Zhu Tufeng arrived in Shangdang in mid-June, and came all the way from Xinqinzhong, traveling more than 2,000 miles, and at least 300 people were left behind. The proportion was already very low due to illness or fatigue.

Wan Xiu sent them to the fifth mile of Changling. With the fifth reunion, it became Zhu Tufengyong's "home".

In addition, the people who were in trouble along the way counted the number of people near Shangdang County City, leaving only more than a thousand. Along the way, military discipline was highly valued by Wan Xiu. Although he could not achieve the extent to which even trampled on the young seedlings and cut his hair when he led the team, if there was any humiliation and looting the people, Wan Xiu would be punished seriously and killed ten soldiers who violated the discipline in one breath in Shangdang.

This surprised Bao Yong, the assistant of Gongcao of Shangdang. This army was indeed different from ordinary royal divisions.

In early July, they rested and recovered their strength, replenished their shoes and food, and left Shangdang Huguan and walked east along the Wukou Pass.

Fukou Xing is the main road from Bingzhou to Hebei. It starts from Huguan in the west and ends at Wushi County at the foot of Fushan in the east. It stretches for more than 300 miles east and west. It has been a key military strategist since ancient times. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Huan of Qi led the princes to threaten Jin. During the Warring States Period, Qin and Zhao repeatedly fought for the Shangdang. In the Battle of Changping, Fukou was also the lifeline of the Zhao army known as the "450,000" of the "450,000" in the Battle of Changping.

He hovered all the way around the cliffs at the bottom. The soldiers from the Daping Plain complained that the road was rugged and difficult to walk. Feng Qin, the planner who was sent by the fifth republic to lead them, said: "Captain, this road is already the smallest undulating and easiest to walk among the Taihang Passes."

It is essentially a fault zone in the Taihang Mountains, connecting a series of small basins in the county towns. It almost didn't feel the big terrain contrast and passed through the main vein of the Taihang Mountains.

Although it was early autumn, the canyon was still refreshing. The cliffs were green and the water was turbulent eastward. The temperature was lower than outside. As we walked, the road was narrower again. The mountains on both sides were towering, like an important gateway, and there was a small pass in the middle. This was the junction between Shangdang and Wei Cheng.

Coming here means that the narrow and long Wukou Pass has already gone halfway and is getting closer and closer to his good brother Ma Yuan.

This place is far from the level of "one man should be a pass and ten thousand men cannot open" like Shangdang Huguan. The small pass with dozens of people guarding the walls are only more than meter high. Wan Xiu sent people to hold the fifth reunion to call the door, but the other party kept his door and refused to accept it, and just said that he would ask the county magistrate.

How could Wan Xiu wait for their reinforcements to arrive? He immediately launched a strong attack. After spending a long time to fight, the front suddenly became clear, and the Shexian County was in his eyes.

What Wan Xiu didn't know was that when Di Wulun heard that the name of Shexian County was "Shaxian" for the first time in his jurisdiction, he almost laughed out loud and even repeatedly confirmed with someone.

"Is this 'Sha County' really the name, not the new name changed by His Majesty the Emperor?"

Finally, it was confirmed that there was a "Shahou Kingdom" in the Spring and Autumn Period, so it was named after the county in the early Han Dynasty. There was still a powerful Sha family in the local area, which really had nothing to do with Wang Mang, so the fifth reunion breathed a sigh of relief.

When I heard that an army had arrived, the county was facing a great enemy. From Sha to the officials and people, everyone was shocked.

At first I thought it was a bandit from Taihang. After I found out that they had a clear stand, I realized it was an official army, and the people in the county were even more afraid: "The thieves want food, and the king's army is dead!"

Qibiao sent someone to call the door for a long time. Even if he moved out of the fifth reunion, Shexian still refused. So he came over and asked for a fight: "Captain, attack with force!"

The seventh Biao was initially unhappy when he arrived in She County, but he regained his energy and said to his subordinates: "We are the old subordinates of the sect leader, and the soldiers in Wei are new soldiers. This battle must be powerful, otherwise the guests in Ye would definitely be the least of the locals."

Qibiao was thinking about Xiaojiujiu. He thought that the fifth reunion must have recruited a large number of subordinates. He who could rank in the army in the past may move his position backwards, but he cannot perform.

Wan Xiu did not have such competitive intentions. He heard from Feng Qin that the commander of another soldier was Ma Yuan, so what's there to fight for? Wan Xiu's main purpose was to preserve the soldiers and survive. He knew that every old soldier was very precious and was also the foundation for establishing more troops in the fifth relationship. Every time one fell on the road, Wan Xiu felt very distressed.

He has "benevolence" in his heart.

So Wan Xiu said: "In Shexian County, only a few people rebel against the thieves. Most people are just afraid. Fear will make people unable to listen to anything. If we force ourselves, the old officials of the Li family of Wu'an and the powerful men will inspire us, and the whole city will assist in the garrison."

