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Ye Ji Luorong's slaughter order was to arouse the fierce and murderous spirit of the siege soldiers, which was naturally to be known to the whole army, but it also quickly spread to Nanyang City, but it aroused the will of the Nanyang army and people to resist with all their might.

Before Liang Chengchong abandoned the city and fled east on the 16th, although the Nanyang city wall was bombarded by stone-throwing crossbows, the soldiers and civilians could use wooden fences and cloth bags filled with soil to block them; Yan soldiers along the road or tied to the ladder, soft rope to the city, the city head guards and the people are also like arrows and stones, rushing to kill, the will is not broken, the fight is braver than the early stage, more resolute.

On the 14th and 15th, heavy rain poured in Nanyang, and the Yan soldiers continued to attack the city, while the soldiers and civilians in the city did not go down to the city barriers, ignoring the casualties and resisting in the rain. At that time, the strong wind that blew both the enemy and us fell from the broken battlements to the city, and the mud washed by the rain under the city had long been dyed blood red.

When Ye Ji Luorong regretted a little in his heart that the spread of the order to slaughter the city made the will of the soldiers and civilians in Nanyang to defend the city stronger, Liang Chengchong did not see that the will of the army and the people to resist became firmer, but after the rain, the water in the upper reaches of the Tang River rose sharply, and it was possible to block the enemy on the flanks for him, so he resolutely decided to abandon Nanyang and flee east on the night of the drizzle on the 16th......

However, the road from Nanyang to Miyang was also washed away by the rain, Liang Chengchong took advantage of the rainy night to flee eastward, and did not buy him much time, the brigade of soldiers and horses fell into the territory of Tanghe County and advanced and retreated slowly, and the Northern Yan cavalry attacking from Fangcheng was defeated in the field.

Liang Chengchong's life and death are unknown, and after Liang Chengchong abandoned Nanyang and fled eastward, the newly attached Han army that participated in the siege of the city attacked the city one after another, raising butcher knives against nearly 100,000 soldiers and civilians abandoned in Nanyang.

During his time in Jiangning, Haowenzhuang also set out for massacre, but the main intention at the time was to create chaos and loot supplies, and the number of civilians who were actually slaughtered was limited.

This time, Zhou Fan presided over the siege of the city, and the slaughter of the city was naturally presided over by him, and he had no intention of killing them all, but at the beginning he just rushed into the city and plundered by his troops and Tian Chang, indulged in military discipline, and let the generals get relieved.

However, when his subordinate general Tu An was in the military discussion, in front of Ye Ji Luorong, he offered a plan to Zhou Fan: "Nanyang is a matter of grain, if you don't cut it off, the slaughter at this time will only make the hatred accumulate deeper, and it will be more easy to change!" ”

Tu An was originally a general of Liang Xi's troops, and he beheaded Liang Xi in Dongping and led his troops to descend Yan; His intention to exterminate the soldiers and civilians of Nanyang has his own sinister intentions. At that time, there was a lower-level official Guo Pu in the newly attached Han Army, who couldn't bear it, and directly reprimanded Tu An in person: "The human face is the heart of a beast, and the dog and mouse are not as good." It's just that these words reached Ye Ji Luorong's ears, and Ye Ji Luo Rong immediately ordered Guo Pu to be beheaded outside the camp.

Zhou Fan ordered Tu'an and Tian Chang to lead troops into the city again, and strangled the soldiers and civilians in Nanyang City one by one, killing them all to ensure that none of them escaped the net, that is, to capture the young women who were in the prostitute camp and the very few soldiers and civilians who escaped from Nanyang by taking advantage of the chaos.

Of course, after the destruction of Nanyang City, there was sporadic resistance in the city, but this resistance was very weak in the face of the well-trained killing army. The dark line deployed by the Huaidong Army in Nanyang City only escaped sporadically, and nearly ten people lost their news, and their lives and deaths were unknown.

