Yang Yuanyan and the others didn't have a chance to hesitate, and at this time, they stood on top of the North City Tower, and saw several fast horses galloping towards this side from the east.

These horsemen bypassed the interception of the enemy's scouts and rushed to the north gate to show the seal, all of which were messengers urgently sent by Haizhou to Chuzhou to report the news and rescue.

In the early hours of this morning, more than 1,000 cavalry of the Liang Army scattered into Haizhou, and several lax and weakly defended grassland warehouses, ferries, and post stations in Haizhou were attacked and suffered heavy losses.

Yang Yuanyan, Ruan Yan and others digested the news with stiff faces, but Wang Wenqian did not have the pride of expecting this, and looked at the enemy army outside the city with a solemn face.

The Liang army sent more than 1,000 cavalry to infiltrate Haizhou earlier than he imagined, and they were even more uncomfortable.

Not to mention that there is no time to organize ordinary people to evacuate and retreat to the south, and even the more than 8,000 troops stationed in Haizhou may not be able to withdraw.

"Gather the cavalry and go out of the city with this king!" Yang Yuanyan said in a deep voice.

"Your Highness may be able to go east along the south bank and enter Haizhou from the south, there are walled cities to rely on, the enemy cavalry does not dare to go deep, and you must not rush to the north from the southwest of Haizhou!" Wang Wenqian persuaded.

The Haizhou garrison, mainly foot soldiers, but the elite of Huaidong soldiers and horses, was entangled and harassed by the enemy cavalry, unable to retreat southward, the speed of the south must be extremely slow, but after two or three days of delay, when more and more of the main force of the Liang army moved eastward, there may be no chance to retreat south.

King Xin personally led his troops to meet the retreat of the Haizhou garrison to the south, he did not object, at such a juncture, as the commander-in-chief, it was impossible not to take any risks, but he was worried that King Xin was unwilling, and he had the intention to fight with the front troops and horses of the Liang army advancing into Haizhou in the west of Haizhou.

Wang Wenqian did not doubt that King Xin would be able to win one or two battles, but this was of little significance, and even with the rapid advance of the Liang army, King Xin could not get out quickly, and it was very likely that they would evolve into a general battle between the two sides in the west of Haizhou, under conditions that were extremely unfavorable to Huaidong.

How could Huaidong be qualified to fight a general battle with the Liang army on the north bank of the Huai River at this time?

"I'm relieved." Yang Yuanyan said, but he still took a long breath when the words fell, and he was unwilling.

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On the afternoon of December 12, Wen Ruilin, along with Xu Mingzhen, Lei Jiuyuan, Niu Gengru, Wen Duqiao and others, arrived at Suyu City to see Zhu Yu under the escort of more than 1,000 Xuanjia cavalry led by Pang Xiong.

Suyu was originally the state of Sizhou, but in the late period of the former dynasty, Huaisi was the focus of the northern and southern forces, even if Liang and Chu did not break out on the eastern front in the past ten years, but the big and small battles have never stopped.

Sima Dan, the former defense envoy of Xuzhou, was a conservative general, although he never took advantage of Yang Yuanyan, the king of Southern Chuxin, during his defense of Xuzhou, but there was no big leak.

With his temperament, it is impossible to invest resources in running Suyu City.

Wen Ruilin's eyes of Suyu City is dilapidated, the city wall is full of shocking gaps, overgrown with dry grass, although the entire Suyu City has become a large military camp at present, but the city inside and outside are collapsed and abandoned houses, just two or three days have not been able to tidy up.

They entered through the ruined gate to the east

After the city, it was found that the inner city wall in the north was complete and towering.

It can be seen that during the confrontation with Huaidong in the past, Sima Dan had always only used Suyu City as a front camp, and the inner city that covered a lot of depth and stationed two or three thousand elites was enough.

And if only two or three thousand soldiers and horses were stationed there, there would be no way to defend the outer city wall that stretched for nearly twenty miles.

