Tents were scattered, but more soldiers were scattered in clusters west of the Wei River.

Tong Huacheng, the overseer of the West Temple, looked at the messy barracks, his haggard face pressed the extremely solemn emotion, making it difficult for him to squeeze out a smile.

Fan Wenlan, who had been waiting for a long time, watched Tong Huacheng arrive in time surrounded by Hu Qi, and strode over: "General Tong......"

"Master Fan," Tong Huacheng turned over and dismounted, greeted Fan Wenlan, and asked in a low voice when he got closer, "Your Majesty, how is he?" ”

Fan Wenlan shook his head, almost wrote frustration on his face, and asked, "What is the situation in Qingzhou?" ”

"The soldiers and horses of the Huaidong Army in Yizhou are also pressed up, the pressure on Linqu is very great, and General Nahe can't get out of Linzi," Tong Huacheng was in a solemn mood, and explained the situation of Ludong to Fan Wenlan briefly, the sea defense line was torn apart, and the Dengzhou Navy Division was wiped out, and the soldiers and horses of Beiyan in Dengzhou had no way to pose any threat to the Huaidong Army going north by sea, but they had to face the threat of the Huaidong Army going north in Yizhou, Xuzhou and other places, "Huaidong's fire crossbows are mainly equipped on warships, and there are not many horse infantry troops, Otherwise, the broken car inkstone will not be able to hold it for a few days. In this case, the key is that this side can support ......."

Fan Wenlan nodded with a heavy heart, everyone knows how much negative impact and pressure the fall of the Dengzhou Navy Division and the fall of Jinhai will have on the outer Henan and Shandong defense lines, and at the moment they can only expect the depth of hundreds of miles wide in the Henan and Shandong defense areas to delay them for a longer time.

But the key still depends on Yanjing, if Yanjing can't hold it, even if the defense depth of Shandong and Henan is doubled, it will not be able to escape the result of a thousand miles in the end.

The war has eroded into this, Na He Xiongqi must stay in Linzi to support the Ludong front, Tong Huacheng is the military report spy of the Western Temple Supervisor, staying in the south has no effect, so he rushed back to Yanjing first to assist Ye Ji Duodi - Yanjing needs to know more about the generals of the Huaidong Army.

Fan Wenlan said: "Fortunately, the Wei River, Vortex River, and Chaobai River were dug up in time, which not only greatly reduced the water volume of the Vortex River and Chaobai River, but also turned Anxu and other places into Zeguo, and the dense planting of Jinhai and Shu has hindered the rapid westward advance of the Huaidong Army, but the key is the lack of troops......

Shu millet (i.e., sorghum) dense planting, or the Lin family when the management of Jinhai was promoted, into May, the area west of Jinhai sorghum is nearly as tall as a person, and the dense sorghum land has seriously hindered the development of the Ma Bu army in the Pinglu area. The excavation of the embankments of the Whirlpool River, Chaobai River, Wei River and other rivers will greatly reduce the water level of the river, and will destroy the roads and farmland on both sides of the river, turning them into obstacles to the westward advance of the Huaidong Infantry Brigade.

Listening to Fan Wenlan, he felt a little relieved, knowing that Ye Ji Duodi urgently went north to help, although he failed to hold Jinhai City, which was close to the coast, but it still effectively delayed the westward advance of the Huaidong Army, as long as Yanjing could not support it, the situation was not without a chance to recover.

"I came in a hurry, but on the way I heard that there were 30,000 soldiers and horses gathered in the capital, how did these 30,000 soldiers and horses come together?" Tong Huacheng listened to Fan Wenlan complain about the lack of troops and asked about the reinforcements.

"Old man Wugu has just brought reinforcements to camp in the north, and the three kings want me to wait for you to come, so we will go together," Fan Wenlan said, "You'll know if you've seen it......"

The three rivers of Gyeonggi, the Wei River is the main channel connecting the Yellow River in the south, the head of the three rivers of the former residence, it flows from north to south, divides the land of Yannan into two pieces, east and west, and now the soldiers and horses of the North Yan in the south of Yanjing City mainly gather in the west of the Wei River.

