In July of the first year of Xingping, both sides of the river are still dry and rainless, most of the crops in various places are dead, although there is a water conservancy in the east of the river, and the convenience of overturning the car irrigation, but if it goes on like this, the autumn harvest of this year will also be greatly discounted, just when the people of Qianshou in the fields of Hedong County looked at the crops and were worried about the disaster of the heavenly father, Anyi finally came to the exciting good news one after another.

Hanoi victory!

Zhonglang's general Gan Ling led Xu Huang, Ma Lin, Meng Tu and other generals to capture Yewang City, which had been besieged for more than a month, and beheaded Zhang Yang, the Taishou of Hanoi, and more than 10 generals under his command, beheaded more than 1,000 ranks, captured countless prisoners, and completely ended the war in Hanoi, which lasted more than two months.

Dayang wins!

Pingbei general, Hedong Taishou Yan Xing led 5,000 cavalry, pursued the Zhang Ji army that was cut off from grain and grass, and retreated in a hurry, and bit the main force of Zhang Ji on the north bank of the river that was blocked by the Hedong Boat Division and could not cross the river for a long time.

The only regret is that it is said that Zhang Xiu had already swam across the river in advance before the soldiers and horses in Hedong chased him, and in the chaos of the army, he was not able to capture the sick Zhang Ji.

Nearly 10,000 Hongnong soldiers and horses either escaped, or risked crossing at night in batches, and fled from Hedong, and it is estimated that Zhang Ji was also escorted by his henchmen and horses, and fled from Hedong.

After Yan Xing's victory, he did not return to Anyi immediately, and he received good news from Hanoi in Dayang.

Trapped for a long time in Yewang City, because the Hebei reinforcements were delayed, finally in one night, there was a large-scale mutiny, Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang under the command of Sima Yang Chou according to the prior agreement, suddenly opened the city gate, received the siege of Hedong soldiers and horses into the city, and personally led the troops to raid the official temple where Zhang Yang was located in the city, Zhang Yang was seriously injured in the brawl, and was cut off by the rebels.

Seeing this, Bai Bo's Zhenggu also hurriedly gave up resistance, so Gan Ling led the army to take Yewang City at a lower price, ending the war in Hanoi.

And at the same time that the soldiers and horses in Hedong broke through Yewang City, the soldiers and horses of the Lu Yi who originally rescued Zhang Yang in Hanoi also sent troops to attack Lu Bu in Ji County.

Although Lu Bu was brave and good at fighting, he only had nearly a thousand remnants under his command, and in the face of tens of thousands of Hebei soldiers who flocked to him, he was still led by Hebei's general Lu Yi, who once again suffered defeat, fled from Ji County in embarrassment, and crossed the river to Chen Liu to join Zhang Miao in a hurry.

After the capture of Ji County, although Lu Yi regretted that he was not able to capture Lü Bu, he still returned to Gongxian County, occupied the northeast corner of Hanoi County, and tacitly confronted the soldiers and horses of Hedong across the river.

After Lu Yi returned to his division, Lu Ying also took the opportunity to escape from the enemy camp in Hedong one night and returned to Lu Yi's army.

Because of the responsibility of defeating the teacher, Lu Ying was almost beheaded by Lu Yi to show the public, but Lu Yan, Lu Guang and others worked hard to dissuade him, and Lu Yi was changed to a hundred lashes, stripped of his original military position, and sent to the hard labor camp in the army to make meritorious service for his crimes.

Taking advantage of the halt of the Hebei Luyi army, Zhai Hao also led the army to cross the river and return to Henan, joined Pei Qian and Wei Xuan's men and horses, recovered Luoyang, Gucheng and other cities, and subdued the remaining soldiers and horses under Zhang Ji's command.

Yan Xing, who received the good news from Hanoi and Henan, breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, although Hebei temporarily stopped the large-scale expedition in the short term because of the lack of military food, but when anyone faced the behemoth of Yuan Shao's forces, he couldn't help but feel afraid in his heart, and he needed to weigh it.

