Autumn has finally passed, the weather has changed greatly, and the howling cold wind has invaded the south from the north without knowing the weary night.

As early as Li Cunhuan received the battle report of Zhou Dewei's defeat, not long after Li Cunhuan received the battle report, Li Cunhuan left the Xiao general Yelu Anduan to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to continue to besiege Kaifeng. And he moved to Baima County, Huazhou, north of Kaifeng, and conquered Huazhou in only four days. And this White Horse City is not only the seat of Huazhou, but also a very famous place.

Sounds familiar, right? That's right! This is the place where Second Brother Guan quickly clicked Yan Liang with a knife, and it was also here that Second Brother Guan began his life of stepping to the peak (not counting with Liu Bei before, it was too down-and-out.) ）。

For this reason, Li Cunhuan also deliberately went to the ancient battlefield to pay respects, but hundreds of years have passed, and the water is still the water, the city, and the city. But time has erased the traces of Second Brother Guan, but there is a temple of Second Brother Guan nearby. The incense is very prosperous.

He reminded Li Cunhuan of another thing, that is, people are flustered in troubled times, and they all hope to have a spiritual sustenance. And often at this time, Taoism, Buddhism, and other Eastern sects are flourishing. They took advantage of the war to accumulate wealth, took the peasants' fields as their own, and did not pay taxes in the name of the gods. Li Cunhuan decided that after returning to Lulong, he had to rectify this phenomenon and not reduce his tax income because of this.

Not long after Li Cunhuan came to White Horse City, Zhu Wen also came, and this time he concentrated more soldiers and horses, 40,000 Xuanwu troops and 60,000 former Hedong troops and 15,000 Caizhou soldiers mixed into a loyal army.

Don't look at the strength of Zhu Wen's people, but he can't say it, he has more than 100,000 troops in his hands, and Luo Hongxin also has more than 40,000 troops in his hands, adding up to 150,000 troops. The 150,000-strong army was completely dependent on a limited number of prefectures and counties north of the Yellow River for food and weapons.

The five states of Weibo are better, in the end the foundation is thick, and this war has not affected the mainland, it is said that the child is a little hard, but it can still endure. And the four prefectures of Xingzhou, Jizhou, Zhaozhou, and Shenzhou, which Zhu Wen had just defeated, had been ravaged by the war and had already been semi-crippled. The two prefectures of Cizhou and Zhaozhou, which also successively supported the great wars of Hedong and Xuanwu, have been more than half a year now, and they have long been exhausted.

As a result, Zhu Wen is in 11 prefectures in Hebei, which is roughly equivalent to the size of 11 cities now. Four and a half crippled, two exhausted, but to support the operation of an army of 150,000. How do you tell the officer in charge of logistics not to complain?

Zhu Wen was even more anxious, and he even had to send a letter of help to Zhang Quanyi, asking him to reduce his support for Guanzhong and transport grain from the Yellow River.

But are Li Cunhuan's subordinates idiots? Yelu Abaoji and Liu Jun moved to White Horse City to remind Li Cunhuan that Zhu Wen might rely on the waterway to transport grain to Weibo. Li Cunhuan immediately sent Liu Ziren, Liu Jun's cousin, to send a letter to Wang Shifan, asking Wang Shifan to send a naval army to support and deliver food supplies at will.

Unexpectedly, the person sent by Wang Shifan is still an old acquaintance, the former Goguryeo general Wang Jian, that is, the historical Goryeo Taizu. If he hadn't seen him, Li Cunhuan wouldn't have known that this guy had taken refuge in Wang Shifan. He is also capable, and in just one day he came, he captured three grain ships and sank four grain ships.

However, this made Liu Jun, who originally had prejudices against Wang Jian, even more jealous of him, seeing that he was actually Li Cunhuan's old enemy, he had never spoken much, and even some good people Liu Cheng said bad things about a person very hard.

"Your Royal Highness, you see that Wang Jian is a hawk and a wolf, and there is a backbone in his mind, this person will be opposed, and this person should be killed!" Liu Yan came to Li Cunhuan's side and said in a deep voice.

When Li Cunhuan heard this, he smiled and didn't care too much. If it comes to eagle and wolf care, I'm afraid that Yelu Abaoji is even more than Wang Jian. However, he also heard the meaning of Liu Jun's words, and he could see that Wang Shifan could not suppress Wang Jian.

Li Cunhuan thought about it, and felt that he also wanted to think that the Khitan had not destroyed the Goryeo established by Wang Jian, although Goryeo was the suzerainty of the Khitan, but he still dared to often talk to the Central Plains court, and it could be seen that Wang Jian was still quite capable. Xindao, if you have a chance to ask Wang Jian from Wang Shifan!

