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As soon as Guiyi is defeated, Mo Ying is empty, which is equivalent to opening the door to the south.

On the northern border of Mozhou, there were originally three passes here, plus the land of Moying and the two states, with several large berths, one to spring and autumn, it is a Ze country, plus many rivers, so Moying has always been the second important line of defense in Hebei from the north to the south in addition to Yanshan.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Jingchong will gather heavy troops in Cangzhou. All because the four towns all think that Mozhou has three levels of defense, and Youzhuo is in the hands of the four towns, so Li Jing's light troops go south, only seven days' food, and they will never dare to fight Mo Ying, so they can only take the line of Cangzhou to the seaside.

"Can you keep the three levels?" Wang Jingchong summoned the generals and asked Liu Rengong, who had just been freshened up, with a black face in the hall.

Liu Rengong shook his head with a bitter face, in fact, after Liu Rengong broke through the siege and left the city, all he thought of was to rush back to Mozhou immediately, rely on the defense of the three passes, and then borrow reinforcements from Li Quanzhong and Wang Jingchong.

But he was chased and killed by Liao cavalry along the way, and when he finally arrived at the Waqiao Pass in Mozhou, he was very surprised to see that the Waqiao Pass was still there. However, when he opened the door and was about to enter the customs, he woke up and found something suspicious, and then quickly turned around. As a result, as soon as he retreated, the red flag was immediately shaken when he closed it, and suddenly the ambush soldiers rose in all directions, and they came out together.

It turned out that the cavalry of the three armies sent by Li Jing earlier had already gone south directly one step ahead and captured Waqiao Pass first. If he hadn't been vigilant, he would have almost closed the door and beaten the dog. But even so, under the pursuit of the cavalry in the pass, he fled all the way, and the last 2,000 cavalry, plus some defeated soldiers collected on the road, also lost almost half.

Then he did not give up and went to the east of the second pass. This time he was a little more vigilant. After arriving nearby. Scouts were sent to watch first. As a result, it was found that these two levels were also captured, although it seemed that the Mozhou soldiers were still guarding the second pass, but in fact, some traces of the battle just now were still there.

Hearing the news, Liu Rengong took more than 1,000 horsemen all the way to the east and went south, but was still discovered by Jingcheng's cavalry near Jingcheng and chased all the way to Cangzhou City.

"I've lost all three levels, if I'm right. It is estimated that Mozhou and Yingzhou have been lost at this time. Liu Ren sighed.

Three passes and one loss, and Mo Ying's main force was lost, the main force of the Chengde army was in Cangzhou and Dedi, and the main force of the Yiwu army was now in Youzhou. At this time, not to mention the three passes, the entire Moying Erzhou, even Chengde Town and Yiwu Town, are already empty.

Mo Ying originally had a Hebo defense line in addition to the three passes, but although it was already February at this time, the land of Hebei still had not thawed at this time. The North is not like the South. The rivers and swamps in the south are often natural lines of defense. But to the north. In winter, when the river freezes, it is like a smooth road, and it is basically a flat river. Spring, summer and autumn can still have an effect, but at this time it is useless.

In the face of Li Jing's 70,000 soldiers and horses moving south, Liu Rengong's defenders in the cities of Mozhou were only a few thousand, and the situation in Yingzhou was estimated to be similar. Wang Jingchong's four states of Chengde still have 30,000 soldiers and horses left.

The total number of soldiers and horses in these states is less than 50,000, but they are scattered in six or seven states, which is simply a plate of scattered sand, how to fight against Li Jing?

As for saying that Li Jing only had seven days of grain and grass, it has now become a joke, Li Jing only captured Guiyi at this time, and he had tens of thousands of troops of grain and grass, and there was no shortage of grain and grass at all.

The four towns wanted to close the door and beat the dogs, but now it has become Li Jing's heart to the heart of the four towns.

