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However, the main forces of the Tang army at this time had already been sent to attack Hetao, Hedong and Luoyang, so how many troops could come to his aid. Moreover, Li Yuan listened to Li Xiaogong's report that the Zhou army occupied Wancheng with only 150,000 troops, and he was immediately relieved.

He secretly thought that there were 80,000 Tang troops in Xiangyang City, plus the troops of several other cities in Jingxiang, the number was roughly the same as that of the Zhou army. Perhaps the attack of the Zhou army will make Li Xiaogong unable to rescue Fu Gongzuo, but self-protection is not a big problem. So he gave Li Xiaogong a secret order, asking him to focus on solid defense and ensure that Jing Xiang was not lost.

Due to Li Jing's attack, Li Xiaogong gave up his original plan to rescue Fu Gongzuo. Stick to Xiangyang, Jiangling, Yizhou and other cities. As Jingxiang Mansion, Xiangyang, which was under the direct threat of Li Jing's army, was the top priority of defense, and he concentrated more than 20,000 people from several surrounding counties into Xiangyang, making the defenders in the city reach more than 100,000 people, so that he could be relieved.

However, what made him feel a little strange was that after Li Jing conquered more than a dozen county towns in the north of Xiangyang, he did not have Chen Bing under Xiangyang City. The return of the detective was that Li Jing set up a large camp by the Han River, fifty miles west of Xiangyang City, and only practiced soldiers and horses every day, and did not make any abnormal moves.

"Closely monitor the movements of Li Jing's army, and report to me as soon as there is any trouble!" Li Xiaogong also didn't dare to be careless, and told the scout captain again. After all, the opponent he faced was Yuming's master, and he was able to teach such a powerful apprentice, and I am afraid that his actual skills were still above his fame.

While Li Jing and Li Xiaogong entered a confrontation situation on the western front, the auxiliary Gongzuo on the central line was defeated in successive battles, which can be described as a complete defeat, and his old nest Jiangxia was also in danger.

As the No. 2 person in the Jianghuai Army, he has always been hidden under Du Fuwei's aura. Except for the Jianghuai Army, who knew that Fu Gongzuo was a powerful figure no worse than the boss Du Fuwei, most outsiders regarded him as Du Fuwei's general.

In this regard, Fu Gongzuo has always been very dissatisfied, and he has been holding back his strength to make some achievements and prove his strength to the world.

After Yang Guang was killed and the world's heroes rose together, Fu Gongzuo proposed to Du Fuwei to defeat Yuhua and occupy Yangzhou, one of the capitals of the world. Then he crossed the Yangtze River to the south, eliminated Shen Faxing and Lin Shihong, and imitated Sun Quan in the period of the kingdom, separating Jiangdong and laying the foundation for dividing the world.

In his opinion, in the future, the world will definitely form a new national pattern with Li Yuan in the west, Yuming in the north, and Du Fuwei in the east. As for Jing Xiang, known as Xiao Miao, one of the four great candidates in the world, Fu Gongzuo didn't think much of this person.

In his opinion, Xiao Mianquan is a descendant of the Nanliang royal family, and he has some fame in Jiangnan. In addition, there were no rebels in the Jiangnan area, so he took advantage of the situation when he had no competitors. In terms of Xiao Miao's own ability and the generals around him, he is not enough to compete with Li Yuan, Yuming and others. It is bound to suffer a catastrophe of destruction in the short term.

However, Du Fuwei was noncommittal, and he was not very enthusiastic about the matter of dominating the world. In Du Fuwei's view, he is satisfied to be a local emperor, and he does not have such great ambitions to be the true emperor who dominates the world.

Although, under the impetus of Fu Gongzuo, Du Fuwei still agreed to defeat Yuhuaji, conquer Jiangdu, and cross the Yangtze River, destroy Lin Shihong and Shen Faxing, and allied with Li Yuan, occupying a vast area from Jiangxia in the west to the sea in the east, almost similar to the territory controlled by the Sun Wu regime during the national period, and had the capital to dominate one side in the battle for the world. But the rift between Du Fuwei and Fu Gongzuo gradually deepened.

Later developments also confirmed that his prediction was correct. Xiao Mo soon collapsed and perished under the attack of the Tang army and the Jianghuai army, and Li Liang was also defeated by the Tang army, and Li Yuan took all the land of Xiliang. And Yuming seized the Hetao area and occupied Luoyang, all of which had their own gains, and the trend of dividing the world had been achieved.

But at this moment, Li Yuan actually sent an envoy to Du Fuwei, intending to make him surrender to him. Although Du Fuwei had no ambitions, he did not want to surrender so soon. He also wants to wait for the price and sell it for a good price. And between Li Yuan and Yu Ming, he still felt that the outcome was unpredictable.

Fu Gongzuo believed that he could form an alliance with Li Yuan and maintain neutrality with Yuming, but he must not surrender. As a result, the difference between the two became wider and wider. And finally to the point where it is now going to be divided.

"Fugong, now the enemy army is strong, Wei Chi Jingde has 150,000 troops under his command, which is the largest number in the Zhou army, and he has the former Sui military department squire Hu Sizheng as a military division, Guo Yi and Lin Mo as deputy generals, almost no flaws. Now our army has all shrunk into Jiangxia. Although the city wall is tall and between the Han River and the Yangtze River, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but I am afraid it will not be able to hold for long. The last general suggested that it was better to ask King Du or Li Tang for help! Fu Gongzuo's henchman Chen Dangshi said to him.

