"What? Pang Cong's defeat? What the hell is going on? ”

Originally, when Lu Yanhong was still celebrating the capture of Fengzhou, the news of Pang Cong's defeat was like a basin of cold water, which made him feel cold, and the joy of winning Fengzhou faded a lot.

After more than half a month of fierce fighting, Lu Yanhong led the army to break through Fengzhou at the cost of thousands of casualties, and Niu Miao fled to Hechi County with less than 2,000 remnants. Originally, Lu Yanhong planned to take advantage of the victory to pursue and wipe out the remnants of Niu Xuan, but he didn't expect the news of Pang Cong's defeat to come, which made him very surprised.

You must know that Pang Cong and Yang Shouzhong's troops combined also have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, how could they be defeated so badly? Could it be that the Tiance Army is really strong? But it's not quite right to think about it.

"Returning to the festival marshal, according to what General Pang said, the Tiance army used a kind of 'heavenly fire', which can burn and explode, and is very powerful, resulting in heavy losses under General Pang's command, which was only then taken by the Tiance army to take the opportunity to fight back. Now General Pang and General Yang have retreated to Xixian, and at the same time, more than 10,000 troops of the Tiance Army are also stationed on the west side of Xixian County, and they may launch an attack on Xixian at any time. The man explained.

"'Skyfire'? What 'Skyfire'? Could it be that after the defeat of Pang Cong, he likes to find excuses to shirk responsibility? Lu Yanhong obviously doesn't believe in Tianhuo, he has been in the army for so many years, and he has never heard of this thing.

In his opinion, this thing was just an excuse that Pang Cong came up with to escape responsibility.

"Jie Shuai, this is not the most important thing, according to the news from Xixian, General Yang and General Pang may have a discord, both of them have reported that there is a for tat."

"Rubbish!" Knowing that Pang Cong and the two were still engaged in infighting in such a situation, Lu Yanhong was a little angry, even if Yang Shouxin was next to him, he did not restrain himself at all.

Although there are also contradictions between Yang Fuguang's several righteous sons, they are brothers after all, and if it comes to a critical moment, they will still take a hand. Lu Yanhong's angry scolding seemed to be scolding Pang Cong, but in fact, he also scolded Yang Shouzhong, which made Yang Shouxin's face a little ugly, but he didn't have a seizure.

"Marshal, now is not the time to blame." Li Jian, who was on the side, got up and persuaded, "Now that the Tiance army has surrounded Xixian, if Xixian is lost, the Tiance army can directly enter Xingyuan Mansion, and our retreat will also be cut off."

The top priority is to keep Xixian, so that we can ensure the safety of Xingyuan Mansion, and we have the capital to confront the Tiance Army. ”

Li Jian is the last general of the Zhongwu Eight Capitals, and he has won the trust of Lu Yanhong, unlike Pang Cong, Li Jian is relatively calm, and he also advocates steady and steady fighting.

"But it will take us a few days to get to Xixian County now, and we just let Niu Qiao go? In the event of a comeback, wouldn't the effort have come to naught? Lu Yanhong was a little unwilling, "And what's going on with Yang Shouliang?" Didn't you let him attack Bizhou and Tongzhou? Why is there no news coming now. ”

"Maybe it's a long way, so the news didn't have time to come." Li Jian guessed.

In fact, it's not that Yang Shouliang doesn't want to pass on the news, but he feels too embarrassed. Before he accepted Lu Yanhong's request to send troops, he was frustrated in Bizhou, and Bizhou, which was reinforced by the Tiance army, was stunned to hold on, and after his army paid the price of more than 1,000 dead and wounded, except for taking one or two county seats, it did not achieve much success at all.

There was no result, Yang Shouliang was naturally embarrassed to poke the matter out, so until now, he had not passed on the situation in Bizhou.

"Hmph, it's better to be like this." Lu Yanhong was a little dissatisfied, thinking of the escaped Niu Xuan, he panicked in his heart, so he said to Yang Shouxin on the side, "General Yang, this marshal asked you to serve as the assassin of Fengzhou, responsible for eliminating the Niu Xuan Department, are you willing?" ”

Yang Shouxin was immediately overjoyed, and his previous unhappiness was swept away, and he nodded hurriedly, "Thank you, Jie Shuai." ”

"I hope that General Yang will not live up to my expectations, and when I defeat the Tiance Army, then this Shannan West Road will really be our final say." Lu Yanhong said proudly.

