More than 100,000 troops of the two routes of Yanyan and Hedong were stationed on the front line of Xiazhou, Youzhou, and Yanzhou for more than half a month.

For the current dilemma, the soldiers below and the generals in the middle feel that this is meaningless, except for gambling, there is nothing else to do, especially when they hear the news of Huanqing and Jingyuan's rapid progress day after day, it makes some generals who are interested in fighting for a wife and son complain day after day.

And the two managers and the overseers also feel that the current situation is terrible.

Xu Xi, who was ordered to measure the military, sat in Suide when the grain and grass were short before the Yan army, forcing Li Ji to do his best to ensure the supply of grain and grass for the whole army, and when the official army reached Youzhou, he caught up, and the idea was to follow the army to Xingling, who would have thought that he would be blocked by Hanhai.

Li Xian didn't have a good face for many days, and only when he inspected the barracks did he pretend to be relaxed.

As for the seed, he has always been rigid, as if others owe him tens of thousands of yuan. He is not a lenient coach in the first place, relying on prestige and merit, there is no need to disguise himself.

At present, the situation of the armies on the two roads of Yanyan and Hedong is sufficient for the time being, and the consumption of grain and grass is the greatest on the march and fighting, but once it stops, it will be reduced a lot, and the rear has strengthened the intensity of transportation. Although Li Ji killed many people who tried to escape as an example, the army at the front did not need to worry about starvation in the short term.

But the biggest problem now is not the food and grass, but the road ahead. You can't sit in Youzhou for a lifetime, right? Chong Ge, Li Xian and Xu Xi thought about Hanhai and wanted to go crazy. Watching Gao Zunyu and Miao Zhi kill under the city of Lingzhou and besiege the city to attack, which one is not like a cat scratching his heart and liver. But the water source of Hanhai has been destroyed, and it is full of dung and urine, which people can't drink, horses can't drink, and they can't get through at all. It is difficult to cross the Hanhai Sea in summer, and if there is no water, it is even more suicide.

With the siege of Lingzhou for a long time, many people have accepted their fate, Chong Ge and Li Xian are silent day by day, that is, Xu Xi has been agitated and sent troops for three days, and even five days ago, he also ran to pick up several generals in charge of the Beijing camp, wanting to cross the Hanhai first, so as to take advantage of it, but no one was willing, and tried every means to find an excuse to push things off, which made Xu Xi dizzy with anger.

But since two days ago, the atmosphere in the camp has changed.

"Fifth uncle, it has been confirmed that Gao Gongxuan and Miao Zhizhi have indeed been defeated, and someone has fled back to Weizhou four days ago. I heard that it was the thieves who dug the canal and made Gao Gong fall short. ”

In the camp tent of the planter, the planter stood straight in the building. Although his body was as tall as ever, the tiredness on his face was very obvious. He was dusty, his face and body were gray, and even the red helmet was covered with a layer of loess, obviously he had just walked the same way.

"How's the situation on the uncle, Seventh Uncle?" The planter was anxious to ask.

"Do your uncle and seventh uncle need you to worry about this yellow-mouthed child? While you're still feeding, they're on the line! What storms haven't you experienced? ”

The scolding of the planter made the planter shrink his neck in fright. But Chong Jianzhong, Chong Pu, and several cronies and generals in the same tent can see that although Chong Ge's mouth is very hard, the gloom on his face can't be concealed, after all, it is his own brother.

The mood is very impetuous. Kind of friendship is on Huanqing Road, and seed is on Jingyuan Road, which is the result of the multi-party bets of the breeders, and also represents the potential of the Western Army generals.

But due to their own reasons, whether it is friendship or criticism, they have been suppressed by the coach, and they have not been able to show their talents to the fullest. In the current situation, I don't know if they will be thrown out of the palace. If it is the queen of the palace when the whole army collapses, it is difficult to say what the result will be in the end.

"Do you know how much the two sides lost?" He asked in a deep voice.

Chong Jianzhong smiled bitterly and shook his head, "If you can come back so early, you must be the fastest runner." ”

"Since they have all fled back, it can be seen that Gao Zunyu and Miao Zhu are no longer able to control the armies under their command, and it is very likely that they have been dispersed." Chong Pu frowned, pondered and said, "The situation is very bad! ”

A general asked, "Captain, do you want to go to the rescue?" ”

He shook his head, although he wanted to save his brother, he knew better that it was not realistic.

Chong Jianzhong said calmly: "It's hundreds of miles away, it's too late, and I won't go for a while." ”

"So what to do?" The Seed Master Center asked anxiously, "The middle road has been defeated, and the west road is the orthodox leader of Wang Zhongzheng, and the next target of the western thief must be him." When the western road is defeated, there will be only two armies left on the eastern road, Yan Yan and Hedong, how will this battle be fought? ”

"Of course we can't fight anymore." Chong Jianzhong sighed, "...... Now the whole army is up and down, is there still morale? I don't know how many benefits Gao Miao and the second marshal sent to the western thieves, if they wore plate armor and held a divine arm bow to confront us, how much fighting spirit could the generals and soldiers below have? ”

The seed master was stunned when he heard this, and after glancing at his brother, he looked up at the planter, "Fifth uncle! ”

His middle finger tapped on the armrest of the chair and remained silent. The children of the seed family and the generals of his cronies all waited quietly for his final decision.

