Lin Feng and his entourage traveled down the Fenshui River, traveled rapidly for a day and a night, passed through Fenzhou (now Fenyang City, Shanxi), and arrived at the junction of the Northern Han and Later Zhou countries at dusk on the 29th day of the first lunar month.

I have to say that the Northern Han Dynasty chose Jinju for the purpose of this battle, and it was still very strategic.

In the territory of the Northern Han Dynasty, a Fenshui with an irregular arc protruding to the east was drawn, and after passing through Taiyuan City and Fenzhou in the Northern Han Dynasty, it flowed through Jinzhou in the Later Zhou Dynasty, and joined the Yellow River in Hejin all the way south, and the three prefectures of Xizhou (Zhixichuan, now Xi County, Shanxi), Cizhou (now Ji County, Shanxi), and Jiangzhou (now Xinjiang, Shanxi) in the Later Zhou Dynasty were wrapped in the angle between the two waters, forming an independent small area; And Jinzhou City is the only big city on the east side of Fenshui in the Later Zhou Dynasty, which can just choke the route of the three states to the east, with Fenshui in the west and open in the east, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Seeing the border between the two countries from a distance, Lin Feng and Lin Renzhao, who were exploring the way together, couldn't help but shake their heads and laugh.

After all, the Northern Han Dynasty and the Later Zhou Dynasty both belonged to the Later Han Dynasty less than a month ago, especially Fenzhou and Jinzhou, which suddenly changed from two friendly neighboring states to hostile sides overnight, and naturally they were a little unprepared for this vicissitudes of life. The so-called border between the two countries is on a hill separating the two states, and a simple wooden checkpoint is blocked in the middle, 50 meters on each side of the checkpoint, and dozens of soldiers are stationed in each country.

In Lin Feng's eyes, such a line of defense was useless. Lin Feng and Lin Renzhao retreated, leading four hundred elites around the back of the hill, crossing the ridge, and quietly infiltrating Jinju.

In the next two days, Lin Feng's army went out day and night, passed through Jiexiu, pierced Lingshi, passed through Huoyi, and Luhongdong, and sneaked to Jinju City at 9 o'clock on the night of the first day of February.

Jinzhou, that is, Linfen, Shanxi, in later generations, is also one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation, "Imperial Century" said: "Yaodu Pingyang", Pingyang is also the predecessor of Jinzhou City. Since then, it has been the center of activity of the Spring and Autumn princes and the Jin Dynasty. Later, in the eighth year of the Three Kingdoms Wei Dynasty (247 AD), Pingyang County was placed. In the third year of Yongjia in the Western Jin Dynasty (309 AD), Liu Yuan built the Han Dynasty and Pingyang. In the early year of Wudeok (618 AD), it was named Jinju.

Geographically speaking, Jinju leans on Taiyue in the east, the Yellow River in the west, Hanxinling in the north, borders Yuncheng in the south, and then looks a little farther away, it can be said that "Leihuo in the east, Hefen in the west, Qinshu in the south, and Youhe in the north", since ancient times, it has been a place where soldiers must fight.

Lin Feng and the others were lying on the top of the hill, and they could see the dark Jinzhou City from a distance, and there were not even a few soldiers patrolling the city wall, and it seemed that they had fallen into a deep sleep.

After observing for a long time, Lin Feng turned back to a mountain col and met his brothers who were resting from the wind. Soon, several backbones of the special forces, as well as a lieutenant and two heads of the Northern Han Dynasty, rushed over and briefly discussed their next move under a big stone.

Lin Feng first pointed to Hua Feng, the Northern Han Commander with a fierce face, and asked softly, "Hua Duwei, are your people ready?" ”

Hua Feng saluted Lin Feng respectfully, and replied softly: "The brothers have all received the resettlement fee before leaving, and they can give up their lives at any time, please rest assured Lord Lin!" ”

Lin Feng patted Hua Feng's shoulder and scolded: "Although this mission is a life of nine deaths, I like bloody men like you very much, and I hope to celebrate with you after the destruction of Jinzhou City!" ”

Huafeng also beat his chest like a special soldier, saying that he must live up to the trust. In the past few days, Lin Feng still has a few children, who have endured hardships and hardships like all special soldiers, but they have never fallen behind, and their expressions are not unusual.

"Have you divided the personnel?" Lin Feng continued to ask.

"Divided, one hundred and twenty dead soldiers will begin to infiltrate Jinju City from tonight, and ambush near the East City Gate, and I will personally lead it; The remaining 180 brothers will begin to blend into the villages near the East Gate from tomorrow, preparing to blend in with the refugees and the first besiegers. Huafeng reported.

"Good! Brothers are of the same heart, and their profits are golden! We've won this battle, do you remember how we responded? Lin Feng said appreciatively.

"Subordinates keep it in mind!" Hua Feng said categorically.

"Then you lead the team to set off, when we win, it will be the time when we will see each other again!" Lin Feng unloaded his waist knife and handed it to Hua Feng with the sheath.

Hua Feng was taken aback, and hurriedly excused himself, he knew that the swords of Lin Feng and others were all divine weapons in the world.

