Jingcheng, the key place of Jizhou thoroughfare, the fifth place of Taihang, has always been a place for soldiers to fight. The previous time, Yan Rou was ordered to run Taihang, and when Yuan Shao was fighting for Jizhou with all his strength and was unable to look westward, he occupied this place and looked at Jizhou.

After operating for so long, Yan Rou has built it into an impregnable wall, which was originally a fortress, but it is even more impregnable, and has become the easternmost stronghold of the Xia State in Jizhou, threatening the northern Hebei Plain from time to time.

On the Jingcheng Pass, in the general's mansion, Yan Rou convened the captains under his command to discuss the meeting, Yang Feng, Zhang Sheng, and Huang Long were all present, and Zheng Gu was sent to inspect the southern military village.

"General, this winter, so officially call me and others, what is the matter, please command!" Zhang Sheng said with a big grin. Under Yan Rou's command, he is quite familiar with him, and he speaks as usual, a little "presumptuous".

Yan Rou stared at Zhang Sheng and said solemnly: "King Xia has a royal order!" ”

As soon as these words fell, Zhang Sheng closed his voice, straightened his body with the rest of the school and lieutenant, and his expression became serious.

"King Xia ordered our army to lead the army east out of Taihang and enter Kouji Prefecture!" Yan Rou thought a little and said to the king.

"It's just right, stay at this pass, my subordinates are feeling itchy bones, please give the general an order, I am willing to be the striker!" Zhang Sheng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said directly.

Yan Rou stretched out her hand and waved it to let Zhang Sheng calm down for a while. The affairs of the soldiers, where is the pat on the head, and they will move when they say they will move. Yang Feng, who was in the first place, arched his hand and asked: "General, what does the king mean by this, winter is coming, it is the time to strike the army, why do you want me to wait for the army?" ”

Yan Rou thought for a moment and said: "The king ordered us to make the momentum as loud as possible, I must have my own plans, I will wait for the order to give Yuan Jun a blow while the weather is not too cold, or we can surprise him!" ”

"No!"

Huang Long at the bottom said: "It's just that since this year, our army has sent troops many times and repeatedly violated the border, after Yuan Shaoquan took charge of Jizhou, the defense of Jizhou counties is not as good as it was at the beginning." If you want to go east, I'm afraid it's not so easy! General Yuan, Han Meng is in Puwu, just staring at us, our army has to think of avoiding them! ”

"Why avoid them!" Yan Rou's eyes were slightly cold when she heard this, and she smiled: "Since the king has asked us to build momentum, we will go out with great fanfare, this time we will discuss the main sweep of Changshan, and we are very familiar with Changshan!" We don't attack the city, we don't pull out the city, we only plunder the countryside, and escape with one blow! ”

"Huanglong, this time you stay in Jingcheng, guard the pass steadily, and be sure to protect it, this is the retreat of our army!" Yan Rou already had a plan in his mind, and ordered Huang Long.

looked at Yang Feng and Zhang Sheng again: "You two and Ben will lead two thousand troops and enter Kou Changshan!" ”

"No!"

"Let's go down and prepare!"

Although the matter of sending troops was decided and the conscription horses were arranged, Yan Rou did not move lightly for a while, and the well was still as usual, loose on the outside and tight on the inside. After thinking about it, Yan Rou ordered a thousand troops to be led by Su Gu in the south to enter the country of Kou Zhao and attract the attention of Yuan's army.

He was ordered to move, went out of the West Mountain, and approached Xiangguo. Although the number of troops was small, the effect was good, and it really attracted the attention of Yuan Jun, and even Yuan Shao of Yecheng noticed this. There was no panic in Jizhou County, after all, the Xia army had long been accustomed to going east, and the county soldiers attacked decisively.

When he was fighting with Yuan's army in the territory of Zhao, Yan Rou decisively sent troops, came out of Jingcheng, marched quickly, and rushed into Changshan's country.

Compared with the small fights on Zhao Guo's side, on Changshan's side, Yan Rou has made the momentum big enough. Known as 10,000 people, they passed all the way, burning, killing and looting, and wreaked havoc in the territory.

Cui Juye, the prime minister of Changshan in the Yuan clan, was furious when he heard the news and lost his temper in the county government.

"Fujun! Tens of thousands of summer thieves, going east, invaded my county again, disturbed my people, the counties are in an emergency, please send troops to rescue! "Subordinate report.

