When Zheng Ze learned from the fleeing soldiers that Yingzhou City had been successfully attacked by Huang Chao last night, he was stunned and stunned, and could not recover for a long time.

"How is this possible? I have been sending people to monitor Huang Shen closely. They have shown no signs of mobilizing troops recently. There are tens of thousands of soldiers guarding Yingzhou City. How could it be lost overnight? This is absolutely impossible... ..”

Zheng Ze murmured to himself, and as he spoke, he woke up completely. The emotions in his heart were unbearable, and by the end, he was roaring angrily.

"Tell me clearly, how did Yingzhou City get lost?"

Zheng Ze fiercely drew out the long sword from his waist, pointed it at the soldier kneeling on the ground in front of him, gritted his teeth, and asked sternly.

The soldier leaned back in fear and told what happened in a trembling voice.

Yang Liecheng besieged Liangcheng, but Zhao Bo'an's eldest son Zhao Shien refused to surrender and gathered the people in the city to resist desperately. Yang Liecheng could not attack for a long time and suffered heavy casualties, so he sent 7,000 troops from Yingzhou to Hongzhou to support.

With the arrival of the rainy season, heavy rain fell for several days and the temperature dropped suddenly, which caused great trouble to the secret sentries and scouts on patrol. Huang Jie seized this opportunity and led three thousand cavalry, marching hundreds of miles at night to raid Yingzhou. , succeeded in one fell swoop.

Liu Xiang interrupted at the side and said puzzledly: "Didn't the three thousand soldiers stationed in Pinghu County retreat to Yingzhou City? Even if Yang Liecheng took away the seven thousand soldiers, there would still be six or seven thousand soldiers in total, and Huang Chong only had three How could thousands of cavalry capture Yingzhou City so quickly?"

"There's a traitor!"

The soldier smiled bitterly and said: "Zhonglang General Zheng Chun gathered five hundred soldiers from his headquarters to rebel, and joined forces with Huang Zhenli and opened the city gate."

Zheng Chun?

Zheng Ze gritted his teeth, with infinite anger on his face: "It turned out to be this dog thief. If I had known about this, I should have killed him to get rid of future troubles."

"Now is not the time to talk about this. The city of Yingzhou has been lost. Huang Zhuo can attack Hongzhou from behind. Yang Liecheng may be in danger. We must think of countermeasures immediately. Once Yang Liecheng is defeated, we will all be doomed."

Liu Xiang's face was ugly. The loss of Yingzhou City made him suddenly nervous. Yang Liecheng was the key to the entire battle. Once he was defeated, the entire situation would be completely overturned. At that time, he and others would be defeated by Zhao Bo'an and others. They were blocked in Mi County and could not advance. If they retreated, how could they lead the army to attack Fengjing? Liu Xiang never dared to think about this idea.

Huang Baichuan arrived later and learned that Yingzhou City had been successfully attacked by Huang Zhu. His expression changed drastically, but he quickly calmed down and asked Huang Zhiwen beside him: "Zhiwen, do you have any countermeasures?"

Huang Zhiwen walked back and forth with a very heavy expression on his face. He had just been trying to persuade Huang Baichuan not to worry too much, but he never expected that the battle situation would change so quickly.

After pondering for a moment, Huang Zhiwen looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "There are two strategies. First, gather the army immediately, attack Zhao Bo'an with all our strength, defeat them, and then move the army to Yingzhou City. Second, we continue to stay here to contain Zhao Bo'an's army. , let General Huang Baichuan lead an army of 20,000 to Yingzhou City, encircle it without attacking, and block Huang Chao in Yingzhou City so that he cannot lead the army to Hongzhou. As long as Yang Liecheng captures Liangcheng, the overall situation is still in our hands. in the hands."

Huang Baichuan nodded, looked at Zheng Ze and Liu Xiang, and said, "I think the second method is the most feasible. I wonder what the two generals think?"

Zheng Ze thought for a while and felt that this method was indeed a good one, so he nodded in agreement: "This is a very good plan, but... Brother Huang is going to Yingzhou City alone, and I'm afraid he is a little unable to do it. We can ask General Liu Xiang to follow and help."

