While Li Xin was gathering soldiers and horses, he was waiting for Zhang Ping to finish writing the letter. After writing it, he read it once, and basically there was no problem, so he ordered the whole army to set off immediately and rush to Yangliangguan along Fenshui. Soldiers' speed! Although the soldiers were a little tired on the morning of the battle, there was still no major problem after all.

At this time, it is already in the afternoon, and it will probably arrive at Yangliangguan in the middle of the night, and at that time, it will not hurt to rest again, and by the way, you can readjust the battle plan.

In addition to the 1,000 defenders in Yongan County, the rest are the wounded soldiers and surrendered troops left by this battle. There are still 5,000 troops in Yangliangguan and Pingzhou County, plus the 5,000 people brought by Li Xin, a total of 10,000 troops.

To say that these forces want to occupy the entire territory of the annexed state, it seems that it is a little too small. But Li Xin had no choice, because he didn't have many troops in his hands, and although there were tens of thousands of troops, he didn't dare to use them.

Zhang Hao, Deng Qiang, and Zhang Ping all followed him, and after a night of hurrying, they finally arrived at Yangliang Guannan before Zishi. At this time, inside and outside Yangliang Pass, there was still a big war, and the soldiers and horses of several counties in the north were still thinking about recapturing this pass.

As soon as Li Xin's army arrived, the confidence of the defenders immediately increased, especially after learning the news of the victory, they were even more excited. As a result, everyone no longer defended, and under the leadership of Zhang Hao and Deng Qiang, thousands of troops directly opened the gate and killed them.

There were only more than 2,000 men and horses outside the city, and they didn't know that the Huashan army from the south had come to reinforcements. At this time, I suddenly saw that the door was wide open, and before I had time to rejoice, I saw a large group of people rushing out of it and killing them.

Needless to say, the battle between the two sides was almost instantaneous, and the more than 2,000 people on the other side were quickly surrounded and wiped out. Then, Li Xin simply ordered Deng Qiang to lead a thousand men and horses to rush to the outside of Pingzhou County immediately, and first relieve the siege of Pingzhou County!

In this way, by the time dawn, the entire Taiyuan County and the south of Xihe County will be under the control of the Huashan Army. And some of the counties that were close to it also learned the news that the Huashan Army was heading north.

Under such circumstances, the defenders of Zhongyang, Jiexiu, Zhongdu, Xicheng, Wu and other counties, which were relatively close to Yangliangguan and Pingzhou County, became panicked.

Everyone understands that if the army of the Huashan Army can kill all the way from the south, it means that their side has already lost the battle outside Yongan County.

However, because I don't know the details of the war, the counties are still in panic at this time, and they haven't thought about whether they should surrender or fight! After all, the last time Zhang Ping was outside Wuxiang County, he was also defeated, but didn't he come back in the end?

However, then Li Xin sent someone to send Zhang Ping's letter, and under such persuasion, some counties did not think much about it. In particular, many of these officials are appointed and dismissed by Zhang Ping, so they naturally obey orders.

The day after Li Xin arrived at Yangliangguan, he dispatched various armies and rushed to the counties with Zhang Ping's letter. Among them, Deng Qiang and Zhang Haowei led the troops to the northeast along the Luliang Mountain all the way to persuade the counties to surrender.

Li Xin led Yao Chang and Zhang Ping, and led the troops to the northeast along the west side of Taihang Mountain. In this way, the two groups of people will eventually converge in Jinyang County, and then stay there for a while.

In this operation, Li Xin changed his previous practice of dividing his troops and holding on to a land! For those county towns that took the initiative to surrender, he did not change the original official government, whether it was an official or a defender, he kept the original arrangement.

Only in a few of the key counties, he would leave a part of his troops to garrison. In this way, it not only saves troops, but also ensures the basic control of Taiyuan County and other places. When all the actions are done, then it's time to make proper arrangements.

And this trick obviously worked, at least, for those counties that came to obedience, the panic was quickly stabilized. In particular, the Huashan Army is not like other armies, often plucking geese and scraping the ground, which leaves a very good impression on the people everywhere.

This time, it only took three days to march quickly, and Li Xin's two-way army fought from Yangliangguan and Pingzhou County all the way to Jinyang County! Since Jinyang County is where Zhang Ping's old nest is located, it is especially easy to win here. directly asked Zhang Ping to shout two sentences outside the city, and the city gate was opened.

"Now, among the twelve counties of Taiyuan County, nine counties have been won, and only Yangqu, Wolf Meng and Yu County in the north are left! The army rests in Jinyang City for one night and moves again tomorrow! Deng Qiang, Zhang Oy, you will rush to Yuci County tonight, and then lead the soldiers and horses there to the east immediately, and take Shouyang and Shangai County in Leping County for me! However, your focus is not on these two places, but on the old pass and the old pass further east, these two places are the places that Jingcheng must pass through, as long as you guard it well, the Yan army of the Changshan generation will not be able to enter Taiyuan and Shangdang from there! After entering the city, Li Xin immediately summoned everyone to discuss the matter, and first ordered.

