Zhu Youzhen looked coldly ahead.

A group of more than 100 bandits was fleeing for their lives, and behind them, the cavalry was driving their horses and surrounded them from three directions. The only thing left is the turbulent waters of the Yangtze River.

Finally, there is no way out.

More than 100 bandits turned around in despair and looked at the cavalry that was getting closer and closer.

"I surrender, I surrender!" A bandit in his early twenties collapsed, threw away his sword, raised his hands high, and ran towards the cavalry.

"Hachi, come back!" Behind him, a bloodied strong man hissed.

But it didn't work.

The cavalry did not stop at all, and there was no young man in their eyes who ran towards them with his hands raised and shouted surrender.

The young bandit was overwhelmed by the cavalry, and the next moment, his body appeared in the cavalry bush again, but he was picked up by a spear, and the spear was bent into a great arc, and as the barrel of the gun flicked straight, the young man's body fell to the ground, and countless horses' hooves trampled down, and in an instant, it had become a pile of shapeless flesh.

"Kill!" The strong man had red eyes, held up the big knife in his hand, and frantically pounced on the cavalry.

Dozens of people followed him, screaming and screaming.

There were also people who turned around with loud howls and ran towards the turbulent Yangtze River, and jumped into the river without hesitation.

After a few moments, none of the bandits facing the cavalry were still standing.

A general looked coldly at the leader of the bandits who was stepping under the hooves of his huge horse, he was not dead, he was staring at the general with blood-red eyes, and blood foamed from his mouth. The general smiled coldly, lifted the reins of the horse, and the war horse man stood up, and then stepped down heavily, with a few clicks, and the strong man was completely silent.

The horse came to the river, looked at the rising and falling heads of a dozen people in the river, and took the bow and arrow, and shot an arrow with a whoosh, and a stream of blood stained the river red, and a corpse floated.

Several arrows in a row, several people died in the Yangtze River.

Looking at the remaining bandits who were still struggling in the river, the general put away his bow and arrows with regret, it was too far to shoot, but in such a large current, the chance of surviving was also very small.

"Close!" With a broken drink, he turned the horse's head and ran in the direction of Zhu Youzhen.

The rebellion in the towns of Eyue Festival was not improved by Zhu Youzhen's strong suppression, but intensified, and they either occupied the mountains as kings, or entrenched in the river Daze, constantly attacking the officials appointed by Zhu Youzhen, attacking the lone Liang soldiers, and now, they began to make Zhu Youzhen even more angry sabotage operations. They rush to harvest the autumn grain that is about to ripen, even if the autumn grain is not fully ripe, in addition to the harvest, they also burn the crops that they cannot finish harvesting.

What Zhu Youzhen lacks now is food, in addition to ensuring his own needs, he also has to do his best to supply Luoyang, Guanzhong, now is the most difficult time, the spring disaster, now from the autumn grain harvest, there is only so much time left, but at this time, the bandits suddenly launched an obvious targeted attack.

If they did it unintentionally, no one would believe it. More and more evidence proves that behind the backs of these bandits, the looming big hand of Li Ze in the north.

Not only on the edge of Eyue, but also around Dongting Lake, where Zhu Youzhen is bound to win, is now a pot of porridge, and until now, Liu Xinda still can't move an inch.

Zhu Youzhen scattered all the troops in his hands, and even he himself came out with his own soldiers, he wanted to strangle these bandits in the shortest possible time to ensure that he could still have some harvest in Eyue.

Liu Xuan, Zhou Zhen, Jiang Qi and other generals, in the past month, have hardly rested, and have gone to various places, chasing these bandits, and so far, they have finally barely stabilized the form of Eyue.

But the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, Zhu Youzhen knows very well that several bandit bosses have not been caught, and they have also become fish that have slipped through the net, and in time, I am afraid that they will resurrect again.

Now he regrets a little that after taking Eyue, he killed Qian Feng all over the house, if he had left Qian Feng's family behind, he was afraid that Qian Biao in Yueyang would have surrendered a long time ago.

It's a pity that there is no regret medicine to take in the world, and the heavy casualties in Ezhou City made Zhu Youzhen completely lose a calm heart, and he didn't expect that a small Yueyang would now become a stubborn rock on his way forward. What he didn't expect was that the north had already begun to lay out in Dongting Lake, and if it weren't for the containment and harassment of Zheng Wenchang's troops on Dongting Lake, Yueyang Qian Biao would not have been able to hold on to the current situation anyway.

"Your Highness!" A horse galloped from the direction of Ezhou City.

Zhu Youzhen immediately frowned, but if such a scene occurs, nine times out of ten, it will never be good news. A crow croaked and swept overhead, and Zhu Youzhen's face became even more ugly.

With a whoosh, the general next to him drew his bow and arrows, and shot the unlucky crow to the ground.

