However, after losing the support and response of the front army, the outcome of these two partial divisions was not much better. The Hezhong Army, which came from Dayu Ferry south of Pujin Ferry, was directly blocked by a regiment of Taiping Army garrisons coming from nearby in Shenbaiyu.

After a hard battle, after rushing out part of the shore, he had not yet walked far away, but he ran into another regiment of cavalry and rushed to hear the news. The system was dispersed on the spot and the army was defeated and the birds and beasts scattered.

The group of people who came ashore from Wu Wang Ferry north of Pujin Bridge were slightly more lucky; although they also triggered the alarm for the on-site whistle, they rushed out in time overnight; and then headed eastward to Hexi County, which belongs to Tongzhou.

However, when he ransacked two villages and wanted to seize the Hexi county, he was discovered by a few garrison troops who maintained order in the city. He immediately closed the city gates and recruited Ding Zhuang to the wall and lit the fire for help, forcing him to go around elsewhere.

As a result, the next day, more people who ended the Battle of Pujindu joined the sequence of encirclement and suppression of the invading enemy troops. Finally, they caught up with them in Jiaolibao, north of Hexi County;

After several fierce battles came to the Taiping Army to encircle and fight several times, this enemy army, which had neither support nor lasting power, abandoned its weapons and surrendered on the spot after half of the casualties.

Therefore, Wang Chongrong, who saw the failure of the forced transition and lost nearly 5,000 strong and strong men, could not help but stop the subsequent military operations in great pain; he hurriedly summoned more civilians from the rear to build camps and posts on the east bank of the Yellow River in Puzhou, and had a strong momentum to turn to defense on the spot.

However, at this point, General Xu Yi, the general of Taiping Army who was responsible for garrisoning the front line of Tongzhou, was no longer satisfied with the passive defense. Therefore, on the one hand, he requested the naval warships to continue bombarding the central military strongholds along the coast to harass and restrain them; making them unable to be content with construction.

On the other hand, he also used the captured ferry to cross the river from the King of Wu under the cover of the movements and stills created by the navy; he successfully sent a group of fully prepared (lightly equipped) rafts to the shore;

In the next few days, this cavalry, disguised as the Hezhong Army, attacked and burned many places where food and grass were hoarded and garrisoned in the north of Puzhou and bordering Jiangzhou, including Hubi, Gushan, Longmen Mountain and other places where food and grass were stored and garrisoned.

For a moment, the rear of the Hezhong Army, which was confronted by the river, was in chaos and rumors spread everywhere. Some even swear to declare that the garrisons in Quwo, Wenxi, Jiangxian and other places in Jiangzhou were still on the spot and defected to the Heyang Army that came from Zhiguanxing.

Therefore, even Wang Chongrong, who had resisted the opposition and insisted on going south to rescue Tongguan and Shaanxi Guo, could no longer suppress the dissident voices in the army and the fear of the small family in the rear. He had to divide 10,000 troops again, and led the general Chang Xingru to Jiangzhou to suppress and prepare for the situation.

Therefore, on the riverside defense line with Puban City as the core, there were only more than 15,000 Wang Chongrong's troops, as well as more than 20,000 newly recruited civilians and servants, etc. The group of troops that had basically completed the task had already passed through the defense line in Puzhou and returned to the east entrance of Dayu Dudu in the downstream.

Then, after a sudden assault from the rear, he easily defeated the defenders at the east entrance of Dayu Ferry; and raised fire on the spot to notify the other side, and then continued to attack the Hezhong Army's base on the spot to defend;

Therefore, when the Hezhong Army, who came to explore and inquire one after another, disappeared and finally realized something was wrong and reacted. When the large group of troops were mobilized from Puban City to move south, the river also began to pass the first batch of firearms and supplies to support in the subsequent support, amid the rumbling of cannons.

At the same time, he had arrived at Mianchi City in Dugi Province, and Meng Juehai's troops, who had completed the preliminary defense of the East Transportation, continued to cross the gateway to Dakai Heyang Bridge, and then he used Huaizhou to encircle other units of the Hezhong Army, which was still entrenched in the west of Dayang Bridge (now southwest of Pinglu County, Shanxi).

