In the face of a possible threat from the north, Li Xin had no choice but to set up a defensive line along the line from Fenyin to Wenxi and Yuanxian. This means that the troops are not enough, otherwise, he can directly defeat most of Pingyang County, and in that case, this threat can be removed.

But the reality made him have to stop the pace of expansion for the time being, in fact, if it weren't for the overall consideration, it would not be a good idea to send troops to Hedong now. After all, if there are not enough troops, the larger the territory, the weaker the defense of each place.

In Hedong County, Li Xin released 7,000 people, but now they are mainly distributed in various counties. However, this is only a temporary measure, after all, these troops cannot be used to maintain law and order in the county for a long time! In the end, this task still has to return to the official.

For this reason, Li Xin asked Wang Meng to arrange for officials to come to Hedong as soon as possible to hand over, and some important county towns must be in his own hands. In addition, he was prepared to reorganize those prisoners as soon as possible, either by arranging them to serve as officials in various counties, or by directly organizing them into a new army.

Judging from his assumptions, if he wants to hold Guanzhong and Hedong, it is impossible to have at least 30,000 troops. And today's Huashan Army, at least there are more than 7,000 people, just from the number, it is not very big!

After all, the previous captives of Fu Qin, plus the captives this time, basically numbered nearly 20,000 people. After a good screening, you should be able to leave about half of it.

After conquering Fenyin County, he immediately rushed to Wenxi County, which has mountains to the north, although not tall, but can also be used as a support for setting up a defensive line. He was going to see what was going on there, and then think about how to build a defensive line against Binh Duong County to the north.

At this time, Wenxi County and Wenxi County in later generations are almost the same, and Hengling Pass is in its east, and its northeast direction is Jiangxian County in later generations. Wenxi County is located in the south of the Linfen Basin, and the Jishan Mountains to the north and west just form a natural east-west defense line.

When Li Xin arrived at Wenxi, he only saw the five hundred soldiers left there, and Liu Xiaohai had already received the news and rushed to Yiguan. For the time being, it should be impossible to contact, and when the Yiguan and Keiguan are really knocked down, I'm afraid it will take a few days.

"North of Fenyin, south of Pishi, and then all the way to the east to connect Jishan to Hengling Pass, this line of defense can be regarded as established! For the time being, put 3,000 soldiers and horses, plus 1,500 people in the east of Yiguan, and the rest of the people can basically be scattered in various counties. After seeing Wenxi County, he rushed to Hengling Pass to inspect without stopping. Eventually, a horizontal line was drawn on the map.

After that, he immediately ordered people to go to the counties to transfer troops to garrison. After this operation, it was already three days later. And Liao Chuan's side finally came with good news, Hebei and Dayang County, the two places, were all taken without blood.

After getting the news, Li Xin immediately summoned Liao Chuan and Liu Xiaohai back.

"The matter in Hedong County is basically over now, and I will return to Guanzhong in two days! The safety of Hedong County will be handed over to the two of you to be responsible! Liao Chuan was responsible for the security from Fenyin to Wenxi County in the northern defense line, and Liu Xiaohai was responsible for the security from Wenxi County to Yiguan. This Hedong County is the first barrier in the east of Guanzhong, you must show me a good look! At the time of the meeting, Li Xin divided the tasks for the two, which can be described as a thousand instructions.

"Don't worry, general, we will definitely guard the pass!" The two said solemnly.

A few days later, after explaining the matter, and after arranging the affairs of the counties, Li Xin set off and returned to Guanzhong. At this time, ten days had passed since he left Guanzhong.

The first thing I did when I went back was to see the soldiers and horses that had been collected from the counties. Don't underestimate the strength in these counties, although the number of people in each county is not particularly large, compared with the Huashan Army, it is not on the same order of magnitude.

But this is not a real official after all, but more similar to the guards. Therefore, some strong county commanders actually have five or six hundred people under their command, and some weak county commanders also have more than a hundred people.

In this way, after adding up, these troops are also nearly 10,000 people. Li Xin eliminated some of them and released them, and the same was true for those who were captive, and then selected their young and strong men to be directly incorporated into the new army.

The rest, which are comparatively less qualified, are organized into reserve units, and after training with less intensity, they are then transferred to various counties as official errands. Basically, the Forces nouvelles are the equivalent of the regular army, and the officers are the equivalent of the police.

But this process is obviously not so easy to complete, and a single selection assessment cannot be completed in a day or two. Therefore, although Li Xin was in a hurry, he had to wait first.

