The strategic location of Mengjin is very important, stepping on the Yellow River, across the mountain, if the northern iron cavalry attacks Luoyang in the south, it must cross the Yellow River and do a fight in Mengjin in order to reach Luoyang, so Mengjin has always been the forward position on the north side of Luoyang.

This place, the Zhou Dynasty set up Pingyin Yi, Qin changed the Yi to a county, called Pingyin County. During the Cao Wei period of the Three Kingdoms, it was changed to Heyin County.

After the king of Chengdu raised troops from Yecheng, he led an army of 50,000 to the south, along the way can be said to be a rumor, the powerful families from all over the country have surrendered, and in just one week, the king of Chengdu has occupied Wei County, Ji County and half of Hanoi County, and the army reached the north bank of the Yellow River.

In the face of the powerful troops of the king of Chengdu, Sima Shu mobilized his troops to prepare for resistance, and at the same time asked Li Liu to lead 5,000 troops to garrison Mengjin to prevent the enemy from attacking Luoyang from here.

At this time, it was the winter of the ninth year of Yuankang, and in the winter in Henan, the climate was cold, the snow was fluttering in the sky, and the trees on the roadside had already fallen off their branches and leaves and became bare. The sky was overcast, and there was no sound on the entire snow-white earth except for the howling of the wind.

On the north bank of the Yellow River, a thick layer of snow has accumulated on the ground, but under the trampling of tens of thousands of horses, the white snowflakes have now become dirty and messy.

"Drive!"

"Hoo~~!"

"Report!"

"Back to the king, two miles ahead is the Yellow River, and now the surface of the Yellow River has been completely frozen, and it is very strong to step on it, it is really the king of heaven!"

"Oh! Hahaha! Okay, the general of the king: the army is preparing to cross the Yellow River in the south, and in three days, the widow will have a banquet for the generals in Mengjin City! On the handsome war horse, Sima Ying shook the snowflakes on his body. The cold froze the beard on his lips with a thin layer of ice, dyeing the black beard white.

"This is really cold!" Shi Chao rode a tall horse. Accompany the king of Chengdu and feel refreshed. The early battle went smoothly, which made the Chengdu Wang's subordinates become inexplicably excited.

"King, now that my 100,000 troops are advancing into Beijing, it is a matter of time before I take Luoyang, and Weichen will congratulate the prince first!"

"Hehe, after this king captures the prince, he will definitely reward the generals greatly!" At this time, the king of Chengdu had reason to be optimistic, because his army had expanded from 50,000 horses at the beginning to nearly 100,000 troops. Along the way, he experienced what it means to look at the scenery.

On the opposite side of the Yellow River is Mengjin City, and now the king of Chengdu only needs to walk through the frozen Yellow River to reach the hinterland of Luoyang. For winning Luoyang and defeating the prince, Sima Ying is still very confident.

As for the Tiger Prison Pass in the east of Luoyang, it was the matter of the King of Hejian. If the King of Hejian does not have the ability to break through the Tiger Prison Pass, the King of Chengdu does not mind giving support from Mengjin, after all, if it is attacked from both sides, the two-pronged approach will be no matter how strong the Tiger Prison Pass is, and no matter how powerful the Su Guard Army is. It can't stop the Jingnan army.

"This year's snow is really timely!" Lu Zhi looked at the heavy snow and sighed.

"Yes! If it weren't for this heavy snowfall, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to cross the Yellow River so easily, and now the Yellow River is no longer a concern, as long as we can quickly take Mengjin. Luoyang is just around the corner! This is all caused by the great king Tianwei. Shi Chao was also full of smiles and kept complimenting the king of Chengdu.

"The general is overrated." Sima Ying raised her head and looked at the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. Heroically said: "The prince is unkind, and the people are indignant. When the king responds to the heavens, he hangs the people and kills the crime. How can it not be unfavorable? Yes, this great king of rivers and mountains must be won, and it must not be cheapened Sima Shu's kid. ”

"What the king said is that this country originally belonged to the Sima family, but it was forcibly occupied by Sima Zhen's father and son, and now Sima Zhen's father and son are perverse, and the prince just can't bear to let the ancestral foundation be ruined by the younger generations so he raised troops in anger and took back what belonged to the Sima family, and by the way, the tyranny promoted by Sima Shu was put in order!"

"Well, our army will definitely step into the city of Luoyang and arrest Sima Shu, who has aroused the anger of the heavens. Ahh Sima Ying listened to everyone's flattery, and after thinking about the situation of Sima Shu kneeling in front of him in the future, she laughed loudly.

"King, I'm afraid it's getting dark now, should we cross the Yellow River and camp on the spot?" Zhao Xiang, the former soldier, rushed to ask for instructions.

Sima Ying looked up at the sky after hearing this, because of the snow, the sky was unusually gloomy, not to mention that it was winter, so it was dark earlier. He thought for a moment and said, "Let's stay on the spot, it is not conducive to the movement of the army after dark, if it is attacked by the imperial army stationed in Mengjin halfway...... Order: Send a large number of scouts to keep an eye on the surrounding area, and if you find anyone near the camp, kill them immediately! Hmph, it's better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let go of one. This is the Prince's territory, so we have to be careful! ”

"Yes!" Zhao Xiang led the generals, and immediately turned around and arranged, and soon the soldiers and people in charge of logistics began to get busy, and the tents were quickly set up, and the pots were also set up.

The snowflakes are still falling quietly, and they have not stopped because there are nearly 100,000 more people in this place, and heavy snow is not a good time for war, so Sima Ying hopes that tomorrow the sky will be clear, and then cross the Yellow River to take Mengjin and go straight to Luoyang.

