"The Western Thieves went to Jingling and didn't attack Kim Yong City?"

When Zhu Hunyuan heard the general who had fled back from defeat report on the enemy's movements, even if he ignored the so-called garbage information about the thunder helping the war, the rest of the content surprised him.

It is definitely a very serious mistake to make mistakes in judging the movements of the enemy army one after another. However, Zhu Hunyuan didn't bother to do self-examination at the moment, but began to think about why Li Boshan risked being sniped by the middle path to cross the Heluo Plain and go in the direction of Jingling?

"Piling is close to Mengjin Ferry, could it be that the main force of the western thief Guanxi is about to come from the east by waterway this time, so this Li Boshan wants to seize Mengjin in advance for the army to land?"

Thinking of this possibility, Zhu Hunyuan couldn't help but be secretly suspicious, and he was a little uncertain in his heart.

In the past, the Western Wei Dynasty marched eastward several times, all by land, and the Yellow River waterway was underutilized. One is naturally that the northerners are not good at water warfare, and the other is that if tens of thousands of troops march through waterways, the number and scale of ships required are also very large, which is also a big burden for the national strength of the Western Wei Dynasty, and it is by no means able to prepare in a short time.

But this is not absolute, after all, today's Western Wei is no longer what it used to be, especially in the Jianghan region, which has seized huge benefits.

Since last year, Li Boshan has led his army to encroach on a large area of territory in Handong and Huainan, and may have looted a large number of craftsmen and materials to transport them back to Guanzhong, and then built boats and prepared to take a surprise boat to the east, which may also be true.

In addition, the topography of the Biling Mountains has a certain suppressive effect on the valleys and tidal flats where the rivers and rivers meet, such as Qianshui, Gushui and Luoshui, especially in the case of mastering the elite cavalry.

In this battle report, in addition to the more than 3,000 light cavalry led by Li Boshan, the opponents of the Qi army also had a group of men and horses who had been ambushed in Piling early in the morning, but there were not many of them. Judging from the situation reported by the general, it seems that the local thief army was transferred from Guannan to Piling.

These bandits, numbering in the thousands, were usually scattered among the mountains around Heluo, occasionally causing some harassment and trouble to the defenders, but most of the time they were not a problem. Moreover, the cost of in-depth clearance is extremely high and the success rate is very low, so it has been retained.

Now these people are also mixed with Li Boshan, which has undoubtedly added a lot of unpredictable variables.

But Zhu Hunyuan imagined many possibilities, if it was the first case, the main army of the Western Wei Dynasty crossed the river by boat, this was beyond the scope of what he could deal with.

Due to the more convenient mode of transportation such as the river bridge, and the Jinyang soldiers did not like to travel between the banks of the river by boat, the Mengjin Ferry was not a key fortified area, and of course there were no boats moored.

If Li Boshan's goal is there, Zhu Hunyuan can only give up temporarily, even if he divides his troops to garrison now, it will probably be in vain, and he will further dilute the troops in his hands. Only by relying on the arrival of reinforcements from the rear of the country can we intercept the Kansai army here.

But if Li Boshan's intention was to cut off the connection between Heyang and Yiyang with his back to Piling and Qianshui, then he was wrong in this idea.

Previously, the transfer station for the transfer of materials between Yiyang Jiuqu City and Heyang was set up in Qianjinyan in the west of the ancient city of Luoyang, and the last time Li Boshan entered Kouheluo, he captured the other Cangcheng after a fierce battle with Xue Guyan, and this Cangcheng was also greatly damaged.

After the recovery of Heluo, although they added many fortifications before and after, they directly gave up the Qianjincang City, but added the Baiting City in Baiting, which was dozens of miles upstream of Luoshui, replacing the role of Qianjincang City and becoming the material transportation and storage center between Yiyang and Heyang.

Although Baiting City does not have the convenience of being close to the rivers like Qianjincang City, it is located between Jin Yong City and Jiuqu City, so it is more reasonable to choose a location for the transportation of materials to Yiyang.

Now Li Boshan's men and horses are entrenched in the Biling Stream, less than 20 miles away from Qianjincang City, and they are at a distance where they can send light cavalry to attack and disturb at any time. However, it was nearly fifty miles away from Baiting City, and there were several fortresses in between, making it difficult to carry out light cavalry raids.

If Li Boshan's purpose was to attack Yiyang's logistics, then after he rashly entered Biling, it was a bit of a self-defeating implication. The defenders of Kim Yong City and Bai Ting City were like two pincers, relying on the Luoshui River to block them in the Piling area, unable to move. If you can gradually shrink and surround with superior forces, you may even be able to catch turtles in this Li Boshan urn directly!

There are two possibilities, one bad and one good, but Zhu Hunyuan certainly hopes for the latter in his heart, but the former has to be guarded against.

So while he sent people back to Hebei through the river bridge to report on the enemy situation and remind Jinyang to prepare for contingencies, he led an elite army back to Kim Yong Cheng again, and personally commanded the strengthening of the blockade against the Qianjian River.