When the news of the massacre reached Miyang, instead of inspiring the determination and courage of the remnants of Nanyang generals such as Qi Yuan Guizheng, Liang Chengyi, Liang Chengdong, Liang Dai, and Yuan Jinsheng, they were frightened by the bloody massacre, lost their souls, and did not dare to defend the city and confront Yanhu.

When Liang Chengchong's soldiers and horses fled eastward, and Liang Chengchong's life and death were unknown, seeing that there were many enemies from Fangcheng to the south, Yuan Guizheng and others abandoned Miyang and fled from the east gate to Tongbai Mountain before the Yan soldiers rushed to join the siege.

Miyang is located in the upper reaches of the Tang River, at the western foot of Tongbai Mountain, and the north and south sides are covered by the remaining veins of Tongbai Mountain branches, if it is not too far away from the main river of the Nanyang Basin, Miyang is purely in the terrain, which is much easier to defend and difficult to attack than Nanyang City.

However, after Yanhu slaughtered Nanyang City, Yuan Guizheng and Liang Chengyi and other generals also lost the courage to lead 9,000 soldiers and horses and tens of thousands of people to defend this city surrounded by mountains on three sides.

Although Tongbai Mountain is hundreds of miles longitudinal and horizontal, and there is Zhengyang guarded by Xiao Kuian, the general of Huaixi to the east, there are nearly 10,000 troops and horses, tens of thousands of generals and tens of thousands of people who fled out of Miyang, and everyone has no plan to flee in a hurry, but let the Yanhu cavalry get the opportunity to cover up and kill in the future.

From the east of Miyang City to the deep valley and old forests of Tongbai Mountain, as long as the cavalry can pass through, there are corpses everywhere, and the streams and rivers are also dyed red, and even blocked by the accumulated corpses.

The pursuit of the Yanhu cavalry continued to the territory of Zhengyang County, and only after Xiao Kuian'an led his troops to counterattack did they restrain the massacre of the fleeing soldiers and civilians.

After the main force of the Western Front occupied Nanyang, in the north of Xinyang, Chen Zhihu's headquarters also quickly made adjustments, gave up the frontal entanglement with the defenders of Wuyang and Zhengyang, and transferred the troops and horses to the west of Chengshan and Runan.

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On the 23rd, it rained heavily in Shouzhou; In previous years, after autumn, it was rare for Huaixi to have such a heavy rain.

Heavy rain has the advantage of heavy rain, the water potential of the stream flowing out from the eastern foot of Tongbai Mountain and the northern foot of Huaishan Mountain has risen sharply, which also makes the water potential in the upper reaches of the Huaihe River fierce, so that the opportunity for Yanhu cavalry to penetrate the hinterland of Huaixi is reduced.

In addition, the center of gravity of Chen Zhihu's troops and horses has obviously moved westward in the past few days, which makes Shouzhou breathe a sigh of relief.

More than a dozen fast horses galloped in the rain, treading water and stepping on puddles, and water droplets splashed everywhere. With such a heavy rain, people rode fast horses in the rain, and the rain was not at all, and Yuan Guizheng was drenched like a chicken in soup.

When escaping from Miyang, Yuan Guizheng and Liang Chengyi and others fled by the way, and they were also a little panicked.

Yuan Guizheng chose to take the valley road where Miyang and Zhengyang meet, although this line was the tightest for the enemy cavalry to chase and kill, but Yuan Guizheng still fled into Zhengyang City first to join Xiao Kuian. The Yanhu cavalry attacked Zhengyang unfavorably, and shrank back, but did not give up the valley road east out of Tongbai Mountain, and then, the news came that the rebel general Tu An was appointed as the guard general of Miyang.

Ye Ji Luorong used Tu'an to defend Qinyang, with clear intentions, one is to make Tu'an clear the nest and flee into the Nanyang army and civilians in Tongbai Mountain, and the other is to make Tu'an control the passage out of Tongbai Mountain in the east, and contain the soldiers and horses of Xiao Kui'an in Zhengyang City, so as to cooperate with Chen Zhihu in the north.

