In Heyuan Town, the fierce fighting has just stopped, the city gate is full of traces of war, hundreds of corpses are scattered scattered all over the battlefield, a large number of used arrows are piled up under the city wall, and the blood stains on the city wall have not yet dried up.

Outside the city gates, the father and son of Hebald and Hebayun rode on their horses, with only a thousand cavalry lined up behind them, and the rest of the men were all sent to clean the battlefield and maintain order in the city.

"Yun'er, there is no news of Su Dingfang and Tang Qi yet?"

According to He Bayun's suggestion, He Baduba, who successfully took the five towns of Chenjia, Fengning, Heyuan, Dongshan, and Qinghua in the central part of the country, did not see the slightest joy, looked at the front with a solemn expression, and asked He Bayun in a loud voice.

Four days ago, Hebalduba and them took advantage of the night to fight out of the four mountains, raided the five towns in the central part of the country, and in just three days, they went down to the four towns in a row, and finally the two armies converged in Heyuan Town. And in today's battle, after paying the price of less than 100 people, Heyuan Town also announced that it was broken.

In the face of the menacing Yangwu army, these five towns of Su Dingfang, who had just surrendered, were broken by He Badu and them without much resistance at all.

Every time a town was broken along the way, He Baduba and they would search for excess grain and grass in the city, cutting off the supply lines of Fangjia Town, Wanchun Town and other border places.

It stands to reason that the plan went so smoothly that Hobalt and the others should have been happy.

However, since they captured Chenjiazhen, they have lost the news of Su Dingfang and his 2,000 Tang cavalry.

Such an elite cavalry is hidden here, like a fish in the throat, threatening the safety of the cavalry of the 5,000 cavalry battalion at any time.

The towns in the northeast of Su County have been operating for a long time, and it is impossible to break through as easily as the five towns in the central part of the county.

Up to now, it is no longer possible for them to disrupt the rear of the enemy army with the high-speed maneuver of the cavalry, and they have to be on guard against the surprise attack of Su Dingfang's Tang cavalry at all times.

"Back to my father, I still haven't found out their whereabouts, and now that Su Dingfang has ordered a blockade of the towns in the northeast of Suzhou, it is difficult for us and Jinyiwei's spies to go deep into their interior to find out the news!" Hearing this, He Bayun shook his head with the same solemn expression.

Until now, He Bayun has lost his original self-confidence in his heart.

At the beginning, they really thought that Su Dingfang was too simple, thinking that capturing the towns in the central part and cutting off the supply of the Gao Pet Army would make Su Dingfang panic, and he would inevitably lead troops to help and open up the passage between the Gao Pet Army.

However, who knew that after Su Dingfang saw the strength of the Yangwu Army, he gave up the Gao Pet Army at all, and instead hid in the shadows like an assassin, only caring about consolidating the defense of the towns in the northeast, and watching them annex the five towns.

Now, although they have taken the five towns, the purpose of their troops has not been achieved, but the strength and energy of the army have been dispersed, which is very unfavorable to them.

Now there are only two ways in front of them, one is to gather troops to storm the towns in the northeast and tear open the defenses of Su Dingfang's army, and the other is to turn around and cooperate with Sima Yu to flank Gao Chong's army.

Whether to the south or to the north, they would inevitably attack the enemy's heavily fortified towns, which was by no means the specialty of their Xianbei cavalry.

"Send someone to inform Sheng'er, let him be careful, send more manpower, no matter how much the price is paid, we must find out Su Dingfang's whereabouts as soon as possible, there is not much food and grass in the army, and if we continue to delay, we will not be able to hold out until the lord and their arrival!"

He Batduba turned his head and looked at the direction of Dongshan Town in the northwest, and solemnly instructed He Batyun.

"Yes!"

He Bayun also knew that the situation was serious, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he immediately turned around and made arrangements to his subordinates after receiving the order.

This time, they infiltrated into the territory of Laisu, they were just a lone army, and when they were not exposed, Ding Huaiyuan and other caravans could still take the opportunity of the merchants to transport some grain and grass to them.

Now that the war has broken out, their whereabouts have long been exposed, and Gao Zhong and Su Dingfang have also issued strict orders to block the trade routes of the central towns, and now the caravan of the Yangwu army cannot transport a drop of grain to them.

Therefore, the 5,000 cavalry, even the large amount of grain and grass required by men and horses every day, can only be solved by themselves, and the surplus food is no longer enough to support it.

After the successive wars in the five central counties, there is no surplus grain in the hands of both the town guards and the people.

