Groups of armored cavalry marched through Yicheng County in an endless stream, trampling the wheat fields that were about to ear into unrecognizable. These were the cavalry who were urgently transferred from Jinan to the north to aid Yanjing. They had been arriving since the 19th
Continuously, without interruption.
Although there is a galloping road to the west of Yannan, if they all take the five or six foot wide galloping road, the tens of thousands of cavalry rushing to Yanjing will not be much faster than the infantry brigade. At present, in order to speed up the march, there is no way to go directly except
There is a large river in front of me, so I have to stop to rest, eat, and pass through the narrow pontoon one by one. In other places, I try my best to gain time and speed, walking through fields, wading in water, and sliding down slopes and valleys. There is no way.
No need to hurry...
Naheduodi walked astride his horse, surrounded by his cavalry. His left leg was lame in the battle of Yangxin, and it never fully recovered, but it did not affect the horse-riding and horse-fighting - he had no command.
Thousands of cavalrymen marched across the battlefield in triumph, but in their hearts there was only an indelible gloom and a heroic spirit of fighting to the death.
The second child was unconscious and his life or death was uncertain. The Queen Mother and the princes and ministers rejected the proposal to abandon the capital and decided to stick to Yanjing. What choice did Ye Jiduo have? He could only lead the 30,000 cavalry in Jinan to rush to Yanjing and let go.
Give it a try and bet the final fate of Dayan on the decisive battle of Yan Ji!
Ye Jiduo didn't even think about how bad the impact of the collapse of the Suohai Defense Line would be on the Henan and Shandong Defense Lines, and whether it might cause the collapse of the entire defense line. He now only hopes to sustain it for another month or two.
Even if we support it for another ten or twenty days, the situation may change slightly...
There were scattered farmers at the head of the field, watching from a distance as the Yanhu cavalry trampled the wheat fields. As long as the farmers came to bother them because of the destroyed wheat fields, the cavalry would not care about driving away the onlookers, and they would not even care whether there were any Huaidong Army soldiers.
The eyeliner is hidden in it.
"Just let them go to aid 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 hoes in their hands, watching the large group of Yanhu cavalry passing by in the distance.
"Go back first and then talk about it." Luo Shoushan said in a suppressed voice. Seeing that it was getting late, he made gestures with a few informants on the periphery, and retreated to Zhao's village with Zhou Xingwu first. After nightfall, he used the cover of night to sneak into the southeast of Luancheng.
In Cangyan Village.
Cangyan Village was originally a civilian village. Just ten days ago, Luo Shoushan led two battalions of the Taihang Mountain ** Town Division to lurk in Cangyan Village, driving a large group of Yanhu cavalry to pass through Yicheng. Luo Shoushan
Only then did I go down the mountain to find out the situation myself.
After climbing up the mountain, we rushed to Cangyan Village. It was almost dawn. Wu Jingze, the military commander, led another three battalions of soldiers and horses to come to support. This increased the number of troops gathered at the east foot of the central line of Taihang Mountain to 3,000. It is also the first town in Taihang Mountain.
The most elite first brigade of the division; Wei Zhongjun, the commander of the army, also rushed over to grasp the latest battle situation.
Luo Shoushan and Zhou Xingwu ignored the exhaustion of climbing the mountain and gathered around the oil lamp to report to Wu Jingze the situation of the Yanhu Jinan cavalry crossing the border from Yicheng outside the mountain: "There should be more cavalry crossing the border tomorrow. If we send troops decisively, we can bite them.
Tail it..."
"Hu Gouzi won't go to Taiyuan via Jingxing, 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 Eighth Routes of Taihang. It is the main and most important passage connecting the Jizhong Plain and the Jinjiang River. This road is strange and dangerous, crossing the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains. There is a saying that "cars cannot square the track, and riding cannot
The so-called "Chenglie" is the sixth fortress among the nine fortresses in the world.
When deducing the battle situation before the war, the military department repeatedly deduced various possibilities for the Yan captives to abandon Yanjing and flee westward.
The Yan captives abandoned Yanjing and fled westward. There were three routes: one was to take Puyinxing and flee to Datong; the other was to take Junduxing and pass through Juyongguan to escape to Xuanfu; the other was to take Jingxing and flee to Taiyuan. Both Datong and Xuanfu were
If you live too far in the north, once the Yan captives in Yanjing flee to Datong and Xuanfu, it will be difficult to keep track of the captive soldiers who are still in Henan and Shandong defense lines at this time, so the possibility of fleeing to Taiyuan via Jingxing Road is higher.
