In September, Tongbai Mountain is still in the late autumn season when the sky is high and the air is cool, but Linfu Road is already blowing cold.

The strong wind blew up the smoke and dust in the sky, and the sparse branches and leaves of trees between the hills began to wither.

The sky is gloomy and dark, but the Yellow River between Changxia is calm and deep, and the waves are far from being turbulent from Tongguan to Hulao River to the east, like a divine beast that has been dormant for thousands of years.

Xu Huailer stopped in front of the ferry, took off his thin felt hood, revealing his handsome and thin face, and looked at the Yellow River water and Fugu City on the other side.

The Yellow River slowly flows from the southern foot of Yin Mountain from west to east, and is blocked by the mountains on the western foot of the Xishan Mountain and flows south. It is blocked by the Qinling Mountains and flows eastward after more than 1,200 miles.

It is this thousand,200-mile Yellow River waterway that splits the land of Shanxi and Shaanxi into two halves.

Among the more than 1,000-mile Yellow River waterway from north to south, about 300 miles from the Hunhekou to the Baishui River mouth, the Linfu Road is on both sides.

Linfu Road belonged to Linzhou during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and only two counties, Xinqin and Yincheng, were established. After the establishment of the Dayue Dynasty, the east coast was demolished and Fugu County was newly established. Later, Fugu County was promoted to Fuzhou.

On the west bank of Xu Huai Lima, Fuzhou City (Fugu County) is built on the west slope of Shiliang Mountain on the other side.

The city is built according to the mountain, blocking the river, with only more than 300 steps from north to south and less than 700 steps from east to west, and the whole is in the shape of a boot.

Compared with cities such as Kelan, Fuzhou City is small, only comparable to Yangkou Fort and Guangwu Fort. However, the city has six large and small city gates, and the city gates are built with urns.

It has a city tower and covered with bricks and stones. It is a standard military fortress in the world.

Although Fuzhou only leads Fugu county, it borders Dangxiang in the northwest and Khitan in the northeast. It has always been a place that military strategists must fight for. In addition to Fuzhou City and the military fortress in the north, seven areas are built in accordance with the dangerous terrain.

Military fortress.

"You said, we will cross the river with King Jing's letter. How would Gu Jiqian feel when he sees us?" Xu Huai looked at Wang Ju, Xu Wuli, Xu Xin'an, Fan Zongqi, Wang Jun, Wang Zhang, Shi beside him.

Hu, Niu Er and others asked calmly.

"It might not be too pleasant!" Xu Wuqi said with a smile.

Xu Huai waited for Wang Ju in Puban, and after Xu Wuji led the first group of men to arrive as a caravan, he did not send anyone to inform the Prefectures first, but continued to cross the Yellow River in the name of the caravan, and from Yan

The state and other places go north by way of the north.

Fuzhou and Yanzhou are located in the hinterland of the Loess Plateau. The hills and valleys are crisscrossing, and it is difficult to drive. Hundreds of people lead thousands of camels and horses among the mountain roads and valleys. The camels are carrying heavy goods and are approaching.

It took me a month to arrive at the ancient Yellow River Ferry opposite Fuzhou City.

He was the caravan of Lifengtang, but he was just a caravan's escort. The guards were replaced with the elite Chushan. However, the more than 2,000 mules and horses transported by camels and more than 4,000 bundles of goods were real.

On the one hand, it is hard to imagine that the Chihu people did not send eyewitnesses to Shaanxi to stare at the movements of the Western Army. On the other hand, the prefectures are too poor and broken, and they undertake extremely heavy military defense tasks, and they also have to accommodate the remnants of the Khitan tribes to move into Lin.

The northern part of the prefecture and prefecture are temporarily inhabited, and supplies in all aspects are extremely in short supply.

Gu Jiqian, the general manager of the Linfu Road Army, sent letters to Zheng Huaizhong and King Jing many times, hoping to increase food, fodder, armor, knife, bow and other supplies from the hinterland of Guanzhong and Luoyang.

Because Gu's attitudes toward the surrendered army of Cao Shixiong who occupied Lanzhou for the past eight or nine months, the court repeatedly urged him to use troops to Lanzhou and Shuozhou and restrain his flanks, but he did not receive any response.

Gu's ambiguousness was not beyond Xu Huai's expectations.

Linfu Road said it was to enjoy the treatment of a route-level administrative area. Gu Jiqian, the general manager of the military and horses, has a status of the same as the strategic and pacifying envoy, but Linfu Road actually only governs three counties, and the population is not even new.

In Chushan County, Gu's family, as the local emperor of Linfu Road, actually had little actual control.

As descendants of the Dangxiang people, the Gu family has lived and reproduced in this land for hundreds of years, and it is difficult for the tribe members to leave this land.

Although the Gu family has not betrayed the land for Dayue over the past 100 years, the problem is that over the past 100 years, Dayue has been fighting against the Khitan in the northwest, and the Dangxiang people can basically be considered to be in a barely manner.

Advantages.

The Gu family had a feud with the Dangxiang royal family at that time, and no longer-term political vision could be repeated.

The situation is completely different now, especially when the Chihu people invaded the south for the first time, they leaked the bottom of Dayue's pants. Will Gu continue to tie it to the broken ship of Dayue?

Xu Huai did not believe that Gu would be loyal to Dayue.

Even though Gu Jiqian's eldest son Gu Cong was leading more than a thousand sons of the prefectures and prefectures to join the imperial guards in the capital to participate in the defense of Bianliang, Xu Huai did not believe that when the Chihu soldiers surrounded the Fuzhou City, the Gu family would choose to die with the Fuzhou City.

Of course, Xu Huai didn't believe that Gu had secretly surrendered to the Chihu people at this time.

