Yan Xing received an urgent report from Hedong, it was the end of April in early summer.

And at the beginning of April, the war horse under Guo Yan's seat was already drinking horses by the river.

Standing in a place where the water and grass are abundant, Guo Yan, who has finished washing and drinking, stood up with a big grin, flipped his skirt armor, untied the belt around his waist, took out the guy under his crotch, and after casually sprinkling a soak of urine, he re-tied the belt, and turned around to find Li Ru with a smile.

"Li Shizhong, I heard that Li Zhiran sent troops this time, and he made a bloody investment, dispatched the army of the headquarters, plus the men and horses of Yang Ding, Dong Cheng and others, as well as the recruited Qiang Hu Yicong, I am afraid that there are also 40,000 troops!"

Li Ru listened to Guo Yan's words, did not smile on his face, combed the mane of his mount casually, and did not answer.

This time, Li Dao really doesn't seem to be just playing the banner and not making any efforts.

The 40,000 troops he commanded were all battle-hardened and brave Xiliang Army, which can be said to be bloody, and the strength of the troops was not the one before Zhang Ji that mixed Zhu Jun's surrender and Hong peasants, claiming to have an army of 50,000 that can be compared.

Moreover, Li Dao's army, once dispatched, was even more fierce in attacking the city.

Huayin City, which Duan Xuan had painstakingly managed before, only held on for two days before it inevitably fell.

Hongnong's soldiers could only shrink and gather to the newly built Tongguan, take advantage of the geographical advantages of the pass, and then recruit Ding Zhuang in the territory to do their best to defend Tongguan.

It's just that at this time, the Tongguan newly built by Duan Xuan's conscription of civilian servants is far from reaching the danger of Tongguan in later generations.

On the day of the fall of Huayin, Duan Xuan had already repaired the book and sent an envoy to Anyi, Hedong, to ask for help.

At that time, Yan Zhu, Yan Xing, Pei Hui, Jia Kui and others who stayed in Anyi frowned after receiving Duan Xuan's request for help.

Taishou Yan Xing's surprising and dangerous use of troops, took away the elite cavalry in Hedong County, and from the beginning of February to April, the battle reports were frequent, everyone only knew that Yan Xing's Hedong cavalry together with the Huns' Shan Yu headquarters of the horses, won again and again, has been all the way to the north, into the Southern Xiongnu's Meiji Shan Yu court, will not be able to win the army, but when to return, but there is no time to have a quasi-letter.

Therefore, the civil and military forces who stayed in Anyi, on the one hand, sent Yulu fast horses to Xihe County, and on the other hand, they made an emergency response, transferring 10,000 soldiers and horses from Hedong and Hanoi to Cao Yuan, who was stationed in Pingyang, and asked him to lead this Hedong reinforcement army to Hongnong in the south to support Duan Xuan, who was unable to support the resistance alone.

At this point, the situation seems to be stable.

It's just that the Hedong civil and military forces who stayed in Anyi didn't know that in the Xiliang army where Hongnong launched a ferocious offensive, there was actually no Guo Yan's troops and horses.

Guo Yan and Li Ru took 27,000 soldiers and horses, crossed the sea without concealment, drank the big river, and the soldiers pointed to Anyi in the east of the river.

Li Ru didn't speak, Guo Yan waited for a while, felt bored, snorted coldly, and had to say with a little mockery:

"Li Shizhong, in my opinion, the strategy you offered to 'attack the east and the west, avoid the real and attack the false', I'm afraid it will not be easy to implement!"

"The story you said about Han Xin's pacification of Wei is not suitable for the current Hedong County. Yan Yan in the east of the river, afraid of me like a tiger, is also a boat master, patrolling the big river, and building beacons along the river, sending light cavalry to patrol, this layer of defense line, want to 'avoid the real and attack the false', hehe, I'm afraid it's empty talk on paper! ”

Li Ru's horse face stiffened, and he raised his eyes to look at Guo Yan, he didn't want to speak, but he just thought that he had come to Guo Yan's army now and planned for Guo Yan, especially after the war with Hedong started, the two were closely related to life and death, so he had to speak slowly:

"The general doesn't need to worry too much, although Hedong has the benefit of the boat division and the police of the beacon, but the strategy of breaking the enemy, Confucianism has also been planning for the general for a long time, whether it succeeds or not, it depends on how General Zhang's trip is!"

