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Chapter 393 The Battle of Mount Heng (Part [-])
When Li Chongjiu led his army to Lingshou County from Shiyi County, he saw that the city had been replaced with a banner with the word Youzhou written on it.

The city is heavily guarded, and the soldiers are patrolling back and forth with their helmets and armor on, and everything is in order.

Seeing the scene, Li Chongjiu couldn't help but nodded happily, and at this moment, he saw Xue Wanche and Ji Chuan waiting at the base of the city together.

When Li Chongjiu rode his horse to the front and rear, both of them stepped forward to meet with military salute.

Although Xue Wanche captured Lingshou County, he looked apprehensive. After all, they did not go directly to reinforce Li Chongjiu, but captured the county seat. If Li Chongjiu was captured by Xi Shiling, then his culpability would be serious.

Li Chongjiu looked at the two of them, but there was no displeasure on his face. Instead, he got off the horse with a man beside him, and said to him: "Mao Gong, let me introduce you, this is Tiger Ben in our army." General Xue Wanche, this is Ji Chuan, my doctor."

The man next to Li Chongjiu clasped his fists and said, "So it's the general of the Xue family. The old general Xue is guarding the east of the river, and everyone in Youbin admires him. This Ji Langzhong has been famous for a long time. He heard the old saying of Gu Gong." , Your Excellency is good at making suggestions, but you are a person like Chen Ping."

After hearing this, Xue Wanche said, "That's ridiculous."

Hearing Xu Shiji's words, Ji Chuan said with a displeased face: "Chen Ping is the one who steals money from his wife. I can't compare him to him. This general has thick eyebrows and big eyes. Could it be Xu Big Eyes?"

Although Xu Big Eye is Xu Shiji's nickname, usually only the Wagang brothers who are close to him dare to call him that. After all, Xu Shiji is also the third-ranked general in the Wagang village. Who would dare to say that.

Xu Shiji heard the words and said: "It was Xu who just made a slip of the tongue."

Hearing Xu Shiji's apology to Ji Chuan, Guo Xiaoke, who was standing behind him, was furious, snorted unhappily, and said, "I also heard that Ji Langzhong is known as Ji Smelly Mouth in the Youzhou Army. I saw you today. Is it really worthy of its reputation?"

Ji Chuan glanced sideways at the other party, and said: "The name of my subordinate is also in Wagang's ears. It seems that Ji Chuan is still a little famous. As for your Excellency, you can know that he is unknown at a glance, so there is no need to report the name. I know now."

In terms of verbal skills, Guo Xiaoke, a warrior, is no match for Ji Chuan, and he couldn't help being furious at the moment.

Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel, Xu Shiji quickly said: "General Xue, Ji Langzhong's surprise attack on Lingshou County is really unexpected, and this achievement is really not small."

Xue Wanche said immediately: "I told Lord Shanggu that Ji Langzhong wanted to go to Shiyi for reinforcements, but the last general didn't listen, and instead attacked Lingshou County. It was the last general's sole idea, and Lord Shanggu must punish him."

Li Chongjiu smiled and said: "Didn't you send someone to tell you about Xishiling's ambush before? If our army defeats Xishiling, it will not be enough to take Lingshou County, but you can take advantage of Xishiling's ambush to take it." , our army can take advantage of this to sweep Hengshan County."

Xue Wanche couldn't help being grateful when he heard the words, and said: "Mr. Shanggu trusts the general, and the general can only repay it by doing his best."

When it came to important matters, Ji Chuan stopped bickering, but said to Li Chongjiu: "I report to Lord Shanggu, among the eight counties in Hengshan County, Xingtang County, Shiyi County, and Lingshou County are already in the hands of our army. General, we are attacking Jingxing Pass, and after Jingxing Pass, Jingxing County will also be owned by our army."

