After the Great War, there were about 1,500 Qin troops east of Tongguan at this time. All of a sudden, they all rushed towards the official road leading to customs clearance, and immediately blocked the official road. In this way, Li Xin and the others, who were chasing and killing in the back, naturally would not miss this opportunity, blocking these Di Qin troops outside the official road, and constantly oppressing the past, and the Di Qin soldiers suffered heavy casualties for a while.

"Those who descend will not die!" Seeing this scene, Li Xin immediately ordered people to shout.

Those Di Qin troops saw that there was no way forward, there were chasing soldiers behind, and even their own commanders ran away, where was there still a little fighting spirit. In order to survive, even if someone dropped the weapon in his hand, fell to his knees, and shouted surrender.

Li Xin asked Li Erhei to lead people to tie their hands first and concentrate on the city, and resolutely eliminate those diehards who refused to surrender. An hour later, the siege of Huayin Dongcheng was completely lifted, and nearly half of the 2,000 rebel troops who came to attack the city died, and only more than 100 people fled back, and the rest basically surrendered, but there were many wounded among them.

After arranging for people to clean up the battlefield, Li Xin escorted these captives into the city. After meeting with Zhou Tong, all the prisoners were first imprisoned in the county jail, and they were guarded first. After all, now that the Great War has just been experienced, where is the time to deal with this problem.

Soon, the people of the city knew about this great victory. With a crowd of 3,000, almost completely annihilated 7,000 enemies, such a victory is really great in the eyes of many people. As a result, the entire Huayin City has completely settled down, and the people's attachment to the Huashan Army has become deeper. After all, there is a place to protect yourself and live with peace of mind in the troubled times, which is enough for many people, coupled with the good impression left by the Huashan Army over this period of time, the military and the people are finally harmonious.

"All the soldiers go back to the camp to rest and recuperate, and act at any time according to military orders!" Back in the city, Li Xin first gave this order. After the war, the blood of the soldiers has not yet cooled, and if they are allowed to walk around, I am afraid that there will be a lot of trouble. The generals who received the military order immediately took their people back to the camp to settle down.

"Two hours later, the county government will discuss the matter!" For Zhou Fang, who had just caught up, Li Xin said. Hearing this, everyone knew that he had other plans, and they didn't say much, so they went down to rest first.

Back in his room, Li Xin fell asleep. At this time, because of this big victory, his heart was actually agitated. After all, this big victory can be said to be the biggest victory achieved under his own leadership. This is certainly a thing to be happy about, but he knows that there are even greater difficulties waiting for him in the future. So, after being happy for a while, he calmed down.

Two hours later, before dawn, there was still a period of time before dawn, Li Xin had already arrived in the county hall, and Wang Meng and Zhou Fang also came one after another.

"Let's all sit down!" Zhou Fang sat at the top as usual and presided over the meeting.

"This battle is over, and our Huashan Army has completely gained a firm foothold. The next question is how to expand our territory, something that we have never had time to think about before. After all, with this small Huayin county, it is impossible to afford so many of our soldiers and horses, and besides, if there is a lonely city, it is impossible to afford to raise so many people! Today, let's talk about this problem! Li Xin spoke first as usual.

"What Li Lang said is not wrong, we had to put this issue aside for the time being because of the enemy's siege of the city. Now, we have to solve both our strength and demand! Otherwise, it's a problem to eat so many people! Wang Meng nodded and continued.

"What does Li Lang think? Needless to say, after this battle, we should also be officially included in the rule of the Huashan Army. But what about the west of Fukishi County? Where exactly? Li Erhei asked.

"There is also Tongguan, now the enemy army is weak, under repeated defeats, morale is extremely low, should we take the opportunity to capture Tongguan?" When Qin Tu heard this, he hurriedly said.

"No, Tongguan may be able to be captured, but for us, it will only cause trouble if we take it now!" As soon as Qin Tu's words fell, Wang Meng directly vetoed it.

"Why?" This time, Qin Tu was not the only one who had doubts, Zhou Fang and Erhei were the same, and they were not very understandable.

Wang Meng didn't speak, but turned his gaze to Li Xin, obviously, he wanted Li Xin to explain to everyone.

"Jing Luo is right, let's take Tongguan now, it won't be good for us! Look .....! Li Xin nodded slightly, indicating that he understood, and then said. However, halfway through the conversation, he discovered an embarrassing truth.

