At present, the only counties in the entire Bei'an County that still maintain a certain degree of independence and independently control both military and civilian politics are Andu and Ningqiu counties.

Ningqiu County is located on one side, the terrain is complex, mountainous and hilly, and the population and wealth are all in the middle and lower reaches, which cannot have any impact on the overall situation.

The other three counties of the four counties in the south of the county were won, and in the end, Ningqiu County would not have to take too much effort, and it would be a matter of course.

Compared with the strategic position of Ningqiu County, Andu County, which is located in the northernmost part of Bei'an County, is of great significance.

Its city defense is complete, and the traffic is to the outside world, which is the north gate of Bei'an County.

Sun Yucheng, who owns the two counties of the county seat, took Andu County and sent heavy troops to defend the checkpoint, which can form a closed loop of political and military territory and have a solid strategic rear.

In this way, if you come to deal with the Demon General's Mansion in the south of the county with peace of mind, you will be much calmer.

Lou Jinpeng likes to understand the geography of mountains and rivers since he was a child, and he is familiar with family military books, so he naturally knows the value of Andu County to Bei'an County.

Therefore, he took the two counties day and night, wanting to surprise and attack Andu, and strive to gain the first opportunity in the upcoming big battle.

From the beginning of the Jiedu Mansion sending troops to collect the south of the county, Lou Jinpeng knew that they were going to go to war with the General's Mansion, which was an inevitable truth that one mountain could not tolerate two tigers.

It's just that he never expected that Zhou Bai's movements would be so fast, according to the pre-war temple calculations, the General's Mansion was a regular scattered garrison, and he ate in the wild.

Zhou Bai wanted to gather all the troops and heavy grain and grass decided on the First World War, and seven days should be the fastest period, which was enough time for the army to return.

However, the envoy from Andu County for help had just arrived in Pingcang, and the main force of his army could go out on the same day, which was too unreasonable.

"Prepared? Or is there a leak in the Jiedu Mansion? ”

No matter how many questions Lou Jinpeng had, in the face of Sun Yucheng's successive urgent edicts, he could only lead the army to return halfway.

Twenty thousand men were brought out, 5,000 government troops and 15,000 foreign town troops, but when they returned to the county seat, they became 30,000 people.

Not only did he not send troops to stay in Tongxian and Fusheng County, but he also looted and took away all the soldiers and horses in the two counties, including the family members of the big clans.

The money and grain in the government treasury of the other two counties were also completely emptied, and they did not look like officers and soldiers at all, but bandits ran away after making a fortune.

In particular, Fusheng County is the only middle county in the south of the county, with a population of more than 200,000, and nearly 7,000 soldiers and a large amount of money and grain have been looted.

The more than 10,000 new soldiers and horses are indiscriminately filled, their will is not strong, and they cannot give full play to their combat strength, and other problems are not a matter in his eyes.

If you can't do it in the field, you can also put it in the city to assist in defense, or as a supplementary soldier.

As for how much instability and trouble this kind of behavior will bring to the future rule of the Jiedu Mansion in the south of the county, I can't take too much care of it at the moment.

In the next big battle, you can only win and not lose.

If you win, you can slowly recuperate, and if you lose, everything will be empty.

On April 14, Jiao Tu, the vanguard general appointed by Zhou Bai, led 3,000 regular soldiers (garrison) plus 300 cavalry to reach the market town of Futong, a hundred miles away from the county town.

Now that the Demon Army is on the march, the cavalry will no longer be hidden as a treasure, and there is already the confidence to train in battle.

The horse army was expanded to a total of 1,000 cavalry, except for 500 cavalry as direct subordinates, and the remaining 500 cavalry were used as ranger sentinels such as night guards and army equipment.

The forward is equipped with 300 cavalry, which is to use the advantage of cavalry to cover the battlefield in front, effectively harass and delay the activities of the enemy, and makes Sun Yucheng blind.

Since the great changes in Cangbei County, the grassland trade route has changed from having caravans passing through every day before, and now there is no caravan in sight for a few days.

