When Shi Xuan's army was about to arrive in Xiangguo, the Fenwu army, which had been chasing all the way, was actually not far away from them, but they didn't get too close, and even arrived near Xiangguo a few days earlier than Shi Xuan.

The reason why Wang Shi was able to pursue Shi Xuan's army was indispensable to the guidance of Zhang Tan, the general who followed the army all the way.

Although Zhang Tan was born in the Qinghe Haozong, he was able to hold a prominent position in the country, and it was not all due to his family power. His people were able to rise step by step from a county lieutenant to a senior general of the Qiang State, and the tempering of the Zhenshu area was indispensable, because when it came to the mastery of the terrain and paths on all sides of Hebei, it was far more than Shi Xuan, the prince of the Shan Kingdom.

Now Zhang Tan has no second thoughts, and has decided to follow Wang Shi all the way, so he can be said to be conscientious and do his best to pursue all the way.

On several occasions, Shi Xuan had even completely escaped from the scouts of the Fenwu Army, but under Zhang Tan's prejudgment and guidance, the Fenwu Army was able to appear on the road that Shi Xuan was about to travel on several occasions in advance, and once again included Shi Xuan's remnants in the monitoring.

In this way, it can also be seen that being able to recruit a high-ranking general to the enemy is of great help to the king's actions, and the supply of information alone can enable the king's master to accomplish many feats that were difficult to accomplish before.

Although the Fenwu Army also had the experience of rampaging through the country of Xiang earlier, it was not the same time that it had never driven from southern Hebei to the vicinity of Xiangguo.

There was one time in the Hongwu Army, the elite army on the other side of Xingtai, but the tactics of the Hongwu Army were different from those of the Fenwu Army, and the requirements for baggage were not high, and they were familiar with the infiltration of the whole into parts. But even so, the Hongwu Army's line was quite dangerous, especially when the envoys of the country were attacked, because the target was exposed, they were intercepted by various armies along the way, and they successfully withdrew by relying on Fangtou to send troops to receive them.

Although the Fenwu Army can go into battle lightly and maintain good combat effectiveness while ensuring high mobility, the requirements for supplies are also not low. Even if a man can endure it, a horse can't make do with it. Therefore, even if there was a vertical and horizontal move in the past, it was often necessary to establish a backup base first to expand the results of the war on the premise of ensuring supplies.

This time, it was also an adventure for the Fenwu Army to drive all the way, away from the rear front, and directly arrive at Xiangguo, which was in the heart of the Qiang Kingdom.

In addition to the intelligence support provided by Zhang Tan, another point in this march is that the armor soldiers scattered all over the country have been requisitioned and gathered in several specific areas. In addition to the Lu Lu army in southern Hebei that was defeated and lost by Wang Shi's counterattack, there were more large numbers of the Lu army concentrated in Xindu, where the lord Shi Hu was located.

Because of this, the counties and counties in the territory of the current state of the country have almost become undefended, and even if the traces of the Fenwu army are found, there are simply not enough troops to surround and intercept them. In addition to vertical and horizontal, the Fenwu army can freely choose the target of attack, so as to truly meet the enemy with food.

If there were no latter conditions, Guangzong, which had been done by the Fenwu Army before, would have guarded tens of thousands of beggars earlier. According to the urine nature that the six relatives of the beggar army do not recognize, they definitely do not have the reason to welcome the king with pot pulp, and even if the Fenwu army is brave, they will never dare to set foot in this realm.

As for the Fenwu Army, they are not in a hurry to besiege Shi Xuan, it is not that Shen Yunding is obsessed with capturing the prince of the Kingdom of Qiang alive, but that there are too few opportunities for such a door to be opened and undefended at the moment. Compared with encircling and annihilating or capturing a single Shixuan alive, it is of much greater significance to be able to collect more mountains and rivers in the heart of Hebei.

