For the sake of this war, Liu De re-fine-tuned the army, one is to facilitate command, and the other is to reduce the self-respect of his generals and soldiers, just in case.

25,000 soldiers and horses, 4,000 cavalry under the leadership of Gongsun Qi, and his deputy general was Zhou Dao.

Liu De's personal guard battalion was expanded to three thousand, and the Tiger Guard Army was five hundred, led by Dian Wei and Xu Hu as the left and right captains, after reform, Dian Wei's status surpassed Xu Hu, but Xu Hu didn't say anything, and Dian Wei's force conquered everything. Qin Qiong, Peng Yue, and Dai Zong also fought as captains, but they did not have the right to take charge of the troops.

The remaining 18,000 men and horses, Zhang Tianlang led 5,000 soldiers, and the deputy generals were Huo Jun and Jiang Lin, Zhang Tianlang was seriously injured and did not recover, and these 5,000 men and horses were temporarily led by Liu De himself, and Huo Jun and Jiang Lin followed the expedition.

Chen Qi led a thousand soldiers and horses as a captain.

Yan Nan led 5,000 soldiers, and the deputy general was Zheng Fu, who stayed in Dongyu City.

Guan Yu led 5,000 soldiers, of which 500 were school swordsmen, and the deputy generals were Zhou Cang, Liao Hua, and Wei Yan.

Although Liu Pi's official position is not high, he is only a captain, but he has 2,000 men and horses, stationed in Hutou Mountain, and the deputy generals are Gong Du and Yao Jun.

In Leyang City, Liu Gui commanded 2,000 soldiers and horses, and the deputy generals Zhang Hong and Zhang Fei.

Shan Hongwei led a thousand soldiers and horses.

After three days of preparation, Guan Yu led his troops and horses from the north gate of Dongyu City, crossed the grassland, and headed for Leyang.

And Liu De is also preparing everything for the pro-Zheng, but he also accompanied the little butterfly around Dongyu City during his leisure time, enjoying a rare free time.

On this day, Liu De was handling government affairs in the county office, and suddenly there was an order to report, and an angel arrived, Liu De hurriedly got up to greet him, but he didn't expect it to be an old friend, the little happy son under the command of Song Gonggong.

Liu De arched his hand and said: "I didn't expect that my father-in-law came in person, and I want to congratulate my father-in-law on his promotion!" ”

Father-in-law Xi smiled: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, the new emperor ascended the throne, and he took good care of us old people, and our family was also promoted to the Yellow Gate Order by His Majesty because of the little credit for helping to kill the Cao thief!" Actually, this is thanks to Master Hou! If it weren't for Hou Ye, how could our family have a good life today, this time for Hou Ye, it was specially fought for by our family! Everyone else wants to rush over! ”

"It's such an honor that my remote frontier is so valued!"

After Liu De finished speaking, he glanced at his father-in-law Xi and laughed together.

When Liu De received the holy decree, he specially invited Father-in-law Xi to participate in the dinner prepared for him in the evening, Father-in-law Xi nodded and agreed, and followed the guards to rest with a smile.

Chen Shuo and others, who got the news, came to inquire, and Liu De handed the holy decree to Chen Shuo, and said happily: "Happy event, because of my meritorious service in defeating the Bodhisattva Sect to defend Chen Liucheng, the imperial court has increased my five hundred food towns, and combined Dongyu, Junyuan, Changheng, Yangma, Liaoyuan, Donglin, Danjiang, Lankou, Gongshan, and Wuqiu into one county, and Dongyu has been upgraded to a county town and appointed me as the county guard!" ”

Jian Yong and the others were overjoyed after hearing this, and Jian Yong said to Liu De: "In this way, if we have the status of the imperial court, we can completely annex these counties and expand our strength!" ”

"But most of the county orders in these counties were appointed by Yang Zichuan, and there are almost no people who are close to us, and our troops are already scarce, I'm afraid we won't be able to take these cities in a short time, and Chu Ying is stationed in Liaoyuan..."

Liu Dedao: "Even if there is no holy decree from the imperial court, these cities must be taken, of course, it is better to have the holy decree, because in this way we have a great righteousness, and we can even take one or two of them without blood." ”

Liu De ordered someone to spread out the map, pointing to Lankou County and Wuqiu County: "These two cities and Liaoyuan City are exactly in a triangle, which can echo each other, although we are feints, but we can't let Chu Ying see the flaws!" ”

Liu De looked at the generals and ordered: "Chen Qi! I order you to lead your troops and horses to attack Lankou! Jiang Lin, order you to lead a thousand soldiers and horses to attack Wuqiu, with great fanfare every day, just pretend to attack the city! ”

"The last general commands!"

"Where is Qin Qiong!"

"The last general!"

Liu De asked: "You once said that you were willing to be a pioneer and break through Yangma City for me, is there such a thing?" ”

"Return to the lord, but in this matter, the last general is willing to be the vanguard and punish the thief for the lord!" Qin Qiong stepped forward to bow.

