The soldiers and horses of Ji County were assembled quickly, of course, this was also related to the environment, and the chaos of the Qi Kingdom caused the original rough order to disappear again, and retreated into the wildness of the jungle.

Xiangguo and Yecheng were originally the core areas of the Qianguo, and a large number of people were confined here, and many Jin people and chieftains of Zahu took advantage of the situation to wantonly encroach on the people and form military leaders of different sizes.

But these military leaders have an endless appetite, after all, if they want to swallow the ants, they have to give them a bite to eat, and the income from the countryside is limited, and they dare not give up their roots and sweep away.

Therefore, the Wei County, Ji County and other places ruled by Shi Kan today are like fish ponds with ecological imbalance in later generations, where a large number of people are confined and military heads form fences. The leaders of the Hu and Han armies did their best to recruit Ding Zhuang to form an army, and then turned around and used the army to squeeze the people more brutally and absorb flesh and blood nutrients.

They control this side of the water and soil as a blessing, and they seem to be extremely powerful, but in fact, they are full of a sense of crisis in their hearts, and they contain each other. Knowing that there is a broader living space outside, but he is worried that once he uses troops outside, the original foundation will be divided and devoured by other military leaders, and Shi Kan, as the nominal leader, failed to provide them with a clear direction to move forward, so that it evolved into a dead knot that drew the ground into a prison.

Tian Ni has nearly 10,000 troops, even if there is prestige or not, they are the largest force in Ji County, and the rest still have Ding Ling, Xiongnu and some of the wealthy clans of the Jin people, although their respective supporters together are better than Tian Ni, but they themselves are fighting among themselves, and their individual strength is not as strong as Tian Ni at all.

For example, in the former northern part of Ji County, the Ding Ling Teng clan was powerful, with thousands of armor and tens of thousands of households, which was the largest force in the county, and it was the original Ji County Taishou. Later, Tian Ni entered the county and united many military leaders in the county to attack it, so that the Teng clan was suppressed and his territory was assigned to Ding Lingren and another Zhai clan.

Nowadays, although there are many military leaders in the county, there are thousands of strong people, and there are hundreds of them, and there is no dominant party, and there are many disputes between them. At the same time, Tian Ni and his people were tyrannical and cruel, and all parties worshipped a little bit by the way, and chose one or two to slaughter all over the house. Therefore, when Tenny ordered the troops to be summoned, all parties did their best to meet them and did not dare to delay.

But even so, in the end, someone was unlucky.

In the Xinle camp in Jijun, more than a dozen generals stood silently in front of the school. On the platform, Tian Ni is independent, and today he is in strict armor, quite majestic, diluting a little bit of yin.

There was a team of more than 200 people in the school grounds, from the commander to the soldiers, all kneeling on the ground, trembling. The commander of the army was a middle-aged man in his forties, his face was covered with sweat at this time, and he kowtowed several times before he said in a trembling voice: "The last general received the military order, and he did not dare to delay for a moment, so he immediately gathered the crowd and set off, day and night, day and ......night."

Bang!

On the high platform, Tian Ni kicked over the armory rack, and the halberd pointed at the soldier commander and shouted angrily: "The dog thief neglected the military order, and finally arrived, this matter has been seen from top to bottom, and he dares to quibble!" ”

Outside the school grounds, hundreds of soldiers suddenly rushed out, surrounded the two hundred people, and then led the string to shoot, and soon, more than two hundred people, including the soldier commander, were killed by several arrows. In the entire school field, a heart-palpitating blood suddenly filled the ground, and the more than ten generals and soldiers in front of the school field saw this scene, and fine cold sweat gushed out on their foreheads.

In fact, speaking of which, this soldier commander is just unlucky, his own station is far away from the Xinle camp, and he is a little more complete than others when he receives the military order, but even so, he is still coming day and night, and there is still one day before the military period agreed by Tenny, which is not overdue.

But he was unlucky because his strength was not strong, and he didn't come too early, and when he arrived at the camp, he didn't know whether to live or die and beg for help, because he was selected by Tianni as a model.

After besieging and killing this group of people, Tian Ni's face was slightly angry, and then he shouted on the high platform: "The Huainan thief army provokes for no reason, invades my border land, and kills my people, and it must not be endured." I was ordered by the king to guard Ji County, and I did not dare to slack off in the military for a day, lest I be negligent for a moment and the army would enter the county. Do everything you can to protect the peace of this party. ”

"You may as well ask yourselves, if I hadn't led the people here, you might have calmly fallen into the countryside? This time, I plan to gather people to fight against the enemy, isn't it for the sake of the stability of your homeland? The southern thief Shen Weizhou, who has been arrogant for a long time, has abused the Central Plains, and the people are uneasy. If he really leads the people to the north, even if he is defeated, I can lead the people to retreat back to Yedu, and you will all become ghosts under the sword! ”