"Yes, the last general will rush over!" Deng Qiang and Zhang Hao hurriedly got up to receive the order.

Jingcheng is one of the eight Taihang mountains, which is located on the Taihang Mountain more than 300 miles away from Jinyang. This road starts from Zhending County in the east, that is, Tumen Pass in the west of Shijiazhuang. After passing the Shiyan Pass to the west, we went all the way to the west and arrived at the west entrance of Jingcheng, that is, the two passes of the old pass and the old pass.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, six miles north of the old pass, there was a reed pass because a reed county was established. And this Weize Pass, because Princess Pingyang once led the Niangzi Army to be stationed in it during the Tang Dynasty, so it was later called Niangzi Pass.

Later generations generally believed that Tumen Pass was the east entrance of Jingcheng, and Niangzi Pass was the west entrance. But the problem is that Jing Cheng already existed before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, while Niangziguan came later.

Therefore, in fact, the west exit should be the two passes of the old pass and the old pass, but it is only because of the changes in current affairs, so it has slowly changed.

The Tumen Pass and Shiyan Pass at the east entrance of Jingcheng are now in the hands of the Yan army, and only the old pass and the old pass are left, which are still under the control of Zhang Ping. If you don't take it down quickly, and wait until the Yan army receives the news, or if the defenders there surrender to the Yan army, it will be troublesome.

The ancient Taihang Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, dividing the Central Plains and Taiyuan Shangdang and other places, and it is very difficult for pedestrians to enter and exit the east and west sides from the ancient Taihang Eight Mountains, let alone the army.

Now among the eight mountains, the four mountains in the south are already under control, and if this well is added, the Taihang Eight Mountains will control the five mountains.

Mastering the five dangerous passages is the method with the least cost and the greatest benefit for the Huashan Army. After all, it doesn't take much force to be able to hold these places, which greatly reduces the attrition and the containment of soldiers.

Li Xin's current henchmen have always been Yan Guo, and he doesn't pay much attention to the forces under Zhang Ping. As long as the gate between the state and the Central Plains is locked, even if Taiyuan and other places are in chaos again, they can slowly clean up.

"There is another one, immediately send my military order to Liao Chuan, and ask him to mobilize a part of the soldiers and horses from Yiyang County to the north, join Deng Qiang and them, and take the entire Leping County. As long as this task is completed, Shangdang and Taiyuan County will be connected, relying on Taihang Mountain to form a strong barrier against Yan Kingdom! After Deng Qiang and the others left, Li Xin ordered again.

After the defeat of Zhang Ping, now is the time to pursue the victory, and Li Xin will not be polite. Although the pace is a little bigger, and the appetite seems to be a little bigger, but in special times, it can only be used in special methods.

"The rest of the people, after resting tonight, continue to go north with me tomorrow, and leave eight hundred soldiers and horses in Jinyang County to garrison!" At the end, Li Xin ordered again.

Leping County is connected to Taiyuan County, just east of Taiyuan County, and its westernmost Shouyang County is not too far from Jinyang, and it is even closer to Yuci County. Therefore, after Li Xin went north and took Yuci County, he left 2,000 men and horses, and he only brought 2,000 men and horses to Jinyang.

If Taiyuan County is further north, it is Xinxing County, and most of this county is north of Taiyuan City in the later generations, and Dingxiang County, Xinzhou City! Further north of Xinxing County, it will be Yanmen County.

The establishment of Yanmen County is very early, which can be traced back to the Warring States period, and was established by King Wuling of Zhao after expelling the Xiongnu. Later, the Qin and Han dynasties also followed this system, and due to the strength of the country and the attack on the Xiongnu, the jurisdiction of Yanmen County was further expanded.

At that time, the area included Datong and Inner Mongolia in the north. But now, due to the chaos in the Central Plains, the border land has been continuously lost, so that although the establishment of Yanmen County is still there, its county governance has been moved to the south of Yanmen Pass.

Yanmen County got its name because of this Yanmen Pass, which is also the pass established by King Zhao Wuling, in order to prevent the Xiongnu and the Hu people in the north from going south. It is located on Yanmen Mountain, but the area of Yanmen County at this time is located on the north and south sides of Yanmen Mountain.

Yanmen Pass is divided into east and west passes, a little further north is the West Pass, and the south is the East Pass. The county of Yanmen County, Guangwu County, is more than ten miles south of Yanmen Pass, that is, the Dai County of later generations.

Further out of Yanmen County, it has now become the territory of the Hu people.

To the east is where Jizhou and Youzhou are located, which is where Jixian, the current capital of Yan Kingdom, is located. And these places are the places where they are heavily defended. If he is allowed to get Yanmen Xinxing and other counties, for Li Xin, I am afraid that in the future, he will have to guard against the other party from going south from Taiyuan County and other places day and night.

Therefore, even in the most difficult situation, he must go north and take Yanmen Pass and other places first. As long as this step is completed, he will be much more calm for the overall situation.