Soon after, the scouts finally returned, and the good news was that Sangron had not set up an ambush there.

At the beginning, Li Erhei was still a little unconvinced, so he sent several soldiers and horses to check it one after another. It wasn't until he finally got the same result that he understood.

To say that that place is indeed an ambush place, but the problem is that although this Yiju County and Qi County are in the mountains, it is not the kind of place that is difficult to cross.

In other words, even if Sang Lun set up an ambush in a certain river valley in Jingshui, if the people in the south wanted to attack Yiju County, they could actually bypass it from other places! Moreover, the distance is not very far.

This is Sang Lun's dilemma, if he set up an ambush in the Jingshui River Valley in the south of Yiju County, then should he also set up an ambush in other directions of Yiju County? For example, in the west, the Huashan Army in Qi County could have been killed there.

With the existing strength of Yiju County, if it really does, it will be a feasible strategy, but the county will become empty. Once the enemy breaks through these defensive lines of EI, Yiju County is simply an empty city, and there is no danger to defend at all.

Therefore, Sang Lun's idea is very clear, since he can't hold it, then simply concentrate his forces to defend the county seat, in this way, no matter which direction the enemy comes from, he must eventually come to his eyes.

As the so-called static braking, Sang Lun has stored so many materials and food in Yiju County, obviously just to hold on to the city.

After figuring this out, Li Erhei was relieved, and walked through the canyon with soldiers and horses, heading towards Yiju County. I went out of the city that morning, and it was not until it was nearly evening that I walked most of the distance. When he was still about twenty miles away from the county seat of Yiju, he ordered the army to be stationed on the spot and make a fire to make food.

At this time, in Yiju County, Sang Lun, who got the news, was gathering his subordinates to discuss countermeasures.

"That Huashan Army Li Erhei has been in peace in Xinping County for many days, and today he suddenly led the army out of the city, I'm afraid it will be unfavorable to us! I'm really afraid of something, I just talked about guarding against the Huashan Army before, and now it's here! As usual, it was Sang Lun who spoke first.

"My lord, the last general heard that Li Erhei only brought 1,500 troops, and swaggered towards our Yiju County. Now that he has been stationed overnight in a canyon less than twenty miles away from the county seat, according to the general's intentions, it is better for us to attack the camp tonight, so that he will not return! "It was Du Ping, the number one general under Sang Lun, who spoke.

He was tall and strong, and his hair was braided and draped at the back of his head. He was originally a Hun from the north and south, and later joined Sang Lun's command, and gradually became his commander. The more than 3,000 horses under Sang Lun were all under his control in name.

"No, my lord, this is not possible!" As soon as Du Ping's words fell, one of them immediately objected.

"Tell me, why not?" Sang Lun looked at it, and it was Liu Yi, the head of Yiju County, who was speaking, and asked clearly.

"My lord, then Li Erhei can be regarded as a long-time battle-hardened person, and this time he went out of the city blatantly, as if he was afraid that we didn't know. His soldiers and horses are far less than ours, but they still dare to do this~ something, there must be a plan. Besides, the canyon in the southeast of the county, between the two mountains, is only a hundred zhang, this is a place of death and life, how could the other party choose to camp there without knowing it? Please think twice, I'm afraid of fraud! Levio arched his hand and said.

"Master Liu can't help but think too much, the Huashan army is in Xinping County, but there are only 2,000 soldiers and horses. Li Erhei traveled this time, how many soldiers and horses can he bring out? Unless he doesn't have to defend the land of the two counties. In my opinion, Li Erhei is clearly playing tricks and tricks to deceive us. As long as we send a large army and rush to kill at night, it will definitely be a success in the first battle and wipe out all the people and horses of the Huashan Army! Before Sang Lun could speak, Du Ping said disdainfully.

"It's easy for General Du to say, if you go and fall into an ambush directly, won't the army under your command be buried by you? When the time comes, who will the adults rely on to defend the city? Isn't this Yiju County handed over to the Huashan Army? For this stupid big man who only has force and no brainpower, Liu Yi never concealed his contempt, and accused mercilessly in front of everyone.

"You!" Hearing this, Du Ping was so angry that his nostrils smoked, and his right hand directly pressed the handle of the knife, as if he wanted to make a move.

"Okay, don't make any noise. Qingyuan is right, the strength of the Huashan army is not weak, and looking at their battle with Fu Qin for more than a year, they have never failed. That Li Erhei seems to be a rough person, but he may not be a reckless person. We don't have a lot of troops, and we are far from the Huashan Army. Since Li Erhei did not invade our city, then we will not attack, just defend the city! After listening to the words of the two, Sang Lun saw that there seemed to be a tendency to turn into a martial fight, so he immediately snorted coldly and made a decision.

