The imperial court had some resentment towards Gao Pian for sitting back and watching Huang Chao march north without sending a single soldier. He had long wanted to deal with Gao Pian, but was unable to conquer him. Now Bi Shiduo, Qin Yan and others captured Gao Pian and drove him away.

Lu Yongzhi killed Zhang Shou and other demons. It was too late for the court to be happy, so of course he agreed to Qin Yan's request.

At this time, Qin Yan ostensibly had the power of more than ten states in Huainan, and his confidence soared. He stood on the towering city wall of Guangling, and his heart was filled with excitement, as if the whole world was in his hands.

Little did he know that Yang Xingmi, who was in Luzhou at this time, was making arrangements to attack Yangzhou. In order to be famous, Yang Xingmi took out the letter for help sent by Lu Yongzhi in the name of Gao Pian, beat drums to gather the generals, and gave the letter to everyone.

He circulated it and said: "Bohai County King Gao Pian has been bewitched by traitors in recent years and has neglected political affairs. As a general of Huainan, Bi Shiduo recruited Qin Yan, a soldier from a foreign town, to intervene in Huainan's military affairs. I thought they were doing it to punish him.

Kill Lu Yongzhi and restore peace to Huainan. Unexpectedly, after they captured Guangling, they killed the people in the city and robbed property, using all possible means, even more than Lu Yongzhi."

"Although I am not related to Gao Pian, Gao Pian has always been kind to me. Although Bi Shiduo and Qin Yan are old to me, they are now poisoning the people of Huainan. How can we just sit back and watch? We are all hot-blooded men.

If you want, join me in marching into Yangzhou, conquering Guangling, rescuing the prince of Bohai County, and saving hundreds of thousands of people from danger..."

Yang Xingmi's words made the generals' blood boil. Luzhou is not far from Yangzhou. Many soldiers have relatives in Yangzhou. Of course, they all want to save their relatives from the fire. After hearing the words of the governor, they all geared up and shouted loudly.

: "Break Guangling and save the people from fire and water..."

At the end of April, Yang Xingmi led his troops out of Luzhou. Under the slogan of quelling the chaos and eradicating traitors and saving the people from fire and water, he marched all the way eastward. In addition, Zhang Xiong, the chess piece Yang Xingmi arranged in Gaoyou, secretly helped and spread rumors everywhere.

They all took refuge with Yang Xingmi. By the time Yang Xingmi reached Tianchang, his number had grown from several thousand to nearly 20,000.

Lu Yongzhi, who happened to have escaped from Guangling, was attacking nearby Huaikou with more than a thousand trusted troops. Although Huaikou guard Zheng Hanzhang was in Guangling, his men still resisted tenaciously. Lu Yongzhi's rate was unable to attack, and Zheng Hanzhang

The army was returning from Guangling to rescue him. Lu Yongzhi was afraid of being attacked from both sides, so he had to take more than a thousand remaining troops to join Yang Xingmi.

Lu Yongzhi originally had two thousand personal troops, all of whom were elites selected from the armies in Huainan and had strong combat effectiveness. In order to keep this army for his own use, Yang Xingmi did not make things difficult for Lu Yongzhi, but instead integrated these troops into his army.

, which emptied Lu Yongzhi's command authority. Now that Lu Yongzhi was under the eaves, he had to lower his head, and his former majesty had been reduced a lot.

However, Lu Yongzhi can be regarded as a flexible and flexible person. After all, he has been struggling in the world for so many years. How can a man in his sixties not be smart?

Yang Xingmi reorganized his army in Tianchang, gathered troops returning from various places, and prepared to attack Guangling.

At this time, Zhang Xiong also felt that it was time to take a stand. His chess piece, which Yang Xingmi had arranged not far from the north of Guangling, was about to have a showdown with Bi Shiduo and the others. When Bi Shiduo and Zheng Hanzhang attacked Guangling, Zhang Xiong did not go. He excused himself to stay in Gaoyou.

