"If that's true... That's really the case, King Shou is not just trying to recapture Jianzhou. ”

Zheng Junxiong thought of a result, an outcome that he regretted a little.

The subordinates on the side also saw the uncertainty on Gao Renhou's face, hesitated for a while, and said uncertainly, "Jie Shuai, if the Tiance Army sneaks up on Zizhou, it is very likely that the purpose of King Shou this time is not to recapture Jianzhou, but to think... Instead, they want to annex Dongchuan. ”

Annexation of Dongchuan?

That's right, Zheng Junxiong also thought of this possibility, if this is really the case, Tiance Army will definitely not let go of the empty opportunity of Zizhou.

If that is the case, Zizhou, which has weak troops, is likely to be lost. If this is really the case, then now is the time to withdraw the army back to Zizhou and watch the city of Jianzhou break?

If Jianzhou is reinforced, then Zizhou will not be protected, and then Suizhou, Puzhou, Hezhou and other places will be lost; But if Jianzhou is ignored, Jianzhou's side will not last long, and the situation will still be very grim at that time.

"Doesn't the court care? If King Shou really wants to annex Dongchuan, what is the difference between it and rebellion? Zheng Junxiong yelled.

"How? At this time, the imperial court is crusading against Wang Chongrong, how can there be kung fu to manage King Shou? When the news of Dongchuan here reaches Chang'an, at least a month later, King Shou will definitely conceal the war in Dongchuan.

At that time, the imperial court couldn't manage it if it wanted to. Gao Renhou said bitterly.

Perhaps King Shou had long expected that there would be a big war in Guanzhong, so he waited for the fight in Guanzhong to make a move against Dongchuan, that is, when the imperial court had no chance to manage it, and actually annexed Dongchuan.

"Shuai Jie, you have to find a way. If King Shou really intends to annex our Dongchuan, he will definitely not be able to stop it with the forces we currently have. Unless other states send reinforcements, we still have the strength to fight. Zheng Junxiong said anxiously.

"Other states?" Gao Renhou shook his head with a bitter expression, "Let's not talk about whether it's too late, even if it's too late, these states won't send troops." For them, what does it have to do with them to change the person to be the envoy?

At the beginning, they could sit and watch Yang Shili's army defeat, but now they can sit and watch my Gao Renhou's army defeat, a truth. ”

Gao Renhou's words are very applicable in the Tang Dynasty at this time, you see those festival envoys, there are a few long-term ones, as short as a year and a half to be driven down, more than three or four years, more than five years are rare.

The upper section makes it easy to change, and the people below should do whatever they want.

"Jieshuai, there is another way."

"What's the solution?"

"Ask Nishikawa for help. Xichuan definitely doesn't want to see King Shou annex Dongchuan, and it is very likely that he will have to do something to Xichuan at that time. The truth of the cold lips and teeth, Xichuan must understand, as long as the marshal says some good things and is soft, I believe that Xichuan will definitely reinforce us.

With Xichuan's help, it was easy for the Tiance army to be driven back. ”

Hearing that he asked Chen Jingxuan for help, Gao Renhou felt a little uncomfortable. Although he was the envoy of the Dongchuan Festival supported by Chen Jingxuan, he did not want to be subordinated to Chen Jingxuan.

Now asking Chen Jingxuan for help, it is very likely that he will have to look at Chen Jingxuan's face for a long time in the future, which makes it difficult for him to accept.

"Jie Shuai." Zheng Junxiong saw that Gao Renhou was unhappy, but thinking that he might not be able to protect his nest, he was a little anxious, and hurriedly persuaded the other party, "Jie Shuai, the lower officials also think this is feasible." This is just an expedient measure, the top priority is to drive out the Tiance army, and it is not too late to think about other things later. ”

"This...

Gao Renhou was a little moved.

