(The second is a little late)

On the evening of the 24th, Luo Xiancheng was like a trapped beast in Lishan.

Lishan is located in the northeast of Suizhou about 90 miles, about 100 miles north of Lishan between the Huaishan North Vein Hill and Mountain, in the early years, Suizhou, Lishan through the Huaishan to Xinyang, Luoshan must pass through the road and develop a prosperous town, business and travel Xianji, later destroyed in the war, become depressed, sparsely populated.

Lishan has a passage to Xinyang, Luoshan, Huangchuan and other counties north of Huaishan, like Qutanxi, the main tributary of the upper reaches of the Shahe River, originates from Fufeng Mountain in the northwest of Lishan, Luo Xiancheng operates the defense line at the northern foot of Huaishan, and takes Lishan as a support base for its camp. Luo Xiancheng deliberately managed Lishan, but also wanted to retreat into Huaishan when the state could not be defended, he had a foothold in Huaishan, he had 50,000 soldiers and horses in the northeast of Huaishan at this time, and 30,000 soldiers and horses were scattered in the Zhuzhai at the northern foot of Huaishan, and guarded against Huaixi and Fengli coalition troops in the periphery, and 20,000 elite soldiers were stationed in Lishan.

In the later period, Luo Xiancheng regarded Suizhou as his own territory, and also paid attention to restricting military discipline, so that the people's livelihood in Suizhou was restored, and Lishan also regained some vitality. When Luo Xiancheng garrisoned here, 20,000 soldiers and horses and more garrisons on the northern front, and logistics and supplies all passed through Lishan, and there were more than 1,000 porters who traveled through Lishan every day......

The Lishan camp included the original Lishan Town, cut down trees and erected fences, and there were five large camps, with a depth of more than ten miles, and the foot merchants who sucked the garrison to Lishan and the mountain people who came out of Huaishan to barter for goods were mainly concentrated near Hanwangpo in the north of Lishan.

At dusk, it began to drizzle, and the rain was as thin as mist, enveloping the mountains around Lishan in mist; Although the Huaidong and Huaixi armies are far away from Lishan, the wind and trees are all soldiers on this side of Lishan, and all the mountain roads in and out are blocked by heavy troops.

There is a simple tea shed in the north of Han Wangpo, facing the south camp of the Suizhou army, on weekdays, there will be some generals or scribes in the south camp to drink tea, and the business is also lively - now the situation is bad, the Huaidong army actually has a large number of soldiers and horses from Chai Mountain, Luo Wenhu has fallen, Suizhou City has also been broken, which of the civil and military generals in the military camp is still in the mood to come out of the camp to drink tea, and everyone is in danger of the business trip from the military camp, and the business of the tea shed is naturally cold to the extreme.

On the evening of the 24th, there were only two mountain people in the tea shed who had their trouser legs rolled up and their black dense leg hair squatting on a bench and eating wheat cakes with warm tea.

At this time, a person rode out of Nanying, braved the drizzle to come to the tea shed, and the tea shed man greeted him: "Lord Yin, you still don't forget to come over to drink tea this day!" Luo Xiancheng established himself as the king of Changle in Suizhou, divided hundreds of officials, and also imitated the court clothes to sew Changle official uniforms, and then descended to Beiyan, and the robes and official uniforms of the civil and military generals were not changed for a while. Looking at the official uniform of the Suizhou Army Tsing Yi worn by this Lord Yin, you know that he is a middle-level scribe, but he came out of the barracks without any care.

Lord Yin's eyes swept over the tea shed, and when he saw that there were no outsiders, he walked directly to the two mountain people who were squatting on the bench and squatting to eat wheat cakes, and said in a suppressed voice: "It's all like this, Luo Xiancheng has been suspicious of everyone he has seen in the past two days, and summoned the generals, and his first thought is to send someone to Han Wangpo to search for any enemy agents to infiltrate, why are you still staying here?" ”

"Luo Xiancheng is to arrest the two of us, at this time, he can still have the heart to tear us apart? Besides, Luo Xiancheng urged very tightly, and he didn't become strict with the state army's search! An older mountain man smiled slightly, as if he was not worried about the Suizhou army's search for the Lishan merchant in the past two days.

