Xiong's words are also reasonable, and if only according to the analysis of the enemy and me in his words, it seems that his victory is indeed quite large, just as Ji He has always opposed the rush forward, it is no wonder that Gou Xiong insists on a quick battle.

For the sake of Gou Xiong's insistence on the rapid war, there is also an important point.

That is the county of the state, although most of them have been laid down by Gou Xiong and Yang Man, but the state governance of the state has not been conquered, and the state governance of the state has not been conquered, and this is the biggest credit on the battlefield of the state, Gou Xiong is unwilling to give this merit to Yang Man, so he is now a person in Shuofang, his heart is in the state, and he just wants to take back Shuofang County as soon as possible, so he can rush back to the state, but how can he be willing to stay in Shuofang County for a long time?

Ji He still wants to persuade again.

Gou Xiong went down to the ground, went to the tent wall barefoot, drew his saber, and went straight to Yuan Guang's side, the blade pressed against his neck, changed color and hideous, and reprimanded: "Monkey cub, who let you kill this beard?" Did Lao Tzu let you kill him? Before he died, he shouted 'these words', but Lao Tzu didn't ask him, what happened to 'these words'? How dare you kill him without permission? Kill people and kill people? ”

How could Gou Xiong not know that a little bearded boy would have the courage to "lie about the enemy"? Behind it must be Ji He's mastermind. It's just that Ji He is a person that Meng Lang values, and Meng Lang has won Pu Mao's trust, although Gou Xiong is not dealing with Meng Lang, thinking that he restrained and tortured the powerful chieftain of the Di people, and introduced Tang Shi into the court, which seriously damaged the rights and interests of the Di nobles, but in the original intention, he was also a little afraid that if he offended Meng Lang in death, once he caused Pu Mao's Tianyan to be angry, he probably wouldn't be able to eat well, so after scaring Ji He just now, Yuan Guang hurriedly killed the young man's move, so he opened his eyes and closed his eyes.

But he didn't expect that this season was so ignorant of what to do, let him go, he was not satisfied, and he also prevented himself from sending troops, Gou Xiong was really angry.

The blade is cold, and the light is cold from the top of the head to the soles of the feet.

He knelt on the ground and said in fear, "The villain doesn't dare!" He looked at Ji He as if asking for help.

Governor Ji He couldn't do anything, and said: "What the general said is very true, then do what the general wants." ”

"According to my heart?"

"According to the general's wishes."

"My mind has been said, I will send troops tomorrow!"

"Yes, we will send troops tomorrow."

Gou Xiong won a game, became happy, kicked Yuan Guang down casually, and said: "Send your monkey head on the item first, and then if you make a claim, Lao Tzu will cut you!" ”

Yuan Guang was scared and sweated, and said, "Yes, yes, the villain doesn't dare." ”

"Get out of here!"

……

Yuanguang went out of the account with the season.

Leaving Gou Xiong's tent and walking on the way to the camp, Ji He sighed.

Yuan Guang asked cautiously, "Are you worried about the general's attack on Heyin and Shuofang?" ”

Ji He said worriedly: "Zhang Shao is based on the city, the intentions of the Tuoba Department are unclear, General Gou insists on advancing lightly, I am afraid that defeat is coming!" ”

Yuanguang comforted Ji He and said: "My lord, Zhang Shao, this person, the reputation in the past is indeed not very obvious, the famous generals in Dingxi, are nothing more than Koji Shuo, Koji Shuang, Koji Qiu, Xin Agua and several other people, now Koji Shuo, Koji Qiu are dead, Koji Shuang is in Guyin, Xin Agua is not in Shuofang, with the superiority of my troops, attack the capture from afar, and the general claims to have internal responses in Heyin, Shuofang and other counties, this battle may not necessarily be lost. ”

Although Koji Shuang has great shortcomings in his character, he led his troops to destroy Ran Xing the year before last, which is "the merit of destroying the country", and his reputation in Pu Qin and other countries is still not small, and in Yuanguang's mind, he is definitely one of the famous generals in Dingxi.

Ji He was speechless for a long time, and when he arrived outside his tent, he said a word and said, "I hope it can be as you say!" ”

Compared with the time when he was Lu Ming's adviser, he was still a partner with Lu Ming, and he lived a comfortable life, although Lu Ming's background and official position were not as good as Gou Xiong, he could distinguish between right and wrong and listen to advice, but there was no way to do it. Ji He sent Yuanguang away, and since he entered the account, he laid paper and pen, and wrote a letter, detailing the dispute process with Gou Xiong on the strategy of using troops, and sent someone to send it to Meng Lang immediately. Gou Xiong will send troops tomorrow, and it will take at least seven or eight days for this letter to be delivered to Meng Lang, and it must be too late.

……

The next day, Gou Xiong gathered his troops and horses, left hundreds of weak garrisons, and marched westward.

Three days later, arrive at Mamber.

Manbo's Qin garrison received Gou Xiong's military order in advance, and was ready for battle, without much delay, leaving only hundreds of weak defenders, and the rest joined forces with Gou Xiong and went to Heyin County in the west. The two armies were combined, with a total of more than 8,000 cavalry, 3,000 cavalry, nearly 6,000 foot soldiers, 3,000 cavalry, more than 800 armored cavalry, and more than 2,000 light cavalry.

