Chapter 38: Expanding the Territory

Li Xin convened this meeting to lay out the entire strategic plan, and at the same time, it was also to establish some rules. For things, there is no problem in listening to everyone's opinions, of course, more importantly, he wants to cultivate everyone's thinking and analysis in this way, especially Li Erhei and Zhou Tong, young generals. After all, he didn't want these two guys to be just fierce and unscrupulous.

"Then let's go and capture Fuxi County next?" Zhou Tong asked on the side.

"Yes, the affairs in Huayin City will be handed over to Jing Luo for the time being, Uncle Zhou, you can also stay! In Fuxi County, if my expectations are good, I should be able to go down easily! The main thing is that Zheng County, this county is bigger than our Huayin County, if we want to capture it, I'm afraid it won't be so easy. So, you'd better be prepared! Li Xin nodded, glanced at the two tea bowls, and said.

"Rest assured about the things in the city! Everything has me! Wang Meng nodded.

"In that case, let's settle it like this! Now our main purpose is to capture Fuxi and Zheng County, and then start to establish a line of defense against Fu Qin. In a short period of time, this should not change much, as long as this goal is completed, we can grow quietly! Seeing that no one objected, Li Xin finally came to a conclusion.

Soon, everyone walked out of the county office, Zhou Fang and Wang Meng stood together, standing at the gate of the county government and watching Li Xin and their generals leave quickly. Not long after, there was a movement from the barracks, and the brigade quickly drove out of the city, this time, Li Xin and the others took 2,000 men and horses. At the same time, there are some siege equipment.

More than an hour later, Li Xin rode on his horse, stopped by the river and watched the army cross the bridge, Li Erhei and Zhou Tong were by his side.

"Tu Qi, you first bring someone over to inspect the situation in Zheng County, and report as soon as there is any movement. When we take Fuxi County, we will go and join you! Li Xin looked at the Fuxi county town in the distance and gave an order.

"Yes, my subordinates will do it!" Tu Qi bowed and stood solemnly, and left quickly after speaking.

"Erhei, you take a thousand people to set off first, occupy the west gate and the south gate of Fuxi County before us, cut off the enemy's retreat, and don't get away with a single person. Zhou Tong and I will arrive later! Looking at Li Erhei beside him, he seemed to be a little eager to try, and Li Xin gave him a task.

"The last general obeys!" When Li Erhei heard this, he immediately said happily. With a lift of the reins, he rode his horse forward.

After watching for a while, seeing that the brigade had already crossed the river, Li Xin and Zhou Tong rode forward, and it didn't take long for them to come to the city of Fuxi. At this time, it has only been less than ten days since the last attack on Fuxi County, and everything seems to have changed nothing.

"Zhou Tong, you go and shout to me to persuade you to surrender!" There were still no guards on the top of the city, but after the lesson of the last time, Li Xin did not attack directly this time, but was ready to attack the heart first.

"Listen, the people inside, we are the ........ of the Huashan Army!" Zhou Tong trotted all the way to the city and began to shout. But what I didn't expect was that as soon as these words came out, there was movement over there.

"Squeak!" In the sound, I only saw the city gate, which was originally closed, suddenly opened, and it seemed that many people rushed out from inside. Seeing such a scene, Li Xin and the others looked serious, and immediately asked everyone to be on guard and ready for battle.

However, this was obviously a miscalculation of the situation, because there were indeed a lot of people rushing out of the city, but there were not a few soldiers among them, most of them were ragged civilians. As soon as these people rushed out of the city, they ran towards Li Xin, shouting as they ran.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers of the Huashan Army hurriedly stepped forward to set up their shields, forming a shield wall to block Li Xin and them behind in case of accidents.

"What are they shouting? How do you mess around? Li Xin looked at it for a while and said a little strangely.

"Like, they're saying don't let go of the arrows, that they're here to surrender, please let us go into the city!" Zhou Tong listened attentively and said with some uncertainty.

"Stop, don't rush over again, if you have anything to say, send a few people over to say!" Hearing this, Li Xin groaned for a moment, and then shouted loudly.

The other party obviously heard it, so a large group of people quickly stopped, and soon, several people inside walked towards the military formation. It seems that they should be soldiers, and in order to show their sincerity, they threw all the knives in their hands on the ground.

"General, general, please listen to the villain! We have no malicious intentions, so we have come to surrender and invite the general to enter the city! The visitor shouted as he approached.

This time, Li Xin and they understood, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in their hearts. However, I don't dare to relax in any way, after all, I have to beware of fraud. Soon, the men came to the front of the formation, but they seemed to be very frightened.