After the capture of the five towns, the army not only did not collect more grain and grass, but used up one-third of its grain stock to appease the people.

According to the report of the accompanying grain officer in the army, the surplus food in the army was no longer enough to last the army for three days.

Dongshan Town Guard, He Batsheng, who had changed into civilian clothes in the study, was burying his head in the desk and was busy dealing with the affairs of Dongshan Town.

Yesterday, He Batsheng led his army to raid Dongshan Town, and although he took Dongshan Town very smoothly, most of the original town guards and town guard officials escaped, leaving him with a mess.

Originally, according to He Batyun's plan, He Batsheng would not manage the affairs of Dongshan Town, because their purpose in this battle was just to disrupt the rear of Su Dingfang, and the key to the real decision was the army led by Sima Yu in the follow-up.

However, in the sealed warehouse in Dongshan Town, they found 4,000 stones of grain and grass, which was a lot of fat for the 5,000 cavalry cavalry cavalry who were in urgent need of grain and grass.

Therefore, after capturing Dongshan Town, He Batsheng did not lead his troops to Heyuan to meet with He Batduba and He Batyun, but stopped in Dongshan Town.

In order to firmly control Dongshan Town, it is natural to sort out the situation and affairs of the entire Dongshan Town.

"Junhou, someone outside the mansion asked to see him, and the person who came claimed that he knew the movements of Su Dingfang and Tang Qi!"

Just as He Batsheng was busy checking the material files of Dongshan Town, as well as the information of the major families in the town, a soldier under his command hurriedly came to report.

"What? In! ”

He Batsheng was shocked when he heard this, and immediately stood up and said.

This is now the final information they want, and He Batsheng did not dare to be sloppy, and decided to ask for confirmation in person.

Soon, the soldier led a young man who was no more than twenty-five or sixteen years old to walk in, dressed in a white Confucian shirt that fit his long body, and a faint smile on his face, which made people involuntarily feel cordial when they saw it.

"Grass people Xue Fei, I've seen Lord Junhou!"

After entering the study, under He Batsheng's attention, Xue Fei's face did not change color, his eyes showed a faint curiosity, and he respectfully saluted He Batsheng.

Xue Fei, born in 89 of the 21st century, is different from Sima Yu, who is a novice in history, Xue Fei has always been very interested in history, knowing that He Batsheng is a famous general in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and he can't help but be a little curious about it.

"Excuse me, do you know Su Dingfang's whereabouts?"

After helping Xue Fei up and looking him up and down, He Batsheng couldn't wait to ask.

"Back to the army, the grass people don't know Su Dingfang's movements!"

He Batsheng's nervous demeanor couldn't help but make Xue Fei's heart a little fluttery, and he shook his head like the ancients.

"Well, although the grass people don't know Su Dingfang's movements, they have a way to force him out!"

Who knew that it was not a question, but He Batsheng's increasingly ugly face, Xue Fei had to laugh embarrassedly twice, and continued.

"Oh?"

He Batsheng raised his eyebrows slightly, staring straight at him, and Xue Fei's scalp tingled.

"It's such a military marquis, the grass people have been responsible for the allocation of grain and grass supply in Danfeng Field before, I know that the grain and grass of Su Dingfang's army are stored in Qilipo outside Dengjiazhai, where there are tens of thousands of troops under Su Dingfang's command to hoard the grain and grass, as long as the military marquis is commanded to attack here, Su Dingfang will definitely come to help!"

Xue Fei then explained everything, and looked at He Batsheng with an expectant expression after speaking.

"Okay, as long as the information you provide is accurate, when our army breaks through Su Dingfang, I will report it to you for credit!"

Hearing this, He Basheng was silent for a while, and then patted Xue Fei on the shoulder and said.

"Thank you, Junhou! Thank you, Junhou! ”

Xue Fei was overjoyed when he heard this, and thanked him again and again.

"Alright, you go down first!"

He Batsheng couldn't see Xue Fei's flattering appearance, and waved his hand.

Xue Fei also saw He Batsheng's dislike, but he didn't care, and still bowed respectfully before leaving.

"Deng Cai, you quickly go to Jinyiwei to check on Xue Fei!"

"Whoa!"

After Xue Fei left, He Batsheng was silent for a while before summoning his confidant Deng Cai and giving him instructions.

Judging from Xue Fei's performance and motivation alone, he does have some credibility.

However, for the sake of prudence, He Batsheng still decided to find out the details of Xue Fei first.

After all, Qilipo is located next to Dengjiazhai, and if you want to attack there, you must bypass the defense line arranged by Su Dingfang in the Pingchuan area, which is very risky.