Lord of the House - v12 Chapter 72

Teams of armored cavalry marched through the territory of Yicheng County in an endless stream, trampling the wheat fields that were about to head beyond recognition—these are the cavalry who were urgently transferred from Jinan to the north to aid Yanjing, and they have been in a continuous stream since the 19th. Continuously, without interruption.

Although Yannanxi had a road to go, but if they were honest and walked on a road that was five or six feet wide, tens of thousands of cavalry would not be much faster than walking to Yanjing. At present, in order to speed up the march, except for the large river that cannot be directly waded across the water, it has to stop to rest, eat, and pass through the narrow pontoon in turn, other places are trying to grab time and speed as much as possible. Walking through fields and waters, slipping slopes and valleys, there is no need to be quick…

That Hedodi walked across the horse, surrounded by the cavalry. His left leg was crippled in the battle of Yangxin, and he could not fully recover, but it did not affect the horse-riding and horse-fighting – he had no commanders. Thousands of cavalrymen roamed the battlefield triumphantly, with only the haze that could not be wiped away and the heroic heart of going to the death battle.

The second child fainted, and his life and death were uncertain. The Queen Mother and the princes and ministers decided to refute the proposal of abandoning the capital, and decided to stick to Yanjing. What choice could Ye Jiduodi have? He could only lead the 30,000 cavalry in Jinan at this time to help Yanjing, let him go, and gamble Dayan’s final fate on the decisive battle of Yanji!

Ye Jiduodi didn’t even bother to think about how bad the impact on the defense lines of Henan and Shandong would be after the collapse of the sea-locked defense line, and whether it might cause the collapse of the entire defense line. Even if it takes more than ten to twenty days, the situation may be slightly improved…

Some peasants scattered across the fields watched from afar as the Yanhu horse soldiers trampled past the wheat fields. As long as the peasants came to entangle because of the destroyed wheat fields, the cavalry would not care to drive away these onlookers, nor could they even consider whether the Huaidong Army’s eyeliner was hidden in them.

“Just let them go to help Yanjing?” Zhou Xingwu asked Luo Shoushan beside him in a low voice. They were all dressed as farmers, squatting at the head of the field with their hoes in their hands, watching the Yanhu cavalry pass by in the distance.

“Let’s go back first.” Luo Shoushan said in a suppressed voice, seeing that it was getting late, he gestured with several eyeliners in the periphery, and Zhou Xingwu retreated from the Zhao family stockade, and after dark, he sneaked into the southeast of Luancheng under the cover of night. Cangyan Village.

Cangyan Village was originally a civilian village. It was only ten days ago that Luo Shoushan led two battalions of independent towns and divisions of Taihang Mountains to hide in Cangyan Village. Go down the mountain to see the situation yourself.

Climbing the mountain and rushing to Cangyan Village, the sky was bright, and the military staff Wu Jingze led another three battalions to come to support, which increased the number of troops gathered at the eastern foot of the Taihang Mountain Line to 3,000, and was also the independent town division of Taihang Mountain. The most elite first brigade; the commander Wei Zhongjun also rushed over to get the latest battle situation.

Luo Shoushan and Zhou Xingwu ignored the exhaustion of climbing the mountain, surrounded the oil lamps, and reported to Wu Jingze the situation of the Yanhu Jinan cavalry passing through Yicheng outside the mountain: “Tomorrow, there should be horse teams crossing the border. If we send troops decisively, we can bite them. Get your tail…”

“Hu Gouzi doesn’t leave Jingxing to Taiyuan, we still have to be patient.” Wu Jingze shook his head and rejected Luo Shoushan and Zhou Xingwu’s proposal to fight.

On the north side of Cangyan Mountain is the Jingxing Road, known as the Taihang Baxing Road, which is the main and most important passage connecting the Central Hebei Plain and the Jinjiang River. This road is dangerous and crosses the hinterland of Taihang Mountain. There is a saying that “cars can’t be square, and rides can’t be in a row”. It is the sixth fortress of the nine fortresses in the world.

When deducing the battle situation before the war, the military had repeatedly deduced the various possibilities of the Yanjing captives abandoning Yanjing and fleeing to the west.

There are three routes for the captives of Yan to abandon Yanjing and flee westward: one is to take Puyinxing and flee to Datong; one is to take the capital of the army through Juyongguan and escape to Xuanfu; the other is to take Jingxing and flee to Taiyuan. Datong and Xuanfu are too far north. Once the Yan captives in Yanjing fled to Datong and Xuanfu, it would be difficult to see each other with the captive soldiers who were still on the defense line of Henan and Shandong at this time, so it was possible to take the Jingxing Road and flee to Taiyuan. Sex is higher.