Xue Wanche said: "At present, among the Eight Xings of the Taihang, Feihu Xing, Jundu Xing, and Puyin Xing are all in the hands of our army. If Jing Xing is to hit, our army already has four of the Eight Xings of the Taihang, and half of the Taihang Mountains are in our hands. under military control."

Ji Chuan said: "General Xue is right. The northern four Xings of Taihang Eight Xings are Mobei, and the communication channels between Bingzhou and Hebei must be in the hands of our army. Therefore, our army is determined to win Jingxing, and Jingxing Once we win, Hengshan County will have no danger to defend, and we will follow the trend."

Li Chongjiu nodded, now there are three Xings in Taihang, and with Yanshan, the key points in Hebei are controlled by the Youzhou army. If they go south to attack Dou Jiande, only Jumahe, Hutuohe and other Youyan cavalry can stop him.If it is winter and the river freezes, the Hebei Plain will be unimpeded.

Although his military strength is not as good as Dou Jiande's now, but in terms of geographical advantages, he is completely victorious.

To put it simply, it is easy for Youzhou to attack Xia Jun, but it is difficult for Xia Jun to attack Youzhou.Therefore, Li Chongjiu is determined to win Hengshan County. Once this county is established, the terrain of Youzhou can be consolidated.This not only gave Dou Jiande a geographical advantage, but also expanded his own power. At the same time, it also weakened and hit Li Tang's momentum, which can be said to kill three birds with one stone.

In case Hengshan County is captured by Dou Jiande first, then Li Chongjiu and Dou Jiande will each occupy half of the geographical advantage of Taihang Mountain, and the geographical advantage will no longer exist.

Li Chongjiu said: "Wen Changshi did a good job. I am not in Youzhou this time. You can come to attack Hengshan County on your own. If you use the same troops and make a big fanfare, although with the power of our army today, Hengshan County is not difficult to capture. But Dou Jiande, Liu Wuzhou and his generation will definitely not sit idly by, if the two of them intervene, our army will be in trouble, but right now we must not take it lightly, Hengshan County we must hurry to avoid long nights and dreams."

Everyone listened to Li Chongjiu's words and knew that although Xi Shiling was dead and the main forces of Hengshan County were annihilated, Li Chongjiu decided to go to Hengshan County in the first battle to avoid long nights and dreams.

Xu Shiji said: "Mr. Shanggu, the danger of Hengshan County lies in Jingxing, but the county's governance lies in Zhending County. Zhending is not only the source of money and food in Hengshan County, but also the danger of Taihang. It is absolutely necessary for Hebei. If you look west, Taiyuan will be shaken. Going north, you will be shocked by Fan Yang. If you go south to the Central Plains, pass through the Qinghe River, go down to the plains, and cross the Baimajin River, you can directly cross the Yellow River, just like building water in a high house, and galloping four horses in Zhongda."

Li Chongjiu agrees with Xu Shiji's words. In history, when the Northern Song Dynasty competed with the Liao and Jin Dynasties, due to the loss of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun and the danger of losing Yanshan, the Northern Song Dynasty built Hejian, Zhending, and Zhongshan to support the defense of Hebei. , to reject Khitan.

As a result, when the Jin soldiers attacked the Northern Song Dynasty for the first time, they demanded to cede the land of the three towns as a condition for peace negotiation. Li Gang said sadly, the three towns are the barrier of the country, how can the country be established after cutting them off.

Xue Wanche listened to Xu Shiji's words that we must first seize the true decision, and said: "What General Xu said is true, we must first obtain the true decision, but Yong'an Wang Li Xiaoji's troops also rushed from Luzhou to the true decision, in case the enemy forces It is not good for our army to be preconceived."

Li Chongjiu said: "Wang Mahan, you immediately lead [-] light cavalry to intercept Yong'an Wang Li Xiaoji's men and horses. As for General Xue and General Xu, you two must send troops immediately."

"No!" The three generals obeyed the order and led the troops away.