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Hedong County, in the territory of Fenyin.

Shen Rui commanded a large group of Shen Clan's light cavalry, and was galloping on horseback, patrolling this section of the river in Fenyin.

After the elimination of Hongnong's Zhang Ji soldiers and horses, the relationship between Hedong and Guanzhong's Li Dao, Guo Yan and other Xiliang army generals and colonels became increasingly delicate, so the defense direction of Hedong's soldiers and horses was mainly concentrated on the defense line of the big river in the territory.

Because of the loss of the land of Zuo Feng Yixi River, the guards in the east of the river were mainly stationed in several important towns along the river, such as Pishi, Fenyin, and Puban, and deployed along the river to defend against the invading soldiers and horses in Guanzhong.

It was only two years ago, when inspecting the defense line of this great river, Yan Xing realized the shortcomings of this long defense line of the great river, which seemed to be well-prepared, but it also confirmed the truth that "everything is prepared, everything is all".

Han Xin pacified Wei Di and Yan Xing returned to Hedong, all of which used strange soldiers to break through the Dahe defense line laid by Wei Wangbao and Hedong Taishou Wangyi.

Therefore, Yan Xing took precautions at that time and decided to train a small-scale boatman on a large river. After that, it continued to improve the defense line of the river, built beacons along the river, and sent light cavalry to patrol the defense.

The water and land are fortified layer by layer, and the army of Li Dao and Guo Yan in the middle of the pass, as soon as there is a wind and grass to cross the river to the east, the guards in the east of the river can immediately find out, and then the beacon is to send the police, gather soldiers and horses to resist the invasion.

At present, the army of Li Dao and Guo Yan has attacked Tongguan, not only in Hongnong, but also in Hedong County, but also in Hedong County, it is also mobilizing troops and horses, on high alert, and always guarding against the invasion of strong enemies from Guanzhong.

The defense line of the big river from Pusaka to Fenglingdu has been handed over to Wuqiuxing's Hedong Boat Division for patrol, and the important town of Puban is personally guarded by Wuqiuxing's Hedong Boat Division.

The section from Pi's to Puzi was handed over to Wei Qi and Niu Song to lead the troops to deploy.

The defense line of the big river in Fenyin was handed over to Niu Hu for defense.

To this end, Anyi also sent 300 light cavalry of the Shen clan to Niu Hu, and these Qiang cavalry, led by Shen Rui, often patrolled the east bank of the river, and were on strict guard against threats from the other side of the river.

Shen Rui, as the son of the Hao chief sent by the Shen clan of Shangjun to rely on the Hedong forces, is naturally a tribal warrior who is skilled in archers and horses, brave and good at fighting.

This time as the important task of inspecting the defense line of the big river, Shen Rui is also conscientious, and the Qiang cavalry under his command has patrolled many times to catch the spies in Guanzhong who swam across from the west bank of the river and want to infiltrate the east of the river to spy on the military situation.

For this reason, Shen Rui is also more valued by the Fenyin guard general Niu Hu, if he can steadily make another great contribution, then with these military exploits, he will soon be able to enter the shogunate of General Pingbei and become a general under General Pingbei, which is of great benefit to himself and the Shen family.

Thinking of his good future, Shen Rui's spirit became even more vibrant, he stretched out his hand and signaled the tribal Qiang riders around him to speed up their horses, looking at the peaceful and calm river from afar, and his heart became more and more light.

"Boom-"

At the same time that Shen Rui was looking at the calm water surface of the big river, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in the direction of the horse's head, Shen Rui waved his hand, signaled the Qiang rider behind him to slow down the horse's speed, rolled his eyes, and looked in the direction where the sound of horses' hooves came from in front.