It is precisely because of this that other Nanyang soldiers and civilians who fled into Tongbai Mountain temporarily gave them the opportunity to escape into Zhengyang.

Yuan Guizheng couldn't wait for the news that Liang Chengyi and they had escaped the pursuit in Zhengyang, so he had to rush to Shouzhou with Liang Dai to see Dong Yuan first.

Yuan Hancheng, the king of Chu, and Liu Tingzhou waited at the gate of Xicheng one step earlier, Yuan Guizheng reined in his horse, his feet were weak and tired, and when he dismounted, he tripped over the reins, rolled down, and fell into the mud pond.

Yuan Guizheng picked up the left and right soldiers, covered in mud, messy like a beggar, and when he saw Yuan Hancheng and Liu Tingzhou, he cried loudly: "Lord Chu, Lord Liu, 200,000 soldiers and civilians in Nanyang, died unjustly!" ”

Yuan Hancheng and Liu Tingzhou didn't expect Yuan Guizheng to be so gaffe.

Although the slaughter of Nanyang came to Shouzhou, it also made them angry and indignant at that time, but after all, they were more hard-hearted than ordinary people, Yuan Guizheng cried loudly under the city gate, telling them to realize that Yuan Guizheng wanted to blame the responsibility for the slaughter of Nanyang on the Huaidong reinforcements......

Huaidong did not send reinforcements, and Huaixi did not send reinforcements, in comparison, Huaixi has the responsibility to send reinforcements - Yuan Guizheng cried loudly, Yuan Hancheng and Liu Tingzhou were not good at responding to him; Even if reinforcements are sent, Nanyang has only been held for a few days, can Huaidong and Huaixi have a chance to send reinforcements?

Even at this time, Huaidong's soldiers and horses in the hinterland of Jiangxi were not fully assembled in Jiangzhou, so how could they help Nanyang?

Even if the responsibility is on Huaidong's head, at this time, Yuan Guizheng has not a single soldier in his hands, and Jiangning is under the control of Huaidong, what does Yuan Guizheng use to accuse Huaidong?

Lin Jian defeated Yuan Zhou's army so easily, but he killed Huang Binghao and his descendants afterwards, which violated his previous style of soliciting and being gentle, and killing Huang Binghao was for some people to see......

Only when Yuan Guizheng was stimulated, Liu Tingzhou comforted him with kind words: "The begging envoy has not closed his eyes for several days, and his body is unwell, so he reluctantly came to pick up Yuan Houye, but he still persuaded us to come down - Yuan Hou Ye still went to the city to take a rest and told us in detail what happened in Nanyang......

Yuan Guizheng's eye sockets were sunken deeply, his eyes were bloodshot, and he heard Liu Tingzhou say that Dong Yuan was unwell, and his fists were clenched tightly, but he didn't expect Dong Yuan to avoid it. Liu Tingzhou couldn't have said it more tactfully, but Yuan Guizheng was not a three-year-old child, so how could he not hear it.

Yuan Guizheng escaped from Miyang, struggled to come to Shouzhou City in the heavy rain, his body was drenched in the heavy rain, for him, he was also exhausted at this time, seeing that Dong Yuan avoided it, the last trace of strength in his body was also exhausted, and he immediately vomited a mouthful of blood, and fell backwards.

Panicked left and right to hold him, Liu Tingzhou and Yuan Hancheng made a look - Yuan Hancheng sighed, ordered people to put Yuan Guizheng in his carriage and asked Yuan Jinsheng, Liang Dai and others who came to Shouzhou with Yuan Guizheng to go to Chu Wangfu. Liu Tingzhou rushed to see Dong Yuan.

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In Dong Yuan's line, Ding Zhiru, Chen Jingrong and others all sat in the hall, and listened to Liu Tingzhou with Dong Yuan about Yuan Guizheng vomiting blood and fainting under the city gate.