In fact, Luo Xiancheng lost his mind and wanted to search out and kill the secret agents and secret rooms lurking in Lishan, Luo Xiancheng's subordinates and generals began to make a living for themselves, and they didn't dare to do things too much.

The elder mountain man motioned to the tea shed guys to stand guard outside, and then he sat down, looked at Luo Xiancheng's marching Zuo Sima Yin Xiangshang, and asked: "Zhong Rong and Wang Xian'er both fled to Lishan yesterday, how did Luo Xiancheng react?" ”

"What else can you do?" Yin Xiangshang smiled bitterly and said, "Luo Wenhu surrendered to Huaidong on the 19th, but Luo Xiancheng had just returned to Lishan from the north at that time, and he was still unaware of Huaidong's ambush in Chaishan, and even the news of the fall of Fancheng could not reach Suizhou in time due to the blockade of the Huaidong Army on the Zaoyang line. It was not until the 20th that Luo Wenhu sent people to Suizhou City to defraud aid, and when Luo Xianyi led his troops to aid the east, he sent people to Lishan to report the rebellion of Wang Xiang and the crossing of Huaiqi, and Luo Xiancheng realized that something was wrong. You also know that Luo Xiancheng is indecisive by nature, lacks urgency and wisdom, and no one analyzes the situation for him, although he realized that the big thing was not good, but he did not make a decision immediately, and even delayed until the early morning of the 21st before deciding to send 3,000 soldiers and horses from Lishan to the south to recapture Lishan with Luo Xianyi, and did not clearly realize how serious the situation was. However, the 3,000 reinforcements here did not go far, and the news came that the reinforcements led by Luo Xianyi were defeated by the stolen camp in Luodian. Three thousand reinforcements shrank back, Luo Xiancheng wanted to send troops from Lishan to strengthen the defense of Suizhou at this time, and sure enough, it didn't take long for Tang Fuguan to take advantage of the rout to seize the outer city of Suizhou, leaving Ma Zhen and Luo Xianyi to lead three or four thousand remnants of the army to retreat into Changle Palace to resist stubbornly - this is really a hundred times more serious for Wang Xiang's rebellion in Huaidong, you say that Luo Xiancheng can react in addition to killing a few people at every turn to vent? ”

The younger mountain people gritted their teeth and said: "After Huaidong entered Jiangning, he sent people to Suizhou to recruit An, but I didn't see how afraid Luo Xiancheng was of Huaidong?" ”

"At that time, Huaidong was still far away from Suizhou - a tiger was far away in the mountains, what could there be to be afraid of? At this time, I suddenly saw this fierce tiger biting its fangs into the eyeballs, and it didn't scare its soul? Yin Xiangshang smiled bitterly, "At the beginning, Luo Xiancheng didn't know how many strange soldiers Huaidong had infiltrated into the hinterland of Jingxiang, and the news from the scouts just said that a large group of armored soldiers went west out of Chai Mountain, and then went inside, and accidentally ran into the blockade line of Huaidong, and lost dozens of elite exploration horses in just two or three days. In the past two days, Luo Xiancheng was irritable and frenzied, and if he didn't agree with it, he pulled out a knife and killed people. In addition to the attendants who killed seven or eight people with a rod for a small mistake in the past two days, Chengxiong, the king of the book, persuaded Luo Xiancheng to surrender to Huaidong yesterday, and immediately asked Luo Xiancheng to suspect that he was Huaidong's spies, so he drew a knife and stabbed him in the chest; Next, guess what? ”

"What's wrong?" The elder mountain people saw that Yin Xiangshang was still in the mood to sell Guanzi, so he asked in his tone.