The purpose of temporarily reorganizing the Taihang Mountains’ independent town division before the war was to prevent Yanlu from fleeing to Taiyuan from Jingxing and prolonging the war indefinitely. The independent town division has been transferred from the southern foot of Taihang Mountain to the vicinity of Jingxing Road for more than a month. , From the hinterland of Taihang Mountain, to the middle of the dangerous Jingxing Road, there are many dangerous terrains that can completely intercept the enemy.

Since the Yanluo wanted to abandon the capital, and even dispatched troops and horses from Jinan to help Yanji, the plan of the independent commander Yujingxing Road to intercept the enemy’s retreat would naturally fall into place…

Luo Shoushan, Zhou Xingwu and other generals, including generals from Taihang Mountains, naturally did not want to miss this battle, and did not want to be unable to stand by an inch. Since Hugouzi did not plan to flee west of Jingxing, they wanted to pull their troops out of the hinterland of Taihang Mountains to fight in the field.

For this situation, the military is also expected, does not advocate prematurely out of the Taihang Mountains. After all, the combat power of the independent town division is relatively weak. The twenty 4-jin light guns cast in the mountains have quite limited ammunition and cannot withstand the consumption of several battles. Conditions for cavalry battles.

“Is it fighting Yangquan?” Wei Zhonglong also wants to fight a big battle, but he must obey the unified deployment of the military as a whole, unless the military has the latest orders, unless there is an excellent fighter to seize immediately, otherwise it can’t be because of Be eager to fight and go against the overall situation. You can’t go out to fight, but Yangquan is located in the hinterland of Taihang Mountain, so fighting Yangquan does not violate the military’s overall combat plan.

Wu Jingze frowned and said, “Hu Gouzi didn’t flee from Jingxingxi to Taiyuan at this time, but it doesn’t mean that they didn’t flee to Taiyuan from Jingjing after they suffered a big defeat in Jinhai – we are fighting Yangquan at this time. , you will be frightened by the grass, and you will eventually lose the remnants of the Yan Captives and flee in the direction of Datong and Xuanfu. In that case, it will be a lot more troublesome to pursue in the future, I think it is better to wait for the rabbits and wait for the remnants of the enemy to throw themselves into the net…”

Wei Zhonglong frowned, eagerly wanting to fight a few battles in his heart, but thinking that the enemy in Yangquan was less than 2,000 people, it would not be enjoyable to fight; If they can really get a chance to fight a big battle – as long as they can follow their different troops, the Yanlu will probably still choose to go to Taiyuan through Jingxing if they want to join the remnants of the troops withdrawn from the Henan and Shandong defense lines.

“Okay, after listening to you, we will hold back for a while and wait for the remnant enemy to come.” Wei Zhonglong said.

Luo Shoushan muttered: “If we lose again, it’s not that we won’t be able to win a battle.”

Wu Jingze laughed and said: “Wherever there is a battle, you won’t be able to win a battle. After Yanjing is defeated, the Huaiyang and Changhuai Army will be responsible for the recovery of Shandong and Henan, and the Changshan Army will be responsible for the recovery of Guanzhong, but Jinzhong will suffer. We are recently, are you afraid that we won’t have a fight?”

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The Dengzhou navy failed to last for a day before the entire army was destroyed, and the news that the Huaidong Army was completely torn through the sea defense line was delayed until the 22nd before it reached Xuchang.

For the people in Xuchang who had been fully thinking that the Huaidong Army and the Changhuai Army would send troops from Xuzhou to the northern expedition before the 22nd, this was undoubtedly a sap in the head, and they were hit with darkness before their eyes.

Before that, Dong Yuan was preparing for Xuchang’s self-reliance, and he had already publicly publicized the fact that Chongguo Gong Lin had usurped the treason, and had already opened the prelude to the fall of the forest.

There is no turning back when the bow is opened, and the prelude to the fall of the forest is opened, and there is no possibility of making peace with the Huaidong Army. Dong Yuan, Liu Tingzhou, and Yuan Guizheng are also determined to break with the Huaidong Army and resist to the end.