After repeatedly refusing to refuse, Hua Feng solemnly knelt on the ground, kowtowed lightly, turned around and sneaked into the night with one hundred and twenty brothers.

What Lin Feng didn't know was that in the evening before they arrived, Wang Yan, the new envoy of Jinzhou Jiedu, quietly entered Jinzhou City with 3,000 soldiers and horses, and while Lin Feng and them were secretly dividing their troops to lurk, the welcome dinner in Jinzhou City was at the climax.

Wang Yan was born in 890 A.D. in Teng, Xuzhou (now Tengzhou, Shandong). A famous general in the five dynasties, he served as the emperor of the four dynasties, and finally became the prince and the prince, and was named the prince of Korea.

Wang Yan was born in a peasant family, was strong and brave when he was young, and often led his neighbors to rob the rich people's homes, and was very famous in the township. In the last years of the Later Liang Dynasty, Xuzhou was in chaos, and many towns were plundered by bandits or peasant uprisings, but Wang Yanxiang was spared because of his prestige. During the Tongguang period of the Later Tang Dynasty, Wang Yan was recruited into the forbidden army, worked for nearly 20 years, and slowly rose to the head of Fengguo.

In the last year of the Later Jin Dynasty (about 945 A.D. - 946 A.D.), the Khitan was fiercely attacking the Later Jin Dynasty, and the army even hit Bian (now Kaifeng, Henan), the Khitan general Liu Yuan broke through Shaanzhou (now Sanmenxia, Henan), burned, killed and looted, and was tyrannical.

So, Wang Yan, who was already fifty-five years old, led several soldiers who dared to die into the city late at night, went straight to the mansion, and killed Liu Yuan. After the incident, everyone publicly recommended Zhao Hui as the commander, Hou Zhang as the deputy commander of the city, and the internal and external inspection envoy and Du Yu Hou, and led the troops to Liu Zhiyuan. At that time, Liu Zhiyuan had established the Later Han regime and established himself as Gaozu, with the era name Qianyou, but his prestige was not restored. Seeing Wang Yan and others coming to defect, he was very happy, and immediately appointed Zhao Hui as the envoy of the Baoping Army, Hou Zhang as the envoy of the Zhenguo Army, and Wang Yan as the defense envoy of Jiangzhou. Later, Liu Zhiyuan learned that it was Wang Yan's idea to kill Liu Yuan, so he promoted Wang Yan to be the envoy of the Jianxiong Army.

In 951 A.D., after Zhou Taizu Guo Wei ascended the throne in the first month, Wang Yan obeyed the call of Hou Zhou, entered Zhou alone, and was named a servant by Guo Wei. Upon learning of Liu Chong's intention to go south, Guo Weiren sent Wang Yan to guard the important land of Jinzhou on the border with the Northern Han Dynasty.

Taking advantage of the slight slowness of the toast at the banquet, Han Lun, the former deputy general of Jinzhou, stepped forward with a glass of wine and toasted Wang Yan, who was already gray, for the second time.

Wang Yan drank half a cup and cast a puzzled look at Han Lun.

Han Lun drank the full cup in one gulp, and then asked softly: "Wang Envoy Xiang, there are many large states adjacent to my Great Zhou and the Puppet Han, why do the envoys think that they will definitely attack Jinzhou, instead of Zhenzhou, Dingzhou and other places close to the Liao State?" ”

Wang Yan looked at the scene where everyone was quiet and listening, stroked his long hair with his hand, and said softly: "The strength of the puppet Han is due to it!" The Liao State is as proud as a tiger and wolf, and thinks very highly of itself, how can it be easy to dispatch a large army as the Northern Han wants, and the elites of my Great Zhou are all in the north, if the puppet Han dares to attack, he will definitely hit his head and bleed, and return in vain. In this way, they can only choose the two states of Lu and Jin, which are adjacent to each other in the south.

At this point, the answer is simple. If we attack our Luzhou (Zhishangdang, now Changzhi, Shanxi), our Great Zhou can besiege it from Zezhou, Xiangzhou, Xingzhou and other places; You can also counterattack the pseudo-Han from Jinju, Zhenju and other places. Looking at it this way, they only have one choice left in Jinzhou, and they can also rely on the natural danger of the Yellow River and the Fen River to avoid being attacked in many ways! ”

"The king makes a high argument, not an epiphany!" A group of civil and military officials who gathered around opened their mouths one after another, all with a respectful expression of "admiration to the extreme".

Han Lun was still frowning, and asked uneasily: "Prime Minister Wang, if it is certain that the other party will attack my Jinzhou, will we send reinforcements to the northern counties to block the attack step by step?" ”

Wang Yan shook his head lightly, lightly tapped the ground under his feet with his feet, and said easily: "The key to victory or defeat is in this Jinzhou City!" The rest are all details, irrelevant to the overall situation, not enough to worry about! ”

The expressions of the ministers of civil and military affairs suddenly became no longer the same, some of their eyes instantly became clear, and some of them were vigorously hiding their incomprehension and confusion.