After the Youji coalition crossed the river, there were many fierce confrontations with the Central Plains bandits. In just two days, the battle line was wedged from the banks of the Yellow River to the northern borders of Chenliu, Jiyin and other counties. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were invested by both sides, and the Jin Ge iron horse trampled and trampled, and the momentum was shocking and moving.

The shogunate of the East China Sea King, which originally shocked the world, was already crumbling, and the sudden rise of the powerful town of the Great Jin Dynasty and the most powerful force group in the Central Plains region launched a new confrontation on the behemoth body of the loser, like two torrents of steel and fire colliding head-on, and the turbulent waves set off were enough to shake the world. While the tragic battles are raging one after another, countless scouts and spies will continue to spread the war situation everywhere; And on the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty from east to west, countless people are waiting with bated breath for the outcome of this war.

Surprisingly, the fighting between the two sides suddenly ceased on the third day after the Youji coalition crossed the river. The Central Plains thieves who originally launched waves of offensives and seemed to be pushing the Jin army into the river in one breath suddenly died down, as if they let the Jin army gain a foothold south of the river; And the Youji coalition army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but only grasped a few ferries and ferried the soldiers and horses.

This situation is too weird, could it be that the Shile thieves were intimidated by the ferocity of the Youji coalition army in the past few days of fighting, so they planned to eliminate the remnants of the East Sea King Shogunate entrenched in Juancheng first? Or maybe there was something wrong within the Youji coalition formed by temporary entanglement, so that it lost the will to expand the results of the battle? There are all kinds of inferences and speculations, and the forces of the Hu and Jin ethnic groups on the front line of Juancheng that are directly related to them are even more exhausted.

On the fifth day of the Youji coalition army crossing the river, at noon.

Southwest of Juancheng, on the bank of the Guzi River.

Guzi River is an important river course that runs through many rivers and lakes such as Dahe, Jishui, Pushui, Daze, Leize and so on, the flood has been rampant since ancient times, and the water conservancy has been built in successive dynasties, and it is often jammed and reinstated, and the previous achievements are abandoned. "The gourd will be resolute, and the mighty ocean will be worried about the river", the gourd song made by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has been sung from the former Han Dynasty to the present.

The heavy rain a few days ago caused the water to flow from the upper reaches of the Liuzi River to increase dramatically, and the downstream river to Daze was not smooth, so the river unexpectedly broke through the embankment and overflowed. Although the water is not waist-deep, it is a few miles wide at its widest point, and it looks like a long and narrow lake. Or a long wind may sweep across the river, stirring up surging waves to crash on both banks, making a loud roar. The original depression on the shore has been completely submerged, and most of the continuous reeds and pennies have been submerged in the water. On the higher banks, the shadows of the lush trees are reflected directly in the water, gathering and falling apart repeatedly as the water surface fluctuates.

Such floods have long been accustomed to the people living on the banks of the Gourd River. At this time of year, there would even be people driving fishing boats and rafts to and fro on the river, where they could catch their catches to feed their stomachs, and if they were lucky, they could also pick up some of the goods that were washed upstream. But now, because of the war for several years, the people on both sides of the Guzi River have long since fled, and the half of the boat on the river is nowhere to be seen. Occasionally, some wild ducks, water birds and the like play in the water and peck at food, and they will soon fly away in panic.

There are reasons for the vigilance of birds. If you look down from a high place, you can see that in the high slope of the woodland on the bank of the Gouzi River, there are hundreds of camps and villages. Perhaps for the sake of secrecy, the camp was silent, but there was a fierce aura rising into the sky. In front of a camp in the center of the camp in the depths of the verdant forest, two military flags were erected, one with the word "Huyan" written on it, and the word "Guo" written on the other. This is the place where Shi Le's subordinate generals, Huyanmo and Guo Heiluo in the "Eighteen Cavalry" are stationed.

At this moment, Shi Le distributed troops and horses to besiege Juancheng, and tens of thousands of troops stretched for dozens of miles from east to west, and the second general was responsible for the battle on the front line west of Juancheng. After the repeated defeats of the Juancheng Jin army, their morale was low and they had no fighting spirit, and Huyanmo and Guo Heiluo followed Shile to Hebei and the Central Plains, and after a long time of war, they have now become generals who can take charge of themselves. At the same time, Huyan Mohao died bravely, Guo Hei was slightly calm and careful, and they cooperated with each other very well. Therefore, the two generals only rely on the 3,000 elites lurking here, which is enough to seal all the passages from Juancheng to Lihu and Puyang, making it difficult for the Jin people to fly. Even if they later learned that General Pingbei of the imperial court led the Hebei people and horses south, Huyanmo and Guo Heiluo were not afraid, but rubbed their hands, full of thoughts of fighting with Lu Daoming, and the hatred of several defeats in the state and Yecheng.

