At the foot of Helan Mountain, Saibei Jiangnan.

The Yellow River is full of harms, only one set of wealth, the Yellow River is rich in the world, the rich front set is rich in the back set, and it has always been called the rice grain river.

The east of Helan Mountain, the west of Luliang Mountain, the south of Yinshan Mountain, and the north of the Great Wall are all called the Hetao area, and it was also called Henan in ancient times. Text starter/text starter

On the upper floor of the county seat on the north bank of the Luyan River, Chen Kefu looked into the distance.

The mountains in the distance are vast, and the artemisia grass is dense in the distance. Chen Kefu was dressed in military uniform, and Chen Lei, Yang Rengong, Zhang Chuchen and others followed behind.

"I heard that the Hetao area is full of outstanding people, rich and rich, how did you cross the Great Wall, after entering Shuofang, it has always been artemisia grass, this is the land of the Hetao!"

Yang Rengong also used to garrison troops in the land of Hetao in his early years, and he was naturally very familiar with this place, and sighed: "The world is in turmoil, and there have been many years of war. There were four or five separatist forces in the Longshang Hetao area at the beginning, and since the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the grassland tribes north of the Yellow River have also begun to invade in small groups from the south. Natural disasters**, wars are frequent, naturally. Your Majesty doesn't have to worry too much, the land of the Hetao is originally rich, as long as it can be stabilized, it won't be long before this place will naturally become rich. ”

In the Hetao area, the big finger is east of Helan Mountain, west of Luliang Mountain, south of Yinshan Mountain, and north of the Great Wall.

Starting from Mingsha and Feng'an in Lingwu County to the Lingwu Plain between Lingwu Shizui Mountain and Nayuan River, it is also known as "West Set."

Corresponding to the western set, is the east set. The east set refers to the area from Lingwu Shizui Mountain to the south of Yinshan Mountain, west of the Fen River, and Luliang Mountain in the east of the river. It includes Wuyuan, Yulin, Dingxiang and the land on both sides of the Yellow River, as well as Shuofang County. Among them, the Wuyuan County is called the Houtao area. Yulin, Shuofang, and Dingxiang are called the Qiantao area.

The Hetao area has fertile soil and a well-developed irrigation system. It is suitable for growing wheat, rice, grain, soybeans, sorghum, corn, sugar beet and other crops, and has always been the most important agricultural area in the northwest.

It can be said that the three sets of areas in the Hetao are actually more fertile than the Guanzhong Plain. It is not only plugged into the south of the Yangtze River, rice grain river, but also an important war horse production area in the northwest. Moreover, the Hetao also contains a variety of mineral resources such as coal, iron, copper, gold, graphite, asbestos, salt, alkali, and rare earths.

The land of the Hetao is a treasure trove.

Especially for the current Chen Dynasty. Chen Jun at the time of confrontation with the Turks. The strange soldiers broke in, entered Guanlong, and opened up a second battlefield. When Chen Jun entered Guanlong, he bypassed Tongguan, the eastern gate of Guanlong, and took the Mengmen Pass and the Yellow River. Although thus avoided the storming of Tongguan. But it also made it extremely difficult for Chen Jun's logistics to replenish.

Before and after, Chen Jun had already entered Guanlong with 100,000 soldiers and horses. 100,000 soldiers and horses is not a small number, people eat horses and chew, plus combat supplies, whether it is food, grass or equipment, the consumption is extremely large. With such a large demand, Chen Jun could not and could not completely transport supplies from the Central Plains.

In addition to the Central Plains supply, Chen Jun had to replenish a large part of the grain, grass and equipment on the spot. Compared with equipment, Chen Jun now most urgently needs to supplement grain and grass. Before you go. Chen Pojun was not too worried about the supplement. After all, this time the army is Longshang, and Longshang is also the Hetao area, the Hetao is rich, and in his mind, it should not be difficult to supply.

But now. Faced with the barren grass all over the ground, as well as the ruined city, and the hungry people, this made him have a headache.

In the emperor's dragon tent in Yanlvcheng, Chen Kefu, Yang Rengong, Chen Lei, Zhang Chuchen and other generals watched around the sand table. Shi Wanbao, Liu Dewei, Li Shentong, and Li Xiaogong were born in Guan Long, and Li Yuan's old department was originally on the side to tell everyone about the latest military information. On the side, there were also civilian and military personnel coming in and out, quietly reporting and receiving orders.

After listening to the report, Chen Kefu picked up his command staff and instructed on the sand table.

"Xue Rengao's logistical supplies have been intercepted by us, and in addition, the communication between Xue Jun and Yulin Chang Zhongxing has also been cut off by us. From now on, Xue Rengao, who left Shuofang, became a lone army and went deep into Diaoyin, except for the 40,000 horses in his department, there were no reinforcements. Now, we have found out that Xue Rengao has successively taken the three cities leading to Shangxian along the luxury water. Xue Rengao left 3,000 infantry garrisons in each city, and divided 5,000 troops to attack Dabin City by the Pingshui River in the northwest of Shangxian County, and 5,000 troops to attack Yanfu City in the east of Shangxian County. This kid, he really already believes that at this moment I have just crossed the Yellow River and entered the county town of Shang. ”

All the generals laughed, and they were all amazed by the emperor's layout.

Long before the army crossed the river, Chen Kefu, who had just received Chen Kedi's good news, had already begun to lay out. First, Chen Pojun, who was a spy, was deliberately sent to deliver a letter to Ding'an near Shuofang, so that Xue Rengao deliberately intercepted the letter, causing Xue Rengao to lead his troops south. Then Chen Kefu crossed the Yellow River two days earlier than Xue Rengao's letter. Then he personally led 10,000 light horsemen, rode north, went around Xue Rengao's back from a small road, easily took Shuofang, and cut off Xue Rengao's retreat.

