In July of the first year of Tianyou, Huainan general Liu Cun led the army to fight the Hunan naval army in Junshan, because Liu Cun underestimated the enemy, the Huainan army was defeated and fled, and the loss of more than 9,000 soldiers was lost, not only Yuezhou fell, but the main force of Huainan in the area of Ezhou was almost lost. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

When the news came, Ezhou was shaken, and the army and people were shocked three times a day, lest the Hunan army take advantage of the victory to fight.

Fortunately, long before Liu Cun set out on the expedition, Yang Wu and Yan Keqiu had already anticipated the possibility of defeat and prepared in advance; In addition, although the Hunan army defeated Liu Cun, it also had certain losses, so it did not continue to attack Ezhou at the first time.

It was not until a few days later, when 3,000 Huangzhou reinforcements arrived, that the panic of the Ezhou army and civilians calmed down.

Guangling, there was a coughing sound from time to time in the study, which made people feel a little worried.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about the war in various places, the siege of Hangzhou is progressing relatively smoothly, and now our army has been able to suppress the defenders of the enemy's city; is on the Ezhou side, although there is the defeat of Liu Cun's Yuezhou, but there is no problem in keeping Ezhou. Therefore, the king should cultivate well and take care of his body as soon as possible! On the side, Yan Keqiu whispered to persuade.

Since entering July, Yang Xingmi suddenly fell ill, and after letting the doctor come to take a look, he said that it was not a big problem, but he needed to cultivate well and not be tired, otherwise his condition might worsen.

However, now that the war in Hangzhou is urgent, Yuezhou is in a new defeat, and Zhu Quanzhong in the north, I heard that he is already assembling a large army, as for whether to attack Huainan in the south or attack Li Maozhen and Yang Chong in the west for the time being, it is not clear for the time being.

In this situation, no matter which battlefield it is, it is very important, and Yang Xingmi can rest assured. As a result, instead of alleviating, his condition has a tendency to worsen, which makes Yan Keqiu, Gao Miao and others very worried.

Yang Xingmi waved his hand and said: "Lonely's illness is okay, besides, now there are a little more things during this time, and after this period of time, you can recuperate with peace of mind." Let's talk about the situation in Hunan! ”

Although the Hunan army did not continue to attack for the time being, would Ma Yin let go of the great opportunity now and let Yang Xingmi eliminate Qian Biao first and then deal with him?

Therefore, Yang Xingmi felt that the situation in Ezhou might be repeated in the future, but now Huainan has not many troops to mobilize, unless the soldiers and horses on the front line in Hangzhou or Guangling are not much.

"With Ezhou's current defensive strength, as long as Hunan does not attack on a large scale, there must be not much problem in holding Ezhou. Although Liu Cun led to the defeat of Yuezhou because of the light enemy, he still had the ability, and his subordinates felt that he could make meritorious service and defend Ezhou. ”

Different from the situation in history, in history, Liu Cun took the initiative to lead a large army to attack Tanzhou, fought deep into the enemy's territory, and even himself was captured after the defeat; This time, however, it was a defensive operation in Yuezhou, so Liu Cun fled back after the defeat. After he returned to Ezhou, he wrote a letter to ask for guilt, and so far Yang Xingmi has not decided how to deal with him.

"You mean shame and courage?" Yang Xingmi nodded and asked. It's also possible. Liu Cun is brave and strategic, good at using soldiers, but unfortunately it is easy to be arrogant and complacent, and this defeat may not be a good thing for him, but it is just ......"

Merit must be rewarded and punished, this is what every superior must do, now that Liu Cun is defeated, if he is not given enough punishment, how can he quit for others.

"Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers! Although Liu Cun was defeated, after all, it was a situation where the enemy was outnumbered, and his past merits were enough to pardon. If the king is worried that the other generals will not be satisfied, then Liu Cun can be demoted to a commander to see the after-effects. ”

Yang Xingmi nodded and said, "Well, then let's do it!" It's just that on the Hunan side, is there a way to mediate one or two? With the current situation, it is best not to be an enemy of Ma Yin at the same time. ”

Yan Keqiu thought for a while and said, "My subordinates heard that the former Black Cloud Commander Ma Yan was Ma Yin's younger brother. This person is now serving in the Privy Council, and the king can send him back to Hunan to convey to Ma Yin the meaning of my friendship with Huainan! ”

Yang Xingmi said happily: "You mean Ma Hao? No wonder Gu thought his bearing was extraordinary before, it turned out to be Ma Yin's younger brother! ”

At the beginning, Ma Yin and Ma Ji were both Sun Ru's generals, and after Sun Ru's defeat, Ma Yin followed Liu Jianfeng all the way west to Hunan, while Ma Yin chose to surrender to Yang Xingmi with the main force of Sun Ru's army, and later became one of several commanders of Heiyundu.

In last year's army reorganization, Ma Jia was transferred to the Privy Council because he had no military exploits, and he did not have many connections in Huainan as a general.

You must know that the Privy Council looks glamorous, but because no one else has the right to lead the troops except Yang Wu, the privy envoy, those who serve in the Privy Council generally lose the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so many people regard being transferred to the Privy Council as a degraded official.

