"Chen Ang is stuck in the supply of the army of the Western Expedition, if we do not recognize the regent and oppose the establishment of a new lord, I am afraid the consequences will be unpredictable." Wang Tongdeng shook his head and said indignantly, "They are really crazy. "The army of the Western Expedition only invaded the Great Food Country with more than 100,000 foot cavalry, thousands of miles of local sparsely populated roads, and many oasis cities have been repeatedly war-torn and dilapidated, unable to support the army's supplies. If the supply of the western expedition was cut off at this juncture, it would not only be difficult for the army to continue fighting, but even the return of the division would become a problem. "Chen Ang, the villain, used cutting off the supply of the Western Expedition as a bargaining chip, no matter what, it is cold, and he has also lost the hearts of the vast majority of the people in the river," Wang Tongdeng said indignantly, "It's just that he is wrapped up in the group training left in the river, and this is just the dove occupying the magpie's nest." He said that Your Majesty is mediocre, and I am a usurper! If you have seen blood at your own people, you will return blood for blood. ”

After Chen Ang, King Kang and their group launched, the captains who stayed in Kang were caught off guard, most of them were captured, a few were martyred on the spot, and several surrendered.

Under the banner of "asking for the people's lives," this 'yin' conspiracy has been planned for a long time and has a tremendous momentum. At present, most of the lieutenants are on the front line in Hezhong, and the sergeants have been repeatedly requisitioned, and the 'chaotic' party has long been prepared, and most of them have stayed behind in the rear by various means, especially in the vicinity of Tongdu Dayi, and the strength of the 'chaotic' party far exceeds that of the remaining sergeants. For the people of the river, the war with the Western barbarians always came first.

Although the war was difficult, the people in the river, even the old and weak, the 'women' and children, supported the fight to continue.

However, the place on which Chen Ang and his gang relied was not the sergeants and ordinary people in the river, but the newly recruited fire battalion regimental training, in which the officers were filled by the henchmen of the 'chaotic' party, and most of the soldiers were originally apprentices in the workshop, obeying the orders of the superior officers. The rebels occupied the main city in the river, in just a few days, there were dozens of states and counties in various parts of the Xia country to respond, including many founding nobles, even the Khotanese king Wei Chi Sama is also impressively listed, there are rumors in the market, in Guanzhong has a huge influence on the Chang'an protector Li Chan also intends to respond, Chang'an inside and outside the city of people's hearts fluctuate, rich businessmen and giants while 'private' to discuss the matter of the election, while crazy rumors that the prince of Luoyang's army Chen Chong will return to the division to calm the 'chaos'.

If Chang'an falls to the regent, a catastrophe in Guanzhong is inevitable.

"With such a huge change in the river, didn't the Luoyang regimental training envoy have no reaction?" Zhao Xingde said suspiciously.

From what he saw, Chen Chong supported the troops on the side, and even if someone had two hearts, he would never dare to launch it in Guanzhong.

Zhao Xingde, as the protector of Luoyang, is the people's hopeful, there are many ears and eyes, and there are even fewer people who are willing to serve. Although he has been in the army for a long time, he is public and private, as long as he has a heart for the affairs of the Guandong Prefecture and County of the Xia State, every move of the Xia State officials in the Kanto region can be clearly observed. The crown prince Chen Zhong served as the training envoy of the Luoyang regiment, and cooperated very well with Yuan Xingzong, the commander of Luoyang, and Wu Jie, the general of the Eastern Expedition Battalion, which can be called a trinity. According to Zhao Xingde, Chen Chong will inevitably rely on Yuan Xingzong and Wu Jie, and may even nominate Yuan Xingzong to take over the position of prime minister. Therefore, with the support of Yuan Wu, Chen Chong was not only able to mobilize more than 100,000 regiments in Luoyang for training, but also tens of thousands of soldiers in the Eastern Expedition Camp were available.

"I am, but, hey!" Wang Tongdeng looked at Zhao Xingde and slapped his big 'leg' and said.

"You don't know, there's something wrong with Kanto. If it weren't for the distance between Kanto and Kawanaka, I suspect they were colluding. ”

He originally had some hesitation, but when he said this, he was no longer taboo, and without waiting for Zhao Xingde to ask, he explained the turning point of the war situation in the Liao and Song dynasties in Kwantung. The Northern Expedition of the Song State and the Liao Army lost the decisive battle, and the defeat was like a mountain, among the Song troops of the Northern Expedition, Zhang Xian saw that the situation was not good, and he led the cavalry out of the battlefield first, and Lu Mingyu and Luo Xian, who had occupied Xiongzhou, also broke through. The separate breakthrough of these two divisions made the main force of the Song army led by Wang Gui even more isolated.

Wang Gui was also considered brave, and although he was besieged by the Liao army, he still gathered his rout and resisted desperately.

At the same time, after Yelu Dashi learned the news of Xiongzhou, he was overjoyed, and the starry night mobilized the 'fine' cavalry of Nanjing Road and Shangjing Road to the south for reinforcements.

After more than ten days of fierce fighting between the two sides, more than 100,000 Song troops were annihilated, and dozens of generals under Wang Gui were killed and martyred.

"How so?" Zhao Xingde muttered, "Song Guo has been training for a long time, so he only needs to be more serious, so it won't be like this." ”

Although it is said that the army is impermanent and the water is impermanent, with Wang Guisheng's 'nature' and prudence, he will not be defeated if he does not win a lot of troops.

Wang Tongdeng's statement really made him unbelievable, but he had to believe it.

"I don't know if it's or not, it is said that shortly after the two armies 'engaged', the Song army exploded one after another, and then the whole line collapsed."

"I don't know what's going on." Wang Tongdeng shook his head and said. In front of Zhao Xingde, he put away some of his contempt for the Kwantung army.

