On October 18, Shao Xun came to Huixiban.

After a month of construction, several camps have been completed near the south exit of Huixi Bannan.

The front village is located on the top of the road, not big, and it is difficult to squeeze three or five hundred people.

Houzhai is located in an open terrain and can garrison more than 3,000 soldiers.

On both sides of the Jiandi River, another camp was built, which was also very small, and a total of six or seven hundred soldiers were stationed.

The 4,200 loyal troops were stationed here.

"Lang Jun, the Loyal Army has not yet had an Overseer." After completing the inspection, Tang Jian dutifully reminded.

The Overseer was vacant, and the Deputy Governor was still saying goodbye to his family at a spring, but he didn't come either.

The loyal army is up and down, and it is in a state of no main general.

The big war is imminent, and that's not a good thing.

"What do you think of having Yuan Yan as an Overseer?" Shao Xun asked.

"Lang Jun is so optimistic about him?"

"After all, he is too guarded, and with this identity, there are too many things to do. The county soldiers will also be brought in, and the number of loyal troops will be close to 6,000. Shao Xun said: "Go back to Xiban, and I'll hand it over to him." Chen Yi will be another deputy governor, he is the general of the forbidden army, in charge of drills, and Du Yin is in charge of money, food and equipment. ”

Tang Jian nodded silently.

Lang Jun did things, often explained the cause and effect to him and other cronies, and the intention of cultivation was very obvious, of course he knew.

It would take about a month for the group to arrive.

Zhuyang is a township in Hongnong County, located in the mountains, you have to first detour to the south to Shangluo County, at the junction of Shangluo and Lushi counties to the northeast, go along the Luoshui, the whole mountain road, very difficult to walk.

Thousands of people of all sizes in the Yuanyan Department helped the old and the young, and they didn't know how much they had to reduce their staff along the way.

Before he arrived, Chen was the de facto overseer of the Loyal Warriors.

In the afternoon, Shao Xun returned to Jinmenwu.

The main army was stationed at the foot of the mountain, and the drill continued.

The wheat planted last month has grown green seedlings, and Shao Xun has seen it all the way, and the growth is very good.

Zheng Long, the owner of Kinmen Dock and a student of Luoyang Phase II, is very confident in soil fertility and has planted relatively densely, hoping to harvest a little more grain in May next year.

Craftsmen who came with the army were repairing equipment.

The evacuated people, under the leadership of the county officials, settled in their own areas.

Someone comes, someone leaves.

For the people of Hongnong, Shaanxi County, and Huxian County, Yiyang is the "rear" and "safe".

But for Yiyang locals, Yiyang is the "front line" and "unsafe".

There are already people in Luoyang who have fled south, and of course there are people in Yiyang, and there are quite a few.

When they were gone, the land and the houses were left behind, just in time for resettlement.

On the 19th, Shao Xun, who was personally guiding the training of the Silver Spear Army, received news: Wang Shi and the Xiongnu fought several battles in a row, but they were all defeated.

The first was in Hanoi.

The Xiongnu plundered and attacked the tomb of Sima Clan in Wen County, and the Taishou Pei sent the governor Guo Mo to lead the army to the rescue, which was defeated by the Xiongnu.

The second was in Mengjin.

The Hun army began to build pontoon bridges and will cross the river.

Situ Yue crossed Liu Xuan and sent the general Song Zhou to lead 5,000 forbidden troops to block the river and refuse.

The Xiongnu found several places in the upper and lower reaches, sneaked hundreds of horsemen in small boats, made a detour to the rear, and raided a team carrying grain to Mengjin.

When Song Zhou heard that the grain route had been cut off, he was shocked and led his army to retreat south.

After the Huns built a pontoon bridge to cross the river, they caught up with Song Zhou and broke it.

The third was in Hanoi.

When the people of the county heard that Guo Mo and Song Zhou were defeated, they suddenly rebelled, attacked and killed the officers and soldiers loyal to the imperial court, and the ruling Tai Shou Pei surrendered.

That's all for now.

After Shao Xun read it, he only had one feeling: the forbidden army is not so unbearable, at least they still dare to fight.

Helplessly, there were too few cavalry.

At the time of the Wang Mi Rebellion in May last year, there were still 2,000 cavalry in the Xiao cavalry.

In the past two years, there have been a lot of wars, not only have they increased, but they have decreased, and the total number has fallen below two thousand - in fact, this is normal, there is no money, and Shao Xun's Yamen army has not made up for the shortage.

Such a small cavalry, even if the frontal combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the Huns, the strength itself is not on the same order of magnitude.

