During the period when Liu Ji was building his residence with great fanfare, the Iron and Blood Army was also extremely busy, and Chu Yun almost squeezed out all the war potential of Xihe County. Xihe County plus the 100,000 population brought by Chu Yun from Shangdang County, the total population is more than 300,000, Chu Yun actually recruited 60,000 troops in one go, and now the number of troops of the Iron Blood Army has reached 100,000.

But with the increase in the number of troops, the combat effectiveness plummeted, and there was no way, except for adding some to the cavalry, the rest all entered Zhongyang City, Lishi City and Lin County as county soldiers.

Among them, Zhongyang City has stationed more than 40,000 troops, of course, half of them are the kind of recruits who have just joined the army, and 20,000 people are stationed away from Shicheng, of course, this does not include Chu Yun's 20,000 cavalry, he expanded the cavalry to 20,000, but the combat effectiveness of the 1st Cavalry Brigade and the 7th Cavalry Brigade has declined very much, after all, being able to ride a horse does not mean that he is an excellent cavalry. Another 10,000 people were stationed in Lin County to prevent the Huns from attacking with a division, after all, Lin County was also an important fulcrum of Xihe County's defense, and Chu Yun did not want to be breached. As for the Wu forts scattered on both sides of the Zhongyang River, Chu Yun ordered them all to stop, because Chu Yun finally knew why the Huns had waited for more than a month to start their actions, they were waiting for the Zhongyang River to freeze.

That's right, the seemingly meaningless wait is exactly what Liu Wei is clever about, he is waiting for the Zhongyang River to freeze, and then his cavalry will play a major role. I have to say that this person is still very smart about military affairs, and a middle-level general like Yin Che will not understand it at all.

Just ten days before Liu Yun ordered the troops, Zhang Tong finally saw Liu Ji's intentions, and when he finished talking to Chu Yun, Chu Yun was startled. If the Hun cavalry crossed Lishi City and went to kill several other counties, then the interior of Xihe County was likely to be in ruins, which Chu Yun never wanted to see.

Since Zhang Tong came up with the purpose of the Huns, he also thought hard about the solution. He pointed to a corner of the map of Xihe County and smiled at Chu Yun without saying a word, Chu Yun suddenly realized after a little thought, a week ago, all the cavalry of the Iron Blood Army disappeared from Lishi City, and no one except Zhang Tong knew where they were.

Pingjin Valley Xiongnu camp.

If you don't look at the environment, Liu Yi is no different from an ordinary Han person, he is only twenty years old this year, and his figure is very different from the ordinary Huns, he is not strong at all, but a little thin. On the surface, Liu Yi has been deeply influenced by Han culture since he was a child, and he has no interest in fighting and killing. But in the past few months of military career, his methods have been very sophisticated, and it is inseparable from the iron-blooded army Guo Yong's troops, and even relying on numbers to gain the upper hand, this young heir to the throne has shown outstanding military talent, which shocked everyone.

That's right, Liu Yi is hiding clumsy, and his embarrassing position makes him walk on the ice. Speaking of which, he is the one who should inherit the throne more than Liu Cong, because he is the sister-in-law of the former emperor Liu Yuan, Liu Yuan has two queens, one is Empress Huyan, and she is a member of the Huyan family of the Xiongnu noble. The other is Queen Shan, the daughter of Shan Zheng, the leader of the Qiang tribe. When Liu Yuan died, he thought that the crown prince Liu He had the support of the Huyan family and could stabilize the situation, so he made Liu He the crown prince. This Liu He is also quite interesting, he just wanted to slaughter his ambitious brother Liu Cong as soon as he took the throne, but unfortunately he was short of a move. Liu Cong reacted quickly, his troops were strong, he immediately rebelled, Liu He was killed, Liu Yi became the only eldest son at that time, the most qualified to inherit the throne, but Liu Yi was young at that time, but he was not stupid, he had no choice but to refuse the throne. After Liu Cong ascended the throne, in order to stabilize the situation more quickly, he made him the emperor's younger brother.