At this moment, a fast horse suddenly came to the front of the camp, and the soldiers on duty immediately stopped the other party. When he saw that the other party's face was covered with blood and asked for the general reason, he quickly let him go, and then the soldier quickly ran to Gao Renhou's big tent and rushed in without waiting for the person at the door to report.

Several people who were discussing the matter were also startled by the soldiers who suddenly rushed in, and Zheng Junxiong even pulled out his matching sword.

Gao Renhou was also a little dissatisfied, and was about to reprimand the soldiers who followed later, but when he saw the soldiers who were covered in blood and kneeling on the ground, he raised his hand.

"Section. . . Jieshuai, Jianzhou fell, General Lu Hong died in battle! ”

"What?" Gao Renhou, who heard the news, suddenly couldn't sit still, immediately stood up and asked loudly, "What the hell is going on?" ”

The person who came told him about the situation, and after listening to it, Gao Renhou sat down directly on the stool.

How did he lose, Gao Renhou didn't want to ask, but he didn't expect that Jianzhou, which was defended by 7,000 people, would be broken in one day. That's seven thousand people, and that's not a rabble, but the elite in his hands, otherwise he wouldn't have carried out the task of sneaking up on Jianzhou before.

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Seven thousand were defeated, and less than a thousand fled, and the rest either died in Jianzhou or chose to surrender. As for Lu Hong and hundreds of his own soldiers, they were surrounded by more than a thousand Tiance troops, and finally died of exhaustion.

Bad news usually comes in a pile, just when Gao Renhou has not digested the result of the fall of Jianzhou, a message for help came from Zizhou: Li Hong, the lieutenant general of the Tiance Army, led an army of 20,000 to appear in Zizhou and has surrounded Zizhou.

There were less than 2,000 people defending Zizhou, and they were still old, weak, sick and disabled, and the elite were all taken away by Gao Renhou.

In the face of the 20,000 troops of the Tiance Army, the result can be imagined.

Liu Qi led more than 20,000 troops to attack, and Li Hong also led 20,000 troops, which is nearly 50,000 troops.

If Gao Renhou knew that Li Ye still had more than 20,000 troops in his hands that had not been mobilized, he didn't know what his expression would be.

"Jie Shuai!" Zheng Junxiong, who was shocked, trembled a little.

Zheng Junxiong's tone was not only trembling, but his hands were also shaking. And Gao Renhou was no better, the whole person sat there decadently, his face pale, and he came back to his senses when he heard Zheng Junxiong's shout.

"Send someone to Xichuan, and say that Gao is willing to exchange half of Dongchuan for Xichuan support." After saying this, Gao Renhou's whole person seemed to have aged a lot, and the whole person was very lonely.

Just when Gao Renhou sent people to Xichuan to ask for help, early the next morning, the news of the fall of Zizhou came. The remaining guards appointed by Gao Renhou directly surrendered in Kaicheng, and Li Hongdu took Zizhou before he could start the siege of the city, taking over everything that Gao Renhou had been in Dongchuan for the previous year.

In addition to the army, wealth, family, etc. fell into the hands of the Tiance army.

After taking Zizhou, Li Hong did not attack Puzhou and Suizhou, which did not have many troops, but left some soldiers stationed in Zizhou, and he led the main force to Mianzhou, and joined forces with Liu Qi to solve the last troops in Gao Renhou's hands.

After Li Hong and Liu Qi's soldiers were combined, Liu Qi was temporarily in charge, because Li Ye would soon be personally recruited. It's not that Li Ye wants to take risks, but he is worried that Liu Qi and Li Hong will have conflicts because of command problems, so he personally commands.

When the two armies were combined, the strength of the army was as high as 40,000. In front of him, Gao Renhou retreated to Mianzhou, with a strength of only more than 10,000 troops, although the disparity was very large, but the Tiance army did not attack immediately.

The reason is simple, Nishikawa sent troops.

The speed of Xichuan's dispatch of troops was somewhat unexpected by the Tiance Army, and even beyond Li Ye's expectations.