Can he have the strength to withstand the large-scale attack of Yuan Benchu, who is famous at home and has a strong pawn in Hebei?

Yan Xing just took advantage of the fighter plane of Zhang Ji's army pouring out, took advantage of the advantages of the Dahe Boat Division, united with Duan Xuan of Huayin, burned the grain and grass of Zhang Ji's army, solved the strong neighbor of Zhang Ji around him, and eliminated Zhang Yang, and successfully occupied the land of Sanhe.

These two wars have used all the strength of Hedong, Yan Xing has decided that after the war, he must immediately suspend the military and restore the production and livelihood of Hanoi and Henan as soon as possible.

Now that he is in possession of the land of the Three Rivers, although Yan Xing's strength has not increased dramatically, the territory under his control has more than doubled out of thin air.

With the expansion of the territory, trouble will naturally follow. Li Dao and Guo Yan in Guanzhong, to Yan Xing's surprise, although they clashed with each other, they did not really use their swords, and Duan Xuan, who was newly Hongnong, and Yuan Shao, the overlord of Hebei, were the two side neighbors that Yan Xing had to face next.

After Li Dao and Guo Yan in Guanzhong, Yuan Shao and Yan Xing in Hebei prepared to stabilize Hanoi and Henan, they would send envoys to test the attitude of the two sides, and it was best to reach a temporary reconciliation with Yuan Shao in Yecheng, and then through Li Dao and Guo Yan, they would get the Chang'an Imperial Court to nominally recognize their occupation of Hanoi and Henan.

And the newly acquired Hongnong's Duan Xuan, this kind-faced, harmless general of Dong Ying, can be described as a quiet and moving like a rabbit with soldiers, and this key knife behind him directly overturned Zhang Ji, whose strength is only that of Li Dao and Guo Yan, and even the territory of Hongnong County was directly included in his bloodless bag.

In this war, if Hedong is the biggest winner, Huayin's Duan Xuan can be described as a leader in four or two thousand catties, and the actual benefits he obtained are far greater than that of Yuan Shao of Hebei who dispatched a large army.

It is precisely because of this that Yan Xing wants to meet this new neighbor of Hongnong even more, although after the soldiers and horses of Hedong have eliminated Zhang Yang and annexed Hanoi, they have opened up the land road connecting Hedong and Henan through Yiguan, and there is no need to borrow from Hongnong, but on the issue of how to live in harmony and jointly guard Li Dao and Guo Yan in Guanzhong, their new allies must meet and talk in person.

Yan Xing is also a little looking forward to whether Zhang Xiu and Zhang Ji, who were lucky enough to escape the river, will meet Duan Xuan, who won Hongnong, and how Duan Xuan will treat this pair of uncles and nephews of the Zhang family who are like lost dogs.

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Hongnong, Huxian.

According to Hongnong's Duan Xuan, at this time, he was not wearing armor or a sword, but only wore a brocade robe, and walked leisurely in his backyard.

Hongnong territory is mountainous, Taihua Mountain, Kunshan Mountain, Kufang Mountain, Bear's Ear Mountain, from west to east surround the south of Hongnong, the mountains isolate Hongnong and Nanyang, Shangyong and other places of the road, make Hongnong north of the big river, west through the Guanzhong, east to Henan, is the mountain near the river, connecting the Kanto, Kansai traffic important place.

The Hangu Pass of the Han Dynasty is also located in the territory of Hongnong, and at the time of the pre-Qin Dynasty, the Hangu Pass that could block the alliance of the six countries in the eastern part of the country was no longer there, but Hongnong County still relied on the dangerous road of Kuihan in the territory to bear the heavy burden of defending the eastern part of the country and the western part of the country.

Whether it was the former Han Dynasty's Changshi regime defending against the Shandong Red Mei Army, or Dong Zhuo's defense against the Kwantung princes in this dynasty, the defense in Hongnong was the most important.

Because Hongnong's territory is mountainous, Hongnong's land is not as fertile as other subordinate counties of Sili, and the territory within its territory is mainly river valleys, which are mainly divided into four parts.

