As Tu Qi expected, Gao Chang and Li Li could not support it under the attack of the Yan army. Murong Ping of the Yan Kingdom and Sikong Yanglu attacked Liyang County, where Gaochang was based, and this place was not guarded by Gaochang himself, but by one of his generals. In the first big war, Murong commented that they didn't even fight.

On the other hand, Murong Zang, the king of Le'an, was relatively smooth, and he knocked down Puyang, where Li Li was based. Li Li saw that the situation was not good, so he took some people to Xingyang. And the group of people under him surrendered directly to the Yan army.

As a result, only Gaochang is still holding on. However, he also waited for good news, because Huan Wen's side finally sent reinforcements.

In October, Huan Wen ordered Taishan Taishou Zhuge Yu to send troops to rescue Gao Chang and others. Zhuge You then led a large army to the west to attack the eastern county of Yan Kingdom, which was just west of Juyeze and was located southwest of Taishan County. Moreover, it is relatively close to Puyang and Liyang.

However, this Zhuge You's own ability is not good. When Murong Jun learned the news that he was going to the rescue, he immediately sent Murong Ke out and asked him to lead the army of Murong Ping and Yang Lu to stop Zhuge You.

In that place in Wuyang County, the two sides fought a big battle, and Zhuge You was defeated and lost, and finally had to retreat to Taishan County. Murong Ke took the opportunity to cross the Yellow River, captured many counties on the south bank, and appointed many officials to garrison them.

In this way, Huan Wen's goal of saving people was not achieved, but he put a lot of his own territory into it, which can be said to be a big loss.

Li Li Gaochang and others, who got the news, were naturally even more desperate, so they had to send envoys to Jiangzuo for help, and at the same time asked for reinforcements from the Huashan army.

However, Li Xin did not agree to this matter, because the geographical location is too far apart, and it is really dangerous to send troops by himself.

Although it is said that when he got married, these two people also sent generous gifts, but they can't let their soldiers take risks because of this! If you really can't do it, it's a big deal to return the gift to them!

However, Li Xin did not say anything to death, but only said that if they really had nowhere to go after they failed, they could enter the customs. Of course, for such a choice, these two people are afraid that they will most likely choose to go to Jiangzuo.

Li Xin didn't plan to meddle too much in the affairs of the east, but for both Yan and Jin, this matter was not so easy to solve.

The first one is Huan Wen's side, he can't watch those counties on the south bank of the Yellow River being taken down by Yan Guo. In that case, the place he just regained last year may be gone again in the blink of an eye.

The most important thing is that once these territories are lost, the territory of the enemy and the enemy will increase, and the balance of power will also change.

Once Yan Guo pushed the national border to Huaishui or even the Yangtze River, it would be too much of a threat to Jiangzuo.

As for Murong Jun, he saw this great opportunity, and saw Jiang Zuo's external strength and middle cadre. So, he naturally ordered Murong Ke and the others to capture as many places as possible, so that he could expand his territory!

So, under the expansion of ambition~, Murong Jun ordered in December to order all the prefectures and counties in the territory to inspect the soldiers, leaving only one male in each household, and all the remaining men were conscripted as soldiers to gather in Yecheng in the spring of next year.

According to his assumption, when everyone arrived, he should be able to make the number of foot soldiers reach 1.5 million. At that time, he was ready to start dealing with Jiang Zuo and the Huashan army. After all, as long as these two forces are eliminated by him, it can be said that there is no problem with the unification of the world.

After this news came out, the people in Yan Kingdom were immediately panicked. After all, it's not a good thing to be a soldier in this era. In order to evade military service, many people have tried to find a way, either selling ~ to those nobles as slaves, or simply fleeing to other places.

And the nearest place is naturally Shangdang Guanzhong, and there are places such as Jiangzuo farther away.

Rao is like this, and a large number of soldiers recruited from all over the country gathered on the road to Yecheng from all over the country for a while. In ancient times, the traffic situation was originally poor, and over the years, the Yan Kingdom had been busy fighting in all directions, and had not paid special attention to the construction of infrastructure like the Huashan Army.

As a result, all roads were blocked for a while, and the states and counties along the way caused a great annoyance. That's not a good thing for a country. Fortunately, after some courtiers saw this scene, they immediately wrote to Murong Jun to advise them on this matter.

Although Murong Jun accepted the advice, he only changed the original order. Originally, it was a household to stay one ding, but now it has been changed to three to draw one ding, and five to draw two dings, especially the time has been changed to next winter, all gathered in Yecheng.

Obviously, Murong Jun's desire to dominate the world has been fully revealed. After the news came back to Chang'an, Wang Meng and the others couldn't help but be a little worried. After all, the territory of the Huashan Army has a long border with the Yan Kingdom.

