In the battle outside the city of Baideng, Li Guang captured 50,000 war horses, Hun leather armor, and scimitars, which were useless for Li Guang to come, and all of them were sent to Liu Heng's weapons battalion. Liu Heng's territory, 100,000 infantry, less than 10,000 cavalry, this war horse supplement, within half a year, Liu Heng can train a 50,000 ironclad cavalry, if the supply of ironclad is sufficient, it is not surprising to build another 50,000 heavy cavalry. But so many war horses, left under the nose of the imperial court, will be divided sooner or later.

Although Liu Heng got cheap, he was sad because this big cake was difficult to digest. Hiding the war horse in the pass is a fat meat that makes everyone bright red, even if Empress Lu doesn't want it, it will be divided by all the heroes. Not to mention anything else, if Zhou Bo opened his mouth, Liu Heng would never refuse, the dagger was always in his hand, and he would sleep soundly.

For several days, Liu Heng pulled Li Guang and drew circles on the map, and in all corners of the pass, there was no place suitable for troops to hide horses. According to Liu Heng's meaning, the place where the troops are stationed must be rarely set foot in by the Han army, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. But it's just a garrison, just looking for a danger to the mountains immediately, but will these 50,000 war horses also have to graze on the mountains?

Yan Eighteen seemed to be Li Guang's personal soldier's mind at this time, and he often consulted Li Guang on many things in the pro-military camp. After not seeing Li Guang training in the camp for a few days, he had the heart to go to Li Guang and walk around, and when he came to the account, he saw Li Guang and the others staring at a map full of circles, so they stood aside and did not dare to disturb. Li Guang had already seen Yan Eighteen enter the account, and thought to himself that Yan Eighteen had the most flexible mind among the pro-soldiers, so he asked Yan Eighteen: "Eighteen, if you want to hide 50,000 war horses in the pass, where is the most suitable?" "Yan Eighteen saw Li Guang asking, and said in his heart, if you want to hide the war horse, you must not let the imperial court find out, hiding it in the pass, sooner or later it will be a disaster, only the outside is the safest." The place where the soldiers hide the horses, there is no proper place in the pass, if it is hidden outside the pass, it is relatively easy, the terrain between the rivers is gentle, surrounded by water on all sides, send the cavalry all the time, all the Huns defenders in the river are destroyed, it is the best place to hide the horses and soldiers. ”

Liu Heng shook his head and said: "Hiding in the river, it is necessary to start a war with the Huns, but there is no good excuse, how to send troops to the river?" That's not the right idea. ”

"A few days ago, I dressed up as a Hun soldier and caused a civil war among the Huns, so I got this cheap, why not do this again? Capture the river, the garrison stationed in the river only need to disguise themselves as Xiongnu military horses and immediately conceal for some time, the migration of the Xiongnu is a custom, there are often pasture disputes between the tribes, and when the Xiongnu find out, it is enough for the defenders to build the defense between the river. ”

"That's a good plan, but how many men should I send?" Liu Heng dialed by Yan at eighteen o'clock, and naturally opened his mouth.

"The river is surrounded by water on all sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack, too many defenders, daily use must be transported from outside, stationed 500 heavy cavalry, moving 100 people, enough to be self-sufficient." Yan Eighteen's words were directed towards Li Guang, he could hold the river with five hundred heavy cavalry, not Li Guang's personal barracks, and the five hundred heavy cavalry in the Jiabai Deng domain, although Liu Heng's troops had three thousand heavy cavalry at this time, but one thousand could not match the combat power of Li Guang's pro-military battalion. Liu Heng has long known this since the battle of Bai Deng, and the only way to see if Liu Heng can really trust Li Guang.

"Brother Yi, can you give up your personal barracks and Bai Deng's five hundred heavy cavalry?"

"Even if the eldest brother wants the younger brother to guard the river in person, it is also the honor of the younger brother, the younger brother can take his own soldiers to capture the river in person, and personally supervise the construction of the fortifications, and the river is the secret pasture of the eldest brother in the future." Li Guang pondered, the river only needs to stay for half a year, the water that will be arranged will not be splashed, half a year later, he only needs to bring back Yanyun eighteen horsemen immediately, at that time, the situation in the river will leave the enterprise forty personal soldiers guarded, enough.

"Okay, so there is Brother Lao, if Brother Yi wants to build another personal army, the finances he needs, just ask."

