Wang Hu led the Yulin army to 20,000, and Guo Jing struggled with more than 10,000 local tyrants. The two armies attacked Yangdi together. Lai She had not been idle these two days, and gathered 15,000 soldiers to defend the city and called on all counties to come for rescue.

The county magistrate was killed, and the people of Yangdi were in a state of great concern. Some people suggested that they quickly retreat northward while the thieves were not siegeing the city and took the way to enter Henan County, where the heavy troops gathered in Wuhan.

Lai Xu was furious and said, "Your Majesty appointed me as the prefect, and I have the responsibility to defend the territory. How could the prefect abandon the county and escape after the battle? Moreover, the army of the expedition to the south is still in Nanyang. If I abandon the county, where will they go?" Those who suggested that the retreating troops beheaded and displayed to the public, and no one dared to retreat again.

When Lai She heard that Xiangcheng was lost, she immediately ordered the Yingchuan Duwei Hou Jin to recruit Linying and Yingyin and other counties to retake Xiangcheng. Hou Jin gathered 10,000 troops from several counties and was about to rescue Yangdi, but after receiving the prefect's order, he immediately turned to Xiangcheng.

While besieging Yangdi with Guo Jing, Wang Hu divided his troops to defend Yangcheng and kept the road with Luoyang unobstructed. Luoyang reinforcements continued to come in from the entrance of the celestial palace and led their separate efforts to attack the counties in Yingchuan.

Lai She defended Yangdi until it was windy and rainy, and Wang Hu could not capture it. Because the road at the entrance of the siege was rugged and narrow, large siege equipment, especially the sharp siege weapons, were not transported here, and the Han army did not have suitable siege equipment.

The northern part of Yingchuan, which is closer to Luoyang, fell one after another. The Lun family powerful killed the county magistrate of the city and surrendered, fully demonstrating the characteristics of Yingchuan's powerful being good at protecting themselves.

In the southern part of Yingchuan, Xinji, Changshe, Yingyin, Dingling, Yancheng and other counties far from Luoyang are relatively stable. They have a certain ruling foundation for building Wuhan. They are also recruiting soldiers and food to support Yangdi and advancing troops to Xiangcheng.

Emperor Liu Yu was in Luoyang. After all the fronts started war, his military-loving heart began to move again, wishing to visit the front line in person and experience the strong atmosphere of the battlefield. After surrendering at the entrance of Luyuan, he could no longer sit still in Luoyang. He led a team of cavalry to the Luyuan clan and prepared to cross Luyuan Ridge and enter Yingchuan.

Guo Ji, Zheng Xing, Gu Gong and other ministers immediately chased after him and stopped him desperately, saying that he would not let the emperor go south, saying that Yingchuan is too chaotic now and that the Supreme One cannot be in danger.

The feeling of being pleaded with an old man kneeling on the ground and hugging his thighs and snot pleading with his nose was not very comfortable. The emperor had no choice but to stop at the Cang family, but refused to return to Luoyang, and only paid attention to the battle situation in Yingchuan in the Cang family.

The old men felt that it was safe as long as they didn't leave the Yiluo Plain. The two sides reached a compromise and the emperor could finally command the offensive and defensive battle nearby.

The Cang family is very close to Yingchuan. The Yingchuan battle report came. After passing through the Cangling, it was the Cang family. Therefore, the Yingchuan battle report would be held on the emperor's desk for one day, and if it was late, it would be placed on the emperor's desk for half a day.

The battle report ahead flew in like snowflakes. Wang Hu said that Yangdi City was strong and urgently difficult to capture. He wanted to use the technique of surrounding three palaces and one to attack Yangdi, so that the defenders could retreat when they were in trouble.

The emperor said: "Lai She, this is a general. It is really difficult for him to defend Yangdi."

Liu Yu was quite familiar with Lai She. Lai She was the number one figure at the junction of the Han Dynasty and made great contributions to Liu Xiu's pacification of Longxi. His contributions could be among the top few heroes of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but because he was a royal relative, he was not included in the 28 generals of Yuntai.