Although there is the cooperation of the intelligence of a general like Zhang Tan, and perhaps there will be a steady stream of similar surrenderers joining it in the future, it is better to hear than to witness after all. Being able to go deep into this realm and inspect it with your own eyes will be of great benefit to Wang Shi's next military deployment.

Especially before the lack of a major war in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, the road from Qingyan to the north is still a strange road for Wang Shi, so even if the Fenwu army has no success in this trip, as long as it can be successfully detoured and successfully reach Fangtou, it can be said that it is worth the trip.

On the banks of the Zhangshui River, the Fenwu Army temporarily perched on a mound outside a forest. Looking to the west, you can already see the castle of Xiangguo standing on the plain.

This place is very close to Xiangguo, but it is completely undensely populated and prosperous as it should be, and looking around, except for Xiangguo and some surrounding buildings, the wilderness is even more desolate than the surrounding places, and even the villages where the people live on a small scale cannot be seen. The nearby Zhangshui River is also lacking in dredging, with overgrown reeds and almost filling up the river.

"In recent years, the lord has attached great importance to side affairs, and he has to be very indifferent to the management of the capital. There is a way to say miscellaneous words in the workshop, the Tao is a superb skill of public opinion and prestige, Shamen once entered the Ji Long, said that Xiangguo is shallow, and does not allow the two dragons to follow the Xing, the ancestor has been working, and it is no longer the place where the dragon is Xing today......"

On the bank of the river, Zhang Tan rode his horse, a little behind Shen Yun in front of him, and pointed to the city of Xiangguo not far away to talk about some old things in the country. Now that he has been following the Fenwu march for a long time, his contribution is not small, and Shen Yun is gradually becoming more and more angry with him, so he is no longer as restrained as before.

Shen Yun laughed when he heard this, shook the horsewhip in his hand, and said in his mouth: "If you look at it, the Shamen who entered the words is not completely unskilled, and it can be seen that the number of karma has been lost, and the country will not be in the future." After the destruction of the court, Zhang Jun remembered to introduce me to this sand gate. ”

After Zhang Tan heard this, he also laughed: "It may not be possible to have a skill, it is nothing more than that the lord is hungry and thirsty for the love of the destiny of heaven, because it is the demons of all parties who are in love with each other." Hu Yun is already shallow, the king is vigorous and vigorous, the tyrannical lord of Ji Long, the power is still unable to win, how can he steal the qi with the evil demon law. Water virtue is prosperous, in the ground and in people, and the heavens are responsible, how can Zhao fight! ”

This is said a little frankly and explicitly, also because Shen Yun is younger than Shen Mu and his mind is more coarse and straightforward, Zhang Tan said this, half showing his loyalty, half testing his heart.

Sure enough, Shen Yun didn't have too many flowers, and after hearing this, he smiled and said: "Virtue and numerology, I am a little knower." But there is no doubt that the karma will perish. The general is magnificent, Jiangnan and Hebei are under the royal command, Zhang Jun has helped me a lot on this trip, no need to worry about the future, and then I should strongly recommend you to enter the walking platform, if you can be ordered again, return to the countryside, and then we may have to fight together. ”

Although Shen Yun didn't involve that sensitive topic in his eyes, the more he ignored it, the more he took it for granted.

After listening to this, Zhang Tan became more determined, so he also smiled sincerely: "The governor I saw earlier was stable and mighty, and I saw Shen Hou handsome and brave all the way, I am even more eager for the demeanor of the general!" The sky is fortunate to have its own pearls and jades, and I can be among the steps on standby, which shows that it is also a blessing. ”

As they spoke, the group had returned to their makeshift camp. The Fenwu Army is not as versatile as the Hongwu Army, and it is very clumsy to be able to do the simplest camping and cooking matters on many battlefields with one as ten soldiers.

They marched lightly this time, and they were bound not to carry too many auxiliaries and military forces. Previously, it was mainly to eat on some township mansions along the way, or persuasion by words or force.

