You must know that before this, even before the Gang entered Hebei north, the counties along the mountains in western Hebei, the so-called Wu'an County, Xiangguo County, Zhao County, and Hengshan County from south to north were a small and loose military administration with faint backing to Taiyuan.

Alliance... This alliance is self-protective and is aimed at Hejian and Youzhou, which have strong military capabilities.

And now, no matter what the reason was for Li Ding, no matter whether he defected to the gang or not, he could not restrain his ambition and annexed Xiangguo County, which would naturally cause strong fear and uneasiness in Zhao County.

At this time, the original loose alliance collapsed. Facing the young and powerful Li Ding, Governor Zhang of Zhao County had to quickly seek protection.

He has four choices - Taiyuan, Youzhou, Hejian, and Jiangling.

There will be many big problems when choosing Taiyuan.

For example, if Taiyuan sends troops, it will inevitably be involved in the war whirlpool in Hebei. This is unwise, otherwise Bai Hengqiu would not have formed a loose alliance; and Bai Hengqiu had been in confrontation with Dongdu in Taiyuan and tolerated it.

For several years, there was no reason to destroy the determination and political reputation for the invasion of the princes; in addition, the route of dispatching troops from Taiyuan was also a big problem. Zhao County did not have a direct access to Taiyuan, so it had to go from Hengshan County in the north.

This will be more troublesome.

Of course, Bai Hengqiu might be angry if Li Ding ruined the alliance, which could be considered a positive reason to ask for help.

However, generally speaking, Taiyuan is still not a good choice. Nine times out of ten, the request for help will fail, and it is too slow to allow Prefect Zhang to quickly gain a sense of security.

Jiang Ling, that is, asking for help from Zhang Sanlang of the gang, so there is no need to say more... What about the ruin of Xiangguo County? The whole world knows that if you, Li Ding, dare to eat Xiangguo County, you have the support of Jiang Ling

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Then, there are Hejian and Youzhou.

Frankly speaking, in terms of geographical location, Zhaojun's first choice should be Hejian. Hejian also has sufficient reasons to support Zhaojun, because after the gang took away the area south of Qingzhang River, Hejian's best territory is

The two banks of the Zhuozhang River are downstream, while Zhaojun and Xiangguo County are the upper reaches of the Zhuozhang River.

Military politics and culture are all affected by geography, and Hejian Camp seems to be obliged to accept the invitation and stationed in Zhao County.

However, wasn't Xue Laohu beaten into a paper tiger by someone? People can't help but doubt his actual performance in facing the gang.

So at this time, Commander Zhang seemed to feel more secure when he chose Youzhou Camp, which also had outstanding military strength.

Youzhou and the Youzhou camp are by no means a simple governor or military camp. Since the Tang Dynasty and before the Wei Dynasty, the Northland has maintained an independent attitude for a long time. In order to suppress and control the Northland, there have always been people in Youzhou.

The state has the habit of gathering heavy troops here, so that many typical military states and counties have been formed.

There are nearly twenty states and counties in the north and south of Yanshan Mountain, surrounding Youzhou like stars over the moon. And the situation in these states and counties is also extremely complicated. Some counties are simply dedicated to a certain tribe or military nobles that have lasted for many years.

The prefectures and counties established are just two counties and three cities.

This naturally created a situation in Youzhou Camp where powerful local forces compromised with each other, defended against each other, and then became top-heavy.

Luo Shu and his son were able to quickly fight with Li Cheng and his son in Youzhou after the collapse of the Wei Dynasty, precisely because of his local color.

The several failures of Luo Shu and Li Cheng's father and son's external expansion did not cause any obvious damage to the so-called military whole of the "Youzhou Army". Even the number of soldiers, horses and masters in the Youzhou stronghold did not represent

The true strength of Youzhou Army.

In fact, since the war, the expansion of the Youzhou camp has been very obvious, but this expansion is a spontaneous behavior of the tribes below and the hereditary military nobles.

