Seeing the reply from Yangzhou, Fang Xuanling wanted to beat someone when he saw it.

Han Jingjing has lowered his profile so much and taken the initiative to sue for peace, but what about Zhang Chao, what is the disaster relief. He also zoned the south of the Yangtze River to his rescue area, and even zoned the two Huai into his bowl.

This is completely ignoring the imperial court.

This is to draw the river and rule, no, it is to hug half of the Tang Dynasty.

Fang Xuanling let out a long sigh.

"Auxiliary, it seems that Wen Yuan is indeed different now, if it was in the past, he would never say such a thing. He is fearless, and he is clearly going to be tough to the end. ”

What can the eldest grandson Wuji say.

"Fang Xiang, do you say that Jiangxi and Huaibei can still be guarded?"

"It's hard to say." Fang Xuanling shook his head. "Jianghan and Huaisi are now full of water, and the imperial court is unable to send reinforcements at all, but Zhang Chao, this water is like heaven's help, like a fish in water."

"These are still secondary, the military and civilians everywhere have no will to resist, and this is the most worrying thing."

"Zhang Chao's strength has swelled a little fast, it is said that now there are three major fleets and eighteen armies, one army of 20,000, the eighteenth army is 360,000, plus the third fleet of 60,000, that is 420,000."

The eldest grandson Wuji said, "A rabble of patchwork." ”

"But this rabble has not been defeated so far. Not to mention the support of the Subi Nu Kingdom and Tuyuhun, which is also at least 100,000 horses. ”

"If we propose to divide the river with Wen Yuan now, can Wen Yuan agree?" Fang Xuanling asked.

The imperial court is not without soldiers, but now the economy is chaotic in various places, and a major flood has broken out, which can be described as a disaster. At present, those soldiers are also unwarlike, and if they can't do a good job in internal affairs, they can win this foreign war.

Fang Xuanling hopes to put a truce for the time being.

If you go outside, you must first settle inside.

"If you want to divide the river and rule, Zhang Chao will definitely open his mouth and ask for the south of the Yangtze River to be divided, or even more excessively, asking the south of the Han River, the Huai River, and even the north of Huaibei, who can agree?" The eldest grandson Wuji said.

The two prime ministers sat in the public room and talked, and they did not hide it.

"Even if we don't give it, Zhang Chao will come over to take it."

Unsolvable, very unsolvable.

If the economic crisis in various places cannot be solved, the hearts of the people will be scattered. Even the army didn't want to fight, but the imperial court was now losing more and more territory, especially in the southeast coastal area, which was both a tax-heavy area and a grain-producing area.

The more time passes, the greater the subsequent impact.

At that time, don't say that the army has no fighting spirit, even if it has a fighting spirit, it is useless, and there is no money to fight.

And now there is a big flood, which has dragged them into the mud.

However, the emperor still resolutely refused to negotiate peace.

"In the end, we may have to fight to settle the world."

The eldest grandson Wuji said.

It's just that after this war, who is the world, but even his uncle has no bottom in his heart. On the side of the imperial court, the emperor is the emperor immediately, as well as famous generals such as Li Ji, Wei Chigong, and Qu Tutong.

But Zhang Chao is also like a god with soldiers, and there are also a number of fierce generals such as Qin Qiongcheng, Jin Luo Shixin, Shan Xiongxin, and Niu Jinda. Zhang Chao's generals, that are strong generals, and the equipment is not weak at all, and even his hundreds of thousands of troops, most of them are government soldiers of the imperial court, forbidden army sailors, etc.

End of July.

Xue Rengui, the youngest commander of the Southern Army, led the 18th Group Army with 20,000 horses, with the support of the East China Sea Fleet, from the mouth of Poyang Lake into the Ganjiang River and marched towards Hongzhou.

The defenders of Hongzhou rarely defended the city desperately.

The two armies engaged in artillery battles back and forth, and fought fiercely for three days and three nights.

The assassin of Hongzhou and the governor of Hongzhou were both killed in battle, and the young Xue Rengui led his 18th Group Army to attack Hongzhou City at the cost of more than 3,000 casualties with a tenacious style that was not afraid of death.

The defenders of Hongzhou City paid twice as many casualties as Xue Rengui and finally lost.

The defenders of Hongzhou did not do their best, but the flood besieged the city, and the warships of the southern army directly approached the city, and the naval guns bombarded it. The walls were bombarded several times, and fierce street battles were fought during the period, but they were still lost.

Hongzhou Assassin Shi led the guards, fought to the death, and finally committed suicide.

After Xue Rengui entered the city, he admired this opponent who had hit him hard, and ordered to collect the officers and soldiers killed in the battle and treat the wounded. He also issued a proclamation to quickly restore order in the city and arrange for the people to fight the flood and provide disaster relief.

After taking Hongzhou, Jiangxi has connected the three prefectures, and the three important towns of Rao, Jiang, and Hong have been captured, and the remaining prefectures have no strength to resist. Xue Rengui sent troops to quickly divide Yuan and Ji, and smoothly joined up with Gao Kan and Liu Renliang, the two senior brothers of the 17th Group Army, which had attacked Fu and Jiangxi from Lingnan to the north, and captured the entire territory of Jiangxi.

At the beginning of August, the 16th Group Army led by the butcher Zhu Zhendong also crossed the Dabie Mountains and swept through Qizhou and Huangzhou on the north bank of Jiangzhou, and the front of the troops was directed at Jiangxia City on the opposite bank.

Hankyung.

Rumors swirled for a while.

"I heard that the prince has captured Hongzhou."

"Hongzhou has been captured a long time ago, and now it has reached Wuchang."

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"Your news is outdated, and it's all hit Xiakou."

"How did I hear that I have arrived at Jingmen?"

