No one could figure out the whimsical idea in Zhao Yougong's mind, his idea was bold and magical. Gong Zhen is already a rare genius in the world, but when he encounters the pair of Zhao Yougong and Dongfang Jin, he still seems a little weak.

As the progress of Xiangyang was smooth, the Guanzhong army, which had been resting for many days, also began to act, and Ding****, which was stationed in Chang'an and Tongzhou, advanced to the south in four directions. In the face of Ding**** taking the initiative to attack, Chai's army didn't even fight in front of him, so he took the initiative to retreat. Most of the Chai soldiers and horses were from the Central Plains of Jingchu, and few of them were from Guanzhong, and they did not have the strong desire for Chai to speak of in Guanzhong. In addition, Chai Keyan's retreat order came down again, and no one was willing to resist the edge of Ding****. Everyone knows that today's Ding**** is a napping tiger who has woken up, which can be described as a rainbow of morale, in this case, whoever stands in the way of Ding**** is a dead end. The soldiers and horses of Huayin have been evacuated in turn, and the soldiers and horses of the Chai family in Hezhong Mansion have already withdrawn to the south bank of Fenglingdu in a hurry, and after a series of blows, the Chai family has already been panicked, and no one is willing to stay on the north bank of the Yellow River and wait for death, so they can't wait to put on a pair of wings and fly to the south bank area. Chai Keyan can't blame the soldiers and horses under his command, at this time, only a fool will not think about himself, people are afraid of death, not to mention a meaningless death. A small boat paddled leisurely, looking at the vast and turbid river in front of me, I felt like I was in a different world. A month ago, she was still in high spirits and wanted to annex Guanzhong in one go, but after a long time, the sky changed, and she didn't expect her to return to the south bank of the Yellow River in a gloomy manner. At the last moment, I felt the breath of the camp on the north bank of Fenglingdu, and I didn't want to leave, "Yonghao, how is Shizhou?" ”

"Queen Mother, the garrison of Shizhou has been withdrawn to the vicinity of Longmen, but it will be a little difficult for the soldiers and horses in the Linfu and Yunzhong to withdraw safely, it is estimated that it will not be long before Pang He and Yelu Dashi will join forces and attack Shizhou" Chai Yonghao's eyebrows tightened, his heartbeat accelerated, and he couldn't hide the fear in his heart in his words, "Or, let the soldiers and horses of the Helin Mansion in the clouds attack Daizhou and other places, and turn to Hebei!" ”

"No need" Chai Keyan's heart is also the same grief, but her face still maintains that solemnity, at this time, she must not collapse, "You can't fight Daizhou, if you attack Daizhou, none of the troops in Linfu and Yunzhong will survive, Hebei is the territory of Xijin Mansion, and the **** is deeply rooted there, and turning to Hebei will only make us fall into a more difficult environment." That's it, everything that needs to be done has already been done, leave it to fate, and you can't catch more people. ”

Chai Keyan knew that Ding**** would encircle and suppress the Linfu and Yunzhong army, but he was powerless to stop it, and then sent people north to help, he would only be ambushed by Ding****, Pang He didn't take the initiative to attack Shizhou until now, didn't he just want to use Linfu and Yunzhong soldiers and horses as bait to block more Chai soldiers and horses? In order to retreat to the south bank of the Yellow River as soon as possible, Chai mobilized all the resources that could be mobilized, and 100,000 troops crossed the Yellow River. Fenglingdu is carrying out the largest retreat in a hundred years, and it is also experiencing an ordeal in the distant Lin Mansion and the clouds. Due to the decisive evacuation of the Chai family, Zhao Yougong's desire to seal Fenglingdu was completely frustrated, so all the **** in Guanzhong gathered in Hezhong Mansion and attacked north along Longmen. Now there are less than 70,000 soldiers and horses of the Chai clan left in Linfu and Yunzhong, and there is already a great disadvantage in terms of numbers.

