"I'll tell him, don't go in too fast, lest Yuan Qin jumps over the wall in a hurry, so he tries again!"

Passing Lishan Mountain is Zheng County in Huazhou, and Zheng County is only a hundred miles away from Tongguan. Once the army invades Zheng County, not to mention Yuan Qin who is defending Tongguan, including the young emperor of Luojing, Prince Gu Ming, Yuan Yi, and

Among the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, who would not be so frightened that their livers and gallbladders would burst into tears?

If Yuan Qin gets mad and burns all the food and grass in Huazhou, the gain will outweigh the loss.

It was also because Li Chengzhi's foundation was too shallow. Even though he won consecutive battles and gained overwhelming momentum, he only relied on a moment of bravery. Therefore, he definitely did not have the strength to conquer Gyeonggi.

Regardless of the rest, just food and grass can make him lose his hair.

Secondly, there is not enough gunpowder...

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It is September, and the weather is getting colder. The young ladies in Beijing no longer dare to show off in just a light gauze, and have honestly changed into long skirts.

The corn in the fields has long been harvested, and the old farmers are driving their cattle to plow the fields hard, hoping to finish plowing the fields before the snow falls. It is best to have another rain to irrigate the fields.

When the weather gets cold, the hard soil in the field can be frozen into fine pieces, as fine as dust. When planted in the next spring, the germination rate will naturally be very high.

The weather has been good this year, and the harvests in Hedong, Henan, and Shandong are not bad. This is also the case in Luoyang, and the old farmers are naturally smiling.

If it were in previous years, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty would naturally have congratulated each other. The emperor would find an excuse to give a banquet to the princes and ministers to celebrate with the people.

But this year, all the officials in the palace are in a gloomy mood.

Ten days ago, Yuan Qin reported a victory, saying that the bandit commanders Huangfu Rang and Li Zhang were defeated, and the enemy was kept out of Huazhou, and Tongguan was safe.

But what is the reality?

Xiuyi envoy has already found out clearly: since half a month ago, the bandits surrendered to Huangfu, and Li Zhang successively captured Xinfeng and Lianshao in Jingzhao County, Tongguan and Pinyang in Beidi County, and the bandits have successively sent troops to the border of Huazhou.

However, Yuan Qin huddled in Tongguan and did not dare to go out. He only sent Yang Zhi and Yang Jun to divide their troops into two groups and go to the state border to defend against the enemy.

It was not at all the defeat of the rebels as Yuan Qin and the victory report claimed. Instead, after a few days of confrontation, the rebels retreated on their own and retreated into the nearest county.

It seems that Li Chengzhi intends to stop the war, or he may have withdrawn his troops because the weather is getting colder. It is expected that there will be no more fighting this year.

This was considered good news, and it was the only good news since the war between the imperial court and Xihai started this year, but Yuan Yi always felt that something was wrong.

Li Chengzhi has always been unreasonable and unforgiving, so how could he give up on a good situation and cease all activities?

Sure enough, near night yesterday, an urgent report came from Xiazhou: more than a month ago, the bandit general Li Feng sent troops from Jinming County to invade Xiazhou. In less than ten days, they took Shuofang (now Zichang, Qingjian area, Shaanxi Province),

Piancheng (today's Shaanxi Yanchang, Yankuan area and two counties).

Then, I don't know what method was used to reopen Youhu Lake in Gaonu County, and then drove the troops to the side wall of Baigan Mountain, using kerosene bombs to open the way. Xi Kangsheng was defeated and retreated, and now he has retreated to Tongwan City.

But for some unknown reason, the rebels did not go down the wall, nor did they attack the city and occupy territory. They just marched along the side wall. I don’t know what their intention was.

And with such a large-scale troop deployment and a hurried march of nearly a thousand miles, Li Chengzhi couldn't just sit around and send his troops to the north to blow up the wind, right?

Yuan Yi knew that there must be a reason for this, but unfortunately he had never led an army and was only familiar with military matters. So when he arrived at Mao hour, the palace gate opened and he rang the Duan bell.

There are many people in Beijing who are experienced in the military and proficient in the art of war, including famous generals like Li Chong.
Chapter completed!