Kaifeng County, Xingyang County, since cooperating with Murong Chui to defeat Huan Wen in Suishui, Huangfu Zhen led a large army to temporarily stationed here. The place where Kaifeng County is located is located dozens of miles away from the south of Kaifeng City in later generations, south of Suishui. Later, when the Song Dynasty came, the famous Battle of Zhuxian Town took place here.

If you go further southwest from this place, you will arrive at Xuchang in less than two hundred miles.

At the beginning, after Murong Chui designed a big victory over Huan Wen, the two immediately took advantage of the victory to pursue, and they only stopped when they chased near Xuchang.

Murong Chui is now leading his troops to besiege Xuchang City, and he is already planning to completely wipe out Huan Wen. As for Huangfu Zhen's words, because the purpose of his original southward journey was not to deal with Huan Wen, he retreated to Xingyang County after the big victory.

The reason why he didn't return to Henan County immediately was mainly because he wanted to stay here to deal with Murong Chui's army and guard against soldiers and horses from other places who came to ask for help from Huan Wen.

If possible, Murong Trai was responsible for besieging Xuchang City, while he was responsible for fending off the various Jin troops who came to the rescue.

The problem is that the Jin army he was waiting for has not yet arrived, and there are messengers all the way to his own territory, all of whom have come to ask for help from him.

"The Don Army has sent troops! I didn't expect to kill it at this time, it's really hateful! After figuring out the situation of the war in Henan County, Huangfu couldn't help but hate it.

"General, the land of Luoyang is important, so let's go back to the army immediately to rescue. Otherwise, once Luoyang and other places are occupied by the Tang Army, we will have no place in Henan County! The staff next to him reminded.

"Immediately send the order, and the army will immediately set off to return to Luoyang! By the way, send someone to inform King Wu as soon as possible, and let him be more careful, we can't deal with him anymore! Huangfu Zhen nodded, and then ordered.

Soon, more than 20,000 people under the Huangfu Zhen Department set off for the west. From here, if you go all the way to the west, you will reach the Tiger Prison Pass for about 200 miles. As soon as the army passed through that dangerous place, it entered the territory of Henan County.

With the speed of a large army, it is not easy to get there, even if it is a rapid march, it will take a day and a night. Of course, before setting off, Huangfu Zhen sent the cavalry back, so as not to have any critical situation in Henan County.

And just when he received the news, Chen Kang at this time also happened to rush outside the Tiger Prison Pass. Because the defenders of the pass were informed by the passing messengers that the Tang army was attacking various places on a large scale, they had already strengthened their vigilance.

When Chen Kang arrived, he was faced with a heavily guarded city. The situation of the Tiger Prison Pass is dangerous, and the wall is tall and strong, with the 2,000 cavalry in Chen Kang's hands, it is not easy to capture this place.

In this way, time is delayed. After the cavalry sent by Huangfu Zhen arrived, the defenders on the pass were more numerous, not only more than guarded, but also directly out of the city to engage in battle.

In the battle between the cavalry and the cavalry, although Chen Kang's side won, it did not help much to capture the Tiger Prison Pass. Especially when he knew that Huangfu Zhen was going to arrive soon, Chen Kang knew that there was no hope.

He had to lead his army to retreat, first rushed back to the south of Luoyang, and gathered the soldiers and horses sent out to attack the counties, so as to prepare for a decisive battle with Huangfu Zhen's army. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the soldiers and horses attacking the city to stop Huangfu Zhen's nearly 30,000 troops.

Not only was his army contained, but he also sent someone to inform Zhao Ji and ask him to gather his army as well. In addition to leaving his troops to defend the newly captured county seat and passes, he asked him to lead the rest of his men and horses to the south of Luoyang to join him in order to jointly deal with the main force of the Yan army.

As a result, the situation in the entire Henan County began to stabilize.

At this point in the battle, the Tang Army led by Zhao Ji and Chen Kang can be said to have achieved nearly half of the goal. But at this time, the test has just arrived, and if the Huangfu Zhen army cannot be solved, all the successes in the early stage will be just a bubble.

At this time, the counties in Henan County that were captured by the Tang Army included Henan County, Luhun County, Xincheng County and Liang County. As for the passes, there are three passes: Yique Pass in the north and Guangcheng Pass and Luhun Pass in the south.

In addition, Yiyang County, which is Hongnong County, has also been taken, and the entire Hongnong County is finally complete.

So far, among the twelve counties of Henan County, the Tang Army has occupied a total of five counties in the west from the original Xin'an County. The five counties around Luoyang in the north are basically still in the hands of the Yan army, and the remaining two counties in the southeast are now in the hands of Huan Wen.

A Henan County seems to be a small microcosm of today, and it has also come to a three-point world, but it is still Yan Country that occupies the essence of the land. It's as if the whole world is occupying the rich land of the Central Plains.

After Zhao Ji received Chen Kang's news, he immediately changed his original idea of going eastward, except for leaving some soldiers and horses to guard these county towns and passes, he took the rest of the men and horses to the north, and finally joined Chen Kang in Henan County.

