Before setting out on the expedition, it is necessary to arrange the defense of Bingzhou, although Chen Qian and Hu Fen on the east side of the river, although they have been cleaned up and are much more honest, but it is not excluded that they will take the opportunity of the main force of Bingzhou to go south to attack Jinyang.

There is also Lu Dai in Jizhou, although Cao Liang has never fought with him, but Cao Liang knows that this guy is also a very dangerous person, and Sima Yi arranged for him to sit in Jizhou, which must have a plan, and must not be taken lightly.

Therefore, while Cao Liang went out to Heluo, he also began to arrange the defense of Bingzhou, and the Tun cavalry army was stationed in Qi County to defend Jinyang, while taking into account the enemy on the east road and the southwest, the shooting battalion was stationed at Weize Pass, and the Changshui battalion was stationed in Shangdang, basically considering that it could resist attacks from all sides.

In recent years, the county soldiers of the prefecture have also been developed accordingly, although in terms of the quality of the soldiers, they cannot be compared with the eight field battalions, but after training, these county soldiers who are only responsible for the defense of the city can be fully qualified for the defense task, and now the state is playing a game of chess, the situation is clear, the people are stable, and the morale is high.

In order to catch the opponent off guard with this sortie, Cao Liang did not mobilize with great fanfare, except for the pioneer battalion that arrived in Gaodu in advance, the other battalions were temporarily stationed in various places to maintain the status quo, and only after the vanguard battalion moved, the rest of the battalions would launch an attack on the Sima Army target in Hanoi according to the original plan.

As for Ma Long's vanguard battalion of 3,000 people, Cao Liang did not need to hide, after all, for Sima Jun, a team of 3,000 people came to attack, and a war of this scale was at best an itch in his boots, and it was not a big war at all.

What's more, Ma Long had no fame before, and for Hanoi Tai Tai, he didn't pose any threat.

In March of the first ten years, Ma Long led a pioneer battalion of 3,000 people from Gaodu to the south, passed through Shimen Pass, and went straight to Qinshui.

When the Sima Army went on the Northern Expedition, it was Shangdang who entered from Shimen Pass, but after withdrawing from Shangdang, Sima Jun also gave up Shimen Pass, and shrank the main forces to the line of Huaixian-Wen County, relying on the city and holding Hanoi.

After all, relative to the plain topography of Hanoi, the steep Shimen Pass is an insurmountable danger, but for the towering Taihang Mountain, Shimen Pass can only be regarded as two big stones, when the Sima army retreated to Hanoi, the dangerous geography of Shimen Pass became insignificant, if you send troops to garrison here, in the face of the more dangerous terrain of Taihang Mountain, Shimen Pass has no effect, and the lone army stationed here, there is more possibility of being annihilated by the state army, so Chen Tai served as the Taishou of Hanoi, and readjusted the defense of Hanoi County, Almost all the troops were withdrawn from the critical passes near the Taihang Mountains, and Chen Tai focused the defense of Hanoi on the line of the Yellow River, the main purpose of which was to defend Luoyang, the capital division.

The news of the loss of Qinshui spread to Huai County very quickly, and Chen Tai was shocked when he heard the news. After Sima Yinan's expedition to Huainan, the pressure on the shoulders of Chen Tai, who served as the Taishou of Hanoi, increased sharply, compared to Chen Qian, the Taishou of Hedong and Hu Fen of Pingyang, Chen Tai's Taishou of Hanoi was not only stationed in Hanoi County, but he also had to be on guard against the Yellow River defense line at all times to ensure the safety of Luoyang.

In contrast, Chen Qian and Hu Fen are relatively relaxed, they only need to hold their own territory.

After accepting the appointment, Chen Tai felt a great responsibility, so he was also extremely cautious in the deployment of defenses, and Sima Yi left him with 50,000 troops to deploy before the expedition to the south, which also proved from the side how important the defense of Hanoi County was.

Tran Tai stationed 50,000 troops in the three cities of Huai County, Wen County and Yewang, forming a defensive front in the shape of a character in Hanoi, which was the horns of each other. The Qinshui that fell this time was outside this defense system, and the Qinshui defenders were limited, so they could not resist the attack of the Bingzhou army.

However, the news from Qinshui that the state army did not send a large group of men and horses, but only sent a team of 3,000 people, and the general who led the army was not Deng Ai Yanghu and others he was more familiar with, but an unfamiliar name that he had never heard of - Ma Long.

The promotion of any military general in the army follows a step-by-step principle, even if it is a leapfrog promotion, it is basically selected among the original troops, as an opponent who wants to compete for a long time, Chen Tai still knows more about the battle sequence of the state army, and he can be a treasure of the main general and deputy general of each battle sequence.

But Chen Tai had never heard of a military general named Ma Long before, and he was suddenly killed, which made Chen Tai very puzzled.

It seems that this person must have a close relationship with Cao Liang, otherwise Cao Liang would not have used so many experienced and brave generals, but would have used such a nobody.

Chen Tai knew that Cao Liang had a brother-in-law, Yanghu, who was one of the five tiger generals under his account, but Yanghu's ability was obvious to all, and Cao Liang could be regarded as a virtuous person who did not avoid relatives, but Ma Long, who was reused this time, could it be that it was also nepotism?

However, whether it is nepotism or not is not important for Chen Tai, but since this person dares to come, it proves that he has two brushes. It's just that Chen Tai is more strange that since Cao Liang appointed Ma Long as the main general, why did he only send an army of 3,000 people, and although the state army is not as large as a large number of generals, it only sends 3,000 people to the expedition, and it feels no different from coming to die.

But how could Cao Liang send an army to his death for no reason? Thinking about the original battle of Bowl City, Chen Tai still had palpitations, it can't be said that Cao Liang used his troops like a god, but at least he was out of nowhere, this time sending such 3,000 people to come, is it a bait?

Of course, this possibility is not impossible, Cao Liang is suspicious, and let this abandoned 3,000 people be used as bait to attract the main force of Sima Jun, and want to take the opportunity to plot.

However, the news from Qinshui that the army that entered Hanoi this time is indeed the only one, and there is no other semicolon, except for these 3,000 people, there is no other army.

Moreover, according to the news from the party side of the state, it seems to prove that the attack of the state army was not an organized and premeditated large-scale military operation, but more like a nuisance.

Chen Tai turned from frightened to angry, Cao Liang simply deceived people too much, thinking that he had defeated himself, he despised Hanoi, and allowed these cats and dogs to act recklessly, since this is the case, then these 3,000 people will be wiped out, see if he Cao Liang still dares to act arrogantly and has no one in his eyes? Reading with quick eyes_