"At this critical moment, it is time to fight the enemy with one heart, and as a result, there are still village thieves and scum who dare to neglect military orders and lead the crowd back. Such treacherous thieves are born in vain! ”

Speaking of this, Tian Ni jumped down from the high platform, walked in front of those generals and sneered: "Or are you still afraid and lucky, thinking that Huainan is powerful and incapable of being an enemy?" Today, you might as well tell you directly, Huainan came to suppress this time, but there are thousands of weak people, even if there is no help in the battle, the southern thieves are not worried. The reason why I want to gather you is to see who is loyal to me who is fighting to protect this side of the water and soil! ”

"This time I crossed the river to attack and kill the southern thieves, it was originally a magnificent trip to hunt for merit, and it only took a few days to go back and forth, and it will be a complete success. This time, whoever has the righteousness to help those who dare to fight, in the coming day, I will not only quote them as the help of guarding the humerus of the earth, but the king will also have great grace. But if you lead the crowd back, or neglect the military order, I will kill them!" A few days later, when I return to the county after victory, I will invite Ji'er and others to hoe and sweep away the rebellion, and repair the countryside, and I will never lose it! ”

When the generals heard this, the original tension gradually subsided, and then a little excitement appeared between their eyebrows. The Huainan army went north, and they knew more or less about it, knowing that Tian Ni's words were true, and the Huainan army was only a few thousand people, and it was not a strong enemy.

At present, they are gathered from all sides, plus Tian Ni's own army, which has already exceeded 10,000, and the strength is several times stronger than the Huainan army. Even if the Huainan Army is a strong army that wins more with less, it was also because of the geographical advantage of Huaishui before, but now the tired army is far away, and there is a huge disparity in the strength of each other. So in this battle, the odds of winning are very high.

But whether they win or not, they don't care too much, even if Tian Ni himself is not a benevolent and righteous chief, if he changes Huainan Shen Weizhou, it is impossible to kill them all, and life may be a little better. However, although I have this idea in my heart, I am still not very optimistic about the Huainan army, one has few soldiers, and the other Jin army has been extinct in Hebei for more than ten years.

What's more, in addition to Jijun Tianni, Yecheng also has 100,000 people from King Shikan of Wei, and even if the Huainan army crosses the river, it may not be able to resist the counterattack of King Wei. So in such a situation, they really don't have to fight for who to lean towards, anyway, no matter who is in charge, they have room to survive.

The reason why they were forced to send troops to help the war this time was also because, after all, Tian Ni was still the lord of Ji County at the moment, and if they dared to resist, the end would be on the school grounds. In Tian Ni's eyes, it seemed to imply that as long as Huainan was defeated this time, he would win over them to help the war divide the profits of the countryside and rebuild the order.

Therefore, after hearing this, everyone hurriedly knelt down and said that they would go all out in this battle.

When Tenny heard this, he nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered all the generals to return to their headquarters and prepare to fight in the south. Although he was brutal, he was not stupid, and he knew that these military leaders could not be trusted, so he was a strong deterrent, perhaps with a good vision.

This time he ordered the congregation to be assembled, but did not specify the number of people to be sent by each department, so it was natural that there were more or less people from all walks of life, so that it could be judged whether these people were loyal to him or not. Although the order was to gather only 3,000 people, the fact that the people who arrived was close to 6,000 is enough to show that he has indeed set up enough deterrence in Ji County.

In the past, there was no chance to jointly face a strong enemy, so it was impossible to see how people's hearts were based on appearances alone. This result made him very satisfied, and in this way, the number of troops he controlled, even after deducting the part of the men and horses that were surrounded and suppressed in Huting, had reached more than 12,000 people.

Even if there are remnants between counties, they are only a few thousand, and they are scattered all over the country, and they cannot advance and retreat together. Therefore, Tian Ni also planned to take advantage of this opportunity to defeat the Huainan army in Henan to build more prestige, and then turn back to clear the countryside, uproot those who are yang and yin, and run Jijun into a complete iron plate completely controlled by him.

Not to mention Tenny himself, after the generals dispersed, they also had their own plans. After leaving the school grounds, several generals gathered together, intentionally or unintentionally, and one of them leaned over to the other and whispered to the other: "Brother Wang, you are the only one in our group who is closer to the river, and you know more about the enemy in the south. The people of Huainan are real and false, are they really as outnumbered as Xin Legong said? You must know that Huainan Shen Weizhou, in his early years, he was weak to defeat the strong, and even the King of Zhongshan was defeated by him......"

When everyone heard this, they all looked at the general surnamed Wang, but the man was not pretentious, and after hearing the words, he said: "What Xinle Gong said is accurate, there are indeed not many people in Huainan, and there are less than 10,000 people in Huting, sour dates, slippery platforms and other places. ”

"In this way, is the Huainan army looking for death when it goes north? A few thousand people, how dare they divide their troops like this? Could it be that you really underestimate our Hebei people? ”

When the other heard this, he sneered.

