Although Hu Lie is more impatient and is even better than Xu Yi, his mind is much better than Xu Yi. Although he is surrounded by his brother Hu Fen, who is similar to Zhong Hui, Hu Lie never dares to be arrogant. He is respectful to Zhong Hui, obeys his plans, and obeys Zhong Hui's arrangements. Before, even Zhong Hui let him leave no complaints.

In contrast, Xu Yi is a kind of stubborn mind. It is true that Xu Chu was a celebrity of Cao Cao. He also made many contributions to the Cao Wei country. But those are old and discerning people know that now that the Sima family monopolizes the power of the country, the Cao family will soon change hands. If you want to continue to make a fortune, you have to hold your new thighs tightly. Once the emperor and his ministers have already turned over, the past few contributions have been made. Xu Yi still wants to treat it as an amulet, which is simply a huge joke.

Hu Lie is much more pragmatic than Xu Yi. Hu Lie went to the palace as a guard. If anyone else was a person, he would probably be dissatisfied or even passive. However, Hu Lie did not have any complaints, but instead worked hard and did his best to do the affairs of the palace. Following Zhong Hui's pace and obeyed his plans.

Because of this, after Xu Yi was punished and executed, the vanguard was absent. Zhong Hui first thought of not others, but Hu Lie, who was responsible for the palace behind the palace. Therefore, Hu Lie naturally completed the counterattack and became the new vanguard officer from the unknown palace back.

This made Xiahou Xiantian Zhang and others very jealous. Why was it not their turn to the generals of the central army when the vanguard officer was vacant, but Hu Lie, who was behind the palace, very puzzled?

In terms of combat power, everyone is a slight pound. In terms of wisdom and impetuous Hu Lie is not better than Xu Yi. Zhong Hui is inappropriate in choosing people, and perhaps the next Xu Yi will be born.

But Zhong Hui ignored the gossip of the crowd and chose Hu Lie very firmly. Now Zhong Hui's prestige has been greatly improved in the army. No matter what decision he makes, no one dares to question it anymore. Of course, this refers to the fact that in front of Zhong Hui. As for privately, there are more people who are dissatisfied, but they can only discuss it privately and dare not pass the words to Zhong Hui's ears.

Of course, Hu Lie would not pay attention to these doubts. As long as he had Zhong Hui's support, it would be enough. As for other people, Hu Lie was too lazy to pay attention to them. He only needed to prove all this with his own strength, so that many people could shut up.

Continue to walk north, pass Zhao State, and enter Changshan County, which is not far from Sima's army's goal.

Hu Lie strictly followed Zhong Hui's orders, suppressed the speed of the Pioneer Battalion, and kept it within ten miles of Zhong Hui's army as much as possible, and sent people to keep in touch with Zhong Hui at all times so as not to lose information.

Zhong Hui also strictly controlled the speed of the entire vanguard army, allowing it to maintain a journey of up to half a day with the Sima army. Not to mention the attack of a small group of Bingzhou army, even if Cao Liang came out in full swing, he might not be able to do anything about them. Instead, Sima Shi was easily caught by the Sima Shi and caught Cao Liang off guard.

Although this marching method is relatively rigid, it ensures the safety of all walks of life to the greatest extent. No matter how many enemies are annihilated, one's own safety is the most important thing.

Xu Yi did not comply with Zhong Hui's request and rashly pursued, and finally fell into the trap of the Bingzhou Army. If Xu Yi abides by the regulations and keeps the distance between the vanguard and the main force within ten miles, then even if the vanguard is subject to large-scale enemy attacks, the main force will arrive in a very short time, without causing any major losses.

With Xu Yi's past lessons, Hu Lie naturally did not dare to attack rashly. The entire marching process was following the rules and following the steps, and the progress was very smooth.

Strangely, after the Battle of Gaoyi, the Bingzhou army suddenly disappeared and never encountered it along the way. Until Hu Lie arrived at Zhending City, he did not see any trace of the Bingzhou army again.

At this moment, Zhending City was already a abandoned city. When the Jizhou army evacuated Zhending, Du Qi, the prefect of Changshan, had already burned Zhending under the order of Lu Zhao. Du Qi was afraid that it would not burn it clean, so he specially piled up a lot of dry grass, wood and other fire-induced objects in the city and ignited the fire everywhere. The fire burned for several days until it was extinguished during the heavy rain. Even the rain was wiped out, the entire city was already unrecognizable, and there was no complete house. Even the city walls were tilted and collapsed to varying degrees under the roasting of the fire.

Hu Lie looked at the ruined city and felt inexplicably that in order to block the Bingzhou army, the Jizhou army burned the city he had built with great money. Now when Sima army came to take it over, it had no value anymore. Even if it was rebuilt, it would not only cost a huge amount, but it would not be possible to complete it in a short period of time.

Now most of the cities in northern Jizhou have been destroyed by fire, while the city of Xindu has destroyed floods. Water and fire are ruthless. At this moment, northern Jizhou is really a thousand miles away and uninhabited. You must know that Jizhou has always been the most prosperous and prosperous place in Wei. After the war, it is difficult to restore life without decades.

Zhending did not have any Bingzhou army stationed. It seems that such a abandoned city had long been abandoned. Hu Lie ordered people to quickly pass it to Zhong Hui.

Since it was only ten miles apart, Zhong Hui rushed to Zhending City soon. Although Zhong Hui had already received the news that Zhending City was burned in advance, Zhong Hui could not help but feel deeply moved when he saw Zhending's desolate appearance with his own eyes.

At that time, Zhong Hui was far away in Yecheng and was beyond the reach of military affairs in northern Hebei. Lu Zhao had contact with him and also mentioned the plan to abandon Zhucheng's plan to concentrate troops and keep the trust capital. At that time, the situation in the entire northern Jizhou was extremely tense, and strengthening the walls and clearing the fields was probably the only way.

But now that he returns to northern Hebei, Zhong Hui has to face a situation full of sores.

Of course, this is not the most important thing. Recovering Zhending is only one aspect. The real purpose of Sima's army is to eliminate the Bingzhou army, which is located in northern Hebei. But now there is no trace of the Bingzhou army in the Zhending area. They obviously lost their way. Where will they march next will undoubtedly be a new question.

On the one hand, Zhong Hui sent scouts to investigate everywhere, and on the other hand, he sent a message to Sima Shi, hoping that Sima Shi could arrive at Zhending as soon as possible and discuss the major plan together.
Chapter completed!