Zhang Tan was still arranged to follow Xie Yao with him, but Xie Yao was running back and forth, so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground, and he didn't have time to take care of him at all, because most of the time, Zhang Tan stayed alone, and seven or eight samurai surrounded him, all with cold expressions, as if he dared to make any moves, these samurai would immediately take action and kill him.

Zhang Tan naturally didn't have any other thoughts, and he didn't dare to have them, but he was disappointed that his suggestions could not be adopted. Although Shen Mu, the governor of the Jin army, had already stated that he would not harm his life, this naturally could not satisfy Zhang Tan. In particular, if the Jin army did not adopt his strategy, he would not have the confidence to move the Jin army to his native Dongwu City, and by the way, take his family and villagers to the south.

After chatting with Zhang Tan for a few words, the Shen Dudu left in a hurry surrounded by the Wu Ben knights, and his whereabouts were unknown. And Zhang Tan was imprisoned in the ranks, even if he still had any doubts in his heart, no one would answer him at this time.

Through the transfer of the surrounding battalions, Zhang Tan can roughly estimate that the Jin army is between thirty and forty thousand, and it seems that there has been an increase in troops in the past three days, but this is where the Shen Dudu did not take his suggestion, and even said that he would sweep southern Hebei and fight a fierce battle with the army led by the king Shi Hu?

Not enough, far from enough!

Although Zhang Tan also had to admit that the Jin army was slightly better than the Hebei army in terms of military discipline and bravery. But he knew very well that in order to prepare for this war, Shi Hu had mobilized 200,000 troops! Although a considerable number of them will not be able to be fully recruited for various reasons, there are definitely more than 100,000 soldiers!

Although there are many difficulties in the country, as the overlord of Hebei, there has never been a shortage of brave soldiers who are not afraid of death, even if the equipment and military discipline of the Jin army are a few points shallow, but it is almost impossible to defeat the strong and stubborn army with the weak.

The so-called sweep of Yunyun in southern Hebei, Zhang Tan felt that most of it was the boast of the Shen Dudu, and he didn't think that the other party would really tell him about the future military plan without concealing it. So he couldn't help but be even more curious, what kind of winning strategy did this Shen Dudu have, or was he just a reckless person who was stubborn and self-serving, ambitious and talented?

Tens of thousands of battalions are pulled, even with the orderly and strict military discipline of the Jin army, it cannot be completed in just one day, especially the ladder military formations such as the front, middle and rear. When it was Zhang Tan's turn to start the sergeant of his battalion, it was already evening, and when he actually left the camp, it was already completely dark.

Walking in the solemn march, Zhang Tan couldn't help but sigh again, the Jin army is stronger than the Jin army, it is really a reflection of the details in all aspects, not to mention anything else, just this night march, if it is the group of soldiers in Hebei, how can it be possible to ensure that the army is so neat?

For example, the attack on the night before, it was obvious that more than 30,000 troops came from the south, but in fact, the number of troops who rushed to the battlefield at the first time was more than half, otherwise under the pressure of the regrouping of the army, the battle would have been smoother, and the casualties would have been greatly reduced.

The bright Big Dipper hung in the sky, and their group walked through the night, and even settled in a simple camp to rest and recuperate. Zhang Tan had no sleep all night last night, and today he was tired all day, and he was really depressed at this time, so he didn't have time to think about it anymore, and as soon as he entered the camp, he fell asleep.

The next day, the procession was still heading north, seemingly in the direction of the Great River. This inevitably made Zhang Tan's heart move, and he faintly guessed. Sure enough, when they camped again that night, the night wind had become moist, and there was a faint sound of water waves mixed in, and it seemed that they were very close to the river.

In the middle of the third day, the team marched into a large wharf to cross the Jin, and although the scale was not as large as the water camp, it was still very large. At this time, more than half of the troops were already stationed in the camp, and it seemed that while Zhang Tan was marching, there were also Jin troops from other roads converging here.

Zhang Tan took a small look at the surrounding scene before entering the camp, although he did not serve on the front line of confrontation with the Jin army for many years, but he also had a certain understanding of some important Jindu wharves on the front line of Henan, and it was generally determined that this should be the Sidujin downstream of the Jin.

With such an understanding, Zhang Tan subconsciously turned his head to look at the location on the north bank of the river to the east, and on the other side of the river more than 30 miles downstream, there is also a Jindu, which is located in the plain Jin. And Pingyuanjin is exactly the place where Zhang Tan and them boarded the ship from the shore more than 20 days ago and rushed south to attack the Xuan!

Now it can barely be regarded as a revisit, but Zhang Tan is no longer the high-ranking and powerful forward deputy governor of the country, but has become a prisoner, and the flow of circumstances has made Zhang Tan's mood heavy and complicated for a while, and finally turned into a long sigh.

When he was about to stay overnight in the night, Xie Yao, who had been too busy to take a break, came to Zhang Tan's camp, and after entering, he made a small greeting, and then said: "Tomorrow, the Japanese army will board the ship to fight in the west, and then please follow me closely. ”

After Zhang Tan heard this, he nodded hurriedly, saying that he would do his best, but he couldn't help but think in his heart, these Henan Jin people were really arrogant, not to mention the Shen Dudu who didn't know what his intentions were, even this young man who seemed to be quite easy-going joined the army, and he had a lot of contempt for the Hebei people in his heart, and he had already begun to consider the matter of surrender before the war, and seemed to be sure to win.

Zhang Tan naturally wouldn't say these thoughts, and after sending Xie Yao away, he lay down on the cold and hard bed with his clothes closed, and combined with what he had seen recently, he calculated what the Jin army's strategy was.

By now, Zhang Tan can roughly affirm the general operational ideas of the Jin army. Two days ago, Shen Mu had actually led a part of the army to the west by land, and as for their part of the army, they had now come to Sifujin downstream of the Piercing, and Xie Yao had already made it clear that he would send troops to attack the Pier tomorrow.

Obviously, the Jin army's immediate priority is to recover the shackles. And Zhang Tan boldly guessed that Shen Mu was not in a hurry to attack Shi Xuan in the past few days, and he should have used the sword as a bait to attract more troops to the south, in order to annihilate more enemy troops in Henan.

For Shen Mu's intentions, Zhang Tan didn't know how to evaluate it, it wasn't subtle, it was just a mediocre and steady, even if it was a Chinese quality, it was not surprising to think of this. After all, south of the Yellow River, the Jin army has the advantage of being at home, and it is far better to fight here than to meet the enemy in the north.

Even if Shi Xuan was defeated in this battle and the reinforcements he recruited from the south, it did not reflect Shen Mu's strategy as the main general. After all, such a fighter at the moment, in the final analysis, is mainly because Shi Xuan is greedy and reckless, and there is a disconnect with Shi Hu's Chinese army, which has not yet entered the country, so that the Jin army can be annihilated separately.

Of course, this is the most ideal state, and the Jin army can defeat Shi Xuan's army entrenched in the Fortress in a period of time, and once again reclaim the gateway of the Fortress.

However, Zhang Tan was not optimistic about this, because the plain, as the base for the Hebei army to assemble, once a large number of reinforcements came, it was not something that the Jin army could eat in a short time. Shi Xuan led more than 30,000 troops to the south, although he lost a lot of losses in a few battles, but at least 16,700 troops at the moment, not to mention the Longxiang army of Shi Tao's department, which had already crossed the river to the south.

Combined, these two departments have more than 20,000 troops, and the Longxiang army is a truly elite and strong army of the country with one enemy and ten, and its combat power should not be underestimated. In addition, it has been nearly twenty days since Shi Xuan came south, and during this time, according to the speed of the assembly of the plain army known to Zhang Tan, at least 30,000 more troops can gather reinforcements.

If all these horses and horses are assembled in place, then the number of troops assembled in one place can climb to a full 50,000! Although Zhang Tan did not have a comprehensive understanding of the number and requisition of the Jin army, he could be sure that even if the Jin army gathered a large number of troops during this period, it would not be several times the extent of the Jin army.

Shen Mu seemed to lure the enemy south, but didn't he give Shi Xuan more than ten days to run the defense? When all the troops are gathered in the Fort, no matter how brave the Jin army is, it will be difficult to conquer the Fortified Fortress in a short period of time.

Once the war here is stalemate, then the period when the elite of the country led by the Heavenly King Shi Hu will come south too far?

Thinking of this, Zhang Tan couldn't help but sigh, and he also felt a little resentful towards Shen Mu, the stubborn governor of the south. If his people can listen to their own plans early, they only need to send thousands of elite troops north to Xingguo Canal, once the sneak attack on Linqing City is successful, they can greatly delay Shi Hu's footsteps to the south, and they can also attack Shi Xuan and his reinforcements more calmly.

But if his expectations are not bad, it will not be long before he is afraid that the Jin army will suffer from the enemy and suffer the consequences!

"The main general is incompetent, and he is tired of the three armies!"

Although he is still a prisoner, but after all, he is also a Jin person of the same kind of culture, and he has seen the majesty of the Jin army during this time, Zhang Tan also agrees with and admires the south, thinking that because of Shen Mu's clumsy response, the Jin army may be defeated and lost in this battle, Zhang Tan's mood can't help but become heavy.

There was no word all night, and the morning sun regenerated. Zhang Tan walked out of the camp with a tired face, and after Xiao Zuo had a meal, he was treated by the soldiers to Xie Yao's side. Xie Yao was very interested in talking, and told Zhang Tan about the battles after the army, which was not much different from what Zhang Tan expected last night.

Zhang Tan knew that the general situation was irreversible, and even if he was a general, even if he said what he was worried about, how much would others listen to him? Therefore, his mood was not high, and he just hung his head in silence along the way.

The group of them boarded a rather wide warship fighting ship, and there were more than a dozen warships of similar size moored at the dock, and these warships alone could carry nearly 20,000 soldiers at one time, not to mention that there were other ships of various sizes around, and the carrying capacity had already exceeded 30,000!

Seeing this scene, Zhang Tanru's mood rippled a little again, and the prosperity of the Jin army and ships in his heart was really not comparable to Hebei. Even if most of the naval forces along the river have been withdrawn, they can still raise a fleet of such a scale in such a short period of time, and the background is really profound!

"It's a pity, it's a pity......"

Zhang Tan sighed secretly in his heart, Shen Mu Ruo was willing to follow his strategy, attack Linqing first, and then besiege the fort without distraction, even if Shi Xuan had gathered tens of thousands of reinforcements during this time, under such a powerful siege of the Jin army, it was only a matter of time before he was completely annihilated!

But now, presumably Heavenly King Shi Hu is also leading tens of thousands of elites to run south quickly, and there is really not much time left for the Jin army!

The armies boarded the ship, and with the sound of drums and trumpets, the fleet slowly sailed away from Sifujin, and then sailed westward.

Although Pingyuanjin is not far from the opposite side of Sifujin, this section of the waterway is particularly open, and there is almost no possibility of a sneak attack. Moreover, the terrain of the plain realm is just like the name of the county, a horse and a flat river, there is no danger at all, even if the Jin army is a direct plain, the next step is to face the situation of outflanking and encirclement by the Hebei army, and the current war is completely useless, so the Jin army simply has no intention of attacking the plain.

The water potential of the river is still mighty, but Zhang Tan's state of mind on the river is very different, seeing the huge fleet of flags and sails around him, he also faintly understands why these Jin people in Henan have different styles and interests Hebei, with such a powerful army, can indeed underestimate any force in the world.

This kind of pride can indeed inspire people, but everything must have a degree, if you are blindly strong and arrogant, and no one is in your eyes, then the defeat period is not far away.

On the wide river, in addition to their fleet, there were other scattered boats and boats, which were heading west along the north bank. After discovering this large fleet, the ships all rushed to evade and retreat.

But soon the fleet burst out of the small ships that were as swift as arrows from the string, and soon stopped and sank the ships, and by the way, the overboard was salvaged and returned to the fleet.

After some interrogation, sure enough, these people were all the divisions of the Qiang army that Hebei reinforced to the Xuan, and revealed other information, saying that the Qiang army also knew that the river was not the opponent of the Jin army, so those large troops in the plain traveled west along the river, and when they arrived at Qinghe County, they boarded a boat at Xingguo Canal and crossed south.

Zhang Tan benefited Xie Yao, and when he learned about these messages, he was even more disappointed in his heart. Now that the army from the north has been assembled in Xingguo Canal, even if Shen Mu wants to use his strategy, there is no such condition at all!

Most of the Jin army in the eastern border of Qingyan, Henan Province gathered, and advanced by land and water to kill the Xuan, which naturally could not hide Shi Xuan.

In fact, before the Jin army left the port and entered the river on the way to Sidujin, Shi Xuan had already led his troops to fight several battles with the Shen Mu army that arrived at Shimen first, and the two sides won and lost each other, overall, the Jin army had the advantage, and the army had already crossed the Jishui and stationed on the southeast side of more than 30 miles away, with a total of 20,000 foot riders!

Although several strongholds opened up before were lost one after another, Shi Xuan was not worried about this. Although the Longxiang army, which he relied on for heavy support, had left the water camp a few days earlier and attacked the Jin army's slipway to the west, the strength of the silk was not weak at all.

At present, as the general Zhang Tan expected, as Shi Xuan sent his henchman Yang Bei back to the plains to recruit reinforcements, those men and horses who had gathered in the plains immediately began to march west to the south. In the next few days, the military strength in the camp increased sharply, directly reaching more than 30,000 people!

This was still limited by the limited carrying capacity of the boats, and more than 20,000 soldiers gathered at the Xingguo Canal port opposite the piercing. Shi Xuan was also in no hurry to gather all the troops in the Qiang, after all, although the scale of the Qiangqi battalion was not small, its capacity always had its limit.

Moreover, the gathering of more than 20,000 troops on the opposite side and echoing across the river can also prevent the Jin army from blocking the river and cutting off the retreat.

In short, the situation of today's water camp can be described as a very good, there are more than 20,000 people gathered at the Xingguo Canal port opposite, and there are 20,000 soldiers in the water camp itself, and even the city outside Jin, Shi Xuan has placed more than 5,000 soldiers, each other is a horn, it can be said that it has completely gained a firm foothold in Henan!

Although there was news from Hebei Fu that the army led by the Heavenly King Shi Hu would stay in Xindu for a few days and would arrive some time later than the scheduled military period, it would definitely arrive in time for the September flood season to end.

In the letter, Shi Hu also told Shi Xuan to prepare cautiously and not to leak the news of the army's assembly too early, so that the southerners were on guard. Shi Hu didn't know that his two sons had come south one after another, and they were trying to see each other!

Receiving the Lord's Upload Book, Shi Xuan couldn't help but feel even more proud. Now he has overfulfilled his task, as long as the Lord comes south, he can step on the waves without hindrance! And the current defense situation, not to mention holding it until September, he is even confident that he will stick to this situation for a long time, just like the camp of the southerner Xie Ai in Fangtou, and also inserted a sharp knife in the henchmen of the southerners!

As for why the reinforcements of these rear army troops were so timely, it was naturally not Shi Xuan's deterrence that had an effect.

Those Hebei generals are not fools, if only Shi Xuan came south, but now that the lord's two sons have come south, if they still hold their troops, even if the war goes smoothly, they will inevitably suffer from the reprimand and punishment of negligence. If these two Shi family cubs have a mistake in Henan, their sin will be even greater!

Win or lose, if they don't move, they won't be able to get any benefit. Therefore, even if you are unwilling in your heart, or have other plans, you naturally don't dare to wait and see at this time, and hurriedly come south to reinforce.

With such a situation, Shi Xuan was even more courageous, and he couldn't help but have the idea of annexing the elite army of Long Xiang in his heart, and sent letters one after another asking Shi Tao to lead his troops to return to the camp and stand by to defend this gateway place. But Shi Tao was not a fool, he completely ignored Shi Xuan's military order, even if he found nothing outside, there was no sign of joining the division, but accelerated towards the slide.

When most of the Jin army assembled, advanced by land and water, and rushed towards the fortification with great momentum, Shi Xuan was not worried at all. He is now completely invincible, no fault is a great achievement, if it is not for the strength to annex the Long Xiang army, maybe he would have led his troops to kill it a long time ago, and defeated the Jin army before the lord came south!

The fleet of Sidujin soon approached the fort from the river. Although Shi Xuan had been working hard to repair the camp defense in the past few days, it was naturally incomparable with the strength of the Jin army's defense when it was stationed, so before the Jin fleet arrived, he sent his henchman Yang Bei across the river to inform the Xingguo Canal port that the Qian army was ready to cross the river and attack the Jin army.

However, not long after Yang Bei left, the garrison envoy of Xingguoqu came south by boat and hurriedly entered the camp to report: "The Jin army has raided Leling on the east road, and it has been attacked and tired!" My family will be worried about the danger of the border, and I know that this armor is sufficient, because it is to lead the troops back to help Leling, I hereby tell Your Highness! ”

When Shi Xuan heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and only reacted after a while, and then he was furious: "The dog thief misunderstood me!" ”

At this moment, outside the camp, the Jin army's two water and land divisions were shaped like two huge iron fists, and swung and smashed towards the bar!

However, in the camp of the Qiang army, which is in a good situation, a rumor that is enough to make the army uneasy quietly spread: the Henan Jin army did not attack the Qiang, not because it was powerless, but just to attract the Qiang army in southern Hebei to here, and then take advantage of the emptiness in southern Hebei to attack Leling, and then wash the Bohai Sea! And at this moment, the Jin army has already invaded Leling, and the Bohai Kingdom will suffer immediately!

Several counties in southern Hebei, Qinghe is adjacent to Xiangguo, the county is not strong, the plain has long confronted the southerners, and consumes a lot, so this time the army is Tunan, and the main ones in the forward are Leling, Bohai and other counties. These two counties, which have been rarely disturbed for a long time, are also coastal lands, with extensive benefits of fish and salt, and are also well-deserved sources of money and grain in southern Hebei.

As this rumor spread, before the Jin army arrived at the camp, the generals who came to reinforce from all walks of life had already rushed into Shi Xuan's camp first, and asked Shi Xuan bitterly whether he was really affected by the Jin army's plan to transfer the tiger away from the mountain?