On the city of Xuzhou, the defenders replaced the banner of the Qing army and raised the banner of the Ming Dynasty, which made the rebels outside the city stunned.

Yuan Zongdi frowned, "Xuzhou is playing the Ming Banner, I'm afraid it has already been connected with the south." ”

Liu Heizi tightened the reins of the horse, "Lao Tzu doesn't care what flag Xuzhou plays, Wang Jiaping, the turtle grandson, Lao Tzu must destroy him!" ”

Gao Yihuan gave Liu Heizi an official, but he still used the banner of the anti-Qing righteous army, and Wei did not officially incorporate Liu Heizi's men. His men and horses are against the Qing Dynasty, they are righteous soldiers, and they are thieves, and for Liu Heizi, being a thief is not a big deal.

Yuan Zongdi said: "Wang Jiaping is just picking on Liang Clown, what I'm worried about now is that the Ming army in the south will take the opportunity to go north!" ”

Gao Yihuan reminded Yuan Zongdi to beware of the Ming army's attack, and the scouts did know that the Ming army continued to increase its troops on the Huai River line, and now Xuzhou took refuge in the Southern Ming, just giving the Ming army an excuse to go north.

Liu Heizi frowned slightly, pulled out the horse and said, "Let's go, go back to the camp to discuss!" ”

Back in the camp, everyone discussed, feeling that this matter involved the Southern Ming, once the Ming army went north, the situation would be complicated, and it was still necessary to inform the king as soon as possible.

After Liu Heizi consulted with everyone, he decided on three things, the first was to report to Luoyang on Pegasus, the second was to send scouts to the south to investigate and closely monitor the movements of the Ming army, and the third was to continue to prepare siege equipment.

The distance from Xuzhou to Huai'an, which is half of the distance from Xuzhou to Luoyang, the scouts first sent the news of Huai'an, and found that the Ming army was building a pontoon bridge on the Huaijiang River, preparing to cross the river, and determined that Xuzhou and Ma Shiying were colluding.

This made Liu Heizi a little panicked, and hurriedly ordered someone to continue the investigation, while feeling the strength of the Qingming army, and on the other hand, he sent a fast horse again to inform Gao Yihuan.

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Luoyang City, Gao Yihuan set up the palace here, and commanded nearby, which is undoubtedly a very correct decision.

It is located in the middle of the world, and using the network of military posts of the Wei State, it is possible to quickly understand the situation in various places.

In the territory of Wei State, in addition to the Western Regions and Liaoxi, Gao Yihuan set up post stations all over the place, which were used to transmit official documents, convey urgent military information, pick up and drop off officials, and transport goods.

The Wei State stipulates that there is a post in thirty miles, and each post station is equipped with a certain number of post guards and horses, and usually transmits official documents, requiring at least six posts a day, that is, one hundred and eighty miles, and fast horses need to go ten posts, that is, three hundred miles a day, and in case of emergency military situations, they travel day and night, eight hundred miles are urgent, and each post station is relayed, and it can run to five or six hundred miles.

Gao Yihuan is located in Luoyang, located in the middle of the world, and he can get news about what happened in most areas of Wei in about four days.

During the Anshi Rebellion of the Tang Dynasty, An Lushan raised troops in Fanyang, and Xuanzong was in Huaqingchi in Lintong, the two places were separated by 3,000 miles.

Xuzhou is 900 miles away from Luoyang, and it only takes two days to send it to the urgent report, but Wei has just recovered Henan, and the post station has not yet been completed, and Liu Heizi's urgent report will be sent to Luoyang three days later.

In the Luoyang Palace, Gao Yihuan looked at the urgent report sent to the desk, frowned, he handed the urgent report to Chen Mingxia, and asked, "What does Mr. think the lonely king should do!" ”

After Chen Mingxia saw it, he smiled and said: "King, Wang Jiaping is clear, let General Liu continue to attack and act when the opportunity arises, this is not necessarily a bad thing!" ”

Gao Yihuan frowned, his face was a little unhappy, "What do you say?" ”

The matter of digging the ancestral grave almost made Gao Zurong angry to death, and this matter also angered Gao Yihuan, and he had already given Liu Heizi an order to let Liu Heizi grab Wang Jiaping and send it to him quickly.