Bi Shiduo said that once Bi Shiduo's attack on Guangling was unfavorable, he might as well have a way out. Bi Shiduo believed that Zhang Xiong's words were reasonable, so he didn't think much about it.

But now Qin Yan has become Huainan's military envoy, and Bi Shiduo has become Huainan's marching commander. Qin Yan asked his close confidant Zhao Min, the governor of Chizhou, to serve as the observation envoy to Xuanshe and stay in Xuanzhou. He wanted to use the two towns as a base to occupy the vast and wealthy areas on both sides of the Yangtze River.

The land is the foundation. Zheng Hanzhang also received rewards, and the property received by the generals who participated in the battle was countless. As one of Bi Shiduo's allies, Zhang Xiong did not send troops to help in the battle, but he still made some contributions.

At this time, Zhang Xiong asked Bi Shiduo for a large amount of property. Bi Shiduo captured Guangling, and he had to be subordinate to Qin Yan. He was already in a bad mood. At this time, Zhang Xiong, an in-law who had not even sent an army, actually asked him to share the property.

It would be strange to give it to him, of course he refused.

Zhang Xiong had no hope of receiving the property, and all he wanted was an excuse. At that moment, Zhang Xiong used Bi Shiduo's refusal to give him the property as an excuse to draw a clear line with Bi Shiduo and openly defected to Yang Xingmi.

Yang Xingmi led an army of 20,000 people to build eight camps around Guangling City and besieged the city. Qin Yan transferred 30,000 troops from Xuanzhou to try to break the siege, but he was killed by Yang Xingmi's generals Zhao Hui and Zhang Xiong on the way.

, most of the 30,000 men and horses were lost, and countless grain and fodder were lost.

Some of the remaining more than 10,000 troops dispersed, and only five or six thousand troops actually entered Guangling. Most of them were wounded, abandoned their helmets and armor, and were in a miserable state. This made Qin Yan very angry. He thought that

After his 30,000 troops arrived, Yang Xingmi must have retreated. Unexpectedly, before the 30,000 troops reached the city, only five or six thousand were left. Qin Yan was not angry.

The general rectified the law on the spot.

But not only did these five or six thousand people not bring food, but these thousands of people also had to eat. The city was already short of food, and now food was even more scarce. However, Qin Yan was not afraid. Although there was not enough food and grass in the city, it still supported him.

It's been three to five months and there's still no problem.

But who knew that Yang Xingmi was determined to attack Guangling and fought dozens of battles with the people in the city. Qin Yan and Bi Shiduo all ended in failure. But Yang Xingmi's attempt to conquer Guangling did not happen overnight. He simply launched a long-term siege of the city.

Anyway, the autumn harvest is about to start now, and the large tracts of rice fields outside Guangling City have turned yellow, so there is no need to worry about the problem of food and grass.

This was a hard time for Qin Yan and Bi Shiduo in Guangling City. It was okay for these men who followed Huang Chao in the northern and southern wars to charge into the battle as generals, but when it came to strategizing, they were far from Yang Xingmi, and they were not on the same level at all.

Qin Yan and Yang Xingmi have known each other for a long time. When they were generals under Huang Chao, Yang Xingmi, as Huang Chao's second disciple, contacted people in Jiangnan and various green forest heroes. At that time, Qin Yan was already a general under Huang Chao, and Yang Xingmi

He has no formal position in the military.

Even though Yang Xingmi has only been in power for two or three years and is just the governor of Luzhou, Qin Yan really doesn't take Yang Xingmi seriously. Qin Yan is afraid that Yang Xingmi will not besiege the city. In that case, even if he does not attack the city, he will be hungry.

You can starve yourself to death.

Qin Yan simply ordered Bi Shiduo and Zheng Hanzhang to lead 15,000 people out of the city to fight against Yang Xingmi. They wanted to fight Yang Xingmi. It was better than sitting in the city and waiting to die.

Yang Xingmi also knew that although he had a lot of troops, most of them were newly surrendered troops from various states and counties. They could be said to be a ragtag group of people. The only ones with real fighting power were his own direct troops, but his direct troops were only less than 5,000, and they were no match for the enemy.

