This team of Liao people must be scouts, running very fast. Zhang Long ordered people to chase him, but he did not catch up.

This is nothing, but it also makes Zhao Xiaonian wonder.

Why did I encounter the Liao reconnaissance force just after crossing the Yellow River? Is this a coincidence, or is the other party already having intelligence?

Zhao Xiaonian frowned.

This time, Brother Cao and Wang Ergui were a little confused.

I originally thought that people needed to be kept in the capital, so it was more convenient for Brother Tian and Brother Cao. The Guangting Army camp also left two thousand soldiers as a matter of fact, so Wang Ergui was guarded.

Now I feel that the people of Liao are still too weak to think that they can destroy the people of Liao by recruiting Yang Jinhai's troops.

But at this moment, the other party knew his movements just after crossing the Yellow River, which made him feel a little uncomfortable!

This is like playing a strategy game. The other party has opened the full picture, but you haven’t found someone’s base yet, you’re confused!

"Brother Xiaonian..."

Zhang Long seemed to have something to say.

Zhao Xiaonian signaled the army to rest.

It is said that it is a large army, but there are only more than 6,000 people in total, which can only be considered an army, but it is impossible to say that the main force is.

After stopping, I took the opportunity to let the water go and talked about this issue with Zhang Long.

"We asked him to respond. He said that there were too many cavalry in the Liao Kingdom and were afraid of being attacked!"

"Yes." Zhao Xiaonian nodded and affirmed Zhang Long's words.

The Tangbao order from the court was reported to the court that Zhao Xiaonian set out in the name of supporting Shanxi. The original plan was to meet Yang Jinhai after arriving in Shanxi, and then to issue an edict to remove Yang Jinhai from his post on the spot and Zhao Xiaonian took over. In this way, all Yang Jinhai's people became Zhao Xiaonian's people.

However, when he arrived at the Yellow River, he sent a message to Yang Jinhai to bring a large army to the reception, but he replied that there were too many cavalry in the Liao Kingdom and he was afraid of being attacked, so he asked Zhao Xiaonian to go to Taiyuan by himself.

This is definitely not wrong, but if you think about it carefully, there will be problems here.

Doesn’t Yang Jinhai understand what Zhao Xiaonian came here for? Moreover, he didn’t respond when he arrived at the mouth of the Yellow River. First of all, he could make people feel guilty. He was afraid of fighting and refused to fight. With this, even without the emperor’s imperial edict, Yang Jinhai would be punished.

But he did this!

"Can it be his conspiracy?" Zhang Long said.

Zhao Xiaonian also muttered about this, but now he has come out and has crossed the Yellow River, he can only act according to the established route and plan, and the army cannot change it!

Now the Siting Army on Jingxi Road and the Land and Hu army in Yezhou have sent troops to support each other, approaching Shanxi in several ways to recover Shanxi. Naturally, I have to act according to the plan.

"The plan cannot keep up with the changes? Brother Xiaonian!"

Zhang Long advised: "In the past, he was under the command of Marshal Wang. He said that he would not accept foreign military orders. If there is any change, protecting himself first is the key to victory. We must not lose the big ones because of small things! Now the people of Liao know our location, I am afraid..."

Nodded slightly, Zhang Long's advice was reasonable, but Zhao Xiaonian said that it was just a piece of Zhao Kuo who talked about war on paper. He had played a strategy game, but the real war was really a raw melon, egg, and zombie. Although he fought beautifully in Hexi Fort, he was fighting bandits after all, and there were not many people. He was indeed not familiar with this group of tens of thousands of people. The most terrible thing was that the Guangting Army was recruited, and there were not many officers in the army with combat experience, all of whom were his personal guards.

Now that Zhang Long said this, he felt it was right, but he could not change anything.

"Let everyone be careful."

Zhang Long nodded. He didn't know what to do, but Zhao Xiaonian immediately listened to this order.

Considering that the Liao people discovered his position, Zhao Xiaonian made some adjustments and ordered the army to slow down the speed of the march, and then sent out a large number of scouts to conduct reconnaissance, and then check the situation first.

The next few waves of scouts summarized the surroundings.

Overall, he landed at the north bank of the Yellow River. The entire area was desolate. There was a village in front that had been looted by the Liao people, and the population was probably robbed, so the entire village was empty.

As for the others, there are mountains everywhere. According to the map signs, you can reach Yangguan by walking northward. Go eastward is the Yellow River. Go northeast along the Yellow River, and you can reach the small ancient city and walk straight, which is Taiyuan.

However, according to information, there are two river crossings on this section of the road, which have been captured by the Liao Kingdom. Yelu Heifeng's main force is probably below the small ancient city, so if you walk along the river, you will definitely encounter Yelu Heifeng and you will have to fight him head-on by then.

Now Yelu Heifeng is leading troops with nearly 100,000 people, of which there are 18,000 cavalry teams alone, more than twice the total number of people in Zhao Xiaonian's team.

This time, Zhao Xiaonian sent troops, and the cavalry team was only about 800, which were barely collected. The other troops were all light infantry, so they definitely could not go to war with Yelu Heifeng, otherwise they could crush themselves based on the number of people alone.

According to the plan, it is safer to go to Yangrui and Fengxiang and detour to Yiyang. In addition, there are currently more than 10,000 defenders in Taiyuan. If there is an accident on this road, you can also go straight to Taiyuan and first remove the encirclement of Taiyuan.

After thinking about it for a while, I finally decided to station in the village that was looted and then make plans after the situation was discovered.

...

This village is at the foot of a mountain at the foot of a big mountain. It has rich resources, including small rivers and fields. It is an ordinary small mountain village. It is just a mess when it comes in. It seems that it has been plundered at first sight, and there is not even a chicken left.

After stopping here, Zhao Xiaonian felt uneasy in his heart. He always felt something strange, but he couldn't figure out where it was strange.

Actually, he was quite nervous. After all, this was the first time he led his troops to fight. Compared with the previous defensive battle at Hexi Fort, this time, he encountered the Liao soldiers just during the march, which made him feel upset.

I have to say that the team was exposed as soon as I crossed the Yellow River. Anyone who thought it would be a dangerous thing.

"Brother Xiaonian, I'm in trouble!"

"?"

Still thinking, Zhang Long suddenly came to report, interrupting his thoughts.

“There is something wrong with the water in this river!”

Zhang Long said seriously: "It seems that there is something red, they say it may be blood!"

"ah?"

Is this strange, blood?

Then he followed Zhang Long to check.

Next to this village is a small river. The river flows not much, and the deepest part is only reaching the knees of a person, so it can only be regarded as a small river.

But when we came here, there was nothing unusual, the river water was clear and the water was gurgling.

Zhao Xiaonian couldn't help but look at him.

The soldiers on the river reported: "The commander-in-chief, when Bei Yi was preparing to wash his hands, he saw a stream of red blood floating over. I'm afraid there were dead bodies upstream, so the river water cannot be used!"

"Are you sure?"

The soldier nodded and explained: "I have encountered such a situation in wars before. Most of the time someone deliberately threw the dead bodies into the river. If someone drinks water, they will definitely get sick or even get infectious diseases."

He nodded slightly. Zhao Xiaonian still believed this matter, and immediately ordered everyone to be alerted that all water sources must be inspected before use, and it is best to use the water they brought with them.

Then he signaled Zhang Long to take a few people upstream with him to take a look.
Chapter completed!