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Hearing the news that Li Si'an was defeated again and fled, Zhu Quanzhong was almost so angry that he vomited blood.

After defeating Wang Maozhang with an ambush last time, Zhu Quanzhong thought that Li Si'an was indeed just lacking a little luck, and there was no problem with his ability, plus he was brave and resolute, and he also made a lot of contributions when he followed him to fight in the east and west, so this time he handed over this seemingly easy task to him to complete.

However, Zhu Quanzhong didn't expect that what he was waiting for was such news, which really made him extremely depressed.

Now Li Si'an's army has been defeated and returned in vain, while Wei Bo's army has wantonly looted the surrounding counties, and it is nothing to loot, but Wei Bojun's underground town is only more than sixty miles away from Yongcheng, the forefront controlled by the Huainan army, and it is impossible for Shi Renyu not to summon the Huainan army to come to help.

Thinking that he might have to fight the Huainan army again, Zhu Quanzhong was extremely angry, but he could only gather the army as quickly as possible, wanting to defeat Shi Renyu before the Huainan army arrived.

A day later, Zhu Quanzhong's army was assembled and prepared to go south again; After receiving the news, the Wei Bo rebels did not dare to resist and immediately led a large army to flee south.

At the same time, in the city of Suzhou, the question of whether to go north to meet Shi Renyu caused a debate among the Huainan generals.

The first point is whether the news of Wei Bojun's rebellion is true or false, which cannot be verified in a short period of time.

As Zhu Quanzhong's vassal, Wei Bojun has participated in almost all of Zhu Quanzhong's foreign wars over the years, and he seems to be the first thug under Zhu Quanzhong.

Although the envoy sent by Shi Renyu not only brought a letter of allegiance signed by the Wei Bo rebel general, but also detailed what happened in Weizhou and how they fought with Li Si'an.

Judging from these details, it seems that Wei Bojun's rebellion should be true; But if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, if Shi Renyu and Zhu Quanzhong join forces to act, and deceive the Huainan Army to go north to respond, but secretly set up an ambush, then the Huainan Army will suffer a big loss.

You must know that Zhu Quanzhong's cunning is famous in the world, and the trick of deception is not a new thing, the generals are cautious, and many people think that they should wait and see before making a decision.

"You don't need to question the authenticity of Shi Renyu's rebellion, you just need to think about how we should deal with this matter!" The audience was still arguing about whether there was fraud or not, and Yang Wu hurriedly spoke out to stop it.

He was convinced of Wei Bojun's rebellion, and this was because the process of the Weizhou Revolution described by Shi Renyu's envoy was similar to what happened in history that Yang Wu remembered, so he could be so sure.

Seeing that he was so convinced, everyone glanced at Fan Yu with some suspicion, and then understood, thinking that Yang Wu had gotten some secret news from Fan Yu.

And Fan Yu was inexplicably looked at by everyone's eyes, and he couldn't understand why Yang Wu was so convinced, but he remembered that Yang Wu had been in a situation similar to this time many times, and couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, "Could it be that His Highness has another group of people secretly inquiring about the news?" It must be so! It seems that I also have to be cautious, otherwise it will not be good to lose the trust of His Highness! ”

On the side, Gao Miao said: "Your Highness, although you can determine the authenticity of Wei Bojun's rebellion, your subordinates still feel that there is no need to go north to meet him. ”

"Wei Bojun is notoriously capricious, such an unruly army, if His Highness accepts it, then who can guarantee that they will not have a backlash in the future?"

Yang Wu nodded, the difference between Wei Bojun and Huainan Army is that in name, the Huainan Jiedu Envoy appeared very early, and the name Huainan Army also appeared a long time ago; But in fact, the current Huainan Army was created by Yang Xingmi, and the time has only been more than 20 years, plus Yang Xingmi has always been generous to others, so the loyalty of the army generals to the Yang family is relatively high, the rebellion is relatively rare, and all kinds of bad habits are not serious.

However, Wei Bojun appeared in front of more than a hundred people, and has continued until now, the "tradition" of army rebellion has been "deeply rooted in the hearts of the people", as long as they cannot meet their requirements a little, they can rebel without hesitation.

It is possible that something may happen if such an army is accepted, so it is better not to accept it in the first place.

Gao Miao's idea is also the idea of many generals, and it is necessary to take risks when sending troops north, the further north you go, the closer you are to Zhu Quanzhong's ruling center, and the farther Huainan's supply line is, the higher the possibility of chaos, it seems that there is no need to take risks for such a capricious person as Shi Renyu, it is better to stay out of the matter and sit back and watch how they attack each other.

Yang Wu was noncommittal when he heard this, and then looked at Guo Chongtao, "What do you think of Guo joining the army?" ”

During this time, Guo Chongtao had officially pledged his allegiance to Yang Wu, and Yang Wu appointed him as an envoy to join the army, which was equivalent to a staff officer in the army.

At the same time, Yang Wu sent several other people who accompanied him to Huainan back to Hedong, and sent people to accompany him to Hedong to inform Li Keyong that he had left Guo Chongtao.

At the beginning, Li Chengsi and Shi Yan were left behind by Huainan, Li Keyong was very angry, considering that he had to deal with Zhu Quanzhong together, so he endured it, and the two sides formed an alliance; And this time, Yang Wu left the messenger he sent behind, and you can imagine how angry Li Keyong would be when he learned about it.

