When Cao Gang and his subordinates were discussing Zhao Xun's attack, Yang Li of the Bingzhou Army Battalion was also convening the generals to discuss the urgent matters at hand. As Cao Gang expected, Zhao Xun led the army to attack, and Yang Li was not only worried about external enemies, but also worried about internal accidents. And this internal accident is Cao Gang, the Northern Army of Bingzhou.

I have to say that internal problems can be ignored on weekdays, but when it comes to a critical moment, it is a fatal problem. Cao Gang was worried about the state army, and the state army was not worried about the state army. At the same time as Cao Gang mobilized the army, Yang Li also began to act, while giving orders to the two southern cities to strictly defend them. On the one hand, let the city be on guard. Who to warn against? In addition to accidents in the city, it is also necessary to guard against the northern army of the state that is also in the city.

Speaking of which, Yang Li was more worried about Cao Gang's problems. For Yang Li, now he is already in a Jedi. The way back has been lost, and there is no place for defense. This Dingping is still the territory of the Northern Army of Bingzhou, that is to say, the land of the three cities they occupy now is still Cao Gang's territory. Here, they don't have the advantage of Cao Gang. This is also the reason why Cao Gang was able to recruit more than 10,000 young men to form new soldiers, but they could only scrape together enough to transport a large amount of grain and grass in Meiji City.

Now, the Bingzhou army is weaker than Cao Gang in terms of strength and influence among the people, so Yang Li mobilized the army extremely quickly. However, Yang Li is also a little stronger than Cao Gang, that is, the soldiers and soldiers under his command are all elite soldiers. Although the Northern Army of Bingzhou under Cao Gang is not bad, many of them are clan private troops, and the morale of the Bingzhou Army is much worse than that of the Bingzhou Army. So, here, the two sides are almost evenly matched.

When Cao Gang and Yang Li got the news and launched the operation, Zhao Xun still led more than 50,000 troops directly into Dingyang City and Dingyun City, which were more than 20 miles away in the south of Dingping County. These two cities were not originally named this, but after the Northern Army of Bingzhou withdrew here, these two small cities that used to be hoarded by the Bingzhou Army were renamed.

"My lord, the forward cavalry has appeared outside the two cities and has begun to block the communication between the two cities. This is the military order of the Bingzhou Army and the Bingzhou Northern Army from Dingping County to Dingyun City and Dingyang City, all of which have been intercepted by our cavalry. Along with the infantry army, Zhao Xun, who was moving to the land of Dingping, also received the action of Yang Li and Cao Gang.

After Zhao Xun saw it, he smiled faintly and said: "It seems that the relationship between Cao Gang and Yang Li is worse than we expected. First conquer Dingyun City and Dingyang City, and then attack Dingping. ”

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The Zhao army of Jizhou crossed out of the Taihang Mountain, seized the Shangdang Mansion in the south of Bingzhou, and began to attack the southern part of Bingzhou, although Li Huaiyuan acted quickly and blocked the news, but it was quickly transmitted to Luoyang and to the hands of Situ Lei.

As soon as this news arrived, it almost didn't make Situ Lei vomit blood on the spot. Judging from Zhao Jun's actions, the land of annexation is just afraid that it will be gone. The land of the state is located on the north side of Yongzhou, once the north of the state is taken by the Zhao army, then, Yongzhou will face a thunderous trend. At that time, Yongzhou was in a crisis of being attacked from three sides.

Situ Lei immediately ordered the Yongzhou army to begin to deploy defenses in Hanoi and Hedong to prevent the Zhao army from moving south. Immediately, he began to gather all the generals and discuss the danger brought by the Zhao army's sweep of the state.

"It's this king who underestimated Zhao Xun, judging from Zhao Jun's actions now, this Zhao Xun is the person who benefits the most from the three parties. The king and Murong Cheng fought hard with the eastern part of Yongzhou, but in the end, this Zhao Xun was able to dig up and merge with the state from behind the king. Situ Lei sighed and couldn't help but say.

"By the way, how are the ministries adjusting?" Although he lamented Zhao Xun's actions, Situ Lei still knew the priorities, and immediately began to inquire about the mobilization of the Yongzhou army to the north to guard against the actions of the Zhao army.

Lin Shucheng said in a deep voice: "Tens of thousands of soldiers have been transferred from the Tiger Prison Pass, Bishui Pass and Chang'an, and now they have arrived in Hanoi Mansion and Hedong Mansion to garrison. In addition, reinforcements from Liangzhou were also arranged in two places. But...... However, the reinforcements in Liangzhou are wild and difficult to get rid of, and some are difficult to discipline. ”

Situ Lei snorted coldly and said angrily: "What kind of wildness is difficult to get rid of, and it is difficult to discipline. What are these two boys thinking about? Doesn't he know that there is a problem in Yongzhou, and he can survive in Liangzhou? Bastard thing! Give an order to the leading generals of the two places, if the soldiers from Liangzhou do not respect the military order, they will be killed on the spot. A sergeant should be like a sergeant, obey the law and follow orders, which is necessary at that time. ”

Lin Shiwen sighed: "It's a pity, I didn't expect the Turkic cavalry to be defeated in a battle and planted in the hands of Zhao Xun. The Northern Army of Bingzhou, Cao Gang, was even more vulnerable. Otherwise......"

Situ Hao, the governor of Yongzhou, said in a sullen voice: "Could it be that the Turks suffered a big loss in the hands of Zhao Xun, so forget it?" It shouldn't be. There is also the Northern Army of Bingzhou, an army of more than 100,000 people, which only lasted for less than two months before the whole line collapsed. It's hateful, it's all cheap now Zhao Xun's bastard. ”

Situ Lei frowned, and said: "It's because this king overestimated this Turkic cavalry and the northern army of Bingzhou, I thought that they could resist Zhao Xun, and they were the worst, and they could stalemate for a year and a half, who would have thought that the result would be like this." Zhao Xun not only attacked the Turkic king's tent, but also captured hundreds of thousands of horses and livestock, and rescued hundreds of thousands of people who were captured by the Turks. Now, not to mention the number of cavalry in his hands will increase greatly, even the people of the state are also his hardcore supporters. This is also one of the reasons why the northern army of Bingzhou was defeated in the blink of an eye...... From the perspective of the country, this king is not as good as him. In the end, Situ Lei couldn't help but sigh.

"Settle the displaced people, divide the land, new commerce, develop academics and innovative techniques, attack Donghu in the north, and defeat the Turks again. Murong Cheng and I are far from that. Look at the places occupied by Zhao Xun, except for Jizhou, they are all bitter cold places, but now, the northern states are already rare rich and peaceful places in the world. Situ Lei said word by word, and then looked at his eldest son, Situ Fei, the governor of Yongzhou, and said: "Fei'er, although Zhao Xun's background is not as good as yours, but there are several of your brothers, none of them are his opponents, no, it should be said that your brothers can't compare with each other." ”

Situ Fei knew in his heart that his father was warning him that he was not Zhao Xun's opponent, and that only when brothers worked together could they be hostile to him. But Situ Fei knows better, which of his brothers is willing to give in? I want to be on top of the jade throne and look down on everyone. Is it possible to get everyone together?

Seeing Situ Fei's indifferent face, Situ Lei understood what he was thinking, sighed secretly in his heart, and said, "Fei'er, I asked you brothers to guard various places, not for anything else, but to hope that you can suppress people with different aspirations in the place. This king is infamous, and all the state capitals and counties have people with different aspirations. If you appoint others, I am afraid that the foundation of our family will be unstable. You know this in your own heart. ”

"A month ago, you asked for help, but you didn't send reinforcements in time. Therefore, it is related to the sudden onslaught of the coalition forces in the east, and it is also related to our original plan for the Turks to attack Zhao Xun on their backs. However, after all, foreign objects are foreign objects, and our support is the most crucial. What are the results now? The merger is over, we are under Zhao Xun's troops, and the situation at this time is more important than what you are worried about. ”

"The child understands that the child has now transferred troops from Liangguan and Chang'an to the north in time, hoping to join the fourth brother to deal with Zhao Xun's attack." Situ Fei said in a deep voice. As Situ Lei said, not sending troops and horses to support him at the beginning was not the reason why he wanted to make that Situ Tai lose power. Now that the state is gone, as the first Yongzhou, Situ Fei is naturally worried. It's just that he didn't expect the power in Dao Situ Tai's hands to be so weak and defeated so quickly.

Lin Shucheng frowned and said: "The Zhao army of Jizhou raided Huguan and the entry of the army, which is the root of the defeat of the governor of Jizhou...... Lord Wang, it is imperative to let the Bingzhou army begin to converge with the army of Hedong Mansion, if it is too late, I am afraid that the Bingzhou army will be wiped out. ”

Situ Lei snorted coldly and said, "You don't need to say more, the governor of this state has withdrawn his troops to the Fenzhou Mansion, and he is already gathering the soldiers under his command, and he is already converging to the southwest of the state. ”

Hearing this, Lin Shucheng didn't say anything more, Situ Fei's move was clearly to give up the southern prefectures, gather soldiers, and make plans to preserve strength and withdraw troops from the southwest. In a sense, Situ Tai's behavior is completely to take the initiative to hand over the merger to Zhao Xun.

"Forget it, no matter what, the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Xiao Si's hands are also very beneficial to us. Give an order to the lord of Hedong Prefecture to contact the governor of Bingzhou and cooperate with each other as much as possible. If you can block it, if you can't, you can withdraw it to Hedong Mansion to garrison. Half of the land of the annexed states is indeed not the opponent of Zhao Xun, who uses most of the troops and horses under his command. ”

"Father, the land of the annexed state...... The land of the state was ceded to Zhao Xun like this? We don't fight back? Situ Fei couldn't help but be surprised when he saw that Situ Lei had allowed the state army to evacuate. If the state is really gone, Yongzhou will also be in danger.

Situ Lei said angrily: "How to fight? You go? Zhao Xun obtained the hearts of the people in the land of Bingzhou, and the land he occupied was soon able to settle down, and his army was gathered in Bingzhou, and its strength was almost equal to that of the coalition forces outside the two eastern passes. We have sent too few troops, it has no effect at all, and we have sent a large number of troops and horses, where can we draw out manpower? Stick to the north and keep Zhao Xun from entering Yongzhou, even if it is already very good. If the coalition forces do not retreat, we do not want to start a major war in the north again. If you had sent people to support the annexation earlier, maybe it wouldn't have been like this. ”