On the seventh day of November in the second year of Taikang, Lin Chong led his troops to attack Cizhou, and the soldiers and horses stationed in Cizhou had already been frightened by the momentum of Ding****, and only resisted for less than half an hour, and then surrendered to Kaicheng, and then Ding**** directly besieged Shizhou. Bao Zhongxiang, the defender of Shizhou, directly abandoned the city and fled, and took Shizhou City without spending a single soldier, cutting off the road for Linfu and Yunzhong to retreat south. On the ninth day of November, Zhao Yougong also came to Shizhou City, in the palace, the generals of the Dingguo Army gathered together, each red light, which was completely different from the depression a few months ago, one by one, the morale was high, and he couldn't wait to rush to the enemy army immediately to fight three hundred rounds. Dongfang Jin replaced Zhao Yougong and made a pre-war report, "Judging from the current news from all over the place, there are about 64,000 rebels active in Linfu and Yunzhong, and from the latest news, we know that due to Chai Jin's early departure, now all the power in the north has fallen into the hands of Wu Liang." At present, Wu Liang intends to combine the Linfu and Yunzhong soldiers and horses into Wuzhou City. Wuzhou City is a fortress in the north, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if we really let Wu Liang lead the troops to withdraw into Wuzhou City, we must face very difficult at that time. Therefore, we must launch an attack on Lin Fu as soon as possible. ”

"According to the plan set before, Yerusha will lead the cavalry first, and a new group of ancient town cavalry will be behind, quickly attacking the defense line south of Linzhou, Lin Chong will lead 30,000 foot soldiers, directly from Shizhou to the north, all the way through, to prevent the soldiers and horses of Linfu from escaping to the east!" Dongfang Jin's arrangement, no one raised any objections. Seeing that everyone had agreed, Zhao Yougong clapped his hands and said with a smile, "The battle has come to an end, and I hope you will work hard, as long as the soldiers and horses in the Lin Mansion and Yunzhong are ended, the Chai clan will cut off the arm, and in the next ten years, if we can't launch an active attack on us, we can also turn the situation around." From now on, it is up to you whether the rebellion can be put down quickly! ”

When the generals in the hall heard this, they were all moved, and they stood up and shouted, "We should do our best to suppress the rebellion." The popularity of the people is high, and some people have a trace of fire in their eyes, fighting on the battlefield, who is not selfish? The Chai clan's power is weakened, then it is not far from the **** to control the world, if Zhao Yougong ascends the throne, it will be good for everyone, and it is not everyone's dream to worship the prime minister? Sometimes everything is false, and interests are the most real, even people like Lin Chong can't ignore the pursuit of fame.

Ding**** went north with all his might, and the army stationed in Linfu did not have any confidence in resisting Ding****, and in the clouds, Wu Liang was also facing a headache, the Siberian garrison and Xiao Conan's soldiers and horses had given up the attack and began to approach Yunzhong City, obviously, they didn't want the Yunzhong soldiers and horses to withdraw to Wuzhou City. But Wu Liang has his own plans, he must withdraw to Wuzhou City, only those who have experienced the Battle of Wuzhou City know how strong Wuzhou is, relying on the high walls of Wuzhou City and sufficient baggage, it is not a problem for tens of thousands of troops to support for a few months. In a few months, anything can happen, and who dares to guarantee that in a few months, tens of thousands of troops will still be destroyed?

"General Tian, Yunzhong can't hold it no matter what, we must withdraw to Wuzhou City, now only Wuzhou City can stop the pace of Ding****" Wu Liang's eyes were firm, and he had no intention of backing down, but Tian Xingmao shook his head and sighed bitterly, "General Wu, how can things be so simple, Xiao Conan and the Siberian garrison stick to us like a stinky ****, so many people want to withdraw to Wuzhou City, how easy is it?" ”

Wu Liang's whole face was tightly tensed, the stubble under his nose kept beating, he gritted his teeth, and said in a cold voice, "It's not impossible, as long as General Tian releases the cavalry under his command and storms the Hongji Department from the east." ”

Tian Xingmao's eyes widened, staring at Wu Liang deadly, eager to swallow the speaker in front of him. The more than 5,000 cavalry is his Tian Xingmao's family background, and I don't know how much effort it has taken to accumulate little by little over the years, Wu Liang's words are to ask the cavalry under his command to attract firepower and complete the task behind the palace, in the face of a group of wolf-like Siberian troops and the group of Mongolian barbarians, once these cavalry arrive at the Hongji Division, how many can survive? Where is Tian Xingmao willing, he slapped the table, leaned over to look at Wu Liang, and said viciously, "Wu Liang, if you don't fight this ghost idea, Lao Tzu will definitely not give such an order." ”

Wu Liang was not afraid of Tian Xingmao's threat at all, he snorted coldly, clenched his fists and said with a gloomy smile, "Tian Xingmao, do you think Wu thinks?" Use your brain, now you can lure the **** out of the clouds, except for this cavalry, can anyone else do it? After sending people to the palace, as soon as they left the Yunzhong Mansion, they were caught up by others. Besides, it's not cavalry, do you think it's worth setting a **** to encircle and suppress? Wu's words have already been said, think about it, if you are reluctant to cavalry, then Wu will accompany you to die in the clouds. ”

