The main room died of illness, Su Hongyu, as Li Zhihe's only favored concubine in the house, even when the situation was difficult, she crossed the river to visit her husband Li Zhihe in Chaozhou Daying, and others couldn't say anything.

Yao Xishui and Ye Feiying pretended to be Su Hongyu's maids, sitting in a dense carriage, and in the tightly guarded barracks when the curtain was lifted, thousands of people were transporting the weapons and materials hoarded in the camp to the front non-stop.

His Majesty and the princes of the court unanimously decided to capture Chaozhou City before the Liang army crossed the Huai, and blocked the passage of the warships of the Louzhou Army and the Naval Division into the Yangtze River.

Yao Xishui and Su Hongyu were secretly frightened.

Seventy or eighty thousand elite forbidden troops and state soldiers from Zhuzhou, outside the city of Chaozhou, besieging the city and storming the city are two completely different war situations.

According to the forts and trenches on the periphery, the siege of Chaozhou City was not attacked, at this time, even if a large number of enemy reinforcements rushed from the periphery, the forbidden army on the north bank was still able to calmly deploy troops, or intercept and defend, or retreat from afar.

After all, no matter how sluggish the scouts of the forbidden army are, they can still maintain effective monitoring of the area of thirty or fifty miles on the periphery. At such a close distance, it would take half a day for the cavalry to advance at full speed, which meant that the besieging soldiers and horses would have at least half a day to deploy and adjust.

No matter how bad the situation is, they may not be able to lose the upper hand in confronting the enemy army based on the outer fortresses and trenches.

And once the Chaozhou City is attacked, a large number of materials, soldiers and horses are directly transferred to the Chaozhou City, at this time, a large number of enemy reinforcements rush from the flank, and the deployment of troops will be much more chaotic.

At this time, the situation of inversion will be much more dangerous for them.

Not to mention that the enemy cavalry took advantage of the night or extreme weather such as rain and snow to launch a sneak attack and create terrifying chaos, even if the soldiers and horses under the city could be withdrawn to the rear camp in time, a large number of materials and weapons would inevitably be lost and fall into the hands of the enemy.

And their rear battalion is short of materials and weapons, once they are surrounded by the enemy in turn, can they support the forbidden army on the south bank to come to help?

Even if the forbidden army on the south bank ignored the blockade of the warships of the Lou Boat Army and forcibly crossed the Yangtze River to reinforce the north bank, but Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang mobilized the country and transferred more troops and horses to cross the Huai River for a decisive battle of the country, would they still have much chance of winning?

"Madame, why did you cross the river to visit General Li at this time?"

Just as he was hesitating, he heard a familiar voice in front of the carriage, Yao Xishui opened the curtains of the carriage a little more, and caught a glimpse of Wen Ruilin standing in front of the carriage in a cyan robe, greeting him to this side.

Yao Xishui and Ye Feiying shrank into the corner of the carriage, Su Hongyu opened the curtain of the carriage in front of her, leaned forward, and said: "It's Mr. Wen - the situation is critical, the concubine has been restless for the past few days, she has nightmares for days, and she can't sleep well, she knows that she shouldn't, but she can't help but come across the river to visit my husband." My husband and father-in-law are both in the camp at this time? ”

"General Li went to the front to supervise the battle, and I accompanied Grandpa Guo to just return to the camp." Wen Ruilin said.

"When the concubine rests, I will go to ask my father-in-law for peace." Su Hongyu said.

Li Zhihe is Li Pu's adopted son, and Su Hongyu is naturally Li Pu's adopted son and concubine, and it is a necessary etiquette to get out of the car and ask for peace, otherwise it will reveal a flaw.

Wen Ruilin glanced at the carriage suspiciously, and got out of the way to see Su Hongyu riding to Li Zhihe's living tent.

Yao Xishui opened the corner of the curtain of the car and continued to peek at the reaction of Wen Ruilin, who was standing on the side of the road, it was really hard to imagine that he would be Liang Guo's secret room, but Han Qian's words made it difficult for them to doubt this.

Yes, when Wen Ruilin was in Wuling City, he did fall into Han Qian's hands first.