A month later, Li Guang took a team composed entirely of heavy cavalry, and quietly came to the river, on the other side of the Yellow River is the river, where the water and grass are fertile, the land is vast, grazing and planting, the best, Xu Ping thought to himself, if it is in the river, the land is the king, who can do anything? Thinking of this, Xu Ping felt that Li Guang was young and had a deep brotherly relationship, if he was really loyal to Liu Heng, once Liu Heng won the throne and ascended the throne, he was afraid that the emperor's mind would make Li Guang suspicious.

"Young master, if you capture Hejian, although there are defenders, it is not appropriate, the area between the rivers is vast, and you have to leave a person who is good at management, Xu Ping is not talented, I am willing to stay in Hejian, manage it properly, and I will not disappoint the young master."

"Does Brother Ping mean anything else?"

"The acting king is weak at this time, and he still treats the young master like a brother in everything, if the acting king is strong, I am afraid that the young master will not be tolerated anymore."

"I understand what you mean, with you and Eighteen stationed in the river, what else do I have to worry about? But Yan Yun's eighteen horsemen, I will take them away after half a year, and appoint another one, within half a year, you must firmly control the remaining five hundred horsemen, and leave forty personal soldiers to help you, do you have this confidence? ”

"The young master's personal soldiers, all of them are one hundred, half a year is enough for five hundred heavy cavalry to become a strong force, the river is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if Xu Ping can't hold it, how dare he take the initiative to petition."

"Okay, you can run the river for me."

In the early morning of the second day, Yanyun 18 cavalry who went out to reconnoiter the situation of the Xiongnu garrison in the river all returned, and there were 5,000 Xiongnu cavalry in the river, and less than 1,000 Xiongnu herdsmen, who secretly crossed the river at night and attacked in the middle of the night.

This battle was silent, and the sound of killing in the river domain shook the wilderness, but there was no news on the other side. When Shen, Yan 18 reported to Li Guang that all the Hun defenders were slaughtered overnight, and some fish slipped through the net, and Yan Qi and others were leading troops to chase after them. Ten days later, Yan Qi and others were covered in blood and returned to the camp, and there were no Huns in the river since then. When Liu Heng got the news, he hurriedly sent a transport team lurking outside the river, rushing at night and resting during the day, and the materials transported were enough to stay in the river for three years.

Li Guang built fortifications in the river, but did not want the fortifications of the city in the early Han Dynasty, for no other reason, the Yellow River surrounding the river, is a natural moat, if you want to attack far away, the arrows have not reached the shore, they all fall into the water, just set up a heavy wooden crowspear along the river bank to deal with the ferry, set up a beacon tower in five miles, in a spider web layout, once the invasion of the ferry is found, a tea time, you can organize defense. The heavy cavalry stationed in the river was only equipped with long ge, heavy swords, iron-headed arrows, and a large yellow bow in each hand. The materials for the fortifications sent by Liu Heng were all used by Li Guang to build a military fortress in the central place, with logs to build walls, huge stones to build cities, military camps, houses, and markets in the city.

There are three years of support sent by Liu Heng, and the people who come here do not need to be cultivated for a year and a half, and they are all used by Li Guang to build the city. The huge stone block was broken by the iron anchor designed by Li Guang to draw water, and the people used glutinous rice water and mud to carry the stone with a crowbar, and in half a year, a solid city was formed.

Xu Ping stood in the sentry tower in the city and looked around, this city design has never been seen, surrounded by a circular wall, under the sentry tower, eight smooth roads paved with stones lead straight to the sky, earth, mountain, Ze, thunder, wind, water, fire eight city gates, every mile in the middle, a total of seven ring roads, the whole city is divided into 64 large and small pieces. This city, this pasture, how to operate, Li Guang no longer explained, leaving forty soldiers to Xu Ping in his own hands, Li Guang took Yanyun eighteen horses across the river and returned to Baideng.

Half a year, except for Yan Eighteen martial arts qualifications are poor, but can also condense an arrow, the remaining seventeen people, Gu can shoot two arrows, no matter how good the river is, for Li Guang, but not as good as these eighteen loyal cavalry guards, Li Guang's strength can kill two hundred enemies in Yanzhi Mountain, and now these eighteen horsemen, the strength is comparable to Li Guang back then, with these eighteen people, even if it is thousands of troops, Li Guang also dares to fight. If you don't look for Jia'er at this time, when will you stay?