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Shangwan City (Nanyang), an important town of the Jingzhou General Administration, was a solemn atmosphere in the meeting hall of the government office. Liang Shiyan, the marshal of the Southern Army, discussed the enemy's defense with a group of officials and generals.????

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The southern army led by Liang Shiyan was defeated in Lianghekou, and lost a large number of supplies and infantry. Only thousands of cavalrymen withdrew from him and the marching general Yang Su and other major generals to Jingzhou Prefecture to control Rangcheng.

But Rangcheng could not be defended. First, Jiyang City, the capital of Xinye County, more than 80 miles north of the Lianghekou battlefield, faced the tide of Anzhou army and surrendered without fighting. Jiyang City is located more than 50 miles southeast of Rangcheng, and it can be reached in one day with a large army march.

Liang Shiyan did not think that Rangcheng could organize effective city defense in such a short time to deal with the endless siege equipment of the Anzhou army, so he immediately led the cavalry to retreat north to Shangwan, more than 100 miles northeast, to organize the city to defend.

Shangwan has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times, the city defense facilities are much stronger than Rangcheng. If the Anzhou army wants to attack Shangwan, they must first take down the surrounding prefectures and counties, so they can have time to breathe. The subsequent development of the situation gave the defenders a little time.

The capital of Rangcheng was besieged by the Anzhou army. The Rangcheng garrison opened the door to surrender after the commander of Anzhou Army Yu Wenliang promised not to harm the people and not to kill the officials and generals. Xiuyang City, a key area northwest of Rangcheng, was also taken down by the Western Army led by the Xiangzhou General Manager Du Shijun. At this point, the exit of the Wuguan Ancient Road to Jingchu was blocked by the Anzhou army.

The capital of Zhejiang Prefecture, Xiuyang City in Zhejiang Yang County is the southeast exit of the Wuguan Ancient Road. The army that traveled through mountains and rivers from Chang'an must pass through here if it wants to enter the Jingchu land, so it is a place that military strategists must compete for.

The Anzhou army now has no extra force to attack Chang'an, but blocked the exit of this narrow passage. Prime Minister Yang from Chang'an wanted to send troops into the Jingzhou General Administration Office and could only go south from Luoyang.

This is a matter of course and was expected, but after the other party's trouble, the Shangwan defenders had seized time to strengthen the city defense day and night from surrounding cities to recruit soldiers from prefectures and counties to help defend the city. In a blink of an eye, it was July.

"Just just now, an envoy came from Luoyang to send military information, and the Turkic army retreated!" Liang Shiyan announced a shocking news, and the generals and officials present were stunned and silent when they heard this.

The Turks' fierce attack this time will not be able to repel them in a short time. The court's response is to defend the north and the east attack with the city guarding the Turkic army and defending the attack of the opponent with various passes. The main army first defeated Yuchi Dun in the east and Yuwen Liang in the southeast, but now the Turkic army has withdrawn?

"Tuobo Khan, who led his troops south to attack Chang'an, died of illness during the march. The leaders of various Turkic troops were eager to compete for the position of Khan, so they all brought their troops back to the grassland." Liang Shiyan revealed the inside story when he saw that everyone was suspicious, and everyone came back to their senses.

"It's really God helping me!" Marshal Zheng Yi raised his hand and raised his forehead. After escaping from the battlefield of Lianghekou, he quickly met with Marshal Liang Shiyan and others. He was also one of the people who strongly advocated defending the support in Shangwan City.

Everyone was so brave that this Changshi, who was usually afraid of death, had such courage to look at him after his great defeat. Of course, it was unknown to outsiders.

There was more than one good news, and Liang Shiyan announced another military information he had just received: "The General Administration of Yuzhou has quelled the Baman rebellion on the northern foot of Tongbai Mountain, and sent troops north to support Luoyang a few days ago."

Luoyang is the top priority. Even if the entire territory falls, it is not as important as Luoyang, and it is still in the hands of the court. It is natural that the Yuzhou General Administration will not save Shangwan, which is in the west, and send troops north to reinforce Luoyang first.

"In this way, Yuchi Dun, who attacked Luoyang, will not be able to stay for long, and Luoyang will be able to rescue the siege in just around the corner." The marching chief Yang Su immediately judged the upcoming change in the battle situation, which was a very beneficial change to his side.

"That is, the army of Luoyang's siege can be divided into its troops to support Shangwan. As long as our army sticks to it, we can persist until that day!" Liang Shiyan began to cheer everyone present.

