"Da Da ......"

The snow-white earth left a few rows of messy horseshoe prints, which were then covered by falling snowflakes. The Jin scout team kept patrolling back and forth along the south bank of the Yellow River, and suddenly Wu Chang was attracted by several moving black spots on the river, and he hurriedly shouted to his subordinates: "Stop, everyone, stop!" ”

Everyone stopped and quietly gathered around the captain, and one of the soldiers complained angrily: "Commander, what happened? In this cold day, we should hurry up and complete the inspection task and return to Mengjin City as soon as possible. ”

"You kid knows pleasure, don't forget that this is a time of war readiness, and a little negligence can cause great disaster. Look, what's going on with those black spots on the river? You must know that our army is all stationed in Mengjin City, and the entire Yellow River can only be rebels except for us! ”

"Oh mama! Really, look, those black dots are moving? One soldier said, pointing to a few black spots on the surface of the river, which had long been covered in snow.

"Not good! This must be the vanguard of the rebels, and we must quickly tell Captain Li Liu about the situation in front of us, so that Captain Li Liu can prepare to meet the enemy. ”

"Captain Wu, what should we do then?"

"The two of you hurry back to Mengjin City and report the information to the general, and the commander of this army will stay with the remaining two to monitor the movements of the rebels. Hurry up! Don't delay halfway, be sure to inform General Li Liu as soon as possible! If it's too late, maybe Mengjin will be in danger, and now the imperial court can't send reinforcements to support Mengjin for a while, and the entire Mengjin City only has a few thousand troops, in case it is caught off guard by the enemy. We're going to lose a lot. ”

"Commander Wu rest assured, his subordinates will definitely pass the news to Captain Li Liu! You have to be careful. Protect yourself! ”

But Wu Chang didn't know that the rebels on the Yellow River were just the vanguard sent out by the king of Chengdu. They were small in number, and they were divided into several routes, just scouting the route to cross the river. After all, tens of thousands of horses cannot cross the Yellow River at once, and it is easy to be in danger when there are too many people, so it is necessary to find several suitable routes to cross the river.

At the urging of the commander, the two scouts rode their war horses towards Mengjin City as fast as they could, they knew what this meant, the rebels were coming, and they were inevitably a little nervous.

From the crown prince's purge of the forbidden army to the present. They from the forbidden army have not participated in any actual battles, and for some of the forbidden army, they have not been on the battlefield, and they are all pure recruits.

"Drive!"

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Urgent! Urgent! ”

The scout soon came to the city of Mengjin, and when he entered the city, he shouted loudly for the people around him to give way, but now it was snowing heavily, and there were few people on the streets, so there was no one in the way. However, their shouts attracted a lot of people from the inns on both sides, and soon the two scouts had already arrived at the place where Li Liu was stationed.

"Report!"

Li Liu heard the scout's high voice from a distance, and his heart suddenly sank, thinking that he was afraid that the enemy was coming.

Sure enough. The scouts soon came to Li Liu's side and reported to Li Liu what they had seen. Li Liu's heart sank after hearing this.

The enemy has nearly 80,000 horses, and there are as many as 50,000 elites under the command of the king of Chengdu alone. And he had only 6,000 people. If there is still a natural danger of the Yellow River in normal times, they will attack it by boat. It was also easy for the defenders, but now the Yellow River is frozen. Like flat land, it is impossible to defend the Yellow River.

The only stronghold was Mengjin, located on the south bank of the Yellow River, and as long as Mengjin was held, the enemy's advance route would be blocked, otherwise the rebels would be able to take advantage of the situation to come to Luoyang City.

"You can go down and rest for a while." Li Liu waved his hand at the scout, and the scout completed his mission and walked down easily.

"Immediately send the news to the prince that the rebels have reached the north bank of the Yellow River, and it is estimated that the enemy will cross the Yellow River tonight or tomorrow morning and arrive at Mengjin. In addition, tell the prince that even if the minister Li Liu is dead, he will also block the rebels here for more than seven days. Li Liu's eyes showed a hint of tenacity.

"Also, the order was sent down, the warehouse was opened and the weapons were distributed, and all the soldiers were put into combat readiness and all returned to the camp to prepare for battle. Organize local young people to assist soldiers in defending the city and do a good job in logistics and supply. ”

"Finally, inform the Mengjin County Order to send someone to evacuate the people outside the city quickly, and tell the people outside the city to temporarily enter the city to take refuge."

Several heralds walked briskly with Li Liu's order, galloping in different directions on horseback. As early as a few days ago, Meng Jin had received an order from the crown prince to prepare for war, and the city had already stockpiled enough weapons and food to resist for a long time. Although tens of thousands of rebels were about to attack the city, Li Liu was confident that he would complete the task given to him by the crown prince.

In the capital of Luoyang, the prince's east palace, Sima Shu was studying the map in the study at this time, and now the situation is not conducive to the imperial court, and the princes of the six roads came from the north, east and south directions to Luoyang.

The prince frowned and stared at the three places of Mengjin, Tiger Prison, and Xincheng, now that the rebels are distributing their main forces in these three places, whether the imperial court can finally defeat the rebels depends on whether the defenders of the three places can block the attack from the rebels in the early stage. After the Guanzhong army of the imperial court cleaned up the rebels in Hedong and Hanoi, they could free up their hands to eliminate the rebels in the three places.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, Meng Jin urgently!" Zhang Bin, who was on duty in the East Palace, shouted outside the door.

