Fengji, who was stationed in the city of Mayi, always kept an eye on the outcome of the great battle in the north. When he learned that Liu He personally led the army into the grassland to face off against the Xianbei people, he couldn't keep his mouth shut for several days. However, Feng Ji's good mood did not last long, when the news of Liu He's defeat to Kebineng in the north of Danhan Mountain came, Feng Ji was not only shocked but also depressed, because such a result greatly exceeded his expectations!

For Feng Ji, the longer the war between Youzhou and Central Xianbei lasts, the better, because only in this way will the troops and materials of the warring sides be consumed to the greatest extent, and Bingzhou can sit back and reap the benefits and stay out of the matter. Or, Kebi can lead the army to attack Youzhou, wreak havoc on Liu He's territory, and cause heavy losses to Youzhou, such a result is also beneficial to Bingzhou.

Feng Ji's only unacceptable result was that Liu He won, and it was a big victory in a short period of time.

If there is no war to stop Youzhou's footsteps, Feng Ji feels that sooner or later Liu He will lead his troops from Youzhou to Bingzhou, and it will take all the northern counties of Youzhou in one breath at that speed.

Feng Ji originally hoped that the troubles would lead to the east and let Kebineng fight a protracted war with Liu He, in order to achieve this goal, he not only gave up the four northern counties of Bingzhou to Kebineng, but also continued to retreat to the south and let Kebineng's troops go to Youzhou.

Now, after the news of Liu He's victory came, Feng Ji suddenly fell into a dilemma.

"Is it to take advantage of the emptiness of the western front of Youzhou to move eastward, or to take advantage of the defeat of the Xianbei people by Liu He to recover the four northern counties of the state?"

Feng Ji pondered repeatedly in his heart, and it was difficult to make a choice for a while.

Several important generals of the Northern Route Army of Bingzhou did not hesitate so much in Feng Ji, when they learned that Liu He defeated the Xianbei people in the north, they still admired and was happy in their hearts, after all, as a Han people, in terms of national feelings, they still hoped that the Han people could suppress the barbaric and fierce Xianbei people.

Yan Liang proposed to Feng Ji. Taking advantage of the weakness of the Xianbei people left behind in the four northern states and the panic of the people, they immediately sent troops to subdue the four counties of Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong and Yanmen, and the generals such as Jiao Touch, Lü Kuang, Lü Xiang, and Ma Yan also supported Yan Liang's proposition, which made Feng Ji feel that his status and prestige in the Northern Route Army had been challenged.

In order to clean up Yan Liang, Feng Ji ordered Yan Liang to lead 15,000 infantry troops to march east from Mayi, and directly attack Banshi City, which is close to Juyang County on the western front of Youzhou, and several generals who supported Yan Liang's claim were also sent to Yan Liang by Feng Ji to go to the eastern front together. Yan Liangzhi was very dissatisfied, and he distinguished from Feng Ji. insisted that the remaining troops on the western front of Youzhou were not empty, and that attacking Youzhou Banshi with only 15,000 infantry would not only fail to achieve the intended goal, but would delay the opportunity to subdue the four northern counties of Youzhou. Feng Ji expected that Yan Liang would say this, so he told Yan Liang that he would personally lead the remaining 15,000 soldiers and horses, and take Zhang Xu, Zhang Nan, Zhang Kai and other generals to the north to expel the remnants of Xianbei.

As soon as Yan Liang heard that Feng Ji was going to divide his troops, he was anxious at that time, and resolutely refused to agree with Feng Ji's decision. He mercilessly accused Feng Ji of being unwise to divide his troops at this time, and as a result, Feng Ji was furious, and even wanted to deal with Yan Liang's military law on the grounds that Yan Liang disobeyed military orders. Zhang Xu and others hurriedly stopped Feng Ji. interceded for Yan Liang, but although Yan Liang was not beheaded, the North Route Army of Bingzhou was still divided into two routes, one was led by Yan Liang to attack Youzhou, which was empty. One route was led by Feng Ji to the north to subdue the city occupied by the Xianbei people.

A few days later, Liu He learned of Yuan Jun's movements on the way back to Macheng, and he sneered and said to Guo Jia, Tian Chou and others: "I always thought that Feng Ji was still a person with a bit of brains. This time I did such a brainless thing, do you really think that my western front in Youzhou is muddy? ”

Guo Jia also said with contempt: "If Feng Ji uses all the troops and horses on the North Road to attack Youzhou at this time, he may be able to bring some trouble to Youzhou, but that's all." Our infantry will arrive at Macheng in a few days, and even without cavalry support, it will be enough to deal with Yuan's army. It's a pity that Feng Ji is not greedy enough, and he even thinks about having both fish and bear's paws, but in the end, he is afraid that he will not get anything. ”

It turned out that a few days ago, after Liu He made a plan to send troops to merge with the state, he divided the troops into two roads on the grassland, and all the cavalry was under the command of Zhao Yun, and entered the state to clean up the remnants of Xianbei's entrenched four northern counties, while all the infantry escorted the remains of the sacrificed soldiers and the wounded soldiers to return to Youzhou with the main general Liu He.