Because now only the general's government can send Taoist officials to sit in the town, so as to ensure that the caravan is not disturbed by wild ghosts, and if you want to maintain the grassland trade route, you need to spend more manpower and material resources.

Similarly, Huyanhe, who is winning in the grasslands to the north, has made it much more difficult to obtain resources in the south.

In order to ensure the smooth flow of trade routes and buy and sell resources regularly, Huyan made a big wave of blood.

Eight hundred war horses, equivalent to 10,000 taels of silver, cheese, fur, ore and other grassland resources, are indeed getting better and better.

Moreover, Huyanhe not only built a new city on the grassland as the capital of the Northern Jin Kingdom, but also made significant military progress and took most of the northern foothills of Yinshan Mountain.

The significance of Yinshan to the Jin people is extraordinary, Huyanhe's title is Yinshan Hou, if all Yinshan is based, then Huyanhe will gain unimaginable political prestige.

The aristocratic ministers on the side of the Southern Jin Kingdom will also turn around and support him, and the unification of the Jin Kingdom will be a foregone conclusion.

Thinking of Huyanhe's various performances after entering Daxu, especially his forbearance and determination in Shenjing, he finally got the opportunity for Emperor Xiangxing to let him be a "knife".

Zhou Bai felt that such an opponent, if he really let him unify the Jin Kingdom, the rear would definitely be greatly threatened.

So after taking Huyanhe's resources, the General's Mansion set up a field in Cangbei County.

Of course, after receiving the money, they will definitely not let Huyanhe travel thousands of miles to get resources, and the caravan is still sent by them.

However, Cangbei Rongchang is nominally a foreign field, and all forces can come here to exchange resources.

For example, another large grassland country, Xianbei country, and Nanjin country, which is adjacent to Cangbei.

Jiao Tu can't think of these big strategies and strategies, and he won't care about them.

He only cares about uprooting Futong Town as soon as possible, this is the first battle to join the General's Mansion, and if he delays a little, it will be difficult to repay the trust of the Demon General.

The position of vanguard is suitable for many people in the Demon Army, and Zhou Bai chose a demoted general, which naturally gave him a chance.

If you can achieve a good record, you can not only prove your talent, but also quickly integrate into the big collective of the Demon Army.

The general of the red and yellow natal talent, Zhou Bai really wants to reuse the training, and serving as a pioneer is to see the specific performance of Jiaotu.

Futong Town, as the name suggests, is a commercial market town rich in goods.

On weekdays, this is one of the most lively places in Bei'an County, and even if it is a county town, it may not be as complete as the goods here.

Since Sun Yucheng raised troops to take the county seat, the counties in Bei'an County have basically cut off official exchanges, and several market towns and strategic places around the county town have become the military management of Jiedu Prefecture.

In particular, Futong Town is an important node for the Northern Army to go south to the county town, so there are garrison troops here.

The prosperity is no longer there, and the houses around the market town have been collectively demolished to build a wall.

An open commercial market town has been transformed into a fortified military village next to the official road.

At the beginning, Zhou Bai could lead the cavalry around and come and go freely, but if he really wanted to march the army, he couldn't leave such a nail behind, otherwise the logistics and grain routes would be attacked.

On the wall, there are many soldiers, and the garrison army is waiting for it.

However, whether it was a non-commissioned officer or an officer, they were all sad when they saw the army arrayed outside.

Because this powerful army of soldiers and horses didn't plan to set up camp, but built a simple ladder and a battering ram, it seems that they will capture Futong in one go.

"Report, the enemy's vanguard general Jiao Tu, let people send a letter of persuasion to surrender, Mr. Qian, you see?" A personal soldier quickly sent a letter and handed it to Huang Gui, the commander of the garrison.

Unlike the central army, a battalion of 500 people is not enough to garrison many places, and it is too much to garrison one guard and two guards.

The garrison army needs to be flexibly adjusted, so many additional military positions have been extended to supplement the regular corps, battalions, guards, etc.

Such as hundreds, thousands, garrisons and so on.

Without waiting for Huang Gui to read the letter and learn who the pioneer chief general outside was, the other officers immediately exploded.

"Zhou Ziqi, Jiao Zi Jiangqi, sure enough, it is Jiao Weijiang, how can he be him!"

"What are you afraid of, we have 2,000 people, and they are only 3,000, and we can't defend it if we can't fight in the field?"

"Alas, brother, you are from a handsome family, I don't know Jiao Tu's prestige among the county soldiers, no one was afraid of the Cangshan group of thieves at the beginning, and Jiao Tu immediately retreated into the mountains for several months as soon as he sent out the army."

"There are two thousand of us, but only seven hundred are old people who have practiced and started with the handsome, and the rest are ......"

Before he finished speaking, Huang Gui had already glared at him and snorted coldly.

Suddenly, there was silence on all sides, and everyone was silent.

The eldest brother is good to them, he is really angry, and there are not a few military lawyers.

Weifu used it for his own use, and Huang Gui then crumpled the persuasion letter into a ball, and his heart was more comfortable.

These brothers, after following the garrison of Futong Town, ate and drank spicy food, but they were a little carried away.

However, his face was still dull, because he knew that his subordinates were right.

Huang Gui and other guards stationed around the county town were actually not the best errands at the beginning, and the four counties in the south of the county and even other pass counties in the county, which one was not as good as the guard positions in small towns.

But the blessing and misfortune were unpredictable, just when Sun Yucheng was just about to send troops to clean up the four southern counties of the county, he was hit head-on by Zhou Bai, and his prestige and luck were greatly reduced.

For the time being, the troops from other towns can only stay in the county seat, and Huang Gui's positions around them have become fragrant and sweet.

may be to strengthen the defense, or it may be to block the mouth of the generals of the foreign town, with the acquiescence of Sun Yucheng, the guards who went out of the town like Huang Gui have expanded their troops one after another.

Futong Town, which Huang Gui occupied, grasped the trade routes, and was rich in money, grain, and taxes, so he had a scene where he had a thousand generals, but brought two thousand soldiers.

There were not many soldiers of 2,000 soldiers, but it made a general in Jiedu Mansion who took a fancy to his position, and failed to persuade Sun Yucheng to lower the order.

But really thinking of the combat power of his two thousand soldiers, Huang Gui was a little uncertain, how long could he hold it?

One day or two days or three days?

Jiao Tu came too fast, and he didn't give him a chance to escape at all, and you said that if you had sent a letter earlier, he would have held on.

As a non-festival descendant, Huang Gui, who is just a patrol inspector, doesn't know what to write "loyalty" at all.

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"Report, Mr. Qian, outside the town, the water source outside the town has been discovered."

Just when Huang Gui hesitated, Jiao Tu outside was not idle, as the former county guard, the county town was a hundred miles away, and he was not familiar with any place.

A few close subordinates suddenly looked like bitter melons, Bei'an was short of water, and the only source of water in Futong Town was a hidden underground spring, unless it was a local, the general people didn't know where it was.

This is also because they are not prepared, otherwise they must have to store the spring water in advance.

"It's only enough water for two meals for the whole army?"

"Go, behead the logistics officer for me!"

Huang Gui's anger had nowhere to vent, but Jiao Tu's methods were one after another, not only making the guards shout that they were cut off from food and water, and there were no reinforcements.

It is even more directly rewarded, rewarding the heads of Huang Gui and other officers at all levels, rewarding those who take the initiative to open the city gates, and rewarding those who are about to fight in the uprising.

Huang Gui's head is worth a thousand taels of silver...... The person who took the initiative to open the door was Xu Congjiupin's official body......

For a while, people in Futong Town were panicked, and Huang Gui always felt that his neck was cold, and he couldn't help but be suspicious.

"Big brother, why don't we vote, I think Zhou Fumo is very generous, even if you can't lead the troops, at least you have an official body, right?"

Coupled with the whispers and exhortations of his subordinates, Huang Gui was shaken.

