Zhou Zhizhong's headquarters was stationed in Xianghe, less than 30 miles away from Chen Zhihu's Taihu camp, and after he had lunch, he rode to the outpost of Xijitun and walked around, and then took Hu to Jizhou. On the way, he met Prince Mu Ye Ji Luorong and his party who rushed to Jizhou from Ninghe Daying, so he joined Ye Ji Luorong and his party and went to Jizhou.

Zhou Zhizhong was originally a military attache of the Liangzhejiang Governor's Office, and in the ninth year of Chongguan, he surrendered with the deputy general Zhao Jinlong to the north of King Qin, and was incorporated into the new attached army. After Zhao Jinlong died in the Datong War, he accumulated military exploits, sat on the position of the commander of the new annexed army, and became one of the eight generals of the new annexed army, with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command. But as far as Zhou Zhizhong himself is concerned, if he is covered with thin ice, he does not dare to slack off in front of Ye Ji Luorong and other Donghu heavyweights.

Ye Ji Luorong was also satisfied with Zhou Zhizhong, and invited him to ride with him along the way.

At the beginning, the use of the newly attached Han army was very controversial within the royal tent. In the end, it was the Khan who overrode public opinion and gave the new Han army a relatively independent status, rather than being incorporated into the old army as a soldier or deputy soldier, and also reused and trusted the subordinate generals.

In just three or four years, the Xinfu Han Army developed from scratch to before the war, with 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers and horses. After the southern expedition, there were nearly 100,000 troops in Jizhen and Datong to replenish, and the combat power has exceeded that of the Yanxi Tribes, becoming the most important combat power in Donghu except for the old army. Imitated the old army, the establishment of the new Han army six divisions, the six commanders of the division of power, the rank of general.

Now there are eight members of the Han army, and there are four in eastern Hebei. In addition to Zhou Zhizhong's occupation of the Xianghe River and vigilance against the Taihu camp under Chen Zhihu in the west, one is in Jizhou, and there are two newly attached Han troops stationed in the Ninghe camp with Ye Jiluo Rongtun.

The Ning River is located in the north of the Jinhai Sea, in order to guard against the Tianjin Navy and the Qinwang army of the Southern Dynasty that may land from the Jinhai at any time, Donghu stationed 10,000 elite cavalry and more than 25,000 new Han troops in the Ninghe camp in the north of the Jinhai Sea.

In the east of Hebei in May, the fields are barren, the grass is vines, the closer to Jizhou, the denser the cattle and horses of the wild grazing, the fertile fields in the east of Hebei in the past, today have become the pasture of the Donghu people grazing.

After a winter's expedition, the people were tired and thin.

After conquering Jizhou, in addition to continuing to clear the outlying strongholds in eastern Hebei, southern Yannan, and western Hebei, Yezier, the king of Donghu Khan, was not in a hurry to storm Yanjing and Jinhai, and even did not rush to push the army to Yanjing and Jinhai to encircle them, but began a nearly month-long rest with Jizhou as the center.

The hundreds of miles of area centered on Jizhou City, fields, hills, lakes, river bays, and forest farms have successively become the resident pastures of the Donghu people since early April.

After a month's rest, nearly 50,000 cavalry in the eastern Hebei region regained their combat strength, as if the rusty sword had been sharpened and restored to its original sharpness.

Riding on horseback, looking at the herds of cattle, sheep and horses filling the fields, Zhou Zhizhong thought to himself: This time to convene a military meeting, it should be decided to attack Yanjing and Jinhai, right?

Do you want to fight Yanjing or Jinhai first? Maybe in order to fight Yanjing and Jinhai, some more soldiers and horses will be drawn from the Western Front.

Zhou Zhizhong thought wildly in his heart, and soon went to the city of Jizhou, and saw the flag like a forest of honorable guards from a distance, and a number of horsemen came over with golden arrows, and knelt down in front of the cavalry and said: "The Khan King has come out of the city to greet Prince Murdomu and General Zhou and other meritorious soldiers......

"The king of Khan has a heart, and his own brother still talks about such a false courtesy......" Yezirorong laughed, although he said casually, but Yezier's power became heavier, and he did not dare to slack off, dismounted, led the horse, and walked towards the honor guard cavalry that Yezir came out of the city to meet.

Zhou Zhizhong and other generals of the newly attached army were sincerely afraid and grateful, and walked over with Ye Ji Luorong, performed the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, and then rode on their horses and went to the city together.

