At the Jinling court, half were those who impeached Li Xiaofei for losing his division and lost his territory, and another half were those who impeached Chen Hongyi for being afraid of the enemy. The two groups of people were excited, as if they were forcing Liu Xuan to issue an edict to execute these two men immediately.

Liu Xuan also sat on the throne and watched their respective performances.

Xie Rui thought that this was actually a good time to deal with the threat, so he sang a counter tune with everyone: "I think that the defeat of Xiangguo was not the fault of Li Xiaofei alone. The hussar general Chen Hongyi is now facing three enemies.

Don't attack easily. For the current plan, the only way is to quickly send General Wang Xian out of Bashu to reinforce Guanzhong and let him control the troops and horses from Guanzhong and Hebei to fight the enemy together. This is the best strategy!"

It was indeed a foolproof strategy. Xiao Shan and others suddenly understood that letting Wang Xian control Chen Hongyi would, firstly, consume Wang Xian and Chen Hongyi's troops in the north, and secondly, it would make Wang Xian and Chen Hongyi restrain each other. This way, other aristocratic families could rest easy.

, Liu Xuan also understood what Xie Rui meant, but now that the enemy was facing the enemy, he really needed Wang Xian's reinforcements, so he ordered Wang Xian to go out from Bashu to rescue Guanzhong and control the troops and horses in Guanzhong and Hebei.

The Qianyu Army of the Black Banner Khanate was led by Ju Wuzhi, with Fan Zhi and Hong Cheng as deputy generals. After the Qianyu Army captured the Xiang Kingdom, they first looted all the wealthy families, and then moved the people to Mobei. Zhu Yaoshi secretly

They sent people to give gifts to these three people, but only Ju Wuzhi accepted them, but Fan Zhi and Hong Cheng both refused. Fan Zhi and Hong Cheng were neither greedy for money nor greedy for sex, and were extremely harsh but not stingy with their soldiers.

As a reward, all they thought about was how to break the city, break the formation, kill the enemy and behead the generals. Qianyu soldiers all admired these two deputy generals. Although the general Ju Wuzhi was resourceful and resourceful, he was greedy for money and lustful. When compared with these two men, he was compared.

Go down.

Fan Zhihong and Cheng took the lead in going west to besiege Yecheng with the Green Banner Khanate. However, Ju Wuzhi felt that the strategy Zhu Yaoshi suggested to him to conquer Hebei was feasible, so he stayed in Xiang State and only focused on plundering surrounding counties. Fan Zhi and Hong Cheng

He had no choice but to send someone with a secret message to report back to Hu Gao.

On the other hand, Zhu Yaoshi continued to send gifts to the Black Flag Khanate, while restraining his subordinates not to compete with Qian Yu's army for the city and loot, showing a submissive and obedient attitude. Secretly, Zhu Yaoshi sent someone to send a secret letter to Chen Hongyi,

Report the truth and falsehood of Qianyu Army to Chen Hongyi.

After Chen Hongyi received the secret letter from Liu Jian and Zhu Yaoshi, he immediately summoned Chen Kuan and others to discuss strategies to defeat the enemy. After everyone listened to Chen Hongyi's story, many people thought that the defeated army in Hebei was exaggerating the enemy's combat power. Only Chen Kuan

He believed that the enemy's combat power may have increased: "No matter how weak Hebei's troops are, they will not lose all the cities in one month. Moreover, Lu Sheng's 5,000 cavalry has about the same combat power as our most elite cavalry. It only takes one hour to defeat them all."

The army was wiped out, and even Li Xiaofei could only escape with his troops and horses, which shows that there is indeed a powerful enemy force that we have never encountered before. We cannot underestimate the enemy!"

Chen Kuan's analysis silenced everyone. Chen Hongyi continued: "It is not impossible. If people from the Central Plains implement the training method of "Wei Wuzu" in Mobei, they can train an elite force of several thousand people."

. I also wanted to train a thousand-man team with the combat power of "Wei Wuzu", but I didn't want the court to suspect that I had different intentions, so I gave up. I didn't expect that there are such powerful enemies now, and it's too late to train anymore.

This group of enemies is proficient in climbing walls, riding horses, and shooting. We can't defend the city as usual. You should discuss how to defend Ye City."

Some people talked about widening the moat, and some talked about wrapping thorns on the city wall. After talking for a long time, there was no really effective way.