And Huangfu Zhen, who was in a hurry in Xingyang County, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after hearing the news that the Tiger Prison Pass was not lost. After all, if this place is lost, I am afraid that this trip will be in vain.

For the sake of prudence, he immediately led the army through the Tiger Prison Pass, and then went straight to Luoyang. Along the way, they also kept receiving the latest news from the Tang Army, and after knowing that the Tang Army had reduced its strength and temporarily stayed in Henan County, they knew Chen Kang's plans.

Because he knew that the Tang army did not come to attack him, he was not in a hurry for the time being. On the one hand, they rushed to Luoyang County, and on the other hand, they sent people to inform the defenders of each county, so that they could still defend the city with peace of mind!

At the same time, a part of the soldiers and horses were drawn from the defenders of each county, and his army was replenished to 30,000 men. After the previous battle with Huan Wen, the 30,000 horses he took away were also damaged a lot.

In comparison, the number of people on Zhao Ji's side was much smaller. Because after the two armies converged, there were only more than 10,000 people. However, compared with Huangfu Zhen's army, the Tang army has an advantage here, that is, there are nearly 4,000 cavalry.

The Tang Army has developed rapidly over the years, and coupled with the continuous growth of the Guanshan Military Horse Farm, horses can also be obtained from the surrounding Hu tribes. Therefore, the ratio of cavalry to foot soldiers in the Tang army basically reached one to five.

That is to say, usually among the 10,000 Tang troops, there will be a configuration of 2,000 cavalry, of course, this refers to light cavalry. In contrast, the ratio of cavalry to infantry of the Yan army is basically about 1:8 to 1:9.

In this way, its army of 10,000 can be equipped with about 1,000 light cavalry. If it was the Jiangzuo court, which had fewer sources of horses, the proportion would be even greater.

Huangfu Zhen led an army of 50,000 to the south, and there should have been 5,000 cavalry. Coupled with some of the cavalry in Murong Zhong's hands at the beginning, it should not be a problem to gather 7,000 cavalry.

However, because of the battle with Huan Wen, the cavalry of Huangfu Zhen's department lost a part, and then the cavalry sent first fought a hard battle with the cavalry led by Chen Kang outside the Tiger Prison Pass, which was completely wiped out.

In this way, there is no cavalry in the hands of the emperor who can be used to protect the flanks.

And the more than 10,000 troops in Zhao Ji's hands refer to the army that can be mobilized to fight against Huangfu Zhen. If you count the 2,000 soldiers and horses guarding the county seat of Henan, this number can be even more.

With 8,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry, this is where Zhao Ji's confidence lies in dealing with Huangfu Zhen's army. To be honest, the contrast is obvious, and his side seems to be at a disadvantage, but whether it is Zhao Ji or Chen Kang, they don't seem to take it to heart at all.

With the return of Huangfu Zhen's army to Henan County, the Yan army and the Tang army finally began to officially start a war in the south. Li Xin, who had been staying in Huguan County before, had already secretly gone south to Anyi County, Hedong County, where he closely followed the battle situation in the south.

When Chen Kang withdrew from the Tiger Prison Pass, the first thing he did was to send someone to report the latest battle situation to Li Xin. Since Hongnong County is only separated from Hedong County by the Yellow River, this information was quickly sent to Li Xin's hands.

"Your Highness, now Huangfu Zhen has 30,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, but Chen Kang and his hands only have more than 10,000 horses available, I'm afraid it's too dangerous!" Tu Qi also knew the news, and couldn't help but be a little worried.

Once Chen Kang and the others are defeated, not only Henan County will not be protected, but even Hongnong County and Shangluo County will be affected.

Even in a very bad case, the Yan army may fight all the way to Tongguan, or directly cross the river to the north to fight to Hedong County.

"Zhao Ji's previous ideas were good, but some were too bold. With the strength in their hands, they not only want to attack the city, but also want to defend the land, and they also want to take the tiger prison, forcing ~ Huangfu to really go back to Henan on the side of Yangcheng County, but fortunately, he ambushed him in the middle of the road. I have to say that their appetite is a little too big. Li Xin sighed and said leisurely.

"Yes! If they had doubled the number of soldiers and horses, they would have been able to realize this idea. Unfortunately, it's too late to say any more! Tu Qi said with deep sympathy.

"There's no such thing as a delay! Think about it, if we had placed 40,000 troops in Hongnong and Shangluo at the beginning, I am afraid that when Huangfu really went south, it would not be 50,000 troops, but 100,000 troops! In that case, what difference would the result be from now? Hearing this, Li Xin couldn't help but shake his head and said lightly.

Originally! The purpose of Murong Ke sending Huangfu Zhen south was to prevent the Tang army from attacking Henan County, and naturally the number of Tang troops around Henan County was used to calculate the number of troops. The more soldiers and horses you place in the two places, the more people will naturally prepare.