Chiyang County, that is, the northwest area of Jingyang County, Shaanxi Province in later generations. Fu Xiong had been besieging the city for more than a month, and with his fierce attack, the defenders in the city were suffering heavy casualties and food problems. It seems that in the near future, Chiyang County should be completely pacified.

"Report, Prime Minister Qiqi, there is an envoy from the imperial court!" That night, Fu Xiong was thinking about breaking the enemy in the big tent, when his own soldiers outside the tent suddenly came in to report.

"Oh? Come in yet! Hearing this, Fu Xiong was stunned for a moment, and quickly stood up and said.

Soon, the soldiers entered the tent with a man.

"The imperial court sent an envoy here, but there was an edict?" Fu Xiong couldn't help but ask when he saw someone coming.

"There is no edict, only a document, Your Majesty ordered the villain to hand over to the prime minister urgently, please look at it yourself! The villain has to go back to his life, so it's time to leave! "The man who came was not a eunuch, but a soldier guarding the palace. With that, he took out a letter from his body and quickly turned to leave.

Fu Xiong hurriedly opened the letter and read it, and soon understood the meaning. After pacing a few steps, he sat back down at the table.

"Fufa actually lost the battle? Although this kid is young, he is not a reckless person. Although the 10,000 army is not the elite under my command, it far exceeds the anti-thief, and in such a situation, they will actually lose. Although it is said to be a plan, from this point of view, the Huashan Army is really not comparable to ordinary anti-thieves. The imperial court wanted to transfer Fu Jing back to command the army to pacify the Huashan army, which was a good way. Fu Xiong thought for a while, and felt that the imperial court's method was feasible, so he was ready to issue a military order to recall Fu Jing back.

After all, he was ordered to lead the counterinsurgency, and the court would ask him what he meant. Especially the matter of dispatching troops and generals has to go through his hands, otherwise, it will give people the feeling that the court does not trust Fu Xiong. This is a very serious blow to a leader's prestige.

However, when his military order was issued, he added something more. If nothing else, just let Fu Jing take over the Fu Fa army, come to Chiyang's side first, and he will discuss the strategy of dealing with the Huashan army.

During this time, Fu Fa had already withdrawn the army to the north bank of Weishui, so as not to be attacked from both sides by the Huashan army and the Xinfeng County thieves. Since he didn't know how the imperial court would deal with this matter next, he could only stay in the camp and wait quietly for news.

"The king of Pyeongchang will come to take over the army, and I will make meritorious deeds. Alas, in this case, it would be a good result! In the next few days, all of you will be on guard to avoid a sneak attack by the thieves, and we will decide on the next plan of action after the King of Pyeongchang arrives! As soon as Fu Xiong's military order was delivered to the camp, Fu Fa summoned all the generals to announce the news.

"Yes, the last general obeys!" Hearing that the above did not hold the party responsible for this defeat, everyone present couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Shangluo County was in the southern part of Shaanxi Province in later generations, mainly in the area of Shangluo City. Under Fu Xiong's military order, Fu Jing, who was far away in Shangluo County, hurried back overnight, and arrived in Fu Xiong's camp two days later.

"Prime Minister, it seems that the war on Chiyang's side should be over soon! I wonder why it's important to call me back at this time? After seeing Fu Xiong, Fu Jing asked.

"Let's take a look at this first!" Fu Xiong did not answer directly, but handed him the document issued by the imperial court to him, so that he could understand the situation himself.

After watching it for a while, Fu Jing realized why she was transferred back. After thinking for a while, he asked, "The prime minister summoned me, but is it appropriate to teach me face-to-face?" ”

"What do you think about pacifying the Huashan Army?" Fu Xiong asked noncommittally.

"Judging from the situation of these battles, the leader of the Huashan Army commanded the battle in a very orderly manner, did not panic between advance and retreat, and his soldiers were good at fighting bravely. The most important thing is that they have good military discipline that ordinary homeless people do not have, which is the reason why they have been able to defeat the imperial army repeatedly! Of course, the lack of combat effectiveness of local soldiers is also a big reason, and it is not a problem of Fu Fa alone! Fu Jing thought for a moment before she said.

"That's right, I think so too. As far as we are concerned, if we want to completely wipe out the Huashan army, we are afraid that we have to gather an elite army. But in this way, it will inevitably affect our ability to quell the rebellion around Chang'an. The land of Chang'an, the important city of the country, cannot be put into danger, so I still decided to solve the surrounding anti-thieves first. Fu Xiong nodded, appreciating his analysis.