Han Yuanqi, the new Xuzhou Jiedu envoy, led the generals to greet Xu Mingzhen, Niu Gengru, Wen Duqiao and others in front of the city gate.

Han Yuanqi was originally the commander of the government army of Caizhou Jiedu, and in the first battle of Xichuan, he led tens of thousands of elite Liang troops to surround Xichuan for several months, and lost nearly 20,000 soldiers, but this does not show that he is incompetent or mediocre.

In this battle, in addition to Han Qian persuading Yang Yuanpu to take the risk of defending Xichuan, to everyone's surprise, and Li Zhihe, Zheng Hui, Guo Liang and other major generals defending the city all have the backbone of generals, Han Qian also tried his best to win over the cottage forces, Zhou Yi, Chen Jingzhou and other cottage generals stood out, and at the same time, the whirlwind cannon and other weapons were also officially exposed in this battle......

Wen Ruilin was able to obtain direct information from Da Liang, and had an in-depth study of the first battle of Xichuan, and he didn't think that anyone in Han Yuanqi's position at that time could do better, and it could even be said that after several setbacks, he was able to stabilize his position, and did not give Han Qian an opportunity to take advantage of, which also shows that Han Yuanqi's military style is stable enough.

In order to cooperate with His Majesty to seek the position, Han Yuanqi first launched a mutiny in Caizhou and led the main force of the forbidden army out of Beijing, which can also be said to be the first achievement, and it is no wonder that he will get the important task of leaving the town before Chen Kun, Jing Zhen, Jing Hao and other descendant generals.

After seeing through Han Qian's calculations in Tangyi, Wen Ruilin was frightened, and the arrogance that he thought he had done a miracle before was finally suppressed.

At this time, he honestly followed Xu Mingzhen, Lei Jiuyuan and others, Lei Jiuyuan introduced him to Han Yuanqi, and he also stepped forward honestly to salute without too many words.

Han Yuanqi saw that Wen Rui was not arrogant, but he was quite appreciative.

At the beginning of Zhu Yude's title to King Yong, he had the ambition to dominate the world, so he secretly set up Chengtiansi to carefully select the tiger lurking in Chushu and other places, Wen Ruilin can be said to be one of the two most famous tigers, and the other person is Zhao Kuo lurking beside Han Daoxun.

The only pity is that Zhao Kuo has been lurking by Han Daoxun's side for too long, and he was deeply impressed by Han Daoxun's demeanor and sincerity.

Otherwise, such a character will return to the beam, and he must be a tiger general.

Han Yuanqi welcomed Xu Mingzhen, Wen Duqiao, Niu Gengru and others into the inner city imperial tent, Zhu Yu, wearing a brown and purple dragon robe, stood in front of the imperial tent, and did not wait for Xu Mingzhen, Wen Duqiao, Niu Gengru and others to make a big salute, so he stepped forward cordially, hugged them, did not ask them to make a big salute, and said loudly: "I suddenly changed my itinerary, but I asked Zhu Qing to rush to Suyu, and Zhu Qing suffered. ”

Xu Mingzhen is better, after all, when he sent people to discuss surrender, it was clear that his status as the envoy of Shouzhou Jiedu and in charge of Huaixi remained unchanged, and at the same time, the situation in the middle line also made him not need to worry about any changes in the imperial court in a short period of time, but Wen Duqiao, Niu Gengru and other people who were going to Bianjing were much more embarrassed.

As the ministers of Southern Chu, they have made a lot of suggestions to fight against the Liang army over the years, and even in the early years of Emperor Tianyou's rise to Huainan, he was attacked by the Liang army many times during the expedition to the southern region with a large army, and almost every time he served as the Wen Dusk Bridge after Shouzhou stayed to repel the Liang army, and Zhu Yu in his youth also had a hit under the city of Shouzhou

Arrow.

It can be said that there is a "one-arrow hatred" between each other.

As ministers, they are all a lot older, and their energy is not as good as before, at this time they lead their children to Bianjing, want to serve or do nothing, and at the same time, they may not be trusted, maybe their daily life and behavior will be monitored, and the situation is really embarrassing.

