When Zheng Ze learned from the mouth of the fleeing soldier that Yingzhou City had been attacked by Huang Yu last night, he was immediately blindsided, dumbfounded, and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

"How is this possible, I have been sending people to closely monitor Huang Xu, they have no signs of soldiers and horses moving recently, there are tens of thousands of soldiers guarding Yingzhou City, how can it be lost overnight? This can never be ....."

Zheng Ze muttered to himself, talking and talking, the whole person had come to his senses, and the emotions in his heart were unbearable, and in the end, he was already roaring angrily.

"You tell me clearly, how did Yingzhou City get lost?"

Zheng Ze fiercely pulled out the long sword at his waist, pointed at the soldier kneeling on the ground in front of him, gritted his teeth, and asked sharply.

The soldier leaned back in fear, and told the story in a trembling voice.

Yang Liecheng besieged Liangcheng, Zhao Bai'an's eldest son Zhao Shien fought to the death, gathered the people in the city, desperately resisted, Yang Liecheng could not attack for a long time, and suffered heavy casualties, so he drew 7,000 troops from Yingzhou to Hongzhou to support.

The rainy season came, the heavy rain fell for several days, and the temperature dropped suddenly, which brought great trouble to the patrol sentry and scouts, Huang Zhen seized this opportunity, led 3,000 cavalry, and marched hundreds of miles at night to raid Yingzhou, and succeeded in one fell swoop.

Liu Xiang interjected on the side, and said puzzledly: "Didn't the three thousand soldiers stationed in Pinghu County retreat to Yingzhou City, even if Yang Liecheng took away seven thousand soldiers, the two add up to six or seven thousand soldiers, and Huang Qi only had three thousand cavalry, how could he capture Yingzhou City so quickly?" ”

"There's a mole!"

The soldier smiled bitterly: "Zhonglang gathered five hundred soldiers from Zheng Chun to rebel, joined forces with Huang Xuan, and opened the city gate. ”

Zheng Chun?

Zheng Ze gritted his teeth, with infinite anger on his face: "It turned out to be this dog thief, I knew that today, I should have killed him a long time ago to get rid of future troubles." ”

"Now is not the time to say this, Yingzhou City is lost, Huang Qian can kill Hongzhou from behind, Yang Liecheng is afraid that it is dangerous, we should think of countermeasures quickly, once Yang Liecheng is defeated, we will all be finished."

Liu Xiang's face was ugly, the loss of Yingzhou City made him nervous suddenly, Yang Liecheng is the key to the entire battle situation, once he is defeated, the whole situation will be completely subverted, at that time, he and others will be blocked by Zhao Baian and others in Mi County, and they can't advance, if they retreat, can't they lead the army to Fengjing? Liu Xiang never dared to think about this idea.

Huang Baichuan then arrived, and after learning that Yingzhou City had been attacked by Huang Zhi, his face also changed several times, but he quickly calmed down and asked Huang Zhiwen beside him: "Zhiwen, do you have a countermeasure?" ”

Huang Zhiwen walked back and forth, his face was also very heavy, he was still persuading Huang Baichuan not to worry too much just now, where did he think that the change in the battle situation would come so quickly.

After pondering for a moment, Huang Zhiwen looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "There are two strategies, first, immediately gather the army, attack Zhao Bai'an with all their might, defeat them, and then wave the army to Yingzhou City, second, we will continue to stay here to contain Zhao Bai'an's army, let General Huang Baichuan lead 20,000 troops, go to Yingzhou City, surround but not fight, block Huang Zhi in Yingzhou City, so that he can not lead the army to Hongzhou, as long as Yang Liecheng captures Liangcheng, the overall situation is still in our hands." ”

Huang Baichuan nodded, looked at Zheng Ze and Liu Xiang, and said, "I think the second method is the most feasible, I don't know what the two generals think?" ”

Zheng Ze thought about it and felt that this method was really good, so he nodded in agreement: "This plan is very good, it's just ..... Brother Huang went to Yingzhou City alone, I am afraid that he is a little powerless, but he can let General Liu Xiang follow and help. ”

Liu Xiang said with a smile: "It is my Liu Xiang's honor to be able to fight with Brother Huang. ”

Huang Baichuan glanced at Zheng Ze and Liu Xiang expressionlessly, and was very unhappy in his heart, at this time, these two people were still quite defensive of themselves, but now that the battle situation has changed, Huang Baichuan couldn't bear the displeasure in his heart and didn't want to argue with them, so he nodded and didn't object.

On Li Xun's side, he learned that Yingzhou City had been successfully taken, this news, two hours earlier than Zheng Ze and others, everyone was excited, Zhan Tai Jingming immediately said that he should lead the army to Yingzhou City to meet with Huang Xu, but was immediately vetoed by Zhao Bai'an, after all, there are 50,000 troops of Zheng Ze and others not far away, and they and others lead the army to retreat, how can they sit idly by, they will definitely chase up, now the heavy rain does not stop, the temperature is very low, the road is difficult to travel, once they catch up, the victory or defeat is really unpredictable.

Zhao Bai'an is the son of the first emperor, the title of county king, and has guarded Jiangnan for many years, whether it is prestige or military power, it is not comparable to Huang Xuan, Zhan Tai Jingming also contradicted Huang Xuan, but he did not dare to be presumptuous in front of Zhao Bai'an.

In the end, everyone discussed and decided that Gu Yong would lead 8,000 soldiers to Yingzhou City, meet with Huang Xu, strengthen the defense, and the rest would continue to stay here to contain Zheng Ze and others.

Li Xun felt that the two armies were facing each other here, the atmosphere was too depressing, and Huang Xun was no longer here, so he didn't have a sense of security, so he found Zhao Bai'an and expressed his willingness to go to Yingzhou City with Gu Yong, Zhao Bai'an did not object, and let Li Xun move freely.

Li Xun followed Gu Yong and 8,000 soldiers all the way to Yingzhou City.

At this time, Zheng Ze also learned the news that Yingzhou City had been lost, discussed with Huang Baichuan and others, made a plan, and began to mobilize troops and horses.

Huang Baichuan led 20,000 soldiers to Yingzhou by a detour, was discovered by the scouts, and immediately returned to inform Zhao Bai'an, Zhao Bai'an decisively ordered, gathered the whole army, and began to attack Zheng Ze's camp, caught the other party by surprise, and almost broke through the defense and entered the camp.

Huang Baichuan hadn't gone far, and when he got the news, he had to lead the army back and attack Zhao Bai'an from the flank.

The reason why Zhao Baian made a quick decision and ordered to attack Zheng Ze's camp was that he was worried that Huang Baichuan would catch up with Li Xun and Gu Yong, so he chose to take the initiative to attack and force Huang Baichuan to return to the rescue.

Just when Huang Zhi found a glimmer of opportunity in a desperate situation, the news of the battle situation in Jiangnan had reached the hands of Emperor Zhao Zhi at this moment, and the herald rushed back to Fengjing two days earlier, but Zhao Zhi was not in Fengjing, but went to Xingzhou with the concubine Li Yi to play.

Zhao Zhi, who was in a good mood, learned that the battle situation in Jiangnan had changed, Zheng Ze, Liu Xiang, Huang Baichuan, Yang Liecheng and others jointly rebelled, Huang Zhi's troops were defeated and retreated to defend Zhixian, and Liangcheng was besieged by Yang Liecheng's tens of thousands of troops, and other unfavorable news.

Zhao Zhi was in no mood for all, and immediately ordered to return to Fengjing and convene the ministers to discuss important matters urgently.