Facing the calm canal, Yuan Wuwei and Yuan Wuxing were relatively speechless.

They also did not expect that the Huaiyou Army would respond to the invasion of the Yuan army in such a way, Fu Li, except for the magic trap, almost fled without a fight, and the same was true of Xiao County, allowing the Yuan army to occupy it.

Now the same is true for Tongqiao, it is conceivable that it will be such a result in Qi County, but it will stop there.

The Huaiyou army was not without counterattacks, such as the ambush and harassment of a small group of naval troops on the canal, which made the Yuan army suffer a lot of losses in Tongqiao, and the two camps were burned down, and the loss of grain and grass was very large.

Also on the side of Xiao County, the supply unit was attacked by enemy cavalry, and a battalion of escort troops was lost.

These Huaiyou miscellaneous people, but they are scoundrels, and they actually use this kind of subordinate means to fight.

But this is the best way, even Yuan Wuwei and Yuan Wuxing have to admit that this kind of strategy of avoiding the real and attacking the virtual makes the army of the Yuan army attack like hitting a cotton bale, and it is soft and weak.

The Huai Right Army doesn't give you a chance to fight head-on at all, so it repeatedly attacks and disturbs and tosses, making you sleepy and lacking, and it seems that as long as you don't attack Pengcheng, where the state is located, the Huai Right Army does not plan to fight with the Yuan army.

The question is whether the Yuan army can attack Xuzhou City?

Xuzhou Xiongcheng, although Jiang Feng led the main force to the north, but it is estimated that there are more than 10,000 troops, as well as Mei Guo and Cui Shang are in charge, relying on a good and perfect defense system and magic power, if you want to storm Xuzhou City, it is impossible to have 50,000 or 60,000 troops, even so, I am afraid that if you want to take Xuzhou, you will have to pay a lot of price.

Now where can Caizhou still draw 50,000 troops, just these 40,000 horses, it is already the limit.

Both Yuan Wuwei and Yuan Wuxing knew that in fact, there were still quite a few people in the older generation who opposed the Eastern Crusade, but they felt that the Eastern Crusade would not make much gain, and that Xuzhou was hundreds of miles apart from the north and south, and that it had seven counties under its jurisdiction, so how could it be possible for 40,000 people to defeat Xuzhou? In particular, the Huaiyou army was still in the north, and this kind of attack was a typical unflattering move.

Although Yuan Huaihe finally supported the Eastern Crusade, Yuan Wuwei and Yuan Wuxing still knew that Yuan Huaihe was still a little reluctant in his heart.

Even if they can realize that Huaiyou will be Caizhou's number one enemy in the future, Caizhou's strength is now limited, and what is needed is to further recuperate and expand its strength, and military operations should point in the direction of greater gains.

For example, he has now fought with Da Jin to the point that his brain is about to come out.

Once Daliang really loses or even collapses, Caizhou should pounce on it and bite a big piece of fat as soon as possible, why bother to fight to the death with Huaiyou but not get any benefits?

And the facts also proved to be the case, Huaiyou adopted a strategy of retreating in great strides, allowing the Caizhou army to occupy Xiaoxian, Fuli and Tongqiao, only through a small force of cavalry and water troops to attack and disturb, forcing the Caizhou army to slow down the attack.

Their purpose is also obvious, that is, to delay time and gain time for the main force of the Huaiyou Army that invaded Pinglu in the north.

Now it seems that they have succeeded, what can they do if they occupy Fuli and Xiao County? Once the Huaiyou army returns south, the Caizhou army will not be able to hold it at all, unless the Caizhou army is prepared to fight with the Huaiyou army.

This is unacceptable to the Yuan clan.

Even Yuan Wuwei and Yuan Wuxing have to admit that now is not the time to fight to the death with Huaiyou, and Caizhou is not ready.

"Third brother, what should I do?" Yuan Wuxing was a little lost, his face was clearly illuminated by the waves reflected on the surface of the canal, and he couldn't hide his regret.

"There's no need to continue, order to go to the front of Qi County and stop, and retreat. Yuan Wuwei sighed and ordered.

Yuan Wuwei wanted to speak and stopped, but in the end he shook his head, although he was very reluctant, but Yuan Wuwei's decision was a rational choice.

It doesn't make much sense to continue like this, news has already come from the scouts on the Qingzhou side, and the Huaiyou Army only took five days to capture Qingzhou City, and the ferocity of this siege is far beyond imagination.

Moreover, the news from the scouts that Wang Shouzhong was actually captured, which is even more appalling.

With Wang Shouzhong's small heavenly strength, as long as he wants to escape, who can stop him? Unless he falls into a trap.

But the news of the scouts is very certain, saying that Wang Shouzhong has indeed been captured, and his three sons-in-law have also been captured, and the entire Pinglu army in Qingzhou has surrendered to the Huaiyou army.

There is also news from Qizhou that Zhu Mao also captured Qizhou, of course, this is after learning that Qingzhou has fallen, Qizhou's morale plummeted and surrendered to Zhu Mao.

This series of news forced Yuan Wuwei and Yuan Wuxing to make a choice, even if Wang Shouxin of Mizhou and Liu Yansi of Haizhou still did not surrender, but without Wang Shouzhong, how long could they hold out?

The best result was that Wang Shouzhong escaped, but now it was a bubble, and Er Yuan had to plan for the worst.

