"The five thousand soldiers and horses in the west of the river belong to you, and I will leave Zhou Liang, Ma Lin, Meng Tu, Dian Wei, Yang Feng, and the candidate generals to help you.

"Ma Lin and Meng Tu have been fighting with me for a long time, and they are loyal and brave, and they can be your deputy generals, and they can assist them. Dian Wei is a fierce general in the army, charging into battle, invincible, thinking that the choice of the front can capture the spirit of the enemy's three armies. As for Yang Feng and the candidates, each has its own use, but not long after the new arrival, his heart was not attached, and he used it for trial. ”

Before crossing the river, the orders of various departments in the army had already been issued, but before leaving, Yan Xing still told Gan Ling the intention of this personnel arrangement.

Speaking of which, the Ganling official worships the eagle Yang Zhonglang General, who is the highest military rank under Yan Xing, and it is the first choice to use him as the guard general of the land west of the river, who can be used as a supplement, but Yan Xing is quite thoughtful.

Xu Kun is familiar with the inside affairs of the Xiliang Army, Zhao Hongjiu has been stationed in Sanfu, and the two of them are Yunwen and Yunwu, each with their own talents. But because the two of them were originally brothers and sisters with Yan Xing, one was poor and the other was forced by the situation, both of them were ambitious and unwilling to be left behind.

Yan Xing was worried that leaving these two people in Hexi would not only fail to give full play to their talents, but would become a constraint to the main general Ganling.

And Xi Zhicai is the mastermind in the army, after entering Hedong, Yan Xing has to discuss military and political affairs with him, and he can't stay.

Bao Chuxin defected, although he knew a little about his bravery, but he still needed to be sharpened by his side for some time before he could be released to lead the troops.

Zhai Hao is a fierce general in the Xiliang army, brave and good at fighting, since Hedong followed Yan Xing, charging into battle, repeatedly making military exploits, but he is impatient and aggressive, guarding Hexi, he needs to use a steady person, and he is not suitable to stay.

All in all, Yan Xing has already considered all the internal and external matters for Ganling, and the rest is all based on Ganling's own mind, insight, wisdom and strategy.

"For my brother, everything I say is here, and the affairs of Hexi will be entrusted to you!"

Yan Xing finally stopped talking after admonishing him for a long time, and after a while, after thinking about what was not missing, he said solemnly again.

When Ganling was appointed before, although he knew that the responsibility was heavy, he had not yet planned as far-reaching as Yan Xing, and now after listening to Yan Xing's many words, he felt more and more that he had a thousand catties of burden on his shoulders.

Yan Xing entered the east of the river this time, only brought 15,000 horsemen, in order to ask for the speed of the soldiers, the army carried ten days of grain and grass, and the rest of the baggage, all stayed in Linjin, Haoyang and other places, but also included those in the three auxiliary, forcibly recruited households, craftsmen.

It is undeniable that before the stability of Hedong, these cities in the west of the river are the rear important places of Yan Xing, if there is a loss in Hexi and there is no food in the north, Yan Xing's soldiers and horses will become duckweed and fall apart overnight, let alone go to capture Anyi and take charge of the whole territory of Hedong.

Gan Ling thought of the important point, and his face was also solemn, and he did not dare to promise as rashly as before, but said solemnly.

"Brother Tuoling is a priority, and Ling Ding should fulfill his duties, be diligent in his work, and live up to his brother's trust!"

Speaking of this, Gan Ling looked at the water of the mighty river again, and said with a smile:

"Today, my brother crossed the river to capture the land east of the river, and the tomb should be filled with wine, but there is no wine here, so take the water of this big river to make a strong trip for my brother, and I hope that my brother will be like the Han general Han Xinping Wei story, invincible, and a successful battle!"

When Yan Xing heard Ganling's congratulations, he also looked at the surging river from afar, and his heart was blocked, and then he raised his eyebrows and laughed heroically.

"Haha, what a Han Xinping Wei, a successful battle!"

The story of striking east and west, and Mu Poppy crossing the soldiers, Yan Xing and Ganling are all clear.