"Did you call the third child back this time?" Yeji Luorong and Yezier rode side by side, and there were attendants on the left and right to help them lead the horses, so that they could be distracted and focused on the conversation, and Zhou Zhizhong and the others would follow behind Yeji Baishan, who was going out of the city with Yezier, and they could also hear the conversation in front.

"Duodi has to guard against the Liang family and the Changhuai army in the south, if you don't keep an eye on it, you can't leave for the time being." Yezir said.

"Leave the Mo Jimo and other troops to the south and fill in Yannan, and hand over the war in western Hebei and Xuanfu to Yan Zhizan and other departments," Ye Ji Luorong said, "The third can come over and join forces with us to fight Yanjing......

"......," said Yezil, shaking his head, "I have called you back this time to discuss this matter. Jinhai or Yanjing, which do you think should be fought first? ”

"Over there in Jinhai, I've been to see it in person, and it's not as good as Yangxin." Ye Ji Luorong lowered his voice a little, the battle of Yangxin was a memorable fiasco in recent years, and Ye Ji Duodi also had a limp because of it.

"I have studied the city defense of Jinhai," said Yezier, "although the outer moats of Jinhai are relatively simple, the seven walled cities on both sides of the Whirlpool River are all brick-covered fortified cities, which are integrated with the outer moats, and if they are stationed in the elite, they can rely on each other as horns, and it is difficult to fight...... I suspect that when Lin Jian built the Jinhai Grain Road with Jinhai as the end point, he thought about today's situation. The reason why he did not directly build a Xiongcheng in Jinhai should also be limited to the system of the Southern Dynasties, so the defense center of Jinhai was scattered to seven walled cities, and the distance between each two walled cities was only two miles, which was within the striking range of bed crossbows and catapults, so that we could not concentrate our forces and fight them separately - in this kind of city defense system, although the defenders of Jinhai were only 20,000, but if you give you 40,000 or 50,000 people, the probability of being able to defeat them is very low. ”

"This guy is probably our main obstacle...... "Yezirorong said.

"It's not very likely, it's true," said Yezier, "in March, you all thought that he would lead the Huaidong army across the sea to aid Jinhai, but at the end of the day, they all gave him a shot, and the luxury family fell into passivity—this alone allowed him to surpass Li Zhuo. Even if we can successfully conquer half of the Southern Dynasties, Huaidong is still an obstacle and we have to deal with it carefully......"

"In this way, Jinhai must be beaten!" Ye Ji Luorong said.

"It's going to be fought," said Yezil, "and the key is how to fight!" ”

There are more than 100 cities that they have attacked, but there are not many fortified cities that can be called fiercely attacked and defended. The main city of Datong Town was also forced to land after a long-term siege, and this time in the battle of the south, the only one who really captured it at any cost was the Linyu Pass City that Ye Zier personally led the elite to capture.

Of course, the capture of Linyu Pass City is of great significance, not only to open up the passage between eastern Hebei and Liaoyang, but also to force the defenders of Jizhou to surrender without a fight, and smoothly and quickly capture the fourteen counties in eastern Hebei for nearly a thousand miles - heavy casualties are acceptable.

The Jinhai Sea is backed by the Bohai Sea, and sufficient supplies can be transported from the sea, and the defenders are determined and will not easily open the city and surrender. Capturing Jinhai can completely cut off Yanjing's back road, but as the commander-in-chief, Yezier must consider the price that may be paid for capturing Jinhai.

"It's hard to fight!" Ye Ji Luorong sighed lightly and said, "The Jinhai garrison is only 20,000 people, but we can't block the sea route, and we can't predict whether there will be reinforcements from soldiers and horses in the later stage......

"Now the Liang family does not dare to advance north from Pingyuan Mansion, the Jingying of Yanjing and the Qinwang army of the West Road do not dare to break through, and the Cao family is still waiting and watching in Qinjun, mainly because we have gathered more than 140,000 foot cavalry in eastern Hebei and southern Yannan. "Once we lose too much under Jinhai City, not only will the morale of the whole army be shaken, but the Liang family, the Jingying army of Yanjing, the army of Qinwang on the western road, and even the Cao family in Guanzhong may be ready to move—the weakness of South Vietnam is mainly caused by internal contradictions and intrigues, and the strength of the Southern Dynasty is really several times higher than ours in terms of size, Dingkou, and the total number of soldiers and horses." ”

Hearing such discussions, Zhou Zhizhong, who followed behind on horseback, felt the most emotional.

