However, the 250,000 army did not bring any pressure to Dali's army, the supreme commander of the Dali army, Duan Zhuang, waved his hand, and the 40,000 Dali soldiers continued to pull out of the city of Chizhou, which had become an empty city, and continued to go deep into the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River, and after the merger of the Northern Liang and Southern Liang armies, the two armies of the original sworn enemies became close brothers in an instant, fighting together against this sudden and terrible enemy, at this moment, Duan Zhuang is above the Central Plains, and is undoubtedly synonymous with demons, In less than ten days, the people and troops who died in the hands of the Dali army have as many as 200,000 people, and the people of Chizhou City alone have as many as 100,000, and this news has spread throughout the entire Nanliang in just three days.

The number of powerful and terrifying weapons brought by Duan Zhuang is still surging, breaking the 50,000 horses of the right general Zhao Qishi, only 80 cannons, when breaking through the city of Fuzhou, it is a hundred cannons, and when the city of Chizhou is captured, a full 250 cannons have been used, no one knows how many cannons this village has, and if it is at the foot of Nanjing City, Duan Zhuang took out a thousand cannons, what a terrible thing it will be...... So even if the combined forces of the Northern Liang and Southern Liang had 250,000 coalition troops, they would still be ...... Without the slightest certainty, there is not even the desire to fight.

Luzhou City and Xuanzhou City, is the terrier in Dali army to the Southern Liang capital of Nanjing must pull out the two military fortresses, since the defeat of the Jiangbei camp, Chizhou, Jiangzhou, Yangzhou three important towns are still retreated to the second line, and Luzhou and Xuanzhou take on the important task of guarding Gyeonggi, these two cities are equivalent to the gate of Nanjing City, as long as these two cities are laid, the gate of Nanjing City will be opened to you, there is no doubt that among such an important stronghold, this Xiao Beiping will naturally mobilize heavy troops to guard, If these two cities are lost, it means that the land may be lost, and after the Northern Liang and the Southern Liang join forces, they attach great importance to it, there is no doubt that the territory of both the Northern Liang and the Southern Liang belongs to the Great Liang, and at this time Duan Zhuang is undoubtedly dressed in the skin of foreign invaders, and it is also extremely normal for these two parties to join forces, of course, the main thing is that the strength shown by this Zhuang is really ...... It's too terrible, if Dali is just here to simply join in the fun, the Southern Liang army guarding the city will still welcome it, because the Dali army wants to find trouble, can only find the Northern Liang troops stationed in the field, but at the moment, whether the 250,000 troops of the Northern Liang and the Southern Liang can hold it is an extremely doubtful question.

And at this time, His Majesty Xiao Beiping, the new emperor of Southern Liang, was waiting restlessly in the palace for the news ahead, and the news of the successive defeats in front of him continued to come, which made His Majesty Xiao Beiping's heart sink into the abyss, and it was half a month ago that His Majesty Xiao Beiping received a secret letter from his brother Duan Chong, and it was at this time that Xiao Beiping also received the news of Dali's troops, Xiao Beiping knew that Duan Chong had no ill will towards him, and he also knew that Dali's military power was not in Duan Chong's hands. He also knew that Duan Chong's brother Duan Zhuang was an extremely cold and terrible person, so he guessed that this was a soldier who was sent out when Duan Chong was powerless to stop it, and Xiao Beiping didn't care about the warning in Duan Chongxin, because no matter how powerful this Zhuang was, only 30,000 soldiers and horses could make any waves, but everyone didn't expect that the 30,000 troops in Dali should not be the troops that appeared in this world after being armed with artillery and explosives.

His Majesty Xiao Beiping was extremely anxious pacing back and forth in the imperial study, looking extremely anxious, and the little inner eunuchs who were waiting on the side were silent one by one, for fear of annoying His Majesty, His Majesty Xiao Beiping, who was originally gentle and benevolent, had already beheaded two inner prisoners who had made small mistakes in the past two days, which is enough to show the panic of His Majesty Xiao Beiping.

At this time, Lord Huangcheng, the commander of the forbidden army, suddenly pushed open the door, but rushed in in a little panic, knelt down in front of the steps of the imperial study and said, "Your Majesty, the eight hundred miles of Beiliang are urgent!" ”

His Majesty Xiao Beiping was overjoyed when he heard this, but he didn't wait for the inner eunuch to come forward to take the letter, he rushed forward and snatched the letter from the hands of Lord Huangcheng, tore it open and read it quickly, the person who wrote the letter was Xiao He, the emperor of Northern Liang, Emperor Wu of Liang, and Xiao Beiping's uncle, according to the seniority, he was naturally an elder, and in the current situation, Xiao Beiping encouraged no help, and could only look forward to the support from Beiliang, and the content of the letter was extremely simple:

Ping'er, if the two cities of Luzhou and Xuanzhou are lost, they can cross the river and go north with the rest of the troops.

Xiao Beiping read the letter, and suddenly felt dizzy, this Liang Wu Emperor Xiao He's attitude is very simple: if you are defeated, you can cross the river and go north with the remnants of the army, it is obvious that this Liang Wu Emperor Xiao He has already made the worst plan, if this Southern Liang can't be saved, I, as an uncle, will open my mind to accommodate you, which also means that Northern Liang will not have any more help.

