In the depths of the Taihang Mountains, in the high and deep gorge called Baijingkou, the alternating continuous roar shook the shallow snow and dust on the top of the mountain, and tore through the cumulus clouds that were low pressure between the mountains.

The shells fired by dozens of staggered artillery guns from all sides with arc-shaped long and short trajectories penetrated into the camps and garrisons of the Hedong Army, and from time to time with blood foam, stumps, broken armor and dirty snow, the masses rose and fell; But the other party is still stoically forming a formation, and counterattacking with sporadic flying bows and arrows, stubbornly showing his presence.

Then a group of flying fire thunder was thrown out from close range, with dense poisonous smoke and flames, which spread rapidly in the camp of the Hedong Army. Now they could no longer hold on for long, and countless figures that were ignited into flames or burned on their body parts, and even heart-rending coughs, howls, and wails, fled from the smoke and fire that covered the sky and the sun, and abandoned the fortifications and camps;

There were even people who panicked or were dizzy, and rushed to the position of the Huai army and were killed or captured on the spot.

As a result, this defeat was out of control, and the defeated crowd with no way out was defeated and retreated for more than ten miles directly along the bank of the Hengshui River, which runs through the deep gorge; He was pursued by the tail in several swimmings, and trampled to death and drowned many people in shock, until he stopped at the foot of the small town of Lingchuan in the northwest.

Then, the number of survivors who are disgraced and disgraced is less than two or three out of ten. Next, they were forcibly rejected by the defenders with anxious and uneasy faces, and they did not hesitate to shoot dozens of people on the spot, only to disperse the more than 1,000 defeated troops who gathered under the city and screamed on the door.

And further north, there are already some fine snow particles fluttering in the cold wind, and the flying fox between Yanshan and Taihang Mountain, also known as Lingqiu Road,

Wang Yuan, the vanguard envoy of the Ulzhou Metropolitan Governor's Authority, who had been reappointed as the Yanshan North Road, led a group of descendants of the mountain who had gathered from Hongshan Pass and were good at mountain warfare, and together with the two battalions of stragglers sent by Huaizhen from Bauhinia Pass, they made a difficult trek and climbed between the winding paths of the lofty mountains and mountains.

I saw that the cliffs on both sides of the gorge were like knives and axes, and there was a line of blue sky above the head, the widest place was eight or nine meters, and the narrowest place was only two or three meters. Its majestic and beautiful state is indeed rare in the north, and all the people who look forward to it are shocked and frightened!

When walking in the meantime, it can be seen that the gorge is sometimes wide and narrow, sometimes high and sometimes low, and sometimes stands in the way of steep and steep walls, and there is a feeling that there is no way out of the mountains and rivers; From time to time, the peaks and loops turned, and the sun poured down from the high cliff, and the mood was like a willow and a flower, and suddenly opened up. The sky is like a curvy ribbon, and the clouds like flowers on it seem small,

Some areas are still unrelated to the sun all year round, even on a sunny day, it is cloudy and windy and difficult to see the sky, and some shady places on the top of the mountain are covered with snow all year round, and even in dog days, it is a cold wind and chill. There is also the endless sound of birds and beasts, so that the business travelers who walk in the middle of it, and there is no shortage of people who have been creepy all year round!

Until he passed through this period of time known as the "Forty Miles of Black Wind Cave", Xiao Xiaoran after the big crack of the Black Stone Ridge. Separated by a sudden drop of a deep trench and a wide suspension bridge, the opposite Hedong Army set up a walled city and stronghold in the area of the majestic Wutai Mountain.

Before the heavy snow in winter closes the mountain, seize the gateway and passage into Hedong as much as possible at all costs, and even establish a solid frontier stronghold in Hedong, this is what they can hope for and pursue as the children of Qianpinglu who have been temporarily retained to serve.

whether it is a temporary stay, and facing the fate of being sent away; Or is it the starting point to have the most basic place and foundation for promotion among the emerging Huaizhen forces; It depends on the role and final performance of these Pinglu soldiers who have been specially selected from the large number of surrendered troops to be the most tenacious and daring to fight.

And there is still one road between the two roads that are hundreds of miles apart from the south and the north, which is a sneaking offensive launched from Jingcheng, which has initially stabilized;

A sufficiently replenished and strengthened vanguard regiment, mainly composed of Fujian cadastral soldiers, has already broken through the Manjia City and the Mianman River Estuary in the middle of Jingcheng North Road in one go, and the soldiers have come under the Chengtian Military City where the old Niangzi Pass is located; From here, the northern gateway of the five states of the Shangdang Basin, which is the eastern part of the river and the Shangdang Basin, the so-called Pingding Shangcheng (now Yangquan City, Shaanxi) is only ten miles away.

