Zhu Youzhen's hand trembled at first, and finally the whole person shook like a pendulum, and many generals in the room watched him stand up, swaying like a willow in the wind, and as soon as he opened his mouth, blood spurted out, splashing on the big case in front of him, on the floor, and then with a bang, the whole person and body fell on the desk.

A thin page of paper in his hand fell to the ground.

"Your Highness, Your Highness!" Inside the house, a group of civil and military officials suddenly panicked, rushed up, and tightly surrounded Zhu Youzhen in the middle.

"Doctor, doctor! Call the doctor. Sun Tonglin was the closest to Zhu Youzhen, and took a step forward to help Zhu Youzhen up, and when he saw Zhu Youzhen with a face like gold paper, he shouted loudly while pinching his middle man hard.

Liu Xinda picked up the piece of paper that had been stepped on several times from the ground, and looked at it a few times, his face was also pale.

This is a secret report from Jingnan, which is exactly Jingnan's military intelligence.

Dai Chao's entire army was annihilated, and the plan to capture Jingnanjie Town failed completely.

This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that it led to the destruction of Dai Chao's entire army, and it turned out to be because of Tian Guofeng's fatal blow to Dai Chao on the battlefield.

Who is Tian Guofeng?

He is one of the three generals that Zhu Youzhen relies on the most, Cao Bin, Liu Xinda, Tian Guofeng, Zhu Youzhen has been able to crisscross the south for more than a year, and even the greatest heroes of Wuning, Huainan, and Eyue.

Is Tian Guofeng crazy?

If it weren't for seeing Zhu Youzhen's current appearance, Liu Xinda would almost have thought that this incident was planned by Zhu Youzhen himself.

After all, the battle for storage positions has always been full of bloody violence.

He crumpled the paper into a ball and held it tightly in his hand.

When Zhu Youzhen woke up, it was already late at night, and only Sun Tonglin and Liu Xinda were left around.

"Your Highness, are you awake?" Sun Tonglin asked in surprise and joy.

Zhu Youzhen rolled her eyes hard and looked at Liu Xinda on the side.

Liu Xinda took a step forward and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, rest assured, I have instructed the generals of all ministries to strictly restrain the generals of their subordinates, and only declare to the outside world that the old illness of the Third Highness has recurred, and it will be okay with only two days of rest." Now all the departments are strictly guarding the camp, and the scouts have also been sent out to prevent Yueyang's army from sneaking out of the city. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded slightly, supported the bed board with both hands, and wanted to sit up, Sun Tonglin hurriedly stepped forward, helped him up, and dragged a pillow behind Zhu Youzhen.

"Your Highness, that Tian Guofeng ......" Sun Tonglin looked at Zhu Youzhen cautiously and asked.

A hint of flushing flashed on Zhu Youzhen's face, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I didn't order it, I gave him the order to ask him to assist Dai Chao and take Jingnan as soon as possible." ”

"What about him?"

"Do you need to ask?" Liu Xinda on the side said with a dark face: "He must have been bought by Jingnan, or by the Tang people." Your Royal Highness, when you were unconscious, there was a secret report again, the last general boldly opened it first, that Tian Guofeng led the army to pursue the acting marshal all the way, the most hateful thing is that he is still under the banner of the three highnesses, which makes him almost overwhelming along the way, along the way the Liang army does not know the truth, and was bewitched by it to join his team, they have been pursuing to the city of Xiangyang, and now in Xiangyang City, the acting commander only has less than 10,000 soldiers and horses, guarding such a big city, 10,000 people, even the city wall is not satisfied. ”

Zhu Youzhen's face twitched, and her breathing became more and more rapid.

Tian Guofeng did this, so that the soldiers and horses stationed in various places in Shannan Dongdao mistakenly thought that this was the internal struggle between him Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Youyu for the storage position, seeing that Dai Chao's army was defeated like a mountain, and tens of thousands of troops were destroyed in one day, Zhu Youyu and Zhu Youzhen's strength had been inverted, and they naturally went up to hug Tian Guofeng's thigh, and they naturally thought that they were hugging Zhu Youzhen's thigh.

This is not the most terrible, the most terrible thing is that this news will quickly spread all over the world, to Chang'an, Luoyang. His eldest brother has always been a quick temper, and after learning this news, he must be in a hurry, God knows what he can do.

"Immediately give a letter to Your Majesty in my name to explain the matter."

"Write a letter to the prime minister."

"Inform Cao Bin as quickly as possible!"

After giving three orders in a row, Zhu Youzhen suddenly snapped and added: "Let Wuning arrest Xu Xiang immediately." ”

"I'll do it right away!" Sun Tonglin hurriedly stood up and left.

"Xinda, from a military point of view, what should we do in the current situation?" Zhu Youzhen looked at the veteran Liu Xinda and asked.