Tong Huacheng didn't say much, and asked Hu Qi to give up a horse to Fan Wenlan, and galloped to the North Camp together, but he hadn't seen Ye Ji Duodi and Nahe Wugu yet, but seeing that many of the soldiers in the North Camp were thirteen or fourteen-year-old boys, Tong Huacheng asked Fan Wenlan with a solemn expression: "Why are they all babies?" ”

"The emperor hasn't woken up yet, the queen mother has issued an edict to punish the royal family and the children over the age of twelve to enlist in the army to defend the national capital, and dare not draw troops from Shandong and Henan, 20,000 of the 30,000 reinforcements are so urgent," Fan Wenlan said, "Otherwise, can you draw troops from there?" ”

Tong Huacheng heard Fan Wenlan say that this was the Queen Mother's decree, and he was bitter in his heart, and he couldn't say anything, and he couldn't help but look for his two babies.

Affected by the destruction of the Dengzhou Navy Division and the ruthless tearing and chiseling of the coastal defense line, the Yan soldiers on the defense lines of Shandong and Henan were all in danger, and the defense line was also in danger. It is impossible to draw troops from the outer defense line to aid Yanjing, and one withdrawal of troops is likely to lead to the collapse of the entire defense line.

In addition to the Northern Expeditionary troops and horses that went directly to the north by sea, the Southern Dynasties also had about 150,000 elite infantry brigades in Xiangyang and Nanyang, Changhuai troops in Zhengyang and Wuyang, and Huaiyang troops in Xuzhou and Yizhou, and about 100,000 new brigades, reserve brigades, and workers' soldiers.

Although the fighting in the hinterland of Henan and Shandong has not yet become fierce immediately, it should be possible to think that they are just waiting for the moment when Yanjing falls or the will of the Northern Yan soldiers and horses on the defense line can no longer support it......

Although there is no obstacle to the reinforcements from Datong and Xuanfu, Datong and Xuanfu are located on the inner line, and the garrison is limited, and all of them are urgently transferred to Yanjing with only five or six thousand people.

Liaoyang, as an important town in the northern capital of Northern Yan, has a large number of garrisons, with 20,000 elite cavalry. But if you want Liaoyang soldiers and horses to be transferred urgently, you have to go through the Liaoxi Corridor.

The Liaoxi Corridor to the north of Yuguan is nearly 300 miles long, but only 300 or 40 miles deep, close to the east bank of the Bohai Sea, and there are more than a dozen east-west streams and rivers that cut the Liaoxi Corridor. With such a shallow depth, the Huaidong Army only needs to find a river channel to pierce into the western Liaoning corridor, and it can intercept the passage of Liaoyang soldiers and horses going south to help.

In the face of more and more soldiers and horses of the Huaidong Army landing in Jinhai, Yanjing wanted to increase the defense troops accordingly, so he could only gather the Donghu boys - looking at these young generals who were still childish and newborn calves were not afraid of tigers, seeing that they had a proud and excited look on their faces, at this time there were still many longings for the war, and they were completely unaware of the cruelty of the war, Fan Wenlan just felt that the future was bleak.

Seeing that Fan Wenlan was in a very bad mood, Tong Huacheng comforted him and said: "Back then, Su Hu led the Jingbei Army to attack Gulun, and the first emperor also mobilized the whole clan to pick up weapons, and finally asked us to hold the clan land and survive the most difficult years - this time will be no exception." ”

Speaking of Su Hu and the Jingbei Army, Fan Wenlan's heart was even more desolate, at least during the Jingbei Army period, Liaodong was still under the jurisdiction of Yuan Yue. In the end, it was not the Donghu people who won the battle, but Su Hu was involved in the rebellion case and was executed, which led to the collapse of the Jingbei army; Will you be able to have such good luck this time?

Fan Wenlan took Su Hu and walked directly to the Yanying tent, and there was no need to report, when he walked to the tent, he heard Ye Ji Duodi and Nahe Wugu arguing in the tent.

"Mess around," Ye Jiduodi's voice was high, with an anger that was no longer suppressed, and he was vigorously slapping the table, "Yes, the elite infantry brigade of the Huaidong Army is spreading out to the two flanks, approaching Yanjing with a pincer attack, but it does not mean that the middle of the Huaidong Army is really empty. We can't see through the reality of the Huaidong Army, and rashly concentrate the forces in our hands between the Vortex River and the Chaobai River, once we encounter the main force of the Huaidong Army from the middle road, the consequences are unimaginable, and we will lose the last chance......"

"The Huaidong army is divided into three routes, which is also a good opportunity for us to divide and attack each one," Nahe Wugu's voice was old and low, and his patience sounded better than Ye Ji Duodi, "If you don't concentrate your forces to attack all the way at this time, do you have to wait for hundreds of thousands of Huaidong troops to gather under Yanjing City and then fight to the death?" ”

Fan Wenlan and Tong Huacheng also didn't care about the face of Ye Ji Duodi and Na He Xiong Wugu arguing, and hurriedly walked in, seeing that in addition to Ye Ji Duodi and Na He Wugu in the tent, there were many generals and ministers, presumably the choice of battle strategy had been arguing for a while.

Tong Huacheng was born in the Tong clan and was a disciple of Yandong's eight divisions, and the weight of his speech at this time was heavier than that of Fan Wenlan, and he persuaded Nahewu to say: "Old man, at this time, I can't see through the reality of the Huaidong Army Infantry Brigade, and I can't rashly concentrate all my troops on the middle road......

"The Queen Mother wants us to block the enemy outside the imperial capital, and at present, it seems that only by taking advantage of the enemy's division into three routes, our army can concentrate on attacking its one way, and it is possible to block the enemy outside the imperial capital," Nahe Wugu's face was black and purple, and it was full of wrinkles, like black dates, and said, "If the third prince does not agree with my proposal, it is better to ask the third prince to explain to the queen mother......

Ye Ji Duodi was also angry enough to Nahe Wugu's stinky face, and when he shook his sleeves, he shook his clothes and armor loudly, and no longer argued with Nahe Wugu.

It's just that Nahe Wugu brought the opinions of the queen mother and the princes and ministers, although Ye Jiduodi is in the position of the prince, but he can't disobey it, and he can only gallop to Yanjing that night, hoping that there will be room for redemption.

Tong Huacheng and Fan Wenlan could only wait for news in the Weihejin camp.

In mid-May, the land of Yanji also began to enter summer, although Tong Huacheng was physically and mentally exhausted, but he couldn't sleep over and over, so he turned over in the early morning and came to find Fan Wenlan.

Fan Wenlan also didn't sleep soundly all night, when Tong Huacheng came over, he was reading the map with an oil lamp in the marching tent, and the march route of the Huaidong Army was marked on the map.

Seeing Tong Huacheng coming, Fan Wenlan put down the map: "It's rare to have no battle tonight, General Tong woke up early ......"

"There is no news from the third prince's side, so I can't sleep." Tong Huacheng said.

"It's only been a night, how can there be news so soon?" Fan Wenlan said with relief, and then glanced to the north worriedly, Weihejin is less than a hundred miles away from Yanjing City, if it goes well, it is possible for Ye Jiduodi to return, I really don't know if the people of Yanjing will change their minds.

Tong Huacheng picked up the map on the table.

After capturing Jinhai in early May, the Huaidong Army in Jinhai was divided into two routes, one along the Chaobai River and the other along the Wushui River to the west. The defense of the Huaidong Army Infantry Brigade was very strong, especially along the road to the west, the daily advance distance was less than 20 miles, and it was unusually steady, so that Ye Ji Duodi could not grasp the fighters from the flank, and could only withdraw the soldiers and horses to the west of the Wei River.

However, it is only 200 miles from Jinhai to Yanjing, and no matter how slow the advance speed of the Huaidong Army is, half a month is enough to push it to the bottom of Yanjing.

It is not unreasonable for the people in Yanjing City to ask Ye Ji Duodi to concentrate his forces on the middle road, break through the Huaidong army, and block the enemy's imperial capital.

At this time, I couldn't see the reality of the Huaidong Army in the middle road, but the Huaidong Army spread out its troops and horses on both wings and the seemingly empty middle road, like a bloody mouth, bound to swallow the entire Yan Kyoto into its belly......

The Chaobai River and the Whirlpool River are both rivers that flow roughly from east to west, and the distance between them is sixty or seventy miles, that is, the farthest distance between the soldiers and horses of the Huaidong Army from the two wings is only sixty or seventy miles.

Tong Huacheng and Fan Wenlan waited for the news in the Weihejin camp, and the news did not come back until noon, but the news was even worse than they imagined: Ye Ji Duodi stayed in Yanjing and served as the guard of Yanjing, with Weiqiaojin as the center, and the soldiers and horses gathered west of the Weihe River were under the jurisdiction of the veteran Nahewu Gudu......