The merchants in Xiangyang City are not as prosperous as they used to be, and war can make heroes or destroy a gorgeous city, and Xiangyang is now facing such a dilemma.

Tushan Jinyuan never thought that Xiangyang would become the target of public criticism, Luo Chen, Chengdu and Jinling were all eyeing him, and he regretted not listening to Zhong Rouxuan's words and mixing with Cao Li and others to provoke Xifu, the battle of Jingshan was considered to have completely annoyed Quartz, and he wasted one of his legs in a fit of anger, and since then the Condor Army has taken turns harassing Xiangyang, which directly led to nearly half of the merchants in Xiangyang moving to Shangyong.

No, now you have to let Zhong Rouxuan out of the mountain, Cao Li's army is here again, Tu Shan Jinyuan doesn't think that Cao Li can bring benefits to himself, and immediately dragged a stump to the backyard.

Zhong Rouxuan has not spoken to Tu Shan Jinyuan for a long time, she has been raising flowers and doing embroidery in the inner courtyard every day, and when she saw Tu Shan Jinyuan coming in, she instinctively prepared to avoid entering the room, and before she put down the kettle in her hand, Tu Shan Jinyuan's voice came.

"Madame! Help me! Tu Shan Jinyuan pleaded.

Zhong Rouxuan smiled bitterly, she didn't listen to her advice before, but now she thinks of herself at this juncture, she still can't bear it after many years of husband and wife, she turned around and sneered: "Husband is the king of this Xiangyang, how can I save you as a woman?" ”

Tu Shan Jinyuan knew that Zhong Rouxuan had always been dissatisfied, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Madam, I was wrong, and I asked Madame to take action." ”

"Didn't General Cao Li come to the rescue? With his safety in Xiangyang City, it should be no problem, right? Zhong Rouxuan scoffed.

"It's terrible when Cao Li comes, where has he ever gotten benefits in the hands of Xifu, and the safety of Xiangyang is all on his wife." To admit cowardice, you must have self-knowledge, Tu Shan Jinyuan still understands this, Zhong Rouxuan is asking for power.

Zhong Rouxuan sneered, and directly stretched out his hand in front of Tu Shan Jinyuan, who took out the token in his arms as if he was beaten by frost and put it respectfully in Zhong Rouxuan's hand.

"Come on, please go to the backyard and have a good rest." The moment Zhong Rouxuan took the token, the love between husband and wife came to an end.

Zhong Rouxuan immediately strode out of the backyard, this Xiangyang is still her own territory after all, and the owner of Xiangyang has changed.

Zhong Rouxuan first welcomed Cao Li's army into the city, that night Tu Shan Jinyuan held a grand reception banquet for Cao Li under the arrangement of Zhong Rouxuan, but there were unforeseen circumstances, General Cao fell ill the next day, unconscious, which made the 100,000 army stunned for a moment The dragons were leaderless, under the advice of Zhong Rouxuan's concern, the deputy general reported to Luo Chen about Cao Li, and soon, but five days of effort, Luo Chen's edict arrived, the situation in Xiangyang was critical, and Tu Shan Jinyuan temporarily acted as the commander of the army.

The adjutant general felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it, after all, the person who came was holding the edict and the emperor's seal, and there was no problem.

Tu Shan Jinyuan took charge of the army on the second day he got cold, he couldn't see people, he could only keep it in the backyard, but he still insisted on managing the affairs of the army, and was unanimously praised by the middle-level generals, and the transmission of the usual military orders was handed over to his wife to complete, which made everyone let down their guard, and let the noble lady send a message to the army, which is enough to prove that Tu Shan Jinyuan respected the army and attached great importance to Xiangyang City, and for a time nearly 170,000 defenders of Xiangyang City were very excited.

This excitement is excited, the Xifu army not far from Xiangyang is not vegetarian, Meng Huan has already taken Nanzhang, and he did not continue to move forward but waited for the battle of Jingmen to meet together under Xiangyang City.

