The first battle of Wang Shi's westward march to Shanglong, that is, to recover Longcheng, did not occur as expected.

Longcheng is so famous in later generations, but also because of another landmark, that is, the street pavilion. Time has passed, the wind has changed, the old place of the street pavilion has long been deserted, and the only thing that remains unchanged is that this realm is still dangerous and dangerous, and the general trend of the east and west is controlled.

Although the westward advance of the Fenwu army was rapid, it was not rushed. Shen Yun also knew that when Wang Shi came to Longshang after a long time, the military might should not be lightly defeated, and any slight defeat would cause quite bad consequences. Therefore, this march was also extremely cautious, the 3,000 soldiers of the Fenwu Army were condensed into the Chinese army, and the back road was including thousands of soldiers of the Yangwu Army, more than 3,000 soldiers and hundreds of carriages of ordnance and goods.

All the way to the west, over the mountains and mountains rushed out of Longdao, but the expected situation of the army did not appear, the Longcheng located between the mountains and valleys, although there are also quite a few traces of the vicissitudes of war, but there is no sign of large-scale military gathering.

Not only is there no army gathered, but there are not even many Jin and Hu people around Longcheng, and they are not even as many people as Shen Yun saw or appeased along the way, which is probably also because although Longcheng is dangerous, the surrounding area is really not suitable for gathering, and every time there is a crowd flowing here, if the strength is not available, it is really not safe.

Of course, this city is not completely undefended, and there are many figures shaking in the city and some of the surrounding fortifications, I don't know whether it is bandits or the sentinels of some surrounding forces, but when the soldiers of the Fenwu army rushed towards the city, those people did not show signs of stubborn resistance, but fled in groups.

So easily took over the most important pass on the Long Road, even if Shen Yun had big nerves and little sensitivity, he couldn't help but sigh: "The mountains and rivers are precipitous, but if you want the society to be permanent, you still need to rely on manpower!" ”

Even such an important gateway as Longcheng does not have that force to guard here, and it is conceivable that the people of Longshang are scattered, although there is still a lack of specific and in-depth understanding of the situation in Longshang at the moment, but after perceiving this most basic situation, Shen Yun will naturally not be polite.

In addition to the 4,000 soldiers who fought hard and raised their martial arts, even those people were selected from Guanzhong, and some Jin Hu Youshi who were appeased on the way, and the army marched into Longcheng for temporary stationing.

On the one hand, Shen Yun sent hundreds of elite soldiers to look down the situation along the Luoyang River, and on the other hand, he reported the military situation to the rear road, and asked for additional reinforcements to be stationed along the Longdao Road to strengthen the control and control of the passage. And he himself personally sat in Longcheng and commanded his soldiers to repair the city defense as soon as possible. As long as the fortress of Longcheng can be controlled, it is not a big difference whether to attack Longshang one day earlier or one day later.

With the entry of Wang Shi into Longcheng, there were soon signs of unrest among the surrounding countryside, and there was no shortage of people secretly gathering between the mountains and ravines to spy on them, not daring to approach, and did not have any actual contact with Wang Shi.

"The terrain of Longshang is strange, far from the flat expansion of Zhongzhou, the ring belt of Guanzhong is solid, and the canal beam is like an intestinal turn. In the old years, the prosperity of the era was strategic, but it was only by the mountains and rivers, relying on the road, and there were few deep and four fields. Because it is between the ditches and mountains, there are many outsiders, who are dark in the rules and regulations, far away from the royal road, and can only be driven by force, and it is difficult to decree the herdsman......"

Du He's cousin Du Mi avoided trouble in Hexi in the old years, and he also had the experience of going in and out of Longshang, so this time Shen Yunxi entered Longshang, and his people also followed the army as a guide and made a strategy. In addition to Du Mi, there are still nearly 100 guides in the team, who may not be generalists, but they can also involve all aspects of Longshang's customs and people.

Those who were watching Wang Shi's movements, through the introduction of Du Mi and others, Shen Yun gradually understood. Most of them are Di and Qiang Hu people who live in the surrounding mountains, and they never know what the king's law is, and their deeds are all barbaric and almost beasts.

Such an evaluation is not to slander and belittle, but because these people have indeed been in a wild place for a long time, with less stable communication with the outside world, and lack the concept of system and education outside of survival. The most effective means of communicating with them is to establish a strong and invincible authority through violent conquest, so that they can be driven and inculcated.

As for their gathering around, they may not have the courage to be enemies of Wang Shi, and it is more likely that Wang Shi's armament is too sophisticated, which stimulates their greed, because of the idea of Huang Que behind, they plan to take advantage of the battle between Wang Shi and other forces to reap the benefits.

Hearing the guides' psychological analysis of those Hu Zhong, Shen Yun couldn't help but be happy. He has never known what patience is, and he can't tolerate how these nonsense people dare to have such intentions.

So while repairing the city defenses, Shen Yun also signaled the soldiers to pile up a lot of materials in the plains outside the city, directly exposing them to the eyes of the surrounding Hu people. Sure enough, those Hu Zhong showed their greedy side and began to move towards Longcheng, and even some of the brave approached a few miles away from Longcheng.

Seeing that these Hu people were so greedy and forgot their lives, when they approached a certain distance, the two battalions of Fenwu soldiers who had already gathered in the corners of the city rushed out directly, circled around the city, and swept around.

