Judging from the map, among the prefectures and counties near Kuozhou, the situation in Anhui has been decided, Langzhou has basically recovered, and only the mountainous areas near Kuozhou in Liaozhou are completely controlled by the rebels, and Che Ang in Lingzhou is also about to be defeated.

Cheng Haofeng discussed with Hu Yonggang in the past few days, and after receiving Lei Ma's support, he decided to unite with Cao Songlou, the prefect of Wanzhou, to feint Lingzhou, attracting Han Zecan to divide his troops to rescue, and then take the opportunity to capture Kuozhou City.

"Is Cao Songlou willing to cooperate?" Hu Xianxian knew that because of the matter of the old uncle, Cao Beidao secretly hated them, Cao Songlou was Cao Beidao's brother, would he take revenge?

"Cao Songlou is just pedantic and stereotyped, and he is still loyal to the emperor. Moreover, with Marshal Lei's orders, even if he is unwilling to cooperate, those forbidden troops and box troops will act according to military orders. Hu Yonggang answered questions.

"But what if Han Zecan doesn't fall for it? He is so scheming, and if we suddenly besiege us while we are withdrawing, we will be defeated. ”

Regarding Hu Xianxian's doubts, Hu Yonggang and Cheng Haofeng also thought about it, and they were silent.

After a while, Cheng Haofeng asked Hu Xianxian rhetorically: "Do you have a foolproof plan?" ”

She shook her head, and Cheng Haofeng said with a smile: "If you don't have it, you can only take risks." Otherwise, we won't be able to come up with a perfect solution, and we'll starve to death here. ”

After careful questioning, Hu Xianxian learned that the materials prepared by Blood Without Hatred were only enough for one month at most. Because of the great army, the treasury has been emptied, and the grain collected from the people cannot be collected in this season of scarcity.

Of course, although forced by the situation, Cheng Haofeng and the others were not really unsure of this plan, and they also made as thorough preparations as possible.

First, the spy that Cheng Haofeng caught and released was not useless. They intentionally or unintentionally revealed some news next to him, including the actual situation of a shortage of grain and grass and a large number of wounded soldiers, as well as the false information that they would withdraw from Wanzhou and join forces with Cao Songlou to fight Lingzhou as soon as Wanzhou was pacified.

When they released this spy, they didn't really release him directly, they deliberately leaked a flaw and let him escape by himself. In this way, this enemy spy can be used to make Han Zecan think that they will really attack Lingzhou.

Second, the spy's one-sided words don't necessarily convince the rebels. They still have to do some real things to make that fake news sit for the truth.

Zheng Huiliao had already taken 2,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people to Wanzhou first, but in fact, he was not preparing to be stationed in Wanzhou, but to find Gao Youbao.

Now, Gao Youbao's power is not only in the area of Panlong Village, but the green forest heroes in the surrounding states and counties have to give him three points. Zheng Huiliao wants to know it with reason, move it with affection, and persuade Gao Youbao to help.

Zheng retreated Liao and led his troops to Wanzhou, and Zheng Tianba scolded and fought under the city of Kuozhou every once in a while, and Han Zecan most likely thought that they were not capable of fighting Kuozhou, and pretended to attack Kuozhou to attack Lingzhou.

Third, after contacting Cao Songlou and Gao Youbao, even if Han Zecan did not plan to send troops to rescue Lingzhou, they could really go to Lingzhou.

Cheng Haofeng has already contacted Gui Chongxu, Mudan'er, and Ma Shuo, if they need to attack Lingzhou, they will come to cooperate with each other, and they will definitely be able to capture Lingzhou.

However, the main purpose is to capture Kuozhou. Because Han Zecan is the leader of the rebels, as long as he destroys his lair, he can greatly disrupt the rebels' morale, and some vassal kings who are still waiting will inevitably be completely biased towards the imperial court.

Going to really fight Lingzhou is just a way to retreat and seek the second, and it can't play the role of "catching the thief and capturing the king first".

After listening to Cheng Haofeng's detailed explanation, Hu Xianxian cast an approving glance at him, and said with a playful smile: "Yes, this is the best strategy that can be used at present." ”

Hu Yong just saw the two of them flirting with each other, and tapped his knuckles on the table, and when they all turned their heads to look at him, he said: "Xianxian must be tired these days, you go to rest, and I will let the guards summon you if there is something." ”

These words were clearly asking them to find a place to gather and be alone, Cheng Haofeng looked at his brother-in-law gratefully, and left hand in hand with Hu Xianxian.

The night is still thick, the evening breeze is light, and the lights in the camp are sparkling. When the soldiers on patrol saw the two of them walking and talking, they only bowed their heads to them to say hello, so as not to disturb their conversation, so as not to disturb their comrades who were resting in the tent.

