At the end of October, the Hedong region, which was covered with clouds, finally ushered in the horn of the war.

As early as when Dong Zhuo led nearly 10,000 troops into the capital, Dong's army had already left Niu Fu to lead 3,000 troops stationed in Hedong, not only to ensure his own retreat, but also to defend against the increasingly fierce White-bolt bandits and Hun cavalry that invaded Hedong.

The importance of the Hedong region is nothing more than a gateway to the north of Luoyang. Once Hedong is completely captured, the adjacent Henei counties will definitely be difficult to protect. The three rivers are like a tripod. Once Hedong is lost, all Henoi will be lost. Even if the Henan region, which is separated by only one river, is protected by the eight passes of Luoyang, it will be in a dilemma of constant trouble and three shocks a day.

After Dong Zhuo successfully entered the court, he had not fallen behind in the war in the Hedong area. However, because he had to fight wits and courage with Yuan Shao and others in the court, he did not start to resolve the war in the Hedong area. He only asked Niu Fu to divide his troops to defend the county governments such as Anyi, Yanjian, Puban, and Yanchi and the main road.

Now, the battle in the court has come to an end. After Yuan Shao fled to the east gate, he also began to stop and dared not compete with the foreign town forces led by Dong Zhuo. After Dong Zhuo was abolished and established the emperor and eliminated dissidents in the court, his power in the court was already the only one, at least on the surface, he had firmly controlled the situation in the court.

Therefore, in order to further his momentum and to give himself a new emperor, after ascending the throne, Dong Zhuo began to order the land of Hedong to gather troops and horses from the county and Anyi, with Niu Fu as the main general, to attack Baibo and Xiongnu who were harassing the two prefectures of Hedong and ravaging Hedong.

At the same time, among the troops stationed in Luoyang, after the acquisition of the original He brothers, Ding Yuan Bingzhou troops, and Xiyuan New Army, the troops in Dong Zhuo's hands were greatly enhanced. So he drew out troops with the chief officers Li Jue as the assistant, Guo Si and Zhang Ji as the assistant, plus some troops drawn from Dong Yue, Xu Rong, Duan Wei and the Northern Army as the second echelon. As the troops of the third army, the total number of troops was nearly 20,000 troops, and rushed to Hedong to support Niu Fu's military operations.

After these military orders were issued, Niu Fu's army, who had been in Hedong for a long time, immediately began to take action. Niu Fu gathered all the people that Hedong could gather in Anyi, and in addition to his Xiliang troops, the number was more than 10,000.

Although Niu Fu's troops and horses were less than one-tenth of the bandits compared to Bai Bo, who claimed to have more than 100,000 people, Niu Fu's troops were less than one-tenth of the bandits, but Niu Fu was stationed in Hedong and missed the great contribution to the march into Luoyang. Although he was also regarded as the General of the CPC in the court by Dong Zhuo, he still felt the urgency to make contributions.

Moreover, in the eyes of these powerful soldiers and generals, the reason why the bandits and cavalry of Baibo and the Huns were able to rage in the Hebei and Hedong was mainly because the soldiers and horses of the counties and counties in various places were not subordinate to each other and fought on their own, so they were unable to attack and let these bandits and cavalry continue to grow.

In terms of the ferociousness of the cavalry, the Western Liang Iron Cavalry is not afraid of the cavalry in other border areas. Even the Huns who had been rampant in the former Han Dynasty for more than a hundred years, in the eyes of Niu Fu and others, these Huns were just robbed of the grassland by the Xianbei people in the north of the Mo River and could only guard the border for the Han Empire.

As for those white-bolt bandits who were wearing no armor and ragged clothes, Niu Fu and others were even more worried. In the first year of Zhongping, millions of yellow turbans were tremendous, and the war burned half of the Han Empire, but in the hands of Huangfu Song and others, they drove troops to join the war. In a few months, the war that affected most of the empires was over, and hundreds of thousands of yellow turbans disappeared in a blink of an eye.

These white wave bandits also need to use the name of "Great Sage and Good Teacher" by Zhang Jiao, the leader of the Yellow Turban. Guo Da is also known as Guo Daxian. In the eyes of the Xiliang soldiers, they are more like people who sell their first names. They are just adding another name to the quotation that records their own merits.