Once Yan Guozhen attacks the world on a large scale, I am afraid that with the current strength of the Huashan Army, it will face a very major test. Therefore, many officials wrote to Li Xin, requesting that the troops be increased as soon as possible, and that a large army be trained to prepare for the unexpected before the Yan State could complete its preparations.

Compared with everyone's worries, Li Xin didn't take it to heart at all. On the one hand, his attention was not here at this time, and on the other hand, it was because he knew very well that the current Yan State was not capable of dealing with the two forces of Huashan Army and Jiangzuo at the same time.

Of course, the reason why he is not an outsider is because he knows a little bit more history than others. Although some things have changed dramatically, he believes that some things will not change.

Therefore, he just ordered Taiyuan Shangdang and other places to strengthen their vigilance. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the screening of the people who have fled from all over the east of Taihang Mountain, and distinguish the real people from the spies.

Other than that, he didn't have anything else to do. What's more, Yan Guo's actions, I'm afraid we have to look at Huan Wen's counterattack this time before we can really decide.

In mid-December, Huan Wen's counterattack finally began. He ordered Xu and Yan Erzhou Assassin Shi Xun Xian to lead troops to aid Zhuge You, so Xun Xian led his troops to attack Shanchi County.

This Shanqi County is also a county under the rule of Taishan County, after Zhuge Yu was defeated and returned, many counties around Taishan County were captured by the Yan army, and this Shanchi County is one of them.

At this time, Shanqi County was garrisoned by Jia Jian, the Taishan Taishou sent by Yan State, but there were not many soldiers and horses in his hands. Therefore, Shanqi County was soon captured by Xun Xian, and even Jia Jian himself was captured by Xun Xian.

Li Xin paid more attention to this matter, so the situation over there was quickly inquired about by the spies.

After Jia Jian was captured, Xun Xian originally wanted to persuade him to surrender. But Jia Jian refused to surrender, Xun Xian originally wanted to persuade him with righteousness, but he was scolded by Jia Jian! Xun Xian was furious, so he put him in the rain, and a few days later Jia Jian died of anger! Tu Qi was beside Li Xin and reported to him.

"A Zhuge You, a Xun Xian, there are not many soldiers in his hands, and he actually fought like this. I have to say, it's really too uncompetitive! The Jin court was completely destroyed by people like them. By the way, how did Jia Jian scold Xun Xian? To make him so angry? After Li Xin heard this, he couldn't help but sigh.

The Zhuge clan and the Xun clan are both famous families in Jiangzuo, so as long as their children are recommended, they can directly become officials. Those people in the Jin court look at their backgrounds and reputations, and they don't care about anything else.

Look at the fact that there has been no shortage of Northern Expeditions on Jiangzuo's side over the years, but except for Zu Ti and Huan Wen, who have achieved partial victories, the others have all returned defeated. In terms of the end result, it can only be said that all of them failed.

For example, Chu Li of the Northern Expedition was actually a person who did not have any great skills at all, just because he was the father of the current Empress Dowager Jiang Zuo, so he was able to occupy a high position. In the end, the army led north and was defeated, and the army suffered heavy casualties.

A few years ago, there was Yin Hao's Northern Expedition, and this person is even more inadequate, the only thing that is powerful and praised by everyone is probably the matter of Qing Talk. When he was talking, few people could argue with him, but when he started fighting, he lost one by one, and was finally forced down by Huan Wen's excuse.

This is one of the reasons why Huan Wen has been able to hold Jiang Zuo's authority over the years, not because of how powerful he is, but because the people in front of him are too weak.

As for the ancestor who was mentioned at the beginning, Li Xin can only be said to be very sorry. Because his failure was not because he couldn't do it, it was all because the Jiangzuo court was dragging its feet.

Xun Xian said that his ancestor was a Jin minister, why did his descendant surrender to the Hu people! And Jia Jian said that it was the Jin family itself that abandoned the people of the Central Plains, and the people had no owner, so in order to survive, they could only take refuge in the strong. Xun Xian kept blaming him, and when Jia Jian was angry, he said that he was guilty of the following crimes, as if his children were in charge of Lao Tzu! Tu Qi thought for a moment and replied.

"What Jia Jian said is not bad, the world was originally in the hands of the Jin family, if it weren't for their own internal strife first, and not fighting for anger later, how could it become like this? If the current Jiangzuo court is competitive enough, I'm afraid everyone is willing to submit to it, so, in the final analysis, it was Jiangzuo himself who caused all this! How can you blame others for being disloyal to the court! After hearing this, Li Xin couldn't help but be silent for a while, and then sighed.