Xu Huai, Zhu Han, Shi Zhen and others rushed to Ye County, but did not rest in the city. They dismounted in front of the yamen and met Chen Zixiao who came from Xiangcheng. When they learned that Yang Lin was hit by a crossbow in front of Ruyang City, life and death were unknown, Xu Huai felt a deep pain in his heart, and he was also angry that he could not speak, and interrupted the osmanthus tree, which was as thick as a bowl beside him with a punch.

"The enemy troops in Heluo captured Ruyang and were about to encircle Ruzhou. Yuehailou would never satisfy this winter when the troops in the north of the Junipede River will not go south. Xiangcheng needs the general to supervise the battle. Zixiao is willing to go to Ruzhou to help defend..." Chen Zixiao volunteered to go to Ruzhou to resist the enemy in Heluo.

"..." Xu Huai shook his head and said, "I don't worry if you stay in Xiangcheng to supervise the war; I must be close to Ruzhou!"

Of course, Yuehailou would not be satisfied with the north of the Centipede River, but the enemy troops in the western Beijing suffered a severe defeat in the fierce battle of the Centipede River that lasted more than a month ago. A large number of soldiers were injured and a large amount of supplies were consumed. After the sharp momentum of the attack was curbed, it was not easy to revive it in a short time.

Rivers flowing east-west, east-west, etc., such as the North Fence River, Ying River, the West Fence River, and Lishui River will gradually thaw in the next month, and will form a natural obstacle to the north and south between Xuchang, Xiangcheng, Zhaoling and other places.

Even if Yue Hailou decided to go south, he would definitely be careful.

The real danger at this time is Ruzhou.

On the one hand, the Ruzhou garrison was in a turmoil, but the Heluo enemy was in power with the new victory, and their morale was greatly boosted and their fighting spirit was high.

On the other hand, when Ruyang fell, the lonely city Song County was in danger and could fall at any time. The enemy troops in Heluo will completely control the western gateway of the Ruzhou trough-shaped basin, and will have the advantage of being high-level in Liangxian, Lushan County, Jia County, and Xiangcheng in the eastern part of Ruzhou.

In addition to the fact that the battle situation in Ruzhou was much more vicious than expected, the more important thing was that the established soldiers and horses in Xiangcheng, Zhaoling and other places could not be transferred on a large scale. Xu Huai could only piece together as much as possible, and first saved thousands of soldiers and horses to reinforce Ruzhou as soon as possible. Except for him personally rushing to Ruzhou to take charge, otherwise it would be difficult for the fragmented troops drawn from the various tribes to have good coordination and cooperation.

Chen Zixiao and Xu Wuli are all figures who can stand alone. They supervised the elite troops of the left and right to defend Xiangcheng, Zhaoling, Xinyang, Luoshan and other places, and Xu Wujiang, Guo Junjue, Pan Chenghu, Fan Yong, Su Laochang, Cheng Yi, Xu Xin'an, Tang Qing, Han Qi, Yin Peng, Wang Xian and other generals to help. Xu Huai at least doesn't have to worry about any trouble in the short term.

Chen Zixiao knew that Xu Huai was a very opinionated person, and hesitated except for him, otherwise he would not be able to persuade him to make up his mind.

Chen Zixiao let out a sigh of relief and said again with resentment: "Like Yang Shuai is loyal to the court. He has resisted the barbarians and fought hard for bloody battles, but ended up with an unknown end of life and death. Some people compete for power and profit for fear that others will kill the enemy, but only Gong fights first, but can be awarded the title of officials. This is really unfair! "

"When I sealed the entrance of Yuehailou from Ruzhou to the east, so that no matter how sharp he was, he could not chew a piece of meat to the east, and his mouth was covered with blood. He would turn around and attack the Lu family along the Luoshui River, Shangzhou!" Xu Huai had no shame at this time that he had the idea of ​​helping Zhu Han lobby Zuo Xiaosheng's army to go south, but the more he did this, the more he was resentful he was towards Zheng Huaizhong and others.

However, the way he can deal with Zheng Huaizhong and others now is to block the passage of Heluo enemy troops to advance eastward through Ruzhou at all costs. At that time, Cao Shixiong will naturally turn his troops to the Shenwu Army responsible for guarding the upstream of the Luo River.

Just like after the Battle of Ruying, the Chihu people were forced to turn their strategic focus completely to Huainan; and he should not have been too concerned about the battle situation in Huainan and the fate of the Huainan Prince's Mansion Army.

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After saying goodbye to Chen Zixiao and Ye County generals, Xu Huai, Shi Zhen and Zhu Han, after the merging, their troops increased to more than 600 cavalry, continued to travel westward. On the banks of the Yanglougou River between Lushan County and Liang County, they caught up with most of the elite soldiers of the Right Army who were walking westward to Ruzhou for reinforcement.

It was dusk, with cold winds, snow in distant mountains and frozen streams, but the sunset painted bright colors in the blue sky.

Xu Xin, who was beaten by Xu Huai in front of Huolu Hall, is now a general under the fourth wing of the Right Army. He and several commanders came over to report their actions after Ye County set out into Ruzhou:

"... Wang Xianjunhou has led five hundred elite troops to Pishan, and we are leading our troops to walk slowly, waiting for the commander of Jie!"

The two thousand elite soldiers of the Right Army stationed in Ye County were the fourth-rank generals of the Right Army under the Duyu Marquis Wang Xian. However, during the confrontation between the Wugong River, Wang Xian also led some soldiers to the north of Xiangcheng to support the battle. During Xu Huai's visit to Luoshan, Chen Zixiao temporarily led the tent of the former army in Xiangcheng, and Wang Xian was on standby in Xiangcheng, Zhaoling and other villages, but did not return to Ye County.

