Cui Yixuan looked up to the sky and sighed, followed the defeated army to retreat to the water village, Zhang Yeyi was only 5,000 sailors, and he took up the ships to meet the defeated army, and rescued more than 3,000 people such as Cui Yixuan. Cui Yixuan and Zhang Yeyi did not have the idea of going ashore to rescue Huang Junhan, the Hexi army was in full swing, and the rescue was to send him to death. After the two discussed, it was decided that Cui Yixuan would lead 2,000 people to stay and harass the Hexi Army to see if there was a miracle in Huang Junhan; Zhang Yeyi led the main force to Heyang overnight to assist Dong Jun in guarding Heyang Cang.

Huang Junhan was discouraged in the center of Baiya City, with only more than 1,000 troops and 5,000 people around him, and it was difficult to resist the onslaught of the Hexi army; Dong He persuaded: "Chief, now we can only defend the lonely city, and there is no chance of breaking through the siege, I have ordered to drive the people to the city to defend, and we will definitely be able to defend until the reinforcements arrive." ”

Huang Junhan smiled sadly and said, "Do you know why my army and Bing Yuanzhen's army are vulnerable? Because we, like Xu Shiji, turned out to be the Wagang Army, and the officers and soldiers under our command surrendered to the other party without the slightest psychological barrier. Because of this, I wanted to preemptively defeat Liu Heimin, but I didn't expect Liu Heimin to be so capable of fighting, we ignored him when we were in Wagang, but Yang Chong, just like the legend, once again discerned people, this person, amazing, amazing. ”

Huang Junhan seems to be talking about Liu Heimin, and also like talking about Yang Chong; Dong He was silent for a while, and reminded: "The manager has an old relationship with Xu Shiji, why don't you think of a way?" ”

Huang Junhan said bitterly: "How can I be qualified to talk about the conditions now, it is estimated that there will be a letter of persuasion in the future." ”

Before the words fell, a small school guarding the city hurriedly came, and Xu Shiji's letter of persuasion to surrender was shot on the city tower, saying that as long as Huang Junhan opened the city and surrendered, Huang Junhan would be appointed as the county guard of Heyang. This is a false title that sounds good, Huang Junhan thought about it all night, and replied to Xu Shiji, I don't want this Heyang county guard, I just want to go to Chang'an to meet Yang Chong, the Duke of Yueguo; Xu Shiji immediately agreed, Huang Junhan didn't look down on himself as a festival envoy, and wanted to hug Yang Chong's thigh, if he blocked it, it would be a sin.

The white flag of Baiya City was raised in the morning sun, and then the banner of the Zheng army fell, and the banners of the Great Sui and Hexi Army fluttered at the head of the city; Cui Yixuan could only command the ship to leave with grief and indignation, since Cui Yixuan didn't like Li Mi, he put all his energy on persuading Huang Junhan to return to Tang, helping Huang Junhan to get ahead in the disputes of several major forces, and Wang Shichong was a false snake, but in the end Li Tang failed, and Huang Junhan still surrendered to the Hexi Army.

Dong Jun obtained the 8,000 troops of Cui Yixuan and Zhang Yeyi, and continued to strengthen the city defense of the three towns of Heyang, but Song Jingang's cavalry cut off the connection between Beizhong City and Heyang Cang; Xu Shiji, Song Jingang and other troops came one after another, and a total of 70,000 troops approached Heyang, and Heyang Cang was conquered by the Hexi army on the third day. On the fifth day, Zhang Tongren led an army of 20,000 Zheng troops to come to the rescue, used the naval division to cover Dong Jun's southward retreat, and then destroyed all the river bridges and looked across the Yellow River from the Hexi army.