Wen Ruilin also first offered Han Qian a strategy to quickly trap Tanzhou, but Han Qian didn't accept it, so Li Chong found an opportunity to go out of the city overnight and inform Li Pu to rush to Wuling Mansion to pick up Wen Ruilin for their use.

At that time, she, Chun Thirteen Niang and Zhang Ping were in Wuling City.

It's just that they suspected that Han Qian didn't accept Wen Ruilin's strategy, and there was some kind of plan waiting to harm Li Pu into the court, and then saw that Wen Ruilin successfully persuaded Gao Long and Miao Yong to join and take Tanzhou as quickly as possible, so they naturally decided that Han Qian was afraid of high merit at that time, so they had to let Wen Ruilin go.

She never thought that Han Qian's calculations would be much more ruthless and deep than they imagined, and she would even count the Changguo Mansion at this time.

If Wen Ruilin is Liang Jian, then wouldn't Gao Long and Miao Yong also become less reliable?

Chen Mingsheng and Li Chong captured Zhongli City with the help of Gao Long?

Thinking of this, Yao Xishui was also more and more afraid the more he thought about it, and a chill rushed up his spine, wishing that he could see his eldest brother at this time and tell the truth.

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After it got dark, Li Zhihe returned to the rear camp from the offensive position under Chaozhou City, but he also realized that Su Hongyu must have something important to cross the river at this juncture, but the military affairs were under pressure and he could not get out.

Li Zhihe's living tent is a temporary requisition of a township mansion, with a total of three entrances before and after, plus east and west courtyards, several courtyards, and dozens of houses.

Li Zhihe's command tent was also set up here, and dozens of scribes, under the command of the military commander, the chief bookkeeper, and Zhu Cao's army, assisted Li Zhihe in handling all kinds of cumbersome affairs, commanding the movement of troops, horses, and grain—Li Pu came with an order, and had the responsibility of supervising the army, but he temporarily lived elsewhere, and there was no way to directly interfere with the operational command of the front line.

The backyard where Li Zhihe lives is small, and he doesn't need maids when he is in the army, but it was Su Hongyu and the maids who lived in, and the guards who were in charge of this side before moved outside.

Li Zhihe waited for the guards to guard the outside of the hospital, and only walked into the inner house with the pro-army Du Yu and Deng Tai alone.

Seeing that Yao Xishui was also there, he didn't feel particularly shocked, and his armor robe was puzzled, but sat down with a gloomy face, and asked in a low voice, "What happened to tell you to cross the river at this time?" ”

"Han Qian's others are in Jinling, and his words are the secret ...... of the Liang State" Yao Xishui concisely told Li Zhihe about Han Qian's breaking into the general's mansion to meet them.

Deng Tai stood stunned on the spot, facing him fearlessly in the face of bloody battles on the battlefield, at this moment, he felt a chill running from his buttocks to the top of his head, and he didn't know what to say for a long time.

"The defenders have been besieged for half a year, their morale has not collapsed, and their fighting spirit is still resilient. Only in this way can many other things make sense! Li Zhihe also gasped, and sat down with a solemn expression.

The main force of the Wuya Army and the Navy Division on the left and right rushed to attack Hongzepu, and he felt that it was too rash, but that matter was completely controlled by Yang Yuanpu directly under the control of the Privy Council, and a few people could not stop it.

And when the main force of the naval division was severely damaged in Hongzepu, considering that the rebel naval division could enter the Yangtze River waterway at any time and threaten Jinling and the hinterland south of the Yangtze River, it was the most urgent two choices to urgently mobilize the Xuzhou water battalion to advance eastward, or to capture Chaozhou City before the Liang army marched southward.

In addition to Yang En, Yang Yuanpu and the princes of the court directly excluded the matter of the eastward expansion of the water camp in Xuzhou.

After all, the Right Shenwu Army has captured Zhongli City and wedged into the mouth of the Huai River into Hongzepu, no matter how you look at it, there is a great chance to take Chaozhou City, which has been besieged for more than half a year.

In the Chaozhou camp, most of the generals also supported the imperial court's decision.

