The battle that took place by the Fen River in mid-October was undoubtedly a rout, and it was a rout between cavalry. It was also a meeting on the road, with a smaller number of cavalry winning a rout.

In this kind of battle, if you want to expand the results, you can only pursue quickly after the war, or take advantage of the situation to cause casualties, or take advantage of the situation to seize some strategic locations.

Otherwise, this battle can only be said to have thwarted the Jin army's plan to sneak attack into the river.

Of course, this is already great, but with Han Shizhong's temperament, he would never let it go... Therefore, as soon as he succeeded in his charge, he just turned around and told Jieyuan, and immediately mobilized the Wei army to fight against Fenshui.

The pursuit to the east continued.

But it is really difficult to cause the Jin army to collapse.

Both sides were cavalry, and they both marched hastily to the battlefield, and then they were able to take advantage of the fighting to rest their horses. At this time, you were chasing each other, and it was impossible to catch up. Moreover, the Jin army had too many cavalry, and those who had dismounted to fight before

There are a lot of them, whether active or passive, which buys preparation time for the retreat of the Jin army in the rear.

In a sense, Sa Lihe is actually decisive.

But that night, when Han Shizhong ordered to stop the pursuit because of the weather, he had indeed entered Ji County, where his brother Jieyuan's hometown was. He could say that he had fulfilled his promise.

However, probably because of the need to clear the road and collect stragglers, Jie Yuan arrived at the village where Han Shizhong was stationed nearly an hour later than Han Shizhong.

Upon entering Dezhuang, he saw that the village was empty except for a few elderly people. This made Xie Shanshan, who was used to seeing similar things, feel a little restless.

When the two brothers met, Han Shizhong, who was wiping his spear by the campfire, spoke first: "Kindness, is this your home?"

"No." Jie Yuan shook his head in reply. "The road to my house has already passed by. It is a mountainous area. I got off my horse and took a look. It has been abandoned for a long time."

Han Shizhong nodded and asked again: "How?"

"Not good." Of course, Jieyuan, who has been a brother for decades, knew what the other party meant, so he shook his head again. "The Fen River has become shallow now... and the sun is not too cold at noon. Many Jin cavalry scattered,

Those with horses just hugged the horses' necks, while those without horses just untied the armor and passed through the water, which is slightly better than the one to the south of Tieling Pass... I guess it was barely over a thousand."

"Not bad." Han Shizhong didn't care at all. "After crossing the river for ten days, we fought three battles in a row, and gained three or four thousand... This is the biggest victory in my life, what else do I expect?!"

Jie Yuan nodded in response: "The key is Hedong City. The Jin army cannot save Hezhong after this battle... Then Wen Dun Sizhong and his ten thousand households will be unable to fly."

"That's one and a half ten thousand households." Han Shizhong, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, put a noose on his spear and faced it proudly. "The people of the world should know why I, Han Shizhong, am unparalleled in the world?"

"Fifth brother." Jie Yuan did not sit down, but continued to persuade him sternly across the bonfire. "This battle is a national war. We have more than 300,000 people. The Jin Kingdom also has 200,000 households. Plus the new Yanjing army, how many

Thousands of gains and ten thousand households are just a way to dampen the spirit of the battle. You must not be arrogant and lose your composure. What's more, Ba Lisu is still in the front and has no intention of retreating. Even Hezhong Mansion has not yet reached a conclusion."

"I know." Han Shizhong responded with a smile. "However, this time he has been frustrated and there is no point in keeping him. It's time to take advantage of the situation and drive him away!"

"I have sent people to look for Xu Shi'an, Chen Jue and the others." Jie Yuan responded immediately. "We should be able to arrive tomorrow. We will gather our troops by then, cross the Fen River in large numbers, capture the county seat of Ji County in the north of Hebei, and then advance to Jiang.

Zhouzhou City, as if it wants to cut off the Jin army's retreat north along the Fen River, Ba Lisu will either divide his troops to cross the river to resist us, or get out of here."

"Too slow!" Han Shizhong shook his head in response.

"Fifth brother has another idea?" Jie Yuan thought about it and understood what the other party meant.

"What do you think of that mountain?" Han Shizhong pursed his lips to the south.

Jie Yuan looked back in surprise, and saw a row of mountains with clear outlines in the twilight with the remaining light and moonlight, squatting there in the dark hole. One of them was relatively close, and it was obviously taller and wider than the other mountains. It should be where Han Shizhong indicated...

…But Jieyuan is still puzzled.

"If you want to drive away Balisu, it's best to strike while the iron is hot." Han Shizhong explained calmly upon seeing this. "While he can't figure out how many casualties there were in the day and how many troops we have, let's take a break tonight.

, immediately rushed over again, followed Sa Lihe's defeated army and knocked on his camp, forcing him to withdraw his troops and return to Linfen... But we have few soldiers, if we go forward in a hurry, the logistics will be insufficient. Once setback, it will be dawn again

, but something big will happen..."

Xie Yuan kept nodding. Not to mention that since ancient times, the two of them had personally experienced countless joys and sorrows.

"However, fortunately, there is only a small river between the enemy camp and Tieling Pass. If Li Yanxian can know our thoughts in advance and join forces with us to send troops, even if it fails, we can advance and retreat calmly." Han Shizhong continued, but it was

He expressed his thoughts. "So, I want to imitate Ma Kuo's behavior that day and light a fire to the mountain as a threat and as a means of communication."

Jie Yuan was startled for a moment and shook his head instinctively: "General Manager Ma did not burn the mountain that day."

"That's what I mean." Han Shizhong sneered. "We have rushed sixty miles all afternoon. It's time to take a rest. Do we have to make temporary torches to prevent us from going up the mountain?"

Jie Yuan nodded, turned and left without saying a word.

"Where are you going?" Han Shizhong looked at him in surprise.

"Go and burn the mountain." Jie Yuan kept saying it.

"Why don't you take a break?" Han Shizhong became more and more puzzled. "Besides, when it comes to burning mountains, why do you need a deputy to handle it? One head is enough!"

"Fifth brother." Jie Yuan finally stopped dozens of steps away and turned to face each other. "Your idea is excellent. It is the most appropriate strategy at the moment. It is impossible not to do it... But look at the villages along the way.

Everything is empty, where have all the people gone?”

Han Shizhong was slightly startled.

"I have no intention of hindering the military." Jie Yuan continued. "But I am the deputy capital commander and a local. As long as I tell the sergeants below about this and then go to the mountain in person, they will naturally try to drive away the people in the mountain first.

, and then burn it... Otherwise, with their current fatigue, they might just set it on fire, but what will happen then?"

Han Shizhong didn't say anything, he just nodded and went about his business.

Jieyuan didn't say anything more, turned around and left.

Just like that, in the middle of the night, on the hills where the early winter leaves were piled up, the fire gradually started, and then got out of control. The fire was so dazzling that the two sides of the Fen River were reflected like day.

Just as the Song army, which had hurriedly pursued here with Han Shizhong, was staring at the huge torch on the plain, at the same moment, they had already come into contact with some of the defeated troops. At this time, they were on the south bank of Fenshui River, sandwiching the tributary of Fenshui River.

Ba Lisu and the main force of the Jin Army; Li Yanxian and the main force of the Song Army, who were confronting Ba Lisu and sandwiched between the Guanli camp in Tieling; including the left army of the imperial camp who had been informed at this time that they were at several gaps south of Han Shizhong.

Xu Shian, Chen Jue and other generals were also stunned at the same time and noticed the movement here.

Among them, Xu Shian and Chen Jue acted the fastest. These two men had already received the order from Xie Yuan. At this time, they had no hesitation and immediately sent troops to the north to support overnight.

At the same time, Li Yanxian at Tieling Pass realized Han Shizhong's intention for the first time - he was the one who saw the possible flaw in the gap in the west, and it was he who prompted Han Shizhong to send troops to rescue. And at the expected time, at

There was such a movement on the east side of the designated battlefield, and you could imagine what was going on with your feet.

It is inevitable that Han Shizhong successfully blocked the Jin army, defeated the opponent head-on, and then pursued it here.

As for setting fire to the mountains, there are precedents before Ma Kuan. What it means is of course self-explanatory.

