On the afternoon of June 28, Jindi Pass, Xingyang.

Zhou Fashang led the navy into the Xingyang section of the Dahe River and began to effectively blockade the intersection of the Yongji Canal and the Dahe River, the intersection of the Tongji Canal and the Dahe River, and the land pass through Hejinkou between Xingyang and Henei.

The alliance army led by Lu Mingxing and Yue Gao discovered the navy at the first time. It was like facing a great enemy. While occupying the pass, it was urgently told the friendly forces that Gu Jue and Han Shiye were asked to be careful and report to Li Fengyun urgently.

A few hours later, the news of the arrival of the navy spread like wind across all the passes on the south bank of the Xingyang section of the Dahe River, from Huting at the easternmost end to Jindi Pass, Tianzhukou, Niuzhukou, and to Hulao Pass at the westernmost end.

That night, Gu Jue led his army to leave Xingyang City, urgently reinforced the Qianzhukou and Niuzhukou. With the alliance troops on the Jindi Pass and Huting line, they joined forces to block the Navy and refused to allow the Navy to enter the Xingyang battlefield to open the Tongji Canal. At midnight that day, Han Shiyan from Hulao Pass personally led his army to reinforce Huangmaban and Luokou (the intersection between Luoshui and the Dahe River) to strengthen the defenses on the Hulao and Luokou lines, and do his best to prevent the Navy from entering the Luoshui, so as to prevent the Navy from cutting off the connection between the Dongdu battlefield and the Xingyang battlefield.

On June 28th, on the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, Yang Xuangan's uncle, Yang Shen, commanded tens of thousands of troops to continue to siege the imperial city, Li Min and Niu Jinda, commanded the 23rd Army of the Alliance to cooperate closely on the front line of the ecliptic channel. On the western front of the Shanxi, Wang Zhongbo was in charge of Jingu and commanded his army to continue to attack Dengjin and Mengjin. Li Gongting, who was defending Dengjin, and Yang Hao, the Qin King who was defending Mengjin, suffered heavy losses due to the repeated hard battles. In addition, the soldiers were exhausted and could not continue.

That afternoon, Wang Zhongbo received an order from Yang Xuangan. The Xijing army had entered the Mianchi battlefield yesterday and the decisive battle began. For this reason, Yang Xuangan asked Wang Zhongbo to take down Deng Jin and Mengjin in the shortest time, destroy the floating bridge on the river, and completely cut off the route of the Guardian army to reinforce the Eastern Capital from Heyang direction, so as to avoid the dilemma of fighting on both sides. At the same time, Wang Zhongbo was asked to strengthen the defense of all Jinkou on the front line of the Mangshan Mountain to ensure the safety of his army on the Eastern Capital battlefield during the decisive battle.

Wang Zhongbo was immediately excited and immediately threw all the reserve regiments under his tent into the battlefield. He told the generals to fight overnight and fight in turn, seize Deng Jin and Meng Jin at all costs, destroy the big river pontoon bridge, and be sure to clear all the remaining enemies on the north bank before dawn, and end the battle.

After dusk, seeing the rebels still attacking like a tide, Li Gongting and Yang Hao immediately realized that the situation of the war had changed, and they both urgently reported to the province to request reinforcements. Otherwise, Jinkou would not be able to defend it and the Dahe floating bridge would not be able to defend it. In the future, if the reinforcements from various groups wanted to enter the Dongdu battlefield from Heyang, they would have to carry out landing operations, which would greatly increase the difficulty of suppressing the rebellion.

On the same day, the province received a joint report from King Qi, Deputy Director of the Navy Zhou Fashang, Hebei ambassador Cui Hongsheng, Pengcheng left behind Dong Chun and Deputy Resident Chen Len of Zhuo County left behind Chen Len, and knew that they gathered at the city of Liyang on the morning of June 26 and came up with a plan to rescue the Eastern Capital. Among them, King Qi, Cui Hongsheng and Chen Len were responsible for attacking Liyang, and Pengcheng left behind Dong Chun was responsible for supporting Xingyang. The Navy was responsible for blocking the Dahe waterway and cutting off the connection between the Eastern Capital and Liyang and Xingyang. The five reinforcements jointly completed the division and encirclement of the three battlefields of Dong Capital, Liyang and Xingyang.