"Good! I ordered you to lead a thousand guard battalions to attack Yangma City, and I want to see the head of the head of the Yangma Fan family in the shortest possible time! ”

"The last general commands!" Qin Qiong kowtowed.

Liu De waved this big hand and shouted: "The rest of the soldiers, in three days, will go to the far distance!" ”

"Yes!"

......

"Damn! Damn it! Liu De Xiaoer, the old man vows to peel you off and pull your bones! ”

Yang Zichuan let out a sharp roar, and swept all the bamboo slips, brushes and other things on the desk to the ground, and even a few beards under his chin were touched off, and he couldn't care about feeling distressed.

The letter written by Xu Shu himself, "Asking Yang Thief", was thrown to the ground like this, and the article inside deeply stabbed Yang Zichuan's heart, for a literati like Yang Zichuan whose face is heavier than anything else, this is almost a great shame!

Although most of what was written in it was true, Yang Zichuan simply turned a blind eye.

"Zhijing, order the army to turn around and go to Liaoyuan, and the old hatred between me and Liu De should also be resolved!" Yang Zichuan's eyes were red, and he ordered out of breath.

Feng Zijing hurriedly dissuaded: "Ming Gong, don't do this, even if our 50,000 join Liaoyuan City, as long as Liu De guards Hutou Mountain, we won't be able to conquer it in a short time!" And at that time, Guo Zidong will have a chance to breathe! On the contrary, it is better to put this army into the Dongfu battlefield, eliminate Guo Zidong as soon as possible, and attack Dongyu in a U-turn, Dongyu will have no room to turn around! ”

Yang Zichuan held on to the handle of the chair and sat down slowly, the anger just now had been exhausted, and said to Feng Zhijing: "You are right! Destroying Guo Zidong and taking Jinyang Pass is our strategy, so let Liu De Xiaoer run rampant for a while! I'm not going to make him feel better, though..."

Yang Zichuan picked up the "Essay on Seeking Yang Thief" on the ground, and said to Feng Zhijing with a cruel smile: "Since Liu De wrote a crusade against me, then let's also send someone to write Liu De's black history, and try my best to smear him, so that he can't wash it away if he jumps into the river!" ”

Feng Zhijing was puzzled: "But Liu De doesn't have any black history?" The most is that he used to linger in Flower Street and Willow Lane, but that's nothing..."

"Doesn't he have a widowed sister-in-law..."

Feng Zhijing's expression moved, and he replied: "I understand! Let's do it! ”

"Hehehehehe!"

Yang Zichuan carefully stroked a few strands of beard under his chin, and let out a zombie-like sinister smile, as if he had seen Liu De at a loss and anxious, since you can't wipe out your **, then let your spirit be tortured!

......

Zhongzhou, Luodu, Imperial Palace.

"Brother!" Empress Dowager He didn't expect that her closest brother would be killed by the Cao thief like this, Empress Dowager He was already at a loss, so she could only hug the little emperor and cry, in fact, it was more of a confusion, confusion, and fear of the future.

Even the Great Zhou Dynasty General Erpinwei was brutally killed by the enemy, and as the capital of a country, it was about to be surrounded by enemy troops, which was the first time that such a thing had happened in the three hundred years since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Is Da Zhou going to be buried in his own hands?

This makes her how to face the first emperor...

Empress Dowager He's heart was extremely miserable...

Chen He, Li Zhen, and Ji Changyou have also arrived at this Changle Palace, and the news of He Sui's killing was also told to the Empress Dowager He by Ji Changyou, the king of Luan, that He Sui's killing made the imperial court completely lose control of Jinzhou.

Xizhou in the west is Cao Zhuo's territory, and the imperial court has no influence, and the people of Xizhou only know that Cao Zhuo does not know the imperial court, and when they heard that Cao Zhuo wants to oppose the imperial court, the people of Xizhou responded positively, which also enables Cao Zhuo to quickly recruit 200,000 troops, in fact, the troops under Cao Zhuo's command are about 50,000 at the beginning.

Moreover, Xizhou is poor and barren and sandy, which has created the character of the people of Xizhou who are brave and ruthless, so Xizhou is also an excellent place for recruitment.

Danzhou, which is next to Zhongzhou in the northeast, all the soldiers and horses are encircling and suppressing the remnants of King Xiaoming, although Li Yun's 50,000 horses can be ordered to come to the rescue, but far from quenching the thirst, Cao Zhuo and Ouyang Yi united 200,000 troops are only three days away from the Beijing Division, and when Li Yun comes to the rescue, I'm afraid the daylily will be cold!

But Li Zhen still sent a fast horse to urgently order Li Yun to enter Beijing to escort him!

Luzhou, which is closer to Zhongzhou than Danzhou, has fallen into the hands of the Bodhisattva Sect, and Dongzhou has frequent disasters, and the Bodhisattva Sect has recruited a large number of people to work for it by relying on its teachings!