"Mr. Qian, there is a fire in the back village, and someone has become a traitor!"

At this moment, thick smoke rose from the direction of Houzhai, and at the same time, Jiaotu outside gave an order to attack.

"Kill!"

Huang Gui's expression changed, if there was a person who watched the qi here, when he could see the luck above his head connected in the direction of the county town, it was being disconnected step by step.

Bang~

Finally, when the pale archers on both sides, ready to shoot the first wave of arrows, he gave the order.

"Open the gate of the village, I, Huang Gui, have surrendered, and I only want to be the guide of the demon general!"

Call~

In a relaxed exhalation, Huang Gui also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart at the same time, he didn't feel embarrassed, and the one who knew the times was Junjie.

The key is that he understands what Sun Yucheng's intention is to let him guard this place, which is nothing more than to delay some time as much as possible, so that it can consume a little bit of the sharpness of the Demon Army.

……

Two hours later, still outside Futong Town, Huang Gui changed his previous weakness in front of Jiao Tu, and instead fiercely cut off the head of a Jiedu Ya soldier.

As far as the eye could see, a reinforcement army of 3,000 people was being flanked by Huang Gui and Jiao Tu, scattered and collapsed.

Many people didn't know why Futong Town fell so quickly, and the big marshal obviously sent them to support as soon as possible.

"Huang Gui, you betrayed the handsome, you can't die well, ho ......"

Huang Gui recognized his general on the neck and slashed it again.

It can be seen that in fact, he is in a somewhat complicated mood now.

Serendipity, time is also fate.

On April 15, after taking Futong Town as a rear stronghold, the main force led by Zhou Bai officially approached the city of Bei'an County.

After learning that the Jiedu army, which wanted to fight with him in the field, retreated back into the city because of the defeat of the striker, Zhou Bai couldn't cry or laugh.

Should I say that Jiao Tu was too good at fighting, or that he did bad things with good intentions, but after all, he took Futong Town and destroyed 3,000 enemies.

It turned out that Sun Yucheng learned that Lou Jinpeng brought back an army of 30,000 people, and his confidence was doubled, so he wanted to fight against Zhou Bai based on Futong Town.

There are 20,000 soldiers in the county, plus Lou Jinpeng's 30,000 soldiers, no matter how you look at it, they have a better chance of winning.

Before Zhou Bai destroyed his Fulong Taoist group and cut his luck, Sun Yucheng admitted that it was a big defeat, but it was an extraordinary level.

He didn't believe that he would lose in the battle of the army, and now that he had the help of the three realms of Yin God, he was even more confident.

It's just that the battle of Futong Town gave him a hard slap, and the morale of the Jiedu army plummeted.

"Peng, where is General Lou's position? Zhou Bai's Demon Banner is almost in front of my Jiedu Mansion! Sun Yucheng overturned the things on the eucalyptus table and asked angrily.

"Back to the marshal, General Lou has gone to Tingshan, thirty miles away on the outskirts of the city, and has set up eighteen military villages on the mountain."

"Why don't you return?! I want to be the same as Huang Gui......"

The hall was silent, and Sun Yucheng also realized that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly shut up.

After a long time, the adjutant general cautiously replied: "General Lou said that the county city defense is complete, and the marshal has 20,000 soldiers, and he can also transfer the young and strong people in the city to assist in the defense, so he doesn't have to worry about it for a while." ”

"And the lonely city is difficult to defend, and the general wants to echo each other with Tingshan and the county town, so as not to fall into a completely passive situation."

At this time, the flag hunting outside the city, the remnant sun is like blood.

Under the confrontation of tens of thousands of troops on both sides, the military spirit of slaughter impacted luck, making it difficult to spy on the trend of the war.

But when Zhou Bai heard that Lou Jinpeng was garrisoning Tingshan, he immediately relied on his qi technique to complete his success, and spied on Sun Yucheng's trace of mistakes.

The hidden dragon qi is transferred, when did this Sun Yucheng lose his destiny!