Hearing this, Du Ping and Liu Yi didn't dare to say anything more, and returned to their places after saluting. Since Sang Lun has already decided what to do, everyone just needs to obey orders. As for the results of those who disobeyed orders, these people present have been used to seeing them for many years, but they don't want to become like that.

"Everything is as your lord orders!" Everyone bowed.

The county seat of Yiju has strengthened its vigilance, especially the east and south gates in the direction of Li Erhei's camp. The spies sent also went out of the city to observe Li Erhei's movements.

However, what they didn't know was that Li Erhei was also secretly observing their every move at this time. He took some of his generals and climbed the hillside on the west side of Jingshui, where he looked at the direction of Yiju County from a distance.

"General, you guessed right, that Sang Lun really didn't dare to send someone out to attack us!" A lieutenant standing behind Li Erhei couldn't help but say after taking a look.

"Of course! In this case, even I will hesitate! Although this Sanglun has occupied Yiju County for many years, he has not actually fought much in the big battle, and looking at his past deeds~ things, he is still cautious. If he didn't worry about what we did, it would be strange. Li Erhei said with a smile.

He is not the reckless man who only knows how to compete with Zhou Tong in Huashan at the beginning, and he has learned a lot in the past year or so. Especially after participating in many deliberations, I gradually learned to think about combat methods, and now I have begun to slowly form my own set of styles.

"Shall we just wait until dawn?" Another lieutenant asked.

"Of course, don't forget our purpose, if it is dark, how dare the other party go out of the city!" Li Erhei nodded, and then ordered: "Tell the brothers below to strengthen their vigilance and make it look like they are loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and the precautions they should have are still indispensable." Then, everyone has a good night's rest, and by tomorrow, you may be tired! ”

"Yes!" The two lieutenants responded in unison and immediately went down to make arrangements.

Li Erhei stayed on the top of the mountain and watched for a while, and then returned to the camp. There was no word for a night, until after dawn the next day, when the army was well fed, they immediately pulled out the camp and marched north to the outside of Yiju County.

Yiju County is on the north bank of the river, and its west is the confluence of muddy water and Jingshui. A little further north, on the banks of the muddy river, is the place where Sanlun produces salt.

He opened a number of salt ponds there, and then the salt workers drew water from the river and poured it into the ponds every day, and then used the sun to dry the salt. When there is no sun, water is sent to the thatched hut and salt is made by boiling.

Unless it is the change of seasons, which leads to the reduction of salt in the muddy water, it is basically alternate between drying salt and boiling salt all year round, which brings great wealth to Sanglun and accumulates great strength.

Li Erhei naturally knew this, so when he started to act, he had already targeted those salt pools outside the city.

Early in the morning, Yiju County entered a state of high alert, because the Huashan army suddenly appeared not far outside the city, and it was approaching. Sang Lun, who got the news, immediately rushed to the city in person.

"My lord, the general headed by Li Erhei is Li Erhei, these people together, there are exactly more than 1,500 people!" Du Ping looked at it for a while, and then said to Sang Lun.

"Their goal doesn't seem to be our county! Is this going around the city? After Sang Lun looked at it, he couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"My lord, the big thing is not good, these Huashan troops are only afraid that they are eyeing our salt pond, they don't fight the county seat, but go all the way west, obviously they want to rob our salt!" After thinking for a while, Liu Yi couldn't help but exclaim.

"Damn, I forgot about it! How much salt is still stored in the salt ponds today? Hearing this, Sang Lun's face suddenly became ugly, and he hurriedly asked.

"Lord Qiqi, now in the salt ponds on both sides of the river, there are still more than 200 stone salt that have not been transported back to the city!" The official in charge of the salt pond hurriedly replied.

There are a lot of more than 100 stone salt, according to the Han system, one stone is 60 kilograms, which means that there are more than 10,000 kilograms of salt outside. If all this salt were taken out, it would be a great fortune in an era like this. Especially in the case of low production efficiency at this time, it is not easy to produce so much salt.

"Duping, if you take someone out of the city to resist, you must stop the other party, and I will arrange for someone to transport all the salt back!" After thinking for a while, Sang Lun immediately ordered Du Ping beside him.

"Yes, the last general will go to meet that Li Erhei!" Du Ping replied loudly, and when he left, he deliberately glanced at Liu Yi opposite, who seemed to be a little proud.