Guan Yu arrived in Hexi County, either expelled or incorporated the Xiongnu Youxian Wang's Yiluo in Hexi County, and continued westward to recover Dacheng County in Shuofang County, so that the southern part of Lü Bu's forces had a security barrier.

Song Xian was stationed in Gaonu County, and all the Qiang people in the southern part of Shangjun were expelled to Beidi County.

The righteousness stationed in Fu Shi had no worries, and after the restoration of the Qiuci vassal state, only Yuyan County was left in his jurisdiction and was still under the control of the Xiongnu Youxian Wang.

There is a salt pond in Haoyan County, which is very important to the Xiongnu, and the Qiang, clans and Xianbei tribes of the surrounding Beidi County and Anding County all buy salt from the Xiongnu Youxian Wang, which brings them a lot of benefits, they will not give up easily, and will definitely sacrifice their lives to protect it.

Yi did not send a large army to fight a decisive battle with the Huns, but obeyed Zhou Fei's orders, used the Huns as a whetstone for military training, and sent small forces to harass the Huns every month; The Huns garrisoned 20,000 cavalry in Yuyan County, and as long as the Han army attacked, they would strike hard.

Small-scale wars between the two sides are happening every day, and each side wins and loses.

For the huge interests of Yanchi, King Youxian did not dare to slack off, and did not divide his troops to rescue Heyin County and Shuofang County in the north after they were occupied by Lu Bu, let alone recapture them afterwards.

After Lu Bu occupied the two counties, he plundered a lot of materials, but the army was expanded too much, and he felt a lot of economic pressure.

If he does not plunder a batch of foreign wealth every year, it will be difficult for him to persevere.

In September, the Xianbei people in the north of the Yellow River gathered their troops and concentrated on Yang County, which crossed the river in Linhe City, slightly to the west, and was across the river.

Subsequently, the news of the champion Hou Quan's armament came out.

Lu Bu estimated that the champion Hou would have a big battle with the Xianbei people in northern Xinjiang,

Now there is no danger in the south and east of the territory he occupies, the north is the Yellow River, and only the west is in contact with the Xiongnu Youxian Wang, and the main force of the Youxian Wang is still contained in Haoyan County; If there is a war between the Xianbei people and the champion Hou, this is his chance, and he must take the opportunity to loot the Xianbei Yi and make a small fortune.

So Wei Xu, Zhang Yang and others were summoned to negotiate.

As long as there is a war, the Xianbei people will send the young and strong people from each tribe to form cavalry to go out to participate in the war, leaving only the old and weak in the tribe, relatively speaking, it is very easy to plunder.

Everyone was very excited, especially Wei Xu, who was even more excited, the greater Lu Bu's strength developed, the more benefits he could get.

However, what moved them was that it was autumn, the Yellow River was not frozen, and how to cross the river and how to safely transport back the looted materials had become a difficult problem in front of them.

Cheng Lian's opinion was to continue to plunder the Huns to the west, not only to expand the territory, increase the depth, but also to make a lot of money, if the war between the Huns and the Guangnian Hou ended, the Huns would definitely come back to retaliate, and they must take the opportunity to weaken their strength.

Wei Xu opposed continuing to plunder the Huns, in case the Huns were angry, gave up the war with Guangnianhou and retreated, and dealt with them specifically, then they would definitely suffer a catastrophe, or take the opportunity to plunder the Xianbei people, at least the Yellow River is dangerously blocked, and the Xianbei people are not easy to retaliate.

Zhang Yang also favored plundering the Xianbei people, who occupied the Hebei region with more fertile water and grass, more cattle and sheep, and more fruitful results; As for crossing the river, rafts, sheepskin rafts, etc., can be used, and most of the Han people in the jurisdiction will operate them.

Lu Bu was not good at planning, and after listening to everyone's opinions, he intended to rob the Xianbei people to get more loot and relieve his financial pressure.