Although in the eyes of the Huns, Liu Yi did not have the slightest advantage, but in the eyes of most Han ministers, Liu Yi was the best heir, he liked Han culture, like Hanchen, so after they felt that the recovery of the Jin dynasty was hopeless, the vast majority of Han people were attached to Liu Yi. This caused the anger of Liu Cong and Liu Yi, Liu Cong executed Han Chen for no reason, and Liu Yi also used all means to clean up Liu Yi's supporters, Liu Yi's situation is becoming more and more dangerous, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

This time, I don't know what Liu Cong thinks, but he actually agreed to lead the troops with Liu Yi, who was in an extremely awkward position, which made the Hanchen who followed Liu Yi excited, and they all thought that this was a harbinger for Liu Cong to prepare to fulfill his promise, but Liu Yi knew that his brother's purpose could never be so simple. Liu Yi tried his best to stop Hanchen's tandem everywhere, but this group of guys was still active, making his situation even more embarrassing.

Liu Yi put the book in his hand aside, sighed deeply, as he grew older, his vision became higher and higher, he did like Han culture, Han culture is broad and profound, but he doesn't like these Hanchen who are around him now, these guys are things that are not enough to succeed and more than to lose, what he likes is Wang Zuozhicai, who is like Zhang Bin, who is decisive for thousands of miles, but unfortunately the Hanchen who has a little ability around him have been killed by Liu Cong, Liu Wei and his son, and now he doesn't even have a suitable helper. Is Liu Yi hating Liu Cong? This is obvious, he can't wait for Liu Cong to die immediately, Liu Cong snatched his throne is only one of the reasons, the main reason is really difficult to say, he hates Liu Cong and his current Queen Shan's incompatibility, which makes Liu Yi feel ashamed and want to die every time he thinks about it.

After Liu Yuan died, Queen Shan was not very old, and Liu Cong was also a demon in the sex, hooking up with his mother, of course, this is also one of the reasons why Liu Yi became the emperor's younger brother, after all, Liu Cong slept with Liu Yi's mother, so how can he express it. Of course, Liu Yi was angry, he was deeply influenced by Han culture since he was a child, how could he see that he was currently indecent with his brother, so out of righteous indignation, he ran to accuse Queen Shan and warned her to be a good person. Queen Shan was originally committed to Liu Cong for her son, but now when she saw her son say this about her, she committed suicide in shame. His actions when he was young and vigorous had fatal consequences for him.

Liu Cong was very angry about the death of Queen Shan, and this anger was all transformed into Liu Yi's head, without his mother to shelter himself from the wind and rain, Liu Yi quickly changed from the emperor's younger brother who everyone admired, to the water dog that everyone shouted and beaten.

As he grew older, Liu Yi understood his mother's hard work, but it was too late, but his resentment towards Liu Cong was buried deep in his heart. Although the Huns have been bathed in sinicization for many years, this disgusting custom has continued. Liu Cong likes his father Liu Bao's queen, and Liu Wei likes his father Liu Cong's queen, which is really in the same vein.

This time he led the troops to attack Pingjingu, Liu Yi showed extraordinary talent, you must know that most of the troops that Liu Cong gave to Liu Yi were Han Chinese, and most of them were infantry. Tens of thousands of troops are not something that ordinary people can command, and Liu Cong didn't give Liu Yi a few real generals, but threw his civilian supporters over to him, if these guys really had the ability, they wouldn't have surrendered to the Huns. Under the troubles of these guys, Liu Yi also maintained the offensive of Pingjingu, I have to say that God is really good to their Liu family, whether it is Liu Bao, Liu Cong, Liu Yi or he Liu Yi have the talent to lead troops.

After Liu Yi stabilized the situation, his ambitions swelled, he fantasized about commanding more troops, so as to have the capital to compete with Liu Cong and Liu Wei's father and son, and the death of his mother made Liu Yi hide his hatred in his heart, and the male soldiers in his hands made Liu Yi's ambitions swell.

And Liu Cong originally wanted to let Liu Yi lead the troops, so that Liu Yi's henchmen jumped out and wiped them out, but Xihe County fell into the hands of the iron-blooded army, and the status of Pingjin Valley became more and more important, and the existence of Liu Yi's army cut off the connection between Shangdang County and Xihe County, Liu Cong had to deviate from his original intention and constantly increase troops to Liu Yi, and now Liu Yi's army exceeded 60,000. Although Liu Yi did not break through Pingjin Valley, he completely blocked the connection between the two counties, which made Liu Cong unable to change the commander on the spot, and saw that Liu Yi had the strength to threaten him, and he could only swallow the bitter fruit he brewed.