Chen Jingrong said: "The matter of reinforcements must not be mentioned again, the fall of Nanyang is the failure of the Liang clan to defend the country, and it should be the responsibility of defeat!" ”

Ding Zhiru always has a feeling of being hurt by something, no matter whether Liang Chengchong and Liang Chengyi can escape with their lives in the end, but they don't have a single soldier in their hands, that is, the dog who lost his family and the dog who fell into the soup, the responsibility for this defeat does not belong to them, but to whose head?

really wanted to ask Yuan to return to politics to Jiangning and cry that the reinforcements did not arrive and cause Nanyang to be defeated and injured, but in fact, he could not blame Huaidong, but asked Huaidong to have an excuse to question why Huaixi, which was close at hand, did not send reinforcements!

Dong Yuan waved his hand and said: "Don't talk about this, first ask the Marquis of Yongchang to rest in Shouzhou for a few days, if he wants to go to Zhengyang to collect the remnants, then Fangjiaao in the upper reaches of Meizhu River will be entrusted to him to defend ......"

Liu Tingzhou knew that this was Dong Yuan's exchange condition for Yuan Guizheng to keep silent and not mention reinforcements.

Fangjiaao is an inconsequential village to Huaixi, located in the valley at the eastern foot of Tongbai Mountain, and it is better to hand it over to Yuan Guizheng, Yuan Guizheng and the Liang clan to be able to gather some remnants of the army to rest and recuperate, than to return to Jiangning with nothing.

Liu Tingzhou nodded and said: "Nanyang has been defeated, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians have been slaughtered, this is not the time to find out who is responsible for the defeat, this war is far from stopping, and the next situation will be even more difficult." ”

At present, the rebel general Chen Zhihu's troops and horses are out of frontal contact with the defenders of Wuyang and Zhengyang, and the center of gravity of the troops and horses has shifted to the west, focusing more on protecting the flanks of Nanyang, Ruzhou, and Luoyang when containing the forces of Huaixi.

The situation is obvious, Luoyang, Ruzhou and Nanyang will be the back route of the army of the Yanhu Western Front to the south to take Jingzhou. When Ye Ji Luorong led the main force south, there was only one soldier and horse of Chen Zhihu in the western Henan region, and compared with Huaixi in the situation, Chen Zhihu was at a disadvantage compared to Huaixi, Chen Zhihu shrank westward, and changed the containment of Huaixi to protect the flank, which was naturally a normal tactical adjustment.

At the same time, the soldiers and horses of the Liukou Luo Xiancheng also shrank to the northern foot of Huaishan, and after burning and killing rape and plundering for half a month, Luo Xiancheng gave up the cities in the hinterland of Huaixi such as Xixian and Huangchuan, and retreated to Luoshan, Majia, Shigang and other fortresses close to the northern foot of Huaishan.

Liukou Luo's intention to shrink to the northern foot of Huaishan is also very clear, and he wants to cooperate with Yanhu to transfer more soldiers and horses to the southern front, and the troops in Huaixi will naturally be greatly reduced. To avoid that Huaixi would be given an opportunity because of the reduction of troops, Luo Xiancheng could only give up the hinterland of Huaixi that he occupied in the early stage and shrink to the northern foot of Huaishan Mountain.

Even if Ye Ji Luo Rong led the main force of the Yanhu Western Front Army and the main forces of the Hao family and Luo Xiancheng to attack Jingzhou, including Chen Zhihu's headquarters that moved to Queshan and Ruzhou, and the Tu'an headquarters that guarded Miyang and suppressed Tongbai Mountain, and Luo Xiancheng's headquarters that stayed at the northern foot of Huai Mountain, the total strength of the enemy army on the northern front would be almost 100,000. The strength that Yanhu will eventually stay on the northern front will be comparable to Huaixi, so that Huaixi will still not find an opportunity to turn defense into attack in a short time.

Dong Yuan will not be relieved or gloat because Yan Hu did not continue to go east to fight Huaixi after conquering Nanyang, but went south to fight Jingzhou, because after Yan Hu conquered Jingzhou, he was blocked by the Yangtze River, and he would not continue to go south in a short period of time, so he would turn his head and fight Huaixi.

