Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1028
Although many people at the time knew that Hewu was managed quite well under the support of Master Fangtou Wang, but when they actually saw it, there was still a different kind of emotion that couldn't be restrained.

This dock wall is located at the angle of the river, and its geographical location is already superior, easy to defend but difficult to attack.And the dock wall itself is quite grand. The wall is not an ordinary bamboo and wood fence, with layers of rammed earth. The four corners are made of huge stones as pillars, which are more than ten feet high. It has a wide space that can accommodate at least ten thousand people.

Around the dock wall, there are also some rivers, canals, lakes and ponds in a patchwork pattern, half of which are used for water diversion and flood discharge, and half of which are used for urban defense fortifications.Coupled with some arrow towers built with giant trees, the surrounding land of more than ten hectares is surrounded and defended. On these lands are planted agricultural crops such as grains that are growing well, and of course there are also neatly manicured mulberry forests.

Those Hebei people who wandered here to peek at this scene of prosperity could not help but grow envy and jealousy in their hearts.

Especially those powerful clansmen who looked down on bandits and bandits, saw that this Wubi was managed so solidly and richly, even far surpassing their respective family businesses that had been run for several generations, they felt a sense of urgency spontaneously. .

"Xiang Jian has not been engaged in production for a long time, and has harmed the countryside for more than ten years. The southerners came from far away, did not judge the virtues of the villagers, and did not judge the virtues of the villagers, but actually helped these murderers to create such a profound rural business. This is completely disregarding us and the people of Hebei The hope of the country makes the thieves in this country so strong! After a long time, no one can stop the thieves, and the village style will be completely corrupted!"

Originally, everyone was a little apprehensive about colluding with Ma Qiunan to rob him, but after seeing Hewu's strength, they couldn't help justifying their actions.

Maybe they are no different from Xiang Jian in essence. Even some township clans who pride themselves on benevolence and righteousness can't help but occasionally act as robbers and robs. It can also be called notorious, and the reputation is unbearable.

Therefore, it is really unacceptable for Master Wang to support a gangster like Xiang Jian so vigorously.And their act of colluding with Jiehu naturally took on the color of maintaining the justice of the village, and such vicious and corrupt thieves must not be allowed to dominate the heads of all the villagers to do their best!
But other than that, these people also have their own agendas. After patrolling around Hewu for a long time, they also discussed with their family members and members in private: "From the location of Hewu, we can know that the southerners are weak cavalry. But the management ability is far beyond the reach of Zhao Guo. Even Xiang Jian, a wandering villain, can protect his subordinates and create this foundation. In this battle, regardless of the victory or defeat of the North and the South, we and the villagers must hold on to each other. The most important thing is to eliminate the local thieves, after that, the family business is the most important thing, regardless of the state."

These ideas also reflect the ambivalence of the people who went out of the country. On the one hand, it is difficult to eliminate the prestige of Shi Zhao’s rule for many years, and they do not think that the southerners can really defeat Shi Zhao in Hebei; With a strong background in business, I want to use it for my own use and help the family business.

No matter from which aspect, Xiang Jian is an object that must be eradicated, warning the southerners not to ignore their nostalgia.But the war can only be limited to Hewu. It is enough to hurt the minions of the southerners, but if they seriously injure their roots, it will be a death feud, and it will be difficult to have room for cooperation in the future.

The forces of all parties have a consensus on this point, so when passing the news to Ma Qiu, it is inevitable to cut and process it. It is necessary to strengthen Ma Qiu's heart to send troops to plunder, and at the same time let him not lose his awe, and don't let the war Wanton expansion.The sense of proportion in this process really made them take great pains.

Ma Qiu is naturally not a marionette in the hands of these people, and has his own opinions and judgments, so he doesn't pay too much attention to the letters and reports from these people.He cared more about their attitude, so he quickly made the decision to send troops, and sent more than a thousand elite riders to Hewu under the leadership of these leading parties.

The distance between Hewu and Yecheng is not far away. If you really ride an extreme march, you can reach it in one day.It is precisely because of such a short distance, coupled with the uncompromising confrontation between the North and the South, that the forces wandering between the two places have the value of being a buffer.Naturally, they cannot affect the general situation as a whole, but they have great interference in the outcome of a certain battle.

So even if Ma Qiu has more than ten thousand cavalry and has an absolute advantage in the field battle, he still cannot ignore the position of these people.This is a group of wall-riding factions who have more success than failure, coupled with the various restraint policies imposed by Fangtou guard Xie Ai, Ma Qiu can't kill these people.

This time the scouts were frequently hunted and killed, which also made Ma Qiu realize that this state cannot last for long. The longer the Southerners exist in Hebei, the faster and faster the prestige of Jie Kingdom in the early years will be wiped out, and it will also make him fall into a more serious situation. Passive situation.

He obviously has the absolute right to take the initiative, and he can carry out surprise attacks against the southerners at will. However, because these fencers act as the eyes and ears of the southerners, all his actions will be invisible and futile in front of the southerners.

