Not only the Western Capital, Sima Hongyan made a double insurance for Yanning Pass, but she also made arrangements to Yanbei Wang Hanbeiying. In addition to the 120,000 elites of the King of Yanxi, the King of Yanbei also transferred 50,000 horses to be stationed at the passes of the Northern Capital and Dongning.

Although the cavalry of the western capital of Yanling and the cavalry of the West Vietnam in the past are still a group of people, their strength is not what it used to be. Now the cavalry army in the western capital of Yanling is no longer like a plate of scattered sand as before, after Sima Hongyan's point and Xiahou Shuojie's training, it has now become an invincible heavy cavalry.

The so-called heavy cavalry is that even men and horses are dressed in armor to form a formation, moving together when moving, stopping together when stopping, and ten thousand people act as neatly and uniformly as one person. Its powerful impact force is that the city walls can be knocked down by them, and although the terrifying impact and defense are not perfect, they are enough to be unscrupulous and invincible.

As long as they encounter the Western Capital cavalry on flat ground, those who dare to go head-to-head will be trampled under the feet of the Western Capital's iron hooves. Sima Hongyan and Xiahou Shuojie have no doubt about this.

King Hong naturally can't let these hundreds of thousands of horses block the way, since he wants to pass, then he can only kill this way.

The two armies faced each other, and the commanders of the two sides came out to negotiate. This time, King Hong did not go out in person, but asked Shen Caijie to talk to Xiahou Shuojie instead of himself.

Shen Caijie has always been very conceited about his eloquence, and as soon as he met, he began to accuse Xiahou Shuojie of betraying the country for glory, treachery, and letting the king of a country not be a slave of Sima Hongyan, etc. Xiahou Shuojie hasn't said a word, and Shen Caijie has already spittled and scolded for half an hour, and the more he talks, the more energetic he becomes, he has the momentum to scold all day long.

To say that Shen Caijie's eloquence is indeed good, he quoted scriptures, talked about the past and the present, and criticized Xiahou Shuojie from all aspects. And the other party couldn't interject at all, and was always silent, letting him count it.

Later, Shen Caijie spoke so bluntly that his mouth was dry, and the smoke in his throat gradually stopped, and finally persuaded Xiahou Shuojie to rein in the precipice as soon as possible, abandon the darkness and turn to the light, return to Dongning, and counterattack Yanling. Shen Caijie also promised to restore the state system of Xiyue after pacifying Sima Hongyan, and let Xiahou Shuojie continue to be the emperor of Xiyue.

Xiahou Shuojie always looked at Shen Caijie, who had not stopped talking, with a smile, and when he saw that he finally stopped talking at this time, he said: "I am not interested in what you said about restoring the Xiyue Kingdom and making me the emperor of Xiyue or anything." I just want to know what your hundreds of thousands of Dongning troops are doing here. ”

Shen Caijie secretly thought that this was not a knowingly question, but he still replied: "In order to support the righteous path of the world, our King Hong led the army to crusade against Yanling, which is really a righteous move that should be in response to the will of heaven and the will of the people. Please also ask General Xiahou not to stop it! ”

Xiahou Shuojie said impatiently: "After talking about it for a long time, aren't you just sneaking around to seize Yanling!" Everything that goes smoothly is purely an excuse. You don't dare to compete with the Phoenix Lord, so you will use some tricks behind your back like a thief. It's really hard for you! I can find so many reasons for my shamelessness. Tell you, with me here, you don't want to go to Yanning Pass! ”

What he said just now was in vain, it turned out that the other party was pretending to be playing tricks to watch the show, Shen Caijie's face suddenly turned red with anger, and he turned his horse back to the camp angrily.

In fact, King Hong had long expected this result, and he did not wait for Shen Caijie to return to the army, so he resolutely ordered and commanded the army to storm the past. There are only hundreds of thousands of Xiyue cavalry, and King Hong still doesn't take them seriously.

However, this time, the facts taught King Hong a lesson. When the Dongning army suddenly attacked, Xiahou Shuojie waved at his team, and the first row of ordinary cavalry in the Western Capital immediately turned their horses and ran back, revealing the heavily armed cavalry.

The heavy cavalry took off the cloak around their bodies, and a piece of Jin Ge iron armor shone brightly in the sun, piercing people's eyes, startling the Dongning soldiers who rushed over on the opposite side.

In their impression, the Western Vietnamese were nothing more than a group of barbarians in the desert, who would only rely on their excellent riding skills to go on a rampage, and there was no tactical strategy at all.

But when I see it today, that's not the case at all. These heavy cavalry were neatly lined up and strictly disciplined, each holding a shield in his left hand and a spear in his right hand, as neatly as a man. And the man and the horse are tightly wrapped in iron armor, and all you can see is a pair of eyes.

When did these brutes become so regular?

King Hong was secretly surprised when he saw it, the equipment of these cavalry was actually a little more perfect than Sima Hongyan's Yanling cavalry, and he couldn't help but feel sorry for his generals.

Now the western capital of Yanling is mainly engaged in building armor and ordnance, and the so-called building near the water is the first to get the moon, and with convenient conditions, it is necessary to strengthen its own soldiers and horses. Men and horses are wearing armor is Sima Hongyan's suggestion to Xiahou Shuojie, and the two of them combined the characteristics of the soldiers and horses of the Western Capital to study the iron cavalry array.

After a period of training, the Iron Cavalry Formation has begun to take shape, and now a team of 10,000 people can completely move in unison, neatly and closely. Under the call of the general, the formation was flexible as if one person moved.

The first to attack was 30,000 iron cavalry, and 30,000 war horses started at the same time, and suddenly the dust was flying, galloping and whistling, as if an iron wall crashed towards the Dongning soldiers.

The power of the iron cavalry formation lies in its impact power, the Dongning soldiers are blocked by the strong armor when they raise their guns, and the next moment the person with the gun is knocked out by the war horse and falls to the ground, and before he can stand up, he is trampled under the hooves of countless war horses. Even if you are lucky enough to avoid the collision of the war horse, you will be pierced by the soldier on the horse.

A silver wave roared by, and there were basically no people left in the Dongning Forward Army who could stand. Even the cavalry that Dongning thought he was proud of couldn't take a look in front of the Iron Cavalry Formation.

Now that King Hong knows, these 120,000 iron horsemen are not to mention against their 300,000 troops, even 500,000. It seems that the sneak attack on Yanning Pass has long been expected by Sima Hongyan, and this hundreds of thousands of ironclad troops are prepared for the intruders.

This time, King Hong was in a dilemma, and it seemed unlikely that he would break through the Western Vietnamese cavalry army and reach Yanning Pass, so if he went back like this, the Yanling army would have long been gone. It seems that Sima Hongyan has long seen through the purpose of the suspicious soldiers, she is planning to do what she wants, and now she must have killed Dongning Capital in a big way.

It feels really bad to be restrained everywhere, and King Hong is extremely depressed. Sima Hongyan was too well prepared, and there was no loophole left to exploit.

Looking at the rampaging Western Capital Iron Cavalry, Shen Caijie immediately found King Hong and suggested that he immediately retreat back to the capital. There are iron cavalry guards here, and they are powerless against Yanning Pass. If Sima Hongyan's army is allowed to attack the imperial city again, Dongning will be completely finished. At that time, King Hong and these generals will not even have a place to stay, so they can only wait for death.

King Hong was extremely angry, but there was nothing he could do, so he had to withdraw his troops back according to what Shen Caijie said, and since the plan to attack Yanning Pass failed, he had to chase Sima Hongyan's army and prevent her from approaching the imperial capital.

Seeing the retreat of the Dongning army, Xiahou Shuojie also collected his troops and returned to the camp and did not chase after him. King Hong rushed all the way to the outside of Yanning Pass, and after losing a lot of men and horses, he turned around and ran away. He had never fought such a battle, and he was so angry that his blood was surging, and he was holding back his chest with anger.

Sima Hongyan's army was unimpeded all the way, without the hindrance of King Hong, the cities and passes along the road were vulnerable, either defeated or ran away in advance before fighting, and the capital of Dongning was already far away.

In the Dongning Palace, Lan Shengwen was already like a frightened bird, restless. Sima Hongyan came too quickly, he didn't expect that the checkpoints set up along the road were so poor, and they were so vulnerable in front of the Yanling army.

The civil and military officials also had no good way, and stood silently with their heads bowed and their highnesses. Looking at the incompetent faces of the pretentious ministers who were full of words in the past, as soon as they got down to business, Lan Shengwen didn't fight anywhere. The temper was also scolded, and the one who should be scolded was also scolded, but no problem could be solved, at this time, Lan Shengwen found that the only person who could resist Yanling in the Manchu Dynasty was his younger brother King Hong.

But at this time, King Hong abandoned Dongning to attack Yanling, and Lan Shengwen had a feeling of abandonment. For so many years, all wars have relied on King Hong externally and Wen Haizheng internally. Now that Wen Haizheng is dead, King Hong is unpredictable, and Lan Shengwen, as the emperor of Dongning, has a sense of powerlessness for the first time.

The scandal of his brother and wife made Lan Shengwen angry and murderous to King Hong. But when the national disaster was at hand, he had to rely on King Hong, and Lan Shengwen under the dilemma became more and more haggard, and his brows were always wrinkled.

With no one available, Lan Shengwen can only take responsibility on his own. Now there are less than 200,000 troops in the capital of Dongning, and he personally dispatched and appointed generals to strictly defend the capital. No matter what, he had to fight hard, and the passive situation instead inspired Lan Shengwen's fighting spirit.

Sima Hongyan continued to advance towards Dongning's heart, getting closer and closer, but still not met with any decent resistance. The effect of spreading rumors before was reflected at this time, and the generals of the defending army in various places only symbolically resisted and fulfilled their obligations, and once they really touched the Yanling army, they were immediately defeated and dispersed.

After these days of observation, Sima Hongyan found that Dongning was completely a foreign powerhouse and a middle cadre, and years of repressive rule had already made Dongning's military and people dissatisfied, and Yanling's benevolent and righteous governance fermented this dissatisfaction, and rumors became the last straw that crushed Dongning.

Lan Shengwen is not a Ming monarch, he is narrow-minded, short-sighted in governing the country, and nepotism, so that most of the people who stand in the court are people with wine bags and rice bags. He himself is still pretentious and self-righteous. In fact, Sima Hongyan has a qualitative understanding of his character early on, and the chaos and abandonment of Yan Mengling back then is the best proof.

If it weren't for the support and protection of King Hong, Dongning would have been in civil strife and strife long ago. I have to admit that Dongning's apparent strength is mostly due to King Hong.

Sima Hongyan is good at observing human nature, and there will be no good ministers and fierce generals to assist him under the rule of the faint monarch. So she dared to lead her troops deep into the dangerous place of Dongning and go straight to the imperial city. As for King Hong, one step is slow, and now he can only chase after him and run for his life.

Since the secret letter of peace with Yan Ling was sent, there was no news in the sea, and Lan Shengwen knew that Sima Hongyan would not give him a chance to negotiate peace. He now only hopes to rely on the 200,000 defenders of the capital to hold on until King Hong's army comes to the rescue. Although he didn't have great wisdom, he could also understand that King Hong would never let the capital fall.