After about half a day of sweat, the results of sweating protrusions and shovels began to appear. The high earth wall is five miles long, three meters high and one meters thick, standing steadily in the wilderness twenty miles south of the plain city.

Some soldiers and the people of the Han army inside and outside the earth wall worked hard and hard. The deep ditches and suspension bridges of the same length outside the earth wall were all first seen. There were civil servants and lieutenants standing behind the earth wall with drawings to command everywhere. The seemingly messy heads actually had a significant effect. In the evening, the other three walls were half a meter high, and the prototype of the favorite fort forts of Central Plains people were surrounded on all sides.

There are high platforms, fake walls, arrow piles, granaries, wells, armories, residences, and some buildings that even the Hu spies cannot understand.

When the lights were on, the torch light balls shone brightly inside and outside the fort. The soldiers and civilians who worked during the day returned to the plain to rest. From the plain city, another team of military and civilians combined worked at night.

The news came back to the Later Han military camp, which caused a lot of laughter. The Han people were scared by the iron cavalry. Should they use this fort to return to the Central Plains? No matter how incompetent the monarch and ministers were, the Han people who had been looking forward to it for a long time just showed this kind of counterattack method, so how can the Hu people not shout to be happy?

However, those who are interested are laughing, but they think deeply. There is no amount of soil and rocks in the wilderness. As long as there is enough manpower to support it, the amount of building a dock of this size can be as many as possible. If the Han people are really back to the Central Plains, how lethal can the iron cavalry galloping and surround it to such a persistent dock of dock!?

"Your Majesty, I think the Han people are making long-term plans, and this dock cannot be increased." Liu Huanle put away his happy smile and bowed to him.

The ministers were in high spirits, and when they saw Liu Huanle so disappointed, everyone was stunned and resentful. Although Liu Huanle's official position was high, the official position of this Han system was far less important than that of the family within the tribe in the eyes of people of all ethnic groups outside the Great Wall. In addition, everyone had always been happy and angry, and the atmosphere suddenly changed.

Ignoring everyone's eyes, Liu Huanle said with a little urgent urgency: "This fort is built with high walls and deep grooves, and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. As we see today, this fort was originally in scale within three days, and it will be completed in five or six days. Such a speedy minister is really uneasy."

"Can't you still have to attack?" After hearing Liu Huanle's words, some of the ministers couldn't help but sneer, which caused a lot of discussion.

The dock that the Han people were building was only twenty miles away from the plain city. The distance between these twenty miles was not close, but not far. Because the dock was almost built on the edge of the Han people's investigation network, the Hu people's spies saw it very clearly. At the same time, because of the dock, the Han people's investigation network expanded the range of five or six miles on its basis.

This is just when Wubao was not built. If the troops were garrisoned, it would be surprising that the Han people's intelligence network would expand for fifteen miles.

The Han people who had reduced their troops now have a total of 150,000 troops in the plains, which does not include the 70,000 Han troops in Gaotang County. In other words, if the Han army was to prevent the construction of a fort, the Hu people would change the strategy of cavalry harassment and gather all the troops to fight to the death with the Han army!

How can such a big battle be done hastily?

"Even if you attack him, you can't sit still and wait for death!" Liu Huanle's rare sternness made everyone calm for a while. Unless he felt a great threat, how could Lord Liu Huanle, who has always been good at speaking and angry, be so abnormal?

Liu Yuan nodded slightly to agree. He was actually measuring this issue in his heart. If a war starts, he will undoubtedly temporarily lift the harassment of the Han army's food route, and the Han army will inevitably quickly transport food to the plains and other places during the gathering time of the Hu cavalry. In this way, wouldn't he destroy the fruit of the depressed out of food that forced the Han people?

Even if there is a battle, what is the outcome? It is still unknown...

"Today is just one place, tomorrow will be everywhere. There are less than a thousand people guarding the fort, which is very small. But if it is connected to a group of Han people who can travel twenty miles to enter the fort to hide, will the cavalry that our army relies on still be effective?" Liu Huanle said the point in the quiet, and for a moment, the camp was silent, and even the only muttering disappeared.

The biggest advantage of this fort is defense, but if a large number of them emerge in Hebei and echo each other within a radius of twenty miles, it not only expands the Han army's reconnaissance scope and defense territory, but also facilitates the transportation of materials and soldiers. The Hu Qi will be discovered and warned by the fort on the periphery, so the targets who are raided have enough time to choose a close-range dock to hide.

If you attack the docks on the periphery, the Han people can fight with their entire army. If you raid the docks on the docks on the inner side, who will ensure the safety of the army and the morale of the soldiers in the docks group?

"This is not a craving, it's a nibble! What a poisonous plan!" Liu Yuan said harshly, and the ministers felt a chill in their hearts!

