Before going to war, the defense of Bingzhou must be arranged. Although Chen Qian and Hu Fen on Hedong were cleaned up and became much more honest, they did not rule out that they took advantage of the opportunity of Bingzhou's main force going south to attack Jinyang.

There is also Lu Dai from Jizhou. Although Cao Liang has never fought with him, Cao Liang knew very well that this guy was also a very dangerous person. Sima Yi had to make plans to take charge of Jizhou and must not be taken lightly.

Therefore, while Cao Liang went to Heluo, he also began to arrange the defense of Bingzhou. The Tun Cavalry was stationed in Qi County to protect Jinyang, taking into account the enemies in the east and southwest. The Shore Camp was stationed at Weize Pass, while the Changshui Camp was stationed in Shangdang, which basically considered that it could withstand attacks from all sides.

In recent years, the county soldiers of Bingzhou have also developed accordingly. Although the quality of the troops cannot be compared with the eight field battalions, after training, these county soldiers who only serve as city defense tasks can be fully qualified for defense tasks. Now Bingzhou has a game of chess, the situation is clear, the people are stable, and the morale is high.

In order to catch this attack off guard, Cao Liang did not mobilize heavily. Except for the Pioneer Battalion that arrived in Gaodu in advance, the other battalions were temporarily stationed in various places to maintain the status quo. Only after the Pioneer Battalion operated, the rest of the battalions would attack the Sima Army targets in Hanoi as planned.

As for Ma Long's 3,000-man vanguard camp, Cao Liang had no need to hide it. After all, for Sima Army, a team of 3,000 people came to attack. A war of this scale was at best scratching the surface and was not considered a big battle at all.

What's more, Ma Long was not famous before, and it did not pose any threat to Hanoi prefect Chen Tai.

In March of the tenth year of Zhengshi, Ma Long led a 3,000-man pioneer camp, headed south from Gaodu, passed through Shimen Pass, and directly took Qinshui.

When Sima's army was invading the northern expedition, it was Shangdang who entered Shimen Pass. However, after withdrawing from Shangdang, the Sima's army gave up Shimen Pass and reduced its main force to the front line of Huai County-Wen County, relying on the city to defend Henei.

After all, compared with the plain terrain of Hanoi, the steep Shimen Pass is an insurmountable danger, but for the towering Taihang Mountains, Shimen Pass can only be regarded as two large stones. When the Sima army retreated to Hanoi, the dangerous geography of Shimen Pass became insignificant. If troops were sent to garrison here, facing the more dangerous Taihang Mountains, Shimen Pass was useless. And if the alone army stationed here, there was a possibility that it would be annihilated by the Bingzhou Army. Therefore, after Chen Tai became the prefect of Hanoi, he adjusted the defense of Hanoi County. Almost all the dangerous passes near Taihang Mountains were withdrawn. Chen Tai focused Hanoi's defense on the front line of the Yellow River, and the main purpose was to protect the capital Luoyang.

The news of Qinshui's loss reached Huai County very low and quickly. After Chen Tai heard the news, he was shocked. After Sima Yi's southern expedition to Huainan, the pressure on Chen Tai, who served as the prefect of Hanoi, suddenly increased. Compared with Hedong Prefect Chen Qian and Pingyang Prefect Hu Fen, Chen Tai's prefect of Hanoi not only stationed in Henei County, he also had to beware of the Yellow River defense line at all times to ensure the safety of Luoyang.

In contrast, Chen Qian and Hu Fen are more relaxed, and they just need to keep their territory.

After Chen Tai accepted the appointment, he felt deeply responsible, so he was extremely cautious when arriving. Before Sima Yi conquers the south, he left him with 50,000 troops, which proves from one side how crucial the defense of Hanoi County is.

Chen Tai stationed 50,000 troops in Huai County, Wen County and Yewang respectively, forming a defensive line in Hanoi, forming a pin-shaped defensive line in Hanoi, which serves as a supporter. The Qinshui that fell this time was outside this defense system. The Qinshui defenders were limited and could not resist the attack of the Bingzhou army at all.

However, when the news came from Qinshui, the Bingzhou Army did not send out a brigade of troops, but only sent three thousand people to a team. Moreover, the generals in the army were not Deng Ai Yang Hu and others whom he was more familiar with. They were a strange name that he had never heard of - Ma Long.

The promotion of any military general in the army follows a gradual principle. Even if it is a promotion of over-level promotion, it is basically chosen among the original troops. As an opponent who needs to compete for a long time, Chen Tai is quite familiar with the battle sequence of the Bingzhou Army. He can know the main general and deputy general of each battle sequence as he knows it.

However, Chen Tai had never heard of a military general named Ma Long before, and suddenly came out, which made Chen Tai confused.

It seems that this person must have a close relationship with Cao Liang, otherwise Cao Liang would not have to use so many experienced and brave generals, but he would rather use such an unknown person.

Chen Tai knew that Cao Liang had a brother-in-law Yang Hu, who was one of the five tiger generals under his tent. However, Yang Hu's ability is obvious to all. Cao Liang can be regarded as a talented person and not avoiding relatives. However, is it possible that Ma Long, who was reused this time, is also nepotism?

However, whether it is nepotism is not important to Chen Tai. However, since this person dares to come, it proves that he has two tricks. But what Chen Tai is strange about is that since Cao Liang appointed Ma Long as the main general, he only sent an army of 3,000 people. Although the Bingzhou Army cannot be said to have many soldiers and a wide range of generals, he only sent 3,000 people to go to war, and it feels that there is no difference between coming to die.

But how could Cao Liang send an army to die for no reason? Thinking about the battle in Wanzi City, Chen Tai was still scared. He couldn't say that Cao Liang used troops like a god, but at least he was elusive. Is it a bait to send such three thousand people to come this time?

Of course, this possibility is not without it. Cao Liang was suspicious and asked the three thousand abandoned men as bait to attract the main force of the Sima army and wanted to take the opportunity to make some plans.

However, the news from Qinshui that the Bingzhou Army entered Hanoi this time was indeed the only one, without any other army, except for these three thousand people.

Moreover, according to the news sent back from the Shangdang of Bingzhou, it seems to prove that the attack of the Bingzhou army was not an organized and premeditated large-scale military operation, but more like a disturbance.

Chen Taiyu went from shock to anger. Cao Liang was simply too lying. He thought he had defeated him, so he looked down on Hanoi and let these cats and dogs act recklessly. Since that's the case, he would wipe out all three thousand people. See if Cao Liang dared to act arrogantly and be arrogant?
Chapter completed!