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The city of Handan is both old and young, with its earthy yellow walls towering over the edge of the hills, and it was originally a barren and dense forest, but for nearly a thousand years, people have been migrating to it.

At first, there were Yi clans, and then the nomadic Yin people drove cattle and horses through the area, and thatched huts, altars and sheepfolds rose from the land that was once overgrown with forests and pastures, and the desolate and muddy ground was trampled out of a broad road. After they established a great dynasty, Handan was used as the place of Jifu, and a palace was built here.

Then came the Xing State of the Zhou people, the Chidi tribe, and finally the Jin people, Handan Jun Zhao was sealed here, but now, the rule of the Handan clan has long been shattered. The banner of the city changes, from Handan to Zhao, and perhaps tomorrow, it will be replaced by Bank of China or Chen ......

At the end of April, Chen Heng and his army crossed the river, stepped across the plains, and entered Handan's field of vision.

At this point in time, Zhao Wuxian was besieging Emperor Qiu, and Wei Guo only had one breath left. In Hebei, Chen Heng finally entered the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom and began to implement his plan of "besieging Handan to save the guards".

Zhao swept through the territory of Fan and Handan last year, but these areas are not stable.

Chen Heng took advantage of the opportunity for the main force of the Zhao army to go east, but he did not touch Hanoi, although the former ministers of the Fan family still have a certain strength in the local area, since Chen Heng crossed the river and entered the Jin, there are many people who have actively or passively contacted him. It's a pity that Zhao Wuxian left 8,000 heavy soldiers to suppress Wenxian, Chaoge and other places, and those people can't afford to set off a big storm.

His target is the area of Handan, in Chen Heng's mind, the Zhao clan has just conquered there for more than half a year, and the Handan clan has been wiped out too tragically, and there should be many old ministers of Handan who are dissatisfied. Coupled with the strength of the Bank of China clan, with the joint efforts of the three parties, they may be able to subvert the rule of the Zhao clan here and close the encirclement network that broke free again.

However, what Chen Heng didn't expect was that the Handan people not only feared and feared the Zhao family, but also supported it, and the Handan soldiers who gained a large area of land after the war became the vanguard of defending the Zhao family's rule, and opposed the Chen family everywhere.

In addition, Handan Shou General Post Wuzheng is worthy of being a famous general in the world, and he taught Chen Heng and Bank of China a good lesson. With only 35,000 troops in his hand, he led the Chen and Zhongxing coalition forces with a combined army of 20,000. He never collided with them head-on, and always used five hundred cavalry and the recruited Bai Di disciples to sneak attack, which annoyed Chen Heng.

After coming to the Jin Kingdom for more than a month, his partial divisions scattered around the army had lost 1,000 soldiers, and a lot of baggage had been burned. Chen Heng could only change the Qi army's long-standing idea of spreading out the army and plundering the four places, concentrating the forces together, converging with the Zhongxing clan, and directly pushing it to Handan City.

Wars come and go, and the damage done to this land is immeasurable. The Zhao army's attack on Handan can be regarded as a surrendered army without a fight, but the combined forces of the Chen clan and the Zhongxing clan crossed the border mercilessly.

The land, farmland and orchards that once surrounded the city of Handan have been wiped out, leaving only dirt and ashes, as well as the scorched walls of charred houses and mills scattered around. The ruins were covered with weeds, thorns, and shrubs, but not even a single crop.

Post Wuzheng is good at attacking, and he also performs well in defending the city, he has adopted the strategy of clearing the wilderness, the city has enough food for half a year, he has the patience to deal with the enemy, as long as Zhao Wuxian is given time to win the defeat of Qi, the victory will eventually belong to the Zhao family.

His response was very appropriate, and compared to the situation when Emperor Qiu was surrounded into iron barrels, Handan City was not strongly surrounded. Chen Heng and the Bank of China Heiqiu had no intention of breaking through the gate of Handan City or impacting the high wall, Zhao Wuxian was confident that Yue Yu would break the song, but Chen Heng and the Bank of China did not, they had no trebuchet in their hands, no ladders and all kinds of unbelievable siege equipment, so they could only rely on human lives to pile up.

