The battle in Yiyang County was relatively smooth, and after Zhao Ji led the army to attack, after a night of fierce fighting, the city was finally captured. After taking this important place, Zhao Ji couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Now there are two roads in front of him, one is to continue north, in the direction of Henan County and Yique Pass. Basically, you will meet Chen Kang outside Henan County.

The other road is to the east and south of Yiyang County, and he acts alone, first to take Luhun County and Xincheng County, which are not far to the south. These two counties are located in the north of Funiu Mountain, the terrain is relatively high, and at the same time, it is just sandwiched between Luoshui and Yishui.

Because Luoshui and Yishui River Valley are the main roads from the southwest to Luoyang, there is Gaomen Pass in the south of Luoshui River Valley, and there is a Luhun Pass in the south of Yishui River Valley, just in Luhun County. Therefore, the strategic position of these two places is not ordinary.

After taking these three county seats, it is equivalent to mastering the roads south of Luoyang, relatively speaking, it can play a great role in guaranteeing the war in the north. At least, there is no need to worry that any enemy troops will copy behind Chen Kang from the south bread.

Because Luoyang was once the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were many passes around Luoyang City. One of the purposes of this dispatch of troops is naturally to take over various county seats, especially Luoyang, which is particularly important militarily and politically.

On the other hand, it is necessary to take these passes, so as to truly control the entire Henan County.

According to the previous discussion between the two, Zhao Ji and Chen Kang acted separately, cooperating and independent of each other. In this way, the two armies have their own division of labor, and basically a lot of progress has been made.

The speed of the army's advance was extremely fast, and in just a few days, the entire Henan County had already been attacked by the Tang army. After all, Zhao Ji had already planned when they acted, and they had already aimed at the target.

In Luoyang City, Murong Zhong, the general of the Yan State who was in charge of staying here, had already fallen into a state of anxiety in the past few days.

Since Huangfu Zhen left, he has been the highest-ranking general in the entire Henan County, and everything has to be decided by him.

Although from the beginning, they were trying their best to prevent the Tang army from the west from taking the opportunity to attack. However, due to the fact that the Tang army of Hongnong and Shangluo had not moved before, especially when I heard that Li Xin was in the midst of a large-scale war with Yan in the north.

Therefore, subconsciously, they all thought that the Tang Army in the west should not make any moves. After all, a two-sided war is not a good thing for today's Tang Army.

Who would have thought that in the past two days, there have been constant voices of urgency from all over the county, especially those counties bordering Datang, who have been calling for help several times a day. Such a frequency really made Murong Zhong a little frightened.

At the beginning, news came from Henan County that the Tang Army had suddenly begun to approach the attack. When he heard this, Murong Zhong did not hesitate, and planned to pick up some soldiers and horses from the city to rescue Henan County.

Who would have thought that this soldier and horse had just been assembled and was about to go out of the city. The messenger from Yiyang County has already galloped over, preparing for the Yiyang defenders' request for help.

Only then did he realize that this time the Tang Army did not send troops all the way, but divided troops to attack.

There is no way, Yiyang County and Henan County are both gateway counties, and if he wants to guard the entire Henan County, he will have to go to the rescue.

Therefore, he finally ordered 5,000 soldiers and horses from Luoyang City, of which 3,000 immediately rushed to the nearby Henan County to rescue.

As for the remaining 2,000 soldiers and horses, they went to Yiyang County farther away to support. And once the crisis in Henan County is resolved, these 3,000 soldiers and horses will directly go south to reinforce Yiyang County. In this way, it should be possible to keep these two counties.

It's just that people are not as good as heaven, and soon after his soldiers and horses left the city, he was ambushed by the Tang army on the road. After a battle between the two armies, the Yan army lost more than half of its losses and had to retreat to Luoyang City.

In this way, Murong Zhong was willing but powerless in the two places of Henan County and Yiyang County, and watched them fall into the hands of the Tang Army.

Then his nightmare began.

To the east of Henan County, there are Luoyang County, Gong County and Chenggao County, and there is no pass in the middle. Therefore, once the Tang army occupied the county seat of Henan, it could attack eastward smoothly.

To the north, there is Ha Yin County, which is an important place to connect with Hanoi County, and the location of the ferry port is very important. It and Chenggao County to the east are like horns to protect Luoyang, and if these two counties are captured, Luoyang will basically be pinned down.