Lai She's most magical battle example was that more than 2,000 people attacked Lueyang. Wei Xiang personally led tens of thousands of troops to attack, opened mountains and built dikes, and stored water to irrigate the city. He used all the moves, but he still couldn't break the city. Lai She led these two thousand people to defend desperately. After using all the arrows, he demolished the house and used wood as weapons. He tried to defend from spring to autumn, and occupied Wei Xiang's tens of thousands of elite troops outside the door.

Now that history has changed, people's abilities and personality will not change. Liu Yu has no illusion about Lai She giving up Yang Di. Wang Hu's three circumferences and one is effective for others, but it is absolutely useless for Lai She, who has a firm will.

What's more, he just took office as the prefect of Yingchuan and threw away Yingchuan, which Lai She could not accept no matter what.

Liu Yu instructed Wang Hu not to rush to attack Yangdi, so as not to sacrifice too many soldiers. He reminded Wang Hu that Lai She was brave and resourceful and was a difficult general to deal with. As long as he could keep an eye on Lai She in Yangdi, Luoyang would find a way to transport the Pili cart over and wait until the siege equipment was in place before launching a strong attack.

To deal with generals, you don’t need strategy or courage, just use technology and stone cannons to fight, and solve them violently.

When the emperor saw Mu Hong's battle report, he couldn't help but slap the table and exclaimed. Mu Hong only led a thousand cavalry to the south. Taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, he seized two cities in a row and occupied Xiangcheng, a strategic location between Yangdi and Ye County, and broke the connection between Lai She and Cen Peng from the middle. This kind of operation was simply a stroke of genius.

Under the current situation, Xiangcheng has obviously become a key place and is likely to determine the future direction of the entire battle situation.

The emperor immediately ordered the captain Gongsun Zhun and Meng Qian, who were in Yangcheng, to advance to Xiangcheng at full speed to support Mu Hong. He had a premonition that there was a big battle in Xiangcheng.

A memorial from the Marquis of Yuan Guo Jing attracted the emperor's attention.

Guo Jing described the title of marquis as Mu Hong's kindness and righteousness, and the emperor loved him well, but he knew that he had little contribution and lacked virtue, so he wrote a letter to resign as a marquis and asked the emperor to allow him. He must make new contributions in Yingchuan and truly get the marquis with his contributions.

The words in the book are neither humble nor arrogant, but they are very pertinent and have a unconvincing ambition. In the second half of the memorial, the situation in Yingchuan is analyzed.

The memorial said that Yingchuan County is rich, with many wealthy families, and the people are also middle-class families, and there are many wealthy families. The wealthy families often connect to protect themselves, and the counties and counties should also let them get three points. Now that Your Majesty is entering Yingchuan, the people of Yingchuan are frightened and do not know how Your Majesty will treat the local scholars and people. If Your Majesty wants to win Yingchuan, he should first calm the hearts of the scholars and the people in various places, then the powerful and the people in various places will respond. Yingchuan County can issue an edict to make a decision.

The emperor said, "This Guo Jing is a wise man and knows the importance of it. Just a title I have granted, how can I take it back? Just a marquis, you can be granted the title. As long as he devotes himself to serving the people, he will make more new contributions."

Guo Ji said: "This book is very good and insightful. If it were written by Guo Jing, he could be called a Confucian general. However, the generals in the army often have their own authors, and perhaps his subordinates have other talents."

The emperor said: "You can ask this. If there are talents, the court will definitely use it."

So he summoned a messenger to ask, and it happened that the person who sent the book was Guo's family. He knew some details and responded to the Han army and gave a detailed explanation of Guo Jing's book. After hearing this, the emperor immediately sent a letter to summon Guo Gong as a Lang, asking him to enter Luo immediately and serve the emperor.
Chapter completed!