Facing the powerful siege equipment of the Anzhou Army, the generals present had no confidence in how long they could last. Xiangyang City, which is famous for its strong city, fell into the trap for a few days. Shangwan was afraid that it would not be much better. However, now that our side has hope, it will take more than ten days. At that time, the reinforcements from the north will have to retreat once the Anzhou Army arrives.

Luoyang's army is the elite among the elite, mainly cavalry. Yuwen Liang has a few courages to fight tens of thousands of elite cavalry in the wilderness outside Shangwan City. Besides, so many cavalry can doom the Anzhou army by just harassing the food road.

"Everyone, the day when the rebellion in Anzhou is destroyed is not long. Please live and die with Shangwan City. If anyone dares to have an affair with the rebels, they will be executed immediately!" Zheng Yihui's character began to "remind" everyone, so that those who want to surrender to the Anzhou General Manager Yuwen Liang should consider the situation and not be able to think about it for a while.

Seeing that everyone was looking at death, Zheng Yi nodded but didn't agree. He had already had insurance with the Anzhou general manager Yuwen Liang, even if Shangwan was broken, he could still return to Chang'an. So no matter how beautiful the words sound good, of course Shangwan could keep it the best.

‘I’m afraid I can’t hold on…’ Zheng Yi’s mind was filled with harmless appearance, and he sighed in his heart.

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At the mouth of the two rivers, a floating bridge connects the east and west banks. The atmosphere in the military tent of the Hexi camp of the floating bridge guards was solemn. Yuwen Wenhe's generals were holding a meeting, and Shi Wansui, who had newly surrendered, was also listed. He was involved in the new army as the "captive leader" who joined the new army.

The scum captives that no one wanted after the war have now been attracted by Yuwen Wen smoothly with full food and military pay. The method is very simple: let them eat and chat with the new soldiers, so that they know that Yuwen Wen’s signature is ‘integrity’.

A small number of stubborn prisoners of the Southern Army were "treated" by the Anzhou Army on the day of the war or the next day. Those who could be absorbed and replenished by the generals of various departments had already followed the army northward. The remaining hundreds of prisoners who could fight but were not likable but were not wanted were recycled by Yuwen Wen's waste.

They have practical experience but have personality dissatisfied with the various dark sides of the military camp. They dare to shout and scold the generals who like to deduct military pay, so they are not likable.

But Yuwen Wen's new army had no such problem, so after several "in-depth exchanges" with the new army soldiers, the captives began to hide their desire to serve without doing hard work or chores. As for whom the "entrusted" who had suspicious signs of the benefits of the new army, God knows.

He can eat and eat and wear robes and shoes with excellent quality, and does not deduct military pay and military laws and regulations to strictly reward and punish, so the scum decided to work hard to the Duke of Xiyang County.

Seeing that the fire was almost over, Yuwen Wen asked the military leader Chen Wudi to arrange for each building to pick people. First, the long sword team chose the swordsman with good knife skills or good physical fitness, which accounted for about half of the people.

Then the cavalrymen were skilled in selecting cavalry and shooting, but there were only a few dozen people. In addition, Shi Wansui helped the newly recruited more than 200 prisoners the day before, a total of nearly 300 people mixed with the 300 cavalry that he had already owned, and then divided them into two buildings for Yuwen Shiwu and Shi Wansui to lead them respectively.

Shi Wansui was a man who had led troops to fight wars. As a general, he had commanded thousands of troops. Therefore, he had clear military affairs. Yuwen Wen was not afraid of the other party being a newly surrendered man gritting his teeth and let Shi Wansui take charge of a cavalry.

If Yuwen Shiwu and the three hundred cavalry were Yuwen Wen's self-defense dagger, then Shi Wansui's three hundred cavalry were specialized in cutting people.

The remaining archers are excellent, and those with great strength are used to be halberd soldiers. Then, there are routine daily exercises, martial arts competitions, especially archery and cavalry.

Shi Wansui's bow and horse skill is skilled in riding and shooting skills, so he is the chief instructor to guide the cavalry during training. Another one who is practicing for life is the Long Sword Team. The team leader Yang Ji has nearly 60 more people under him and is very excited. He has been teaching by example and deeds every day.

Seeing that the combat power was replenished, everyone was excited and waiting to fight with the imperial army again. Yuwen Wen, who had just returned from discussing military affairs with the general manager Sima Zheng Wanqing, told everyone here that the latest order from the general manager of Anzhou. The order was like a wake-up call for everyone.

