() It wasn't until the Great War began, when the army launched a complete attack on Qiuxi Gorge, that Lian Shan realized how much of a mistake he had made.

He did have nearly 30,000 troops in his hands, and Mu Yuntian and the Dongfang family did have more than 70,000 people, although the difference was huge, but it was not yet invincible.

But at the beginning of the battle, the battle situation completely lost the control of Lianshan.

The more than 50,000 people under Mu Yuntian inherited the invincible generosity of the Yunzhou army, while the 30,000 people under Lian Shan were defeated after several defeats in Liangzhou.

In the end, he couldn't, so he could only use it as a last resort, pouring the tung oil that had been prepared all over the Qiuxi Gorge Wooden Village, and the last fire turned the wooden village into a sea of fire, and he retreated to Yanjing with less than 20,000 people left.

"General, general, you can drink saliva. ”

Lian Shan didn't know what he was thinking on horseback at the moment, his head was lowered, his eyes were blank.

Listening to the call around him, he raised his head to see a young face, and the water bladder in this person's hand had been handed to him.

"Oh. ”

Even the mountain was not reserved, took a sip of water, returned the water bladder to the young general, and asked casually: "What's your name." ”

"General, my name is Yuan Fan. Yuan Fan smiled, pinned the water bladder back to his waist, and persuaded: "I hope the general will not blame himself too much, the enemy is strong, it is really not the general's fault, besides, I heard that the 50,000 elites of Yongzhou also entered Yanjing City two days ago, and they were renamed the Fulong Army." With their 50,000 men plus us and the original defenders of Yanjing, we have 100,000 troops at our disposal, and we still have a lot to do. ”

Originally, Lianshan's mood improved slightly, but when he heard Yuan Fan talk about Jikang and Fulongjun, Lianshan immediately became even more depressed.

He knew that Ji Kang was appointed as the city patrol governor, although he was still one level younger than him, the city patrol commander, but he came from a thousand miles of travel day and night, and his subordinates were elite lions who had made great achievements for the country in Yongzhou, and what about himself?

Liangzhou was defeated, and now Qiuxixia is also defeated, and he retreats to Yanjing in a gray manner.

Even the mountain thought that he should keep a low profile after he returned, so as not to make a mistake and not even be able to keep the position of the city patrol governor.

When he thought that he would have to act according to Ji Kang's eyes when he went back, he would have to look at Ji Kang's eyes, and how could Lianshan be happy.

However, after returning to Yanjing, to Lianshan's surprise, before entering the city, a large army came out along the city gate, and it seemed that they had come to greet the 20,000 people who had returned from defeat, what was going on?

Lian Shan was still a little stunned, but he saw a burly golden armor commander stepping on a horse to him, this person looked heroic, with a big waist and a round waist, and then looked at the posture of the horse stepping on a meteor.

Lian Shan immediately guessed who it was. Lian Shan was a little strange, how did he come.

"General Lian, Ji Kang is here to pick you up!" Ji Kang fell down from afar and opened his mouth, and his majestic spirit was eye-catching.

Ji Kang rode his horse to the front of Lianshan, and immediately bowed his head respectfully and saluted: "The end will be late, please don't blame the general." ”

Between the words, Jikang was extremely respectful, and he didn't look like he was proud of his achievements.

This made Lianshan a little uncomfortable for a while.

In Yanjing, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, everyone is accustomed to the days of harmony on weekdays and falling into the well behind their backs, after all, there are only a few positions in front of His Majesty, and there are too many people staring, and they may not be able to go up by themselves when they pull down a person, but after all, there is such a chance.

Lianshan's patrol governor order is a position that countless people are jealous of, and Lianshan is cautious on weekdays, and even when the eldest prince and the third prince competed with each other, he has always remained neutral, so as not to fall into the mouth and cause himself to be burned.

In his mind, he lost the battle, and when he went back, he would inevitably fall and be scolded, and the position of the city patrol governor may not be able to keep it.

If it were anyone else, I am afraid that when I saw myself at this moment, I would like to step on a few feet. This Jikang deliberately made overtures to me, is this the way the magistrate behaves?

Lian Shan has always been an official in Yanjing, and he has never been to a place, so maybe this is the only explanation for thinking about it.

Thinking of this, Lianshan's impression of Jikang suddenly improved a lot.

The previous worries have dissipated a lot, at least his biggest competitor has not shown hostility towards him, how can he not be interested.

Along the way, Lianshan praised Jikang and could be approached, which he was particularly good at. And Ji Kang also smiled, as if he was a soldier who could only fight, and kept saying that "this is all within the responsibility of the last general", and he was not arrogant at all, which made Lianshan suddenly happy.

It seems that this Jikang is simple-minded, so he can get along easily.

