Just when Zhao Yu was intensively stealing the military power that should have belonged to Cao Suo in Xuchang City, in the military camp east of Ye County and south of Shahe, Guan Shuo, the commander of the Yishi Qu in Changsha, also received a letter from Xiang Xuan, the general under his command.

If the news of "Changshe's capture" made Guan Shuo very pleased, then the description of Xiang Xuan's "Zhou Hu personally led Kunyang soldiers to capture Yingyang" in the letter made him very angry.

He immediately said angrily: "How dare he betray the agreement?!"

But soon he calmed down and called a few confidant guards to instruct: "You guys go to Kunyang immediately to find the group of those who are wrapped in black scarves on their heads, find their bosses, and ask them what's going on? Warn them again, if Kunyang breaks the contract, don't blame me for being unfavorable to him!"

"yes!"

The confidant guards left.

After crossing the Shahe River, they immediately ran into the "West River Bank Patrol" led by Ishihara, or the "Nantun County Military Guards".

"Is it Guan Shuo's envoy again?"

After understanding the situation, Ishihara did not make things difficult for the rebel envoys and sent them to Kunyang to meet Chen Mo.

After all, in terms of the current situation, the relationship between Kunyang and the rebels is indeed a bit subtle. Although the two sides are still opposed on the surface, in fact, neither Kunyang nor the rebels want to start a war with each other. As Kunyang's side, Ishihara naturally does not want to break the subtle tacit understanding that both sides finally established.

Under the leadership of a team of county soldiers under Ishihara, the envoys from Guanshuo came to Kunyang County.

At this time, Zhao Yuyuan was in Xuchang, and the person in charge of matters related to the rebels in Kunyang was Chen Mo, the commander of Heihu Village.

After meeting Chen Mo, several Guan Shuo's envoys told him about the situation and immediately conveyed Guan Shuo's warning.

Chen Mo was not angry and said to the envoys indifferently: "The agreement between our leader Zhou and the righteous army was just to exchange for the "Kunyang does not support Ye County" for the "Yi Zheng does not invade Kunyang, Xiangcheng, and Runan counties", and it did not involve anything else. My Kunyang is finally a county town under Yingchuan County. The county government asked me to send troops to rescue me, Kunyang should send troops, and the righteous army could not blame me... In short, I Kunyang did not admit to violating the agreement. If Guan used this as an excuse to be unfavorable to me, Kunyang, Chen could only say that I, Kunyang, would not surrender. Please."

The envoys from Guan Shuo had no choice but to return to the military camp with Chen Mo's reply and informed the commander of Qu Guan Shuo.

After learning Chen Mo's reply, Guan Shuo gritted his teeth in hatred, wishing he could raise his troops to flatten Kunyang immediately.

Of course, this was just an impulse thought that was in a flash. Guan Shuo really wanted to attack Kunyang, but Guan Shuo still didn't dare. After all, he was in the stage of attacking Ye County at this moment, fighting one day and one big fight one day. How could he have free troops and energy to provoke Kunyang?

After conquering Ye County, joining the Jingchu rebels to defeat Wang Shangde's Nanyang army, it would not be too late for Jieshi to turn around and attack Kunyang.

Thinking of this, Guan Shuo immediately wrote a letter to Xiang Xuan.

Three days later, on the eighth day of the sixth lunar month, the letter was sent to Yingyin and to the general Xiang Xuan.

The content of this letter from Guan Shuo is summarized in two meanings: act cheaply, and the overall situation is the most important thing.

Xiang Xuan of course understood what this means.

To act cheaply, let Xiang Xuan judge whether he is fighting with Zhou Hu's strength by himself, and this incident will probably not affect the subtle relationship between Kunyang and the Changsha Yishi under Guan Shuo.

As for the overall situation, it naturally refers to the matter of "converging troops in Liang County".

This was the agreement made by Chen Xu with Guan Shuo before leaving: Chen Xu asked Xiang Xuan and Yan Xiu, Zhou Gong, Zhong Fei and others to end the war in Yingchuan County as soon as possible, and wait for him to lead the Jiangxia Yishi to capture Chen County. After Chenliu and Chenliu, he helped him to besiege Liang County. Then, together with the Jiangdong Yishi's army, the southern capital of Jin State was captured, and to complete the ultimate goal of his Yishi's army in this stage, and to completely drive the power of Jin State to the north of the Dahe River.

Based on these two points, Xiang Xuan did not actually think that it would be detrimental to Kunyang. Even after he captured Xuchang, compared with the general strategic goal of his righteous army, small local forces like Zhao Yu would inevitably seem insignificant.

What's more, the "Zhou Hu power" had an ambiguous relationship with his righteous master, and it could barely be regarded as a Green Forest force that could be won over.

But Zhou Hu captured Yingyang, posing a certain threat to Xiang Xuan's attack on Xuchang, which made Xiang Xuan feel a little annoyed.

Since Guan Shuai asked me to make a judgment on my own, I might as well go and meet Zhou Hu and see what he intends to do.

Xiang Xuan thought to himself.

On that day, he led 5,000 Changsha Army and strictly repaired his 3,000 Jiangxia Army, combined with 8,000 troops, and headed for Yingyang in a mighty manner.

At this time, there were wolves active everywhere in Yingyin. After discovering Yingyin's abnormal movement, these wolves sent alarms to Yingyang two hours in advance, making Chu Yan, who was in charge of Yingyang, feel as if she was facing a great enemy.

It’s not that Chu Yan was timid. The problem is that in the past, he had only had the experience of leading three or four hundred people to fight, and had no experience in commanding large corps to fight. How many soldiers are there under his command now? A total of eight thousand people!

