Unlike Gao Pian, Han Qi was not selfless to the loyalty to the Tang Dynasty and was devoted to the public.

He is selfish.

But this is just human nature.

There are very few people like Gao Pian after all, so even if he dies, even his enemies will respect him.

But Han Qi is still a loyal minister.

He actually had a choice at this time.

At this time, Hedong's strength was not damaged, and Li Cunzhong's new force had just arrived. In such a chaos in Zhaoyi, he was able to retreat, return to Hedong, and defend his one-acre and three-point land. Just like most towns now, he pretended to be deaf and dumb, preserved his strength and watched the situation, and waited for the situation to be basically decided before making plans.

If he did this, no one would have any tainted him.

But after hesitating in Nanhe for several days, Han Qi finally made a decision. The entire army went south and attacked Luzhou, hoping to open up the line from Luzhou to Weizhou, join forces with King Fu Li Xin, and then retreat to Luoyang, Chang'an and other places.

Before leaving, he wrote a letter to Xue Ping and Li Ze.

After sending two letters, he took the army of 30,000 without hesitation and rushed to Luzhou.

At this time, the three thousand cavalry led by Min Rou and Tu Lichun had just entered Xingzhou.

Xue Ping slapped the letter in front of Min Rou and Tu Lichun with a cold face, "Han Qi has already gone to Luzhou. On this trip, his entire army only has half a month's military rations. If he cannot go to Luzhou for half a month, the Hedong army will be defeated. General Min and General Tu. In this situation, are our generals, generals, and generals of the North marching Commander not moved at all?"

Min Rou is embarrassed and unspeakable.

Tu Lichun smiled bitterly and said, "Deputy Envoy Xue, you should know what kind of situation we are in Wuwei now, right? Pingzhou has started fighting again. Could it be that we will start a war on both sides?"

"I know very well the current situation of Wuwei. At least, Shi Zhuang's 20,000 troops can be moved!" Xue Ping said angrily: "With Wuwei's military quality, even these 20,000 troops can be enough to shake the entire Zhaoyi situation. General Li is self-conceived loyalty and righteousness, so should he stand by and watch at this moment?"

"Mr. Xue, we are just leading military generals, and we only know how to fight. As for where to fight, this was decided by the General Secretary's Mansion." Min Rou couldn't help but say.

"Okay, it's very good. Then I'll go to Wuyi and my party. All the matters in Xingzhou will be left to you General Min." Xue Ping was so angry that he was uneasy. "Governor Yang, when I was not here, only General Min Rou was ordered by General Min Rou."

"Sir, obey the order!" Yang Zhihe bowed to the ground with his fists.

Luoyang Chief Pei Ju and Han Qi handed the letter to Wuyi Jiedushi's Office, and the foreign minister knelt down at the office. Then Xue Ping returned from Xingzhou alone, which really made Li Ze feel embarrassed and uncomfortable. Faced with such people, even if they had evil fire in their hearts, they could not send it to them, but instead had to greet them with a smile.

Under the coercion of these two people, Li Ze finally agreed to let Shi Zhuang send troops.

Fortunately, Shi Zhuang had 20,000 troops and was stationed in Nangong County, so it took no effort to enter Xingzhou.

But Li Ze also knew very well that no matter whether he sent troops or not, it would be impossible to stop everything from happening.

In mid-May, Han Ze began a fierce attack on Luzhou.

Li Cunzhong led his troops to attack Tunliu County.

Han Rui led his troops to attack Changzi County.

Han Qi led his headquarters to attack Huguan.

Three armies were launched together, and Han Qi really did his best this time.

However, Zhu Wen had already been on guard against the offensive that Han Qi might have arrived. Tian Yue had Wei Bo soldiers stationed in Huguan, Luzhou capital Shangdang, Xue Chong guarded Tunliu, Xue Jian guarded Tunliu, and Xue Jian guarded the eldest son. The two sides fought hard, but no one could do anything to each other. Whether it was the Hedong army or the Wei Bo soldiers, they were elite soldiers who dared to fight, and the generals on both sides were not mediocre. It was obviously impossible to decide the winner in a short time. At this moment, Han Qi could only hope that Li Ze, who was in Wuwei, could send troops to Xingzhou, first kill Tian Ping, who had dragged Xue Ping's troops in Xingzhou, and then went south to support him. He believed that as long as Tian Ping's troops were defeated, they would definitely cause a chain reaction in Zhaoyi.

However, Li Xin, who was staying in Weizhou at this time, was almost in despair. Xuanwu and Zhu Wen approached at a speed that was almost beyond his imagination.

Zhu Wen's third son Zhu Youzhen led 5,000 cavalry to the rear of Weizhou day and night. He was caught off guard and captured Baima Pass in one battle and grabbed Li Xin's retreating passage.

The loss of Baima Pass almost strangled the last path of life for more than 30,000 Li Xin's troops. Although Li Haixing Ye led thousands of troops to Baima, he hoped to regain Baima Pass and open up the road to retreat.

The main force led by Zhu Wen was only two days away from Weizhou at this time.

With the loss of Baima Pass, the information between Li Xin and Luoyang has been completely cut off. He hardly could imagine what Luoyang is now.