Out of the boundary of Manbo, thirty or forty miles west, passing through the southern end of a small desert area, turning to the northwest direction, following the river that joins Huze for sixty miles, arrived at Huze. Gou Xiong originally wanted to rest here for a day, but when he saw that the grassland around Huze was full of the corpses of the dead herdsmen of Huze Zhuhu tribe, flies and maggots breeding, and the stench was overwhelming, but he couldn't stay for half a moment, so he had to give up his earlier plan, and continued to travel northwest with his troops, and walked more than 40 miles to the south bank of the Yellow River.

To get here, it is very close to Heyin County, only a hundred miles away.

Ji He suggested: "Our army traveled more than 300 miles from Shanan to here, and along the way, although there were scattered herdsmen encountered, the generals killed them, but our army was more than 8,000 people, and the momentum of the march cannot be said to be small, and the news will inevitably leak. The Zhao Rangan brothers have a little prestige in Huzhong, the Huns of Shuofang, and it cannot be ruled out that Hu Mu will report to them, and Heyin County may have been prepared. It is better to rest here for two days, and at the same time send scouts to Heyin and the north bank of the river to investigate, to find out whether there are any changes in Zhao Rangan and Li Liangbu in Heyin and the Tuoba soldiers on the north bank of the river, and then it is not too late to make plans to enter the battle. ”

Gou Xiong listened to his advice, and gave an order to go, and the whole army rested for two days, and sent scouts to Heyin and the north bank of the river to investigate.

The scouts who went to the north bank of the river did not return for a long time, and the scouts who went to the river yin returned the next afternoon.

Can be selected as a scout, all are the elite soldiers in the army, go to Heyin this team of scouts, the leader of the team is a Qiang people, from the Qiang people's Cili Department, "Cili" is the Tang translation of the Rong language, meaning "deer", its department because of good hunting, walking in the mountains such as a deer light and agile and get this name, from his tribal name can be seen, this person is extraordinary, it is true that the army is sharp, and clever, to get the favor of Gou Xiong.

He reported to Gou Xiong and said, "General, great joy! ”

"What a joy?"

The scout said happily: "The garrison of Heyin County is relaxed, and when the villain waits, he sees that the gate of the city is open, and there are few guards on the head of the city. Although the villain and others could not touch the city, they caught two county residents outside the city, and tortured and learned that Zhao Rangan and Li Liang were drinking day and night in the county, and there was no warning for our army! ”

Since the "garrison is lax", why "can't you touch the city"? The reason is very simple, the two major tribes of the Rong people, the Qiang and the Di people all grow their hair, or scatter it, or comb it into a braid around the back of their heads, while the Huns have small pigtails, shaved on the top of their heads, and droop around the top of their heads.

Gou Xiong trusted this scout very much, and when he heard this, he liked Ji He, and said, "Old Ji, listen, are you still preventing me from entering the army?" He asked the scout and said, "Can you beg for a field with Don't do it, have you seen Lian Chong?" ”

Don't do begging fields and Lian Chong, they are two of the officials who Gou Xiong used to stay in Shuofang County and were not killed by Zhang Shaobu, both of them are now in Heyin, and there are two of them among the few people who secretly reported Zhang Shaobu's military intelligence to Gou Xiong before.

The scout replied, "I couldn't see them both because I couldn't go into the city." ”

Gou Xiong said: "Didn't you see it? That's okay too! Hearing that my army is coming, the two of them will definitely find a way to do what I should do! Seeing Ji He sweating profusely, he shook his fan vigorously, didn't say anything for a long time, asked him, and said, "Old Ji, why don't you keep silent?" He said with a smile, "Is it because I heard that the garrison of Heyin was lax, and I could win it with one blow, so I was prevented from entering the army before I repented, and I had nothing to say?" ”

Ji He shook the fan and said, "General, there is one thing you must not worry about. ”

"Which point?"

"Could this be Zhao Rangan and Li Liang's plan to lure me in?"

Gou Xiong didn't get Ji He bowed his head and patted the horse, so tasteless, and said: "Old Ji, you are really suspicious!" You Tang'er are like this, mother-in-law and mother-in-law, worrying about the past and the future, too unhappy! On that day, I broke Zhao Yanli and captured Zhao Ran dry, he knelt like a chicken, trembling, just like him, can he come up with a plan to lure me deeper? With a wave of his big hand, he said arrogantly, "Don't say more!" Only from our army, watch me capture Heyin! After the city is conquered, and then take back Shuofang County, when I play a victory, you Lao Ji's credit is indispensable. ”

……

In the southwest of Gou Xiong's garrison, in the desert south of Heyin County, on a small oasis, there are more than 2,000 Dingxi cavalry lurking.

This cavalry is not Gao Yancao, Zhao Xing, and Cao Huibu!

On the night when Gou Xiong arrived on the south bank of the Yellow River, that is, the night before the scouts sent by Gou Xiong to Heyin returned, the scouts sent by Gao Yancao returned to Gao Yancao and said: "General, Qin Yu has about 10,000 paces and has reached the south bank of the river, about 100 miles away from Heyin. ”