Xiao Yao didn't know that in front of him and behind him, there were enemies who were calculating him, and these two enemies were ready to collude and join forces to deal with him! At this time, he was leading the infantry battalion on the front line to fight valiantly against the Qi army.

After a short rest, the Chen army continued to attack the Qi army in the Huainan area, and this time they still followed Xiao Yao's strategy of first making it easy and then difficult, and first captured some cities with few defenders, such as Huaiyang and Shuyang counties, so that the defenders of these two counties abandoned the city and fled! Then concentrate their forces to surround those cities that are heavily guarded by the Qi army, such as Xuyi, which has gathered more than 10,000 remnants, and Shouyang, which has strong walls.

When Chen's army was like a bamboo, smashing the counties and towns of Huainan one by one, preparing to fully recover Huainan, one by one urgent reports of defeat and one letter after another for urgent help floated towards Qidu Yecheng like snowflakes, so annoyed that Gao Wei finally couldn't sit still!

"Why are all these defeats and requests for help, isn't there some good news to tell me?" Gao Wei once again pushed all the folds on the desk to the ground and said angrily.

"Tell the emperor, there is good news! There is good news! Just got the battle report, in the Fenshui battle between us and the Zhou State, Yao Xiang, who was previously taken by the Zhou State, and the two cities of Dingyang have been recaptured by Taishi Duan Shao and Taifu Hu Luguang respectively! Moreover, Hu Taifu defeated the Zhou army in the north of Fenshui, capturing and killing thousands of Zhou soldiers! Duan Taishi annihilated 30,000 Zhou troops, and also captured Yang Bi, the general of the Zhou Hussars, and is now on his way to Yecheng! Mutipa, who was the most observant of words, immediately reported.

Sure enough, he finally heard the news of winning the battle, and he had defeated his old opponent Zhou Guo, which made Gao Wei laugh and laugh: "It's really happy!" It's still Mrs. Hu and Mrs. Duan! As soon as he made a move, he beat Zhou Guo to the ground, and captured their hussar general alive, which is much more powerful than that Gao Changgong! This Gao Changgong is really in vain, and he was sent south to guard the Jianghuai area, but now he has been beaten to the ground by Chen Jun, which is too disappointing for me! "Gao Wei is looking for Gao Changgong's stubble all the time.

Seeing that Gao Wei brought the topic to Gao Changgong again, Han Changluan, who was also a military general, and had a sympathetic attitude towards Gao Changgong, immediately changed the topic and said: "Your Majesty, the good news is that Taishi Duan suddenly became ill due to his advanced age, and now the class teacher has returned to the court!" And Mrs. Hu led his troops to reinforce Yiyang! I believe that with Mrs. Hu's move, the siege of Yiyang will definitely be lifted, and our Daqi will definitely be able to defeat the Zhou State and drive them back to Tongguan! ”

"Duan Taishi is already sixty, alas, Duan Taishi is also my royal relative, when he was young, he followed the first emperor to fight in the south and the north, resisted Er Zhu Zhao, fought fiercely against Yuwentai, and made many great contributions to Daqi! Now at such an advanced age, he is still fighting on the front line for my Daqi, he is really the pillar of my Daqi, and when he comes back, I will definitely reward him! Gao Wei also rarely revealed his true feelings to Duan Shao, a highly famous hero.

"Your Majesty, now the trouble from the western Zhou State is temporarily solved, I believe that after this battle, the Zhou State will no longer be able to toss with us in a short time, and next, we should concentrate on solving the affairs in the south!" The main battle faction sealed the deputy minister.

"Isn't Chen Guo's goal Huainan? Poor and remote, villains and people, just give them to them! Save them from making trouble and annoying us! Gao Wei didn't care, his mood was rarely better, and he didn't want to be ruined by this pile of bad things in Huainan.

"The emperor can't be so casual, although Huainan is just a chicken rib to us Daqi, but Huaibei can't be careless! Chen Guo's wolf ambition, if he easily captures Huainan, he will definitely win Longwangshu and also want to invade Huaibei! When the time comes, our Daqi land will be encroached upon by the Chen State little by little, and it will become a big disaster! Feng Deputy Xiang said.

"So what do you do? He sent Gao Changgong to the south, then sent Wei Pohu to assist him in resisting the Chen army's northern attack, and later sent that Jianghuai celebrity Wang Lin to recruit new soldiers and organize a large army to resist the Chen army! The result? The army of 30,000 was defeated by the Chen army in one blow, we suffered heavy losses, and Wei Pohu could only escape alone, and the army organized by Wang Lin did not even have a shadow! Knowing this, it would be better to order Wei Pohu to strictly guard Xuzhou and give Huainan to Chen Guo! Gao Wei said indignantly.

