Lord of the House - v12 Chapter 78

The tents were scattered, but more soldiers were scattered west of the Wei River in clusters.

Tong Huacheng, the supervisor of the West Temple, was reining in his horse, looking at the messy barracks, his haggard face pressed down with extremely dignified emotions, it was difficult for him to squeeze a smile.

Fan Wenlan, who had been waiting for a long time, watched Tong Huacheng, surrounded by the cavalry, arrived in time, and strode over to greet him: “General Tong…”

“Lord Fan,” Tong Huacheng got off his horse, greeted Fan Wenlan, and asked in a low voice when he got closer, “How is the emperor?”

Fan Wenlan shook his head, almost writing frustration on his face and asking, “How is the situation in Qingzhou?”

“The Huaidong Army’s troops in Yizhou are also pressing up. Linqu is under a lot of pressure, and General He can’t escape in Linzi.” Tong Huacheng was dignified and briefly explained Ludong’s situation to Fan Wenlan. The sea-locking line of defense was torn apart, and the Dengzhou navy was wiped out. Beiyan’s troops in Dengzhou had no way to pose any threat to the Huaidong Army, which was heading north by sea, but had to face the troops in Yizhou and Xuzhou. The Huaidong army in the other places threatened northward, “Huaidong’s fire crossbow is mainly equipped on warships, but there are not many horse infantry troops, otherwise the broken car and inkstone gate will not be able to defend for a few days. In this case, the key is to be able to do this here. support…”

Fan Wenlan nodded with a heavy heart. Everyone knew that the destruction of the Dengzhou Naval Division and the fall of Jinhai would have a negative impact and pressure on the peripheral defense lines of Henan and Shandong. The width and depth can drag them for a longer time.

But the key is to look at Yanjing. If Yanjing can’t keep it, even if the defense depth of Shandong and Henan is doubled, it will not escape the result of a thousand miles in the end.

The war had already eroded to such a degree that He Xiongqi had to stay in Linzi to support the Ludong front. Tong Hua became the military report spying probe of the West Temple Supervisor, but staying in the south would have no effect, so he rushed back to Yanjing to assist Ye Ji. More Dysprosium – Yanjing needs to know more about the generals of the Huaidong Army.

Fan Wenlan said: “Fortunately here, the Wei River, the Guoshui River and the Chaobai River were dug up in time, which not only greatly reduced the water volume of the Guoshui River and the Chaobai River, but also turned Anxu and other places into a swamp country, and the Jinhai Shu millet was densely planted. , all hindered the rapid westward advance of the Huaidong Army, but the key is the lack of troops…”

The dense planting of sorghum (aka sorghum) was also popularized by Lin when he ran Jinhai. In May, the sorghum in the west of Jinhai was nearly as tall as a person, and the dense sorghum land seriously hindered the expansion of the horse infantry army in the flat land area. The river embankments of the Guoshui River, Chaobai River, and Wei River were dug, and the water level of the river was greatly reduced, and the roads and farmland on both sides of the river were destroyed, turning them into a swamp country and hindering the westward march of the Huaidong Infantry.

Fan Wenlan felt a little relieved, knowing that Ye Jiduo was urgently going north to help. Although he could not hold Jinhai City, which was close to the coast, it still effectively delayed the westward advance of the Huaidong Army. As long as Yanjing could not support it, the situation would It’s not that there’s no chance of redemption.

“I came here in a hurry, but on the way I heard that another 30,000 soldiers and horses were gathered in Beijing. How did these 30,000 soldiers and horses get together?” Tong Huacheng heard Fan Wenlan complain about the lack of troops and asked about the reinforcements.

“Grandpa Wu Gu just brought reinforcements to set up camp in the north. The three kings asked me to wait for you to come, and then go together,” Fan Wenlan said, “you will know when you go and see…”

The three rivers in Gyeonggi and the Weihe River are the main waterways connecting the Yellow River to the south. The former residence is the first of the three rivers. It flows from north to south and divides the land of Yannan into two parts. Today, Beiyan’s troops and horses in the south of Yanjing City are mainly concentrated in the west of Weihe River. .