Moreover, Chen Kefu had already expected that if Xue Rengao went south, with his character, he would definitely have the intention of capturing Chen Kefu. At that time, he will inevitably divide his troops to attack the counties around Shangxian County separately, and make a ten-sided encirclement to prevent Chen Pojun, a big fish, from slipping through the net. With his conceit, although after the division of troops, he only had half of the soldiers and horses in his hands, but with 20,000 to attack 50,000, Xue Rengao would still be very confident.

Yang Rengong looked at the sand table and couldn't help sighing: "Your Majesty is so calculating, everything was expected. The reason why he said this was because in Dabin City and Yanfu City, at this time, heavy troops had already been deployed to wait for the Qin army's self-surrender. With 50,000 reinforcements crossing the river and nearly 10,000 troops surrendered in the Later Zhou Dynasty, Chen Kefu only brought 10,000 people, and there were still 50,000 left.

In addition to the 10,000 Hou Zhou troops who were arranged in the three cities of Rulin, Funing, and Kaijiang, Shangxian was actually an empty city at this time, and only Li Junxian was bluffing with 3,000 light horsemen. The real soldiers and horses of Chen's army were all secretly stationed in Dabin and Yanfu, as well as Chengping City in the southern part of Shangxian. Dabin and Yanfu each buried 15,000 soldiers, and Chengping City ambushed 7,000 soldiers. Yang Rengong can imagine what the result will be once Xue Rengao attacks like this.

"General Yang Rengong, the deputy marshal of the marching army, you take Shi Wanbao and Liu Dewei to garrison Shuofang City with 3,000 soldiers and horses, monitor Yulin Chang Zhongxing at any time, and be responsible for guarding against the soldiers and horses of the Qin army in Yanchuan and Honghua two counties. The four generals Li Shentong, Li Xiaogong, Zhang Chuchen, and Ma Ning each led their headquarters, and followed me to lead the remaining 6,000 light cavalry to find Xue Rengao's march route to the south. In the record room, the sergeant and the meritorious officer Zhongyu Shinan must record the merits in detail, and there must be no mistakes! ”

"Order!" The generals ordered.

Chen Kefu overlooked the sand table, stretched out his hand and inserted a small flying eagle battle flag into Shangxian. Said coldly: "Since Xue Rengao wants to play big, then I will play with him." This time, we will surround the Qin army on all sides, wipe it out, and completely destroy Western Qin! ”

Diaoyin, on the county seat.

Under the gloomy sky, a row of black dots suddenly surged out in the northwest direction. Gradually, the black dots became a line.

On the unmelted snow on the yellow earth, the black line was unusually obvious, and the next moment, the black line continued to advance, becoming a black ocean. The flags flying one after another are like waves in the black ocean.

"Bell, bell! ~~”

The sound of the alarm bell has sounded in the upper county, and in the distance, you can see the continuous running of people in the upper county.

Xue Rengao rode his horse and jumped up a low slope, with a conceited smile on the corner of his mouth, pointed at the Shangxian city in the distance with the whip in his hand, and said with a smile: "It is rumored all over the world that Chen Pojun is the reincarnation of the god of war, invincible and invincible. Today, Lonely Fall is also competing with Chen Pojun for the edge and martial arts! ”

Xue Huaiyi said on the side: "Your Highness, Chen Pojun has indeed never suffered defeat on the battlefield. Now he has brought 50,000 horsemen to help, and we cannot underestimate him. He defends me and attacks, and we need to be cautious and cautious. ”

Xue Rengao nodded: "What he said is also reasonable, although Lone is not afraid of Chen Pojun, but Chen Jun's firearms are really sharp, so he has to guard against it." The order went down, rested on the spot two miles below the city, there was no need to camp, and the attack was launched immediately after dark! ”

Looking at the sneer on the corner of the crown prince Xue Rengao's mouth, Xue Huaiyi did not persuade again. He knew that although Xue Rengao often behaved very arrogantly on the surface, if he really thought that he was the kind of person who was brave and unscrupulous, it would be a big mistake. Beneath that arrogant surface, in fact, Xue Rengao's cunning is often hidden. For example, resting two miles under the city is a trick. If the general enemy saw the Qin army like this, he would inevitably think that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it and go out of the city to attack.

At that time, they would find out that in fact, this was just Xue Rengao's strategy to lure the enemy, a bad one, not only would the defenders who went out of the city be killed, but it might even allow him to take the opportunity to attack the city. This kind of trick has been seen many times by Qin Jun before, and it has been tried many times. Therefore, after the military order was handed down, although on the surface the Qin army seemed to be slack and chaotic, it was actually loose on the outside and tight on the inside, waiting in secret.

However, what surprised Xue Rengao was that they acted for a long time, and there was still no reaction from the city. It's just that you can see that the defenders in the city have nearly doubled, and the dense defenders are on the wall, and then there are large bed crossbows, which is daunting!

The sky is getting dark, the wind is tight, the flags on the city are hunting, and the Qin army under the city is grinding their fists.

Xue Rengao saw that he couldn't make a plan, and secretly hated in his heart, "What kind of reincarnation of the god of war is nothing more than that, it's just a guts rat." With 50,000 troops, they did not dare to meet the challenge of 20,000 lone soldiers. The order went down, and then retreated ten miles, buried the pot to cook, and prepared for the night battle. ”

The Qin army was fierce and not afraid of night battles, but it could use the night to offset the advantages of Chen's sharp firearms and crossbows. rs

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