One general is incompetent and exhausts thousands of troops.

Hao Zongcheng was still hesitant to send troops out of two ends under the extremely unfavorable situation in western Liaoning, and the people of Jinhai knew that the Jizhen army could not escape the fate of annihilation.

Entering March, the bad news came one after another, like a hammer hitting everyone's hearts.

The Jizhen Army was the last heavy army group that the Dayue Yuan clan could rely on in the north, and the destruction of the Jizhen Army meant that the north completely lost the ability to resist the captives in the field.

Under the order of Hao Zongcheng, the Dengzhou Naval Division crossed the sea from Dengzhou to the Liaodong Peninsula to harass the attack, and Jinzhou in the southeast corner of Liaoning was also devastated. At the same time, the Goryeo Naval Division cooperated with the war in western Liaoning, invaded the Shandong coast from the east on a large scale, and fought fiercely with the remnants of the Dengzhou Naval Division in the waters around Chengshanjiao.

Although the naval battle with the Goryeo naval division at the mouth of the Bohai Sea was won and lost, the soldiers and horses of the Dengzhou naval division on the Liaodong were lost, and the overall strength was weakened by more than half, and it was no longer able to go north to support the war of Yan and Hebei.

The news of the collapse of Cheng Tinggui's department in Danshan reached Jinhai on the first day of March, and Lin Jian immediately wrote a letter, asking the imperial court to immediately burn down the Changli military warehouse, and assemble the remnants of the Jizhen army stationed in Changli to Jizhou, so as to clear the field as much as possible, weaken the supply capacity of the captives and cavalry after the large-scale southward advance, and ensure that the key cities in eastern Hebei are not lost.

Changli is the place where the Jizhen Army is governed, and it is also the logistics base of the entire Jizhen Army, with more than 5,000 troops stationed. During the period when Li Zhuo supervised Jizhen, Changli was also directly governed by Hao Zongcheng. All the grain and straw materials that were transferred from the sea to supply Jizhen were collected and distributed in Changli, in addition to a large amount of grain, there were countless armor and ordnance.

At this time, it is completely unrealistic to organize people to evacuate grain, armor, and ordnance from Changli, and the only thing that can be done is to burn it and abandon the city.

In the case of less than 200,000 stone of grain reserves in Gyeonggi, it takes considerable courage to completely burn down the Changli military warehouse with 200,000 stone of military grain reserves - Ye Ji Duodi did not give the imperial court a chance to show such courage, and on the third day of the third month of March, 5,000 elite horsemen bypassed Bazhou, went straight to Changli, captured the two tiger cottages, and drove into Linyu, Jizhou, and Changli like a huge iron nail.

On the sixth day of the first month, the captives who entered the north of Changli increased to 10,000 cavalry, and at the same time, the captives who entered the western part of Hebei moved eastward on a large scale, and the pressure on Jinhai increased greatly, and they were unable to divide their troops to receive reinforcements from Changli and Leting.

The retreat of the Changli garrison is cut off - the Changli garrison may not easily abandon the city and surrender, but it is somewhat wishful thinking to expect the Changli garrison to resolutely burn down the Changli military warehouse after the retreat is cut off. Everyone knows that at this time, the military warehouse was burned, and once the city was broken, it would be the Donghu people who would slaughter the city.

It was also the sixth day of the first lunar month, and the envoys of the imperial court passed through the gap of the captive cavalry again, came to Jinhai, and brought three edicts.

One is to transfer the Shandong Liang Xi, Liang Chengchong father and son to lead the troops from the plain to the north to recover the southwest Hebei region, the first is to transfer the Changhuai army from Henan to cross the river into Jinzhong, waiting for the opportunity to enter the northwest of Hebei Qinwang, the first to transfer the Huaidong army to the north to enter the king of Hebei Dongqin, and also send envoys to sneak in from the west of Hebei, seal Cao Yiqu as the king of the county, and transfer the Cao family to lead the troops into the northwest of Jin to fight the captives besieging Datong.

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In the side room of the official hall, Lin Tie was behind his hands, looking at the map hanging on the north wall.

Chen Zhihu moved north quickly, catching the opportunity of the eastward movement of the captives in western Hebei, and finding a gap to enter western Beijing. After Chen Zhihu entered Jingxi, he was awarded the title of Marquis of Yanxi, who was a county marquis three levels higher than Chongzhou. Chen Zhihu's division and the Xuanfu army that entered the customs had about 30,000 elites, and they were organized into the Qinwang Army of the West Road. This is the last heavy army group put together by the imperial court, and Zhou Zongxian, the secretary of the military department, was entrusted with the important task of supervising the commander, and directly controlled the army of the king of Qinwang on the west road.

