On the eighth day of June in Daning 242, Long Jie's troops left Ruzhou and officially began to attack Xiangcheng on the northwest road of Beijing, opening the prelude to the counterattack on the Central Plains, and the news immediately spread in all directions.

When Su Hedai heard the news that Long Jie's army had begun to attack Xiangcheng in a big way out of Ruzhou, he immediately summoned scouts to ask, and he had to confirm Lin Jianyue's location before he could decide what to do.

is still the original answer, Lin Jianyue is in Jiaxian.

Su Hedai was a little uncertain, Lin Jianyue, as the main general, did not lead the army to attack Xiangcheng, but trapped in the small city of Jiaxian, even if Su Hedai led the army to Yingchang Xiangcheng, he would leave enough troops to guard Yangzhai, what about Lin Jianyue's 20,000 or 30,000 people?

But Su Hedai knew that Lin Jianyue would have to make a move when he left Yangzhai, there were still nearly 20,000 troops in Ru County, if they were combined it was still a powerful force, this was already the entire strength of the Long Jie army, and even if there were, it was a local force, and it was useless.

Su Hedai's mind did not think of Shangzhou, but he never received any abnormal news from Hangu Pass, and he also notified the defenders of Hangu Pass to be more vigilant, but he never thought that Long Jie's army would have another force that could cross the mountain to attack him.

Shouldn't you wait for your main force to go south before you start attacking eastward and cutting off your own rear route? Now there are fewer troops sent to Xiangcheng or Yingchang Mansion, and they can't save Yingchang in Xiangcheng, so they are sent more, and Lin Jianyue is staring at the back, and there is a danger of being flanked.

Su Hedai knew that his troops were still insufficient, if the 160,000 subordinates were all Dameng cavalry, he could fight on both sides and defeat Lin Jianyue in one fell swoop, but now the more than 50,000 Han troops and the Semu army are infantry, and it is difficult to cooperate with the cavalry brigade to fight on both sides, and Su Hedai also feels that the combat effectiveness is much worse, and there is a problem of trust.

Su Hedai didn't expect that Lin Jianyue would choose a head-on decisive battle at the beginning, which led to the failure of Su Hedai's idea of falling into the trap.

Now Su Hedai is faced with a choice, either ignore the Hao Tianfeng Department who attacked Xiangcheng, send a part of the troops to assist in defending Yingchang Mansion and not Xiangcheng, and the whole army immediately besiege Lin Jianyue in Jiaxian, and solve Tieqinglin in Ruxian County by the way, so that Yingchang Mansion will be more dangerous. Either ignore Lin Jianyue, first the whole army goes south to break Hao Tianfeng's 80,000 main force, but there is a risk that the logistics will be cut off and being flanked, although it may not necessarily be defeated, but once it is not smooth or can not defeat Hao Tianfeng quickly, it can only retreat to Luoyang, maybe it will lose part of the territory of Jingbei Road, especially the Caizhou line in the south, which is unacceptable to Su Hedai.

Su Hedai hesitated for a long time, and finally made up his mind to choose the first plan, first surround Lin Jianyue in Jiaxian County, he didn't believe that Hao Tianfeng and Tie Qinglin would not care about Lin Jianyue's safety, without Lin Jianyue, there would be no Long Jiejun, and the possibility of success was greater.

Su Hedai decided to also besiege the city to send reinforcements, and only sent infantry troops to besiege it, of course, it was definitely impossible to attack Jiaxian, which had nearly 30,000 troops defending the city, since Lin Jianyue dared to be there, he must be fully prepared. 80,000 cavalry waited for Hao Tianfeng and Tie Qinglin to come at the right time, and 30,000 cavalry supported logistics and Yingchang Mansion at any time, temporarily abandoning Xiangcheng.

As soon as Su Hedai moved, Lin Jianyue quickly knew, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, this is the reason why he has to be in Jiaxian, it is really God to help Long Jiejun.

Liu Bingyun was very nervous, if something happened to Lin Jianyue, no matter how good the plan was, it would not be useful in the end, but he could only step up his preparations.

The day before the arrival of Su Hedai's army to besiege the city, Lin Jianyue ordered the Enemy Intelligence Department to send three letters, each to Liu Jiahao in Lu County, requesting that the march to Luoyang begin immediately; Tie Qinglin held on to his guns, and was not allowed to come to aid Jiaxian without an order, even if Luoyang had already given an order and was waiting for an order; Hao Tianfeng made every effort to capture Xiangcheng and Yingchang Mansion in a short time, and occupied Xuzhou without an order and was not allowed to rescue Jiaxian.