According to this strategy, the five reinforcements were unable to enter the Dongdu battlefield to fight before recovering Liyang, defeating the Xingyang rebels, and opening the North and South Grand Canal. Moreover, in order to ensure that the five reinforcements could open the North and South Grand Canal in the shortest time, the province still needed to persuade the Xijing army to actively advance eastward, enter the Dongdu battlefield as quickly as possible, complete the encirclement of the Dongdu battlefield, and then restrain Yang Xuangan's main force of the rebels, help and cooperate with the five reinforcements to suppress all the rebels on the Liyang battlefield and Xingyang battlefield.

Faced with the decision made by the commanders of the five reinforcements, the province was very angry and humiliated. It is obvious that the commanders of the five reinforcements did not take the province seriously at all. The decisions made by the province and the orders issued to them were directly ignored by them. What is particularly excessive is that the commanders of the five reinforcements directly made a decision to suppress the rebellion on behalf of the central government. In a sense, the military is above the central government at this moment. The military has directly seized the decision-making power of the central government with its powerful force, and even ordered the central government to cooperate with the military in disguise. This is an open slap for the province. If the province swallows its anger and accepts it, it will definitely be a blow to the authority of the central government. But in the current situation, what else can the province besides swallowing its anger and compromise? Could it be that it is openly against the commanders of the five reinforcements?

At this moment, King Yang Hao of Qin and Duke Gao of Duke Li of Gao called the police to ask for help.

In anger, a group of central officials made an unanimous decision to abandon Deng Jin and Meng Jin. All the troops fighting on the south bank retreated to Heyang and destroyed the big river pontoon bridge. In fact, they could only order a retreat. The sudden change in the war situation in the eastern capital must be related to the eastward advance of the Xijing army. In order to avoid fighting on both sides, Yang Xuangan must take down Deng Jin and Meng Jin, and then devote himself to the decisive battle with the Xijing army. Therefore, if the province continues to stick to the bridgehead on the south bank of these two big rivers, the final result will be in vain. It is better to evacuate in time, and at least some troops can be saved.

The province urgently reported that the guards of Xijing were left behind. Zhou Fashang came with the navy and was now heading to the battlefield of Dongdu day and night. Cui Hongsheng and Chen Len's army were also heading to Heyang day and night. It is estimated that they could cross the river and enter the battlefield of Dongdu in early July, so the Xijing army could no longer delay. If Zhou Fashang, Cui Hongsheng and Chen Len's three reinforcements rushed into the battlefield of Dongdu in front of the Xijing army, then Xijing would not be "disgraceful", but would have to bear political consequences.

June 28th, Mianchi battlefield.

In the morning, Wu Ben Lang General and Duke of Chu Dou Lu Xian led the army to attack and advance towards Mianchi City. Yang Jishan led the army to block the army. The soldiers of both sides met on the banks of the Gushui River. As soon as they contacted, Yang Jishan "expressed his might" and led a team of knights to kill the enemy formation like a lightning. Yang Jishan's soldiers were inspired by this and immediately their blood was ignited, and their morale was like a rainbow, and they rushed forward like a tide. Dou Lu Xian was not prepared enough and was careless and underestimated the enemy. When he came up, he was caught off guard by Yang Jishan. The soldiers under his command did not expect that the opponent would rush forward as soon as they met. The battlefield was very narrow, and the battle formation was not fully unfolded, and the opponent was scrambled. As a result, in a melee, the Xijing army was beaten to a "blue-faced" by Yang Jishan, which was very embarrassed.

Yang Jishan stopped when he saw it, took advantage and left. Mingjin withdrew his troops outside Mianchi City.

