At the time of the Battle of Tiger Pass, Huangfu Zhen, who was heading north, had already rushed to the bank of the Yellow River. Here, he collected a lot of ships and prepared to cross the Yellow River north in batches, and go around to the south bank of Qishui to form an echo with Murong Ke. It has not been easy for large armies to cross the river since ancient times, especially when there are enemy troops on the other side. For Huang Fuzhen, the Tang army in the north is the first person he has to watch out for. Once the north shore is well defended, I am afraid that it will be difficult for my side to land.

Fortunately, the banks of the Great River are very long, so even the Tang Army could not fortify everywhere. As long as you have done your own research, you should have no problem choosing a suitable place to land.

Of course, in this way, the final landing place may be far away from Qishui, and after going ashore, I am afraid that it will take a lot of time.

However, judging from the information obtained from the inquiry, Huangfu Zhen found that the Tang army did not deploy heavy troops to defend the river bank on the side of the river. Even if there is, it is basically facing the other side of the water.

Although Huangfu Zhen was puzzled that there was no defense on the other side, after many investigations found that this was indeed the case, he could only explain that it was the reason for the lack of troops of the Tang army.

After all, the bank of the Qishui River for dozens of miles contained most of their troops, and there should not be too many soldiers and horses to defend the north bank of the Great River.

So he decided to cross the river and send as many troops as possible to the other side in the shortest possible time. As long as you get to the shore smoothly, you don't have to worry too much.

However, this time Huang Fu really hadn't taken action yet, so he had to stop thinking. Because the messenger who came from Xingyang galloped forward, he was pulled alive on the south bank and could not move.

"The Tiger Prison Pass has been taken by the Tang Army? I've only been gone for more than three days, so why is Tiger Prison lost so quickly? The emperor who received the news couldn't help but be shocked.

After the messenger explained the process of the Tang army's attack, Huangfu couldn't help but be silent, and sighed for a while: "In this way, it is simply Li Xin's expectation that I will lead the army north. Moreover, he had already calculated that this would be the case, so he ordered Zhao Ji and Chen Kang to take the opportunity to seize the Tiger Prison Pass! If you miss the opportunity step by step, you will be defeated step by step, and it is really terrible to be the enemy of such an opponent! ”

"General, what should we do now? Should they continue to cross the river, or should they return to Xingyang County to rescue Lord Sun and them? The generals next to him asked at this time.

"At this time, there is no point in us going north again. Since Li Xin had long expected that we would go north, and took the opportunity to send troops to seize the Tiger Pass, he would not fail to prevent us from crossing the river. Although it seems that the other party has no precautions, maybe they have already set a trap waiting for us! Besides, the terrain of Xingyang County is flat, there is no danger to stop, and it is only more than 200 miles from the tiger prison to us. After the Tang army takes the tiger prison, it is very likely that it will attack us in the north. When the time comes, we will be attacked on both sides, how can we survive? Huangfu said in a deep voice.

"If that's the case, not only will we not be able to cooperate with Lord Dazai to recapture Hanoi County and Qishui Pass, but I'm afraid that even the entire Xingyang County and Chenliu County will be affected. However, King Wu is still sitting on Chen Liu's side, so it shouldn't be a big problem if we don't go back, right? "Some generals are more optimistic at this time.

On his side, there are only 10,000 troops going north, and Murong Chui has a lot of soldiers and horses in his hands. The most important thing is that rushing from his side to support Sun Xi is almost the same as going back from his side.

"It's not that simple! In the past two years, there have been continuous wars in the three states of Xu Yan and Henan, and our soldiers and horses have lost a lot. With the current soldiers and horses defending such a wide area, it is already a very difficult thing, not to mention that at this time, the Tang army went east to the tiger prison and the army pressed the border. Even King Wu, after hearing this news at this time, I am afraid that he is also worried! Huangfu Zhen shook his head and said leisurely.

He guessed correctly at all, after Murong Chui, who was in Xiaohuang County, heard that the Tiger Prison had been lost, he immediately mobilized 10,000 troops to rush to Xingyang County to rescue Sun Xi. Since Xiaohuang County is only more than 150 miles away from Xingyang, this army is already halfway through at this time.

Even so, Murong Chui was still very worried, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally decided to transfer Huangfu Zhen's army back. Because he was not only worried about the Tang army, but also the Jin army in the south.

Since the first battle a year ago, the Yan and Jin have basically maintained in Xuchang and the area east of it, and the two sides have taken a defensive position against each other, and neither has taken the initiative to attack the other. As a result, there was a period of relative tranquility in the area.

If it is said that the war between the Tang army and Daiguo did not touch the Yan State much, it was not until the fall of Hanoi County that it really shook the Yan court. Then, the Tang army took the Tiger Prison Pass and the army marched eastward, which touched both the Yan State and the Jin State.