"......" Yin Xiangshang said, "Then Luo Xiancheng was afraid that Wang Chengxiong was really a person from Huaidong, holding Wang Chengxiong's bloody corpse and calling Lang Zhong to treat, Lang Zhong couldn't save people, and he killed two Lang Zhong in anger to Luo Xiancheng, what do you say Luo Xiancheng's reaction is?" ”

The two mountain people glanced at each other, only to know that Luo Xiancheng was already frightened of Huaidong at this time, like a beast that had fallen into a pit and had no way to escape, becoming sensitive and manic.

Although Zhong Rong and Wang Xian'er said that they led the remnants to flee from Xiaochang yesterday, the news they brought back made Luo Xiancheng even more desperate: Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on the front line of Hanjin and Huangpi collapsed on the night of the 21st under the full attack of the main force of the southern front of the Huaidong Army.

Tens of thousands of elites of the Huaidong Army on the southern front are encircling and annihilating the troops at the southern foot of Dahong Mountain, and they may go north at any time - Luo Xiancheng not only did not dare to send troops to recapture Suizhou City at this time, but with the Huaidong Army's ambush from Chaishan quickly advancing westward, he successively annihilated Azig's soldiers and horses in the east of Fancheng and Baihetan, and intimidated the reinforcements of Chen Zhihu and Tu'an in the north to the north of Xinye, and Luo Xiancheng found that he had little hope of escaping from the southern foot of the northern vein of Huaishan......

"What is the reaction of Zhong Rong and Wang Xian'er?" The elder mountain man asked again.

"Zhong Rong and Wang Xian'er are still calm, but I have only seen the two of them once, and I really don't know what he has in mind."

"Lord Yin, please find a way to take us into the barracks tonight." The elder mountain man said.

"Tonight?" Yin Xiangshang asked in horror, "How can it be done tonight?" Luo Xiancheng was manic, and he wanted to let him know that you were lobbyists in Huaixi, and he was afraid that if he didn't say a word, he would draw his sword first. Is it better to wait a few more days, and when Luo Xiancheng's mind is a little settled, you will come forward again? ”

"The main force of the Huaidong Army will go north, and it will first enter Fancheng and pursue the enemy on the west bank of the Han River, so we still have a few days," at this time, a middle-aged scribe came out from behind the curtain, and directly took over and said, "If after these few days, when the main force of the Huaidong Army moves east to Suizhou and comes to Lishan, then we will no longer have the opportunity to report to the Suizhou Army......

Yin Xiangshang was startled when he saw a strange middle-aged scribe coming out of the curtain.

"Lord Yin, this is Mr. Chen Jingrong Chen." The elder mountain man introduced.

"Oh!" Yin Xiangshang immediately got up and saluted and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Chen." ”

Chen Jingrong's status in Huaixi is just like Gao Zongting's in Huaidong, Chen Jingrong is the first adviser under Dong Yuan, Yin Xiangshang never thought that such an important person as Chen Jingrong would secretly come to Lishan today.

Even if Chen Jingrong came forward in person, Yin Xiangshang still felt that it was not the time to see Luo Xiancheng directly, and dissuaded: "Luo Xiancheng is shocked and afraid of Huaidong at this time, and Mr. Chen is afraid that it is not ......the right time to come forward."

"Luo Xiancheng, I won't see him for the time being, can Lord Yin arrange for me to meet Zhong Rong!" Chen Jingrong walked to the tea table, sat down according to the table, and said, "Zhong Rong is in Tiemen Mountain and Xiaochang and does not surrender to Huaidong, not how loyal he is to Luo Xiancheng, but after Wang Xiang threw himself into Huaidong, he instigated Luo Xiancheng to accommodate Chen Hansan and Beiyan, and he will make Huaidong feel it clearly, Huaidong can't tolerate Luo Xiancheng, and he must not be able to tolerate Zhong Rong......"

