As Zhao Xun expected, after Murong Cheng learned that Tang Xian had entered Jingzhou and occupied Nanyang Prefecture, the important northern part of Jingzhou, he no longer had the intention of returning to Yuzhou and competing with the Yanzhou army. While he let the army go.
Move south and head into Huaiyin City, preparing to attack Huaiyin City. On the one hand, Zhang Tu sent people to negotiate with Zhao Xun to ced the land of Yuzhou to reach a ceasefire agreement. In addition, he was also preparing to buy food and grass from Zhao Xun.
Although Murong Cheng was very unwilling to accept it, no one should be in his position. It was really uncomfortable to pay for his own things. However, the current situation has already made him understand that now, all the princes are looking at it.
He aimed at him and was ready for a long time. Therefore, although he hated the Yanzhou army in his heart, he had to put him aside first.
In Xuzhou, as Zhao Xun said, Li Chi now rushed to Jiangdu Prefecture to command the current combat policy of the Xuzhou Army. Although Murong Cheng's front line army has lost 30,000 to 40,000 people, Murong Cheng is in Huaiyin Prefecture
The army still has more than 150,000, which is still a huge monster for Li Chi. Especially now, he still hopes to enter Yangzhou, conquer Yangzhou and occupy it. If he fights with the Qi army and suffers too much loss, then he
This kind of idea can only be an idea, but will not become a reality.
"Our army has taken over the two northern prefectures of Yangzhou, and has completely opened up the gap on the Yangzhou defense line. The master, thanks to this plan, he wiped out the Qi army in Yangzhou and caught the Qi army off guard.
Otherwise, we would not have taken over this important land in northern Yangzhou so quickly, so that Yangzhou defenders and civil and military officials could be taken down by us without their knowledge." Jiangdu Grand Governor's Office, Xuzhou Guard General Li Wu looked happy with joy
Said.
Li Chi didn't care about this victory. He knew that if he was prepared and unprepared, if he could not win, then there would be no need for the Xuzhou army to exist. After all, at the beginning of the war, he wiped out the North Exit.
The main force of the Qi army was only a few left behind. In addition, Li Chi had set up many internal supporters in Jiujiang and Lu'an in northern Yangzhou a few months ago. In his opinion, it is natural to win now.
It should.
"Li Yan, where is Murong Cheng now? Logically speaking, he should have known that the Yanzhou army entered Yuzhou, cut off his retreat, and seized the food and grass of his army. If he wanted to let his own
If the losses are reduced to the minimum, we should turn back to Yuzhou, attack the Yanzhou army on both sides, forcing the Yanzhou army to spit out the fat meat we swallowed. In this way, we can sit and watch Murong Cheng fight with the Yanzhou army.
One wants Yuzhou and the other wants to retaliate against the betrayed, but it is just the price for us." Li Chi asked Li Yan, who was specifically responsible for intelligence.
Li Yan's face changed and he did not answer directly for a moment.
"Hmm? Why? No news?" Li Chi snorted coldly, "You are responsible for the news, why didn't you sort out the news in time?"
Seeing Li Chi being angry, Li Yan said anxiously: "Report to the Grand Governor, according to the spy's reply, Murong Cheng's army, who had already rushed to Huaiyin City, joined Xu Yandong, and had a 150,000 army, and the power to attack Huaiyin City and Huaiyin City
The defenders have sent people to ask for help."
"What? How is it possible?" Li Chi was shocked and shouted in surprise, "When is the news? Is it reliable?" Li Chi's face full of incredible expressions.
Li Yan smiled bitterly and said, "The news I just received was originally preparing to report to the Grand Governor."
"Impossible? Murong Cheng was betrayed by the Yanzhou army. How could he tolerate being betrayed? Moreover, the betrayed is a prince who is far weaker than him?"
"Even if the Yanzhou army occupied Yuzhou, the strength in Murong Cheng's hands can still be suppressed. Besides, as long as the stalemate lasts for several days, Jingzhou will definitely be able to send troops to attack. With the Yanzhou army alone, it is basically
It's not enough to be right. But why didn't Murong Cheng return to his army, but insist on fighting with the governor of the capital?"
The news reported by Li Yan made Li Chi a little unbelievable, and he also felt that the situation was a little out of control. In his plan, Murong Cheng should be furious now and immediately turned back to fight against the army in Yuzhou and Yanzhou.