"Is that you?" As soon as he saw the people in front of him, Li Xin suddenly smiled and said.

"The general still knows the villain?" When the man heard this, he was immediately surprised.

"Aren't you the Qin soldier who fired arrows at us the last time we attacked the city? Why, this time instead of letting go of arrows to defend the city, it surrendered instead? The person in front of him was one of the captives that Li Xin let go last time, Li Xin smiled.

"The general is angry, the last time it was a small mistake, this time I learned that the Huashan army was coming, we specially brought people to greet us, and invited the general to enter the city!" The man hurriedly said with a smile, as if he was afraid that Li Xin would hold on to the last thing.

"What's your name?" Li Xin looked at him curiously for a while, and then said.

"Wu Lao Liu! The villain's name is Wu Lao Liu! ”

"Wu Lao Liu, let me ask you, why did you go out of the city to meet us last time last time, but this time?" Li Xin asked again.

"Well, don't hide it from the general, it's really that the county order is not a thing, forcing us to build trebuchets day and night, not to mention, the last time because the county was captured by the general, he came back and blamed us for poor defense. Moreover, in order to reward the Qin army, he robbed the people in the city of the only little food they had! How can we endure this! This time, as soon as the county commander heard that the Qin army was defeated, even if he ran away, the people in the city had been looking forward to it for a long time since the last time they saw the Huashan army with strict discipline and caring for the people! Fortunately, we finally waited for the arrival of the general today, so we are here to welcome you! Wu Lao Liu hurriedly said.

Hearing this, Li Xin fell silent. He didn't suspect that Wu Lao Liu was telling a lie, after all, the things he said did happen. He was silent because he felt that what he did last time had an effect after all, and from this point of view, the people's eyes were still bright! Of course, the reason why he thinks this way is that with the people behind him, even if Wu Lao Liu wants to engage in some conspiracy, it is impossible to succeed.

"In that case, lead the way before the head!" After thinking about it, Li Xin nodded and said to him.

"Yes, yes, general, please come with the little one!" Wu Lao Liu hurriedly turned around and walked towards the city. Li Xin waved his hand lightly, and the army immediately lined up and entered the city on alert.

After the army entered the city and occupied various important places, the county seat of Fuxi was completely in the hands of the Huashan army.

"Give you five hundred people, guard this Fuxi county well, and I will take people to capture Zheng County with Erhei!" Before leaving, Li Xin deliberately left Zhou Tong to guard the city.

A total of 1,500 people, under the leadership of Li Xin and Li Erhei, headed towards Zheng County.

Zheng County has existed for a long time, unlike Fuxi County, which has only been established for two or three years. Zheng County is in the west of Fuxi County, about twenty or thirty miles apart, near Huazhou Street, Huazhou District, in later generations.

Since this Zheng County was established very early, this city is naturally stronger and taller. Therefore, Li Xin was ready for a strong attack, not only brought siege ladders and crashing wood, but even brought two trebuchets over.

"General, then Zheng County should know that we are coming, so the city gate was closed early, and there were people stationed at the head of the city, and it looked like there should be hundreds of people. As for the specific number, the subordinates have not found out, and I ask the general for forgiveness! At noon, more than a mile away from Zheng County, Tu Qi came back to report.

"It seems that this Zheng County County Order is completely different from the Nafuxi County County Order! Even though he knew that he might fail, he stuck to the city and didn't abandon the city! Hearing the news, Li Xin praised it instead.

"Then should we start attacking the city directly, or should we persuade us to surrender first?" Li Erhei asked on the side.

"Persuade to surrender first! Anyway, we're not short of time! If they don't surrender, storm again! Li Xin thought for a moment and said.

The opportunity is in front of them, and it depends on them whether they can grasp it or not. The most important thing is that there is a chance to survive in front of you, and there will naturally be divisions within the city. Of course, if it is really unified, then Li Xin really has to look up to the talent of Zheng County.

Soon, the army was entrenched under the city, and the whole army stood solemnly, without any sound, and the queue was neat, only the sound of the wind blowing the flag and fluttering. Li Xin and Li Erhei rode slowly to the front of the formation, looking at the city in front of them.

The walls of this city are about five meters high and nearly ten miles in circumference. It was the first time for Li Xin and them to see such a large city. The walls were made of earth and stones, and there was not much damage, and behind the battlements, there were soldiers standing behind them, armed with weapons. And behind the battlements above the city gate, there are clearly a few people wearing civilian official clothes, if there is no mistake, it should be the county order of Zheng County.