Kannai Road, in the Fufeng City of Fengxiang Mansion.

In the tent temporarily set up by the Western Army, an impassioned voice was resounding.

"Such a great river and mountain, it is actually a small piece of drug theft for the Southern Dynasty."

Standing in front of a large sand table of geographical mountains and rivers, Zhao Xi, who was quite high-spirited in the Eastern Expedition, and Zhao Xi, the head of the four-way march, pointed out the rivers and mountains

"It's God's gift, and you should take it first."

"The Son of Heaven specially ordered the generalissimo of the world to take care of the generalissimo's mansion, and now he has sent troops to take the Central Plains in three ways"

"The main attack is all the way to the Hexi Longyou Army, breaking through the Tongguan natural danger and driving the belly of the two rivers."

"Hedong all the way to the Shunyi army and the Guannei army, out of the party, Xiangguo, and into Hebei."

"Saiwai is dominated by the Jiuyuan Army and the Northern Saizhu Domain, taking the clouds and approaching Yanshan."

"A certain general moved his account to the customs to sit on the old site of Chang'an."

"At the same time, the husbands from all over the country were requisitioned and rebuilt the old capital of Xijing, thinking that it would be the choice of the Son of Heaven to stay in the future."

"The newly crowned six kings and twenty-one princes must all be helped and contributed."

"My generation should do my best to worship the Son of Heaven and return the capital."

Left near suddenly a chorus echoed in unison.

"Live up to your trust."

。。。。。。

At the same time, in the sparkling sound of military vehicles,

The brigade I remobilized was moving south along the majestic southwest foot of Taihang, and successively passed through Zhaozhou, Xiangzhou, Xingzhou, and Zhaozhou; Although it was once the essence of the hinterland of the Central Plains, there are many picturesque historical places or allusions and monuments along the way.

But I was more concerned about other things, such as the ambassadors who had taken up their posts and their captains who were ready to prepare for thieves, and the local villages and administrative areas that could be found everywhere, which had been built up like a spring of war, with the support of a large amount of grain, cloth, and production tools.

And the news from the south was still coming in a steady stream, and when I arrived in Weizhou; He led the army through the three passes of Heyang Bridge, which had been taken over and disarmed, and entered Han Liangchen's headquarters in Dujian Province, where he had basically mastered most of the local situation and began to clean up the situation in Luodu.

In addition to Luodu itself, Dugandao also has jurisdiction over the two counties of Henan and Ruzhou, and has ten counties such as Ye, Xiangcheng, Jiacheng, Lushan, Longxing, and Linru;

At present, there are about 170,000 registered accounts in documents in various parts of the country; However, due to the flight and dispersion, the takeover troops and statisticians sent by Huaizhen are only about 130,000 in situ.

Compared with the best years of the capital, just the eastern capital of Los Angeles is often known as the grand occasion of the era of one million households, which can be described as an indescribable thing. However, as long as there are people who have the land, as long as they are willing to persevere in this barren and ruined land, there is still no lack of anti-war potential and great potential.

In addition, it is the military horses of the various departments stationed in the city that are contained and managed in situ, and they belong to more than a dozen different numbers and military orders, most of which are two or three thousand, and the few are only a few hundred; From the temporary state and county regiments and garrison soldiers, to the local armies and garrison troops in Jinghu and Shannan, and then to the Gong Guards stationed in Yanbian in the past.

Although the most capable and intact part has been taken away by Wang Duanchen, there are still more than 40,000 people in the military books taken over; Of course, at present, it has actually contained more than 20,000 people, and some of them are obviously scattered spontaneously, or they are following the footsteps of Wang Duanchen's subordinates and fleeing towards Shannan Road.

Among the remaining soldiers stationed in the Huai Army, a considerable proportion of them are disabled, tired or have difficulty moving.

But after all, most of them are old soldiers from the Northern Expedition of the two capitals, as long as they are well cultivated and adjusted, and then screened and transformed, they can still continue to be used by me, and shine in different positions. Even soldiers who are disabled or old and can no longer serve can use their experience as the instructor and instructor of the second- and third-line troops.

However, one thing is fortunate that for some reason, a large number of local officials, cantonal chiefs, and team leaders appointed by the Northland Administration Department were not dismissed or taken away, but received some kind of order and waited quite calmly for the forces to come and take over.

Therefore, Han Liangchen's department, who entered the capital first, was able to grasp the basic situation inside and outside Luodu in a relatively short period of time, and extended the control from north to south, and even sent light cavalry to successfully take over the various defense points called the Eight Passes Lock Key.

Of course, there are some surprises and noises; For example, there are also people who don't believe and don't want to believe that the goodwill and follow-up resettlement from the Huai army, and the outbreak of various sporadic conflicts, were ruthlessly suppressed; It mainly appeared in some local armies with Jinghu and Jiangxi backgrounds and overseas garrison troops, but on the contrary, some former military establishments in Jinnei accepted the fait accompli and results relatively calmly.

