On the evening of the first day of October, under Yanzhou City, a rebel camp was formed.
The atmosphere in the camp was extremely dull now, and all the generals in Cheng Ni were silent. Until it was almost dark, a former commander quietly walked in and asked softly: "Master Lu, General Xie, attack
All the city's soldiers have been placed, and all the wounded soldiers have been treated. Do you still want to arrange a night attack?" This broke the tranquility in the big tent.
But this is not a good thing for the commander. Xie Cheng, who was sitting in his chair, suddenly became furious and said loudly: "What kind of night attack are you planning? You idiot, you still want to increase the casualties of our people."
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Although Lu Yuan had rebelled, he usually maintained his dignity as a general in the imperial court. This was the first time he scolded a general like this.
However, everyone also understood why he was so rude. Luo Ren quietly winked at him and asked him to step back. Then he said to Lu Yuan and Xie Cheng: "Master Lu, General Xie, victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists, so there is no need to worry too much about it."
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Xie Cheng took a deep breath and said: "It's not that I care about losing the battle, but I didn't expect to be stopped by such a small number of soldiers and by Sheng Yong, a military commander I had never heard of before."
Perhaps due to God's will, Tie Xuan and Sheng Yong, who were famous for defending the city of Jinan in their previous lives, joined hands to defend the city of Yanzhou in this time and space.
The result was of course no surprise. Tie Xuan and Sheng Yong defended Yanzhou City. Although Tie Xuan and Sheng Yong only had the incomplete three guards of King Lu, more than 10,000 people, and a small number of remnant soldiers in their hands, people were still in panic;
The Cheng Ni army outside the city numbered more than 40,000, nearly four times their number, but this golden pair of defenders still successfully defended Yanzhou City.
In addition, after attacking the city for several days, the rebel army had killed more than 7,000 people and seriously injured more than 6,000 people. It can be said that the losses were heavy.
And if it was just Yanzhou City, that would be fine. But in Xuzhou, south of Yanzhou City, although they did not have exact information, they could guess that the imperial army must be moving northward.
This is not a time when the 500,000-strong army of Yunxi's previous court was defeated by Zhu Di, and it was difficult to recruit enough troops for a while. Zhu Di could safely besiege Jinan City for three months; they only defeated most of them.
There is an army in Shandong. The imperial court still has enough troops to mobilize and will not give them too much time to attack a city.
So Luo Ren and Chief Su actually had the idea of retreating. But firstly, Xie Cheng has been embarrassed by being blocked by an unknown military commander these days, and secondly, Yanzhou is a must-pass for people going north from the south.
If they cannot capture Yanzhou, they will have to divide their forces to guard Dongping Prefecture and Tai'an Prefecture. This is not a good thing for them who do not have an advantage in military strength.
Therefore, although Luo Ren and Chief Su had wanted to persuade the troops to withdraw a few days ago, they had not taken any action. But today, they really believed that it was unnecessary to continue the stalemate at Yanzhou City, and wanted to persuade Luo Ren to lead the troops to withdraw.
And just when Chief Su was about to speak, a person in charge of intelligence quickly walked in and said: "Report to some generals, the scouts we sent to Xuzhou have returned. They have received news that His Majesty has appointed Marquis Jingchuan.
Zhen was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the counter-rebellion army. He mobilized 150,000 troops from the garrison in the capital and nearby places, and then commanded the troops in Henan and other places, resulting in a total of 200,000 troops for the counter-rebellion army."
"Now nearly 80,000 counter-rebel troops have arrived in Xuzhou, and the remaining guard posts are still moving northward from the canal..."
When the man said this, he was about to continue talking, but Xie Cheng interrupted him and said: "Cao Zhen is the deputy commander-in-chief? Then who can be the commander-in-chief? Could it be that the emperor wants to conquer it himself?"
Xie Cheng's guess was actually wrong, but at this time, their people who were in charge of intelligence had not yet received the news about Yunxi's personal expedition. All they knew were the orders issued by Yunxi before, so they replied: "General Xie, the emperor of the capital
There are rumors everywhere that King Qi Fei was kidnapped by the generals of the three guards of King Qi and rebelled, and that the prince of the former King of Qi was the commander-in-chief."
"Oh!" Lu Yuan said, "Your Majesty's decision is very smart!"
He did not refute this statement, which shows that he acquiesced. Although the person in charge of the intelligence had long guessed that Zhu Shu was coerced into rebelling, Zhu Shu had never appeared in front of others and had always stayed in Qingzhou, so many people
I had already guessed that Zhu Shu was being coerced, but after all it was just a guess without any evidence. But things are different now.
Lu Yuan ignored the person in front of him whose expression had changed a little, but said to Chief Su: "I see you have something to say?"
Chief Su stood up and said: "The road is far away, General Xie, withdraw your troops and retreat north. Don't attack Yanzhou City again."
"Since Xuzhou has gathered nearly 80,000 troops, it will soon send out the vanguard army to explore the road. I'm afraid the vanguard army has already arrived. It only takes one day to go north from Xuzhou to Yanzhou, and the infantry only takes three or four days. If it weren't for
The army needs to rest for a few days after coming from the capital, and I'm afraid the imperial court's counter-rebellion army has already moved north."
"Even so, if we continue to attack Yanzhou City and wait until Cao Zhen leads his troops north, we will not be able to withdraw even if we want to."
"So, withdraw your troops. There are Mount Liang near Dongping Prefecture and Mount Tai near Tai'an. They are both easy-to-attack and difficult-to-defend places. They are enough to defend, and then we can advance to other places."
He specifically pointed out other directions in which they could attack, instead of just hanging under Yanzhou City, in case Lu Yuan thought that their rebellion was hopeless, so he ordered the people who stayed in Qingzhou to start killing
Their relatives would be finished. He was still thinking of finding an opportunity to rescue at least one of his sons or younger brothers so that his family's bloodline would not be cut off.
However, to Chief Su's expectation, Lu Yuan ignored Xie Cheng's ugly expression and said immediately: "Well, we will withdraw our troops tomorrow, return to Dongping Prefecture to repair for a few days, and then go north to divide our troops into Dongchang Prefecture and Dezhou."
"In addition, Luo Ren, tomorrow you will lead an army to Qufu to bring back the current head of the Kong family."
For a time, many people were puzzled by Lu Yuan's order. If it were actually in the anime, they would have been full of question marks. It is normal to withdraw troops to the north, but it is a bit strange to retreat to Dezhou. The Hebei area can be
Not a good direction to attack.
Moreover, it is very inexplicable to send troops to Qufu to bring back the head of the Kong family. In any case, they cannot have any righteousness. Why did they bring the Kong family here?
Chief Su looked at their puzzled faces and explained: "The reason why I want to send troops to Dezhou is because King Yan has rebelled."