In the valley that looks like a plain and not very wide valley, Liu Aqi led his men to gallop into it to inspect it, and sure enough, he found traces of Hu Zhong living in the valley, and then made a search and persuasion, and one after another Hu Zhong came out of the valley and stood on the flat ground outside the valley waiting for the reorganization.

"General Han is really eagle-eyed, why did he find out that there was a Hubu population hiding here?"

Li Tai saw the men and women who kept coming out of the valley, and couldn't help but look at Han Guo and asked with a look of surprise.

With the arrival of reinforcements and the worry-free back, Li Tai's first plan was to muddy the waters first, so that the remaining personnel of the Eastern Wei Dynasty could not accurately control the exact forces and specific targets of their party.

To do this, it is obviously not enough to rely on his men and horses, and if tens of thousands of horses really pour out of the nest and advance and retreat on the territory of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, it will not be regarded as confusing the opponent, but dancing on the grave.

The scattered Lishihu Zhuzhong in this realm is a very good choice, since the year before last after the army entered the suppression, the Zhuhu Department suffered heavy losses, except for the Zuoxian Wang Department who fled out, the rest of these are also hiding in Tibet, living in the dark.

If these Lishi Hu people can be collected and recruited, it will definitely be a considerable force, not to mention how much destructive power it can erupt, at least it can hide the forces and targets of Li Tai's subordinates, so that the people left behind in Jinyang cannot make accurate judgments.

When they embarked on this plan, Han Guo, the Wuchuan general, gave Li Tai a big surprise.

The terrain here is complex and changeable, and the remnants of the Jihu tribe are hiding in Tibet and have no fixed place, so they can survive under the encirclement and suppression of the Eastern Wei army.

But Han Guo took the initiative to ask Ying and accompany the team to carry out this task, and only through the observation from a high and distant view, he could find the area where Hu Zhong was hiding, and he could gain something from searching everywhere he pointed to, and then Liu Aqi, the former confidant of King Zuoxian, came forward to persuade him, which greatly increased the efficiency.

Li Tai saw that he had recruited two or three thousand Jihu people in more than a day, and while he was in a good mood, he couldn't help but be very curious, what signs Han Guo used to judge.

It must be known that he was still thinking about whether to bring the Great Withered Withered Withered by the Liu Clan to be used as a scout, but now it seems that those Great Withered Withered Withered Ones that can soar in the sky and overlook are not as efficient as Han Guo.

When Han Guo heard this, he smiled reservedly, and said: "Sometimes it is true that it is discovered by some slight signs, but sometimes there is no trace to follow, but there is a sense in my heart. It's not that I intend to hide it, it's just that I can't say it myself. ”

Li Tai couldn't help but sigh secretly after hearing this, he didn't think that Han Guo had any tricks that he didn't want to reveal, some talents were so unreasonable, incomprehensible but real.

At this time, he can be considered to understand why Yuwentai chose Han Guo to be his partner, this super memory and discerning reconnaissance skills are simply a human map and human radar, which is really suitable for doing things in this kind of environment behind enemy lines!

"Then the next matter here will be entrusted to General Han first, and if there is any latest situation, then the envoy will report it quickly."

Seeing that Han Guo was so competent for this task, it didn't make much sense for Li Tai to continue to walk together, so he handed over the matter to Han Guo to take full responsibility, and he went directly to the next goal.

Since the internal migration of the Southern Xiongnu in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the Lishi area has become one of the areas where these Hu tribes settled in. Liu Yuan of the Han Zhao Dynasty, who opened the era of Wuhu Chaohua, was proclaimed emperor here, marking the beginning of hundreds of years of great turmoil.

Liu Yuan's base camp is the Lishi area, and the Southern Xiongnu people in his subordinate have gone through the years and merged with the Zhuzahu tribe to derive the current Jihu tribe, so many Jihu people still regard Liu Yuan as one of the spiritual totems of their tribe.

Li Tai's next target is the capital Zuoguo City, which Liu Yuan set up at the beginning of the uprising.

Zuoguocheng is located in the north-central part of the Lishi area, on the bank of the Lishishui River. Lishishui is the Sanchuan River of later generations, Sanchuan River runs through the entire Luliang Mountains, is the most important river in the Luliang Mountain area, because there are three main tributaries and make this name, Lishishui is one of the Beichuan River, flows through the Luliang Mountains from south to north, connects this area with the Xiurong area.

The reason why Li Tai took Zuo Guocheng as the next target, the first reason is naturally because of Liu Yuan of Han Zhao, this city has extraordinary significance in the Jihu group, if you can call on the Jihu tribes according to this city, the appeal will also be greatly increased.

The second reason is to use Zuoguo City to control the Lishishui River Valley, so that the Eastern Wei army cannot enter the Lishi area from the north road, so that they can grasp the greater initiative and toss with confidence.

Zuoguo City is not very far from the Lingshui Basin, and even if there is a distance that needs to be turned south, the whole journey is only more than 150 miles.

On the way, you can see many dock walls and villages distributed between the valleys and ridges, and there are many farmers who are busy harvesting crops in the fields.