So after being personally ordered by Dong Zhuo, Niu Fu immediately led more than 10,000 troops from his family and began to attack the Baibo bandits who were disturbing the counties and counties.

The war seemed to have fought with these bandits and cavalry as Niu Fu expected, and became surprisingly victorious. The Baibo soldiers and horses that raided the counties and counties broke through with one blow. When they arrived at the back, the Baibo soldiers even fled when they saw Niu Fu's flag and the cavalry of the Xiliang soldiers. They won almost every battle easily, without any bloodshed.

From Anyi to Wenxi, to Jiangyi and Linfen, Niu Fu led his troops to be invincible along the way, attacking and killing several Baibo Qu generals one after another, which made Niu Fu's confidence even more expand. He no longer waited for the follow-up personnel led by the Three Crown Captains to march alone and came to Baibo Valley.

Baibo Valley is the old nest of Baibo Army. It was based on this that Guo Da and others were able to continue to grow and grow until they were in Hebei and Hedong. Therefore, here, Niu Fu was also blocked by the main force of Baibo Army Guo Da's base and guarding the dangers.

Unfortunately, Niu Fu was eager to make achievements, and the previous war was too smooth, which made him look down on everything and violated his geographical disadvantages. It was not until many forced attacks failed, killing and injured a large number of troops. It was not until he found that more and more Hun cavalry blocked the road, Niu Fu realized that if he did not withdraw his troops, he would soon be wiped out by Baibo and the Huns' soldiers and horses in this Baibo Valley.

So, Niu Fujun hurriedly went from the camp outside the canyon overnight and began to retreat in the night. On the way, he was attacked by the Hun cavalry many times. After leaving more than 2,000 bodies, he luckily escaped from the pursuit and fled back to Linfen City with only five or six thousand remaining soldiers.

However, Niu Fu, who was still in shock, soon discovered that not only were many Hun cavalry following him, but also a series of Baibo bandits rushing over. Soon, Baibo army and Hun cavalry surrounded Linfen City.

Niu Fu originally wanted to take advantage of these White Bo bandits and the Huns cavalry before they surrounded Linfen City and led their troops to break through the encirclement and retreat to the Anyi City to defend and wait for assistance. Unfortunately, the Bai Bo army and the Huns cavalry became very fierce at this time. They no longer retreated with one blow like they did when they were fighting before. Instead, they bit the central army troops where Niu Fu's flag was located, attacking in turn to block the Niu Fu's retreat. They would almost have to leave the bodies of more than a dozen soldiers every few steps.

Niu Fu's army, who failed many times, finally had to give up the unrealistic method of retreating to Anyi. Niu Fu, who was trapped in Linfen, could only send troops to Anyi, Luoyang and other places to request reinforcements without regard for casualties, and at the same time, sealed the city gates across the city with earth and stones, and mobilized the whole city to defend Linfen City to death.

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When the military letter asking for help arrived in Anyi, Li Jue and others' troops arrived. Since receiving the military order, they did not dare to delay and marched for several days. From the Mengjin Du River in the north of Luoyang, they entered Henoi, and followed the narrow corridor between the southern lineage of Taihang Mountain and the river, passed Qiguan, and arrived at Dongyuan. This was the lower part of the southern foot of Wangwu Mountain. From here, they crossed the southern foot of Wangwu Mountain and entered the hinterland of Hedong County.

After receiving the emergency letter from Niu Fu to Anyi, Li Jue couldn't help but change his color even though he followed Dong Zhuo for many years. He never thought that the Baibo bandits who thought they were just making military achievements for everyone were so powerful that even Niu Fu was defeated. However, he quickly calmed down. At the moment, Niu Fu was still confronting the Baibo army in Linfen with the city, and his attack was insufficient, but with the elite of the Xiliang soldiers, he still had the strength to protect himself.

The most important thing now is to summon the generals and officials who came together to discuss how to advance and retreat to the enemy.

Xu Kun and Yan Xing were also the same troops who came to support him in the same group as Li Jue. When the two received the news of the emergency military controversy sent by Li Jue in the camp, Xu Kun seemed to have already expected it. He danced and slapped his palms to Yan Xing beside him and said with a smile:
Chapter completed!