Tong Huacheng didn’t say much, and asked Hu Qi to give up a horse to Fan Wenlan and galloped to Beiying together. He had not seen Ye Jiduodi and Nahe Wugu, but he saw that many soldiers in Beiying A boy of thirteen or fourteen years old, Tong Huacheng asked Fan Wenlan with a solemn expression, “Why are they all babies?”

“The emperor has not woken up yet. The queen mother issued an decree to punish the children of the royal family and their tribes over the age of 12 to join the army to defend the capital, and did not dare to draw troops from Shandong and Henan. 20,000 of the 30,000 reinforcements were gathered so urgently. “Fan Wenlan said, “Otherwise, can we draw troops from there?”

Tong Huacheng listened to Fan Wenlan’s statement that this was the Queen Mother’s decree, and felt bitter in his heart, he couldn’t say anything, and he couldn’t help but look for his two children.

Affected by the annihilation of the Dengzhou navy and the ruthless tearing and piercing of the sea defense line, the Yan soldiers on the defense lines in Shandong and Henan were all in danger, and the defense lines were also in jeopardy. It is impossible to draw troops from the outer defense line to help Yanjing, and a single draw is likely to lead to a major collapse of the entire defense line.

In the Southern Dynasties, apart from the Northern Expedition soldiers and horses who went directly north by sea, the Changshan Army in Xiangyang and Nanyang, the Changhuai Army in Zhengyang and Guoyang, and the Huaiyang Army in Xuzhou and Yizhou, there were almost 150,000 elites. In addition to the Infantry Brigade, there are about 100,000 new brigades, reserve brigades, and workers and brigades. After entering May, they advanced northward at the same time, advancing on Wuguan, Ruzhou, Yanling, Yingshui, Jining, Linqu, etc. land.

Although the battles in the hinterland of Henan and Shandong have not yet become violent, they should be able to imagine that they are waiting for the moment when Yanjing falls or the will of Beiyan’s troops on the defensive line can no longer support it…

No more troops could be drawn from the Shandong and Henan defense lines. Although the reinforcements from Datong and Xuanfu were not blocked, but Datong and Xuanfu were located on the inner line, and the garrison was limited.

Liaoyang, an important city in the northern capital of Beiyan, has a large number of garrisoned troops, including 20,000 elite cavalry. But if Liaoyang troops and horses can be urgently transferred, they have to go through the Liaoxi Corridor.

The Liaoxi Corridor to the north of Yuguan Pass is nearly 300 miles long, but only 30 to 40 miles deep. With such a shallow depth, as long as the Huaidong Army finds a river to pierce the Liaoxi Corridor, it can intercept the channel through which Liaoyang troops and horses go south to help each other.

In the face of more and more Huaidong Army troops landing in Jinhai, Yanjing had to increase the number of defensive troops accordingly, and could only call up the young boys of Donghu—looking at these naive, newborn calves who were not afraid of tigers. The young generals looked at their faces with proud and excited expressions. At this time, they still had a lot of longing for the war. They were completely unaware of the cruelty of the war. Fan Wenlan just felt that the future was bleak.

Seeing that Fan Wenlan was in a bad mood, Tong Huacheng comforted him and said: “In those days when Hu Hu led the Jingbei army to attack Gulun, the late emperor also mobilized the young people of the entire clan to pick up weapons, and finally told us to defend the clan and survive the most difficult years. – This time will be no exception.”

Speaking of Su Hu and the Jingbei Army, Fan Wenlan felt even more desolate. At least during the Jingbei Army period, Liaodong was still under the jurisdiction of Yuanyue. In the end, it wasn’t the Donghu people who won the battle, but Su Hu was involved in a treason case, and the whole family was executed, leading to the collapse of the Jingbei Army; can there be such good luck this time?

Fan Wenlan took Su Hu directly to the big tent of Yanying, and without needing to report, when he walked to the tent, he heard Ye Jiduodi and Nahe Wugu arguing in the tent.

“Fuck,” Ye Jiduo said in a high-pitched voice, full of anger that could no longer be suppressed, and slapped the table vigorously, “That’s right, the Huaidong Army’s elite step brigade is spreading out to the two wings, approaching Yan with a force of pincer attack. Beijing, but it doesn’t mean that the Huaidong Army’s unmoved middle route is really empty. We can’t see the reality of the Huaidong Army, so we rashly concentrate our forces between the Guoshui River and Chaobai River. The main force killed, the consequences are unimaginable, we will lose the last chance…”

“The Huaidong army is divided into three groups, which is also a good opportunity for us to divide and attack each of them,” Na Hewugu’s voice was old and low, and his patience sounded better than Ye Jiduodi’s, “At this time, we don’t concentrate our forces to attack. All the way, do we have to wait for hundreds of thousands of Huaidong troops to gather under the city of Yanjing to fight to the death?”