"The prime minister's meaning is to let me lead people to block the Huashan Army from continuing to grow and develop, and wait until the other rebels are pacified, and then concentrate the elite to solve the problem of the Huashan Army?" Fu Jing understood as soon as she heard it.

"Yes, this time you go to take over the helm of the army from Fu Fa, and he still has an army of 2,000 under his command. In addition, I will mobilize 500 cavalry from here for you, and you will mobilize 10,000 troops from other places in Guanzhong, in short, to block the Huashan army to the south of Weishui and east of Xinfeng, until we put down other rebellions! Fu Xiong nodded.

"I understand, I will never live up to the trust of the prime minister, and I will definitely let the Huashan army besiege it!" Fu Jing hurriedly said.

"Go ahead! Don't attack rashly, don't be taken advantage of by thieves! Before leaving, Fu Xiong also deliberately admonished, for fear that he would make the same mistake as Fu Fa again.

Soon, Fu Jing led 500 cavalry to Fu Fa's military camp, and after reading the general's order, he officially took over Fu Fa's military power. With the issuance of the military order, the Qin soldiers and horses who arrived from all over Guanzhong began to patrol along the north bank of Weishui to prevent the Huashan army from landing on the shore.

The most important thing is the place where the water is located, and this time they also learned from the Huashan army and began to build a wall, so as to block the westward advance of the Huashan army. In this way, the two sides temporarily entered a stalemate situation, and neither took the initiative to attack. Fu Jing would take the five hundred cavalry back and forth every day to patrol and not let the Huashan army have any chance to cross their own defense line.

However, he didn't know that the Huashan army at this time didn't have the slightest idea of fighting the past. This kind of siege of the city gave the Huashan army a rare opportunity to recuperate.

In Huayin County, because the war did not burn here this time, even at the time of the water war, it was still calm here, and the people lived their own lives. After learning that Li Xin had returned, Wang Meng led the officials of Huaxian County to greet him at the city gate, and after seeing him, they saluted him together, which made him a little flattered.

"Why are you here? Why do you make this great gift? Li Xin hurriedly dismounted, walked over, and said.

"The dignified captain has won a great victory, and if we don't come to greet it, what kind of system will it become. Now that you are a famous person, you still have to stand up for the majesty you deserve! Wang Meng whispered to him.

"Oh, well! Let's go into town! Hearing this, Li Xin was stunned for a moment, and soon understood. Wang Meng obviously began to take advantage of various opportunities to help him shape his status and image, so that anyone who saw him would understand that he Li Xin was the highest existence in the Huashan Army, ruling everything.

Thinking of his good intentions, Li Xin didn't know what to say. After all, this approach seems to be a good thing for me. Historically, Wang Meng's help to Fu Jian was not just about pacifying the north and establishing a powerful former Qin.

One of the more important ones is that his centralized measures helped Fu Jian consolidate his position and power. Now his approach is essentially the same. And in such a troubled world, this approach is indeed very necessary.

After arriving at the county office, Wang Meng retreated from everyone, leaving only Li Xin and himself in the room.

"It seems that Fu Qin should not attack easily in the short term. They are now besieging us but not attacking, blocking us west of Xinfeng, and want to wait until the other rebellions are settled before dealing with us! Wang Meng analyzed.

"I also have this idea, take advantage of this time, we might as well improve the lives of the people and prepare for the next big war." Li Xin nodded and agreed.

"What are you going to do with those captives? It's impossible to expand the army again, right? Wang Meng asked.

"Shut it up for now! For the sake of safety, I need to separate them, leaving about half of them on the Zheng County side and half of them on the Huayin side. We can do something with these captives, after all, we don't have enough manpower. As the situation stabilizes temporarily, many of the things we haven't done before should also be done. Li Xin shook his head, of course he couldn't let these people who had just been captured serve as soldiers under him, it would be a self-defeating move.

"What do you think?" Wang Meng nodded, finally relieved.

"Our three counties have been affected by the war for many years, and people's lives and agriculture have been greatly affected. In my opinion, it is better to take this opportunity to build some water conservancy facilities, so that the people can cultivate better. Besides, we can let these captives go to cultivate the land, and we will not detain them, as long as they are honest in the past three years, we can give priority to the land they have cultivated! What do you think? Li Xin thought for a moment and proposed.

"The water conservancy facilities really should be repaired! I'm worried about running out of manpower, but that's a good idea. As for letting the captives reclaim the land, I think it's not bad, but I'm afraid we'll have to see how effective it is! Wang Meng groaned for a moment, and finally nodded.