Wei Gu smiled, although Fan Xian did not get angry with him in advance about this matter, but in his heart, he could guess how much Fan Xian's purpose was in doing this.

First, the land of Jiangyi was originally regarded as one acre and three points of land by the Fan family, but because Yan Xing's Xiliang Army intervened strongly later, and after killing Fan Yong, Fan Gui, Zhang Lang and others one after another, Fan's influence among the Jiangyi and county soldiers was completely eliminated.

Now that Fan Guiwei is recruited as a soldier Cao Peng, and he is back in charge of the county soldiers, he naturally wants to reshape Fan's influence among the county soldiers, and the first choice is Jiangyi, which made Fan's face lose at the beginning.

Second, the entry of the county soldiers into Jiangyi, in addition to the benefits to the county government as Fan Xianwei Wang Yi said, also has a great geographical advantage for the Fan family to deal with the Xiliang army.

Jiangyi and Linfen are only separated by a river, and the county soldiers can threaten Linfen, the garrison of the Xiliang Army, and the military baggage for the Xiliang Army also has to pass through Jiangyi.

Wei Gu thought to himself, these two items were enough to push Fan Xian to actively want to enter the army.

In fact, Fan Xian did show positive enough.

In order to create a fait accompli and not give the Xiliang army time to deal with it, Fan Xian personally led two thousand county soldiers and chose to march into Jiangyi before the county government's document was sent to Jiangyi.

Even in order to achieve the effect of the speed of the soldiers, Fan Xian used the only 200 cavalry in the Hedong County soldiers as the vanguard, preparing to make a surprise attack on Jiangyi just like the Xiliang army captured Pishi City, and take Jiangyi City under the nose of the Xiliang army.

After Fan was first recruited by the county government as a soldier Cao Peng, a lot of Fan's clansmen were installed in the county soldiers, and when he sent troops, he privately smiled to the clansmen who accompanied him when he sent troops, and this time he wanted to use his spear to attack his shield, and use the most familiar tactics of the Xiliang army to catch the Xiliang army off guard.

Unfortunately, the result exceeded Fan Xian's expectations.

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Wenxi territory

Xu Huang and Yang Feng stood on a hill, overlooking a pre-ambush battle under the hill.

The 200 cavalry, which was the vanguard of the Hedong County Army, were attacked by the Xiliang army from the ambush in the woods by the roadside when they were marching in Wenxi.

The first round of sudden arrow rain shot the first hundred generals off their horses at once, and the subsequent arrow rain became more and more dense and rapid, and the forward cavalry ranks of the Hedong County soldiers were attacked before and after, and the knights on the horses were stunned, while hurriedly dodging and blocking the arrow rain from the forest, while subconsciously gathering to a safe place.

As a result, many cavalrymen who had not been hit were gathered together, unable to advance or retreat, and the forward cavalry, which had lost its command, was in confusion, like a living target, and was more prone to being hit by arrows on their horses.

In desperation, the cavalry on the horse could only dismount one after another, carry swords and bows, and prepare to rush into the forest.

And the Xiliang army in the forest, did not give these dismounted cavalry a chance to attack, a horn sounded, the arrows gradually stopped, many Xiliang soldiers with spears, swords and shields, also lined up from the forest on both sides of the road left and right, to the forward cavalry of the Hedong County soldiers.

The forward cavalry on the left and right, the formation resisted the Xiliang army for less than a few moments, and they couldn't resist, and the armor of the Xiliang soldiers tore the line from the middle, divided into several pieces, surrounded on all sides, cornered, and those dismounted cavalry could only kneel and surrender, acting as prisoners of the Xiliang army.

The victorious Xiliang soldiers cleaned the battlefield and escorted the prisoners with their hands and feet, and the horn soon sounded again, which was a signal for retreat.

After watching this short ambush battle, Yang Feng said to Xu Huang beside him with some playfulness:

"If these cavalry of the county soldiers really go to the battlefield, they are just foot soldiers who send horses to the enemy."

Xu Huang listened to Yang Feng's words, and the two thick eyebrows on his face moved.