Sima Shu was a little surprised, could it be that the rebels had reached the Yellow River so quickly? In a panic, he hurriedly replied, "Come in!" ”

Zhang Bin walked in with an urgent report, looked at the prince who was a little flustered, and couldn't help but comfort: "Your Highness, don't worry, the rebels have wealthy families from all over the country in the early stage, and they can be like a bamboo along the way." It's not a big deal, and it's a good thing for us. ”

"A good thing?" Sima Shu was a little puzzled, how could the enemy's strength be said to be a good thing?

"Yes, Your Highness, please think about it, if it weren't for this rebellion, I'm afraid we wouldn't have known that there are so many opposition forces hidden in Sizhou. Now that they have been exposed one by one, it will save us the energy to investigate in the future, as long as we can defeat the Three Kings, these opposition forces have nothing to worry about. ”

"Alas! This palace is still a little worried, we are not strong enough, if the rebels are too strong, even if we can put down the rebellion in the end, I am afraid that our own losses will not be small. If the Hu people outside the Saiwai take the opportunity to make trouble again, what will they do to resist the invasion of the Hu people. Forget it, let's not talk about these for now, is Meng Sun the enemy army discovered in the direction of Mengjin. Sima Shu said worriedly.

"His Royal Highness, Captain Li Liu sent someone to inform him that the rebels of the King of Chengdu had reached the north bank of the Yellow River. In addition, the weather was cold and the Yellow River froze, which made the rebels break through the Yellow River in one fell swoop and besiege Mengjin. ”

"What should come will come after all, Mr. Mengsun, how is our army's military reserves in Mengjin?"

"Your Highness, now the main force of our army is divided into two parts, one of which is mainly distributed in Guanzhong to guard against Bingzhou and the Hu people in the north, and the remaining 30,000 troops are suppressing the rebellion of the family in Hongnong, Hedong, Pingyang and other counties, and containing part of the troops under the command of the king of Chengdu in Hanoi."

"Now there are only 20,000 troops left in Luoyang City, 6,000 on the Mengjin front, 6,000 in Hujiaoguan, and 10,000 in Xincheng. The Tiger Prison Pass is dangerous, and the new city is rich in resources, which are all places that are not easy for the enemy to capture. The only thing to worry about is Meng Jin, as soon as Meng Jin is broken, the Tiger Prison Pass will be attacked on both sides, and it will no longer be Xiongguan. ”

"As early as a few days ago, the minister was ordered by His Highness to transport ten artillery pieces, two thousand muskets, and a large amount of ammunition into Mengjin City. Weichen believed that with these firearms support, Captain Li Liu would definitely be able to hold Mengjin and gain time for our army's counterattack. ”

"I hope so, Mr. Mengsun, are the people in Luoyang City emotionally stable? In any case, we must not allow the internal to disrupt our plans. ”

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, the scouts of the Intelligence Agency have long been dispersed, and the enemy will definitely not be allowed to take advantage of it. Moreover, after His Highness's previous three or two rectifications, the enemies in Luoyang City have been almost eliminated, and even if there are, there are some deeply hidden enemies, and it is impossible to find them out for a while. ”

The news of the arrival of the rebels soon spread in the city of Mengjin, and the people became nervous, and many of them prepared their belongings and set up carriages to go to Luoyang. After all, Luoyang is the capital of the Western Jin Dynasty, and they believe that it will be very safe there, and the rebels will definitely not be able to capture the capital.

In order to stabilize the people, Captain Li Liu, the general of Mengjin Shou, and the commander of Mengjin County, came forward one after another, persuading the people that as long as they work together, they will definitely defeat the enemy.

After receiving the news that Mengjin was attacked, the direction of Hujiao Pass also stepped up combat preparations, and due to the long distance of the King of Hejian, the army led by Zhang Fang was still on the way.

At present, only the Yanzhou army led by Wang Yan of Yanzhou Assassin Shi is in the Tiger Prison Pass, but Wang Yan of Yanzhou Assassin Shi is self-aware, and he knows that he can't defeat the Tiger Prison Pass with only 10,000 people in his hands. Therefore, apart from waiting for the King of the River, he did not launch the slightest attack on the Tiger Prison Pass.

That night, none of the people in Mengjin slept soundly, and some of them dreamed that the enemy had attacked and beheaded them.

On the other side of the Yellow River, Sima Ying was lying in a big tent at this time, thinking about tomorrow's deployment. Mengjin City is in front of you, after the Yellow River is Mengjin City, after Mengjin is Luoyang, as long as Luoyang is taken, he Chengdu Wang Sima Ying can achieve hegemony.

Although at the beginning, he was forced to give up the position of alliance leader to the king of Qi due to the weakness of the situation and strength, but the king of Chengdu wanted to take away the title of alliance leader all the time. If he can take Luoyang before the other princes, then the king of Chengdu will be able to share the greatest benefits after the war.

Maybe he can take away the title of alliance leader on the head of King Qi, it's not that King Chengdu has no eyesight, he only has the flashy title of alliance leader in his eyes. It is conceivable that Luoyang will definitely be slaughtered madly as soon as he breaks Sima Zhen's lineage, and when the time comes, he will definitely choose a virtuous person from among the princes to inherit the throne.

Whoever can get the position of alliance leader will be able to take the initiative in the future battle for the throne! (To be continued......)