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After receiving the edict, Hedong Jiedu made Zhu Xie Zhiyi know that he could not mobilize other generals, and he wanted to let his son Zhu Xie Chixin lead the 8,000 Shatuo army to the expedition as the commander, and the staff officer Hu Lianghai persuaded him to stay still: Chang'an's edict to send troops to Hedong to attack Youzhou is only symbolic, Hedong and Youzhou border, it is impossible not to send troops, and it is impossible to send troops but not to use force, this is the meaning of the imperial court.

The main force to quell the Youzhou Rebellion should be Chengde Wang Chengyuan and Liaodong Li Mao, and the 8,000 Shatuo army should defend Taiyuan and assist the imperial court to clear the Hedong officialdom.

Zhu Xie Zhiyi finally decided to take Yan Qin as his commander and led 5,000 people to help Zhang Hongjing quell Zhu Hui's rebellion.

Yan Qin is the son of Yan Li, the former Dongchuan Jiedu envoy, who made military exploits when he pacified the rebellion of Liu Pi in Xichuan.

When Zhang Hongjing went out of the town of Hedong, the general Li Guangyan was transferred to another town, and recommended Yan Qin as a soldier and horse envoy to him before leaving.

Yan Qin felt the grace of Zhang Hongjing's promotion, and respected him very much, and heard that Zhang Hongjing was coming, and he went out of the camp for thirty miles to greet him, and the etiquette was prepared, and Zhang Hongjing was greatly moved.

When Li Mao heard that Zhang Hongjing had arrived in Yan Qin's army, he was overjoyed, and ordered the Sprite Huabu to cross the mountain range, launch a surprise attack from behind Lu Long's army, and break through the "Second Mountain Pass" set up by Zhu Kerong in one fell swoop. hua sugar

Huang Renfan of the Fourth Division was ordered to enter the pass along the coastal corridor, and the troops approached the city of Pingzhou, and set up an ambush in the mother sea, wanting to meet the head-on attack, defeat, and avoid entering the city and not leaving.

In less than five days, Wang Tingcao led 20,000 Cheng German troops to reach the city of Pingzhou, and the mother sea secretly waterproofed and helped Cheng German troops occupy various dangerous places outside the city.

Wang Tingcao kept saying that he wanted to attack Pingzhou, but in fact, he was at odds with the mother sea, blocking Huang Renfan's troops from the city.

Li Mao knew that Wang Tingcao was unreliable, and once the time was ripe, it would be difficult to ensure that he would not tear off his face and join forces with Lu Longjun to attack him, so he ordered Huang Renfan and Sprite to garrison outside the city and confront the Pingzhou garrison, and he himself returned to Shanhaiguan and waited for the movements of the various departments.

The battle of Yanzhou was as expected, the Xiongwu army with infighting was defeated, Zhu Kerong broke through the city of Yanzhou in one fell swoop, beheaded Mu Quanwan, Han Yanlu was frightened to the northwest, He Hong went south to Zhuozhou, and was detained by the defender Cheng Weigong.

Zhu Kerong broke the Xiongwu Army, Yanzhou fell, Zhang Hongjing took refuge in the Hedong Army camp, Cheng Weigong thought that the general trend had been decided, Zhu Kerong was the master of Youzhou, so he changed his wait-and-see attitude, took the initiative to move closer to Youzhou, and presented He Hong as a meeting gift to Zhu Hui's horse.

Zhu Huan came forward to surrender, and He Hong expressed his obedience.

The Khitans, who had previously claimed to help Zhang Hongjing quell the rebellion, bypassed the city of Yanzhou at this moment, arrived at the city of Youzhou to join the alliance with Zhu Huan, and after taking Zhu Hui's benefits, he returned to the army to conquer the Shencheng cottage, block the road, and block the eastward advance of the Hedong army.

In the south, Shi Xiancheng and Shi Xianzhong of the Weizhou Tianxiong Army were pinned down by Wang Chengyuan, and after conquering Mozhou City, they did not garrison the army.

Cheng Zhigong of the Henghai Navy and Zhang Maozhao of the Yiwu Army took a wait-and-see attitude and delayed their advance.

At this moment, Pei Du is still in Luoyang, and the news of Youzhou's repeated defeats came, which made him in a dilemma.

At this point, Zhu Hui's position has been decided, and the news has been transmitted back to the imperial court, and some people advocate recalling Pei Du and Zhang Hongjing, punishing Zhang Hongjing, rehabilitating Zhaoxue for Zhu Hui, and appointing him as the envoy of Youzhou Jiedu.

Li Deyu, the former secretary of the Hedong Jiedu shogunate and the superintendent of the imperial history, went to the imperial court and strongly claimed that there were six reasons why the troops could not be withdrawn, and claimed that if they retreated at this moment, Youzhou would fall into the hands of the Zhu family, and the three towns of Hebei would not be the territory of the imperial court from now on.

