How important is Yanmen Pass? Out of the Yanmen Pass to the north is the flat and more prosperous Yunzhou Basin, and then north out of the Great Wall is the endless grassland, south can attack Hedong, the Central Plains, Guanzhong, North China, can be said to be the first pass in the world against the Hu people.

Menghu has more than 100,000 heavy troops in Yunzhou, and there is no other reason why he can blockade and attack Dadu after passing through the Juyong Pass of Feihukou in the east, which is also one of the most important retreats for Li Chongshan to return to the grassland.

It has been more than ten days since the Menghu army attacked Yanmen Pass, and tens of thousands of siege foot soldiers in Yunzhou have basically come over, and there are cavalry patrols on the periphery.

However, as the famous inner Great Wall for thousands of years, the Yanmen Pass is not so easy to fight, there are three walls as high as eight zhang alone, there are Great Wall along the ridge on both sides and are intact, soldiers patrol, can not be smuggled over at all. Now even the first gate has not been breached.

Liu Yu sat on the city tower bored, covering the rain of arrows again, there was no need to command, the soldiers themselves raised their shields to defend, although many people were hit by arrows in the thighs and arms, but immediately someone stepped forward to bandage and replace, this set has been very familiar.

At the beginning, all the catapults were used to rush to the city, but they were still not used, and the roar of the city wall was still the city wall, and there were three in a row. For thousands of years, there have been countless ways to tackle key problems, and everything has been taken into account, as long as there is no civil strife, no battles in the waves, and blindly defending, the place is so big, even if Li Chongshan's whole army comes, it will not be able to attack.

Liu Yu admired the old master very much, and from the moment he decided to rebel, he arranged for people to restore the defense of Yanmen Pass, otherwise it had been abandoned for so many years, and he suddenly faced a big war, and now he may not be able to resist it!

Liu Yu let out a long sigh again, he was too thorough in implementing His Royal Highness's orders, and in order to avoid that he couldn't help but go out, he didn't even let the cavalry take it, so he only brought 20,000 heavy infantry.

In fact, Liu Yu felt that if he didn't go out, the original 30,000 defenders would be enough. Because of top-secret information, he suggested concentrating his forces to ambush Batusu in Jingcheng Road, but Liu Hesheng vetoed it, and it is said that His Royal Highness did not allow extraneous branches. He also suggested concentrating the cavalry to attack Yunzhou at Yanmen Pass, but it was still vetoed, because the risk was too great, but unfortunately the Liu family buried the shadows in Yunzhou Mansion, and it was completely useless.

How can there be a war that does not take risks, and in the past, His Highness himself did not take risks as often as he did? It's true that it's not enough, but what if it succeeds? It is estimated that His Highness will soon be able to ascend the throne in Dadu.

The attack on Yanmen Pass seems to be fierce, but the actual intensity is not high, Liu Yu knows what is going on, just to attract the Hedong army to keep going north, but it is useless to see this posture, it is getting slower and slower these days, and it is estimated that the troops will have to retreat.

Since the Central Plains cavalry crossed the river and harassed the beginning, Batusu has actually given up the attempt to attack Hedong, in order to give Li Chongshan an explanation, it was still carried out according to the original plan, but only Yanmen Pass launched a real attack, after all, there is a local army attack, no need to travel a long distance, the other roads just made a show, even Batusu himself, has not been to the front line, just stayed in the Zhending Mansion outside Jingcheng Road.

As soon as the news of the attack and defense of Yanmen Pass and the scout news of Jingcheng Dao came, Batusu immediately set off to return to Dadu, but he did not dare to see Li Chongshan by himself, but took Balsifu and Jibha with him.

"Your Majesty, Liu Jingye has been completely prepared for our attack, Yanmen Pass has been overcome, the losses are quite large, the Jingcheng Road is heavily guarded, and it is estimated that the defenders are no less than 50,000 people. The small battles on the front line of the Yellow River have been non-stop, involving a large number of troops, and it is suggested that the attack on Hedong should be suspended. ”

Li Chongshan's face was gloomy, and he didn't care if what Batusu said was true or false.

After a long time, just when Batusu was restless, Li Chongshan said slowly: "You should know that Lin Jianyue has defeated Goryeo, the army is advancing north to threaten Liaoyang, and there are also a large number of Han troops on the Liaonan Peninsula to respond. ”

Balsfu Jibha was silent, and Batusu said: "Your Majesty, Mo Han is a veteran general for many years, with rich experience, Liaoyang is surrounded by plains, although Lin Jianyue's troops in Goryeo are large, the cavalry is only tens of thousands, as long as he dares to cross the Yalu River, he will not be able to please, and Mo Han is already gathering military forces and materials in the north, and his strength will increase, so it should be fine." ”

"Even so, how long can it last? One year, two years, three years? What about the future? Every day that passes, Lin Jianyue's strength is growing. ”

There is nothing more to say at this time.

Li Chongshan stood up and walked up to Balsfu and said, "Taifu, I have an idea, that is, the strategy you proposed before to return to the grassland, what do you think?" ”

Balsif immediately shook his head and said: "If it was before, that is, before Lin Jianyue got Jiangnan, this method was still possible, but now it doesn't work, as soon as we retreat, Lin Jianyue will definitely follow and follow, and will not give us time to sort out the interior and breathe, the situation will be even worse." ”

"Taifu listened to me, of course, he didn't just quit so simply. I have received the news that Lin Jian'an and Lin Jianyue said that they were two brothers, but in fact, there was an undercurrent surging underneath, and a civil war would break out sooner or later. I will send an envoy to Shu to hand over all the Guanzhong to him, and only keep the Hetao area beyond the Great Wall, and sign a peace treaty. Exit from Hebei ...... Most of them can also give up, withdraw from the Great Wall, and sign a peace treaty with Lin Jianyue. In this way, there is no unification between Han and China, and there is no two days, and the two brothers will inevitably fight among themselves. When they are almost done, let's sort it out almost enough, and then enter the level and fight the winner, what do you think? ”

The three of them were stunned for a while, they didn't expect that Li Chongshan, who was so conceited, could make such a big determination and turn such a big turn.

Ba and Ji didn't dare to speak, and Balsif thought for a long time before saying, "Your Majesty, this method works for Lin Jian'an, but not necessarily for Lin Jianyue." Even if Lin Jianyue agreed, but without Guanzhong and Hebei, what should we do to raise such a huge army? The great khanates in the west are getting more and more powerful, and we have retreated, and without the Han land, they will no longer be afraid. If we want to support so many people, there will inevitably be infighting, and the infighting of the khanate, and the infighting within us, will also weaken. ”

Li Chongshan said angrily: "Isn't it the same when I went back before? ”

"Your Majesty is angry, let's go at that time, Jiangnan will not be attached to Lin Jianyue, there will still be armies in Guanzhong and Hebei, with the practice of the Ning Dynasty before, it will definitely be a multi-party melee, but the main force will return to the grassland, and you can still have Han land, those khanates will still be afraid, and it is much easier to sort out."

"And Your Majesty, we can't pin our hopes on others, what if the two brothers of the Lin family reconcile? What if one party gave up? None of this can be predicted. ”

At this time, Batusu also said: "Your Majesty, although we may encounter Lin Jianyue's multi-faceted attacks in the future, our main force still exists, and we are not our opponents all the way alone, and the chance of victory still exists." ”

Now it's completely reversed, it used to be Balsifu and they had to leave, and Li Chongshan didn't do it. Now that Li Chongshan is leaving, they don't agree again.

In the tug-of-war back and forth, the mighty Dameng Empire lost its last chance to turn around.