After Hedong County was taken, it was already mid-September. In the blink of an eye, most of the year has passed, so Li Xin has to sigh that time has flown by. And in such a situation, a message came from Longxi.

"When did this happen?" Li Xin looked at Tu Qi who came in a hurry and asked!

"Just two days ago!"

"Why did Fu Chang die? Was it because of a previous arrow wound? Li Xin thought for a moment, and then asked.

Fu Chang is still dead, and compared to the historical records, it is only ten days earlier. I thought that I had made a big mess of this history now, but I didn't expect that although the giant wheel of history has deviated a little, it is basically rolling forward in the original direction.

"Yes, the arrow wound he was wounded during the battle with Huan Wen before has not been healed. If I had been recuperating slowly, I might have a chance to get better. But then a series of things happened, Fu Jian was arrested, and Fu Xiong and others died, which hit him hard. Especially later, when we fought a decisive battle with Fu Qin, he fled west in a panic, running uncertainly along the way, and working extremely hard. In this way, when he stopped in Longxi, he really couldn't support it. It has been until the first two days, and there is no way to do it at all, and now, the remnants of Fu Qin are already in a mess! Tu Qi nodded and said.

"I can't think of it! In the end, it was such a result! It's a pity that our current strength is not enough, otherwise, we should really take the opportunity to fight Longxi and completely wipe out the remnants of Fu Qin. Hearing this, Li Xin couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"General, what should we do next?"

"For the time being, I can only stand still! You pay close attention to what is going on over there, and the most important thing is to see who will be the emperor of Fu Qin. The best thing to say is to let Fu Sheng be the one! Li Xin thought for a moment and said lightly.

"Now in the small court of Fu Qin, there are three people with the highest voice, one of them is Fu Sheng, and the other is Fu Liu, the king of Jin, in addition, some people also propose to let Fu Jian ascend the throne. Why did the general take a fancy to Fu Sheng alone? Hearing this, Tu Qi couldn't help but be curious.

"Nothing, just from all aspects, Fu Sheng's accession to the throne is more beneficial to us! What we lack most now is time, and if Fu Sheng takes the throne, time will be on our side! For us to strengthen our strength, that is a great benefit! Of course, Li Xin couldn't tell him the real reason, so he had to be perfunctory.

The fact is that in history, Fu Sheng did become the emperor of Fu Qin after Fu Jian's death. But I have to say that he was not born to be an emperor, with a tyrannical personality, cruel and ruthless, and a reckless act of killing, which made people panic when he was a Qin Zhengan.

The loyal officials and officials that Fu Jian left behind for him were basically wiped out by him in this way. This is one of the reasons why Fu Jian was able to become the emperor later! Because Fu Sheng was unpopular, Fu Jian was able to get the support of many people, so that the mutiny was successful and he ascended to the throne.

Therefore, if Fu Sheng becomes the emperor, the small court of Fu Qin may kill himself. It is just enough to allow the Huashan Army to develop in Guanzhong at full strength and continuously increase its strength, so as to prepare for the complete elimination of other separatist forces.

"Then the subordinates will find a way to plan in it and see if they can win greater benefits for our Huashan Army!" Tu Qi had a very high understanding of this aspect, and soon understood how to operate.

"Well, you can find a way to make things bigger, in short, the more chaotic Longxi is, the better it will be for us. In a short period of time, we shouldn't have much movement! Therefore, your main purpose is to buy us time to grow! Li Xin nodded, there are some things that don't need to be said so clearly, Tu Qi is a smart person, so he naturally knows what to do.

And just as Li Xin was discussing the affairs of Longxi, at this time in the land of Qinzhou, the Qin court was already about to quarrel over the matter of the new emperor.

Since being expelled from Guanzhong by the Huashan Army, Fu Chang and others have retreated all the way to Shangtai County, the county of Tianshui County. Because this place, which is also the seat of Qinzhou, is near Tianshui City in later generations, it is actually not too far from Guanzhong.

Originally, this place was chosen mainly to monitor the movements of the Huashan Army nearby, and at the same time, it was also because it was relatively prosperous. But Fu Qin's Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces probably didn't expect that it was less than a year later, and he and others would have to choose another emperor.

The reason why the selection is used is because Fu Chang did not leave any heirs at all, otherwise, it would be enough to directly let the crown prince ascend the throne. In this way, it is natural that you can only choose the right person from among Fu Chang's brothers.