Of the more than 30,000 Chen Guo soldiers, only more than 10,000 people have returned to Renzhou City, which makes Lu Guangda regretful, but as the so-called blessing and misfortune are not alone, just when he didn't know how to report this fiasco to Emperor Chen Xu, he received another bad news: the Eastern Route Army was also defeated, and even the main general Xu Jingcheng was assassinated, and his head was in a different place!

Even the Eastern Route Army was defeated, and General Zhuangwu, the military governor of Anyuantong Sanzhou, and Xu Jingcheng, the assassin of Anzhou, were martyred, and this news was a heavy blow to the defeat of the more than 10,000 remnants of the army in Renzhou, because they had no hope of turning the tables at all!

Although only more than 10,000 people fled back to Renzhou this time, there are still nearly 20,000 troops on the side of the East Route Army, and these soldiers who fled back still hope that after the East Route Army and themselves converge, they will be able to regroup and go to the Qi army in Xuzhou to take revenge, after all, they have more than 30,000 troops, as long as they don't make these careless mistakes again, they are still confident that they can fight to the death with the Qi army!

But now I have received the news that the Eastern Route Army has also been defeated, and even the news that the main general has been sacrificed, which has completely extinguished the fighting spirit of these Chen army soldiers in their hearts to avenge the dead comrades, and some people even advocate immediately abandoning Renzhou and retreating to Huainan, otherwise if the Qi army in Xuzhou pursues the victory and suddenly goes south to attack Renzhou, then with the current more than 10,000 soldiers without morale, it is impossible to resist the Qi army that has won two battles and killed one of the main generals of the other party, and the morale is like a rainbow!

But Lu Guangda still didn't dare to give up Renzhou City, an important town in Huaibei, so easily, after all, a few days ago, he was also rewarded by Emperor Chen Xu for capturing Renzhou City in one fell swoop! If he is now returning this Renzhou, which he has put in his hand and has not yet covered the heat, to Qi State, then I believe that Chen Xu will definitely not hesitate to execute him to investigate the responsibility for the fiasco of this Xuzhou War!

So now Lu Guangda is also hurriedly stepping up the construction of fortifications to defend the city in case the Qi army goes south to attack the city, and at the same time sends people to contact the remnants of the Eastern Route Army, hoping to concentrate all the forces of the Chen army in Huaibei, so as to more effectively resist the attack of the Qi State!

Of course, the most important thing is that he immediately reported the fiasco of the Battle of Xuzhou to Chen Xu in Jinling and Wu Mingche in Shouyang, and asked Chen Xu and Wu Mingche to immediately send reinforcements to the north to prevent Qi from taking back Renzhou, the Huaibei foothold of Chen's army!

As for Gao Changgong's side, although he adopted the strategy of breaking down one by one, and smashed the Chen army's attempt to use the two route armies to join forces to attack Xuzhou in one fell swoop, and achieved a major victory, but now Gao Changgong has no idea of going south to recover the lost territory!

Because he knew that the reason why he was able to achieve such a big victory this time was because he already knew the detailed military operation deployment of the Chen army, so he could defend in a targeted manner, and if the Chen army changed the original battle plan, it would be difficult to say who would win and who would lose in the battle between the two armies.

Moreover, what Gao Changgong defeated this time can only be regarded as the vanguard of the Chen army, after all, Wu Mingche, the governor of the Northern Expedition, is still stationed in Shouyang with 50,000 Chen troops! If Gao Changgong was carried away by this great victory, and immediately led the entire Xuzhou army of less than 20,000 to take the initiative to attack the Chen army south and recover Renzhou, in case he was dragged by the defenders of Renzhou, and Wu Mingche rushed to reinforcements with an army of 50,000, then his 20,000 troops, even if there were cottage artillery troops that made contributions in the first battle, would definitely be defeated by the powerful Chen army, and then the entire Huaibei would naturally fall into the hands of Chen Guo!

