The elite of the entire Huaixi can be said to be gathered in Yuncheng on the northern line, and there is no decent garrison in Xincai.

Therefore, Xu Si easily broke through several fences laid in the county, killed and captured five or six hundred Cai thieves, flaunted his might, and occupied Gepi, adjacent to Rushui, and only a hundred miles away from Runan City, the capital of Caizhou, to the north.

At this point, the whole Huaixi was terrified.

Li Yu, who participated in the military service, noticed that the defensive barriers in Huaixi were mostly the so-called "fences", and there were no high mountains and deep valleys in the boundaries of Caizhou, and most of this kind of fences were located in the hills and hills, guarding the main roads, and the regulations were very simple, and the defense was insufficient. There were no sophisticated weapons, and after interrogation, they all said that they were from Caizhou Township and were forcibly requisitioned and sent by Wu Shaocheng's generals and military officials to defend themselves.

"Where were the troops stationed here?" Li Yu asked.

"All north."

So Li Yu asked the cavalry of the Herald Division to gallop day and night to report the news to Gao Yue, who was supervising the battle in Shouchun.

"Wu Shaocheng wants to make a desperate bet in Yuncheng, and the strength is there, which is conducive to our army attacking from all sides." Then Gao Yue ordered, all the fleets continued to trace the Yingshui upstream, attacked Shenqiu, Nanton, and then turned into the Dalu River, and approached Yuncheng from the east.

At the same time, Gao Yue dispatched: Du Huangshang encouraged the officers and troops of the northern front, and after the rest and replenishment, he forcibly crossed the Xiaoli River and attacked Yuncheng from the north;

The 2,000 soldiers and horses of Xu Si, Su Pu, and Li Yu continued to play the role of free men, and moved with the counties of Xincai, Baoxin, Pingyu, and Xinxi, because of the grain to the enemy, they did not seek to take all the cities, but to weaken the resistance of Huaixi, and turn the southwest of Caizhou upside down;

Strengthen the military strength of Li Xian and Zhou Ziping at Huoqiu, and transfer the newly arrived 15,000 town soldiers to 5,000 to him, so that they can attack Gwangju, Gao Yue instructed "Even Wu Shaocheng of Xincai County has forcibly recruited old and weak villagers to defend it, and this is especially true of the border of Gwangju.

In Anzhou and Shenzhou, the new Jiedu made Yan Zhen not delay, and immediately attacked Anlu, and wanted to seize Yiyang, and stop at Luoshan Pass on the southern boundary of Caizhou;

In the direction of Tangzhou, Yu Di must not be delayed, and after breaking the Wencheng gate, he will divide the road to take Wufang and Langshan.

After the arrangement was completed, Gao Yue's eight generals and the Ya army made rapid progress: Fan Xichao led the two generals of the army with a total of 5,000 soldiers, from Ruyin into Xiaorushui, attacking Yu Boliang's Shenqiu (Anhui Linquan), Yu Boliang only had 300 soldiers at hand, he really couldn't hold on, so he abandoned the city and fled to the north, Fan Xichao personally led the cavalry to chase after him, captured all Yu Boliang's subordinates, Yu Boliang himself was ambushed and killed by the local villagers, the head was dedicated to Fan Xichao, Fan Xichao sent the head to Shouchun to report the victory, and then led the army to Shangcai's Xingqiao Gate forward;

Cai Fengyuan, Zhang Fen, Fuyu Huai a total of six generals, 13,000 foot soldiers by boat, from Ruyin (Fuyang, Anhui) into the Yingshui upstream, and Ming Huaiyi, Mi principle led 3,000 fine horsemen from the land parallel, five days later broke Nandun (now Xiangcheng, Henan), cut Huaixi Cai thieves 500, and then boated into the Da Wei River, only 200 miles away from Yuncheng.

At this time, especially the battle flags of Xu Si and Li Yu appeared in Gebei, making Wu Shaocheng and Li Yuanping a mess.