"Please look at your Majesty." As he spoke, Liu Huanle called the guards to take the map to the table, stepped forward slightly and bowed, saying, "Pingyuan and Gaotang are only sixty miles away. Today, the fortress is here. A new fort can be built with it in three or five days, and this is just a city on the plain. If the Han people occupy all the cities and follow the examples, within a month, the Gaotang and the plain will be as hard as iron stone and will be difficult to attack!"

Liu Yuan nodded and said, "I have this concern, but if the decisive battle is released at this moment, all previous efforts will be wasted! Gu thought about the best of both worlds."

Liu Huanle said with a serious expression: "I think we should summon troops to fight to the death as soon as possible!"

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The next morning, the four walls of the fort had been built, and the brand new walls were still rough, but they were enough to resist the attacks of Hu Qi and protect the military and civilians inside. The facilities in the fort were no longer visible to the Hu spies, and they just ran away from a distance to look at the works of the Han people, and then quickly passed the news back.

Such forts began to be built around the Hebei city occupied by the plains, Gaotang, and Han army. The big ones were as big as outside the plain city, and the small ones could only accommodate more than a hundred people. The small fortress guarded the big fort and formed a large and small building complex within a radius of fifteen miles. They were three or five miles apart. If an enemy came, they would inevitably be attacked from all directions.

Before the earth and rocks were dried, and even the walls were completed, the other forts began to build. These buildings did not require superb craftsmanship or meticulous arrangements. It was enough to achieve high walls and deep trenches in a certain proportion to resist the enemy. Compared with the degree of resistance to strike, they were far inferior to ordinary county towns, but the crossfire power formed and the undisclosed military equipment inside were enough to make people feel scared when they thought about it.

The busy and tired Han people have endless energy, and the fort has formed a channel between cities and counties as Hu people joked. Although it has not been connected, for the area that expands around with each city as the center, unless the Hu people attacked it hard, they could not detect the movements of the plains or Gaotang.

If a person is less active and less eating, he doesn't feel anything. However, with such strength, he is changing shifts day and night, and has never stopped working for several days. The most fundamental support is a large amount of food and meat. Only when you eat well can you have the energy and energy, and only when you do things efficiently.

Besides, there are not many troops that can be used. The main labor force is the people. The people are willing to eat and drink enough and can contribute to protecting themselves without complaints. However, the famine in Hebei has been a long time ago. There are already a considerable number of people who are exhausted after 50 or 7 days, and the food in the granary is also consumed astonishingly.

As for the Hu people, they were not idle these days. Liu Yuan did not want to give up his strategic plan and increased the attack on the logistics supply of the Han army. Xiuze, Jiang Cong, Dai Yuan, Zu Ti and other troops watched over each other, and suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, but still lost a large amount of supplies.

The gap between infantry and cavalry is too obvious, and more importantly, the vast plain terrain allows the Han people to defend without any danger and have to set up defenses everywhere. Even if the army of 20,000 or more people is protected, it will be charged by more than 10,000 Hu cavalry. The food transported to the plain and Gaotang is much less than before, so the construction of the fort has to be temporarily stopped.

The Han people stopped, and Liu Yuan was very satisfied. If the Han people used such a stupid method as a dock to gradually expand their territory and strengthen their defense power, it would take time to support it. Then increasing the attack on the Han people's food channels would be equivalent to shortening the Han people's time from the source.

Without food, there is nothing, and food supply cannot be maintained at the estimated quantity of the Han people. This effective but very slow dock battle could only be given up!

The ginger is still the old one. Liu Yuan doesn’t care what method you use at all. He just makes the Han people’s food tight, and the slow and clumsy method will be shattered. Even so, Liu Yuan also admires that the built fort is being improved every day, and the value and power it displays are really amazing.

If Hebei did not encounter famine and had enough people, or if it did not cut off the Han people's food supply early to make them have enough food reserves, this fort, which was like mushrooms after a rain, would require the blood of tens of thousands of soldiers to calm down!

"The Han people are short of food, so they must seek to ease the situation during the decisive battle, so that all armies are cautious in their local areas and are not allowed to go to war without authorization!"

Liu Yuan issued a military order, and the Hu army from all over the country were still wandering around. The remaining infantry and rotational personnel were stationed in their own territory, waiting for the actions of the Han people.

This battle should have been carried out under the city of Pingyuan, but Pingyuan was lost too quickly; this battle could have been carried out at the same time between Gaotang and Pingyuan, but if Xiu was in trouble, the death battle with Guan Yi was disrupted. Now Liu Yuan felt that this battle was approaching, and the Hu people were looking forward to this belated battle. This was a decisive battle, which was a matter of life and death!

