Qin Wei looked at Liu Yuanrang and Ji Fei in front of him and frowned.
"That means Shuzhou City has been lost!"
To be honest, he didn't expect Shuzhou City to be lost. Liu Yuanrang sent him a letter before saying that he had taken control of the city guards. He thought Liu Yuanrang could hold Shuzhou City.
As a result, Shuzhou City was lost in just a few days!
Liu Yuanrang stood in the study, his face full of decadence.
"Your Highness, this is an incompetent official! He failed to defend Shuzhou City."
Qin Wei shook his head slightly, he really couldn't blame Liu Yuanrang for this.
"Master Liu, Master Ji, please sit down first!"
"Xiao Shunzi, go and call Li Ru."
Qin Wei ordered.
Liu Yuanrang and Ji Fei looked at each other and sat on the chairs next to them.
Yuqing and Yuling brought them tea and cakes.
The two of them had not had a good meal in the past two days, and they both felt extremely hungry after looking at the tea and pastries.
"Eat it if you want!"
Qin Wei smiled when he saw them like this.
"Thank you, Your Highness, I am indeed very hungry."
Ji Fei said without politeness, and then started eating while holding his beard.
By the time Li Ru came to the study, the two of them had already eaten all the cakes on the plate.
Li Ru took his seat, and Qin Wei asked Liu Yuanrang and Ji Fei to talk about the situation in Shuzhou City.
At this time, Qin Wei once again clearly felt the importance of the Imperial City Division.
If there were no problems in the Imperial City Division, he would have received news the day after Shuzhou City was lost.
But now Liu Yuanrang and Ji Fei are here, and he knows the news that Shuzhou City was lost.
Moreover, except for Shuzhou City, he did not know the situation of the Wei Si in other cities and towns in Shuzhou.
"Li Ru, what do you think?" Qin Wei asked with a headache.
Li Ru said thoughtfully: "Your Highness, the situation in front of us is actually much better than before. The rebellion has all jumped out. We no longer need to be able to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy as before."
It was their plan to plunge Shuzhou into chaos, but with Liu Yuanrang and Ji Fei here, Li Ru couldn't explain it clearly.
Qin Wei nodded slightly, "Then we should still act according to the previous plan?"
Li Ru thought for a moment and said, "The plan can be changed slightly. Let's take Xin'an Fucheng first."
Their previous plan was to deal with other guards first and then move into various cities.
But now that Shuzhou City has fallen, they must be prepared for an attack from Shuzhou City.
Xin'an Fucheng can be used as a fortress to resist Shuzhou City, which can prevent war from affecting Xinning Fucheng.
"Can't we take back Shuzhou City first?" Liu Yuanrang couldn't help but interrupt.
Li Ru shook his head slightly, "It's too late now. If I'm not wrong, I have already dispatched rebels to Shuzhou City."
"With our current strength, we have no chance of winning in attacking Shuzhou City!"
Liu Yuanrang looked a little embarrassed, but he was unable to refute Li Ru.
Li Ru was right. Although they lost Shuzhou City very easily, if they wanted to take it back again, they would probably have to pay a thousand times the price.
Qin Wei tapped the table and said, "Then take Xin'an Mansion first."
"Your Highness, I have another question." Li Ru said again.
"explain!"
"We need more food and grass. If Shuzhou City is like this, the situation in other prefectural cities and guards may not be very good. Next, we have to recover the city while gathering the stray soldiers. Without enough food and grass, things will change easily.
." Li Ru explained.
Now only Liu Yuanrang and Ji Fei are here, will more officials and soldiers come to seek refuge next?
The more stray soldiers there are, the more food and grass they need.
Qin Weidao: "The matter of food and grass is simple, just borrow it from Tianzhou directly."
"As for the stray soldiers, it's up to you to deal with them."
Li Ru nodded slightly.
"Send an order to Yuwen Chengdu and ask him to rectify his troops and march to Xin'an Fucheng in three days."
Qin Wei ordered.
…
In the following two days, news from various places in Shuzhou continued to reach Xinningfu City.
As Li Ru expected, the entire Shuzhou was in chaos.
There were rebellions in the Sixteenth Prefectural City of Shuzhou and in the five major military divisions except Anning Guards.
Some cities were occupied by rebels, while others were defended after a chaotic battle.
Compared with Fucheng, the situation in Weisi was more bloody. There were rebellions, soldiers killed each other, and even caused mutinies.
Except for the Anning Guard, the other five Wei Divisions in Shuzhou have all experienced an extremely bloody battle. Among them, the Wudong Wei Division and the Songyuan Wei Division have been completely controlled by the rebels.
Although the remaining three guards were able to hold on, they suffered heavy casualties and could only be trapped within the guards for a while.
At the same time, many soldiers came to Xinningfu City.
In less than two days, hundreds of officials from three prefectures and seven county magistrates gathered in Xinning Prefecture, as well as more than 8,000 soldiers.
In order to prevent these stray soldiers from causing chaos, Li Ru could only arrange them outside the city and have people reorganize them at the same time.
Although the situation was chaotic, Qin Wei still acted according to his previous plan.
Takeru forty-five years, February 12th.
Qin Wei and Yuwen Chengdu led 15,000 Anning troops to go out, officially kicking off the recovery of Shuzhou.
At the same time, Lan Yuehou led eight thousand Mingyue troops and headed straight for Yuehai Fucheng in Yunzhou.
The dense cavalry, armor and weapons exuded an extremely cold light.
Standing under the Yuehai Mansion City, Lan Yuehou was wearing iron armor and had a plain face.