Especially Wu Shaocheng, in the face of the arrogance of the imperial court in the past, he held his head in his hands, his face was frightened, his spirit almost collapsed, and he shouted and said to Li Yuanping: "In Runan City, the Huaining army is up and down, all the family members are there, and the defenders are only three thousand, and they are all old and weak, and some of the elites here must be transferred back, otherwise if they are attacked by Gao Yue's military horses, the consequences will be unimaginable, and we will be like lost dogs, and we will be all killed in this place in Yuncheng." ”

Then Wu Shaocheng suddenly shouted again: "Dong Chongzhen's two thousand tooth soldiers, don't go to Ruzhou, let alone the Eastern Capital, let him come back, right here, protect Yuncheng, protect Huanqu, protect Runan......"

Li Yuanping saw that he was shaken, so he persuaded bitterly: "Runan City is surrounded by rivers and rivers, and the city is tall, how can it be easily captured, unless there are 100,000 people surrounded by officials and soldiers, Gao Yue's army is just intimidating us." If you are worried, you can divide three or five thousand soldiers to go back, Dong Chongzhen has arrived in Xiangcheng at this moment, so why should he recover it? This is a taboo for soldiers. ”

At this time, Wu Shaocheng calmed down a little, and he said with red eyes, who would like to lead 5,000 soldiers and go back to protect my Runan City?

Wu Shaoyang took the initiative to come out and said Brother, I am willing to lead the army.

"Okay, okay, I'm all entrusted to you, all entrusted to you, Shaoyang." Wu Shaocheng suddenly aged ten years old, not only hunched over, but the corners of his mouth drooped, constantly pressing Wu Shaoyang's shoulders, almost pleading.

But no matter what, Wu Shaoyang suddenly divided 5,000 soldiers and horses, left Yuncheng and Lingyunzha, and turned to the south, which still caused a huge commotion in the camp of the entire Huaining Army, and many generals felt that the situation was deteriorating day by day, and all kinds of news were also emerging:

Gao Yue's army is about to come to Yuncheng in an instant;

An army of officials and troops entered from Yingzhou, and the territory east of Runan had been taken, and all the local people had surrendered;

The imperial court is mobilizing more Shence troops from Helong to besiege us;

The surprise attack team of Dong Chongzhi was ambushed when it reached Xiangcheng, and the whole army was wiped out.

Wu Shaocheng, who learned that the army's morale was fluctuating, was furious, and secretly found Li Yuanping and said: "These people are pessimistic about the future, and we have to establish authority to strengthen people's morale." ”

Li Yuanping was born from the side of evil, so he instigated Wu Shaocheng and said: "Yang Yuanqing, the official of the promotion, has lived up to the kindness of the festival and betrayed the lord to seek glory. ”

Wu Shaocheng also agreed.

However, this kind of frenzied little abacus cannot reverse the decline of Huaixi at all.

Li Xian and Zhou Ziping swept through Gwangju, and even took more than ten fences, and it didn't take much effort to recover Gushi and Dingcheng, and more than 30,000 local soldiers and people surrendered, Li Xian appeased them one by one and let them return to their hometowns to farm;

Yan Zhen of Eyue did not disappoint the imperial court, and the Wuchang army had captured Anlu City and began to advance towards Shenzhou;

Tang Deng followed Yu to break the Wencheng gate, beheaded more than 1,000 prisoners, and then began to seize Wufang and Langshan, only one hundred and fifty miles away from Runan City from the west, and sent another army and horses from Suizhou to capture Siwang.

Now, the territory that Wu Shaocheng can control is only Yuncheng-Shangcai-Runan-Xinxi, a narrow strip of land that is only 300 miles from north to south, which can be outflanked and divided by the official army at any time, conquered and annihilated one by one.

Soon after, Du Huangshang sat in Longhegang in Linying, and personally ordered the Shence Zhongwu Army, Longxiang Army, Zhenyi Army, Heyang Army, and Dongdu Defense Army to forcibly cross the Xiaolu River and attack Lingyunzha again.

Thirty miles back to the Longliver Gang, the flag covers the sun, the army is majestic, the soldiers and horses of the outpost have arrived at the north bank of the Xiaolu River, just wait for Du Huangsheng to give the order to wade through the water.

At this time, there were post officials in Ruzhou and the eastern capital to report: at Xiangcheng, a large number of mule soldiers from Huaixi appeared, and it seemed that they wanted to bypass the position of the official army in Xuzhou and go straight to the eastern capital.

For a time, all the generals panicked.