"King, at present, report the current situation to the three kings of Yanyi Wei as soon as possible, and ask the two kings of Yanyi in Youzhou to immediately lead their troops south, and at the same time ask the king of Wei to go north immediately, and then we will return to the west and march westward, and the three-way army will fight a decisive battle with Li Jing between Mo Ying." Liu Rengong suggested loudly that his Mozhou must be finished. It is impossible to take it back with his strength, and now he can only rely on the soldiers and horses of the four kings.

Before Wang Jingchong could answer, someone replied: "Liu Yuanjun's words are inappropriate, and it is difficult to protect Mo Ying now." At this time, our Chengde army should immediately go south along the canal and return to the four states of Chengdu and De as soon as possible, so that we can have a chance of winning. Otherwise, if we don't wait for the soldiers and horses of the three towns to come back, I'm afraid that we will be surrounded by Li Jing in Cangzhou first. Cangzhou has little grain, reinforcements are still far away, the Liao army has a siege weapon, Guiyi is broken in less than half a day, and this Cangzhou is also difficult to defend. ”

Liu Rengong sneered and said: "Li Jing is estimated to have captured Mo Ying now, if he leaves Cangzhou at this time, he is afraid that it will not be easy to return to Chengde." Don't forget, Li Jing has 40,000 cavalry. In Cangzhou City, there are mostly infantry troops. Once we leave the city protection, what do you think we will use to fight the Liao cavalry on the plains? ”

The majesty of the 3,000 cavalry of the Liao soldiers was clearly seen by everyone. Thinking of 40,000 such cavalry galloping across the plain to attack, all the generals also felt that Liu Rengong's words were almost reasonable. On foot against horse, the infantry has the majority, and it is best to defend the city according to the fortress.

And in the field battle on the plains, even if 60,000 infantry against 40,000 cavalry, it would be a defeat.

But Wang Jingchong couldn't sit in Cangzhou at this time, not to mention the lack of grain in Cangzhou. It is said that there are only more than 30,000 soldiers and horses left in Chengde, if Li Jing does not come to fight Cangzhou, but directly enters the four states of Chengde, then the nest will be lost. Moreover, the families of the soldiers and soldiers of the whole army are in Chengde, at this time, how to stabilize the military spirit.

At this time, Wang Jingchong really regretted it. It's really hard to steal chickens and rice, and it was not easy to grab the three states of Yichang, but in the blink of an eye, his four states of Chengde were about to be killed by Li Jing.

It's really Malegobi, this Li Jing doesn't play cards according to the routine at all.

Liu Rengong looked at Wang Jingchong's appearance, and he couldn't help but feel a little gloating in his heart, and he was not the one who was unlucky.

"King Zhao, I think that if Li Jing attacks Chengde, it is not the worst. If he takes Mo Ying at this time and goes to attack Chengde, then Li Jing will inevitably leave soldiers and horses to defend Mo Ying's states and counties. Second, Li Jing's attack on Chengde is just the right time for our soldiers and horses to deal with it. I'm afraid that Li Jing will not become a virtue, but will come directly to fight Cangzhou. ”

Liu Rengong's analysis is very organized, Li Jing fought Chengde at this time, not to mention that Chengde still has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he was temporarily recruited to defend the city, and Li Jing could not swallow it at once. In this way, Li Jing had to divide his troops instead. And after the worst of all, it fell into the quagmire. And in this way. The four towns have time to react. You can transfer the soldiers and horses over to fight Li Jing in a decisive battle.

But what kind of person is Li Jing, since this time he was unexpected, he didn't fight Cangzhou and went to fight Guiyi. So how could such a smart person as Li Jing go to Chengde? Anyway, if he is Li Jing, in the current situation, after sweeping the empty Moying Erzhou, he should divide a part of the troops to guard the three passes of Mozhou and block the soldiers and horses of the two kings of Youzhou Yanyi from going south. Meanwhile. Directly led the main force to kill Cangzhou, and surrounded the lone army in Cangzhou, if it can defeat the Chengde army in Cangzhou again, no matter how strong the soldiers and horses of the four towns are combined, the result is only the result of being broken by each one.

Even if Cangzhou can't be destroyed, it can cut off the soldiers and horses of the four towns from north to south, at least, Mo Ying Erzhou doesn't even want to snatch it back.

These words were like five thunderbolts ringing in Wang Jingchong's ears, saying the possibility that he was most worried about in his heart.

At this point, he was really hard to ride.

Cangzhou is not easy to guard. It's February. According to the situation in previous years, there will be another half a month. Navigation on the Liao Sea was restored. Cangzhou is close to the sea, and Li Jing's soldiers and horses will be more than these 80,000 people. At that time, there will be a steady stream of soldiers and horses from the sea to land directly in Cangzhou, 80,000 soldiers is not all of Li Jing, according to the intelligence knows, Li Jing has 180,000 soldiers alone, as well as 100,000 unity soldiers and 100,000 township soldiers. If you really have to wait until that time, Cangzhou will definitely not be able to hold it.

Wujingchong was in a dilemma, and retreated at this time, worried that Li Jing's 40,000 cavalry would catch up and not be able to resist. stayed and held on, but he was worried that he would not be able to hold on to the arrival of reinforcements, but when the Liaohai Sea was opened, Li Jing's reinforcements would arrive first.

At this moment, a guard walked up to Wang Jingchong and reported: "Great King, there is another group of men and horses outside the city, and the leader claims to be the eldest son of the Wing King, Li Congwei, the assassin of Yingzhou. ”

"Lee Converse?" Wang Jingchong couldn't help but be stunned, of course he knew Li Congwei. Just listening to Liu Rengong's report, Li Congwei abandoned his allies and fled in the Battle of Guiyi, which was an important reason for the defeat of Guiyi. And he fled west at that time, but he didn't expect to appear here.

"How did he get here?" He commanded, "Please." ”

Soon, Li Congwei had already arrived, he was wearing a silver armor and a brocade robe, but he couldn't see the embarrassed appearance of defeat. When he came in and saw Wang Jingchong and the others, he hurriedly stepped forward, leaned over and hugged his fists and said, "Nephew Converse has seen Uncle Zhao!" ”

Although Li Congwei is not much younger than Wang Jingchong, his father Li Quanzhong is the king of wings, and Wang Jingchong is a brother, so he calls himself a nephew.

"Why is the general here?" Liu Rengong asked with doubts.

Li Congwei found out that Liu Rengong was also here, he was stunned for a moment, but he did not have the guilt of being the first to flee that day, and said bluntly: "I came here to ask for reinforcements this time." ”

"Reinforcements, please?" Wang Jingchong asked.

I saw Li Congwei nodding and said: "Exactly, after the defeat of the Guiyi army, a certain retreated to Yingzhou to hold on." Although the Li thief is cunning and powerful, with the lives of the soldiers of our Yiwu army, at present, the six counties of Yingzhou, except for the two counties of Gaoyang and Pingshu, have fallen into the hands of the Li thief, and the rest of the four counties of Boye, Hejian, Shucheng and Leshou are still in the hands of our army. It's just that although our army is brave, there are no more than 10,000 soldiers in the four counties of Yingzhou at this time, so a certain relative came to Cangzhou to ask Uncle Zhao to send troops to rescue. ”

"What? Yingzhou hasn't lost yet? This time it was Liu Rengong's turn and Wang Jingchong to exclaim.

"After the Li thief captured Guiyi, he swept Mozhou, Liankewa Bridge Pass and other three passes, and then within two days, he has captured Qingyuan, Tangxin, Moxian, Wen'an, Renqiu, Changfeng and my Yingzhou Gaoyang, Changshu and other three passes in one state, nine counties and three passes."

