At this time, Luo Cheng, who was said to be a dragon-slaying warrior, was falling into deep thought at the information sent back from the pass.

The situation is changing.

But what really made him think was not like the twelve emperors below today.

What makes people look serious is two consecutive bad news, one is that the Fan Yang Prefectural Order Xue Shixiong was killed, and the other is that the Hebei appeasement envoy Li Jing died in battle.

The death of Xue Shixiong made Luo Cheng very depressed. He had always sent people to contact Xue Shixiong in order to win the general into his camp. At first, Xue Shixiong was a little hesitant, but later, Luo Cheng's letters moved and persuaded him, and finally decided to change his flag.

At that time, Dugu Qian, the governor of Peking between Fanyang and Andong, also expressed his willingness to change his flag, which was really exciting news.

The Beiping Governor's Office, which was guarded by Dugu, is located in the three counties of Beiping, Yuyang and Anle. It controls the most important Great Wall fortresses, Linyu Pass, Lulongsai, Wuzhongzhai, Miyun City, and Yanle City, which are the most important to Luo Cheng's entry into the pass.

But who would have thought that Luo Chengdu was ready to enter the pass, but Dugu Qian tricked him.

Not only did he kill Luo Cheng's envoy, he also ran to Fanyang, killed Xue Shixiong and his eldest son Xue Wanshu, and also seized Fanyang's mansion and captured Fanyang's troops.

Now Dugu not only owns the three counties of Yanle, Yuyang, Beiping, but also seizes Fanyang Prefecture and takes the opportunity to control Boling County, with more than 30,000 troops under his command.

Dou Jiande occupied most of Hebei, owned nine counties, and proclaimed himself emperor in Hejian County and established the Xia Kingdom.

Wang Xuba occupied Shanggu, and Wei Daoer occupied Hengshan.

After Li Jing died in battle, some of his old subordinates guarded Zhao County.

Now there are only these four forces left in Hebei, among which Dou Jiande is the strongest, followed by Dugu Qian from Fan Yang Prefecture.

Li Jing's old subordinates were struggling to support him and could be surrounded and destroyed by the Xia army at any time.

Wei Daoer's main force is in Hedong, and there is only one Hengshan County in Hebei.

Luo Cheng doesn't have to worry about Wei Daoer and Wang Xuba for the time being. They are guarding the Taihang Mountains and do not block Luo Cheng's way into the pass. The most troublesome thing now is Dugu Qian and Dou Jiande.

One blocked the Great Wall Pass, and the other blocked the way to Hebei to the south.

Both of them are strong.

Dou Jiande was obviously very smart. After he seized Hejian, he actually secretly reached a non-aggression agreement with Dugu Qian. Dou Jiande did not attack Fan Yang Boling, and Dugu Qian did not go south to conquer Hejian.

The two of them obviously regarded Luo Cheng as a great enemy outside the control and did not want to give Luo Cheng a chance to go south.

Now Dugu Qian is guarding the Great Wall with all his heart to prevent Luo Cheng from leaving the Pass.

Dou Jiande also took this opportunity to attack Li Jing's remnant troops in Zhao County.

"I will definitely kill the old thief Dugu!" Luo Cheng said with hatred.

Luo Cheng did not rush to enter the pass before, because Dugu Chuan expressed his willingness to surrender at that time, and the Zhongwu Army was indeed not ready to enter the pass.

So Luo Cheng stepped up preparations while sending people to contact Dugu Qian and Xue Shixiong, hoping to get along without fighting.

But who would have thought that such a result would be? This Dugu Tuan really made him look at Luo Cheng with admiration.

Putting down this information, Luo Cheng picked up another one.

However, it was sent by Siye, saying that his recent communication with Yun Dingxing was not very good. Although the Monan Jiedushi was looked down upon by Luo Cheng's brothers, he sold his daughter for honor, and then killed his nephew for honor, the guy's attitude is now shaky, and he acts like a pride.

But now Luo Cheng and the others cannot ignore him, because he owned the Hetao land. If Siye went south, he would inevitably threaten Siye's retreat. If this bastard leads the Turks again, it would be even more troublesome.

Now there is information that shows that the emperor is crazy and has used all kinds of tricks.

Not only did he send people to the north of Mo to recruit Turks to the south, but he even sent people to seek help from the Western Turks, intending to use Turkic troops to deal with Siye and Liu Wuzhou in Hedong Daibei.