Song Guan's defeat in this battle was due to the lack of enough cavalry.

Of course, he has his own problems.

As soon as the back road was cut off by the Hun cavalry, he panicked and wanted to run away.

The field is full of Huns, how can you run? It is better to set up a fortress and wait for the Huns to retreat - if the food carried by the army is sufficient.

Resisting riding with foot, strategically too passive.

Not to mention the fact that there is no unified command yet.

Shao Xun could see that the Metropolitan Governor Liu Jun was very conservative, and he was completely under the guise of letting the Xiongnu go south, and then relying on Luoyang City to defend and counterattack.

And Sima Yue intervened in the command and transferred Song Zhou to the north, which may not be angry with Liu Xuan. As a result, the Song tribe was isolated and helpless, and as soon as it was surrounded, it ran away, and was defeated in the process.

When Liu Jun received the news of Song Zhou's defeat, he was probably confused.

Shao Xun put himself in Song Zhou's position, and he also felt that it was a pit!

Garrison Mengjin, blocking the river to resist the enemy, no problem. But you need to have friendly forces, and it's difficult to go it alone.

Just like the problem encountered by Song Zhou, the main force of the Huns could indeed only cross the river by pontoon bridge. But they can also use small boats to ferry a small number of men and horses across the river to harass the rear of the defenders, at which time a second-line force is needed to counterattack and expel these infiltrated enemy troops to ensure that the rear road of the first line is unblocked.

No one knows what Song Zhou's mental activities were at that time. Maybe he didn't expect any friendly reinforcements, so he ran away.

It's not ununderstandable to think about it this way.

The main responsibility is not on Song Zhou, but on the top.

This battle was fought!

"Herald!" After Shao Xun read the map, he threw it on the table and said loudly.

Tang Jian immediately called a scribe.

"Chang Cang, the deputy governor of the Changjian Army, led five hundred soldiers and troops to Yiyang County in the east. The rest of the people were led by Chen Yougen and stationed in Yique Pass. Liang County recruited 1,000 Ding Zhuang and assigned him under his command. ”

"Zheng Dong, the master of the Yamen Army, led 500 people to enter Yuyuan Pass. Liu Shan, the owner of Yushan Wuwu, led 2,000 Baoding to the north, under the command of Zheng Dong. ”

"Qin San, the master of the Yamen military building, led 500 people to enter Taigu Pass. My nephew Shen led the Luoyang Sanyuan Zhuang guest group of 2,000 to the north, with Qin San's command. ”

"The general Huang Biao led the Yamen Army, the Silver Spear Army, and the government soldiers (more than 4,000 people) who stayed behind, stationed in the Green Willow Garden, and responded to various places at any time."

"Go to the battalions of the Tuntian Army in front of Wu, select 3,000 strong, send them to the Green Willow Garden, and hand them over to Huang Biao to command."

The scribe took the pen and went through the snake, and the record was quickly completed.

After Shao Xun read it, there was no problem, and Tang Jian immediately sent someone to pass the order.

The situation changed quickly and had to be dealt with accordingly.

Shao Xun picked up the map again and looked at it carefully.

He knew that in this year in history, Luoyang did not fall.

But that's history, and now he can't be sure, after all, the changes are not small.

He wasn't sure if the imperial court had sent someone to garrison Luonan Sanguan, most likely not, after all, it was the so-called rear.

The three passes of Luonan mainly defend against the enemy from the south, and in terms of the type of the fortress, the defense ability against the north is poor. But after all, it is better to close the city than a temporary camp, and now that it is occupied by people, it will block the convenient passage for the enemy to go directly south.

If the Huns really wanted to attack Guangchengze, in addition to sending a small group of men and horses over the mountains and mountains to infiltrate like smuggling, they could only go east, detour through the four counties of Xingyang, Chenliu, Yingchuan, and Xiangcheng, which was unlikely and did not have suddenness.

Now, he "locked" himself, the forbidden army, and the Huns in a basin and hill north of Sanguan, south of the Great River, and west of Songshan.

******

Chen Yougen galloped to Yique Pass on the afternoon of 20 July.

Sure enough, except for dozens of "military officials" in Henan County who were responsible for collecting taxes, there was not a single soldier in Guancheng.

"Get out!" Chen Yougen took a horsewhip and blasted away several military officials who were walking towards him, and then commanded the government soldiers to take over Guancheng.

There are still many pedestrians and carriages in the north of Yique Pass, and when they saw that the soldiers seemed to have the intention of closing Yique Pass, they accelerated their pace.