The raven is dead, but that doesn't mean bad news becomes good news.

The person who came rolled the saddle and dismounted, knelt down on one knee in front of Zhu Youzhen's horse: "Your Highness, news came from Wuning, General Cao Bin marched into Yangzhou, fought with Ren Xiaonian's army in Yangzhou in Lianshui, and then retreated to Huai'an!" ”

Zhu Youzhen let out a long breath, and sure enough, it was extremely bad news: "How about General Cao Bin's losses?" ”

The person who came glanced at Zhu Youzhen's left and right, and said in a low voice: "Third Highness, General Cao led 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack, and in the end, only more than 3,000 people retreated to Huai'an. ”

Zhu Youzhen's body trembled, her face was blue, she didn't say a word, and then turned her horse and left.

Zhu Youzhen, who returned to Ezhou City, stared at the map on the wall for a long time without saying a word. All the civil and military officials held their breath and kept quiet, for fear that they would have a little inappropriate behavior at this time, which would arouse the anger of Zhu Youzhen, who was on the verge of an outburst.

Everyone knows that Cao Bin's defeat has plunged their rear into a great crisis.

No one would have thought that Cao Bin would lose so badly!

Earlier, the sailors of the Huainan Army suffered a big loss from the Yangzhou Sailors, and everyone was still laughing at Huainan for being completely a silver-like wax spearhead, which was useless, but now, no one has this idea.

Cao Bin's army, but it was built with the Xuanwu army as the skeleton, and its combat effectiveness was only stronger than the departments now stationed in Eyue, and Cao Bin was a veteran of a hundred battles, even he lost so badly, they went up, I am afraid that the result will not be better.

The combat effectiveness of the Yangzhou army is shocking to think about.

"Gong Yunda doesn't have any explanation?" After a long time, Zhu Youzhen gritted her teeth and said word by word.

"Your Highness, where did Gong Yunda write an official letter to His Highness, and he only said a few words about General Cao's defeat, but he only said that he had raised another 50,000 stone of grain and was coming to Eyue." Si Cao joined the army, Liu Xuanzhan said tremblingly.

With a snort, Zhu Youzhen let out a long breath, Gong Yunda was gagging his mouth.

But what can I say? To reprimand him for sitting back and watching Cao Bin's defeat without help? In fact, for most of the past six months, Gong Yunda has disobeyed his order to let him continue to attack Yangzhou, this time Cao Bin launched an attack on Yangzhou from the direction of Wuning, and did not ask Gong Yunda to cooperate, even if he wanted to blame the other party, the other party had enough reasons to wash himself away.

Moreover, what good is it to push the other party into a hurry?

"That's it, everyone has worked hard to suppress bandits these days, go back and have a good rest, and next, prepare for the autumn harvest!" Zhu Youzhen sighed: "Anyway, let's first receive the grain that can be received in the warehouse." Yangzhou, just a disease of scabies, a temporary failure, will not affect the overall situation, wait until the autumn grain into storage, we immediately increase the number of troops to Yueyang, no matter what, take Yueyang first! ”

Everyone nodded yes and left one after another, for more than a month, everyone was really tired, and the army urgently needed to rest.

The battle in Yueyang did not improve much, Liu Xinda's troops could not enter Yueyang City, Tian Guofeng's troops were restrained by Zheng Wenchang, and they were also tired of coping, if there were no reinforcements, it would be difficult for them to get an inch on the battlefield in Yueyang.

When the two armies fight, they always lose their strengths, and when the Liang army works again and again to no avail, the opponent's momentum will naturally become bigger and bigger. Yueyang Qian Biao fought with the Liang army for so long, not only did the troops not wear out, but there was a growing trend, those bandits who were chased by the Liang army and had nowhere to escape, naturally concentrated there, and then formed one entrenched force after another around Yueyang, when they took root in where they landed, it was difficult to exterminate them again, because Qian Biao regarded these people as his first line of defense, and did everything possible to deliver grain, grass, and weapons to these people. With Yueyang as the center, around Dongting Lake, a defense network like a spider web has been formed, and no matter where it touches, the entire spider web can always respond in time.

Veterans like Liu Xinda have a headache for this, not to mention Tian Guofeng, who only has brute strength, no matter how brave he is, but in the face of these elusive rebels, there is nothing he can do, and people will never fight him head-on. But as soon as he took a nap, someone would immediately burst out of his hiding place like a poisonous snake and bite him fiercely.

It's not fatal, but it's painful.

There is no confusion. Yangzhou was defeated if it was defeated, and the important thing was Yueyang. After Zhu Youzhen decided to put the autumn grain into storage, he immediately pressed the whole army to attack Yueyang. As long as Yueyang is extinguished, the Ezhou Rebellion will naturally be calmed down. Without the head of the snake, the morale of the rebels in those places will naturally disappear.