In the meeting hall, everyone was anxious, even Tian Ping and Tian Yue, all of them had heavy faces and hung their heads silently.

Although Zhaoyi was successfully annexed, until now, only one criminal state is still struggling to support it, but no one present expected that the imperial court's reaction would be so great this time.

Right now, they're on all sides. And none of them are good stubble.

In the hall, only Tian Chengsi still maintained a calm demeanor, and even smiled.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a great opportunity for us." He knocked on the table, raised his voice, and said, "Don't look at them menacing, in my eyes, they are nothing more than dirty chickens and dogs." ”

Regardless of whether Tian Chengsi pretended to be calm or confident, his statement still made the faces of everyone in the hall soothe a little. One by one, they all set their eyes on their boss, waiting for Tian Chengsi to make the next step.

"Now it looks like we're on all sides." Tian Chengsi said with a smile: "But the opponents are all ghosts, the army is not many but fine, in the unity, in the unity of the people, like them, all of them come with the intention of picking up cheap, each has its own plans, and it is strange to be able to gather in one place." ”

The crowd looked slightly excited.

"Let's talk about Hedong first!" Tian Chengsi said: "Since the death of Gao Yu, Hedong has lost its former prestige and is divided, and the alliance of Han Qi and Li Cunzhong occupies an absolute advantage, but the annexation of the Kelan army and the move of the Xinzhou army still make the officials and gentry of these two places dissatisfied, and their own rule is unstable, and the contradiction between it and Li Ze, who is made by Wuwei Jiedu, is now known to the world. Li Ze vigorously supported Zhang Jia and formed a de facto oppression of Hedong. Now Zhang Jia led a large army to be stationed in Shuozhou, relying on Wuwei's strong military and economic support, and the military oppression of Hedong was great. Under such circumstances, although Han Qi promised to send troops, how many troops could he send? Li Cunzhong's subordinates did not dare to move, because he had to beware of Zhang Jia, how much his own Taiyuan army could dispatch, he was not afraid that as soon as he left Taiyuan, the remnants of the Xinzhou army and the Kelan army would not make trouble? Therefore, not only will the number of soldiers and horses he dispatches limited, but their goal may only be to assist the criminal state and make a gesture. ”

Everyone nodded yes.

"Let's take a look at Yang Zhihe and Xue Ping's department in Xingzhou!" Tian Chengsi continued: "Yang Zhi and Beizhou were defeated by us, and their strength was greatly lost, and they reluctantly retreated to Xingzhou, although they got Xue Ping's support, but they were only able to defend themselves, and if they were not careful, they would be taken down by us, even if they were now blessed by Hedong soldiers and horses, but don't forget, Xue Ping and Han Qi in Xingzhou are not on the right path, Xue Ping can be regarded as Li Ze's subordinates, allies, Han Qi is only afraid and dare not take Xue Pingtuo's heart, right?" ”

"Therefore, we don't have to worry too much about the enemy in the direction of Hedong and Xingzhou, we just need to fight steadily and not make mistakes, and they don't dare to risk attacking." Tian Chengsi said indifferently. "Tian Ping, you lead the people of your headquarters and Pei Zhiqing, and Xue Jian's department will deal with the enemy in this area."

Tian Chengsi's son Tian Ping stood up and clenched his fists to lead the order: "For Xue Ping Yang Zhihe and his subordinates, just maintain deterrence, and put the main force in front of Han Qi, Han Qi will definitely not dare to fight with you in order to preserve his strength." ”

"Yes."

Tian Chenghe's gaze swept over everyone and said, "Let's talk about Xuanwu Zhu Wen again." This person now seems to be able to send troops to directly threaten our heart, but I don't know if you have found it, so far, Zhu Wen's main force is still only listening to the thunder and not seeing the rain, and the movement is slow, but he is really carrying out a general mobilization, with Zhu Wen's ability, if it is not so, then what is the purpose of doing this? ”

In the incomprehensible gaze of everyone, Tian Chengsi laughed and said, "Zhu Wen's ambition is much greater than mine. Is his target for our Weizhou, Bozhou? No, it's not. He is waiting for the outcome of our battle with the imperial court. Therefore, our real opponent is only the court soldiers and horses. ”

"Uncle, why is Zhu Wen waiting for the result of our battle with the imperial court? If he suddenly copied our back road while we were fighting fiercely with the imperial court, I am afraid that our army will collapse without a fight. ”

"Rest assured, before we decide the victory with the imperial army, Zhu Wen's Xuanwu army is still on the road." Tian Chengsi sneered: "If we win and the imperial army is defeated, his Xuanwu army and his allies are afraid that they will turn around and go straight to Luoyang Chang'an." If we were defeated, he would have sped up his efforts to raid our nest and gain the biggest piece of fat in this battle. ”

"Fight Luoyang Chang'an?" Everyone in the hall gasped.

Although Wei Bo annexed Zhaoyi, they never thought of fighting Luoyang and Chang'an, because this is the place of the Son of Heaven, and attacking these two places is tantamount to a blatant rebellion.

