Cao Huan, the envoy of the Tianping Army, looked angrily at the envoy he sent out in front of him.

The two ears of the envoy were cut off by Pei Ju, the guard of the Acropolis, and the persuasion letter he wrote to the other party did not even open it, but there was a bright red line on the cover: Swear not to stand with the traitor.

With a bang, Cao Huan slammed his fist on the big case: "Don't be ashamed of your face, he wants to fight, then fight, order the whole army, attack the Acropolis." ”

"No!" More than a dozen generals in the tent clenched their fists and rushed out of the tent.

Immediately, the sound of golden drums outside the tent was loud.

The main force of the Tianping Army poured out of the nest and rushed towards the direction of the Acropolis.

Li Ze did not advance in Luzhou, and in the month of confrontation with the emperor and his party in Huguan, Zhu Wen finally conquered Tongguan, and the army went inward along Tongguan, all the way like a bamboo, and approached the city of Chang'an.

The news that the emperor had abandoned the capital long ago also spread wildly in Chang'an City at this moment, and Chang'an City, which had no backbone, was immediately torn apart, some officials were actively organizing resistance, some were fleeing in panic with their family property, and some thought that the change of dynasty would begin, and they were actively preparing to be loyal to the new master.

As soon as Zhu Wen's army arrived, it almost effortlessly conquered Chang'an City and entered Chang'an.

Zhongshu ordered Wang Shu to lead most of the courtiers to surrender to Zhu Wen, but Shang Shuling Chen Bi, who had been at odds with Li Ze, together with Wang Duo, led the generals and some officers and soldiers to retreat into the inner city of the palace, and fought fiercely with the rebels for more than ten days before they were overcome.

Although Wang Duo was captured, he saved his life, and even his family was not implicated, because the Wang family is a family of prime ministers, and they are famous in the Tang Dynasty.

But by this time, Chang'an had finally returned to Zhu Wen.

Although he won Chang'an, Zhu Wen did not have much ease in his heart, because the change in Zhaoyi was really beyond his expectations, the emperor ran away, and now even Zhu Youzhen has fallen into it. If Luzhou is lost, it will definitely lay a huge hidden danger for his new dynasty.

But at this time, the latest news came that made Zhu Wen ecstatic.

Li Zezhi's mother, Mrs. Wang, died in Huguan, and it was because she was the queen of the dynasty. Li Ze was furious about this, the army was unable to advance in Luzhou, and he refused to enter Huguan Jin to see the emperor, the coercion was clear, and the two sides confronted each other for a month.

The time of January is too precious for Zhu Wen, even if the land of Heluo in Guanzhong is still not completely pacified at this time, he still ordered Cao Huan to lead the Tianping Army to march into Zhaoyi, and it is necessary to keep Luzhou, even if Li Ze cannot be completely expelled, he must form a stalemate with him, and wait until he sweeps away Guanzhong Heluo, and then make a decision.

In Zhu Wen's view, this is the opportunity given to him by God, and God is taking care of him, otherwise at such a moment, why did Li Ze lose his temper and confront the emperor desperately?

After all, he is still a high-spirited child!

Zhu Wen suddenly felt that he had looked too highly at Li Ze before.

Zhu Youzhen insisted on Luzhou, and Cao Huan attacked from the outside, inside and outside, not afraid of what tricks Li Ze could play.

After Cao Huan marched into Weizhou, it was really smooth sailing, at this time Wuwei's main force was concentrated in the left side of Luzhou, Weizhou was empty, for Cao Huan, taking Weizhou, it was not a matter of pinching the snail with ten fingers, and nine out of ten were stable.

And the one stationed in Weizhou was Pei Ju, a subordinate of Li Xin, the king of Luoyang.

When King Fu died in battle, Pei Ju was still in Hedong, and when he returned, King Fu had already turned into a light ash and scattered with the wind. Pei Ju, who was extremely sad and indignant, accepted Li Ze's recruitment and became the assassin of Weizhou.

Now there are only 5,000 soldiers in the city, and they are all the Shence army that was dispersed earlier by Pei Ju, young and strong, or some righteous people among the people, in Cao Huan's opinion, with such an army, against his Tianping army, it is simply self-destruction.

But the fact was greatly beyond Cao Huan's expectations, in his opinion, the rabble-like defenders of Weizhou actually stubbornly blocked the offensive of the Tianping Army, originally thought that a drum could be played, but for three consecutive days, I don't know how many drums were beaten, but Weizhou City still stood in front of Cao Huan.

Cao Huan was stationed not far from Macheng, staring at the Pei Zi banner fluttering above the city, and the combat effectiveness displayed by Weizhou City made him particularly puzzled. This is also the reason why he personally went to the front line to observe, but Pei Ju's actions once again completely angered him.

Because in front of him, Pei Ju actually sang a big drama above the city, the gongs and drums rang all day long, obviously some men dressed as women and twisted and pinched on the city, holding their voices hoarsely and singing absurd tunes, like a slap in the face of Cao Huan.

