Compared with the well-equipped Tang army, the Hun cavalry was already an easier enemy to deal with.

"Lord, Nurhaci's Great Jin Dynasty sent Ajige, Li Mi attacked Hulao Pass!"

Zhang Hua operated a territory in Huayin County, but Hulao Pass, which was the easternmost part of the territory, was attacked by Ajige and Li Mi of Nurhaci's forces, and brought emergency to Xia County.

"Nurhaci is not worry-free."

Zhang Hua felt a headache because Nurhaci attacked Hulao Pass.

Fortunately, Geng Gong, a military general in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was good at defending the city and blocked the attacks of Ajige and Li Mi with 4,000 troops.

"Appoint Xiwen to send troops to support Geng Gong and recruit 5,000 troops in each town."

Zhang Hua led 30,000 troops to Guanzhong to conquer the world, and only 20,000 troops were left in Heluo. Therefore, Zhang Hua asked Fan Zhongyan to recruit another 5,000 troops, increasing Heluo's troops to 25,000.

After Zhang Hua annexed Yuan Shu's forces, he recruited the surrendered soldiers of Yuan Shu's forces. In addition to making up for the losses in the battle against Guanzhong, he also had 10,000 more people.

As a result, Zhang Hua's troops in Huayin County reached 40,000.

The total territorial forces combined are 65,000.

"The Tang Dynasty cannot be provoked for the time being, otherwise it will fall into a protracted war. At present, we should recruit some small forces around us to strengthen our strength in Guanzhong, and then plot against the Huns and Han Kingdom, and finally face the Tang Dynasty."

Zhang Hua discussed with military advisor Chen Gong and military general Li Ji, and finally formulated a strategic policy of "first weak first and then strong, and far-reaching and attacking near and near."

With the strength of 40,000 soldiers and 300,000 people in Huayin County, it can only be regarded as a second-rate force in Guanzhong.

Only by annexing some small forces around and gradually strengthening the forces can we fight the Tang army.

The Tang forces have not regarded Zhang Hua as their main opponent, so they have not dispatched 100,000 Tang troops.

If the 100,000 Tang troops were dispatched, Zhang Hua thought he could not stop it at all and could only be forced to retreat to Heluo.

Zhang Hua must become a powerful force that even 100,000 Tang troops dare not act rashly before the Tang army eliminates its main opponent and targets the finger at him.

"In the northern foot of Mount Hua to the south of Huayin County, there are more than a dozen forts that have not surrendered. There are also many forts in Mount Hui. If these forts and bandits can be completely pacified, they will get at least 200,000 people."

Yan Xiang, who was recruited by Zhang Hua, proposed to send troops to pacify the surrounding forts.

Because of the vassal battles between Qinchuan, powerful people from all over the country built forts to protect themselves, and as a result, there were forts everywhere.

Some powerful fortress owners, Yuan Shu, could not surrender, so he had to let them exist.

Seeing that Zhang Hua's power was stronger than Yuan Shu, Yan Xiang suggested capturing these forts and gaining more population.

"This statement makes sense. Before confronting the Huns and Han Kingdoms and Tang dynasties, we should first take these dozen powerful forts."

In accordance with Yan Xiang's proposal, Zhang Hua appointed Ma Wu, Cheng Yaojin and other generals to attack the fort on the northern foot of Mount Hua.

These fort owners are equivalent to Qinchuan's inequality forces, but they have a good geographical location and it will take a lot of time to pacify them one by one.

In front of the Han Dynasty of the Huns, Liu Cong and Liu Yao, the two sons of Han Wang, knelt down and apologized for guilt, and their clothes were soaked in sweat.

In the battle of Weishui, Liu Cong and Liu Yao's 20,000 troops were defeated by Feng Yi with 5,000 troops, and two thousand people were killed. They trampled on each other during the bombing of the camp, and eight hundred casualties were killed and injured, and five hundred fell into the water when crossing the river.

Liu Cong and Liu Yao lost a total of 3,300 people.

What's even more terrible is that the 50,000 people plundered by Liu Cong and Liu Yao from Yuan Shu's power were lost again.

King Liu Yuan of Han was furious.

Although the Huns and Han countries had tens of thousands of soldiers, they were three thousand elite soldiers and had no gains.

"A fine of one year's salary will be demoted to one level!"

Liu Yuan punished the two.

"Thank you, Father!"

Liu Cong and Liu Yao knew that as long as Liu Yuan did not deprive them of military power, this punishment would be nothing.

The two of them were already the mainstay of the Huns and Han Kingdom. If Liu Yuan dismissed the military power of the two, it would not take long before the Huns and Han Kingdom would perish.

