During the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established the Shuofang Thorn History Department, which was an administrative unit at the same level as Yongzhou and other Thorn History. The jurisdiction of the Shuofang Thorn History Department is also very large, from the Beidi County in the Hetao area, to the Shuofang County in the north, the upper county in the middle, and the Wuyuan County and Xihe County in the east, all of which are under its jurisdiction.

Basically, the entire Yellow River, inside and outside the zigzag bend, up to the Yinshan line, is the territory of the Shuofang Thorn History Department. The northernmost county of Beidi County is Lian County, which is located in the Hetao area, and if you go further north along the Yellow River, you will reach Linrong County of Shuofang County.

The place where the county seat of Linrong County is located is not far from the north of Dengkou County in Inner Mongolia in later generations. At this time, the Yellow River was divided into two branches in the north and south in the area of Shuofang County, and its fork was a little north to the west of Linrong County.

After the Yellow River was divided into two branches, one of which flowed northward until it reached the foot of Yinshan Mountain, and then turned eastward. After flowing for two or three hundred miles along the direction of Yin Mountain, it finally began to turn south at the southern edge of the junction of Seteng Mountain and Wolf Mountain.

Then, at the edge of the western foothills of the Ula Mountain, the two rivers in the north and south converge again into one. And this place is located in the middle of the Yellow River.

As for the Nanhe River, it flows directly to the east through the north of Linrong County, and its direction is generally not much different from that section of the river in later generations.

In later generations, the area south of the river bank was already covered by desert. Even if it's not a desert, it's a semi-arid area, but at this point, the situation here is still good.

Both sides of the Yellow River are rich in water and grass, and the climate is also okay, which can be said to be a very suitable place for human survival. Therefore, Liu Weichen and his Huns have lived in this place for many years, and they have also set up their Shan Yuting here.

Not only the Tiefu Xiongnu, but also many other Hu people, such as the Western Xianbei, Qiang, Tuoba Xianbei, Di and so on, there are many people living here and nomadic. However, the most powerful of them should be the Tiefu Xiongnu and Xianbei.

However, compared to Liu Weichen's restlessness, the Xianbei clan in the west is relatively peaceful. Moreover, because of years of war, their focus is not on this side now, and most of the clansmen have already moved to the Qinzhou area.

And Qinzhou was already controlled by the Huashan Army many years ago, and the Hu people in the western Xianbei now have to defend themselves.

As for the power of the Di and Qiang clans, the Di clan would have been very powerful, but it is a pity that Li Xin's birth interrupted the original historical process. Today's Di clan has fallen apart with the demise of Fu Qin, and it is no longer a force.

Even if some small groups may still want to regain Fu Qin, it is impossible to find another opportunity. As for the Qiang people, not to mention, the originally slightly stronger Yao Xiang force was also wiped out by Li Xin a few years ago, and it did not develop into a climate at all.

In this way, as long as the Huns are eliminated, there will basically not be much resistance, and the Huashan Army will be able to recover the former territory of Shuofang.

Because of the environment in the north, when the counties were first established, they were basically established along the banks of the north and south rivers of the Yellow River. Of the ten counties in Shuofang County of the Western Han Dynasty, eight are on both sides of the Yellow River, and the remaining two are located on the west bank of Tushenze.

With Li Xin's military order, after a short rest, the army immediately marched north. In the morning of the same day, more than 16,000 troops crossed the Helan Mountains and reached the west bank of the Yellow River.

Then, after another day's rapid march, they arrived twenty miles away from the ancient city of Linrong County that night.

At this time, because there is no obstacle from Helan Mountain, the vision on both sides of the Yellow River is much broader. When Li Xin led the army from the west bank to the north along the Yellow River, he happened to encounter the 7,000 troops who had gone north in advance and appeared on the east bank, and they had already joined Li Erhei's department.

Li Erhei and they got Li Xin's notice, so they were also stepping up their journey along the way, and Li Xin decided to rearrange the march strategy after the army entered the ancient city of Linrong County. Moreover, the army must also take a rest, otherwise, it will be really difficult to support it if it continues like this.

After crossing the river on the south side of the ancient city of Linrong County through a pontoon bridge, everyone gathered together again. In this case, the combined forces of the two sides are about 30,000 men. In the face of such a force, although there are many other tribes on the Saibei grassland, no one dares to provoke, and after hearing the wind one by one, many of them ran north.

"This time it went quite smoothly, and judging from the results, the early preparation was still worth it! The only fly in the ointment is that Liu Weichen and others ran away. However, this is nothing, after all, with the way he is now, he is no longer a threat to us. The most important thing for us now is to complete the last step of the plan! Because the old city of Linrong County had already fallen, Li Xin had to discuss matters in the military tent.

