Yang Ye chased all the way and successfully entered Daizhou.

He was all too familiar with the situation in this area, because a few years ago, he was Liu Chong's righteous grandson, and he was responsible for defending against Khitan attacks here.

The first time he led a soldier, the first time he killed someone, the first time he made a meritorious service, and the first time he was promoted and rewarded...... Yang Ye has too many memories, and they all stay here.

Revisiting the old place, Yang Ye was angry.

Although the former Daizhou was not prosperous, the city was tall and strong, and there were quite a few people stationed there, and merchants were still lively.

But in the past few years, because Liu Chong has been obedient to the Khitan, he has become someone's dog, and he has naturally been given what he wants. The caravans east of the river were often plundered, and the people were taken captive and used as slaves.

After a few years, all those who could run ran away, and only some old and weak soldiers remained.

Just now Liu Chong crossed the border and took away all the people, horses and food, at this time in Daizhou, except for the old and weak women and children, there are beggars everywhere, and people's eyes are on fire!

"Liu Chong's old horseman, I will kill him!"

Yang Ye immediately ordered and wanted to continue the pursuit, but who knew that Ye Hua's envoy had arrived.

"General Yang, under the order of Lord Hou, the general must wait for the arrival of the army in Daizhou, and he must not go to war without authorization and violate the military order...... No mercy! ”

"What!"

Yang Ye was shocked, how could Ye Hua give such a heavy order, isn't Hou Ye afraid of missing the opportunity?

Yang Ye was so anxious that he turned around, but there was no way but to obey Ye Hua's orders.

He repaired in Daizhou for two days, and Ye Hua finally led a large team of people to arrive.

After meeting, Yang Ye was anxious, "Master Hou, I don't understand, what are your plans?" ”

Yang Ye had a dark face and wanted to explain.

Ye Hua didn't get angry, but smiled: "General Yang, do you know where the place under our feet is?" ”

Yang Ye nodded subconsciously, "It's Daizhou, it's the land of Hedong!" ”

"Then do you know the toughness of Hedong?"

Yang Ye took a deep breath, "This last general still knows a thing or two. Yang Ye looked pensive...... Jinyang has a very long history of this kind of city, originally belonged to the Jin State, and later after the three families were divided into Jin, Jinyang is the capital of the Zhao State, the so-called Yan Zhao Nan'er, riding a horse alone, riding and shooting in Hufu...... Since that time, Hedong has produced strong soldiers and fierce generals.

The Han Dynasty set up a state, the so-called state soldiers, that is famous in the world, Wenhou Lu Bu was born in the state.

As early as the Sui Dynasty, Taiyuan County was established, and the seat of governance was in Jinyang, and Li Yuan's father and son were based on Taiyuan and won the world.

Even the name of the Tang Dynasty is derived from the ancient name of Jinyang - Tang Kingdom!

The successive monarchs of the Tang Dynasty continued to expand Jinyang, and respected it as the northern capital, and the eastern capital Luoyang, and Kyoto Chang'an and called the "three capitals".

Perhaps Jinyang's prosperity is not as good as that of Chang'an and Luoyang, but as a base camp to fight against the northern nomadic cavalry, Jinyang City is high and deep, and elite soldiers and fierce generals are gathered, which is by no means idle.

With Jinyang as the governing office, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu commanded the Tianbing Army, the Datong Army, the Hengye Army, the Lan Army, the Yunzhong Guard, and the soldiers of Xinzhou, Daizhou, and Lanzhou, with 55,000 soldiers...... Among the many knots, they are all outstanding.

Looking at the Hedong Jiedu envoys of the past dynasties, counting from the first Xue Ne, including Zhang Yue, An Lushan, Li Guangbi and other famous figures, there are almost no rice buckets, and the weak do not want to be able to suppress the arrogant soldiers.

Until the period of Li Keyong, he served as the envoy of the Hedong Festival, and clearly knew that the northeast of the river was barbarian, the east was connected with Youyan, condescending, and the south looked at the Central Plains, which was a rare place of Longxing, so he spared no expense and painstaking experience.