But the imperial court was helpless at all, and could only let the counties and counties of Dongzhou and Luzhou organize their own soldiers and horses to defend, and fortunately, the Bodhisattva Sect's blow to the family clan was particularly fierce, which also put everyone in danger of the family, they were already very rich in money and food, and now they have been ordered by the imperial court to allow the major clans to start recruiting soldiers on their own to resist the Bodhisattva Sect.

Whether it is for their own lives or with the careful idea of being the king and hegemon, the families of Dongzhou and Luzhou have recruited soldiers to defend the city.

After all, the family has a rich heritage, sufficient armor, and good quality of soldiers, while the Bodhisattva Sect is more of a group of homeless people, the combat effectiveness is very sparse, and the armor is also insufficient. I really didn't expect it.

The dispute between the Dongzhou and Luzhou clans and the Bodhisattva Sect has also fallen into a stalemate, and the imperial court can no longer control the clans that have grown up wildly!

The Central Plains region has long been chaotic, and the imperial court really has a feeling that the government decree cannot leave Zhongzhou, and the southern states are too far away, and the control of the imperial court is not too strong, and the southern family is more single-handedly than the Central Plains; The second is that the south is a land of smoke miasma, the population is much worse than that of the Central Plains, and there are many barbarians in the south, just dealing with these barbarians is enough for the southern states!

After various disasters and the rebellion of Liuda, Lingzhou has long been in tatters, although the imperial court has appointed a new state pastor, but the new state pastor is also helpless against this situation, and can only rely on most of the families to stabilize the situation.

Since Li Yun left, the family clan began to exploit the people unscrupulously, and the hardships they had just suffered were probably forgotten again, and after eliminating a Liu Da, there might be a Liu Er, Liu San, and Liu Si, and the undercurrent in Lingzhou was surging.

After analysis, Chen and the three of them found that except for Li Yun, who needed a month to come over to support, there were only 50,000 newly formed Beijing battalions, 10,000 forbidden troops, and 20,000 city defense battalions, a total of 80,000 horses.

80,000 horses, among which there are 50,000 recruits who have never even seen blood, against the 200,000 Xizhou elites led by Cao Zhuo {30,000 of which are Ouyang Yi's soldiers and horses}, even if they defend the city, how long can they defend it?

"Why don't you summon General Huangfu back?" Li Zhen suggested.

"No way!"

Ji Changyou objected: "If General Huangfu is recalled, wouldn't it be to give Ganping City to Cao Thief?" Besides, I'm afraid that Yuan Poyu won't let General Huangfu withdraw to Jingshi as he wishes! ”

"How's that for good?"

Li Zhen was so anxious that he walked back and forth in the hall!

Empress Dowager He looked at the taciturn three, and Empress Dowager He was furious: "The three auxiliary ministers in the hall, why can't they even come up with a way to defend the city?" ”

"If General Anbei hadn't left, maybe he would have been able to hold the Beijing Division..."Empress Dowager He, who was holding the little emperor, now misses Liu De who killed Cao Sui in order to help the first emperor, since Liu De was able to defeat Cao Sui, wouldn't it be in vain to clean up his son? This is the mind of the little woman who belongs to the Empress Dowager He.

"Ahem!"

Chen He got up, but he couldn't stop coughing, his thin body trembled slightly, making people feel that Chen He was afraid that he would pass all at once, Chen He's body was getting worse and worse, and he coughed up blood in the mansion last night, and he felt that it might not be long before he would go to see the first emperor.

But now that the enemy is present, how can Chen He let go, before he dies, he must destroy this Cao thief, otherwise he will have no face to see the first emperor underground! This is Chen He's obsession.

Thinking of this, Chen He's body seemed to have increased some strength, and said to Empress Dowager He and Li Zhen: "Li Xiangguo, now I can only rely on you to go to the mansions of the major clans to gather their soldiers, make a powerful statement, and inform them that Cao Zhuo is here for revenge, if the city is broken, I am afraid that no one will be spared, so let them not be lucky." ”

"Good! The old man is going! ”

Li Zhen took a deep look at Chen He, who was pale, sighed, and left.

At this moment, the three people who had occasional contradictions finally united and fought against the enemy together!

"General, you immediately organize the soldiers to prepare for the next defense of the city, the rolling stones, wood, fire, oil, and gold juice must be fully prepared, boost morale, and reward them heavily, and you will be able to make the soldiers fight to the death!" And the old man recruited the people in the city, organized the young and strong, and also let them participate in the defense of the city, after all, one more person has more strength! ”

"This king knows!"

Luan Wang Ji Changyou arched his hand.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the old minister has fought hard to ensure that His Majesty and the Queen Mother are safe, please rest assured that Your Majesty and the Queen Mother are safe! The old minister said goodbye! Chen He said, turned his head and left the Changle Palace.

Empress Dowager He looked at Chen He's departing figure, her eyes were swollen from crying, tears flowed down her eyes, the country has such a good appearance, it is really a blessing for Your Majesty, a blessing for the community!

Empress Dowager He held the little emperor tightly in her arms.