When the people and horses enter the Lishishui River Valley, the rolling mountains on both sides compress the view between the river valleys, which is inevitably a little depressing. Moreover, there is also no shortage of fort dock walls along the river, which are crowded with people, looking like they are facing a great enemy, and there is no joyful picture of welcoming the king at all.

The existence of these dock walls was also a hidden danger, so much so that Li Tai had to leave a combat team of about one or twenty people every other way, so as not to be blocked in the river valley by these Eastern Wei people out of righteous indignation.

Fortunately, he arrived near Zuoguo Castle shortly after turning into the Kawagu Valley, so that Li Tai would not divide his troops too much.

Zuoguo City is located on the east bank of Lishishui, the rear is surrounded by mountains, the pattern of the city is somewhat similar to the previous Wutu City and the scale is larger, and its outer city circle occupies most of the valley, so that Lishishui has a big arc to the west in this vicinity, which shows that Liu Yuan also used his heart when he built the city, and may have used to open the mountain and move the water.

However, compared with the majestic pattern, Zuoguo City as a whole is a dilapidated scene, most of the outer walls have been damaged, and there are many traces of earth and stone repair and then weathering and collapse.

Looking inward from the gap in the wall, the inner city is divided into several parts of the building, and a pavilion eaves building on the hillside has also been dilapidated, probably the former Han Zhao palace building, when the residents had already become white bones, only the ruins and broken walls were left to endure the mountain wind.

The city under the slope is a long and narrow strip according to local conditions, and there is a wooden watchtower standing in the south, which looks a little old, as if some ancient wind cities in later generations that are not well managed, tourists are scarce and lack of maintenance, although the pattern is there but is no longer bright.

At this time, the sound of trumpets also sounded in the city, and many soldiers could be seen walking around the city, and there seemed to be a lot of them, but because the city was too large to be effectively defended.

After Li Tai watched for a while, he led Zhu Meng to lead hundreds of soldiers to dismount and put on armor and enter the city along the gap in the outer wall. He himself led the rest of his soldiers through the valley to the west side of the city, and suppressed and expelled the defenders of the city by attacking with bows and arrows.

As the distance closed, Li Tai also saw the situation in the city clearly, the defenders were about 2,000 men, but they were chaotic and lacked effective command and control.

According to what Pi Jinghe said, Zuo Guocheng did not officially send troops to garrison, because according to this, Xiurong City, which is hundreds of miles away, is where the heavy battle is.

But after the autumn, there will still be a lot of people gathered here, mostly some powerful troops around Jinyang, taking advantage of the autumn harvest to enter the sweep, after all, mosquito legs are also meat. For these town soldiers and army leaders, the households that are not under their control are nutrients, and if they don't do it, others will not let it go, so what's the need to be polite.

"You thieves, which slave are you slaves under the door, when you see Lao Tzu entering here, why don't you quickly open the city gate and serve wine and food!"

Looking at the apprentices in the city who were headless and flyless, and had no rules to abide by the rules of the city, Li Tai couldn't help but have a bad taste in his heart, and shouted loudly towards the city.

When he shouted, someone really had the courage to ask them loudly about their identity and origin, which shows that there is still a fluke mentality. Li Tai didn't bother to respond, seeing that Zhu Meng and others were approaching the gate of the inner city, he ordered the knights to shoot arrows into the city, although the casualties were not large, but the chaos brought was not small, and even the guards at the head of the city pushed and dodged and fell down directly, it seems that not all the soldiers in the Eastern Wei Dynasty are like wolves and tigers, and these domestic slaves in front of them are vulnerable goods.

"Go to the north of the city to besiege and kill all these thieves and slaves!"

Li Tai's men shouted and intimidated in the valleys outside the city, and at the same time made a gesture to ride north to surround the city.

Before they could bypass the narrow north-south city, there were already soldiers in the city who couldn't help but rush out and flee north. The soldiers here did not have the heart to hold on, and since some people fled outward, others followed suit, lest they fall behind, and soon the city will be empty.

It was another tasteless victory, Li Tai led his troops to chase out more than ten miles, slashed and killed some of the fleeing people on the way, and captured a hundred and ten people, and then no longer continued to pursue, after all, there is Xiurong City further north, I don't know if the elite of the Eastern Wei Dynasty is already on the way to this place.

By the time Li Tai and the others returned, Zhu Meng had already begun to lead people to clean up in the city.

After entering the inside, Li Tai also understood why those soldiers were unwilling to stick here, not only because of timidity, but also because this former Han and Zhao old capital, the city of glory in Jihu's mind was really seriously damaged inside and out, and only the city walls of the inner city were still intact, and almost all other functional buildings were gone, and they had to set up camps in this capital.

However, there are still a lot of materials such as cloth, silk, millet and other materials in these remaining camp tents, which shows that these rich slaves who fight the autumn wind have also gained a lot.

Although the amount is not considerable, it is finally the first harvest since Li Tai entered the country, which is a good start. Although there were some material reserves in Wutu City before, they had already been divided up by the Lishi Hu people who entered the city first, and even Liu Aqi couldn't restrain them.

Just those two jujubes, Li Tai is too lazy to chase them up, Zuo Guocheng, the old capital of Han and Zhao, has been occupied, is the Eastern Wei Bafu in Jinyang City still far away? When the time comes, you won't be able to find any treasures!