Chen Hongyi rubbed his hands: "That's all, we can only retreat to the river and use our navy and the river to block them on the north bank. How to deal with the enemy's new army, we will each think of a way."

Chen Hongyi led 30,000 people back to Luoyang, and Yecheng fell immediately. However, Yecheng did not fall into the hands of the Black Banner Khanate, but was overtaken by the Green Banner Khanate. By the time Qianyu's army came to the city, the city had already been planted

After flying the flag of the Green Banner Khanate, Ju Wuzhi had no choice but to lead his army back to Xiang Kingdom. Fan Zhihong and Cheng had many complaints, and the three of them had a big quarrel.

Wang Xian and his 30,000 infantry finally arrived in Chang'an on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month in the second year of Yanchang. It was snowing heavily and the city of Chang'an was completely white. Chen Hongyi and his generals also rushed over to pay homage to Wang Xian. According to Wang Xian's previous order, Li Xiaofei

He and Murong Ling also rushed to Chang'an.

Wang Xian glanced at Chen Hongyi and the generals, and was quite proud: "It seems that I have to take action to save this critical situation. They say that the Chen family's army is invincible, so why can they only rely on the danger of the river to resist the enemy this time?"

Chen Hongyi bent down and handed over his hands: "General, there is no such thing as invincibility in this world. This time, the bandit Zhu Yaoshi joined forces to rebel against the people, and then the two great khanates in Mobei attacked. We were attacked on three sides and had to retreat to the river.

Waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from the general "

Wang Xian laughed loudly: "Hongyi, I think you are surrounded by enemies on all sides. There is also an enemy in Jinling. They are hindering impeachment at every turn. Even if you are both civil and military, you will not be able to deal with it. Of course, I will definitely work with you this time."

Let's work together to wipe out all the enemy's anti-people forces. You still need to support me more!"

Chen Hongyi nodded: "Hongyi should obey the orders of the general. Our Liang country can no longer withstand internal strife. I hope the general will also bear with me and other generals."

Wang Xian's eyes fell on Li Xiaofei: "It is said that this young man who was named Taifu not long ago escaped from the enemy's siege. I think this person can help me guard Chang'an, as well as the young man

Grand Master, with him guarding me, I can command and dispatch all the troops to destroy the enemy with peace of mind."

When everyone heard this, it was clear that this was to drive away the people around the prince, and the next step was to arrange for his own people to be around the prince. As expected, Wang Xian still refused to change his ways.

Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling had no choice but to express their compliance with Wang Xian's arrangement. Wang Xian smiled with satisfaction: "I hope you two can help me. The prince, in order to prevent the enemy from sending assassins to attack, I have sent General Wang Dao of Zhenxi to protect him."

It was inconvenient for everyone to argue with Wang Xian at this time, so no one objected. After all, the prince still had Crown Princess Xiao Qian with him. With Xiao Qian, the Xiao family would check and balance Wang Xian, so Chen Hongyi was not particularly worried.

Chen Hongyi raised his head and looked at Wang Xian: "General, I have reported the details of the enemy's troops to the general in a letter before. I wonder how the general will dispatch the enemy?"

Wang Xian had no idea at all. After all, the Chen family's army couldn't stand it, but he still laughed: "We have more than 60,000 people in one place. We will recruit soldiers and horses to recruit civilians, and guard Chang'an and Luoyang separately. After the spring,

It won’t be too late to advance northward to regain the lost territory.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Hongyi knew that what Wang Xian said was empty talk, so he was not polite: "If the enemy army takes advantage of the river to freeze and kills them in the first month, what should we do?"

Wang Xian was stunned for a while and then asked: "Hongyi asked this, it must be that he already has a countermeasure, and I also want to hear your opinions."

Chen Hongyi smiled bitterly: "I thought that now we should send 3,000 people as spies to deliver information about the enemy day and night. Only by first grasping the enemy's movements can we respond in time."

Wang Xian applauded: "Yes, it coincides with what I want, so let's first send 3,000 people to various places to find out the news."

Everyone agreed. Chen Hongyi took his men back to Luoyang, while Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling stayed in Chang'an.

Li Xiaofei had seen the power of the Qian Yu Army, so he sincerely reported the situation of the Qian Yu Army to Wang Xian again, but Wang Xian laughed at Li Xiaofei for escaping before the battle, and sent Li Xiaofei out to lead people to reinforce the city wall.

Li Xiaofei knew that the city wall could not stop Qian Yu's army, but he had to lead people to reinforce and repair it.

