On July 30, 426 of the Great Jin Dynasty, in a hall of the Gong family's mansion in Moxi City, Ju'an County, Gong Xun, the partial general at the head of the border army in Moxi City, listened to his eldest son Gong Yi with an expressionless face and said: "Now Liu Ji, the guerrilla general of Chengyin County, after getting rid of Shi Mao in Shangyuan City, sent troops to take Hezhi City and Baihe City, so that more than half of the entire Ju'an County is under the control of Liu Ji. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Gong Xun's second son, Gong Zhong, frowned and asked, "Big brother, Zhang Yi, the partial general of Hezhi County, and Leng Hong, the partial general of Baihe County, did they just watch the city in their hands being swallowed up by Liu Ji and did not resist?" ”

Gong Yi shook his head and said: "Zhang Yi and Leng Hong did not resist, according to our intelligence, almost not long after the army sent by Liu Ji arrived in Hezhi City and Baihe City, Zhang Yi and Leng Hong respectively ordered to open the city gate, welcome the army under Liu Ji into the city, and obediently handed over the army in their hands. ”

Gong Xun's third son, Gong Xin, said at this time: "It seems that Liu Ji is not good, we had better take some precautions, we have to be careful of Liu Ji's idea of coming to attack our Moxi County!" ”

Gong Xun's fourth son, Gong Da, nodded and said: "The third brother is right, that Liu Ji has defeated the army of 520,000 of the sixteen tribes of the grassland, and he is definitely not an ordinary person, we must be more careful, Moxi County belongs to our Gong family, and it must not be taken away by outsiders." ”

Gong Xun's fifth son, Gong Cheng, and Gong Xun's four nephews, Gong Tong, Gong Wu, Gong Yun and Gong Ke, also nodded.

The partial general Gong Xun then snorted coldly and said: "Liu Ji of Chengyin County is indeed a character, but our Moxi Gong family is not an ordinary general, among the many generals in the four northern states of the Great Jin Dynasty, our Moxi Gong family is also ranked high, Liu Ji wants to annex our Gong family's Moxi County, then you have to ask the general's big knife in his hand to agree or not!" ”

Gong Xun's eldest son, Gong Yi, said with some worry at this time: "Father, before Liu Ji captured Shangyuan City, the cavalry and infantry under his command had already reached 250,000 yuan, and now Shangyuan City, Hezhi City, and Baihe City have allowed Liu Ji to get at least 15,000 border generals, and my son is worried that Liu Ji will be our Moxi City." ”

General Gong Xun waved his hand and said: "We have more than 5,000 elite soldiers in Moxi County, and our Gong family also controls nearly 20,000 young and strong men in Moxi City. ”

In the face of the increasingly bad situation on the northern border of the Great Jin Dynasty, the Moxi Gong family and the Ningchuan Fan family had secretly signed an agreement on an offensive and defensive alliance the year before last, and once one side was attacked, no matter where it came from, the other side must unconditionally send troops to support.

Gong Yi saw his father's still calm face, and the worry in his heart also weakened a lot, after all, the strength of the Moxi Gong family and the Ningchuan Fan family is not weak, and the two families are united, even if Liu Ji has the advantage in terms of strength, if it really fights hard, it is really not certain who will win and who will lose!

Gong Yi continued: "Father, we also got the information, Liu Ji has now used a large number of people to start rebuilding Longchang City and Xishankou Fortress, and Xishankou seems to be more than just building a fortress, Liu Ji is likely to rely on Xishankou to build a relatively large city. ”

General Gong Xun stroked his beard and said: "There is no problem in rebuilding Longchang City, but Liu Ji wants to rebuild the Xishankou Fortress, and the Hulu on the grassland will not make a move, and then Liu Ji will not be able to take care of our Moxi County and Ningchuan County." ”

In fact, when he heard that Liu Ji rebuilt the Xishankou Fortress, the partial general Gong Xun still admired Liu Ji in his heart, you must know that in addition to Xishankou, which is the gorge leading to the grassland, another gorge leading to the grassland, that is, Weishankou, is in Moxi County.

Since he was young, the general Gong Xun has always hoped to rebuild the fortress of Weishankou, but as the Great Jin Dynasty has become more and more turbulent over the years, Gong Xun has given up the unattainable dream of rebuilding the fortress of Weishankou, and he did not expect Liu Ji to dare to start rebuilding the fortress of Xishankou alone.

There are many people who admire Liu Ji's reconstruction of the Xishankou Fortress, and Fan Shitai, the partial general at the head of the border army in Ningchuan County, is also one of them.

In the mansion of the Fan family in Ningchuan City, Jue'an County, Fan Shitai, a partial general, sighed and said to the two brothers and five cousins: "Now Hezhi County and Baihe County have also been captured by Liu Ji without a single soldier, this is not good news for our Ningchuan County and Moxi County, Hezhi County is located south of Moxi County, and Baihe County is located south of our Ningchuan County, once Liu Ji has any ideas about Ningchuan County and Moxi County, he only needs to send troops to defend Hezhi County and Baihe County, and he can cut off the passage of our Ningchuan County and Moxi County to the hinterland of the Great Jin." ”

Fan Shitai's second brother Fan Shide said: "Big brother, even if Hezhi County and Baihe County are blocked by Liu Ji's troops, our Ningchuan County and Moxi County can also take a detour from the adjacent counties, but they have to walk a little longer. ”

Fan Shitai, the partial general, sighed again and said: "It's just that the extra distance is very fatal, you must know that our Ningchuan County and Moxi County buy the most grain from outside, and because our Ningchuan County and Moxi County are located at the border, after the grain is transported to our two counties, the price per catty is more than eight copper coins, if you take some detours, maybe the price per catty will have to rise a few copper coins, then not only the people of Ningchuan County and Moxi County can't stand it, but our Fan family and Gong family can't stand it!" ”

According to the total annual grain output of Ningchuan County and Moxi County, there are still some gaps in feeding the military and civilians in the two counties, and these gaps can only be solved by purchasing grain from outside, among which the population of Ningchuan County is nearly twice that of Moxi County, so the grain pressure in Ningchuan County is greater.

Fan Shitai's third brother, Fan Shifu, said coldly: "If that Liu Ji dares to provoke our Ningchuan County and Moxi County, I will lead my troops to directly capture Chengyin City and see if that Liu Ji is really that powerful!" ”

Fan Shitai, the partial general, said with a wry smile: "Third child, don't make a mistake, that Liu Ji can defeat the 520,000 army of the sixteen tribes of the grassland, it is definitely not a rumor, and the more than 200,000 troops under Liu Ji are not decorations, and now Liu Ji has begun to rebuild the Xishankou fortress, and I have not heard that Hu Lu has taken any big moves!" ”

After a pause, Fan Shitai sighed and said: "In the past hundred years, in the Anxing Mountains and the Yunwu Mountains, this is the first time that I have rebuilt the fortress at the mouth of the gorge!" ”