"I estimate that in a few days, I will go to Xiangyang City."

"Oops, it's really three shocks a day."

"No, every time there is more and more surprise. I really hope that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will hit Hanjing soon, and then we can go back to the good old days again. ”

"Paper money has depreciated again."

"It's not the court that made trouble, but it actually used paper money to purchase various materials, saying that it was preparing for war. Fuck the thief, do you come to rob the people of the things when you fight? My brother-in-law's boat was requisitioned, so he gave a bunch of banknotes, and it was hard to wipe his buttocks. ”

"How much money do you exchange for now?"

"On the black market, paper money can only be exchanged for two copper coins, donkey day."

"Hey, I haven't changed it for a long time, and I really don't know it's so bad."

"Isn't that iron ball the same, a small iron coin, actually ten copper coins, isn't this the same as robbing?"

"This kind of court will end sooner or later, fortunately, there is still a prince."

"I heard that now life has resumed in all parts of Jiangnan. Doing business and trading, doing business in the workshop, money is still so convenient, you can exchange it when you want, you can exchange it when you want, you can exchange it if you want it, you can exchange it if you want it, you want gold and gold, you want silver and silver. If you have a lot of strength, you can exchange as many copper coins as you want. ”

"Dog's day, why is there such a big gap in this world."

Hanjing City was whispering everywhere, and in everyone's low voices, there was irrepressible excitement.

Except for a few nobles and high-ranking officials of the imperial court, most of them were looking forward to the arrival of the Southern Army.

When the Southern Army comes, you don't need gold coupons or iron balls, but when the Southern Army comes, you have a job to do.

Five Ridges.

Yuecheng Ridge.

In the morning mist.

Li Ji led the forward 3,000 light horsemen with the title of horseman, and the horses were bound to hooves.

On the ridge, the defenders in the fort were standing guard and patrolling.

However, they have been guarding here for more than half a year, and they have not seen a single northern soldier, and they have already been a little slack. At the same time, the recent good news has come one after another, which has made them relax their vigilance a lot.

No one expected that Li Ji, who had a bad reputation recently, would actually touch here.

An arrow shattered the silence.

The raid begins.

The three thousand Li Ji personally selected the most elite light cavalry, and when they were unexpected, they suddenly attacked, and the defenders were caught off guard.

The morning fog was so thick that the defenders had no idea who was coming and how many were coming.

Li Ji quickly captured the fortress of Yuechengling, and the follow-up cavalry arrived, and after a short rest, he went to Guizhou City to kill.

At night, a small group of Li Ji's subordinates pretending to be the Southern Army rushed to the city of Guizhou, reporting that soldiers and horses were suddenly attacking from the north.

The defenders opened the gates and let them in, but the team suddenly attacked at the gates and grabbed them.

Outside the city, there were murderous sounds in the night, and Li Ji led the light cavalry to rush quickly.

The city gate could not be closed, and Li Ji led his cavalry into the city.

A steady stream of light cavalry entered the city, and a bloody battle began.

Until dawn.

Li Ji, who was covered in blood, was already sitting in the Guizhou Thorn Mansion in Guilin City to listen to the battle report.

Yuechengling was captured, Guizhou was captured, and Li Ji's 100,000 army was still more than 80,000 at this time, and there were more than 100,000 people. Immediately, it crossed the Yuecheng Ridge like a tide and poured into Guizhou.

After breaking through the Great Wall-like Wuling Xiongguan Pass, Li Ji took advantage of Zhang Zhongjian's failure to react, and had already led his troops along the Guijiang River all the way to the southeast to kill him.

Zhang Zhongjian, who heard the news, hurriedly led Hezhou soldiers and horses to intercept it, and the two sides fought on the edge of the Guijiang River in Fuzhou.

Li Ji 80,000 against Zhang Zhongjian 50,000.

The riverside match, there is no danger to rely on.

In this battle, Li Ji personally led the cavalry to charge, and the morale of the northern army was like a macro, and the anger that had been suppressed for half a year suddenly broke out.

Zhang Zhongjian fought with him for a day, and finally the flank was broken by Li Ji's cavalry and had to retreat.

The retreat turned into a rout.

Zhang Zhongjian retreated to Wuzhou in defeat, packed up his troops and horses, and only 8,000 were left.

Li Ji's division arrived and surrounded Cangwu City.

The news reached Yangzhou.

It's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Outside Yangzhou, although the flood has not receded, the city is already jubilant.

The crown prince is about to get married, and the whole city is busy preparing for it.

When Zhang Chao received the report, he was trying on a new robe.

The dragon robe given by the prince is very well-tailored, and after Zhang Chao wears it, he is even more majestic and domineering.

The dragon robe is jade with a golden crown.

"Taishi, Guangzhou Urgent."

Zhang Chao took it, and after reading it, he couldn't help but inhale the cold air.

Li Ji broke through Guizhou, Hezhou, Zhaozhou and other places in the west of Lingxi, and broke Zhang Zhongjian.

Zhang Zhongjian had an army of 50,000, and only 8,000 people were left to retreat to Cangwu City in Wuzhou.

To the east, Cangwu is in Guangdong.

and Guangzhou, but also only one Duanzhou.

ignored Li Ji, at this most unexpected time, he came to the most beautiful counterattack.

Zhang Chao's forward had already hit Huangzhou, Hubei, but Li Ji came to attack the west, abandoned Jiuzhi Mountain and turned to attack Yuechengling, broke Guizhou, defeated Zhang Zhongjian, and no one could stop him.

This is the way to change bases.

Zhang Chao put away the letter, his face remained silent.

Back in the study, he changed out of his dragon robe, put on a purple robe, and then instructed the coachman to prepare his horse.

"Go to the Yacheng Cabinet."