Regarding the problem with the intelligence system, which is related to the military's operation against the Lingnan Yi clan and leaving the country, it was listed as a class-A secret of the Great Yan, but Emperor Yan Ji Wen still asked Zhang Rang to send a messenger to Bai Xiangcheng and Ji Hongchang to convey some news and inside information in this regard. So as not to be misinformed by the "iron coat" and cause unnecessary losses.

It's just that when the messenger arrived in Ningzhou, he found that Bai Xiangcheng and Ji Hongchang were not having a good time.

Since Bai Xiangcheng arrived in Ningzhou, he had a confrontation with Mu Feng, and the two sides suffered losses from each other. It wasn't until the second confrontation with Mu Feng that Bai Xiangcheng realized how powerful Mu Feng was, and the two sides invested 300,000 troops, including two heavy cavalry, Tiefutu and Devil Cavalry.

Not to mention the casualties between the light cavalry, Dayan will be much larger than the country, that is, the heavy cavalry is 30,000 on both sides, but after the first battle, the Tiefutu lost 6,000, and the devil cavalry lost 10,000.

Don't underestimate the gap between the 4,000 people, the first time the gap is 4,000, the strength of the two sides in the second battle will not be equal, and then the difference in the results of the battle will be even worse.

When Ji Hongchang arrived in Ningzhou, the two sides had another confrontation.

This time, Bai Xiangcheng, Liu Pingyuan and Ji Hongchang made detailed and careful deployments, but they were still cracked by Mu Feng, and Ningzhou City was lost, and the army could only retreat to Ningzhou to the border with the northern capital to passively defend, and there was no longer the strength to fight.

If it weren't for the fact that there was another rift in the relationship between the little prince Li Changchuan and the Empress Dowager Xiao in the country, which affected Mu Feng, who was fighting on the front line, it is estimated that the iron cavalry who left the country at this time would have been approaching King's Landing.

Therefore, at this time, Bai Xiangcheng, Ji Hongchang and Liu Pingyuan were already anxious, thinking that Ji Qingchen could go north in time and solve the crisis in front of him as soon as possible. But at this time, the news they heard was that there was a problem with the "iron suit", which made Ji Qingchen's battle with the Lingnan Yi tribe on the southern front fall into a passive situation. This made the three of them angry for a while, how could such a problem arise at such a time?

"What do you mean?" Bai Xiangcheng said in a non-angry tone. He had already heard a little bit from the messenger's mouth, if it weren't for Ji Qingchen's proper command and the use of cavalry warfare to the point of being out of his mind, it is estimated that he would have been wiped out by Mulberry's 120,000 army.

"Your Majesty, the Government Hall, and the Privy Council mean to investigate thoroughly and punish severely!" The messenger said that they were the representatives sent by Wei Zhongxian and Zhang Rang, which represented Ji Qingchen behind Zhang Rang, and also represented the meaning of Ji Wenhe, the Political Affairs Hall and the Privy Council.

"Is there anything else Your Majesty wants you to give us an account of?" Ji Hongchang asked. Before, he had a little complaint about Ji Wen becoming the monarch of Dayan, but when he arrived in Ningzhou, he experienced the big war with leaving the country, and felt the danger of losing the country, so he deeply realized the pressure that Ji Wen is under now, such pressure is placed on him, he will definitely not deal with it better than Ji Wen, and after a comparison between the two, he realized that he is really not suitable to be the king of a country, and he is more suitable for battlefield battles, and he has no complaints about Ji Wen becoming the new monarch of Dayan.

"Your Majesty wants you to hold the Northern Capital no matter what, and you can't let the country leave the country to occupy the Northern Capital, and wait until the King of Yizheng solves the Lingnan Yi clan, and then solve the problem of leaving the country together." The messenger replied.

This is a more modest statement, in fact, Ningzhou is much more dangerous now than Jinzhou, and the pressure on Bai Xiangcheng and Ji Hongchang and Liu Donglou is much more than Ji Qingchen. However, Ji Qingchen is Dayan's optimus prime and Dayan's hope. That's why everyone's eyes are focused on him.

"I wonder how many tens of thousands of troops His Royal Highness Jinju can mobilize now? How many thousands of Lingnan troops are there? Liu Donglou asked.

"There are more than 30 players in the Dayan army, but more than 100,000 are state troops, and they can only defend the city and not fight in the field, as for the army that the king can mobilize, there are only more than 20,000 horses around him now." The messenger replied, "There were 260,000 Lingnan troops before, but now they have lost 70,000 or 80,000, but the Lingnan Eight Clans have added 100,000 troops to Jinju, which is still 100,000 back soldiers, so the pressure on the king of Yizheng is also very great. ”

Liu Donglou, the head of the back soldiers, has also heard of it, and is known as the king of foot soldiers. Therefore, when he heard that the eight clans of Lingnan had suddenly added 100,000 soldiers to Jinzhou, he himself was taken aback, 100,000 soldiers were killed, this is a terrible force, if you want to deal with them, it is estimated that there are not enough 200,000 horses, not to mention that there are still 200,000 Lingnan infantry soldiers in Jinzhou.

At this time, Liu Donglou also knew about the crisis in Jinju and the pressure faced by Ji Qingchen.

The three of them were silent when they asked this, not knowing what to say. Because at this time, they knew very well in their hearts what kind of shock they would have if they lost the Northern Capital Mansion to Dayan. They suddenly felt that the pressure on them had increased a lot.

After a moment of silence, Bai Xiangcheng spoke again, and he asked the messenger some more questions, and only after getting the messenger's answer did he let the messenger leave the big tent.

"The pressure on us has increased again!" When only the three of them were left in the big tent, Ji Hongchang said.

"yes!" Bai Xiangcheng also sighed and said, "The Southern Yi Clan has increased its troops to Dayan again, intending to capture King's Landing City in one fell swoop, and in this case, we can't hold the Northern Capital, so we will give the Lingnan Yi Clan greater confidence, so that they will have more confidence to increase their troops to Dayan again!" ”

"With the current strength between us and Mu Feng, we no longer have the strength to fight, so we can only defend to the death." Liu Donglou said.

The two sides fought three battles, and his Ningzhou army and Ningzhou iron cavalry suffered the greatest losses.

"It's not okay, I can only transfer troops with Zhou Shun of Beirong." Bai Xiangcheng pondered for a while and said, "The Northern Capital Mansion can't be lost, if we lose the Northern Capital, we will be even more passive, and when the time comes, it will be even more difficult for people to deal with the Departure Railway Rider." ”

Bai Xiangcheng knew that there were still 100,000 iron cavalry on standby in Beirong, which Ji Qingchen had prepared for going south to King's Landing City, but at that time, there were already 600,000 troops gathered around him, so they were not used.

"Transferring troops with Beirong, I'm afraid I have to get the consent of Lao Jiu, right?" Ji Hongchang was also very moved by Bai Xiangcheng's proposal, as long as there were these 100,000 troops, plus the army in their hands, they would already be able to fight with Mu Feng, if they could win back a game in this battle, they would be able to prevent Mu Feng's army from going south to the Northern Capital.

"Indeed, Beirong is separated from the Northern Liao military and government, and I don't have this power, so I can only get the approval of His Highness." Bai Xiangcheng nodded and said.

"So we can only wait until His Highness goes north before we can fight Mu Feng!" Liu Donglou asked.

"Yes!" Bai Xiangcheng nodded slightly.

No matter how good his suggestion was, he also knew that without Ji Qingchen's order, Zhou Shun would not send troops, even Ji Wen's order was estimated to not listen, and asked Ji Qingchen to give Zhou Shun an order, unless Ji Qingchen went north to the Northern Capital.

The two of them were silent when they heard Bai Xiangcheng say this.

"Actually, there's another way!" Bai Xiangcheng said.

"What's the solution?" Ji Hongchang asked.

"Didn't the Privy Council train an army of 600,000 in King's Landing? We can follow the example of His Royal Highness in Yunzhou back then, mobilize 300,000 new troops to the north, train them on the one hand, and let them fight against Mufeng's army at the same time, and train an elite army through the baptism of war. Bai Xiangcheng said.

This is what Ji Qingchen did when he dealt with the Beirong army, as Ji Qingchen's henchman, he naturally participated in such training, and he would only say this when he had experience and personal experience.

"I'm afraid it's not right!" Liu Donglou was the first to hesitate.

Letting a group of peasants who have never armed themselves fight against the elite cavalry who have left the country is undoubtedly dying in vain, how many elites can be cultivated? I'm afraid that it will be very good if 30,000 of the 300,000 army will survive.

"Well, let's wait!" Ji Hongchang also said. He is not afraid but responsible, but he really doesn't dare to do this, this is to let Dayan's son die in vain! Because it doesn't matter if you say a recruit or a veteran, as long as they go to the battlefield, they will be soft.

"In that case, let's wait!" Bai Xiangcheng also said.

The reason why he said this is because there is no other way. Otherwise, he would not be willing to do this kind of practice that will be criticized by future generations. Ji Qingchen did this back then, he succeeded, he defeated Beirong and destroyed Beirong, so no one said about him. But after they do this, they don't dare to guarantee that they will be able to defeat and destroy Liguo. Leaving the country is not Beirong, and I dare not compare with Beirong in terms of troops and money.

At this point, the conversation between the three of them also ended.

The three of them glanced at each other, and when they saw that there was nothing to say, they left the tent.

The next day, the messenger left the camp in a hurry, and Bai Xiangcheng, Ji Hongchang and Liu Donglou received Ji Wen's order and made targeted arrangements, preparing to defend the front line of the northern capital, and prevent Mu Feng's army from breaking through the defense line and entering the northern capital.

At this time, in the camp of the departure army, Shuai Zhang Zhongmufeng was reading a secret report about Ji Qingchen's battle situation in Jinju.

Mu Feng sighed after reading the secret report.

"Little junior brother, you are really getting more and more powerful, even if you use the essence of the teacher's cavalry warfare superbly, even if you are senior brother, I'm afraid you will have to bow down!" Mu Feng laughed at himself.

However, thinking of his son Mu Zhan's outstanding performance in the battle report, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Mu Feng's mouth. He didn't expect that his son hadn't been following Ji Qingchen for a long time, but he had grown to this point, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed in his heart. As for Ji Qingchen putting his son in the most dangerous place and arranging the most dangerous task for his son, Mu Feng was not dissatisfied at all. Because Ji Qingchen, who has never participated in the war, fought in person this time, killing seven out and seven in, how can his son be more expensive than Ji Qingchen? Besides, if you want to become a qualified general, you have to go through the baptism of war. If his son dies on the battlefield if he can't even pass this level, it can only be said that this is his fate, and he can't become a qualified general, and he has no potential for a famous general.

"Dashuai, the Great Yan army seems to have moved, looking at their actions, they want to avoid the battle and defend the front line of the northern capital!" Just as Mu Feng was thinking like this, a tiger general walked into the big tent and said to him.

"Stubborn?" Mu Feng smiled faintly, "They can only defend it now!" ”

"What should we do?" The tiger general asked.

His name is Li Hu, Li Muzhi's cousin, and Mu Feng's confidant general. Therefore, he can enter and exit Mufeng's Shuai Zhang so freely, otherwise it would be someone else, and he would enter Shuai Zhang without Mu Feng's permission, and it is estimated that he would have been pulled out of the body and cut down.

"Wait!" Mu Feng sighed and said, "When the capital is calm, let's make the next step!" ”

There was another problem between the new monarch and the queen mother, and the situation in Shangjing was a little unstable, and Mu Feng at this time did not dare to attack the northern capital.

"No!" Li Hu nodded slightly, and then withdrew from the big tent. Because he also knew that it was a reckless act to rashly launch an attack on the northern capital without solving the problem of going to the capital.