On September 18, Shandong Luo Guanzhong's hometown of Dongpingzhou. www.biquge.info At this time, this strategic place from Jinan to Yanzhou has been completely occupied by Chengyi.

The defenders of the city were only stationed by the Dongping guard who went to Jinan to rescue the remaining 1,000 households and the remnants of the army that fled back from the vicinity of Jinan City.

Xie Cheng stood at the head of the city and said to Chief Su, Lu Yuan, Luo Ren and others: "In fact, the terrain from Jinan to Dongpingzhou is complicated, and there are many places where we can rely on the terrain to maneuver with our army, but we still hit Dongpingzhou so quickly. ”

Lu Yuan praised: "It's not that General Xie has a superb command level, and the soldiers of the court along the way are all tied up." ”

Xie Cheng naturally knew that the reason why they were so smooth was mainly because there were not many troops in these places now, and their morale was also very low, so it was so smooth. But he won't debunk the praise for himself.

Chief Su asked, "General Xie, the next step is to attack Yanzhou and Jining." ”

"The two cities of Yanzhou and Jining are each other's inside and outside, and they are all the throats of Xuzhou to the north, if Yanzhou and Jining are laid, then the road to the north of the imperial court will be blocked, and they can even continue to go south to capture Xuzhou."

"If we take Xuzhou, then although there are important towns all the way to Jiangbei, they can be bypassed, and our army can go directly to the Yangtze River and threaten the capital. Therefore, the next step must be to attack Yanzhou and Jining. ”

Xie Cheng listened to what Chief Su said, and imagined the scene of the soldiers approaching the capital for a while, and suddenly felt relaxed and happy. However, Xie Cheng will not always be immersed in fantasy. It is ideal to conquer the capital, but not to mention that the capital itself is a strong city that is difficult to attack, and the Yangtze River north of the capital is also a natural danger that is not so easy to cross.

And they did not control the entire Huainan troops, they could only go deep alone, if they dragged on in Jiangbei for a long time, the soldiers of King Qin from all over the country surrounded them, and they would not be able to escape.

So Xie Cheng came back to his senses and said, "What you said is right, the next step is to gather the main force to attack the two cities of Yanzhou and Jining." If the southern army has not gone north after defeating these two cities, it will attack Xuzhou. ”

"However, even if we go well and conquer Xuzhou City, we will not raid the capital. There are too many variables and risks. ”

"Also, in addition to the main force attacking these two cities, it is also necessary to divide troops to attack Caozhou (now Heze)."

"Caozhou is bordered by Huaisi in the south, Xiangwei in the north, the way of Yanji, and the suburbs of Kaifeng, which have been used in four wars since ancient times. After conquering Caozhou, you can threaten Kaifeng to the west. Kaifeng is not only the province of Heyan, but also the fief of the king of Zhou, and the imperial court must not allow Kaifeng to fall, so it can contain the entire Heyan army. Therefore, it is necessary to divide troops to attack Heze. ”

In this way, the next direction of attack was decided. However, Luo Ren said: "General Xie, Yanzhou is not easy to attack!" ”

"Yanzhou is a big city in the southeast of Shandong, and since the cancellation of Jining Mansion to establish Yanzhou Mansion, Yanzhou City has been increasingly strengthened, not inferior to Jinan City."

"And Yanzhou City is still the fief of King Lu, although now King Lu is not in Yanzhou, King Lu's soldiers and horses are not all less than 20,000 people, but because Shandong is not in charge of King Lu's three guards, so now King Lu's soldiers and horses are very complete."

"Coupled with the fact that Yanzhou has enough money and food, I'm afraid it won't be easy to attack."

Xie Cheng said very confidently: "The guard of Yanzhou City is just Sheng Yong, although Sheng Yong has also fought before, but he has not shown much talent, but a mediocre general who is as good as his name and is decent, how can he stop our soldiers!" ”

Although Luo Ren felt a little worried about Xie Cheng's self-confidence, he couldn't continue to say anything in person. After a few more words, they also went down the city wall.

Luo Ren went down the city wall and walked towards the barracks, but at a glance, he saw a man in a military doctor's uniform pulling a few soldiers to say something, and this military doctor Luo Ren still knew.

Luo Ren stepped forward and said to him, "Doctor Zhao, what are you doing here?" There are still many wounded soldiers in the barracks who need to be treated. ”

The person who was called Doctor Zhao looked back and saw that it was Luo Ren, and hurriedly said, "It turned out to be General Luo." Several other soldiers who were tugging and pulling with him also saluted.

Then the military doctor named Zhao Zonghou said: "It's just right, General Luo, it's really good that you're here." Give the order to stop the soldiers from wreaking havoc in the city, and collect the troops! ”

Luo Ren looked sideways and saw a few injured people on the side, so he knew what was going on.

Luo Ren knew that Zhao Zonghou had always cherished life very much, and since Hongwu came to the twenty-ninth year of Qi Wang Sanwei, he even opposed Zhu Rong to punish the soldiers in person, Zhu Rong almost killed him on the spot at that time, and was saved by him and several other generals of Qi Wang Sanwei. However, because of this, Xu Zonghou's reputation among the soldiers of the original Qi King Sanwei is also very high.

Xu Zonghou had been staying in Qingzhou before, and later he was transferred from Qingzhou because there were too many soldiers and not enough military doctors after Xie Cheng's rebellion. Now that he saw the soldiers' mistreatment of the people, he couldn't help but interfere again. These soldiers are not the original Qi Wang Sanwei, and the fact that he was not killed was already for the sake of his doctor's face.

Luo Ren immediately said to the soldiers: "You guys go back to the barracks, don't go back to the city!" ”

Several soldiers were unwilling, but Luo Ren, as a rebel general, did not dare to disobey his words, so they could only leave.

Then Luo Ren said to Xu Zonghou: "You better go back to the medical camp, don't wander around the city." ”

Xu Zonghou pointed to the soldiers who were wreaking havoc in the city, and said excitedly to Luo Ren: "You don't care!" Where is this still like a soldier! Directly in the city! ”

Luo Ren smiled bitterly: "Xu Zonghou, I can't control this matter now, and I can't give an order to let the soldiers return to the camp." ”

Xu Zong paused for a moment and asked, "Then who can care?" ”

Luo Ren said: "The road is far away. But it's better not to go to him. "Actually, Xie Cheng is also successful, but Xu Zonghou doesn't know Xie Cheng, so it is estimated that it is even more difficult to find him.

Xu Zonghou said: "Then I'll go to find Lu Yuan, where are these tyrannical soldiers still like soldiers!" The whole is banditry! ”

Luo Ren looked at his back and smiled helplessly. But he still has some friendship with Xu Zonghou, and he also follows to prevent Lu Yuan from making any irrational moves.

However, Lu Yuan did not make an irrational move. After listening to Xu Zonghou's words, he immediately said: "Since this is the case, then I will immediately order the soldiers to return to the camp." ”

Xu Zonghou thanked Lu Yuan and retreated. Luo Ren also retreated after saying a few words to Lu Yuan. However, Lu Yuan looked at Xu Zonghou's back and said to himself: "Are these military doctors more influential?" ”