If Yanhu's plan to fight Jingzhou could not be aborted, after Yanhu conquered Jingzhou, Huaidong's soldiers and horses would not be able to gain a foothold on the north bank, and they would have to retreat to Jiangzhou.

At that time, Yan Hu left 100,000 soldiers and horses in Jingzhou, Hanjin and other places to form a short-term confrontation pattern with Huaidong's soldiers and horses in Jiangzhou and Luzhou, then Yan Hu could free up nearly 300,000 soldiers and horses to fight Huaixi - at that time, how would Huaixi have to defend?

"Do you ask the privy envoy to transfer Ning Zechen's subordinates deployed in Shanyang to Shouzhou?" Ding Zhiru asked.

Huaidong generals, Lin Tie is not counted, Fu Qinghe, Cao Ziang, Qin Chengzu are not counted, and there are one phoenix and nine tigers, respectively, Liu Miaozhen, Zhou Pu, Zhao Hu, Sun Zhuang, Ao Canghai, Zhou Tong, Zhao Qingshan, Ning Zechen, Ge Cunxin, Ge Cunxiong, Ning Zechen's Fengli Army 20,000 soldiers and horses are the 20,000 elites in the Huaidong Army.

If Lin Jian transferred Ning Zechen to Huaixi and fought jointly with the Huaixi Army, he would at least be able to contain more Yanhu troops on the northern front and reduce the pressure on the southern front.

Dong Yuan shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's too late!" Zhong Rong went south, Luo Xiancheng immediately contracted to the northern foot of Huai Mountain, we are chasing urgently, he will shrink to Huai Mountain, to Suizhou, how many soldiers and horses do we have to kill in? Luo Xiancheng has not done much over the years, but his strength is not enough! ”

Dong Yuan didn't know that Lin Jian had said the same thing in the remnant city of Qichun - Dong Yuan had not united with Jinghu to attack Luo Xiancheng in the past two years, of course, not because of Luo Xiancheng's performance, mainly because on the one hand, the situation in Henan was not optimistic, and on the other hand, Luo Xiancheng was dressed as a pig, but he may not have the strength to eat tigers.

Liu Tingzhou sighed lightly, Dong Yuan did not mention Dong Yuan, did not mention Tu'an, but Tiluo Xiancheng, it was really Huaixi who wanted to turn defense into offense, so he could only fight Luo Xiancheng.

Chen Zhihu has 50,000 soldiers and horses in Queshan and Runan, and his combat power is the strongest, even if he presses all the 100,000 soldiers and horses in Huaixi, he may not be able to gnaw Chen Zhihu. Tu'an guards Miyang, on the one hand, there is only one passage to attack Miyang from Zhengyang, and this passage is not open, and as soon as you go out from the valley road, it will be blocked by Miyang City, no matter how many soldiers and horses, it is difficult to launch an offensive, not to mention that it is too close to Chen Zhihu's department, less than two hundred miles, and if you are not careful, you will copy and kill Chen Zhihu.

Chen Jingrong beat his hands and said regretfully: "Miyang collapsed without a fight, and Yuan Guizheng has the face to come to Shouzhou to complain!" If the sun is not lost, the situation may not be so ugly! ”

Miyang and Zhengyang each stand at the west foot and the east foot of Tongbai Mountain, and there is a valley road in the middle. Miyang is not lost, even if there are only 10,000 garrisons in Miyang, but because Miyang directly threatens the Nanyang Basin, it is actually a city in Miyang, at least 50,000 soldiers and horses can contain Yanhu - and Miyang is lost, Yanhu even only needs more than 10,000 garrisons to plug this gap.

With 40,000 soldiers and horses, the impact on the pressure on the southern front will be enormous.

Liu Tingzhou shook his head and smiled bitterly, and asked Dong Yuan: "Luo Xiancheng really can't fight?" ”

According to Yanhu's deployment, Chen Zhihu could not fight, Tu'an could not fight, and if he wanted to fight, he could only fight Luo Xiancheng's soldiers and horses at the northern foot of Huai Mountain.