"Taihang Xia Army, where did the ten thousand people come from!" Cui Juye immediately refuted: "I think they were scared by the summer thief!" ”

"Yan Rou, this thief, should Jizhou be the original Jizhou? Come when you want, go when you want? It's good that he is nested in the mountains, and he dares to go out of the mountains, and this time I will definitely teach him a profound lesson! Cui Juye snorted coldly, very contemptuous.

On the one hand, he ordered the northern counties to strictly defend the city, and on the other hand, he mobilized the county soldiers from the southern counties, and soon, Cui Juye led 4,000 county soldiers and went north to find Yan Rou.

Cui Juye's order had no effect on Yan Rou's actions. He came here, swept through the northern part of Changshan, did not attack the city, did not take the city, and the Yuan army held the city steadily, which did not affect its actions outside the city.

In a huge country, how can the city house all the population, property, and food, and the country, the townships, and the forts are his goals. The only one who can be worried is really the army led by Cui Juye.

After being entangled for a few days, Cui Juye felt very troubled, and he seemed to be being played with by Yan Rou. His army moved quickly, moving from east to west, south to north, wantonly plundering the villages, plundering them, and when they heard that their troops were coming, they fled.

Everywhere Yuan Jun went, he was always one step behind him, and he could only see devastation. As for Xia Jun, he has long been gone.

More than ten miles north of Zhending County, Cui Juye led the troops here, looking at a dilapidated dock fort, Cui Juye was furious, and the horsewhip was very hard to the back of a soldier beside him: "Damn, it's too late again!" ”

In the face of the angry Cui Juye, the pawn only dared to endure the pain silently. Changshan Bing Cao was engaged, and hurriedly rushed to say: "Fu Jun, there is news from Lingshou, saying that the Xia army is haunting in its county!" ”

"What!" Cui Juye frowned when he heard this: "Lingshou is more than seventy miles away from here, and its military is doing evil here, how can it be possible to suddenly reach Lingshou!" ”

"Fu Jun, it seems that the Xia army should divide the troops!"

With his fists clenched, Cui Juye suddenly said coldly: "Han Meng, who summoned Pu Wu, and asked him to send troops to cooperate with me to exterminate the Xia army." I don't believe it, with his Yan Rou and only 2,000 people, he can really turn my Changshan upside down! ”

After chasing for a long time, it was not for nothing, at least he had figured out Yan Rou's strength and stepped on his tracks.

Next, Cui Juye forced himself to be patient, and ordered the county to spread eyeliner widely, closely monitor, and report as soon as there was any trace of Xia Jun. After all, it was a home battle, and after slowly giving full play to her local advantages, Yan Rou didn't dare to be as unscrupulous as before.

Cui Juye also divided his troops, stationed himself in Zhending, and sent people to monitor various passes and roads, so as not to prevent Yan Rou from exploiting holes and going south to plunder the rest of the counties.

Facing Cui Juye, who had calmed down, Yan Rou began to feel bad, acting cautiously and not daring to move lightly. Chang Shanguo fell into tranquility for a short time, and under Cui Juye's strict monitoring, Yan Rou could only lead his army to hide in the mountains, forests, and valleys.

Losing Yan Rou's traces, Cui Juye was irritable and beat and scolded the soldiers from time to time. And the news from Pu Wu's side made Cui Juye even more angry, and Han Meng refused to cooperate with him, because he had already led his army westward and wanted to attack Jingcheng. In his words, if the well is broken and Yan Rou's back road is broken, it will be wiped out sooner or later.

"Han Mengpifu! Is a well well so easy to fight? Hearing the letter, Cui Juye was even more angry.

After delaying for some time, there was finally news from Yan Rou, and his subordinates came down to report: "Fujun, the Xia army has gone east to Zhongshan!" At this time, chaos is being waged in Xinshi County! ”

"I searched all over the regions, but I didn't see any trace of it, it was originally going east to Zhongshan!" Cui Juye's face was cold, and he immediately ordered: "Summon, gather soldiers and horses, and follow me to kill the thief!" ”

"Fujun, this cross-county battle, did you first inform the lord and the minister of Zhongshan?" The subordinate prompted.

"Binggui is fast, when the report is completed, Yan Rou will not know where to escape!"

This time, Cui Juye moved quickly, urging the three thousand soldiers around him to go east.