Seeing that Liu Bingyun was cramped and uneasy there, Lin Jianyue smiled and comforted him: "Mr. Liu, don't worry too much, you have repaired Jiaxian so well, the bed is rolling wood, the stone and gold juice are all prepared by you personally, the cavalry is not good at attacking the city, but 50,000 foot soldiers, how can I bear it?" Looking at Su Hedai's posture is to send reinforcements, as long as Tie Qinglin does not move, even if Hao Tianfeng can't attack Yingchang Mansion for a while, it will be no big problem, as long as Luoyang is a moment, Su Hedai will be chaotic, and when the time comes, the three ways will come to help, and the big thing will be decided. ”

"What if Luoyang can't beat it?"

"Don't say that things happen suddenly, even if you rely on the superior forces and your Liu family's internal response in Luoyang, you can forcibly conquer it even if Su Hedai is not prepared, I have confidence in Liu Jiahao. If this is not enough, then there is nothing to say, only to say that the destiny is like this, and I don't believe that fate will favor the Hu people so much. Mr. Liu, the country is difficult, personal life and death honor and disgrace are not so important, since we have set an example, more people will take us as an example in the future to continue to resist Hu, and one day we will be able to restore the Han land. ”

Liu Bingyun shook his head and said: "The commander is a hero, I admire it, but we can't do this, as long as the commander is here, even if the whole army of Longjie is wiped out today, it can still make a comeback, and we will fight to protect the commander and the handsome." Commander Li Yang, are you ready? ”

Li Yang said next to him: "Mr. Liu, don't worry, the situation is really wrong, and there is no need to be handsome." ”

Lin Jianyue glared at the two, crying and laughing.

Liu Jiahao had already prepared, as soon as he received Lin Jianyue's letter, he immediately ordered Zhang Sichang to say: "Zhang Sima, don't hide anymore, immediately send a scout team to go out first, kill all the enemy ranger scouts along the way, report at any time, and inform the Liu family that they should be ready in Luoyang, and the Eighth Army will immediately get on the horse lightly and attack Luoyang directly in the small county on the road, you take the baggage and go back to respond, let's see you in Luoyang!" ”

The most critical action finally began, and Zhang Sichang began to pray that everything would go well.

Hao Tianfeng had already surrounded Xiangcheng and had not attacked, and the enemy situation in the city should have been a little panicked.

It's a pity that the enemy troops in Yingchang Mansion did not come out, and the plan to send reinforcements failed.

Now that Su Hedai's main force has gone to besiege Jieshuai, it is completely the best plan for Jieshuai, although Hao Tianfeng is not willing to do this, but he can only act according to the pre-deployment plan.

"General Li Fei, you immediately lead the cavalry to swim between Yingchang Mansion and Xiangcheng, monitor the movements of Su Hedai's 30,000 cavalry, I will attack Xiangcheng overnight, and immediately come to attack Yingchang with you."

Hao Tianfeng immediately looked at Li Jizhong.

Li Jizhong said with a smile: "Xiangcheng is only 5,000 Hu cavalry, 4,000 Han troops, it is difficult for cavalry to defend the city, Hao Deputy Du only needs to be careful of the cavalry's counterattack, the Han army will not defend with all its might, rest assured!" ”

Hao Tianfeng looked at Xiangcheng, which was already ripe in front of him, and with a wave of his big hand, the drums of the attack sounded, and the overwhelming shouts of killing immediately sounded from all around Xiangcheng, and then three arrows shot into the sky, and the firelight in the city also rose.

This is Menghu's weakness, once the Han people have the strength, opportunity, and courage to counterattack, it is actually difficult for Menghu, which is dominated by cavalry, to defend the city, and it is not really completely subdued by the Han people who surrendered.

But one night, Xiangcheng fell.

Although the five thousand cavalry went out of the city to break through, Hao Tianfeng, who was prepared, had already sent heavily armored pikemen and infantry to wait for him.

Only Tie Qinglin of Ruxian County was anxious, looking at the direction of Jiaxian for a while, and waiting for the letter with great anticipation for a while, and living like a year.