Unlike the last night attack, this time Chen Xian's attack was more powerful.

Yang Miaozhen led 500 cavalry to block the mountain pass west of Hejiazhuang, completely obscuring the enemy's sight in the direction of Hejiazhuang.

Among the five hundred cavalry, in addition to one hundred horse infantry, one hundred lancers, and one hundred light cavalry, there were also two hundred Yang family disciples who Yang Miaozhen asked from Yangjiazhuang to train into multi-purpose cavalry.

Yang Miaozhen's purpose in besieging Hejiazhuang was twofold, one was to cover the enemy cavalry reconnaissance in the direction of Hejiazhuang, and the other was to attract the attention of Laiwu.

The location of Hejiazhuang is very critical for Yiyuan and Laiwu, not far from the southwest of Hejiazhuang, there is a mountain range from the northwest to the southeast, this mountain range is constantly growing, but the mountains are densely wooded, it is not easy to pass, the northeast side of this mountain range is the low mountain beam between Laiwu and Yiyuan, and the southeast side is the wide Laiwu Plain, it can be said that Yiyuan reaches Laiwu The last barrier, and Liujiazhuang is the only mountain pass in the middle of this mountain range, this mountain pass is formed by the impact of the Baoping River, very wide, The main road between Laiwu and Yiyuan passes through here, and if you don't go from here, you will have to bypass this mountain range and take away dozens of miles.

After Yang Miaozhen blocked this mountain pass, it basically obscured Laiwu's view of this side, at least to buy Chen Xian a few days.

In Chen Xian's plan, he wanted to take advantage of this time to find a way to cross the Baoping River and raid south along the eastern foot of that mountain range.

For this raid, Chen Xian personally walked through the road that was about to march, and after returning, he made a detailed plan.

In order to allow the artillery carriage to pass through this difficult road, Chen Xian specially brought 1,000 militiamen, who carried shovels and machetes in addition to muskets, ready to open the road as they walked.

When Chen Xian's four battalions of infantry and two companies of artillery arrived on the north bank of the Baoping River, the first problem in front of them was how to cross the river.

The Baoping River is really not wide or big, and the infantry can pass by taking off their shoes and pulling up their pants, but it is not easy to drive the artillery carriage over.

That's when it's the turn of the militia.

The 1,000 militia were divided into 10 teams, four of which cleared the river valley and made a road out of loess for the artillery wagons to pass through, and the remaining six had to pave a road on the river.

It was not easy to build a real bridge, so Chen Xian took a relatively simple approach, which could only be used on small rivers like the Baoping River.

He had the militia use relatively large stones to make a passage in the river that was higher than the river's surface.

Although the passage paved by the stones blocks the river, because there is a relatively large gap between the stones, the river can pass through such a seemingly solid "bridge", although it will raise the river surface slightly, but it will not really stop the river.

When the stone-paved passage rises above the river, the militia use bamboo baskets prepared in advance to transport earth and river sand and lay it on the "stone bridge" to create a road for vehicles to pass through.

Such a stone bridge is actually very strong, and there was one such a stone bridge in Chen Xian's hometown before he crossed.

It took a thousand militiamen more than half a day to finally build a road that could be used by artillery trucks to pass through the Baoping River.

But it is not all right when you cross the river, because on the other side of the Baoping River, there is only one small road leading to the south.

And this path is no problem to walk, don't think about taking a big car, this place on the south bank of the Baoping River, although the terrain has ups and downs, but the ups and downs are not big, most of the roads are woods, there are also small pieces of panic beach, an almost deserted path extends from the south bank of the Baoping River to the south.

At that time, the boundary of Shandong was still peaceful, and the people did not have to live in the soil enclosure, and some local people began to cultivate land in this place on the south bank of the Baoping River.

The Jin people invaded the south and the Central Plains were in turmoil, these places were deserted, and the roads were only shallow traces, and they were not restored until a hundred years later.

With this ready-made path, the militiamen only needed to widen and level it slightly, and they could pass through the carts for pulling artillery and supplies.

With the efforts of a thousand militiamen, before dark, Chen Xian led his army to camp on a wasteland five miles south of the Baoping River.

This wasteland is about seventy or eighty acres, and in the middle of the wasteland, you can still see the ruins of a small Zhuangzi.

There is a nice spring in the small Zhuangzi, forming a pond of hundreds of square meters, Chen Xian settled the camp around the small Zhuangzi, and his big tent is in the center of the Zhuangzi.

After the encampment, it was not the regular soldiers who were in charge of the guards, but the militia who were tired from the day.

The next morning, after breakfast, the militia was busy again......

After a busy day, the 1,000 militiamen finally repaired the road to the edge of this panicked woodland, and then moved on, and entered the plain, a small plain located on the east bank of the Muwen River, which was the sphere of influence of Huojianan Zhuangzi.

That's right, Chen Xian's target this time is the most important Nan Zhuangzi of the Haoqiang Huo family in Laiwu.

Huojianan Zhuangzi not only occupies this narrow plain located in the southeast of Laiwu County, but also controls three iron mines, one copper mine, and two coal mines around the small plain!

It is also these mines that support the Huo family to become the first powerful in Laiwu.

Chen Xian chose the Huo family as his target, of course, not because the Huo family always took the lead against him, but because of the rich minerals around this Zhuangzi.

Chen Xian's attack this time was not to frighten the powerful government of Laiwu, he wanted to occupy this rich and excellent location of Nanzhuangzi.

This small plain where Nanzhuangzi is located is surrounded by mountains and forests, only the northwest direction towards the county seat is Yima Pingchuan, but it is separated from the county seat by the Muwen River and the Baoping River.

In later generations, this place was the steel city of Laiwu.

Occupying this place, not only can you get a rich mine, but the defensive pressure will also be less.

Chen Xian camped on a panicked beach not far from the South Zhuangzi Plain, and in the evening of the same day, Yang Miaozhen led one hundred of Chen Xian's most elite assault cavalry and one hundred horse infantry to join Chen Xian.

After the convergence, the army rested for half a night, and the next day when the ugly time was cooking, Chen Xian personally led the four battalions of infantry and one hundred cavalry to set off first, taking advantage of the night to attack Nanzhuangzi.

The artillery, escorted by the militia, came later.

Yang Miaozhen took a hundred horse infantry and Chen Xian parted ways and headed north.

In the early morning light, after arriving at Nanzhuangzi, Chen Xian divided the four infantry battalions and one hundred cavalry in his hands into two, blocking the only north and south gates of Nanzhuangzi.