However, Yang Wu didn't care about Li Keyong's anger, he sent an envoy to Hedong, first, to explain this matter, after all, the two families are allies, and they can't be too ugly, so they must always save face for Li Keyong; Second, he planned to exchange the manufacturing technology of Suzhou cannons for Guo Chongtao's family.

Since Guo Chongtao has already taken refuge in Huainan, he naturally can't keep his family in Hedong, otherwise Guo Chongtao's family may be used by Hedong after falling out with Hedong in the future.

In addition, the proliferation of manufacturing technology for the new trebuchet of Suzhou artillery is definitely unavoidable, and Liang Jun can get relevant technology from Huainan Army; When the Jin army and the Liang army fight in the future, the Jin army will definitely also obtain Suzhou artillery from the Liang army.

Since it is difficult to avoid the proliferation of technology, it is better to use it as soon as possible to reap some benefits.

Of course, today's Huainan can not get many benefits from Hedong, such as horses, which are in short supply in Huainan, but because of the road blockage, even if Li Ke promised to exchange horses, Huainan could not transport the horses back.

Therefore, one of the quid pro quo proposed by Yang Wu was Guo Chongtao's family, and the other was that Hedong would send troops to attack Luzhou as soon as possible.

Now Huainan and the Liang army are fighting fiercely, although the Liang army's attack has been temporarily retreated, but in the long run, an ally is still needed to come out to share the pressure of the Liang army, and this ally is naturally the most suitable for the Jin army.

In addition, Yang Wu remembered that Li Keyong's attack on Luzhou was very smooth in history, and Ding Hui, the envoy of Luzhou's Zhaoyi Festival, was dissatisfied with Zhu Quanzhong's bullying of the Tang family, and surrendered directly to Li Keyong.

In this way, Rick's momentum will be reinvigorated.

For Zhu Quanzhong, compared to Huainan, who lacked horses, Li Keyong, who was Zhu Quanzhong's old enemy and had a large number of cavalry, would definitely pose a greater threat than Huainan if his momentum revived, so when both the north and the south encountered challenges, it was more likely that the Liang army would choose to deal with Li Keyong first.

In this way, the pressure on Huainan can be greatly reduced, and the main force of the Huainan army can also go south to unify the south first.

Of course, this is all in the future, after hearing Yang Wu's question at this time, Guo Chongtao replied: "Your Highness, your subordinates feel that our army should go north to meet Wei Bo's army, Shi Renyu took the initiative to vote after all, and His Royal Highness's army is in Suzhou, not far from them." If His Royal Highness does not accept him, then no one will take refuge in Huainan in the future. ”

As soon as Guo Chongtao's voice fell, everyone pondered.

Indeed, the main force of the Huainan Army is now in Suzhou, and Yang Wu himself is also here, if he ignores Shi Renyu's request for help who took the initiative to vote, others will feel that Yang Wu is not responsible, and they are afraid of Zhu Quanzhong, and then other people who are willing to take refuge will have concerns in their hearts.

Yang Wu nodded and said, "You are right, so what if Wei Bojun makes trouble again after arriving in Huainan?" ”

"Your Highness rest assured, Wei Bo's army only has a total of 20,000 people, if this time to meet them, let them serve as the main force to fight with the Liang army, I believe that their forces will lose part of their forces, and His Highness will use means to divide and weaken his army, even if there is a rebellion, there will be no big chaos."

Yang Wu smiled, Guo Chongtao's thoughts were actually similar to him, in the past, he used various means to dismember and integrate those surrendered troops into the Huainan Army, and tried to avoid the phenomenon of those surrendering troops holding each other.

As an army dominated by northerners, it may be difficult for Wei Bojun to integrate into the Huainan army, but it is not difficult for Yang Wu to dismember them.

"So how does Guo Senjun think our army should respond to Shi Renyu? If you go north with a large army, not only is it too risky, but it is also too late in time; Sending only a small number of troops north would not make much difference. After listening to Guo Chongtao's words, Zhang Xun was a little moved and stood up and asked.

"I think that His Royal Highness can divide his troops into three ways to go north, the first way does not need too many troops, only about 5,000 people, but it must be elite, take small roads and sneak, try to avoid the eyes and ears of the Liang army, this is the key to the victory of our army;

The second way is about 20,000 or 30,000 troops, and the last way is the main force of the army personally commanded by His Royal Highness.

Both armies went on a fanfare to attract the attention of the Liang army. ”

"Then His Highness sent someone to tell Shi Renyu that His Highness had already marched north to meet him with a large army, and asked him to hold out until our army arrived."

In this way, the focus of the Liang army was on the rear two roads of Wei Bojun and our army, which gave the first opportunity for our army to surprise attack. As long as you get the timing right, you will have a chance to defeat the enemy army! Guo Chongtao said in a deep voice.

Yang Wu was silent, Guo Chongtao's plan has a certain feasibility, but there are also many variables, such as what if the army hidden in the dark is discovered by the enemy in advance? For another example, what if Wei Bo's army was defeated without waiting for the Huainan army to arrive?

"Your Highness, the way of using troops is all risky, not to mention that as long as Your Highness is cautious, the main force of the army will not be in danger, in this case, why not give it a try?" Guo Chongtao saw Yang Wu's hesitation, and reminded again.