If they have surrendered, there is no need for them to hold back. The Chihu Rendao can drive the Gu family to use troops to Yanzhou and Fuzhou to accelerate the destruction of the foundation of Dayue. Where do they need to cover up?

Because Xu Huai suspected that Gu's attitude towards the Chihu people was ambiguous, he suggested that King Jing not tell the Fuzhou to raid Taiyuan in advance.

Otherwise, Gu pretended to leak the confidential information without intention, and they had no way to restrain Gu, so they could only interrupt the combat plan of the raid on Taiyuan.

Xu Huai came without telling him, even if Gu did not cooperate!

Of course, they should not expect Gu to feel so happy about their arrival.

Linfu Road is located in Luliang Mountain, west of Guancen Mountain. As part of the Shanxi-Shaanxi Loess Plateau, the hills and valleys in the territory are crisscrossing and traffic is blocked.

This determines that the Chihu people will not easily use troops to the prefectures before they gain an absolute advantage in Hedong.

However, the wind and fire in Fuzhou had already been in a panic, and Shengjun Fort and other places were preparing for war. The Yellow River Ferry on the west side of Fuzhou City was located in the hinterland, and the west was the hinterland of Guanshan, and the vigilance had not yet become tight.

Xu Huai and his team held a complete set of guards and documents, and were assigned by King Jing to transport grain, fodder, weapons and other supplies. Of course, they crossed the Yellow River very smoothly. After arriving in Fuzhou City, the General Administration of the Military and Madu were dispatched several people.

The officials came to contact us and led them into the city, preparing to rush directly to the warehouse and inspect the goods.

When the military and civilians of the Prefecture saw such a huge team of horses entering the city, they all looked at the thousands of bundles of goods transported by the horses.

The prefectures are vast and sparsely populated, with barren land, and they undertake extremely heavy military defense tasks. In the past, they relied on Taiyuan to transport a large amount of food and fodder to insufficient supply. However, since last year, the Xuanwu Army and the Xiaosheng Army were destroyed in Yunzhou, nearly a year.

There is no time to replenish new supplies.

In the past year, the prefectures have not only expanded its military preparations, but also because of the Xuanwu Army, the Xiaosheng Army, the remnants of the Tianxiong Army, and thousands of Tongbai Mountain soldiers retreating into the prefectures and staying in the prefectures and the prefectures are stranded

It took more than a month to go south, which also aggravated the consumption of stored materials in the prefectures and prefectures.

The enemy soldiers have not yet entered, but the prefectures are becoming increasingly difficult.

Now that bulk materials are transported in through Guanshan, I finally don’t have to tighten my belt anymore. Why is it unhappy for me?

After arriving at the Fucang, Xu Huaicai revealed his identity and asked to see Gu Jiqian in secret.

Xu Huai and his uncle Wang Ju first went to the General Administration of the Military and Madushi to meet Gu Jiqian.

Gu Jiqian sat high in the hall, and several people on both sides were important figures of the Gu family. Xu Huai went to the lobby to pay tribute, but did not say he would retreat. He directly submitted a secret letter from King Jing Zhao Tuan and the Hedong Commander Zheng Huaizhong, saying:

"Eunuch Gu, after a few months of separation, I didn't expect that when the north wind blew again, I could still come to the prefecture and meet again! I brought this gift this time, hoping to satisfy Eunuch Gu!"

The city of Fuzhou is small and is under the absolute control of Gu's family. The main official positions in the city are all held by the children of Gu's family. Only the prefecture needs to immediately raise the level of alert to the highest level. Even if the Chihu people have suspicious lines in Fuzhou,

I can't leave the city either.

If Gu Jiqian intends to leak this matter, it will be useless to abandon his left and right.

Gu Jiqian took the secret letter with a gloomy face and signaled Xu Huai to sit aside and rest for a while. He brought tea to him. He patiently read the letter first.

Although Xu Huai was also the magistrate of Chushan and the capital of Yuhou of Tianxiong's army, he first attacked Lanzhou for more than a year, and then rushed to Gongxian with King Jing to help Gongxian, curbing the enemy troops east of Yanshi, and then followed King Jing to cross the river and attack.

Taiyue Mountain, more than 5,000 beheaded, and its military achievements were outstanding.

Not to mention Xu Huai's performance during the first and second northern expedition to Yan was the only few shining stars in the Dayue area.

Therefore, Gu Jiqian could no longer look down on Xu Huai at this time.

Furthermore, although Gu Jiqian has a high status, there are only 7,000 troops in the prefecture and state. When the court is in danger and local forces are increasingly thinking about protecting themselves, how much is Gu's better than Chushan?

However, after Gu Jiqian read the secret letter, he naturally felt unhappy and his face became more and more gloomy.

Xu Huai led hundreds of elite troops to pretend to be mules and horses, set out from Caizhou through Luoyang and entered Guanshan, and finally arrived in Fuzhou. It had been at least one month - that is, the plan to raid Taiyuan was launched for at least one month, and it was not until

Xu Huai notified himself in person, could Gu Jiqian be happy?

Gu Jiqian was the general manager of the military commander who was on the same level as the governor of the Strategic Pacification Envoy. Although he was controlled by the Hedong Commander, he delayed until this time and delayed until Xu Huai led hundreds of elite troops into Fuzhou City to know the full picture of the plan.

What's going on?

Isn’t this just representing the court, or the suspicion of King Jing and Zheng Huaizhong for him?

Of course, Gu Jiqian had no way to lose his temper with Xu Huai. The whole thing was clearly the decision made by King Jing Zhao Tuan and the Hedong Commander Zheng Huaizhong. Xu Huai was just the executor.

In the secret letter, King Jing Zhao Tuan and Hedong Commander Zheng Huaizhong all asked the prefectures to do everything possible to cooperate with Xu Huai's actions.
Chapter completed!