All the plans can't keep up with the changes.

No matter how much you think about it, when the enemy doesn't play cards according to common sense, everything you have planned will fall into the void, and the seemingly well-planned deployment will immediately expose one big hole after another.

Zhu Youzhen came up with such a plan.

When everyone thought that he would shrink his forces and solve the internal problems of Pseudo-Liang first, he did the opposite, and at a moment that everyone did not expect, he sent troops to Huainan in a big way.

In his own very difficult situation, Liu Xinda mobilized 5,000 soldiers, transported by the water division, and attacked Luzhou, and Zhu Youzhen led the main force of the headquarters to gather Cao Bin's department, and stormed Hezhou, Luzhou, Shuzhou, and even surprised everyone, Zhu Youzhen even mobilized more than 10,000 troops left behind in Xuanwujie Town.

Nearly 40,000 elite Liang troops, under the circumstances that no one expected, were like a torrent, divided into three ways and entered Huainan.

The unprepared Huai'an army was killed and lost its armor, and it was not able to form an army, and in just half a month, the entire Huainan Jiedu envoy, except for Chuzhou, where the town was located, all fell.

Immediately, Chuzhou was surrounded.

Gong Yunda panicked, and while reorganizing the remnants of the soldiers and horses to hold Chuzhou, he sent people to Yangzhou to ask for help from the Tang army. originally thought that Zhu Youzhen was now difficult to protect himself, and there was a huge civil strife within Daliang, Zhu Youzhen would definitely try his best to befriend him, so as not to give birth to chaos behind him, so that he could get out to solve internal disputes, but who would have thought that the stick picked up by Zhu Youzhen would first hit Huainan's body.

In the city of Chuzhou, there are no more than 10,000 soldiers, and the rumors are loud.

The Liang army besieging the city was as many as 40,000 people.

Zhu Youzhen rode his horse and stood under the banner of the Chinese army, staring at the city of Chuzhou in front of him, above the helmet and cloak, covered with snow seeds, and the black cloak had turned white.

His face was also snow-white, in a short period of time, he suffered a series of blows, the originally good situation, suddenly became extremely bad, years of hard work, and there was a risk of losing all of his efforts.

Tian Guofeng's rebellion, Chang'an's upheaval, Jing Xiang's death, everything was a heart-wrenching failure for him, and everything was a tragic loss for him.

"Your Highness, Gong Yunda is already at the end of his crossbow, and he is vulnerable. You better go back to the camp and rest, and leave the affairs here to us. Cao Bin persuaded.

Zhu Youzhen was originally a battlefield general, but unfortunately, after the first battle of Luzhou, he was captured by the Tang Army, and then because of the death of Mrs. Wang, he was deliberately targeted, and he has long been no longer as strong as he used to be.

After listening to Cao Bin's words, he opened his mouth to speak, and suddenly inhaled a breath of cold air, and immediately covered his mouth and coughed, and it took a long time to come back and forth.

"Be quick!" He said in a low voice: "You can't give the Tang army in Yangzhou time to react, Ren Xiaonian's department in Lianshui is not far from here, if they come over quickly to reinforce, it is possible to turn this battle into a mess." Yangzhou can now gather tens of thousands of troops in a short period of time, which should not be underestimated. ”

"I understand." Cao Bin said.

"Within three days, take Chuzhou. Storm on three sides, leaving the east behind, so that the people in the city have a place to escape. Covering his mouth, he coughed while continuing: "Even if the enemy escapes, there is no need to pursue, after taking Chuzhou, our strategic goal this time has been achieved, next, you will sit in Chuzhou, you must hold Huainan, so that we can connect Eyue and Huainan." ”

"Yes." Cao Bin looked at Zhu Youzhen's appearance, and couldn't help but persuade again: "Your Highness, you better go back and rest, you haven't had a good rest in the past half a month." ”

"Where can I rest?" Zhu Youzhen smiled bitterly: "If I don't take Huainan, how dare I leave with confidence?" If Huainan falls into the hands of the other party, Eyue will be finished, then our early efforts will all come to naught, and we must defend Eyue and Huainan. ”

"The last general will go and reorganize the troops and horses, and immediately launch an attack." Cao Bin took the reins of his horse and turned to leave.

In such a season, war is a painful thing for both the besieging side and the defending side. But Zhu Youzhen had no choice, he had to settle things here before he left.

Without Huai'an, Eyue is difficult to defend, and if he loses these two places, even if he returns to Chang'an, even if he regains everything as he wishes, the situation in the south has long been out of control.

As long as Eyue is still there, he can threaten Jingnan and even Shannan Dongdao, hold Huainan, and he can use Wuning as an arm to stifle the expansion of the Tang army in Yangzhou, not to mention going further, at least to maintain a balance of power in the south.

Only in this way will it make more sense for him to return to Chang'an to recapture development, otherwise, everything will be in vain.

After Tian Guofeng rebelled and Gong Yunda repeatedly, forcing him to retreat to Wuning, he has been planning to kill Gong Yunda, and the change in Chang'an has become the destabilizing agent of this matter. The reason why Xuanwu stayed behind and Zhu Chi transferred more than 10,000 Xuanwu troops was also agreed to because of his strong insistence. According to Zhu Chi's original intention, at this time, he should gather all his forces to go back to Chang'an.

