At the foot of Helan Mountain, north and south of the Yangtze River.

The Yellow River has many harms, and only one is rich. The Yellow River in the world is rich in Hetao. When it is rich in front and back, it has always been called the rice and grain river.

The places east of Helan Mountain, west of Luliang Mountain, south of Yin Mountain, and north of the Great Wall are all called Hetao Region, and in ancient times it was also called Henan.

On the Yanlucheng Tower, the county seat on the north bank of the Sheyanshui River, Chen Kefu looked into the distance.

The mountains are vast in the distance, and there are dense weeds nearby. Chen Kefu was wearing military uniforms and had not been removed, with Chen Lei, Yang Rengong, Zhang Chuchen and others following behind.

"I heard that the Hetao area has outstanding people and rich land. Why did it pass the Great Wall and enter Shuofang? After entering the Shuofang, it has always been weed. This is the land of Hetao!"

Yang Rengong had also stationed troops in Hetao in his early years, and was naturally very familiar with this place. He sighed: "The world is in chaos and has been fighting for many years. Four or five separatist forces have emerged in the Hetao area on the Longshang region. Since the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the grassland tribes north of the Yellow River have also begun to invade the south. Natural disasters and frequent wars, so it is natural. Your Majesty does not have to worry too much. The Hetao area is rich, and as long as it can stabilize, it will naturally become rich in the future."

In the Hetao area, it refers to the place east of Helan Mountain, west of Luliang Mountain, south of Yin Mountain, and north of the Great Wall.

From Mingsha in Lingwu County, Feng'an to the Lingwu Plain between Lingwu Shizui Mountain and Nayuanchuan Water, also known as "Xitao.

Corresponding to the Western Taku is the Eastern Taku. The Eastern Taku refers to the area from Lingwu Shizui Mountain to the south of Yinshan Mountain in Hedong, west of the Fen River, and the Luliang Mountains. It includes Wuyuan, Yulin, Dingxiang Yellow River, and also includes Shuofang County. Among them, the Wuyuan County areas are called Houtao Region. Yulin and Shuofang, Dingxiang is called Qiantao Region.

The soil in Hetao area is fertile and the irrigation system is developed. It is suitable for planting crops such as wheat, rice, grain, soybeans, sorghum, corn, beets, etc. It has always been the main agricultural area in the northwest. The Hetao area is also called "Saiwai Rice and Grain River", and the animal husbandry and aquatic industries in the Hetao area are also very developed.

It can be said that the three areas of Hetao are actually more abundant than the Guanzhong Plain. Not only are they in the south of the Yangtze River and rice and grain rivers, but they are also an important place for war horses in the northwest. Moreover, Hetao also contains coal, iron, copper, gold, graphite, asbestos, salt, alkali, rare earths and other mineral resources.

The land of Hetao is a treasure house.

Especially for the current Chen Dynasty, when the Chen army confronted the Turks, the strange troops broke into Guanlong, and opened up a second battlefield. When the Chen army entered Guanlong, they bypassed Tongguan, the east gate of Guanlong, and walked on the Yellow River Ferry of Mengmen Pass. Although they avoided the fierce attack on Tongguan, it also made it extremely difficult for Chen's army to provide logistics supplies.

Before and after, 100,000 soldiers and horses had already entered Guanlong. 100,000 soldiers and horses were not a small number. People ate horses and chewed them. With combat supplies, both food and equipment were consumed greatly. With such a large demand, Chen Jun could not and could not completely transport supplies from the Central Plains.

In addition to the supply of Central Plains, Chen Jun had to replenish a large part of the food and equipment on the spot. Compared with equipment, what Chen Jun urgently needed to replenish food now is food and grass. Before leaving, Chen Pojun was not too worried about the supplement. After all, this time he entered Longshang, which is the Hetao area, and Hetao is rich. In his opinion, it should not be difficult to replenish supplies.

But now, facing the ground full of weeds and broken cities and the hungry and thin people, he had to have a headache.

In the dragon tent of the emperor in Yanlucheng, Chen Kefu and Yang Rengong, Chen Lei, Zhang Chuchen and other generals surrounded the sand table to watch. Shi Wanbao, Liu Dewei, Li Shentong and Li Xiaogong were from Guanlong. Originally, Li Yuan's old subordinates told everyone the latest military situation. There were also civil and military personnel coming and going, quietly reporting and receiving orders.

After listening to the report, Chen Kefu picked up the command staff and instructed him on the sand table.

"We have intercepted the logistics supply of Xue Rengao. In addition, the contact between Xue's army and Chang Zhongxing in Yulin was also blocked by us. From now on, Xue Rengao, who left Shuofang, has become a lonely army and went deep into Diaoyin. Except for his 40,000 troops, there were no reinforcements. Now, we have discovered that Xue Rengao has successively taken down three cities to Shangxian along the Sheyanshui River. Xue Rengao left three infantry guards in each city, and another five thousand troops to attack Dabin City on the Pingshui River in the northwest of Shangxian County. He divided his troops to attack Yanfu City on the east side of Shangxian County. He personally led 10,000 light cavalry and 10,000 infantry to attack Shangxian County. He really believed that I had just crossed the Yellow River and entered Shangxian County."

All the generals burst into laughter and were amazed by the emperor's layout.

