If only Jiangsu and Zhejiang were in danger, the troops from Anhui and Shandong could go south to rescue them, and the troops from Hubei could also march eastward to join forces with Cao Rui. There shouldn't be a situation where all parties are tied, but this situation happened. Why? It's not true.
It's just because of the dispute between the old and the new parties that they dare not save friendly forces so blatantly, but because Luoyang has no idea how to use these troops now.
Emperor Wanchang was an independent emperor, but he was good at politics and intrigues with courtiers. As for the military, he was actually powerless. However, at the moment, after the political failure, the military was also suffering successive blows. Cao Rui in the east has already
There is only one lone army trapped in Jiangning, like a small boat in the roar of the sea. Only God knows when it will be destroyed.
The trouble does not stop here in the south. The sixth prince of Hunan, Yueyang Wang Linxi, is suddenly in a crisis.
In fact, Lin Xi's trouble is not that he is in danger. Before the uprising, Guxin Pavilion was not much weaker than the Qinglong Sect. However, Guxin Pavilion never planned to rebel because of the huge internal changes.
Such a strange thing happened because their preparations were far worse than those of the Qinglong Sect.
So, when Lin Xi led the army south, the Pakistani bandit army was in trouble. Lin Xi's ability to lead troops was quite average, but his advantage was that he was cautious and generally did not fight uncertain battles. Every time he sent out troops, he did not necessarily have to
Some gains were made, but no unexpected mistakes were made. Lin Xi's counterinsurgency was not very fast, but it still gradually reduced the territory controlled by the Pakistani bandit army. After a few months, the Pakistani bandit army only had two cities left in Changsha and Hengyang.
The city is in hand
However, the cautious Lin Xi may not know the importance of encircling three and missing one, or he does not dare to "miss one" at all, because he knows that he is here to suppress the rebellion, and his father will never tolerate him in Luoyang because of any encirclement.
The three were short of one and he let the rebels run away, so he used an iron hoop formation to squeeze the activity space of the Pakistani bandit army bit by bit, and finally reached such a situation that the Pakistani bandit army was besieged in the last two cities.
But Lin Xi didn't know that because of the war, the Central Army had increased taxes and corvees in the controlled areas, which had made more people mentally inclined towards the Pakistani bandits - even though the Pakistani bandits did not collect their taxes.
Taxes simply because there was too little time
At this time, the Ba bandit army would die if they were trapped in a lonely city, and if they fought hard, they would die. Its leader Zhang Jianyuan was determined to fight against all odds and carry out the final battle. This was beyond Lin Xi's expectation. Zhang Jianyuan first ordered the entire Hengyang garrison to attack.
After making the illusion of breaking through and joining forces towards Changsha, Lin Xi mobilized part of the troops surrounding Changsha to go south to block the block. Zhang Jianyuan personally led the Changsha garrison to break through Lin Xi's northern defense line in one fell swoop, and quickly captured Xiangyin and Miluo, and quickly
Advance towards Yueyang
Lin Xi was shocked when he learned the news. Yueyang was his home base and stored a large amount of supplies, equipment, and gold and silver. Once captured by the Pakistani bandits, the consequences would be disastrous.
However, the speed at which the Pakistani bandits struggled to break through could not be judged by normal eyes. Although Lin Xi led his men, Feng Wuwei, to hurry up and slow down, they still failed to catch the tail of the Pakistani bandit army.
Four days later, the Pakistani bandit army captured Yueyang, which was almost undefended, and seized a large amount of weapons, equipment, and food supplies. The strength of the Pakistani bandit army was greatly shaken. Because the base of the Pakistani bandit army is also Yueyang, the people base is very good, and another 40,000 troops were quickly recruited.
, together with the 80,000 remnants of the Pakistani bandits who broke out of the encirclement, the total strength once again reached 120,000.
Moreover, Zhang Jianyuan learned his lesson here and did not go south to confront the Fengwu Guards in Lin Xi's hands. Instead, he didn't even stay in Yueyang for a while, and directly marched to the northeast with the huge batch of supplies, heading straight towards Wuhan.
Yueyang was lost, and Wuhan was in danger! When the news came out, the world was shocked! The Luoyang court, which had just received the news of the failure of the suppression of bandits in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, suddenly lost its voice. The east was about to be lost, and the south seemed to be almost there... What should we do?
The east and south are major grain-producing areas, especially the east, which is a heavily taxed area. If these two areas were lost together, the Wei Dynasty would have lost half of its country at once!