The purpose of temporarily reorganizing the Taihang Mountain ** Town Division before the war was to prevent the Yan captives from escaping to Taiyuan via Jingxing and prolonging the war indefinitely. For more than a month, the ** Town Division had been traveling from the southern foot of Taihang Mountain to Jingxing Road.
Move nearby, from the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains to the dangerous middle section of Jingxing Road. There are many dangerous terrains that can completely intercept the enemy.
Since the Yan captives wanted to abandon the capital and even mobilized soldiers and horses from Jinan to assist Yan and Hebei, the plan to intercept and retreat the enemy at Jingxing Road would naturally fall into vain...
Luo Shoushan, Zhou Xingwu and other generals, including generals from the Taihang Mountains, naturally did not want to miss this battle, and did not want to be unable to make a single contribution. Since Hu Gouzi did not intend to escape from Jingxing to the west, they wanted to pull their troops out of the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains to fight in the field.
The military headquarters also anticipated this situation and did not advocate leaving the Taihang Mountains too early. After all, the combat power of the ** town division was relatively weak. The twenty four-pound light artillery forged in the mountains also had limited ammunition and could not withstand
After spending a few battles, there was no condition for fighting a large group of Yanhu cavalry in the open plains of southwestern Hebei.
"Should we fight Yangquan?" Wei Zhonglong also wanted to fight a big battle, but on the whole he had to obey the unified deployment of the military department. Unless the military department has the latest instructions, unless there is an excellent fighter opportunity that needs to be seized immediately, otherwise it cannot be done because of
He is eager to fight but goes against the overall situation. He cannot go out to fight in the mountains, but Yangquan is located in the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains, so attacking Yangquan does not violate the overall battle plan of the military department.
Wu Jingze frowned and thought carefully, and said: "Hu Gouzi will not flee from Jingjing to Taiyuan at this time, but it does not mean that after they suffered a big defeat in Jinhai, they will not flee from Jingjing to Taiyuan - we are attacking Yangquan at this time
, will alert the snake, and eventually the remnants of the Yan captives will escape towards Datong and Xuanfu. In that case, the pursuit will be a lot more troublesome in the future. I think it is better to wait and wait for the remaining enemies to fall into the trap..."
Wei Zhonglong frowned, eager to fight a few battles, but he thought that the enemy in Yangquan had less than 2,000 people, and fighting would not be satisfying. He could not fight for a while, and waited for the remnants of the Yan captives to escape from Jingxing to the west after the defeat of Jinhai.
If they can really get a chance to fight a big battle - as long as they can organize their troops differently, the Yanlu will probably choose to go to Taiyuan via Jingxing if they want to join up with the remaining soldiers who have been withdrawn from the Henan and Shandong defense lines.
"Okay, listen to you, we will be patient and hold our troops for a while, waiting for the remnant enemy to come over." Wei Zhonglong said.
Luo Shoushan muttered: "If we fail again, we won't be able to win a battle."
Wu Jingze laughed and said: "There is no way to win a battle. After Yanjing is captured, Huaiyang and Changhuai Army will be responsible for recovering Shandong and Henan. Changshan Army will be responsible for recovering Guanzhong, but Jinzhong is suffering.
We have been recently, are we afraid that we have nothing to fight for?"
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The news that the Dengzhou Navy was completely destroyed after not being able to survive even one day, and that the Suohai Defense Line was completely torn apart by the Huaidong Army, was delayed until the 22nd before reaching Xuchang.
For the people in Xuchang who had been fully expecting the Huaidong Army and the Chang Huai Army to send troops from Xuzhou for the Northern Expedition before the 22nd, this was undoubtedly a slap in the face, which made their eyesight go dark.
Prior to this, Dong Yuan was preparing for Xuchang's self-reliance and had publicly publicized the fact that Chongguo Gong Lin was tampering, which had opened the prelude to Lin's downfall.
There was no turning back when the bow was fired, which opened the prelude to the fall of Lin, and there was no possibility of making peace with the Huaidong Army. Dong Yuan, Liu Tingzhou, and Yuan Guizheng also resolutely broke with the Huaidong Army and resisted to the end.