Just when Li Chongjiu had just issued the order, Ji Chuan said in the foreword: "I have just received news from Youzhou that Dou Jiande's general Liu Heitai, Duke of Handong County, and his younger brother Liu Shishan, and General Zhang Junli have sent troops to invade the country. Standing at the foot of Gu'an City."

Li Chongjiu's eyes froze when he heard the words, Dou Jiande is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he sent troops so quickly to drag his hind legs.

Zhuojun, under the city of Gu'an County.

A big man in armor straddles the khaki city wall of Gu'an County.

This big man is in his thirties, he looks burly and majestic, and he looks mighty and heroic, as if he is singing a song about wine, and the poems like the geometry of life are written for this kind of people.

This person is now Dou Jiande's heroic general Liu Heitai, named Duke of Handong County.

Now Liu Heita looked at the head of Gu'an County, and reached out to touch the short beard under his forehead. Behind him, Xia's soldiers and horses were arrayed like a mountain, and their swords, guns, swords and halberds were like a forest.

"Your Majesty, our army has invaded Youzhou before King Xia's order to send troops. This is an undeclared war against Youzhou. I'm afraid it will have a lot to do with it in the future." Generals Zhang Junli and Liu Heitai said .

Liu Heikai didn't take it seriously, and said: "I'm afraid, there must have been a war between Youzhou and our Xia Kingdom, and now Li Chongjiu sent troops to invade Hengshan. If he is allowed to take Hengshan County, it will be difficult for King Xia to take it back in the future. As a general, if I make a decision on the fly, King Xia will definitely not blame me."

His younger brother Liu Shishan said unhappily at the side: "King Xia is my eldest brother, how can I blame my eldest brother for such a trivial matter."

Zhang Junli said: "After all, we are beheading first and then playing. We sent troops without authorization. What if King Xia doesn't want to fight Youzhou?"

Liu Heikai glanced sideways at the other party and said: "If King Xia's ambition is to conquer the world, if he wants to conquer the world, he must unify Hebei, with Youzhou on his back, just like a fish in his throat. If you don't conquer Youzhou, how can you fight for the world from the south. King Xia You don’t have to wait until the edict arrives, just pass on my military order, the army will set up camp on the spot, rest for one night, and attack the county seat tomorrow.”

"If Li Chongjiu doesn't return to his teacher, I will knock down the cities of Youzhou one by one."

After Liu Heita finished speaking, all the generals under his command were overjoyed, only Zhang Junli was not Liu Heita's confidant, he frowned and remained silent.

Just at this moment, suddenly a man came galloping on horseback and said, "Young Duke, King Xia's order!"

"Oh?"

Everyone was taken aback, they didn't expect Dou Jiande's edict to be issued at this time.

Zhang Junli said happily, "Young Lord, now that King Xia's edict has come, let's take it first."

Liu Heita glanced at Zhang Junli and said, "Listen to the orders."

After finishing speaking, all the generals dismounted together, and Liu Heita directly took the imperial edict from the opponent.

Because Dou Jiande had just established the country at this time, and the yellow silk was not yet ready, so the imperial decree was just an ordinary white silk, only with Dou Jiande's seal on the end to distinguish the authenticity.

Liu Heitai took the imperial decree and read it aloud.

...Order Liu Heita, Duke of Handong County, to act on his own, make decisions on the fly, and don't need to consult for everything...

Hearing these words, the hearts of all the generals dropped, Zhang Junli looked at Liu Heita with both envy and jealousy, and thought that Dou Jiande, as the King of Xia, was really generous to his fellow countryman.

Zhang Junli immediately said: "The last general is willing to lead the army as the vanguard to capture this city."

Liu Heikai glanced at Zhang Junli, laughed loudly and said: "Okay, let's send an order to attack the city with all our strength tomorrow, and you will be beaten to death in Youzhou. Li Chongjiu is only willing to return from Hengshan County."

(End of this chapter)