"Damn!" The sound of broken ceramics resounded in Zhu Wen's tent again, and the two tooth soldiers standing outside the tent glanced at each other, and both saw deep helplessness in each other's eyes.

Now in this situation, even the witty Jing Xiang and Xie Tong have no choice, with the arrival of the Qingzhou Navy, Zhang Quanyi's poor Navy's army is almost wiped out. Zhu Wen's grain route was also cut off, and Yue Zi was very embarrassed, but Jing Xiang and Xie Tong comforted Zhu Wen anyway. It is said that in November, when the Yellow River freezes two feet, it can drive the army to drive Li Cunhuan away.

............ "Your Highness! Good news! Suddenly, Feng Bao rushed in regardless of etiquette, and the frightened Pu Le shot out the Tang knife and almost clicked the guy who rushed in.

"What's going on! Don't you know how to report when you come in! Li Cunhuan scolded sharply, waving his hand to show that Pu Lejiao had put the Tang knife into the scabbard.

"Please forgive your Highness, this news is too gratifying!" Feng Baodu carefully took out a bamboo tube from his waist, with a red mud mark on it, Feng Baodu added: "It's from Luoyang!" ”

Li Cunhuan couldn't help but show a touch of joy on his face when he heard this, and without waiting for Feng Bao to make any moves, he grabbed the bamboo pipe, crushed the mud print, and pulled out a roll of paper from it.

There are not many words on it, judging from the handwriting, it should be Guo Chongtao's handwritten letter. In the letter, Guo Chongtao was very happy to tell Li Cunhuan that in early October. Emperor Kangning, this guy actually ran out to worship the sky, and Zhang Quanyi also accompanied him to protect him. Li Cunhuan estimated that he was monitoring more than he was protected, but he was served by Guo Chongtao. Guo Chongtao sent people not only to report success, but also to ask for help. He is now hiding in Yanshi City, confronting the Luoyang army who threw rat traps. However, he now has more than 2,500 cavalry in his hands, and they are all light equipment, plus hundreds of people such as Emperor Kangning, he can't break through at all, he came to ask Li Cunhuan for help.

"Good! Good! Good! Li Cunhuan couldn't think of another village, and he was thinking about how to deal with Zhu Wen's 100,000 army. Guo Chongtao sent such a big gift.

"Someone! Convene the generals! Li Cunhuan's voice was full of suppressed excitement, and suddenly Li Cunhuan frowned and changed his words: "No! Just summon Feng Dao, Han Yanhui, Yelu Abaoji and Liu Yan to come over! ”

Although Park Lejiao was a little strange why Li Cunhuan suddenly changed his mind, he still faithfully carried out the orders arranged by Li Cunhuan. It didn't take long for Feng Dao and the other four to come to the makeshift White Tiger Hall in White Horse City.

"Xiaguan (the last general)! See His Royal Highness King Qin! The four of them saluted Li Cunhuan and said respectfully.

"Excuse me! Don't be polite, you can take a look at this battle report! Li Cunhuan did not put his mind on Feng Dao and the other four people, but carefully looked at the sand table on the White Tiger Hall, the newly made sand table still smelled of glutinous rice milk, which made everyone feel uncomfortable.

After half a ring, Liu Yan took the lead and said: "Your Highness, you see that this is Yanshi County, which is too close to Luoyang, and the north of Luoyang is the Heyang Bridge, which connects to the north and south of the Yellow River. With the current situation that Li Ke is seriously injured with his vitality, Heyang Jiedu has completely left Li Hanzhi to go south to support, and Guo Chongtao is also in danger! ”

"Your Highness! Although we are only separated from Guo Chongtao in Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou has always been the most dangerous place in the world, and I am afraid it will be difficult to fight! Guo Chongtao's move is too risky! Yelu Abaoji's tone couldn't help but bring a little complaint, after all, Guo Chongtao went here, and the soldiers and horses he brought were all Yelu Abaoji's iron cavalry, in case they were all explained, how to make Yelu Abaoji not feel distressed? It's all the soldiers and horses he trained single-handedly!

"Hey! Giggle! Zhu Wen: This will be in trouble! Han Yanhui didn't think Xu would smile instead.

Yelu Abaoji couldn't help but get angry, you girl, Lao Tzu still feels sorry for his soldiers, you are good! It's fun. It's just fun, you're still laughing! Don't you think Lao Tzu has enough dead soldiers?

Yelu Abaoji immediately reprimanded angrily: "Han Zangming (Zang Ming, Han Yanhui)!" You have a cleaner mouth! Lao Tzu, these soldiers were all killed by Guo Chongtao, you are still happy! ”

"Abaoji!" Li Cunhuan raised his head and scolded in a low voice. Yelu Abaoji opened his mouth, but he didn't dare to say half a word, but he still glared at Han Yanhui fiercely.

"You see that, too?" Li Cunhuan raised his head, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and asked Han Yanhui.

Han Yanhui showed a look of admiration and said, "Your Highness is wise!" It turned out that I saw it early! ”

"No!" Li Cunhuan shook his head and said, "I also thought about it for a long time before I came up with it. ”

"Your Highness! What are you talking about? Feng Dao couldn't help the curiosity in his heart, and he didn't want to be compared to Han Yanhui, so he couldn't help asking.

"That is, Your Highness, what do you see?" Yelu Abaoji frowned and asked puzzled.

"Li Hanzhi is definitely not a person who is willing to live under the people for a long time, when he took refuge in Heyang Jiedu to make Zhuge Shuang, he turned to Huangchao in the Huangchao uprising. Later, Huainan Jiedu made Gao Biao powerful, and he took refuge in Gao Biao, but in a year, he was attacked by Qin Zongquan and took refuge in Zhuge Shuang. Li Cunhuan said with a smile.

Yelu Abaoji was stunned when he heard this, he really couldn't imagine that there was such a superb product in this world, and couldn't help muttering: "How many surnames is this a house slave?" ”

Li Cunhuan shook his head with a smile, and then said: "This is not over, later Zhuge Shuang died, Zhang Quanyi, Liu Jing and Li Hanzhi supported Zhuge Shuang's son Zhuge Zhongfang, and later Liu Jing was powerful, Li Hanzhi immediately turned his face and cooperated with Zhang Quanyi to drive Liu Jing away, but later Qin Zongquan took the opportunity to occupy Heyang!" Relying on Li Keyong's troops, he was able to recover Heyang. However, later he had a bad relationship with Zhang Quanyi, Zhang Quanyi took refuge in Zhu Wen, and Li Hanzhi took refuge in Li Keyong, but even the old nest Heyang was lost under Zhu Wen's attack. But a few years ago, because he couldn't ask for Luzhou, he held a grudge, was sow discord by Zhu Wen, and stabbed Li Ke in the back, so he got Heyang from Zhu Wen! However, Li Hanyi has always had a plan for Luoyang, and it is estimated that he will take the opportunity to occupy Luoyang this time. ”

"That's cheaper for him! But is there anything special about it? Yelu Abaoji asked strangely, but Liu Yan showed a thoughtful look.

Li Cunhuan didn't care either, and asked, "What is the most important thing when you say that a large army is going on the march?" ”

Yelu Abaoji didn't know why Li Cunhuan brought the topic here, but he still answered honestly: "The art of war is cloudy: the three armies have not moved, and the grain and grass go first!" Nature is the most important thing for grain and grass! ”

"Do you know what Heyang and Zezhou were like under Li Hanzhi's rule?" Li Cunhuan asked.

"I don't know!" Yelu Abaoji went back to pay attention to this, and when he answered, he was even more reasonable.

"The barriers in the territory are barren, the barricades are empty, the people have fled, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles!" Liu Yan said slowly.

"! This guy is really the best! And what does his army eat? Yelu Abaoji asked in disbelief, "Eat human flesh!" A deep disgust flashed in Liu Yan's eyes, and his answer was both short and fast. It seems very disdainful to say more on this topic.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but feel that their stomachs were turning over for a while, and they could be regarded as a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. But he still has his own set of moral concepts in his heart, especially Li Cunhuan from modern times, who can't accept the existence of cannibalism at all.

"Beast!" So even though Li Cunhuan already knew about this matter, Li Cunhuan still couldn't accept it, couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, and reprimanded viciously.

Han Yanhui saw that Li Cunhuan's mood was not high, so he said, "So you say that Zhu Wen will put this big granary in the hands of someone like Li Hanzhi?" And will Li Hanzhi take out the contents of his stomach after eating? Zhu Wen and Li Han are determined to be evil! I think it's best for us to lead the troops to retreat now, and it's best to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight! ”

"Li Hanzhi, does he dare to disobey Zhu Wen's will?" Yelu Abaoji asked in disbelief, "Even if he dares, how can he resist Zhu Wen?" ”

Li Cunhuan shook his head and said: "Although Li Hanzhi's character is not very good, you have to admit that the soldiers and horses under him are definitely one in a hundred. Because Li Hanzhi had no food in his hands, he often sent troops to plunder neighboring prefectures and counties. There is a mountain between Puzhou and Jiangzhou, which is called Moyun Mountain. There are tens of thousands of people in Moyun Mountain to protect themselves, and the rogues from near and far dare not invade, how many soldiers and horses did you send to Li Hanzhi to conquer this place? ”

Without waiting for Yelu Abaoji to answer, Li Cunhuan had already said the answer, "It's just a hundred elite soldiers!" These tens of thousands of people, only the young and strong have nearly 10,000 people, and with their dangerous geographical advantages, they are not the opponents of Li Han's 100 elite soldiers! From here, you can see the fierceness of Li Hanzhi's soldiers and horses! ”

"It's just that although Li Hanzhi is fighting for Luoyang, how can he save Guo Chongtao and them?" Yelu Abaoji asked with a little worry, and without waiting for Li Cunhuan to answer, he patted his head and exclaimed, "Oops! I don't know that once Li Hanzhi has a dispute with the Luoyang Army, I'm afraid I won't have the heart to pay attention to Guo Chongtao and them! ”

Li Cunhuan said with a little regret: "But it's not easy for us to send troops, otherwise the enemy is current, Li Hanzhi and the Luoyang army will definitely unite, and now it seems that the only way to let Guo Chongtao slaughter Zhang Quanyi and Emperor Kangning!" ”

"Wait!" Liu Yan admonished: "Your Highness, I think that Zhang Quanyi is released, without Zhang Quanyi, how can the Luoyang Army be Li Hanzhi's opponent?" And we can't just let Zhang Quanyi go, we sent a large army to Zhengzhou. asked Guo Chongtao and them to retreat in the direction of Zhengzhou, and threatened Zhang Quanyi all the way, and only then did they release Zhang Quanyi when they arrived in Zhengzhou. ”

"Isn't that right? Li Hanzhi's strength is too weak, with Zhang Quanyi here, although Luoyang will eventually fall into the hands of Li Hanzhi, he will also affect Li Hanzhi's expansion of territory. Li Cunhuan said hesitantly.

Liu Jun said with a smile: "With Zhang Quanyi agitating, Zhu Wen will try his best to recover Luoyang." After all, apart from Zhang Quanyi, who else can be a competent butler under him? ”

"So good! Act immediately, you will lead your troops to move the people in Bianzhou, Caozhou, and Huazhou to Yanzhou. Right! Send Wang Jian to lead the naval army to Zhengzhou to respond! Although it is not possible to transport everyone back, the combination of land and water also increases the chances of victory! Li Cunhuan immediately clapped his head.

"Your Highness is wise!" Yelu Abaoji happily complimented, it was his soldiers who were saved!

"But we have to find a way to make it impossible for Juwen to cross the river!" Feng Dao said with a sad face, and then a big problem appeared again, Li Cunhuan thought about it, I don't know how long this retreat will take, in case it is blocked for a month. Zhu Wen, a guy who has taken an aphrodisiac, will definitely not forget it like this, and he will only be willing to forget it if he has to fight with himself.

"Then the only way to let Wang Jian's sailor stay!" Liu Yan said helplessly, sighed and added in everyone's slightly surprised eyes: "Let Wang Jian's sailors continue to cruise in the river and break the frost with collision angles, at least it can delay Zhu Wen's crossing of the river for half a month, but these warships may have to give up." After a long time, the rivers to the south froze, and it was difficult to retreat at that time. ”

"There's no problem with this, I'll supply Wang Shifan with as much money as possible, it's a big deal to burn these battlefields! In this way, some ice was melted, allowing Zhu Wen to set off two days late! Li Cunhuan waved his hand and said boldly.

"In that case, everything is according to what His Highness says!" A flash of pride flashed in Liu Jun's eyes, Wang Jian, I see that you can continue to be arrogant there without this water army!

Li Cunhuan's words were quickly predicted, and the Luoyang army initially asked Li Hanzhi to go south to help, but they didn't know to lure the wolf into the house. When Li Hanzhi arrived, he sent troops to occupy Luoyang City and stopped. The Luoyang army couldn't help but be furious, first soft and then hard, but it was Li Hanzhi's opponent, and he was defeated by Li Hanzhi.

Guo Chongtao, in accordance with Li Cunhuan's order, beheaded Emperor Kangning and quickly retreated in the direction of Gongxian. Li Hanzhi didn't chase after him, probably knowing that he had offended Zhu Wen now and offended Li Keyong before. You can't even offend Li Cunhuan now, right? If so, the three major warlords in the north have all been offended, and they are still doing miscellaneous work?

Not only that, when Guo Chongtao and the others arrived in Gong County, Li Hanzhi also sent a batch of grain over, although the quantity was not much, but everyone understood the intention. As for the Zhengzhou assassin Shi saw Li Cunhuan's army pressing over, he had no choice but to defend the city and watch Guo Chongtao return to Kaifeng smoothly from Zhengzhou.

Li Cunhuan also withdrew his troops from Huazhou, returned to Kaifeng, and then retreated all the way from Kaifeng to Yanzhou. Even the states and counties occupied along the way gave up. However, what made Liu Jun unwilling was that the retreat was too smooth, causing Wang Jian's army to retreat calmly, and it was not blocked by the frozen river on the Yellow River because it was too late.

(To be continued)