Han Qi is not like Gao Yu, who has no selfish loyalty to Datang and is dedicated to the public.

He is selfish.

But that's just human nature.

After all, there are very few people like Gao Yu, so even if he dies, even his enemies have high respect for him.

But Han Qi is still a loyal minister.

At this point, he actually has a choice.

At this time, Hedong's strength was not damaged, Li Cunzhong's new force had just arrived, and under such a chaotic situation in Zhaoyi, he was completely able to retreat, return to Hedong, and hold his one-acre and three-point land. Just like most of the festivals and towns now, pretend to be deaf and dumb, save their strength and watch from the wall, and then make plans after the situation is basically settled.

If he did, no one would have slandered him.

But after he hesitated in Nanhe for several days, Han Qi finally made a decision. The whole army went south and attacked Luzhou, hoping to open the line from Luzhou to Weizhou, join forces with Li Xin, the king of Fu, and then retreat to Luoyang, Chang'an and other places.

Before leaving, he wrote a letter to Xue Ping and a letter to Li Ze.

After sending two letters, he rushed to Luzhou with an army of 30,000 without hesitation.

At this time, the 3,000 cavalry led by Min Rou and Tu Lichun had just entered Xingzhou.

Xue Ping slapped the letter in front of Min Rou and Tu Lichun with a cold face, "Han Qi has already gone to Luzhou, this trip, his whole army only has half a month's military rations, and if he can't go to Luzhou for half a month, then the Hedong army will collapse, General Min, General Tu, in this situation, our marshal, general, and the general manager of the northland march are not the slightest moved?" ”

Min Rou was embarrassed and unspeakable.

Tu Lichun smiled bitterly: "Deputy Envoy Xue, what kind of situation our Wuwei is in now, you should also be clear, right?" Pingzhou is fighting again, is it possible that we will go to war on both sides? ”

"I know Wuwei's current situation very well, at least, Shi Zhuang's 20,000 soldiers and horses can move!" Xue Ping said angrily: "With the quality of Wuwei's soldiers, even if it is 20,000 troops, it is enough to shake the entire situation of Zhaoyi. General Li is conceited and loyal, so he has to stand by and watch at this moment? ”

"Xue Shilang, we are just leading the troops and generals, we only know how to fight, as for where to fight, this is set by the Marshal Mansion." Min Rou couldn't help but say.

"Okay, very good, then I will go to Wuyi and my party, and all the affairs of Xingzhou will be handed over to you, General Min." Xue Ping was furious, "Yang Tingshi, when I was not there, Xingzhou was up and down, and only General Min Rou's orders were obeyed." ”

"Subordinates obey!" Yang Zhihe clenched his fists and slammed them to the ground.

Luoyang Governor Shi Peiju took Han Qi's handwritten letter to the Wuyi Jiedu Embassy, but the minister couldn't kneel outside the mansion. Immediately afterwards, Xue Ping returned from Xingzhou alone, which really made Li Ze embarrassed and uncomfortable. In the face of such people, even if there is an evil fire in the heart, it cannot be sent out against them, but it must be greeted with a smile.

Under the coercion of these two people, Li Ze finally agreed to let Shi Zhuang send troops.

Fortunately, Shi Zhuang's 20,000 soldiers and horses were originally stationed in Nangong County, and it didn't take much effort to enter Xingzhou.

But Li Ze also knew very well in his heart that no matter whether he sent troops or not, he would not be able to prevent everything from happening.

In mid-May, Han Ze began an onslaught on Luzhou.

Li Cunzhong led his troops to attack Tunliu County.

Han Rui led his troops to storm Changzi County.

Han Qi led his headquarters to attack Huguan.

The three-way army went together, and Han Qi really did his best this time.

But for Han Qi's possible offensive, Zhu Wen can be said to have taken precautions, Tian Yue stationed Wei Bobing in Huguan, Luzhou governed the party, Xue Chong guarded the tun, Xue insisted on the eldest son, the two sides fought hard repeatedly, but no one could help anyone. Whether it is Hedong Bing or Wei Bobing, they are all elite and brave fighters, and the generals on both sides are not mediocre, and it is obviously impossible to distinguish the winner from the loser in a short period of time. At this moment, Han Qi could only hope that Li Ze, who was in Wuwei, could send troops to Xingzhou, first kill Tian Ping, who had dragged Xue Ping's department in Xingzhou, and then go south to support him, he believed that as long as Tian Ping's department was defeated, it would definitely cause a chain reaction in Zhaoyi.

At this time, Li Xin, who stayed in Weizhou, almost fell into despair, and Xuanwu Zhu Wen approached so fast that it was almost beyond his imagination.

Zhu Wen's third son, Zhu Youzhen, led 5,000 cavalry, hurried day and night, and had already inserted himself into the rear of Weizhou.

The loss of Baima Pass almost strangled the last way of life for more than 30,000 people under Li Xin's department, although Li Hai Xingye led thousands of troops to Baima, hoping to recapture Baima Pass and open up the way for retreat.

And the main force led by Zhu Wen was only two days away from Weizhou at this time.

With the loss of Baima Pass, the information between Li Xin and Luoyang has been completely cut off, and he almost can't imagine what kind of scene Luoyang is now.

Luoyang Navy Wharf, the sailor general Ge Fan's eyes widened, and with some horror he looked at the general Xiang Xun who had leaned on his left arm in the past, Wang Pu.

