Feng Jiye resolutely crossed the Yellow River with part of the Shuofang army, and followed the remnants of Li Guangrui to collect the western border of Huizhou, so as to occupy the important pass of Kipkou in the east of Liangzhou. Zhang Yue couldn't resist him, and this matter had to be carried out as soon as possible, so he finally had to agree. However, he also made a request, so that Xuan Chongwen would lead the command of the horse army to accompany him.

Ill-prepared, crossing the Yellow River is a problem. Previously, Li Guangrui led the Yeci clan to cross the river, using sheepskin airbags tied to the bottom of the raft to increase buoyancy, and this section of the Yellow River has a gentle flow, which is a very practical method, and Feng Jiye also decided to do so.

It was easy to tie up the raft, and dry wood for the army to camp was available, but the airbags had to find a way to make do with it. This does not necessarily have to be sheepskin, the raw hides of war horses are also available, but the horse skins are not as delicate as sheepskin.

The whole army mobilized and prepared, and spent three days preparing more than 100 large and small rafts, and then Feng Jiye ordered Xue Chucun to lead six to command the infantry army, and Xuan Chongwen to lead one to command the horse army, a total of 3,500 people crossed the river. Everyone didn't know what the situation was on the other side, so Feng Jiye and Zhang Yue also followed across the river to take a look.

Arrive at the opposite bank is the afternoon Shenshi, from the river beach slope up, the vision is broad, into the eyes is a wasteland covered with dry grass, there is a hilly mountain more than 20 miles away in the north, the ancient Great Wall is like a yellow dragon coiled between the mountaintop valley to the west, all the way to Shazhou Dunhuang, but there are many sections of abandonment on the way.

A camp was set up by the river, and a commanding foot soldier was stationed to maintain contact with Ulan County on the east bank and provide food and straw supplies. The next day, Feng Jiye sent away Xue Chucun and Xuan Chongwen's 3,000 horses, and then crossed the river with Zhang Yue and returned to Wulan County.

As soon as he arrived at the city gate, Zhang Yue saw Hao Tianying's figure appear at the head of the city, and it was estimated that he saw Feng Jiye and deliberately avoided it. Halfway into the city, Zhang Yue said that there was something, said goodbye to Feng Jiye, and then beat his horse and ran back to the west city gate, threw down his own soldiers, and went to the city along the left near Yong Road, and saw Hao Tianying under the eaves of the gatehouse.

"Came back so soon, and the people took it away? Didn't cause an accident, did you? Otherwise, Feng Jiye knew, and it would be difficult to explain. Zhang Yue didn't shy away from anything, and asked directly.

"Am I such a careless person? Hui Niang should be safe when she went to Yanzhou, but this time she missed a big battle! Hao Tianying said with some pity.

"The war is not over yet, when you have your help!" This guy is honest and obedient now, Zhang Yue was overjoyed, and asked with a smile: "You came here on the road, there was movement over there in Xiaoguan, didn't you fight?" ”

"Nope! After hearing that Dang Jinfu abandoned Xiao Pass and led his troops to withdraw to Hechi, Yang Tingzhang and Shi Deyuan in the south took advantage of the situation and took over Xiao Pass without a single soldier. ”

"It may be that the Southern Route Army was dispatched and put pressure on Tuoba Bogu, otherwise it would be impossible for Dang Shiqiang to abandon Xiaoguan lightly. It's just that Tuoba Bogu has shrunk his forces, and the final decisive battle is coming. Zhang Yue said guessingly.

"I guess so, on the way, I met the heralds sent by the Yuanzhou camp, and they were not far behind with the Shuofang Army's grain and grass baggage team. I couldn't get along with them, so I arrived first. ”

"After this battle, go back to Tokyo, and you don't have to hide from Feng Jiye and his Shuo Fang army anymore!" Zhang Yue smiled and patted Hao Tianying's shoulder to comfort him, this guy was almost as tall as himself, but his physique was slightly thinner.

In the evening, when it was dark, the follow-up grain and grass baggage team of the Shuofang army arrived, and the herald of the camp came with them, and sent the military order of Guo Rong, the king of Jin. Feng Jiye sent Zhang Yue to his military office, and then took out the military order to show him, and asked the herald about the recent situation of the Southern Route Army.

Guo Rong's military order was very simple, saying that the 25,000 men of the Southern Route Army had assembled at Wating Pass and would march at a later date. Ordered Feng Jiye and Zhang Yue to expel the Yeci clan as soon as possible, and then concentrate their forces to the south to contain the Tuoba Bogu headquarters in Huining County, Prefecture. In the end, Feng Jiye's request to take Shuo Fang after the recovery of Huizhou was really rejected.

