Although many people at that time knew that Hewu was well-managed under the support of the King of Fangtou, when they really saw it, they still felt a different feeling and couldn't help but suppress it.

This dock wall is located at the corner of the river. It is already in a superior geographical location, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The dock wall itself is also quite grand. The village wall is not an ordinary bamboo and wood fence, with layers of rammed earth, and the four corners are made of huge rocks as pillars, which are more than meter high, making it look majestic and sturdy, surrounding a huge area and having a wide space that can accommodate at least tens of thousands of people.

There are also some rivers, canals, lakes and ponds scattered around the dock wall, half used for diverting water and half used for city defense fortifications. With the arrow towers built by some giant trees, the surrounding area of ​​more than a dozen hectares of land are surrounded and protected. On these lands are planted with good growth of crops such as grain, and of course, there are also neatly pruned mulberry forests.

Those Hebei people who wandered here to peek at this scene couldn't help but grow envy and jealousy in their hearts when they saw this scene.

Especially those rural tyrants who looked down on bandits and bandits, they felt a sense of urgency when they saw that the wall was managed so solidly and strongly, even far beyond their respective home businesses that they had operated for generations.

"Then Xiang Jian has been doing nothing for production for a long time, which has harmed the countryside for more than ten years. The southerners come from afar and do not examine the virtues and wishes of the villagers, and actually help these murderers create this profound rural business. This is completely unconcerned with the expectations of our people in Hebei, and the thieves in this village have grown stronger! In a long time, no one will be able to control the thieves, and the rural customs will be ruined!"

Originally, everyone was a little nervous about colluding with Ma Qiunan to plunder, but when they saw that Hewu was so powerful, they couldn't help but find legitimacy for their behavior.

Perhaps they are essentially no different from Xiang Jian. Even some rural sects who claim to be benevolent and righteous can't help but occasionally appear as a guest-star bandit, but there is no doubt that in the Hebei bandit circle, Xiang Jian, the elderly bandit, can be called infamous and unacceptable.

Therefore, it is really hard for the king to support such a fierce bandit like Xiang Jian. Their collusion with Jie Hu naturally brought a layer of maintaining the justice of the rural customs, and we must never allow such vicious and unvirtuous thieves to overtake the heads of the villagers to act as a mighty person!

However, in addition, these people also have many private plans in their hearts. After patrolling and observing around Hewu for a long time, they discussed with their families and their subordinates: "From the location of Hewu, we can see that the southerners are either weak cavalry, but their business capabilities are far beyond the reach of Zhao State. Even tyrants like Xiang Jian can hide them and create this foundation. In this battle, the victory or defeat of the north and south is not the case. Our villagers must control each of them. The focus is on eliminating the thieves in the village. In the future, the family business is the most important thing, regardless of the country."

These ideas also reflect the conflicting psychology of the villagers. On the one hand, the power of Shi Zhao ruled for many years was difficult to eliminate. I did not think that the Southerners could really defeat Shi Zhao in Hebei. On the other hand, I was inspired by the Southerners' strong foundation in business and wanted to use it for themselves to help their family business.

In any aspect, Xiang Jian is an object that must be eradicated, warning the Southerners not to ignore their hometown feelings. However, they can only limit the war to Hewu. For the Southerners, it is enough to hurt their minions. However, if they severely damage their roots, they will become a deadly enemy and it will be difficult to have room for cooperation in the future.

The many twists and turns in this made Ma Qiu feel very annoyed. He hoped that both sides could make a decisive victory in a dignified manner, but he also understood that this was just a delusion. No matter how stupid the Southern people were, they could not use short attacks. Although his military strength was not weak, he was also burdened with heavy responsibilities. The defense of Yecheng alone made him unable to defend and act.

In this regard, the help that Shi Hu can provide to him is limited, because although the southerners are powerful at present, their own trap is not the most urgent external trouble that Shi Zhao needs to solve.

If the Xiamen and other Hu tribes in Liaodi are not settled quickly, they will grow stronger and directly threaten Shi Zhao's rear, making Shi Zhao unable to take into account both the head and the tail for a long time, and cannot concentrate all efforts to go south to fight against the Jin people in a battle for national destiny. They will gradually become weaker and eventually collapse in this kind of consumption of north and south pull.

Therefore, although Ma Qiu had already reported to Xiangguo, he knew in his heart that he could only rely on his own military strength in this battle. On the one hand, the army between You and Ping could not be transferred to the south, and on the other hand, the army between Xiangguo should not be transferred easily. After all, the Heavenly King has not been in power for a long time, and Xiangguo still needs to ensure sufficient troops to be shocked.

After the subsequent teams gathered, Ma Qiu was not in a hurry to determine the offensive target and put it into battle. The previous defeat in Yecheng made him very awe of Xie Ai, so although he had regained the initiative, he subconsciously placed himself in a position of taking the initiative, just because he was worried that once the military was involved, he would be incompetent to deal with Xie Ai's tricks.

After a few hours after the thousand vanguards left Yecheng, Ma Qiu personally led the army to move slowly and dispersed the scouts again. On the one hand, he patrolled the surrounding area of ​​Fangtou, and on the other hand, he did not ignore the dynamics of Li Yang.

He knew how to use Hewu as a noticeable false move, and Xie Ai could do it naturally. If the abnormal movements of Hewu, including the entire Fangtou, were all his own means of covering up, then Li Yang would be the most likely force to cooperate and launch an attack.

Xie Ai has to say that he is indeed an amazing person who can force himself to be so cautious and dare not make progress easily.

Ma Qiuxing is in the slow team, and she feels self-deprecating. Xie Ai has become famous last year, and his life experience in Hebei is no longer a secret. Shi Hu's generals are ridiculed by Ma Qiu's defeat in the hands of a Confucian scholar in Liangtu. Sometimes Ma Qiu really can't help but want to abdicate and let those who laugh at him feel how difficult Xie Ai is.

Previously, the scouts were wiped out in large numbers, and it took a certain amount of time to spread them out again to become a large net of ears and eyes that can provide immediate feedback. Ma Qiu was also patient and did not compete for a while. He temporarily stationed in the wild shortly after leaving the Yecheng Camp, waiting for feedback from all parties.

The next day, before dawn, the first military information was transmitted back. It was not because of the abnormal movement of the southern army, but because of the defeat of the attack in Hewu. The more than a thousand elite cavalry immediately launched an attack after arriving at Hewu. However, Hewu's defense was beyond imagination and completely repelled several attacks. Moreover, during the attack, the forces of the villagers only waited and watched without any cooperation.

After receiving this military information, Ma Qiu was so angry that he immediately summoned a confidant general and ordered him to lead two thousand troops to help. At the same time, he also ordered his generals not to rush to attack, but to use the command of the troops to attack and drive the villagers to launch an attack.
Chapter completed!