This is a multi-headed, multi-legged but very powerful monster.

Therefore, it is very suitable to join with a territory.

"Why is this happening? He can't live in peace anywhere." In Longgang Fort, Li Ding was upset and had an attack on the spot. "Didn't I write a letter to explain? His actions are going to cause chaos in the world!"

After finishing speaking, Li Ding regretted it endlessly. He knew very well that the explanations he had given were all in vain, because he could not hold back and took this opportunity to launch a new round of military invasion in Hebei.

You can't just allow your family to easily annex states and counties, but not allow the other party to protect themselves, right? Moreover, why have you ever been so weak?

In the final analysis, Zhang Laosan was still angry.

The new captain of Xiangguo County, who was born in a wealthy family in Xiangguo County, typically spreads all over the Bohai Sea in Hebei Province, and is called Gaoshi Province. It is a new arrival, so naturally he has to express himself. He thought about it again and again, and seriously said: "Master Fu, there is no way out at this time.

...If we let it go, we will be stuck and there will be no room for progress."

"Isn't it?" Su Mu, the captain of Wu'an, was a little surprised. "The Youzhou Army came to Zhao County alone and lacked backup. We have organized our troops and horses and saved 20,000 soldiers, so we can still deal with it calmly."

"Captain Gao is not worried about the Youzhou Army." Su Jingfang, who was standing aside, rushed to answer for his own father before Gao Shisheng. "It is about the Hejian Camp... Xue Changxiong of the Hejian Camp is not a fake tiger.

It's not a shame to give to the gang, but Xue Changxiong reacted and was bound to send troops to the west to capture Zhao County... Youzhou and Hejian were originally a false alliance, relying on the banner of the imperial court. Now the imperial court's prestige is no longer, and they are horse-faced.

In the Battle of Hejian, the two sides were at odds again and had gradually become defensive. Therefore, Zhang Ang's move in Zhao County was likely to cause a war between the Hejian Camp and the Youzhou Camp. No matter who wins on either side, they will suppress the other.

And occupy Zhao County, and then join the gang to pinch us to death."

Su Mu suddenly realized... Of course he knew that his son was trying to save him from the siege. In the same way, if Gao Shisheng preached to him, he would inevitably appear to be incompetent... But now, it was his son who said this.

After listening to Su Jingfang's explanation, Li Ding was silent for a moment and responded with difficulty: "But if we send troops again at this time, we will break the trust of others."

"Who did you break your trust? So what if you break your trust? Besides, we said it, Zhao Ang still brought in foreign troops, so how can we break our trust?" Su Jingfang quickly stepped forward and urged him in public. "Teacher, it is unwise to hesitate at this time.

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"What do you think?" Li Ding took a serious look at his student who made him fall in love at first sight.

"The student thinks..." Su Jingfang obviously hesitated for a moment, but continued to answer. "We should send troops quickly, before Xue Changxiong sends troops, and before the autumn harvest, and quickly defeat this Youzhou army in Zhao County, following Zhou Xiaoshang's example

Rapidly expand to several counties, and then use the victorious army to cover three counties to meet Xue Changxiong and form an alliance with him."

"Isn't it a bit dangerous?" Coats was uneasy.

Li Ding is not a stupid person. He was indeed a little confused by Zhang San's fellow, but it does not mean that he has lost his basic judgment, especially in military matters.

Therefore, even though he was obviously uneasy, he quickly completed the construction of some military strategies.

And Su Jingfang's answer was one of the plans he didn't say.

So, on the surface, he was hesitating about this strategy. In fact, there was only one hesitation he had, and that was whether he should send troops quickly and complete a new surprise expansion regardless of the situation.

Taking a Xiangguo County caused a lot of commotion, and also caused a shock in Zhao County. If another Zhao County was taken, who knows if there will be problems in Hengshan County?
Chapter completed!