----------------------------------------A small boat is going up the river, traveling on
In the dim Yangtze River at dusk
Under the boat, the river is surging. On both sides, the green mountains are far away. On the bow of the boat, there is a middle-aged man standing. He is of medium build, with broad shoulders and thick back. He wears a black veil virgin scarf, has a wide forehead, a long and thin face, and rough eyebrows.
Below is a pair of long, triangular eyes, with two sharp and cold rays of light shooting out from the bright eyes. He is wearing a gray robe and a hemp rope tied around his waist.
The solemn look on his face reflected the restlessness in his heart at the moment. Half a month ago, he learned the sad news that his mother had died of illness in his hometown in Hubei, so he resigned from the important task of going to Jiangxi to preside over the provincial examination, and hurriedly set out on his way home to attend the funeral. What also made him anxious was state affairs.
The Ba bandit army, which started in Yueyang, is getting bigger day by day. Now it has invaded Hubei. The troops in Wuhan have been almost evacuated. How to defend against the attack of more than 100,000 troops? When I think of the country in a troubled period, the land of birth is inevitably under the flames of war.
He is addicted to poison, has studied literature all his life, and has no power to tie a chicken. He just wishes he could practice martial arts and kill thieves for the country.
The boat sailed slowly by, and he looked back at the vast river, and then at the vast river in front of him. The middle-aged man sighed and shook his head a few times. At this time, Chen Quan would not know that soon
He actually became the counselor of the Sixth Prince Lin Xi and gained his great trust.
----------------------------------------Zhao Xingyi rode his horse slowly in Jiangning
In the city, this golden ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, a stone city that has been prosperous for several generations, is now wallowing in the chaos and dilapidation after the war. The black smoke generated by burning mansions and houses everywhere has graffitied the clear white sky, but it also suppresses the sky.
Come down, black clouds are overwhelming the city, and in addition to gunpowder smoke, there is also the smell of blood and carrion in the air.
It had only been two days since the city was destroyed on the 16th, but countless corpses had piled up in Jiangning City. The once green Qinhuai River was filled with corpses, and the land in the streets and alleys was soaked with blood and turned into a brown color.
The weather was not yet cold, and the corpse quickly became rotten. Although the smell is still faint now, Zhao Xingyi, who has been a behind-the-scenes military advisor under Ouyang Cuo for nine years, believes that if he does not convince the young leader Ouyang Cuo to take the necessary measures, Zhao Xingyi
After a few days, this smell will be so powerful that it will swallow up the huge Qinglong Army that stretches across the south of the Yangtze River.
"Brother Chen, if you want to go to the city, it's not impossible, but you need to bring some brave personal guards. You know, there are still remnants of the imperial party, and if there is anyone in the army I lead who doesn't know you, sir,
I'm afraid it's not good for you!" Before leaving, the young leader Ouyang Cuo called him affectionately and sent him twenty soldiers.
Zhao Xingyi's horse's hoof crossed a broken arm. After seeing it too much, he became familiar with it and turned a blind eye. The owner of this arm should have been a young woman when he was alive. Even if it is separated from the woman's torso, the arm is still white and flexible.
It's just that the little finger on the palm has been chopped off. There should be a ring on it not long ago.
The longer he walked in the city, the more Zhao Xingyi began to feel the importance of these twenty soldiers. The Qinglong Army, which once had strict military discipline, traveled across the south of the Yangtze River, and defeated the once arrogant Central Army time and time again, has now become a group of people robbing property.
The mob that raped women
Many soldiers of the Qinglong Army whizzed past him pushing carts. The carts were full. Even if they were covered with cloth, they could not cover the looted gold and silver jewelry. From time to time, he saw officers and soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Qinglong Army. Three
Groups of five were killing people with a game-like excitement, and some of the tips of their spears were even piercing the corpses of babies.
They were also looking at him, as if they were trying to figure out whether he was carrying any belongings, but when they glanced at his twenty strong soldiers, their eyes became filled with resentment.
As Zhao Xingyi walked, he couldn't help but frown slightly, but he couldn't stop him and comforted himself in his heart: The fighting power of the Qinglong Army is known all over the world. Although the military discipline is not good now, it is inevitable after victory. Moreover, the people in these cities,
I have been attached to the Wei Dynasty for too long, and I have resisted the Holy Religion for too long. Now that I have reached this point, I have brought it upon myself.
In the blink of an eye, I arrived at Jiming Temple, only to see that this thousand-year-old ancient temple was still unable to escape the flames of war. Flames and black smoke filled the sky over this ancient temple. The temple door was trampled to pieces, and even the plaque of Jiming Temple was thrown away without care.