Before the southern expedition, the Yue Dynasty was on the northern front, Jizhen, Datong and Xuanfu plus the Jingying army, and there were 2440,000 soldiers and horses, with the Jizhen army being the most elite, with 100,000 people. If it weren't for Emperor Chongguan destroying the Great Wall, changing generals on the spot, removing Li Zhuo and replacing him with Hao Zongcheng, even if the Donghu people could capture Datong this time, they would not be able to make the war develop to the extent that they are besieging Yanjing today.

Even if the Jizhen army was defeated at this time, the Datong defenders opened the city and surrendered, providing about 100,000 rebel soldiers for the newly attached Han army, and the number of troops that the Yue Dynasty could use was not low.

In Guanzhong, the Cao family has long guarded Guyuan and other border towns, and there are 30,000 elite people in Guanxi, and after controlling Qin County, the number of troops has more than doubled. There are also more than 60,000 soldiers and horses between Liangjia and Huai, Qingzhou and Dengzhou town army, there are also 20,000 soldiers and horses, 20,000 soldiers and horses of Tao Chun of Changhuai Army, 60,000 soldiers and horses in the Jingying army in Yanjing, 30,000 elite troops of the West Road Qinwang Army composed of Xuanzhen Army and Chen Zhihu's department, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Xuanfu hold on, and there are 20,000 defenders in the Tianjin Navy.

Carefully calculated, there are still 2560,000 troops that the Southern Dynasties can mobilize on the northern front, of which there are 100,000 who can be called elites.

In comparison, the number of troops that the Donghu people can mobilize, with 60,000 Donghu elite cavalry as the core, is about 200,000 people.

If the forces of the Southern Dynasties could work together, the Donghu people would have no choice but to withdraw from Guanwai.

It's a pity, the more loyal anyone is to the court in these years, the more unbearable the end is, so that no one is willing to save Yanjing with all their heart at this time.

"I think that Jinhai still has to fight first," Ye Ji Luorong sorted out his thoughts these days in his mind again, and said, "If we don't defeat Jinhai, we can't invest our troops to fight Yanjing." If the luxury family changes their minds or can't support it, and it shrinks in the south, Jiangning will be able to mobilize a large number of reinforcements to take the sea route and transport them to Jinhai, and then we will be even more passive! ”

"Hmm!" Yezir nodded and said, "It is rare to attack suddenly, and it needs to be advanced layer by layer before it collapses...... I want to adjust the deployment, and the Xianghe battalion will let you take charge of the ......"

"I go to Xianghe, who will go to Ninghe to be responsible for hitting Jinhai?" Ye Ji Luorong asked, "The third child can't come out!" In the case of Baishan, there is always a lack of experience. Regardless of Ye Ji Baishan behind him, Ye Ji Luorong bluntly said that he was not yet worthy of being the coach of the road, especially for such an important battle as organizing the attack on Jinhai, non-veterans and old commanders could not be competent.

This kind of large-scale war of gathering tens of thousands of soldiers and horses and organizing an attack and defense on one side can naturally only use the children of the Ye Ji family as the main commander.

"Baishan Shoujizhou, I will go to Ninghe in person!" Yezir said.

"Then the matter of changing the name of the country, this trip is also decided?" Ye Ji Luorong asked.

"This trip will be decided," Yezier said, "according to the previous agreement, the name of the country will be 'Dayan', the Yuan will be changed to the 'Mandate of Heaven', and the edict will be ...... to the world."

The Central Plains Zhengshuo, before the Yue Dynasty was Chen, and before Chen was Yan.

Yan established a dynasty in the Central Plains for only more than 100 years, and the Chen Dynasty was overthrown, and the remnants of the royal family fled to Mobei, and it has been nearly 600 years so far.

From the rise of the White Mountain and the Black of the White Mountain, the Ye Ji Department claimed to be the remnant of the King of Yan to summon the tribes, and successively conquered the east of Yandong Zhuhu to rise to the north of Yanshan, and conquered the west of Yanxi Zhuhu as a subordinate department. With "Yan" as the country name and "Mandate of Heaven" as the year name, in addition to directly integrating Yandong and Yanxi Zhuhu, it also directly exposes the ambition of restoring the former Yan as the Central Plains.