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On the way back to Partridge Pass from Xikang, Situ Yutang didn't pay attention to Wu Feng, and Wu Feng didn't come to disturb the other party, he knew that it seemed a little redundant to say anything else at this time, not to mention that he didn't have much energy to pay attention to these things at this time, because the battle situation in the east had begun to change significantly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

On October 10, 696 in the mainland Gregorian calendar, the Taiping army marched south in two ways, directly into the two provinces of Montenegro and Longquan, and the battle of the Taiping Holy Sect to enter the hinterland of the imperial center officially began.

On October 13, 696 in the mainland Gregorian calendar, Yu Zhiyong, the commander of the Taiping Army, led 100,000 elite troops of the Taiping Army in the north of Longquan Mansion and the second, third and fourth third legions of the Fourth Army of the Empire had a fierce battle, and the two sides fought fiercely for three days and suffered heavy losses.

On October 14, Cheng Dayou, the commander of the Taiping Army, led 30,000 elite soldiers to the left of the road, bypassing the dangerous Dashanping in the north of Montenegro Province, and obliquely inserting into the hinterland of Montenegro Province. Cheng Dayou sent a detective to lead the Taiping Sect of Montenegro who had been prepared for a long time to take the opportunity to start an incident, and the unprepared Emperor [***] team collapsed after being attacked on both sides and the supply line was cut off, and only 8,000 people of the Third Division of the Third Army of the Empire were able to escape, and the empty Black Mountain Mansion was conquered by Dayou on October 17.

On October 21, Cheng Dayou, who had taken the Black Mountain Mansion, led his army to march eastward without stopping, and on October 21, he made a detour to encircle the flank of the imperial garrison in Longquan Province, which had not yet received news, and the army of three divisions and the garrison of one division of the empire were jointly surrounded by the reinforced Taiping Army Yu Zhiyongbu and Cheng Dayou; on October 28, the imperial army, which had run out of ammunition and food, was dug up by Cheng Dayou after repeated failures in breaking through the siege, and the Bailongjiang embankment, a tributary of the Fan River, was broken and irrigated, and the imperial army was almost completely annihilated, and only 10,000 of the more than 80,000 troops surrendered and were rescued. In this battle, the main force of the imperial garrison in the Heshuo area lost almost more than half, and only the first division of the entire Fourth Army was still complete.

October 31. The Taiping army Yu Zhiyong's troops captured the city of Longquanfu, which was already defenseless, and the entire northern two provinces of Heshuo County fell. The situation suddenly became extremely bad, and the Taiping Sect, together with the men and horses mobilized after the occupation of Montenegro and Longquan, pressed more than 200,000 troops on the border line of the three southern provinces in the Heshuo region. The entire Heshuo region was suddenly in a state of extreme panic, and the wealthy families of Sanfu fled to the Jiangnan or Wuhu areas to escape the impending war, and even many medium-sized families moved their families away. In case of unjustified disasters after the arrival of war.

Yanjing is also panicked, and the rumors have changed three times, and many far-sighted families and big businessmen have begun to move their capital and industry to Jiangnan and Wuhu, and of course, many have moved to the northwest, although it is a little remote, but at least it seems that the Taiping army does not dare to touch Li Wufeng's tiger beard.

The rapid fall of the two northern provinces of Heshuo put the entire Heshuo County in an extremely dangerous situation, and the Taiping army at this time had just won a great victory and its morale was booming; while the two prefectures of Longquan in Montenegro and Tianshui, Hejian and Jinzhong were already in a flat river, and the cavalry could reach them in one day and one night; the imperial garrison in the southern Heshuo region was already at an absolute disadvantage compared to the Taiping army, not to mention that the tens of thousands of Taiping troops in Longdong could attack Tianshui at any time. Although Yanjing has the most powerful fortifications and defense system in the mainland, the Taiping army that occupied Heshuo is equivalent to having half of the empire in its hands, and its arrogance must grow in geometric progression, no matter how strong and powerful a lonely city is, it is difficult to deal with it for a long time.

Coldly staring at the situation deduction map on the sand table, Wu Feng gently pinched his jaw with his left hand, it seems that the Taiping army is quite well prepared this time, not only in the north to let the troops of Situ Tai's family stand still, even the city guard corps of this guy Yusuf is also soaking mushrooms in Qinghefu County, Situ Jun is also pretending to be deaf and dumb in Jincheng, and even the three divisions of the Third Army Corps were originally stationed in the Heshuo area, but for some reason, they all shrank back and only swirled in the territory of Wuhu.

"Tianfang, what do you think?" Wu Feng turned his gaze to Ling Tianfang, who had been thinking hard, Ling Tianfang rushed back from the Taixuan front line overnight after receiving Wu Feng's order, the great change in the situation was also beyond his expectations, originally the Taiping army would be a protracted battle even if it attacked Heshuo, but he didn't expect the Taiping army to be so powerful, which made Ling Tianfang also surprised. In particular, the Taiping Army's surprise attack to conquer Montenegro, and the plan to flood the army of the Longquan Empire with the plan of breaking the water, made Ling Tianfang feel that this guy was extraordinary.

"My lord, it seems that the Taiping army is determined to turn Heshuo into their territory this time, using such a large number of troops, and colluding privately with His Royal Highness and the Third Highness, if the situation continues to develop like this, I am afraid that the Heshuo area will really become the pocket of the Taiping army. Ling Tianfang, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.