The Taishi Gongshu recorded: "In August, (Han) took Xin as the left prime minister and attacked Wei. King Wei Shengbing Puban, Sai Linjin, Xin Naiyi was a suspicious soldier, Chen Chuan wanted to spend Linjin, and the ambush soldiers crossed the army from Xiayang with a wooden poppy and attacked Anyi. The king of Wei was frightened, led the troops to welcome the letter, and the letter captured the leopard, and set Wei as Hedong County. ”

After laughing, Yan Xing put up the pergola again, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, looking at the endless flow of people on the wooden poppy pontoon bridge to the east, thinking that he had been fighting horses for several years and worked hard to operate, and now he was close to the foundation of Hedong, as long as he crossed the big river, he could reach the territory of Hedong, and the county magistrate was also at his fingertips, and his heart was inexplicably excited.

Then turn his gaze to the closer, look at the surging river, and then recall the legendary story of Han Xin attacking Wei, striking east and west, Mu poppy crossing the army, and the success of the first battle, Yan Xing also seemed to be immersed in the scene at this time, and he was fascinated for a while, and he was heartbroken by the demeanor of the famous generals of the ancients. Precisely:

Mu Poppy flew across the smiling and refused to give the first credit to Pujin.

The heroes on the altar go with the water, and the sound of the waves is like a battle in the river.

Yan Xing raised his whip and laughed, and haha said:

"Let's go, cross the river!"

···

After Yan Xing led his troops across the river, he joined Yang Feng's soldiers and horses.

He captured Hedong this time, and the main point of using troops was to drive straight into Anyi, go straight to Anyi, announce the edict appointed by the imperial court, and break the morale of the defenders of Anyi with a dignified and upright army, in the name of the righteousness of the imperial court, capture Anyi, and then spread to the counties to pacify the southeast border of the river.

Therefore, Yan Xing did not divide his troops to capture Puban, Jiecheng and other cities, but personally led a large army to Anyi.

He ordered Zhai Hao and Yang Feng to be the front army, led a thousand cavalry, galloped to Anyi, and along the way propagated the edict that the Chang'an court had appointed Yan Xing to be the Taishou of Hedong, and clearly stated that Yan Xing had crusaded against the rebellion of Anyi and did not disturb the military orders of the people of Hedong.

At the same time, he sent a fast horse to order the northeast border of the river, and ordered Yan Zhu, Cao Yuan, Wei Xuan, Niu Song, Zheng Duo, Huang Po and other civil and military forces to guard the city and the north border. With Xu Huang as the main general, he led Yan Xing, Niu Hu, and Ma Play to the south, tended to Jiangyi and Wenxi, and joined his own army under the city of Anyi.

Yan Xing personally led Xu Kun, Zhao Hong, Xi Zhicai, Bao Zhu and other civil and military forces, commanded the army, made a big fanfare, affirmed the military law, and did not commit any crimes all the way.

Three days later, there was a big camp outside the city of Anyi.

In Yan Xing's big tent, the civil and military are separated, and they are all together.

Zhai Hao, who had just returned from leading the troops, was moving his lap legs and stepping into the tent, and before the person arrived, the voice had already arrived.

"General, Hao Ling ordered to intercept the soldiers of Xie County and Yi Clan, and has defeated the enemy general Fan Xian, and captured many prisoners.

Zhai Hao, who had a leopard's head and a swallow's jaw and a tiger's back and a bear's waist, was like a bell, and the blood-stained iron armor on his body trembled, like a blood-soaked black bear, striding into the tent.

"Good, you can write down the military merits of your department first, and then make a detailed reward after the Chinese army has completed the first rank and captured."

"Come, Zhai Sima, this battle has been hard, please sit down!"

Yan Xing, who was in the position of general, greeted him with a smile, and while instructing the Chinese official to write down Zhai Hao's military exploits in the valve reading book, he stretched out his hand to signal Zhai Hao to take a seat.

"General Xie!"

Zhai Hao smiled heartily, and was not polite, and sat down on a Hu bed in front of the generals.

Yan Xing looked at everyone and smiled again.

In the past three days, along the way, his soldiers have been devastated, like entering a no-man's land.

