The city of Ezhou, which is known for its steepness, collapsed in half a day under the roar of artillery. It wasn't that the artillery hurt them much, but that fear made them give up resistance.

The young men under Teng Jian's command who had just been recruited did not last long in the midst of artillery fire and shouts of killing, and then opened the south gate that had not been attacked by the Tang army, and fled in all directions.

Teng Jian and Wang You couldn't control this frenzy of fleeing at all, and they had no choice but to escape from Ezhou City with these routs.

For those young people in Eyue, after escaping, they took off their clothes, threw away the weapons in their hands, ran all the way home, picked up a hoe, and became farmers again, and for Teng Jian and Wang You, there is only one place they can go now, Jiangxi.

Li Mi once thought that after attacking the city, she would encounter some organized resistance, such as small-scale battles such as street battles, but when she entered Ezhou City, the locals in the city who could not escape were as docile as quails.

More than a year ago, Ezhou had almost become one of her trophies, but Lingnan Xiangzhen's intervention made her fall short, and today, she finally returned here again and became the final victor here.

And Liu Xinda, who had joined forces to calculate Liu Ruyan, Li Mi and others, and Xiang Zhen, had already fallen into the calculations of the Tang army, and it was a big defeat and loss.

It is true that there is a reincarnation in the way of heaven, and the sky spares anyone!

Standing on top of the ruined city of Ezhou, Li Mi couldn't help but show a smile.

How they left Ezhou in a low mood last year, and how happy they are now.

"Big sister!" Li Hao walked up to Li Yu.

Li Mi didn't look back, but looked up at the sun that was about to set in the west, and said: "Ezhou will be handed over to you first, early tomorrow morning, I will go to copy the back road to the truth, surround him near Anlu, and then annihilate it together with General Shi." Xiang Zhen's department can be regarded as a core force of the small court in Guangzhou, and if he is defeated, the arrogance of the Southern Alliance will immediately be three feet shorter. From then on, it was difficult to have the idea of competing with us. ”

"Do you want to bring the artillery with you?" Li Hao said.

"Don't bring it!" Li Bi flatly refused. "It's too heavy, it doesn't matter if it's on your boat, how far can I run in a day with it?" Now I want speed, and no matter how powerful the artillery is, it will be a burden to me. Wouldn't there be no war without artillery? Xiang Zhen doesn't have this thing! ”

Li Hao nodded and said with a smile: "Even if he only carries a knife, Xiang Zhen will not be the opponent of the eldest sister." ”

"Not really." Li Mi shook his head: "Jin Shiren's subordinates back then have now become effective officers under Xiang Zhen, and the training, treatment, and style of his subordinates are similar to our army, and Xiang Zhen is a southern general who knows us best, and his troops are still quite strong in combat effectiveness." This time, on top of the troops, to be honest, we do not have the upper hand, the advantage is that we cut off the back road to Xiang Zhen, which will cause problems in its logistics, and Liu Xinda's troops are far inferior to Xiang Zhen's combat effectiveness. Moreover, whether it is Jiangxi or Hunan, they all have their own ghosts and are unwilling to put their troops into it. So we will definitely win this battle, but we don't have to imagine that it can be as easy as fighting Ezhou. ”

"The Southern Alliance, speaking of a vast territory and a large number of people, can be regarded as rich, but these guys have their own ghosts, and their own little abacus is crackling, just like this, a bullshit alliance that is scattered and sandy, and they also want to compete with us, and they really don't know how to write dead words!"

"People are not in a desperate situation, where can they think of this! The authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear, and they may not be able to see the problems we can see! Li Mi said.

Early the next morning, after collecting all the mules and horses in the whole of Ezhou and the vicinity, this army immediately set out for Yingcheng. The soldiers are fast, and Li Mi doesn't want to delay a little time.

At this time, Xiang Zhen's main force had already arrived in Anlu, and its forward troops were approaching Guangshui.

After learning that although Liu Xinda's subordinates encountered difficulties, they were still struggling to support in Xianrenling and dragging Shi Zhuang's large army, Xiang Zhen was even more excited.

Liu Xinda finally lived up to him. After suffering a series of blows and losing nearly thirty percent of the troops, it actually rose to this time.

Now, it was their turn to make Shi Zhuang uncomfortable.

Liu Xinda and Shi Zhuang have been fighting for a long time, even if the Tang soldiers are brave and good at fighting, at this time, they should be exhausted, and their own soldiers and horses are eager to fight at this time.

The army drove rapidly all the way to Guangshui, and Xiang Zhen also stepped on the war horse with great ambition.

It would be the most important battle of his life.

In the past, although the battles he commanded were all victorious, for him, he had not defeated a Northern Tang army head-on, so it was not a real heroic division. Winning this battle can not only shatter the myth of the invincibility of the Northern Tang army, but also set a positive example for the Southern Alliance army.

