"Bianzhou can't be defended." Liu Yansi waved his hand to signal the maid to go out, forced himself to stand up, and sighed: "Zhongmu cannot be defended at all, at most it can play a role in delaying time. I'm afraid that the city of Bianzhou will be in chaos at this time."

"It must not be able to defend it. Now that the Liang army is in a low morale, Zhongmu is just making a defensive posture. Although the Jin army is exhausted in continuous combat, their morale is very strong." Chai Yong did not care about the life and death of Daliang, he was more concerned about the situation in front of him.

The battle against the Caizhou army continued. The Caizhou army had already retreated to less than 500 steps near the Ximen, and had built dense fortifications on the city walls. A large number of equipment such as catapults and crossbows were also set up. It seemed that they were preparing to fight to the death near the Ximen.

In fact, the Caizhou army knew very well that they were unable to withstand the Xuzhou army's offensive. The huge gap in military strength alone could tell everything, but the Caizhou army was still insisting.

The Caizhou army was replenishing very quickly. Yuan Huaifang's troops who came from Chenzhou and Zhao Yonghui's troops who came from Qiao County had already gathered in the Ximen area of ​​Songzhou. Due to Yuan Huaiqing, Yuan Wuwei and others firmly guarded the Ximen, so that the two troops had nearly 20,000 troops who came from the two troops could enter the city smoothly. Although they were still at a disadvantage, they could finally defend the Ximen and launch a counterattack.

Before, Liu Yansi and Chai Yong tried to use their superior forces to expel the Caizhou army, but the tenacity of the Caizhou army was fully reflected at this time. Although they suffered a lot of losses, they knew that they could not lose Ximen, so they would rather pay a greater price, so they had to defend Ximen, and this was also rewarded.

The situation in the Central Plains is finally about to usher in a major change, and this is what Caizhou and the others hope to see. Moreover, Yuan Huaihe had already instructed Yuan Huaifang that the envoys of the court must have been mediated and put pressure on Xuzhou and Caizhou to stop the war and jointly deal with the threats brought by the demise of the Shatuo people to the Central Plains and the southern vassals. The threat of the Shatuo people has risen to the point of being as important as the survival of the imperial court.

In the past few days, Chai Yong and Yuan Huaiqing fought twice. Although they failed to succeed, they still caused the opponent a small attack. However, the opponent's eight pillars and some new characters were still quite active. Blocking the advancement of the Ziqing Army on various fronts also caused considerable losses to the Ziqing Army.

Because of this, Chai Yongzheng was preparing to take a stronger offensive force to achieve a decisive victory within three to five days, completely expel these Caizhou troops from the city, and ensure the absolute control of the Ziqing Army over Songcheng.

Unexpectedly, I received such a "bad news".

Daliang's life and death have nothing to do with Xuzhou, but once the Jin army in Hedong completely resolved Daliang, the front of the army will point directly to Xuzhou, and of course, there will be Caizhou and Nanyang.

No matter what agreement Caizhou and Nanyang reached with the Shatuo people before, the huge difference in strength determines that they cannot maintain a lenient attitude towards Nanyang and Caizhou like before, and Xuzhou is more likely to be a thorn in the eyes of Shatuo people. Perhaps the next war will ignite between the Shatuo people and Xuzhou.

In this case, Xuzhou has to consider the next step with Caizhou. How should this war for Songzhou go on? Should we continue to fight, or should both sides make a compromise and reach a compromise so as to lay the groundwork for dealing with the threats of Shatuo people in the future?

"What does the Privy Hall mean?" Liu Yansi suppressed the soreness in his body, stood up, walked a few steps, stood in front of the window, and looked out the window, "Is it that we should stop? Where is Wu Ningjun? It's wasted so much that it's wasted? Wang Shouxin wouldn't agree, right?"

"The Privy Council means that if we take Songcheng, there is no need to say, but it is not appropriate to continue to expand the war. But if we don't take it, we will just draw a line and stop..." Chai Yong pondered for a moment, "I guess the Privy Council is also very entangled now, and we are still one step slower after all."

"Hmph, we are not slow anymore. I just didn't expect that the Caizhou army is so resolute and hard, and the reinforcements are so fast. It seems that the Yuan family has planned it. Chenzhou has just taken it down, so he dared to come here without hesitation without caring about ordering the Chenzhou garrison to reinforce. They are very Nanyang, and the tacit understanding of Shatuo people is good enough. It's not that it's impossible to defeat it now, but our Zibo Qing army has paid too much, but now it's not enough." Liu Yansi said coldly: "Where has the Wuning Army gone?"

"I have passed Yucheng, and one of them has controlled Xiayi. The reinforcements of the Caizhou army are also moving forward continuously. Zhecheng and Gushu have fallen into their hands." Chai Yong's eyes lit up, "Governor, what do you mean..."