Just as the war in the river was rumbling, Zhou Huaian, in Jingzhao Prefecture, Gyeonggi Province, also began to walk out of Chang'an City, which was in ruins and was about to be renovated, and inspected many newly established villages and management areas on both sides of the Wei River.

In the hot summer air, the water-filled seedlings and freshly turned soil are filled with the mixed atmosphere of the sun. Under a large tree covered with umbrellas, Zhou Huaian, who was rinsed with stone slabs and washed in the cold canal water, was also listening to the progress and successive good news from the front.

"So, has Zhuge Shuang of Heyang completely made up her mind?"

After listening for a while, he slowly spoke:

"According to the news ahead, General Meng (Juehai) Lang's troops (temporary, mainly adapted from the rebel army), have taken over the Beiguan and Zhongguan handed over by the Heyang Army, in addition."

Li Shicheng, the chief external relations officer in charge of Kanto, lowered his eyelids, paused and said:

"The Heyang Army also led 8,000 troops from Zezhou to Zhiguanxing to advance to Quwo (now Houma, Shanxi), and his son Zhuge Zhongfang led 10,000 soldiers to cooperate with Meng's troops to attack Hebei (county) and Ruicheng."

"This old man is really worthy of being the "Zhongzhou Tumbler". This time he turned faster than anyone else! However, the kindness and sincerity he brought out really make people unable to refuse..."

Zhou Huaian said with a little sigh:

"Why would you like to ask the king how to reply to it..."

Li Shicheng was relieved when he heard this. Although the king of the present is not very good, he is becoming more and more authoritative and more important, so people are always trembling.

"You reply to him, sincerity has been received, but don't worry about changing flags or something. I still need his name as Heyang Army to continue to use some usefulness?"

Zhou Huaian pressed his forehead and said:

"But relatives and family members can be sent here first. The mansions and industries in Chang'an City can also be built and purchased."

Then Zhou Huaian ordered:

"After a later order to order the Preparatory Division to draw out eight battalions in good condition from the temporary organization of (former rebels) and (successful soldiers) transformation battalions that are being reorganized within the pass, and then we will withdraw eight battalions in good condition to further arm our forces."

"The latter half were assigned to the General Xu (General Yi) of Tongzhou; the half were filled with the Central Lang of Zhang (Juyan) of Ruzhou, working together to stabilize Duji Road, while taking into account the situation in Heyang."

"Since you have to expect others to contribute more, at least you have to take good care of the rear and home for others. You will not let the forces attached to the governor's office fall into bleeding and tears..."

There are about 70,000 prisoners and surrendered soldiers in Guannei Road. After the selection and transformation, about 20,000 or nearly 30 supplementary battalions can be reorganized. Among them, there are many Hexi and Longyou athletes who are skilled in bowing and horses, which just put them in handy on the battlefield in Guandong.

The remaining elderly, weak, sick and disabled, or those who are not very reliable and stable, have become candidates for military farming and engineering construction under personal supervision in various parts of Guannei Road. The auxiliary soldiers and civilians who were recruited from Shandong and Shu were just in charge of this matter.

Then, by acquiring the former rebels under the name of the Xin Dynasty of the Daqi Dynasty, there were more than 30,000 Dings and Zhuang available. Therefore, after initially gaining a foothold within the pass and digesting a wave of spoils and captures, compared with the labor gap that was still insufficient, the potential source of troops that the Taiping Army could use became more abundant.

Of course, because the equipment mainly used by firearms from the rear cannot keep up, these new and temporary sequences can only be accumulated with seizures, and many cold weapons ready to be re-armed.

At this time, another on duty man came forward, holding the wooden clip in his hand respectfully and whispered to the report: "Your Majesty, Feng Xiang is urgently reporting..."

Later, Zhou Huaian took it and opened it and looked at it. He couldn't help but say a word. However, Li Changfu, the governor of Fengxiang, who had been besieged for a long time and had almost no presence in the war within the pass, finally surrendered in Fengtian.

Of course, Zhou Huaian was a little interested in this person who had been with Wang Chongrong, Zhu Laosan and others on another historical line, and forced the leader of the vassal states of the late Tang Dynasty. He decided to leave:
Chapter completed!