It seems that before this military order was issued, Guo Rong had not received news of the Battle of Piyuan. Zhang Yue looked at the text of the military order again, and the drafter was Wang Pu, there was no countersigner, and the date was October 12.

There is only one red "order" character at the bottom, plus two vermilion seals, one large and one small, which are the seal characters of "Huizhou Xingying Deployment Seal" and "Jin Wangfu Uniform Order Seal".

After sending away the heralds, Feng Jiye complained very dissatisfied: "I want the horses to run again, and I want the horses to not eat grass!" Ulan County has just been taken, and it is necessary to seize the west bank of the Yellow River and defend the six valleys of Tubo in Liangzhou to take advantage of the fire to rob, how can there be troops to go south? ”

"The Six Valleys of Tubo are suppressed by Hexi Shen Shihou, it is impossible to send troops, Master Feng is too worried!" Zhang Yue had no choice but to persuade, lest Feng Jiye find an excuse to delay, and after thinking about it, he continued: "Today, October 19, our troops have been dispatched for more than half a month, and according to the agreed time, the Southern Route Army should go out of Wating Pass in the southwest of Yuanzhou, and it is a little uncertain where it will be. ”

"It's too far away to be detected, and it's impossible to get in touch. We now have only 12,000 troops left, of whom 2,000 are wounded and cannot fight, and 3,000 are transferred to the west bank, and if we go south, we can only send out 5,000 at most. Along the way, we have to climb over Lingbo Mountain and Rouwolf Mountain, the road condition is very bad, it is estimated that it will take five or six days to walk for 140 miles, and a small number of troops should be stationed along the way to meet the grain and grass baggage. If we go early and the southern army does not arrive, we will become a target for the enemy, and we should send scouts south to find out the path first, and then send troops five to ten days later. ”

Feng Jiye also complained, saying that he had sent troops to contribute, and he could better fight for it afterwards, and he would ask for his own territory. But he also knew in his heart that Zhang Yue was Guo Rong's person, and if the words were spread out, he would get into trouble. And Huining didn't take it, so it can't be thought of if you don't want to send troops......

Time back to more than half a month ago, on the ninth day of October, Guo Rongqin, the king of Jin, led 25,000 people of the South Route Army, starting from the Baiquan camp in Yuanzhou, and after three days of rapid travel, arrived at the Wating Pass on the east bank of the Wating River.

After discussing with Shi Yi, Liu Congxue, Xiang Xun and others, Zhe Congruan decided not to delay, and would march tomorrow, and asked Guo Rong, the king of Jin, to temporarily stay at Wating Pass and wait for news. How do you know that Guo Rongchu is in charge, he is full of ambition, and he is worried that the two old commanders are too old and the battle will not be effective, so when he heard this, he refused the invitation of several people, and resolutely led the troops to the expedition in person. If you can't be dissuaded by Ruan and the others, you should accept it.

On October 13, Guo Rong took 3,000 horse steps from the headquarters of the Forbidden Army as the forward, and 12,000 Jingnan troops from Ruanbu, 5,000 elite Jingyuan troops from Shi Yi, and 5,000 troops from Liu Cong's guard Si Longjie, a total of 22,000 paces to follow up, 30 miles out of Wating Pass, crossed the Wating Water and camped on the same day, and entered the gentle slope plain of Wating River, and the road was safe and sound.

After thirty or forty miles to the west from the Wating River, the terrain gradually increases, here is the mountain range that extends from Liupan Mountain in Yuanzhou, and the intersection of Quwu Mountain in the north-south direction of Huizhou, there are hills and depressions in the middle to enter Huizhou, but the mountain road is rugged, and it is not easy for the army to pass.

Xiang Xun was very cautious, he transferred troops to build bridges in the valley, sent troops to cut down trees in the mountains to open the way, and the forward has been keeping a distance of ten to twenty miles from the main force behind, fortunately, the scouts were effective, and a small group of Qiang soldiers once tried to ambush, and when they saw the main army appear, they retreated on their own. On the subsequent march, the Qiang sentinels frequently appeared, sending troops to the training side to expel them, and reporting to the rear.

Four days later, finally out of the junction of Yuanzhou and Huizhou, arrived at the west of the Quwu Mountain Ridge, but the west side of the mountain ridge is still hilly depression, four ravines and valleys, and the scouts successfully spied out, thirty miles ahead, about seven or eight thousand Liang Qiang to control the dangerous pass, built a two-zhang high stone wall, blocked the only way. (To be continued.) )