"I didn't expect that Zhang Hua was so fierce that he didn't even want to give it to me in his 50,000 people. Since he was an enemy of me, he would have to pay a price. He ordered the towns to build bows, stirrups, and sabers. When the army was completed, I would go south and capture Huayin myself!"

Liu Yuan was still angry and began to attack Huayin County established by Zhang Hua.

Huayin is the face of Shanyin of Mount Hua.

The Huns and Han countries sharpened their swords and summoned the Hun cavalry from various Hun tribes and could move south again at any time.

Cheng Yaojin and Niu Jinda led their troops to sweep along the northern foot of Mount Hua and attacked the forts.

One of the forts had a population of thousands, which actually blocked Cheng Yaojin and Niu Jinda's offensive.

Although the armor of the fort defenders was tattered, their will was extremely tenacious.

The injured soldier was covered in blood and energy. The more serious the injury, the stronger the combat power. He fought desperately with the elite soldiers who climbed the city wall. From time to time, stones were smashed down. The soldiers of Xiazhen who were hit rolled into the mountain stream.

The fortress owner was in a tough spirit and fought with Niu Jinda. The blue veins on his forehead swelled up, gritting his teeth to block Niu Jinda's successive attacks.

Niu Jinda held a big knife and slashed it down with one knife. The fortress owner avoided it. The blade of the steel knife was slashed on the walls of the fortress, and it actually made three points of stone!

"Ahhhhhhhh!"

The fortress owner shouted loudly, knowing that he was defeated, he still took advantage of Niu Jinda's big knife stuck in the city wall and hit Niu Jinda!

Bang!

Niu Jinda's burly body was knocked back more than ten steps, and his weapons were removed.

"die!"

The dock owner knew that this was one of the few opportunities, so he slashed his sword!

This big knife is 20 kilograms!

"drink!"

Niu Jinda roared violently, circulated his true energy, exerted force with both arms, and gained the extra power of the four cows in an instant, grabbed an enemy soldier and threw it out as a weapon!

The human-shaped weapon hit the dock owner like a cannonball!

The fortress owner did not expect that Niu Jinda would suddenly exert force and be smashed away by the thrown soldiers, with stars emerging from his eyes.

Niu Jinda's "Nine Niu" talent allows him to obtain the power of the Nine Niu at most, which is extremely powerful.

"What a powerful force..."

The dock owner struggled to get up, fearing Niu Jinda.

"What's wrong, why does this army look like a beggar?"

Cheng Yaojin led his troops to attack and found that the defenders of the fort looked familiar.

The broken equipment exploded with powerful combat power, and the more injured the higher the fighting spirit. What is it if it is not a beggar?

"Do you know Chen Wu of the Beggar Army?"

Cheng Yaojin walked over with a big axe in the mountains.

When the fortress heard Chen Wu's name, his body was shocked, his eyes were blurred, as if he had thought of the past, and his voice was low: "Do you know his whereabouts?"

"Of course, he will play in our Daxia."

"Brothers, stop beating your own people!"

The fortress owner heard that the other party had recruited the begging commander Chen Wu, so he quickly stopped the troops on both sides who were still fighting.

Cheng Yaojin and Niu Jinda also knew that the flood had washed away the Dragon King Temple and immediately quelled the battle.

"I am the leader of Qihuo Tian Fu, the descendant of Tian Feng, a famous scholar in Hebei, Han Dynasty. Originally, Chen Wu and others were subordinates of Sima Teng, the governor of Bingzhou of Jin Dynasty. Later, after Sima Teng died, Qihuo's army was divided into different places and went their separate ways. I stayed in Yecheng. Chen Wu arrived in Chenliu, Li Yun, and Bo Sheng defected to Sima Yue, the king of Donghai... Alas."

The fortress owner mentioned the history of the beggar army and looked at the bloody battlefield in a daze, sighing.

Sima Teng, the governor of Bingzhou, brought his subordinates to Jizhou to eat, which is the origin of the Qihuo Army. The reason why many Qihuo Army later appeared was because after Sima Teng's death, the Qihuo Army had differences.

Tian Su and Chen Wu are both one of the most handsome mentors in begging for life.

Cheng Yaojin patted Tian Su on the shoulder: "Where do you plan to go in the future?"

"Since Chen Wu has surrendered, I have no choice. I didn't expect that one day I could have a drink and chat with Chen Wu."

Tian Rui couldn't help feeling a little relieved when he thought of seeing his former companions.

Cheng Yaojin was very lucky to have his troops along the way. He recruited Tian Su's beggar army without a bloody battle.

Tian Rui's begging army had more than a thousand people and thousands of families, all of whom were recruited to Huayin County.
Chapter completed!