Thinking of this, Lian Shan's face couldn't help but overflow with joy.

When he returned to Yanjing, Lian Shan hastily handed over the military affairs to the deputy general, and he immediately entered the palace to meet the queen Wang.

Lianshan, who was still a little apprehensive on the way back, had already made up his mind at this time, and from Ji Kang's mouth, he had already asked, the queen mother originally knew that Qiuxi Gorge could not be defended at all, and she also had the intention of letting Lianshan return to Yanjing.

From Ji Kang's words, it can be inferred that whether it is the queen mother or Liang Wendao and other ministers of the court and the central government, they do not have too much harsh criticism of Lianshan, and it is also a critical juncture at this time, and it is impossible to change the commander on the spot. As long as he has military exploits in the future, he will not still be able to sit firmly in the position of the commander of the city patrol.

Thinking like this, Lian Shan calmed down a lot.

Seeing the queen Wang, sure enough, the queen did not criticize Lianshan too harshly, but asked him to step up the training of soldiers and cooperate with Ji Kang to take charge of the defense of Yanjing.

Since then, Lianshan has become more and more enthusiastic about Jikang, and in private he is even more commensurate with each other, so he is not harmonious.

In the midst of "harmony" in Yanjing City, Mu Yuntian and the army of the Dongfang family had already crossed the Qiuxi Gorge and completely drove to the bottom of Yanjing City.

This time, Mu Yuntian pulled all the troops in Xiaokang City over, and the Dongfang family's army in Liangzhou also poured out, with a total of 100,000 people on both sides, and the defenders in Yanjing City plus Jikang's 50,000 Fulong Army also had more than 100,000 people, and the two sides were in such a stalemate.

A few days later, the progress of the war in the north also reached the front line, Ding Bufu was defeated and killed in Jizhou Yuancheng, Jizhou Pan was taken over by Zheng Aiping, since then, Ding Bufu's intention to help Yanjing contain the Yunzhou army has been broken, and the rear of King Ning no longer has any threat.

At this time, Zheng Ai Peng had already handed over the affairs of Jizhou to General Zhao Kangli to preside, while he himself took his 60,000 troops and Jiang Heng's Jiangyang army all the way south, and then divided the two soldiers in Yongzhou. Jiang Heng and the 40,000 Jiangyang army, together with the Northern Ming family, began to advance south from Yongzhou, while Zheng Ai led his 60,000 army south along Zhuozhou, and finally joined Mu Yuntian at Yanjing.

When the letter was sent, Zheng was still in Jizhou, and after so many days, Mu Yuntian estimated that the army should have separated from Jiang Heng and entered the northern part of Zhuozhou.

There is also a message specially sent to Shang Zhengyu, in addition to Qin Feng, Beiming Xuanxuan, Chen Bo, Red Sleeves, and Lan Ling staying in Yiyang City to deploy all things, Hua Feiyu also bid farewell to Yiyang, and led 20,000 Yiyang City defenders with Qiu Wei, the defender of Fengyu Pavilion, and went straight to Yanjing.

Li Yanxue, Ning Buyi, Nalan Shu, Hong Ying, Hu Erke, Qi Weixia, Lin Xin...... In addition to these artistic conception masters, there are also Liu An, Cao Yang, Yege and many other powerful people, and the lineup can be described as unprecedented and gorgeous.

Hua Feiyu will rendezvous with Zheng Ai Peng in Muyang, Zhuozhou, and then go south with the army.

In addition to the masters of the Wind and Rain Pavilion, the disciples of Tianxiang Garden, who had been stationed in the Wind and Rain Pavilion, also went south with the people of the Wind and Rain Pavilion. Not only that, but Hua Feiyu also wrote four letters.

The first letter was sent to Qingqu Mountain in Wanzhou and handed over to Tang Xin, the incense lord of Tianxiang Garden, and invited Tang Xin and Yue Nantian to make a move.

The second letter was sent to the head of the Beiming family in Yongzhou and handed over to Liu Susu, which naturally meant that through Liu Susu, she would invite Dongfang Que around her.

The third and fourth letters were sent to Shenxiao Mountain, in addition to recalling Duan Yifei, Ling Feixian, Chu Linxu and Bai Fuyuan, they also specially wrote a fourth letter to the Tai Kite, the purpose of which was naturally to hope that the Tai Kite could look at Duan Yifei's face and take a righteous action.

In the face of Fan Yang'a, Hua Feiyu didn't dare to have any carelessness, even if the Wind and Rain Pavilion poured out, Hua Feiyu also used the favors accumulated in the Wind and Rain Pavilion over the years, because he had to face Fan Yang'a, who didn't know how many secret hands he had prepared!

Shang Zhengyu looked to the north from afar, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Eldest sister, this is the last battle to determine the world." ”