Zhu Can had no intention of defending Nanyang from the beginning. His king was King Caotou, and he also knew that he had already made people angry, so he never thought of establishing a reliable base. For him, the world is big.
, there are homes everywhere.
As long as you live, you can do anything.
Whether Nanyang is lost or not, does it have anything to do with him?
Therefore, there is almost no difference between Li Shuliang's capture of Nanyang and his direct entry into Nanyang.
It was so relaxing that even Li Shuliang found it incredible.
This feeling was just like when he went to Pingkangfang to learn body art. The teacher there did not resist at all and taught him various wonderful posture techniques very carefully.
"Your Majesty, out of ten houses in Nanyang, nine are empty, the granaries are empty, and the big local households have disappeared." Zhou Chao said from the side.
Li Shuliang put his hands on his knees and said indignantly: "If this beast Zhu Can is caught by this king, he must be burned!"
These words are true, but everyone thinks that the ogre king Zhu Can is disgusting and deserves to die. Although Li Shuliang is Wolong, he is still a human being, and he still has the basic bottom line of being a human being.
"Your Majesty, we made a surprise attack on Nanyang and did not bring any food or grass. What should we do next?"
"Don't worry, I have sent people to inform Yu Yongning and Zheng Yuanxuan that as long as they pursue Zhu Can, great things will happen." Li Shuliang looked full of confidence.
Zhou Chao frowned and reminded: "Your Majesty, the scouts have not found any signs of Zhu Can returning for reinforcements."
Um?
Li Shuliang frowned and sneered: "Humph, they are bandits after all. The defense of such an important city is so lax, no wonder they are defeated again and again. It doesn't matter, I believe Zhu Can will come back soon, we will wait for him to die."
Seeing King Changping's confident look, Zhou Chao wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he gave up. In his heart, he was actually a little uneasy.
Because Nanyang's defense is basically useless. If Zhu Can really valued Nanyang, would he despise it so much?
The emptiness in the rear was not so empty. Basically, they broke into Nanyang without firing an arrow.
This feeling is a bit like an empty city plan.
Zhu Can soon learned about the news that Tang Jun had captured Nanyang, but he didn't feel it at all.
Nanyang has long been reduced to rubble by him, and nothing can be done by taking it back. It is better to continue to rob it in another place.
After defeating the Tang army back to Wuguan, Zhu Can planned to go south. After all, there were Tang army troops before and after this time, and it was not safe to stay in Dengzhou for a long time.
When he started to retreat, the Tang army came again!
This makes Zhu Can very angry. Is it possible to finish it in one go? I am annoyed to death.
This time, the army was led by King Li Yuan of Lujiang. He had received news that King Changping had taken Nanyang, so he specially led his army to hunt down Zhu Can.
The flags of the Tang army were fluttering and the hunting sound was heard.
"Duan Zhixuan!" Li Yuan shouted.
"The end is here!"
"This king orders you to lead an attack with three thousand troops and horses. You must win without any mistakes!"
"I will obey your orders!"
Duan Zhixuan's eyes condensed slightly and he glanced at Xue Shou. The two of them got on their horses, ordered their troops and horses, and rushed towards Zhu Can's army.
Afterwards, Li Yuan scolded Fang Qiu and assigned tasks to Yu Yongning and Zheng Yuanxuan. After that, he led the Chinese army directly towards Zhu Can's army.
"Kill!"
The Tang army galloped towards Zhu Can's army with great momentum.
Zhu Canxun thought, Tang Jun was really tenacious. He had just lost to him and came back again. It seemed that he would not be able to move safely unless he completely defeated Tang Jun.
Dry!
The war broke out, and the two sides fought fiercely.
Li Yuan originally thought that he was 'chasing' Zhu Can this time, but he never expected that Zhu Can had no intention of returning to Nanyang to aid him.
The two sides fought for two days and one night, and Li Yuan finally realized that something was wrong.
Zhu Can didn't look like he was rushing back to help Nanyang.
It is true that Zhu Can's men are all stragglers, but hundreds of thousands of stragglers are not that easy to fight.
In particular, the two coaches of the Tang Army were Li Shuliang and Li Yuan respectively.
On the third day of the battle between the two sides, the Tang army suffered a small defeat, but it did not affect the frontal battlefield.