Then he defeated the Yanzhou army and returned to Jingzhou. He was finally caught in a battle with Situ Lei.
But now, Murong Cheng not only did not go back, but instead attacked Huaiyin City. In Huaiyin City, Li Chi only left 30,000 defenders. This was because of the tens of thousands of Qi troops' fierce attacks, so he deliberately left so many troops to prevent
If, now, the Qi army under Huaiyin City suddenly almost quadrupled, causing Huaiyin City, which had been fighting hard for more than half a month and had less than 20,000 defenders, could not hold on anymore, but began to ask him for help.
"No, there must be a problem here. Could it be that Situ Lei was dispatched from Yongzhou? It made Murong Cheng dare not turn back easily? Therefore, he abandoned Yuzhou and instead attacked the way south?"
"No, what Situ Lei said at the beginning, his goal would be Jiaozhou, and he should open the road to the sea..."
Li Chi frowned immediately, not knowing what happened to the west. Although this matter was mainly due to Murong Cheng's direction changing, it has now completely affected his overall plan.
Just when Li Chi couldn't figure it out, the new news finally made him understand the reason for the matter.
"It turned out to be Tang Xian! I didn't expect that Tang Xian was so capable, so he was very hiding. I thought that the Tang army was just a bystander this time, but I didn't expect that Tang Xian actually took advantage of the Yanzhou army and then occupied Nanyang Prefecture.
Come on, Tang Xian’s intention is Jingzhou. Alas... I miscalculated, miscalculated!" Li Chi shook his head and sighed.
"Master, since Tang Xian wanted to attack Jingzhou, why did the Yanzhou army want...Master, can it be said that the Tang army has colluded with the Yanzhou army?" Li Yan said in surprise.
Li Chi nodded and said, "Yes, they colluded, and we were fooled by Tang Xian. I thought we and the Tang army jointly suppressed the Yanzhou army. In this operation, this governor did not take the Tang army, who was in the north, seriously.
, After all, he is not connected to Qidi in the south."
"Hey... who would have thought that he actually walked through the Yanzhou army and planned to seize Jingzhou. Now, Jingzhou is attacked by the Tang army, Yuzhou is occupied by the Yanzhou army, and in addition, the Yanzhou army has also seized the food and grass of the Qi army.
Come, Murong Cheng wanted to return, but he could not implement the battle with the Yanzhou army. After all, without Jingzhou reinforcements and insufficient food, the 150,000 army could not last long. Furthermore, Yangzhou is much more important than Yuzhou and Jingzhou.
It’s much more important.”
"What should we do now? Huaiyin City asked us for help, and my subordinates guessed how long they could not hold on. Now Murong Cheng is surrounded by enemies. In addition to taking down Huaiyin City as soon as possible, opening up the southward passage, and returning to Yangzhou, he is basically the case.
There is no better way, so this time, Murong Cheng will do whatever he wants."
Li Chi gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "In this way, let the troops heading south draw 20,000 people to join the troops of Jiangdu Prefecture and immediately rush to help Huaiyin City. As long as Huaiyin City is still in our hands, then Yangzhou is our plate.
Chinese food, let us ask for it.”
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When Li Chi drew people from the south to help Huaiyin City, Zhao Xun had already met the negotiator sent by Murong Cheng. Neither Zhao Xun nor Feng Ziming expected this situation.
In their opinion, Murong Cheng at this moment either fought back to the death or went south immediately. Moreover, in the eyes of the two of them, Murong Cheng should directly attack the Xuzhou army, then return to Yangzhou, and plan the counterattack.
After discussing Murong Cheng's peace request, Zhao Xun and Feng Ziming discussed it, both of them thought it was acceptable. First of all, Zhao Xun's purpose this time was Yuzhou, and he had no intention of fighting with Murong Cheng in full swing. Since,
If you get it in Yuzhou, then Murong Cheng has nothing to do with him.
Of course, Zhao Xun understood that he betrayed Murong Cheng this time, and Murong Cheng would definitely hate him to the core. But Zhao Xun also knew that this time, Murong Cheng was jointly led by the Xuzhou Army, Yanzhou Army, Tang Army and Yong Army, and the four princes from the Xuzhou Army, Yanzhou Army, Tang Army and Yong Army.
It is still a matter of whether the attack can turn over. By then, he was powerless to continue to get entangled with him. Of course, if he could rise again, the one who Murong Cheng needed to fight back the most should be the Xuzhou army, not himself.