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An aide, Yuan Xixian, suggested: "The enemy is greedy for money. Why don't we gather all the money and goods from the eight battalions in one camp, and then deliberately show weakness and let the enemy capture this camp full of money and goods? Then the enemy will definitely rob it."

Money and goods are unintentional to face the enemy. But although there is a lot of money and goods, the enemy army is even more, as many as 15,000 people. Those who cannot grab the money and goods will definitely have to share the money and goods with those who grab it, and those who grab it will definitely

If you don't give it, you will inevitably kill each other, as the saying goes, 'two peaches kill three people'."

Yang Xingmi is also a smart man, he knows it right away, and immediately said: "We will wait until they are about to make a fuss, then we will ambush and wipe out all this group of people. The money and goods are still our own. Haha, Mr. Yuan, I'm afraid

Only you can come up with such a good plan, so I will order people to prepare it."

Yuan Xi has followed Yang Xingmi for many years. When Yang Xingmi rebelled in Luzhou, Yuan Xi began to serve as Yang Xingmi's adviser. At this time, he repeatedly performed extraordinary feats and won Yang Xingmi's trust. He became a rare talent in Yang Xingmi's army who could strategize. Yang Xingmi also

He relied heavily on him and treated him with the courtesy of a military advisor.

Yang Xingmi acted according to the plan, and as expected by Yuan Xi, Bi Shiduo and Zheng Hanzhang's men captured Yang Xingmi's camp. Seeing the mountain of money in the camp, his sergeants rushed to grab it. Many people even drew their swords and killed each other in order to fight for the money.

.Many of these people were Qin Yan's subordinates. Bi Shiduo and Zheng Hanzhang were unable to restrain them and could only lament in vain.

When Yang Xingmi saw that the fire was almost over, he sent out a signal, and the ambush troops on both sides came out. The elite troops who were ready faced the rebel army who was snatching property. There was no need to say the outcome. The situation was simply one-sided. Bi Shiduo and Zheng Hanzhang

Under the protection of his own soldiers, he broke out a bloody road and took less than two hundred people back to Guangling. The others were all killed by the sword.

Qin Yan was furious, but since it was the time to hire people, and Bi Shiduo also had his own troops, Qin Yan did not dare to kill Bi Shiduo, so he could only lose his temper and end the matter.

Since then, Guangling City has not dared to go into large-scale battles, and Yang Xingmi has not attacked the city. He has been besieging Guangling City. The reinforcements, food, grass, military pay and other materials sent from Xuanzhou could not enter Guangling City at all. Yang Xingmi was stopped by Yang Xingmi on the way.

The people robbed it, just like delivering food and supplies to Yang Xingmi.

The siege lasted for more than half a year. During this period of more than half a year, dozens of large and small battles were fought, but Qin Yan and Bi Shiduo never defeated them once. Xuanzhou's reinforcements were completely wiped out every time.

Isn't that right? What Yang Xingmi was pursuing was the strategy of siege and reinforcements. This was also Yuan Xi's idea.

At this time, there was not much food in Guangling City. The price of rice had risen extremely. Many people were starving to death. Everything edible in the city was eaten up, but most people still did not have enough to eat.

Relatively speaking, there is a lot of gold and silver accumulated in the city. Back then, Gao Pian worked as a salt and iron envoy or a renter, and accumulated a large amount of gold, silver, antiques, jades, and valuable calligraphy and paintings. These things are now occupied by Qin Yan and Bi Shiduo.

The soldiers under their command are also full of food. But these things cannot be eaten as food, so the price of food in the city has reached an extremely high level.

A dou of rice can be sold for fifty taels of money (a dou of rice is one thousand wen), which is converted into five taels of silver. Five taels of silver itself can buy a hundred shi of good rice. One shi is ten dou, that is,

It is said that the normal price of rice is five cents per dou. Now the rice in Guangling City is sold for fifty thousand cents per dou. This means that under the siege, the price of rice in Guangling City has increased ten thousand times, and it is still old rice.
Chapter completed!