"You, you're going to rebel?" His voice trembled.

Xiang Xun chuckled: "General Ge, what point has the imperial court reached now, don't you know?" If we don't oppose it, how much influence does it have on this form in the world? The 100,000 troops of the imperial court were all lost, and even Chen Bangzhao died, do you think the imperial court can still hold on? ”

Wang Pu took a step forward: "General Ge, now that Wei Bo has surrendered to Zhu Shuai, General Chen is defeated and died, His Royal Highness King Fu is trapped in Weizhou, and seeing the end of the entire army, even if we fulfill our duties and are loyal, can we hold the Yellow River and the Luoyang Gateway?" Impossible. Yanhai Jiedu makes Dai Chao, Tianping Jiedu makes Cao Huan lead the army is already approaching Luoyang, once we arrive, what do we do to stop it? Our Luoyang Navy Division is only a few thousand people and dozens of warships. I don't want to die in the Yellow River and affect my family! ”

Ge Fan sat down dejectedly.

"General Ge, Zhu Shuai has swept the Luoyang court, at this time we surrender, welcome Zhu Shuai's army across the river, take Luoyang, that is the hero, once Zhu Shuai changes the dynasty, we are the founding hero." Instead of knowing that you can't do it, why not push the boat with the current, in this way, it will be good for yourself and the other, don't you say? Seeing Ge Fan's intentions, Xiang Xunxi was colorful.

"Even if I am willing to surrender, but the thousands of soldiers under my command may not be willing to follow us, right?" Ge Fan sighed.

"General Ge is highly respected, as long as you ascend to the top and shout, why worry about the soldiers not joining together? Then again, who wants to die? Wang Pu said with a smile.

Just when Li Hai was still fighting bloodily in White Horse City to earn a way to survive for the soldiers of Weizhou, the Luoyang Navy Division surrendered to Dai Chao under the leadership of Ge Fan, the governor of the Water Division, and dozens of warships were all returned to Xuanwu, and then Dai Chao, Cao Huan's nearly 100,000 troops crossed the river from Mengjin and went straight to Luoyang.

The news spread to Baima Pass, Li Hai's army was scattered, Zhu Youzhen seized the opportunity to go out of the pass and defeated Li Hai's department, Li Hai's five thousand foot soldiers, most of the dead and wounded, the rest were scattered, Li Hai himself only took more than 100 people to escape, at this time he couldn't even go back to Weizhou, so at this time, Weizhou had already been surrounded by Zhu Wen.

At the end of May, Zhu Wen attacked Weizhou City with the defeated troops of the Shence Army that had been incorporated after being defeated by Tian Chengsi at the foot of Luzhou City. It lasted three days, Zhu Furen died in battle, Li Xin set himself on fire in the Acropolis after the city was broken, and Xue Wei led his troops to break through and was chased and killed by Zhu Wen this time. Nearly 40,000 gods in Weizhou led the army, and most of them surrendered.

After Weizhou was broken, Zhu Wen immediately led the main force to Chang'an, and at the same time ordered his eldest son Zhu Youyu to lead his troops and horses to Luzhou, join forces with Tianyue's troops in Luzhou, and launch a fierce attack on Han Qi's department.

Because of the fall of Luoyang, Han Qi and Li Cunzhong's army were scattered, and under the onslaught of Zhu You Yutian Yue, they could not resist and retreated. Fortunately, at this time in Xingzhou, Shi Zhuang, Xue Ping, Yang Zhihe, Min Rou and Xinye defeated Tian Ping, Xue Xiong, Pei Zhiqing's troops, and the coalition army immediately moved south and approached Luzhou, Han Qi was able to stabilize the army's heart, and the two sides fell into a stalemate again.

At this point, the battle of Zhaoyi has come to an end.

The biggest beneficiary is naturally Xuanwu Zhu Wen, he not only swallowed Wei Bo in one bite, but also occupied half of the area of Zhaoyi, and at the same time, the Xuanwu army directly captured Luoyang, where the army pointed out, straight to Chang'an.

Chang'an is already in chaos. As soon as Luoyang is broken, Chang'an is almost undefendable, this is a fact that everyone understands.

And another beneficiary is Li Ze. Without much effort, Li Ze occupied half of Zhaoyi and swallowed Xingzhou, Beizhou, and Zhaozhou into his stomach. At the same time, another gain is that Han Qi in Hedong suffered heavy losses in this battle, and he was no longer able to confront Li Ze, and now he needed the support of Wuwei's army to hold the existing defense line, lest Zhu Youyu take advantage of the situation to attack Hedong. And Zhang Jia, who was in Shuozhou, took the opportunity to enter the army, and included Daizhou and Xinzhou in the name of assisting in defense.

Li Ze had no intention of marching in Zhaoyi at this time, not to mention that Pingzhou was once again in the midst of war, Zhang Zhongwu faithfully fulfilled his agreement with Zhu Wen, so that Li Ze had to focus more on Pingzhou, and Zhu Wen naturally did not want to make a fuss at this time and fight against Wuwei, a strong opponent.

Zhaoyi's Xuanwu army was divided into two divisions, Zhu Youyu against Han Qi, and Tian Yue against Wuwei's army, and both sides were tightly strengthening their own defense lines.