Dou Luxian was "gray-faced" but did not dare to make a rash move in case of another accident.

Upon hearing the news, Wei Wensheng ordered the troops to advance towards Mianchi at the same time, and to support each other, and no longer give the rebels any chance to attack.

At noon, the Xijing army approached the Mianchi City with murderous aura. Generals of Wu Ben Lang Dou Luxian, Generals of Husi Wanshou, and Generals of Wu Ya Lang Changsun Wuao each led one army to attack three groups and made an encirclement. Yang Jishan did not hesitate and retreated decisively and headed straight for Xiaoxinan City more than 30 miles away.

The Xijing army lifted the siege of Mianchi, and the right guard general trapped in the city, Zheng Yuanshou, Duke of Shen, immediately left the city to visit Wen Sheng, the guard behind Xijing.

Zheng Yuanshou was very haggard and depressed, and seemed to be even older. In the eyes of many people, Zheng Yuanshou's career was over, and the garrison in the east was not good, and he was defeated in Hangu. After the storm was over, he would have to be held accountable. The best outcome was to get rid of the army and return to the field, and it would be bad, and even prison was even a prison. However, central ministers such as Wei Wensheng, Mingya, Du Yan, and Wei Jin knew that Zheng Yuanshou had "bet" this time. With his outstanding wisdom, this powerful family successfully helped the Zheng family in Xingyang through a disaster at a critical moment.

As one of the two commanders of the Guards who stayed in the Eastern Capital, Zheng Yuanshou had two most important tasks. One was a military task, and he wanted to garrison the security of the Dongdu and the capital. His garrison was west of Hangu Pass. Yang Xuan felt that he had killed the city of Mianchi so far. The large area of ​​the Guards west of Hangu Pass had not fallen, so his garrison task was considered to be completed. The other was a political task, and he had to ensure the independence of the Guards and defend the military power of the Guards. He could not let the military power be lost, and he could not let other people.

Or the power controls the Guardian, which is a matter of principle. If he makes a mistake on this issue, it is a political mistake and cannot be forgiven. Therefore, when Yang Gongren "snatches" the military power of the Guardian, Zheng Yuanshou decisively "escape" from the Dongdu. Although his approach is not worthy of praise and dares not fight against "power", he did not make political mistakes and used his actual control over the army to successfully defend the military power. This is a "commendation" from the standpoint of the Holy Lord. Zheng Yuanshou not only made no mistakes but made contributions.

No matter what the real purpose of Zheng Yuanshou's "escape" from Dongdu was, he completed both of his "tasks", and this political fruit was very "rich", enough to impress the Holy Lord and enough to make contributions. As for his appearance, it was not important at all. Just like the Navy defeated Pyongyang last year, but Lai Huer and other naval commanders not only made no mistakes but made contributions. Political affairs can never be deduced by what they see, and that is most likely to be wrong.

Zheng Yuanshou was able to escape danger in such a dangerous environment and made great contributions. Not to mention that most powerful people are unable to reach his outstanding wisdom, even the central ministers such as Wei Wensheng and Mingya admired him very much. Therefore, when meeting and greeting each other, Wei Wensheng and others were not only polite, but even a little complimentary in their words. There is no way, here Zheng Yuanshou has the highest aristocratic rank, the most respected identity, and the thousand-year-old super wealthy family heads, how many? The Wei family in Guanzhong is also very prominent and considered a wealthy family, but compared with the Zheng family in Xingyang, it is the difference between a royal noble and a nouveau riche.

Zheng Yuanshou was very despised and even a little angry at the "local tyrants" in Xijing. Yang Xuangan rushed to the city of Dongdu on June 14th, and the reinforcements in Xijing had only arrived in Mianchi today, and there was still two days away from Dongdu. At this speed, would he rush to help?

"Has Dongdu fallen?" Zheng Yuanshou was too lazy to "fake" and went straight to the point.
Chapter completed!