"Attack, attack, I'm going to sleep in Acropolis City tonight!" Cao Huan, who pulled out angrily, yelled at the generals under his command.

Above the city, Pei Ju, whose armor was covered with blood, looked at the Tianping Army surging like a tide below, smiled proudly, turned to look at the other general beside him and said, "General Wen, next, it's up to you." ”

Wenfu, the general of Wuwei, was originally the general of Li Anguo's personal soldiers in Chengde Festival, Lao Cheng was stable, under the command of Li Ze, he was also very reused, in Weizhou City, there were not only 5,000 miscellaneous soldiers led by Pei Ju, but also Wenfu secretly led troops to station. There are not many soldiers and horses, only more than 3,000 people, but it is one of Wuwei's ace armies, which is adapted from Li Anguo's own soldiers earlier. After Li Anguo completely retreated, his personal army was divided into two, led by Wenfu and Liang Han respectively.

It was precisely because of the existence of this army that the 5,000 miscellaneous soldiers in Luzhou City had more courage and perseverance, and they withstood Cao Huan's three-day attack alive.

Wen Fu smiled and touched his neatly trimmed beard, and said, "Pei Tingshi has worked hard, from today onwards, this city defense will be handed over to me, you can go and sleep peacefully." At this time, our great net has been weaved. ”

The flag above the city head was unfurled, and the Pei character flag retreated, and the text flag was raised suddenly. Groups of black-armored troops poured out from the rear and took over all the combat posts above the city.

The powerful crossbow and bow were overwhelmingly shot down, shooting the Tianping army under the city to the ground in batches, and the Tianping army who climbed the ladder to the city tower without even having a chance to stabilize their position above the city, was killed on the spot by the black armor army like chopping melons and vegetables.

This time the attack was fierce and fierce, but it was also defeated quickly and ruthlessly.

The tide went up like a tide, and then it went down like a tide.

The officers under Cao Huan's command were busy rectifying military discipline and preparing for the second attack, but Cao Huan looked directly at the fluttering text flag above the city.

He naturally knew who the text was, under Li Ze's command, there was only one general surnamed Wen, but according to the earlier intelligence, shouldn't this person be in Luzhou? How did it end up here?

He shuddered.

Wenfu is here, but what about Liang Han?

Wenfu is here, are other martial arts elites also here?

Suddenly, a cold sweat oozed from Cao Huan's vest.

"Cao Shuai, the army is ready to attack again." An officer rode his horse to the flag of the Chinese army, clenched his fists and reported loudly.

"Retreat!" From between his teeth, Cao Huan burst out two words.

The Tianping Army quickly retreated, and above the Weizhou City Tower, Wen Fu looked at the retreating enemy army and sneered: "It's also alert, but isn't it too late to retreat at this time?" ”

It was too late.

That night, Cao Huan went out of the scouts to inquire around, and before midnight, one after another bad news came, and when the scouts who went out came back, almost all of them were injured, and everyone was shocked.

In the direction of Montenegro in the north, a large number of Wuwei troops were found, led by Qin Zhao, the general of the imperial court's left Wuwei, with nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses.

In the west of Yanjin, he unexpectedly found the general of Cao Xin, the general that Li Ze relied on the most, and there were more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command.

To the east, another Wuwei general, Shi Zhuang, led an army of more than 10,000 people and was advancing in the direction of Fangtou.

And in the south direction, tens of thousands of Wuwei cavalry led by Min Rou had cut off their retreat. In less than a day, Cao Huan's supply point in the south was completely destroyed by Min Rou.

In other words, the tens of thousands of troops under Cao Huan's command have been surrounded by the Wuwei army within a radius of dozens of miles in Weizhou City.

Cao Huan's hands and feet were cold, he really couldn't imagine how Li Ze could quietly move his main force from Luzhou to Weizhou in a short period of time.

There can only be one possibility.

All that was before was a lie, and it was a lie. What Luzhou is holding troops and what Huguan confrontation is all a cover of deception, during this period, Wuwei has been quietly moving his troops and horses in the direction of Weizhou.

Zhu Youzhen and Tian Yue in Luzhou are stupid pigs, the main force of Wuwei is not in front of them at all, they are sitting on 60,000 or 70,000 elite troops, if the young and strong people in Luzhou are mobilized again, 100,000 people are not a problem, but they only know that they are trapped in the city, and they dare not go out of the city to fight, and they miss the opportunity in vain.

"Ordered the whole army to retreat quickly in the direction of Fangtou. Order all the cavalry to rush to Fangtou as fast as possible. Be sure to guard the White Canal. Cao Huan gave the order in a trembling voice.

There is no way out where to run, and the only hope now is for the cavalry to rush ahead of Shi Zhuang, reach Fangtou, hold the white canal, and then use the water transport ships to escape back from the waterway.

That night, Cao Huan's troops withdrew overnight, he was not afraid of the defenders in the city going out of the city to pursue, now he still has tens of thousands of horses, the defenders in the city dare to come out, he might as well take a bad breath before leaving.