There was no shortage of those Hu people who were fierce, seeing Fenwu flying and riding towards them, and there were even some people brandishing sticks and shouting for a counterattack. There are quite a few of these pawns, large and small, there are thousands of people, probably because they feel that there are many people, and most of them do not flee far but meet the attack.

But these already chaotic rabble don't even have a basic formation, and their equipment is even more rudimentary, how can they resist the rush of the elite. The Fenwu army didn't even bother to use the bow and crossbow, and directly rode their horses into the crowd, and after a shock and harvest, there were already hundreds of corpses in the field.

Only then did those Hu people realize that each other's combat strength was not at the same level at all, and began to flee and retreat, but how could the Fenwu army let them advance and retreat freely, after some siege and harvest, they intercepted nearly a thousand prisoners, and drove them to the city with a whip.

This level of battle is simply like a joke, Shen Yun went out from the city to inspect these prisoners, but found that although these soldiers have no rules and regulations, if you are specific to each person, there is no shortage of burly and majestic brave men.

"There are many warriors in Longshang, but there are few generals. If the general can suppress this, collect Ding Li and tame it, it will soon become a brave army. ”

Du Mi did not belittle these Hu pawns, but still gave a quite pertinent evaluation: "Therefore, in the old years, Chen An was mighty and powerful, and there were many Hu subordinates, and he was even able to attack each other with Han and Zhao, which became a big disaster. ”

"What Du Jun said is true."

Shen Yun walked around these captives for a week, and seeing that there were still many Hu pawns who were fierce and glaring at him, he couldn't help but feel that it was far from a short time to tame these Hu pawns into Gong Liang's usable war pawns.

"And first take these disciples into servitude, and those who resist or flee will be beheaded directly."

Shen Yun casually commanded, and sent hundreds of martial soldiers around the city to drive away those peeping Hu pawns. He was about to retreat into the city when suddenly someone from among the captives shouted and screamed.

Shen Yun turned his head and asked people to pull out those Hu pawns, and those few people kept making strange noises in their mouths, but he didn't understand them at all, so he turned his head to look at Du Mi, Du Mi listened for a moment and said embarrassedly: "The Hu sound is messy, and I am really difficult to identify." ”

Fortunately, there were many guides in the army, and some people still understood the expressions of these Hu pawns, and took a military talisman from the hand of one of them and presented it: "That Hu pawn Chen Yan was originally a good Hu who was ordered by the king, because he saw the king enter the army, and led the crowd to approach and plan to join the army......"

Shen Yun took the military talisman that had already been rusted, carefully identified it for a long time, and consulted the group of guides behind him, only to know that this military talisman was actually given by the Han Dynasty. After another interrogation, I understood the origin of these Hu pawns, they were originally a Qiang people living in the depths of Longshan, Gu Yan's ancestors had also received the supervision of the strong man, and this military talisman had been passed down in the tribe for more than ten generations. As the number of Hu tribes on the border of Longshan gradually decreased, they migrated to the vicinity of Longcheng.

Hearing these old things about the Qiang Hu Dynasty, Shen Yun couldn't help but sigh with emotion that the world was impermanent and changeable, although he didn't believe that these Hu people wanted to join the army, but for a while, his thoughts were also pulled to the years of the strong man, and he couldn't help but sigh: "My generation is brave and strong, and the royal industry is prosperous, but I don't know if I can regain the glory of the Han Dynasty in my lifetime!" ”

Those Hu Zhong were still begging for mercy over and over again, and the byte of "Han" in their words became clearer and clearer, which inevitably made Shen Yun and the soldiers around him hate the Xiongnu Hu Kou even more deeply for tarnishing the prestige of the strong Han.

However, this emotion did not need to be endured for too long, and soon the goal of venting appeared. A few days after settling in Longcheng, with the grasp of the surrounding situation, the range of activities of the front-line scouts became farther and farther away, and reported a military situation, saying that there was a Hu crowd along the river in the south of the Luoyang River to the north, and the main force of its soldiers was to slaughter all the way to the horses.

In addition to recovering the old land, another important task of the king's expedition to the west was to wipe out the thieves who were the first to cause chaos and usurped the system. After discovering the traces of the enemy, Shen Yun left the deputy general and Du Mi and others to stay behind to continue to repair Longcheng, and he personally led 2,000 elite soldiers to go straight to Luoyangchuan, preparing to meet the enemy Hu on this road.

There are steep mountains on the left and right of the Lüyang River, and the terrain is like a heavy axe in the mountains, which is extraordinarily steep and magnificent. Although there are many canals on the left and right of the river that penetrate deep into the mountains, if it is a large-scale march, this is the only main road that can carry out a large-scale march.

The two armies clashed against each other, and it wasn't long before the scouts had a practical touch and a deeper understanding of each other.

The south road came to this road to slaughter each person, its main name is Wang Zheng, in addition to its people Tu each background, it is actually the town general of Zhao in Longshang in the early years, with the collapse of Zhao, this Wang Zheng is gradually out of the control of Guanzhong Shisheng, as an independent force active in Longshang.

Tu himself deserves to die, but he didn't expect that this Wang Zheng was still a thief left by Qian Zhao in Long, so there was no reason to allow him to live. Therefore, Shen Yun also gathered his military strength and made every effort to prepare for the first high-intensity battle in Longshang, so as to achieve a brilliant victory and shock the ground!