In fact, on the second day after Gao Renhou's people asked for help passed through Lutou Pass, Yang Tang, the assassin of Hanzhou, not only ordered to strengthen the defensive force of Lutou Pass, but also sent 3,000 soldiers and horses out of the Luojiang River, camped south of Mianzhou and fought with Gao Renhou's troops in Mianzhou.

This is one of them.

Second, when the news reached Chengdu Mansion, although Chen Jingxuan was shocked, under the persuasion of his ministers, he quickly issued an order to send troops to reinforce him.

Ordered Li Shun to lead an army of 20,000 to set off on the same day to reinforce Gao Renhou. Subsequently, he ordered the troops of Meizhou, Shuzhou, Pengzhou, Qiongzhou and other places to be transferred to prepare for reinforcements at Lutouguan at any time.

At the same time, Chen Jingxuan also ordered the Qiang tribes in Victoria and Maozhou to send troops.

Xichuan's rapid reinforcements also surprised Liu Qi and Li Hong, and now that Li Ye did not come, they did not dare to act rashly, so they could only set up camp in the northeast of Mianzhou and confront Gao Renhou in Mianzhou.

For a time, people from all walks of life in the east and west rivers and Shannan West Road were staring at Mianzhou, and more than 100,000 troops from the three towns gathered here, and there was bound to be an earth-shattering war, which would even affect the situation in the entire Shu region.

And at this time, Li Ye led the 3,000 cavalry of Jinyiwei to Mianzhou.

。。。。。。

"What seven thousand cavalry? Where did the Tiance Army come from such cavalry? ”

Hearing the information from Gao Renhou's side, Li Shun obviously didn't believe it. Seven thousand cavalry, what is that concept? There are only 4,000 cavalry in the entire Xichuan, which Chen Jingxuan spent a lot of money to put together.

You must know that Chen Jingxuan has been operating in Xichuan for several years, while Li Ye has been operating in Shannan West Road for less than two years, where did he get such financial resources Yang 7,000 cavalry? Not only did Li Shun not believe it, but the entire Xichuan generals present did not believe it.

"General Li, can Gao lie to you in this matter? According to Gao's intelligence, King Shou may have tens of thousands of cavalry in his hands. Just last night, King Shou led 3,000 cavalry to the Tiance army camp outside the city. Gao Renhou was a little displeased.

If he hadn't asked for Nishikawa, he really wanted to go crazy. You, Li Shun is something, when I was in Xichuan, you were still my subordinate, and now you actually talk to me like this. However, now the situation is stronger than people, and for the sake of the overall situation, Gao Renhou can only endure it.

"Gao Shuai, it's not that we don't believe you, but where did King Shou get so many horses? Shannan West Road did not produce horses, and the Uighur horses were basically given to the Shence army, and it was impossible for them to fall into the hands of King Shou. Seeing that Gao Renhou was a little unhappy, Yang Tang on the side hurriedly persuaded.

Now that the enemy is present, they can't afford to engage in infighting.

"You can ask the history of Wenzhou's assassination." Gao Renhou said lightly.

Wenzhou originally belonged to Shannan West Road, and was later included in Xichuan. However, Wenzhou is far away from Xichuan, but it is bordered by Longzhou in Dongchuan and Liju in Shannan West Road, and because of this, it is generally difficult for Xichuan to effectively manage Wenzhou. And the war horse in Li Ye's hand was purchased from the tribes of Tubo through Wenzhou, Gao Renhou has always regarded Li Ye as a threat, so he naturally inquired.

Seven thousand cavalry?

You must know that the terrain near Mianzhou is relatively flat, with hillsides, but it is not high or steep, and it is undoubtedly a good battlefield for cavalry.

This made the coalition forces of the East and West Erchuan very embarrassed, they did not have so many cavalry, not even 3,000.

(End of chapter)