The right-wing battlefield in central Hebei, which had been strewn for many days, finally made a new breakthrough in October.

Although the Yanzhou soldiers in charge of this aspect of the battle inflicted heavy losses on the Qiang army at the beginning of the war in the city of Guangping Lieren and began to recover the entire territory of Guangping, due to the lack of cavalry mobile combat power, they were then countered by the Qiang army in the field battle, which made the situation stagnant for a while.

After a period of gaining momentum, the Yanzhou army finally launched a counterattack, and led 3,000 elite cavalry led by the lord Hu Run himself from the Yanping camp to the rapid upstream, and other rangers who had arrived at the camps and strongholds in the north in advance responded to the situation.

Although the Jin army was also vigilant about this, it was inevitable that they would be sluggish because of their previous advantages, thinking that it was impossible for the Jin army to grasp the exact whereabouts of their main force in the short term, and their reaction was inevitably sluggish.

After Hurun advanced northward, relying on the various strongholds laid in the early stage to respond and cooperate, he ran through five battlefields in just three days, and fought five battles with the Karma army, especially in the first three battles, due to the slow reaction of the Karma army, it inflicted heavy losses on the enemy one after another, and killed and captured nearly 2,000 people of the Karma army.

Judging from the battle situation alone, this time the counterattack was far inferior to the previous battle of Lieren City, but that was because of the difference in the opponents. This time, both sides of the battle were highly mobile rangers, and the cavalry battle was already more variable, and the number of defeats was mainly small and the number of kills was small.

On their opponents, the main cavalry of the Baiqi Army totaled more than 5,000 or less than 6,000 people, and nearly one-third of them were killed and captured.

As for the last two battles, because the Qiang army finally became vigilant, and Shi Min, the main general of the Qiang army, who had been pinned down in the East Road battlefield, returned, he led his troops to retreat in time, avoiding the sniping of the main force led by Hu Run.

After being trapped for many days, Hurun was resentful in his heart, and naturally he was unwilling to let the Karma army form a formation and leave the battlefield, integrated the military strength on the battlefield, and led 5,000 elite cavalry to continue to march north, and finally caught up with the fleeing division of the Karma army again outside Guangzong City.

The two sides fought fiercely for a day and night in the wilderness outside Guangzong, and Wang Shi divided the remaining Karma army with an absolute superiority in strength to besiege and kill, and finally the Karma general Shi Min and hundreds of troops under his command broke through the siege and went north, and disappeared. The Shang Bai Qiang army, which was blocking the pace of Wang Shi's northward advance, except for this one that broke through and left, the rest were gone!

After the battle, Hurun led his army back to Quzhou, and the main force of the Yanzhou army also began to leave Yanping Cidi and head north, using Quzhou as the new base camp.

At the same time, the beggar envoy from Guangzong also entered Quzhou under the guidance of Jin Xuangong and expressed his willingness to surrender.

Hurun's impression of Guangzong's begging is not very good, although from the current situation, Guangzong's begging army did not directly participate in the frontal battlefield against Wang Shi, but this does not mean that Guangzong is a deferential person.

Especially during the diplomatic war in Guangzong City, Hurun once told Guangzong Qihuo that they could send troops to block the northern road a little in order to annihilate the army, but Guangzong Qihuo turned a deaf ear to this and did not send troops. Although the final result was quite good, he lost the general Shi Min, which really can't be called a complete achievement.

Although Guangzong begged to show sincerity and returned some of the materials lost by Wang Shi in Guangping, Hurun was still not polite to Guangzong's envoy.

The biggest enemy on the road ahead has been defeated, and only a Guangzong city is not in his eyes, especially with the main force of Yanping going north, many powerful siege equipment has been in place, even if Guangzong City does not surrender, he is confident that he will conquer the city within ten days.

Although he was a little dissatisfied in his heart, Hurun did not dare to dictate this matter, and the battle report was sorted out a little, and together with the situation in Guangzong City, he reported to the rear general's ceremonial driving place, and waited for the general's instructions before he could make the next move.

In late September, General Shen led his troops to leave Santai and temporarily stationed in Lieren City, shortening the distance between him and all walks of life on the front line. The battle under the city of Guangzong was not all the combat missions of the middle route, but only a flank battlefield, and the main combat target of the middle route army was naturally Xiangguo, the old capital of the Qiang Kingdom.

After the Hurun War Report arrived at the camp, the general was not in much of a good mood, although the victory was always a joy, but at this time the Shang Bai Army was solved, and the performance could only be said to be acceptable, not excellent.

As a general in charge of Taiwan's military and political power, Shen Zhezi's focus is not on the gains and losses of one city, one place, one battle, but on the layout of the whole front.

The stubborn resistance of the Shangbai army caused the Yanzhou army to cooperate on the battlefield out of touch, so that until now there has not been a complete siege of Xiangguo. And due to the loss of control of Guangping, it also affected the rhythm of the back road capital to the north.

It is now early winter, the waterways of the north and south are exhausted, and the real winter is less than a month away, and the logistical pressure will be even greater. Before the onset of winter, the military reserves of all parties on the front line were affected as a result. The lack of reserves will be directly limited to the arrangement of the operation of the king division in Hebei this winter.