Cheng Lian was stationed in Shuofang City and had a better understanding of the water potential of the Yellow River, so he suggested: "My lord, Lian suggests taking a compromise approach, first occupying Guangmu County to the west, and then crossing the Yellow River from Guangmu City, where the water flow is small, shallow, and gentle, which is very suitable for crossing the river." ”

At that time, the Yellow River flowed through the north of Linrong County, divided into two branches, the South River is the current river, and the North River is the mainstream at that time, about the current Wujia River channel; Then in the northwest of Shuofang County, it merged into a strand; Therefore, the flow of the Yellow River in Guangmu County is very small and shallow, and it is very easy to cross the river, and the protective effect is not great.

Zhang Yang was very supportive of this opinion, so he said: "Okay, this method is good, in the west, the defense of the Xianbei people is even weaker, and their forces are concentrated in the east, ready to deal with the champion Hou, and when they retreat, we will already return victorious." ”

Wei Xu was a little worried, and retorted: "If Xianbei retaliates, how can Guangmu City defend it?" ”

Cheng Lian said with a smile: "Haha, this matter is easy, if they come, it's a big deal to retreat to Shuofang City, we have no loss, we can also stretch the logistics line of the Xianbei people, and maybe it can also cause a war between the Huns and the Xianbei people, why not?" ”

Wei Xu smiled: "Hehe, don't think too beautifully, if the Huns and Xianbei join forces to deal with us, what can we do?" ”

For Lu Bu, this is not a problem, if he is not defeated, it is a big deal to abandon the city and return to Linhe City, this is the bottom line of everyone's balance, the Xiongnu Youxian King will not pass Linhe City, and the Xiongnu Shan Yu and Guangnian Marquis will not let the Youxian King occupy Linhe City, otherwise it will seriously threaten their safety.

Lu Bu had made up his mind, and said: "Okay, County Magistrate Cheng immediately led troops to occupy Guangmu County; The county magistrate Zhang organized personnel to prepare tools for crossing the river and selected boatmen; The magistrate of Wei organized cavalry to plunder; At that time, the county magistrate Zhang will sit in the rear to maintain stability and receive the spoils of war. ”

"Yes!" Everyone was very happy and immediately began to prepare.

Zhang Yang's ability to do things is not bad, and after looking for many craftsmen to negotiate, he proposed a plan to build a pontoon bridge, which made Lu Bu very happy and asked Zhang Yang to implement it immediately.

Cheng Lian acted very quickly, occupying Guangmu County in only five days, and although the looting was not as much as expected, it was an accident.

Subsequently, Zhang Yang arranged a large number of craftsmen to go to Guangmu County, began to make pontoon bridges, and planned to build two.

Lü Bu and Wei Xu led a large army across the river to plunder the Xianbei people; Cheng Lian was stationed in Guangmu County to guard against the Huns, and Zhang Yang sat in the rear.

For the plunder, the morale of all the soldiers was high, and the officers such as the marquis, the commanders, and the dupp who had become families hoped that they would get more booty, so that they would receive more rewards and their families would have a better life; Those who have not yet started a family, the captains, and the soldiers hope to rob more foreign women, so that they can also have a chance to start a family.

Even those who don't plan to start a family like to plunder more, kill more aliens, and get more rewards by the way.

At the beginning of October, the war in the east began, and the pontoon bridge in the west was also built.

Without the protection of the young cavalry, Xianbei Yiluo was a lamb to be slaughtered, and under the blow of Lu Bu's army, he had no power to fight back and surrendered one after another.

Lu Bu and the others had already made a plan, only those who surrendered, did not kill for the time being, and let them move to the jurisdiction of the towns one by one, so as to reduce their transportation volume and free up cavalry to plunder more towns.

Wait for their army to return, and then slowly dispose of the loot.

It was not until the middle of October that King Helian received the news that the western towns had been plundered, but by this time he had already ridden the tiger and was facing off against Wen Chou, and the reinforcements of the leader could not retreat, and these jackals who took advantage of the fire to rob could not be spared.

So he ordered his nephew Fu Luohan to lead 10,000 cavalry west to the rescue.

This deepened the contradiction between the king and the stephen; In the west, the tribesmen of the Kuitou were plundered, which made the Kuitou also resentful of Budugen; This leaves the foreshadowing for future divisions.