And this is the so-called Wang Gui, the town guard envoy who is now sitting in Hebei, has subsequently promoted and launched the corresponding strategic deployment;

It is mainly to concentrate the limited resources and supplement the surplus in the new control area, and under the overall defensive position that echoes each other relative to the southern line of Henan and the Huai and Wei lines in the central part of the country; The inner line zone from the northern part of Hebei to the Yanshan area took the initiative to launch a local counterattack on the three roads in the east direction of Hedong;

In order to contain and weaken the pressure and attacks on the central and southern fronts to a limited extent.

And south of the Great River, with the continuous famine and man-made disasters in various places, the Great Cloud Sect Rebellion once again ushered in a new climax and heyday.

In particular, with the river being cut off and blockaded by the motley "water army" formed by the Dayun sect at all costs, and losing support and transportation from the sea, the fall of Lin'an City, the capital of Hangzhou, which had been trapped for several months; The high-level leaders of the Great Cloud Sect can't wait to start a new round of plans to "move the capital".

In Jiangxi Province, which had already occupied two states and about nine cities, and once again defeated Fa Dali, the leader of the Dayun Sect, and Jin Qiude, the military advisor from Hongzhou and Tanzhou, who had sent troops one after another, also made an exception and received a decent edict; The former was the inspector of the school Shangshu Zuocheng, and the envoy of the Duan Wu Festival, and the latter was the left senator of Jiangxi to the political secretary and the queen of the festival.

At the same time, there is also a request that the Great Cloud Sect be responsible for attacking the powerful factions in various places, according to their respective status, official positions and strengths, for the grand occasion of the Great Cloud Sect's next move to Lin'an, part of the amount of money and human service.

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Of course, for me, the unexpected joy of the high pet rate to vote, except for the scenery and momentum on the surface, is not as easy to settle and dismiss as Liu Yanqing.

First of all, he and Liu Yanqing went out alone and brought back those miscellaneous old subordinates and local soldiers and civilians of Jinghu Xingsi; Or it has been abandoned by the upper echelons and the dragons are leaderless, and most of the generals have been sent back to the south by me, and the hearts of the people and the troops stationed in Ki that have been completely scattered are different;

Gao Zhong led a relatively well-formed army, and still had high prestige and appeal among his subordinates; This is certainly an advantage and bonus against the enemy, but for Huaizhen, which is developing rapidly under my leadership, it is a potential obstacle and disadvantage.

Secondly, although the Shu army under his command and Huaizhen had a long-term trade relationship, they lacked direct cooperation on the battlefield or fought side by side.

Therefore, his subordinates cannot casually disperse and resettle, or directly select, retrench and reorganize, because if they are not careful, more new incidents will arise and disturb the rear of Henan, where Huaizhen has initially settled down.

Moreover, it is the definition of Gao Zhong's own identity and status, and he is also a figure who has been my former boss, and he has served as the Xishu Xingsi and the queen of Guannei, and can be called one of the northern marshals of the same level as me;

If I suddenly give a high position or a heavy responsibility next to me when I first arrived, it will not only be obviously unfair to Xin Jiaxuan, Zhao Long and others who have been my deputies and companions for a long time, but also destroy the promotion system and power structure that have constituted a virtuous circle, and it is not conducive to the stability within the system.

However, if the status and rights given are low, then it will inevitably be deliberately humiliated and suppressed, and it can easily become a pretext and reason for the attacks of those opposition forces, which is also a big obstacle to my current appeal and prestige.

As the saying goes, it is difficult to convince the public if it is high, and it is difficult to explain it if it is low.

Therefore, for this person, my original disposal strategy was to slowly deal with it coldly, and complete the infiltration and co-optation of the troops in the difficulties and difficulties forced by reality, but I did not take into account the factor of Gao Pet taking the initiative to vote.

At this time, I heard the report again, but it was Lu Wuguan and Xin Jiaxuan, two relatives, who came to visit at the same time, and I couldn't help but feel relieved, but I found that I had some magic obstacles.

Why bother to let myself bother and struggle with this kind of thing, naturally there are other people who have a stake in it to share and discuss a more appropriate conclusion.

(End of chapter)