Fu Gongzuo stood on the city tower, feeling the cold wind blowing from the river, and couldn't help sighing: "Where do we have reinforcements now?" Li Xiaogong of Xiangyang is facing Li Jing's attack, and he is taking care of himself, how can he have the troops to save us? And Li Yuan has already sent Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and Li Yuanji to the north to attack the Zhou army's Hetao, Hedong and Luoyang, hoping to take advantage of the opportunity to expand his territory when the Zhou army is attacking us...... Li Tang can't count on it! ”

"What about King Du? How can we say that we are also members of the Jianghuai Army! If we lose, he won't be able to save it! The truth that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, Chen thinks that King Du should not know it! Chen Dangshi rolled his eyes when he heard this, and said hopefully.

"Duvoy? This guy is even more unreliable! Not to mention that the rift between him and me is deep, and it is impossible to send troops to rescue me at this time. Even if he really left his previous differences behind and stayed with me in the same week. I'm afraid I'm also powerless! Fu Gongzuo sighed: "I just received a tip-off that Feng Huiliang fought a big defeat in Gaoyou, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were wiped out, and he only had dozens of horses left to escape...... Although Feng Huiliang's defeat to Luo Cheng was also expected. But the reason for the defeat was a big surprise: Feng Huiliang was defeated because the people in the city rebelled and defected to the enemy. ”

Speaking of this, Fu Gong Zuo Zhengse said: "And as far as I know, in Du Fuwei's army, there are quite a lot of this kind of temporarily conscripted Minzhuang army. And they are not willing to be soldiers at all, and they are dissatisfied with Du Fuwei and our Jianghuai army. If it's a good fight, they probably won't rebel. But if it is like the battle of Gaoyou, it is in an unfavorable situation. It was easy for them to defect to the enemy under the inducement of the Zhou army. I, the sworn brother, have always done things like this and lack of foresight. ”

"Because of the threat from both Yu Ming from the north and Li Yuan from the west. In order to resist this pressure, he adopted the method of large-scale arms expansion. But in the territory of our Jianghuai Army, there is no way to recruit so many soldiers, even if we barely recruit Zhuang Ding into the army, there is not so much armor, weapons, food and equipment supply. In this way, although when negotiating and fighting with the enemy, the confidence is stronger, and on the surface, it seems that the strength of our Jianghuai Army is on a par with that of the Tang Army and the Zhou Army, but the real combat effectiveness is far from the same. ”

"Our army is currently in the Jianghuai Army, and its combat effectiveness is slightly stronger. But with the same strength, it is not the opponent of the Tang army at all, let alone the Zhou army, whose combat effectiveness is still above the Tang army. If Du Fuwei does not wake up, I am afraid that this year will be the year of the destruction of the Jianghuai army. Fu Gongzuo sighed.

When Chen Dangshi heard this, he was also in his heart. Although he also knew that the Zhou army was strong and did not have much expectation of victory, he did not expect that Fu Gongzuo would have such a pessimistic attitude about the current situation.

He hurriedly asked, "Fu Gong, what should we do now?" There are only 50,000 people in Jiangxia City, which is not the opponent of Wei Chi Jingde's 150,000 army at all! ”

Fu Gongzuo looked in the direction of the Yangtze River, and after looking at the canopy with his hand for a while, Fang said solemnly: "Now our army has to abandon Jiangxia, cross the Yangtze River to the south, and rely on the Yangtze River to defend to the death!" Although Wei Chi Jingde has strong troops, the soldiers are brave. But there is a gap in his troops: that is, almost all of them are northerners, who are good at riding and shooting but not good at water warfare. And our Jianghuai Army and Naval Division is strong, as long as the Yangtze River is guarded, it will be able to temporarily be invincible. So that Zhou Jun can't advance an inch......"

When Chen Dangshi heard this, he was a little puzzled and said: "Fu Gong, since our army has the Yangtze River, and the Zhou army is not good at long-term water warfare. If Wei Chi Jingde wants to forcibly cross the river, he will suffer the defeat of Chibi like Cao Cao during the national period. Our army should sit back and relax, why do you say that you are only temporarily invincible? ”

"That's because it's useless for my army to just defend the Yangtze River, what should I do if my sworn brother can't hold it?" Fu Gongzuo smiled bitterly: "If his Jiangdong land is lost, let the Zhou army cross the Yangtze River smoothly." The enemy could then advance along the west from the south bank of the Yangtze River and attack Panyang, Yuzhang, Jiujiang and other places. At that time, Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang and other places will be equally difficult to hold. The day of the annihilation of our Jianghuai army has also arrived. ”

"Fugong, if this is the case, what should our army do now?" Chen Dangshi was also a little shocked when he heard Fu Gongzuo say this. If he said so, wouldn't his army be in a desperate situation?

"Now it's just one step at a time. Let's give up Jiangxia first. Nandu Yangtze River garrison Chibi Ferry. The Yangtze River was held in danger, so that the Zhou army could not cross the river. After Li Yuan has made progress in Hetao, Hedong and other places, perhaps Yu Ming sees that there is no hope of going south, and the rear is tight, so he will transfer the army back to the north, and then our army can get a respite! This is our only chance! Fu Gongzuo said helplessly.

"I hope so!" Chen Dangshi also prayed in his heart.

At the same time, Yuming broke out the fiercest battle with Du Fuwei in Jiangdu since the Southern Expedition!

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