It was cold and freezing, and most of the clothes of the people repairing the city wall were in tatters. Li Xiaofei couldn't bear it, so he bought clothes and quilts for these people to keep out the cold.

Several older civilians were grateful for Li Xiaofei's kindness and quietly pulled Li Xiaofei aside: "Master Li, I heard that the army from Mobei is coming again. You are a good man. There is a secret passage in Chang'an City. We

I have given you instructions today. Once the city is destroyed in the future, Mr. Li will have a way to escape."

Li Xiaofei didn't believe it, so the folk took out a slate from under an old tree. Li Xiaofei stepped forward and saw that there was indeed a secret passage. Before Li Xiaofei could continue to speak, the folk put the slate back in its place: "Master Li, this is

The secret passage can only be used for escaping. If Mr. Li wants to use it to defend the city, he can't use it!"

Li Xiaofei's thoughts were guessed by them, so he thanked him and walked away.

The most important thing Wang Xian did in Chang'an every day was to collect money and appoint officials. All the places in Hebei had been lost, so he sold the official positions in these prefectures and counties. The governor received 100,000 guan, the county governor 50,000 guan, and the county magistrate 100,000 guan.

Wan Guan actually sold eight million Guan to make money.

Liang Jun sent spies to Hebei, and the two major khanates also sent detailed reports to Luoyang, Chang'an. After detailed reports, the two major khanates couldn't help but admire Wang Xian. After fighting for several months, the harvest was not as good as Wang Xian's visit to Chang'an for a few days, so they both

Carve an official seal and sell your official position.

As a result, Zhu Yaoshi suffered a loss. Most of the places in Youzhou were originally officials appointed by Zhu Yaoshi, and the Black Banner Khanate sold these official positions. Those who obtained the official positions were escorted by the Black Banner Khanate's army.

He went down to take office and drove away Zhu Yaoshi's people.

Pharmacist Zhu was not unambiguous. He followed suit and actually sold all the official positions in the Huainan region of Liang State at a clear price. However, he was the weakest and the people who came to buy him expressed doubts. Pharmacist Zhu decided to cross the river. When he was about to cross the river, he

When the news was told to close friends, everyone was shocked.

The people who were placed in Zhu Yaoshi's army were overjoyed. They were originally prepared to prevent Zhu Yaoshi from becoming big in Youzhou and Jizhou and threatening the Black Banner Khanate. Now that Zhu Yaoshi himself took the initiative to cross the river and attack south, they all supported Zhu.

Here comes the pharmacist.

Zhu Yaoshi followed the current and summoned generals and officials, saying that those who were willing to stay and join the Black Banner Khanate could stay in the north, and those who were willing to follow him could follow him across the river. As a result, Zhu Yaoshi's team immediately shrank, leaving only more than 6,000 old troops.

and untouchables follow.

The spies who reported back to Wang Xian told Wang Xian that Qianyu's commander, Ju Wuzhi, was greedy for money and lust. Wang Xian felt that he could induce him to make peace with Ju Wuzhi and withdraw from the army, so he arranged for various soldiers to collect money and redeem the cities in Hebei.

Chen Hongyi refused to implement it and wrote a letter to reject Wang Xian. Wang Xian was greatly annoyed, but he had no choice but to curse.

In order to deal with Qian Yu's army, Chen Hongyi summoned craftsmen to rush to make the bed crossbow in Luoyang and offered a reward to anyone who could make the repeating crossbow.

After Ju Wuzhi got a lot of money, he was somewhat satisfied and often talked about returning to the grassland. Fan Zhihong and Cheng came to dissuade him, so Ju Wuzhi sent them to Liyang to receive the more than 30,000 people left by Zhu Yaoshi.

On the side of the Green Banner Khanate, Deputy Khan Zadar and Zuo Duwei Ahe led the troops to occupy Yecheng. After seeing the power of the Qianyu Army, they couldn't help but worry. After the two Khanates defeated the Liang Army, there must be a fight between the two sides.

If faced with an enemy like the Qianyu Army, the Green Flag Khanate would have no chance of winning. After the spies of the Green Flag Khanate informed Zadar of the feud between the generals and deputy generals of the Qianyu Army, Zadar immediately wrote to Fan Zhihongcheng.

A letter, in which the two men were highly praised, the Green Banner Khanate was waiting for them with the official position of minister of state.

Ah He was puzzled: "How could these two people come to seek refuge because of your letter? Isn't this a waste of effort?"
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