Xu Yan was young and arrogant. At this time, Han Qihu was sneering, but he also knew that Han Qihu was not leading his troops to rescue him in time. He and Su Zun and others were doomed, and he just kept silent at this time.

Seventeen people on this trip, seven of them were unfortunately killed in battle, and they could not even take back their bodies. They could only throw them on the battlefield and let the enemy soldiers trampled. Ten people were left, all of them stained with blood. He felt nothing about what it felt.

After drilling into the small valley behind the woods, Han Qihu saw that the enemy did not dare to chase after him in a hurry, so he first bandaged the wounds of Xu Yan, Su Chong and others.

Seeing that everyone's Arrow Crafts are mostly on their legs that cannot be covered by armor, it is not too serious, Han Qihu also secretly called Qi-

Although the Chihu East Army, with a total force of more than 200,000, was mainly deployed in Shouchun, Xusu Bosi and Si, north of Chuzhou, and mainly targeted the Huaiwang Mansion troops stationed in Chu, Shou and other states, they still deployed nearly 40,000 infantry and cavalry on the west wing (right wing), namely the Yingkou area, to peek at Huangchuan, Gushi, and Geyang on the south bank.

After the winter, the eastern defense zone in Chushan, led by Zuo Sima Yuan, naturally seemed to be facing a great enemy, wishing to open its eyes and stare at the enemy's every move day and night.

Although the elite defenders on the Eastern Front were even more difficult after Yin Peng and other troops were transferred to the Western Front, Xu Wuli, Pan Chenghu, Xu Xin'an, Tang Qing, Han Qi and other generals who were in charge of the war on the Eastern Front still did not want to guard the city.

In addition to gathering as many elite troops as possible to Luoshan County east of Xinyang, the eastern front also selected a group of young generals with strong abilities such as Han Qihu in advance, leading some elite soldiers to the mountainous areas of the northwest foot of the Huaiyang Mountains south of Huangchuan and other places, leading the village camps in the mountains south of Huangchuan and Guangshan and east of Luoshan. They used the dangerous terrain and terrain of the northern foot of Huaiyang Mountain to fight against the enemy troops crossing the Huaihuai to minimize the pressure on the front of Luoshan and Xinyang.

Han Qihu only led more than 200 elite troops from his troops to enter Hutai Ridge and took over as the inspector of Hutai Inspection Department. He was responsible for commanding more than 2,000 soldiers and soldiers in the 24 villages of Sanxiang and Twenty-four villages in the southern mountainous area of ​​Guangshan County.

The enemy soldiers crossed the Huai River last night. The scouts on the eastern front had already noticed that Han Qihu personally led a small number of elite troops out of the mountains and touched the northern edge of Hutai Ridge to lurk in, intending to spy on the deployment of the enemy soldiers after they entered Huangchuan, Guangshan and other places, so that the troops on the eastern front led by the Zuo Sima Yuan could have a better response.

At dawn, Han Qihu noticed that the cavalry entering the Hewan area became restless, and also guessed that it was most likely that Xu Yan, Su Chong and others who were going to Shouzhou to deliver a letter, collided with the enemy troops in the south when they returned.

However, when Han Qihu entered Hutai Ridge, his plan was to lead the village soldiers and villages to bravely rely on the dangerous mountains and deep valleys to restrain the enemy. His few elite soldiers were all in the army and were not qualified to enter the open plains or the shallow hills and low hills where the cavalry galloped unobstructed to receive support.

He could only peek at the direction of Xu Yan, Su Zun and his team breaking through, and led his troops to quickly intersperse directly opposite Xu Yan, Su Zun and his friends in the mountains and forests in the northern part of Hutai Ridge, and finally succeed in receiving support. It can be said that it was quite lucky.

Of course, Xu Yan and Su Chong had only a dozen people. Under the siege of two or three hundred elite cavalry, Han Qihu also saw it all the way from the river bay ten miles away to the foot of Hudian Ridge.

In particular, Xu Yan killed nearly twenty elite cavalry by himself, and killed the enemy soldiers and dared to surround them and did not dare to intercept them rashly. At this time, this guy had only three arrows that were shot through the gaps between the armor leaves, and there were not even a slightly heavier sword and gun. Han Qihu was amazed at this moment when he saw this bravery.

After briefly bandaging the wound, Han Qihu asked someone to carry Xu Yan and others to continue to drill into the deep mountains and forests.

Hudao Ridge is located on the east bank of the Huanghe River, stretching thirty or forty miles north and south, running across Guangshan County and connecting to the main line of the western section of Huaiyang Mountain. At first, there were many low mountains and shallow valleys. The further south, the mountains and valleys became more dangerous. From time to time, it also crossed the branch streams on the right bank (east bank) of the Huanghe River, and finally came to Hudao Village where the Hudao Inspection Department was located.

This place is located at the intersection of the main vein of Hudianling and the Shanxi section of Huaiyang. Baihu River flows out from the deep mountains and forests in the southeast and merges into the Huanghe River here. Not only are there dangerous mountains and cliffs on both sides of Baihu River, but there are also dangerous slopes and steep hills along the Huanghe River, which is more than 200 or 300 steps wide. In addition, the beaches and reefs on the upper reaches of Huanghe River are dense, which can be said to be absolutely easy to defend and difficult to attack.

A few days later, tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry of the Chihu East Army crossed the Huai River and entered Shouzhou and Sizhou. Nearly 30,000 enemy troops entered the right wing (west side) Huangchuan, Gushi and other places, and continued to drive the civilians to transport countless supplies across the Huai River and repair the city on the south bank.

