At the beginning, when Li Xin was only the leader of several thousand Huashan troops, he would not obey Huan Wen's orders. Under the current situation, Datang is thriving, how can Li Xin surrender himself and make himself seem to be Huan Wen's subordinate. And after hearing his words, Xi Chao couldn't help but cry bitterly in his heart, because when he came, he knew that this was not a good errand. After all, in addition to lobbying, there is actually no bargaining chip at all.

At this time, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Your Highness is angry!" When Datang was invited to send troops, it was actually because of the urgency of the war, so he had to ask His Royal Highness for help. But now that the war has subsided, there is only Qingzhou left in the Yan Kingdom, and it is difficult to form a threat. With the intention of Duke Huan, this battle can be ended by ourselves, Your Highness may wish to take a rest, and first restore the livelihood of the people in the Central Plains! ”

"That's it, Jingyu is a sincere person, and this king is not difficult for you! However, after you go back, tell Huan Da Sima that I have fulfilled my duties as an ally. But what this king wants to do now is for the sake of Datang himself, not for you! The matter of the strike will not be mentioned again, if Huan Da Sima stands with Yan Guo in this matter, the relationship between us will be severed. From then on, everyone went their separate ways, and Hugh had to mention the word "ally" again. At the same time, the responsibility for this alliance is borne by yourselves! Xu saw the embarrassed look on Xi Chao's face, and after Li Xin pondered for a while, he said in a slow tone.

Hearing him say this, Xi Chao couldn't help but chuckle in his heart. With his cleverness, of course, it can be seen that Li Xin is pulling the banner to occupy the moral high ground and find a good excuse for himself, thus ending the alliance with Huan Wen.

But there is nothing wrong with this reason, if it really spreads, I am afraid that most people in the world will agree with Li Xin's statement. In this way, the alliance between Tang and Jin broke up, and the fault was all on Jiang Zuo's side.

In this way, if something goes wrong between Tang and Jin in the future, Li Xin can also justifiably blame Huan Wen, and even send troops.

But he couldn't refute it yet, because he really couldn't find any other reason!

"Yes, the lower official will immediately go back to Xuzhou to report to Da Sima that he knows!" With a sigh in his heart, Xi Chao finally stopped saying more and bowed down.

The power of language is weak after all, especially when it comes to power. Obviously, this is the case. Xi Chao knew that his lobbying had no great effect at all, so he chose not to say more.

After Xi Chao left, Li Xin, who was originally full of anger, suddenly regained his calm, and his whole person became calm and light.

And after that, Tu Qi just walked in.

"Your Royal Highness, I just got the news from General Zhao, Huan Huo led 20,000 troops out of Xuchang into Tunmi County, and Yuan Zhen led 20,000 troops out of Suiyang to force Xiangyi County. Huan Wen led an army of 50,000 and went north from Xia Pi to garrison in Guangqi County. In addition, Murong Ke has already increased troops in Jibei, Taishan and Surabaya to prevent our army from advancing eastward! ”

"It's come to this point after all! It seems that we are going to part ways with Jiang Zuo! But that's fine, if this day comes early, there are many things, and we don't have to be bound by it! After hearing the news, Li Nobunaga sighed.

"According to His Highness's previous orders, General Zhao has already deployed 30,000 soldiers and horses under his command along the line to form a confrontation with the Jin army. In the area of Juyeze, Chen Kang had already divided his troops to the south to defend against the Jin army. General Liu Xiaohai led the army to continue to march eastward, approaching the Yan army! Judging from the current situation, although the Jin army was suspected of attacking, it did not act rashly, but only stationed heavy troops at the junction. There was no conflict between the two sides, and the other side seemed to be restrained! Tu Qi said again.

"That's natural! Although Huan Wen is helping Yan Guo relieve pressure and wants to force us to strike the army and negotiate peace, he will not directly turn against us like this. He is still watching our actions now, if we ignore his threat and must take Qingzhou and wipe out Yan Guo, he will definitely not sit idly by! Li Xin said lightly.

In the final analysis, today's Huan Wen is not in Baoyan Kingdom, but in Baoqing Prefecture. He didn't want Qingzhou to fall into Li Xin's hands, so he asked the Tang Dynasty to push the southern border to the Huaishui area, thus posing a threat to Jiangzuo.

It is precisely because of this that even if there is no Yan State in Qingzhou and there are other forces, his choice will be the same at this time. The army's march north was just a warning to Li Xin not to fight any further.

"Now that the Yan Kingdom is running out of oil, it is a good time to wipe it out in one fell swoop. It would be a pity if we gave up at this time! I don't know how His Highness decides? After thinking for a while, Tu Qi asked.

"Yes! It's a pity, after all, if Qingzhou can be won in one fell swoop, it will be very beneficial to us. But under the current situation, Murong Ke guarded Qingzhou like an iron bucket, and Huan Wen was eyeing him from behind. We have been fighting for more than half a year, and the whole army is already very tired, if we start a big war with Jiang Zuo at this time, I am afraid I don't know when we will fight! Li Xin nodded and said.

"Your Highness means that you have decided to strike the army?"

"It's natural to strike the troops, but we can't just quit because of a few words from Huan Wen and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. In that case, where is the dignity of my Datang, and where are those soldiers who fought bloodily!? However, it is possible to borrow a donkey from the slope! Ordered Liu Xiaohai to march eastward, first take Rencheng, Gaoping, and Lujun, and then talk about it, and he was not required to take all three counties, but he had to be close to Surabaya! Li Xin thought for a moment and then ordered.

"Yes, the minister will immediately send someone to deliver the order!" Tu Qi hurriedly replied.

The speed at which the military order reached Liu Xiaohai's hands was relatively fast, mainly because it was relatively close to Yuancheng County. As soon as he received the order, Liu Xiaohai quickly took action.

At this time, there were still more than 30,000 troops under his command, plus more than 20,000 troops of Chen Kang in the south, a total of more than 50,000 people. If you count the surrendered troops and so on that were collected halfway, there are more than 70,000 soldiers and horses together.

Originally, according to the practice of the Tang Army, these surrendered troops were to be screened first, and then sent to the rear for centralized training before joining the army. But because of the issuance of this military order, Liu Xiaohai temporarily decided to leave them first.

He placed some of his troops and horses on the front line to continue the confrontation with Huangfu Zhen, while he himself led the remaining 10,000 troops eastward, and then joined up with Chen Kang's 10,000 troops north of Lu County. After gathering 20,000 troops, they launched an attack on the three places.