They are the south bank of the Dahe River where Huayin, Huxian, Shaanxi and other cities are distributed, the Gushui Valley where Xin'an, Mianchi and other cities are distributed, the Yushui Valley where Lushi, Yiyang and other cities are distributed, and the Yishui Valley where Luhun and Yulu are distributed.

Among them, the south bank of the river is naturally the most fertile and densely populated with the cities of Huayin, Huxian, and Shaanxi.

Duan Xuan gained Zhang Ji's territory, collected Zhang Ji's defeated soldiers, and was able to add at least 10,000 troops.

In terms of input and harvest ratio alone, Duan Xuan, who does not show mountains and water on weekdays, is the real big winner.

And this big winner, after joining Hongnong, acted vigorously and resolutely and did four major things in a row.

In the first case, Duan Xuan surrounded the fleeing Zhang Ji in Wuxiang, but withdrew the encirclement and let Zhang Ji go.

At that time, when he heard Duan Xuan's order to withdraw the encirclement, the generals under his command were all stunned, and hurriedly stepped forward to advise Duan Xuan not to indulge in the enemy's troubles, and to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, and send troops to capture and kill Zhang Ji, who was at the end of his rope.

However, Duan Xuan was silent and did not accept the advice of the generals under his command, and then showed a sad look and said sadly:

"Zhang Ji is now like a carp in a rut, a dog that has lost his home, and his death is not far away, I am an old man from Dong Ying, and I can't bear to handle it, so why work hard, let's let him go!"

The generals under his command had no choice but to withdraw the soldiers and horses, and let Hongnong hundreds of remnants of soldiers escort the seriously ill Zhang Ji to escape from his hometown.

Duan Xuan looked at Zhang Ji's people who fled in a hurry, and he naturally had his own considerations in his heart. Compared with Zhang Ji, who was hit hard and was about to die, Duan Xuan was even more jealous of his young and brave nephew Zhang Xiu.

It's a pity that Zhang Xiu was not captured by Duan Xuan's soldiers, and he estimated the itinerary of the fast horse, but he was afraid that he had escaped from Hongnong and went to Guanzhong or other places.

If Zhang Xiu escaped to Guanzhong and killed Zhang Ji himself, he was afraid that Zhang Xiu would be willing to act as the minions of Li Dao and Guo Yan in order to avenge his uncle, and lead the troops to attack Hongnong, and he would never die with himself who had a deep vendetta against the sea of blood.

In addition, if Zhang Ji dies under his own hands, he is afraid that he will be even more feared by Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, but will help Yan Yan in Hedong to bear the soldiers in Guanzhong first, which is really what Duan Xuan does not want to see.

Therefore, Duan Xuan would rather let the seriously ill Zhang Ji and let him escape to Guanzhong.

The second thing is that Duan Xuan moved Hongnong's governance office to Hu County.

This incident also aroused the doubts of some generals under his command. In their opinion, Huayin is a big city that Duan Xuan has been painstakingly operating over the years, with a dense population and rich people, while Shaanxi County is a fortified city that Zhang Ji spent a lot of money to build.

Duan Xuan smiled, and told the generals under his command at that time:

"Although Huayin is a rich city, but it is close to Li Dao and Guo Yan in Guanzhong, once Li and Guo's army comes, the prosperity of a city is destroyed in the war, such a rich and noble shadow in the water, how can it be nostalgic!"

"Shaanxi County is indeed a strong city, but it is close to the east of the river, it used to be strong in agriculture, and the east of the river is weak, so Zhang Jitun soldiers in Shaanxi County, looking at Hedong County across the river, but now the situation has been reversed, Yan Yan in the east of the river is not only strong in soldiers and horses, but also on the big river There are also the benefits of the boat division, with Zhang Ji's strength, but still invincible, how can we rely on a strong city, resist the army and boat division in Hedong?"

