The recitals from Minzhou Thorn Shi Liang Wufu and Yunzhou Sima Chen Kangji in the Lizheng Hall have all been piled up on Emperor Liang's desk, and the content of all the recitals is similar. For their one-sided words, Emperor Liang has been waiting for King Yu's recital, but it has been ten days since King Yu left for the southeast front, and he has not received any news except for a recital.

Emperor Liang reopened a piece of music and looked at it a few times, but because of anger, he directly slammed the music to the ground.

"Humph! The fourth arrived in Anzhou City but did not dare to go out of the city to face the battle, and sat back and watched the land on the southeast line fall into the hands of the enemy, what is the idea of the fourth child! ”

Cui Gongcheng, who had been with him, was about to pick up the chapter, but was stopped by Emperor Liang.

"Immediately declare King Xiang, King Ling, Cai Quan, Cao Zijing and Liao Zhen into the palace!"

"Yes!"

Half an hour later, the five people hurriedly walked into the Lizheng Palace, caught a glimpse of Emperor Liang's gloomy face, everyone hurriedly knelt down to say goodbye, and before he finished speaking, Emperor Liang said: "Flat, you all come to see these pieces!" ”

Gonggong Cui immediately handed a stack of chapters to several princes and ministers, and everyone's faces changed after reading it quickly, but the direction of change was different.

"Qiqi Shengshang, it is only the words of Minzhou and Yunzhou to make a conclusion, I am afraid it is biased." Cai Quan, as the prime minister, was naturally the first to stand up and speak, "It still needs to be corroborated by His Royal Highness King Yu." ”

"What makes me angry is that the fourth child has not sent any battle reports until now! I can only learn about the military situation ahead from these movements! ”

"Father, the son believes that the fourth brother will not do such a thing!" King Xiang made it clear that he supported King Yu, "This is not the first time that the fourth brother has led troops to the battle, he has always been steady in his work, and he will never fight an unprepared battle, maybe it is a strategy of the fourth brother to stick to Anzhou City." ”

"Erchen doesn't think so!" King Ling came out and said: "The three towns in the southeast have lost two of them, and if you blindly stick to it with only Jinchang City in hand, it will only give the enemy a chance to take advantage of the opportunity to separate Anzhou and Jinchang City, so that the two cities can not rescue each other and can only fight separately, so this is a taboo for soldiers, right?" ”

"The fourth brother is like a god with soldiers, let's see which of the previous battles was not a soldier who risked his final victory? Erchen is still confident in the fourth brother's ability. King Xiang was firm in his opinion and did not retreat at all.

"If the fourth child really uses soldiers like a god, there should be good news at this moment!" Emperor Liang was noncommittal about King Xiang's statement, but somewhat agreed with King Ling's statement. "The fourth brother won't be stubborn and self-righteous this time, which will lead to an unfavorable battle situation, right?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the biggest possibility that His Royal Highness King Yu did not submit the battle report is that he cannot let go, and it will definitely not be His Highness's unwillingness!" Liao Zhen can be regarded as the person who knows King Yu the most among the five people present, and he knows that the purpose of his coming today is to desperately protect the image of King Yu in Emperor Liang's heart.

"Can't send it out?" Emperor Liang chewed these words and looked at Liao Zhen and said, "Could it be that the battle situation is too fierce and there is no time to submit the battle report?" Or is the city of Anzhou besieged, and no one can come out of the city at all? ”

Emperor Liang analyzed the idea, and Liao Zhen was also shocked, if this is the case, it means that King Yu is already in danger.

"Shengshang, Minzhou and Yunzhou are in the rear of Anzhou City, although their troops are insufficient, they can at least explore the battle situation on the southeast front, why is there no mention of the battle in Anzhou City in the chapter?" Liao Zhen tried to divert everyone's attention, but was recognized by King Ling.

"Lord Liao, Minzhou and Yunzhou originally only had some government soldiers, because there were three towns in the southeast before, these states did not have troops stationed at all, you let some government soldiers go to find out the news, this is not legal, and secondly, it is embarrassing!"

"If they hadn't sent someone out to investigate, then how did Chen Kangji and Liang Wufu know that the southeast front line had all been lost? Such an important battle report does not mention Anzhou City at all, but only uses all the losses to describe the battle situation in the southeast, which is either child's play or nonsense! ”

Liao Zhen's rebuttal made King Ling speechless for a while, and King Xiang stood up at the right time, "What Lord Liao said is reasonable, Erchen thought that he could send someone to Anzhou to investigate the battle situation, so that he could get an accurate battle report." ”

"The fifth is right, just do it! You should choose who is suitable? ”

Before everyone could speak, a guard appeared outside the Lizheng Hall and asked to see him, and Emperor Liang waved his hand to let him enter the main hall. The Imperial Forest Guard knelt down and presented a battle report, "Return to the Holy Lord, this is a battle report from Anzhou!" ”

After waiting so long, it's finally here! When Emperor Liang received the battle report from Cui Gonggong, his face was full of joy, in his opinion, the battle report that came so late was likely to be the news of King Yu's victory, so he couldn't wait to open it and read it.

