In the area south of the river, the Jiangning Prefecture remains in the office of the heavy and depressing atmosphere;

Ning Chongxuan, the marching general manager who described the increasingly bored and haggard, finally received a trace of good news among the many bad news.

Because the fall of Jiangbei has temporarily stopped, whether it is Jiangling Mansion, which seems to be facing the remaining enemy line in the upper reaches, or Ezhou City, which is only separated by a river, it is still under the control of local government forces.

"As we see that during the summer period, it is reported that many Western thieves and soldiers and war horses began to show signs of disagreement in the local environment?"

"Some troops were unable to succeed, so they had to stop and rest nearby..."

"A spy risked his life to repay the situation. There were suspected many troops in the Western Army in Jinghu Road that broke out in the epidemic!!!"

"There are many new pits that have been buried in the landscaping in all places,"

"In addition, many people saw Shuofang and Jiuyuan's soldiers with their own eyes, gave up their plunder and hurried back to the north one after another."

"Is it because... the offensive campaign launched by Huaizhen has begun to work?"

Someone has expressed an incredible conjecture and possibility.

Ning Chongxuan couldn't help but smile bitterly. He had received another secret decree and mission from Lingwai Guangzhou.

Let him, as the identity of being a lieutenant and a temporary monitor, the overall situation of the southeastern roads in the ridge, further establish and communicate with the rebellious Huaizhen, so as to achieve the situation of using the power to defend the enemy and save the nation;

He was even particularly allowed to use various conventional or unconventional means and methods, such as buying and inducing, mobilizing senior officials within, and promoting and inciting public opinion, etc., to drive his subordinate forces to continue to fight with the Western Army for a long time, and to gain more time and room for buffering for the country to recuperate and rebuild the armed forces.

But in the current situation, can he come up with any conditions that can make Huaizhen tempt, or can he know the key points that are powerful?

Although the title of the general manager in the ridge of various affairs sounds, with the resources and power he can control now, and what he can do is to do some timely paste the need to plug and fill in the gaps. He tried his best to adjust the power he had in his hands and try to prevent the situation from deteriorating and spreading further, but he had no spare time to do anything greater.

...........

The first pass at the westernmost end of the eight passes in Taihang, Zhuguan Pass (now Jiyuan----Houma), is located in the winding and steep mountain road of the Wangwu Mountains.

"Come on with me quickly..."

Zhang Dekun, the King of Shunyi who was walking with his horse personally, also urged and encouraged the soldiers close to him in a hoarse voice, allowing them to keep speeding up, or lift the heavy ones again and almost stop their pace.

"Think about your wife, children, and think about your wealth,"

"Everyone is waiting for us to go back to rescue."

"The survival and demise of our Hedong Army is just about to take this opportunity."

"I have reached the top of the mountain Jiuren very close. I must not slackew or relax for a moment."

And where they passed, many carriages and horses that were mercilessly abandoned and pushed down the cliff due to damage or injuries were scattered intermittently among the mountain streams and gullies everywhere.

Some livestock have not even died on the spot, and the wild beasts emerging from nearby slowly approached and coveted, and whined desperately. All this was like a desperate man who was run over by Zhang Bangchang in the wind and snow of Hebei, who had nowhere to gain a foothold and had no way to gain a foothold, and with the only thousands of light cavalry around him, he rushed into Hedong's history again.

In order to persuade the coercion and temptation, these soldiers gave up the extra baggage and burden that they could not bring, he even made a heavy reward and promise that as long as they could return to Taiyuan Prefecture in advance of the Huai thieves, each soldier could receive rewards of generous wealth and direct treatment.

Therefore, with various auspicious methods and auspicious methods, his army also burst out with great morale and enthusiasm. The fierce voices circling in the mountain road were whirling one after another, as if they were about to shake the sky clouds and break them.

According to his plan and speech, even if the situation is so bad and difficult to deal with, as long as the troops can be led back to Taiyuan Prefecture in time, everything will still be possible and everything will be easy to say;

After all, Taiyuan Prefecture has a strong city wall that can block the enemy, and it also has sufficient reserves for long-term investment and persistence, not to mention the two or three hundred thousand people in the city, and any young and strong people can be selected to conduct inspections to expand three or five new military orders; but the premise of all this is that their army that is out can rush back to defend Taiyuan Prefecture.

