"What, the soldiers and horses stationed in Henan have begun to retreat one after another many days ago."

"And many of the local garrisons, including the three passes of Heyang Bridge, don't even know about it?"

"Since the past two days, the Northland Division has stopped issuing orders and delivering news,"

As a result, the garrisons were leaderless for a while. And the crowd is in turmoil"

"Many soldiers are panicked and at a loss, and they have rushed to the north shore to ask for help and reinforcements."

I suddenly felt as if I had been calculated by Wang Duanchen, or I had been tricked into it. And this scene seems to have happened once many years ago, and the result is the return of the right guard army of the camp and the rise of Huaizhen.

With the additional manpower sent into Henan Dugi Province to investigate, the news of the Yellow River loose boat group stranded in the local area has been fed back one after another; With the chaos and panic caused by the disappearance of the entire line in Nakdo City, various large and small waves of escapes have begun to break out in Togi Province, and some aimless rebels and displaced people even began to try to rob and attack the ship regiment and the supplies they had hoarded on the shore, but were routed and suppressed by the firepower of the ship's equipment.

At this time, a second letter from Wang Duanchen was delivered to me again, which further confirmed my speculation and judgment;

Just three days ago, the Beidi Xing Division, which had made all the preparations, and the five battalions of the guard army, the five guards on the left, the Xiaowei on the right and the army in front of the palace, about 10,000 horses and many officials and subordinates, had already left Luodu City overnight and went south to the Nanyang area, and it is estimated that they will not be able to catch up by now; And what was provided to the other party was the supply that Huaizhen had just provided.

And with the abandonment of this part of the most core power, it is equivalent to throwing the rest of the mess to me; In terms of the overall strategic situation, I have to pinch my nose and accept it, otherwise I will let the situation in Dugi Province deteriorate and collapse, and what will be affected and impacted is my newly stabilized territory in Henan Province; Not to mention that on the battlefield where the Western Army is about to attack, there really cannot be any more situations and chaos in the rear and flanks, and give the enemy more opportunities to take advantage of.

Of course, if you look at it from another angle, although the Northern Expeditionary Army in the western part of Henan Province and Dujian Province has long been incomplete, and there are basically only empty shelves and many old, weak, sick and disabled, but it is still quite useful to me.

And in terms of theoretical cost performance, I just paid a large amount of much-needed money and food in exchange for the garrison in the city, the territory and facilities where I was stationed, and all the materials and personnel that I couldn't take away.

However, for the snail side that has already laid down the Ludao and annexed most of Hebei, plus an unexpected start and seems to have picked up a cheap Henan Dudao, it is inevitable that there will be some serious indigestion and strength.

What's more, I have to face the main force of the Western Army, which may advance eastward with all its might, which is a bit unfortunate and dangerous. You must know that in order to cope with the previous situation, the third round of mobilization has been carried out within my Huaizhen, and the scope of mobilization has also been expanded to those peripheral areas and marginal forces that are relatively calm;

At least sixty new or provisional battalion heads are being erected in Huaidi, waiting for the replenishment of follow-up troops; Moreover, because of the shortage of military production under the full start of operation, the firearms allocation rate of these new and provisional battalion heads has been reduced to less than 50% and 30% respectively, which is almost the level of equipment between the garrison army and the garrison regiment;

The larger number of people who serve this purpose and the long-term and short-term conscription of labor, which have also been repeatedly postponed and changed, have begun to affect and feedback to varying degrees, and many of the routine production projects and large-scale projects carried out in the winter have gone.

Now that there is another half of Henan Province and one more of them, whether it is the non-commissioned officers and officers needed for the expansion of the army, or the candidates for officials to maintain the local situation and daily operations, the generals are stretched thin and cannot be replenished.

If such an infinite expansion and transfer continues, I am afraid that there will be a marked decline in the combat effectiveness of the army and the efficiency of local administration, as well as a series of big and small problems and a chain reaction of painful costs arising from this.

Fortunately, though, I didn't take over a blank space or a barren land, which made things easier and more of a headache. According to the infiltration and understanding of the Northern Expeditionary Army stationed in Dugi Province in Henan Province over the years, the Beidi Xingsi headed by Wang Duanchen is still there after several years of operation and colonization, coupled with the foundation and heritage of the land of Heluo itself, which has recovered after the flood has fully receded.

At least the original gap in the river embankment has been repaired, and there is no longer a risk of flooding in the short term; Over the years, as a result of the reclamation of the common people and the army, hundreds of thousands of acres of mature fields have been restored and reopened, plus the population of the military cantonments and the officials who maintain basic order, all of which are ready-made foundations waiting for me to take over.