Zhu Yu seemed to understand their worries, and took Xu Mingzhen, Niu Gengru, Wen Duqiao and others into the imperial tent together, and talked about the arrangements for them first.

Xu Mingzhen would be responsible for the military, political and defense affairs of Huaixi and the operational offensive against Southern Chu on the central front, and Wen Bo, Zhao Mingting and other generals continued to be retained under Xu Mingzhen's control.

Xu Mingzhen's eldest son, Xu Zhi, has served in the Shouzhou Army for many years, and this time he will also stay in Shouzhou to assist Xu Mingzhen in handling military affairs. In addition to Xu Mingzhen's youngest son Xu Zheng who went to Bianjing as an envoy and served as the liaison between Shouzhou and Bianjing, Zhu Yu allowed Xu Mingzhen's other heirs and children to stay in Huaixi, and Xu Mingzhen was responsible for the recommendation of Huaixi generals and officials.

In addition to the fact that the Xu family was not directly hereditary envoy of Shouzhou, the status of Shouzhou as a feudal town was actually greatly strengthened after the surrender of Liang.

Niu Gengru and Wen Duqiao both surrendered to the county marquis this time, and Zhu Yu specially divided thousands of feudal towns in Yingzhou and Xuzhou, allowing them to move their relatives directly into the feudal yi, and did not need to move to Bianjing to be placed under residential surveillance.

Wen Duqiao is over seventy years old, and has no energy to run government affairs, Zhu Yu allowed him to directly return to the fiefdom, Niu Gengru has just turned sixty, and his energy is okay, this time he will add the rank of servant and forbidden, Zhu Yu will temporarily keep him by his side to consult the state affairs, thinking that he will be familiar with the generals and ministers of the court in the future.

Niu, Wen and other families, except for Wen Bo, who has long been famous, and other people who served in the Shouzhou Army, other children can directly participate in the recommendation of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War.

Listening to Zhu Yu tirelessly talk about many arrangements, Niu Gengru and Wen Duqiao finally put down their hearts, at this time, someone entered the imperial tent to report the movements of Wang Yang Yuanpu and the silver halberd guards and the Chuzhou cavalry, Zhu Yu disappreciably followed Han Yuanqi, and said: "Yang Yuanyan, Wang Wenqian and others are also quite famous generals and ministers, they went around to the south of Haizhou and then crossed the Huai, and made up their minds just to take the soldiers and horses to retreat south, and we can't take any advantage." If the generals have the heart to ask for battle, they can fight a dozen tentatively, but don't go deep alone, let alone have the delusion of total annihilation, unless Yang Yuanyan can be lured to the open area in the west of Haizhou for a battle! ”

Hearing His Majesty say this, Wen Ruilin also confirmed that His Majesty rushed to Suyu to sit in the town, and the main purpose at present is to adjust the strategic situation of Daliang on the Eastern Front first, and he is not in a hurry to complete the battle, but he is more concerned about how His Majesty will deal with Han Qian, who has made it clear that he is in Tangyi at this time, and Xuzhou Shuiying, who should have arrived in Tangyi at this time, and I don't know what His Majesty thinks of his advice.

This is not Wen Ruilin in a hurry, after learning about the military situation on the front line of Chusi, Lei Jiuyuan talked about the progress of the situation in Huaixi in the past two days, and mentioned the latest movements of the Xuzhou Water Camp and Wen Ruilin's suggestions.

"Although Han Qian is not his father Han Daoxun, he will not be the one who sits and watches the fall of the Southern Chu Naval Division, or has a last resort, the limited reconnaissance force was mainly concentrated in Huaixi for a period of time, and there must be a lot of intelligence overlooked," Zhu Yu raised his eyes and looked at the hazy sky in the south, and said, "Rui Lin's strategy can be tried, and it may be able to cause some trouble for Han Qian, but you should not have too much hope - if Han Qian really wants to deal with it so easily, I won't have to sleep well for the past few days......"