Zhending County.

As the state city of Hengzhou, Zhending is not only famous in Hengzhou, but also famous in the entire Hebei region.

Zhending was called Changshan in ancient times, the birthplace of Zhao Zilong, and has been a military town for thousands of years, and Yanping, Dingzhou and called the three heroes of the north.

It took some effort for Charahan to capture the city of Zhending, but it didn't cost much.

In the case that Song Zhi took the imperial court to Bianliang and the imperial court forbidden army was concentrated in Yanping, there were not too many soldiers and horses with combat power in the entire Hebei region, and the strength of Zhending City was insufficient, so it naturally could not stop the elite of Beihu for a long time.

After capturing Zhending City, Chalahan took this as a stronghold and continued to use troops to the south, advancing with King Zuoxian on two roads until he reached the edge of the Yellow River.

Now that the army has occupied Hebei, countless prosperous cities and thousands of miles of fertile land are under control, and the army's materials, money, food, ordnance and weapons have been greatly replenished.

After a short break, it's time to take advantage of the victory and tackle the next target.

Zhending City is in the east of Jinyang City, less than five hundred miles away from Jinyang City, not close, but not far. The land of thousands of miles in Hebei is just falling overnight, and for Jinyang, where the Zhao family and the Yanmen army are entrenched, Charahan is naturally determined to win.

"We must win Jinyang this year!"

In the big tent, Chalahan, Xiao Yan, Bai Yin and others set strategic goals.

"There was no army of defense envoys in Jindi, and the only available soldiers in Zhao Beiwang's hands were the Yanmen army, and now he has become the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, and he has the military and political power of Jindi, and the first thing he will do is to recruit troops and expand his strength. ”

Xiao Yan's current duty in the army is to collect military information from all sides, and he has gradually established a team with sufficient manpower, among which there are many cultivators of the Yuan Shen Realm:

"If we want to capture Jinyang, the best choice is to fight quickly and not give the Zhao clan a chance to grow. ”

Charahan didn't take this matter too seriously, and the old god was saying:

"Even if the Zhao clan can recruit a group of young men quickly, it will take time to train, and it will take even longer to form combat strength, give him a year and a half, these new troops will not be our opponents of a hundred battles, so there is no need to worry. Our enemy is still the Yanmen army.

"In the previous battle between the two sides, the Yanmen army made it difficult for us to progress because of its control of the Xiongguan moat and taking advantage of the advantages of the location and complete fortifications. Now that we are fighting in the vast area, their advantage is gone, what can stop us?"

This time to attack Jindi, Charahan can mobilize more than 200,000 soldiers, and the troops occupy an absolute advantage, so he is full of confidence - the reason why there are fewer soldiers and horses than before is because the occupied places need to be garrisoned.

Xiao Yan came to the map, pointed to the area between Zhending and Jinyang, and analyzed:

"From Zhending to Jinyang, there are two roads to go, the north road takes the Chengtian Pass, passes through Meng County to the west, after capturing Yangqu, appears in the north of Jinyang City;

"The two roads are only about fifty miles apart, and they flank each other in solidarity with each other. ”

Chengtian Pass and Jingcheng Pass are all passes at the northern foot of Taihang Mountain, and they are also the first threshold for the Beihu army to enter Jindi from Zhending, and they are only more than 100 miles away from Zhending City.

After conquering these two passes, the Beihu army could enter the Jin land and continue to go deeper; if it could not even cross these two thresholds, it would be impossible to talk about capturing the three Jins.

Bai Yin looked at Yutu and added: "Before we broke through the Yanmen Pass and attacked Yanping, we left a group of soldiers and horses in Daizhou to contain the Yanmen army, but now they are blocked in Wutai Mountain.

"If this part of the soldiers can break through the enemy in front of them when the Yanmen Army is stationed at Chengtian Pass and Jingcheng Pass, they will be able to enter Xinzhou and threaten and attack Jinyang from the north direction with a condescending position. "When the Right Xian Wangbu swept through Hebei, Xiao Yan was planning how to attack Jindi, destroy the Zhao family, and avenge Zhao Ning's revenge of the year.

"From Xinzhou to Jinyang, we have to pass through the two fortresses of Chitang Pass and Shiling Pass, and it is not easy for us to do this with the soldiers and horses we left in Daizhou.

"However, if the Northern Route Army starting from Zhending can break through Chengtian Pass and Shiai County and successfully capture Yangqu, it will be able to attack the belly and back of Chitang Pass and Shiling Pass, and take the soldiers of Daizhou to the south.

"Then the two troops will be able to enter Jinyang smoothly!"

Charahan was busy with the war in Hebei before, and he didn't think as much about the situation in Jin as Xiao Yan, and he didn't see it as thoroughly as the other party, but now after listening to the other party's explanation, he only felt that his eyes were suddenly bright.

In all fairness, no matter which way the three-way army is, it is not easy to attack Jinyang, and it is necessary to pass five levels and kill six generals. Jindi has both offense and defense, and there is a lot of room for maneuver, which is indeed not just talking.

If Charahan wants to attack Jinyang, there is no other choice, there are only a few roads.

Sending troops from Zhending, there is also this passage between the southern foot of Wutai Mountain and the northern foot of Taihang Mountain, if you do not send troops from Zhending, it is Wutai Mountain to the north, and the main body of Taihang Mountain is to the south.

The former still had to take the road of Daizhou, and the latter went to the edge of the Yellow River, which was equivalent to giving the flank to the Qi army in Bianliang, and it was not easy to fight all the way to the north.

If you don't attack from the north and east, it will be even more impossible to attack Jinyang from the west. The east side of the river is backed by the Yellow River, and the terrain to the west is not suitable for the use of troops.

If it is an ordinary war, an ordinary general, when facing the situation in front of Chalahan, he will definitely feel extremely tricky.

Since ancient times, it has been difficult to attack Jindi.

However, Charahan regarded himself as a strong soldier and a strong horse, believing that there was a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, and did not think that the Zhao clan and the Yanmen army could stop him.

"The soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, and the grain and ordnance of the army have all arrived at the designated position?" Charahan confirmed to Bai Yin.

Logistics is Bai Yin's responsibility, and he immediately said that everything was ready, just waiting for Charahan to send troops to the battle, but in the end he added:

"At present, the collected grain is only enough for the army for three months, and if the war drags on, a second round of grain requisition will have to be carried out. ”

Charahan didn't take this to heart too much.

On the one hand, he is going to capture Jinyang this year - even if Jinyang City cannot be captured, as long as the city can be besieged, there will definitely be no shortage of food in the fertile land of the southern basin of Jinyang at that time.

On the other hand, in case the war does not go well, it is enough to transfer grain and grass from Hebei. The prosperity of the Great Qi lasted for so many years, and the landlords, local tyrants, merchants, and officials were all very rich, and a little money and grain was nothing.

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Jinyang Barracks.

Zhao Ning and Zhao Beiwang stood on the platform together, looking around at the soldiers who were sweating and training in full swing on the school field.

The 30,000 soldiers in front of him, all of them are fierce and fierce, and they are full of fierceness in their gestures, although they are not murderous, but they have begun to take on an elite appearance.

"They have been training long enough, and they are already very proficient in all kinds of tactics, and they can go into battle at any time. "It was Zhao Xun who spoke, and this Zhao private army was trained by him.

After the battle of Baifengkou in Fengming Mountain in the seventh year of Qianfu, Zhao Xun relied on the pill given by Zhao Qiyue to pick up a life, and fortunately repaired the foundation of cultivation, and now it is the late stage of the Yuan Shen Realm.

These 30,000 soldiers, with the Zhao cultivators as the backbone, held official positions at all levels, supplemented by the cultivators of Yipinlou. The young and strong soldiers with high talent and good performance were also awarded middle and lower-level military positions on the basis of merit.

Whether it is the number of cultivators or the weapon configuration of the Fu soldiers, this private army is no different from the Yanmen army.

"When the army fights, the new and old soldiers must be used together, so that the new soldiers can grow as soon as possible. This group of soldiers was divided into three parts, one went to Daizhou, one went to Chengtianguan, and one went to Jingchengguan. ”

Zhao Beiwang made a logical decision, and after saying this, he changed his words and asked Zhao Xun: "The generals and colonels drawn from the Yanmen Army will enter the camp tomorrow, how are the recruits going?"

After the imperial court gave Zhao Beiwang Hedong Jiedu the post of envoy, the latter decided to recruit the young men of Jindi into the army as a reserve force. According to the financial and civil resources of Jindi, the number is initially set at 50,000.

If we want the new army to quickly build up its combat strength, it is the best way to have the generals and veterans of the Yanmen Army take up military posts and backbones.

"50,000 young men have been recruited, and they are waiting for training now. "Zhao Xun is already talented and extraordinary, and after the foundation of his cultivation was repaired, he is even more full of fighting spirit, and now he is specifically responsible for recruiting and training new pawns for the Zhao family.

Zhao Beiwang nodded, and immediately set his eyes on Zhao Ning.

"The cultivators have already arrived in Jinyang, and they will be able to enter the barracks tomorrow and train with the new soldiers. "Zhao Ning is a planner and decision-maker for major military and political affairs in Jindi, and there are also some specific affairs that he personally ordered.

It is not difficult to recruit 50,000 young people, but the difficult thing is where the cultivators in the army come from.

After all, the Zhao clan has a limited number of people, and can only serve as the backbone of the Yanmen army, private army, and new soldiers, and hold military power, and most of the cultivators are short, and they have to rely on the folk Jianghu cultivators to fill them.

These Jianghu cultivators are mainly the people of Yipinlou and Changhe Boat Travel, as well as the folk cultivators they have absorbed and assessed.

Nowadays, Yipinlou and Changhe Boat are already behemoths, although the top masters are limited, but there are many beginner cultivators in the Imperial Qi Realm and the Yuan Shen Realm, far exceeding the family.

These Jianghu cultivators, if they can seek a step forward from the Hedong Jiedu Envoy here, fight for a rich future, and change their own destiny, few will be unhappy.

After coming out of the barracks, Zhao Ning had just returned to the house when a steward came to report: Batu and Tana had been waiting in the side hall for a long time.

Previously, Charahan helped Prince Dadan successfully restore the throne, and under the disastrous defeat of the evil king Batu, he almost fled from the royal court alone, and when he came to Jinyang to join the Zhao family, he was followed by more than 20 followers.

To Zhao Ning's surprise, Princess Tana also followed Batu.

Seeing Batu and Tana in the hall, after greeting each other, Zhao Ning asked the other party about his intentions. Batu and Tana came to join the Zhao family, of course Zhao Ning would not refuse, and had already arranged the other party's food, clothing, housing and transportation.

But that's all, Zhao Ning didn't let the other party participate in any affairs.

"Thanks to Brother Zhao's acceptance, we got rid of the pursuit and had a place to stay, and I was grateful to Brother Zhao for all kinds of care these days, and I often felt ashamed of it.

"I heard that the Tianyuan Thief Army is about to attack, and I am here to ask for help today, hoping that Brother Zhao can let us join the army in the war and give us a chance to take revenge on the Tianyuan Thief Army!"

Batu's words were earnest.

Zhao Ning laughed secretly in his heart, he didn't let the other party participate in various affairs these days, and raised the other party like a pig, waiting for the other party to take the initiative to ask for war.

But if Batu still wants to return to the Dadan Ministry, he can only rely on the support of the Zhao family. At the moment, if he doesn't take credit in the war and flatter the Zhao family, even if the war is won, why should he ask the Zhao family to help?

Those who can follow Batu all the way to Jinyang are all strong people who have cultivated well, and there is also a Wang Ji Realm. Plus Batu itself, it is the two kings of the extreme realm.

These two Wang Ji Realm, and more than 20 masters in the middle and late stages of the Yuan Shen Realm, whether they are placed in Daizhou, Chengtian Pass, and Jingcheng Pass, are all a force to be reckoned with.