When everyone heard his words, they all looked at him, but they didn't know what they were looking at, because there was nothing worth paying attention to.

"Oops, how did I forget, I don't even have a map! What else is that? At this time, Li Xin thought with annoyance. But seeing everyone's eager eyes, I had to think of another way, and I saw a few tea bowls and teapots on the table at a glance, and I had an idea.

"You see, this bowl is the county seat of Huayin where we are now, and this bowl a little earlier is Tongguan. This line drawn with tea is Weishui and the river, and then in the past, this tea bowl is the county seat of Fuxi that we just said, and the last one is the county seat of Zheng County. Judging from the current situation, we occupy Huayin County, and Tongguan seems to be within reach. However, do you see this blank space outside Tongguan? This is the counties of Hongnong County, and further on, it is Luoyang Xuchang, these places, especially Hongnong County, are still in the hands of Fu Qin, and there are many soldiers and horses. ”

After a pause, Li Xin saw that everyone was listening attentively, so he continued: "If we have more than 10,000 elite soldiers in our hands, I will definitely defeat Tongguan as soon as possible, but we only have 3,000 soldiers and horses, not to mention the guards of Huayin County, as well as those wounded, etc., the maximum number that can be mobilized at any time is only 2,000 at most." With this amount of troops, even if Tongguan is defeated, I am afraid that we will soon usher in a large-scale attack by Fu Qin's soldiers and horses in the Kanto region, and when the time comes, we may not be able to hold it. Most importantly, it has only brought us significant casualties. Moreover, our Huayin occupies the advantage of the terrain, so even if Tongguan City is still in the hands of the enemy, they can not have many soldiers and horses, and the most important thing is that after several major battles, they should not easily send troops from Tongguan to attack the city. Instead of us guarding Tongguan, it is better to let the enemy guard it for us! ”

Hearing this analysis, everyone was silent for a while, but soon nodded one after another, and Zhou Fang said: "What Li Lang said is reasonable, we can't ruin the plan for a Tongguan!" ”

And Li Erhei and a few others gathered in front of those tea bowls and studied carefully. They had never seen this kind of analysis before, let alone a real map, so they were quite curious at this time.

"It's just that, although what you said is reasonable, we can't let the enemy occupy Tongguan all the time, right?" Wu Heng groaned for a moment and asked.

"Of course not, as long as our strength grows again, not to mention anything else, as long as there are three thousand more soldiers and horses, Tongguan can be taken directly!" Wang Meng shook his head and said.

"So what are we going to do now?" Li Erhei scratched his head, a little puzzled.

"You see, to the west of our Huayin County, there is the Qinling Mountains in the south, which isolates the enemy's way from the south, and there is Weishui in the north. And between the two, that is, Fuxi County and Zheng County are located. We don't fight Tongguan, but we can't let go of these two places. As long as we occupy these two places, it will be of great benefit to us. First, we can deploy defenses along Weishui, and the enemy cannot cross Weishui to pose a threat to us. Second, by going west, we can concentrate our forces to defend against the rebel army coming from the west, so as not to disperse our already small forces. Third, the area south of Weishui and north of the Qinling Mountains is fertile with fertile water and soil, which can be used to cultivate and grow grain for self-sufficiency, so that we can last longer. Wang Meng walked to the table, pointed to the two tea bowls, and added a paperweight to the south as Qinling, and talked eloquently.

When Li Xin heard this, he couldn't help but nod his head to show his approval. In fact, this is exactly what he thinks in his heart, and the theme of this meeting today is actually for this! The other people present immediately understood after hearing such a detailed analysis at this time.

"Alas, that is, the two of you are here, otherwise, where would we people have thought of such a twist and turn! Whatever you say, I agree! I think that in the future, if you two have an idea, you two will do it, I believe you! Zhou Fang sighed, but looked quite happy.

"Yes, Brother Zhou is right, you don't have to be so grand about these things, as long as it's good for our Huashan Army, just let us know!" Wu Heng and Qin Tu also felt the same way, but they only felt that they had come here and had not contributed much at all.

"Uncle Zhou, what are you talking about, now is the time for us to unite as one, and if there is something, we will naturally discuss it! If there is really no time, or some trivial matter, then we are making our own decisions. But shouldn't everyone know about such a big event? In this way, when you start doing things in the future, you will be more measured, and you will understand how to do it! Hearing this, Li Xin hurriedly said.