With Chen Zhiqing's speed, Jingmen had already been taken, but Chen Zhiqing did not mean to set off for Xiangyang for a long time, the reason was that Quartz was ambushed by Yu Qingwu in the boundary card, Yu Qingwu was born under Ye Bohuai of Xifu, Quartz properly suffered a dumb loss, losing nearly 4,000 troops, and the angry Quartz had to go into battle in person, and Chen Zhiqing persuaded him to stop it.

"Victory and defeat are commonplace, Yu Qingwu is a veteran soldier, and he is one of the best players in Beifu, and he is not ashamed." Chen Zhiqing persuaded.

"Qingshuai, don't stimulate me, it's not ashamed, I haven't suffered such a big loss since the establishment of the Xifu, but it's on me, where do I have the face to go back to see the prince!" Quartz's face is very complicated.

Chen Zhiqing's patience was almost exhausted, and seeing that Quartz still didn't listen to persuasion, he frowned and said, "What do you think the prince promoted you to be one of the five marshals of the Western Mansion?" Is it because you are very good at fighting? It's because you are stable enough, you have never made a mistake in Jiangxia for many years, and you became famous in a battle for the victory in Jingshan a few years ago, do you have no confidence if you lose once? ”

Quartz was speechless, the battle of Jingshan was indeed his highlight moment, and he was famous all over the world, and was promoted by everyone as a famous general in the Central Plains, it is impossible not to be proud, and the reason for this battle is that he underestimated the enemy.

Seeing that Quartz's face was red and white, Chen Zhiqing continued: "Yu Qingwu has been prepared for the first battle of the boundary card, you will not lose the defeat, have you ever thought about why Yu Qingwu set up an ambush in the boundary card?" ”

"Please give me advice!" Quartz said this is not a matter of low or low head, Qing Shuai's status in Xifu is not something he can surpass, if he is willing to point him out, it is his honor.

"Xiangyang has an agreement with Beifu, Yu Qingwu's back is safe, he doesn't have to care too much about the threat from Xiangyang, Suizhou is the only stronghold of Beifu in Yunmeng, Xiao Yu is impossible to give up, Anlu is the gateway to Suizhou, and the boundary card is the only way to attack Anlu, so you will definitely lose the battle of the boundary card." Chen Zhiqing felt that he couldn't let Quartz sink into the emotions of defeat, and he had to be pulled out.

"So what do I do next?" Quartz listened and slowly came out of the emotion of defeat.

"It's better to take the initiative to defend than to take the initiative, your Condor Army didn't hurt your bones, the battle in Xiangyang is imminent, we can't be tied up by the Beifu Army here, we have to fight quickly, so you should play the boundary card again!"

Stupid, Quartz couldn't react for a while, wasn't it heavily defended in the direction of Suizhou? Isn't playing the boundary card again the same as sending him to death? Quartz looked at Chen Zhiqing with a puzzled expression.

Chen Zhiqing smiled, Quartz's reaction ability was indeed a little worse, so he continued: "Don't understand? ”

Quartz nodded like a chicken pecking rice, he really didn't understand.

"The Condor Guard in your hand is your strongest guard, let the Condor Guard quickly intersperse with the boundary card, catch him off guard, you personally lead most of the people to set off to the east, not too fast or too slow, let Yu Qingwu understand that you are going to fight Xiaochang, attract Yu Qingwu's attention to you, and then you secretly order the people who stayed in Jiangxia to quickly attack Macheng." Chen Zhiqing talked about his strategy in detail.

It's stupid again, one ring after another, and it's too complicated, Quartz muttered: "Qingshuai, this style of play, Yu Qingwu can't take care of it even if he is an immortal, but this action is not too big, and most of the troops of the entire two lakes are evacuated." ”

"Don't worry, the day before yesterday, I had already asked the 50,000 people who were left behind in Dongchuan to come over to fill your vacancy, and now it is estimated that they have all entered Yiling." Chen Zhiqing looked confident.

