The Xiongwu army destroyed the city all the way in Zhuo County and Guangyang County. In less than a month, the rebels in the two counties were wiped out, and naturally there was a visible credit. The Xiong Zhen army, which was the first to enter the territory of Youzhou, watched the brothers' troops slaughter in all directions, so they naturally would not stand idly by, and they passed through Shanggu County at the fastest speed, bypassing the Great Wall around Juyong Pass, preparing for a surprise attack on Wuhuanqiu Liju, which had occupied Di Ping.

Speaking of this Wuhuan people, it is somewhat similar to the Xianbei people, they are a nomadic people entrenched in the area of Youzhou, divided into Shanggu, Liaoxi, Liaodong, Youbeiping four divisions, later Liaoxi, Liaodong, Youbeiping three united, is the three counties of Wuhuan, among which the western part of Liaoning is the most powerful. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Qiu Liju in western Liao became the military leader of Wuhuan in the three counties, and repeatedly sent troops into the fortress to cause harm.

Gongsun Zhan was initially named the captain of Wuhuan Guard, and his most important responsibility was to resist the scourge of Qiu Liju and other departments. It's a pity that Gongsun Chan has been in office for nearly ten years, and he did not fully resist the Wuhuan clan outside the Saiwai, but spent most of his mind on grabbing land with Gongsun Du of Liaodong and Liu Dai of Youzhou.

The reason why Zhang Ju's rebellion was able to set off such a big storm this time was not unrelated to the fact that the Wuhuan people in the four counties were fueling the troubles behind. After Zhang Ju proclaimed himself Emperor Yuyang, he tried his best to win over Qiu Liju, worshiped him as Shan Yu, and begged a large army to attack Yuyang County.

The reason why Qiu Liju took the opportunity to send troops this time was not to give Zhang Ju a face, he took a fancy to the territory of Yuyang County. From the topographical point of view, there is a Yuyang County between Shanggu County and Youbeiping, Liaoxi, and Liaodong Counties, and Gongsun Zhan's Huqiang Lieutenant's Mansion is located in Yuyang County in the north of Yuyang County, which just blocks the joint road between Wuhuan and Shanggu Wuhuan of the three counties. Zhang Ju's rebellion caused Gongsun Zhan's troops to be defeated and surrounded, and he was unable to stop the westward expansion of Wuhuan in the three eastern counties, which just gave Qiu Liju an excellent opportunity to send troops.

Although Zhao Xing was in the Jin Kingdom, his eyes were on the whole world, and he was very vigilant and attached great importance to the northern ethnic groups that had plagued the Han Dynasty in history. At the beginning of the establishment of the Jin State, Zhao Xing did not hesitate to mobilize nearly 100,000 troops to fight in Youzhou, with the purpose of solving the internal and external troubles in the northeast in one fell swoop.

As one of the several army commanders that Zhao Xing admired and trusted the most, Xu Shu was the most resolute and thorough in understanding and implementing Zhao Xing's combat intentions, so Xiong Zhenjun was obliged to provoke the important task of fighting against Wu Huan.

Because it passed through the Upper Valley County, the Bearskin Army was also attacked by some Wuhuan tribes in the Upper Valley along the way. For these tribes who dared to pull out their teeth, Xu Shu did not hesitate to give the order to exterminate the clan. Along the way, they adopted such means as assassination, night raids, poisoning, arson, and explosives, so that the other brother divisions that followed behind them fully understood the terrifying lethality and destructive power of the special operations division.

After fifteen days of marching day and night, the 15,000 soldiers of Xiong Zhen led by Xu Shu finally arrived at the Zhanshui River, which was less than 20 miles away from Di Ping.

Xu Shu ordered the army to hide in the woods by the river to rest, and sent the Shadow Crew to the vicinity of Diping City to reconnoitre. During the night, the Shadow Officers who had gone out to reconnoiter returned with detailed information about Dipping.

According to the intelligence analysis brought back from the shadow spying, the 20,000 cavalry mixed foot soldiers led by Qiu Liju had occupied Diping City eight days ago, and they are currently actively making all kinds of large-scale siege equipment, and the next step is likely to attack Yuyang County, where Gongsun Zan is hiding!

At the beginning, Xu Shu thought that after Qiu Liju took Diping, he might rub the edge of the Great Wall into the territory of Shanggu Realm County, take advantage of the situation to capture Juyong City, and completely control the Great Wall Pass from Lu Longsai to Juyong Pass for nearly a thousand miles. Now it seems that Qiu Liju must have received the news that Gongsun Zhan was defeated and besieged by the rebels in Yuyang City, and wanted to use the hands of the rebels to take Yuyang County, the first important town in the north of Yuyang County, to lay the foundation for the comprehensive annexation of Yuyang County in the future.

According to the marching speed of the Xiongwu army, it should be on the way to Yuyang now, if Qiu Liju completes the siege preparations at this time and goes south to attack Yuyang City in advance, it is very likely to disrupt Li Jinwu's deployment and plan. Thinking of this, Xu Shu immediately ordered the army to march down the dipping water overnight, preparing to fight an ambush battle on the road that Qiu Liju must pass.

It was really a coincidence, less than a day had passed since Xu Shu's temporary adjustment of the battle plan, and early in the morning of the second day, Qiu Liju led 20,000 tribes to leave Diping, and the direction of the march was Yuyang City.

The straight-line distance from Diping to Yuyang is only forty miles, and only one dipping water is needed in the middle, and the rest of the road is an open and flat avenue. And the best place to cross the water from Diping is at a big bend.

Here, the river runs westward, then south, and then east, almost making a 180-degree bend on the west bank. As long as Qiu Liju ordered someone to lower the raft in the upper reaches of the river and go down the river, with the help of the water potential, he could smoothly rush to the flat tidal flat to the west at the bend, which was not only time-saving but also effortless.

For such a convenient place to cross the river and land, Qiu Liju can see clearly, how can Xu Shu let it go?

The ambush site set by Xu Shu was five miles away from the tidal flat to the west of the big bend in the water. In the art of war, it is said that "half-crossing and attacking" can often achieve very obvious results, but this time Xu Shu did not intend to act like this. He had to wait for all of Qiu Liju's men and horses to cross the river before launching an attack, that is, to force Qiu Liju to have a battle with Xiong Zhenjun!

Qiu Liju can easily cross the water from the upstream with the help of the current, but if you think about it the other way, if you want to take a raft back to the east coast, it will be very difficult because of the current.

Xu Shu just wants to make the water a natural shackle to besiege the Wuhuan people. Why was Xu Shu so strong and belligerent? Because his target was the 20,000 people led by Qiu Liju!

According to Zhao Xing's words, when dealing with foreign races, either they don't do it, or once they do, they will be hurt to the bone marrow. Although Xiong Zhen's army only had 15,000 people, Xu Shu was confident that he would win the battle at a very small price.

Because today's march task is quite heavy, to march nearly forty miles, to reach the outside of Yuyang City before dark, so Qiu Liju before the early morning army set off, beautifully ate two lamb legs, drank three bowls of mare's milk wine, and then embarked on the journey with confidence.

Qiu Liju would never have imagined that there would be an extra force of more than 10,000 people in Youzhou, able to approach and ambush him under his nose, quietly waiting to fight him to the death. And this hearty breakfast he ate was most likely a severed meal......