After the defeat of the Song army on the front, Yelu Dashi took the opportunity to mobilize cavalry to divide the various states and counties, and the disadvantage of the southern army's infantry was completely magnified. Zhang Xian led the cavalry to retreat to the Daimyo quickly, Lu Mingyu's troops were mostly foot soldiers, and fought and walked, Wang Tongdeng got the latest news from the military newspaper, Lu Mingyu's troops had not yet crossed the Yellow River, and it was possible that the cavalry of the Liao Army Brigade that solved Wang Gui's department could catch up.

At the same time, the news of the defeat of Xiongzhou had just begun to stir up a storm in the Song Kingdom.

The Song army triumphed all the way to lose his armor, when the Bianjing news sent the news back as quickly as possible, the officials and gentry and the people were all shocked and speechless, and then the hall was blown up, regardless of the government and the opposition, literate or not, almost everyone was asking: Who should be responsible for this defeat? Among the generals of the Northern Expedition, Wang Gui was martyred, and death was great, so naturally he couldn't take this responsibility, so the Qing Dynasty's criticism focused on the two generals, Zhang Xian and Lu Mingyu, and even Yue Fei, who was in charge of the daimyo. For the sake of Zhang Xian, Yue Fei has asked the imperial court to cut the knight by three levels, while Lu Mingyu's situation is much more difficult, the army of the three towns of Henan is still on the way to retreat, and he can't defend himself, Zhao Xingde is not in the Central Plains, and Liu Wengu and others in the court are soft-spoken. Therefore, the discussion was turbulent, so much so that most of them rushed to Lu Mingyu and Luo Xianshi, and some people even shouted that Lu Mingyu escaped from the battle and should be beheaded.

"This is simply misleading!" Zhao Xingde's face became more and more gloomy, and he shook his head and said, "The 'chaotic' army misleads the country. ”

Wang Tongdeng laughed dryly. He couldn't understand how it was possible for folk discussion to decide the life and death of a general?

Zhao Xingde doesn't think so. If Deng Su was really forced to use Lu Mingyu and others to calm the Qing discussion, it would fulfill the wishes of some people and make Zhao Xingde completely break with Deng Suxiang's mansion. As long as such a rumor is released outside, Deng Su's attitude is unknown, and Lu Mingyu will definitely refuse to throw himself into the net and be arrested. Lu Mingyu has heavy troops in his hands, behind him are the three towns of Henan, the court wants to kill Lu Mingyu, Lu Mingyu will die if he refuses, and the court will order Yue Fei to lead the troops to quell the 'chaos', in this way, Yue Fei's department and Zhao Xingde will be like fire and water, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. This may be the reason why others are not on the sidelines. Zhao Xingde was even more worried that if Lu Mingyu did not dare to lead the army to retreat to the Daimyo's Mansion without hesitating to take the risk of taking a detour back to Jingdong Road, it was very likely that he would be caught up by the Liao army halfway.

"Yelu Dashi had already planned to retreat to Shangjing, and General Wu Jieshang was also ready to echo the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Song State and go straight to Shangjing together."

As a result, these are good, after the Battle of Xiongzhou, the Liao State once again turned from defense to attack. The pressure on us in the east also increased, and General Wu Jie's and Luoyang regimental training envoys could only garrison Luoyang to guard against the Liao army, so the fox squirrels in Chang'an became active. Wang Tongdeng said indignantly, "I suspect that they are secretly colluding with the Roma and even Yelu Dashi, and they are all the same dogs." His suspicion was also the suspicion of the vast majority of the sergeants, however, the situation was stronger than the man, and grain and grass were the lifeblood of the army, and if the army in the river collapsed because of lack of food, Guanzhong also fell to the regent. It will be difficult for the Emperor and the Protectorate to turn the situation around. Even if the rebellion is finally quelled, because the war is carried out in the hinterland of the Xia Kingdom, the country's vitality will inevitably be greatly damaged.

"Fortunately, you have arrived," Wang Tongdeng said through gritted teeth, "otherwise, we may have to eat horse 'meat'." ”

Zhao Xingde smiled a little embarrassedly. The Xia people in the river regarded the horses as family, and the old horses were usually buried next to the owner's cemetery. Unless it is absolutely necessary, it will never eat horse 'meat'. The cavalry of the Xia Kingdom is even more so, and they don't eat the horse 'meat' on the battlefield unless they have to. Because it was dark, he didn't see the pieces of horse meat hanging on both sides of the gunboat. Otherwise, Wang Tongdeng would never talk to Zhao Xingde so kindly.

"What are the two generals Xu and Zhang going to do?" Zhao Xingde asked, "Go back to Shiping 'chaos', or continue to fight the Turks?" ”

"I don't know! All I have to do is fight! Wang Tongdeng said cleanly, "General Zhang Shang learned that the sailor had arrived, and he must come over to discuss with you." The next step is to ask General Zhang yourself. He paused and asked in a deep voice, "How much grain and grass did you bring with you this time?" ”

"The grain is about 500,000 stones, in addition, there are more than 300,000 catties of dried 'meat', 50,000 catties of vegetable sauce, 100,000 pieces of animal skins, 50,000 horns, 2,000 catties of beef tendons, 500,000 bundles of arrows, 200,000 catties of iron, and 700,000 catties of gunpowder." Zhao Xingde's introduction was very simple, but Wang Tongdeng's eyes widened wider and wider, and he lost his voice: "There are so many?" That's enough to sustain the army for months! According to the idea of relaying supplies from the land route, he came all the way from the navy, and it was difficult to supply enough military supplies for the army for 20 days, but he did not expect that the South China Sea naval division would send half a year's worth of military baggage.