Liu Xinda sighed and said, "Your Highness, this situation is no problem to hide for three or five days, but it is impossible to keep it hidden." Now I know why they withdrew their troops from Yunxi so simply, in fact, with the deployment of Yueyang's troops in Yunxi and the support of the naval army, they can drag us for a long time. ”

Zhu Youzhen was shocked: "You mean, they are luring the enemy deeper?" ”

"Don't rule this possibility." Liu Xinda nodded and said: "Suppose that Tian Guofeng, Chen Fu and others have long been bought by the Tang people, then all this is a huge conspiracy to lure us into the war, they not only want to defeat the soldiers and horses of the acting commander, but even we are in the other party's calculations." ”

Zhu Youzhen took a deep breath: "In other words, Jingnan is very likely to come to the aid of Yueyang?" ”

"Yes, there are many boats in Jingnan, and the soldiers are also trained in water warfare, if the floating boat comes, it won't take long to arrive." Liu Xinda said: "Now the strength of Yueyang, if you count those young and strong, is as many as 30,000, and on Dongting Lake, there are thousands of water bandits under the command of Zheng Wenchang. ”

Zhu Youzhen suddenly lifted the quilt and wanted to get out of bed: "Yunxi." ”

Liu Xinda nodded and said, "Zheng Wenchang's army." Your Highness, it is impossible to take Yueyang now, and we should prepare to retreat now. I have already sent someone to Yunxi to warn Zhou Zhen, telling him to be careful, to guard Yunxi, where is not only the only way for us to retreat, but also the place where our tens of thousands of troops are in transit. ”

"We must retreat immediately!" Zhu Youzhen said: "Taking advantage of the fact that Jingnan has just experienced a big war, it will take time to come to help, once we move a little slowly, I am afraid that they will be stuck here." ”

"In Yueyang City, there are still tens of thousands of enemy troops, and it is also quite troublesome to retreat before the battle." Liu Xinda said: "From tomorrow, I will lead my troops to launch a fierce attack on Yueyang, and Your Highness, you will lead other troops to cover each other, retreat in batches, and roll back. ”

Zhu Youzhen sighed: "If you believe in the wrong person, you will lose the whole game, but I am afraid that even if you withdraw to Ezhou, it will be untenable." Once the Shannan East Road is lost, Eyue will face a two-sided attack from Jingnan and Shannan East Road, and my reorganized naval division in Ezhou has not yet become an army. ”

"Your Highness is extremely concerned about this. But it is impossible for Tian Guofeng and them to fully integrate Shannan Dongdao in a short period of time, and those soldiers and horses of Shannan Dongdao who have been blinded by him will always wake up, so in the next time, Tian Guofeng has to do first, firstly, to clean up these horses, and secondly, he must also want to take Xiangyang, compared to Ezhou City, Xiangyang is undoubtedly more important, so we still have enough time in Ezhou City. Liu Xinda analyzed.

"And Huainan!" Zhu Youzhen said dejectedly: "Gong Yunda was already half-hearted, and if something like this happens, I'm afraid that he will also show his fangs at us." ”

"Gong Yunda just looks at the dog's ears, even if he shows his fangs, he doesn't pose much of a threat." Liu Xinda said: "It is also possible that he will betray us." Your Highness, in this way, we can only retreat to Wuning, and everything will have to start all over again. ”

"I'm not afraid of starting all over again, but at this moment, I'm most worried about Chang'an." Zhu Youzhen closed her eyes, her fists clenched and gurgling.

In Yueyang City, Qian Biao laughed happily, and his fists clattered on the table: "From tomorrow, all parts will attack, and they must drag the enemy to death, they must want to run away, stay with them for one more day, they will pay an extra price, come to my Yueyang, you have to leave me a piece of meat." ”

The generals under his command responded violently, and left with excitement on their faces one by one, for most of the past six months, they belonged to the objects that were repeatedly pressed to the ground by Liang Jun to rub them, and they were extremely breathless, and now the form was reversed, and it was their turn to raise their eyebrows. Although the strength of the Liang army outside the city was still stronger than theirs, the morale was not described by the number of people.

Liu Xinda led the army to attack the next day, and the Yueyang defenders fought fiercely outside the city, the two sides fought fiercely for a day, and both suffered heavy casualties, but for the defenders in the city, they were more confident, because this battle let them know the reality of the other party, the main force of the Liang army, sure enough, was retreating, Liu Xinda, just left behind the broken army.

Yunxi, the messenger stared blankly at the skyrocketing fires and billowing smoke in the city, and beside him, it was Zhou Zhen, the gray-headed Yunxi guard.

The messenger was still a step late, and the Dongting bandits led by Zheng Wenchang disguised themselves as a grain transport team returning from the front line and the wounded soldiers who had withdrawn, and broke the city in one fell swoop.

All the grain and grass stored by the Liang army in the city turned to ashes, and most of the wounded soldiers who were recuperating in the city did not escape from this sea of fire.

After a fire burned Yunxi, Zheng Wenchang Shi Ran ran away, leaving Zhou Zhenxiang to cry without tears, the food of tens of thousands of troops, and then they were definitely going hungry on the way to retreat.