"What about Zhang An beside Han Yi, with Zhang An here, when Yang City was broken?"

The reason why Han Yi was asked to guard Dangyang City was because Zhang An was there.

Li Hedong is very confident in Zhang An, in his opinion, with Zhang An, Dangyang City will never be broken.

But the current situation is that even if there is Zhang An, Dangyang City is still broken.

The spy who came to report said: "Lord Wang, Mr. Zhang can't save the situation, because there was an accident when he surrendered, but Mr. Zhang is still lurking in Dangyang City now, so that he can find an opportunity to destroy Qin Tian's good deeds." ”

Hearing that Zhang An was still waiting for the opportunity, Li Hedong, the king of Chu, calmed his anger somewhat.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Hedong said, "Go and call Mr. Jiang." ”

Mr. Jiang, named Jiang Buhe, is Li Hedong's chief strategist, and many of his things are arranged by Jiang Buhe, including this rebellion.

The chief planner of this rebellion is Jiang Buhe, and people like Zhang An are just some assistants under Jiang Buhe.

Not long after Li Hedong's order was ordered, a burly man with a beard walked in.

"Lord Wang, are you looking for me?"

Jiang Buyi came in and asked, although he was burly and like a reckless man, he was actually a person with a heart as fine as a needle, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he gave people an indescribable feeling of calm.

Li Hedong nodded, and then told Jiang about the situation in Dangyang City.

"Mr. Jiang, now that I'm here in Jingzhou, do I have to send troops to support?"

Jiang Buhe heard that Dangyang City was broken, his brows were already condensed, and after thinking for a while, he finally spoke, and said: "Lord Wang, after Dangyang City is broken, my Jingchu defense line has been lost, even if I send troops to Jingmen and Yichang, it is no longer of much significance." ”

"What about sending troops to take back Dangyang City?"

"It's not proper, Dangyang City is now guarded by Qin Tian, I'm afraid that it will be easy to defend and difficult to attack, and I have to leave soldiers and horses in Jingzhou to guard it, and there are not many people who can be sent, Qin Tian is a famous general of my Tang Dynasty, send one or two thousand people to go, and it will not be collected at all, but it will be damaged there, which is not cost-effective."

Hearing that it was not to send troops, nor was it to take back Dangyang City, Li Hedong was a little anxious, and said, "Mr. Jiang, what is the situation now?" ”

"For today's plan, we can only defend Jingzhou City, weaken the strength of the Tang army, and then go out of the city to fight and destroy them, now, Jingmen and Yichang are defending the city, whether they can hold it or not, they can weaken Tang Jun's soldiers and horses, however, the prince still has to send someone to inform some of the guards in those two places, if they can't hold it, they must lead the troops back to Jingzhou."

"Abandon the city?"

"Yes, otherwise, if they take the city, the soldiers and horses in the two places will not belong to us."

In this situation, soldiers and horses are rare, if they can hoard more soldiers and horses in Jingzhou City, then they will have more certainty of victory when they fight the Tang army.

Although abandoning the city is a bit unpleasant, it is obviously the best way for them to preserve their strength.

Li Hedong hesitated for a moment, and nodded after a long time: "Okay, just do what Mr. Jiang said, it's just Zhang An's side, how to arrange it?" ”

"Zhang An is a smart person, since he chose to stay in Dangyang City, he must feel that there is still room for action, so he might as well let him play."

For this, Li Hedong also thinks so, anyway, in his opinion, Zhang An will not betray him, in case Zhang An really does something, it will be a good thing for them.

Now Zhang An is enduring humiliation.

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The weather is getting hotter.

On the side of Jingmen City, Hou Junji's 10,000 beacon army has been attacking Jingmen City for several days.

Although there were 10,000 soldiers and horses in Jingmen City, Hou Junji still achieved some results after a few days of attacking like this.

He is a famous general of the Tang Dynasty in the end, and most of the rebels in the city are refugees, which is far worse than the Beacon Army.

Moreover, Hou Junji also uses stratagems.

According to Hou Junji's budget, he will soon be able to capture Jingmen City.

Early that morning, the Beacon Army continued to attack the city outside Jingmen City.

When it was almost noon, the rebels in Jingmen City could no longer resist, and Hou Junji became more and more crazy.

"Kill...... Kill ......"

The Beacon Fire Army rushed to kill and quickly occupied the city gate, and at this time, the rebels in Jingmen City suddenly gave up resistance and took the opportunity to flee.

This situation made Hou Junji feel very strange, it stands to reason that the rebels still have some soldiers and horses, and they should be able to continue to fight with them, but why did they suddenly escape?

Hou Junji was a cautious person, so when he saw the rebels fleeing suddenly, he was stunned for a moment, and he chased after him with his soldiers and horses, but he didn't chase too far, for fear of fraud.

All he wanted was to capture Jingmen City.

The rebels fled, and Hou Junji captured Jingmen City.

"Hahaha, I finally captured Jingmen City, it seems that I am going to get the command of this counterinsurgency."

Hou Junji smiled excitedly, he stood on the tower of Jingmen City, and he felt a little scolding Fang Xuan.

But at this time, a fast horse came from a distance and quickly stopped under Jingmen City.

"I am the messenger of Hou Ye, four days ago, Hou Ye has captured Dangyang City and killed Han Yi, and now, Hou Ye has an order, please General Hou after capturing Jingmen City, do not rush to Jingzhou City, first remove the locust pest in Jingmen Land, and then set off."

When Qin Tian's messenger said this, Hou Junji almost fainted on the spot.

He never thought that he thought he was going to get the command of the counterinsurgency, but Qin Tian actually captured the city four days before him.

But how is this possible, Qin Tian only has 5,000 soldiers and horses, is it faster than his 10,000 soldiers and horses?

This kind of gap makes Hou Junji feel very faceless.

But at the beginning, they had already said that whoever captured the city first would have the right to command, and how to quell the rebellion next would have to listen to that person, and now, it is obvious that Qin Tian has won.

If he repents, how can he gain a foothold in front of the many soldiers of the Beacon Army?

"Qin Tian wants to exterminate the locust plague?"

"Yes, Master Hou has already said that the people should be mobilized to exterminate locusts, and if the people want to get food, let them exchange the locusts they have caught, and if they don't catch the locusts, those people will not want to eat food."

The spies explained the situation in more and more detail, and after Hou Junji heard this, his eyebrows condensed, he was afraid that it would be inappropriate, the relief food of the imperial court, it was all to be distributed to the people for free, and the people were asked to exchange locusts for locusts, and the locusts should be exterminated.

However, soon Hou Junji thought that this matter was done by Qin Tianrang, that is, impeachment, it seems that he can't be impeached, right?

With Qin Tian in front, what happened, what was he afraid of?

After thinking about it, Hou Junji immediately decided and did it.

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