The news of the destruction of the 30,000 troops quickly reached Xiang Fa's ears. Although the 30,000 new troops were all recruited shortly and had no combat experience, it was reasonable to be defeated by Li Yanqing.

But Xiang Fa did not expect that the 30,000 new troops were defeated so quickly and so miserably, which completely disrupted his plan.

Xiang Fa hoped that Zhu Hongliang could lead the 30,000 new troops to intercept the southward journey of Li Yanqing's army, and then hunted Suzhou with his 80,000 army, defeating Li Yanqing's 20,000 troops in one fell swoop. But now the 30,000 new troops disappeared overnight, and Li Yanqing's southward journey suddenly lost the obstacle. If he did not catch up with the Jingzhao army in time, he might be afraid that Li Yanqing would enter Hangzhou.

Xiang Fa suddenly realized that he had made a big mistake and underestimated the enemy a little. He underestimated Li Yanqing's army. Maybe his plan to lure the troops into the deep will turn into a wolf.

Thinking of this, Xiangfa became a little anxious. He immediately said to his personal soldiers: "Go and invite General Liu over!"

At this time, the 80,000 army led by Xiangfa had just passed Jinling County, about 120 miles away from Wuxi County, which was about 20,000 miles away from Li Yanqing's 20,000 troops. This was almost a day's journey for a large army.

Soon, Liu Yanqing hurried over on a horse. Although he had a big quarrel with the coach Xiang Fa and had a heart-to-heart relationship, the two of them could barely maintain a superior-level relationship and did not break up.

Liu Yanqing clasped his fists and said, "What's the matter with Xiang Shuai looking for a low position?"

Xiang Fa pondered for a moment and said, "Did General Liu know the news that Zhu Hongliang's entire army was destroyed?"

Liu Yanqing nodded, "I have heard of the humble position."

Xiang Fa sighed, "The original plan was that Zhu Hongliang's 30,000 new troops intercepted Li Yanqing's army in Suzhou, and then our two armies attacked each other in one fell swoop. Now that the 30,000 troops disappeared, Li Yanqing's army lost the obstacles. I was worried that he would go all the way to Hangzhou, so the best way was to hold them back."

Liu Yanqing sneered in his heart, but did not show his face, but said lightly: "There is no army in the south now, and there is no way to hold them back. The only way is to speed up the marching speed and catch up with them before Hangzhou as soon as possible, and then the two sides fought a decisive battle. Apart from that, Bei Zhi couldn't think of anything else?"

Xiang Fa laughed dryly and said, "If the entire army pursues with all their might, I am worried that the army will be too tired. In the end, there is an army that can take the lead, catch up with Li Yanqing and hold him back, and create conditions for the army to go south to annihilate the enemy."

Liu Yanqing said coldly: "Does Xiang Shuai plan to let me lead my 20,000 subordinates first?"

"This capable person works hard, so it will be hard for General Liu to do this."

Liu Yanqing was immediately furious. This was clearly a sacrifice to himself and Xiang Fa was sinister and outrageous.

Liu Yanqing held back his anger and said, "What if my army is defeated by Li Yanqing again, and the entire army is destroyed?"

"With General Liu's ability, this should be impossible! Besides, we are only a hundred miles apart from Li Yanqing's army. As long as we hold Li Yanqing for one day, our main force will be killed."

Liu Yanqing still shook his head, "Ship Xiang, it's not me who said you. Doing this is a taboo for military strategists. If you disperse your troops, you will easily be defeated by the enemy."

Xiangfa's face suddenly became gloomy, "General Liu means not to accept my military order?"

Liu Yanqing also said coldly: "I'm sorry, the old prince has promised me that I don't have to accept the unreasonable military order. Let's say goodbye first!"

Liu Yanqing bowed his hand with his fists, turned around and urged the horse to leave, leaving far away towards the back looking at Liu Yanqing, with a sharp murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

He immediately turned around and ordered: "Go and find General Zhao Wenkai!"

Soon, a general in his thirties rode on a horse and saluted his fists, "I'm not here to see the general!"