After successfully arriving at the Piling Qianjian, Li Tai did not rush to deploy the next move, but first camped in the Qianjian for two days, on the one hand, waiting for the arrival of Han Xiong and other troops on the back road, and on the other hand, waiting for the personnel fermentation in some arrangements made before leaving Yique.

He was not worried that he would be surrounded by the enemy between the river streams, the Qianshui River Valley was facing the entire Heluo Plain with the mouth of a trumpet flower, and now Li Tai was stationed in the middle of this trumpet, and the Qi army wanted to pull up a blocking line in front, which could not be done without tens of thousands of horses.

And even if there are tens of thousands of horses and horses arranged in the wild, the effect may not be good, it is better to rely on the key defense of several rivers such as Luoshui and Gushui, which can more effectively cut off Li Tai's retreat.

This is exactly what the Qi army did, and during the two days that the Jingzhou army was resting here, many Qi army camps were added between Luoshui and Gushui in this section of the scouts, echoing each other, and they were in a posture of completely encircling Li Tai here.

Seeing that the enemy army was ready to think it was thorough, Li Tai was no longer idle and began to deploy the next move. Of course, the main reason is that with the arrival of the rear road of the Guannan Righteous Army, the logistical pressure on the team has increased sharply.

In order to be able to quickly pass through the Heluo Plain and arrive here smoothly, Li Tai and his entourage did not carry too many baggage supplies, and even the heavy armor equipment and horse chopping knives that they usually relied on to win were only carried by more than a dozen units.

However, the situation of the Guannan Righteous Army is very sad, in the past few years, wandering in the mountains and wilderness, one by one with vegetables, the first thing after arriving is not to discuss killing the enemy, but to let go of the belly and drink porridge. As for the grain cakes brought by Li Tai and his entourage, it was expected to last about 20 years, but when the rebels arrived, more than 2,000 people ate more than Li Tai more than 3,000 people every day.

Li Tai is not distressed about this mouthful, the key is that we will also score points for the autumn fat, just look at this posture, I am afraid that it will not take ten days, and they will have to kill horses to satisfy their hunger. So it's better to quickly kill the opponent and enter Xiongcheng, even if Li Tai is quite bold, but every day with this group of hungry guys with green eyes, his heart is a little hairy.

Because the front of the Qianjian was not blocked, Li Tai left hundreds of soldiers to guard the camp here, and at the same time continued to set up banners to bluff, while he himself led the Guannan Righteous Army, supplemented by the Guannan Righteous Army, and restored about 5,000 men and horses to leave the Qianjian and enter the White Horse Temple in the west of the ancient city of Luoyang.

At this time, Zhu Hunyuan had already moved to Kim Yong City not far away, and had been paying close attention to the movements of the enemy troops in the Qianjian area, so soon the information about the enemy's entry into the White Horse Temple was handed to his desk.

"If the thief enters the house, the will of heaven will be extinguished!"

When Zhu Hunyuan learned the news, he was overjoyed, and couldn't help but high-five and laugh, and his mood was even more joyful than the successful escape from Longyou back to Jinyang in the old year.

Although it was only a dozen miles forward, this action directly exposed that Li Tai's group had no intention of advancing Mengjindu at all, which meant that the worst scenario expected by Zhu Hunyuan did not happen. So what is happening now is naturally that Li Tai was smart but was mistaken by cleverness, and he fell into a dead place!

That is, Li Tai did not eavesdrop on the opponent's heart, if he knew Zhu Hunyuan's speculation about his intentions, he would definitely be unable to help but scoff: How can you think of my relationship with my boss so well? Lao Tzu wants to send the craftsman materials obtained from the southeast to Guanzhong, and the black otter wants to eat it! Lao Tzu you Eastern Wei and Northern Qi, and it has nothing to do with being loyal to Yuwen Tai or not!

Of course, Zhu Hunyuan couldn't hear Li Tai's heart, so he repeatedly misjudged Li Tai's scheme. But this time, he finally saw hope of victory.

Since Li Tai's intention is not Mengjin, then it means that the main force in Kansai is still a regular way of marching this time, and as long as Yiyang can't break through, it can't enter the Heluo area smoothly.

In other words, Li Tai is alone all the way, although he still has a lot of bluffs, but Zhu Hunyuan has already expected that his people are only a few thousand people, and the supplies he carries are very limited.

On the other hand, here in Zhu Hunyuan, there are 50,000 horses in the entire Heluo War Zone, and there are more than 30,000 people in addition to the more than 20,000 people arranged around Jiuqu City in Yiyang. Although these 30,000 horses are also scattered everywhere, now the most vicious enemy has been blocked here, and the troops in other places can be mobilized by Zhu Hunyuan at will.

So Zhu Hunyuan mobilized a full 20,000 horses and set up two major blockade lines along Gushui and Luoshui, which was bound to capture or snipe this Li Boshan alive in the encirclement!