In particular, Nanren is rich in resources and has been building and strengthening his own field capabilities. If things go on like this, his advantages will gradually be leveled, and then he will fall into an absolute disadvantage.

So in this battle, his greatest intention was not to cause much trauma to the southerners, but to completely destroy the tacit understanding of interdependence between these rural forces and the southerners.

When more than a thousand cavalry were dispatched, Ma Qiu did not stop there, but continued to gather troops and organized nearly five thousand cavalry.This is already the limit force he can use right now, because Ye City doesn't even have basic city defenses. Once he mobilizes more controllable forces, Ye itself will experience great turmoil.

Hewu was just a false move used by Ma Qiu to attract attention, and the follow-up five thousand riders was his real killer move.

He believed that Xie Ai would never buy villagers with goods for no reason to wipe out his scouts, and there must be some killer move behind it.But no matter what kind of tricks are in it, it must be implemented in the real ranks of confrontation in the end.

Compared with Fangtou, Liyang and other important towns, Hewu is just suffering from scabies, but because it is a typical example of the existence of rural forces in this area, the situation of the battle will inevitably affect the mood of the scattered forces around it.Before the Hewu battle had no final result, those people would not have the intention to be used by the southerners as eyes and ears.

Without the constraints of these forces, Ma Qiu's field strength can be fully utilized without any scruples, and they can launch surprise attacks against the southerners.If things go well, he can also take advantage of the time when the southerners are too busy to take care of themselves, and carry out a more thorough reorganization of those rural forces.

There are many twists and turns in this, which really annoys Ma Qiu. He hopes that the two sides can form a decisive battle in an upright manner, but he also understands that this is just a delusion.No matter how stupid the southerners are, it is impossible to beat the long with the short.Although his own military strength is not weak, he also bears heavy responsibilities. The defense of Yecheng alone has already made him restrained and dare not do anything defensively.

In this regard, the help that Heavenly King Shihu can provide him is also very limited, because although the Southerners are powerful at the moment, their own troubles are not the most urgent foreign trouble that Shi Zhao needs to solve at present.

If the Hu tribes such as Xianbei in Liaodi do not act quickly, they will grow stronger and stronger, directly threatening Shizhao's rear, making Shizhao trapped for a long time, unable to take care of both ends, and unable to concentrate on going south to compete with the Jin people for the national destiny. This north-south tension gradually weakened and eventually collapsed.

So even though Ma Qiu had already reported to Xiangguo, he knew in his heart that he could only rely on his own troops for this battle. The army of the headquarters should not be easily transferred. After all, the king of heaven has not been in power for a long time, and Xiangguo still needs to ensure enough troops to deter the next.

After the follow-up team was assembled, Ma Qiu was not in a hurry to determine the offensive target and put it into battle. The defeat of Yecheng had already made him feel awe of Xie Ai, so even though he had regained the initiative, he subconsciously placed himself in a late-strike position In fact, it is worried that once the military power is involved, it will be incapable of responding to Xie Ai's tricks.

A few hours after Qianfeng Qianren left Yecheng, Ma Qiu personally led the army to move slowly, and dispersed the scouts again. On the one hand, they patrolled around Yifangtou, and on the other hand, they did not ignore Li Yang's movements.

He knows how to use Hewu as a false move to attract attention, and Xie Ai can naturally do the same.If the changes in Hewu, including the entire Fangtou, were a means of concealment, then Li Yang would be the most likely force to cooperate and launch an attack.

To be able to force himself to be so cautious and not dare to advance lightly, this Xie Ai has to be said is indeed a remarkable person.

Ma Qiuxing is in the slow and current team, and there is no lack of self-deprecation in his heart. Xie Ai became famous last year, and his background in Hebei is no longer a secret.All the generals under Shi Hu's command laughed at Ma Qiu's defeat at the hands of a Confucian scholar in Liangtu.Sometimes Ma Qiu really can't help but want to abdicate to Xian, so that those who laugh at him can feel how difficult this Xie Ai is.

A large number of scouts have been wiped out before, and it will take a certain amount of time to spread out again before they can be intertwined into a large net of eyes and ears that can provide instant feedback.Ma Qiu was also patient, and did not fight for a while. Not long after leaving Yecheng camp, he temporarily stationed in the field, waiting for feedback from all parties.

Before dawn the next day, the first military information was sent back. It was not that they discovered the movement of the southern army, but that the attack in the direction of Hewu was frustrated. The strength of Hewu's defense was beyond imagination, and it completely repelled several attacks.Moreover, during the attack, those rural forces only waited and watched, without any cooperation.

After receiving this military news, Ma Qiu was furious in his heart. Immediately, he summoned another confidant general and ordered him to lead two thousand troops to rush to help. At the same time, he also ordered the generals not to rush to fight , but as a pressure to drive those villagers to attack.

At the same time, Ma Qiu was also thinking in his heart that a mere Crane Wharf could resist the siege of thousands of his soldiers. Was he suspicious and thought Xie Ai too complicated, or was there really something hidden in it, but he hadn't seen it yet? arrive?

　I'm sorry, I'm leaving relatives near the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the update was delayed yesterday. . .

　　
　
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