Yang Sichang was anxious to order a group of men and horses in Nanjing, and also brought some soldiers and horses from Huaibei to go upriver along the Yangtze River, day and night by boat or on foot, towards Xiangyang.

As the official of the main military affairs of the court, he naturally knows the importance of Xiangyang to the current imperial court, not to mention the importance of the life of King Xiang in Xiangyang City, just say that once Xiangyang is lost, then the gate of Huguang will be opened by the Xingtian Army, although Zhang Xianzhong is resurrected in Gucheng, Baokang, and Fangxian, but after all, Zhang Xianzhong's strength is limited, and it is not enough to take the entire Huguang, but the Xingtian Army has now made it clear that it wants to go south to capture Huguang, and what I am afraid of is that the Xingtian Army and Zhang Xianzhong will get together again, in that case, the strength of the Xingtian Army will be much stronger, Once Huguang allows the Xingtian Army to attack, I am afraid that there will be no peace in the entire south of the Yangtze River!

And Yang Sichang knew that the Xingtian Army was going south when he left Beijing, and the current emperor Zhu Youzhen urged him to go south quickly to suppress the bandits, so he didn't dare to be a little lazy, and even after arriving in Nanjing, he didn't have two days of rest, so he immediately called the generals, threatened each other with Shang Fang's sword, and forced them to set off immediately, or take a boat, or take a dry road, and rushed to Xiangyang day and night, and at the same time, when he didn't arrive in Nanjing, he sent his subordinates to Jingxiang to find Zuo Liangyu, and strictly ordered Zuo Liangyu to rush to Xiangyang immediatelyAt the same time, he also sent people to Shaanxi, and ordered Ding Qirui, the governor of the three sides, to send troops to help Xiangyang immediately from the direction of Yunyang, in short, he had an idea, Xiangyang could not be lost, once Xiangyang was lost, his life would be over.

When Yang Sichang led his troops to Wuhan with great difficulty, news came from Xiangyang, saying that Xiao Tianjian, the thief chief of the Xingtian Army, had arrived in Dengzhou and was leading the army to Xiangyang.

As a civil official, such a day and night, for Yang Sichang, it is really a little unbearable, even the people in the army feel that such a long-distance attack, it is really unbearable, the soldiers in the army are full of complaints, the deserters on the road can be said to be endless, Yang Sichang was in a hurry, first ordered to catch the deserted soldiers, and then immediately beheaded, and later found that this method is not easy to use, so he softened, and constantly promised heavy rewards to the officers and soldiers, and almost pleaded with them, begging them to speed up and rush to Xiangyang City, save Xiangyang.

However, Yang Sichang was still a little slower, and when he had just arrived in Suizhou, news came that Xiao Xingtian had led his troops to cross the Han River and completely surrounded Xiangyang City.

After Yang Sichang heard this, he was anxious to get angry, and immediately began to get sick, but even so, he did not dare to recuperate in Suizhou, or the overseer army rushed towards the direction of Xiangyang, so that the damage to Yang Sichang's body was very great, when he supervised the army to Zaoyang, Yang Sichang could no longer sit and deal with military affairs, so he could only lie on the cart and insist on supervising the army forward.

But his efforts still failed in the end, Xiao Tianjian in Yang Sichang led the troops to arrive in Suizhou, he had already learned the news in advance, although Yang Sichang came all the way from Nanzhili and brought more than 30,000 officers and soldiers, but after arriving in Suizhou, there were only less than 20,000 officers and soldiers left with him, and there were a lot of desertions on the road, and some officers and soldiers who came by dry roads could not keep up with the speed of the army, and they fell behind and failed to arrive at the designated place, so although Yang Sichang ran to Suizhou, However, the troops brought were far from enough to rescue Xiangyang.

So Xiao Tianjian immediately sent Luo Li's troops to kill Zaoyang in the direction of Yang Sichang, and the two armies met in Zaoyang and started a big battle.

When Yang Sichang learned that the Xingtian Army had sent troops to intercept him, even though he ordered the battle, he ordered the general Zhang Yingyuan to lead his troops to meet the enemy head-on, and ordered the general Zhang Ling to lead a group of men and horses to flank the flank of Luo Li's department.

At the same time, Yang Sichang also learned that Zuo Liangyu led the troops to Xiangyang, but ran to the Baokang area, and went to do it with Zhang Xianzhong, the standard of this is to fear the enemy and avoid the war, and disobey his orders, do not fight strong enemies, but go to pick soft persimmons and pinch, angry Yang Sichang scolded Zuo Liangyu on the couch for being a bastard, and swore that once the siege of Xiangyang was solved, he would definitely ask for Shang Fang's sword and behead Zuo Liangyu.

And Yang Sichang now also feels that with the troops he is currently leading, I am afraid it will be difficult to rescue Xiangyang City, now he not only does not have an advantage in troops, but also the combat power is probably difficult to be the opponent of the Xingtian Army, if you are not careful, Xiangyang can not be saved, these soldiers and horses he brought may also be defeated by the Xingtian Army, in that case it may outweigh the losses, so after thinking about it, he personally struggled to write a letter, ordering his subordinates to rush to Yunyang day and night, looking for He Renlong from Shaanxi, and secretly promised He Renlong as he led his troops to help, and helped him relieve the siege of Xiangyang, then he started to play the saint, dismissed Zuo Liangyu as the general of the thief, and gave He Renlong to be the 'general of the thief', so that He Renlong would speed up and rush to Zaoyang first, and then go to Xiangyang with his troops to relieve the siege.