Prior to this, Dong Yuan continuously mobilized troops and generals, changed the defensive deployment on the periphery of Xuchang, pulled out heavy troops from the northern front, and deployed them to the south of Xuchang, intending to contain the Xuzhou, Huaiyang and Guoyang flanks for Yanhu.
To weaken the Huaidong Army’s Northern Expedition...
Who would have thought that Xu Shou's Huaiyang Army stood still, and Chang Huai's Army in Woyang also stood still, and that the Suohai Defense Line, which Yan Hu regarded as the "golden fortress", actually fell in just two or three days.
Was it torn apart by the Huaidong Army?
Yuan Guizheng just laughed madly, and after repeatedly confirming that the news about the collapse of Beiyan's Suohai defense line was correct, he silently turned around and left; Yuan Jinsheng was worried and chased after him, and then saved his father who was about to hang himself from a beam.
, looked at each other and cried for a long time, only to feel that there was no way to go.
Liu Tingzhou also lost all his energy and energy overnight, and his tangled hair turned into a head full of snowy silk.
And Ren Jiwei, who had been staying in Xuchang to liaise with the two armies, became a headless fly - Yuzhou was still actively preparing for the establishment of a new emperor, and Cao Yiqu was still dreaming of "serving the emperor's orders but not submitting to them", etc.
The news of the destruction of the Beiyan Dengzhou Navy was passed here, at least half a month later.
Dong Yuan sat in the quiet room all night, and Chen Juxian sat outside the quiet room, fearing that he would not be able to withstand such a big blow and Xueyuan would return to power. The whole night was silent, and the grass grew and its leaves grew. On the 23rd
In the early morning of the morning, the door of the quiet room opened from the inside. Chen Juxian saw the messenger coming out of the quiet room. The frost on his temples seemed thicker than yesterday.
"Send someone to invite Mr. Liu, Mr. Yuan, Mr. Ren, and Zhong Rong!" Dong Yuan's face was as dark as water, and there was no trace of panic on his face. He seemed to be confident and well prepared.
Liu Tingzhou, Yuan Guizheng and Ren Jiwei rushed over in despair. They didn't think Dong Yuan could come up with any good ideas, but when things got desperate, everyone still needed to pool their wisdom to have a chance to tide over the difficulties.
"Let's leave immediately," Dong Yuan stared at Liu Tingzhou, Yuan returned to power, Chen Juxian, Zhong Rong, Ren Jiwei and others, and said, "We must leave Xuchang immediately and join Chen Zhihu, regardless of Luo Jian and Liang Chengdong...
"
"How can Ye Ji Luorong give way?" Yuan Guizheng asked.
They sacrificed Liang Chengdong and Luo Jian, and even wanted to conceal the news of the destruction of the entire Dengzhou Navy from them. They wanted to use them to attract the attention of the Changhuai Army and the Changshan Army, which was likely to advance from the north of Fangcheng.
This will buy them time to evacuate Xuchang. However, to escape to Guanzhong to join Chen Zhihu, they must borrow a passage from Hezhong Prefecture. How can Ye Jiluo Rong, who is in Hezhong Prefecture, give way at this time?
"If the sea-locking defense line is lost, and Beiyan is in Henan, the morale of the Shandong defense line will suddenly collapse, and Hezhong Prefecture cannot be defended," Dong Yuan said, "Ye Ji Luorong will not understand this truth. When we go to Guanzhong, Ye Ji
Luo Rong will also seize the time to retreat to southern Shanxi. As long as we pose no threat to him, he will not block our way..." At this point, Dong Yuan paused and stared at Liu Tingzhou, "The most critical issue at the moment is
, is Xiao Kuian reliable?"
In order to defeat Lin, Dong Yuan had previously transferred Xiao Kui'an's troops, who had a close relationship with Lin Fu, from the front of Fangcheng to the north. Therefore, Xiao Kui'an's troops were just in the way of their escape to Hezhong Mansion. If Xiao Kui'an was unreliable, he would temporarily block them.
, they will have no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth.
The fall of the Suohai defense line means that the entire Shandong and Henan defense lines will soon collapse and there will be no possibility of support. If you want to survive, you must have longer legs and faster feet than others, but will Xiao Kui'an lead his troops to escape with them?
When he went to Guanzhong to join Chen Zhihu, even Liu Tingzhou, who single-handedly promoted Xiao Kui'an to be the commander, couldn't say for sure...
"Since it is unreliable, Mr. Liu must make a decision!" Dong Yuan stared at Liu Tingzhou and said word by word.