All the time. The middle and lower-level officers and soldiers of the Jin State did not understand one thing, that is, the Jin State obviously had the strength to take down the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi north of the Yellow River, but Zhao Xing did not move at all and turned a deaf ear to the two counties next to the Jin State.

In the eyes of many people, the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi seem to be a fleshy thorn wedged into the abdomen of the Jin State by the imperial court, which can make the Jin State feel uncomfortable and painful at any time. Just like the unexpected attack on Guyuan City some time ago, even the grandmothers and children of the Jin Kingdom could think that it must have been done by people from the east side of the river.

In Zhao Xing's view, the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi are the dog chains tied to the neck of the imperial court, as long as these two counties are not lost, many people in the court still have illusions, and they will continue to nest in Luoyang to shout and give orders, so that the disasters of the people in the world will be reduced a lot.

It's not that Zhao Xing doesn't want to make a move on the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi, but the time is not yet ripe. This is like boiling a frog in warm water, if the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi are attacked as soon as they come up, then there will be no barrier north of Luoyang, and the imperial court will either be forced to move the capital south under this violent stimulus, or it will fall apart because of internal and external troubles, and these two results are not what Zhao Xing wants to see.

If the imperial court moved the capital south, the best choice would naturally be Xiangyang. And once Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others escorted Emperor Liu Wei to Xiangyang, they could completely get rid of the shackles of some wealthy families in Luoyang City and the interference of their relatives, so as to serve the Son of Heaven in a righteous and bright manner, and take Jingzhou as the basis to appease Sun Jian of Eastern Wu, annex Liu Yan of Yuzhou and Yuan Shu of Yangzhou, and finally form a new force group, which caused huge obstacles to Zhao Xing's southward journey.

If the imperial court fell apart, the world was suddenly in chaos, and the princes from all walks of life rose up to claim the king's hegemony, which eventually led to years of war, the people were displaced, the land was barren and idle, and the nation and the country were greatly injured.

Maintaining a certain dignity of the central court of the Han Dynasty and allowing it to continue to survive in the Sili area is of great political significance for realizing Zhao Xingwen's established policy of attacking and fighting with force and gradually encroaching on the Han Dynasty. It is precisely because of this consideration that Zhao Xing has not completely torn his face with the imperial court, but has maintained a delicate situation of fighting but not breaking.

However, there is no absolute time for everything. For example, before the Jin State was ready to officially use troops in the northeast and northwest directions, it suddenly mobilized a large army without declaring a war, crossed the Yellow River from the territory of Shangjun to the west of Hedong County, and suddenly appeared in the hinterland of Hedong, and the target seemed to be directly aimed at the government-run salt pond near Anyi.

Breaking into the territory of Hedong was 10,000 people of the Yansheng Cavalry Division, and the leading general was Yan Xi. This former Xianbei man, who embarked on the road of death in the south with his father, experienced too many life changes in the first half of his life, and it was not until he took the lead in changing the name "Tuxi", which obviously had Xianbei characteristics, to Yan Xi that his life was stabilized, and there were no ups and downs and ups and downs like before.

As the only regular army of the Yansheng tribe in the north of the Jin Kingdom, although there are only 10,000 people, the Yansheng Cavalry Division has been built in strict accordance with the equipment and establishment of the Jin cavalry since its formation, not only the combat effectiveness has been greatly improved in the previous battles, but also the loyalty and discipline have also been significantly enhanced.

Wild troops are fierce, and iron-blooded troops are disciplined, and the fusion of the two means brave and tenacious.

As early as a few months ago, the combat mission given to Yan Xi by the Supreme Command was to march covertly, arrive at the Yellow River crossing where Shangjun meets Hedong and Zuo Fengyi at night to collect Sangjin, and then forcibly cross the Yellow River to the east and enter the countryside of Hedong County, creating the illusion of a large-scale invasion of the Jin army.

The Dingyuan Army had a total of four cavalry divisions, namely Huang Xuan, Yan Sheng, Yao Xing and Han Army, each with 10,000 people. The Yao Xing division was stationed in the area of the Great Wall north of Yuyang City in Youzhou, and was mainly responsible for suppressing the remnants of the foreign rebellion in the vicinity; the Han army division was stationed in the newly built Sanzu Holy Land Meiji; and the 10,000 cavalry of the Huang Xuan Division, which was originally led by Hu Che'er, unexpectedly did not undertake this task this time, but went north to take over the task of inspecting the northern desert from the Yan Sheng division.

Huang Xuan's division has made great achievements in the east and west, and the entire army is composed of Huang Xuan people who are absolutely loyal to Zhao Xing, and has established the position of the boss among the three nomads. If this force is assigned to carry out this mission, I believe that it will definitely be completed with quality and quantity, but Zhao Xing unexpectedly asked the Yansheng clan to undertake the task of feint and lure the enemy this time, which is really unexpected by many people.

This is an intriguing arrangement, Yan Xi knows that this time Zhao Xing deliberately arranged for the two divisions to be exchanged with each other, not only to exercise Yan Shengshi's intentions, but also to test Yan Shengshi's intentions.

Since the Xianbei people were erased by Zhao Xing's name, many foreign races in the north have gradually accepted the jurisdiction of the Jin State and gradually integrated into the new family of the Yansheng clan, but it is not excluded that there are still some fantasies who take the opportunity to lurk incognito, waiting for an opportunity to make a comeback.

The descendants of Xianbei, who have greedy and murderous blood in their bones, once again broke into the territory of the Han people, will they burn and plunder and get carried away like before, or will they resolutely complete the task like a disciplined iron army? This is Zhao Xing's biggest test for Yan Shengshi!

Of course, Zhao Xing's arrangement is also a bit unauthentic, he is using the people of Hedong County as guinea pigs to experiment with Yan Shengshi. If the officers and soldiers of Yan Sheng's division can't control their hands and feet, and germinate in a solid state in Hedong, exposing their original inferior roots, then he will directly announce to the outside world that this army rebelled and broke away from the Jin State because of the instigation of Zhang Fei in Hedong, and then completely beat Yan Sheng's division into the eighteenth layer of hell, so that they will never be able to turn over.

Fortunately, Yan Xi and his 10,000 Yansheng cavalry really withstood the test.

When they successfully crossed Caisangjin, they always maintained sufficient sobriety, always kept in mind the precepts issued by the Jin Military Department and their identity as Jin soldiers, and they got rid of the inferior roots formed in their ancestors such as alcoholism, bloodthirstiness, greed for money, lust, and cruelty.

They did not commit any offense to the villages they passed through along the way, and they were polite to the panicked Han people who had no power to resist, and they did not hesitate to go towards the set mission goal......

When 10,000 light cavalry armed to the teeth came to the edge of the salt pond, the miscellaneous soldiers of the government guarding the salt pond in Anyi had the instinct that the heavenly soldiers were descending to earth, and they could not resist at all, so they obediently cooperated with Yan Xi and drove all the laborers and coolies who specialized in the task of drying salt near the salt pond together.

Yan Xi said to these hard-working grassroots: "If you want to live, follow me in the future! A female salt-boiling worker in the Xianyang Xuehua Salt Factory earns three taels of silver a month, and you can get four taels a month when you go there, and you can take care of food, housing, and resettlement for the elderly and children!"

The salt workers who had been tortured by high-intensity salt drying labor, hearing Yan Xi's words, their eyes erupted with a strong desire to survive, and they came to Yan Xi without saying a word, and they knelt on the ground one after another.

Yan Xi was very satisfied with this effect, and then said loudly: "Since everyone is willing to follow me, then everyone only needs to do one thing now to prove their determination! Dump all the existing salt piled up in the official treasury back and let them turn into brine!"

Under the watchful eyes of 10,000 cavalry and officials and miscellaneous soldiers, a reluctant person finally got up and walked towards the salt storehouse, and a stream of people gradually gathered behind him......