To the southeast, there are a series of important passes that barrier the south and east of Luoyang, including Yique Pass, Dagu Pass, Yuyuan Pass and Tiger Pass. These passes have a characteristic, that is, to defend the east and south of Luoyang.

This means that it will be much easier to attack these passes from the north and west. It just so happened that when I set out from Henan County to go to these places, I happened to go around to the rear of these passes.

Originally, after the Yan army seized these passes, they all deployed a lot of troops, mainly to defend against the Huanwen army. After all, they went north from the south, and they had to break through these passes from the front before they could kill Luoyang City.

But this kind of defense is obviously not applicable to Chen Kang and them.

Murong Zhong didn't know which place to rescue now, and the feeling of the entire Henan County was as if it was blooming everywhere. There are messages for help everywhere, and there are traces of the Tang Army everywhere.

This county sent people to say that thousands of Tang troops had appeared outside the city, and another county soon reported that tens of thousands of Tang troops had been killed. There are also some passes that are constantly urgent, saying that the Tang army is attacking on a large scale and can no longer resist it.

So much so that now, he, the commander, doesn't even know how many troops and horses the Tang Army has dispatched, and he is simply a confused account.

He wanted to save him, but he was afraid that he would be ambushed by the Tang army like before. But if he is left alone and left alone, I am afraid that it will be difficult to deal with him in the future. In desperation, he had to ask the subordinates beside him.

"Tell me, what should we do now? How can this Tang army seem to be able to fly, pervasive and ubiquitous? Henan County and Yiyang County have been captured, and the other counties that follow must be under threat as well. Should we save or not, and if so, which one should we save first? "In the official office, Murong Zhong is about to go crazy.

The generals and officials below didn't know how to answer him after hearing this. Because there is no good way for everyone, after all, there are only so many soldiers and horses in their hands. As the so-called Qiao woman is difficult to cook without rice, this is the current situation!

"General, with the strength in our hands, I am afraid that it is beyond our strength to hold the entire Henan County. Although we have a total of 30,000 troops, it seems that there are a lot of people, but nearly half of the soldiers and horses are deployed in Luoyang and the front line of Dahe, and there are not many troops that can really be used to fight the Tang army! After everyone was silent for a long time, an official finally stood up and said.

Among the 30,000 troops of the Yan army, there is actually some emphasis. Luoyang, as the top priority, is naturally not to be ignored, so 8,000 men and horses were left to guard.

As the forefront of the Tang army, Henan County, because it was too close to Xin'an County, where Chen Kang was located, was also guarded by 4,000 men, and there were 3,000 people in Yiyang County. If the rest of the people deduct and subtract, there are actually not many places in each place.

Originally, Yan Jun's idea was that as long as there were no problems in Henan and Yiyang, there would be no big problems in the following places. Who would have thought that these two places would not last even a day.

"You're talking nonsense, doesn't General Ben know this? Say how! After hearing this, Murong Zhong glared.

"In the opinion of the following officials, we should immediately send someone to General Huangfu to report to the urgency and ask him to return to Henan County as soon as possible. Before his arrival, the general should have the county defenders hold the city until reinforcements arrived. Especially the land of Luoyang, we must not lose it! ”

"Now, there's no other way, so let's do it! Immediately send people to find a way to inform the counties and passes, so that they must hold on. In particular, we must send someone to inform General Huangfu and find a way to get them to return to help as soon as possible! Murong Zhong didn't have a better way, and the others couldn't come up with any good suggestions, so they had to do it.

In fact, there is no need for him to say that the counties in Henan County are basically in such a situation at this time. After all, the defenders in some places saw that after the Tang army was killed, they either surrendered the city for fear of death, or recklessly went out of the city to fight and die.

Only a few Yan troops in a few places made up their minds and quietly waited for reinforcements to arrive. Chen Kang didn't care too much about such a place, because at this time he was on his way to the Tiger Prison Pass.

He is really competing for time with Huangfu, whoever arrives at the Tiger Prison Pass first, who occupies this place first, and then the battlefield situation will have a great advantage.

Otherwise, even if the Tang army made rapid progress at the beginning and won many county towns and passes, it might be overturned by the Yan army in the end.

Therefore, he personally set off with 2,000 cavalry, and after taking the county seat of Henan, he kept advancing towards the Tiger Pass.

Originally, when he discussed with Zhao Ji, he planned to let others lead the army. But later, after the war, he found that the Yan army in Henan County was basically divided into pieces, and could not form an effective resistance.

Especially after worrying about the loss of the Tiger Prison, Chen Kang finally decided to go out himself.