"Good! General Jianwu will enter Yongliang with me! ”

Liu Fan also officially recognized the name of General Hu Zhen Jianwu.

Above the city walls, the fighting has subsided.

"The head of the Hangu guard is here, please take a look!"

A dragon bird guard came to see Liu Fan with the head of the captain guarding the city.

Liu Fan saw that it was Yuan Yulin Wei Bailan.

"There is still a battle sound in Hangu Pass, Xu Chu and Bai Lan led the dragon bird to annihilate it. Tonight will be stationed in Hangu, and tomorrow the army will march westward. ”

Liu Fan ordered his subordinates.

"No!"

Xu Chu and Bai Lan took the order and left.

When the Xiliang soldiers in Hangu Pass learned that the captain guarding the pass had been beheaded and Liu Fan personally led his troops and horses in, they suddenly lost their morale.

The thousands of soldiers guarding the high ground surrendered one after another.

Liu Fan ordered Hu Zhen to integrate these soldiers and horses and return them to his subordinates.

The next day, Liu Fan led Zhao Yun, Hu Zhen, and Duan Xuan to send a letter to Guguan to the west, and advanced in the direction of Chang'an.

Due to the loss of natural danger in Kansai, it could only defend the city, and suffered from the delay in the arrival of reinforcements.

In Hongnong County in Kansai, after hearing the sound, the magistrates of Hu County opened the city and surrendered to Liu Fan.

Liu Fan led the soldiers and horses into the peach forest very smoothly.

The peach forest is the place where King Wu of Zhou grazes cattle, and the north of the peach forest is Fenglingdu.

On both sides of the Fengling crossing, the army of Gao Shun and thousands of Xiliang soldiers and horses confronted each other according to the Yellow River.

Li Dao and Guo Yan understood that Fenglingdu was a strategic place no less than Hangu Pass, and sent a total of 5,000 Xiliang soldiers to defend it.

The methods of crossing the Yellow River are nothing more than rafts, freezing, and building bridges.

This is not winter, even if it is a cold winter, Fenglingdu will not necessarily freeze.

Building bridges, there is no such ability in this era. The Tang Dynasty built the famous Yellow River pontoon bridge in Puzhou, and the two ends were fixed with iron oxen, but the amount of iron used was very huge.

The soldiers of Xiliang arranged a camp opposite Fenglingdu, and they were equipped with bows and arrows. Gao Shun was ready to take a small boat and a sheepskin raft, but considering the turbulent water during this time, and Gao Shun had 5,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Jiechi, the soldiers and horses were similar to the Xiliang soldiers opposite Fenglingdu, so it was not implemented.

The soldiers of Xiliang set up a camp in the south of Fenglingdu and built an earthen wall on the river shoreline, and this kind of defense, unless a thousand ships are in the same degree, otherwise, there is a great possibility of breaking the halberd and sinking the sand.

The natural risk of the Yellow River is not much worse than that of Hangu.

After arriving at the peach forest, Liu Fan ordered Zhao Yun to lead the dragon to ride straight to Fenglingdu.

On the opposite side of the riverbank, the Xiliang soldiers guarded the river. After Zhao Yun led the Long Xiang cavalry to appear behind the Xiliang soldiers, the Xiliang soldiers were in no danger.

The gap was wide open, and the Xiliang camp was allowed to gallop by the cavalry. Measures to prevent river crossings are useless.

Yesterday's battle of Hangu Pass, the Xiliang defenders of Hangu Pass were all wiped out, who would have thought? Divine soldiers descend from the sky!

The Xiliang general, who guarded Yaojin, was directly stabbed to death by Zhao Yun.

Fenglingdu was raided by the dragon cavalry and was easily breached.

Five thousand Xiliang soldiers were killed in battle, two thousand, and the remaining three thousand surrendered!

Gao Shun crossed the Fengling Ferry in a small boat and joined Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun brought Liu Fan's order to order Gao Shun to set up a camp in Fenglingdu, and take strict precautions before Guanlong was pacified!

The 3,000 captives were handed over to Gao Shun, so that Gao Shun trained the whole army.

Then Zhao Yun led Long Xiang to ride back to the peach forest to join Liu Fan!

