After the Demon Clan Cavalry broke the mountain customs, one day later, it broke through the Jiancheng Dazheng Mansion - that is, the later Jingzhao Mansion, and swept the entire territory of Beizhi in just two days, and the soldiers pointed directly at Haixi and Lianghuai.

The provinces of Hedong were cut off from the south of the Yangtze River, and they were so panicked that they were almost desperate to resist and could not organize any effective resistance at all. At this time, the nobles in Beijing were still looking for pleasure and did not pay attention to the situation on the front line at all.

It is said that the emergency documents have been piled up in front of the emperor, but whether it is the emperor or the prime minister, they are very calm that the demon clan is the same as before, but they just enter the customs and loot for a while and return, without the slightest worry.

In fact, the original purpose of the wolf lord of the demon clan may be like this, they have worked hard for thousands of years, accumulated tens of thousands of cavalry, and felt that no one could stop them in the field. But they don't think they have the appetite to swallow the entire Central Plains, especially although the Southern Jin Dynasty is immoral, but the heavenly machine still protects the human race.

It wasn't until the cowardly reaction of the Southern Jin Dynasty that they were greatly encouraged, and after the demon clan swallowed Beizhi Province, they wantonly looted and slaughtered the city, and they planned to leave with a fat vote. Once the Terrans gathered their forces and began to counterattack, they were ready to retreat.

But the expected counterattack did not appear, after the demon clan cavalry captured the Dazheng Mansion and occupied Beizhi, the Southern Jin Dynasty court did not even let out a fart for two months, as if nothing had happened, and as if waiting for the demon clan to retreat automatically.

In the past two months, a rebel army has risen in the north, causing a little trouble for the demon clan's supply lines, but it is not too much trouble. Because for now, at least for a short time, food and materials can be obtained by plundering, and even if the demon clan is alone, they don't feel any pressure.

So two months later, the demon clan tentatively laid down the big city of Jiaonan by the sea, and burned this city that had accumulated hundreds of millions of wealth because of trade with the East China Sea.

The small court of the Southern Jin Dynasty still had no reaction, and even many officials took the initiative to flatter the demon clan after this battle. And the vassal states of the East China Sea also began to take the initiative to hook up with the demon clan, hoping to continue the sea market to obtain goods from the Central Plains, which further expanded the appetite of the demon clan.

After March. Haixi also reported that the whole province had fallen, and several important towns in Huaibei were all forced. In just half a year, the Southern Jin Dynasty has lost half of the country, and the demon clan occupies the heart of the Central Plains, whether it is westward or southward, there is plenty of space.

At this time, in the imperial court, the discussion of "borrowing demons to get rid of the wolf and driving the tiger and devouring the wolf" was very loud. No one wanted to resist the invasion of the demon clan, but wanted to encourage them to attack westward, so that they would lose both the rogue and the rogue.

Among them, Liu Jingzong is a typical representative, he is clever and eloquent, and he has attracted a group of supporters.

After the demon clan captured Huaibei, Liu Jingzong wrote to the imperial court and mobilized his students and disciples to preach his theories in all directions. At the same time, he went to privately send people to contact the demon clan, hoping to realize his idea.

His main point was, "The demon clan is powerful. If you can't be defeated, the enemy will be defeated, even if you can get away with the enemy, the rogue will take the opportunity to strengthen yourself. It is also difficult to escape the disaster of exile. What the demon clan wants, the gold and silver wealth, it is better to bribe it with heavy money, so that it will turn its head to the west. You can sit on the fisherman's profits. ”

At that time, the Southern Jin Dynasty court was all dumbfounded, and they really believed his words, and begged the demon clan for the price of 300,000 pieces of silk per year. This made the head of the demon clan completely see through their corruption and incompetence.

The demon clan cunningly agreed to the conditions of the imperial court, and indeed temporarily controlled the southward troops in Lianghuai, and attacked the west with surprise troops, occupying several important points in Hedong and Longxi in succession.

The court was overjoyed, and Liu Jingzong was even more complacent, thinking that his plan was sold. The Liukou Imperial Court has been suppressing for decades without success, and now that half of it has been wiped out with the power of the demon clan, they naturally attribute all the credit to themselves.

However, at this time, the real crisis began to loom over the heads of the Terrans.

The rebel army organized by Ye Xingyuan has been active in the Beizhi Hedong generation for a year, and the scale has also expanded to 1,000 people. He knew that at this time, the demon clan had already had a plan to attack Jiangnan, and he was discussing it with everyone solemnly.

"The demon clan feinted to attack the west, in fact, it was only because the sailor was unfavorable, so it took some time to prepare, this year's time the demon clan secretly trained the sailor, and at the same time also planned to attack Dinghu, Jingchu and other places along the Grand Canal, and then go down the river, attack on both sides, and take Linjing in one fell swoop. Ye Xingyuan's fingers moved on the map, and the two red arrows pointed to Linjing, which was shocking.

This was originally a real event in history that happened two years later, when the five-tooth ship of the demon clan appeared on the river, it is said that the defending generals of Linjing threw away their armor and fled in embarrassment on the spot, but they were "the sky died in the Southern Jin Dynasty", but they did not expect that the sailors of the demon clan were completely piled up by the Southern Jin Dynasty court with money and time.

"The demon clan is so treacherous, it is clear that it has made an agreement with our dynasty, but it is actually treacherous!" Some people in the rebel army were indignant, but after thinking about it carefully, they found that there was really no means to restrain the demon clan.