To be precise, there should be 8,400 people, because the rebel prisoners captured that day, that is, the soldiers under the rebel general Guo Huai, had already surrendered by Ju Sheng and Cao Wu and joined the second camp of Lu Ben. After all, both sides were once soldiers of the Changsha Yishi. When they were captured, the soldiers under Guo Huai were naturally willing to turn to Ju Sheng and Cao Wu.

The soldiers led by this suddenly increased by nearly twenty times, and even the brave Chu Yan couldn't help but feel at a loss.

Fortunately, he kept in mind Zhao Yu's advice before leaving, and immediately invited Huang Ben, Zou Bu, Ju Sheng and Cao Wu to discuss the matter with the four of them.

During the meeting, Ju Sheng saw Chu Yan's helplessness and took the lead in comforting: "Don't worry, right commander. According to the enemy situation reported by the brigade wolf, the troops led by Xiang Xuan were only 8,000, which was equivalent to ours. Although there was a slight gap in strength between the two soldiers, we were defending the city, which was enough to make up for this gap."

Beside him, Cao Wu also spoke up.

Chu Yan nodded and made up his mind to fight a beautiful city defense battle. After all, he is the right commander of Heihu Village, and his status is still above Magai, Ma Hong, Ju Sheng, Cao Wu and others. How can he be underestimated?

However, to his surprise, Xiang Xuan did not intend to attack Yingyang immediately that day. He came to Yingyang just to meet Zhao Yu.

"I am Xiang Xuan and ask Zhou Hu to come out and see me!"

After leading the army to the northern suburbs of Yingyang, Xiang Xuan came to the city with only a team of guards and shouted to Yingyang City from afar.

Hearing this shout, Chu Yan, the current commander of Yingyang City, replied loudly: "The great leader is not in the city."

These words were beyond Xiang Xuan's expectations.

Is Zhou Hu not in Yingyang?

Could it be that he has returned to Kunyang? But isn’t he going to save Xuchang?

Could it be...

After thinking about it again, Xiang Xuan changed his expression slightly.

He still remembered that one night a few days ago, the damn Kunyang brigade wolves were extremely active and hunted the patrol soldiers in his army around at night.

It was on that night that Xiang Xuan received a report from the patrol guards under his command, saying that there seemed to be a team of hundreds of people who walked around Yingyin to Xuchang in the dark. Xiang Xuan didn't care at first, after all, it was just a team of hundreds of people.

But now thinking about this, Xiang Xuan suspected that Zhou Hu was in the team of hundreds of people and was mixed into Xuchang from his nose...

This is not good.

Xiang Xuan's expression immediately became solemn.

Although he always looked disdainful to Kunyang and Zhou Hu, in fact, he was still a little wary of Zhou Hu. After all, Zhou Hu finally defeated him as the main force of Changsha Yishi.

So……

What should I do here?

Xiang Xuan frowned and stared at the Yingyang City in front of him.

I've come here, let's take a look at Yingyang's strength first... If I could get Yingyang back in one breath, even if Zhou Hu sneaked into Xuchang, I would still be invincible.

Thinking of this, Xiang Xuan immediately issued an order: "Prepare to attack the city."

Seeing the movements of the rebels outside the city from afar, Chu Yan said excitedly and uneasy: "It seems that there is still a fight."

Hearing this, Ju Sheng smiled and said, "It's just a temptation... I look at that Xuan, today I'm just here to meet the leader, and siege the city is probably just a whim."

Chu Yan asked in surprise: "Ju Yingshang is so sure? I saw the rebels outside the city carrying a long ladder for siege..."

From the side, Cao Wu also smiled and said, "The right commander is not a long ladder specifically for siege, but a rule in the army... If an army wants to conquer the city and siege, it must carry some ropes and long ladders with the army to open a road when encountering mountains and build bridges when encountering water... If Xiang Xuan came here specifically to attack Yingyang, he would bring a cloud ladder that is more conducive to siege, rather than some ordinary long ladders."

"Oh." Chu Yan suddenly realized.

Suddenly, he discussed with Ju Sheng, Cao Wu, Huang Ben and Zou Bu and sent 500 county soldiers from Xiangcheng and Runan counties, as well as 500 soldiers from Lu Ben's second camp to the city wall to resist the rebels, and the rest were prepared.

The five hundred Xiangcheng and Runan counties had nothing to say, and they were not much better than the militia. However, the soldiers of the Luben camp under Ju Sheng and Cao Wu were all regular soldiers from the Changsha Yishi, and were no less than the soldiers under Xiang Xuan. Xiang Xuan tentatively sent two thousand soldiers to launch two rounds of attacks, just like a mud bull entering the sea, and failed to shake the city defense of Yingyang City at all.

Seeing that the powerful soldiers on the city wall had black scarves tied to their arms, Xiang Xuan recruited his general Guo Huai and asked, "Are those military soldiers the rumored 'Kunyang Black scarves'?"

“Yes, not.”

Guo Huai shook his head and explained: "I have seen the real 'black scarf'. Those people wrapped the black scarf on their heads, both army and enemy. As for those who tied the black scarf to their left arm in the city, they should be rebel soldiers who were led by Ju Sheng, Cao Wu and others who betrayed my righteous army..."

"oh."

Xiang Xuan then suddenly realized and frowned and looked at Yingyang City in the distance.

Only then did he realize that some of the people opposite were soldiers from his Changsha Yishi Division, no wonder his strength exceeded his estimate.

"Retreat troops and return to Yingyin."

After weighing the pros and cons, Xiang Xuan decisively issued an order to withdraw his troops.

Guo Huai was shocked, but he did not dare to disobey Xiang Xuan's order.
Chapter completed!