The people of Zaoyang saw that since this Lord Shaoyin could generously distribute military rations to help them, and he was still a scribe, they could be regarded as settling down in their hearts, and at this time, several young people took the initiative to stand up and mark the passage to Tang City for Shaoyin.

Tangcheng County, about 200 miles away from Zaoyang, and Chen Xianqi's siege of Liu Changqing's battle formation, it is said that on Tangcheng Mountain outside the city, the military strength has 5,000 Huaixi soldiers, and 2,000 bandits from the mountain shed, and Liu Changqing in the city merged the original state soldiers and the 2,000 reinforcements sent by Jia Tan, calling himself "Pinglin Disciple", desperately holding Tangcheng County for nearly half a year, this time Liu Changqing finally had the courage to fight to the end.

However, in other words, if Li Xilie had not followed Li Yuanping's plan to enter Chang'an City, but concentrated his main force on attacking Shannan Dongdao, Henan and Huainan, Liu Changqing's four counties of Suizhou would have been lost long ago.

"Do you want to go to Donton City for rescue?" At this time, all the generals of the White Grass Army asked Gao Yue for instructions.

Gao Yue looked at the soldiers and horses to make Gao Gu, and asked if this person had a good plan.

Gao Gu spoke much more frankly at this time, and he immediately suggested, "Liu Yuanjun has been sticking to Tangcheng County for half a year, and now there is no urgent Feishu coming to Xiangyang City, which shows that there is still room to defend it." Therefore, our army can encircle Wei and save Zhao's strategy, and there is no need to enter Tangcheng Mountain in danger, for fear that Chen Xianqi will ambush soldiers to kill and injure our army's children halfway. ”

"How to surround Wei and save Zhao?"

"From Zaoyang northeast over Tongbai Mountain, enterprising Tangzhou Tongbai, Pingshi two counties, Tongbai Mountain source two waters, the west flow is Lishui, the east flow is Huaishui, according to Lishui can enter the Zheshui (now Tang River), and Jia Xianggong's military horses attacking the county echo left and right; According to Huaishui in the upper reaches of Huaishui, it can directly threaten Shenzhou (now Xinyang, Henan) in Huaixi Town, so Chen Xianqi will be shocked to surrender Shenguang and Cai Sanzhou, and the siege of Tangcheng County will be relieved. ”

"Okay, just do as the soldier said."

Then, Gao Yue asked Guo Zaizhen and Li Ji's 300 soldiers to stay in Zaoyang, in addition to repairing Liu Xiu's ancestral home, he also took on the responsibility of protecting the grain route of the Baishui River, and every day there were boats carrying supplies from the fertile Jianghan Plain.

And he and Gao Gu and Cai Fengyuan led most of the soldiers of the White Grass Army, carrying dry food for the ten-day trip, and let Ming Huaiyi and other 800 cavalry line up to lead the way, and went straight to Tongbai.

The speed of the cavalry was very fast, and after three days, they had completed the journey of more than 200 miles.

When Ming Huaiyi rushed into Tongbai, the Huaixi soldiers, who were active in a small number here, saw a large number of officers and soldiers arriving in fine horses, and were so frightened that they hurriedly fled from Dafu Mountain in Huaidu, escaped along the Huaishui by boat, and escaped back to Yiyang, Shenzhou.

When Gao Yue, Gao Gu, and Cai Fengyuan arrived with their successors, Ming Huaiyi and other generals from the party were staying at the Huaidu Temple, the birthplace of Huaishui.

Immediately, Gao Yue ordered the requisition of nearby households, together with all the soldiers, to cut down the timber of the Tongbai Mountains, threatened to make rafts and boats, and carried troops and horses along the Huaishui River to the east, to take the three counties of Yiyang, Zhongshan and Luoshan in Shenzhou.

At the same time, Gao Yue also wrote a letter before leaving, asking Guo Zaizhen to send someone directly to Tangcheng Mountain and hand it over to Chen Xianqi, the general of Huaixi.

So after Gao Yue arrived in Tongbai, in the camp on Tangcheng Mountain, Chen Xianqi, who was wearing armor, also received Gao Yue's letter.

After reading it, Chen Xianqi was silent for a long time, as if he was preoccupied.

The generals next to him all asked what the letter said.

"The imperial court set up two major camps in Sanchuan and Sannan, one in the west and the other in the south, both of which came to deal with our Huaining army, and now it has been fighting for almost a year, and Huaixi Town is almost at the point of exhaustion."