After the end of this battle, he will officially establish the position of the first military general under the command of the Guangzhou Imperial Court. And at that time, when the victorious division returned, the first one to be liquidated was Qian Wenzhong in Jiangxi. As for Ding Taiyi in Hunan, let him be free for a few more years, after all, this guy was forced to be in a hurry, and he completely fell to Yizhou to form a small group with Zhu Youzhen, which is also unfavorable for Guangzhou.

While he was thinking about all this, the rapid galloping horse broke his assumptions.

The news brought by the messenger made Xiang Zhen almost spurt out a mouthful of old blood.

Ezhou was attacked by a large force of Northern Tang troops.

Shaking his horse a few times, looking at the army with high fighting spirit all the way to Guangshui, Xiang Zhen tried his best to calm down.

Returning to the division to rescue Ezhou?

No way!

That will make Liu Xinda's department completely lose the will to fight, if Liu Xinda collapses, Shi Zhuang's department will inevitably follow him to Ezhou, and then he will still be attacked from both sides.

Now, the only way to move forward is to join forces with Liu Xinda to defeat Shi Zhuang's troops, and then the two armies will unite to counterattack Ezhou. Fortunately, he left Wang You's 5,000 subordinates behind when he left Ezhou, although Liu Xinda's left-behind troops were unusable, but with Wang You's 5,000 elites and the danger of Ezhou City, Li Mi of the Northern Tang Dynasty wanted to capture Ezhou, and it was not something that could be done in a short time.

"Shut your mouth!" After thinking about all this, Xiang Zhen had already made up his mind, and said coldly to the envoy: "This matter, it is not allowed to talk about it to the third person, you go back immediately and tell Wang You, hold Ezhou City at any cost, and when I come back, he will be the first hero of this battle." ”

Seeing the envoy return with some panic, Xiang Zhen calmed down and ordered loudly: "The whole army is speeding up, today, we must arrive at Guangshui City." ”

At the foot of the Immortal Ridge, after Shi Zhuang received the news that Xiang Zhen's vanguard had arrived in Guangshui, he smiled and said to Liang Han: "Liang Han, you lead all the cavalry of our department to leave Xianren Ridge immediately, march in the direction of Guangshui City, and block the vanguard army of Xiang Zhen's department. ”

"Yes!" Liang Han didn't say much, Shi Zhuang temporarily organized the cavalry of the Right Xiaowei and the cavalry of the Right Qianniu Guard under Li Kang, and the number of cavalry exceeded 10,000 cavalry. This is an unimaginable figure for the southern army. Thinking that he could fight with tens of thousands of cavalry, he couldn't have been more excited.

"Li Kang, you lead 10,000 foot soldiers and set off with Liang Han's cavalry."

"Yes!"

"Luo Hongxin, your department is ready to meet Liu Xinda's counterattack!" Shi Zhuang said.

Luo Hongxin was a little surprised: "General, didn't you say that Liu Xinda has no intention of fighting and will not fight with us on a large scale?" ”

"Let's see who the leader of the counterattack is at that time, right?" Shi Zhuang said: "You always have to be prepared with both hands. If it was Xun Qi who led the troops to counterattack, it would mean that Liu Xinda was indeed without the will to fight, and he sent Xun Qi just to kill people with a knife. Xun Qi is a Lingnan officer and a confidant of the Xiang family. If it's Xun Qi, I'll open an opening for Liu Xinda and let him slip away. ”

"What if it's Fu Xiaotian?"

"If it's Fu Xiaotian, it means that Liu Xinda still has to fight with us, then I'm not welcome, I haven't won the Immortal Ridge, it's not that I don't have the ability to win it. Then let Liu Xinda taste what blood and fire are! Shi Zhuang's expression suddenly became cold: "When necessary, I will not hesitate to shed blood." ”

The large-scale mobilization of the Northern Tang Dynasty army naturally could not be concealed from Liu Xinda's subordinates on the Xianren Ridge, which was close at hand. In particular, more than 10,000 cavalry under Liang Han's department rumbled out, and the scene was extremely spectacular, and then Li Kang led a large number of foot soldiers to leave the camp, and their direction was all Guangshui direction without exception.

Xun Qi was the first to excitedly rush into Liu Xinda's big tent.

"General Liu, General Xiangzhen's reinforcements must be here, our opportunity has come."

Liu Xinda smiled and bowed: "Our perseverance is finally valuable, General Xun Qi, these days have been hard, and you will have to work hard for a while, we can't let Shi Zhuang's army leave so easily, are you willing to lead a group of men and horses to launch a counterattack as the vanguard, and try to drag Shi Zhuang's troops as much as possible?" It's time for us to do something. ”

"Naturally!" Xun Qi nodded repeatedly.

Watching Xun Qi leave the big tent, Fu Xiaotian's eyes showed a look of pity. Xun Qi went, but he took away the last army subordinate to Lingnan on the Immortal Ridge.

"General, do you think it's really possible for Shi Zhuang to let us go?"

Liu Xinda took a deep breath: "You lead a group of men and horses down the mountain from the east slope, if everything goes well, I will lead the main force to follow immediately." ”