Some people were lucky enough to get through before the closure of the city and make it south.

Others were stopped.

The soldiers took out their swords and crossbows and ordered them to return north.

"General, okay, let me pass. His father, Nai Shang Shulang...... "Some people have good words to ask for."

Chen Yougen walked over, glanced at him, and sneered three times: "Don't talk about Shang Shulang, it's useless for Shang Shu to come." Get lost! ”

"Get out of the way, I'm from Wu Wangfu, blind your dog's eyes!" Someone scolded.

Chen Yougen directly slapped him with a big mouth, ignoring him.

The soldiers behind him went in and out, and began to dig trenches and reject horses on the north side of the city, which was very busy.

The car of the princess of Xiangcheng, Sima Yu, squeezed to the front, and Cheng Yuantan stepped forward to negotiate.

"Neither can the princess!" One of the Captains shook his head resolutely.

Cheng Yuantan was a little annoyed and even more deflated.

He Lun, the general of the Left Guard, used the excuse of "insufficient military supplies" to rob the princess's property in Luoyang City, does anyone care?

A few years ago, he didn't dare to do this. But in this world, ordinary kings and princesses really can't bluff these warriors.

Really lawless!

But he had no choice but to continue to intercede.

"Wang Dun? Don't talk about Wang Dun, it's not easy for Wang Taiwei to come. The leader of the government army glanced at Chen Yougen out of the corner of his eye, and when he saw that he didn't say anything, he immediately straightened his chest, pushed Cheng Yuantan forward, and said, "Get out, don't get in the way, there will be people who want to go out of the customs in a while." ”

Cheng Yuantan was so angry that his face turned blue, but he was helpless.

Sima Xuan heard it clearly in the carriage, and his face turned a little pale.

If I knew this, I might as well stay in Luoyang.

I had the heart to order a turnaround, but I was unwilling.

The demon sent the gods to her, and she took a letter from her bosom.

"Princess, the minister is incompetent......" Cheng Yuantan returned to the side of the car and said with a look of shame.

"Cheng Qing take this letter and give it to the general, he will let him go." Sima Xuan said.

Cheng Yuantan was suspicious of the letter, and after taking the letter, he subconsciously glanced at it, only to see the words "Her Royal Highness the Princess personally opened" written on the envelope.

He wasn't sure if the letter would be useful, but there was no other way but to talk about it.

Chen Yougen saw Cheng Yuantan returning, took the letter suspiciously, and when he saw it, his face changed.

For no other reason, the handwriting and font are so familiar!

He didn't know much literacy, but he learned a little painfully in the past few years, and often copied the calligraphy given by Shao Xun.

The six words "Her Royal Highness the princess personally enlightened" turned to ashes, and he recognized them.

The regular script font and handwriting are beautiful, who is not written by Luyang County?

He immediately handed the letter back to Cheng Yuantan and ordered it to be released.

That's not all, and fifty government soldiers were ordered to escort them.

The tribesmen moved the horses away, and the princess drove slowly.

When the people who were begging for permission outside, they clamored and even scolded.

"!" Some soldiers were scolded in a hurry, and smashed their heads and faces with a horsewhip, and said: "This is the family of the public of Luyang County, what are you waiting for, get out!" ”

"Fart!" Some people did not choose to speak, and while holding their heads, they scolded: "When am I blind? It was the car of Princess Xiangcheng, who was the wife of Wang Dun of Yangzhou. ”

"What Wang Dun's wife? That's the wife of my general, otherwise Chen Du can send someone to escort her? Get out of here, don't push me to do it! Then several men rushed forward, brandishing heavy swords as if to slash someone.

The face of the person who scolded back turned pale and immediately left.

Sima Xuan heard the quarrel of several people from afar, and she did not clarify.

Cheng Yuantan couldn't help but glance at her.

The princess lowered the curtain and cut off his view.

Cheng Yuantan's heart moved, thoughtful.

No wonder, no wonder! Many things, he has always had some doubts, and now he has answers.

This—alas.

He's a retainer, so it's hard to say anything.

After a storm ended, calm slowly returned to the outside of Yique Pass.

By evening, a shallow trench had been completed.

There were several fires piled up beside the trenches, and the tribes could not rest tonight, so they had to fight at night.

After the trench is dug, the horse pit has to be dug and there is always a pile.

There have been sporadic Hun scouts on the outskirts of Luoyang, indicating that the enemy brigade is not far away, and it will arrive within a few days.

The offensive and defensive battle is about to begin.