After leaving Xingyang, Wang Buxu saw the grain transport team sent by Zhang Liang not far outside Xingyang City.

After receiving the food, Wang Buxu led his army to turn around and head south.

Wang Cheng will be responsible for the subsequent baggage matters, and for this war, Wang Cheng only needs to be responsible for the food transportation for Wang Buxu.

Guanying's side went deep behind enemy lines and took away a lot of food from the beginning. In addition to the planned attack on the county town along the way, there was a certain amount of food stored. The attack on the county town was first to replenish weapons and equipment, and secondly to replenish food and grass.

Make final preparations to capture Hangu Pass.

And Wang Buxu's first target was Jingxian County, not far from Xingyang.

The two counties are very close to each other, only dozens of miles apart, and this ancient city once had a glorious history.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, it was the city of Zheng State, and Zheng Wugong moved his capital here.

Wang Buxu once visited this place in later generations. It is located on the southeast side of present-day Xingyang. You can see ancient Kueng bricks, which are numerous and exquisite. Most of them are hollow, and there are some patterns carved on them.

If these monuments are too small, what about the city walls?

Wang Buxu really saw the ancient city wall of Jingxian County more than two thousand years later, and could clearly see the layering of rammed earth.

There is another rumor here. When the city was built, a lot of manpower was needed to compact it, so many laborers died.

Due to the tight construction period, the dead people had to be buried nearby, so there was a rumor among the people that ghosts were attacking the city.

Of course, these have nothing to do with today.

Jingxian County is small in size, three and a half miles long from north to south and three miles wide from east to west. There are only more than 1,000 residents in the city, and the population of the entire county is only more than 3,000 people.

In a place like the Central Plains, this population is really unaffordable.

There is no special significance in attacking Jingxian County. It is purely to show that wherever you go, it is our soil!

Wang Buxu's trip south, in addition to attacking Zhang Han's army, another important purpose was to capture the counties along the way to expand his power.

If you want to develop in the future, just relying on one Xingyang will not be enough.

"Sir, the scouts reported that the garrison in Jingxian County was less than a hundred men, their weapons were broken, and they had no intention of fighting!" Chen Tieshan quickly informed Wang Buxu of the latest situation.

"Well, send a battalion and give one hundred guerrilla generals to collect it!" Wang Buxu said casually.

Jing County only has a certain reputation in history. In reality, its strength is really very weak.

If Wang Buxu can send a battalion of five hundred men and add one hundred guerrilla generals to go over, he can think highly of them.

You know, a few months ago, Wu Guang sent a hundred troops there, and Jing County surrendered directly.

The further east you go, the weaker the local will to fight becomes.

Even the Guanzhong area is not much better.

Zhou Wen led his army into Guanzhong, and the people along the way responded to join him. This is a good example.

The Qin Dynasty not only failed to win the support of the people of the six countries, but also gradually lost the support of the people of Qin.

The princes all over the world took a fancy to this, so after Chen defeated Wu Guang, they started to revolt one after another.

Facing the arrogant, complacent, and already divided Chen Sheng, Zhang Han was able to fight smoothly, but when he met other princes, when they got serious, Zhang Han was a bit unsatisfied.

When the troops led by the Five Hundred Lords who were going to attack Jing County arrived and were about to enter the offensive process.

The magistrate of Jingxian County walked out of the city with a group of officials and people, and respectfully handed over the magistrate's seal and the household registration book of Jingxian County.

Well, surrendered!

What are you going to do if you don't surrender?

Half a year ago, they belonged to the Qin Dynasty. When Wu Guangda's army came, they had no power to fight and had no choice but to surrender.

Who would have thought that Wu Guangda's army was completely wiped out, and Chen Sheng's men proclaimed themselves kings one after another. As a result, although Chen Sheng still occupied a large area in name, he could only control Chen County.

He would like to take care of other places, but the problem is that there is no one and no energy.

Especially in a small place like Jingxian County, although it is a county, its population is only more than 3,000 people. They are so poor that they can't even afford to eat. Chen Sheng has no intention of having them anyway.

But a place like Jing County is a place that no one pays attention to.

Because he is too young.

In contrast, Wang Buxu has set his sights entirely on Mi County.

Mi County was another large county after Wang Buxu left Xingyang. According to legend, Mi County was the hometown of Fuxi and Nuwa.

After destroying the country of Xi and Mi, the capital was moved here. During the Seven Heroes period of the Warring States Period, this place belonged to South Korea.

The reason why this place is loved by many princes is because of its unique geographical environment, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The county seat is located on the edge of mountains, making it difficult for the southern army to enter. There is a large mountain in the north, with outposts placed on it. When the weather is good, the movements of the army dozens of miles away can be seen.

Although Mi County has less cultivated land than Xingyang, its population is almost the same as Xingyang.

Because there are continuous mountains around, people farm when they are busy and hunt when they are free, so the living conditions here are relatively better.

Far away, Wang Buxu saw the dark mountain that was the symbol of Mi County.

He could see the mountains, and the sentinels on the mountains could also see him.

At night, the troops set up camp.

The exhausted scout came late and didn't even have time to take a sip of water before he said directly: "Sir, Mi County is well-defended and has a large number of troops. If you look around, you will see that there are at least five thousand people, and Mi County Magistrate Zhou

Fu also ordered all the surrounding people, old, young, women and children, to go into the mountains, and all the young and middle-aged to enter the county town."

"The walls are strong and the fields are clear. Are you holding on to the city to the death?" Wang Buxu frowned slightly.

This battle is a bit difficult. If he really opens up his posture, he will definitely be able to capture Mi County, but it will waste too much time.

And if we count the time, Zhang Han's army will almost arrive in Xingyang in three days at most.

He must capture Mi County within two days, and then send his troops north to capture Gong County and directly cut off the retreat of Zhang Han's army.

In order to completely cut off Zhang Han's army's retreat, Wang Buxu not only set up a line of defense.

Cutting off Gong County is the first one. If Han Wangxin is reliable enough, he should be able to cause trouble near Luoyang. Even if he cannot win, he can at least restrain the energy of the Luoyang defenders and make them unable to support eastward.

It even attracted the defenders of Hangu Pass. At the same time, Guan Ying raided Hangu Pass. If he could capture Hangu Pass, Zhang Han's grain route would be completely cut off, and it would be extremely cold.

That kind of.

In order to relieve the pressure on Xingyang, he had to capture Gong County within three days of Zhang Han's attack on Xingyang, in order to disrupt Zhang Han's military morale.

However, the information returned from Mi County was not optimistic. The young man entered the city and undoubtedly planned to defend it to the death.

Even if inexperienced farmers defend the city, it will be an extremely headache for the attacking side.

Looking at the endless mountains, although they are not particularly high, it is still a headache. The geographical location is not advantageous, and now there is such a tight defense on the opposite side.

This once again adds some difficulty to the most difficult siege battle since ancient times.

Hurry, you have to be quick, you can only spend two days here at most, but if you fail to capture Mi County, you will leave a hidden danger in your rear.
Chapter completed!