But a few months ago, his words were very attractive, but now, they are no longer attractive. He said this I don't know how many times, but the situation did not improve much, and Niu Miao was defeated by them.

After Yang Shouxin left, Li Jian stopped Lu Yanhong and stopped talking.

"Li Jian, if you have anything to say, just say it." Lu Yanhong said in a deep voice.

"Jieshuai, I think we should think about the back road." Li Jian hesitated for a moment and said.

"Back?" Lu Yanhong's face suddenly sank, fortunately it was Li Jian, if it were someone else, he would have been angry a long time ago, "Why do you want to consider the back road?" Do you think we can't defeat the Tiance Army? ”

Li Jian shook his head, "Jie Shuai, it's not this problem now. Even if we defeat the Tiance Army, but the Tiance Army controls the Golden Bull Road, the Rice Cang Road, and even the Lychee Road, we will still have nothing to do with them at that time.

On the other hand, even if we defeat the Tiance Army, our vitality will be greatly damaged. Moreover, from entering Xingyuan Mansion to the present, although our strength has increased a lot, the combat effectiveness of the army has decreased greatly, and it is not good news for us to continue like this.

If you can, I suggest that while the current strength is still there, go back to Xuzhou to the east, drive away Zhou Qi, and make the commander of the loyal army. ”

"Why do you persuade me to go back to Xuzhou? What's so good about Xuzhou? The land of the four wars, surrounded by strong feudal domains, is it like this Shannan West Road is at ease? Lu Yanhong looked at everything around him and was very fascinated.

"It's not always comfortable to stay here. King Shou of Lizhou is bent on recapturing Xingyuan Mansion, and if we stay here, we will definitely fight for a long time. And now that Chang'an has been recovered, we are equivalent to blocking the way of the saint to return to Chang'an, maybe not only the Tiance army will follow, but even the Dongchuan army and the Shence army will come in a big way, and what awaits us at that time is just a dead end. Li Jian shook his head, and also knew that the other party was attracted by the wealth here.

Shannan Xidao has not encountered war for many years, and its geographical location is second only to the East and West Erchuan, and Niu Miao has accumulated a lot of wealth here. Lu Yanhong, who got a lot of wealth from Niu Miao, where has he seen so much gold, silver and jewelry, and he is also deeply fascinated by the wealth of Shannan West Road.

This is also the reason why Lu Yanhong has been reluctant to leave, but Li Jian and some generals are unwilling to stay here. The imperial court did not recognize them, but regarded them as rebels, which made many of them unacceptable, but Lu Yanhong also rewarded a lot of money and his prestige was high, so the opposition was suppressed.

"Okay, don't say it again, this matter has its own decision, so don't say it again." Lu Yanhong said impatiently,

Seeing Lu Yanhong's appearance, Li Jian shook his head, and then turned to leave. He knew Lu Yanhong's character, and it was not so easy to convince the other party, which made him admire Li Zhen a little, but it was a pity that he had already switched to King Shou. Such smart people have chosen to take refuge in King Shou, which means that there is not much way out on their side, otherwise Li Zhen would not have tried every means to leave Xingyuan Mansion.

But now Lu Yanhong obviously can't listen to any advice, and he has no choice, so he can only find another opportunity later to see if he can convince the other party.

Because Lu Yanhong didn't want to leave Xingyuan Mansion so unwillingly, he gave up the pursuit of Niu Xuan, but took tens of thousands of main forces south, leaving Yang Shouxin's department stationed in Fengzhou.

In his opinion, as long as the Tiance Army is defeated, all crises can be solved. Lu Yanhong in his bones still has a kind of adventurous mentality, from the beginning of the attack on Xingyuan Mansion to the present, he is undoubtedly not proving this.

When Lu Yanhong led the army south, the army led by Li Ye was also constantly transporting supplies to the front line, and he also attached great importance to the upcoming battle.

(End of chapter)