In terms of advantages, this ready-made system is quite easy and trouble-free to take over, and it takes almost no effort, and compared with those local populations from Hebei, they are isolated and have a short foothold in the north, and they undoubtedly have a more natural tendency and necessity to rely on Huaizhen;

However, in terms of unfavorable factors, if there is no reason to break them down and dismantle them, the local pattern formed by these old armies will take a lot of time and effort to digest and absorb them in the future.

However, at least before the war with the Western Army, I was still able to form an overwhelming advantage in the local area, and use this as a confidence to quickly solve some problems and potential hidden dangers. Therefore, if we can intervene one day earlier, we will be able to reduce our losses a little earlier and stabilize the front in the other direction one step earlier.

Therefore, after leaving the first soldiers and horses to make the wind roll flag sit in Zhenzhou, and sending Zhang Bangchang and his party away, I continued to lead the shrunken army to the south non-stop.

。。。。。。。。

On the south bank of the Yellow River, an inconspicuous clash and ambush came to an end, and the only bloodied general among the corpses that had survived was also ushered in the final moments.

"Luan Tingyu, you and I have known each other for many years."

Du Zixing, the official of the guard, covered the broken arrow shaft on his lower abdomen, stared at the leader who was quite familiar among the attackers, and gasped.

"and together under the command of Duan Shuai, born and died."

"Why betray the will of the commander. Obstruct my actions"

"Let these soldiers who have been left behind only add chaos and casualties."

"You're right, the handsome support and the grace of knowing each other, a certain person naturally dare not forget each other."

And Luan Tingyu, the head of the pro-army in the left wing who led the team to attack him, sighed.

"But from beginning to end, the allegiance of a certain family is always the dynasty."

"This thing in your hands is really important for both public and private purposes,"

"I can't let you publish it anyway, or fall into the hands of those rebels. Become their help. ”

"Do you want to kill these soldiers who have been left behind, and are bent on driving them to a dead end?"

The survivor who sat on the ground with a gloomy expression shouted angrily

"Ask yourself, how can you bear it?"

"After all, Huai Wei is already big enough in the north to get a land hukou in Dugi Province, Henan."

Luan Tingyu was unmoved, shaking his head slightly.

"It's even more of a blessing for the country, for the sake of the long-term future and the world's gains and losses."

"So I can only be sorry for the soldiers in Kinai...

"Their sacrifices and dedication, the court will take them to heart and give them a good treatment."

"So, please get ready for your journey early"

I saw him swing down with his hand and raise his crossbow left and right, and the arrows rained down on the lonely figure of Du Zixing, who was wide-eyed.

However, after a while, Luan Tingyu was a little surprised to find that the other party who had been inserted into an arrow buttress had not yet fallen, and his chest was still slightly undulating; And the soldiers who were in charge of shooting were taken for a while, and they didn't dare to do it again.

This couldn't help but make him sigh secretly, as the most powerful minions and eyes of the dynasty over the years, whether it is the four seaguards or the cardinal of the fifth room, there are too many people lost in the northland, especially those senior spies and eyeliners who have been lurking for a long time, as well as all kinds of old and capable players, so that they have to rely on these newly recruited people for a long time; As a result, the courage and skill may not be bad at the end of the day, but they are much inferior in courage and immediacy.

However, the resources and manpower that the national dynasty can invest in all aspects over the years have become less and less, which has affected their relatively important powerful departments and intelligence agencies, so he can only use these short-term novices and temporary recruits to act expediently.

But in any case, after he has made this contribution and captured the command of the important generals of this country, his long-term lurking and surveillance mission in the army can finally be declared over, and he no longer has to stay in the unpredictable northland to endure torment, and can completely change to a better position and place in the rear.

But the premise is that he can return to Jiangnan safely with this important evidence intercepted, because theoretically speaking, he is also the last person in charge of the current Dugi Province; As for these people around him, there is no need to leave too much, except for two or three more capable subordinates, the others have not been brought back to share the credit together; Sending them across the river to wait for opportunities to create and provoke, and the conflicts and contradictions with Huai Rebellion can be regarded as the final waste utilization.

He made up his mind and stepped forward, intending to dig out the handwritten letter with the special seal in front and back. It's just that as soon as he touched the other party's body, he heard a special whistling sound like being torn in the wind, and then a scream in and out.

He couldn't help but look into the distance, only to find that it was a blow from a dozen armed boats on the river, which were rowing in unison and rapidly approaching, while the fire and ash smoke were rising from the bow of the boat, and then a new blow came one after another, falling on the somewhat dazed sergeants he had brought, and several of them were knocked down on the spot in the midst of the blood splatter.

"Damn."