But Liyang suddenly came with an unexpected news, Dengzhou Assassin Shi, Yangzhai County Gong Guo Xiaoke commanded the army to rob the Xia army's grain and grass, Dou Jiande led an army of 100,000 to kill Liyang; Zhang Liang, Du Caigan, Qi Gongshun, Tian Liuan and others immediately suggested that Xu Shiji leave Song Jingang in Hanoi, and the army rushed back to Liyang, Zhang Liang said with some excitement: "General, Liyang is the foundation of our army and cannot be lost. ”

Xu Shiji was not excited, turned around and asked Song Jingang: "What does General Song think?" ”

Song Jingang sneered: "There is no shortage of food in Liyang Cang, what are you going to do to grab the food of the Xia army, this shows that Guo Xiaoke has rebelled, and the reason why he did not play the banner is that he hopes that the general can attack inside and outside on the way back to the division, and decide Xiangzhou in a battle." ”

Zhang Liang and Du Caigan refuted it one after another, if this statement spread, it would make Chang'an distrust the Xiangzhou Jiedu Division; Only Liu Lancheng came forward to persuade: "The soldiers are treacherous, what General Song said may not be impossible." General Qu Tu is still in Yecheng, if he can hold it, he can rescue Liyang, and we should still wait for the instructions of the Duke of Yue Guo's next move. ”

The tent was being discussed, and the small colonel at the door reported that Wang Ji of the Marshal's Mansion Zuo Sima arrived, Xu Shiji and Song Jingang hurriedly went out to greet him and took Wang Ji into the big tent; Wang Ji asked about the military situation, and asked Xu Shiji to leave only a few major generals, and then said a piece of information from the Turks, after Li Shimin's persuasion, Chu Luo Khan, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, and Li Yuan may form an alliance, and the marshal's palace means that as long as Heyang Cang is taken, the army will stay in Hanoi, waiting for Dou Jiande's army to go south to Tiger Pass.

Xu Shiji turned the entire battle situation in his mind and asked, "Is Yue Guogong ready to go out of Tongguan?" ”

Wang Ji nodded his praise and said: "Yue Guogong personally set out to fight, preparing to take the three states of Guang, Shang and Xian, and then make the next plan according to the results of the battle, it is estimated that he has now arrived in Shangzhou." Chang'an has appointed Xu Yuanlang as the envoy of the Qingyan Festival and Meng Haigong as the envoy of the Caozhou Festival, as long as the Duke of Yue Guo wins south of the Yellow River, Xu Yuanlang and the two will definitely attack Dou Jiande; Since Heyang has a warehouse in hand, the army is not short of military rations, so why bother repairing it on the spot and waiting for work. ”

Yang Chong did not know the battle situation north of the Yellow River, Yang Chong, Shi Daqian, and Li Jing quietly went out of Wuguan with more than 50,000 troops from the left and right guards, captured Shangluo County in one fell swoop, completely annihilated Zhu Cang's defenders, captured more than 6,000 Zheng troops from Zhu Cang, and controlled the water and land routes of Shangshan and Danjiang; The Hexi army then captured Shanyang, Danfeng, Lushi, Xiong'er, Xingtai and other counties all the way, approaching Hongnong Palace. The Tang general Sheng Yanshi led 5,000 Tang troops to rob Bear's Ears County, but was broken by Shi Daqian in a battle and captured Sheng Yanshi.

Yang Chong learned that Emperor Zheng Shichong left the crown prince Wang Xuanying, Taiwei Duan Da, the generals Yang Gongqing and Guo Shizhu to guard Luoyang, and personally commanded the 70,000 Ma Bu army, and Guo Shiheng, Chen Zhiluo, Wang Xingben, Guo Qing and other generals came to Hongnong to meet the battle, and Li Jing is high-five. Yang Chong turned around in the tent and said: "Take out all the equipment and consume it in one battle, even if you can't defeat Luoyang this time, it is good to consume tens of thousands of Zheng troops." ”

Li Jing was a cautious person, and saw that Yang Chong's mood was a little jumpy, and reminded in a low voice: "Nanyang is not far from Hongnong, and the Tang army will not come to take advantage, and the last general means to defeat the Zheng army as a supplement and eliminate the Tang army." Qin's annihilation of the Six Kingdoms was not achieved overnight, Wang Shichong used 200,000 troops, even if he lost, there was still Luoyang to build a city and an army of more than 100,000; The Tang army in Nanyang is only 30,000 or 40,000 people, far from the elite division of the past, once defeated by our army, as long as we take advantage of the victory to pursue, the Tang army will not be able to hold the line of Dengzhou and Nanyang. ”

(End of chapter)