Nanyang, these idiots, have done a similar posture, but they have been slow to send troops, and they are only cowardly in Shenguang Erzhou, and now that the times have changed, where is their chance?

Then again, even if Nanyang sends troops, what can it do, at most to defeat Huzhou, but how much impact does a Huzhou have on Huaiyou?

Once Huaiyou frees his hand, it is unknown whether Nanyang can keep Guangshen Erzhou, and it is ridiculous that Nanyang Erliu is still enjoying himself.

"Third brother, if you want to withdraw, just withdraw all the troops. Yuan Wuxing also sighed, "It doesn't make sense for us to stay in Tongqiao and Fuli, and it's the same for Xiao County, Huaiyou has already been prepared, and they have made up their minds to play an unequal war with us." ”

"Hmm, what about Tongqiao and Fu Li......" Yuan Wuwei hesitated.

Yuan Wuwei knew what he meant, and asked if he would simply burn the two cities to the ground, which could be regarded as adding chaos to Huaiyou.

After hesitating for a moment, Yuan Wuxing thought for a while before saying, "There's no need, if we do this, Huaiyou can also retaliate like this in the future, and it will be resentful." ”

From Fuli to Tongqiao, because of its close proximity to the canal, there are many connections with Bozhou, and Yuan Wuxing is not willing to do things absolutely, and this does not make much sense.

"Hey, then just withdraw. Yuan Wuwei finally made up his mind and stopped being entangled.

As soon as he rode quickly, he rolled the saddle and dismounted at a distance of ten steps, and galloped over, Yuan Wuwei and Yuan Wuxing's hearts moved slightly, it seemed that something big had happened.

"Report, the county is urgent. ”

"Bring it. Yuan Wuwei didn't talk nonsense, stretched out his hand to take the urgent report sent by the fast horse, tore open the seal, looked at ten lines, and after reading it, he tasted it silently, seemed to be thinking in his heart, and then handed it to Yuan Wuwei next to him.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that although Yuan Wuwei could suppress the emotions in his heart, Yuan Wuwei could still see the clues from the subtle twitching of the other party's cheeks.

"Things have changed in the north. Yuan Wuwei didn't say much.

Yuan Wuxing also quickly browsed it, and there was a big shock in his heart, the northwest defense line of Daliang collapsed?!

Although I have long been not optimistic about the battle between Da Liang and Da Jin, after all, Da Liang has been over for so many decades, and the war with Da Jin will come almost every two or three years, and everyone is used to it.

In the past few decades, whether it is the Great Liang entering Zezhou and Jiangzhou, or the Great Jin breaking into Henan, it is normal, no one has swallowed the strength of the other party in one bite, and it is even difficult to cripple the other party.

With their own confidence, they killed 3,000 enemies and injured 800 themselves, no matter what, as long as they delay for a year or two, they will be able to recover again.

But this time, Zhu Yuan could feel that the situation was different.

In the past ten years, Daliang has almost rotted to the bones, otherwise Caizhou would not have changed from relying on Daliang to compete with Daliang, and bitten off Nanchenzhou, but he was too anxious before, so he suffered a loss, but this time, Zhu Yuan thought that it would be difficult for Daliang to turn over.

There is not much specific content in the urgent report, only that the Jin army fought with the Liang army in the area of Mianchi, and the Liang army was defeated, retreated to Xin'an, and was attacked by the Jin army, and retreated to the eastern capital Luoyang.

Unexpectedly, Kang Zhenkui, the deputy envoy of the Tianwu Left Army stationed in Luoyang, secretly surrendered to the Jin army, opened the Changxia Gate in the south, and the Jin army entered the city, and the entire Henan Mansion suddenly fell into chaos.

It is conceivable that once Luoyang is lost, then there will be no place for Henan Mansion to hide.

Bianzhou is surrounded by a horse and a flat river, without any shelter, it is a place of four wars, even if there is a strong city to defend, but it is a bit of a trapped and lonely city, you can imagine what the result will be.

Since the confrontation between Liang and Jin, the Jin army has never entered Luoyang, just like the Great Liang has never entered Luzhou, and now Luoyang is lost, which means that the entire western half of the Liang Land is almost under the shroud of the Jin army's iron cavalry.

Taking a deep breath, Yuan Wuxing asked in a deep voice, "There is no news from Nanyang yet?"

"Not yet. Yuan Wuwei understood Yuan Wuxing's worries, "But I estimate that the Nanyang army should have already left Luyang Pass, and may even have crossed Fangcheng Mountain." ”

"This is for sure, although Nanyang Erliu is not in harmony, there will definitely be no infighting at this time, and they will definitely join forces. Yuan Wuxing nodded, his eyes flickered, but his face became more and more gloomy, "It's just that I don't know that Dajin Xu has given Nanyang benefits, and Ruzhou and Xuzhou are afraid that it is not enough." ”

"Lao Qi, I'm afraid it's not so simple, once the Great Jin really exists and the Great Liang is completely destroyed, the entire Central Plains, no, even Guanzhong, Liangchuan, Shannan and Hebei will usher in great changes, we can't predict what will become, but I know that if we don't join the Yuan family, we will definitely only be left behind, and the farther and farther away!" Yuan Wuwei's voice slowly became firm: "Chenzhou and Songzhou must be in our hands!"

Taking Chenzhou and Songzhou, the entire Yingbo has a barrier in the north, which is the goal that Zhu Yuan has been pursuing, especially Songzhou, which is definitely the core place. 10