After learning about the fall of Ruyang, Chen Zixiao dispatched the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion of the Right Army stationed in Ye County to advance westward to reinforce according to the established plan.

As the fourth general of the Right Army, Wang Xian led the two battalions of horses and infantry in the fourth wing in Xiangcheng and the second general of the Selected Front Army Wu Chihai, and set out directly westward to Ruzhou for reinforcements.

When Wang Xian and Wu Chihai met with the troops and horses who entered the west of Ye County to Lushan (Luyang) County, the cavalry scouts of the Heluo enemy army had already entered the area east of Liang County on a large scale, and the large number of enemy cavalry might detour to the eastern part of Ruzhou at any time.

In order to prevent the enemy cavalry from raiding, Xu Xin and other soldiers of the Right Army had to slow down their speed of advancing westward and dispatched troops to cover the wings of the post road. However, Wang Xian and Wu Chihai did not stay in Lushan County to wait for Xu Huai's further military orders, but led more than a thousand cavalry, cavalry and infantry to first penetrate the mountain west of Liang County.

Pishan is two parallel low mountain long ridges more than ten miles west of Zhiliang County, Ruzhou. The highest peak is only 150 feet, which is far from the Cui Wei peak in Jishan (the southern lineage of Songshan) to the north.

However, except for the narrow and long mountain stretching north and south for more than ten miles, the horizontal walls are located on the north bank of the Northern Marshui River in the Ruzhou Basin. The parts below the mountain are mostly gentle slopes, while above the mountain, the mountain suddenly becomes steep, as if two extremely majestic high walls stand on the west side of Ruzhou City.

Towards north of Pishan, Lianmianpogang connects to the main vein of Jishan. Towards south, there is a gap of only five or six miles wide from the Beihangshui River. It is the throat of the west side of Ruzhou City. The post road leading to Heluo from Jingxiang passes through this gap.

Because Ruzhou City is built by the Northern Marine River, the surrounding terrain is relatively open, the role and strategic value of the mountains are more prominent.

Zuo Xiaosheng's army also built a camp on the south side of Pishan to station elite troops, and the enemy troops in the Heluo area approached from the west.

However, Yang Lin was severely injured at this time, his life and death and whereabouts were unknown. Ruyang City was trapped, and thousands of defenders were killed or captured, and they broke out of the siege and were not yet in ten. Zuo Xiaosheng's morale was severely damaged. It is hard to imagine that they could still withstand the strong attacks of tens of thousands of enemies in Heluo with the simple camp of the mountains.

If the enemy in Heluo was asked to control Pishan without any effort and defend Ruzhou City, they would fall into an extremely passive situation.

To this day, a group of military generals who can stand in the same way have grown up in Chushan. In addition to Chen Zixiao and Xu Wuli, the older generation is Guo Junjue, Pan Chenghu, Xu Wujiang, Fan Yong, Zhou Jing, Zhang Xiongshan, Xu Wukun and others. The younger generation is also represented by Tang Pan, Tang Qing, Yin Peng, Han Qi, Xu Xin'an, Wang Xian, Fan Zongqi, Wang Jun, Wang Zhang, Shi Hu, Wu Shehai and others.

As the fourth general of the Right Army, Wang Xian had long seen the importance of Pishan to guarding Ruzhou City without reminding others. Therefore, he immediately led elite cavalry and the fourth-box horse and infantry of the Right Army to go straight to Pishan to prevent Pishan from being lost.

From Xu Xin, I learned that Wang Xian was that Wu Chihai went to Pishan first, and Xu Huai also knew that Cao Shixiong, as a long-famous general, could not see the importance of Pishan.

At present, only Wang Xian and Wu Chihai led more than a thousand troops to reinforce. Together with Zuo Xiaosheng's defenders in Pishan, they may not be able to withstand the first wave of enemy offensives.

Xu Huai immediately said to Zhu Han, Shi Zhen: "My grandson Zhu Han, you and Mr. Shi will follow the soldiers to Ruzhou City slowly. I will go to Pishan to watch the situation..."

Although Pishan is in control of the throat of Ruyang, Guangchengyi and other places that are approaching Ruzhou City, in the cold winter, the shallow stream of the Northern Army River bed has been frozen, and the enemy cavalry can easily bypass Pishan from the south bank of the Northern Army River. At present, large-scale enemy scouts cavalry have appeared around Ruzhou City.

Xu Huai led his troops to Pishan, and he could have an encounter with the enemy cavalry at any time. If Zhu Han, Zhu Zhi, Shi Zhen and others walked with them, they would be extremely dangerous to encounter the enemy.

Xu Huai hoped that Zhu Han and Shi Zhen would follow Jia Shi slowly.

Zhu Ying knew that Xu Huai was worried about his safety, shook his head and said, "I can't play any role when I go to Pishan, but Zuo Xiaosheng's army suffered this severe defeat. Yang Hou's life and death are unknown. I can enter Ruzhou City earlier and meet Yang Qiye and other Ruzhou generals and officials. How can I calm people's hearts? Where can I only care about personal safety?"

Once the enemy cavalry bypasses the east of Pishan on a large scale, they will naturally detour around Ruzhou City on a large scale. At that time, the armored soldiers in Chushan may choose to set up camps outside Ruzhou City and fight against the enemy. If so, Zhu Han only carries his personal safety and defense forces, and the armored soldiers with a more complete array will slowly move forward. Wouldn't it take a long time to meet Yang Qiye and the generals and officials of Ruzhou?

Seeing Zhu Han's expression firm, Xu Huai looked at Shi Zhen inquired.

Shi Zhen said: "Although it is dangerous, I still have to accompany Mr. Zhu to see Yang Qiye and the generals of Ruzhou as soon as possible..."
Chapter completed!