"General Zhu doesn't have to be happy first, then Shen Weizhou can even defeat the King of Zhongshan, how can he be a stupid person. His people are so deployed, they should have their own mysteries and hidden secrets, and this battle may not be easy......"

"No matter what kind of mystery there is, can he conjure up troops out of thin air? After all, this place is different from Huainan, but there is no surging river water for him to dig in! ”

"I might as well tell you that there is no military order from Ye at the moment, but why is Xin Legong in a hurry to attack south? Huainan went north and south, first attacked Huting, Huting had nearly 5,000 people in Xinle Gong, and was besieged and killed by Huainan in a battle! And Chen Shi, who operated in Nan earlier, do you still remember? The thief couldn't gain a foothold in Hebei, and turned to the south to gain a lot, and even dared to be disrespectful to Xinle Gong before, but this time he was also annihilated by the Huainan army, and fled north alone......"

"How so? It can't be ......"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but gasp, they each knew some about the enemy, but they didn't have such details, they were originally despised because of the enemy's weakness, but they didn't expect that the Huainan Army had such an amazing record in such a short period of time when it went north.

Tian Ni's direct subordinates don't mention it for the time being, although Chen Shi was inconspicuous in Hebei earlier, but after crossing the river, his strength soared and even far exceeded them, and they all knew it. But even Chen Shi was defeated, which inevitably made them feel awe-inspiring.

"In this way, the outcome of this battle is still unpredictable......"

Some people have retreated when they hear this, although they are nominally under the control of Tian Ni, but in fact they can survive and grow, it is all due to their own efforts, this time they led the crowd to help the war, but also forced by Tian Ni's obscenity, when it comes to throwing their heads and spilling blood to fight for Tian Ni, it is really not possible.

The general surnamed Wang saw that everyone was looking complicated, and he was also worried that his remarks that shook the morale of the army would be known to Tian Ni, so he whispered again: "I and you, there may be no shortage of discord in the past, but I will not sit back and watch you die. Xin Legong was brutal, and the reason why there was moderation in previous years was because he was afraid that he would be guilty of public anger and be resisted by the masses, and the king of Wei might want to punish him.

If we are all cut off one by one, it will be difficult to resist each other, and he will never be relentless. So even if Xin Legong has any promises, just listen to it, if he really hopes to engulf the villagers and fatten himself, can he still fatten the door of King Wei? Without the protection of the villagers, he will become meat on the chopping board in the coming day, and will be slaughtered by his uncle and nephew. ”

After hearing this, everyone felt the same way, and one of them sighed again: "In order to seek respect, the king of Wei can even turn his back on his ancestral surname, so he is naturally not the lord of benevolence." However, the governor of Huainan is not a good type, not to mention that even if he is tenacious, the tiger crossing the border is difficult to defeat the Hebei wolves, and it may not be worthy of Hebei talents to follow......"

"Far away, Shen Weizhou is the son-in-law of Jiangdong Gaomen, and he is the son-in-law of the emperor, even if we want to follow, we may not be able to enter his high eyes. What's more, they are still hostile to each other at the moment, and he may not be able to stand on the riverside, so we have a rope buckle around our necks, and we are still holding it in the hands of the Shi family's uncles and nephews, and it is useless to think about it. However, I heard that the people of Huainan came north this time, mainly to kill the evil species such as the Karma and the King of Wei who recognized Hu as their father, and our Jin people are the seeds of Zhuxia, if they don't go all out, he may not be killed......"

"I'm afraid it may not be......"

Several people are talking about it, each with their own melancholy, in the current world, people are bullied if they are weak, it is true that they are big people who can control life and death in front of a group of cold people, but in front of the real strongman, they are also powerless, and can only follow the general trend to sway. For example, it is clear that Tian Ni is so cruel and regards human life like a mustard, but they are powerless to resist and can only surrender to obscenity.

It's a bit deep to talk about these things now, and they seem to be together, but if one of them turns around and snitches Tenny later, it's also very likely.

The general surnamed Wang was probably not very optimistic about the southward war, and occasionally complained a few words, and after saying that, he regretted it a little, and then led to the following words. At this time, he was also worried that he would lose too much talk, so he took his leave and returned to his camp.

Meanwhile, Tenney was already picking a location for the attack. The books he mastered were much more detailed than those of the Huainan Army, and after standing silently for a long time, he circled his hand around the section of the river corresponding to the sour jujube, and then focused on Lingchangjin.

"Envoy, it seems that Thorn Jin ......"

When one of the generals saw this, he couldn't help but speak, but halfway through his words, he was forced back by Tian Ni's sharp eyes. waited until he left the big tent later, and finally came to his senses, and muttered in a low voice: "Thorn Jin, the crossing of the defeated army, Lingchang, the king's Jin......"