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Zhao Xingyi sighed, but there was nothing he could do. After walking this distance, he had already judged the situation in the city and was about to go back to Ouyang Cuo. He was thinking about how to persuade the young leader to sort out his subordinates' manuscripts. However, he saw a group of officers and soldiers pulling a gun in a playful manner.
woman
It was summer at that time, and the woman was only wearing a thin azure top. Her left arm was obviously injured, and blood was constantly seeping out of the blue top. She struggled desperately, and was torn apart during the struggle.
A large area of fair skin was exposed. When the officers and soldiers saw such a beautiful scene, there was no reason to let it go. They all rushed forward.
Zhao Xingyi hesitated to speak. As a person who has been immersed in Confucian ethics for many years, Taya did not want to see such an injurious thing happen in broad daylight, but he did not want to cause trouble to himself because of it.
Just as he was about to turn the horse's head, he suddenly heard a Changzhou accent calling his surname: "Come and ask for my cousin!" Zhao Xingyi is from Changzhou, Jiangsu, but he has been in the Qinglong Army's west Dongting Mountain camp for a long time and has rarely heard it.
He was surprised to hear the hometown dialect at first, but he was even more shocked when he realized that the familiar hometown dialect was actually his first name.
In the midst of doubt, the woman surrounded by officers and soldiers struggled to break out and stretched out her hands to him: "Come and ask me, cousin, I am Ting'er!"
Ting'er? A delicate face with combed hair clearly appeared in her memory.
Zhou Ting'er, his cousin, the image of the girl in his memory overlapped surprisingly with the disheveled woman in front of him. Zhao Xingyi took a breath and hurriedly said to the officers and soldiers who were still tearing the woman's clothes: "Brothers, please do it for your convenience.
The woman is a relative of mine”
These officers and soldiers were all **Zhengzhuo. They couldn't listen to his words. They were still pulling the woman, and some of them were already swearing in Zhejiang dialect.
Zhao Xingyi couldn't help but secretly worry that the number of the other party was similar to that of the people he led. If the fire broke out, the situation was not yet stable, and it would be very easy for trouble to occur. But if the woman was the person he imagined, it would be very dangerous.
Unable to save him, he quickly thought about the situation in his mind, but there was no other way to solve it except by force.
At this moment, I heard a voice shouting loudly: "Brother Chen, why are you here?" As the man said this, he walked from the crowd. The officers and soldiers who committed violence stopped and bowed.
Zhao Xingyi naturally recognized that this man was a general of the Qinglong Army and the White Tiger Protector. He was brave and good at fighting and was well-known in the south of the Yangtze River. What was rare was that he respected him as a scholar as an aide. He quickly dismounted and bowed to the ground: "
Protector Baihu, this woman is a relative of mine. She married into Jiangning in her early years. Later, after I came to the Holy Cult, I lost contact with her. I didn’t expect to meet her today. She also came from a poor family and would never be with the dog court.
If there is any connection, I hope the Dharma protector will help you!"
Protector White Tiger's eyes glanced at the woman unconsciously, and saw her with her head lowered. Her face could not be seen clearly for a moment. The broken clothes just now had been pulled up as much as possible by her. Although she could vaguely see that the woman's skin was fair and delicate, she looked...
He was very slender and he turned around indifferently, already planning to sell Zhao Xingyi a favor.
"Brother Chen, I still want to give you this face." He immediately looked solemn and said to the officers and soldiers around him: "Don't let him go yet!"
Zhao Xingyi hurriedly bowed and thanked him, but when he raised his head and fixed his eyes on the face of the White Tiger Protector, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.
The White Tiger protector has strong skills and is tall and strong. When Zhao Xingyi saw him in the past, he always felt that he was full of energy. Even after attacking cities and plundering territory for several days and nights, he was still energetic. However, at this time, he had occupied Jiangning for less than two days.
He clearly showed signs of fatigue over the course of the day. He stared at Protector White Tiger's eyes, which had become chaotic and bloodshot, and his eyelids were black and swollen, and quickly identified the signs of excessive drinking and debauchery.
Although those officers and soldiers were unwilling, they did not dare to disobey the order of the Protector. Seeing their frustration, Protector White Tiger couldn't help laughing and scolding and said: "Once Jiangning City is destroyed, there are still so many beautiful girls, they are really turtles."
Like this!" He cupped his hands to Zhao Xingyi, laughed and left surrounded by everyone.
---------------------------------------------As soon as the recent World Cup started, time suddenly
It’s really disappointing. I watched Argentina vs. Greece last night and I didn’t go to bed until 4 or 5 o’clock. My head has been in a daze all day today. It’s really harmful... But I still have to continue watching it tonight.