With the main force of more than 30,000 cavalry led by Ye Ji Duodi to move eastward, the army of King Qin of the West Road also moved to the south of Gyeonggi to prepare for defense. The fate of the Jizhen army is unknown—many people realized the fate of the Jizhen army after Cheng Tinggui's department was defeated—and the imperial court easily did not dare to throw the Xilu Qinwang army into battle.

Although the Yeji Duodi Department was wedged into eastern Hebei, Linyu, Jizhou, Changli and other cities, as well as more than 20,000 remnants of the Jizhen army, were divided into cities to defend them.

Under the current situation, the imperial court's troops in Yanji are not less than the captured soldiers, and even properly deployed, and there is still the strength of a battle, but after the main force of the Jizhen army was destroyed in western Liaoning, it is unknown how many troops the Donghu people can import from western Liao.

"It is certain that the Liang family will gather troops on the front line of the plain for their own interests, but before the situation in the north improves, it cannot be expected that the Liang family will bring troops in to fight ......"

Gao Zongting has not been in good health since he went to Huaidong to report the news last year, in the room where the stove was burned, he was still wearing a fox fur to relieve the cold, standing beside Lin Tie with a frown, staring at the map to analyze the current situation......

“…… Liang Chengyi will not let the Cao family send troops from Tongguan to the east through the Hezhong Mansion, and the imperial court also takes this into account, so the Cao family will send troops from the northwest to besiege Datong's captives - the Cao family will not refuse to send troops, but at present, the Cao family's soldiers and horses are gathered in Tongguan and other southern lines, and they have to wait for them to transfer troops to enter Datong from the north, and there is no half a month, and they will not be able to catch up at all - at the same time as the siege, Yanxi Zhuhu only sent a small number of cavalry to participate. The Cao family and Yanxi Zhuhu offset each other, in short, the war in Yanji cannot be counted on by the Cao family......"

Gao Zongting's tone of evaluation of the Liang family's intentions was quite disrespectful, but seeing that Lin Jian was silent, Huang Jin asked at the end of the year: "Can the Changhuai army have 20,000 elites from Jinzhong to enter western Hebei; Moreover, the Huaidong Army's 20,000 soldiers went north, and if they could resist the 20,000 elite cavalry, the situation would be improved......" At this time, he was worried that Lin Jian saw that the situation was bad and changed his mind to transfer the Huaidong Army to the north to King Qin, without the 20,000 soldiers of the Huaidong Army, the situation in the north was really not optimistic.

"I have sent someone to Chongzhou to pass the order," Lin Jian comforted Huang Jinnian's worries, "Chongzhou is fully prepared, and in about two days, the warrant of King Qin and me will be transmitted to Chongzhou." The Jinghai Navy Division will take the first step to clear the Goryeo Navy Division from the Bohai Sea, and the troop transport ships will not be delayed for two or three days! ”

Gao Zongting glanced at Lin Lian, then at Huang Jinnian, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth:

Although the Changhuai Army only transferred 20,000 elites to the north, and 10,000 elites crossed the river to prevent Deng Yu from being able to hold on to southern Huinan, but the Western Front could really be fully sure that it could be defended?

Under such circumstances, how could Lin Jian spare Huaidong's troops to support the northern front? If you can bring in 10,000 elites, thank God.

Obviously, under the command of Hao Zongcheng, the Jizhen army lost a lot of money, and when it was defeated, it was impossible to consume the strength of the Donghu people - in the case of the interruption of the communication route, it was impossible to know what the outcome of the war in western Liaoning would be for a while, but it can be known that there were not 100,000 captives who entered the pass from western Liao, but 80,000.

It's not like the last time, when Donglu broke through the pass and came in, he still had the intention of robbing, and he stayed up until the spring blossomed, and Donglu would retreat and leave. On this trip, the ambition of the Dongyu was obviously greater, and the several cities that Ye Jiduodi captured and focused on defending were obviously in need of key points in the landscape and terrain.

In terms of targeting Jinhai, Ye Jiduodi not only controlled Weijinsai in the upper reaches of the whirlpool, but also deployed more than 10,000 cavalry from Weijin to Bazhou, and the several camps built also obviously had the intention of excluding Jinhai from the periphery - the Donghu people had already learned enough lessons from the Yannan battles three years ago, and it was difficult for Lin Jian to use strange troops from the direction of Jinhai.

