Just two days after Xie Yu set off with Qingguo Gong, several express letters entered Beijing at night, like a thunderbolt, instantly blowing up the sky of the imperial capital of Great Liang.

"100,000 soldiers from Dayu crossed the border and raided, and Gunzhou was lost!"

"The Shangyang army was defeated, Hezhou and Xuzhou were lost, Hanzhou was besieged, crying blood for help!"

"Beiyan Iron Cavalry 50,000 has broken through the Yin Mountain Pass, straight into the Hetao, approaching Tanzhou, urgent!"

"Waste, it's all waste, what do I want you to do?"

No matter how angry Emperor Liang was, the battle still had to be fought, and soon, King Jing led his troops to deal with Dayan, and the order of Xie Yu and Qingguo Gong to lead the northern defense line and resist Dayu came out.

After the Lantern Festival, the Nihuang County Lord and Mu Qing had already submitted a request to return to the Yunnan fiefdom, but Emperor Liang had refused to allow it and kept it until now. But as soon as the news of the war came, he approved this piece and agreed to return to the south to defend it, but left Mu Qing behind, on the grounds that he had not been in the title for a long time, and the Empress Dowager was reluctant to accompany him for more time.

And just after Xie Yu and Qingguo Gong received the order, the Lord Qingguo Gong, who had almost been planted because of the land invasion case, came to a camp.

relied on Qin Panruo's persuasion, plus Yang Yanhan's own self-recommendation to King Yu. Yang Yanhan was able to come to Meiling with Qingguo Gong and the others, the purpose seemed to be to receive all the credit for the extermination of the Red Flame Army under the command of Qingguo Gong, but in fact, it was not the case.

Although Yang Yanhan's mind and King Yu, Qingguo Gong is not together. However, as the main force in the exoneration of Qingguo Gong's land invasion case, Qingguo Gong still gave enough trust and respect to Yang Yanhan.

"Mr. Yang, you see that the army is about to march to Meiling, Xie Yu's meaning is to take it step by step to prevent the Red Flame Army from cheating. Mr. Yang, what do you think? As soon as the Qingguo Duke came in, he asked Yang Yanhan for his opinion, obviously, many years of comfortable life had worn out his enthusiasm and strategy.

Yang Yanhan smiled at this time and said to Qing Guogong: "Qing Guogong don't worry, I have already arranged for the masters of the Jiang Zuo League to secretly go to Meiling to investigate, have you forgotten?" In those small towns near Meiling, there are a lot of industries of our Jiangzuo League, and now I can be sure that the remnants of the Red Flame Army in Meiling are only three thousand at most. ”

"Three thousand." Hearing what Yang Yanhan said, Qing Guogong hesitated at this time, although the Red Flame Army's unrivaled combat power made Qing Guogong very jealous, but the number of three thousand was indeed not much. This time, Xie Yu and Qingguo Gong led an army of 100,000, of which Qingguo Gong himself had 20,000 troops.

With 20,000 against 3,000, this temptation is big enough, and I can't help but be tempted by the Duke of Qingguo.

"Mr. Yang, are you sure that there are only three thousand remnants of the Red Flame Army in that Meiling?" Qingguo Gong is obviously a cautious and somewhat timid person, even if Yang Yanhan is resolute, the other party still has doubts about this.

At this time, Yang Yanhan persuaded the other party: "Qingguo Gong rest assured, as long as Qing Guogong raises 20,000 horses and horses to take the first step, the 3,000 Red Flame Army is just a turtle in the urn!" Yang vouched for the head of the item, and there was no mistake or omission in the news in Meiling. ”

When Qingguo Gong saw this, he thought of Yang Yanhan's various miracles in the past, as well as his great reputation. Coupled with the explanation before King Yu's departure, he finally made up his mind and prepared to attack Meiling.

As Qingguo Gong hurried out, he began to gather his henchmen, and on the other side, in the big tent of Xie Yu, Marquis of Ningguo, Zhuo Dingfeng and Zhuo Qingyao were in Xie Yu's big tent to report the information that the two had spied over.

Xie Yu had been in the Red Flame Army for many years, although he was never able to be a supreme minister because of his identity as a horse, but he was very skilled in the art of war.

Compared with King Yu, the prince is far inferior to King Yu in terms of character, scheming, strategy, and means. But because of this, Xie Yu chose the crown prince.

The reason why King Yu was able to crown Prince Qizhu was that in addition to the support of the queen and King Yu's own talents, a very important point was because he was the most similar to Emperor Liang.

Rabbits and dead dogs are cooked, and birds are hidden. Therefore, Xie Yu is a smart person, otherwise, he would not be Xie Yu, the Marquis of Ningguo, but Xie Yu, the concubine. He would rather not choose anyone than choose the king of honor.

And the crown prince is different, he is insatiable, ambitious and talented, if it weren't for the Yue Guifei who has been favored for many years, and Emperor Liang's jealousy of King Yu, he would not have been able to ascend to the throne.

So once Xie Yu supports the crown prince to ascend the throne, then with his ability and skill, above the court, it is naturally under one person and above ten thousand. Therefore, Ning Guohou let his second son, who is also a real son, pretend to take refuge in King Yu and confuse the other party.

However, when marching and fighting, what is important is to know oneself and know one's opponent, and will not be defeated in a hundred battles. With Zhuo Dingfeng and Zhuo Qingyao this time, Xie Yu took a fancy to the incomparable advantages of the two's martial arts in detecting the enemy.

At this time, Zhuo Dingfeng said to Xie Yu: "The two of us hurriedly took a turn around Meiling, and found that there was a small path under the valley of Meiling, which was connected to a deep valley. The garrison inside was quite tight, and we didn't dare to startle the snakes, so we withdrew first. However, looking at the number of those buildings from a distance, I think the number of people will not exceed 5,000 at most! ”

Hearing what Zhuo Dingfeng said, Xie Yu was thinking about it when he suddenly heard someone outside the tent come to report.

"Marshal, Qing Guogong just suddenly summoned the generals and ordered the soldiers and horses, it seems that there is something to do."

Nodding, after the spy waved away, Xie Yu touched his beard and said to himself: "Qingguo Gong has always been incompetent, timid and afraid of things, this time he actually took the initiative to attack, could it be that behind him, there is also any master's guidance?"

Zhuo Dingfeng stepped forward at this time and said, "Master Hou, have you forgotten that Mei Changsu came with Qingguo Gong." The top of the Langya list, Jiangzuo Meilang, the power of this Jiangzuo League is not worse than my Tianquan Villa, plus this is close to Binzhou, it is the sphere of influence of Qingguo Gong. Come to think of it, they also discovered the whereabouts of the Red Flame Army. Are we going to ......?"

Before Zhuo Dingfeng's words were finished, Xie Yu had already walked to the side of the battle map, drawing on it with one finger, and after a while, he suddenly sneered and said: "With their footsteps, to deal with the Red Flame Army, they will definitely choose to raid at night." Since he Qingguo Gong wants to take the lead, Benhou will give him this opportunity! ”

Zhuo Dingfeng looked incomprehensible at this time and asked Xie Yu: "Master Hou, but how can you give this title to Qingguo Gong in vain?" This ......"

Xie Yu said to Zhuo Dingfeng with a smile at this time: "Okay, you're good at martial arts, but you can't fight a war, okay, you take Qingyao down first, and don't worry about the rest."

Just when Zhuo Dingfeng and Zhuo Qingyao had just left, Xie Yu suddenly summoned his cronies and generals and announced: "The whole army gathers, secretly open Meiling, remember, don't be discovered by the Qingguo Gongsuo, go!"