When Shi Xuan's army was about to arrive in Xiangguo, the Fenwu Army, which had been chasing all the way, was not far away from them, but they did not get too close. They even arrived near Xiangguo several days earlier than Shi Xuan.

The reason why the king's army was able to pursue Shi Xuan's army was the guidance of Zhang Tan, who followed the army.

Although Zhang Tan was born in the Qinghe Haozong, his ability to hold a prominent position in Jie Kingdom was not entirely due to his family's strength. He was able to be promoted from a county magistrate to a senior general of Jie Kingdom, and he was inevitably trained to guard the local areas, because he talked about the mastery of the terrain and paths of Hebei's borders far surpassed that of the prince Shi Xuan of Jie Kingdom.

Now Zhang Tan has no idea of ​​looking at it and has decided to follow the king's army all the way, so he can do his best to pursue the pursuit.

On several occasions, Shi Xuan had even completely escaped from the surveillance of the scouts of the Fenwu Army, but under Zhang Tan's prediction and guidance, the Fenwu Army had been able to appear on the road that Shi Xuan was about to go through in advance, and once again included Shi Xuan's remnants in the surveillance.

This also shows that the ability to recruit a senior general to the enemy is of great help to the King's actions. The provision of intelligence alone can allow the King's army to accomplish many feats that were difficult to accomplish before.

Although the Fenwu Army had many experiences of rampaging the Jie Kingdom earlier, it has never been before since the arrival of Xiangguo from southern Hebei.

There was once another elite army in Xingtai, the Hongwu Army, but the Hongwu Army's tactics were very different from those in the Fenwu Army, and they had low requirements for baggage, and they were familiar with infiltrating operations that were broken into pieces. But even so, the Hongwu Army's voyage was quite dangerous, especially when the attack on the envoys of Dai Kingdom retreated, because the target was exposed, they were intercepted by various Jie troops along the way, and they relied on Fangtou to send troops to attract them to retreat.

Although the Fenwu Army can be lightly equipped and maintains good combat effectiveness while ensuring high maneuver power, the requirements for supplies are also not low. Even if people can withstand hardships, the horse cannot make do with it. Therefore, even if there were any erratic moves before, they often had to establish a base before replenishing the results to increase the battle under the premise of ensuring supplies.

Now, this is a risk for the Fenwu Army to drive away from the rear line and directly reach Xiangguo, which is in the heart of Jie Kingdom.

In addition to the intelligence support provided by Zhang Tan, there is another point in this march that the soldiers scattered in Jie Kingdom have been recruited and gathered in several specific areas. In addition to the Jie army in southern Hebei, which was defeated by the king's army, there are also a larger number of Jie troops concentrated in Xindu, where the Jie Lord Shi Hu is located.

Because of this, the counties and counties in the Jie Kingdom are almost unprepared. Even if the traces of the Fenwu Army are found, there is no sufficient force to encircle and block them. The Fenwu Army can freely choose the target of attack while being traversed, so as to truly make food for the enemy.

If there were no other conditions, the Guangzong, which the Fenwu Army had previously conducted, had previously guarded tens of thousands of former subordinates of the Qihu Army. According to the relatives of the Qihu Army, they had absolutely no idea of ​​eating pots and slurry to welcome the king's army. Even if the Fenwu Army was brave, they would never dare to go into this situation lightly.

As for the Fenwu Army's inability to surround Shi Xuan, it was not that Shen Yun was obsessed with capturing the prince of Jie Kingdom alive, but that the opportunity for the Jie Kingdom to open its doors is too few to guard against. Compared with the encirclement or annihilation of a mere Shi Xuan, it is much more meaningful to collect more mountains, rivers and landforms in the heart of Hebei.

Although Zhang Tan's intelligence cooperation with the surrendered generals, perhaps there may be a steady stream of surrendered people to join in the future, it is better to witness it after hearing it. Being able to go deep into this state and patrol with your own eyes will be of great help to the next military deployment of the royal army.

Especially before, there were very few wars in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and the journey from Qingyan to the north was still unfamiliar to the King's Army. Therefore, even if the Fenwu Army had no results in this trip, as long as it could successfully detour and successfully arrive at Fangtou, it would be worth it.

On the banks of the Zhangshui River, the Fenwu Army temporarily lives on a mound outside the woods. From the west, you can also see the Xiangguo city standing on the plain.

This land is very close to Xiangguo, but it is completely without the dense and prosperous place of a country's near-government. Looking from all directions, in addition to Xiangguo and some surrounding buildings, the wilderness is even more remote than the other places, and even the villages where people live in small-scale settlements are not visible. The Zhangshui River near the border is also inadequate, with reeds growing, almost filling up the river.

"The Jie Lord has been very concerned about border affairs in recent years, and he has to be very cold in the management of the capital. There are some miscellaneous words in the yard. It is said that the monks with superb skills of geography and sightseeing the power of the world once said to Ji Long, saying that the Qiantang of Xiangguo could not allow the two dragons to rise. The first lord has already done his homework, which is no longer the place where the dragons rise today..."

On the riverside, Zhang Tan rode his horse and walked a little behind Shen Yun in front of him. He pointed to the Xiangguo city not far away and talked about some old stories about the Jie Kingdom. Now that he followed Fenwu for a long time, he made great contributions. Shen Yun gradually became kind to him, so he no longer became as reserved as before.

After hearing this, Shen Yun laughed, shook the horse whip in his hand, and said in his mouth: "From this, the monk who made suggestions is not completely incompetent. You can see that the fortune of Jieshi is almost gone, and the country will soon be defeated. When the Lu Court is destroyed, Zhang Jun remembers to introduce this monk to me."