If you add Lucheng and Jingcheng, in less than ten days, Li Jing has won eleven counties and three passes in a row, and the speed of this attack is already amazing.

"Uncle Zhao, Li Jing is now dividing his troops to loot the counties and collect grain and grass. Also ask Uncle Zhao to immediately send troops to support the river, if the river is not lost, then Chengde can be protected, if the river is lost, not only Cangzhou will be besieged, but I am afraid that the four towns of Chengde will also suffer. ”

The two states of Mo Ying are parallel to the north and south, and to the west of the two states of Mo Ying is the Dingzhou of Chengde Town, and to the south are the two states of Yi and Shen.

The two prefectures of Moying are both plains of Pingchuan, while the territory of Dingzhou is the Taihang Mountains, and there are very few plains. Therefore, if Yingzhou is held, then it is equivalent to blocking Li Jing's pace of going south. This is also the reason why, in the historical Hebei campaign, Hejian is in such an important position in the center of Hebei.

Li Congwei's arrival made Wang Jingchong's brows stretch slightly. Yingzhou has not yet been lost, and this news is important to him.

"King Zhao, this Cangzhou is not a place to stay for a long time." Half a day later, Wei Bo Prefecture Thorn Shi Le Xingda, who had arrived with 30,000 soldiers and horses, saw Wang Jingchong, and after hearing the latest news, he immediately said.

"Oh?" Wang Jingchong also knew that Lu Dao Le Xingda was a general of Wei Bo, and his family was Wei Bo Military Academy for generations. This time, he was the capital of Wei Bo's 30,000 soldiers and horses. "Why did General Le say this?"

"Yingzhou Hejian is an important town in Hebei, if the river is lost, defending Cangzhou is just a helpless move. But since the river is not lost, then at this time, it is not appropriate to guard Cangzhou, but to guard the river. ”

After Liu Rengong heard the news that Yingzhou was not lost, he was a little incredulous.

At this time, he came back to his senses and said to Wang Jingchong: "King Zhao, if the river is lost, then Li Jing will go south to attack the empty Chengde Prefecture, and Dongke can lead troops to surround Cangzhou." Either way, it's extremely bad for us. Since the river is not lost at the moment, then we should immediately retreat to the river, otherwise, if Li Jing abandons Chengde and surrounds Cangzhou, in a few days, Li Jing's reinforcements will continue to come from the sea, then we will rest. ”

"As long as you keep the river, the four states of Chengde will be fine. As long as we hold on for time, when the time comes, the soldiers and horses of Yanyi and Wei will come over, and we will still have a great advantage over Li Jing. Even if Li Jing can't be encircled, at least Li Jing can withdraw from Hebei. ”

Wang Jingchong frowned, what Li Congwei, Liu Rengong, and Le Xingda said made sense. The location of the river is much more important than Cangzhou, and at this time, Wang Jingchong no longer thinks about the four towns to gather and annihilate Li Jing. What he thought about was how to keep his soldiers, horses and territory, and if Hejian could hold it, he could block Li Jing's footsteps to the south.

Similarly, Hejian is an important town, with higher walls than Cangzhou City, and it is close to the states of Chengde behind it, so you don't have to worry about logistics and food for a while, and what is more important is that you don't have to worry about Li Jing's soldiers and horses killed from the sea.

The other one, the 30,000 Wei Bojun that Le Xingda just brought also made him feel at ease. With the addition of these 30,000 men, he has 90,000 soldiers and 20,000 young and strong auxiliaries in his hands. At present, although there are 10,000 Liao cavalry in Jingcheng between Cangzhou and Hezhou, he is not far away.

It's just that in this way, Cangzhou is undefendable and can only give up.

But just after a moment of silence, Wang Jingchong decided that Cangzhou could be fought back after it was lost. If Hejian loses, Li Jingke will directly enter the hometown of Chengdejun.

"Immediately send the order down, and immediately move the troops to Yingzhou Hejian!" (To be continued......)