Therefore, Gao Changgong, who aimed to defend Huaibei, did not covet a temporary victory, decided to focus on defense, did not take the initiative to go south, and only waited for the Chen army to continue to attack Xuzhou, and then counterattacked at ease!

As a result, the two armies of Chen and Qi in the Huaibei area, everyone cowered on their own cities, and did not dare to attack easily, and the two sides fell into a state of confrontation. Books.com

And when the news of the fiasco of the Battle of Xuzhou reached Jinling, the military department Shangshu entered the palace overnight, and then told Chen Xu, who was sleeping, the news of Lu Guangda's defeat and Xu Jingcheng's killing, and almost scared Chen Xu to fall off the dragon bed!

"What, Lu Guangda's army of 30,000 was defeated by Gao Changgong in Xuzhou? Didn't it be reported before that Gao Changgong only brought 10,000 reinforcements to reinforce Huaibei? Why can't 30,000 people win 10,000? Also, what did you just say about Xu Jingcheng of the Eastern Route Army? Chen Xu asked in a panic, he was already stupid when he heard the first news, so he couldn't hear the second news clearly.

"The commander of the Eastern Route Army, the strong general Xu Jingcheng, he, he has been martyred!" Bingbu Shangshu said nervously.

"Xu Jingcheng, he, he's dead? What the hell is this all about? A few days ago, our army was not as imposing as a rainbow, and it had successfully taken Renzhou, an important town in Huaibei! Then Lu Guangda and Xu Jingcheng decisively attacked Xuzhou, prepared to attack from east to west, and joined forces to take Xuzhou? Why is it all of a sudden, all of a sudden, all of a sudden, he's suddenly dead? Chen Xu cried as he spoke, after all, Xu Jingcheng is also a young and promising general in Chen Guo, if Xiao Yao was not born, then Xu Jingcheng, who is only thirty-six years old, will definitely be the future pillar of Chen Guo's military circle!

"Your Majesty, take care of the dragon's body! Although our army's attack on Xuzhou failed this time, General Lu still successfully led the remaining soldiers back to Renzhou, and is now stepping up defense, preparing to defend Renzhou City to the death! As long as Inju is still in our hands, then we can send troops to reinforce it! After all, Wu Dudu still led an army of 50,000 in Shouyang! The military department Shangshu persuaded and said.

"What's going on, what's going on? The two armies add up to 50,000 people, and Lu Guangda is a battle-hardened veteran, how could he be so easily defeated by Gao Changgong, who is a major general, there must be something wrong with this! Quick, go and find out to me! Chen Xu said angrily.

"Yes, the lowly will send someone to conduct a thorough investigation now!" The military department Shangshu immediately agreed.

"Also, is the Eastern Route Army completely annihilated? Otherwise, how did Xu Jingcheng, who was the main general, die? Where is his body now? Chen Xu remembered the past with Xu Jingcheng again, and couldn't help but feel sad and painful.

"According to the soldiers who fled back to Supre County, General Xu was tragically killed by a sneak attack by the Qi army! And his head was taken away by the Qi army! The military department Shangshu also said sadly.

"Check, it's all for me to understand! Also, I want the Qi army to return Xu Jingcheng's head to us at all costs! Let our loyal and patriotic generals return to the homeland! Chen Xu said with tears in his eyes.

The next day, the news of the defeat of the Chen army in Xuzhou has spread throughout the entire Jinling City, especially when it is heard that Gao Changgong not only killed a large number of soldiers of the Chen Guozhong Route Army and the East Route Army in the process of fierce battles, but also beheaded all the Chen soldiers who surrendered and were captured after the war, so that the Chen army directly lost nearly 30,000 troops at once, which made Chen Guo even more frightened, and the entire Jinling City fell into a panic, and those families who had relatives who died on the battlefield were even more crying!

For a time, Jinling City was shrouded in a sad and heavy air!