At present, Hongnong City has already turned into a huge military camp, and there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers stationed inside and outside. In addition to the soldiers of the new government, there are tens of thousands of soldiers who have accompanied the army here.

Judging from the investment of personnel alone, this Eastern Crusade can be said to be the largest battle since the founding of the Western Wei Dynasty, surpassing all previous operations. And Daxingtai Yuwentai also personally led the Kansai people to the front line once again a few years after the Battle of Bishan.

Of course, this has to be not counting the previous defeat of Zhao Gui, Yuwenhu and others at the river bridge, after all, Yuwentai has not yet arrived at the battlefield that time, and there is no need to continue to advance.

This time on the expedition to the Northern Qi Dynasty, Yuwentai reversed the previous route of march and chose to cross the Yellow River from Hongnong to the north, and the soldiers pointed directly at Jinyang, the original lair of the tyrant.

Therefore, as early as the beginning of the army, before it arrived in Hongnong, the general Li Yuan, who was sitting here, began to organize the militia to choose a location and build a pontoon bridge.

However, due to the heavy rain after this autumn, the water level of the Yellow River has not risen for a long time, so the construction of the pontoon bridge is not very smooth. Since Li Yuan was instructed, he has used a lot of service, and it was not until recently that the pontoon bridge was barely built.

After the pontoon bridge was completed, the army did not immediately cross north, but first transported a part of the military equipment to the Jianzhou Carriage City in southern Jinnan, and first built a base for the army to advance.

At the same time, Mo Chen Chong, the Marquis of Zhuguo, also personally led an elite vanguard to cross the river to the north, and cooperated with Yang Yan, the assassin of Jianzhou, to sweep the defenders and strongholds of the left and northern Qi, so as to ensure that the advance base of the army was safer and free from harassment, and could go straight to Jinyang.

While the expedition was busy, a letter from Heluo crossed the Kunshan Mountains and arrived at Hongnong, and was sent to the desk of Yuwentai in Daxingtai as quickly as possible.

At this time, Yuwentai was discussing the march route and battle plan after the northern crossing with several Zhuguo and generals in the big tent in Hongnong City, and when he learned that a letter from Heluo was sent, he temporarily stopped the meeting, and smiled and picked up the letter on his desk and said with a smile: "It seems that Jingzhou has broken through the blockade of Yique's thief army and entered Heluo, so I will deliver the good news first." Let me take a look, I don't use it for more than a year, is this knife blunt? ”

As he spoke, Yu Wentai opened the letter and held it up in front of him, but soon his expression froze on his face, and there was no new change for a long time.

"May I ask Daxingtai, what is the letter about? What is the shock between Mo Fei Heluo? ”

Seeing Daxingtai's expression like this, Sima Duguxin, who also went out with the army this time, couldn't help but feel a little worried in his heart, worried about the situation of his beloved son-in-law, and hurriedly asked.

Hearing this voice, Yuwentai came to his senses, but did not respond to Dugu Xin's inquiry, but read the letter from beginning to end, and after arousing everyone's curiosity, he put the letter on the table, and immediately clenched his fist and waved it heavily in front of him, and at the same time showed a cheerful smile on his face, and said loudly: "Heluo Ding!" ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be even more curious, what is Heluo Ding? To what extent? Could it be that Li Boshan relied on the strength of his army to expel all the enemies between Heluo and recover Heluo?

As soon as this thought arose, many people couldn't help but laugh and shake their heads, thinking that this idea was a bit crazy.

Li Boshan is indeed a famous general with both wisdom and bravery, and has made great achievements, but since their defeat in the Western Wei and withdrawal from Heluo, the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi have been operating hard for several years after recovering this place, and the garrison has tens of thousands. Now that their main force in Kansai is still in Hongnong, they have not yet crossed the river to the north, and even if Li Boshan has a small victory, it is impossible to complete such an amazing result!

However, before they finished their thoughts, Yu Wentai had already said with a smile: "Li Boshan has defeated the thief general Ke Zhu Hun Daoyuan in a row, forcing him to flee to Hebei, south of the river bridge, all for me!" ”

"Shhh...... Is this, is this true? ”

Hearing this, a series of gasping exclamations suddenly sounded in the tent, and Dugu Xin didn't care about etiquette, he stood up directly and walked to the front of the Daxingtai case, picked up the battle report and read it quickly, and even stood in place and laughed: "It's often amazing, shocking, and now it's from the speed of Keding Heluo, the past has been tested, it's not surprising, haha!" ”

When everyone heard Dugu Xin say the same, they all got up and wanted to circulate the battle report. And after Yuwentai heard Dugu Xin's hearty laughter, the joy in his heart couldn't help but be greatly reduced, since it is not surprising, what are you doing laughing so loudly? With your rude behavior just now, I can behead you for the crime of spying on military secrets, believe it or not!