This is the tacit understanding after a few days of mutual insults behind closed doors.

Sure enough, Li Yanxian did not hesitate. On the one hand, he urgently sent people to Jiangxian County to inform Ma Kuo, asking them to guard their flanks to prevent the Jin people from jumping over the wall. On the other hand, he immediately mobilized overnight to send troops to the Seventh Army of Guannan Headquarters and the Huyan Army left behind by Han Shizhong.

After the troops left the pass and headed north, they once again attacked Ba Lisu, who was standing near the Huishui River.

Of course, while issuing these orders, Li Jiedu did not forget one thing, which was to pull Han Shizhong's eye-catching banner from Tieling Pass first!

Even if it was only for half a day, he felt comfortable.

In the same way, Bali Su, who was the target of public criticism, had already guessed what Han Shizhong was going to do when he saw the fire, because he had been in contact with Sa Lihe's retreating troops and scattered troops since the middle of the night.

, even Sa Lihe himself rushed back all afternoon and the night before. He already knew that Dongfang was defeated.

If it were him, he would definitely take advantage of the situation to attack!

But when the Tieling Pass moved next, the movement could not be covered, and the Jin Army Commander had a clearer understanding of the situation.

However, there is a problem here, and that is that most of the people who have a clear view of the fire have no idea how many troops Salihe lost on the south bank of Fenshui this morning, nor do they know what Han Shizhong used to defeat Salihe

How many troops does Wanqi have?

I asked Sa Lihe, but Sa Lihe didn’t know either!

Is it just the Wei Army and the Depian Army, or are there tens of thousands of imperial cavalry behind them?

This is very possible. If you close your eyes, you will know that in the past half month, the Song Army must have been transporting troops, grain, and luggage to the Hezhong Basin (Yuncheng Basin). It is impossible to say that the tens of thousands of imperial cavalry have already

They arrived at Hezhong Mansion, but the Jin army, which was blocked by the tunnel and had no information on the other side, didn't know it at all, so they were defeated.

Even if you consider that the Song Army has stuffed all the newly sent troops and horses behind Tieling Pass, or that the Song Army has not transported many troops at all, you have to consider that Hedong City has fallen, and the Black Dragon Wang Sheng led the imperial camp to the left.

Is the main force appearing on the battlefield?

In a word, it was caught off guard and the situation was chaotic at night, making it impossible for Ba Lisu to carry out accurate investigation and intelligence gathering.

In this case, he could only have a clear understanding of the Song army's tactical movements and at the same time anticipate the enemy's mistakes!

And predicting the enemy is wide, that is to say, assuming that there are enough main forces of the Song Army behind Han Shizhong, the worst result is that if he does not take action, there is a possibility that the Song Army will make dumplings here.

It is possible that the whole army will be annihilated here, and then the entire Hedong will be surrendered...or, more seriously, they will directly surrender for the Kingdom of Jin.

Because here at the Tielingguan battlefield, the Jin army had five or six thousand households, which was nearly a quarter of the main field force of the Jin army.

Of course, the actual situation cannot be so bad. The greater possibility is that Wanyan Tuhesu's ten thousand households placed on the south bank of Huishui River, as well as a considerable number of Wanyan Salihe and Yelu Mawu's elite who have not yet had time to escape,

The cavalry was caught by the Song army on the south bank of Huishui River and suffered heavy losses.

"Let Tuhe quickly withdraw to Huishui and join forces with me."

After sitting with a stick of incense for a while, in the brightly lit Jin Army camp, Ba Lisu finally made a decision.

"Send a message to Quwo again, telling him not to rest any longer, and to immediately march westward overnight, cross the Fen River, and stationed in Jiangzhou City. He must sandwich both sides of the Fen River and leave no room for the Song army to outflank..."

"Send troops again, light torches, and build temporary pontoons along the Huishui River to meet the defeated army..."

"By the way, tell Tu Hesu again that no matter how difficult it is, try to send people through the Song Army's tunnel position at night to notify Jianlu Bu at Xileng Pass and ask him to evacuate... As soon as Tu Hesu leaves, he will

The most dangerous."
To be continued...