"Haha, Brother Xiangfang, do you still need to deceive each other? Ling Zun has been going to Daliang for a long time? But anyone with a discerning eye can see that Daliang is not in good health now, and the people of Shatuo in Hedong have been suppressing Daliang. How can our Ono Rebel Army tie their destiny to Daliang?" Ruan Zhonghe's words were full of confidence and firmness. "Only the Duke of Pengcheng County is the object of loyalty to our Ono Rebel Army, right?"

Ruan Zhonghe's words blocked Chao Xiangfang so much that he didn't dare to refute him firmly, because he knew that his father's original intention was to compete with Huaiyou, but he wanted to endure the price, but he never made it true.

The Ruan brothers were indeed decisive enough and turned to Huaiyou so quickly. Huaiyou's momentum was so fierce that he didn't give him any room for anything.

"Boom!" A loud noise came from the east, probably because the fort wall was pushed down, followed by another chaotic shouts and noise. Just as Chao Xiangfang and Ruan Zhong were still fighting hard, a figure had already rushed over from the darkness, "Second brother, the Huai You Army has attacked in, we can't stop it!"

"Retreat!" Chao Xiangfang fainted and waved his hand to signal his younger brother to take over his opponent, and then immediately issued an order to allow the troops to retreat in an orderly manner.

In fact, when the Ruan family and the Huaiyou coalition forces attacked the fortress, Chao Xiangfang had a premonition that Liangshan could not be defended.

The Ruan family and Huaiyou got involved, and the geographical advantage of Liangshan was gone. Although there was no question of internal and external cooperation, the Ruan family's fortress was adjacent to the Chao family's fortress, and the Ruan family members knew the terrain well. They could not hide the strength, weakness, the reality and reality at all, so they naturally had no choice but to go.

So while still maintaining a persistent attitude, Chao Xiangfang also prepared to retreat.

In the dark night, the Ruan army may still have a good geographical location, but for the Huai Youjun, they definitely dare not pursue it at will. Being able to capture Liangshan was already their greatest wish.

In the darkness, the two sides were still fighting endlessly, but the prepared Chao army still retreated along the fort wall in an orderly manner. Under the organization of the Chao brothers, they did not launch a counterattack to curb the pursuit of the Ruan army and the Huaiyou Army, and the war gradually came to an end.

What made Qin and Han regretful was that their attack on Yuncheng was a failure.

The Chao family's army responded faster than expected. When the Huai You Army arrived at the city of Yuncheng, there were bright lights on the walls of Yuncheng, and a large number of troops were entering the city at Water Gate, which was obviously reinforced from the lake.

Seeing this situation, Li Tong decisively terminated the night attack. In this case, the enemy was already prepared and wanted to attack forcefully. It was not enough for his own army to see.

I originally wanted to take advantage of the chaos caused by the news of Liangshan being defeated to attack, but the enemy seemed to have known about Liangshan being captured and even responded in advance, which surprised Li Tong quite quickly the Chao army's reaction.

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"Beautiful job!" Jiang Feng nodded very satisfied and shook the letter in his hand. "Qin Han is decisive, Li Tong is also rational. In this case, it would be more of a loss to attack Yuncheng. If you want to take Yuncheng, you don't need to lose too much."

"Oh? The Lord thought when will the Chao family come to surrender?" Mei Kuang asked with a smile: "The power of the Ruan family is not weak. The three Ruan brothers are also dragon and tiger in the Juye Ze. The five tigers of the Chao family are also not bad. Chao Dasheng is even more experienced and talented. If these people can be brought under his command, all the northern waterways will be in the hands of the county duke!"

"Ziyu is so optimistic about the Juye Water Bandits?" Jiang Feng asked with a smile.

"Monday, the northern waterway is nothing more than two lines. One line is the big river, and the other line is the canal canals connecting the Central Plains and the Jianghuai River." Mei Kuang was born on the water, so he naturally knew very well about the waterway situation in the Jianghuai River in the entire Central Plains. "Due to Hebei's declining for many years, Hedong and Daliang have a military confrontation. In fact, this originally prosperous waterway channel has declined a little, so there is only the canal canal canals left."

"The canal canal canal does not seem to be of much significance to us." Yang Kan's eyes were a little erratic and he said playfully: "Unless we can conquer Yongcheng and control Songzhou."

The canal winds northwest from Linhuai, Sizhou Prefecture, and winds through Hong County to the northwest, passes through the bridge and enters Yongcheng in Bozhou, and enters Songzhou. Whether it is occupying Huaiyou (Wunning) in Xusi Prefectures or controlling the Yuan family in Bozhou, it does not impose any restrictions on this canal.

Because this is the main channel from the Jianghuai River to the Central Plains. As long as you don’t want to completely break up with Daliang, no one will do such things that harm others and do not benefit yourself.

Even Huaibei, which had a feud with Daliang back then, could only cut off the canal transportation intermittently. In a sense, it did not dare to attract Daliang's anger to himself.

"Haha, Qilang is still obsessed with Bozhou?" Wang Miao also laughed and joked: "The county has already planned it. Bozhou will not be in our vision in the short term. Well, or does Qilang think that Songzhou should change its ownership?"

