On the 25th day of the first month of the second year of Yuanhe, Zhu Zhu invested 200,000 troops and divided his troops into three ways to attack Jeju, Yunzhou and Yanzhou, and launched a full-scale attack on Qiguo on a front hundreds of miles long.

Li Na was also prepared, and he threw 60,000 troops to defend Dong'a County in Jeju, Suchang in Yunzhou, and Rencheng County in Yanzhou.

However, Zhu Zhu also prepared for several months, sending a large number of detailed works to find out the details of Li Na's cities, and his army also prepared a large number of siege weapons, especially Zhu Zhu's Ordnance Bureau developed a huge arrow tower, which played a huge role in the siege war.

Under the city of Dong'e, the horn is low, the war drums are like thunder, tens of thousands of soldiers shouted and rushed to the west city wall, the moat outside the city wall has been filled, and a hundred steps away from the city wall, the soldiers have built ten large arrow towers.

The arrow tower covers an area of several acres, as high as four zhang, there are hundreds of soldiers on each arrow tower to shoot crossbow arrows to the city head, ten arrow towers are fired at the same time, the arrows are like rain, suppress the city defenders on the city head.

This is also the intelligence system mastered by Liu Sigu has played a role, the head of Dong'e City is slightly narrow, and it is impossible to install trebuchets and stone cannons, so that the arrow tower has no threat.

The soldiers at the head of the city were suppressed by the crossbow arrows of the arrow tower, and the siege ladders were set up at the head of the city, and the soldiers quickly climbed up, and the rolling wood and boulders on the city fell like hail, and groups of soldiers fell down from the city screaming.

But there were ten siege ladders supported by the arrow towers, and the besieging soldiers had no boulders and arrows above their heads, and the soldiers finally climbed up to the top of the city, and killed them, and a gap began to appear in the head of the city.

More and more Zhu Zhu soldiers swarmed up from these ten gaps, and fierce hand-to-hand combat began on the city, and the west gate was gradually lost.

"Woo-" The horn of the attack sounded, and the 80,000 army slaughtered the county town of Dong'e like a tide, and the west gate slowly opened, and tens of thousands of troops killed it........

Seven days after the offensive was launched, Dong'e County was captured by Zhu Jun's army, and the defender of the city, Zhao Kang, was forced to lead his army to surrender, and Jeju was the first to lose.

The commander of the Zhu Jun army who attacked Jeju was called Cao Yuanlang, and after he captured Jeju, he immediately sent people to report the good news to Zhu Jun and ask for merit.

Zhu Zhu was in Jiyin County, Caozhou at this time, which was also the logistics center of Zhu Zhu's army, in order to boost morale, Zhu Zhu personally conquered Li Na, and Li Na's territory was bound to be obtained.

"Good! Good job! ”

There was Zhu Jun's excited shout in the palace, and at this time, Liu Sigu, who had just walked to the door, heard Zhu Jun's shout, and hurriedly stopped, and asked the guards in a low voice why the lord was excited.

"Returning to the military division, it seems that there is good news from Jeju."

Liu Sigu nodded, Jeju's victory was in his expectation, he was not surprised at all, Dong'e City's defensive ability was weaker, and it was impossible to install large city defense weapons, so their heavy weapons such as arrow towers could show their skills.

If it is Licheng County in Qizhou or Xuchang County in Yunzhou, they will not have much advantage.

Liu Sigu walked into the inner hall quickly, Zhu Zhu was originally lying here drinking and having fun with several favorite concubines, after the news of the victory came, he drove several favorite concubines back to the inner palace, and read the express newspaper over and over again.

At this time, a guard reported, "The military advisor is here!" ”

"Let him in!"

Zhu Jun was in a good mood and was eager to share the rare victory with Liu Sigu.

After a while, Liu Sigu walked into the back hall, bowed and saluted: "See Your Majesty!" ”

Zhu Zhu said with a smile: "Military advisor, there is good news from Jeju, Cao Yuanlang lived up to my trust, took Jeju, captured more than 16,000 enemy troops, and has not had such a happy victory for a long time. ”

Liu Sigu smiled slightly: "Your Majesty doesn't have to rush to attack Qizhou, wait for two more days, and Yunzhou will win without a fight." ”

"Why is that?" Zhu Jun was puzzled.

"Your Majesty, there are only 40,000 troops in Licheng, although the strength is not small, but considering that we have 200,000 troops, Li Na's sense of security is definitely insufficient, he will definitely withdraw an army, either Xuchang County, or Rencheng County, considering the humble position, Xuchang County is more likely, after all, Yanzhou is a place of grain production, and Rencheng County has always been a granary."

Zhu Jun thought for a while and said: "It's better to lay an ambush on the way, and when they retreat, surround the 20,000 troops, what does the military advisor think?" ”

As soon as Zhu Jun's voice fell, a soldier in the hall said loudly: "Your Majesty, Xucheng County Emergency Express, the defenders of Xucheng County have abandoned the county seat and retreated to Qizhou!" ”

Zhu Jun was stunned and puzzled: "Why did you withdraw the army so quickly?" ”

Liu Sigu thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty didn't receive a pigeon letter!" ”

Zhu Jun shook his head, "It's a military report sent by Cao Yuanlang!" ”

Liu Sigu sighed and said: "That's right, from Cao Yuanlang writing the express letter to sending someone here, it will take at least two days in between, and the other party will be able to make a decision soon." ”

"These damn bastards, they run faster than rabbits!" Zhu Jun scolded angrily.

