Although he had already made a plan for the future defense of Hedong, Li Bing did not immediately launch it after entering the country. Today's Hedong, as a pivotal place to link and revitalize the entire western front strategy, the situation will become complicated, and it is necessary to take into account the influence of all aspects, especially in the details, to have a full grasp to achieve the extreme.

In the next few days, Li Bing did not stay in the camp of Pusaka, and left the camp and went straight to the inner part of the Hedong to inspect the place.

Because Xue Tao was busy with the reorganization of the Hedong Military Government, he couldn't take the time to accompany him personally, so he arranged for Xue Liang, a military general and his brother, to accompany him.

As for the Hedong Taishou Mansion, the Taishou Liu Shi did not dare to slack off on Li Bing's arrival, although the civil and military forces were not in control, but Li Bing's subsequent military operations still had a great impact on the overall atmosphere in Hedong, and they also needed to fully communicate with each other, so they sent Ma Xingzhi, the head of the county government, to accompany Li Bing, and at the same time confided in detail some of the demands of the Taishou Mansion.

Between Hedong and Pingyang, it is bounded by Fenshui in the west, Fenyin where the Xue clan is located in Hedong in the south, and Pishi County in Pingyang County in the north. The two places are connected by plateaus, and Fenyin can also be said to be the north gate of Hedong.

From this point, it can also be seen that the Fenyin Xue clan was quite excluded in the old Hedong rural order. Although Fenyin is located at the confluence of Fen and rivers, when it comes to the important places of Jin, it is far less than the large ferries such as Fenglingdu downstream. The upper reaches of the Yellow River cross the river cut straight down the mouth of the Longmen Hukou, and in addition to the mountains and high plateaus on both sides, there are also large tidal flats, which all restrict the development of Jindu.

From Fenyin to the south is a piece of mountains and hills, to the east there is also a mountain resistance, over these two mountains, is the heart of the real essence of Hedong, Hedong Pei's hometown is located Wenxi, Wei's hometown is located in the east of it, Hedong Liu's Xie County is in its south, and Fenyin is set in the northwest corner.

If it weren't for the natural boundary of Fenshui, it would seem more appropriate for Fenyin to be included in Pingyang County, which is similar to the embarrassing situation of the Xue clan in Hedong in the countryside in the old years.

As for the eastern border of the river, there is Wangwu Mountain as a barrier. The so-called mountains and rivers are on the surface, from a large perspective to make an analogy, the terrain of Hedong is similar to the entire state, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and it is dangerous according to the situation.

Xue Liang, as a guide, was also very enthusiastic, leading Li Bing and the others to go to the Fenyin dock wall where their house was located first. Xue's dock is built on the high plateau, from this point down, you can see the rolling river Longmen in the west, and the Jishan mountain range with undulating peaks and ridges in the east, the danger of mountains and rivers can be said to be vividly and vividly.

"In the old years, there were many military disasters, and there were often Hu cavalry roaring here. Since my family lives in this situation, I should have the heavy responsibility of protecting the township, the hooves are brutal, and the villagers are in difficulty, and if I have to become this dock, the living people are not counted......"

Standing at the head of his own dock wall, Xue Liang said this, his face was also difficult to hide his pride, and then he thought that he would have to leave behind the roots of the countryside, and he was a little reluctant in his heart.

Li Bing stood in the wind, and bowed slightly after hearing the words. His identification with Xue Tao is still secondary, but Xue's hardships and isolation in the countryside can still be full of righteousness, which is indeed admirable.

And the so-called righteousness of his family is not a remote place outside the troubles, the countryside to the north of a river is the royal court of Tu Han Zhao, it can be said to be a thorn under the nose of Han Zhao, it is not easy to exist.

Today's Xue Clan's Dock is still where the Xue clan lives, and after knowing Li Bing's identity, the eyes that looked at them were a little unkind. This is also human nature, and it is difficult for anyone to have any open-minded thinking when they see that the local family business that they grew up in and painstakingly managed will be taken over by others.

Li Bing didn't care much about this, the main clansmen of the Xue family would definitely follow Xue Tao to leave their hometowns in the future, and some of the remaining family members and people from the side tribes would also have to choose another place to settle, but this was all something that the Hedong Taishou Mansion needed to consider, and he was only responsible for taking over the dock wall of Fenyin and a series of defenses.

Fenshui is an important tributary of the middle reaches of the Yellow River, but in this section of the river between Pingyang and Hedong, the water conditions, especially the navigation conditions, are really not good. At present, it is still the flood season of the big river, and when you look down from the heights, the river is overflowing everywhere, and it is difficult to have a smooth road for traffic.

"In the old years, Liu Thief was based in Pingyang, and he frequently used things on the four sides, and he wanted to do it in Fenshuijin, because he also made a big camp, but he couldn't ...... the law."

Xue Liang smiled bitterly and explained to Li Bing why this situation is so, in the early years of the Han and Zhao entrenched in Pingyang, whether it is west into Guanzhong or south to Heluo, Fenshui is an important Caoji artery.

These Hulu also have a bit of heroic spirit to win the day, and the use of the river can be said to be a play.

For example, in the old year, Liu Yao attacked Guanzhong, and he paid attention to setting up a large Jindu at the confluence of Fen and the river, and because the river where the confluence was flooded and it was not easy to renovate, he suddenly wanted to divert the river from the plateau to bypass the river tidal flats, and put into hard labor nearly 100,000 people, and dug it up, but it was dug up for two consecutive years of drought, and the dug canals were all filled with corpses and bones and could not come in handy.

There are countless constructions that do not understand hydrology and geography at all, not to mention the failure to fully tap the strategic value of Fenshui, and even the ability to transport water that originally connected Jinzhong has been greatly weakened. Such a first-class destruction has erected a barrier between Hedong and Pingyang that is not passable.

But this so-called isolation is only for the march of the army. For local villagers who are familiar with the countryside, it is still possible to find some passages. And the current banditry in Hedong mainly comes from this.

In the old years, the Han and Zhao Dynasty relocated a large number of border Hu to the periphery of Pingyang as a barrier, and then with the collapse of the Han State, although they were also plundered and scattered, the remaining Hu pawns were not bound by power and order, so they scattered in the countryside and gathered crowds.

"There are dozens of bandits in this realm, large and small, with thousands or dozens of people, such as fox squirrels running, it is really difficult to suppress them. At present, the villagers can only form a joint guarantee and help each other......"

Leaving Xue's Dock, everyone continued eastward along Fenshui. This section of the terrain is more complex, with barren tidal flats on the north side, which look lush and green, and at the bottom is likely a rotting swamp that can sink people and horses deeply. On the south side, there are undulating hills, and the mountains are densely paved with dense forests, and there are no roads.

A similar road stretches for dozens of miles, which is not long from a macro point of view, but if you want to defend it completely, you are afraid that tens of thousands of people will not be able to do it. Once there are some loopholes that are taken advantage of by thieves and invaded into the east of the river, the turmoil caused can be big or small.

Li Bing traveled all the way, listening to Xue Liang's introduction, and was not keen to express his opinions. Along the way, I occasionally encountered some villages scattered in the wilderness, and those villages were not large, with dozens of households and as few as three or five households.

This realm is different from the prosperity and wealth along the river in the east of the river, it can be said that it is inaccessible, those villagers are shocked when they see this line of hundreds of armor soldiers coming, and even more even ignore the grass house fence, pick up their children and run straight to the dense forest, it can be seen that it is extremely resistant to any form of contact with the outside world.

Seeing this scene, Li Bingcai was faintly touched and signaled to change careers and enter those villages to observe. The village is set in this inaccessible place, and every application is taken from nature, full of primitive atmosphere, which is littered with some woodcutters, fishing and hunting harvests, or a small piece of land around the house, growing some sparse green seedlings.

"There are still a lot of wilderness villages of this kind?"

Li Bing turned his head to look at Xue Liang and asked.

Xue Liang nodded after hearing this: "The mountain people are lonely and timid, although Hedong has been ruled for a long time, but this realm is already lacking in voice transmission......"

"The legacy of the military disaster is still difficult to get rid of. In recent years, the county government has also frequently issued appeasement notices to spread the countryside, but it is also difficult to cover such a remote realm, and it is difficult to win the trust of the wild indulgence for a long time......"

On the other side, the county government chief bookkeeper Ma Xingzhi also spoke, and when he talked about this, he was quite helpless. The county government also has a lot of affairs, and it is impossible to invest a lot of manpower and energy to search and appease these scattered dead people all over the mountains, and the people in these mountains and wilderness are the more virtuous or self-sufficient, and the more fierce ones are the rogues.

"General, is it ...... to set fire to the mountain?"

Suddenly, a soldier commander behind Li Bing spoke, and before his words fell, Xue Liang and Ma Xingji's faces changed, and they couldn't even say anything.

Although Li Bing also preferred a direct and rude solution, he also shook his head and waved his hand: "This is too hurtful to the heavens and the peace, and besides, it is really not worth harming the mountains, rivers, water and soil." ”

Having said that, the factual problem is also clearly in front of us, that is, the troubles in Hedong Township are too scattered, and if it is really organized and premeditated powerful bandits, it is possible to gather heavy troops and defeat them in an array. However, this area is like a sieve leaking through a net, and even if there are any traces of bandits, they are all spontaneous small streams, which makes people unguardable.

"In fact, if it's just this kind of thieves and thieves who are constantly infestation, it is not a big trouble, and the suburbs have their own villages and villages to protect each other, but there are more than enough thieves. The real disaster is still in Pingyang, although the thief Shisheng retreated to Taiyuan, there are still troops in Pingyang. His subordinates were cowardly in the power of the king's master, and they did not dare to invade the realm on a large scale, but they formed bandits, mixed in them, and secretly plundered, which was the most disturbing! ”

Xue Liang continued to preach with no lack of anger: "I was in the camp before, but I also had the idea of gathering a heavy brigade to go north to attack the Qianghu thief army, but the Fenshui River is flooding, and it is difficult for the army to gather people to wade, if the troops are divided, it will inevitably be taken advantage of by the thieves, or there may be ......misfortune for the teacher."

Although Shi Sheng's main force retreated to Taiyuan, there were still generals in Pingyang, which was actually the original Pingyang thief, Ding Linghu chief Zhai Gui moderation. This Zhai turtle has thousands of people, and he was originally a bandit who wandered in southern Jin, and after defecting to Shisheng, he was awarded the title of general, and called on some bandits around the realm to constantly harass Hedong.

Originally, with Shi Sheng's evacuation, the military forces of Hedong Town alone could not be afraid of the Pingyang thieves, but it was difficult to do it if they wanted to attack outside. The reason, as Li Bing can see, is that the area bordering the two sides is really not allowed to pass through the army.

If you march from the side, the local defense of Hedong will inevitably be empty, compared with Hedong, although Pingyang is the former capital of Han and Zhao, but it has long become a wasteland, there is really no meaning to defend, those Pingyang thieves can be broken into pieces, directly rushed into the heart of Hedong, and they can be full of ointment when they take a handful, they wish so.

Barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes, those Pingyang thieves may not have heard this saying, but they have brought this taste to the extreme. They were a group of poor people who were greedy for goods and forgot their lives, and they themselves were not engaged in production and operation, so they circled around the fat of Hedong, and they were even deadlocked for a while.

If they made an inspection, seven or eight days passed quickly, and the elites of the Wang Division who went north from Tongguan also settled in the northern border of Hedong and bordered Pingyang, filling the empty defense left after the withdrawal of the troops from Hedong Prefecture.

However, after all, Wang Shiqianglong entered the country, and it was difficult to be as comprehensive in detail as the Hedong soldiers who took root in the countryside, and in the past few days, there were more than several times more active thieves in the area bordering the two sides than before. If the state of affairs is allowed to continue in this way, these sporadic bandits may expand and become a disaster, which will then affect the stability of the entire Hedong.

After Xue Tao learned about this in the camp, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he would not look down on Li Bing's talent because of this, he could only say that those Pingyang thieves had become extremely cunning after a long confrontation, and they could keenly grasp the chaotic subtleties in the defense adjustment of the Wang Division and use them.

The local victimization, even if Xue Tao is about to leave the country, this is no longer his responsibility, but he has no reason to gloat. Therefore, in addition to reorganizing the department, he also plans to take time to meet and discuss with Li Bing again, hoping to get through this period of adjustment as soon as possible.

However, before he had time to go here, an astonishing military order came out from the camp of Wang Shi in Fenyin: the first line of Fenshui was turned into a military forbidden area, and all those who lived in it were evacuated within a time limit, and at the same time ordered all parties in the county to allocate manpower and material resources to gather in Fenyin.

After learning the news, Xue Tao couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly put down the affairs at hand and went straight to Fenyin. He didn't doubt the strength of Wang Shi, in fact, the Pingyang thieves were just a group of rabble, and as long as the soldiers of Hedong Mansion could cross the Fenshui River and enter Pingyang on a large scale, it would not be difficult to defeat them.

But the problem is the current situation, it is difficult for most of the Fenshui to pass through. Xue Tao believes that Li Bing is also very clear about this, but why does he still put on such a posture of making a big move, probably because after entering the country, he has been in trouble again and again, so he has lost his normal heart and wants to take risks.

Regardless of Li Bing's victory or defeat, Xue Tao was worried that because of this move, the situation between the two places would be aggravated, and his Hedong Army would not be able to calmly transfer out of his hometown. This opportunity was given by the great general, and once he could not lead his army to leave the country for a long time, he was afraid that it would be difficult to have this opportunity again.

But when he arrived in Fenyin, he was told another shocking news: Li Bing had already gone north to Pingyang!

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