Lin Feng and his party walked down the Fen River, rushed for a long and overnight, passed Fenzhou (now Fenyang City, Shanxi), and arrived at the junction of Northern Han and Later Zhou countries at dusk on the 29th day of the first lunar month.

It has to be said that the Northern Han chose the purpose of this battle as Jinzhou and was quite strategic.

A Fen River, which protrudes irregularly in the north Han Dynasty, was drawn in an irregular arc in the east. After passing through Taiyuan City and Fenzhou in the Northern Han Dynasty, it flowed through Jinzhou in the Later Zhou Dynasty, and then flowed into the Yellow River that went south in Hejin. It enclosed the three states of Xizhou (Zhichuan, now Xixian County, Shanxi), Cizhou (now Ji County, Shanxi), and Jiangzhou (now Xinxiang, Shanxi) in the corner of the two waters, forming an independent small area; and Jinzhou City is the only big city on the east side of the Fen River in the Later Zhou Dynasty, which can just hold the route of these three states to the east. It is close to the Fen River in the west and is open to the east, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is the chess point where "every life is alive, and all death is dead".

Seeing the border between the two countries from afar, Lin Feng and Lin Renzhao, who were exploring the way forward, couldn't help but shake their heads and laugh.

After all, the Northern Han Dynasty belonged to the Later Han Dynasty less than a month ago, especially Fenzhou and Jinzhou. It suddenly changed from two friendly neighboring states to hostile sides overnight, so naturally they were a little unprepared for this vicissitudes and changes. The so-called border line between the two countries was a small hill that separated the two states, blocking a simple wooden frame checkpoint in the middle, with fifty meters on both sides of the checkpoint. Dozens of soldiers were stationed in the two countries. Now, there are still several rushing merchants and pedestrians who are passing through.

In the eyes of Lin Feng and the others, such a defense line was useless. Lin Feng and Lin Renzhao retreated, leading 400 elites around the hills, crossed the ridges, and sneaked into Jinzhou quietly.

Two days after that, Lin Feng's army was hiding in the morning and out at night, passing Jiexiu, passing through Lingshi, passing through Huoyi and Lu Hongdong, and sneaking to the city of Jinzhou at the hour of Hai (9:00) on the first night of the second month.

Jinzhou, which is later in Linfen, Shanxi, is also one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation. In the "Century of Emperors", it says: "Yao Capital Pingyang", which is the predecessor of Jinzhou City. Since then, this was the activity center of the vassal states of the Spring and Autumn Period. Later, Pingyang County was established in the eighth year of Zhengshi of the Three Kingdoms (247 AD). In the third year of Yongjia in the Western Jin Dynasty (309 AD), Liu Yuan established the Han Dynasty and capital Pingyang. In the early years of Wude (618 AD), he named it Jinzhou.

From a geographical point of view, Jinzhou is leaning against Taiyue in the east, the Yellow River in the west, the Hanxinling in the north, and the Yuncheng in the south. Looking further out, it can be said that "the east is leaning against Leihuo, the west is controlled by Hefen, the south is connected to Qinshu, and the north is connected to Youyi". It has been a must-fight place for military strategists since ancient times.

Lin Feng and others lay on the hilltop. From a distance, they could see a dark Jinzhou City. There were not even a few soldiers patrolling the city walls, and they seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep.

After observing for a long time, Lin Feng turned back to a valley and met his brothers who were resting in the wind. Soon, several backbone of the special forces soldier, as well as a captain from the Northern Han Dynasty, rushed over and briefly discussed the next action under a big stone.

Lin Feng first pointed at Hua Feng, the commander of the Northern Han Dynasty, who was full of energy, and asked softly: "Guardian Hua, are all your people ready?"

Huafeng saluted Lin Feng respectfully and replied softly: "Brothers have received resettlement fees before departure. You can sacrifice your life at any time. Please rest assured Lord Lin!"

Lin Feng patted Huafeng on the shoulder and scolded: "Although this mission is a life-and-death death, I really like bloody men like you. I hope to celebrate with you after the breaking of Jinzhou City!"

Huafeng also beat his chest like a special forces soldier, saying that he would definitely live up to his trust. In the past few days, Lin Feng has a few children who have endured the same hardships as all special forces soldiers, but never lag behind and look no different. With this alone, Huafeng and other selected Northern Han elites were deeply impressed, let alone those special forces elites who were admired by the mountains.

"Have the personnel been divided?" Lin Feng continued to ask.

"After the division, one hundred and twenty dead soldiers will sneak into Jinzhou City from tonight and ambush near the Dongchengmen. I will lead myself; the remaining one hundred and eighty brothers will gradually enter the villages near the Dongchengmen from tomorrow, preparing to get involved in the refugees and the first batch of sieges." Huafenghui reported.

"Okay! Brothers are united and their strength will be able to cut off gold! We will definitely win this battle. Do you remember how we echo it?" Lin Feng said with appreciation.

"I remember it in my heart!" Huafeng said firmly.

"Then you lead the team to set off. When victory is the time for us to see each other again!" Lin Feng took off his waist knife and handed it to Huafeng with a sheath.

Hua Feng was shocked and quickly refused. Did he know that the swords of Lin Feng and others were all the magic weapons in the world.