Fan Wenlan and Tong Huacheng didn’t care about the face of Ye Jiduo’s quarrel with Na Hexiong Wugu, so they hurried in and saw that in addition to Ye Jiduo and Nahe Wugu, there were many other generals in the tent. The choice has been quarreling for a while.

Tong Huacheng was born in the Tong family and is a son of the eighth clan of Yandong. At this time, he spoke more weight than Fan Wenlan, and persuaded Na Hewu to say: “Grandpa, at this time, you can’t see the reality of the Huaidong Army Infantry Brigade. Hastily concentrated all the troops in the middle…”

“The queen mother wants us to block the enemy from outside the imperial capital. Right now, it seems that only by taking advantage of the opportunity of the enemy’s troops to divide into three paths, and our army concentrating on attacking one way, can it be possible to block the enemy from outside the imperial capital,” Na Hewugu said. His face was dark purple and wrinkled, like a black date, and said, “If the third prince does not agree with my proposal, please ask the third prince to explain to the queen mother…”

Ye Jiduo was also very angry with Na He Wugu’s stinky face, and when he flipped his sleeves, he shook his armor so loudly, and stopped arguing with Na He Wugu.

It’s just that Na Hewugu brought the opinions of the queen mother and the princes and ministers. Although Ye Jiduodi was the prince, he could not violate it. He could only gallop to Yanjing that night, hoping that there would be room for recovery.

Tong Huacheng and Fan Wenlan could only wait for news at Weihejin Camp.

In mid-May, the land of Yanji also began to enter summer. Although Tong Huacheng was physically and mentally exhausted, he couldn’t fall asleep. He turned over in the early morning and came to find Fan Wenlan.

Fan Wenlan also hadn’t slept soundly all night. When Tong Huacheng came over, he was looking at the map by the oil lamp in the marching tent. The sign of the Huaidong Army’s marching route was prepared on the map.

Seeing Tong Huacheng coming over, Fan Wenlan put down the map: “Tonight is rare without a fight, General Tong woke up so early…”

“There is no news from the third prince~www.mtlnovel.com~ I can’t sleep.” Tong Huacheng said.

“It’s only been one night, how can there be news so soon?” Fan Wenlan said with relief, and then looked northward worriedly. Wei Hejin is less than a hundred miles away from Yanjing City. It is possible to return, but I really don’t know if the people in Yanjing will change their minds.

Tong Huacheng picked up the map on the table.

After winning Jinhai in the first ten days of May, the Huaidong Army in Jinhai was divided into two groups, one along the Chaobai River and the other westward along the Guoshui River. The Huaidong Army’s infantry brigade has a very strong defense, especially along the road westward. The daily advance is less than 20 miles. It is extremely stable, so that Ye Jiduodi has been unable to grasp the fighter from the flank, so he can only withdraw his troops and horses. West of the Wei River.

However, it was only two hundred miles from Jinhai to Yanjing. No matter how slow the advance of the Huaidong Army was, half a month would be enough to push it under the city of Yanjing.

It is not unreasonable for the people in Yanjing City to ask Ye Jiduodi to concentrate his forces on the middle route, to defeat the Huaidong Army, and block the enemy’s capital.

At this time, I can’t see the fact that the Huaidong Army is in the middle, but the Huaidong Army spreads its troops and horses on the flanks and the seemingly empty middle, like a **** mouth, and it is about to swallow the entire Yanjing City…

Chaobai River and Eddy River are rivers that generally flow from east to west. , but the chances are not that great.

Tong Huacheng and Fan Wenlan waited for the news at the Weihejin camp, and the news didn’t come back until noon, but the news was worse than they thought: Ye Jiduodi stayed in Yanjing, served as Yanjing’s left-behind, and defended Qiaojin. As the center, the soldiers and horses assembled in the west of the Weihe River are under the supervision of the veteran Nahewugu… My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter