The road from Linshu County to Yecheng to the east is not too far, but it is not very easy to walk, because it has to pass through hilly and mountainous areas.

Leading the way were the Volunteer Army.

They had grown to nine hundred, not very well equipped, but their morale was good.

Perhaps, these relatively young warriors are easy to be agitated and enthusiastic.

The righteousness of the horses was scattered from afar, and roamed about.

The horseless Yicong walked with 500 auxiliary soldiers, drove the cart, and walked through the mountain post road that had fallen into disrepair.

Sometimes, they even have to stop to build a road – a big pothole in the road that you can't fill in and wait to be cleaned up.

It took them four days to cross the mountains and reach the plains.

They waited here for a day, and then set out again in the early morning of the 20th, and traveled along the post road covered with residual snow to Anyang, by this time the more than 30,000 horsemen under the command of Shi Letong had rested all night in Handan.

Shao Xun had already dismounted and walked, drawing maps as he went, and asked the guides accompanying the army about the local customs.

Chu Yu followed aside, watching silently.

This soldier is a little different.

Probably his favorite thing to do was to keep talking to his soldiers while he was marching. Maybe most of it is meaningless nonsense, but occasionally problems will be found, and after carefully asking questions, they will be recorded one by one and solved.

In addition, he also liked to draw maps, as if he did not trust the books issued by the imperial court, and he had to draw them himself, and added countless annotations to each map, many of which came from his conversations with the guide.

When doing these things, he would often call out a group of officers who he valued and ask them to follow him, silently watching how he did things.

This guy - seems to be able to get things done.

Chu Yu silently compared the impression he had received about Shao Xun before: arrogant, domineering, good at fighting, lustful, and at the same time a little benevolent and fond of farming.

Following all the way, he didn't find anything arrogant about Shao Xun.

There is arrogance, the use of soldiers is fierce and bold, and he does not take all walks of life in Hebei in his eyes, thinking that his army can be won in the world, even if he is deeply encircled, he can still break the enemy army - it is extremely arrogant!

He tried to admonish him many times, but he pressed it all down, wanting to observe it again.

There is indeed a good war.

When Wang Sang and Liu Ling's generation divided their troops and plundered, they decisively seized the fighter plane and pursued them all the way, so that they had no possibility of being defeated and reunited, which can be described as a victory in the first battle.

He hasn't seen it yet, at least this person is not close to women when he fights, and there are no women in the army, which is much better than many generals who bring dancing girls and female music with the army and regard it as an elegant thing.

The more Chu Yu looked at it, the more reliable he felt, and at the same time he felt a little happy in his heart: Lu Yanghou is still discriminated against by many scholars, and there are not many talents in the account, but this is a good opportunity.

Arrive early to occupy a seat early, and arrive late to step aside.

The position of a farmer in the Marquis of Luyang may be acceptable.

In this way, while walking and drawing maps, nearly 20,000 troops stopped and stopped, and arrived at Anyang County, which was in a "state of anarchy" at night, on the 22nd.

From then on, to the north, it is no longer the narrow small post road between Lin Shu and Anyang, but a wide big post road, only forty miles to Yecheng.

At this time, Shile's army had already arrived in Yecheng.

******

The sun hung high in the air, dispelling the chill on the earth.

Shi Le glanced at the sky strangely, it was cold to death some time ago, a north wind went south, all the grass was destroyed, and heavy snow was flying all over the sky.

As a result, after this period of time, the weather suddenly warmed up, and people were at a loss.

Inside the Tongque Terrace, the grass is barren and the walls are falling.

Shi Le convened Wang Mi, Wang Sang, Liu Ling, and Shi Chao to discuss.

At the beginning, the seven generals of Taihang, Zhendong General Qi Wuda, was defeated by Tuoba Xianbei and withdrew with the remnants of the army.

Well, Xianbei also withdrew.

Liu Kun's house, if there is no Xianbei to help him fight, he can't fight.

He wanted to see how long the Xianbei people could help him?

Yan Zhen died.

During the siege of Zhao County, he was killed by a sagger. Thousands of troops have been annexed by Shile, and together with the 30,000 Ding Zhuang he forcibly recruited in Guangping and Zhao counties, they transported goods, grain, and livestock back to Hedong.

Thinking of this, Shi Le's gaze turned around on Wang Mi and the other four generals.

Among these people, Shi Chao has more than 6,000 people.

He is familiar with the people in Hebei, has a deep foundation, and did not use too many means in the recruitment process, and the minds of the subordinates are relatively stable, but it is not easy to forcibly annex them.

Wang Sang and Liu Ling were attacked by Shao Xun, one only had more than 4,000 soldiers left, and the other had more than 5,000 soldiers, and most of them were new soldiers.

Wang Mi didn't suffer any losses, and now he has more than 10,000 steps to ride.

The three of them together have more than 20,000 soldiers, and they are not easy to move.

After thinking about it, he decisively gave up some unrealistic thoughts and said: "The Jin army marched north, with tens of thousands, and the momentum was violent. However, I intend to raise troops to the south and besiege the whole army, what is your intention? ”

Shi Chao looked at the air, as if counting how many particles of dust there were.

Wang Mi took a long time and did not speak.

Liu Ling's old god was there, his eyes half-open and half-closed.