The siege of Chaozhou City has been more than half a year, how many people are willing to give up halfway at this time and withdraw from outside Chaozhou City?

Li Zhihe didn't think about resisting the decree, but he felt extremely awkward.

Wen Ruilin is a traitor, and Gao Long, who was attached to the persuasion of Wen Ruilin at the beginning, has also become unreliable, and Li Zhihe has not hesitated to determine that this should be the case.

Li Zhihe changed his mind and asked Yao Xishui again: "Han Qian can say a countermeasure?" ”

"Han Qian had already taken away the Empress Dowager's edict last night, and the Xuzhou Water Camp would enter the Yangtze River waterway at any time......," Yao Xishui said.

"Han Qian's calculations are so insidious, and he is ruthless enough to sit back and watch the destruction of the Great Chu Water Division, how can he easily hand over the edict of troop transfer to the hands of such a traitorous person?" Without waiting for Yao Xishui to finish speaking, Deng Tai interjected eagerly and asked.

He was still secretly frightened by Han Qian's scheme, and subconsciously wanted to cooperate with such a traitorous man, wasn't that a plot with a tiger?

"It's useless to talk about this at this point,"

Yao Xishui wanted to explain that this was his wife's decision, but Li Zhihe directly signaled Deng Tai not to dwell on this issue, what was more brilliant than Han Qian in what they were secretly plotting?

He asked Yao again to cherish the water,

"Although there is a water camp available in Xuzhou, there are not many soldiers and horses to help the Queen Mother fight for power with His Majesty, presumably he already knows our secret relationship, and wants you to come over with the Queen Mother's edict, and want us to cooperate with him to resolve the current crisis?"

Seeing that the eldest brother could guess the many details of the follow-up just by hearing this, Yao Xishui was also quite excited, and secretly felt that the eldest brother was there, and the queen mother was under their control, so he might not be really afraid of Han Qian, took out the edict from his sleeve, and said:

"Han Qian may not know our background, but he noticed that the eldest brother was secretly in contact with us. The Queen Mother has a secret edict here, and the eldest brother can use the secret edict cheaply......"

Li Zhihe took the edict and spread it out to read it carefully.

Whether there is an edict from the Queen Mother or not, the difference is too big.

Without the edict of the Empress Dowager, he delayed not attacking the city, and his adoptive father Li Pu was the first to be unwilling, not to mention persuading the generals other than Deng Tai to accompany him to disobey Emperor Yanyou's holy decree - and even if he could persuade the generals to risk their lives to follow him to resist the decree and withdraw his troops and tide over the current crisis, but could they escape the crime of Emperor Yanyou's disobedience to their decree afterwards?

You must know that once he leads the main force of the forbidden army on the north bank to give up storming Chaozhou City, or even withdraw directly to Shuzhou, the Liang army will also adjust its deployment accordingly, and may even give up crossing Huai.

At that time, they will not only resist the order and disobey the order, but will also be "cowardly and cowardly", and miss the opportunity to recover Chaozhou City.

And with the Empress Dowager's edict, he only needs to persuade more generals to act with him in accordance with the Empress Dowager's edict.

As for whether Emperor Yanyou will be mad, he can't care so much at this time; And the matter of "the concubine calling the system and discussing the government" has not been abolished, and they acted under the edict of the queen mother, at least on the surface, they cannot be held accountable for the crime of disobeying the order.

In this way, at least the generals below do not need to bear much pressure, and the generals at the bottom will not cause fatal chaos.

Of course, even with the edict of the Empress Dowager, how to persuade the generals to obey the edict, who to start with, and how to make his adoptive father Li Pu submit to the edict, there is great delicacy in this.

Li Zhihe took the edict, sat in front of the desk, and thought about it carefully.

"Yang En resolutely opposed the siege of the city, and even made a big fuss in the court and was driven away by Yang Yuanpu, and he fainted in front of the Changchun Palace, he was resolutely opposed to taking the risk of attacking the city, did you come to him?" Yao Xishui asked.

"Okay, you immediately arrange for someone to invite Yang Endu over." Li Zhihe said.