At this time, the entire Hongnong County, except for Huayin, was almost under Liu Fan's control.

Huayin is the westernmost county of Hongnong County, in the east of the Guanzhong Plain, leaning on Xiyue Huahua Mountain in the south, and bordering the Yellow River in the north.

When Hu Zhen raided Hangu Pass, Huayin did not have any defenders, and he passed easily.

But after two days, Li Dao has vaguely understood Hu Zhen's purpose. Sent his nephew Hu Feng to lead 5,000 cavalry to try to pursue Hu Zhen.

Li Dao and Guo Yan's follow-up reinforcements are still coming.

Huayin County is the only place to pass through from Hangu to enter the customs, and it has been the main road of Sanqin since ancient times.

After Hu Feng arrived in Huayin, he learned from the spies that Hangu Pass was lost.

He decisively ordered the cavalry to enter Huayin and defend Huayin City. and asked Li Dao for help to speed up the march of reinforcements.

Although Huayin is the main way to enter the customs, entering Huayin City cannot prevent Liu Fan's army from advancing westward, and Liu Fan can order soldiers to bypass the edge of Huayin City.

"Prime Minister, although Huayin City is built on the mountains, it is not precipitous. The last general is willing to lead his subordinates to take this city for the prime minister! ”

Under Huayin City, Liu Fan led more than 20,000 troops.

Just as he was considering whether to bypass Huayin, Duan Xuan asked Liu Fan.

"Huayin City is more than three feet high, and it is said that there are 5,000 cavalry in it, which is already a fortified city. I have always believed that the siege of the city is the last resort, the soldiers are like my children, how can I let them die in vain! ”

Looking at Huayin City, which is more than three feet high, Liu Fan asked his soldiers: "Looking at the current situation, who has a clever plan?"

"There is a plan for the humble position, and the humble words are light, and I am afraid that the prime minister will blame me!"

Among the guards behind Liu Fan, Bai Lan stood up and said solemnly.

Bai Lan was only accepted by Liu Fan as a personal guard, and did not make any contributions, Liu Fan just took a fancy to his good martial arts.

"I didn't use military orders to seal the mouths of the soldiers, whoever makes a plan, as long as it is the best policy, even if it is a pawn, I will be rewarded!"

Liu Fan opened his mouth and said.

Bai Lan breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward, and said to Liu Fan: "The prime minister doesn't want to attack the city, it's nothing more than the high city of Huayin, and the siege will take many days, and there will be heavy casualties before it can be taken." The prime minister did not bypass it immediately, because bypassing a fortified city and attacking another city was a taboo, once the soldiers of this city went out to attack the rear of the army, even if there were more soldiers and horses, they could be defeated, not to mention that most of the defenders in Huayin City were cavalry. The prime minister doesn't want to attack and can't bypass it, so use the trick of luring the enemy to lure out the cavalry in the city, annihilate it, and then the city can be broken! ”

"Your analysis is good, but how to lure the enemy, please explain!"

Liu Fan nodded appreciatively, and then asked.

The prime minister led the soldiers and horses to blatantly bypass Huayin and conquer Chang'an in one fell swoop. I have been back and forth several times on this road, and I know this very well. As long as the prime minister takes good precautions, it is impossible for Huayin's spies to bypass our army and report to Chang'an. Our army is going to Chang'an, and the Huayin guards will not be indifferent, they will definitely send the cavalry out, and wait for the opportunity to move while our army is fighting with Li Dao and Guo Yan. And our army left the fine cavalry, hiding in the Huashan trail, always pay attention to the movement of the cavalry in Huayin City, once the cavalry out of the city, it will suddenly attack. The enemy is clear and I am dark, and this must be in the calculation! ”

"Hmmm! It is feasible, the initiative is in the hands of our army, there is no need to entangle for a city! In order to protect Guanzhong, Li Dao and Guo Yan will definitely send reinforcements to Huayin, and I will lead the soldiers and horses to meet the reinforcements of Li Dao and Guo Yan. Zilong, can you use 3,000 dragon cavalry to defeat 5,000 Xiliang cavalry! ”

After Liu Fan nodded, he said to Zhao Yun.

(End of chapter)