Dongwangfu, front yard, Dongwang's study.

Huang Yuanwu's face was gloomy, and when he heard the news from the other side of the Black Stone Bridge, he frowned.

The situation is worse than expected.

The other party used an empty city wall to trap Ye Guan in Wufeng City, forcing the 10,000 soldiers of the Dongwang Mansion and the rest of their lives, there is only one way to go.

Of course, Huang Yuanwu guessed the direction of the development of things, and an urgent order had been issued, ordering the remaining 30,000 soldiers in the Dongwangfu garrison to be fully prepared and go to the northern important places to defend against the possible war in the north.

To the north of the East Palace, up to the Endless Coast, all regions have been conquered, and in the north, there has been no war for a long time.

Out of the range of the palace, straight to the north for four hundred miles, through the hills and woodland swamp areas, you will come to the edge of the defense of the East Palace, here is a mountain range, a line of heaven, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

This mountain, named: Qiuyu Mountain, stretches for hundreds of miles, Songshan is steep, the highest place is about 1,000 zhang high. To the south of the mountain range, there are endless jungle hills and muddy swamps, making it extremely difficult to march. On both sides, the rolling Canglan River in the east and the more dangerous swamps in the west make Qiuyu Mountain a natural barrier to the north of Dongwangfu.

If someone makes an attack at this time, they will definitely attack the Qiuyu Mountain position. And the sergeants left in Qiuyu Mountain to defend in the Dongwang Mansion were only a thousand.

Even if you let go of such a natural danger, if the enemy attacks frantically, you can't defend it for too long.

Fortunately, when the northern border was captured before, the Dongwangfu built a plank road on the swamp to speed up the march and ensure logistics, which made this support less difficult.

After arranging the sergeants to support the north, and quickly arranging the logistics and supplies, Huang Yuanwu returned to the Dongwang Mansion and sat in the study, frowning, thinking about the overall plan.

No matter who the Prayer Heaven Force contacted by the people of the enclave is, the intention of this force is to suppress the combat power of the Eastern Royal Mansion to the greatest extent. At this moment, the current highest combat power of the Eastern Palace, Ye Guan and Liu Yuan, should be trapped in Wufeng City, and they don't know whether they are alive or dead. Yu Sheng entered the enclave with 10,000 horses, leaving 6,000 soldiers to defend the city wall, and he took 4,000 soldiers and Huang Yuchen and his five guards into the hinterland of the enclave, intending to relieve Ye Guan of imprisonment.

In the territory of Dongwangfu, the remaining 30,000 defenders were all dispatched out at this moment to defend the northern border. At present, in the territory of Dongwangfu, there is only one Xiao Yibo left, as well as himself, as well as tens of thousands of officers and soldiers who have retired before and tens of thousands of sergeants who are being trained, these people will not be able to form effective combat power in a short period of time. Huang Yanghui, who went out to collect the sergeant, has not come back at the moment, and must have encountered the enemy's suspicious soldiers on the way, delaying the trip.

From this point of view, if the opposing forces want to directly suppress the Dongwang Mansion and control themselves, they will definitely launch a rapid attack in the next few days, making themselves unguardable.

Huang Yuanwu frowned, at present, he has no soldiers in his hands, he has no generals, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, even if he knows the enemy's plan, he is helpless.

The letter sent to Cangxingzong has only been out for a short time, and it will take a few days to get a reply at the earliest, this is still a flying speed, and only nine secret guards can have such a speed, as for whether he will get reinforcements, Huang Yuanwu has no bottom in his heart.

At present, what is in front of him is like a dead end, he is besieged and is about to be suffocated to death in this Dongwang Mansion.

"According to common sense, the best way at present is to step up the training of the sergeants in their hands, let them enlist in advance, and at the same time send scouts to urge the second and third brothers, so that they can speed up their pace and come back quickly. Huang Yuanwu frowned, and thought to himself: "But this is common sense, since the enemy has made such a big game of chess and let me enter the game, he will not guard against this." But if I don't do this, what can I do to solve this dilemma? ”

The mood is irritable, it is really a wave of unevenness, just now in Dongxuancheng was put on a table, the enemy has not moved for so long, he is still very worried in his heart, but he doesn't want them to actually contact the leader of the enclave, and give themselves a salary. The enemy clearly knows that if the Dongwangfu wants to protect itself, it is necessary to take the enclave, there is no strategic depth, and relying on the current territory of the Dongwangfu alone, it is a fool's dream to keep it very deep in this chaotic situation.

Not to mention that there is no natural danger to defend between the twenty cities and the belly of Qitian, even if there is a natural danger, the army of the Eastern Wangfu is far from enough to protect the entire territory. Before, they were only guarding the border, and they didn't need to consider the attack from the direction of the empire, and there was a natural danger of the Canglan River in the east, a natural danger of Qiuyu Mountain in the north, and there was no war in the south, and there was no one for thousands of miles, and the more than 300,000 military horses in the eastern mansion were enough. And the current situation, I am afraid that no more than 300,000 troops will be able to defend the entire territory of Dongwangfu.

"Well, there's only one way. Huang Yuanwu frowned, and in the end, he made a decision, a decision that he would never have made before.