But as Emperor Liang looked at it for a long time, his face became more and more gloomy, until he finished reading all the battle reports, and his old face was already covered with frost.

The atmosphere in the main hall was tense again, and King Ling was the first to stand up and break the silence.

"Father, the fourth brother's battle report has brought good news?"

This is knowingly asking, if it is the news of victory, how can Emperor Liang make such an expression? How can there be no words? Ling's move was just to seize the opportunity to satirize Emperor Liang again.

"Chen Kangji and Liang Wufu are right! Not only was the southeast line lost, but even Anzhou City had been burned by the enemy, and now the enemy took advantage of the victory to pursue Minzhou and Yunzhou in one fell swoop, and the fourth had retreated to Yingyang Pass! ”

"How? The fourth brother led an army of 100,000 to help, in addition to the Xuanjia Army and the Chiwei Army, and there were also Divine Killing Cavalry in Jinchang City, all three armies were there, how could they be defeated so far? King Ling gave full play to his surprise, and his words made matters worse.

"No wonder the fourth brother has not submitted the battle report for a long time, it is estimated that the battle situation is retreating, and he can't find a suitable reason to convince me!"

Emperor Liang slammed the battle report on the table, and his face turned from blue and white to red because of anger.

"Holy Lord, His Royal Highness King Yu will definitely not be the one who delayed the fighter and concealed it, there must be another hidden story in this, please also ask the Holy Lord to investigate!"

"Lord Liao, this palace knows that you are good friends with the fourth brother, but in front of your father, you can't open your eyes and talk nonsense! What do you mean by this, my father wronged my fourth brother? ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Tombs......"

"Holy!" Cai Quan directly interrupted Liao Zhen's explanation, "The battle situation is already so urgent, and now is not the time to hold accountable, Wei Chen suggested that we should rush to the aid of Yingyang Pass as soon as possible, after all, it is the gateway of my beam!" ”

"In the second stack of the battle report, the fourth brother discussed in detail the strategic arrangements for garrisoning Yingyang Pass." Emperor Liang opened the battle report and said: "The fourth suggestion: Xia Tang and Xiliang jointly used troops to take a whole piece of land in the southeast in one fell swoop. ”

"Erchen doesn't agree!" King Ling bluntly objected, "It is right that the enemy army is in full swing, isn't it just about to take advantage of its arrogance to attack it head-on?" If the turtle retreats in the Eagle Yang Pass, it will only make the enemy think that our big beam is cowardly, and the enemy will definitely use the momentum of the previous victory to attack the Eagle Yang Pass in one fell swoop, so that the Eagle Yang Pass will be more difficult to hold! ”

"That's a mistake! Yingyang Pass has a geographical advantage, the enemy is difficult to break through for a while, after many days of Anzhou defense battle, the soldiers of His Royal Highness King Yu must be sleepy and tired, at this time should adopt a policy of recuperation, so that the army can restore morale. At the same time, mobilize troops and horses from other places to reinforce Yingyang Pass, only by thwarting the enemy's attempt to break through Yingyang Pass, can we have the hope of recovering the lost territory! ”

"Lord Liao, I'm afraid that the first thing to contribute to this move is the enemy's soldiers." Cai Quan said: "Shengshang, the old minister does not understand the art of war, but he still understands the principle of 'one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion', the strength of the Tang Dynasty and Xiliang at the same time is not to be underestimated, our army is newly defeated, if you blindly stick to it, it will only make the soldiers more afraid of the enemy." In addition, our dynasty has a total of four armies, except for the Guangyuan Army, the other three armies are in the southeast, and it is no longer possible to move troops at will. ”

Cao Zijing, who had not spoken, spoke: "Back to the Shengshang, the Guangyuan Army has lost a lot because of the previous battle, and the current strength has not yet recovered, the remaining strength of the Xuanjia Army must prevent Xiliang from taking advantage of the situation to invade Mobei, and it will take time for the rest of the country to remobilize the troops, Weichen thinks that Yingyang Pass was originally garrisoned by 10,000 iron cavalry of General Zhang Hanshan Zhang, and there is no problem in holding the pass, and it is not impossible to take advantage of the enemy's negligence even if he eats out of the pass to meet the enemy." ”

Emperor Liang is already disgraced by the comprehensive rout of the southeast line, if he thinks that he is shrinking, he will definitely make the Tang Dynasty and Xiliang think that Liang is soft and kind and can be bullied, then his dignified Liang Dynasty Tianzi is even more shameless to face the people of the whole country.

Emperor Liang thought for a while and finally made up his mind, "Order King Yu to immediately organize his army to meet the enemy, and strive to recover the lost territory!" At the same time, the Guangyuan Army and the Chiwei Army were called to reinforce Yingyang Pass! ”