"The general is outside, and the king will not accept the order, not to mention that the meaning of the Privy Council is not explicitly stated. That is to let us act cheaply, let the Wuning Army first come to two elite troops, march quickly, bring more equipment, and completely resolve the Caizhou Army tomorrow, and then negotiate!" Liu Yansi showed a cold smile on his face, "You can go here and discuss the battle with the Caizhou Army, and take a two-pronged approach,..."

"I'm afraid the Yuan family is also making this idea. Huh, do you really think we dare not do it?"

Chai Yong was also extremely unwilling to give up like this. It would be a pity if he had paid such a big price. Liu Yansi's decision was a bit risky, but it was worth it. I believe that Wang Shouxin's attitude was the same.

Then let’s fight this battle well, let’s talk about it after the battle!

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After receiving the Hedong Jin army used the cavalry to go around the back of the Liang army in Guancheng, causing the Liang army to be defeated, Jiang Feng knew that things could not be done.

Zhongmu and Bianzhou Prefecture were not a place to defend. Even though the Jin army in Hedong is still exhausted now, it is definitely not what some people say that the power cannot penetrate Lu silk. At this time, the Jin army was full of spirit and fighting spirit. Moreover, Hedong was quite prepared for this battle. At least there was no major problem with the logistics that troubled them the most. With this alone, Hedong would definitely win.

After taking Luoyang, the supply of the Jin army in Hedong was greatly improved. As the most important city in Henan Prefecture, Luoyang not only has a large population, but also in order to ensure the strategic security of the western region, Daliang has always built Luoyang into a logistics supply base that can support the defense of the entire western region. Therefore, after Luoyang was unexpectedly captured by the Jin army in Hedong, the logistics of the Jin army was basically worry-free.

It can be said that if Luoyang was not captured, the Jin army's winter offensive would not have existed, and the spring offensive was even more silly. It was precisely because of Luoyang and Henan Prefecture as backing that the Jin army's offensive was continued, and Daliang had no time to breathe a sigh of relief to adjust himself.

The weakness of Guancheng front was largely due to the huge psychological impact on Daliang because the fall of Luoyang brought great psychological impact to Daliang, so that Liang Jun was unable to rebuild his confidence and fighting spirit, and could only struggle to maintain it.

During the Jin army's adjustment, the Liang army was unable to rebuild a solid defense line. In fact, no matter how solid the defense system was established on the surface, once a real attack was encountered, it would be full of loopholes.

So when the Jin army finished resting and launched a new offensive, the Liang army quickly became short of its defense line in control of the city and was defeated.

If the Jin army had not been worried about the giant Daliang and was a little worried about the Liang army stationed in Xingze, or if it were a change, Jiang Feng felt that he could command the Jin army's cavalry to attack the city of Bianzhou and even directly take down Bianliang.

Even so, the Zhongmu defense line rebuilt by the Liang army was meaningless in Jiang Feng's eyes. As long as the Jin army dared to fight, the Zhongmu defense line could be gently pierced like paper.

Fortunately, the Jin army was too cautious, and the resistance of the local gentry in Zhengzhou also made the Hedong Jin army hope to accept this area peacefully. This also shows that the Jin Dynasty had begun to prepare to take over the political heritage of Daliang in the Central Plains, so that it would have such a gentle move. Otherwise, with the nature of the Shatuo people in the past, they would have waved their butcher swords and proved the truth through martial arts.

This also gave Xuzhou some opportunities.

According to the news feedback from Bianzhou a few days ago, after the Guancheng defense line was broken, the number of gentry and merchants heading east and south in Bianzhou increased by tenfold, and the water and land routes were filled with vehicles and ships heading south.

The entire city and outside the city were filled with scholars and people who wanted to escape from the largest city in the Central Plains. The ships from Bianliang along the canal and the Bian River almost filled the river. The entire Bianzhou and even the neighboring Caozhou, Songzhou and Xuzhou all rushed into Bianliang City, transporting the people and things that could be pulled away in Bianliang City to the east.

Even in the Baigou Waterway, which was not very popular, there were endless ships. This waterway was much farther away and had to pass through Heze. Heze and the adjacent Juyeze were actually controlled by Juye Lake bandits, so it turned out that it was almost abandoned.

But after Yunzhou returned to Jiangfeng's control, the water bandits' trouble disappeared, and the waterway was re-opened, but it was still not as good as the two waterways, the Canal and the Bian River, but this time it also played a big role.

This is also an attempt by Xuzhou to facilitate.

Jiang Feng had already confirmed that Daliang was unable to resist the attack of the Shatuo people. It was only a matter of time. So how to maximize the benefits of Xuzhou from this change requires careful consideration.

It is not impossible to take Bianzhou directly, but this means that a full war with the Shatuo people was launched, and Jiang Feng did not think this was a wise move.

Xuzhou is not ready for a full-scale war with Hedong, and it will take two or three years for Xuzhou, at least more than one year to digest it.

But just by sitting for nothing, Shatuo people accept the most plump part of the Central Plains, which is also not in line with Xuzhou's interests, so it is necessary to hollow out the resources of Bianzhou as much as possible, and Xuzhou also has this condition.
Chapter completed!