On Liu Chengyou's side, the western expedition is progressing smoothly, referring to the march. The army of 30,000 people on land and water was lightly armed, and in addition to the necessary weapons and food, there were no other heavy equipment and baggage.

All the way along the Bianqu to the north, into the Yellow River westward, turn to Luoshui, and go to Xijing in four days. A military trip, very tired. The canal is in disrepair and slightly not smooth, the previous autumn rain is misty, the water potential is shocking, the bumps are unbearable, and the "dragon boat" is just an ordinary boat transformation, not for sightseeing, naturally uncomfortable.

And the forbidden soldiers who were transported as "goods" were even more difficult. Most of the soldiers were northerners, landlubbers were not accustomed to water, and there were countless seasickness and vomiting. Time is fast, and when you land on the shore, 10% of your combat power is also 70%.

In contrast, the land march was much slower and equally tiring, but the combat power was relatively intact.

According to the established plan, abandon the boat and change to land, rectify in Luoyang, replenish the baggage, and then go west. It's just that I had an extra day off than expected. By the way, Liu Chengyou inspected the situation in Xijing.

Luoyang, as the third most prosperous city in the Han Dynasty, Liu Chengyou still attaches great importance to it. Under Shi Hongzhao's revengeful mentality, it has not been particularly peaceful recently, and those noble and old ministers who live in Xijing have basically torn their faces.

Liu Chengyou's desk has never been short of Shi Hongzhao's impeachment recital. It's basically old-fashioned, arrogant, corrupt, harsh and harsh. After Shi Hongzhao was removed from the post of commander of the guards, those people's fear of him was obviously less.

As for those impeachment pieces, Liu Chengyou basically stayed in the center. How much Shi Hongzhao did too much in Luoyang, at least this year's summer harvest, the Xijing area, the tax is quite abundant, and the situation of tax evasion and evasion by the nobles has been greatly curbed.

Therefore, when he came to Xijing, Liu Chengyou praised Shi Hongzhao extraordinarily, which is quite rare. is a very practical problem, when Shi Hongzhao was the forbidden commander, Liu Chengyou was very disgusted with him, and even had murderous intentions, but when he changed his position and the threat became smaller, Liu Chengyou's attitude towards him changed greatly, and his tolerance skyrocketed.

After arriving in Luoyang, the situation in Huazhou and the war in the same state were successively reported to the imperial front.

"Yao Yuanfu should be strong, Bai Wenke is handsome, Song Yanwu is both wise and brave, and Yang Ye is fierce and good at fighting, all four of them live up to my expectations!" Putting away the battle report, Liu Chengyou raised his eyebrows, and then ordered: "The previous battle report will be passed on to the three armies!" ”

"Yes!"

When the army goes on an expedition, such morale-boosting news naturally needs to be publicized more.

"According to the investigation, Li Shouzhen's goal is to take advantage of the beginning of the rebellion, the imperial court did not react in time, seize Tongguan in the south, take the Guandong, cross Pujin in the west, join the army of Hua, and combine the military strength of the three states, sweep the right side of the pass, wrap up the rebellion and according to the three auxiliaries, so as to wait for the Han Dynasty to rise together, and after the elbow is overwhelmed, wave the army to the east to ......" Feng Dao, who was in front of the emperor, said to Liu Chengyou.

Hearing his words, Liu Chengyou did not have much contempt, but sighed slightly: "Although Li Shouzhen is despised, this strategy has a huge threat to the imperial court. In order to achieve its goal, the right place will inevitably be in chaos! ”

However, Li Shouzhen would never have thought that the imperial court would react so quickly, and His Majesty would be even more resolute and resolute, and personally raise a large army to attack. And the forbidden army has not arrived, and the generals of Bai, Yao, Song, Yang and others have already frustrated their spirits! Feng Dao's expression was a little relaxed, his old face was almost smiling like a flower, and the compliment to Liu Chengyou was obvious between his words.

Liu Chengyou stared at the map of Guanyou spread out on the imperial case, thought seriously for a while, and made a few gestures: "Zhao Hui has led the army to the west to aid Tongguan, and the other three soldiers and horses are also moving, what about Wang Yan of Jinzhou?" ”

"It has been reported to send troops south, but so far, there is no news!" Fan Qianyu, the military counselor.

Liu Chengyou's brows immediately furrowed, but he quickly stretched: "I know!" ”

"The armies in front have frustrated the rebels' morale, curbed their momentum, and have made a start to this counterinsurgency and relieved my great worries!" After thinking about it, Liu Chengyou directly ordered: "Order, the army will rest in Luoyang for one more day, and when the land army arrives, it will march westward together." During this time, prepare for the forbidden army. In addition, the two transfer envoys of Tokyo and the waterway were ordered to transport the ordnance to the front line in time without delay! ”

"Yes!"

The good news ahead makes Liu Chengyou's side more calm. After this expedition, it is probably the smoothest one for Liu Chengyou to do things recently, at least so far.

