At dawn, at the foot of Yongguan, a large number of Qi troops crossed the pass and headed east. Huluxian stood on the pass, looking at the mighty soldiers, and then looking at the rising sun in the east, with a serious expression.

The Chu army that came to attack Juyong Pass had retreated, and the other party seemed to have noticed something.

But so what? Now, the other party has no choice.

After Hu Luxian escorted the emperor to Jinyang, he immediately made arrangements to recover Yecheng.

However, the Chu army's offensive was fierce and most of the Hebei areas fell, so he decided to start from Youzhou.

First, he sent a side army to advance east from Puyin Xing, deliberately took a wild path near Zizhuang Pass, and led the Chu army to follow him.

This side troops walked in the valley towards Juyongguan, which would definitely attract a large number of Chu troops to encircle and block.

He mobilized the troops from Yingzhou and brought a large number of Khitans and the Marine soldiers from Lulong into Youzhou, forcing the Chu army besieging Jicheng to divide their troops eastward.

Now, Hu Luxian personally led a large army to Juyongguan east and then marched to Jicheng southeast. How many troops can the Chu army take out to fight?

His army and the Yingzhou army leaving Lulongsai had many horses, which can be regarded as cavalry. If the Chu army divided its troops to defend two directions, it would only be a loss of one's attention.

Therefore, the other party may realize that the situation is wrong, so he shrinks his troops and wants to fight directly outside Jicheng.

Considering that the Chu army might have a powerful weapon, Hu Luxian would not be stupid enough to line up a large formation to fight the opponent head-on, but instead wanted to give full play to the advantages of Maduo (cavalry) to avoid the front and cut off the food route.

What should I do specifically? I got it near Jicheng, figured out the situation and then made a decision.

Or, the Chu army did not shrink its troops near Jicheng, and was not waiting for a decisive battle with them, but wanted to defeat them one by one, and annihilate the Yingzhou troops and his army one by one.

Is this possible?

Huluxian thought it was difficult to do it, because Yingzhou still had a large number of Khitans, and the Marine soldiers helped with the war. In terms of force, it was no less than the Chu army besieged Jicheng. Where could the Chu army "defeat one by one"?

But he had to be careful because the Chu army obviously wanted to siege the city and attack aid, otherwise Jicheng would have fallen long ago.

Since the opponent has planned to siege the city and fight for help, he must be prepared and has a backup plan. He must not only guard against the Chu army surrounding Jicheng, but also guard against its "backhand".

It would be interesting if the Chu army surrounding Jicheng was a fishing bait.

Half of the troops passed through Juyong Pass, Huluxian walked down the Guan Tower, rode on his horse, and moved forward.

He has been in Youzhou for many years and knows the terrain of Youzhou everywhere. It is clear where the road from Juyongguan to Jicheng is more suitable for ambushing.

So he had the confidence to make the Chu army, who dared to ambush halfway, come and go.

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In the morning, Jicheng, the defenders who had been holding on for a long time, were standing at the top of the city, cheering loudly at the reinforcements entering the city, everyone was smiling, and some were even excited to tears.

They defended the city alone. Facing the tide of Chu army, they said it was impossible not to despair, but they still persevered.

For countless days and nights, they were looking forward to the sudden appearance of the official army on the horizon in the distance, hoping that the court would not forget these good men who were loyal to the country and sent reinforcements to rescue Jicheng.

I waited day and night, and I was disappointed again and again, and I walked towards despair step by step.

Just when everyone thought there would never be reinforcements coming, the envoy Hulu brought the army back!!

Hu Luxian was the governor of Youzhou before, and he was in charge of the northern region for many years. He resisted the Turks outside and governed the military and civilians internally, and made great achievements.

Manpower was also organized to open up wasteland and farmland, dig ditches to irrigate the land, so that the garrison could be self-sufficient and had a high prestige among the Youzhou army.

Now, the old superior personally led his troops out of Juyongguan to rescue Jicheng, forcing the Chu army to run away overnight, and of course, the defenders of Jicheng were extremely excited.

Not only that, the Yingzhou army came to Youzhou from Lulong and rushed to rescue him. There were many Khitan and Martyrs accompanying him.

Therefore, the officials under the command of the Hulu Envoy, had tens of thousands of troops, most of which were cavalrymen, and were very strong.

Then, under the leadership of the envoy Hulu, it is not impossible for the official army to recover Hebei!

Although all parts of Hebei have fallen, the people are currently only under the pressure of the Chu army and dare not resist for the time being.

Once a powerful army of officials appears in Hebei, there will inevitably be responses.

By then, there will be risen everywhere in Hebei. How long can the Chu army stay in Hebei for the rebels responding to the official army?

The soldiers were extremely excited, but Hu Luxian couldn't be excited: the Chu army retreated without fighting, which surprised him a little.