"When you enter Chang'an, you don't need so many soldiers!" After silently reading the letters of Zhu Chi, Cao Xuan and others, Zhu Youzhen said in his heart.

The matter of Zhu Wen has a huge impact, and it is conceivable that the Tang Dynasty army, which has been gathering on the border, will give up such a great opportunity? Next, the Central Plains will inevitably suffer from the onslaught of the other party, without the support of these places in the south, how can it resist at that time?

Once the Central Plains is lost, there will be a lonely land of Luoyang, Chang'an, and the disaster of the country will only be in an instant.

"Your Highness, where am I going to Xun now, do you have any other instructions?" Sun Tonglin asked. "It's just this trip to see each other, is it useful? To put it mildly, now that we are in internal and external troubles, will we be willing to help the person who admonishes us? ”

"Where do you want him to help us?" Zhu Youzhen said: "Let him think more about himself." If he allows Yangzhou to launch a large-scale counterattack to Huainan next, once he succeeds, will he have a better life after Xiang Xun? Li Ze's hand has been stretched out to the south, Yangzhou Yue out of Jingnan, and the next Shannan East Road will inevitably fall into their hands, once Huainan Eyue has also counted them out, what advantage does he have in the south? ”

"But he and us, after all, belong to the enemy."

"Sometimes it's possible to make a deal." Zhu Youzhen said: "Xiang Xun is now anxious to expand his power, every time Li Ze gets one more point, he will get one less point, Li Ze's territory in the north, he Xiang Xun has nothing to do, if Li Ze is allowed to become a force in the south, what will he Xiang Xun do to fight with Li Ze at that time?" So, at this time, it is possible for him to trade with us. No matter what he thinks or what he will do in the end, but now, as long as there is a little hope, we have to try to fight for it. ”

"Got it!" Sun Tonglin said. "Then I'll set off as soon as the morning dawns. Xiang Xun's son is now leading the army to storm Hongzhou, this is the last place where Jiangxi Observation Envoy is still resisting, and when I arrive, the whole of Jiangxi has already fallen into their hands. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded.

There was a sudden deafening cheer outside, Zhu Youzhen was stunned at first, and then his face was filled with joy, and he strode out of the military tent.

In just one day and one night, the city of Chuzhou was under the onslaught of Cao Bin and had been lost.

At this point, the entire Huainan, except for Yangzhou, Lianshui and other places controlled by the Tang army, has all fallen into the hands of the Liang army.

In this lightning war, Zhu Youzhen won a complete victory.

"Your Highness, General Cao sent me a report that the city of Chuzhou has been broken, and Gong Yunda of Huainan only led more than 1,000 people to flee from Dongcheng. Now General Zhou Zhen is leading his troops in pursuit. A tooth general rode over and reported to Zhu Youzhen happily.

"Tell General Cao to reward the first to go to the city. The officers were promoted to one level on the spot, and the rest of the soldiers were also rewarded with ten cents each! Zhu Youzhen said loudly.

"Thank you, Your Highness." The tooth will turn and gallop away.

"Now, I can go back to Chang'an." Zhu Youzhen said in a low voice.

In Yangzhou, a messenger galloped to the bottom of the city, raised his head and shouted: "Emergency military situation, open the city gate quickly." In the light of the fire, the messenger held up a sign on his waist to show that he was coming from the direction of Lianshui.

A gap had just opened in the gate for the horses to enter, and the messenger had already ridden in.

Liu Ruyan, who had just fallen asleep, was called out of bed by Li Mi. Hurriedly came to the hall outside, Mei Jiu, Li Hao, Su Bao, Qin Xinming and others had already gathered here.

"General, Zhu Youzhen gathered tens of thousands of horses, divided his troops into three routes, and raided the Huainan lands." Mei Jiu said. "Judging from the military situation that has just arrived, the Liang army is like a broken bamboo, Lianshui Ren Xiaonian asks for instructions, do you want to send troops?"

"General, if we use sailors, we can put in another five thousand troops in the shortest possible time." Li Hao said.

Liu Ruyan finished reading the military newspaper, pondered for a long time, and sighed, "It's too late." In less than ten days, most of Huainan has fallen, the speed and route of the other party's march, they are directly aimed at Chuzhou, Lianshui Ren Xiaonian only has 5,000 people, and Lianshui is very important to us, and we must not lose. If there are fewer soldiers, it is useless, and if there are too many soldiers, once the ripples are lost, we will be more passive. And now, we are in a hurry, we are unable to dispatch a large army, and more importantly, we are afraid that we are ready, Chuzhou has already fallen, and when the time comes, we will have to attack in the cold winter. It's good to be able to win it in one fell swoop, but once it falls into a stalemate, it will be extremely disadvantageous. ”

It's not that everyone doesn't understand this truth, and all of them have extremely ugly faces.

"This is my problem, I should have prepared early, instead of waiting for Gong Yunda to give in." Liu Ruyan stood up: "Prepare for war, I will write to ask for guilt in this matter." ”