On the city wall, Chang Pinghou stood in front of the city tower, followed by many generals, looking solemn.
The two of them looked at each other in the air, and a chilling atmosphere enveloped the surrounding world.
"Master Hou!"
The old man came to Lan Yuehou's side and called softly.
Lan Yuehou grinned and said, "Set up camp!"
After that, eight thousand Mingyue Army began to camp ten miles north of Yuehai Fucheng.
On the city wall, Chang Pinghou watched this scene with his brows furrowed.
Facing Lan Yuehou and Mingyue Army, he did not dare to despise them in the slightest.
So this time he came to Yuehai Fucheng in person.
Eight thousand Mingyue troops came to the city. Although they were just setting up camp, they still felt a palpitating and depressing feeling.
No way, the legend about Lan Yuehou and Mingyue Army is too amazing.
Before the war even started, they were already frightened.
"Strange, where are the Yuezhou garrison!" Song Chen, standing behind Mao Jiang, said doubtfully.
The information they received before was that the Mingyue Army and the 50,000 Yuezhou garrison came together, but now there are only 8,000 Mingyue Army under the city, and the 50,000 Yuezhou garrison is nowhere to be seen.
When Mao Jiang heard this, his pupils suddenly shrank, and a strong sense of uneasiness suddenly surged in his heart.
"not good!"
"Their target is not Yuehai Fucheng!"
Song Chen was slightly stunned, "If it's not Yuehai Mansion, is it still Jingxi Mansion?"
There are only two roads from Yuezhou to Yunzhou, one is Yuehaifu and the other is Jingxifu.
Jingxi Mansion is directly north of Yuehai Mansion.
But for Yunzhou, Jingxi Mansion is far less important than Yuehai Mansion in terms of strategic significance and other aspects.
That's why Mao Jiang was sure that Lan Yuehou would attack Yuehai Mansion first.
In fact, Lan Yuehou did come to Yuehai Mansion.
But Mao Jiang felt that Lan Yuehou's goal was not Yuehai Mansion.
"Let Tan Ma go find out where the Yuezhou garrison has gone!"
Mao Jiang had some bad guesses, but he couldn't confirm them. He had to ask people to find out where the Yuezhou garrison was going.
However, by the time he figured out the whereabouts of the Yuezhou garrison, it was already dusk.
The Yuezhou garrison did go to Jingxi Mansion, but he didn't understand why Lan Yuehou asked the Yuezhou garrison to go to Jingxi Mansion.
Because even if they occupied Jingxi Mansion, it would have little impact on the entire war situation.
What on earth is Lan Yuehou going to do?
Why not lead the Yuezhou garrison to attack Yuehai Fucheng?
Did he think that only eight thousand Mingyue troops could capture Yuehai Mansion City?
You must know that there are nearly 80,000 defenders in Yuehai Mansion City at this time!
The Mingyue Army can indeed defeat one against ten, but that is in a field battle. If it is a siege, it is absolutely impossible for the Mingyue Army to defeat one against ten.
For a while, Mao Jiang couldn't figure out Lan Yuehou's intention at all.
The next day, the Mingyue Army still had no intention of attacking, and instead started practicing in Yuehai Fucheng. It was as if they were not here to fight, but to train.
In this way, the two sides reached a stalemate in Yuehai Fucheng.
And the other side.
Qin Wei led 15,000 Anning troops wearing helmets and armor, marching on foot and on horseback. They arrived at Xin'an Fucheng in a mighty manner.
Although it has to pass through a lot of mountainous areas from Xinningfu City to Xin'anfu, the official road is generally well maintained. After a journey of more than 500 miles, the army finally arrived on February 22nd in only six days.
to Xin'an Fucheng.
Xin'an Fucheng was not occupied by the rebels. The prefect of Xin'an not only defended the city, but also combined with the garrison to gather more than 5,000 soldiers.
However, this does not mean that Xin'an Prefecture is in a good situation. On the contrary, Xin'an Prefecture is in dire straits at this time, because after Tang Mingcheng reorganized Shuzhou City, he gathered an army of 30,000 and rushed towards Xin'an Prefecture.
Come.
Obviously, he wanted to occupy Xin'an Prefecture first and then approach Xinning Prefecture.
Fortunately, Qin Wei and the An Ning Army arrived at Xin'an Mansion first.
Standing on the wall of Xin'anfu City, Qin Wei looked a little solemn.
The first battle in Shuzhou is probably going to start in Xin'anfu City.
What he needs to face is Tang Mingcheng's 30,000 troops.
There is a two-fold difference in the strength of the two sides. If they are just defending the city, Qin Wei is not worried.
But his purpose was not to defend Xin'an City, but to regain the entire Shuzhou.
Naturally, he didn't want to be trapped in Xin'an Fucheng.
"It seems we have to take the initiative!" Qin Wei said to Yuwen Chengdu beside him.
Yuwen Chengdu thought for a while and said: "Your Highness, although the enemy troops are numerous, they are just a bunch of rabble. I will eventually be confident of defeating them."
Qin Wei did not doubt Yuwen Chengdu's words.
He knew very well the quality of the 30,000 troops under Tang Mingcheng's command. It was not an exaggeration to say that they were a ragtag army.
Among the 30,000 troops were the city guards and patrol battalions of Shuzhou City, as well as the government officials of the Chief Secretary, and soldiers mobilized from other guards.
In contrast, although the Anning Army is also in a mess, fortunately, most of the soldiers are from the Anning Guards, and there are also soldiers from the 12th Regiment and Battalion.