When the Third Army of the Internal Guard sent by Han Liangchen took the lead in entering the front station of Luodu, it was also ambushed and attacked by an organized army near the gate of the imperial city, and after only causing more than a dozen casualties, it was defeated on the spot and captured a number of leading generals.

And the information that came out of their interrogations was also quite interesting. Because compared with most of the previous garrison strongholds, the wartime ****** received about limited cooperation and coordination with the Huai army to block the westward advance of the western army again;

This time, they were given an order in the name of Wang Duanchen, and a special amount of armor and food was allocated to them to attack any armed forces that tried to enter the city of Nakto.

Combined with the previous report of the boat regiment, the messenger who was accidentally chased and killed on the edge of the Yellow River, and the circular that Wang Duanchen was said to have left behind to inform the various armies, can already explain some problems.

。。。。。。。。。。。。

At the southernmost tip of Hebei Province, on the banks of the Yellow River, Huaizhou has already fallen to most areas with the banner of the Western Army, which has spread everywhere.

Only the devastated city of Baiya City remains, the little flames and smoke emitted by the fire guns, as well as the intertwined and intertwined fighting figures, and the corpses spread out from the bottom to the top, constitute a cruel and tragic battlefield picture.

And with the tide of enemies all over the mountains and slopes, the remnants of the Cangzhou army and the Shu army trapped in the upper city also ushered in the most critical moment again.

"The grenadiers are ten steps forward,,"

Brother Pengju, whose face was covered with sweat and dirt, stood next to a small cannon that was hot and was watering to cool down, and shouted hoarsely in the face of the surging enemy who was flooding the foot of the mountain.

"The front line is ready to meet the enemy."

"Wait until you are within ten steps of each other,"

Suddenly, a black dot with traces of smoke flew condescendingly into the advancing enemy forward, enveloping them in a cloud of smoke and fire, as well as a splash of dust and mud. Suddenly, the momentum of their rush into the bombing chaos was scattered on the spot.

Then, I heard a loud whistling and roaring, and the (melee) white soldiers hiding in the ruins at the forefront jumped out one after another in the sharp suona sound of counterattack, condescendingly counterattacking into those enemy soldiers who were blocked and shocked in place, waving all kinds of long weapons and slashing and killing.

However, even if this group of enemies was defeated and defeated again, for the many enemy troops gathered and stationed at the bottom of the mountain, it was still a somewhat depressing and helpless situation.

Seeing this scene, Brother Peng Ju couldn't help but sigh secretly, these firearms are really good things both offensive and defensive, but it's a pity that the number of equipment and carrying them is still too limited, and the more they are used, the less they are used, they have to find a way to save them, and stay at the critical moment to solve the siege and break the game.

I thought that this time was another opportunity to make a relatively easy meritorious service to others, but I didn't expect that it would be so difficult to fight, and I almost lost my reputation here.

When the Hedong Army, which was the first to attack aggressively, was repulsed more than a dozen times, but was rushed into the burning company camp at night, leaving corpses all over the ground and returning with feathers, they began to replace these Western armies with banners such as Shuofang and Beiyuan;

Then, the lower urban districts, including Wuqingdu and Baiyacang on the edge of the Yellow River, were suddenly lost in the surging offensive of the other party, whose morale and combat power were soaring by more than one grade, and they could only retreat to the Baiya Shangcheng halfway up the mountain, and then re-stabilized the battle line.

And the Cangzhou army and the Shu army under him add up to more than 3,000 people; But despite this, he still tried his best to hold back the enemy in front of him, and nailed himself to this chokepoint, barely living up to the military order.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but reach out and touch the small bag of his wife's hair-cutting gift, and the oath that he would definitely take a concubine for him when he went back this time, and couldn't help but show a kind of smile and helplessness at the corner of his mouth.

And on the surface of the river there were again boats loitering, and only the rumble of artillery could be heard from these riverboats, and in the camp of the Western Army near the shore and among the ferries, there were bursts of smoke and dust and scattered debris, and groups of enemy soldiers who were disturbed and ran and shouted;

Although the speed is not fast and the operation is slow, it is better to be stable and spacious enough to carry six to eight long-barreled light guns at the same time, and the group of three or five relies on the distance and barrier on the water surface, which is relatively easy to suppress and harass, and those enemy camps that obviously come from afar and lack countermeasures;

In this regard, the only means of these enemy troops, who were obviously better at horseback and skilled in battle than in battle, were to hide on the shore and stay close to the crossbows that were suddenly projected and concentrated; There are also various kinds of small boats that are temporarily collected and loaded with soldiers, forcibly approaching the past to expel and ram, and then lowering fireboats full of firewood from the upstream to carry out probabilistic attacks.

If it weren't for the constant harassment, containment, and support of these surface forces day and night, which prevented these Western troops from fully committing to and manufacturing heavy equipment, I am afraid that the situation he would face would be much more difficult and worse.

At the same time, there were also people in the camp of the Western Army who were carefully watching and observing him, and some archers with special iron arm bows were also mixed in the chaotic front line, slowly approaching him along the ruins.