Spreading out a piece of yellow secret paper, Huang Yuanwu grinded the pen, wrote hard, and in a moment, it was finished.

"Someone!" Huang Yuanwu folded the paper, sealed the gap with his fighting spirit, and closed it completely, then raised his head and shouted to the door.

The door of the study rang softly, and a sergeant came in, kneeling on one knee, waiting for Huang Yuanwu's orders.

"Send this letter to the imperial capital as soon as possible, and hand it over to the second prince, no matter what method is used, it will definitely be delivered. Huang Yuanwu handed the letter in his hand to the sergeant, who held it in both hands and slowly retreated.

After a while, he swept out of the East Palace, went away, went straight to the capital of the Emperor of the Heavens, and galloped on his horse.

Sending the letter out, Huang Yuanwu sighed deeply, sat on the Taishi chair, and fell into deep thought.

This letter is the most unexpected way he can think of to solve his predicament. The scouts of the East Wangfu marched with all their strength to reach the imperial capital, which took about five days, and these five days were the five days of life and death of the East Palace.

Within five days, whether it is the delivery of the letter or the return of Huang Yanghui, the predicament of the East Wangfu can be immediately relieved.

Qiu Yu Mountain is dangerous, with 30,000 soldiers stationed, it is not a problem to defend for five days, the key is that in the direction of the enclave, the 12,000 soldiers who have entered by their own side can hold the Black Stone Bridge, whether they can take Wufeng City.

The letter written by Huang Yuanwu said that it was taught to the second prince, but he knew in his heart that at this moment, the imperial capital was changing, and it was impossible for his scouts to send the letter to the imperial capital anyway, and even if it was sent to the imperial capital, it was impossible for the letter to reach the second prince.

Before the imperial capital, the battle between the three kings was still going on, and within the imperial capital, Yang Qin was not given for nothing.

This letter, no matter which one of them takes it, is a good thing for the East Palace, even if it is really good luck and sent to the second prince, it is not a bad thing for the East Palace.

This letter is a letter of surrender written by Huang Yuanwu himself, there is no signature on it, Wenfeng is magnificent, and the major affairs of the family and the country are put in the first place.

No matter who takes this letter, they will know that the East Prince's Mansion has to take action, and if it is obtained by the forces arranged to besiege the East Prince's Mansion, there is no harm to the East Prince's Mansion, but if other forces want to get it, it is tantamount to one more ally for the East Prince's Mansion.

In the battle for the succession, neither side wants to see the other side have a growing force, if the East Wangfu is forced out, then there is one less party to contain the power, and it is not much good for the whole situation.

It's just that in the matter of targeting the East Wangfu, several forces have different approaches.

According to Huang Yuanwu's analysis, this time the enclave was arranged to rebel, so that the empty people in the Dongwang Mansion and the people who warned him before did not belong to the same forces. Those who warn themselves are more inclined to keep themselves to themselves. However, the forces that attacked this time wanted to make their own side lose their combat power.

Huang Yuanwu thought for a while, picked up the pen again, wrote quickly on the paper, and in a moment, an order was written, and the paper seal was made with fighting spirit, Huang Yuanwu called the guards again, and quickly sent the letter to Xiao Yibo.

In any case, there are still tens of thousands of retired officers and soldiers under Xiao Yibo's command, who have been on the battlefield before, and then disarmed and returned to the field, and this time they are called by the rest of their lives to join the army again. These battlefield veterans are much more useful than the recruits who are training in Wuxing City, although they have not been on the battlefield for many years, but at this moment, they can also solve their urgent needs.

Huang Yuanwu's order was to let Xiao fight, and quickly organize tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to be stationed in the East Wangfu to help defend the Black Stone Bridge and reinforce the enclave.

As for what Xiao Yibo is doing now, Huang Yuanwu did not mention it, he believes that with Xiao Yibo's means, no matter what kind of fine work it is, there is nothing to hide.

After doing all this, Huang Yuanwu let out a sigh of relief, and his heart was slightly settled.

There is only this to do by himself, as for Huang Yanghui and Huang Yongning, who are still in the hinterland of Qitian, Huang Yuanwu did not send scouts to urge, the two of them knew that the situation was urgent, and they must have rushed back as quickly as possible. I haven't returned yet, I must have encountered something unexpected on the road, and it is useless to urge.

I got the news of the enclave for the first time, and the order was not unpleasant. has done everything he can at the first time, and the rest can only be resigned to the destiny of God.

It will take about a day for the scouts to arrive at Pingjin City, where Xiao Yibo is now, and it will take about two days for Xiao Yibo to return from the army and horses, that is to say, in the next three days, the Dongwang Mansion is absolutely empty, as long as it survives these three days, the reinforcements arrive to support the Black Stone Bridge, and the urgent need can be solved.

Most of the sergeants will be stationed into the enclave city wall, and the remaining 6,000 elite cavalry can go to reinforce Yu Sheng and Ye Guan, if they can survive these few days, the crisis in the Dongwang Mansion can be resolved.

But, can Yu Sheng and Ye Guan really survive these few days?

Huang Yuanwu sat on the Taishi chair, and the bright moonlight shone in through the window, reflecting the mottled room.

In the incense burner, the green smoke slowly rose, making this patch mottled and adding a little melancholy.