Xiang Fa lowered his voice and said a few words in his ear. Zhao Wenkai was startled, with a hint of hesitation on his face. Xiang Fa patted him on the shoulder, "As long as you do this, I will fulfill you immediately when you begged me last time!"

Zhao Wenkai was very obsessed with a famous prostitute in Jiangning Mansion. The Wanghua Building where the famous prostitute was located was Xiang's family property. Zhao Wenkai asked Xiang Fa for the famous prostitute, but Xiang Fa never agreed to him. But today, as the price for him to do things for him, Xiang Fa agreed to give him the famous prostitute.

Although a woman and Xiangfa asked him to do something, he also wanted to hug Xiang's thighs, so he nodded and agreed.

"I will definitely do this properly!"

In the evening, 80,000 troops began to rest in a wilderness, and soldiers from various soldiers buried their pots to make meals. Liu Yanqing's 20,000 troops were located in the front of the army, and the soldiers were also busy cooking.

At this time, Liu Yanqing was sitting alone on the big rock in depressed mood. He really regretted participating in this battle for the throne. He was mainly too eager to be named the prince, and the court could not achieve it. However, under Xiang Zongliang's repeated bewitching, he finally couldn't resist the temptation of the prince and agreed to participate in the plan of the three foreign relatives.

But when Liu Yanqing calmed down and thought about it over the past two days, he realized that he had made a big mistake. King Kang had ascended the throne in the capital. The empress dowager and all officials agreed that the nature of this matter was not a fight for the throne, but a coup or even a rebellion.

Especially when his son Liu Guangshi was still in the Western Army, he participated in the coup, which would implicate his son's future. The more he thought about it, the more he regretted it. Liu Yanqing didn't know what to do for a while.

"It seems that the General is worried?"

Liu Yanqing's brother-in-law, also his confidant general, walked up and asked with a smile: "Did your brother-in-law have a conflict with Xiang Shuai again?"

Liu Yanqing sighed and told Wu'ancheng the rude request that Xiangfa had today, and finally said: "I can't say that his ideas are unreasonable. From a military point of view, this strategy is indeed one of the more effective solutions at present. I just hate him, but he deliberately targeted me and took my subordinates to step on it. I just couldn't swallow this."

Wu'ancheng snorted heavily and said, "If I had known, I wouldn't have followed the Xiang family to do such things. I had a bad reputation and was bullied by the Xiang family. Brother-in-law, let's go back to Jingzhao!"

"I think about this matter again and see if I can find a safe solution."

At this moment, a noise came from afar. Liu Yanqing was stunned. It seemed that something happened to his army. He stood up and walked quickly towards the army base.

At this time, a general rushed forward and said, "Report to General, the logistics army is mean to us and gives us military rations with a small bucket. The brothers don't have enough food, so they are making trouble!"

Liu Yanqing was furious, "What a good Zhao Wenkai, you dare to bully me, Liu Yanqing. Come on, prepare a horse for me!"

Wu'ancheng hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Brother-in-law, I'll deal with this matter!"

Liu Yanqing waved his hand, "That Zhao Wenkai is Xiang Fa's confidant. He will not buy your account. Only if I go to suppress him will he dare not do anything. Just be optimistic about the soldiers."

Liu Yanqing immediately led a dozen personal soldiers to the rear army. The logistics army was ten miles away, and hundreds of tugboats were transporting food. The head general of the logistics army was Zhao Wenkai.

He heard that Liu Yanqing was coming to settle the score with him, and he couldn't help but sneer and said to the soldier: "Take him into my big tent!"

The soldiers ran away, and Zhao Wenkai gave his own soldiers another wink, and the soldier left with a sense of understanding.

At this time, a soldier walked towards the logistics army military affairs tent with an angry Liu Yanqing.

"My general is clearing the accounts, please follow me."

The soldier took Liu Yanqing to a huge tent and bowed, "My general is in the tent, General Liu is invited to come in!"

Liu Yanqing snorted heavily, lifted the curtain and walked in. This kind of large account is a double-layer account, including the inner and outer accounts. There is a four-foot-wide passage between the inner and outer accounts. Liu Yanqing continued to enter the inner account, and saw dozens of soldiers holding sharp axes standing in the account, staring at him coldly.
Chapter completed!