However, what puzzled Hu Yanmo and Guo Heiluo was that although the Youji coalition army moved, Shi Le did not issue a new military order. The day before yesterday, when the military envoy came, he still strictly ordered the soldiers to stop fighting and not to fight. This went on for five days, and the thieves below grew impatient.

These thieves are not ordinary homeless people who have been brought in, and a considerable number of them belong to miscellaneous and disorderly soldiers who have been scattered throughout Hebei in recent years, and their temperament is already unruly and difficult to control, not to mention that for them, if they cannot fight, they will lose the opportunity to plunder. After a few days of lurking in this harsh mountain forest, many soldiers became more and more restless like beasts forced into their bridles. The barracks was filled with a manic atmosphere, and even Hu Yanmo, who was a general, was inevitably affected, and the brutal side of his heart gradually became unscrupulous.

Huyanmo's camp has been sounding extremely mournful from time to time since this morning. It wasn't until noon that I saw him naked, opened the tent and walked out, and casually ordered a few of his own soldiers: "Go, clean up the inside!" ”

The soldiers hurriedly rushed into the tent and dragged out several female corpses despite the disgusting smell in the tent. Those bluish-white naked* bodies were covered with horrific scars and wounds, and I don't know how much unimaginable abuse they had suffered. When the corpse collided with the ground as dragged by the soldiers, streams of blood flowed down the stiff limbs that hung down to the ground. Such a situation fell into the eyes of the surrounding thieves, and did not make them feel a little pity, but inspired many envious eyes. And Hu Yanmo casually took a robe and put it on in such eyes, and walked out with his head held high.

Today's Huyanmo has the general number of the Xiongnu Han State on his body, and he leads elite soldiers under his command, and his style is very different from when he was a rogue. After walking a few steps, he suddenly noticed that the corpse had left a long red mark where it passed, and immediately snorted in dissatisfaction. So a group of pro-soldiers hurriedly drew water to wash the ground, and even carefully washed the soles of Huyanmo's blood-stained shoes.

When he was busy, Guo Heiluo appeared out of nowhere.

He had partnered with Huyanmo for many years, and he had long been accustomed to these cruel situations, so he stepped forward without scruples on the bloody ground, waving a sheepskin in his hand: "Huyan! The general has an order! ”

Huyanmo came from a humble background and was illiterate. It is based on Shi Leru's orders, and he has always entrusted Guo Heiluo to convey them on his behalf. Just looking at Guo Heiluo's excited expression, Hu Yanmo can conclude that the days of aggrieved are over! He grabbed Guo Heiluo's arm suddenly: "Come on, come in!" ”

Not long after, a series of military orders were issued from the military tent, and the warriors who had been cultivated in the process of slaughtering the Jin people again and again rushed into the account to accept the order, and then ran out with shouts and shouts to summon the soldiers and horses of the headquarters. In an instant, there was a sound of sound and a horn howling like a wolf, and the whole barracks shook violently; After a few moments, three thousand elite horsemen rushed into the sky with murderous aura and poured out!

Tracing the Guzi River for more than 30 miles, directly west of the place where the two generals Huyanmo and Guo Heiluo were, close to another woodland camp near Lihu, Shi Le got up with his sword and shouted: "Military judge! ”

The military judge was Shi Le's brother-in-law, Zhang Yue. Since the Hebei group crossed the river with thieves, Zhang Yue has also fought fiercely with the Jin army, galloping the enemy and killing people like hemp. No one dares to underestimate him. Only Shi Le shouted at him like a lackey, but Zhang Yue never had the slightest resentment. Hearing Shile's shout, he rushed over from a distance and knelt down: "The last will be there." ”

"What time is it?"

"It's three o'clock in the afternoon."

Shi Le bowed his head slightly, looked into the distance, and his eyes were as fierce as lightning: "Huyanmo and Guo Heiluo have already raised troops!" ”