"By the way, what happened to the southbound Yan army?" Han Tingzhi asked suddenly.

"Your Majesty, that Yan army is mostly cavalry, and it broke through the three cities of Shu and Han before us, and later after the surrender of the Liang State, it was surrounded by us in these three cities."

"Oh? Hong Zaixing is so honest, he has no backhand? Isn't his army here to die? As he spoke, Han Tingzhi couldn't help but smile.

"According to the report from the spies in the direction of Youzhou, there has always been movement in the Yan army's military camp, and I think Hong Zaixing still sent another army to come." Lu Xiao said after arching his hand.

"Oh, it seems that this Hong Zaixing is not a fool, he wants to eat the 100,000 soldiers of the Northern Army led by you one after another." Han Tingzhi said, with some relief in his tone.

"After all, Hong Zaixing didn't expect Liang Yong to surrender, and then our army went straight in, otherwise most of the ministers would be surrounded now." Lu Xiaoxian said lightly.

"At that time, I asked you to lead the army to attack Liang from the north, just to let you drag the Yan army, so that the armies of Jiujiang and Jianmen could capture Liang from the south. I didn't expect Liang Yong to surrender directly, but I was bothered to wait for some arrangement. Han Tingzhi said.

Lu Xiaoxian also nodded, agreeing with His Majesty's statement.

"Your Majesty, what should we do with the Yan army that we are surrounding?" Lu Xiaoxian asked again.

Han Tingzhi opened his mouth and said lightly: "Surrounded to the death, it is best to be surrendered, if not, wait until he runs out of water and food, and then raise troops to attack!" ”

……

Youzhou, Imperial Palace.

At this time, Hong Zaixing also received news from Liang Guo.

His face was cloudy, and he couldn't stop the anger in his heart: "What a big beam, it's really falling!" ”

Although Daming and Dayan are allied, Hong Zaixing sees it very clearly, and they will fight each other sooner or later, so they were unwilling to return Mobei City to Daming, but they lost to Pei Ju's eloquence at that time, so they had to return Mobei City to Daming!

Of course, the alliance between the two parties also has its own calculations, Hong Zaixing first sent Li Anguo's 150,000 troops and Lu Xiaoxian's 100,000 troops to crusade against Daliang, and then sent an army of 100,000 soldiers behind his back.

Hong Zaixing originally wanted to attack from the front and back, first eat Lu Xiaoxian's 100,000 army, and then join forces with 250,000 troops (ignore the damage from attacking Lu Xiaoxian. Attacking the girder, you can definitely surrender in one battle.

Of course, Han Tingzhi's small calculation is also obvious, he also sent Lu Xiaoxian to command 100,000 troops to attack Liang from the north, and he sent 200,000 troops from Jiujiang and Jianmen to attack from the south.

Of course, in his plan, Lü Xiaoxian's army was not used to attack Daliang, Lü Xiaoxian's 100,000 army was just to hold off Dayan's army and buy time for the attack in the south.

Therefore, both sides actually have gambling elements, Hong Zaixing believes that with the 250,000 elite soldiers in Youzhou, it is even more flanked back and forth, and it is not easy to swallow Lu Xiaoxian's 100,000 army, and then break the beam with a big victory.

Han Tingzhi believed in Lu Xiaoxian, did he believe that Lu Xiaoxian could defeat an army of more than 200,000 with 100,000 troops (at that time, he didn't know that Hong Zaixing would secretly send 100,000 troops, so it was only estimated that it was at least an army of more than 200,000), Han Tingzhi just believed that even if it was an army of 300,000, as long as Lu Xiaoxian chose a high wall to fortify the city, he could hold it for several months and hold back Dayan's army.

So the two sides are actually comparing time, the longer Lu Xiaoxian drags on, the higher Da Ming's win rate, and vice versa, the higher Da Yan's win rate.