At least after the winter, Hurun's Yanzhou army could no longer play its original strategic effect, and there was not enough supplies to support them to invest in the Xiangguo battlefield.

Of course, this does not negate Hurun's merits and judge it as a dereliction of duty. After all, the Yanzhou Army was placed in this position, and its main positioning was to deal with the two battlefields of the Middle Road and the East Road. The uprooting of the Upper Baiqi Army ensured that the logistics channel of the Eastern Route Army was not disturbed, and it could also make the Xie Ai Department of the Central Route more distracted to devote itself to the operation against Xiangguo.

The reason why there is regret is that relatively speaking, the current situation can only be said to be good, but it is not excellent. If there is no obstruction from the Shang Bai Xuan army, Wang Shi will advance in unison, and will be able to take Xiangguo before winter, and form two fists on the east and west sides of Xindu in Yu Xiang, so that the Qianguo will not dare to counterattack throughout the winter, so as to lock in a greater advantage.

At present, Xiangguo is not under the control of Wang Shi, and Shen Mu's Dongwu City camp needs to bear more military pressure in this winter, and needs to withstand the threat from Xindu alone in a short period of time, so that Bohai Du, which has already recovered more than half, has to give up part of the occupied area and concentrate more troops on Dongwu City.

In order to ensure the stability of Dongwu City, it is necessary to continue to increase the number of troops, and the cavalry troops under Hurun need to continue to increase in order to strengthen the response effect of the Eastern Route Army.

Overall, Hurun's performance was still qualified, at least it did not drag the war into a real winter. Otherwise, Shen Zhezi would need to change generals and let Xie Yi replace Hurun in charge of the right-wing Yanzhou army, otherwise it would be difficult to help too much in front of everyone.

On the battlefield, the whole body is moved, and any local battlefield is not just an isolated existence. For example, the Eastern Route Army had to retreat to Dongwu City because the flank coordination was not achieved, but this did not mean that the pressure on the Qian army caused by the Wang Division on the eastern battlefield was reduced, and the reason was the breakthrough of the Liao side a few months ago.

If the Liao still maintains the dominance of Murong Hao and continues to rely on the state of Qian, then the pressure on Youzhou in the state of Liao will be less, and more troops can be transferred south to fortify in Bohai and other counties. But now that the problem of Murong Hao has been solved, and the Murong Department itself has fallen into collapse, Zhang Ju, the assassin of Youzhou in the state of Qian, did not dare to leave the realm without permission, and only Shi Bin, the son of Shi Hu, led his troops south.

Similarly, Wen Fangzhi and others rushed to build strongholds such as Qinhuangdao before winter, and Wang Shi was also able to send a batch of supplies north along the coastal road before winter, which could ensure that Xu Mao's navy continued to enter Zhangwu along the Bohai Sea, rather than being forced to withdraw to Qingzhou to recuperate.

In this way, in order to ensure that Shen Mu and Xu Mao can reach a response, the cavalry strength of the Eastern Route Army needs to continue to increase. And Hurun's defeat of the Shangbai army this time will ensure that the war horses and various materials from Hedong can be transported to Dongwu City along the Guangping route in time.

Therefore, after seeing the Guangzong issue that Hurun told in the battle report, Shen Zhezi did not make a decision at the first time, but instructed Hurun to send Guangzong's envoys to Lieren City as soon as possible, including Jin Xuangong, who had made new military achievements.

The city of Lieren is not far from Quzhou, and on the third day of the signal, the group arrived at the camp of Lieren City.

Tian Ju, as the envoy of Guangzong's begging, was not in a relaxed mood, Qu Zhou suffered from Hurun's indifference, and saw the strength of Wang Shi's various siege equipment, and also realized that the idea of their father and son to hold on to the city in the event of discord was a bit shallow. Without the containment of the field battle outside the city, it was really not too difficult for Wang Shi to raze Guangzong City.

He didn't regret giving up Shi Min's field help, after all, it was impossible for them to be buried for the kingdom, but Wang Shi was suppressed by Shi Min in Guangping Realm before, so they inevitably underestimated Wang Shi's strength, thinking that they still had enough confidence to fight for some preferential treatment.

But now it seems that this possibility is really not big, and now Guangzong has been completely exposed to the front of Wang Shi's soldiers, and it is difficult for them to decide what the blessings and misfortunes are.

So along the way, Tian Ju could only continue to show favor to Jin Xuangong, although his father Tian Fu had explained before leaving, Jin Xuangong was humble and could not be relied on too much. But the problem is that in addition to Jin Xuangong, he also has no contact with other important figures of Wang Shi, such as Hurun Hu Houze, who is ready to show goodwill, he has not even seen him in Quzhou for a few days.

Knowing that he was fortunate enough to be able to meet General Shen in the south, Tian Ju was also surprised and happy in his heart, because he had been pestering Jin Xuangong all the way, asking the general what his temperament and preferences were, hoping to make a good impression.

Although Jin Xuangong was annoyed by this, he couldn't bear to refuse. He was able to return with honor this time, and to be honest, he also had to admit his affection to the beggar army, if the beggar army really sent troops to recapture Shangbai at that time, it would be difficult for him to survive. However, as for Tian Ju's problem, not to mention that he has little contact with the general, even if he has any in-depth understanding, it is impossible to spread it around.