"Please give the order of the general! The whole army is now in high spirits and fighting spirit, just waiting for your order! Li Erhei stood up and said loudly.

"Please give the order of the General!" All the generals bowed in unison.

The battle plan has been formulated for such a long time, and most of the people present have already participated in it. So, there is no need to say superfluous words!

"Excellent! Li Erhei and Peng Lin, the two of you led an army of 10,000 to advance along the Beihe River, and took the old sites of Sanfeng, Xiudu, Linhe and other county towns for me! Anyone who dares to resist the army is welcome! Seeing that everyone's military hearts were available, Li Xin nodded, and then began to dispatch troops.

"The last general obeys the order, please rest assured general!" Li Erhei and Peng Lin responded in unison.

"Hu Tian and Yu Song, you two also led an army of 10,000 and marched east along the Nanhe River. Regain Woye, Shuofang, Qusou and other counties, as well as the former site of Wuyuan Pass! If any tribe dares to disobey the orders of the Huashan Army along the way, bulldoze them! Li Xin looked at Hu Tian and Yu Song and said.

"The last will be ordered! I'll wait to complete the mission! Hu Tian and Yu Song immediately responded.

"After your second-route soldiers and horses recover Shuofang County, immediately march east to recover the counties of Wuyuan County! Pay attention, Wuyuan County is connected to Daiguo, you must pay attention to the movements of Daiguo's soldiers and horses, and if you find any changes in the other party, send someone back to report to me immediately! After a pause, Li Xin instructed the four of them.

"Don't worry, general, I'll remember!" Li Erhei and the four of them hurriedly said.

"Hmmm! Shao Zisong, you lead 5,000 men and horses to the east to recover Shangjun, Xihe and other northern counties! Dare to be hostile to us, and show no mercy! Finally, Li Xin looked at Shao Zisong and ordered.

Shangjun and Xihe County, although the county seat was included in the jurisdiction of the Huashan Army very early, but those were relatively close to Guanzhong, as well as the area around Pingyang Taiyuan. In fact, whether it is Shangjun or Xihe County, these two are big counties.

The scope of their realm spans very large from north to south, and now what is really in the hands of the Huashan Army is basically only half of the south. The remaining northern half is isolated from the outside, so even if it is regained before, it will face a great security threat.

But now the situation is different, if the entire Shuofang is recovered, these places will naturally be safe. If you don't really hold it in your hands at this time, you can't help but say it.

"The last general obeys!" Shao Zisong arched his hand.

"First, pass down the reward order, but anyone who comes with Liu Weichen's head can be rewarded. Second, although it is said that the main force of the Xiongnu was lost, Shuofang Hetao and other places have been occupied by the Hu people for many years, and there are not a few of them with less strength. Your three-way army in this trip is mainly safe, do not take the enemy lightly, and be careful of those scheming methods! At the end, after thinking about it for a while, Li Xin specially advised.

"Yes, we will take it to heart!" Everyone looked stunned and hurriedly responded.

After resting for one night in the ancient city of Linrong County, the next day, the army set off separately. Li Xin led the remaining 4,000 men and horses and stationed them in the ancient city of Linrong County.

Although the conditions are simple, it does not prevent Li Xin from working here. At this point in the war, it can be said that more than half of the military affairs have been completed, and the rest is a matter of political affairs.

Li Xin issued a number of military orders in succession, mainly to mobilize troops and horses from the nearby counties of Anding, Beidi and other counties and officials to come and defend them. After all, in these places that have just been taken, there are no more cities, let alone ordinary people.

The only way to do this is to mobilize the town army to defend the city first. Let the officials slowly repair the city, and then recruit the people to restore these county towns as soon as possible.

In the beginning, it will definitely not be easy, but after a little longer, it will be much easier after settling down here.

Fortunately, when the plan was formulated, this was already in mind, and the preparations in all aspects had already been made.

The Huashan army wiped out the Huns in three battles, and the news soon spread throughout the Hetao region like wings.

For many Hu people, this news feels like the sky has changed. After all, for a long time, the Huns were the overlords of the steppe, even if they were no longer majestic over the years, they were still rampant and domineering.

Who would have thought that this time it would be completely finished so quickly! However, compared to the ordinary Hu people, I am afraid that the more frightened are the Huns who stayed in Shan Yuting.

Because many small tribes who were originally oppressed by them, after hearing the news at this time, they took advantage of the fire to loot and ran to the Shan Yu court to loot on a large scale. As a result, the Tiefu Xiongnu could no longer support it, and finally had to flee in panic to the territory of Daiguo in the north.