They did not carry too many siege equipment, which was not good for a long time, but they could not bypass Shexian and go directly east. The county seat was on the only way to pass by the Zhangshui River.

At this time, he came to guide them under the order of the fifth family, and Feng Qin, who was taciturn in his words, stood up.

"The lieutenant's words are reasonable. It's better to let me go into the city and explain it to the reason and convince the slaughter and the powerful."

Qibiao looked at the dull gourd with a squinted eye: "Just Feng Jishou, he doesn't even say anything, and he wants to be a lobbyist?"

Feng Qin said: "Needless to say, just go in and indicate your identity."

He did not want to follow Geng Yan and hold the county magistrate hostage, but only the only one who can talk to the powerful is the powerful. The Feng family of Fanyang is surnamed Wei Cheng. According to the unwritten rules of the Haoyou, the people inside did not dare to hurt him, otherwise they would have made a feud.

"She County is far away from Wu'an, and Li's control over this county is not that strong. It mainly cuts off the Fukou road through the bandits of the Fushan Mountains, cuts off the connection between She County and the county town, and forces She County to obey."

"As long as I tell the Ming Dynasty's love for the people, and do not move the interests of the county magistrate and the powerful, this city can go down without fighting."

But things were far from as smooth as Feng Qin said. After he pulled the rope he threw down into the city, there was no movement for a long time, which made Di Seventh Biao anxious and said he wanted to attack the city again.

Wan Xiu was not in a hurry. As night was about to come, he sent someone back to the west, then lit the torch and arrived eastward at the foot of She County, and entered the camp at a corner of the fenced city.

Repeated several times, throughout the first half of the night, the powerful men in Shexian saw the "King Army" igniting fires and arrived from Fukou Pass. The camp's stove lights became more and more loud and the sound became more and more noisy. A rough count of them was at least three thousand!

Seeing that the other party continues to increase troops, the pressure in the small county town doubles, how can it withstand this?

At this time, some people who fled from Wushi County said that Wushi had been captured by the fifth major Yin.

When Feng Qin was attacked from both sides, he could reach an agreement with the city officials Hao You. When dawn, the powerful Sha clan directly tied up the county magistrate and sent it out of the city. It was said that this person accepted the bribes of the woman from Wu'an and Li's family, so he resisted stubbornly!

Sure enough, the one who took the blame was still the one who took the blame.

Wan Xiu did not expose their tricks, but only asked Feng Qin to serve as a fake slaughter, and sent him 200 people to the county temple. At the same time, he said that he was an outsider and was not familiar with the next road, so he "please" the legitimate son of the Haoyou generals of the Sha family and other Hao's right clan to send him to the army to lead a way.

Feng Qin admired the style of this captain. Although Wan Xiu was a gentleman, he paid great attention to chivalrous spirit and was a guy who liked to "suppress others with virtue". Just like he gave up the assassination of the fifth reunion back then, force was always the last choice he adopted.

After several hostages and the troops were resting and eating, Wan Xiu immediately led his men to continue traveling east along the Fukou Road.

The road is much easier to walk than in the first half, and the team speeds up. The next day, we arrived at Minghe, which was rushing out of the Taihang Mountains. Fukou Xing divided a branch line to the north, leading to Wu'an, the old nest of the Li family.

At this time, the scout reported that an army appeared on the other side of the river.

The scouts from both sides tentatively approached across the river. Although Qin Opera and Wei Yu talked to each other, they saw the yellow turbans on each other's head at first sight. It was his own right!

After a while, the two armies met on both sides of Mingshui. The river was clear and shallow. Wan Xiu rode his horses across the river. Two horses on the other side came to greet him--a horse sit down, and there was another horse on the seat, which was Ma Yuan!

"Wenyuan is fine!" Wan Xiu was also very excited when he clasped his fists.

"Why did Junyou come? I have been waiting for several days, and I just want to take people to Shexian to help you." Ma Yuan laughed.

The two armies met, and the "strong thighs" of the fifth relationship and the two thick legs finally came together again.

...

In mid-July, when Wan Xiu and Ma Yao met, in the Li Family Fort in Wu'an County, a hundred miles away from the north, the former thief Li Neng was also surprised to hear the news that Wushi and Shexian fell one after another within a few days.

"The fifth replies sneak attack me!"

Li Neng did not expect that, after all, since the summer, Di Wulun had been proclaiming in the county that he would send troops to guard against Chi Zhaoping's attack on Yuancheng Imperial Temple again, and to dispatch troops to assist General Gengshi and the Grand Tutor in the fight against Chi Mei.