Yang En's identity is special, even if everyone knows his position, as long as no one knows about the secret edict, he crosses the river, no one will pay attention to him or stop him, and they will think that crossing the river is just a futile struggle.

However, Yang En's influence in the clan and the generals in the army is not small.

After he came over, Li Zhihe took out the secret edict of the Queen Mother and persuaded the generals that many things would be much easier.

"Okay, I'll cross the river and return to Jinling overnight." Yao Xishui said.

"By the way, Wen Ruilin's matter, you must not mention it to Yang En." Li Zhihe thought of something and specially instructed Yao to cherish the waterway.

"Why, that vertical man can sit and watch tens of thousands of sailors fall ruthlessly, do we still want to maintain his reputation?" Yao Xishui asked, she wished that a character like Yang En would completely stand on the opposite side of Han Qian this time, but she didn't expect that the eldest brother would have to cover up for Han Qian.

"Why are you confused, the crisis has passed, who is the person Your Majesty hates the most?" Li Zhihe asked.

Hearing what the eldest brother said, Yao Xi was slightly stunned, and then suddenly understood.

She's a little too persistent.

The eldest brother was able to command the forbidden army on the north bank because he was deeply trusted by Yang Yuanpu before, but this time they were actually equivalent to a "military coup" to help the queen mother seize power from Yang Yuanpu!

Yang Yuanpu was the most suspicious of Han Qian before, but after this incident, he was probably going to become the eldest brother who hated her the most, right?

After the crisis is lifted, they still have to unite with Han Qian to stabilize the "power" of the Queen Mother first, whether they want to tear their faces, that will be later!

If they wanted to take advantage of Wen Ruilin's incident to make Han Qian discredited, it would be difficult for him to gain a foothold in Jianghuai, and he was forced to retreat to Xuzhou, would the situation really be in their favor?

Of course, if they miss this time, after a period of time, it will not be convincing to uncover the truth that Han Qian used Wen Ruilin as a plan to trap the Duke of Changguo and sit back and watch the main force of the Sailor Division be destroyed.

Yao Xishui thought of this, and asked Li Zhihe again: "What about Wen Ruilin?" ”

"Deng Tai, you will find an opportunity tomorrow to trick him out of the camp and get rid of him," Ci is not in charge of the army, Li Zhihe has been fighting in the south and north for many years, and the lives of one or two people are as light as grass in his eyes, "But be careful, lest other spies of the Liang State lurking in the camp detect this." ”

Wen Ruilin is such a character, it is very likely that he has already aroused suspicion when he sees Su Hongyu and Yao Xishui crossing the river, and if they make any moves here, they will let him see the flaws, or directly find a chance to get rid of them, which should be able to buy more time.

Deng Tai nodded and accepted the matter, but he thought of one thing and asked later:

"The Right Shenwu Army and Chen Mingsheng, Li Chong, Li Xiu, Li Qi, Xu Jing and others are all in Zhongli City, what should I do, do you want to send someone to inform them?"

Once their side gave up on storming Chaozhou City, even if they were not in a hurry to retreat to Shuzhou for the time being, the change in the battle situation would be huge, and the rebels and the Liang army realized that the conspiracy had failed, so they were very likely to eat the main force of the Right Shenwu Army guarding Zhongli City and the Yandun Mountain and Turtle Top Line on the south side at this time.

It's just that they are currently confirming that Wen Ruilin is a traitor of Liang, and Gao Long, the deputy commander of the Right Shenwu Army, is not reliable, if they continue to maintain the offensive against Chaozhou City, and first hold a secret edict to persuade Chen Mingsheng, Li Chong and others, who are one hundred and seventy or eighty miles away, to lead the Right Shenwu Army to prepare for a southward retreat, the risk of leaking secrets is too great.

It's just that they really want to give up the Right Shenwu Army?

Although they have parted ways with the Changguo Mansion, and Zhang Ping, Chen Ruyi, An Jixiang and others also obeyed Yang Yuanpu's orders, but once upon a time, everyone was the son and wife of the Shenling Division.

"At this time, I can't care so much, and if I want to do great things, I must give up!" Li Zhihe said with a resolute expression.

Deng Tai thought about it, so he stopped talking.