On the other hand, we are looking for external breakthrough factors.

Although he had already taken decisive and ruthless measures to eliminate the people and things that might be hindered by the army, and then he drove north to return to the hinterland of Hedong, but he did not give up on the expectation and subsequent calculations of the Western Army under the influence of the overall situation.

Because this is also a big bet, he used his last little trump card and chip to trigger the entire precarious situation; and then forced the Western Army to make corresponding countermeasures and actions in the rear and an important link in the supply line, and after serious shortcomings and flaws arise, he had to make corresponding countermeasures and actions; thus he was passively and directly involved in the front line of confrontation with the Huai Army that invaded Hedong, and in disguise, reduce his own pressure and loss.

In this way, as long as he persists for a long time, both the Western Army and the Huai Army will be dragged into this slowly and endless battle and consumption, giving him more opportunities and possibilities to break the deadlock.

With this complex and compulsive mood, they finally walked out of the long Wangwu Mountains in the Tiesha Pass and returned to the relatively spacious and flat Jiangzhou/Quwo Basin; from then on, they drove along the Fen River straight along Linfen, Hongdong, Zhaocheng, and Huoyi. After simply searching for places to get thousands of money, grain, and armor, then passed Lingshi, Huiqiu, Xiaoyi, and Pingyao, and found many mules, horses, cattle and animals, as well as husbands and soldiers to drive the army.

Only then did the chaotic news of the emergence of the Huai Army and the rumors that the authenticity of the ground were difficult to distinguish between true and false, I arrived at Qi County, which was still under local control of the Taiyuan Prefecture, and also obtained first-hand news of the enemy.

Then, he passed through the same chaotic and out of control of Wenshui, Qingyuan, Jiaocheng, and arrived at his final destination on the upper reaches of the Fen River on the north side of Mengshan.

Although there are many traces of war raging in the four fields. However, on the towering Yangqu City of Taiyuan Prefecture, which is still floating in the distance, this is the golden crow trampling sun flag of the Northern Han court. This makes many Hedong soldiers, including Zhang Dekun, rushing all the way, and losing a lot of baggage and mules and horses, breathe a sigh of relief.

However, when they rushed to the city with a vanguard led by the cavalry, with a full of homesickness and various longings, they were not the cheers and eagerness of the city on the city and the act of opening the city gate, but the large uproar.

Then, after a moment of uncertain surprise and stop, the large area of ​​smoke and dust that rolled up from the west and east of the city at the same time, and the tremor that was like a swell of storm and rolling like a tide, instantly pierced and dispersed the uncontrollable joy and excitement of the soldiers in Hedong who had just returned home.

Between the two large areas of wind and smoke, the horse's hoof seal and wind and thunder flag held high in the middle was frightened in the eyes.

"Huaiqi..."

"It's the cavalry of Huaikou..."

"Prepare for battle on the spot to fight the enemy..."

"Leave all the loads and quickly approach the city wall."

With the chain reaction caused by this shrill shout, the military force, which was a bit scattered due to the rapid progress, was like a scattered man.

The hundreds of Hedong cavalry who arrived at the city first turned bravely and divided the two soldiers of the city, colliding head-on to the brigade of Huai army cavalry that came from the east and west. After a brief shouting and roaring, they completely disappeared.

On the sky far away, a larger-scale pedestrian army slowly advanced over countless shimmering armies surrounded by parallel cannons.

.....

And in Tongguan City, there is an emergency and chaotic atmosphere.

"Ten thousand Hedong Army withdrew from Shaanxi Prefecture without authorization?"

"Didn't the Feng Guan Envoy and the General Yu Hou who were in contact with each other in the army send any news?"

"Did King Shunyi have no explanation or explanation?"

"I'm afraid that the situation in Hedong will change..."

"The prince of the Northern Liang King Xu Tianlang and the general Yan Wenluan have personally led the Dragon Cavalry to deal with it."

"There are also Yuan Zuozong, the deputy commander of the Northern Liang Dynasty, Qi Dangguo, the former general of Zuoya, and Yao Jian, the general of Shooting, and led the Guzang army and Tianshui official Jian. Yicheng of Yongcheng came to pick him up from the pass."
Chapter completed!