This made the Li family relax. The world was shaky, and the fifth reunion could not take action to deal with it. What's more, behind his family, there was the original family in Handan, the real "Zhaojun Li" as his backer, and one of the two great powers in Hebei: Prince Zhao Liu Lin, also a relative of the marriage, and it was a move that affected his whole body. I think the fifth reunion didn't have the courage to take action.

But I never expected that the attack was so rapid and precise that even the army attacked Shexian in the west. Could it be that the fifth reincarnation asked the royal army from the court?

If the last time he lost Huang Ze thief, Li Neng's left arm was broken, then this time when Wushi and Shexian fell, it would be like removing his two thighs, leaving only Wu'an with one arm and unable to support him.

A counterattack is impossible. Although Wu'an is a big county and a big city, relying on a thousand iron slaves and a thousand clan soldiers, and then carrying the county soldiers, at most three thousand people can gather, and they can only protect themselves.

"At this point, I can only fight to the death."

Without hesitation, Li Neng immediately sent his clan members to Handan a hundred miles east: "Go to report to Prince Zhao Liu Lin."

"The fifth reunification is about to attack Zhao Liu. The sorrow of Handan begins with Wu'an!"

...

There is Liangqi County fifty miles north of Ye, which is where the fifth reunion leads troops. Although the Liang Qizhai Yan Yang is ashamed of his virtue and is said to have slept with his sister-in-law, he is very capable and is Feng Qin's friend. He reported the truthfully that when the fifth reunion was in the county, he also joined the door, allowing the fifth reunion to control the northern gateway of Yecheng.

On the map, Liangqi County is closer to Handan, forty miles north, which is less than twenty kilometers away from later generations, and it is the famous city of Handan, Hebei.

Therefore, there is no danger between Handan and Wei Chengjun except for two rivers and a ruin of the Great Wall in the South of Zhao State, and there is no danger to defend, and troops can be approached by the city in half a day.

However, the fifth reunion had no extra troops and could not fight against neighboring counties. He had to worry about the fact that Zhao and Liu, who were in the Wu'an and Li family, sent hundreds of chariots and cavalrymen, who had been there, and two or three thousand disciples went south to "surround Wei and save Zhao".

Zhao and Liu did not compare with the Li family of Wu'an. The big and small sects broke the bones and connected the tendons, and involved more than 20 counties in Hebei. Once they were forced to make trouble, it would be a real cross-province and county connection, which would be difficult to curb.

This is also when the fifth republic has not taken action for a long time and has to wait for the more than 100,000 troops of the imperial court to reach Guandong.

It is impossible for people in the world to understand General Gengshi like Feng Yan. They still feel that the victory or defeat of the Wang Shi and the Red Eyebrow are unpredictable. The fifth reunion can only eliminate the Wu'an Li family before the paper tiger was exposed.

So after receiving the news that Wushi, Shexian County was all out, Ma Yuan and Wan Xiu met, and began to approach Wu'an, he smiled and said, "It's worthy of being my stronghold. The attack plan is good, but next, whether we can win Wu'an in one battle is the turn of attacking and fighting!"

Zhao Liu must be stabilized so that they dare not act rashly. Once more enemies are involved, first, they will support Wu'an, so that the goal of unifying Wei County by the fifth reunion cannot be achieved. Second, if the news reaches Liang, General Gengshi and the Taishi decide not to care about the Red Eyebrows, and come to Hebei first, pass through Wei, and more than 100,000 rioters and soldiers, that is the real disaster that will lead the wolf into the house and be destroyed.

The fifth reunion thought about sending the eloquent Huang Changge, but after another thought, the powerful and arrogant person would probably be regarded as humiliating by the other party.

So I had to let Huang Chang down, and called Bo Feng Yan, who had just returned from Shangdang, had a pretty face and had "proper conversation".

He was General Gengshi's aide, and Handan should not know the "death" of his "death". This identity would make Zhao Liu feel that behind the fifth relationship was indeed the royal army of the imperial army, and he dared not act rashly.

"Jingtong only needs to inform the Grand Yin of Huanting (Zhao County) of this matter. The Zhao Prince Liu Lin and the Zhao County Li clan behind him will naturally hear about it."

The fifth reunion sent Feng Yan out of Liangqi County to the north. Feng Yan, like the last time he went to hook up with Bao Yong, promised: "Yan will definitely fulfill his mission!"

But the wheels just started rolling. Feng Yan, the dog-headed military advisor, took his own decisions in his heart last time after he tasted the sweetness in Shangdang!

"The fifth reunion, Zhao Liu, Bao Yong."

"Wei County, Zhao County, Shangdang."

Two boats are not enough. With his ability, three boats are enough!

Feng Yan said intimately: "With my own strength, I will be able to connect with the three parties, so that they can join forces to revive the new and restore the Han Dynasty in the future, here is the opportunity!"

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ps: Chapter 2 is at 13:00.
Chapter completed!