The strength of the entire Shatuo group was placed in Hedong, and after that, Li Cunqiao took Hedong as the foundation and competed with Zhu Wen for the world, the Later Tang, the Later Jin, and the Later Han...... These three dynasties all came from Hedong, and in the eyes of the world, Jinyang is known as the "Dragon City".

If anyone is named the envoy of the Hedong Festival and dominates Jinyang, it is equivalent to becoming the de facto prince, and he is more secure than the prince.

said a lot, and summed it up in one sentence: Hedong - cow!

"We must despise our opponents strategically, and we must attach importance to the enemy tactically! Liu Chong, as well as his Shatuo Group, has been rampant in the world for decades, and will never admit defeat easily. Let me ask you, how many people can there be in Hedong right now? ”

Yang Ye knew more about the situation in Hedong than ordinary generals, "Five years ago, there should have been more than 150,000 households in Hedong, but in the past five years, there have been constant wars, excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and a large number of people have fled, and the number of households in Hedong is less than 50,000, and the number is about 200,000. ”

Ye Hua nodded, "My estimate is the same, General Yang, do you know what these 200,000 represent?" ”

Yang Ye pondered for a while, "The last general doesn't know." ”

Ye Hua said: "These 200,000 people, except for the Shatuo people, are related to them, or follow Liu Chong with all their hearts...... If you want me to say, the current Hedong is even more terrifying than Yanyun. Yanyun still has nearly a million Han Chinese who can be cited as allies. And what about Hedong, there are Shatuo people everywhere, will they be willing to surrender? ”

Ye Hua's question stopped Yang Ye.

If it weren't for this, the Northern Han would not have been able to hold out for 28 years.

After Zhao Er defeated the Northern Han Dynasty, he gritted his teeth and hated, he first set fire to the city, it is said that it burned for three years, and then dug the river to irrigate the city, Jinyang was completely destroyed, Zhao Er was willing to give up, which shows the great hatred!

"General Yang, I heard that Daizhou is an empty city, so I immediately gave you an order not to pursue. Because according to my judgment, Liu Chong should shrink his forces and concentrate on holding Jinyang, and he will fight with us to the end and never die. ”

Yang Ye thought so, "Master Hou's insight is clever, but because of this, shouldn't he be quick to solve it?" ”

"Difficult!"

Ye Hua said: "The people of Hedong have been desperate, and in a hurry, it is difficult to shake. If we rush south, we may lose our troops. And...... Don't forget, the first emperor was also born in the Hedong Group! ”

Ye Hua's face was solemn, "There are some people in Hedong who embroider clothes, and the secret report I got shows that some generals in the DPRK and China have broken ties with Hedong. ”

"What? Is Master Hou saying that there are spies? Yang Ye was frightened, "Master Hou, if someone reveals the news of the use of troops by the imperial court, wouldn't it be infinitely harmful?" Who is this person, can you find out? ”

Ye Hua shook his head slightly, "I don't have a clue yet, and because of this, I don't dare to let you go south rashly, so as not to fall into the trap." ”

Having said this, Yang Ye was completely convinced.

He gave up the plan of a quick decision, and was honest and acted as a striker for Ye Hua.

Along the way, they went south from Daizhou, captured Xinzhou, and then came to fifty miles north of Jinyang, where they stopped their ranks. Along the way, they suffered a lot, and the Shatuo cavalry kept attacking them, and the people along the way heard that the men and horses were going south, and they fled one after another, not only did the people run away, but also filled the wells.

Some people even threw feces at the water source to pollute the river.

Fortunately, Ye Hua was prepared, he strictly ordered the soldiers to boil all drinking water before drinking, and he also filled wooden barrels with sand of varying thicknesses to filter the river water.

Relying on these means, the whole army reached the north of Jinyang safely.