He had previously judged that the Chu army, who had been attacking Jicheng for a long time, was fighting the idea of ​​"siege the city and attacking aid".

Now, it is very abnormal that the other party neither besieged the city nor attacked aid, and retreated as soon as he said that it was not normal.

There must be conspiracies and tricks in this!

Because the Jicheng defenders could not tell which direction the Chu army besieged in the city retreated (the Chu army retreated overnight), Hu Luxian did not dare to relax at all.

When the army arrived one after another to camp around Jicheng, he sent a large number of scouts to investigate around him to ensure that there were no ambushes from the Chu army within a radius of more than ten miles.

And we must figure out where the main force of the army will go as much as possible.

Of course, if the other party wants to retreat, it is very likely that it will retreat south to Fanyang area.

But Hu Luxian didn't think the other party would really retreat, because once he calmly went south, the Chu army in Hebei would be uneasy.

At that time, people from all over the country responded, but the consequences were not something that the Chu army could bear.

In the evening, the scouts who went out to investigate reported that Hu Luxian finally knew where the main force of the Chu army that had besieged Jicheng had now gone:

The other party had set up camp overnight before, and the whereabouts were unknown. The scouts were in the Wuzhong area in the east, and heard from the local people that a large number of cavalry came from the west and went east.

Some people also said that when they saw the Chu cavalry passing through the Linyu Tieque Pass, they seemed to be heading north along the coast, but because the Chu army controlled Tieque Pass, they were not sure about the movements of the Chu army later.

Hulu was envious of the news and felt unbelievable: the Chu army was crazy and actually walked on the extremely difficult Jieshi sidewalk road!

The Yanshan Great Wall of Qi State is located at the Linyu region at the easternmost end, which is the location of ancient Yu Pass. The current Great Wall Pass is surrounded by mountains and seas, and is called Tieque Pass.

Tieque Pass is the westernmost end of Jieshi Road.

Jieshi Road is a channel from Youzhou to the western Liaoning area. This road does not need to pass through the endless Yanshan Mountains and walk northeast along the coast to reach the ancient western Liaoning county area.

There is now Yingzhou territory, so you can go directly to the Yingzhou Prefecture Huanglong (Liucheng) by Jieshi Road.

However, this road is not easy to walk on, because it is often eroded by sea water along the way. During rainy seasons in summer and autumn, many places often turn into water.

These waters are deep and cannot pass through ships, shallow waters cannot drive cars and horses. For hundreds of years, countless people have tried to open up land, but they cannot live there.

Therefore, although it cannot be said that there are no people on this road, there are no big villages, let alone county towns, which are mostly scattered fishing and hunting settlements.

If ordinary merchants travel to Youzhou and Yingzhou by way of travel, they can still walk, but the army can move through this road. Unless they have a long march, it will be difficult to walk in summer and autumn.

Therefore, when traveling between Youzhou and Yingzhou, most of the people currently traveling on Lulong Road.

The Yingzhou army rescued Youzhou and walked on Lulong Road. As a result, the main force of the Chu army besieged Jicheng actually penetrated into Jieshi Road. Is there going to take advantage of the emptiness of Yingzhou?

Hu Luxian thought this was impossible. So what if the Chu army took down Huanglong in Yingzhou? It was simply to lose the foundation and chase the end!

He discussed the military information with several confidants, and the military information was kept confidential, especially those of the Khitans who led their troops to help fight.

Hu Luxian expressed his judgment: "Let me think that they can arrive in Yingzhou and capture Huanglong, so what?"

"There is no meaning to be occupied by Yingzhou in western Liaoning, and the Chu army has occupied it, it is like going to death."

"They may want to use this to disrupt the Khitan and the morale of the military, but as long as our army blocks the news, it will not work."

"So, it's just that we want to lead our army to chase, and then they ambush halfway near Tieque Pass or other locations."

"Or, they walked into the mountains, turned into Lulong Road, and ambushed the soldiers who helped Huanglong back halfway."

Speaking of this, Hu Luxian smiled: "Attacking Wei and saving Zhao, our army must save Wei, so that they can succeed."

After hearing what Hu Luxian said, several confidant generals did not forget to remind him: "June, with this Chu army here, our army cannot move south calmly. They are all cavalrymen and can stab the knife in the back at any time."

"Indeed, so our army can use the trick." Hu Luxian quickly had an idea, "They went to death and wanted to die before they could live? Well, our army will send them a journey!"

It is a dangerous move in the art of war.

Successful Han Xin "fighted the water" during the Qin and Han dynasties.

The failure was the Battle of Jieting in the late Later Han Dynasty by Ma Su of Shu Han. Now the Chu army has passed Tieque Pass and entered Jieshi Road, attracting them to chase him. Hu Luxian decided to seize this opportunity and annihilate this ignorant opponent.
Chapter completed!