In Hetai County, Xu Teng, who finally escaped back, didn't have time to sigh why he had been defeated so badly before, so he hurriedly began to gather troops to prepare the defense line.

But with the remaining 50,000 or 60,000 people he has now, can he prevent it?

Most likely, no!

Xu Teng also knew this, so he soon repaired a letter and sent it to Yuan Yonghan in the east.

What does the letter say?

It means, Brother Yuan, we used to fight and fight, but isn't there a saying that says, if you don't fight, you won't know each other.

In the past, we fought back and forth, but it was just a small fight, and it was not a big hatred.

Now, if Lin Ziran's bastard is killed, he will see that Hetai County will be lost, and as soon as I am finished, Lin Ziran's unification of Nanhai Prefecture will become an established fact, and a Lin Ziran who has unified Nanhai Prefecture, what will he do next? will definitely follow the path of Duke Meng and go eastward.

Judging from the topography and traffic conditions of several counties around Nanhai Prefecture, if Nanhai Prefecture wants to expand in the future, it is inevitable to attack Dongding Prefecture.

And if Lin Ziran wants to attack Dongdingzhou, your territory will be the first to be beaten, maybe Lin Ziran will collude with the other two feudal towns in Dongdingzhou to fight you together.

So, even if it's for the sake of your own territory safety, you can't let Lin Ziran unify Nanhai Prefecture.

Now looking at the entire Nanhai Prefecture, there is still the ability and determination to prevent Lin Ziran from unifying the Nanhai Prefecture, and only I, Xu, am left.

But now I have fewer troops, fewer weapons, less ammunition, and less money, so you can give me some support.

And in the end, Xu Teng changed his words, saying that if you don't support me, don't blame me for breaking the jar and falling, when the time comes, Lao Tzu will be ruthless, and directly surrender to Lin Ziran, and then lead the army to fight for the vanguard of the Southern Navy, and take down part of your territory Brother Yuan as a vote.

In that case, Lao Tzu can still mix well under Lin Ziran, and he can't be a state commander or something, but there should be no problem in mixing with a military commander or something in the future.

After Yuan Yonghan received the letter, he almost vomited blood in anger, this Xu Teng was even more shameless than he imagined, and even threatened him to take refuge in Lin Ziran and beat him in turn if he didn't give support.

However, after calming down, I looked at the letter carefully, and found that Xu Teng said so, but the purpose was still to support.

He has fought with Xu Teng for many years, and he knows Xu Teng's character very well, this person is not a person who is willing to live under others, and he is ambitious.

Yes, since Xu Teng wants assistance, he will give it, anyway, what Xu Teng said is right, Lin Ziran can't easily unify Nanhai Prefecture, otherwise, the first unlucky person will be Yuan Yonghan.

Around Nanhai Prefecture, the southeast is the semi-inland sea of Shayang Bay, and the southwest is Ningyu Prefecture, which is mountainous and jungled, agriculture is general, and commerce is more general, and Ningyu Prefecture is the Kingdom of Danna further south, this Kingdom of Danna used to be the younger brother of the Daheng Kingdom, and now, it is the younger brother of Ningyu Prefecture.

Speaking of which, Ningyu Prefecture is not easy to fight, and there is not much oil and water to fight.

To the northeast is Zhongluo Prefecture, which does not have much oil and water, half of the places are deserts, and the remaining half of the places are also a few feudal towns, not to mention the chaos, and the people's livelihood and commerce are extremely poor.

Due north is Quyang Prefecture, this state is a good place, the Luo River flows through, the area is relatively large, almost two Nanhai Prefectures are large, the population is also large, the industry, although the ordinary civilian industry is average, but the heavy industry of the people is very good, its Quyang Arsenal is the second largest arsenal in the empire in the Daheng era.

In addition, there are also three major feudal towns in Quyang Prefecture facing each other, and any feudal town is armed with hundreds of thousands of troops.