The county soldiers in Hedong are still accustomed to war, and although this small-scale cavalry is not a fine cavalry, it is also the best among the county soldiers.

But in the eyes of Yang Feng, it is as clumsy as a foot soldier who uses a horse to walk, after all, the people of Liangzhou are all accustomed to war, the folk customs are fierce, and even most women and children can carry a bow across the horse, and the Xiliang cavalry, which has been fighting for many years, is even more riding ** Zhan, and can fight well.

"But if you let these people go to Jiangyi, it will be a trouble after all."

Yang Feng listened to Xu Huang's words and nodded. Before Yan Xing marched into the north, he had instructed the two of them to be optimistic about the back road of the Xiliang army, Jiangyi was close to the base camp of Linfen, and there was no room for mistakes, he granted the two the right to make a decision on the spot, if there were other people and horses to invade, they were determined to block the enemy from Jiangyi.

Therefore, after discovering the information that the Hedong County soldiers wanted to enter Jiangyi this time, the two immediately decided to strike preemptively, knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, and ambush the forward cavalry of the Hedong County soldiers, so as to deter the Hedong County soldiers who were becoming more and more restless behind them.

"However, I'm still a little curious, Sima Xu, how were you able to detect the movements of the county soldiers in advance?"

When the two of them turned their horses' heads and stepped down the hill, Yang Feng looked at Xu Huang, who was calm and plain beside him, and asked with some curiosity.

Originally, in Yang Feng's opinion, letting Xu Huang, a native of Hedong, deal with the soldiers of Hedong County, would eventually be indecisive and forward-looking, but at present, Xu Huang is not only decisive in the use of troops against the soldiers of Hedong County, but also far more sensitive and fast than his opponent in collecting intelligence.

Xu Huang's face was unhappy, and he glanced at Yang Feng.

"Cao Peng, a soldier of the Hedong County Government, is the parent of the surname Fan, and he treats us and other soldiers and horses as enemies, and there is a grudge against Fan Yong and Fan Gui in the past, how can I not be careful with the Hedong County soldiers, but this time we know so much about the whereabouts of the county soldiers, but it is thanks to Fan Bing Cao Peng!"

"Why?"

"The surname Fan was very jealous of us, and in order to deal with us, he not only mobilized the cavalry of the county soldiers on a large scale, but also transferred a large number of heavy armor canes from the county government's Cangcao, Jin Cao, Bing Cao, etc., and it took three days before and after the military order was issued and allocated to the dispatch. With such a big movement, the distance between Jiangyi and Anyi, it is only a day for a horse to go back and forth, how can I not find out. ”

After listening to Xu Huang's words, Yang Feng smiled again, but this time there was no hint of banter on his face, but a faint look of admiration.

Xu Huang used to be a county official in the county government, although he abandoned his pen and followed Rong, but in the past, he also had some connections in the county government. It may be difficult for him to know about the secret plans in the county government, but as long as there is such a large number of troops and horses in the county government, he will never be able to hide it from Xu Huang, a person with a heart.

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Anyi Hedong County Government

"The two hundred cavalry of the county soldiers were folded in the hands of the Xiliang army like this?"

After listening to the report of Fan Xian, who was kneeling on the ground and bowing his head to apologize, Wang Yi slowly spit out such a questioning sentence in his mouth, there was no angry look on his face, but those who were familiar with his demeanor could get a glimpse of the anger in Wang Yi's heart at the moment from the position of the handle of the jade cane he held back.

Fan Xian was annoyed and shocked in his heart, he could only kowtow and ask for guilt, Xiliang soldiers heard his actions with soldiers very clearly, as if he had planted a spy around him, when he led the county soldiers into the territory of Wenxi, he suddenly heard the bad news that the cavalry of the vanguard had been ambushed and the whole army was wiped out.

Frightened, Fan Xian hesitated for a long time, and finally did not dare to forcibly provoke the Xiliang soldiers who had already shown their fangs, but chose to retreat, returned to the county government, and reported the extremely grim situation to Wang Yi.

"Fu Jun, this time he was ambushed, and he couldn't escape the blame, and he didn't dare to escape responsibility. But the captured county soldiers have been put back by the Xiliang soldiers, according to what they said, the Xiliang soldiers were carefully set up in an ambush in Wenxi, so that they were caught off guard and fell into the ambush. ”

"After thinking about it for a while, when will this Xiliang soldier be able to drive through Jiangyi and Wenxi, and no one knows? It must have been the collusion between the county temples and the people of Jiangyi and Wenxi and the Xiliang soldiers, so that the Xiliang soldiers quietly infiltrated the territory of Wenxi, and our army had no way of knowing it, so they first risked their lives to ask the government to pursue the crime of negligence of the officials in Wenxi and Jiangyi, and cut off the eyes and ears of these people who secretly assisted the Xiliang soldiers. ”

"Enough!"

Wang Yi finally got angry and angrily reprimanded Fan Xian, although he didn't expect that the Xiliang soldiers in Jiangyi would react so violently after learning of the Hedong County soldiers' attempt to enter Jiangyi, and even did not hesitate to meet each other, making a posture of tearing their faces with the Hedong County Government and breaking the net.

But what he was even more annoyed about was Fan Xian's deeds of doing great things and sacrificing his life. The Xiliang soldiers detected the movements of the Hedong soldiers in advance and ambushed the forward cavalry of the Hedong soldiers, which originally caused the prestige of the Hedong County Government to suffer a serious bruise, and Fan Xian, who retreated in panic, expanded the disadvantage of this confrontation between the two sides again, and finally made the Hedong County Government fall into absolute passivity in dealing with the Xiliang soldiers.

Even if Fan Xian took the county government's inscription, led the Hedong county soldiers to continue to march to Jiangyi, and finally fought with the Western Liang soldiers and was defeated and died, it was better than the forward cavalry As soon as they encountered the ambush of the Western Liang soldiers, the main force was like a frightened bird, retreating to Anyi.

The officials and scholars of Jiangyi and Wenxi may have committed the crime of negligence and collusion, but after Fan Xian retreated in such a hurry, the prestige of the county government suddenly fell into the dust, and in the future, the swaying officials and scholars in these two places may be more inclined to the unstoppable Xiliang soldiers.

The Hedong County Government is now in an embarrassing situation, at this time, who else can be held accountable?

Wang Yi's face was not stunned, and after Fan Xian was angrily reprimanded, he didn't dare to speak out again, so he could only bury his head on the ground and pause.

After a long while, Wang Yi suppressed the anger in his heart a little, and then repelled Fan Xian, sitting alone in the hall thinking about the next countermeasures.

This time, the county soldiers took advantage of the situation to intervene, just like a temptation, but the fierce reaction of the Xiliang soldiers and Fan Xianse's fierce inward-looking behavior made Wang Yi himself fall into a very tricky situation.

Although Fan Xian's reckless and sloppy and short-sighted and ignorant behavior made Wang Yi angry, for the sake of Anyi's stability, Wang Yi still endured and dealt with Fan Xian.

And for the time being, the aggressiveness of the Xiliang soldiers was tolerated because Wang Yi severely found that once the two sides tore their faces, the county government on the dominant side did not know how much to pay before it could completely quell the monstrous waves set off by the Xiliang soldiers.

Wang Yi sat alone in the hall, holding the jade cane in his left hand, rhythmically clapping the palm of his right hand, thinking back and forth in his mind about the intricacies of the current situation in Hedong.

Since the county government can't confront it head-on, and the Fan family, who has the toughest attitude towards the Xiliang soldiers, has a miserable performance, then Wang Yi can only use a soft knife to slowly solve the thorny mess of the Xiliang soldiers.

The purpose of appointing the trial guard officials in the northeast border of Hedong and actively providing relief to the victims in the north is to compete with the Xiliang soldiers for the hearts of the people in Hedong and ensure the moral high ground of the county government's jurisdiction over Hedong.

Now that the Western Liang Army is in full swing against the Kanto region, and it has its own fueling the flames, presumably the Chang'an Imperial Court is also willing to transfer such a brave and warlike Western Liang Army away.