Li Chun read Li Deyu's recital, praised it greatly, and sent him to be the secretary of the envoy camp in Youzhou.

A few letters into Beijing, the court did not have a word of reply, Zhu Wei is not in a hurry, Youzhou is already in his hands, 70,000 Lu Long Army and now there are 60,000 obey his orders, Danzhou Hao Jun is lonely and difficult to speak, can not do anything big, when everything is arranged, he will cut off his grain and grass, if he knows each other, he will obediently obey, if he resists, he will solve it by force, and will not be tolerated.

The Quartet is settled, Zhu Wei is in a good mood, thinking that there is still a beauty imprisoned in his house, the veteran is suddenly moved, he is not a woman, but when he thinks of being able to play with the favor of his opponent in his hands, there is a trace of unbearable desire in his heart.

He summoned Hongzhu, the number of courtesies was prepared, and the laughter was full, but Hongzhu was neither humble nor arrogant, the more she was like this, the more flirtatious Zhu Xun's heart itched, Zhang Hongjing's vision is good, although this woman was born in a prostitute family, she is a top beauty with excellent talent and beauty.

Zhu Xun asked her about Zhang Hongjing's preferences, asked her to compare herself with Zhang Hongjing, and joked that if Hongzhu was to choose, between him and Zhang Hongjing, who would she choose.

Hongzhu sneered: "Xianggong is a star in the sky, calm and lofty, and the little woman only has the share of Gao Pan." The old general is a tiger and leopard on the ground, majestic, and the little woman is born timid, only trembling. ”

Zhu Huan's face was as black as iron, and the guards on the left and right drew their swords to kill him, but Hongzhu Ling was not afraid.

Zhu Xun saw through the little woman's plan and ordered everyone to stop. Zhu Xun said: "You don't look at me, but I want you to see who is the stars in the sky and who is the mud on the earth." ”

Hongzhu was placed under house arrest in Zhu's house for many days, because Zhu Huan's protection had not been violated, and after Zhu Huan walked away, the guards moved her out of Zhu's mansion and placed her under house arrest in an abandoned and dilapidated courtyard. The generals and staff in the Zhu Mansion got a glimpse of the mystery, but when they were free, they looked at the courtyard of Hongzhu.

Hongzhu suffered a lot, living like a year, as soon as he learned from the mouth of a military general that Zhang Hongjing was hiding in the Hedong military camp and did not dare to come out, it was expected that he would not be able to make a comeback, and he was disheartened for a while, and wanted to die, but he couldn't get his wish.

Although everyone can enter her small courtyard, if she wants to seek death, she can't, and the two servants guarding her are like maggots attached to the bones, staring at her inch by inch, but if there is any abnormal movement, they immediately stop it.

One day, a drunken staff broke into his courtyard, hugged her and begged for joy, this staff member won Zhu Xun's trust, and his status in the house was quite high, Hongzhu gave birth to a plan, coaxed him to go to the water pavilion in the garden to have fun, the staff was puzzled, Hongzhu said: "There are many people here, if someone leaks your whereabouts, the old general will ask in the future, how do you deal with it"

The staff was shocked, Zhu Xun hated Hongzhu for not knowing each other, and humiliated her ruthlessly, but as a man, this staff member understood that Zhu Xun still had Hongzhu in his heart, otherwise it would be easy to kill her with a knife

After hesitating for a moment, the staff still took the red beads to the water pavilion in the garden, and the servants who were watching did not dare to stop it, but only dotted it from a distance. Ascending the water pavilion, Hongzhu saw a gap and plunged into the lotus pond.

The staff was surprised to see this, and the guards who were secretly monitoring the red beads hurriedly sacrificed themselves, and were about to plunge into the water to rescue, but were rushed into the water by a gardener, and it was close to winter, and the water was cold to the bone.

Hongzhu choked on a mouthful of water, the draft was too cold, and she came out of her head, and was being stopped by the gardener and hugged her, Hongzhu cried: "You let go, let me die, die clean." The gardener said: "Listen, I was entrusted by Zhang Xianggong to save you out, even if you want to die, you can see him anyway, break this bad relationship, and save the lives of my family." ”

Hearing that it was someone from Zhang Hongjing's faction, Hongzhu's heart softened, he had suffered so many grievances, why didn't he die, he had been waiting for so long, what was it for, didn't he just can't let go of him in his heart, and he wants to see him

Hongzhu no longer struggled, and let the gardener hold him, and the guard threw down the hemp rope, stretched out the bamboo pole, and rescued Hongzhu, fearing that he would be punished for his crimes, so he kept silent and bribed the gardener to give some benefits, and concealed the matter.

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