Liu Sigu said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Weichen has another important news, which is about the Jin Army!" ”

Zhu Jun suddenly had a spirit, "What's wrong with the Jin army?" ”

"Weichen just got the Chang'an information from Luoyang, and Guo Song increased his troops to Xiangzhou by 30,000."

"What do you mean by increasing troops?"

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen deduced before that Guo Song is very likely to take advantage of our attack on Li Na to seize Huaixi, and his increase in troops in Xiangzhou should be this purpose."

Zhu Zhu's originally good mood was suddenly ruined by this information, he slammed the cup in his hand on the ground, smashed it to pieces, and scolded: "Raised by a son of a bitch, Lao Tzu doesn't care that he occupies Huainan, it's cheap enough for him, his mother still wants to occupy my Huaixi, the bullying is too much, it's a big deal for Lao Tzu to collect troops and go with him desperately!" ”

"Your Majesty is angry! Calm your anger! ”

Liu Sigu persuaded again and again: "The Jin army seized Jingxiang, south of the Yangtze River and Huainan, and knew that Huaixi could not hold it, and Gao You, the king of Huaixi County, also had hidden dissent, in fact, the imperial court could not control Huaixi very early, and he did not get a penny of taxes from Huaixi for three consecutive years, and His Majesty refused to let his son return to Shouchun to visit relatives, isn't this the reason?" ”

Zhu Jun thought of Gao You, the king of Huaixi County, who made him deeply dissatisfied, and the anger in his heart calmed down a little, Dong Xizhi, the king of Xiangyang County, not only expanded the military war, but also killed the prison army, and let his son escape from Luoyang, so that Zhu Jun could not bear it anymore and sent a large army to crusade against Dong Xizhi.

Huaixi County Wang Gaoyou is a little better, all kinds of tribute continues, all kinds of praise and praise, seems to be loyal, in fact, it is also yin and yang, looking for various reasons to owe the Huaixi states should pay Luoyang taxes, either this side of the flood, or there is a once-in-a-century drought and locust plague, the money and grain are taken to disaster relief, Zhu Zhu this time to attack Li Na needs money and food, specially sent people to investigate, it turned out that there is no disaster at all, the money and food are used by Gao You to build armor, expand equipment.

Considering that Huaixi has been surrounded by the Jin army on three sides, and there are mountains in the north, Gao You really needs to prepare for war, and Zhu Zhu has to endure it in the end, but now that the Jin army really wants to capture Huaixi, Zhu Zhu is also a little anxious.

Zhu Jun held back his anger and said: "Otherwise, order Gao You to give up Huaixi and retreat, and give Huaixi to Guo Song, and we will save our troops!" ”

After a moment of silence, Liu Sigu said slowly: "I'm afraid that army is no longer His Majesty's army, but loyal to Gao You." ”

Zhu Jun's face changed, "What do you mean?" ”

"Your Majesty, if Gao You retreats north, it must be retreated to Yingzhou and Yuzhou, which are our tax lands, does Your Majesty hope that these two states will be the same as Huaixi, and never pay taxes again?"

Liu Sigu's words were heart-wrenching, and Zhu Jun sighed for a while, "Okay! I don't care about Huaixi, whether I live or die and let them go! ”

In fact, Liu Sigu did not tell Zhu Zhu the truth completely, the Jin army had already attacked Huaixi from three roads, Gao You divided his troops to garrison in various states, and was broken by the Jin army, he urgently sent people to Zhu Zhu for help, but his letter for help was withheld by Liu Sigu, and he did not tell Zhu Jun.

Liu Sigu's heart is like a mirror, they can't hold Huaixi at all, saving Gao You will only waste resources, and letting him withdraw to the Central Plains will add to the chaos, it is better to let the Jin army destroy him.

Putting aside the matter of Huaixi, Zhu Jun divided his troops into two routes, and the 50,000 troops continued to besiege Rencheng County, while the main force of 150,000 troops killed Qizhou.

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The Huaixi War has broken out, Liu Guanghuai led 20,000 troops from Xiangzhou to the east, defeated the 5,000 troops stationed in Shenzhou, captured Shenzhou and Guangzhou, the main general Zhang Yun led 30,000 troops from Jiangxia to the north, swept Anzhou, Huangzhou and Qizhou, the general Yang Miao led 20,000 troops from Baling to the north and captured Luzhou, and another general An Zhong led 20,000 troops from Xuanzhou to the north and captured Shuzhou.

In just five days, Gao You, the king of Huaixi County, was defeated in successive battles, and Huaixi lost seven states in eight states, leaving only Shouzhou, Gao You sent people to Zhu Jun for help on the one hand, and on the other hand, he led the last 10,000 troops to defend Shouchun.

Four Jin armies entered Shouzhou, and 80,000 troops were approaching Shouchun City, about to launch the most fierce attack on Shouchun City.

At the same time, Li Bing led 30,000 elite troops into Haizhou disguised as Zhu Zhu's army, preparing for the arrival of the Quanzhou naval army.