A night attack, prepared to fight unprepared, and the defeat of Huang Zhen was actually a foregone conclusion long before the start of the war.

The two sides fought fiercely until dawn, although Cheng Xisi did his best, but in the end he still did not leave Huang Zhen, but Huang Zhen also suffered heavy losses, more than 13,000 soldiers when he came, and finally left the battlefield alive, less than 7,000, and nearly half of the losses.

"It's really surprising that an old man in his fifties can still have such force!"

Cost Yuan returned to Cheng Xisi's side, both sighing and a little disappointed, he fought fiercely with Huang Zhen for hundreds of rounds, although he had the upper hand, he still couldn't take Huang Zhen on the spot, the other party looked old, but his martial arts were still extraordinary.

Cheng Xisi smiled lightly: "We will have a battle with Huang Qian soon, and we will have a chance." ”

Although he was not able to completely annihilate the Huang Xuan army, but for tonight's results, Cheng Xisi has been very satisfied, after this defeat, the strongest military force in the Hedong region has been disabled, and the garrisons of other states and counties are not many in number, and their combat effectiveness is low, so there is nothing to worry about.

"Dashuai, Puzhou to Jinyang is only a two-day journey."

One of the generals whispered.

Puzhou Jiedu makes Yunji?

Cheng Xisi was silent, and after a while, he shook his head and said, "Yun Ji is not worried. ”

Cost Yuan was puzzled: "The order of the imperial court, Yun Ji has always been from, why not worry?" ”

"The end of the world is close at hand, and the distance is not the road, but the heart."

Cheng Xisi sneered: "Only obey the order, then it also depends on what kind of order, without harming your own interests, you can get a good reputation, who doesn't want to go to it?" Now I have an army of 50,000, if he dares to come, it will be a battle to the death, there are many festivals in the world, how many people can be loyal to the court? I'm afraid he's not among them. ”

Hearing Cheng Xisi's words, everyone nodded again and again, this opinion is indeed very reasonable.

Cheng Xihe's eyes swept around, then looked at the generals, his face became serious, and he said sharply: "You and others immediately gather the soldiers of all departments, and those who do not have half an hour will be beheaded." ”

"Yes, Marshal."

The generals were distracted and hurriedly took orders to go their separate ways.

After the defeat of Huang Xu, he rushed all the way back to Chun County, fifty miles west of Jinyang, and prepared to lead the remnants of the army to garrison here, which could not only echo Jinyang City from afar, assist each other, but also ensure that the road for the imperial court to send a large army to Jinyang was unblocked.

"General, General Chu has something to tell you."

A soldier stepped forward to inform.

Huang Shi turned over and dismounted and came to an ox cart, Chu Shixing was lying there, his face was pale, half of his face was extremely red and swollen from the impact of heavy objects, and his left arm was already empty, which was done by Fei Yuan.

"Wuliang, you have a good rest, and you will have a doctor when you enter the city."

Huang Shi grabbed Chu Shixing's hand tightly and said in a low voice.

Perhaps because of excessive blood loss, Chu Shixing's eyes were swollen and he couldn't open them all, he moved his head slightly, looked at Huang Xu, and said in a low voice: "General, Chunxian can't stay, go to Jinyang quickly." ”

Huang Yu was slightly stunned, and said puzzledly: "Wu Liang, what do you mean by this?" ”

Chu Shixing said with difficulty: "General, we went to attack at night, Cheng Xisi obviously expected it, no one in the world can predict the prophet, someone must have reported our whereabouts to Cheng Xisi in advance." ”

Huang was silent.

Huang Xuan has actually thought about this question a little, in the big battle last night, Cheng Xisi obviously prepared in advance, just waiting for them to come, just like Chu Shixing said, no one in the world can predict the prophet, unless he is an immortal.

So after thinking about it, the thing is obvious, that is, someone reported the news and secretly told Cheng Xisi his whereabouts, so that he came uninvited, caught turtles in the urn, and returned defeated.

Huang Zhi is not unable to lose, he has been in the army for decades, has won many battles, but has also lost many times, but a scene like last night has never been, Huang Zhi felt aggrieved and uncomfortable.

Huang Qian said in a low voice: "Do you think Lu Feng will be a traitor? ”

Chu Shixing shook his head: "It doesn't matter whether Lu Feng is a traitor or not, the important thing is Jinyang City, once Jinyang is lost, the world will be shaken, the court will be in danger, general, you will lead the army to Jinyang, even if he Lu Feng is a traitor, he will never dare to mess around." ”

Huang Shi nodded, what Chu Shixing said did make sense.

After saying this, Chu Shixing seemed to have used up all his strength and fell into a coma.

Huang Zhi covered Chu Shixing with a blanket, stood up straight, swept his eyes away, looked at the tired faces, they looked at their eyes, and did not become dim because of a big defeat last night, but still firm and trusting, which made Huang Shixing's mood even more uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh.

"Turn around and go to Jinyang."

A day later, the news of Huang's defeat came back to Fengjing, which made the already tense situation more passive, and also made everyone's already tense hearts even tighter.

At this time, the imperial court had just appointed the main generals of the counterinsurgency army and the dispatch of troops.

With Kou Xiong as the general of Pingbei, the military of the prefectures and counties in Hedong Province, Huang Yi, the general of the Left Army of the Forbidden Army, as the deputy general, and Sima Zhen as the commander of the army, led 22,000 forbidden troops to Hedong to quell the rebellion.

Zhao Xun, who heard the news, was furious, uninvited to fight, lost the army, he immediately wanted to dismiss Huang Xun's post, and escorted him back to Fengjing to be severely punished.

In fact, in the eyes of many people, the situation is not so serious, the 10,000 forbidden army soldiers led by Yan Yi, the general of Zhengdong, are about to arrive in Jinyang, and after joining forces with the 10,000 troops of Lu Feng, the defense of Jinyang, it is a full 20,000 people, with the hardness and height of Jinyang City, even if Cheng Xisi has an army of 100,000, it is not easy to fight it in three or five days.

The art of war is cloudy, plan and then act.

Cheng Xisi's rebellion may have a bit of a forced and helpless taste, but since he has taken this step, he will not be hot-headed, and there will definitely be a follow-up plan wherever he hits.

Cheng Xisi himself is very ambitious, and if he has ambition, he naturally has different intentions, but like many people in the world, if the court is safe, I am safe, and if the world does not move, I will not move, before the overall situation of the world has not changed much, any ambition and ill-intentioned can only hide in the depths, dare not expose it, and everyone knows the truth of shooting the first bird.

Cheng Xisi is not a stupid person, but why did he want to be this up-and-coming bird?