Originally, in the previous war, although Jiang Zuo recovered a lot of states and counties, on the whole, he still lost more. Not to mention anything else, Henan County alone was taken away by the Tang Army, and they had no way to get it back.

In this way, their goal can only be placed on the Yan army, thinking that they will take the prefectures and counties south of the Yellow River back into their hands as soon as possible. If this goal is really achieved, then Huan Wen's prestige will inevitably increase greatly.

Because since Jiang Zuo established the state and established Kang, this is probably the time when the territory is the largest, and in the past, the national border has never been completely advanced to the south of the Yellow River. However, Huan Wen ran into Murong Chui, and if the other party was bent on guarding these places, he would not be able to get it back.

Otherwise, he would not have returned to Gangneung after the war was over. Because Huan Wen himself also knows very well that once he loses the containment of the Tang Dynasty in the north, Yan Guo will inevitably resist him with all his might.

With his current strength, it is impossible to take down all the counties north and east of Xuchang. But now, their chance has come.

After Huan Wen returned to Jiangling, he left Huan Huo to garrison Xuchang City, and after the follow-up increase in troops, there are now 20,000 Jin troops in Xuchang City.

When Huan Huo heard that the Tang army had taken the Tiger Prison Pass and was advancing eastward, he realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Without waiting for Huan Wen in Jiangling to give an order, he mobilized his troops and horses and first launched an attack on Changshe and Yanling counties north of Xuchang.

These two counties, like Xuchang County, belong to Yingchuan County, and they are not far north of Xuchang City. Originally, these two places were taken by the Jin army before, but later Huan Wen was defeated on the north bank of Jishui, and when he returned to Xuchang, he fell into the hands of Yan again.

For a long time, the Yan army in these two counties was responsible for keeping an eye on Huan Huo, and because of this, he became a thorn in Huan Huo's eyes.

It's just that it was not easy to take down these two county towns in the past, because once the soldiers and horses were dispatched to attack these two places, Murong Chui and Huangfu Zhen in the north would immediately go south to support.

And now, Huangfu Zhen led his army north, Sun Xi was defeated in the Tiger Prison, and the Tang army was an ally and was holding back the Yan army in the north. At this moment, if he doesn't send troops to recapture the second county, Huan Huo will inevitably be a little too stupid.

Huan Huoqin led an army of 10,000 and attacked Changshe and Yanling counties separately. Because Huan Huo expected that he should take advantage of Murong Chui's concentration on the Tang army in the west at this time, he was a little reckless at the cost of the war.

In the end, after attacking the two counties for a day and a night, they were both taken down. After successfully taking the two counties, Huan Huo led the army to continue north, and at this time, he also set his sights on Zheng County in the north. In addition, it is the other counties of Xingyang County and Chenliu County in the east of Xuchang.

However, the problem at this time was that on this line, Murong Chui arranged a lot of soldiers and horses, which was originally to defend the Jin army from going north. Therefore, Huan Huo didn't dare to divide his troops like before, he planned to take Yuanling County to the east of Zheng County first.

Because in this way, Zheng County can be cut off from the Yan army in the east. Under the circumstance that the two counties are not far apart, as long as they immediately move westward after taking Yuanling County, they should soon be able to take Zheng County.

At this time, Huan Huo didn't know that Zhao Ji and they also wanted to take Zheng County, because most people felt that after the Tang army marched eastward, the first step should be to take Xingyang County, which was the closest and most important.

The news of Huan Huo's troops came, so that Zhao Ji and Chen Kang, who had just captured Jingxian, saw another possibility, that is, the two armies cooperated to eat Xingyang and Chen Liu's two counties.

"What we were worried about before seems to be solved now. We should send someone to contact Huan Huo and agree to march together to attack the Yan army. These two counties and counties, we have our own abilities, and whoever wins it belongs to whom, which can be regarded as fair and undeceived! I guess he'll agree! Zhao Ji discussed with Chen Kang.

"I think so! Didn't Huan Wen always want to drive the Yan army back to the north of the river and take back Xingyang Chenliu and other counties? Now is the best time to reap the rewards of battle without paying much price. I don't think he will object to it! Chen Kang thought about it for a while, and finally agreed.

After the two discussed it, they soon sent someone to secretly rush to Huan Huo's army to discuss the joint operation with him. At the same time, Zhao Ji sent people to cross the river to the north to report the battle situation to Li Xin.

At this point, the war was no longer limited to Hanoi County, but had already connected Henan, Ji County, Xingyang, Yingchuan and Chenliu County. The entire banks of the river began to fight, and the fighting began to show signs of expansion.

For the expansion of the war, this is not the situation that Li Xin wants to see, but he is not afraid. The one who was really worried about this was actually Murong Ke, who was attacking Qishui Pass.