From the impregnable Nanfeng Fortress after its completion, it was taken from the Jianhuangling section by the combination of the inside and the outside!

This gap, which was insignificant on the whole, became an anthill that could cause the levee to collapse. M. Mobile Network Following this gap, the armies of the Kingdom of Oman continued to pour in, eyeing the Tiannan Legion, which was desperately reinforcing the adjacent defensive line. After a brief lull, the battle began again as a third group of reinforcements arrived from Saladin, who was overjoyed.

Leji, the famous general of the empire, who had already had a bad premonition, led his army to resist desperately and kill and wound the enemy as much as possible, and at the same time sent a large number of messengers to send the news that the South Peak Fortress was endangered.

He began to prepare for the loss of the entire Nanfeng Fortress and the evacuation of the Tiannan Army.

The news spread all the way back from Nanfeng Mansion, and the local government offices of Tiannan County, including Shizhou Changlu Mansion, were all panicked by this terrible bad news. The Tiannan Legion has an army of more than 100,000 troops, and the fortress that has been in operation for many years is even more impregnable, and they never thought that this steel defense line could really be lost one day. Finally, the empire had a plan for what to deal with after the loss of the South Peak Fortress, and after a short period of panic and confusion, these local governments began to make preliminary preparations according to the plan.

All kinds of materials, especially grain, grass and military materials, as well as various important official documents and tables of the government treasury, were transported to the county town of Tianlong in advance. Government officials at all levels also took action, ready to move at any time. Once Leji's side is lost, or forced to evacuate on its own initiative, the local government can immediately organize a retreat.

Despite the deliberate blockade, it is difficult for such a message and such a big move to hide from everyone.

Ordinary people may not know for a while, but the circle of the upper aristocracy has spread rapidly. Even if they didn't get solid evidence, or even an accurate date, for the sake of their own lives and family property, the nobles and powerful people in various parts of Tiannan County still began to evacuate in advance.

If the fixed industry can be sold, sell it as much as possible, and take away all the rest!

Because of the fear of the Omani army, and the fear of the future of Tiannan County, only a small number of these wealthy people who had been evacuated from the local area fled to the county town of Tianlong. Even the Nanfeng Fortress had been breached, and they didn't think that Tianlong City could hold it. However, for the people of Tiannan County, there were only two ways to escape by land - into Ninghai County or Songjiang County.

Ninghai County is only half a county, and the pirates are raging, so it is obviously not a good place to take refuge.

As a result, most of the wealthy people chose to evacuate from Songjiang County with their families, and escaped into the hinterland of the empire through Guò Daqing Pass. Although Songjiang County was also occupied by the rebels of the Taiping Army, such a long time was enough for the people of Tiannan County to understand the Taiping Army's measures in Songjiang, and it is said that it was very well-behaved, and the caravans of Daqingguan also passed.

Compared with the unreasonable Dongyi Haikou, it is obviously safer to go to the Songjiang side.

Prompted by this line of thinking, a large number of people who are either rich or noble have appeared on the official road of Changlu Prefecture, which directly borders Songjiang County. Looking at the badges on the luxurious carriages, there are some nobles and families who are quite famous in Tiannan County.

It's not that there are some thieves who don't have long eyes and want to hit these people with their ideas, but these convoys with a large amount of wealth transfer either have a large number of escorts themselves, or they are even escorted by the garrison of Changlu Mansion. After dozens of thieves died one after another, no one dared to fight them anymore.

At the same time, news from the south had already reached Matsue with the urgent report of the scouts, and they arrived at the center of the empire three days later.

As early as when the first batch of evacuated wealthy people appeared in Changlu Mansion, Zhongzhou, thousands of miles away, had already received this news that shocked all the courtiers, accompanied by Le Jina's request for help that he knew was unlikely but still reported a glimmer of hope.

Tiannan County may fall!

This news is really terrible!

Everyone in their right mind knows what the capture of the South Peak Fortress means to the southeast of the empire. In the worst-case scenario, the entire southeastern county could fall into the hands of the Omani Kingdom, which would shake the foundations of the empire. Even, the army of the Kingdom of Oman may drive straight in, or recruit the Taiping army or directly annex it, and take Daqingguan together.

In that case, the Kingdom of Oman, which has mastered the Great Green Pass, will occupy the absolute initiative and can attack the hinterland of the empire at any time!

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there has never been a situation that is as dangerous as it is now!

By this time, the threat of the Taiping army was no longer the first priority. The army of the Omani Kingdom outside Tiannan County leapt over the Wudou Midao rebels in the southwest of the Lena Dynasty in the north, and became a major danger that could shake the foundation of the empire.

"Cheng Jiaze ......"

Qian Yuanji, who was almost knocked unconscious by this bad news again, gritted his teeth with hatred for this rebel general who single-handedly led the current situation. Although Chen Wu is hateful, it seems that he was forced to raise troops because he was oppressed by local incompetent and corrupt officials, which is more or less excusable. But Cheng Jiaze is different, he is a high-ranking officer of the emperor. The collusion of such courtiers with the vassal states was far more hateful to him than the peasant rebellion under his rule.

If there is any day, if Qian Yuanji can really catch this person, he must be broken into thousands of pieces and wiped out the Nine Clans!

If not, I can't understand the hatred in my heart!

However, no matter how angry he was, he couldn't change the fact that Cheng Jiaze had been protected by the army of the Kingdom of Oman. While ordering Yan Xingbang to find a way to assassinate this person, he urgently summoned several confidants and ministers in the imperial study, hoping to discuss a situation to deal with the current situation.

The first question is whether the empire still has the ability to send reinforcements to stabilize the defense line of the South Peak Fortress!

"Back to Your Majesty, the current situation of the empire, I'm only afraid of ......"

Feng Wu shook his head in embarrassment, as the Minister of War, he was most aware of the current embarrassment of the empire.

In the southeast, the empire does not have the surplus forces to change the tide of the war, but that does not mean that there are no other places, and the main problem is that it is difficult to quench the thirst of the near water.

The imperial capital of Zhongzhou has two major armies and 300,000 troops. In the current situation, there is no need to worry about the pressure of the place or the rush to other directions, and the city guards can be dispatched immediately. But the key sticking point is that Tiannan County is on the southeastern border of the empire. Even if the city guards set off on the same day and march there in a hurry, it will take at least two months!

This time, the Kingdom of Oman marched north with all its strength and captured a section of defense, how could it be possible to give the empire so much time?

What's more, the vital land passage Daqingguan is still in the hands of the Taiping army.

Even if the city guards could put on their wings and fly to Yuanshan County immediately, how could they pass through the Daqing Pass in a short time and rush south to help?

Seeing the silence in the imperial study, Qian Yuanji knew that the fall of Nanfeng Fortress was a foregone conclusion-this actually coincided with the judgment in his heart, but it was difficult to accept this fact, and he still wanted to try to find a glimmer of possibility.

Now that the outcome was predestined, he quickly posed a second question to his confidants.

How far will the situation in the southeast deteriorate?

"I think it has something to do with Saladin's determination in the Kingdom of Oman and the losses he has suffered."

Chen Sansheng analyzed: "The army of the Kingdom of Oman launched an attack before early summer, and it has been nearly four months under the Nanfeng Fortress now, and the losses are only afraid of being small. Moreover, the further north the attack, the longer the battle line is extended, and the pressure on the logistics of the army is also very huge. Judging from the urgent report from General Leji, he has ordered the local government to transfer grain and grass and military materials to clear the wilderness, and if necessary, he will not hesitate to burn them all. Even if the Kingdom of Oman can conquer Tiannan County, most of them will not get any supplements, and it will be difficult to move forward. ”

Overall, Chen Sansheng's attitude is still relatively optimistic.

Ji Junchen, the director of the Military Intelligence Agency, does not think so.

Summarizing the information gathered from various sources, he questioned: "I do not doubt that General Leji may indeed be able to force the army of the Kingdom of Oman to go north after annexing Tiannan. But what about the Taipings? If the Kingdom of Oman recruited the Taiping Army, Songjiang, which had almost been completely defeated by the Taiping Army, would not be equivalent to going down without a fight? ”

This possibility, like a cold snap, froze the entire imperial study.

Qian Yuanji's face was pale.

What the Taiping Army had done in the past seemed to have great ambitions, and it was not like they would collude with foreign forces at will. But after all, the Omani Kingdom has a large army on its side, and under the threat and temptation, can that group of rebels and thieves really remain unmoved?

It's not just that the most "failed" emperor since the founding of the Qianyuan Dynasty has no bottom in his heart, but every minister in the imperial study does not dare to boast and draw conclusions.

"Or, let's try to surrender too?"

After a moment, Chen Sansheng tried to come up with an idea.

According to the Lin family, when communicating with the thief leader Chen Wu, the other party had tried to ask about the idea of surrendering, and the offer was said to be the position of the defender of Longshan City, and the army had the right to appoint and dismiss officials independently, and no additional officers and soldiers were allowed to be stationed in Taiping County. At that time, this mention was politely rejected by the Lin family, obviously knowing that the empire could not pass guò.

But this time, that time!

Compared to the Omani kingdom with wolf ambitions, the actual threat of the Taiping army was much smaller. Moreover, the Kingdom of Oman is a white-eyed wolf that can't be fed, and after swallowing Tiannan County, it will think about Songjiang and Ninghai. Even if you take the entire southeast, you will try to attack the entire territory of the empire.

In contrast, why not recruit the Taiping army?

Anyway, Songjiang County is about to be lost, so it is better to give him the name of the governor of Songjiang and let the Taiping army go to the Omani kingdom in the south to eat dog. As long as you can fight the Oman Kingdom back, even if you lose a Songjiang temporarily, there will always be a chance to slowly recover it in the future!

It's better than the Taiping army surrendering to the Kingdom of Oman!

I have to say that this is a valuable idea, but Minister of War Feng Wu shook his head again and again: "With the strength of the Taiping Army, it took so long to fight a Songjiang County, what did they use against the army of the Kingdom of Oman?" What's more, the thief is so cunning that he can't see the shape clearly? Even if we surrender, most of them won't agree. ”

In Feng Wu's view, the current Taiping Army's strength against the Kingdom of Oman is like hitting a stone with an egg, and the end can only be shattered!

Unless the leader of the thieves is dizzy, the Empire's attempts to surrender will only be in vain. >