"Luoyang, this king once went to meet the first emperor, it's really prosperous! Later, the first emperor died, the widow went out of the town of Shuzhong, and then Queen Jia was in power, afraid that the widow would divide Shuzhong, so the widow was transferred from Shuzhong to Yecheng, I believe that this time the king will still enter Luoyang City very smoothly. ”

In the year of Ruixue Zhaofeng, ordinary people are particularly fond of heavy snow, because if there is more snow in winter, next year's harvest will be relatively better. Isn't there a proverb: In winter, the wheat covers the three-layer quilt, and the next year sleeps with steamed buns. However, for some people in the land of China, even if the snow is heavy this year, they still have no harvest, but will freeze to death and starve to death because of the snow and cold.

Droughts, floods, wars, and wars have led to the displacement of people who have no fixed shelter or food, and who are weak in the cold winter. In today's world, there are migrant workers, left-behind children who die because they are in the garbage bin to escape the cold, so in ancient times, productivity was extremely low. In the event of natural and man-made disasters, I don't know how many people will die of hunger and cold in winter.

Since the rebellion of the Three Kings. Li Liu, who was stationed in Mengjin, sent out a large number of scouts to patrol the banks of the Yellow River every day, even in heavy snowy weather like this. The soldiers did not dare to slack off in the slightest. After all, behind Meng Jin, there is Luoyang, the capital master, their relatives and family property are all there, if this place is lost, everything that the prince brought them will disappear.

Now the strength of Mengjin garrison is only 6,000 people, and the main general Li Liu looked at the gloomy sky, and couldn't help but think of the prince's instructions before leaving: "Xuantong, now that the three kings are coming violently, the troops in the hands of the imperial court are a little stretched. Lone can only give you two infantry, you must keep the enemy out of Mengjin, and you must not let the enemy step into the hinterland of Luoyang! ”

Li Liu understood the prince's distress, and now the prince only has 30,000 soldiers and horses in the entire Luoyang City, and he needs to deploy several important places such as Yanshi, Tiger Prison, and Mengjin. It is already a great gift for the prince to be able to divide 6,000 people to him, you must know that even the ancestor who is stationed in the east of the Tiger Prison is only 6,000 soldiers and horses.

The imperial court's Guanzhong army was suppressing the rebellion in Hedong, Hanoi and other places and blocking the enemy's westward advance, and at the same time, they had to guard against the threat from the state, and it was estimated that they would not be able to provide assistance to the imperial court for a while. Li Liu had to hold back the army of the king of Chengdu for at least seven days or so here, so that the prince could clean up the rebels in Hedong and Hanoi. Then go back and eat the army of the king of Chengdu.

On the south bank of the Yellow River, five soldiers were patrolling along the river on horseback, and in order to enhance the mobility of the troops, Sima Shu deliberately increased the number of mules and horses in the troops. The soldiers wore standard uniforms. Outsiders can recognize at a glance that this is the Xiang army under the command of the prince.

"Captain Wu, you said that there is a lot of snow here, will the enemy come?" A young soldier. While panting, he asked the Wu chief beside him.

Wu Chang took a hard breath of hot air in his hand. Then rub vigorously as if you can make a flame. Taking a breath, he muttered, "Who doesn't know? Maybe the enemy army has reached the other side of the Yellow River at this time, and they are just waiting for dawn to cross the Yellow River! nnd, this thief God, it doesn't snow early or late, but it's at this time! ”

"Yes, the Yellow River has long been frozen, who would have thought that the moat would change its route, I heard that the army of the king of Chengdu has connected the two counties of Ji County and Hanoi, and the soldiers have already arrived on the north bank of the Yellow River, I am afraid that at this time they are looking for a place to cross the river." A veteran couldn't help but sigh.

"Alas! This rebel who killed a thousand knives knows how to attack us, and has the ability to take out the anger of the alien race outside the Saiwai! I knew all day long that I couldn't get along with the court, if it wasn't for the prince who rectified the family, how could we, the small people of Shengdou, have a good life, this time we have to wipe out these rebels no matter what, otherwise when those places come back, we will suffer! ”

It seems that Sima Shu has not been busy in vain for most of the past six months, at least let the low-level common people recognize the situation in front of them and distinguish between the real enemy and the friendly army. This is also where Sima Shu's real confidence lies, otherwise even if he has more strong artillery pieces, he can't stop the peasant army that is coerced by the family.

In history, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty in later generations was not given yin by the family, so after Sima Shu made it clear that his enemy was the family, he had been deliberately trying to win over the common people at the bottom, as long as the common people who accounted for the majority of the power stood on his side, the final victory must belong to him.

Wu Chang continued: "Hehe, don't underestimate those rebels, their combat effectiveness is still very strong, and the number of enemy troops far exceeds ours, their loss of one or two thousand people is nothing." Alas, the weather is so cold, if the prince hadn't sent us a lot of supplies, the family wouldn't know what would have happened! ”

"Captain Wu, I don't have a daughter-in-law yet......"

The Wu Chang smiled and said, "Don't worry, after this battle, the eldest brother will ask your sister-in-law to tell you the matchmaker." ”

When the soldier heard this, his face suddenly turned happy, and he said, "I don't know what it's like to be a woman." Hehe, Brother Wu Chang, you have to talk and count! ”

"Talking counts, counts. Alright, now that the fire is extinguished, let's ride and go around again. ”

"Okay!"

Then they put out the flames on the ground, and then led the horses out of the house, and rode away. (To be continued......)