This old fox, it seems that he has already thought about it, Quartz cursed in his heart, but on the surface he was still respectful, and said: "Thank you Qingshuai, then I will go down and prepare." ”

"Wait, remember, poor Kou Mo chases, even if Yu Qingwu is defeated by you this time, he will react quickly, and after taking Macheng, he can't hold out, forcing Yu Qingwu to go north, and let Beifu and Luo Chen fight by themselves, understand?" Chen Zhiqing hurriedly reminded, afraid that Quartz would not be able to catch up with Yu Qingwu.

Yu Qingwu's containment was effective, slowing down the time for the Xifu army to make peace, and giving Zhong Rouxuan enough time to rectify and arrange the defense of Xiangyang.

"Madam, Meng Huan's troops directly threatened Xiangyang in Nanzhang, please tell the general's brothers that they plan to find Meng Huan's bad luck." The adjutant cautiously asked.

Zhong Rouxuan took a sip of tea and said lightly: "The general is anxious, the general knows that the brothers are in a hurry, but the general has an order, stick to Xiangyang, and let the brothers advance south step by step from Longzhong, walking up to ten miles every day, and building defensive platforms and camps everywhere they go." ”

The deputy general is very unhappy, this approach is completely on the defensive, and there is no desire to attack at all, which is tantamount to admitting cowardice for the soldiers, but who makes it Tu Shan Jinyuan who makes the decision?

Zhong Rouxuan knew that the high morale had been almost worn out by herself in recent days, but with Xiangyang's strength and strength, it was impossible to be the opponent of Xifu, and holding on was the first choice, and it was impossible to reach the Xifu army to rush and kill step by step, but a large number of defensive facilities were placed in front of them, and when they reached Xiangyang City, their morale must be almost exhausted.

Zhong Rouxuan sat firmly in Xiangyang City, Meng Huan couldn't sit still in Nanzhang, the two commanders couldn't come to make peace with him for a long time, Xiangyang's fighters were repeatedly delayed, and many of his subordinates asked him for orders to attack Xiangyang.

Why doesn't Meng Huan want to fight? But Meng Yan's words are vivid, everything is under the command of Qingshuai, this damn Beifu, at this time, he has to come to make trouble, and he actually put Yingshuai together.

"General, there is a messenger from Changsha." The guard's voice interrupted the rhythm of his scolding, and when he heard that it was the messenger from Changsha, his first reaction was that his brother's man was coming.

Meng Huan hurriedly went out to greet him, and when he saw someone, he was dumbfounded, and the person dressed as the captain of the Ming Jian Division in front of him turned out to be Meng Yan dressed in makeup.

"General, the prince has a secret order!" Meng Yan whispered.

Meng Yan's reminder made Meng Huan react, and quickly welcomed him in, and as soon as he entered the door, he asked the guards to close the door to strengthen the defense.

"Brother Wang, why are you here?" Meng Huan's tone was mixed with excitement and shock.

"The boundary card was defeated, Qingshuai and Quartz couldn't come over to make peace with you for a while, and there was a lot of pressure on your side." Meng Yan sighed lightly, the defeat of the Jiepai army was not in his plan, the best time to attack Xiangyang had passed, and now it had to be rearranged.

"Brother Wang is here to personally supervise the battle in Xiangyang?"

Meng Yan shook his head and said: "I'll leave immediately, I have to go to Jingshan, I have to bring the quartz out of the quagmire, let him concentrate on the affairs of Xiangyang, I came to you to tell you not to act rashly, you must wait for the army to meet, there is a problem in Xiangyang City." ”

"What's the problem? Does Brother Wang feel that Xiangyang's defense is very different from the past? Meng Huan had already discovered this problem.

Meng Yan smiled, smiled happily, Meng Huan already has the strength to command one life, "Yes, Cao Li and Tu Shan Jinyuan don't have the strength to make such a defense, I estimate that it is not the two of them who are in charge of Xiangyang City, this person is not ordinary, and the entire defense layout is tightly matched." ”