At this moment, the entire situation around Xiangyang began to become complicated, in addition to the battle between the Xingtian Army and the various official armies, it also involved Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates and also involved in this situation.

He Renlong was a little bit of a hopeless in Yunyang, so many years, he and the Xingtian Army is not the first time to fight, the earliest in Longzhou, he suffered a loss under Xiao Tianjian's hands, and then several times was ordered out of Tongguan to Henan, were all beaten by the Xingtian Army is all over the ground looking for teeth, now let him gallop to Xiangyang, when he led the troops to Yunyang, I heard that the Xingtian Army gathered forty or fifty thousand troops around Xiangyang, and was even more frightened, and did not dare to lead the troops forward.

Now he has finally mixed up the position of chief military officer, over the years, the ups and downs have finally pulled up so many people, and he has long lost the courage to dare to fight back then, and the title of He Maniac is now unworthy of his name.

So he thinks that whether Xiangyang can be saved or not, has little to do with him, as long as he still has so many soldiers and horses in his hands, the court has no way to take him, and he has also seen it in recent years, as long as there are soldiers and generals in his hands, the court will easily dare not move them, the generals in charge of the soldiers, this point can be seen from the fact that he has not respected the edict from time to time in the past few years, and often leads his troops to run away when the situation is not good, and Hong Chengchou has not been able to do anything to him, it can be seen! But if these generals are exhausted, then I am afraid that in the future, the court will be able to clean him up as much as it wants! And his nephew He Fang, now under his command has also been mixed with the garrison, He Fang is very afraid of the Xingtian Army and feels very conflicted, and does not want to be a head-on enemy with the Xingtian Army, so he also strongly advises him not to rush forward too much, and the province will be beaten by the Xingtian Army again.

Therefore, after arriving in Yunyang, He Renlong stopped the soldiers and horses on the grounds that the soldiers and horses were not enough, and also asked the governor of Yunyang for food and salary, so as to stop the army.

But when he received Yang Sichang's letter, his mind couldn't help but move again, the general of the thief is not a small official, the general has reached the level of their general army, and if he wants to move forward, there is basically not much hope, and with his strength and qualifications, it is basically impossible to get the position of a general of the thief, but now Yang Sichang promised that as long as he relieves the siege of Xiangyang, he will go to the court and award it to the general of the thief, which is undoubtedly a big pie for He Renlong.

He Renlong was excited at this time, as the saying goes, wealth and danger are sought, and immediately he no longer listened to He Fang's advice, so he ordered the troops to rise and led his troops to Zaoyang.

When Luo Li led his troops to Qifang Town, west of Zaoyang, he suddenly learned that He Renlong was leading his troops to kill him behind, and it seemed that he wanted to fight Yang Sichang in front and back of his department, so he immediately ordered to suspend Yang Sichang's attack in the direction of Zaoyang, stopped and pondered carefully, and immediately sent people to Xiangyang immediately, informed Xiao Tianjian, and asked Xiao Tianjian to send troops to drag He Renlong's department first, so that he could concentrate his forces first and defeat the troops led by Yang Sichang.

After Xiao Tianjian got the news, he didn't dare to delay, now after all, it is a general battle, if the strength of the official army is concentrated, it will still surpass him a lot, not to mention that he wants to put the main force in Xiangyang City, and he must capture Xiangyang City, so the strength that can be taken out to deal with the reinforcements of the officers and soldiers from all sides is quite limited.

And Luo Li is the general reserve he left in the north of the Han River, and now he is sent to meet Yang Sichang's department, and He Renlong, who has been lying in Yunyang for a few days, suddenly rushed towards Zaoyang again, and wanted to attack Luo Li's department with Yang Sichang, so he had to temporarily change his plan, and from the guard division, Liu Yaoben and Lao Huihui were transferred, and led the troops from Fancheng to Tanghe to intercept He Renlong's department, in short, to protect Luo Li's back, and not let Luo Li's department be attacked by He Renlong and Yang Sichang.

But fortunately, Zuo Liangyu is very well-behaved, although he led his troops from Jingzhou to run over, but he didn't come to find trouble with the Xingtian Army, but ran to find Zhang Xianzhong's trouble first, otherwise, if the three officials and soldiers rushed over together, he would be a little troublesome to fight Xiangyang.

The entire surrounding area of Xiangyang, after Xiao Tianjian led his troops to arrive here, was completely chaotic, the soldiers and horses of various forces were mobilized everywhere, and small-scale battles were constantly breaking out everywhere, and the two sides worked carefully, scouts came and went, and opened the net as much as possible, not letting go of any intelligence of the enemy.

And Luo Li got Xiao Tianjian's reply on the ninth day of the fifth month, telling him that he didn't have to worry about his back, Liu Yaoben and Lao Huihui had already led their troops to block He Renlong for them, so even if they no longer hesitated, they led their troops to set off from Qifang Town in the west of Zaoyang again and rushed straight to Zaoyang.

(Chapter 4 is served, take a breath to eat, and then do it again!) Ask for more flowers! ）