"Well, Situ Tai and Situ Jun are actually holding their troops for their own selfish interests, which is barely reasonable, but this guy from Yusuf also pretended to be a turtle at such a critical moment, I don't know who lent him such a big courage, so difficult that he is not afraid that His Majesty the Emperor will cut off his head?" Li Wufeng's words were no longer the usual cynicism, the great changes in the situation in Heshuo made him have to reconsider his next plan, originally planned to take advantage of the Taiping army to fight Heshuo again into a protracted war before sending troops, but the Taiping army's combat effectiveness and the command wisdom of the generals surprised him.

"My lord, you haven't decided to fight Lu Long or Hao Dong first?" Ling Tianfang couldn't help but ask, seeing the hesitation on the coach's face that he had never seen before, Ling Tianfang was a little strange, could it be that Wufeng still had any concerns at this time?

Shaking his head, Wufeng turned around and paced, the atmosphere in the room was also extremely dull, Ling Tianfang couldn't understand what the boss was thinking at this time, more than 100,000 troops gathered at Lu Long and Partridge Pass, just waiting for an order, but the boss hesitated at this time, this is not like Wufeng's style.

"Tianfang, the Taiping army has sent a messenger. As if he had made up his mind, Wufeng raised his head and looked out the window, and said lightly.

"Oh?" Ling Tian was shocked with relief, so it was so, he didn't say anything, just quietly waited for the boss's words.

"Brought Bo Jinchen's handwritten letter, they are willing to hand over the Hanzhong Mansion to us, in exchange for us not to send troops to Heshuo and Beiyuan for a year. If we keep the covenant after a year, they will hand over the Longdong Mansion to us again. Wu Feng's tone was very flat, but the content of his words was as heavy as a thousand sentences.

A glimmer of essence flashed in his eyes, and Ling Tian magnified and overjoyed: "This is a good thing, the subordinates may see that the deal may be made, as long as Hanzhong and Longdong are in hand, we will go south and eastward." Since they put it forward in this way, there must be a way to fulfill it, how to ensure the performance of the treaty by both sides. ”

Wu Feng sighed lightly, he knew that this condition must be a great thing for Ling Tianfang, originally the purpose of sending troops to the east was to expand the territory, especially the areas with a more developed economic base were the targets of the northwest; Hanzhong Mansion had superior natural conditions, developed economy, and was easy to defend and difficult to attack, it was the land of the king, and it had always been one of his goals, and it was certainly impossible to ask for it if he could take it without a fight, but ...... I am afraid that this kind of transaction is difficult to cover people's eyes, and once it is revealed, it will fall into the situation that thousands of people point to.

Ling Tianfang is not a native of the empire, so he naturally doesn't care much about the opinions of the people from the empire, in his opinion, strength determines everything, as long as he can strengthen his own strength, all opinions and public opinion are just ethereal things, and it is difficult to play a decisive role. But he was born in the empire, grew up in the empire, and now he is a vassal of the empire, and if he doesn't save him when he dies, he even colludes with the chaotic party, and he is afraid that he will not dare to do such a thing.

"The way to fulfill it hasn't been discussed yet, but I'm afraid we won't be able to accept the other party's conditions. Wu Feng scratched his head in distress, obviously helpless: "These things can't be hidden from people's eyes, and the impact will be extremely unfavorable for us to gain the hearts of the people when we enter the Central Plains in the future." We can't be too short-sighted, because focusing on immediate interests will cause us to lose more things. ”

After the excitement, Ling Tianfang gradually cooled down, and slowly considered the problem from the perspective of the boss, the old feelings of the Tanghe people were very deep, and they especially hated and despised the betrayal, this time the other party made such a big blood to naturally want to drag Wufeng into a bottomless quagmire, once Wufeng lost the foundation of public opinion, if he wanted to gain a foothold in the Central Plains, he was afraid that he would have to add a lot of trouble. But this bait was indeed big enough that Ling Tianfang couldn't help but salivate.

"This Bo Jinchen is really willing, and he dares to exchange the two mansions in one go, which is really bold. Ling Tianfang frowned, thinking hard: "It's just that such a big deal can be given to the Dao party? And such a big deal, they actually didn't have a detailed plan to give it to us? Isn't it too hasty and abrupt?"

Wu Feng's eyes also lit up, and when he raised his head, the two of them collided with each other: "Tianfang, do you mean that these guys of the Taiping Sect are using a delaying tactic?"

"It shouldn't be wrong, I have analyzed You Daofang's person, although this person is shrewd, but he attaches too much importance to the gains and losses of one city and one place, Lu Long's gains and losses fully illustrate this, and Bo Jinchen's freedom in this regard is very related, it is not You Daofang's style to exchange Hanzhong and Longdong in one breath, and this kind of big thing Bo Jinchen can't be the master, which can only show that they don't plan to implement this plan at all. Ling Tian pondered his words: "Then their purpose is obvious, to paralyze us, let us slow down the pace of eastward expansion, and win more time for them!"

Nodding, Wu Feng, who had a mysterious look on his face, smiled and said: "It's okay, since they are so pretentious, let's generously accept it, let them send someone to discuss the way to fulfill the treaty, we can be eager and greedy, just let them believe that we really want to take over Hanzhong, and we will not wait here, and launch a full-scale attack immediately!"

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