"If you are arrogant and think that you have the solidity of Jincheng in Shaanxi County, you will garrison Shaanxi County, cause the scruples of Hedong, and recruit the army of Hedong, then wait until the army of Hedong comes to the city and Shaanxi County has become a lonely city, it is really too late to regret!"

The third thing was to stabilize the hearts of the people in Hongnong, recruit the displaced people who had been exiled due to the war, and drive the displaced people to serve as laborers, and began to build Tongguan in the west and open up the Beikun Road in the east, which directly connected to Luoyang.

Zhang Ji was defeated, Duan Xuan sent troops, Hongnong fell into chaos, the people fled from the soldiers, and fled one after another, Duan Xuan didn't want these manpower to escape into Hedong and Henan, and cheapened Yan Yan, who occupied the land of the Three Rivers, for nothing, so that his strength could increase and expand faster.

At the same time, Duan Xuan also had to use the power of these displaced people to build Tongguan and open up the Beikun Road.

Duan Xuan is in Hongnong, and the neighboring Hedong Yan Yan, Guanzhong Li Dao, and Guo Yan are all strong neighbors whose strength exceeds his own, so in addition to forming a good alliance with Hedong and Guanzhong, Duan Xuan must also actively prepare for war and defend against being annexed by strong neighbors in Hedong and Guanzhong.

In the defense of the pass, the Hangu Pass in the Qin period is in danger, has been abandoned, can not be relied on, so Duan Xuan is ready to use the terrain on the loess plateau in Weinan, ram the earth to build the pass, and build a new Xiongguan to defend Li and Guo Bingfeng in the west - Tongguan.

In the east, the original Cuihan Ancient Road, is the old road of Zhou Qin, can also be called the South Cui Road, from Shaanxi County to Luoyang, can not be directly connected, need to detour from Shaanxi County to Yiyang, and then along the Luoshui River Valley, to Henan.

The vicissitudes of life, to this day, the people have opened up a road that can go straight from Shaanxi County to Luoyang, which is more convenient than the Nankun Road, but it has not been officially leveled and repaired, and it is still very difficult to pass through the army and horses.

Once Duan Xuan organizes the people's forces and widens and smooths this Beikun Road, it will become a shortcut to mobilize troops and horses and transport grain and heavy baggage by land from west to east or from east to west in the future.

Seeing Duan Xuan's order, his civil and military forces were still confused, in order to guard against Li Dao and Guo Yan in the west, the general ordered to build Tongguan on the loess plateau, but to defend Yan Yan in Henan to the east, but not to repair the Hanhan Valley Pass, but to open up and level the Beikun Road, which is really confusing!

If the Beikun Road is repaired, then Yan Yan's soldiers and horses in Henan can directly bypass Yiyang and other places, and directly attack Hongnong cities such as Mianchi and Shaanxian.

This time, Duan Xuan smiled and didn't say anything, just waved his hand and gave an order, so that the civil and military forces under his command would follow the order.

After this year's drought and soldiers, Duan Xuan had already foreseen that a big fission from the Xiliang army was about to break out, and Li Dao, Guo Yan, Yan Yan, and himself were all inevitable.

Among these generals and colonels of the Xiliang Army, their own strength is the weakest, and they simply have no troops to deploy the east and west sides at the same time.

In the future, Li Dao and Guo Yan wanted to annex the weakest self, Yan Yan saw that if Li Dao and Guo Bi invaded the territory of Hongnong, although there were boat divisions in Hedong, there was no barrier to the old road of Cuihan in Henan, so don't think about it anymore like ambushing Hu Che'er, under the condition of ambushing Li Dao and Guo Yan's army, he can only do his best to help himself.

If Hedong or Henan makes a stupid move, Yan Yan wants to annex herself, and she can also immediately open Tongguan and introduce the army of Li Dao and Guo Yan into Hongnong, so that Yan Yan can eat the bitter fruit and burn herself.

In this way, Hongnong's own can be safely in the cracks of strong neighbors, waiting for the opportunity to grow his power.

Of course, if Duan Xuan wants to consolidate Hongnong's territory, he needs to do a good job in the fourth thing.