However, the reason why Duke Meng did not go north back then was not because Zhongluo Prefecture was barren or Quyang Prefecture was strong, but because of the Nanxiang Mountains!

The Nanxiang Mountains, stretching from the ocean in the west to the endless sea in the east, spread for thousands of miles, except for a few places where the army can be passed, other places are difficult to cross.

And some of the places where the army can pass are basically the focus of the defense of both sides, and it will be more troublesome if it really starts.

If it weren't for the Nanxiang Mountains and the Bank of Nanhai Prefecture in the early years, many of the chaotic feudal towns in Nanhai Prefecture would have been wiped out by the armies of Zhongluo Prefecture or Quyang Prefecture.

Purely from the perspective of terrain, if the Southern Navy wants to go north, in fact, the best way is to make a detour to Dongdingzhou.

There was a saying in the time of Duke Meng: to go east is to go north

Dongding Prefecture, located in the east of Nanhai Prefecture, is about the same area as Nanhai Prefecture, if the population is smaller, but the terrain is flat, agriculture and commerce are developed, and its overall strength is enough to rank among the top five in the thirteen states of Daheng.

The adjacent areas of the state and Nanhai state are mainly Hetai Heights.

But this Hetai Plateau is only a little higher, and it is a hilly terrain that is not an insurmountable terrain, as long as you take this Hetai Heights, then you can condescendingly enter Dongdingzhou, and it is a flat river.

In addition, more importantly, the main essence of Daheng is actually located in the eastern coastal areas and some central states, whether it is Nanhai Prefecture, Dongding Prefecture or Jingzhou, Pengding Prefecture and Yuchi Prefecture in the central part of the country, these are the essence of Daheng, relatively speaking, other states are much worse.

If the focus of unifying Nanhai Prefecture is to unify the Liangluo region, then the focus of unifying Daheng is to unify the eastern coastal states and a few central states, not even needing to say, as long as Lin Ziran can control the two states of Nanhai Prefecture and Dongding Prefecture, which two states together he can arm at least 500,000 troops, and then launch the battle of unifying Daheng.

These factors are also the reason why Duke Meng chose to attack Dongdingzhou as the first step of his expansion!

Because after winning Dongdingzhou, it was enough for Duke Meng to have the strength to truly dominate the world.

And this is an advantage that Ningyu Prefecture over there or Zhongluo Prefecture in the northwest or Quyang Prefecture in the north does not have.

In Yuan Yonghan's view, if Lin Ziran takes Hetai County, the next expansion direction will definitely come to Dongdingzhou.

Yuan Yonghan didn't want to see this kind of thing, so although he was very disgusted with Xu Teng, he still directly sent a large number of materials to Xu Teng, not to mention a lot of ordinary materials, even Yuan Yonghan himself didn't have many front-loading rifled guns and sent at least more than a dozen of them.

In addition, Yuan Yonghan didn't expect Xu Teng to really block Lin Ziran, he still made second-hand preparations.

He has already put the troops of the Hetai defense line into combat readiness, and once Xu Teng's side shows an unstable situation, he will let the troops immediately enter the Hetai Heights, seize the Hetai Heights, and build a new Hetai defense line.

For Yuan Yonghan, he doesn't care whether Xu Teng lives or dies, but the Hetai Heights must be controlled in his own hands, otherwise, once Lin Ziran controls the Hetai Heights, he won't be able to sleep well!

Yuan Yonghan has his own plans, and Xu Teng also has his own plans, that is, if he can block it, if he can't stop it, he will take refuge in Yuan Yonghan or Lin Ziran, first come to the fence, and then go out in the water.

And what about Lin Ziran on the other side, what is his plan?

What else can you plan, fight all the way to the high ground of Hetai.

He didn't care about the rest, but he occupied the Hetai Heights first, and then he could continue to advance eastward or close the gates.

At that time, in the face of Dongdingzhou, you will be able to advance and retreat freely