But even so, there are still hundreds of soldiers who are not accustomed to the water and soil, vomiting and diarrhea...... Yang Ye's scalp was numb and frightened. Fortunately, he listened to Ye Hua, otherwise his name of Yang Invincible would have been folded in the gutter.

Just when Ye Hua was preparing for the battle, the good news came, Chai Rong drove 50,000 troops, with Gao Huaide as the vanguard, and had broken through the White Horse Ridge, and the army went straight to the east of Jinyang.

The army of 70,000, plus Li Yun of Luzhou, besieged on three sides, even if Liu Chong's old man had great ability, he was doomed

Ye Hua immediately ordered Yang Ye, Chen Shi, and Tang Niu to lead the troops separately to sweep the periphery of Jinyang and eliminate the forces of die-hard Liu Chong, and Ye Hua wanted to turn Jinyang into a lonely city.

The army was dispatched, and the hussars swept away, except for the tall and sturdy Jinyang, the other cities were vulnerable and vulnerable.

The displacement of the people is naturally miserable.

As the commander, Ye Hua did not have the prevalence of the Virgin's disease, most of these were Shatuo people, the providence was like this, no one could save them!

Chai Rong's army is still less than two days away, and the big battle is getting closer and closer.

Chen Shi suddenly hurried over.

"I've got a bunch of people!"

"Who?"

"It's a businessman, with a lot of goods, but I think they look like people in the army, they all have thick calluses on their hands, and they are still from Luzhou."

"The people of Da Zhou!" Ye Hua frowned, could it be that someone really had an affair with the Northern Han? He immediately stood up and said, "Take me to see it." ”

Chen Shi led the way in front, and Ye Hua came to a tent.

There were more than a dozen people, who were imprisoned inside, they were squatting on the ground, holding their heads, surrounded by guards and soldiers, and when they saw the Hou Ye coming, the big guy immediately saluted.

Ye Hua bowed his head, and he went directly to the front of this group of people, "You are the merchants of the Great Zhou?" ”

"That's right, the little ones are all porters, please check the military master!"

Ye Hua took a look, suddenly reached out, grabbed a person's wrist, and pulled his slap in front of him, the porter carried it, it should be that the fingers were swollen and rough, and there were cracks all over the place, but there was a thick callus in the palm of his hand, which was left by holding the weapon for a long time.

"This is also the hand that a merchant should have?" Ye Hua asked with a sneer.

"The military master doesn't know, the place where the little ones walk is not very peaceful, so they will all dance with guns and sticks, but the little ones are really businessmen!"

"It's not you who have the final say!"

Ye Hua gave Chen Shi a look, and he immediately ordered the soldiers to push the vehicle carried by the gang over.

"Unload!"

After an order, everyone started to move, and after a while, the things on the car were taken down, and after unfolding, silk cloth was the majority, and there were some medicines, jewelry, jewelry, etc., which were worth a lot of money.

"Master Jun, the little ones are really businessmen, it's true, these things are filial piety to Master Jun, please let Master Jun let us live!"

Roughly estimated, the goods add up, there are about two thousand, which is a touching number, but it is a pity that when I met Ye Hua, I didn't eat this set at all.

"Keep searching, dismantle all the carriages for me!"

The soldiers agreed, and they dismantled the third carriage, and suddenly someone exclaimed, "Master Hou, there are people hidden in the wooden box of the seat!" ”

When Ye Hua heard this, he immediately strode over, and at this time, the soldier took out a little old man covered in bruises from the wooden box, who was already dying.

"Quick, ask the medic to come over."

The military doctor soon arrived, and here he was treating them, but he was torturing those guys and asking about the identity of the little old man. Not to mention that these guys bit to death, Chen Shi picked up the whip and whipped them on their backs, and as soon as the whip went down, a blood mark appeared, and after dozens of whips, someone finally couldn't hold it anymore.

"The villain, the villain is given an explanation from above, let, let this person ......"

"Where?"

"Send it to Jinyang, who is he, I really don't know if it's a little one!"

Ye Hua's heart chuckled, as expected, Da Zhou had an inner ghost!