Tian Chou suggested: "Since Yuan Jun wants to take advantage of the fire to rob, it is better to teach a good lesson this time, so as to save them from causing trouble again in the future!" ”

Liu He nodded and said hatefully: "That's right!" Keeping these guys who eat inside and outside is just a waste of the food cultivated by the people of the state! ”

Guo Jia saw that Liu He had made up his mind, so he said: "Since Gongzi wants to teach Yuan's army a lesson, he can order General Zhang He to lead 10,000 infantry to directly seize Pingcheng in the south, and strike and deter Yan Liang's troops who are advancing east into Youzhou. ”

Liu He said with some hesitation: "If Zhang He is allowed to lead 10,000 infantry to act alone at this time, our army will only have a few thousand infantry left, and the more than 10,000 Xianbei prisoners in the team will be in trouble once they riot, wouldn't it be dangerous?" ”

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Gongzi's concerns are indeed reasonable, but this trouble is actually not difficult to solve, so let General Zhang He take the Xianbei prisoners to Pingcheng together." This time, General Zhang's task was just to deter Yan Liang's army, the more people and horses who went to Pingcheng, the greater the deterrence of Yuan's army, anyway, Yan Liang didn't know that there were more than 10,000 Xianbei prisoners among the soldiers and horses brought by General Zhang. ”

Liu He felt that Guo Jia's suggestion was feasible, so he sent someone to the rear of the team to invite Zhang He, who was in charge of the palace, to the Chinese military tent, and then told Zhang He of his decision. After listening to this, Zhang He accepted the new order without hesitation, and assured Liu He that he would successfully complete the task.

In this way, the team returning to the east was divided into two teams again, one of which was led by Liu He to continue to move closer to Macheng, and the other team of more than 20,000 people was led by Zhang He to divert the route to the south, heading towards Pingcheng, which was more than 300 miles away.

A few more days passed, and Yan Liang arrived twenty miles west of Banshi City with 15,000 infantry.

Xiahoulan, who stayed on the western front of Youzhou, rushed to Ban's with troops from the direction of Gaoliu to reinforce as early as when Yuan's army moved, and now the total strength of Ban's city is only 4,000 infantry, but Xiahoulan is not afraid at all, and does not take Yan Liang's 15,000 soldiers and horses in his eyes.

It's not that Xia Houlan is blind and arrogant, it's that he is too familiar with Yan Liang's old opponent, don't look at the current strength of the Yuan army, which is several times more than the remaining strength of the Ban clan defending the city, but they still want to break through the solid Ban clan city or wishful thinking.

A Ban city, in the past few years, I don't know how many Yuan soldiers have been devoured, whether it is Yan Liang, Wen Chou, or other Yuan generals who came, they all hated the outside of the city and never captured this inconspicuous city.

Yan Liang camped fifteen miles outside Ban's city, and then organized his troops to launch a tentative attack, but naturally suffered a merciless blow from the defenders of the city.

Although Xiahou Lan is not as famous as Zhao Yun and Zhang He, he is now the director of the Internal Affairs Department of the Jicheng Command Office, specializing in military discipline picketing and rewards and punishments.

Yan Liang's attack on Ban was frustrated, so he immediately stopped, and then made no other moves. He couldn't disobey Feng Ji's orders, but now that he was leading his army, it was up to him to decide how to attack Ban. Yan Liang didn't have any hope of capturing Xia's City at all, so he stopped after making a gesture, the purpose was naturally to protect the more than 10,000 infantry under his command.

Three days later, Liu and the group returned to Macheng smoothly, and when they entered the city, they were welcomed by the soldiers and civilians in the city, and people of all ages were celebrating the great victory won by Youzhou not long ago.

When Liu He entered the city, more than 10,000 cavalry led by Zhao Yun had already entered Yunzhong County, and they were like a fierce storm, driving the Xianbei people who remained in Yunzhong County to flee westward. When the Xianbei people learned that Kebineng had been defeated and fled to the depths of the desert in the north, they had completely lost the mind to resist, and when they learned that it was Zhao Yun who led the army to recover the lost territory, they did not dare to stay for half a minute in horror, and fled to the northwest in the shortest possible time.

In other words, wherever Zhao Yun led the army, there was no knife and a shot at all, and just by his name, he scared away the Xianbei people who remained in the counties.

When Zhao Yun rushed forward with the Youzhou cavalry, Feng Ji also entered Dingxiang County with 15,000 soldiers and horses, and the remnants of the Xianbei people here had long since disappeared, so Feng Ji effortlessly recovered the five counties of Zhongling, Luoxian, Shanwu, Tongguo and Wucheng. It's just that when he led his army to continue to advance towards Yunzhong County, he met Zhao Yun's troops near Jiling unexpectedly.

When Zhao Yun led the army to leave, he did not know the actions of the Bingzhou North Route Army, but after Liu He sent Zhang He on the way back to Macheng, he sent a fast horse to the west to inform him of this change, so Zhao Yun's appearance in the south of Jiling City at this time was intentional.

Zhao Yun is waiting for the arrival of Feng Ji here!

Because all the cavalry led by Zhao Yun was cavalry, and the cavalry could only exert its full combat power in the open field, so he disdained to station his troops in Jiling City, but lined up in the field in a dignified manner, wanting to have a frontal battle with Feng Ji.

When Feng Ji learned that Zhao Yun was blocking the way, he weakened his momentum at that time, and he did not dare to fight Zhao Yun directly, but carefully sent an envoy to negotiate with Zhao Yun, asking Zhao Yun to lead the army to leave the state, so as not to cause another war between the state and Youzhou.

Zhao Yun was annoyed by Feng Ji's despicability and shamelessness, obviously this guy had already sent Yan Liang to lead the army eastward, but at this time, he said something "so as not to cause another war between Merge and Youzhou", he only said one word to the envoy who came to negotiate with a cold face.

"Get out!" (To be continued......)