Just as Huaidong had already moved his mind to Suizhou and sent Zhou Bin to Suizhou to plot against the king, Dong Yuan also had his mind about Suizhou early. Dong Yuan entered Huaixi, Huaixi to the east and south are the forces of Huaidong, and to the north is the remnants of Henan controlled by Yanhu, so he can only consider developing in Jingxiang in the southwest, how can he not make a few secret moves in Suizhou?

Luo Xiancheng's marching army, Zuo Sima Yin Xiangshang, was the highest-ranking official that Huaixi bought in the Suizhou army. This opportunity is fleeting for Huaixi, Chen Jingrong personally went out to sneak to Lishan, and naturally he will not keep the dark line of Yin Xiangshang.

Yin Xiangshang saw that Chen Jingrong was not going to see Luo Xiancheng, but planned to attack Zhong Rong, the general under Luo Xiancheng, first, knowing that if things didn't work out, Zhong Rong would not be able to completely block his way in Huaixi, nodded and said: "Then I wronged Mr. Chen to pretend to be my entourage and enter the barracks......

The tea shed was equipped with a set of military uniforms, and the older mountaineers stayed behind to respond, and Chen Jingrong and the younger mountaineers pretended to be Yin Xiangshang's followers into the southern camp.

Entering the southern camp, there were more than a dozen cavalry soldiers galloping in a hurry, running to the camp, also exhausted, Yin Xiangshang suppressed his voice and said to Chen Jingrong, who was close to him: "The rout soldiers who fled from Heishigou were defeated there by Meng Ancia before this afternoon......

Chen Jingrong nodded, indicating that he knew what was going on.

No matter how well the Huaidong Army blocked the passage east of Suizhou, it was inevitable that some fish would break through the net, including many of the troops in Heishigou, and the remnants of Meng Ancicada's troops who fled to Huaishan in the northwest across Quelingling and Baiyun Mountain.

Chen Jingrong and they have seen more than 100 cavalry soldiers fleeing to Lishan, but they can't make Luo Xiancheng feel better, because these fish that slipped through the net brought even more desperate news to Luo Xiancheng: Meng Anchan's main force was defeated in Heishigou and almost completely annihilated, Meng Ancia and other generals are unknown in life and death, Zaoyang guards abandoned the city and fled north, 800 defenders were defeated by the Huaidong Army when they crossed the upper reaches of the Baihe River in the southwest corner of Tongbai Mountain, and the defender Liang Wensheng was shot dead on the spot, and Zaoyang fell. The horses in the direction of Suizhou came back to report, and the sound of fighting in Suizhou City became weaker in the afternoon, and at the same time, eight or nine thousand armored soldiers went out of Suizhou Xicheng to Zaoyang......

However, when the fleeing Hu cavalry was different from the rout that fled before dusk, four of them galloped to the front of the camp and pulled out the golden arrow token: "The golden arrow warrant of the Governor of the Western Front and the Prince of Etu Rongmu, there is a secret order to quickly pass on the Xiangyang King Luo Xiancheng......"

Chen Jingrong and Yin Xiangshang were shocked at first glance, and secretly said, Ye Ji Luo Rong was not in a hurry to flee north on the west bank of the Han River, and at this time, what was the reason for sending a secret envoy to risk passing through the control area of the Huaidong Army to pass the order, could it be that Luo Xiancheng was forced to lead his troops to break through in the direction of Nanyang?

Chen Jingrong thought that there was such a possibility, and forced Luo Xiancheng to lead his troops to break through in the direction of Nanyang, which would inevitably contain the main force of the Huaidong Army for a period of time, so that Yeji Luo Rong's soldiers and horses on the west bank of the Han River would win more time to retreat north. It's just that Luo Xiancheng would be so stupid? If Luo Xiancheng panicked and didn't choose the road, in order to save one of his lives, he did not hesitate to sacrifice 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses to flee to Nanyang in the west, wouldn't Huaixi be a bamboo basket to draw water?

What Chen Jingrong never expected was that Ye Ji Luo Rong sent a secret envoy to help Huaixi, and he sent a secret envoy to assassinate Luo Xiancheng.