Because Yang Feng took Fenyin by surprise attack, Yan Xing's army crossed the river in advance, and then the army went straight to Anyi, and the troops came to the city, so that Wang Yi, Wei Gu and others could not react at all, and the original strategy of dividing troops and defending became an empty talk, and the city had to send messengers to risk breaking through the siege, and ordered the soldiers and horses stationed in each city to return to the division to rescue Anyi.

Wei Gu in the city knew that now Yan Xing's army was coming to the city, and along the way it was announcing the imperial edict and the strict military decree, and the people in Hedong had been half dismantled, and Fan Xian had already led the troops to Xie County to dispatch the county soldiers according to the original plan, and no one presided over the important affairs of the city defense for a while, and the troops in the city were also empty, and the people in the city were panicked, and Anyi was already in danger.

For this reason, Wei Gu had to put on his own armor and go into battle, contact the families of the big surnames in the city of Anyi, and jointly gather the tribes and Ding Zhuang in the clan to help defend the city walls of Anyi, and at the same time asked Wang Yi to order the people of Qianshou in the city to be recruited as laborers to strengthen the city defense of Anyi, and carry arrows, rolling logs, falling rocks and other things for the city defense.

However, although Wei Gu was worried and strengthened the city defenses day and night, Yan Xing's soldiers and horses who rushed to the city were not in a hurry at this time, and they set up camp outside the city by themselves, and sent people to loudly announce the edict and military orders to the city to break the morale of the defenders in the city.

Fan Xian, who led the troops, was suddenly scared out of a cold sweat after hearing the news that the Xiliang cavalry had arrived under the city of Anyi in Xie County, and he originally had to gather and dispatch soldiers and horses from several counties to resist and block the southward and eastward advance of the Xiliang soldiers, but he did not expect that overnight, the Xiliang cavalry had appeared in the hinterland of Hedong.

The situation was critical, and Fan Xian could not wait to gather the soldiers and horses of all the cities in the south, so after he assigned the clansmen and soldiers in the army to take over the follow-up military affairs of gathering the soldiers and horses, he rushed to Anyi with the county soldiers of Xie County and Yi County.

It's a pity that Yan Xing besieged Anyi City but did not attack it, on the one hand, although sometimes in autumn, the walls of Anyi were strong, and he could eat in the field first, and then take the opportunity to break the city when the morale of the defenders in the city was low. On the other hand, there is the idea of besieging the city and sending reinforcements, and first defeating other Hedong reinforcements in the field.

On the plain, the Hedong soldiers who were in a hurry suddenly encountered the impact of Zhai Hao's cavalry, and then there was the cover of the foot soldiers, which could be said to be crushed at the touch of a button, and there was no power to fight back.

Under the leadership of Fan Xian, the two thousand Hedong soldiers barely lasted long, and they completely collapsed and scattered, and Fan Xian himself fell from his horse with an arrow in his back in the chaotic army, and under the desperate protection of Fan's troops, he reluctantly got on his horse again, and retreated back to Xie County in defeat.

This is also the scene of Zhai Hao's return to life today.

"Fan Xian's reinforcements have been defeated, Zhicai, and other military reports can be reported together."

Yan Xing's gaze turned to Xi Zhicai, he promoted the tent to gather generals, just to let the generals under his tent understand the current war process in Hedong, so that he could make his next military deployment.

"General, there is a quick Malay report in the north, since Anyi cut off the relief of grain and grass, there have been several homeless riots in the north, but Yan Dian Nongshi, Cao Sima and others have responded in time and have suppressed them all."

"Xu Sima led the troops and horses south, but failed to conquer Jiangyi, and now he is confronting Jia Kui, the chief of Jiangyi, and wants to persuade Jia Kui to surrender, but he has not been able to go south on schedule and join the army!"

After hearing these two military reports, the expression on the faces of the people in the tent suddenly became much more exciting, after the relief in the north was cut off, and there were some officials appointed by the kings who did not cooperate, there was a small number of people who were hungry and cold, it was inevitable, but it would not cause a big disaster in the short term, and the autumn harvest was coming, and the military and civilian settlements in the north were quite effective, although they could not be completely self-sufficient, but it was not a problem to alleviate the embarrassment of the lack of food and support the military and civilians in the north for some time.