Murong Cheng hated himself the most, but now the Xuzhou army is the most deadly person to Murong Cheng. Because the Xuzhou army attacked his base camp.
Secondly, Zhao Xun was really worried that Murong Cheng would not be able to go south and finally return to Yuzhou, but instead fought hard with him. After all, this time it was the other party he betrayed. If he could negotiate with the other party, he would take over the remaining prefectures and counties in Yuzhou without any bloodshed.
That's naturally the best. And Murong Cheng, who also hopes to be supplemented, will lead the army to compete with the Xuzhou army, so that the Xuzhou army can also fight against the Qi army. Since Li Chi wants to sit in the mountains and watch the tigers.
Dou, why can't I?
The last reason is that Situ Lei also began to dispatch. Situ Lei sent troops from Ningzhou and Yizhou, and the entire Jiaozhou and half of Jiangzhou were under the attack of Situ Lei. Zhao Xun did not want Murong Cheng to delay here for too long
, he did not want to be defeated here, but in the end, Situ Lei took the biggest advantage. Therefore, Zhao Xun also hoped that Murong Cheng would go back and form an opposition with Situ Lei again.
Then Zhao Xun reached an agreement with Murong Cheng, and Zhao Xun took over the prefectures and counties in the eastern Yuzhou. As for the civil and military officials of these prefectures and counties, those who are willing to stay and those who are willing to become officials will continue to be officials after the assessment.
Those who don’t want to leave naturally. As for local soldiers, most of them are from Yuzhou, so they naturally stay with Yuzhou and become members of the Yanzhou army.
As for food trade, Zhao Xun naturally would not agree directly. After all, Murong Cheng is also in the enemy's territory and has no materials to trade. But Murong Cheng's envoy said that if the Yanzhou army is willing to sell grain to the Qi army, then
, the Huaiyin Prefecture of Xuzhou can be handed over to the Yanzhou Army. Of course, the Yanzhou Army was seized from the Qi Army. As for whether the Yanzhou Army will occupy it or redeem it with money in the future, it has nothing to do with the Qi Army.
Zhao Xun understood that in addition to the fact that the Qi army used Huaiyin Prefecture to trade grain with him, it was not just to directly create conflicts between himself and Xuzhou Army? Huaiyin Prefecture is located west of the southern part of Xuzhou and is connected to Yuzhou. Huaiyin Prefecture
The three heavy cities are the key to the Xuzhou army's resistance to the southwest. Now, Quyang City is in the hands of the Qi army. If Huaiyin City is then captured by Murong Cheng, then the entire southwest flank of Xuzhou will be under the blade of the Yanzhou army.
Especially these three heavy cities that used to resist foreign enemies would become the fortresses for the Yanzhou Army to defend against the Xuzhou Army and the sharp swords inserted into the Xuzhou Army's ribs.
If Zhao Xun agreed, then Li Chi in Xuzhou would definitely be extremely dissatisfied. But now all the princes are seeking development for themselves, so Zhao Xun will naturally not miss this opportunity. He can not only defend against other places, but also suppress the enemy. In addition, he can also prevent the enemy.
, and can also cut off a prefecture from Xuzhou.
After discussing with Feng Ziming and others, Zhao Xun finally decided to reach a deal with Murong Cheng. However, Zhao Xun needed to take over Quyang City and the three surrounding counties, and then hand over half of the transaction amount to Qi Jun.
As for Li Chi and the Xuzhou Army, Zhao Xun now has no time to consider these things. Li Chi doesn't think about it anymore.
Since an agreement was reached, with Murong Cheng's cooperation, it would be much easier for the Yanzhou army to take over Yuzhou. He was loyal to Murong Cheng and naturally put down his weapons and government affairs and left, and those who were willing to stay would go home and standby. The Yanzhou army would
It began to take over various prefectures and counties. It has to be said that the people of Yuzhou were quite welcome to the Yanzhou army. At least, when the Yanzhou army took over the local area, it did not cause any life problems, and it even received support from the people.
"I didn't expect that Murong Cheng retreated so simply!" Feng Ziming couldn't help but sigh in Xiangzhou Prefecture, looking at the slowly floating flag of Qi army and the slowly rising Yanzhou army flag in Xiangzhou Prefecture in the eastern part of Yuzhou.
Feng Ziming and Zhao Xun directly joined Wei Dong and Xu Qing's troops who had advanced to advance, and at the same time began to take over the eastern part of Yuzhou and live in prefectures. In addition to ensuring the stability of the place as soon as possible, Zhao Xun did not want the eastern part of Yuzhou.