Long before the army crossed the river, Chen Kefu, who had just received the news of Chen Ke's enemy's victory, had already begun to make arrangements. First, he deliberately sent Chen Pojun, who was a spy, to Ding'an to deliver a letter, asking Xue Rengao to deliberately intercept the letter, which led Xue Rengao to lead his troops south. Then Chen Kefu crossed the Yellow River two days earlier than Xue Rengao's letter. Then he personally led 10,000 light cavalry and the light cavalry went north, and walked around from a small path to Xue Rengao's back, easily took Shuofang, and cut off Xue Rengao's retreat.

Moreover, Chen Kefu had already predicted that if Xue Rengao went south, he would definitely have the intention to capture Chen Kefu with his personality. At that time, he would definitely divide his troops to attack the county towns around Shangxian and make a ten-sided siege to prevent Chen Pojun from leaking the net. With his conceit, although after the division of the troops, Xue Rengao would still be very confident in attacking 50,000 with 20,000.

Yang Rengong looked at the sand table and couldn't help but sigh: "Your Majesty is so good at planning, but everything was expected." The reason he said this was because in Dabin City and Yanfu City, heavy troops had been laid out to wait for the Qin army to fall into the trap. 50,000 reinforcements crossing the river and nearly 10,000 surrendered troops in the Later Zhou Dynasty, Chen Kefu only brought 10,000 people, and the remaining 50,000 were still there.

In addition to Rulin and Funing, the three cities of Kaijiang were arranged to surrender the Later Zhou army. Shangxian was actually an empty city at this time, and only Li Junxian was bluffing with three thousand light cavalry. The real soldiers of Chen army were actually secretly stationed in Dabin and Yanfu and Chengpingcheng in the south of Shangxian. Dabin and Yanfu each buried 15,000 troops, and the ambushed in Chengpingcheng was 7,000. Yang Rengong could imagine what would happen if Xue Rengao attacked like this.

"March Deputy Marshal General Yang Rengong, you will take Shi Wanbao and Liu Dewei to guard Shuofang City, monitor Chang Zhongxing, Yulin at any time, and be responsible for preventing the Qin army in Yanchuan and Honghua counties. Li Shentong, Li Xiaogong, Zhang Chuchen, and Ma Ning will lead the headquarters, and follow me to lead the remaining 6,000 light cavalry to find Xue Rengao's advance route to the south. The military officer in the Records Room, Yu Shinan, the doctor of the merit test, must record the merits in detail, and no mistakes must be made!"

"Get orders!" The generals ordered.

Chen Kefu looked down at the sand table and reached out to insert a small flying eagle battle flag into the upper county. He said coldly: "Since Xue Rengao wants to play big, I will play with him. This time, we will encircle the Qin army on all sides, capture them all in one place, and completely destroy the Western Qin!"

Diaoyin, Shangxian Town.

Under the dark sky, a row of black dots suddenly surged out from the northwest direction. Gradually, the black dots connected into a line.

On the snow that had not yet melted on the yellow land, the black lines were extremely obvious. The next moment, the black lines continued to advance and turned into a black ocean. The flying flags were like waves raised in the black ocean.

"Dangdangdangdangdangdangdang!~~"

There was already a urgent and urgent alarm bell sounding from Shangxian Town. From a distance, you can see people running around on Shangxian Town.

Xue Rengao rode his horse onto a low slope, with a conceited smile on his lips, pointed the horse whip in his hand at the distant Shangxian City, and said to the left and right: "Everyone in the world said that Chen Pojun is the reincarnation of the god of war, and he is invincible in battle and defeated in every battle. Today, I am also competing with Chen Pojun for the edge and martial arts!"

Xue Huaiyi said on the side: "Your Highness, Chen Pojun has never suffered a defeat on the battlefield. Now he brings 50,000 cavalry to support, so we should not underestimate it. We should be cautious and careful when we defend and attack."

Xue Rengao nodded: "What he said is reasonable. Although Gu is not afraid of Chen Pojun, Chen Jun's firearms are indeed sharp and have to be guarded. If you send an order, you can rest on the spot two miles below the city without camping. You will start an attack immediately after dark!"

Looking at the sneer on the corner of the mouth of the prince Xue Rengao, Xue Huaiyi did not persuade him anymore. He knew that although Xue Rengao often acted very arrogant on the surface, if he really thought he was the kind of brave but unscheming person, he would be very wrong. Under the surface of that arrogance, Xue Rengao's cunning was often hidden. For example, resting two miles below the city was a trick. Generally, if the enemy saw the Qin army like this, he would definitely think that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it and attacked the city.

At that time, they would find that this was actually Xue Rengao's strategy to lure the enemy. If one is not good, not only will the defenders who leave the city be killed and may even allow him to take the opportunity to attack the city. The Qin army had seen such tricks many times before, and it was tried and tried again and again. Therefore, after the military order was passed, although the Qin army seemed to relax and mess suddenly, it was actually loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and had been waiting secretly.

However, what surprised Xue Rengao was that after they had been performing for a long time, the city still had no reaction. It was just that they could see that the defenders in the city had increased by nearly twice, with densely packed defenders on the walls, and then there were large crossbows, which was daunting!

The sky was getting darker and the wind was tightening. The flags were rushing on the city, and the Qin army was rubbing their hands under the city.

Seeing that a plan was not done, Xue Rengao secretly hated her, "What kind of war god is reincarnated is just like this, there is no courage. He has 50,000 troops but dares not face the challenge of the 20,000 troops. This is what. He sent the order and retreated ten miles later, bury the pot and cook, and prepare for the night battle."
Chapter completed!