Guo Yong of Pingjin Valley was very puzzled during this time, the offensive of the Huns seemed to be very fierce, but in fact, they were all superficial, but the Huns blocked all the roads around Pingjin Valley, and the Huns found that they used carrier pigeons to transmit news, there were Hun archers in all directions, and a careless carrier pigeon would be intercepted by the Huns, so Guo Yong did not know too much outside news during this time.

However, Guo Yong is very confident in the defense of Pingjin Valley, which was built by Chu Yun based on the European fortress, presenting a concave polygon, such a design makes it possible to expose the attacking side to more than one fortress surface no matter what point is attacked, and the defender can use crossfire to carry out multiple strikes. Moreover, Pingjin Valley has more than one layer of city walls, coupled with mountains of bows and arrows, grain and grass and other materials and as many as 20,000 troops, even if it is a million Hun army, Guo Yong can confidently hold on, not to mention that there are only tens of thousands of Huns, Guo Yong is confident that he can defend until he is old.

——Taiyuan County, Meng County——

No matter how much Wen Qiao didn't want to help the abuse, what should have come is still here. After Shi Hu joined up with 30,000 subordinates, he did not wait for Shi Le's order, and immediately led his troops to Taiyuan County, and according to his speed, he would reach Meng County in Taiyuan County this afternoon.

Shi Hu couldn't wait, the two enemies he hated the most in his heart, Chu Yun was lucky to be in second place, and the first one was of course his savior, the middle-aged man who made him lose the Divine Stone. He had already begun to fantasize about catching Chu Yun and abusing him, which made Shi Hu refreshed all the way.

30,000 cavalry is almost the largest cavalry force that Shile can muster, this is the elite who followed Shile to fight in the south and north, and its Chinese cavalry reached half, and the Chinese people are also the meaning of the Qiang people, Shile hated others to call them Hu people, so he changed the name of the Qiang people to the countrymen.

From the importance of Shi Le's treatment of the Iron Army, it can also be seen that Shi Le's vision is accurate and his ruthlessness is ruthless. Shi Le's character has always been so decisive that he knew that Wang Mi would be his great enemy, so he would rather risk offending Liu Cong than kill Wang Mi and annex Wang Mi's subordinates. This time, he saw the potential of Chu Yun's Iron Blood Army, so he also did his best to destroy the Iron Blood Army. It's a pity that he happened to encounter the accident in Youzhou, so he could only suspend dealing with the Iron Army. After all, the threat of the Predator Army is the future, but the threat of the Youzhou Incident is the present.

The messengers sent by Shi Le were non-stop, but they still couldn't catch up with Shi Hu's speed, so in desperation, they could only follow Shi Hu's pace and rush to Taiyuan County.

Wen Qiao and Shi Hu's first meeting was very bad, Wen Qiao's arrogant treatment made Shi Hu touch the deepest inferiority complex in his heart, and Shi Hu's arrogance also made Wen Qiao angry, and the two of them didn't say a few words, and they broke up unhappily. Shi Hu lived in a big tent that had been prepared long ago outside the city of Mengxian County, Wen Qiao would not let the Qian people enter the city, they were indeed cooperating, but they were also enemies.

Shi Hu killed several guards who were not long-eyed, and he was already ready to wait for Shangdang County to be breached, he must turn his horse head and destroy this hateful Bingzhou Sima, but he still needs this leading party now, and he also needs these guys to provide food and grass, they must wait for the Huns in Xihe County to make the first move, so they can take it by surprise. Because Liu Kun acted closely, Wen Qiao received 30,000 iron horsemen of the Liang tribe and was not known by the Supervision Department. Needless to say, Liu Kun is talented, the Iron Blood Army is by his side, and he can still feel it if there are spies sent to him.

Shi Hu, who had been waiting outside Mengxian for several days, ushered in the messenger of his uncle Shi Le, and there was also a secret letter from Zhang Bin to himself, this secret letter was unknown to his uncle, Shi Hu thought for a long time. In the end, it was decided to act according to Zhang Bin's plan, and as for his uncle's order, he could only put it on hold for the time being.

