On the second day of the first month of March, Lin Zhan had already led a cavalry across the Yellow River, in the name of inspecting the defense, but it was to transmit the signal of war to the north of the Yellow River. On this day, Su Tingxia led the 20,000 new troops in Luzhou City to also set off north.

Because almost everyone focused on Lin Zhan who led the troops north, so that Su Tingxia came out with soldiers and horses, few people would investigate, and even if they got the news, they all thought that Su Tingxia was just soldiers and horses out of the city to "train soldiers".

More than 20,000 soldiers and horses, it sounds like a lot, but everyone knows that more than 20,000 soldiers and horses are new soldiers, the younger ones are only thirteen or fourteen years old, and the old ones are fifty or sixty.

Han Jian held a military meeting very solemnly, but it was very brief, and at the meeting, Han Jian did not convey any spirit of the upcoming war against Beichuan. Obviously, the Dongwang Mansion is now short of soldiers and food, and this battle cannot be fought, because of this, even the "own people" of the Dongwang Mansion and the imperial court will not think that the next thing to deal with is a war.

Lin Zhan's headquarters went to the north of the Yellow River, and unsurprisingly they were stationed soon after, and they did not make any action until the fourth day of the first month of March. In the eyes of outsiders, Lin Zhan's dispatch of troops is the beginning and the end at the same time, and there is nothing to patrol to the north. At the same time, the team of Su Tingxia, the other soldier, stopped and stopped, and in only two days, they walked more than 100 miles to the north, but they were stationed in a place where there was no village in front of the village and no store in the back.

At this time, the scope of Su Tingxia's department extending to the north has reached the limit of the border controlled by the northern part of Dongwangfu, and further north, it will enter the land controlled by Beichuan.

Just when everyone thought that Su Tingxia would either continue to go north or retreat, Su Tingxia's troops unexpectedly headed east. Take the road directly to the direction of Hebei and Shandong. This paragraph. The name is controlled by the imperial court, but it is a neutral area under the jurisdiction of Beichuan and Dongwangfu, and many places are not relied on, and they all wait for the struggle for power in the Northern Dynasty court to be decided, and then choose which side to rely on.

Han Jian also learned about this situation on the night of the fourth day of the third month, and after Han Jian looked at the military map, he roughly understood what Su Tingxia meant.

This time, Su Tingxia's troops led their troops north. In terms of military rations, it can last for more than half a month or even a month, but it is also necessary to save food, and there is almost nothing in military supplies. There is only one set of military uniforms, and they are all old clothes piled up in the imperial warehouse, the siege equipment is zero, and the blades are also damaged, and many soldiers do not even have a set of basic spears, let alone replace them after they are damaged on the battlefield. It was originally an old, weak and remnant army, plus the army was not in order. I don't have much combat experience, and if Beichuan goes down in this situation, it will be sent to death, so it is better to "train the troops" first. There is no better way to train troops than to substitute training with battle.

The cavalry in Beichuan is not easy to deal with, so don't pick the hard bones first, just pick the soft ones first, and take the regimental training and garrison armament in Shandong and Hebei. If you don't have weapons, you can also rely on grabbing, and you can grab all the way in a battle. In the case of war to feed war, anything that does not disturb the people is nonsense. Along the way, it was basically burning, killing and looting, and there was nothing to take into account. If you take it into account, there is no way to reason with ordinary people, who will see their own food and materials being robbed? If there is a provocation, it is very strange that the people do not come out to make trouble. Not to mention the landlords, the more big landlords are, the more they can afford to raise domestic soldiers. Once these family soldiers are connected, it is also not a small local force, and when the time comes, it will be very difficult for Su Tingxia to deal with it just by forcing the local people to rebel.

But Su Tingxia passed. It seems to be to gnaw on these bones. After all, compared to Beichuan soldiers and horses, these are still soft bones.

On the fifth day of the first month of March, Su Tingxia had only been sending troops for three days, and he had already started a war with the local armed forces.

There was no suspense in this battle, Su Tingxia commanded his 20,000 soldiers and horses, and attacked the county seat of Jixian County, which was garrisoned by less than 200 people. After Su Tingxia entered the city, he directly robbed the granary of Jinxian County, but found that the granary was basically empty, and then Su Tingxia began to rob the homes of the big landlords in the city.

The news spread to Luoyang City on the evening of the fifth day of the first month of March, and public opinion was in an uproar for a while.

Su Tingxia, as a general personally appointed by Han Jian to defend one side, did not stay in his own defensive place, and actually traveled a long distance to attack Jinxian, which was itself an act of arrogance, and after taking the county seat, he did not do anything to reassure the people, but he looted, which was even more vicious than the mountain bandits. This is very detrimental to the people's hearts that have just stabilized.

