"Your Highness, your subordinates suspect that Tian Lingzi may have done it on purpose." Li Yingxu on the side guessed.

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"Deliberately?" Li Ye had some doubts on his face.

"Yes, Your Highness." Li Yingxu continued to explain, "The Chen brothers have always wanted to get rid of Yang Shili, but they have not done it before. And just when we were facing the rebels, the imperial court suddenly announced that Yang Shili would enter the court as the right servant of Shangshu, which was too much of a coincidence.

Now in the middle of the court, the two brothers Tian Lingzi and Chen Jingxuan control the government, and the saint is no longer able to make decisions on many things, and this will is obviously issued by Tian Lingzi. If this will is not issued sooner or later, it is very suspicious to issue it at this time.

Tian Lingzi had not moved before, because he didn't want to force Yang Shi to set up troops. If Yang Shi sets up troops, the tens of thousands of troops in his hands plus our Tiance army, even if the two brothers Tian Lingzi have the Shence Army and the Xichuan Army, the odds of victory are five or five.

But now it is different, His Highness's Tiance Army was pinned down by the rebels, and the Dongchuan Army also sent 5,000 soldiers and horses to His Highness's command, and Yang Shili's strength was greatly reduced in an instant.

At this time, even if Yang Shi set up troops, Tian Lingzi was not afraid. I have to say that Tian Lingzi chose a good time, and his subordinates can guess that Yang Shili will definitely lose. ”

Li Ye nodded, and also realized this, the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Yang Shili's hands were not elites like Xiang Zhongwu Army and Shatuo Army, and if he wanted to win more with less, the chance was very small.

Yang Shili's arrogance, he had discovered it before. When he passed through Dongchuan, he discussed an alliance with Yang Shili against the two Tian Lingzi brothers, but the arrogant Yang Shili refused to form an alliance.

took the initiative to ask for an alliance and was rejected, and Li Ye did not follow up on the alliance, the other party did not know what to do, and he would not always beg the other party to form an alliance without face. Of course, even if there is no alliance, the two sides maintain good relations, otherwise Yang Shili would not have let Zhang Shi'an send troops to help.

This is Yang Shili's own choice, even if he fails, he can't blame others. If we can hold out until we collect the revival yuan, it is not impossible to send troops at that time. Li Ye said in a deep voice.

"Your Highness, if you send troops, won't you make an open break with Tian Lingzi? Now that Tian Lingzi is in control of the government, what if he deals with His Highness in the name of the saint? Xu Shiren said worriedly.

"I believe you also understand the truth of cold lips and teeth. If Yang Shili is defeated and Dongchuan is not guaranteed, we will face Chen Jingxuan directly, and the next step is that Tian Lingzi and Chen Jingxuan brothers will definitely find a way to deal with this king. This king is a prince and his identity is sensitive, as long as Tian Lingzi wants to deal with us, it is easy to find an excuse.

The relationship between this king and Tian Lingzi is no different from a rupture, so there is no need to worry so much. "Li Ye is not afraid of breaking with Tian Lingzi, sooner or later he will break up.

And he killed Chen Jingxuan's three sons, although Tian Lingzi and Chen Jingxuan did not find fault, they must have recorded this account. It was impossible to ease relations, and he knew that.

"Your Highness, what about Zhang Shi'an? If he learns this news, I am afraid that he has no intention of quelling the rebellion, and even asks to return to Dongchuan. If Zhang Shi'an's troops return to Dongchuan, the troops in our hands may be under great pressure in the face of the rebels, and even with the help of Tianhuo, we will not be able to change the numerical disadvantage. Liu Qi said worriedly.

Li Ye couldn't help but be silent, the rocket thing currently has many defects, the range is short, the power is small, and it is far less useful than muskets or artillery. It can be used as a siege weapon, but it cannot turn the tide of the war, and there are too many fortuitous elements to win during the day. If the rebels were on guard, it was unknown whether they would be able to achieve daytime results.