"Several envoys have worked hard. After reading the superstition, Shi Hu glanced at his guards, and several messengers who sent the letter were just about to humble themselves, and they were all cut down to the ground.

Zhang Bin carried Shi Le's secret letter to Shi Hu, it was selfish, his hatred with the Iron Blood Army is known to the world, if Zhang Bin told Shi Le directly about this plan, it is likely to cause Shi Le's disgust, after all, in Shi Le's heart, Youzhou is the top priority, he attaches so much importance to dealing with the Iron Army, not only to see the potential of the Iron Army, but also to give Zhang Bin and Shi Hu face. Shi Le thought that he had given Zhang Bin face, if Zhang Bin didn't know what to do, Shi Le would definitely be angry, which would make the relationship between the monarch and the minister awkward, Zhang Bin must know the severity of such a big talent.

But even at the risk of making Shi Le angry, Zhang Bin wanted to take a risk, in his opinion, the rise of the Iron Blood Army was already difficult to stop, unless the Huns and Shi Le made a full attack and wiped out the Iron Blood Army with thunder, but Zhang Bin did not feel that the Huns and Shi Leken did this. With the rise of the Iron Army, his hope of revenge will be far away, and his body is getting worse and worse, and the children of the Zhang family have few talents, it is estimated that when he dies, the Zhang family will fall to the bottom. All this was because Chu Yun had killed one of the top disciples of the Zhang Bin family.

Shi Hu this person, Zhang Bin also saw it very thoroughly, this is a real wild wolf, except for Shi Le, the rest of the people are difficult to control, once Shi Le dies, Shi Hu will definitely do Liu Cong's old things. Zhang Bin knew that Shi Hu would be avenged, so he took the risk to write a letter to Shi Hu, if Shi Hu did this, not only would he be able to hit the Iron Blood Army hard, but also be able to completely make the relationship between Liu Kun and the Iron Blood Army a mortal enemy, the best thing is that the hatred between Shi Hu and the Iron Blood Army is even more difficult to resolve, even if he dies, and Shi Hu avenges himself, it is really vicious.

Zhang Bin's plan to Shi Le some time ago was to send the letters of Liu Kun and Shi Le to Chu Yun of the Iron Blood Army to sow discord between the two people. But this trick can only bury the bane of suspicion between the two, and it may not be able to force Liu Kun and the iron-blooded saber to face each other, politicians are hypocritical, Liu Kun promoted Chu Yun after all, in case Liu Kun pulled down his old face and reconciled with Chu Yun, then wouldn't they be able to draw water with a bamboo basket? Don't think that Liu Kun can't do it because of his illustrious reputation, he didn't have a relationship with Wang Jun back then, if he hadn't recruited troops in Wang Jun's territory in Youzhou, which touched Wang Jun's bottom line, the two would not have fought each other.

And his current plan is to directly let Liu Kun's people and the Iron Blood Army do it, so that the two will definitely turn against each other, this plan can't tell Shi Le, who is only staring at Youzhou now, can only be done by Shi Hu's hand. Zhang Bin estimated that Shi Hu would definitely act according to his plan, and Zhang Bin could also give Shi Hu benefits, making it impossible for Shi Hu to betray himself in a short period of time and tell Shi Le the secret letter he gave him. Zhang Binke has more trust from Shi Le than Shi Hu, and Shi Hu needs himself to be an important minister who can speak in front of Shi Le to maneuver for him and gain more power. Therefore, Zhang Bin and Shi Hu hit it off, and Shi Hu immediately took action.

Does Shi Hu know that Zhang Bin is using himself? He must know, but being able to be used by others shows that he is valuable, and Shi Hu can still see this clearly. And he needs Zhang Bin even more, so whether it is for himself to take revenge, or to befriend Zhang Bin, he is willing to be used once.

Shi Hu was about to meet Wen Qiao with a cruel smile on his face, and at the same time he was secretly vigilant, Zhang Bin was really afraid that a literati like Zhang Bin was poisonous. However, he grabbed Zhang Bin's handle this time, and he didn't know what benefits would be more useful in exchange, and after a major blow, Shi Hu obviously began to use his brain, which was not a good thing for Chu Yun.