Of course, Yang Kan understood what Wang Miao meant behind the teasing words, shook his head and said with some depression: "I didn't expect that after a few years of walking, Daliang fell to this place. The Shatuo people succeeded in the north, and there was no ten places in Hebei, and even Shanzhou was lost."

The information from the north was that Daliang was extremely unhappy in the battle with Hedong. Huaizhou collapsed. Tianwu Army lost its territory and retreated to Heyin. Hedong Iron Cavalry crossed Wangwu Mountain. The four counties of Wangwu, Jiyuan, Heqing and Heyang in Henan Prefecture were all lost. The Hedong Iron Cavalry had galloped freely north of the river. In the past, the Hedong Iron Cavalry had also experienced such a situation, but later they all retreated to Shanbei. However, this time, the situation was no longer as before. The Shatuo people no longer used the Wangwu Mountain, Taihang Mountain, but changed to the Dahe as the boundary. This was a very dangerous sign.

Once Hedong has formed its advantage above this, as long as it crosses the river, the entire beam will be flat and there is no way to stop the Hedong Iron Cavalry. It can only be used to fight with the soldiers' bodies.

The problem is that in Shanzhou, the Hedong Iron Cavalry broke through Maojin, connecting the entire Shanzhou and Guozhou into a piece, and firmly controlled it in his hands.

This means that the Hedong Iron Cavalry can no longer cross the river on the Heqing (Mengjin) line to the west, but can pounce directly from west to east, just like a sharp sword hanging high, which can be cut down at any time, making the entire beam frightened.

For this reason, Daliang had to gather heavy troops on the Mianchi line to defend. Although it temporarily stopped the Hedong Iron Cavalry from the east, this huge strategic disadvantage had already made Daliang feel breathless.

This is why Daliang frequently draws troops from the south and east, and even Shangyunxi tribe was forcibly drawn to the Heyin line to prevent the Hedong Iron Cavalry from breaking through the natural danger of the Dahe River.

It can be said that Daliang now doesn't care about Zhu Mao's capture of Jeju. For them, defending Henan Prefecture to the west, and at the same time, it is necessary to prevent the Hedong Iron Cavalry from breaking through the natural danger of the Dahe River from Zhengzhou and Huazhou, and completely curbing the increasingly fierce offensive of the Hedong Iron Cavalry. To survive this year, this is the top priority.

However, this cannot solve the problems facing Daliang. Now Daliang has shown signs to turn its target to the three towns of Heshuo to the east, especially the Wei Bojun, the Allied Army of Daliang.

Once Hedong wins the victory over Wei Bo's army, he can still break through from the front line of Weizhou, which will be even more dangerous for Daliang, who is already stretched.

"The external strength of Daliang is not formed by Qilang's two years of departure. In fact, it should have been at least ten years. However, it was covered and pasted well before, and no one cared about it. Just saw the bright side, but after fighting one after another, it could no longer be covered by smearing and pasting alone, and it would be revealed in the end." Wang Miao shook his head, "Daliang is now like Huaibei before. Maybe it will be broken with one punch, but the people of Shatuo, Hedong have not yet found the weakest place of Daliang. Once it is found, it will be riddled like a sieve."

Wang Miao's words were very rude, but it was a fact that Yang Kan was depressed but could not refute it.

Even in a sense, the decline of Daliang is the opportunity for emerging vassals like Huaiyou. Otherwise, how could Daliang tolerate Huaiyou's rampant erosion of whales and swallowing in Yanyun, Huaibei?

"Now is not a good time for Daliang to fall." Cui Shang continued, "We should hope that Daliang can hold on, it is best to last for three or five years. Daliang should move the three towns of Heshuo to relieve their own pressure. In addition, the Tuyuhun people, Dangxiang people, and Daliang should be able to exert their influence. We cannot let Shatuo people show their power so smoothly in the Central Plains."

"The envoy of the Shatuo people has crossed the river and entered Jeju. It is estimated that they will arrive in Xuzhou in a few days. I guess Nanyang and Caizhou should have received a letter from Hedong like us." Jiang Feng stroked his forehead thoughtfully, "Do you think I should hide in Luzhou?"

From the perspective of Huaiyou, of course, he did not want to see the Shatuo people entering the Central Plains. Now this balanced situation is what Huaiyou hopes to see most. At this time, inserting a knife behind Daliang may kill Daliang.

But if Daliang collapses, will Huaiyou be the biggest profit side? Obviously not. How important is it to win a few prefectures and counties? The risks will be infinite.

At that time, Huaiyou will face Shatu people directly, and even the Khitans will be stimulated to move southwards. The situation created by Huaiyou may change drastically.

It is not appropriate to refuse. Without Huaiyou, the Shatuo people might also enter the Central Plains. By then, Huaiyou will become its main enemy, and what about Caizhou and Nanyang?

If Huaiyou refuses, Nanyang and Caizhou agree with Hedong. Will Huaiyou become the public enemy of the three families in the future?

With the Khitans, could Huaiyou still withstand it at that time?
Chapter completed!