Liang Yong's surrender was something that neither side expected, but in this way, it was equivalent to directly announcing the victory of Da Ming, and even the army led by Li Anguo, the army of Dayan's front, was directly surrounded by Lu Xiaoxian from behind.

And the 100,000 troops sent by Hong Zaixing secretly could only escape, they originally wanted to fight back and forth with Li Anguo's army, but now they didn't dare to go, after all, the entire Liang country had surrendered, and if they went, they would be sent to death.

At this time, a scribe beside Hong Zaixing asked, "Your Majesty, General Li and others are surrounded in the south, how should we deal with it?" ”

Hong Zaixing waved his hand and said: "Send an envoy to Nanming, I believe that neither me nor Han Tingzhi are willing to go to war at this time, besides, aren't we still allies?" ”

After finishing speaking, Hong Zaixing sent a group of subordinates, and began to meditate on the main hall, in Hong Zaixing's opinion, this time he was actually defeated by the sky, not by Nanming, after all, no one would have thought that Liang Yong would surrender the whole country, and he was so sincere, and directly handed over all the cities to Nanming.

In Hong Zaixing's view, he didn't do anything wrong from the beginning of the alliance this time, even if there was no matter of Liang Guo offering two masters, give two choices, one is to fight Nanming with Liang Guo, and the other is to fight Liang with Nanming, no matter who will choose to carve up Liang with Nanming, after all, the former is definitely more difficult than the latter.

Later, he chose 250,000 troops to flank the 100,000 enemy troops before and after, and it was impossible to lose, but Hong Zaixing still didn't expect Liang Yong to surrender directly to Nanming.

Hong Zaixing sighed: "It is up to people to make things happen, and it is up to heaven to make things happen." ”

……

In Jiangling City, Han Tingzhi went to Nanjing with the army to receive the surrender, leaving Jiang Ruoxu to preside over Jiangling.

Jiang Ruoxu looked at the envoy of the Yan Kingdom in front of him and asked, "What is the matter with the envoy?" ”

The envoy bowed to Jiang Ruoxu, and then said: "My Dayan formed an alliance with Da Ming, and I don't know why I besieged my Dayan's army in the three cities of Shu and Han?" ”

At this time, Jiang Ruoxu was stunned, he really didn't know about it, so he said: "I don't know about this matter, after I leave the book, I will discuss it with the envoy!" ”

After sending the envoy, Jiang Ruoxu looked at Pei Ju beside him, Pei Ju returned to Jiangling since the formal alliance, this time the envoy of Yan Kingdom came, and Pei Ju also accompanied Jiang Ruoxu.

Jiang Ruoxu said: "What does Brother Pei think? ”

Pei Ju smiled lightly: "This must be true, Your Majesty probably wants to leave this army." ”

Jiang Ruoxu frowned, and then said: "Brother Pei, I still have to persuade Your Majesty in this matter, after all, I have just taken the Liang State, and I am not ready to start a war with the Yan State." ”

Pei Ju smiled again: "It's okay, I've seen Hong Zaixing, this person is also a cautious person, he won't go to war with us unless he has to." I didn't get ready, but Yan Guo only took Qingzhou and Hanzhou a few years ago, and he was not ready for war at this time. ”

Pei Ju got to the point, whether it was fighting the Ming Dynasty or the Liang State, Hong Zaixing dared to attack only when he formed an alliance with one party, although the Yan State unified the northern land, but after all, the time to occupy Qingzhou Hanzhou was still short, and he was not ready to face the entire south

Jiang Ruoxu frowned a little, and then said: "If this army is left, I'm afraid our two countries will still have to fight." Neither side is ready at this point, and no matter who wins or loses, it is not good for either side! ”

Pei Ju said lightly: "So this army can't stay, but it can't be easily let go!" ”

When Jiang Ruoxu heard this, he said, "Then let Yan Guo pay for these soldiers to buy them back!" ”

After speaking, he and Pei Ju looked at each other and smiled.