Even the Turkic tribes that have been surrendered to the south of the desert are still some of them. Siye has to put Princess Yicheng under house arrest, but this has also caused many Turkic people to be dissatisfied.

Therefore, Siye now has to devote himself to these Turkic people in Dingxiang and are temporarily unable to move south.

Although Liu Wuzhou in Daibei seized three counties, Yang Yichen and Xiao Yu blocked the passage north of Taiyuan. At the same time, Daibei had just experienced the plunder of the Turks last time, so he has not recovered yet. He has opened his mouth for more than 200,000 yuan, but after the autumn harvest, it is not enough for his own food. Liu Wuzhou now does not even have enough military rations. He killed Wang Rengong and raised an army again. Many Mayi generals were also secretly dissatisfied with him.

So now I am in a state of great difficulty. On the one hand, I have to fulfill my promise to release food to help the people, but on the other hand, I have to intimidate and appease the subordinates and generals. I want to go south, but the independent army is not Yang Yichen or Xiao Yu's opponent, especially when I am short of food.

As a veteran on the battlefield, Luo Cheng knew very well that a war was not simply about fighting like this.

He involved not only mobilizing troops, but also mobilizing food and grass, preparing for military supplies, and even recruiting civilians to summarize all the matters.

It means you have to have money and food, and you have to have soldiers and people.

Daibei's morale is unstable now, and Liu Wuzhou dared not go south to attack Taiyuan at this time. He was short of money and food, and he did not dare to send troops. He kept sending people to ask Siye and Luo Cheng for money and food, and sent more reinforcements.

But at this time, Luo Cheng was not allowed to care about him.

He had to deal with the Yuan clan first, at least he had to take down Fuyuchuan first, and then severely damage the Yuan clan, and then force him to negotiate to promote peace and hurt the Yuan clan, so that he did not dare to think about it easily, and he was unable to pose a great threat to Luo Cheng.

After all, the Yuan family now has at least three million people and 100,000 soldiers and can mobilize 200,000 to 300,000 soldiers. If Luo Cheng doesn't deal with him first and goes south like this, the backyard will be too dangerous.

The good news is that Du Fuwei withstood the pressure in Jiangnan. Yang Guang has not sent troops across the river yet, but the situation in Jiangnan is now chaotic. Shen Faxing took advantage of Du Fuwei's full defense against the Xiaoguo army to go south and took the opportunity to seize Yuhang and Kuaiji counties. This should have been a place where Du Fuwei could seize it.

Zuo Caixiang and Lin Shihong also occupied several counties in the west road of Jiangnan. Du Fuwei made them wedding clothes instead. He blocked the Xiaoguo army from going south, but allowed them to be at ease to conquer cities and plunder land from behind and proclaim themselves emperor and establish a country.

Luo Yi, who was far away in Annan, wrote to Luo Cheng and told him that he had encountered some difficulties in his plan to go north.

First, the Linyi Kingdom invaded and harassed at this time, and then the local wealthy chiefs in Lingnan, such as Ning Changzhen, Feng Ang, Gao Facheng, Xian Baoche, etc., all raised troops to seize the same territory and attacked each other. This led to Luo Yi's attempt to go north to the Central Plains, but there was no way out.

However, Shi'an County, which occupied the main land route back to the Central Plains, was held in Guilin by Li Xizhi, who was loyal to the court. This man was very loyal to the Sui Dynasty and ignored whoever attacked and persuaded surrendered.

So now Luo Yi was blocked by these people in Annan and could not go north unless he left alone on a boat, but Luo Yi was unwilling to abandon his military and horse responsibilities, so he could only fight against the Linyi people while fighting with the separatist forces in Lingnan. It was a complete battle and a chaotic situation.

After reading the information, Luo Cheng frowned a little even more.

The Battle of Fuyuchuan must be accelerated and ended as soon as possible, so that troops can be drawn out and joined the battle situation in the Central Plains. Although the situation is more chaotic, it is also more distinct.

"Report! General Luo Shixin launched the battle of Fuyu City on October 8. He took only half a day to attack the city and fought fiercely for one day. He captured Fuyu City, captured the enemy Shuai Yuan Jiantu alive, beheaded more than 3,000 levels, captured more than 10,000 soldiers, obtained more than 50,000 households, countless cattle, sheep and other livestock."

The good news delivered in a hurry finally relaxed Luo Cheng's brows.

When Fuyu City is broken, the remaining forty cities in Fuyu River will be without the backbone support, and all of them can be obtained.
Chapter completed!