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Chapter Thirty-Eight

Liu Congxi had obviously been persuaded by Zhan Tai Jingming and others. He stood still and waited for reinforcements to arrive. He was making plans with a very firm attitude. Li Xun's persuasion was ineffective. Huang Xun then repeated his persuasion. The two finally had a big quarrel and broke up. .

Looking at Huang Zhen's figure looking up to the sky and sighing, Li Xun also felt deeply helpless. The emperor needed generals to lead his army in battles, but at the same time he did not trust the generals, so he sent eunuchs to supervise the defenses as supervisors of the army. There were constraints everywhere. Many people have lost their little patriotism in anger. How many people can, like Huang Zhuo, try their best to maintain a normal heart and always worry about the country and the military?

Liu Congxi didn't take out the Tiger Talisman, so Huang Jie couldn't mobilize the army and could only sigh and wait for the good opportunity to pass away. Although the five thousand elite cavalry he brought from Jingping Pass did not need any bullshit Tiger Talisman to command and mobilize, but in this way , obviously violated the rules, and the price was too high. Even if the matter was completed, I am afraid that Emperor Zhao Zhi would not forgive Huang Chong lightly afterwards.

In the fifth year of Taiping, August 20th.

Hong and Jiang Jiedu envoy Zhao Bo'an personally led an army of 20,000 to come to the rescue. They arrived at Zhi County and faced Huang Zhi's army twenty miles away.

Zhan Tai Jingming and others were overjoyed and spoke to Huang Sheng one after another, demanding that they immediately join forces with Zhao Bo'an and then fight to the death with Zheng Ze and others.

Huang Xun smiled bitterly and said: "We want to fight decisively, but I'm afraid Zheng Ze won't give us this chance."

Despite this, everyone was unanimous in their opinions. The supervisor Liu Congxi and the censor Qin Anming also asked Huang Chao to immediately lead the army to join Zhao Bo'an. Huang Chao had no choice but to let Shan Qiu lead an army of 5,000 to garrison Zhixian and guard against the 3,000 at Yangshan Pass. The defenders made a surprise attack from behind, and then led the army to meet up with Zhao Bo'an. With nearly 50,000 people, they began to approach Zheng Ze and others, intending to fight to the death.

The battle situation turned out just as Huang Shen expected. Facing the approach of Huang Shen and Zhao Bo'an's 50,000 troops, Zheng Ze, Liu Xiang, Huang Baichuan and others joined forces and then retreated, not wanting to fight Huang Shen at all.

The two parties were in a stalemate for several days, with Huang Zong advancing, Zheng Ze and others slowly retreating, and the battlefield slowly returned to the Mi County area.

After the three-party coalition forces of Zheng Ze, Liu Xiang, and Huang Baichuan retreated to Mi County with more than 50,000 troops, they no longer retreated, but formed formations to prepare for a battle.

Huang Zhen has already figured it out. Since time is not waiting for me, he will lead his army to defeat Zheng Ze and others before Yang Liecheng takes any action, and then lead his army to attack Yingzhou. At that time, Yang Liecheng will never dare to do anything again. Any unusual movement.

Unfortunately, the development of things often does not go as people want.

Just when Huang Jie was reorganizing his troops and preparing to attack, extremely bad news finally came from Hongzhou.

Taking advantage of the decisive battle between Huang Zhen and Zheng Ze, Yang Liecheng, the envoy of E and Yue Jiedu, personally led an army of 25,000 to raid Jiangzhou. The 3,000 defenders of Jiangzhou were caught off guard and outnumbered, and collapsed in a battle. , Yang Liecheng occupied the entire territory of Jiangzhou in only half a day.

Yang Liecheng led the army to advance quickly, and then surrounded Liangcheng, Lu County, Hongzhou Prefecture. Zhao Qiankun, Zhao Bo'an's son, led an army of eight thousand to defend the city and sent people to pass the news to Zhao Bo'an.

At night, heavy rain fell and the temperature dropped suddenly.

In the large tent of the Chinese army, all the generals gathered together.

Zhao Bo'an walked back and forth there, his expression changing. It was obvious that the news of Hongzhou's crisis made him feel extremely uneasy.

"Brother Huang, what do you think?"

Zhao Bo'an looked at Huang Shen and asked aloud. The two were about the same age and had similar qualifications. However, Zhao Bo'an was the adopted son of the late emperor. He was titled the Prince of Hong'an County and the Jiedushi of Hong and Jiang. His title was much higher than that of Huang Shen.

"Brother Bai An, look here."

Huang Zhen spread out the map and pointed to a place, which was Yingzhou.

Zhao Bo'an walked closer and took a look at the map, frowned slightly and said, "Brother Huang, you still want to attack Yingzhou? But..."

After Zhao Bo'an and Huang Chao met up a few days ago, Huang Chao told him about this matter, but Zhan Taijingming and others on the side said it was a trick and should not be fooled. Huang Chao thought at that time that if he could gather an army to directly defeat Zheng Ze and others. He was a good man, so he didn't persist. Now Yang Liecheng had surrounded Liangcheng, and Zheng Ze and others avoided fighting and took the initiative on the battlefield.

The best way now is to trust Zheng Chun and raid Yingzhou. Once Yingzhou is captured, you can take the shortest route to the north to Hongzhou. If you go east, you can directly enter Ezhou and encircle Wei to rescue Zhao. The plan is to force Yang Liecheng to retreat, which has many benefits.

"I still said what I said, I will only take five thousand soldiers to raid Yingzhou at night."

Zhan Tai Jingming immediately objected loudly: "You know it's a plan, but you still go there. What does the general want?"

Huang Zhen could no longer hold back the anger in his heart and said coldly: "Zheng Chun has already taken his children as hostages, what else is there to worry about?"

Zhao Feidu said in a nonchalant manner: "Who knows if those children are Zheng Chun's children? Just take a few children and say they are our children. If we were really fooled, wouldn't it make people laugh if the news spread? Losing big teeth?”

Zhao Bo'an watched everyone quarreling there, frowning slightly, but did not interrupt. Among the people present, if there is anyone who is the most sincere to the court, it is undoubtedly Zhao Bo'an. He was poor since he was a child, and was rescued by the late emperor and raised in the palace. He regarded him as his own son, and for the sake of the Jin Dynasty, he was willing to do everything to his death. If other Jiedu envoys heard that their territory was occupied by others, they would have jumped into panic and immediately led their troops back to rescue. However, Zhao Bo'an He doesn't care about these, what he cares about is that if this war fails, it will be an extremely heavy blow to the imperial court.

Li Xun glanced at everyone present and suddenly understood. The reason why Zhan Taijingming opposed Huang Zhen's sneak attack on Yingzhou was because he was afraid that something would happen to him. Once something happened to him, the battlefield here would be a failure. Even if they returned to Fengjing, He will also be punished extremely severely. On the contrary, if Huang Shen is here, even if he fails, when he gets to the emperor Zhao Zhi, as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, no matter how big his fault is, he will still be there to bear it. Zhan Taijing shows them Instead, you don’t need to worry too much.

Li Xun suddenly felt that Zhan Tai Jingming and others may not care about the gains and losses of Jiangnan at this moment. There are now 50,000 troops, which is equivalent to the number of soldiers and horses of Zheng Ze and others. If they retreat to Huainan, Zheng Ze and others may not necessarily pursue them. Come on, after all... what they want is Jiangnan, not fighting Huang Zhu here.

"I agree with the general's plan."
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