It turned out that Gao Yue advised Chen Xianqi in the letter, saying that Huaixi and Huainan had been loyal to the imperial court since the establishment of the town, but after the Anshi Rebellion, Li Zhongchen brought a group of Pinglu army dummies (including Li Xilie) into the station, bringing in the rebellious habits of the Heshuo Hu people, so that Huaixi finally embarked on the road of rebellion. Now Li Xilie's main force is isolated in the south of Chang'an City, and its Shang, Deng, and Tang Prefectures connecting Huaixi will be cut off by the army of Sanchuan Xingying at any time, and Li Xilie's hope of returning to Huaixi is absolutely slim, so Jia Tan Xianggong has asked His Majesty - as long as the general is willing to go to the imperial court anyway, he will let you take over the Huaining Military Festival, and Huaixi Town will continue to keep the three states of Shenguang and Cai unchanged, and the imperial court will guarantee that it will not be conquered.

In addition, Gao Yue also praised in the letter that this is Chen Xianqi's last chance, once His Majesty returns to Chang'an City, this kind of opportunity can no longer be obtained, even if Chen Shaoyou, the envoy of Huainan Jiedu, has had a secret relationship with Li Xilie before, and will immediately suffer severe sanctions and punishments. Gao Yue also calculated the account for Chen Xianqi, saying that there were 22,000 households in Shenzhou during the Kaiyuan period, but now there are only 4,000 or 5,000 households left; In the first century of Gwangju, there were 29,000 households, but now there are only 9,000 households left; Caizhou was originally the Xiongzhou of the world, with more than 50,000 households in Kaiyuan, and now only half of them remain.

General, you are a native of Huaixi, how can you endure Li Xilie's Heshuo generation, exhaust the blood of the people of Shenguang Cai Sanzhou, drive the children of Huaixi, and rebel against the imperial court? Among them, there is also hope to think about it.

Although Gao Yue wrote a document to persuade him to surrender, he was also very sincere.

What's more critical is that Chen Xianqi has received information: Gao Yue's Baicao Army has entered the two counties of Tongbai and Pingshi in Tangzhou in the north, and may penetrate into Shenzhou at any time.

In addition, there was also bad news on the southern front, Cao Wanggao sent the generals Wang Yi and Yi Shen to lead the fleet and elite soldiers, and the Huangdong barbarians recruited by Cui Kuanbu, Zhang Boyi, and Liu Yan, a total of 15,000 people, first broke Qi Huang, beheaded the Huaixi general Han Shuanglu, etc., and then crossed the cloud dream Daze, besieged the south gate of Huaixi Town, Anlu.

Li Xilie's nephew Liu Rongxu cobbled together 5,000 Huaixi soldiers and came to the rescue, but was intercepted by Cao Wanggao's general Li Boqian at Yingshan north of Anlu, and was tragically defeated, Liu Rongxu's troops were killed more than 1,000, and the rest fled to Shenzhou.

And Anlu City is also crumbling.

Ruo'an Lu and Yingshan were lost, because they were connected to Suixian and Guanghua in Suizhou, Chen Xianqi had to lead his troops back to Shenguang and Cai Sanzhou in order to protect himself.

The overall strategic situation has deteriorated to an extent beyond measure.

Therefore, Gao Yue's persuasion document can be described as a stone that stirs up a thousand waves.

"I owe Huaixi father!" Chen Xianqi said angrily, and then he said to the generals in the camp, "Shenguang Cai Sanzhou household registration together is only 40,000, but it supports tens of thousands of troops, and there is a shortage of horses and salt in the local area, almost all the men have been driven to the battlefield, and many people have turned into foreign war ghosts in Shangyu, Lantian, and Wanye, and women and children are old and weak in the fields, carrying heavy burdens on the road, with uncovered clothes and weak faces, which makes people unbearable to witness. If the fight continues like this, all the people in Huaixi will be wiped out. ”

At this time, several of Chen Xianqi's henchmen and generals, most of whom were locals, all wept and choked, "General, we Huaixi people can no longer be driven by Li Xilie, and it is time to make up our minds." ”

Chen Xianqi bowed his head and said that I am determined to no longer serve Li Xilie's personal ambitions, but to seek a way out for the entire Huaixi, I don't know what you think?

"Please kill the brothers Wu Shaocheng and Wu Shaoyang on the front line in Ruzhou, and then lead the Sanzhou court anyway." At this time, Chen Xianqi's teeth clenched Zhai Wenting's fists and suggested sharply.