"Your Majesty, the 30,000-strong army was instantly defeated because Chen Guo used a magical weapon called firearms, and according to the rumors that the battle reports came back, this weapon was amazingly powerful, and even our heavy armored cavalry of Daqi was not an opponent! Fortunately, they only have a lot of firearms now, but they have been able to defeat our army of 30,000, if we let it go and let the Chen army develop slowly, then all their troops will use these firearms, then no one will be able to stop the attack of the Chen army, and their goal will not be as simple as Huaibei! They will even cross the Yellow River and occupy Hebei! Vice Minister Feng deliberately exaggerated.

"What the hell are these firearms? Even our heavy cavalry is no match for it! If the Chen army is really as powerful as yours, why don't they take advantage of the victory to pursue and capture Henan in one fell swoop? Now they are only attacking some cities in Huainan, and they haven't even captured Xuyi! Gao Wei asked puzzled, although he was mediocre, he also knew that his army's Baibao Xianbei Heavy Cavalry was a strong force, if even this army could not defeat the Chen army, then what other troops in the world could defeat them.

"These firearms use a combustible substance called gunpowder, which is the powder in those fireworks and firecrackers that were paid tribute from the Chen Guo General Commercial Company!" Seal the deputy minister.

"Fireworks? Isn't that just a bright light and a loud noise when those things burn, don't you see anything powerful? Gao Wei couldn't help but recall the beautiful scenery of those fireworks, which had nothing to do with powerful weapons.

"The medicinal powder in those fireworks and firecrackers is only the amount, so it can't show its power! When the battle report from Huainan learned that Chen Jun used these firearms, Weichen specially ordered someone to collect a large number of fireworks and firecrackers, and then took out the Chinese medicine powder, about 20 catties, and then wrapped it in oiled paper, ignited it and threw it to the sheep, as a result, after the explosion, dozens of sheep were injured and killed! The death was as described in the war report, shattered and miserable! Vice Minister Feng is still a little disgusted when he thinks back to that scene.

"Is this gunpowder really so powerful? Then let's make it quickly, and use these firearms like Chen Jun, won't we have to be afraid of Chen Jun when the time comes? Gao Wei felt that he had a flash of inspiration and immediately suggested.

"Back to the emperor, according to the spies' report, these gunpowder were invented and manufactured by an infantry captain named Xiao Yao in the Chen army, and according to his secret recipe, only he knows, not even the emperor of Chen State! So we can't make them at all, and the fireworks and firecrackers of the General Merchant Company Yue Qi Country are expensive and in limited quantities, and we can't get a lot of gunpowder from these fireworks and firecrackers at all! Vice Minister Feng said helplessly.

"So, what should I do?" Gao Wei instantly became extremely disappointed and asked.

"So we have to send troops south! Even if we don't take the initiative to fight with the Chen army, we must deter them in the Huainan area, and we must not let them have crooked thoughts and try to invade Huaibei! Moreover, after the Battle of Shiliang City, Wang Lin was not captured by Chen Jun, but fled to Xuzhou. In addition, he was only short of time before, and he couldn't recruit a large number of recruits, but his reputation is still there, and we can still use his reputation to send him to Shouyang to recruit recruits to deal with Chen Jun! Vice Minister Feng suggested.

"Your Majesty, Gao Changgong, the commander of the Qi army in Xuzhou, came to play and took the initiative to ask for guilt, because of improper command, the war was unfavorable, and asked the emperor to deprive him of his position as commander, and hoped to be demoted to ten levels in a row, demoted to an ordinary soldier, and charged on foot, just so that he could go into battle to kill the enemy and make meritorious service!" Sikong Zhao Yan said deeply.

"He finally knows that he is not the material to be a commander? Want to be a foot soldier and kill the enemy? Ha ha! Okay, I will meet his request and remove Gao Changgong from the post of commander! Reduced to a foot soldier and charged into battle for the army! Gao Wei was immediately overjoyed, this was even happier than hearing the news of the Qi army's victory over the Zhou army just now!

"Xuzhou is an important military town, and it can't be without a handsome for a day! It just so happened that Duan Taishi returned to the dynasty, and we had extra troops to dispatch, so the ministers discussed that the general Pi Jinghe would immediately lead an army of 50,000 to Xuzhou to take over the post of commander of Gao Taiwei, guard Huaibei, respond to Shouyang, Xuyi, and resist Chen's army to the north! Feng Deputy Xiang said.

"Quasi-play!" Gao Wei, who was in a good mood, immediately agreed.