Originally, Han Jian was still in the military station to continue to receive news and make some arrangements, but people kept gathering at the gate of the military station, and their meaning was obvious, they were all here to inquire about what was going on. They naturally believed that these things were not instructed by the imperial court, nor were they instructed by the Eastern Palace. Because the Dongwangfu and the imperial court were still quite prestigious among the ordinary people before, after all, they were the "kings", after pacifying the place, there had never been a robbery, and the military regulations of the Dongwangfu had also made corresponding measures to reassure the people, so they naturally would not loot. Now all the spearheads are pointed at Su Tingxia, everyone thinks that Su Tingxia has different intentions, Han Jian gave him 20,000 soldiers and horses, and he is ready to seek his own way and become his mountain king.

"Your Highness, can you see anyone outside?" The generals of the military institute were very anxious, and it was almost never the case of officials and generals from the imperial court and the Eastern Prince's Mansion coming to the yamen of the military office to discuss the law at the same time. After Han Jian heard the news, he was still able to deal with it calmly, and he didn't even say a word, which also made the people below feel hesitant.

"Let Lin Shangshu come in by himself." Han Jian finally spoke.

Not long after, Lin Ke hurriedly entered the yamen of the military station, and Han Jian was still reading the battle report in front of him. When Lin Ke saw Han Jian's stern expression, he seemed to guess that Su Tingxia would not go over to do those things of burning, killing and looting by himself, and it was also possible that the matter was instructed by the King of the East.

"Your Highness." Lin Ke waited for a long time, but he didn't see Han Jian look up, so he had to speak first.

Han Jian raised his head slightly, looked at Lin Ke and said, "It turned out to be Lin Shangshu, and he didn't say anything when he came in, thinking that only this king was there." ”

"Your Highness laughed." Lin Ke's face was very embarrassed, "I don't know Your Highness, have you heard about what happened in Jinxian County recently?" ”

"Recently?" Han Jian frowned.

Lin Ke sighed: "Today, this morning, it is said to be ...... Something big and small happened in the county. ”

"Even Lin Shangshu can know about it, if this king says he doesn't know, Lin Shangshu, I am afraid that people in the world will not believe it." Han Jian said, "If Lin Shangshu has anything to say, this king is very busy now, and he doesn't have time to listen to you beat around the bush." ”

Lin Ke knew that Han Jian was busy in front of him at all times, because Han Jian was too lazy to see him, and when he said that he was busy, he was perfunctory and told him to get out of the way early.

"Your Highness, the lower official heard that General Su Shen led all the way to kill Ben County, and today after entering Ji County without resistance, he conducted a ......."

"Wait." Han Jian suddenly raised his hand and said, "Yuxian? It sounds familiar, Lin Shangshu, where are you from? ”

Lin Ke was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Back to Your Highness, the lower official is from Wei County." ”

"Wei County, not Ji County. Okay, that's it next, you go on. Han Jian said, circled the "Wei County" on the map, and the pair of Ji County, although the map ruler of this year is not very clear, but roughly calculated, it is also Linxian, at most no more than a hundred miles.

Lin Ke was still reasonable, but when he heard Han Jian say "It's next" as if he had no intention of saying, "It's next", he was a little flustered. The heart said Could it be that Han Jian was ready to send troops to attack Wei County next?

"Your Highness...... Think again! Lin Ke said hurriedly.

Han Jian frowned and asked, "What are you thinking about?" ”

"This Wei County is still the land of the dynasty, but it can't be said that it will be attacked, and there are ...... Now the government and the opposition are all concerned about the fact that General Su led troops to capture Jinxian...... There is a lot of discussion, and please think twice, Your Highness...... Do not reinvent the thing that kills. Lin Ke was completely panicked.

After all, Wei County is not Wei County, it is someone else's land, but Wei County can live many people in his hometown. Although Lin Ke is not a native of Luoyang, the big family that is basically close to him has migrated over as a whole, and even migrated to Jiangdu. But in the land of China, where there is a local relationship, the hometown is greater than a qiē, especially for an elderly person like Lin Ke. If he watched his father and fellow villagers suffer misery because of what he said, then he could go back and kill him.

"Lin Shangshu's words, how can this king not understand." Han Jian pretended to be puzzled and said, "As Lin Shangshu said, this Wei County has always been under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, what reason does the imperial court have to attack it?" Moreover, Wei County's taxes this year are not in arrears, and the county governor of Wei County ...... Isn't it also Lin Shangshu, your relative? ”

Lin Ke smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, the lower official is now the servant of the ministry." ”

Han Jian nodded and said, "Okay, Lin Shilang, do you have anything else to say?" ”

Lin Ke smiled bitterly, he was not a stupid person. Han Jian's seemingly unintentional "It's next one" just now was clearly threatening him, as if he was telling him, if you mess around here again, I can't clean you up, but I can clean up your hometown first.

"Minister...... The minister had nothing to say. Lin Ke saluted with a wry smile.

Han Jian said: "Lin Shangshu, you don't have anything to say, this king has it." This king asked this Su Shen general to fight Beichuan, but he went to Jinxian County, this trouble is not small, you see that this king is not dealing with him now, if he does not dispose of him, the whole court is criticized. This has to bother Lin Shangshu you, go and explain more to the people below. (To be continued......)