"For today's plan, the only way to do this is to notify the imperial court as soon as possible and let them be prepared!" The people who knew the history were also at a loss, so they could only urge Ye Xingyuan to send another document to persuade the princes of the court.

Ye Xingyuan shook his head and said: "Sons from all over the country have written books one after another, saying that the demon clan is not credible, and they almost begged the imperial court to rectify their armaments in blood. Not only them, but people of insight in the government and the opposition all know that the demon clan has bad intentions, so what's the use?"

Naturally, a large part of the more than 1,000 people hope to save the situation, or write earnestly, or speak fiercely, hoping that the imperial court will not close its eyes and listen and regain its strength. And many sages at that time also sensed the crisis, and they all had salvation articles that penetrated into it.

However, the court just pretended to be deaf and dumb, and buried its head in the sand like an ostrich, and did not believe in the approaching danger. Ye Xingyuan only operated behind enemy lines this year, and did not gain any prestige in Jiangnan Shilin, even if he went to the book, I am afraid that he will also sink into the sea.

"What should we do then? How can we affect the big plans of the demon clan with such a small fight?" Some people are depressed, this year's guerrilla warfare is nothing more than killing a few lone demon clans, and priing off a few armories and granaries. Although it also destroyed the morale of the demon clan, after all, it only damaged the skin, and it could not make them break their muscles and bones.

"So we have two intentions. Ye Xingyuan calmly drew two circles on the map, "First, we have to defend several fortresses in Jingchu and Dinghu, so that the soldiers of the demon clan cannot be united up and down.

Second, we want to sabotage the demon clan's plan to attack Linjing, and we want to fight them on the river, and we want to win the battle!"

His tone was relaxed, as if he was just talking about two easy targets, but everyone below smiled bitterly, and some people said with annoyance: "Where are these two plans so easy? With our troops, it is already even more difficult to hold on to Jing. As for the decisive battle with the demon clan on the Yangtze River, it is even more of a joke. ”

If you can have the ability to fight the demon clan, then how can the situation of the Southern Jin Dynasty be said to be a desperate situation?

Now the combat effectiveness in this world, the demon clan is greater than the Liukou, the Liukou is greater than the feudal town, the feudal town is greater than the central forbidden army, the soldiers and horses that can be used in the imperial court, the combat effectiveness may be less than one percent of the demon clan's male soldiers, how to fight this battle?

Ye Xingyuan smiled calmly, "I think that the difficulty of the decisive battle on the Yangtze River is far less than the defensive battle of Jing and Ding, and I was also planning to win this battle on the Yangtze River, so I turned to defend Jingchu and Dinghu." Do you understand that?"

Most of the leaders of the rebel army were still ignorant, and the few candidates who had been following Ye Xingyuan suddenly became enlightened and exclaimed: "Ye Gongzi, are you planning to fight a decisive battle with the demon clan in advance? This battle may really be fought!"

The more difficult the battle, the more it must be put in front, if the demon clan is allowed to calmly train the water army, unless it is the reincarnation of the saint, no one can reverse the catastrophe of the human race.

But there is still time, and this is still the era of "northerners riding horses, southerners driving boats". Although the demon clan has quickly absorbed hundreds of thousands of puppet armies in more than a year, the main body of these puppet armies is still northerners, and they do not have enough ships in their hands, and they do not yet have an overwhelming advantage over the south.

At such a time, a decisive battle with it and the destruction of the roots and seedlings of the naval army can delay the demise of the south for a longer time. In this way, Ye Xingyuan's Northern Rebel Army and the anti-demon base behind enemy lines will have more room to maneuver.

Someone hesitated and said: "Ye Gongzi is really talented, but the wolf lord of the demon clan is ambitious, shrewd and brave, he can promise a seventeen-year proposal with the Southern Jin Dynasty, how can he start a war unprepared?"

This is the biggest difficulty in Ye Xingyuan's plan, right? To lead the demon clan by the nose, it is up to them to choose the time of the decisive battle, which is an almost impossible task for the Southern Jin Dynasty.

Because the initiative of the attack is in the hands of the demon clan, they can launch an attack when they want, and they can launch tribute when they want, and the Southern Jin Dynasty can only passively defend. How did Ye Xingyuan advance the battle on the river by more than a year and a half?

"Is this" Ye Xingyuan smiled mysteriously and said indifferently: "It's up to our friends and enemies." ”

Friends, enemies, and the leaders of the righteous army began to be confused again, and they didn't know what tricks Ye Xingyuan had to turn things around. At this time, Ye Xingyuan sold Guan Zi and smiled without saying a word.

At the same time, in the Taizheng Mansion, the temporary capital of the demon clan, there are also many people of the human race. Like Bao Juren's thoughts, they feel that in the current situation, it is impossible to fight against the general trend, and there is only a curve to save the country, so they all took the initiative to invest in the side of the demon clan and became the accomplices of the demon clan's invasion of the Central Plains.

And this group of people is headed by Ye Xingyuan's fellow villager Chen Jian.

He was talking to the newly recruited Bao Juren, "It turns out that it was Ye Xingyuan who organized the righteous army? This kid is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers! Under the divine power of the demon cavalry, as long as the soldiers point out, how many days can he live?" (To be continued.) )

PS: There was a delay yesterday, and I am trying my best to make up for it