The war started from the east road, and Jiang Sheng from Leling divided his troops to attack various places one after another. With the assistance of warships, the Han army quickly moved along the Yellow River and various locations on the eastern coast to fight, which made the Hu people run away and travel back and forth. Hu Yanyi, the general of the Later Han Dynasty, led the main force to attack Huanglong and defeated the Han army in succession.

Jiang Sheng was outnumbered, so he had to retreat to the coast and make plans.

Immediately afterwards, Zuti and Yuanyan invaded Qinghe County. With the fortress to help defend the area, even if the Hu people took advantage of the situation to attack Gaotang, their speed and effect would be greatly affected, which was enough for Zuti and Yuanyan to turn around or reinforce the Han army in the Plain. Therefore, the Han army would go to war with confidence!

There were few soldiers in Qinghe County, with only Shi Le and more than 10,000 Hu infantry and cavalry. Among them, Shi Le's most elite cavalry was attacked by Yuan Yan again after the battle of cutting off food. Cao Wu's ambush suffered a considerable loss.

Therefore, Zu Ti and Yuan Yan are full of confidence and have great hope to guide Qinghe County and open up a new path.

But Shi Le didn't think so, so Shi Le divided his troops and refused to defend and could not defend. Often, when the Han people faced the Hu cavalry's actions, they now became Shi Le's life-saving magic weapon. The Han army had the ability to attack, but they dared not attack forcefully. After a long attack, the Hu cavalry reinforcements arrived, and the Han people had the only result of being defeated. The Hu army was not good at defending the city, but they were not worried. If you dare to attack, I would waste it. When the reinforcements came, you would not be able to take it and leave!

Zu Ti used a plan and took out a lot of cheapness for the Hu people, hoping to lead the snake out of the hole. Shi Le was very strategic, but his soldiers and generals always took advantage of this. As long as there was a gap, the Han people could fight as they wished!

Taobao was dead, and the food all over the mountains was really jealous. Moreover, at noon, the Han people were so hot that they took off their armor and relaxed their vigilance. This was not a common thing. Taobao led a group of Hu people who were like wolves and tigers to kill them happily, and then they were surrounded by Han troops from all directions and were all annihilated!

Taobao, one of Shi Le's Eighteen Cavalry, died like this. Shi Le still couldn't retreat and even dared not go out of the city to avenge his brothers. This was a matter that hurts the morale of the army and was also the result of Zu Ti's hope. However, Shi Le cried back and cried, pointed to the sky to vow to avenge his brothers, and took the opportunity to explain the intentions of the Han people. The Hu army was as powerful as the turtle, and would rather be a turtle than the Han people's wishes.

The gains were very small for three consecutive days. Zu Ti and Yuan Yan used up all their strategies, but Shi Le endured humiliation and refused to go out to fight. The Han army could only retreat to Gaotang before the Hu reinforcements arrived.

Who made Shi Le have a hard heart...

The next day, the Han army in Pingyuan took action, Gou Xi and Meng Guan led tens of thousands of troops to Ande County!

Ande County was already captured by the Han people that day, but they were afraid that the Hu people would cut off their ties with the plains. Moreover, the county was too small and had no Ku Mansion, so they made a strategic abandonment. Now the Han army has made a comeback and has a great momentum, and the Hu people are terrified for a moment!

As north of the plain, Murong Ting, the commander of the Hu army, did not respond at all, but just watched quietly. The Han army took the opportunity to attack Ande, and there were many Hu soldiers in the inner city, and the battle was very fierce. When the battle was in full swing, the military situation came, and Murong Ting's army gradually approached the Han army's retreat. The rear route was cut off, which was equivalent to a dead end. Gou Xi and Meng Guan had no choice but to retreat to find Murong Ting to fight.

But Murong Wei avoided fighting and waited for the Han army to turn back and then fight for Ande. Murong Wei also turned back.

This is restraining and taking advantage of the situation.

Murong Wei took advantage of the situation and took advantage of the situation to completely eliminate the idea of ​​attacking the Han army in Pingyuan without damaging his own strength. In the plain, Liu Dong's army, the prince of Han, wanted to fight several times, would force himself to hold back, and a small unbearable situation would cause chaos. Even if Liu Dong's men had a certain degree of confidence in intercepting Murong Wei's Hu army, they would inevitably be restrained by Murong Wei from the defense system of the plain, which was absolutely dangerous.

The fort was to protect the food route, but because of its scary ability, Liu Yuan decided to cut off the food route of the Han army with all his strength.

But if we don’t use the fort, this lifeline will still be in the hands of the Hu people.

It is difficult to find a battle in all directions, so the Han people had to focus on Liu Yuan's main force of the Hu army. There was no other way except for the decisive battle.

Xiu Ze and Jiang Cong along the coast gathered their troops to try to regain the food road again to ensure the smooth flow of several major roads. The Han army in Gaotang and the plains were also ready to go.
Chapter completed!