At the Luoyang Navy Wharf, the navy general Ge Fan widened his eyes and looked at the general Xiang Xun who had been leaning against his left and right arm in front of him with some horror. Wang Pu.

"You, are you going to rebel?" His voice trembled.

Xiang Xun chuckled: "General Ge, do you still know what the court has reached now? Whether we rebel or not, how much impact will it have on the world? The court's 100,000 troops were completely destroyed in one day, and even Chen Bangzhao was dead. Do you think the court can still hold on?"

Wang Pu took a step forward: "General Ge, now Wei Bo has surrendered Zhu Shuai, General Chen was defeated and died. His Highness Fu was trapped in Weizhou. It is obvious that the entire army was destroyed. Even if we perform our duties and are loyal, can we defend the Yellow River and see the Luoyang gateway? It is impossible. Dai Chao, the governor of Yanhai, and Cao Huan, the governor of Tianping, have led a large army to Luoyang. Once we arrive, what will we stop us? Our Luoyang Navy is only a few thousand people and dozens of warships. I don't want to be buried in the Yellow River, which will affect the whole family!"

Ge Fan sat down dejectedly.

"General Ge, the momentum of General Zhu's sweeping Luoyang court has been achieved. At this time, we surrender, welcome Zhu's army to cross the river and take down Luoyang, that is a hero. Once Zhu's dynasty changes, we will be founding heroes. Instead of knowing that it is impossible to do it, why don't you follow the situation? In this way, it will be beneficial to yourself and the other, right?" Seeing Ge Fan's intention, Xiang Xun said with joy.

"Even if I am willing to surrender, the thousands of soldiers under my command may not be willing to follow us, right?" Ge Fan sighed.

"General Ge is highly respected. As long as you climb high and shout, why worry about the soldiers not joining each other? After that, who wants to die?" Wang Pu smiled.

Just when Li Hai was still fighting bloody in Baima City to make a living for the soldiers of Weizhou, the Luoyang Navy, led by Ge Fan, the navy commander-in-chief, surrendered to Dai Chao. Dozens of warships all returned to Xuanwu. Then Dai Chao and nearly 100,000 troops of Cao Huan's troops crossed the river from Mengjin and rushed straight to Luoyang.

When the news reached Baima Pass, the army of Li Hai was dispersed immediately. Zhu Youzhen seized the opportunity to go out of the pass and defeated Li Hai's troops. Li Hai's five thousand infantrymen were killed and injured, and the rest were dispersed. Li Hai himself only brought more than a hundred people to escape. At this time, he could not even go back to Weizhou. Therefore, Weizhou was already surrounded by Zhu Wen and was blocked.

At the end of May, Zhu Wen attacked Weizhou City with the defeated troops of the Shence Army, who were defeated by Tian Chengsi at the foot of Luzhou City. After three days, Zhu Furen died in battle. After Li Xin broke up in the city, he burned himself to the governor's mansion in the Aicheng City. Xue Gu led his troops to break through and was killed by Zhu Wen. Nearly 40,000 Shence Army in Weizhou, most of which surrendered.

After Weizhou was broken, Zhu Wen immediately led the main force to advance towards Chang'an, and at the same time ordered his eldest son Zhu Youyu to lead his troops to Luzhou, join forces with Tian Yue's troops in Luzhou, and launch a fierce attack on Han Qi's troops.

Due to the fall of Luoyang, Han Qi and Li Cunzhong's army were separated. Under Zhu Youyu and Tian Yue's fierce attack, they could not resist and retreated step by step. Fortunately, at this time, the coalition forces of Shi Zhuang, Xue Ping, Yang Zhihe, Minrou and Xinye defeated Tian Ping, Xue Xiong and Pei Zhiqing's troops. The coalition forces immediately went south and approached Luzhou. Only then did Han Qi stabilize the morale of the army, and the two sides were once again in a stalemate.

At this point, the battle of Zhaoyi has come to an end.

The biggest profiter was naturally Xuanwu and Zhu Wen. Not only did he swallow Wei Bo in one bite, he also occupied half of Zhaoyi's area. At the same time, Xuanwu's army directly captured Luoyang, and the army's troops pointed directly to Chang'an.

Chang'an is already in chaos. Once Luoyang is broken, Chang'an is almost unblocked. This is a fact that everyone understands.

Another benefit was Li Ze. Without any effort, Li Ze occupied half of Zhaoyi and swallowed Xingzhou, Beizhou and Mingzhou into his stomach. At the same time, another gain was that Han Qi in Hedong suffered heavy losses in this battle and could no longer fight against Li Ze. Now he needed the support of the Wuwei army to defend the existing defense line, so as not to take advantage of Zhu Youyu to attack Hedong. Zhang Jia, who was in Shuozhou, took the opportunity to advance and took the famous general Daizhou, Xinzhou and others into his pocket.

Li Ze had no intention of launching a large-scale advance in Zhaoyi at this time, not to mention that Pingzhou was once again trapped in the war. Zhang Zhongwu faithfully fulfilled his agreement with Zhu Wen, which forced Li Ze to turn his attention to Pingzhou. Zhu Wen naturally did not want to have trouble at this time and fight with Wuwei, a strong opponent.
Chapter completed!