"General Li is serious, he is really a famous general of the country and the nemesis of thieves! With one of its brigades, he will clear Heluo and recover his homeland within ten days. ”

After spreading the battle report and seeing the results achieved by Li Taijin, the people in the tent suddenly became full of voices, and everyone got up to congratulate Daxingtai and Da Sima, and Dugu Xin also smiled more and more in this praise and praise.

Although Weng's son-in-law does not have an irreplaceable blood relationship as a bond like father and son, he spares no effort to help Li Tai, the son-in-law, and has a deep relationship with each other.

As for Yuwentai, as the head of the Kansai Hegemony, the generals under his command have this feat, which can be said to have opened a very wonderful and beautiful beginning for this Eastern Crusade, and his heart is naturally happy.

Although the letter said that there are still Yiyang Jiuqu City and other cities that have not yet been recovered, even the commander of the Northern Qi Dynasty stationed in Heluo, Ke Zhu Hunyuan, has been defeated and gone north, although the garrison of Jiuqu City is still quite considerable, it is difficult to hold out for too long.

Originally, when Yu Wentai ordered Li Tai to go north to Heluo, although there was no lack of expectations in his heart, he still didn't expect Li Tai to do it so well.

Although it is said that Li Tai has conquered the southern city of Heyang more than once, the last time was when the situation was very good, and the situation was reversed, and the defeat was lost.

But this time the situation is different from the last time, now the army is gathered here to wait for the north to attack and destroy the Jinyang Hegemony, and the loss of Heluo will undoubtedly bring great shock to the Jinyang defenders and intensify their panic. Moreover, after experiencing the lesson of the last time, Yuwentai will not make any temporary changes of generals, and will still entrust all matters of Heluo to Li Tai to decide.

Originally, he didn't plan to invest too much strength in Heluo, and he wanted to concentrate all his strength on Jinyang. But now that Li Tai has played so well in Heluo, of course, he might as well make a small investment to lock in the victory in advance.

So after a little contemplation, Yu Wentai led 3,000 elite soldiers with his confidant Cai You, and marched east along the Nankun Road to defend on the same track, cooperating with the defenders there, and cooperating with Li Tai's offensive to attack Yiyang Jiuqu City in front and rear.

Of course, Heluo is only a side battlefield here, even if the breakthrough is huge, it still can't be said that this battle has been a complete victory, and the next thing is to see how their main army plays.

"Although the victory is gratifying, there is still unfinished work to be done. The old man can Zhu Hun Dao Yuan plot to mess with Longyou and coerce the crowd away, I should not have thought that there is such a young man under my door who can easily overcome it. The head of the thief is still on the neck, which is really an eyesore, and there are other thieves such as Wan Qi and Po Liuhan, who should be picked up by going north this time! ”

Yu Wentai himself is not a very generous person, he has always remembered the hatred of Zhu Hunyuan and these people who defected before, and now under the influence of Li Tae Heluo's victory, plus he is already holding a large army and ready to go, he can't help but confide a little at this time.

"General Li has made another great contribution to Heluo, although it is because of his eloquence and strategy, but it can also be seen that the East Thief Gao is rebellious, the people's hearts are fluctuating, the crowd is uneasy, and the people have no will to fight. Now that you are going north, there are also special merits waiting for you, and you should be brave! ”

Seeing that the atmosphere in the big tent was just right, Yu Jin also smiled and cheered everyone up, and after hearing this, all the generals present also raised their arms and beat their chests to express that they must fight bravely and punish the thieves.

Infected by this atmosphere, Yu Wentai couldn't help laughing and said: "Young Zhuang has made meritorious contributions, which is indeed gratifying. But the people who have done it early in my affairs are by no means admirable and enterprising, so famous! Maybe the world is forgetful and loves newcomers more, but we are not old and difficult to use, we should let the young disciples look up to the courage of their predecessors again, and the majesty will not be reduced back then! Do you dare to fight me? ”

"Dare to fight! Dare to fight! Go straight to the thief's lair and wipe out the thief's trail! ”

When all the generals heard this, they all raised their arms and shouted, and their momentum was also very heroic.