Now that Wang Jiaping has taken refuge in Nanming, most of the Ming army will send troops to rescue, giving this animal a chance to escape in life and death, how can it be considered a good thing?

Chen Mingxia said with a smile: "General Liu is now playing the banner of the righteous army, no matter whether the Wang family votes or not, it will not affect him to continue to attack." Ma Shiying may not understand the situation, he thinks that Xuzhou's return to Ming is a good thing, but he doesn't know that he just gave the king a reason to cut down Ming and planted a bane for Nanming. ”

Gao Yihuan was slightly stunned, and immediately reacted, Wang Jiaping dug his family's ancestral grave, and the Ming Dynasty dared to save Wang Jiaping, so his reasons for cutting down Ming were too sufficient and reasonable.

Gao Yihuan was overjoyed, but then he was not very happy, Chen Mingxia suggested that he make a fuss about the matter of the ancestral grave being dug, which made him feel uncomfortable.

Gao Yihuan groaned slightly, he already knew it in his heart, and he didn't want to continue discussing this topic, so he waved his hand and said, "The Lone King knows what to do!" ”

At that moment, Gao Yihuan picked up the pen and wrote a secret letter to Liu Heizi, but Chen Mingxia on the side said: "King, Xuzhou returns to the Ming Dynasty, if the Ming army goes north, General Liu may not be able to support it for too long, we should be ready." ”、

Gao Yihuan wrote the letter first, and then replied: "Gather all the generals to come over, and the lonely king wants to understand the combat readiness!" ”

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Outside Xuzhou City, with the scout's exploration, Liu Heizi continued to receive news from the south.

At this time, in the big tent of the righteous army, Liu Heizi listened to the scout's report, and his face showed surprise, "100,000 troops? Did you find out? ”

The scout reported: "Returning to the marshal, I dare not speak falsely, the brothers look at the size of the Ming army, there are indeed about 100,000." ”

Yuan Zongdi on the side looked worried and stood up, "How is the equipment of the Ming army?" ”

The scout replied: "There are mostly infantry troops, there are no cavalry, most of them are wearing cloth armor and equipped with a lot of artillery. ”

Yuan Zongdi frowned, "Did the Ming army all cross the river?" Under what pretext did they go north? ”

"General Hui, nearly half of the men and horses who crossed the Huai River have been crossed, and there are still many warships on the river!" The scout saluted and clenched his fists, "The excuse of the Ming army seems to be to reinforce Xuzhou and exterminate the thieves!" ”

Liu Heizi's face twitched, "Lao Tzu is an anti-Qing rebel army, Ma Shiying, this old thing is really shameless!" ”

"Xuzhou is now playing the Ming banner, and we are attacking Xuzhou, for the Ming army, isn't it a thief?" Yuan Zongdi looked back, looked at the silent Liu Heizi and said, "If these 100,000 people go north, I'm afraid we will be difficult to resist, and we must find a city to rely on." ”

Liu Heizi frowned, and at this time, a person suddenly came in and saluted: "Dashuai, the secret letter sent by Luoyang." ”

Liu Heizi took it when he heard the words, opened it to see, raised his eyebrows immediately, showed a look of surprise, and then he was about to close the letter, and laughed loudly: "Mother, the thief is the thief, anyway, this craft is familiar to Lao Tzu!" ”

After speaking, he walked a few steps back and forth in the tent, and then stood still, "Ma Shiying is going north, Lao Tzu will definitely not be able to beat him, he must take Xuzhou before this, what can you do?" ”

Yuan Zongdi frowned and said: "There is definitely no hope for a hard attack, you can only outwit!" ”

Liu Heizi said in a deep voice: "It's not enough to outwit it, you have to let Wang Jiaping, the grandson, run south." ”

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