This kind of loss-making business, the shrewd Chen Heng naturally will not do it, so he can only besiege but not attack, and neither he nor the Bank of China are willing to bear the risk of casualties. They were waiting, waiting for Zhibo, west of Taihang, to send troops over as promised, to conquer Handan together, and then advance from north to south.

It's a pity that time waits for no one, in early May, when Qin finally entered the Handan area through the Hukou Pass controlled by the Zhi clan with 5,000 soldiers, the remnants of the Zhongxing clan had already retreated.

The Bank of China Heiqiu, who was about the same age as Chen Heng, inherited his father's throne and territory, but after several defeats in Hanoi, less than half of his soldiers were in his hands.

He was originally gearing up to recover Handan and other lost lands and revive the family, so he did not hesitate to sell the sparsely populated Hejian Land to get Chen Heng's help, but unexpectedly, Handan in front of him was not down, but his hometown behind was on fire......

"Zhongshan went south and attacked the two cities of Drum and Fei, ......" The Bank of China's black hue turned pale when he received the news, and crumpled the silk book tightly in his hand.

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Zhongshan is a new name of the country, and the princes usually still call them "Xianyu" or "Baidi".

More than 100 years ago, Bai Di and Qin were both in Yongzhou, and their initial distribution area was mainly in the northern part of Qin, and later Bai Di began a great migration due to the arid climate, the threat of new Rongdi tribes, and the pressure of Qin. They crossed the Taihang Mountains and developed eastward, occupied the empty Changshan and Xianyu water areas and settled down, established new tribes such as Xianyu, Gu, Fei, and Qiuyou, and gradually evolved into the state.

The Jin State had long coveted these new Di states, especially the Zhongxing clan, which had placed their family focus on the land of Dongyang. Bank of China Wu successively destroyed drums, fertilizers and other Xianyu vassal countries, and the ultimate goal was to destroy Xianyu and take Hebei.

However, the Xianyu people did not give in easily, they had a large number of people, men were brave and good at fighting, and after accepting the advanced agriculture and culture of the Central Plains, they burst out with amazing resilience. Ten years ago, Xianyu sent troops to Pingzhong of the Jin Kingdom, defeated the Jin army, captured the Jin warriors Guanhu, and avenged the Jin Dynasty's destruction of fat and drums, and occupied the revenge of Zhongren City.

Nine years ago, when the Jin Kingdom focused on the princes of the Alliance, the Xianyu people openly established the country in the Zhongren City with dangerous terrain, because there were mountains in the Zhongren City, so it was called "Zhongshan Country", and the mountain character banner united all the Di people together.

From the chiefdom to the vassal states of the Central Plains system, they must not be regarded equally, and the emerging "Zhongshan State" made Zhong Xingyin very jealous, so he did not hesitate to disturb the plea of Cai Hou Huachu, and was ready to concentrate on dealing with Zhongshan. In the following years, the Zhongxing clan attacked Xianyu Zhongshan twice to avenge the "victory of the tiger", and once succeeded in suppressing Xianyu and forcing them to pay tribute.

It's a pity that all this turned into water after the Qi State broke Yiyi a few years ago, and Zhongshan regained its independence again, and even took advantage of the Jin civil war to begin to want to restore its homeland. Zhongxingyin and Zhongxing Heiqiu father and son had to change their smiling faces and return Zhongshan's tribute, and Zhongxing's Heiqiu not long ago also asked people to send a large number of beautiful jade silks, hoping that these greedy Di people were blinded by the immediate benefits and did not make trouble for him.

It's a pity that the gifts sent didn't seem to have a good effect, and Zhongshan Jun still resolutely sent troops south.

The Bank of China can only be busy coping, but the cause and effect of the matter are unknown, but this southern invasion of Zhongshan is obviously the handiwork of Zhao Wuxian.

It is said that the one who went to persuade Xian Yujun to do it was Zhai Fengdi, the drummer who had previously been loyal to the Zhongxing clan but surrendered to Zhao Wuxian, and Zhao Wuxian asked him to bring a word to Zhongshan Jun.