Tian Xingmao's eyes became darker and darker, and finally sat in the chair, and there was only his heavy gasping sound in the whole room, and he nodded painfully for a long time. A cavalry is going east from the clouds, this is one of the few cavalry of the rebels, and you have to control the cavalry attack, because if left unchecked, this cavalry will create amazing destructive power. There was almost no other choice, Xiao Conan and Deng Yuanjue led their troops and horses to try their best to encircle and suppress this cavalry, and the Mongolian troops also pursued and intercepted from the north. Finally, this cavalry was blocked in the southern steppe of the Hongji tribe. At this time, Yunzhong also began a big retreat, Xiao Conan knew the actions of Yunzhong Mansion, but he had no way, if he didn't solve this rampaging cavalry, the defense was unstable, and he couldn't use troops to the south.

After paying the price of blood, the soldiers and horses of Yunzhongfu finally withdrew into Wuzhou City, and the army of Linfu also gave up strengthening the defense after Wu Liang's military order in the street, evacuated from Fengzhou, ran east, and entered Wuzhou City. In two days, more than 50,000 soldiers and horses in Yunzhong and Linfu withdrew into Wuzhou City. The situation that Ding **** didn't want to see happened again, but I didn't expect that after many years, Ding **** would experience another offensive and defensive battle in Wuzhou.

Today, there are not many veterans who experienced that war, but whether it is the Khitan people or the children of Guanzhong, they all have deep memories of that war. Wuzhou City is a flesh and blood slaughterhouse, which is a veritable military fortress.

After entering Fengzhou, Zhao Yougong was a little depressed by the situation in front of him, and attacked Wuzhou City again, which was terrifying to think about. I know the situation of Wuzhou City too well, so attacking Wuzhou City is the next strategy, and only a fool will attack Wuzhou City. Facing the iron-clad city of Wuzhou City, everyone was at a loss, and they couldn't think of any good ideas for a while.

Dongfang Jin and Zhu Wu have been studying the military records of the first Wuzhou City War, but in the end, they found that the offensive and defensive mode of the Wuzhou War cannot be replicated, which means that if you want to take Wuzhou, you must come up with a new way. A group of people nested in the Fengzhou Mansion, and couldn't think of any good way to come for a long time, Zhao Yougong could only come out to blow the cold wind and relax his mood. Sanniang has been by Zhao Yougong's side, and when she saw that the city was windy, she put the cloak in her hand on the man's shoulder. Knowing that Zhao Yougong was a little worried, Sanniang was born and comforted, "Official, it is a little unrealistic to want to attack Wuzhou in a normal way, Wu Liang has been in the army for a long time, and he knows our offensive routines very well, and it is difficult for conventional tactics to be effective." The slave family thought, can we think more about Wu Liang? ”

"Well, Sanniang, is this your idea? Do you think it is useful to contact Wu Liang? Zhao Yougong looked at Sanniang in some surprise, he had thought of many ways before, but he had never thought much about Wu Liang. Sanniang usually doesn't express her opinions much, but since she said this kind of thing this time, there must be a reason for it. Sure enough, Sanniang pondered for a moment, held the battlements with both hands, and looked at the sky in the distance, "Official, maybe it's because the slave family has had a lot of contact with Wu Liang, and they know a little bit about this person." Wu Liang is not the kind of ungrateful villain, he has a very heavy heart, and he has never said anything to others. I'm afraid there is a reason for all this in the past. At least, the slave family feels that you still have a very high status in Wu Liang's heart. It's better to find a way to talk to Wu Liang, maybe it will have a miraculous effect. ”

Listening to Sanniang's words, Zhao Yougong also fell into memories, thinking for a long time, as if his only impression of Wu Liang was that this person was stable and angry. It turns out that he has never known Wu Liang very well, is it really as Sanniang said, Wu Liang has come to this point today, and he has unspeakable hardships? Either way, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, it should be tried.

"Sanniang, thank you for the reminder, maybe this king should have talked to Wu Liang a long time ago, no matter what the outcome is, only ask one to understand" Zhao Yougong really wants to get an answer, that is, why Wu Liang betrayed, and if he failed, he must find the reason for the failure, otherwise he may make the same mistake in the future. Later, when he returned to the palace, Zhao Yougong wrote a letter and handed it over to Wuzhou. (To be continued.) )