But on the fourth day, something went wrong. Li Yuan made several blind decisions, and Duan Zhixuan's "deliberate cooperation" caused the Tang army to begin to lose.
First there was one defeat, followed by three consecutive defeats, resulting in extremely heavy losses of troops and horses.
Li Yuan was scared. He didn't have much military talent, and he was the kind of person who's heart is as high as the sky, but his fate is as thin as paper.
After being defeated again and again, he was worried that he would die at the hands of Zhu Can, so he decisively withdrew to Wuguan.
This time Zhu Can lost his temper and once stormed Wuguan, which made Li Yuan fearful.
"King Lujiang, please ask the imperial court for help." Yu Yongning looked at Zhu Can's troops and horses slowly retreating from Wuguan Pass, and said to Li Yuan.
Asking for help?
Li Yuan's face turned dark. Once he asked for help, the task assigned to him by the prince would not be completed.
Never ask for help!
"Why panic!" He scolded: "I have already written to the Emperor Changping. Soon the Emperor will lead a large army to surround Zhu Can. We will win by then!"
Yu Yongning was furious, why don't any of these clans be reliable? They are all idiots!
"King Lujiang, do you know that once Wuguan is lost, the entire pass will face threats!" Yu Yongning told Li Yuan almost in a roaring manner.
"Of course I know!" Li Yuan shouted back, "I said that with the help of Emperor Changping, we haven't reached the point of asking the court for help! If you are afraid, go back by yourself!"
"You!" Yu Yongning was so angry that a mouthful of blood clogged his chest, causing pain.
Zheng Yuanxuan was busy trying to smooth things over and asked someone to take Yu Yongning down first.
He looked around and found no one else, so he lowered his voice and said, "King Lujiang, what's going on!"
"What's going on?"
"Why didn't the prince stop King Changping from attacking Zhu Can?" Zheng Yuanxuan had been asking Li Yuan about this for a while, why the prince didn't stop King Changping and instead asked Li Yuan to lead the army to support King Changping in attacking Zhu Can.
However, Li Yuan never said anything.
Now that things had happened, he stopped pretending and started questioning Li Yuan directly.
Li Yuan also knew that he could no longer hide it, so he said directly: "Whether King Changping wins or loses, His Highness the Crown Prince doesn't care."
"What do you mean?" Zheng Yuanxuan raised his eyebrows, feeling that the matter was not simple.
Li Yuan said indifferently: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants the Yunyang Army."
Although he and Yu Yongning had previously wondered why it was not the King of Chu who led the Yunyang army to support Shangzhou, they did not think much about it. After all, the King of Chu was escorting grain to Hebei and was unable to do anything else. The war in Shangzhou was urgent, so the saint asked Yun
It is normal for the Yang army to come to support.
But now that Zheng Yuanxuan heard what Li Yuan said, he suddenly understood that the Yunyang army was transferred to Shangzhou, but it was not that simple behind the scenes.
"What's going on?"
"His Royal Highness the Prince will tell you the specific things when we return to Chang'an. Now, you have to help me defend Shangzhou. This is the greatest credit, even greater than the credit of defeating Zhu Can. At the same time, this
This is also what the prince hopes to see." Li Yuan said.
Zheng Yuanxuan was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment.
On the other side, Duan Zhixuan and Xue Shou were also discussing the follow-up matters.
Xue Shou said: "Now that Li Yuan is hurt by Zhu Can's beating, he will definitely not be willing to continue attacking Zhu Can in the short term. I think he will rest for a while."
"No, I heard that he wrote to King Changping. Maybe he and King Changping will surround Zhu Can." Duan Zhixuan waved his riding whip.
"If that's the case, it would be great." Xue Shou smiled.
What they want is for Li Yuan to keep attacking.
Duan Zhixuan immediately understood what he meant, smiled, and continued, "So, now we have to worry about him not attacking Zhu Can?"
Xue Shu said: "It's not that simple. King Changping will definitely attack if he finds out that Zhu Can will not return to Nanyang. Li Yuan will definitely follow him and send troops. No matter what, he will not be able to escape defeat. The only thing I worry about now is that Zhu Can directly
Leave Dengzhou, so that our plan cannot continue to be implemented."
Duan Zhixuan thought about it carefully and found that it was indeed the case.
Once Zhu Can leaves, there will be no fighting and the plan will definitely be interrupted.
"Then is there any way you can make Zhu Can stay?"