On the one hand, we must report in detail the deployment of the enemy's troops north of Huda Ridge. On the other hand, the enemy scouts also penetrated into the mountains in the south of Guangshan, Huangchuan and other places. Han Qihu decided to personally lead an elite force to climb the mountain and wading in the water, escorting Xu Yan, Su Zun and others to Luoshan New City.

Due to the restriction of the floodplain in the lower reaches of the Ying River, the defense system along the Queshan, Qingyiling, Huangyanghu, Shimenling, Chushan and Mingxi River was also improved. The enemy troops on the Yingkou and Huaichuan line did not send troops from the Huaichuan direction on the north bank to advance westward to the Queshan and Chushan, and crossed Huai southward. Therefore, the defense focus of the entire eastern line was also transferred to Xinyang, Luoshan and other places between the Huai River (Jinniuling) and the main vein of the Tongbai Mountain South Ridge.

In particular, Luoshan New City is not only the gateway to the Xinyang Basin from the lower reaches of the Wuhe River, but also the passage through Jiuli, Wusheng and Pingjing Passes south to Jingbei. The defense situation is the most severe.

Han Qihu escorted Xu Yan and Su Sun to Luoshan New City. The left army commander, Zuo Sima Xu Wuqi, Pan Chenghu and others also rushed to Luoshan New City to take charge.

Listening to Xu Yan, Su Zun talked in detail about the details of sending a letter to Shouchun and meeting the enemy on the way back. Xu Wuli was furious and ordered his left and right: "Train this little beast out and let's talk about thirty military sticks first!"

"I don't accept it - Shi Qi is sleepy and misleading things, and he can be punished, but how can we abandon it and escape alone?" Xu Yan shouted, "Where is righteousness, do you not do it if you are afraid of casualties?"

"You idiot, you don't know where you are wrong, you need to hit the stick! Drag it out and hit it until he figured it out!" Xu Wuqi took off his sword and was so angry that he wanted to use a scabbard to beat Xu Yan in the court.

"It should be punished, but Xu Yan must also come to Xiangcheng to report the order, and the general Jie or Wang Ju will come to punish him!" Pan Chenghu hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Xu Wuli, who was scattered in anger, and advised, "Xu Yan sent a letter to the general Jie Zheng's order, and he was also a general of the selection army. What's the matter with us?

Pan Chenghu was afraid that he could not resist Xu Wuli, so he was about to order his left and right to take Xu Yan down first. At this time, someone walked into the yatang and reported: "Supervisor Jie and Shi Changshi have arrived in Luoshan!"

The elite troops on the western front confronted the enemy troops in western Beijing for nearly a month along the Centipede River. Although they failed to repel the enemy troops in western Beijing, they killed more than 10,000 enemy troops in the past month.

Although Chushan also suffered 50,000 casualties, Chushan has the advantage of home battle. In addition, the consumption of food and fodder and other materials is far lower than that of the enemy, the elite troops of the Right Army can immediately select Jianrui from the state and even the township soldiers to replenish them.

Chushan has never interrupted the training of state soldiers and village soldiers, and even arranged experienced military officials as the backbone of state soldiers and village soldiers to ensure the effectiveness of training.

Therefore, not only did the scale of the Chushan Right Army not decline, but its combat effectiveness was still maintained at a high level.

For the enemy troops in western Beijing, even if more than 10,000 casualties were not severe, they would greatly consume their ability to continue fighting. What is more serious is the consumption of materials.

Less than ten days left is the New Year Festival. The ice period of Ying Ruhuai is very short, and usually it will thaw half a month or twenty days after the New Year Festival. In such a short time, the enemy troops in western Beijing will no longer have sufficient materials and manpower. A rock-solid blockade camp was formed outside Zhaoling in Xiangcheng and Zhaoling, and a stable crossing passage was set up above the Yingshui River to support its main force in fighting along the Yangtze River coast for a long time.

At this time, the military pressure faced by the Western Front was greatly reduced, while the military pressure on the Eastern Front suddenly increased. Xu Huai rushed to the Eastern Front to supervise the war. Everyone would not feel that there was something unexpected.

Xu Huai didn't like red tape. Xu Wudi followed other generals and officials as usual. He and Pan Chenghu and Xu Xin'an went out to greet him. As soon as Xu Wudi and others walked out of the courtyard of the yatang, Xu Huai came over with Liu Qiong'er, Wang Ju, Shi Zhen, Han Gui, Yu Chengzhen, Zhang Xiongshan and others.

"I thought you were still in Chushan City, and I sent someone across the Huaihe River to invite you to Luoshan together. I didn't expect you all arrived first!" Xu Huai said with a smile.

Xu Huai set out from Zhaoling to advance east, and also sent a messenger to inform Xu Wuli and others at the same time.

However, surrounded by the elite cavalry of the five hundred elite troops of the selection army, Xu Huai went directly to Xinyang and Luoshan came. The messenger first crossed the river and reported the news to Chushan City. The messenger took a long journey and walked for a while, but as a result, he rushed to Luoshan at about the same time as Xu Huai and the others.

Xu Huai, Xu Wuli, Pan Chenghu, and Xu Xin'an exchanged simple greetings. When he walked into the Yatang, he saw Xu Yan, Su Zun and others standing in the hall with a look of disgust, and asked, "Did you send my handwritten letter to King Huai and Ge Boyi?"

"Zhenzhen said this little beast is so angry!" After sitting down, Xu Wuli told Xu Yan and Su Sun about the danger on her way back.

"You sit down and talk," Xu Huai greeted Xu Yan, Su Zun and the others sat down and asked, "Do you know where the mistake is?"
Chapter completed!