"The road is far away, and General Zhao can't come to see Zhongshan Jun in person, so he can only let the villain tell the truth about the Central Plains. Now that the Bank of China has internal and external troubles, the head of the Bank of China has no choice but to change his attitude and give Zhongshan Jun a valuable gift to curry favor with your country, in order to get your country's help. But if the Bank of China is revived, when there is nothing to do inside and outside, Zhongshan will be destroyed and then quickly! ”

Zhai Fengtu also declared that the Zhao clan was willing to let Bai Di take revenge on his homeland, such as Yu, Drum, and Fei, and at the same time recognized Xianyu's status, and the "Zhongshan Kingdom" they established was regarded as equal to the Chinese princes, and was able to participate in the alliance, which made Zhongshan Jun excited, and repeatedly called it "respectfully taught......

Zhongshan Jun was lobbied in this way, coupled with a century-old enmity with the Zhongxing clan, when he received 500 splendid horses and 20 beautiful women sent by the Zhongxing Black Humerus, he sent troops to attack the Zhongxing, defeated its defenders, and hit the two cities of Drum and Fat. The Bai Di people in the territory of the Zhongxing clan responded one after another, and for a while, except for the Bai people, there were flames everywhere, which made the situation of the Zhongxing clan even worse.

"The son of the Zhao family dares to collude with my family's Dinu!?" Although I don't know what happened, I can guess who did it, and the Bank of China was annoyed and ashamed, but he forgot that his uncle Zhisong also led the soldiers south to attack Jinyang, and everyone did whatever it took to get up.

In any case, the heart of the Bank of China Heihui was already in turmoil, and his soldiers were also like arrows, so they could only abandon Handan and withdraw their troops to the north.

At the same time, the news of the defeat of Guoxia and Gao Wupi by the Wenshui came from China, and Chen Heng was shocked and could only lead his troops to evacuate, so that the siege of Handan was successfully lifted.

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By the end of May, Chen Heng's army had left Handan and was stationed in Hejian, and he was still a little hesitant to regroup and advance westward or turn around and return to the east. On this day, the Chen military camp welcomed a messenger.

The person who came was Chen Heng's younger brother Chen Shun, who had been holding a sword for a long time and was calloused with a letter in his hand, sweat running down the back of his hand, he came all the way from Dong'e, shouldering the mission given by the head of the family, Chen Qi.

Chen Heng let him rest, took the silk book, opened it and closed it again.

"This is the third letter."

In fact, you don't need to read it, Chen Heng knows what the content of the letter is, the first one explains the situation in Qi State, and the second two letters urge him to return to China, both of which are the same two words: "Angelica"!

His father's succinct words meant that the urgency of the situation could not be delayed.

With the end of the Battle of Wenshui, the dust on the eastern front was basically settled, and the Qi State was no longer able to launch a counterattack after losing 40,000 troops. Qi Hou is seriously ill, a storm is brewing in the country, and Chen Qi urgently needs Chen Heng's army.

"It seems that I have to go......" Chen Heng could only smile bitterly and shake his head, compared to the civil war in the Jin Kingdom, the Qi Kingdom was the foundation of their family. Father's life is like a mountain, he can't help but obey, and if he stays here, maybe Zhao Wuxian will lead the army north to intercept him, and then he will not be able to return.

When the army was marching eastward, Chen Hengjiu stopped by the branch of the river, the "West River", his face was solemn, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

When Chen Yi came to look for him, he patted this cousin on the shoulder and said, "The Qi State has been defeated, and when Zhao Wuxian returns, the situation in the Jin State will also be turned upside down." If the Zhao family takes the Jin State and the Lu State, and has Song Wei as the wings, this is the situation of the Jin Wen Gong hegemony Zhaoji, then no one in the world can compete with it. I'm afraid I won't be able to set foot in the west of the river again in this life, just take a look with me, this great mountain and river, the anointed land, after all, still fell into the Ding of another family......"

The young conspirator sighed, his words filled with deep unwillingness and unease......

(To be continued.) )