"After retreating to Wanzhou, there will be one less brave general in the army." Hu Xianxian felt that he should send a lieutenant to go, the people who went to Wanzhou were just interfering with Han Zecan's investigation of the real news, and there was no need for Zheng to retreat to Liao, because once the war started, it would not be possible to come from so far.

"Xianxian, you still don't understand my intention to set up this plan."

"You're just going to occupy Kuozhou City."

"You can't rely on hard work to occupy Kuozhou City, you have to let Han Zecan take the initiative to transfer all the troops out, so that Kuozhou City will become an empty city. Once the fight starts, the place where the fiercest battle will not be Kuozhou City, but the place where Anhui and Lingzhou meet. After Cheng Haofeng finished speaking, he stared at her again.

She thought about it carefully and asked him, "You mean that you want to stop the rebels in that area, so that they can neither rescue Lingzhou nor withdraw to Kuozhou?" ”

Cheng Haofeng nodded with a smile, and seeing that there was no one around at the moment, he took her and flew into the air diagonally and went outside the camp.

As soon as the two landed, Hu Xianxian said again: "No wonder you will send Zheng Huiliao to Panlong Village in Wanzhou, not only because he and Gao Youbao have an old friendship, but also because they are ......."

"Let's not talk about this...... Cheng Haofeng hugged her tightly, as if he wanted to rub her into his own flesh and blood.

This was a forest, and Hu Xianxian seemed to see a crow peeking at them on the branch, and she quickly buried her head in Cheng Haofeng's arms.

She couldn't help but want to laugh, and the hot breath made Cheng Haofeng feel itchy in his chest, so he let go of her slightly, lifted her chin and asked, "What's so funny?" ”

"We're so embarrassed that even the crows laugh at us."

"Eccentric, what does the crow know?"

Cheng Haofeng lightly imprinted a kiss on her forehead and took her back to the camp: "Wait until the rebellion is quelled, and then teach you how to serve your husband wholeheartedly, don't always be disturbed." ”

The two calmed down their agitated moods, and then talked about various serious things in detail. Hearing Hu Xianxian talk about Yun Biqiong and Shui Jianxuan, Cheng Haofeng was stunned and whispered: "I didn't expect that there was a more complicated reason, but I mistook Yun Biqiong for a woman who was greedy for fame and fortune." It's a pity, amorous is always ruthlessly mistaken. ”

After sighing with emotion, he solemnly said to Hu Xianxian: "Let's not go wrong again, no matter how others instigate, we can make trouble, we can quarrel, we must not separate." ”

Hu Xianxian smiled sweetly, looking at him softly, as long as he didn't abandon her, how could she take the initiative to leave him?

In the following days, the main thing was to rest and practice, and there were more opportunities for the two to meet.

On the sixth day of the fourth month, Zheng Huiliao received news that he finally persuaded Gao Youbao that he was willing to cooperate with the imperial court to fight against the rebellion. Gao Youbao was originally neutral, as long as he didn't take his territory, he didn't bother to care who was the emperor.

This high treasure does not ask for an official knighthood, nor does he want gold and silver treasures, and he is not afraid of the threat of force, and he does not attach much importance to his old friendship back then, and in the end it was a small incident that prompted him to make a decision.

Zheng Huiliao inadvertently mentioned that Che Ang had stationed troops in Gaojia Village, blocking Fan Dingyao and their newly opened path from Qinglong Mountain to attack Lingzhou, and now the tomb is completely destroyed.

Gao Youbao was so angry that he slapped the table at that time, he had always been angry that Che Ang had been friends with Gao Youbiao for many years, but in the end he killed the people of Gaojia Village to invite merit.

Now that he has destroyed the graves of the innocent and dead people of Gaojia Village, he really can't swallow this breath. Just because Han Zecan reused Cheang, he hated Han Zecan and was willing to cooperate with the court.

On April 11, Blood Without Hatred set off to Qiyun Villa to get a custom-made watering can. Hu Xianxian decided not to allocate the watering cloud cans to the Iron Guards of the Broken Army, and selected two hundred strong men, led by Blood Wufang, and dedicated various special weapons in the future.

She asked the two hundred people to ride a fast horse without hatred, and after getting the watering can, she immediately practiced it, and it was necessary to use it proficiently as soon as possible.

On the thirteenth day of April, Zheng Tianba led thousands of men and horses to surround the south and east gates of Kuozhou City, and kept shouting for war.

Han Zecan, who was feasting, asked the soldiers defending the city to shoot arrows at the city to force them back, and not to fight. Because Zheng Tianba has been roaring fiercely many times, he really wants to start a war, and he escapes quickly.

When he arrived, Han Zecan received news that Zheng Tianba had only brought a few thousand people, and Hu Yonggang was leading the army to quietly withdraw from the camp and go to Wanzhou.