"If we defeat the imperial army, Luoyang, Chang'an, how many troops will be able to withstand his army? I'm afraid it's going to be a drum! Zhu Wen is a person with great ambitions, and the chair in the Forbidden City of Chang'an is what he wants most, right? Therefore, along the way, we don't need to think about it at all, we just need to concentrate the main force and defeat the imperial army. Tian Chengsi said: "Tian Yue, you and Xue Chong, Xue Xiong led the troops to stick to Luzhou." ”

Xue Xiong was stunned: "Tian Shuai, what about Weizhou?" ”

"Give up, just give up." Tian Chengsi smiled and said, "Otherwise, how can you lure the imperial army to go deeper?" When they drove straight into Luzhou and besieged Luzhou, it was the beginning of their downfall. ”

Tian Yue suddenly realized: "Tian Shuai wants to lead my main force of Weibo to copy their back road?" ”

"I'm afraid they won't think of it anyway, I dare to give up the defense of Weizhou and Bozhou, and suddenly appear in Weizhou and other places, right?" Tian Chengsi said: "As long as I lead my troops to appear there, they have already failed. ”

Everyone nodded endlessly, once the main force of the imperial army appeared in Luzhou, and Houlu Weizhou and other places were attacked and occupied by Wei Bo, the grain route was cut off, and there was no back road, would it be strange if they didn't rout?

"But in this case, it's going to be cheaper Zhu Wen!" Tian Ping was indignant, "We fought fiercely with the imperial army, but he drove straight into Luoyang and occupied Chang'an. ”

"Zhu Wen wants to replace Tang, but if he does so, it will inevitably cause a backlash from the world, this is sitting on the crater!" Tian Chengsi said: "We seem to have suffered a loss, but next, we can meet the source left and right, thinking that if Zhu Wen really won Chang'an Luoyang, he also needs to deliberately accept righteousness to fight against Wuwei Hedong and other places." And Li Ze wants to crusade against Zhu Wen, and I am also a hurdle that he can't get around. ”

"If he fails to attack Luoyang Chang'an, haha......" Tian Chengsi laughed: "When the time comes, we may have an unexpected joy!" ”

After a meeting, Wei Bojun's heart was greatly boosted, and even Xue Jian and Xue Xiong, who had been frightened and half-hearted at the beginning, also regained their strength, and all the generals left Weizhou overnight, rushed back to their station, and began to prepare for this big battle that was related to their lives.

At the beginning of May, the imperial army under the leadership of Li Xin, the king of Fu, and Chen Bangzhao, the general of Guide, totaled 100,000 people and rushed to Zhaoyijie Town.

In the middle of the month, Weizhou Wei Bo retreated without a fight, gave up all defenses, and retreated straight to Luzhou, the core location of Zhaoyi, Li Xin and Chen Bangzhao left Xue Wei to sit in Weizhou, protect the grain road, and wave the main force to Luzhou.

At the same time, the Hedong soldiers and horses led by Han Qi in Hedong, as Tian Chengsi expected, did not attack Luzhou with the imperial court soldiers and horses, but went to Xingzhou. Xuanwu's soldiers and horses finally began to move, and slowly advanced towards Weizhou.

However, Tian Chenghe's main force is still stationed in Weizhou, Bozhou and other places at the moment, and it seems that they are pinned down by Xuanwu Zhu Wen's soldiers and horses, and they are simply unable to provide effective support to Luzhou and Xingzhou, which have been attacked by the onslaught.

On the city of Luzhou, seeing the continuous battalions of the imperial army, Xue Jian and Xue Chong were all a little discolored, but Tian Yue looked as usual. "The Shence Army has always been a shelf. Have you heard a joke? Wuwei Li Ze set up Qianniuwei in Chang'an, and the newly recruited soldiers, only trained for more than half a year, and then beat the Shence army all over the ground to find teeth, you say, this is Qianniuwei is too powerful, or is the Shence army too cowardly! ”

All three burst out laughing.

"But they're very well equipped." Xue Chong sighed: "The scouts who went out of the city to spy today have returned countless large-scale siege equipment such as siege vehicles and trebuchets. What follows is bound to be an uphill battle. ”

"No matter how good the equipment is, it still needs to be used by people after all." Tian Yue sneered: "It seems that they will inevitably attack the city tomorrow, you two will sit in the city and command, I will lead Wei Bo's cavalry out of the city, let them understand first, what is the real war." ”

However, Tian Yue still underestimated the army of the imperial court.

Or it makes sense that the combat effectiveness of the Shence army makes him look down on him, but the people who lead this army, whether it is Li Xin, the king of Fu, or Chen Bangzhao, the general of Guide, are all experienced people, and both of them know very well the advantages and disadvantages between the two sides. The siege of the other party that Tian Yue was looking forward to was not at all. The Shence Army, which had an absolute superiority in troops, actually began to build an earthen city outside Luzhou City.

It seems that they didn't think of a hearty siege battle to quickly conquer Luzhou, but prepared for a long-term siege.

This made Tian Yue a little sitting.

The enemy did not take the initiative to attack, but he could not sit in the city and watch the earthen city outside build higher and higher, in desperation, he could only lead his troops out of the city to fight repeatedly, but the Shence army under the command of Chen Bangzhao, according to the wall, let Tian Yue return again and again.

For the first time, the trend of the war exceeded Tian Chenghe's judgment.

Whether it is Li Xin or Chen Bangzhao, it seems that they are also waiting for the results on several other battlefields before deciding what to do next.