After repeated refusal, Huafeng fell to the ground solemnly, knocked his head lightly, turned around and sneaked into the night with one hundred and twenty brothers.

What Lin Feng didn't know was that in the evening before they arrived, Wang Yan, the new Jinzhou Jiedushi, quietly entered Jinzhou City with three thousand troops. While Lin Feng and his team were secretly separating their troops, the welcome dinner in Jinzhou City was just at its climax.

Wang Yan was born in 890 AD and was from Tengzhou, Xuzhou (now from Tengzhou, Shandong). A famous general during the Five Dynasties served as emperors of four dynasties, and eventually became the crown prince's tutor and was named the Duke of Han.

Wang Yan was born in a farmer family. He was strong and brave when he was young. He often led his neighbors to rob the wealthy families in Yin and was very famous in the village. In the late Liang Dynasty, Xuzhou was in chaos, and many towns were plundered by robbers or peasant uprising teams. However, Wang Yan's village was spared because of his reputation. During the Tongguang period of the Later Tang Dynasty, Wang Yan was recruited into the imperial guards and worked for nearly twenty years. He was slowly promoted to the title of Fengguo Capital.

At the end of Kaiyun in the Later Jin Dynasty (about 945-946 AD), the Khitan was fiercely attacking Hou Jin, and the army even reached Bian (now Kaifeng, Henan). The Khitan general Liu Yuan captured Shanzhou (now Sanmenxia, ​​Henan), burned, killed, looted, and committed tyranny. Wang Yan, who was originally stationed in Shanzhou, agreed to a rebellion with his army's chief Zhao Hui and Zhongwei chief Hou Zhang.

So, Wang Yan, who was fifty-five years old, led several soldiers who died into the city late at night, went straight to the government office, and killed Liu Yuan. After the incident, everyone recommended Zhao Hui as the commander, Hou Zhang as the deputy commander of the city, internal and external inspection envoy and capital Yuhou, and led his troops to join Liu Zhiyuan. At that time, Liu Zhiyuan had established the Later Han regime and established himself as Emperor Gaozu. The reign of Emperor Qianyou, but his reputation was not yet gained. Seeing that Wang Yan and others came to join, they were very happy and immediately appointed Zhao Hui as the governor of Baoping Army, Hou Zhang as the governor of Zhenguo Army, and Wang Yan as the defensive envoy of Jiangzhou. Later, Liu Zhiyuan learned that it was Wang Yan's idea to kill Liu Yuan, so he promoted Wang Yan to the governor of Jianxiong Army, and soon, he added Pingzhang.

After Guo Wei ascended the throne in the first month of the first month of the Zhou Dynasty in 951 AD, Wang Yan obeyed the call of the Later Zhou Dynasty and entered Zhou alone. He was named the Minister of State by Guo Wei. When he learned that Liu Chong was interested in going south, Guo Wei sent Wang Yan to guard the important area of ​​Jinzhou bordering the Northern Han Dynasty.

Taking advantage of the whistle-down toasts on the mat, Hanlun, the former deputy general of Jinzhou, walked forward with a glass of wine, and toasted Wang Yan, who was already gray-bearded for the second time.

Wang Yan drank half a cup and looked at Hanlun with a puzzled look.

Hanlun drank the full cup and asked softly: "The king envoys the prime minister, there are many great prefectures adjacent to the Great Zhou and the pseudo-Han. Why do we believe that they will definitely attack Jinzhou instead of Zhenzhou, Dingzhou and other places close to the Liao Kingdom?"

Wang Yan looked at the scene where everyone was quiet and listened, stroked his long beard and said softly: "It is because of the strength of the fake Han Dynasty! The Liao Kingdom is as arrogant as a tiger and wolf, and has a high opinion of itself. How could it be easy to dispatch a large army as the Northern Han wishes? Moreover, the elites of our Great Zhou are in the north. If the fake Han Dynasty dares to attack, they will definitely be beaten to death and return without success. In this way, they can only choose the Lu and Jin states facing the south.

If you choose again at this time, the answer will be simple. If you attack our Luzhou (governing Shangdang, now Changzhi, Shanxi), our Great Zhou can be besieged from Zezhou, Xiangzhou, Xingzhou and other places; you can also counterattack the pseudo-Han from Jinzhou, Zhenzhou and other places. From this perspective, they only have one choice left to Jinzhou, and they can also rely on the natural dangers of the Yellow River and Fen River to avoid multiple attacks!"

"The king's envoy's high-profile argument will not make a sudden realization!" A group of civil and military officials surrounding him spoke flattered, all with a respectful expression of "very admiration is extremely".

Hanlun still frowned and asked worriedly: "Prince Wang, if we are sure that the other party will attack our Jinzhou, will we send reinforcements to the northern counties to block them step by step?"

Wang Yan shook his head gently, tapped the land under his feet, and said easily: "The key to victory or defeat is in this Jinzhou City! The rest are all in detail, and they have nothing to do with the overall situation, and they are not worth worrying about!"

The expressions of the civil and military ministers suddenly became different. Some of their eyes became clear in an instant, while others were vigorously concealing their confusion and confusion.
Chapter completed!