"The General Manager asked me to wait for An 6?" Everyone was anxious after hearing the news. They were ready for a while and waited for ten days to go north to fight the imperial army. As a result, the commander was driven back to An 6, who was in trouble to count the ants. Who could accept it?

"Tomorrow, we will set off the camp and go south to Fancheng. After we take a boat along the Han River to continue to go south to Yingzhou Changshou." Yu Wen Wen said expressionlessly.

"Master! No, no, you have to tell the old Master...Master!" Yuwen Shiwu was so anxious that he was incoherent. He and his subordinates held in a long time and waited to go to the battlefield to kill people. Seeing that his chance to join the war was gone, he was really unwilling to accept it.

"What will I say when I go to the camp? Your father is thinking about telling you about marriage after the war is over. Could it be that I want me to go to the staff for the first and second?" Yuwen Wen glanced at Yuwen Shiwu with a smile.

"What's that old ghost trying to do? When will the woman not have it?" Yuwen Shiwu was led by the boss's words and began to worry about the headache of his father's marriage.

Yang Ji glanced at Yuwen Wen. Seeing that there seemed to be nothing unusual on his face, he muttered in his heart that there was something wrong. He knew that Yuwen Wen was "crawling and versatile" seemed to be keeping it in hiding, and then he had an idea: "The south side is not calm, but the south side."

Xu Shao also came to his senses and looked at Yuwen Wen to speak, but in the end he still held back. He knew that Yuwen Wen liked to keep him in a trap and stopped stepping on the trap. The rest of the people looked at the main general with expectations on their faces.

"It's still Team Master Yang who is calm!" Yuwen Wen opened the topic as he saw that the atmosphere was almost brewing: "The bastards in Chen are restless and start to take action!"

Everyone here breathed a sigh of relief: Just fight if there is a war! It is also chopped to cut the imperial army, and the army of Chen State is also chopped. Anyway, everyone is chopped to cut people. Who cares whether the battlefield is south or north!

The atmosphere in the tent was loose, and Brother Chen thought about it and asked another question: "The army commander, is it too late to rush to the Huangzhou General Administration Office?"

His problem is also very real. The Chen State in Jiangnan harassing the Jiangbei prefectures of the Huangzhou General Administration, who were trying to get a fight and leave, but he was afraid that Chen Jun would have escaped when he arrived.

Yuwen Wen couldn't resist the gaze he asked when he was asking his subordinates: "I will definitely catch up."

Shi Wansui looked at Yuwen Wen and thought for a moment and was surprised and confused. He struggled for a while and asked carefully: "Could it be... Could it be that something happened to Liang State?"

The Liang State is a vassal state of the Great Zhou Dynasty, located on the south side of Xiangzhou, west of the Anzhou General Administration. The capital of Jiangling is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River and is often attacked by the Chen army.

"Well, Shi Wansui guessed right. It was Liang State attacked by Chen's army and it was a mess." Yuwen Wen revealed the answer and told the specific situation in a casual manner.

Chen's army almost succeeded in the raid on the capital of Liang's State, Jiangling, and defeated the Liang's navy to fleeing west in a panic. Now it is besieging Jiangling City.

There were Zhou naval troops in the Zhou Dynasty under the rule of the Xinzhou General Administration of Great Zhou on the west side of Liang State. After they merged with the Liang State naval troops, they advanced eastward again to fight the Chen naval troops, which resulted in a decisive defeat. Now that the Chen army has controlled the Yangtze River, they are mobilizing troops to step up their besiege to Jiangling.

The six reinforcements sent by Kezhou were blocked by Chen's army to the west of Jiangling. Other reinforcements from Liang State were defeated by Chen's army's surroundings and aided forces. Jiangling City is now considered an isolated city.

Because the court and Anzhou general manager Yuwen Liang turned against each other and were fighting in a decisive battle, Liang State, who used to use the Xiangzhou army as a strong support, could no longer ask for help from Xiangzhou, but Yuwen Liang decided to "take the initiative to help" if he was anxious.

"Brother...well, the governor of Xiangzhou Yu Wenming has led his army south, and our army's mission is to fight together." Yu Wen Wen pointed out the mission, "This matter cannot be promoted. If anyone dares to leak the news before boarding the ship in Fancheng, he will hang himself on the southeast branch!"

Liang State is a vassal state of the Great Zhou Dynasty. As the soldiers of An and Xiangzhou states, they naturally have to draw their swords to help each other. As for taking advantage of the situation and robbing, it is nothing at all!
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