In the field of vision, a horse galloped, getting closer and closer, and was running in the direction where he was.

When Shen Rui saw that Laiqi was dressed as a tribal Qiang rider under his command, Laiqi also saw Shen Rui and the others clearly, and he hurriedly accelerated his horse speed and galloped towards Shen Rui.

"My lord, our team patrolled the riverbank, and found and captured a few enemy spies who had smuggled in from the other side at night."

Qiang rode to Shen Rui's approach, skillfully reined in the war horse, turned over and dismounted briskly, and ran to Shen Rui on foot to report it.

"Oh, it's really an enemy spy from the other side, lead me there!"

Shen Rui was thinking about making persistent efforts and making greater contributions, but he didn't expect that the heavens would be beautiful, and the credit would be sent to his hands immediately.

You must know that if it is really the enemy spies from the other side of the river who are captured, then they will not only cut off the way for the enemy troops on the other side to spy on the military intelligence, but will also be able to pry open the mouths of these enemy spies and learn from them the movements of the enemy forces on the other side.

That's a great achievement!

Shen Rui couldn't wait, and without waiting for the Qiang rider to continue answering, he hurriedly asked him to lead the way and take him over, and he wanted to personally check this great achievement.

"My lord, the enemy spies caught this time are a little strange, they didn't run away and resist after seeing us, and there is a clansman from us who seems to know you!"

Seeing Shen Rui's urgency, the Qiang rider knew that this matter was very important, so he hurriedly took the first step and explained it to Shen Rui first.

Rao is Qiang rider deliberately lowered his voice, but Shen Rui was still so frightened that his heart trembled, and he was almost about to scream.

Among the captured enemy spies, how can there be their own people?

"Take me there!"

Shen Rui didn't have time to think about it, knowing the seriousness of this matter, he immediately slapped his horse and rushed forward, while beckoning the Qiang to ride on the horse and follow, and lead the way in front.

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Zhang Xiu, whose clothes were not completely dry, stood on the riverbank, surrounded by a few Shen Clan Qiangs with weapons in hand, but he was not afraid, endured the chill of his body, and patiently waited for Shen Rui, who was interrogating his clansmen not far away.

Hedong is heavily guarded, Mintun and Juntun are like military camps, and among the ordinary Lilu, there are also Wu Shi sitting in succession, and both inside and outside are alert to outsiders who have not been tested and transmitted, and those business travelers who come from Guanzhong.

Therefore, it is difficult for the spies sent by Guanzhong to penetrate deep into Hedong City and spy on the detailed military situation inside Hedong County.

However, there is no completely impermeable line of defense in this world, at least, for this big river defense line, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, Li Ru and others have been thinking about it for a long time, so they continue to spy and feel it very detailed and clear.

In particular, the Qiang light cavalry on this section of the Dahe defense line was regarded by Li Ru as one of the flaws in breaking through the Dahe defense line in Hedong.

Hedong County was able to use the salt and iron brought by the caravan to influence and recruit the Qianghu of Shangjun through Hejin in Beiqu.

Zuo Fengyi, who has recovered the land of the West River, can do the same, but he is just hidden and has not yet been released.

Because if the poison plan is not issued, it will be enough, and the throat will be sealed with blood as soon as it is fired.

Recently, the Shen Qiang people have been inexplicably harassed by several neighboring Qianghu tribes in Shangjun, and when the adults of the tribe were anxious about this, the envoy sent by Zuo Fengyi arrived at the Shen Qiang tribe with many treasures and treasures.

Just after winning over the Shen Qiang tribe, Zhang Xiu ventured across the river and brought the clansmen sent by the Shen Qiang tribe to come to rebel against the Shen Qiang's light cavalry.

Seeing the scene where Shen Rui, whose face changed greatly after interrogating the clansmen, hurriedly summoned the Qiang riders around him, Zhang Xiu smiled subconsciously, he knew that he had ventured into the tiger's den this time and plotted against Shen Qiang's strategy, and most of it had been successful.