Liu Xiang smiled and said: "It is my honor, Liu Xiang, to fight together with Brother Huang."

Huang Baichuan glanced at Zheng Ze and Liu Xiang expressionlessly, and felt very unhappy in his heart. At this time, these two people were still quite defensive about him, but now the battle situation had changed. Huang Baichuan suppressed his heart. He felt displeased and didn't want to argue with them, so he nodded without objection.

On Li Xun's side, they learned that Yingzhou City had been successfully captured. This news came two hours earlier than Zheng Ze and others. Everyone was extremely excited. Zhan Taijingming immediately said that he should lead his army to Yingzhou City and fight with them. Huang Zhen made peace, but was immediately rejected by Zhao Bo'an. After all, there was a 50,000-strong army of Zheng Ze and others not far away. He and others led the army to retreat. How could they just sit idly by and ignore it? They would definitely pursue them. It was raining heavily now. Stop, the temperature is very low and the road is difficult to travel. Once they catch up, the outcome will be unpredictable.

Zhao Bo'an was the adopted son of the late emperor, with the title of county king, and had guarded the south of the Yangtze River for many years. Whether it was prestige or military power, he was not comparable to Huang Chong. Zhan Taijing even contradicted Huang Chong, but he did not dare to be presumptuous in front of Zhao Bo'an.

Finally, everyone discussed and decided that Gu Yong would lead eight thousand soldiers to Yingzhou City to meet with Huang Shen and strengthen the defense, while the rest would stay here to contain Zheng Ze and others.

Li Xun felt that the two armies were confronting each other here and the atmosphere was too depressing. Moreover, since Huang Zhen was no longer here, he did not feel safe at all, so he approached Zhao Bo'an and expressed his willingness to go to Yingzhou City with Gu Yong. Zhao Bo'an had no objection and let Li Xun freedom of movement.

Li Xun followed Gu Yong and eight thousand soldiers and rushed all the way to Yingzhou City.

At this time, Zheng Ze also learned that Yingzhou City had been lost. He discussed with Huang Baichuan and others, decided on a strategy, and began to mobilize troops.

Huang Baichuan led 20,000 soldiers to Yingzhou through a detour. When he was detected by scouts, he immediately returned and informed Zhao Bo'an. Zhao Bo'an gave the decisive order, gathered the entire army, and began to attack Zheng Ze's camp. He caught the opponent by surprise and almost broke through the defense. Enter the main camp.

Huang Baichuan hadn't gone far yet. After receiving this news, he had no choice but to lead his army back and attack Zhao Bo'an from the side. After several hours of fighting, he finally repelled Zhao Bo'an.

The reason why Zhao Bo'an made a decisive decision and ordered an attack on Zheng Ze's camp was because he was worried that Huang Baichuan would catch up with Li Xun and Gu Yong, so he chose to take the initiative to attack and force Huang Baichuan to return for rescue. This went back and forth, and several hours passed. Although he was repulsed, but it also delayed Huang Baichuan's journey to Yingzhou. When Huang Baichuan gathered his troops again and headed for Yingzhou City, the eight thousand soldiers led by Li Xun and Gu Yong had already arrived safely at Yingzhou City. , and successfully met with Huang Zhen.

Just when Huang Zhen found a chance in a desperate situation, news of the battle situation in Jiangnan had reached the hands of Emperor Zhao Zhi. The messengers rushed back to Fengjing two days earlier and traveled under starry night, but Zhao Zhi was not in Fengjing. Instead, he went to Xingzhou to visit Xingzhou with his concubine Li Yi.

Zhao Zhi, who was originally in a good mood, learned that the war situation in Jiangnan had changed. Zheng Ze, Liu Xiang, Huang Baichuan, Yang Liecheng and others jointly rebelled, Huang Sheng was defeated and retreated to Zhi County, Liangcheng was besieged by Yang Liecheng's tens of thousands of troops, and other unfavorable news.
Chapter completed!