Contacting all kinds of information, Han Zecan gradually believed that the imperial court counterinsurgency army really wanted to join forces with Cao Songlou to attack Lingzhou.

Zheng Tianba and the soldiers defending the city fought in a scuffle, but they were only archery and stone throwing on the city, carrying shields and climbing walls under the city, and they didn't really fight too fiercely.

When he arrived at the throne, Zheng Tianba suddenly withdrew his troops and ran to provoke the mastiff team stationed outside the city.

When Heiwa led the team out of the camp, Zheng Tianba had already led the people to retreat to the other side of the river. Heiwa was afraid of being ambushed like last time, so she didn't pursue.

On April 14 and April 15, Zheng Tianba tossed back and forth like this, which made Han Zecan furious, and he was ready to send troops to kill him directly.

On 16 April, Han Zecan's spies found out that Hu Yonggang had led his troops to the border between Dekuo and Anhui Prefectures.

Immediately, he received a quick letter from Che Ang asking for help, saying that not only Hu Yonggang was going to unite with Cao Songlou to fight Lingzhou, but even the forces in Langzhou and Yuezhou that favored the imperial court had sent troops to Lingzhou.

"Okay, do you think I'm Han Zecan stupid? Let a Zheng Tianba harass Kuozhou, and you will be able to defeat Lingzhou and connect the forces? Hmph, then annihilate you all! ”

Han Zecan clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and said, he made a decision to personally lead the troops to rescue Lingzhou. Of course, rescuing Lingzhou was just an attitude that Che Ang valued him very much, and Han Zecan's main purpose was to eliminate the counterinsurgency army led by Hu Yonggang.

On the 17th of April, Han Zecan personally led an army of 90,000 out of the city, and after joining up with Heiwa's mastiff team, he attacked the counterinsurgency camp on the other side of the river.

This time, there were only a few soldiers in the camp, and they scattered and fled as soon as the battle began. Han Zecan and Heiwa saw that the tent was empty, and there were no traps in the camp, and they believed that Hu Yonggang had given up Kuozhou and attacked Lingzhou instead.

On the 19th day of April, ten miles outside the city of Kuozhou, Zheng Tianba's subordinates who had fled had gathered. Han Zecan's army, which rushed to aid Lingzhou, had been set off for two days, and it was too late to return to Kuozhou anyway.

Zheng Tianba led these thousands of elite divisions who had been recuperating for two days, and hurriedly marched to the city of Dekuozhou.

The soldiers defending the city who had been quiet in the past few days were still drinking and eating, and Zheng Tianba and they had quickly attacked the city tower from the north gate.

Han Zecan only left less than 10,000 people to defend the city, because the strong people rushed to Lingzhou, and the people who defended the city were all leftovers, and their combat effectiveness was not strong. An hour later, Zheng Tianba occupied the city of Kuozhou.

At the same time, the army led by Han Zecan was ambushed by Hu Yonggang and Cao Songlou. Relying on the mastiff team and soldiers to fight hard, the rebels broke through the ambush circle and arrived at the junction of Dewan Prefecture and Lingzhou.

At the foot of Jingrong Ridge at the junction of these two states, Han Zecan received the news of the occupation of Kuozhou City, and he fainted in shock and regret.

After Han Zecan woke up, he vowed to join Che Ang as soon as possible, and to return to Kuzhou City and capture Zheng Tianba alive.

But when they were about to cross the mountain, Zheng Huiliao and Gao Youbao led people to block the way.

Han Zecan thought that they were just a group of bandits and were easy to deal with, so he only let the Mastiff team fight with them, and he led the army to bypass Panlong Village first.

How do you know that the mastiff team is just about to show its majesty, and the blood that has already taken the watering cloud can is already ambushed on the side. A spray, not only those big dogs choked on the spot, but even Heiwa herself sneezed and couldn't open her eyes.

When Han Zecan, Zheng Huiliao, and Gao Youbao were inseparable, Cheng Haofeng and Hu Xianxian led the broken army and iron guards down the mountain wall and suddenly attacked from behind the rebels.

With them falling from the sky, the battle immediately formed an overwhelming advantage for the rebels.

The rebels were defeated and completely messed up the formation, and in order to save his life, Han Zecan only fled to a place where there was no obstacle with the remnants of the defeated army.

arrived at Deheiwa and escaped, and after the two met, they learned that they both fled to the direction of Liaozhou.

Seeing this situation, Heiwa said: "We might as well retreat to the mountains of Liaozhou, those black mining forces have been operating for many years, there are countless forks in the mine, and there are forty mastiffs that are being trained there, we can rely on these abilities to make a comeback!" ”

Han Zecan thought that although he was defeated, he still had 70,000 troops under his command, and he didn't care about Che Ang's request for help, followed Heiwa's suggestion, and fled to the black mine in Liaozhou to resist stubbornly.