And Xu Huang was blocked under the city of Jiangyi, it was unexpected, Xu Huang was under the command of Yan Xing, and he also made great achievements, captured Linfen, killed Li Le, stubbornly resisted the enemy, and defeated Guo Tai in several battles, Xu Huang's performance was very eye-catching, and now he commanded the soldiers and horses, and was blocked under the city by Jia Kui, who only had a few hundred soldiers.

"General, I ask for orders, lead a group of soldiers and horses, go to attack Wenxi and Jiangyi, and meet Xu Sima's men and horses."

Xu Kun in Yan Xingjun, although he held the title of a military horse, but he did not really lead the soldiers and horses, only his own personal soldiers were around, he had long wanted to lead the army and make meritorious contributions, but unfortunately Yan Xing came all the way, and all the generals under his command broke the enemy and won the victory, he couldn't find any opportunity, and now he finally met Xu Huang who was blocked by Jiangyi, he hurriedly came out of the ranks and shouted to ask for battle.

"Ziyu don't be impatient, Gongming is a person who knows the soldiers, Jia Liangdao only has a few hundred new soldiers temporarily recruited in his hands, even if Jia Liangdao uses soldiers like a god, he is not a Gongming opponent, the reason why Jiangyi has not been captured, there must be a reason, the sergeant sent by Gongming to explain the situation in detail, maybe he is already on the way, you and I will wait for the time being, this Anyi, Fang is the root of taking Hedong."

Xu Kun listened to Yan Xing's words, hesitated, and could only bow his head and retreat.

Yan Xing continued to look at Xi Zhicai and asked:

"Is there still a military newspaper in the west and south?"

"There is no military report for the time being, but from the captured county government soldiers Cao Shi and county soldiers, I learned about the county government."

"What?"

"The main book of the county government, originally planned the royal town, fortified the walls and cleared the wilderness, burned the grain in the field, and emptied the grain stored in the prefectures of each city, and the grain that could not be moved away in the future was burned down together with the houses and woods outside the city, gathered the soldiers' rations, and held on to Anyi, so that our army would retreat from the winter without food, and then take advantage of the situation to go out of the city to pursue."

"What a poisonous scheme!"

After listening to this, the people in the tent said one after another, this plan really hit the key point of the Xiliang army from afar, the army only has ten days' food, if the southeast border of the river is really fully fortified and cleared, and the grain, houses, and forests outside the city of Anyi are burned, then I am afraid that they will really fall into the crisis of running out of food and retreating from the army.

Yan Xing also frowned slightly, Wang Yi's side has gone, even if Wang Yi adopts this strategy, he doesn't think that Wang Yi can defeat him, but after he lost his troops and was forced to attack and take Anyi, he only got a ruined Anyi city, and even the southeast border of the river.

This is the most important thing for Yan Xing to send troops to Hedong this time.

"Presumably, this plan, Wei Gu, Fan Xian and others will definitely obstruct it in every way."

Zhao Hong in the tent did not follow everyone to deny this plan, but laughed at the reaction of the county government Zhongwei, Fan and other Hedong people, otherwise even if they were also in the city now, the situation would be much worse.

Xi Zhicai glanced at Zhao Hong and said with a slight smile:

"Exactly, but although Wei Gu and the others oppose the strong wall and clear the wilderness, and insist on dividing their troops to defend the southern cities, they also conspire and plan several strategies to deal with it."

"One of them is worth mentioning, one is to incite a rebellion in the north to disrupt our army. The second is to ask Zhu Jun in Henan for help to attack our army together. ”

Hearing these two strategies, Yan Xing smiled.

"There is Cao Boyi in the north to guard, how can a little riot mess up our army, Zhu Jun and Zhu Gongwei of Henan, although he is also a famous general of the dynasty, but Henan and Hedong, across the big river, if you want to cross the river to rescue, either you have to cross the river to borrow Hanoi, or you have to enter the west to cross the river in the Hongnong land, these two roads are not thoroughfares, even if Zhu Gongwei immediately sent troops, I am afraid that before the soldiers and horses arrived, Anyi would fall first!"

"It's ridiculous that Wang Yi, Wei Gu and others are like turtles in an urn, under the extreme poverty, there are many plots, and the rats are embarrassed, and they will be prisoners of my rank in a few days!"