Li Ye thought for a while and said, "Then strictly block the news and don't tell Zhang Shi'an the news." You are not allowed to spread the news, and in addition to this, you are to set up checkpoints at the southern passes, and the traders from the south are not allowed to go north. ”

"Yes, Your Highness!" Liu Qi nodded seriously.

"Your Highness, in fact, when the time is ripe, you can annex Zhang Shi'an's department. His 5,000 soldiers and horses are also a large force, and if they can be annexed, it will also be of great help to the Tiance Army. Li Yingxu said with a gloomy expression.

"Annexation of Zhang Shi'an's troops?" Li Ye raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help but be a little moved.

This is a good idea, but it has to be done after Yang Shili is defeated, thinking about it this way, it seems that he really hopes that Yang Shili will be defeated, so that he can also get some benefits from it. As for Yang Shili's defeat, he had to face Chen Jingxuan's problem head-on, and he could only think about it later, now he had to defeat the rebels in front of him first.

The rebels returned in Qipanguan, which also frightened the rebels in Shanquan County, and hurriedly retreated to Xingzhou City the next day. The main force of the rebels led by Pang Cong and Yang Shouzhong was in Qipanguan, and the rebels in Sanquan County were only a small part.

Li Ye naturally understands the truth of chasing after victory. Therefore, Li Ye ordered Shi Ling to lead reinforcements from the first and fourth capitals on the right and a part of the Sanquan garrison, about 3,000 people along the Jialing River to the north, pointing directly at Xingzhou.

And he led the headquarters of the army, the remaining three capitals in the right wing, Zhang Shi'an and the Shenji battalion, about 9,000 people, along the Golden Bull Road to the north. Soon they captured the old Jinniu Town of Jinniu County, and finally came to the city of Xixian County.

At this time, in Xixian County, in addition to the 3,000 remnants of the army led by Pang Cong, and Yang Shouzhong's department who retreated from Xingzhou, the two divisions combined were less than 5,000 people, and the coalition army led by Li Ye exceeded 10,000 people after converging with the Shiling Division.

Seeing the imperial army outside the city, Pang Cong looked worried.

He had an army of tens of thousands in his hands before, and he was full of pride in his heart, and he even had the idea of competing with Lu Yanhong in his heart. What he thought was that after winning the Qipan Pass, he would find a way to take Lizhou, and when the time came, he would defeat the imperial army, and his prestige in the army would increase greatly and his strength would become stronger, so he naturally did not have to succumb to Lu Yanhong.

However, in the first battle of Qipanguan, he was instantly beaten back to his original form, and he lost more than half of his troops, and the original army of tens of thousands now adds up to less than 5,000 people. And the imperial army on the opposite side has tens of thousands of people, and it will attack Xixian at any time, not to mention that he wants to fight with Lu Yanhong for power, it is difficult to say whether he can hold Xixian.

Moreover, Yang Shouzhong is also very dissatisfied with the current situation, and has a tendency to lead his troops to leave.

"General Pang, the tens of thousands of troops actually lost more than half of them at once, and my 2,000 people were also lost by you at Qipanguan. What kind of heavenly fire, even if it's an excuse, you have to find a good excuse, so such a ridiculous excuse wants to fool me? ”

Just when Pang Congzai was frowning, Yang Shouzhong hurriedly came to the room angrily and slapped the knife directly on the table, not giving the other party a good face at all.

"Fooling you? Heavenly fire is heavenly fire, you go and ask those soldiers who have withdrawn, they have also seen it, you ask them if it is heavenly fire! It's a joke, I'm going to lie to you about this?

If it weren't for that day's fire, even if I Pang never won the seven-set level, I wouldn't have lost so badly. We've been working together for years, so I'm going to lie to you about this? Your troops are lost, what about mine? ”

Pang Cong, who was already in a very irritable mood, also broke out instantly when Yang Shouzhong was so agitated, and directly pinched the other party in the room.

"Why, after losing the battle, you are still so arrogant? Why don't you go out of the city to fight? I knew that you were so useless, I should have led the army to Chengdu to escort me, instead of listening to you and becoming a rebel here! Yang Shouzhong retorted without showing weakness.