After hearing this, Zhang Tan also laughed: "It may not be possible to have skills. It is just that Master Jie is hungry and thirsty for the fate of heaven, because it is because of the evil spirits and slandering. Hu Yun is already shallow, and the king's aura is also thriving. Ji Long's brutal Lord, his power cannot compete for victory. How can he keep his energy with evil spirits and evil magic? The water virtue should be strong, on the ground and on the people, and he will respond to the fate of heaven. How can he fight against Zhao!"

This is a bit frank and explicit, because Shen Yun is younger than Shen Mu and his mind is more rough and straightforward. Zhang Tan said this, and he is half showing his loyalty and half testing his thoughts.

Sure enough, Shen Yun didn't have much fun, and after hearing this, he smiled and said, "I know the virtue, fortune and fortune, but Jiehu will perish, and there is no doubt that the general will be able to dominate. The general is in great importance, Jiangnan and Hebei are all under the control. Zhang Jun's trip will help me a lot and there is no need to worry about the future. In the future, I will strongly recommend you to the walking platform. If you can receive the order and return to your hometown, we may fight together."

Although Shen Yun's eyes did not involve that sensitive topic, the more casually neglected it, it also reflected his own attitude towards it.

After listening to this, Zhang Tan became more determined, so he smiled sincerely: "What I saw earlier was steady and powerful. When I saw the governor and his handsome and brave together, I was even more eager for the style of the general! The family of heaven is blessed with pearls and jade, and I can get to the ranks and standby, which shows that it is a great blessing."

While speaking, the group had already returned to the temporary camp. The Fenwu Army was not as omnipotent as the Hongwu Army. Many soldiers who could use one to serve as ten soldiers on the battlefield were the simplest camping, and cooking and drinking seemed clumsy.

This time they were lightly equipped, they would definitely not be able to carry too many auxiliary soldiers and service. Previously, they mainly ate some village walls along the way, or persuaded by words or force.

As for the arrival of Xiangguo, Zhang Tan came forward to contact the Shiliu family near Xiangguo. One of the powerful men in the Ma family was persuaded to move their families here and temporarily provide food for the Fenwu Army. In the current situation where the Fenwu Army was just entering directly alone, the Ma family hero dared to do so, which can also be called a gamble. Once the matter was leaked, there would be a disaster of extermination.

Therefore, Chen Yun didn't care much about whether his whereabouts were kept confidential, but in order to take care of the wealthy family and allow them to evacuate their families calmly, he has been careful about the scouts he encountered in the past few days.

However, what surprised Chen Yun was that this area was clearly located in the Kinki area, but the inspection and vigilance of Jie Kingdom was extremely weak. When the Fenwu Army arrived at this area, it did not deliberately conceal its whereabouts before. A few days later, the soldiers scattered around Xiangguo and peeked at the geographical situation, and there were very few scouts from Jie Kingdom who encountered.

He had to sigh that Shi Sui, the prince who stayed in the capital of Jie Kingdom, was not only too arrogant, but also too stupid to think that this situation was worry-free, and he didn't even set his basic eyes and ears!

In comparison, Shi Xuan, who was chased all the way, had a bit of a long-time general. Even though he was in a mess all the way, he did not omit the marching that he should have.

However, Chen Yun thought this way and misunderstood Shi Sui. It was not that Shi Sui didn't want to send a large number of scouts to patrol to observe the enemy situation, but the problem was that he had no soldiers at all.

Now, he has the most trustworthy Eastern Palace elites who are less than 3,000 people. As for those prisoners who were released from Hu Buyi and the criminal prisoners, if they are used as scouts, let alone whether they can find out the enemy situation, they are afraid that the scouts themselves will escape in a flash.

Shi Sui was also worried that they would collude with Shi Xuan to give him a conspiracy with internal and external forces, and would not spread out in large quantities.

The terrain around Xiangguo is wide. Even if Shi Sui sends hundreds of scouts scattered in this vast field, he will just fall into a drop of water in the river pond. The Fenwu Army, which can happen to be broken into pieces, has little chance of encountering the Fenwu Army.

What's more, Shi Sui has a clear goal at the moment, that is, Shi Xuan, who is approaching Xiangguo in a fierce manner, even if he is a scout, he will mainly visit this route, and will not waste his already stretched troops to search for the already unfounded enemy of the Jin army, which he thought was false.

So the more than 2,000 Fenwu Army had arrived outside Xiangguo City for several days, but they were simply ignored.

Of course, it is impossible to completely avoid people's eyes and ears, but even if someone discovers it and reports it to Shi Sui, as long as it is not his confidant, in Shi Sui's view, who had already made a plan, the greater chance is that the spy sent by Shi Xuan was circulating. It is just to shake and disrupt his military morale, and he has to turn around and severely punish those who report it.

Therefore, the harm of civil strife is far higher than that of foreign enemies. This is true in Jie Kingdom today, and even more so in the early years of China and Korea. Once a person's vision becomes narrow-minded, his original hands, feet, eyes and enemies are like enemies, and he will grow up. First of all, he will kill those close friends around him who are in pain, and he will blind his eyes and turn a blind eye to the disasters farther away, and will eventually die at his own hands.

But no matter what kind of dog-biting scene the Shi brothers will perform, Chen Yun has decided to launch an attack on Xiangguo in the near future while Xiangguo was sending troops to meet Shi Xuan.

He did not dare to hope that he could directly shake the capital of Jie Kingdom with just over 2,000 troops. He just wanted to announce that the king's army had already arrived at the city of Xiang Kingdom. This would be a big victory for the overall morale of Jie Kingdom. No matter what the result was, he could turn his horse and return to victory.
Chapter completed!