In fact, the timing of this period of Zhuang sending troops is extremely critical, if it were not for the fact that it was now in winter, and the cold ice sealed the river, I am afraid that this Liang Wu Emperor Xiao He would immediately order the 150,000 troops above the territory of Southern Liang to withdraw to the territory of Northern Liang, and he would not have stayed here to fight the terrible cannons under Duan Zhuang's men at all.

The sweat on Xiao Beiping's forehead flowed down drop by drop, but the letter paper had already been crumpled in his hand, and the green tendons on his hands stood out one by one, which looked extremely terrifying, and Lord Huang Cheng, the leader of the forbidden army on the side, looked at His Majesty Xiao Beiping, who was a little abnormal, and didn't dare to say a word, for a long time, this His Majesty Xiao Beiping opened his mouth and said: "Spread Lord Yang Lijie to enter the palace!" ”

Half an hour later, Lord Yang Lijie, the former governor of Jiangbei Daying, rushed into the imperial study in a hurry: "Your Majesty summoned you late at night, I don't know what urgent things to order!" ”

His Majesty Xiao Beiping didn't speak, but he threw away the letterhead that had been crumpled in his hand and had been soaked with sweat, Lord Yang Lijie's heart tightened, but he hurriedly picked up the paper ball on the ground, carefully unfolded the letter, and after reading the content of the letter, he gasped, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "I am willing to resist the thieves for Your Majesty, although I will not give up!" ”

His Majesty Xiao Beiping let out a long sigh, returned to the throne, waved his hand and said, "Send a naval army to break the ice on the Yangtze River!" ”

Lord Yang Lijie was stunned for a moment, since Xiao Beiping had made such preparations, it meant that he was ready to fail, and a sense of unwillingness suddenly rose in his heart, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty ......" However, after speaking, His Majesty Xiao Beiping's words rang out again: "Needless to say, just do as I tell you!" After that, he walked out of the imperial study without looking back, leaving only Lord Yang Lijie sighing in the imperial study.

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At present, Xuanzhou City and Luzhou City are the last pass to the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River and Nanjing, the capital of the Southern Liang State, and it is bound to be heavily defended, this Luzhou City is in the northwest of Xuanzhou City, relatively speaking, it is three points higher than the strategic significance of Xuanzhou City, it is the 50,000 soldiers of the Northern Liang under the command of Han Anguo, the protector general of the Northern Liang, and the Xuanzhou City is handed over to the Northern Liang for defense, and the general stationed is the former Yangzhou Admiral Xu Yunwei, who is also led by the 50,000 troops to garrison, and the hinterland after the two cities, There are also 50,000 Northern Liang soldiers under the command of General Meng Chaoda to respond, at the same time, Yang Lijie, the commander of the Southern Liang and Jiangbei camps, also led 50,000 soldiers and horses after arranging the ice-breaking matters of the Yangtze River, including 20,000 forbidden troops in it, with 200,000 against 40,000, such a huge disparity in strength, it is obvious that whether it is the commander of the Northern Liang or the Southern Liang, they all want to finish their work in one battle, if the 200,000 people can't take Dali's less than 40,000 troops, then the rest can only flee for their lives.

In the face of the pressure brought by the 200,000 army, the supreme commander of Dali, Duan Zhuang's face did not change, and the army waved directly to Xuanzhou City, and as long as Xuanzhou City was captured, it could directly attack Nanjing City to the northeast, and it could be directly approached to Suzhou, Hangzhou and other hinterlands in the south of the Yangtze River to the southeast, there is no doubt that this is the choice that can maximize the benefits, and it is also the most difficult road, because this is tantamount to Duan Zhuang leading 40,000 soldiers and horses straight into the encirclement of the 200,000 army. However, Duan Zhuang still chose such a path without fear.

When Duanzhuang's 40,000 troops were stationed outside Xuanzhou City, the 40,000 Northern Liang soldiers who galloped out of Luzhou City under the leadership of Han Anguo, the protector general, had already cut off the retreat of Dali's army, and at the same time cut off Dali's supply line, at the same time, there were 50,000 Northern Liang troops and horses led by General Meng Chaoda in the north, 50,000 Southern Liang soldiers led by Yang Lijie in the south, and in the east, there was Xuanzhou City with high and deep pools and 50,000 soldiers in the city who were already waiting for battle. In addition to the 10,000 soldiers left behind in the city of Luzhou, a total of 190,000 troops surrounded Dali's 40,000 horses.

And during this period, there was also a small episode, the masters of the North Liang and the South Liang formed a death squad of two hundred people, most of which were martial arts masters from the fourth to third sections, and several martial arts masters from the second stage, who took advantage of the night to sneak attack Dali's military camp and destroyed nearly a hundred cannons in total. Although none of the two hundred warriors could or returned, the destruction of a hundred cannons undoubtedly gave Daliang great confidence and courage, and after reducing the number of cannons, I believe that the strength of the Dali army was weakened by at least three percent.

Of course, this is just a guess on the part of the commander of the Great Liang, and this battle is ...... It's still going to be fought,