Chu Yucheng put down the victory report in his hand and asked: "Zhu Tian and Ye Xiaoxiao have begun to gather outside Luzhou City. Is it time for our army to set off for Luzhou? It is said that Luzhou City is guarded by an acquaintance of ours. I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

Surrender."

"Who?" Chenyue was stunned.

"That Xiao Qiu who escaped from Lingzhou City." Chu Yucheng smiled slightly.

Thinking back to the time when the Liangzhou army descended on Lingzhou and captured Nangong Yu alive, with great results, the only regret was that the general under King Fu escaped, otherwise it would have been a perfect battle of annihilation.

"Okay!" Chen Yue nodded when he heard this familiar name and waved his hand: "The army is ready to set off. As long as it takes down Luzhou City, King Fu's destruction will not be far away!"

After hesitating for a while, Chu Yucheng raised his head with a worried expression and asked: "It stands to reason that King Fu's troops are quite strong, with sixty or seventy thousand soldiers, right? Faced with our pressing step by step, will he continue to be like this?"

Stand still?"

According to Chu Yucheng's understanding of King Fu, King Fu does not seem to be a person who would sit back and wait for death easily.

Chenyue frowned and thought for a while and said: "I can't think of any way for him to reverse the decline for the time being. However, Xiangping Pass is the main link between our army and Lingzhou, and all food and grass need to be transported from here.

Reliable people must be arranged to defend."

Almost all the food and grass for the Liangzhou army was stored in Lingzhou City. While fighting, Xue Leihan at the rear was sending people to transport food and grass. The food and grass carried by the army was only enough for the army for half a month, so Xiangping Pass was also very important.

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"What do you think about transferring Li Muhan from Lingzhou?" Chu Yucheng asked tentatively. In his mind, Li Muhan, who had just joined the Liang Army, was a great talent.

After all, Li Muhan successfully defended the city last time and had already demonstrated to everyone the young man's strong ability to defend the city.

"Okay!" Chenyue also had this intention, and immediately nodded in agreement: "Then call Li Muhan over, but don't move Lingzhou's troops. Leave three thousand infantry in the city, and Ling Zhen's Qingyu camp.

Just in case something changes.”

The two hit it off, and a military order was immediately sent to Lingzhou. While the army set off for Luzhou City, Li Muhan, now a captain of the Liangzhou Infantry Army, also rushed to Xiangping Pass with dozens of guards overnight to take over Xiangping Pass.

defense.

Not only was the battle at Chenyue going smoothly, even the troops of Zhao Zhongtian and Tang Xing'an captured the city one after another, but the losses were greater than those of the Liangzhou army.

Although Zhao Zhongtian was a little distressed by the loss of the Yangzhou Army, he gritted his teeth and continued to attack when he saw the military merits he received continuously. These military achievements would be the capital for him to become an official in Beijing in the future.

Tang Xing'an had to admire Chenyue's judgment. The combat effectiveness of the guards in the three counties was indeed not strong, and it was simply not the same as the Fuzhou army he had fought against before.

As the war progresses, the three counties of Taizhou, Luzhou, and Longtai have almost been recovered. King Fu's soldiers are retreating steadily. At present, except for the capitals of the three counties that are still holding on, there is basically no resistance in other cities, and the military flags of the Great Zhou Dynasty are planted everywhere.

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At this time, the city of Fuzhou was full of soldiers. Guards all over the city were patrolling back and forth. All the grain and grass soldiers mobilized from various places had arrived in Fuzhou. I am afraid that the army will attack the city next. There was a little nervousness on the faces of the soldiers.

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Prince Fu's Mansion

After a period of rest, Fu Wang Zhou Tongfu's body recovered somewhat and he was able to move freely, but he still felt weak occasionally.

After a great defeat, Zhou Tongfu looked even older, his body was hunched and without the energy of the past, as if half of his body had been buried in the loess.

When a military report of the defeat came, Zhou Tongfu's face was clouded. He did not expect that all three counties and cities were lost in just half a month, and the attack speed of the three armies was much faster than he expected.

However, King Fu did not have enough troops to completely defend the four counties. If the troops were dispersed, they would be constantly cannibalized by the Zhou soldiers. Concentrating them all in Fuzhou was the safest way.

Ouyang Jing stood aside somewhat silently, with a look of anger on his face. He had been trapped in the city for many days. His Blood Devouring Guards were all field cavalry, and they had no use in defending the city. He desperately wanted to win the battle.

To stabilize Fuzhou's military morale instead of always defending.

But seeing his adoptive father's gloomy expression, Ouyang Jing gritted his teeth and never spoke. At this time, the Fuzhou Army could no longer afford the losses. If something went wrong with the Blood Devouring Guards, then Fuzhou would truly lose its elite.

"Father! I have good news! It came from the spies in the capital!" Just when the two of them were in a low mood, Zhou Weiran strode in from the door, with a rare joy on his face.

Ever since the Tengjia soldiers were wiped out and the army retreated to Fuzhou, everyone's faces hadn't smiled for a long time, and both of them were quite curious.

His son's words raised some hope on Zhou Tongfu's face, and he asked, "What's the news?"

Zhou Weiran excitedly took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Zhou Tongfu. This was the news that the people they placed in the court had finally delivered.

Zhou Tongfu took the letter and read it, while Zhou Weiran said from the side: "Now that the Queen Mother has come out to supervise the country, it seems that she wants to take action against the Yuwen family. The Zhao family also joined forces with the Shangguan family to deal with the aggressive Yuwen family, and the great Zhou Dynasty

The hall is unstable!"

Zhou Tongfu's eyes kept glancing between the lines of black characters. The letter described in detail how the Queen Mother suddenly came to the court to supervise the country, and how the Yuwen family was devastated in the court, and she lost her position as the governor of the two counties.

Not only that, the Queen Mother later vetoed many of Yuwen Hongru's proposals in the court. The Zhao family and the Chu Party behind her also firmly stood on the side of the Queen Mother and formed a confrontation with the Yuwen family. There was some tension between the two major forces.

smell.

At the end, Zhou Tongfu also had a long-lost smile on his face. This is indeed good news.

After the Nangong family surrendered, they did not expect to indirectly help the Yuwen family, which led to the disbandment of the Qi Party. The Yuwen family was the dominant family in the court, with political orders and orders, and could concentrate on dealing with the war in the south without any scruples.

Now that things are going well, the disputes in the court are resurrected, so under this background, the war situation in Fuzhou may be improved.

"I didn't expect that!" Zhou Tongfu handed the letter in his hand to Ouyang Jing who was standing aside, and said, "Old thief Yuwen also has his moments of failure."

The tone was full of sighs. In Zhou Tongfu's impression, Yu Wen Hongru had been standing in the court for decades. He was very scheming and rarely suffered losses.

"Yes!" Zhou Weiran nodded: "The Queen Mother and the Shangguan family who suddenly jumped out have helped us. Now the old thief Yuwen must devote his energy to dealing with them."
Chapter completed!