Only Wang Sang spoke: "Governor, our army only adds up to more than 60,000 people, and Shao Xun is afraid that there are 40,000 or 50,000 people, so it is not easy to fight." For today's plan, why don't we take advantage of the fact that he is still in Anyang, let's roll up the goods and go first? ”

"Bang!" Before Shi Le could speak, Shi Chao slapped the table heavily and glared at Wang Sang angrily: "Let's go, let's go!" Yecheng is the foundation of the king's hegemony, and if you give up, give up? ”

Wang Sang was not afraid of Shi Chao, seeing that he was so polite, he replied: "The governor of Pingdong is so majestic, since you went down the mountain, you have not let go, but you are recruiting troops and horses in Yecheng, sitting back and watching us fight to the death, what kind of heart do you have?" ”

"A thief, dare to argue with me?" Shi Chao sneered: "Believe it or not—"

"Bang!" The sound of a heavy object hitting the wooden case sounded.

Everyone looked for prestige, but saw Shi Le throw an official seal on the desk, and said: "This is the seal of the Son of Heaven to the governor, which can control the army." ”

After speaking, he asked someone to bring a sword, held it in his hand, and said in a cold voice: "This is a token of Jieyue sent by Huyan Yushi, what are you dissatisfied with, dare to say it to this thing?" ”

Shile is now the governor of the "festival".

The so-called "festival" was originally a festival, but until now, "holding a festival" is just a symbol of authority.

Tokens are no longer limited to festivals, anything is possible.

Sima Mo, the king of Nanyang in the Jin Kingdom, was in Guanzhong, and the token of "holding the festival" given by the Son of Heaven was a sword.

The Han token that Shi Le got was also a sword.

Faced with this symbol of power, Shi Chao wisely closed his mouth, and after Wang Mi, Wang Sang, and Liu Ling looked at each other, they also lowered their heads.

As long as you are still a Hanchen, as long as you don't want to rebel yet, then it is best to obey the sword-wielding man.

Shi Le held the sword given by Liu Yuan and asked again: "I want to raise troops to the south and fight Shao Xun, can you obey your fate?" ”

"Obey the orders of the Governor." Several people were silent for a while, and then they answered.

"That's good!" Shi Le made a straight face and said: "Immediately sort out the grain, grass, equipment, and soldiers, and set off tomorrow at the latest to attack the Shao thief." ”

"No." The four generals all dispersed, and each reorganized his troops.

Shi Le found Kui'an, Taobao and other generals, ordered his subordinates to prepare for departure, and assigned orders one by one.

The war machine is in full swing.

******

The army led by Shao Xun rested in Anyang for a day.

The main purpose is to restore the strength of the soldiers, but also to give the auxiliaries time to repair the vehicle and ensure that it is in good condition.

On the 24th, the camps left Anyang in turn, crossed the Huanshui, and headed north.

In the early afternoon of the same day, when they reached the vicinity of Hanling Mountain, the scouts and rangers suddenly became nervous, because there were a large number of enemy rangers in the field, and as time went by, their numbers increased.

The infantry did not stop advancing, but only reduced the speed of the march to maintain physical strength.

Duan Liang, the cavalry governor, took the more than 400 cavalry of the "Hit Tiger Bendu" out of the chariot formation and rushed into the vast wilderness.

Yi Congdu Manyu rushed out from another direction with more than 200 horsemen and rode away against the enemy.

The drums of "Knock Knock ......" sounded, and the infantry on the march collected their moods, acted according to the order, and continued on their way.

However, some of them wore armor and weapons, and got into side vans and baggage carts to prevent the enemy from suddenly attacking.

Looking down from the sky, above the vast land, a long army of infantry marched north along the post road.

The long dragon is faintly divided into three sections.

The first section is a little shorter, about 4,000 people.

The second section was the longest, with nearly 10,000 people.

The third paragraph is similar to the first, with more than 5,000 people.

In the fields and grasslands on both sides of the long dragon, countless "black masses" are moving rapidly.

Within the "black group", the war horses neighed, and the sound of shouting and cheering continued to sound.

There are many black groups on the periphery, one thousand, two thousand, three thousand......

The number is increasing rapidly.

Some of them are armed with sharp spears and halberds, and they charge fiercely in the form of "black groups".

Some of them spread out in all directions, forming swimming "black snakes", swimming quickly in the wilderness, outflanking and scattering countless arrows.

The black group and the black snake approached the long line of cars step by step, and the momentum was violent.

The drumming stopped, and the dragon froze.

Soon, the flags in the long dragon formation were one after another. As if by juggling, the two borders of the dragon began to extend to the periphery, like a moving wall.

A moment later, three circles appeared in the wilderness, separated by more than a hundred paces.

The sun was setting in the west, and the sky was getting darker.

A large part of the enemy cavalry around the chariot formation dispersed.

Their total number had exceeded 10,000, and it was clear that Shile had gathered all the cavalry under the command of the generals.

The 10,000 horsemen are divided into three parts.

Some of them went to find a place to feed their horses, eat, and sleep - these people did not have to participate in the battle for a short time, and their main task was to eat and sleep well, rest well, and recuperate.

Some of them find a place to hide and be on standby at any time - they don't have to fight for a while, but they need to rotate at any time.

Some of them went on the offensive - their task was a little vague, because the main general had not yet made up his mind.

But in any case, the official battle has actually begun at this moment.