"Your Majesty, the Yongxing, Tong'an, and Baoyi armies have concentrated in Fenglingjin and confronted the rebels at Jiahe. Zhou Huidu commanded the envoy to lead the small army to cross the pond and reported whether to cross the river directly from Shaanzhou? Fan Zhen reported.

Hearing this, Liu Chengyou lowered his head and studied the map for a while, and soon, his finger pointed at Shaanxi County, and said directly: "Reply to Zhou Hui, after the Xiaodi army arrives in Shaanxi County, you can directly cross the river in Pinglu, cross Ruicheng, go straight to Fenglingjin, and attack the rebels!" ”

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In the defeat in Tongzhou, the losses of the rebels were not particularly large, not to the point of breaking their bones, but the impact was huge. In less than ten days, Li Shouzhen changed from a strategic attack to a strategic defense.....

The initiative in the war was directly handed over to the officers and soldiers.

Zhou Guangxun led more than 4,000 defeated troops to retreat to Puguanjin, and was immediately scolded and belittled by Li Shouzhen, and another of his henchmen Zhang Yansi crossed the river to take over the military power, according to Puguan, to strengthen the defense of the village, with Zhou Guangxun as his deputy.

Zhou Guangxun was previously the deputy marshal of Hezhong, and he had some prestige among the rebels, and it is not clear whether Li Shouzhen did this because he was punished for his defeat or took the opportunity to suppress it.

As for Fenglingjin's side, Yang Ye stared at Li Chongxun and Wang Jixun to death with less than 2,000 soldiers. With the combination of the three armies and the convergence of thousands of soldiers, the two no longer considered how to cross the river, but were ordered by Li Shouzhen to hold Jintou and prevent the official army from going north.

This place in the river, west and south are bordered by large rivers, and there are Zhongtiao Mountains in the southeast, which can be regarded as a natural danger. But this small land, in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the imperial court, seems too weak, and that bit of natural danger is not enough to defend at all.

On Feng Yi's side, after Yao Yuanfu and Song Yanwu integrated the Tongzhou army, they led more than 6,000 people to the east, and went straight to Puguanjin in the east, forcing down the village to make an attack. In the south, Yang Ye personally led the army to cross the river to try to attack, although there were small successes, but after all, he failed to cross the river. It's also normal, there are a lot of rebels, and they defend by the river.

When Liu Chengyou led the army from Luoyang, the battle in the river fell into a balance, but this balance was very short-lived.

First of all, on the side of Hezhong Fucheng, there was a problem, and the back of the buttocks was stabbed, and the person who stabbed the knife was Wang Yan, the envoy of the Jianxiong Army.

In this counterinsurgency, among the several official armies arranged by Liu Chengyou before, only Jinzhou was silent, and Wang Yan seemed very low-key. But everything is low-key, just to make a ruthless shot. When Li Shouzhen's attention was attracted by the officials and troops in the west and south, Wang Yan personally led 2,000 Jinzhou soldiers to the south and attacked the east of the river.

However, when he suddenly arrived in Linjin, he was discovered. After all, Hezhong is Li Shouzhen's long-term territory, and it is unrealistic to want to silently attack the city. Hearing that Hedong City was empty, Wang Yan of course wanted to gamble on a wave of great success, but seeing that it could not be done, although he felt that it was a pity, he changed his thinking very decisively, attacked Linjin City, and defended the infant city, threatening Hedong City from afar.

Wang Yan was a pity here, but Li Shouzhen was scared enough and scolded the northern prefecture and county for inaction. It is estimated that he automatically ignored it, and the township soldiers and rebels in the counties in the river were all transferred to Fucheng.

In fact, there are more than 20,000 Pu troops, although the elite is outside, there are still more than 4,000 soldiers in Hedong City. Wang Yan's little soldiers and horses did not pose a big threat to him, but Li Shouzhen didn't think so, because of his false flag, Li Shouzhen directly felt the threat of a thorn in his back.

As soon as possible, a thousand soldiers were transferred from the military village in Hexi to the east of the city. still did not give up, and transferred troops from the southern front to defend and defend a ferry, where could so many soldiers be used.

Then, news from the south made him quickly change his mind. Under the leadership of Zhou Hui, the commander of the capital, the Xiaodi army crossed the river from Pinglu and marched westward along the Zhongtiao Mountain Range, which was not hidden.

Seeing this situation, where did Li Shouzhen dare to have the idea of "keeping the enemy out of the country", and directly ordered Li Chongxun and Wang Jixun to leave Fenglingjin and quickly withdraw to the capital city.

Not to mention the rest, Hedong City was built by Li Shouzhen, and it was still strong enough, and with the other army's strict defense, even if the rebel army wanted to take it, it would not be so easy.

In this era, it is not uncommon for city wars to be fought for a year and a half. In Hedong City, food is quite sufficient.

However, after this toss, the general of the Pu army was not very demoralized, and he dispersed directly, and the rebels who retreated north were already deserting.