The situation in the north has deteriorated to such a point, and the 10,000 elites of the Huaidong Army have been filled in, plus the 2,000 elite cavalry who have arrived in Jinhai in advance, how much can the whole situation be improved?

Maybe Lin Jian just wants to hold Jinhai, Yanjing can hold it, and his great achievements of King Qin will not be reduced by half a point in the north; Yanjing can't hold it, Jinhai still has to hold it - maybe this is Lin Bin's calculation, right?

Gao Zongting secretly speculated in his heart.

At this time, Wu Qi walked in, walked to Lin Lian's side, and said: "Hao Zongcheng, Zhang Ximao and others fled into Linyu Pass, and fled back with them, with only more than 400 cavalry; From the west of Liao, a large number of captives followed......"

Wu Qi's voice was not loud, everyone present could hear it, and the atmosphere in the venue was extremely cold for a while, and no one was too lazy to say anything more at this time.

Hao Zongcheng and Zhang Ximao fled into Linyu Pass almost alone, and the time from the final battle in western Liaoning was so short, it is not difficult to imagine what the outcome of the battle in western Liaoning would be—it was impossible to expect the Jizhen army under the leadership of Hao Zongcheng to fight out the elite of twenty or thirty thousand Donghu people in western Liaoning.

If Ningjin also falls, Ningjin will not only become the forward base for the Eastern Captives to march from western Liaoning to Yanji, but also the grain and grass accumulated in Ningjin will also support the captives to fight in Yanji for a long time.

At this time, the sea ice has not yet melted, and the Linyu Pass cannot stop the captives, and a large number of captives can directly bypass the Linyu Pass and go south by the sea ice......

"Tanma shrink back, there's no need to really sacrifice manpower," Lin Jian calmly ordered, and then looked at Lin Xuwen and Huang Jinnian, "I'm a little tired, let's go back to the island to rest first." ”

The post cavalry of the imperial court has failed, and at this time, to a large extent, Huaidong Tanma used the night to intersperse messages in the eastern Hebei region, but with the increasingly tight control of the captives in the eastern Hebei region, the sacrifice of Huaidong Tanma was great - Lin Tie This is to order the Huaidong Tanma to retreat to Jinhai in the whole line, and no longer pay attention to the changes in the situation outside the Jinhai area, and now it is time to grit your teeth and hold Jinhai.

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Chongzhou enters March, the ground is warmer, the grass and trees are sprouting in spring, and pedestrians can wear jackets and jackets to keep out the cold, but the weather in the north is still cold.

The soldiers of the Changshan battalion, who were assembled at Chongcheng Port and Hecheng Port to be released, were each given another cotton coat before March.

Not to mention that the Jinghai Division retreated to the inner line on the entire line, and the Workers' Battalion also transferred 20,000 reserve soldiers to assemble in Hecheng, Jiangmen, Chongcheng, and other places. From mid to late February, Huaidong collected winter clothes from the people on a large scale. Since early February, the Guanyintan Shipyard has been reducing shipbuilding capacity, and craftsmen have been seconded from the shipyard to the Ordnance Supervisor.

Almost at the same time that Lin Jian went to Jinhai to assist in the defense, the focus of the work of Huaidong's subordinate government office was comprehensively adjusted, and it was turned to prepare for King Qinwang in the north.

Waiting for the edict of King Qinwang to come, the Jinghai Division had a section of the Jinghai Division to go north in advance, and together with the Dengzhou Naval Division, fought fiercely with the Goryeo Naval Division that infested the Bohai Sea, and was bound to clear the Goryeo Naval Division and clear the obstacles to the north before the army went north to King Qin by sea.

On March 12, the warrants of King Qin and Lin Jian were the first to arrive in Chongzhou.

Qin Chengzu, who stayed in Chongzhou, was ordered to summon Huaidong's main officials in Chongzhou, including Hailing Tongju Wu Meijiu and other officials, to convey the order that he would personally lead Huaidong's Qinwang army north to support Jinhai and Lin Mengde to stay and preside. The fast horse sent orders in Chongzhou and on the land of Huaidong, and also sent messages to Haiyu, Jiyang, Jiangning and other places through the fast boat, asking the Haiyu army to shrink to the Dongjiang area, so as to prevent the extravagant Zhejiangdong naval army from taking the opportunity to attack and harass.

Even in a pessimistic atmosphere, Huaidong was boiling for a while.