"Captain, Xu Baowen sent someone." The soldiers outside the tent interrupted the train of thought.

After a small colonel became known outside, he walked into the big tent of the plantation. hugged his fist in front of Chong Ge: "Tai Lieutenant, the bachelor has invited Tai Lieutenant to discuss the military." ”

Chong Ge's face was unhappy, and Xu Xi was getting more and more excessive. Calling and drinking, he is just a military mass, when his own family is a propaganda envoy?

When he just got the news two days ago, Xu Xi invited Chong Ge and Li Xian over, saying that he wanted to discuss a strategy. At that time, Chong Ge and Li Xian shirked at the same time, and the truth of the matter was unknown, and the current situation of the two armies of Huanqing and Jingyuan had not been investigated clearly, so how could they make a decision suddenly.

After planting a seed, he sent a kind of Jianzhong to inquire, presumably Xu Xi and Li Xian both sent people to Weizhou. Now that the news of the defeat has finally been confirmed, it is inevitable that Xu Xi will not be able to sit still. But the attitude he showed was really annoying, but he didn't plan to tear his face with Xu Xi, and he still had a place to get him, a civil servant who was enthusiastic about military affairs.

When Chong Ge arrived at Xu Xi's tent, Li Xian was already inside. The three of them hurriedly met the ceremony, and Xu Xi couldn't wait to speak: "The news of the defeat of Huanqing and Jingyuan, presumably Zizheng and Zifan [Li Xianzi] have already been confirmed." ”

Chong Ge and Li Xian exchanged a look and nodded at the same time.

Li Xian sighed: "I didn't expect it to be defeated so suddenly, I heard that half of the wall of Lingzhou City has been smashed." ”

"Gao Gongxuan and Miao Zhizhi were too negligent, obviously there was the Yellow River around them, why didn't they think that the western thieves would burst the embankment and release water when they were desperate. An army of 100,000 people...... Alas, why is Gao Miao so confused! Xu Xi sighed with emotion and sighed repeatedly.

He only saw schadenfreude on Xu Xi's face, and secretly cursed in his heart, so he sighed: "I really didn't expect that it was really defeated." The western thief can be regarded as decided, and can think of breaking the embankment and releasing water. This can't be blamed on Gao Gongxuan and Miao Zhizhi, after walking from Hanhai, the western thieves must be careful to destroy the water source, but the flooding of the three armies is really unexpected! ”

Xu Xi looked at Li Xian and then at Chong Ge, the two coaches only sighed here, but they insisted on not following the topic to Lu Xia, and some anger suddenly surged in his heart, but he immediately put away his anger and showed a gentle smile: "I don't know what Zizheng and Zifan think about the current situation?" ”

Chong Ge and Li Xian exchanged another look, and then they changed to Chong Ge and spoke first: "The middle lane has been defeated." The western route composed of the two coalition forces of Qin Feng and Xihe will bear the brunt, and if Wang Duzhi is also unfortunately defeated, then we will be unable to support it alone, and it will be the result of being broken by each one. ”

As soon as the words stopped, Li Xian followed, "What Captain Chong said is right. Without the connection of the middle road, we are separated from the west road, and now the morale of the west thieves is booming, and everyone is using their lives, which is much more difficult to deal with than when the people were weak before. ”

Seeing that Chong Mo and Li Xian were shirking, Xu Xi's face flashed with green anger, raised his voice, and retorted sharply: "Don't forget, two of you send troops from the six roads, and any two roads have the ability to compete with the western thieves." If it is divided according to the eastern, central, and western roads, any of them will not lose to the western thief. It is the defeat of Gao Miao's second marshal, and it is also the reason for negligence, not a crime of war. ”

"That's what it was said before there was no defeat." Li Xian shook his head.

He also said: "After the battle of Lingzhou, the West Thieves have regained momentum, and now there is no way for the second road of Yanyan and Hedong to defend the entire land of Yinxia when the back road may be cut off at any time. Only by returning to Xiazhou and Yinzhou first will the grain road be stabilized. ”

"Who says it can't be helped?" Xu Xi raised his eyebrows and said loudly, "The official army guards Yinxia, and the western thieves are left with only Xingling to produce food." The official army seized Yanzhou, and the western thieves even cut off their financial resources. The weather is hot and hot, as long as you wait for the autumn to be cool. The water source is destroyed, and after a month or two, it will naturally be cleaned. ”

It's very listening, it's not unreasonable, but you have to be able to do it. Occupy Lingzhou, Western Xia died, but did Lingzhou come down?

Li Xian and Chong Ge both shook their heads secretly, if they could hold it, how could they be willing to retreat and give up the cities and lands they had already occupied?!

Xu Xi was even more excited, and his face turned red: "I have heard that the land of Xingling, with fertile fields and thousands of ditches, is plugged into the south of the Yangtze River. Its land is half wheat and half rice, enough to support millions of people. However, the war began at the end of April, when the wheat fields had not yet been fully harvested, and the rice fields had not been tended for several months. As long as we can wait until autumn, the opportunity for the officers and soldiers will come. ”