"That's why I never take strong men to battle, because that's no different from sending them to death!" After seeing the battle outside the city, Li Xin shook his head and walked straight down.

After this battle, basically, the power of the entire Hedong County has collapsed. The main problem now is how to take care of Hedong and how to take the remaining counties one by one!

"General, these people are too indifferent, I only rushed back and forth a few times, and they were already defeated, and they rushed to surrender one by one!" After Liao Chuan came back, he looked a little unsatisfied. This guy and Li Erhei are almost the same temperament, as long as they go to the battlefield, they will be like chicken blood.

"They were originally ordinary people who were forcibly recruited, and they didn't have much loyalty to Yin Chi, but now in this situation, it is naturally important to live! You go and rest first, and then lead a thousand soldiers and horses to set off, go around Zhongtiao Mountain along the river, and take down the two counties of Hebei and Dayang for me! Li Xin glanced at him, shook his head helplessly, and said.

"Yes! I'm going to prepare! What about these captives, though? As soon as Liao Chuan heard that there was something serious, he immediately became serious, and was about to leave, but he remembered something and hurriedly asked.

Originally, there were only 3,000 soldiers and horses, but if 1,000 troops were divided to take two counties, there would be only 2,000 people left on the side of Pusaka. And there are nearly 5,000 prisoners, and if they make trouble then, I am afraid it will not be good.

"Don't worry about that! I have already ordered Uncle Zhou to organize the people to rock the boat across the river, and then send these captives back to Guanzhong!" Li Xin knew what he meant, so he didn't hide it from him.

"Well, this is a good way, Guanzhong is our territory, when they get there, it is impossible to turn the sky again!" Liao Chuan agreed with this very much, and after finishing speaking, he quickly returned to the army.

After a night of rushing and intensifying the battle, Li Xin was not in a hurry to let the army go out again at this time, and while waiting for the opposite side to send someone over, he took the opportunity to let the army rest. And he himself began to think about his next move.

At this time, this time the operation is proceeding according to the original plan. If there is no accident on Liu Xiaohai's side, he should take the three northeastern counties of Hedong County, including the county governance. After that, Liao Chuan led people to take the two counties on the north bank of the Yellow River, plus the current Puban County, so that there were already six counties in the land of nine counties.

Li Xin's main target was naturally placed on the remaining three counties.

Among these three counties, Xie County and Yishi County are both 100 miles northeast of Puban County, and the two counties are relatively close to each other, both near Linyi County in later generations, and they can be taken together.

The last Fenyin County is just on the bank of the river south of the mouth of the Yellow River. Its location is basically in the northwest direction of Xie County, so it can be fought all the way through and left for the end to be solved.

There is a ferry outside Puban County, which is much more convenient for the transportation from Guanzhong to Hedong. In addition, under the circumstances at this time, Li Xin no longer had to hide his whereabouts, so after Zhou Fang got the news, he directly drove the big ship over.

In this way, these thousands of captives have been brought back to Guanzhong in a short time. At the same time, there were a thousand soldiers and horses with the ship, and after these county towns were defeated, they had to be garrisoned! The original army was still fighting, so it was naturally impossible to stay, so it had to mobilize people and horses from Guanzhong.

After everything was ready, leaving 800 people to guard Pusaka, Li Xin took Yin Chi and set off north with the remaining 2,200 people. The speed of the march along the way was not slow, so by the time it was evening, I had basically seen the county seat of the county.

Since the county seat of Xie County and Yishi County are only thirty or forty miles apart, Li Xin divided his soldiers and horses into two parts! Of these, 1,000 went to attack Yishi County, while the other 1,200 remained outside Xie County.

At this time, Xie County should have received the news that Pusaka had fallen into the hands of the Huashan Army. Therefore, torches were lit all over the city, and soldiers stood guard there. Although the number of people is not very large, it seems that they are ready to defend to the end.

"Persuade it! Let them surrender! After taking a look, Li Xin said to Liuzi.

If you can successfully persuade you to surrender, then you don't need to fight, and you can save some time.

The sixth son ran to the city and shouted loudly, persuading the other party to open the city gate and surrender to the Huashan army. However, no one in the city answered, only silence! Seeing this scene, the sixth son had no choice but to retreat first.

"Take him and show the people of the city!" Seeing this, Li Xin pointed to Yin Chi on the side and asked the sixth son to go again.

Soon, the sixth son ran over with Yin Chi, and this time, he deliberately pointed out Yin Chi's identity. The people in the city finally moved a little at this time, especially those ordinary soldiers, who couldn't help but turn their heads and ears.

The effect of this shouting was very obvious, and those people in the city probably didn't want to fight with the Huashan army. Since even his own leaders have been arrested, it is justified to surrender himself. Besides, it's not the first time they've surrendered anyway.

So, after the army lined up outside the city for half an hour, Xie County, under the leadership of his county order, went out of the city and surrendered directly. For these people, Li Xin did not embarrass them, and after some encouragement, he left 500 people to garrison.

Since it was already dark at this time, Li Xin was not in a hurry to act, but was stationed outside the city on the spot. At the same time, it is also to wait for the news from the Yishi County, and if the situation is not good, you can bring people over to support at any time.

In the middle of the night, 500 soldiers and horses from Yishi County came back, and the situation in Yishi County was similar to that of Xie County, or even more straightforward. After seeing the soldiers and horses of the Huashan Army, he directly opened the city gate and surrendered. At this point, Li Xin's goal of soldiers and horses along the way has basically been completed, just waiting for the last Fenyin County to take it.

There was nothing to say all night, and when it was dawn, Li Xin set off and rushed to Fenyin County, and there were only 1,200 people left in the army at this time. However, just when he was about to leave Xie County, he finally got the news from Liu Xiaohai's side.

"General, after General Liu took Wenxi all the way, he rushed to Yuan County first, and after taking it there, he returned to Shi'anyi County, and Hengling Pass has already been taken! General Liu asked for instructions on whether it was necessary to advance eastward and occupy both the Yiguan and Kei passes in the east! The person sent by Liu Xiaohai reported.

Obviously, Liu Xiaohai has a long-term vision, and now he still has 1,200 people in his hands. The most important thing is that at this time, there were not many troops stationed in Yiguan and Keiguan in the east.

Again, at this time, the separatist forces on both sides of Taihang Mountain, although they were said to have surrendered to the Yan State or the Fu Qin court, were actually still in a chaotic situation. Because Yan Guo did not send people to take over these places, it is basically the kind that listens to the tune and does not listen to the announcement.

In this way, it is indeed the best time for the Huashan army to seize these places.

In ancient times, the traffic was difficult, and both sides of Taihang Mountain were able to pass, basically relying on the ancient Taihang Bacheng. If this road is cut off, then the army of Yan to the east of Taihang Mountain wants to enter Hedong County, and then attack Guanzhong, basically it will be much more difficult.

Compared with the defense in those counties in Hedong County, Yiguan and Jiguan are located in dangerous places, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack! For the Huashan Army, which was inferior in numbers, it was perfect to defend.

Although Li Xin had also thought about this before, he didn't know whether this trip to Hedong was difficult or not. Therefore, in the end, Liu Xiaohai was not given an order to seize these two passes. However, judging from the current situation, it seems that the situation is not bad.

After thinking about it, he said: "Go back and tell General Liu that you can take two passes." But be careful on your defense, and then I will send more troops to assist him, especially the Murong clan east of Yiguan! ”

"Yes!" The messenger answered, and immediately returned to his life.

"The situation is very good! Looks like I'm going to have to work harder! At this time, Li Xinxin was in a good mood, and immediately ordered the whole army to rush to Fenyin City as soon as possible!

In the afternoon of the same day, the army arrived outside Fenyin City, and without the slightest accident, the county order of Fenyin City directly opened the city gate to greet them! At this point, Hedong County had fallen into the hands of Li Xin, and the territory of the Huashan Army had also expanded from Guanzhong to the east of the Yellow River.

Leaving a part of the troops to guard outside the counties, Li Xin sent all the remaining troops to Liu Xiaohai's side to support him. For the time being, Liu Xiaohai will be left on the front line of Yiguan Path to guard against the attack of the Murong clan.

Now in the situation of Hedong County, the problem of insufficient troops has become very serious. There is nothing to the south or east, the key is to Binh Duong County to the north, where the terrain is relatively flat and can be reached all the way to Taiyuan.

That direction belongs to the real annexation state, and the forces there at this time are basically the generals and officials left behind after the destruction of Shi Zhao and Ran Wei. One of the most important forces was Zhang Ping, the general of Fu Qin, and at the same time, he was also an official of the Yan State. In short, he is oscillating between the two forces to get enough advantage for himself.

Originally, he was in the area of Taiyuan Kingdom, but because the Fu Qin forces in Guanzhong were expelled from Guanzhong, he also began to become stupid~stupid~desired~ moved. According to the news found by Tu Qi, Zhang Ping has been expanding recently, and he may hit the north of Hedong County at some point, and then he will form a threat.