Dong Yuan shook his head and said, "It's hard to fight." When Luo Xiancheng was the most powerful, he claimed to have 200,000 soldiers, and he was called two heroes with Liu An'er; After he gained a foothold in Suizhou, he reduced his troops to Tuntian, and the number of soldiers was reduced to 80,000 - while Luo Xiancheng's soldiers and horses were reduced, the strength of Luo bandits actually continued to rise. Lord Liu, you also participated in beating Liu An'er back then, do you feel relaxed? ”

Liu Tingzhou shook his head bitterly, he couldn't despise Luo Xiancheng just because he was honest, how could a bandit who was as famous as Liu An'er be easy to match?

Although the Huaisi Liumin Army has long since collapsed, Liu Tingzhou still remembers the pain of the defeat he gave to the Huaisi Liujun - now in the Huaidong Army, Liu Miaozhen, Sun Zhuang, Ma Lantou, Chen Yan, Zhang Gou, Li Liang and other brave generals were actually born in Huaisi.

Since Luo Xiancheng can be as famous as Liu An'er, he once had 200,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and he can be brave generals, but how can he be in the minority?

During the four or five years that Luo Xiancheng was entrenched in Suizhou, in the periphery of Suizhou, one was to build a large number of defenses along the southern foot of Dahong Mountain and the first line of Qishan in the south, and a large number of defensive bases were built in the north and in Huaishan, and the defense line in Huaishan was the defense line against Huaixi.

No one would be naïve to think that Luo Xiancheng had 200,000 soldiers and horses, and he would only occupy one city in Suizhou.

Suizhou, which was controlled by Luo Xiancheng, went east to Chai Mountain, the heart of Huai Mountain; To the west, it controls Xiangyang, Fancheng, and the fortress of Xiankou where the Danjiang River flows into the Han River, to the southeast it controls the Dahong Mountains, to the south it controls the Tujun Mountains and Qishan Mountains, and to the north it controls the hinterland of the northern vein of the Huai Mountains—an area that includes almost fifteen counties.

Because Dong Yuan entered Huaixi much later, in fact, the valley roads in and out of Huaishan were all under the control of Luo Xiancheng. Between Huaixi and Suizhou, Suizhou has the initiative, not to mention that some key fortresses at the northern foot of Huaishan Mountain are also won by Luo Xiancheng.

In the north, there is a situation where Chen Zhihu is contained, how many troops can Huaixi draw out to fight Luo Xiancheng's soldiers and horses at the northern foot of Huaishan Mountain? Even if Lin Jian transferred Ning Zechen to Huaixi to cooperate in the battle, it would be difficult to form an advantage in troops!

There were no outsiders in the hall, and Chen Jingrong asked in a suppressed voice: "Won't the Chongguo Guild do another trick of wanting to indulge in the old way?" ”

Want to get away with it? Liu Tingzhou was a little puzzled, but then he realized that he had heard something, but Chen Jingrong said on the contrary that he was worried that Huaidong would sacrifice Jingzhou again this time, and he had no intention of fighting the enemy in eastern Hubei.

Liu Tingzhou was also worried about this, and he looked at Dong Yuan.

Dong Yuan shook his head and said, "The ambition hidden in Lin Lian's heart will not be so weak that he won't even dare to fight Jing Xiang in a battle!" For Huaidong, Nanyang can be sacrificed, while Jingzhou is impossible to sacrifice. Furthermore, if Lin Tie is not in Jingxiang and Yanhu will fight, what choice can we have? ”

Yes, they can only hope that Huaidong will resolutely advance into eastern Hubei to ensure that Jingzhou is not lost - only when Huaidong and Yanhu form a tug-of-war in Jingxiang, Huaixi may escape, otherwise Huaixi will directly face the bad situation of the influx of 300,000 Yanhu troops!

"It's useless for me to stay in Shouzhou, so it's better for me to go to Qichun!" Liu Tingzhou said, "Only when you have seen it with your own eyes can you rest assured." ”

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