Prior to this, Dong Yuan continuously dispatched troops to change the defensive deployment of Xuchang’s periphery, pulling out heavy troops from the northern line and deploying them to the south of Xuchang, intending to contain the flanks of Xuzhou, Huaiyang and Guoyang for Yanhu. Weakening the spirit of the Huaidong Army’s Northern Expedition…

Who would have thought that the Huaiyang Army in Xushou did not move, and the Changhuai Army in Guoyang did not move, and the sea-locking defense line that Yanhu regarded as “gold and strong” would be destroyed in just two or three days. To tear apart the Huaidong Army?

Yuan Guizheng just laughed madly. After repeatedly confirming that the news of the collapse of Beiyan’s sea defense line was correct, he turned around and left in silence; Yuan Jinsheng was still worried and chased after him before saving his father who was about to hang himself. , Gu Chang weeping, only to feel that there is no way to go.

Liu Tingzhou also lost his energy and energy overnight, and Zashuang’s messy hair turned into snow silk.

And Ren Jiwei, who has been staying in Xuchang to contact the two armies, has also become a headless fly – Yuzhou is still actively preparing for the establishment of a new emperor, and Cao Yiqu is still dreaming of “following the emperor to make no ministers”, etc. Here, the news of the annihilation of the entire Beiyan Dengzhou naval army was passed on, at least half a month later.

Dong Yuan sat in the quiet room all night, and Chen Juxian sat outside the quiet room, worried that the recruiter would not be able to withstand such a big blow and Xueyuan would return to power. It was silent all night, and the grass grew and leaves hair. In the early morning of the 23rd, the door of the quiet room was opened from the inside. Chen Juxian saw the envoy walking out of the quiet room. The frosty hair on his temples seemed to be thicker than yesterday.

“You send someone to invite Master Liu, Master Yuan, Master Ren and Zhong Rong!” Dong Yuan’s face was sinking, but he couldn’t see the slightest panic, and he seemed to have a plan and a plan.

Liu Tingzhou and Yuan Guizheng came with Ren Jiwei in desperation. They didn’t think Dong Yuan could come up with any good strategies, but when things reached a desperate juncture, they still needed everyone to brainstorm and have a chance to tide over the difficulties.

“Let’s go, we’ll go immediately,” Dong Yuan said, staring at Liu Tingzhou, Yuan Guizheng, Chen Juxian, Zhong Rong, Ren Jiwei and others~www.mtlnovel.com~, “Ignore Luo Jian and Liang Chengdong, we must withdraw immediately. Xuchang went to vote for Chen Zhihu…”

“Why does Ye Jiluo give way?” Yuan Guizheng asked.

They sacrificed Liang Chengdong and Luo Jian, and even tried to conceal from them the news of the annihilation of the entire Dengzhou Naval Division. They wanted to use them to attract the attention of the Changhuai Army and the Changshan Army who might be advancing north from Fangcheng. This is to buy time for them to withdraw from Xuchang. However, in order to flee to Guanzhong to join Chen Zhihu, one must borrow the way from Hezhong Mansion. Why should Ye Jiluo Rong, who is in Hezhong Mansion at this time, let him clear the way?

“If the sea defense line is lost, Beiyan’s military heart in the Henan and Shandong defense lines will suddenly collapse, and the Hezhong mansion will not be able to defend,” Dong Yuan said, “Ye Ji Luorong will not fail to understand this truth, let’s go to Guanzhong, Ye Ji Luo Rong will also hurry up and withdraw to Jinnan, as long as we do not threaten him, he will not stand in our way…” Having said this, Dong Yuan paused, staring at Liu Tingzhou, “The most critical issue at the moment. , is Xiao Kuian reliable?”

In order to bring down the forest, Dong Yuan had in advance transferred Xiao Kuian’s department, who had a close relationship with Lin Fu, from the front of Fangcheng to the north, so Xiao Kuian’s department just blocked their way to Hezhongfu. If Xiao Kuian is unreliable and temporarily blocks them, they will have no way to enter the sky and no way to enter the earth.

The loss of the sea-locked defense line means that the entire Shandong and Henan defense lines will collapse soon, and there is no possibility of supporting them. If you want to survive, you must have longer legs and faster feet than others, but will Xiao Kuian lead his troops to escape with them. Going to Guanzhong to vote for Chen Zhihu, even Liu Tingzhou, who single-handedly promoted Xiao Kuian as the commander, couldn’t say…

“Since it is unreliable, Master Liu must make a decision!” Dong Yuan stared at Liu Tingzhou and said word by word. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter