"Report! Nanyang fell, and the grain road in the rear of our army was cut off! ”

"Report! Near the Hanzhong Pass, Zhang Dong and Ou Peng, two generals, were attacked by soldiers and horses of unknown origin, fought to the death for half a day, and had no choice but to withdraw the army. ”

"Report! Twenty miles to the southeast, an unidentified army appeared, unflagged, and numbered more than five thousand! ”

"Report! Thirty miles to the southeast, an unidentified army appeared, without a banner, and numbered more than eight thousand! ”

"Report! Twenty miles to the south, an unidentified army appeared, unflagged, and numbered more than four thousand! ”

"Report! Fifteen miles to the southeast, an unidentified army appeared, unflagged, and numbered more than six thousand! ”

"Report! Xiangyang fell, and the two generals Li Jing and Su Xin fled to the death, leading the defeated army to surrender here. ”

"Report! Thirty miles to the south, the traces of the White Water Army of King Qin were found! ”

……

On the hills twenty miles outside Jiangling City in Nanjun, in the barracks of Li Xian's 100,000-strong army, all the generals looked at the scouts who were running one after another.

It was only at this moment that they understood why their commander, the Eight Sages King Li Xian, had uncharacteristically ordered the entire army to expand their camp and consolidate their defenses two days ago.

It's unexpected......

Obviously, it was a good situation two days ago, but now it has fallen behind, but then again, His Royal Highness the Prime Minister is really amazing......

Squinting his eyes, Fei Guo looked at Li Xian, who was sitting on the throne of the handsome tent and stroked the piano with interest.

In his opinion, there is nothing wrong with being calculated by the enemy, and after thinking about the context of this matter, even Fei Guo cannot guarantee that he will do better than Li Xian, after all, the three kings are too cunning to use Nanyang, the fief of Li Xiao, the king of Han, as bait. To lure Li Xian deep into the huge pocket of Jingzhou, and then surround it on all sides, on the other hand, Li Xian can rely on those clues, sense that something is wrong, and order his army to consolidate the defensive facilities before the combined army of Li Shen, the king of Qin, arrives, and buy a full two days for the army, which is already a very remarkable thing.

I have to say that if you change someone else as the coach. Even if he is Fei Guo, he does not dare to guarantee whether he can see through the treacherous plan of Li Shen, the king of Qin, if he does not see out, he will also self-righteously storm Jiangling in Nanjun, waiting for the joint army of Li Shen, the king of Qin, to arrive. This southern expedition to quell the rebels is afraid that it will be swallowed by Li Shen in one bite.

Compared to such a precarious situation, Fei Guo felt that the current situation would not shake morale, after all, with this fortified castle-like barracks, even if the combined army of Li Shen, the king of Qin, and the soldiers and horses of Li Yan, the king of Chu in Jiangling, Nanjun, converged, they would not be able to gnaw this camp in a short time.

Maybe he thought of this, or maybe it was Li Xian's soothing piano sound that infected him. Fei Guo felt that he didn't have the slightest impatience in his heart.

Of course, on the other hand, although he didn't think that the three kings would be able to gnaw down this camp in a short time, he didn't think that their 100,000 soldiers and horses could do anything to each other. To put it simply, the Gangneung battlefield is undoubtedly in a state of stalemate, and it may be quite difficult to open up the situation from this side in a short period of time.

It turns out. Fei Guo is worthy of being a general, and his vision is also vicious. For more than ten days after that, Li Shen, the king of Qin, led a large army to attack Li Xian, but he was never able to pull out Li Xian's fortress-like camp, and both sides suffered casualties.

But this does not mean that Li Xian's 70,000 Jizhou soldiers and 30,000 Xiangyang City guards can be safe and sound, after all, the current grain route of this army has been completely cut off by Li Shen, and the grain and grass hoarded in the camp is less than a month, if the situation cannot be opened within a month, these 100,000 people will probably starve to death here.

Open up the situation......

Fei Guo subconsciously looked at the southeast direction, he knew that in the Poyang Hukou battlefield in the south of the Yangtze River, thousands of miles away, his lord Xie An still had 80,000 Liang troops in his hands, if this army of soldiers and horses could pass through the obstacles and come to Jiangling in Jingzhou, it would definitely help their soldiers and horses on the west road of the southern expeditionary army to get out of danger, but the problem was that his lord Xie An was currently being held back by the main force of more than 100,000 Taiping troops......

Just when Fei Guo and other generals secretly hoped that Xie An could support them in time and lead them out of the predicament, at the mouth of Poyang Lake, thousands of miles away from Jiangling, Xie An was scolding under the fierce offensive of the Taiping army.

You know, one moment ago, there was nothing to do, as the commander of the soldiers and horses all the way, Xie An hugged the forbidden beauty Qin Keer, and did these things that were not enough to be humane with outsiders in the barracks, who would have thought that the next moment, the Taiping Army would launch a fierce offensive against the Great Liang Army.

"What? ――Are the Taiping army full of food and holding on? ”

Obviously, there was a tacit understanding a few days ago, except for a few small fights every day, the damage of the troops on both sides never exceeded 2,000, what happened today, why did the Taiping army pounce like a wolf and a tiger one by one?

How did Xie An know that the reason why the Taiping Army did not attack Hukou after taking the initiative to expose the main force of troops and horses, or that it was just a small fight, was just because [Heavenly Ji] Liu Qing wanted to cooperate with Li Shen, the king of Qin.

And counting the days today, [Heavenly Ji] Liu Qing estimated that Li Shen, the king of Qin, should have surrounded Li Xian's 100,000 soldiers and horses and intercepted them in Jiangling Realm, in this case, how could she still be polite to Xie An?

Three armies of soldiers and horses, each with 20,000 people, the Taiping army preemptively attacked the Great Zhou army barracks at Hukou, and Xie An, who was confused, was very embarrassed, after all, he really didn't expect that the Taiping army would uncharacteristically storm Hukou.

It wasn't until a few days later, when the messenger sent by Li Xian delivered the important letter to Xie An, that Xie An understood and angrily scolded Li Xian for cheating people.

How good is that?

As long as he Xie An restrains the main force of the Taiping army, he Li Xian will deal with it on the side of the three kings, and when he captures Jiangling, the fief of Li Yan, the king of Chu, Li Xian will wave his army south to help him Xie An flank the Taiping army before and after, but what about now?

What about the plan? What about the original plan?

[I hope that Xie Shangshu will use troops at his discretion, so that he can do it himself......]

Seeing the last line of the letter, Xie An angrily tore the letter to the ground.

He was really a little depressed, in his opinion, Li Xian was really a virtuous minister, with the power to plan and strategize, and during his tenure as minister of state, it can be said that the court was well organized. Because of this, Xie An felt depressed.

You said that Li Xian is good on weekdays, why do you drop the chain every time I cooperate with you?

Last time, when I wanted to catch the Taiping army around Li Mao, the king of Yan, I was like this, what did I say that it was foolproof, but what was the result? almost caught the wrong person, and was seriously injured himself, and was hit by a crossbow arrow from Wu Heng's gang for no reason......

Putting aside the fact that he was injured by Xiao Wu when he went berserk that day, Shangshu was the most seriously injured. Li Xian, do you know? What did Shangshu do that day? Isn't it just a matter of standing on the sidelines and watching? You also stood aside and watched, why didn't Wu Heng shoot you with arrows?

And this time, what is this?

I know it's not good to work with you!

What the Eight Sages King, in the future, he will be called the King of the Pit Man!

Seeing Xie An's angry appearance, everyone in the tent did not dare to speak loudly. For fear of angering this Shangshu-sama, who seemed to be in an extremely bad mood.

I don't know how long it took, Liang Cheng, the general of the Great Liang Army, clasped his fists and asked tentatively, "My lord?" I wonder what the Eight Sages wrote in their letter this time? ”

"The Eight Sages?" Xie An snorted, made a calm face, and said in a strange voice, "The Pit Man King said in the letter that the situation has changed. He has been calculated, and he is no longer able to lead the victorious army to aid our army as originally planned, and tell us to ask for more blessings for ourselves! - Shhhh ”

The King of Pit Man?

Everyone in the tent looked at each other. His expressions were a little strange, and during this period, Gou Gong asked curiously, "My lord." So what's going on with the Prime Minister? ”

Glancing at the letter at his feet, which had been torn to the ground by himself, Xie An took a deep breath. Shaking his head, he said, "Not optimistic!" -- That guy is blocked in Jiangling, with Li Yan, the king of Chu, and Li Shen, the king of Qin, behind him, and thirty-one ......" Speaking of this, he paused and changed his words, "In short, he wants us to use troops at our discretion and try to contain the main force of the Taiping army, if it really can't be done...... Withdrawal! -- Withdraw to the north of the Yangtze River! ”

Because Li Xian told Xie An in the letter, Xie An did not disclose the news of the thirty-one vassal kings assisting the Qin King Li Shen to rebel to the people under him, not that he didn't trust those people under him, the problem is that first, this news is very important, and a bad one will make the prestige of the imperial court plummet, and secondly, Qin Ke'er, who is still in Xie An's arms at the moment, and Mo Yan, a scholar who leans on the corner of the tent and looks at it indifferently, these two are not their own people who know the roots.

"Withdraw...... Withdraw to the north of the Yangtze River? Everyone in the tent was stunned when they heard this, and then their faces showed a bit of solemnity.

What does it mean to retreat to the north of the Yangtze River? It means that the land of the Great Zhou south of the Yangtze River will be surrendered to the Taiping Army!

It's not that they look down on the city guards of the Jiangnan local government, but everyone in the tent at the moment doesn't think that the city guards who are only responsible for anti-theft and security and opening and closing the city gates on weekdays, and the Taiping army thieves who can beat the well-trained Liang army.

As long as Xie An retreats on the front foot, the Taiping army on the back foot will quickly capture the counties and counties in the south of the Yangtze River, guard the critical places, restore the Southern Tang Dynasty, and rule the river with the Great Zhou court.

Many of the skilled generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty are from the north, and most of the elite troops do not know the nature of water.

Think about Liang Qiu Gong, what a hero, just because he didn't understand water warfare, he was blocked by the Southern Tang generals in the area of Guangling and Jinling for more than a year when attacking the Southern Tang Dynasty, and finally relied on the former emperor Li Ji of the Great Zhou Dynasty and Lu Song, the Duke of the Southern Kingdom, to open the situation, which successfully crossed the Yangtze River and captured Jinling City.

More importantly, at present, near Jing and Yang, the Great Zhou court only has two armies of nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, Li Xian and Xie An, once Xie An retreats to the north of the Yangtze River, it means that the Taiping army can draw part of its forces to help the three kings, and Li Xian's current situation is already quite bad, once the Taiping army intervenes in the battlefield between him and the three kings, even if it is full of economy such as Li Xian, the king of the eight sages, I am afraid that this time it will also fall in Jiangling.

Thinking of this, Liang Cheng was shocked, and hurriedly said, "My lord, you can't retreat......

"Hmm......" As if he had seen through Liang Cheng's thoughts, Xie An nodded and said, "Although the pit man Wang Li Xian said that he has harmed the government every time, he is also a virtuous minister in the court, and the government will naturally not ignore him, but in this way, the situation of our army will become extremely bad......" As he spoke, he glanced at Liang Cheng and other generals of the Liang army, and the implication was self-evident.

As if they understood something, Liang Cheng and other generals glanced at each other, clenched their fists and said. "As a big Zhou Erlang, as a general in the army, I will serve the country by death!"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the tent suddenly became tragic, which made Xie An a little crying and laughing, you must know that he just wanted to remind Liang Cheng and the others in advance, so that they could be psychologically prepared for huge casualties, after all, if Xie An did not retreat, he would fight to the death with the Taiping army at the mouth of the lake. The heaviest casualties must have been the officers and men of the Liang Army, who were the main force.

"Ahem, the generals are commendable for their loyalty to the court, but well, it's just a bit exaggerated...... The current situation has not yet reached that point, and the government doesn't want to die yet......" Xie An joked slightly. diluted the tragic atmosphere in the tent for a few minutes, and said with a smile, "You don't have to be pessimistic, I think that the king of the pit people will never be succeeded by the three kings so easily, so we just need to focus on the Taiping thief army that has passed...... Again. The imperial court will not sit idly by and ignore this, once the news from here reaches Jijing, the imperial court will inevitably send reinforcements......"

This remark finally made the faces of the generals of the Great Liang Army in the tent a little angry. No more lifeless than before.

"What your lord says is very true!" Gou Gong also stood up and comforted the generals, "It's just a peaceful thief army, why worry about it? - As long as the wife of my family goes out in person. How can those thieves survive? ”

"Your Excellency's wife?"

"[Yan Hu Ji] Liang Qiu Dance, General Liang Qiu?"

When the generals of the Great Liang Army in the tent heard this, their eyes couldn't help but flash a little bit of fine light, and it can be said that their morale was greatly boosted. They all echoed their words, which made Xie An have to admire the prestige of Liang Qiuwu, who seemed to him to be a stupid daughter-in-law, in the Great Zhou military.

But then again, Xie An knew very well that his wife Liang Qiuwu would never go south to support him or Li Xian at such a time, after all, there was still a tyrant in the north of Jijing who was eyeing the throne.

Yan Wang Li Mao!

Don't look at the Yan King Li Mao is said to have beheaded the envoys sent by Li Shen, the king of Qin, to ally with him on the spot, but this does not mean that Li Mao has no thoughts about the throne, this overlord of the northern frontier just disdains to join forces with Li Shen.

Once Liang Qiuwu, the first general of the Great Zhou Dynasty who can compete with him, leads the Eastern Army to leave Jijing and go south to support Xie An or Li Xian, Li Mao, the king of Yan, will definitely raise troops to attack Jijing.

Therefore, no matter what, Liangqiu Dance will stay in Jijing to deter Li Mao, the king of Yan in the north, so that he will not dare to act rashly, after all, Liangqiu Dance's force, even Li Mao does not dare to rival it.

In other words, Xie An can only rely on himself this time, of course, it is not ruled out that Li Xian may suddenly break out and kill Li Shen, the king of Qin who surrounded him with a large army, but this probability is too small, after all, Li Shen, the king of Qin, is not an ignorant person, it is enough to be compared with the former prince Li Wei.

Just when Xie An made up his mind to use all means to contain the Taiping army in the Poyang area, in Jijing, far north, above his Xie Mansion, the eldest grandson Xiangyu, who was pregnant for several months and was already a big belly, was frowning and reading the battle report from Jiangnan, after all, Jiangnan not only has her little Li Xian, but also her husband Xie An.

"Sister Xiangyu, why are you up again?" With a cry full of complaints, Yiyi walked out of the side door, and saw the eldest grandson Xiangyu's thin body sitting on the chair with a big belly, frowning and saying, "Sister Ling'er explained to the slave family before leaving, and asked the slave family to look at Sister Xiangyu ......."

A month ago, because Xie An was assassinated by the Guangling assassins and his whereabouts were unknown for several days, Xu Jie of Jinling panicked and wanted to write a letter to Jijing to report the letter, but after thinking about it, he still returned to Jijing in person and told several ladies in the house about the assassination of his lord Xie An.

At that time, the women were shocked and anxious, fortunately, Xie An had already expected this, and when he instructed Gou Gong to write a letter to Jijing to report his safety, he instructed the messenger to travel day and night, so he arrived in Jijing at the same time as Xu Jie, otherwise, Liang Qiuwu would have taken the Eastern Army to Jiangnan long ago.

However, although Xie An then sent a letter to the women to report safety, the women were still not at ease, and after some discussion, Jin Ling'er took her daughter Nini and set off to Jiangnan to find her husband Xie An under the escort of the Jinling assassins.

Before leaving, Jin Ling'er repeatedly told all the women, especially the pregnant eldest grandson Xiangyu, after all, this woman's body bones are too weak, and one bad one may be one corpse and two lives, because of this, Yiyi has made a cameo appearance as a personal maid these days, and looked at the eldest grandson Xiangyu inch by inch, after all, the child in this sister's arms, in the future, she will have to call her aunt, is it an outsider? No wonder she's so concerned.

"Didn't you say it's okay! - I'm just tired of lying down and want to sit down...... Okay, okay, I'll lie back, okay? ”

Maybe it was because he couldn't withstand Yiyi's gaze, or maybe he was worried about the flesh and blood in his abdomen, the eldest grandson Xiangyu still obediently lay back on the couch, but he still held the battle report in his hand to watch.

It seemed that he had noticed the behavior of the eldest grandson Xiangyu frowning frequently when he looked at the battle report, and Yi Yi wondered and asked, "Sister Xiangyu, is there anything wrong with this battle report?" - I've also read this battle report, and it only says that my husband is fighting with the Taiping army in Poyang, so there's nothing wrong with it? ”

"There's a big problem...... "Eldest Sun Xiangyu sighed lightly and said in a condensed voice, "Yiyi, have you noticed?" The husband set out from Guangling, but the Taiping army only showed up when they arrived at Hukou, if nothing else, the vicinity of Poyang should be where a certain granary of the Taiping army is located...... But here's the problem! ”

"What's the problem?"

"It is clearly written in the battle report that Lord Fujun once divided his troops into two routes, and asked one of them to take Lujiang and Anhui City, this move is too obvious, as if Lord Fujun is to remind the Taiping Army that he is heading for Poyang...... In other words, during the period when Liang took 40,000 troops to enter Lujiang and Anhui City, the Taiping army should have been clear about the purpose of Lord Fujun, but it was not until a few days later, when Lord Fujun led the army to arrive at Hukou, that they appeared...... Look at this again, the battle report says that the two sides fought a small battle the next day, and the loss of troops was small...... This is wrong, since it is a small fight, just to prevent Lord Fujun from leading the army to attack Poyang, then there is no need for the Taiping army to gather more than 100,000 troops...... It's quite unwise to take the initiative to expose your hole cards! ――According to the concubine's body, the husband was tricked, and the Taiping army was not forced out by him, but took the initiative to show up...... So that someone can know that the main force of the Taiping Army is in Poyang! ”

"Someone?"

"Ah, Li Xian! - Li Xianjiu wanted to attack the three kings, but the main force of the Taiping army did not appear, he did not dare to move, and now that he knew that the main force of the Taiping army was confronting my husband in Poyang, he resolutely waved his army to take Nanyang...... How dare you do it, that guy who has been crying since he was a child! ”

"This ...... Is this a good thing? His Royal Highness King Xian won the battle......"

"Why don't you understand?" The eldest grandson, Xiangyu, glanced at Yi Yi angrily, and explained in a soft voice, "The Taiping army took the initiative to come out to confront my husband, Lord Jun, on the battlefield, and stupidly moved out the main force of soldiers and horses, all of which were made for Li Xian to see...... Look here, Li Shen, the king of Qin, was still in Hanzhong at that time, and Li Xian's guy almost effortlessly attacked Jiangling after taking Nanyang...... Li Xian's guy has completely fallen into the tricks of Li Shen and the Taiping army, as long as a soldier and horse attack his rear, he can't advance or retreat! ”

"Yes...... There are no enemy troops behind His Royal Highness King Kexian......"

"Don't despise your opponents, it's a taboo! Since Li Shen is so arranged, he naturally has his reasons! - The concubine also thought the same as her sister, but after thinking about it carefully, she found that there was indeed a ...... behind Li Xian's body" Saying that, the corner of the eldest grandson Xiangyu's mouth raised a faint smile, the cold glint in his eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice, "No, to be precise, it is thirty-one...... Yiyi, sent someone to inform my sister's grandfather, and said, thirty-one vassal kings surnamed Li are reversed! ”

"Huh? Huh?! ”