Any supplies from all prefectures and counties walked out of Yuzhou and entered the Qi army. However, the attitude of living in the eastern part of Yuzhou was relatively straightforward, which made Feng Ziming feel as if he was in a dream. For Murong Cheng and the Qi army,
Feng Ziming understood it quite well, and then he was defeated and surrendered, which simply made him feel a little unimaginable.
Zhao Xun shook his head and said in a low voice: "It's getting more and more lively now. Murong Cheng dares not wait any longer. If it's not just for us and Xuzhou Army, Murong Cheng is afraid of being directly
The army returned to Yuzhou and fought to the death with us. Of course, with the reinforcements of Jingzhou, we were certainly not opponents. But now Tang Xian began to seize Jingzhou and achieved considerable results, which made Murong Cheng lose his back-end support and logistics
supply."
"The most important thing is that Situ Lei is now involved in Jiaozhou, and Jiangzhou should have also reached Murong Cheng. He has to be anxious. If we are all minions, we are not taken seriously by Murong Cheng, and even
Yes, even if we took away some prefectures and counties in Yuzhou, Yanzhou and Jingzhou, Murong Cheng would not take it in his heart. But when Situ Lei moved, Murong Cheng could not help but worry."
"Master, since we have returned to Quyang City, why not take down Huaipu City? The remaining Huaiyin City will be destroyed under the strong attack of Murong Cheng's army. In this way, we can completely occupy Huaiyin Prefecture
.In this way, we will be equivalent to setting a bridgehead in Xuzhou, which is not only conducive to defense, but also conducive to future counterattacks. More importantly, this is a rare important place in southwest Xuzhou that can form a key point with the surrounding terrain.
City.” Feng Ziming suddenly said.
Zhao Xun was stunned and asked in confusion: "Since the beginning of the battle, we and the Xuzhou army are both ally and competitors, and at the same time, we and them are enemies. Since we have wanted Quyang City, even with Li Chi
The confrontation started."
"Besides, when discussing, I said that the Qi army was released through Huaiyin Prefecture, and then the three cities of Huaiyin Prefecture were cut off, so that they could not retreat. However, the Jiangdu Prefecture and Guangling Prefecture army returned and scattered after defeating the Yangzhou army.
Maybe defeat Murong Cheng's army. But now, he blocked Huaiyin City and refused to let him go, just to let Murong Cheng fight with us. Since that's the case, why are we still polite? Ziming, tell me what you think
, It is not easy for us to take action. There are still 15,000 Xuzhou troops stationed in Huaipu City. Huaipu City is strong and difficult to defend, and it has been long ago
The reserved city-guarding equipment is afraid that there will be no tens of thousands of casualties, and it will be difficult to capture it without ten days and half a month."
Feng Ziming smiled and said, "What the Lord said is that Huaipu City is like Huaiyin City, with a strong city and a thick pool, and it is difficult to attack. In the Huaipu City, Xu Yandong paid 30,000 to 40,000 casualties and fought for half a month.
But in the end, I couldn't take over Huaiyin City. If this Huaipu City attacked hard, I'm afraid the situation would be much better than the Huaipu City siege."
"However, Xu Qing returned from Huaipu City and knew more about Huaipu City. Similarly, the Huaipu City garrison should also know that Xu Qing is an allied relationship with them. Since that's the case, why not send out some of them and then let them go
What happened to Xu Qing?”
Zhao Xun asked in confusion: "Although in Huaiyin Prefecture, in addition to the large army in Huaiyin City in the southeast, there are 15,000 troops left in Huaipu City. However, we want to lure it out, where is the bait
Where is it?"
Feng Ziming smiled and said, "Lord, this Quyang City is the best bait. If the Huaipu City defender learned that Murong had become a strong attack on Huaiyin City, he had given up Quyang City, you said, the Huaipu City defender would not
Will someone be sent to take over Quyang City immediately?"
"Of course, Li Chi will definitely tell the three cities of Huaiyin Prefecture that he must control the three heavy cities and block our Yanzhou army or Qi army from the country. This is a good idea, this time he will give up
Xu Qing takes a detour, and you need to pass by Huaipu City. At that time, follow the trend..." Zhao Xun laughed. He naturally understood Feng Ziming's meaning. Zhao Xun would not let go of this opportunity.