Thinking of this, Yang Xingmi hurriedly asked, "This Ma Ma was transferred to the Privy Council, will he have a grudge against me Huainan in his heart?"

"The king can rest assured that this Ma Ma is a kind person, and he is very grateful to the king for accepting him back then, and he will not have any resentment. On the contrary, his subordinates were worried that after living in Guangling for more than ten years, he would not want to go to Hunan again. "Yan Ke asked.

Yang Xingmi nodded, beckoned Ma Yin to ask, sure enough, it was Ma Yin's brother, and just like Yan Keqiu said, he was used to life in Guangling and didn't want to go back to Hunan.

However, at Yang Xingmi's insistence, he finally agreed.

"Great King, although there is Ma Yin for me to transfer Huainan from the middle, but Ma Yin is a hero after all, and if he wants to prevent him from taking advantage of the absence of the main force of our army to attack Ezhou, this is only unlikely. So the best way is to strengthen the defense of Ezhou and let him retreat in the face of difficulties. After sending the horse away, Yan Keqiu said in a deep voice.

"You're right, you can't put all your hopes on Ma Ma, you still have to do what you need to do. And what about Jiangxi? Zhong Chuan, do you think it's necessary to send an envoy to appease you? ”

Although Zhong Chuan is currently married to Huainan, and the relationship between the two families is in the honeymoon period, but what is the specific situation, everyone knows in their hearts, will Zhong Chuan take advantage of the current opportunity to raise troops again?

Yan Keqiu said with a smile: "There is no need to worry about this, Zhong Chuan is a smart person, he will not see the situation clearly." Now it seems that the situation in Huainan is tense, but this situation is caused by our desire to eliminate Qian Biao in one fell swoop. Therefore, even if Zhong Chuan raised troops, at most he would force our army to give up eliminating Qian Biao, but it would not change the overall situation, but would destroy the improvement of the relationship between the two families brought about by the previous marriage. ”

"So my subordinates don't think Zhong Chuan will be so irrational."

Yang Xingmi laughed at this time, coughed twice, and then said: "Then the next thing is to depend on Zhu Quanzhong, now that he has gathered troops on a large scale, it seems that he is preparing for a major operation, but I don't know if he is targeting me Huainan or Guanzhong this time!"

During this time, because of Zhu Quanzhong's abduction of the Son of Heaven to Luoyang, Li Keyong, Li Maozhen, Yang Chongben, Wang Jian, Yang Xingmi, Liu Rengong, Zhao Kuangning and other feudal towns secretly began to "connect" with each other after receiving the Son of Heaven's edict for help.

Among them, Li Maozhen and Wang Jian, two enemies for many years, reconciled with each other during this time, and Li Maozhen's nephew Li Jixun married Wang Jian's daughter, so the two families have a tendency to unite against Zhu Quanzhong.

And although Yang Chongben is Li Maozhen's righteous son, he has a certain degree of independence as the envoy of the Jingyan Army. Vertical. When Zhu Quanzhong attacked Li Maozhen, Yang Chongben led his troops to surrender and moved his family to the river as hostages at Zhu Quanzhong's request.

didn't want his wife to look very good, but Zhu Quanzhong took a fancy to him and was invited into his palace for some pampering. Later, Yang Chongben knew about this incident and regarded it as a great shame, so he rejoined Li Maozhen's side.

In June, these three families united to send troops to attack Zhu Quanzhong, and Zhu Quanzhong appointed his eldest son, Zhu Youyu, who was the commander of the camp and led tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry to the crusade; Zhu Quanzhong personally went to Guanzhong to take up the town, and at the same time began to assemble a large army, apparently planning to use troops on a large scale.

Yang Xingmi was naturally happy in his heart about this situation, but Zhu Quanzhong's actions made him a little confused, if it was said that he gathered an army to attack Li Maozhen, this seemed to be a little unreasonable from the point of view.

After all, at this time, he didn't go south to rescue Qian Biao, but went to fight Li Maozhen, no matter how you look at it, it is a little unwise, and it is not in line with Zhu Quanzhong's consistent strategy.

In addition, the coalition forces of Li Maozhen, Yang Chongben and others looked menacing, but in fact, the tens of thousands of people with Zhu Youyu were enough to resist, and there was no need to assemble such a large army.

However, if Zhu Quanzhong is planning to gather a large army to go south, but now he looks like he is preparing to attack Li Maozhen, and even he himself has already gone to Guanzhong to sit down, but there is no movement in Suzhou and other places close to Huainan.

So now Yang Xingmi can't decide Zhu Quanzhong's next plan for a while.

"In the opinion of his subordinates, it should be more likely that Zhu Quanzhong will go south, as for why he stayed in Guanzhong, there should be another purpose! Of course, whether he goes south or not, the king had better let General Li Chengsi and them get ready. ”

Yang Xingmi said with a smile: "This is natural, compared with the attack on Hangzhou, nothing else is important. By the way, I heard that last year, Wu'er started a new army and recruited 20 young people for training, but now a year has passed, and I don't know how the training is now. While there is nothing to do now, we might as well go and have a look! ”