As for the vicinity of Xiangguo, Zhang Tan came forward to contact and lobby the Shiliu families near Xiangguo, and one of the families surnamed Ma Haoqiang was persuaded to sneak the family to this place to temporarily provide camp food for the Fenwu army. In the current situation that the Fenwu Army is only alone, this Ma clan townsman dares to do this, which can also be called a big gamble, once the matter is leaked out, there will be a disaster of destruction.

As a result, Shen Yun didn't care much about whether his whereabouts were kept secret, but in order to take care of this wealthy family and allow them to calmly evacuate the number of family members, he has been carefully sniping the scouts he encountered in the past few days.

However, to Shen Yun's surprise, this realm was obviously where was located, but the patrol and vigilance of the Kingdom was extremely weak. When the Fenwu army arrived here, they did not deliberately conceal their whereabouts before, and in the next few days, the sergeants scattered around Xiangguo to peep into the geographical situation, and the sights and ears of the scouts encountered by the Qianguo were very few.

In this way, Shen Yun also had to sigh, Shi Di, the prince of the Kingdom of Qian, who stayed in the capital of the country, was not only too arrogant and thought that this situation was worry-free, but he was also too stupid and didn't even set up basic eyes and ears!

In comparison, on the contrary, Shi Xuan, who was chased and killed all the way, has a bit of the demeanor of a general, even if he is embarrassed along the way, but the eyes and ears of the march are not omitted.

However, Shen Yun thought so, but he also misunderstood Shi Di. It's not that Shi Di doesn't want to send a large number of scouts out to patrol to check on the enemy, but the problem is that he has no troops to use.

Now he has less than 3,000 Donggong wrestlers in his hands, and as for those Hu Buyi and the prisoners who were released, if they are used as scouts to spy on the outside, let alone find out whether they can find out the enemy's situation, they are afraid that the scouts themselves will flee and disappear in an instant.

As for the Praetorian Guards controlled by other generals, Shi Di was also worried that they would collude with Shi Xuan and give him a combination of inside and outside, and he would not disperse in a big way.

The terrain around Xiangguo is open, and even if Shi Di sends a few hundred scouts scattered in this vast field, it will only fall into a drop of water in the river, and there is little chance that he can happen to encounter the Fenwu army that is broken into pieces.

What's more, Shi Di has a clear goal right now, that is, Shi Xuan, who is approaching Xiangguo with great momentum, even if he is a scout, he mainly visits this route, and he will not waste his already stretched troops to search for the traces of the Jin army enemy that is already unwarranted in his opinion.

As a result, the more than 2,000 people of the Fenwu Army arrived outside the city of Xiangguo for several days, and they were directly ignored.

Of course, it is impossible to completely avoid people's eyes and ears, but even if someone finds out and reports it to Shi Di, as long as it is not played by his cronies, in the eyes of Shi Di, who has made a plan early, it is more likely that it is a rumor spread by the spies sent by Shi Xuan, just to shake and disturb his military morale, and he has to go back and severely punish the informant.

Therefore, the harm of civil strife is much higher than that of foreign enemies, and this is the case in the country today, and even more so in the early years of China and North Korea. Once a person's vision becomes narrow-minded, and the original siblings are like enemies, and anger breeds, the first thing is to kill the people close to him who have painful wounds, and turn a blind eye to the disasters in the distance, and eventually he will only die in his own hands.

But no matter what kind of dog-eat-dog drama the Shi brothers are going to stage, Shen Yun has already decided to launch an attack on Xiangguo in the near future when Xiangguo sent troops to meet Shi Xuan.

He didn't dare to hope that with his more than 2,000 troops, he would be able to directly shake the capital of the Kingdom of Xiang, but he just wanted to announce that the royal division had come to the city of Xiangguo, which was tantamount to a big victory on the morale of the Kingdom as a whole. After that, no matter what the result is, you can turn the horse to victory.

Don't indulge when you're proud, after all, calculate the time, Shi Hu should have already learned about the war in the south, and the army is coming, Shen Yun won't be stupid enough to stay here and wait for the army of the Kingdom of Qian to encircle him.