Just when Li Yu swept Tonghua and captured the three passes of the Central Plains in the east, Zhu Youyu's army had just pulled out the Liyuan Village after a stalemate with Yang Chongben for more than half a month.

And the Dunfang Festival made the clan Shucong and Yang Chongben's other group of men and horses confronted at the foot of the Meridian Mountain.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhu Youyu covered Jinpa and coughed violently.

"Jie Shuai, can you please take a look at Lang Zhong?"

The soldiers beside him said softly.

"Ahem, cough, cough~~~ Don't be in a hurry, in a few days, it's not too late to take a look at Pizhou."

Zhu Youyu coughed violently, as if he wanted to vomit out his heart and lungs.

The soldiers didn't dare to say much, so they hurriedly served hot ginger soup and asked the marshal to go to the cold.

The temperature in Kannai is already very low at this time, and occasionally snowflakes begin to fall, and it will freeze in the morning and evening.

Zhu Youyu only thought that he was suffering from the wind and cold, and he didn't care.

After so many years of following his father to fight in the south and the north, and his career as a horseman, he has long cultivated his tenacious character, and it is common for him to suffer from colds and colds.

After taking a sip of ginger soup, he breathed slowly, and it was much smoother at this time.

The stomach is warm and comfortable.

"Ahem, pass the order down, and go to Pizhou tomorrow."

"Yes."

That night, the whole army camped in Liyuan Village.

At night, Zhu Youyu suddenly got hot, sweaty, and began to talk nonsense.

The surrounding soldiers were frightened, and hurriedly found the generals and officials to call the shots, so that the military doctors could diagnose and treat them.

The soldiers would only treat some external injuries, and they could not do anything about emergencies like this.

After everyone discussed, they felt that this battle could not be fought, and the coach was sick, how could he fight? Withdraw your troops!

Early the next morning, the marching Sima sent someone to deliver a letter to the clan Shucong at the foot of the Meridian Mountain, and then the army set up camp and returned to Tonghua.

Liyuan Village is nearly 200 miles away from Chang'an, and it is necessary to go over mountains and mountains on the way.

Two days later, the army arrived in Yunyang County.

At this time, Zhu Youyu was already unconscious.

The soldiers hurriedly brought the county Zhonglang Zhong to Zhu Youyu for treatment.

As soon as they got on the pulse, Lang Zhong's faces were ugly and they shook their heads secretly.

The pulse does not deceive people, this person is terminally ill, and it is not something that can be cured by medicinal stones.

Lang Zhong's expression fell into the eyes of the generals seated, and everyone was secretly frightened.

You must know that Zhu Youyu is the eldest son of King Liang, and he is the one who will take over the foundation in the future.

"Waste, the disease can't be cured, what's the use of leaving you?"

A general has a fiery temper, and he is about to kill someone with a quick draw.

Although the other generals also had relatives, they still had reason and hurriedly pulled back.

"Can you maintain the marshal and return to Huazhou?"

Lang Zhong saw that these martial artists were not reasonable at all, so he didn't dare to tell the truth anymore, and nodded again and again.

"Yes, yes, generals, I have a prescription to ensure that Marshal Jie returns to Huazhou."

In order to revive Zhu Youyu temporarily, and to save his life, Lang Zhong prescribed a big medicine.

You must know that the patient is already weak, and you must be careful with the medicine, and if you don't do it well, you will be poisoned. But these generals don't care about this, as long as the marshal wakes up, they will be at ease, and as for the rest, they don't understand.

After a bowl of decoction, half an hour later, Zhu Youyu slowly let out a breath and opened his eyes.

Seeing this, the guards hurriedly summoned all the generals to the bed.

"W-where is this?"

Zhu Youyu asked slowly.

"Bao Jieshuai, this is Yunyang County."

After a while, Zhu Youyu figured out what kind of place Yunyang County was.

"How did you come back?"

"Jieshuai, you are sick, we want to take you back to Huazhou for treatment."

Zhu Youyu lay on the couch and reacted for a while, then struggled to get up.

The soldiers stepped forward and helped him to his feet.

He was half-lying and half-leaning on the couch, looking at the civil and military generals in front of him.

At this time, everyone saw his face clearly, and in a few days, his eye sockets were deeply sunken and emaciated.

"Ahem~~"

Zhu Youyu coughed lightly a few times and said softly: "Class teacher, go home, I, I ......"

Ah, poof~~~

Zhu Youyu spurted out a mouthful of blood, his face turned pale, and he fell on the couch.

When the soldiers went to look for Lang Zhong, this person had long since disappeared.

"Quick, let's go."

Seeing this scene, who dared to delay, hurriedly ordered to set off.

Sima hurriedly wrote a letter to the army, and asked people to send it to Bianzhou quickly. How dare you hide such a big thing from you?

An army of 20,000 set off overnight, from Yunyang to Jingyang, and then from Chang'an to Huazhou.

The fast horse galloped all the way, and arrived in Chang'an in one day and one night.

As a result, he was intercepted by Wang Houju in Lishan, and at this time, this fast messenger didn't know who robbed him.

After interrogation, Wang Houju learned that there was an army of 20,000 coming from Yunyang, and he was also shocked, opened the letter, and learned that Zhu Wen's eldest son, Zhu Youyu, was seriously ill, and the army was only in charge.

Wang Houju did not dare to slack off, sent the letter to Huazhou, and at the same time informed Li Huaixian, who was the commander of the capital guard, of the news of the enemy's passing by in the city.

Li Huaixian has military power this time, and the safety of the entire Chang'an is in his hands.

Prince De personally conquered Huazhou, and as the rear, he was also cautious, for fear of making mistakes.

More than 30,000 guards in the city were arranged to guard at various city gates, and dozens of hundred-man patrols were also sent to patrol the streets of the city, replacing some of the duties of the officials.

Both the government and the county government are no longer patrolling the streets.

On 20 November, someone suddenly came to report that Wang Hou's musket regiment had an urgent message.

Li Huaixian summoned the messenger in, and after reading the letter, he frowned.

Zhu Youyu's 20,000-strong army arrived in a few days, and with this little man in his hand, he had to defend the city and fight, what should he do?

His brain teaser was racing, by the way, he remembered the young man who delivered grain two days ago, these people were repairing and had not left Chang'an yet.

And don't you still have a batch of muskets in your hands?

Yes, yes.

Temporarily recruit a group of new soldiers, let Wang Hou raise the old and lead the new, I don't know if it will work?

"Summons, let Wang Houju come to see me."

……

However, he said that Wang Houju went to Huazhou first to inform the German king Li Yu.

One day and one night, I ran to Huazhou City.

At this time, Li Yu was in the Jiedu Embassy Mansion of the National Army in Huazhou Town, arranging for men and horses to be stationed in various places.

Two days ago, Huayin and Sanguan reinforcements were wiped out halfway, and the three musket regiments took Huayin County by chance.

Three levels also fell into Li Yu's hands.

The lonely city of Huazhou opened its doors and surrendered this morning.

When Li Yu read the letter in his hand and knew that Zhu Youyu was about to die, he sighed in his heart, and he was also dead!

Zhu Youyu's death is an excellent opportunity for his own Kannai strategy.

Otherwise, it's going to be much tougher.

The 20,000 Bianjun army is no longer to worry about, the commander is sick and dead, how can the generals below still have the fighting spirit?

He thought about it for a while and asked Wang Houxie to give orders to Li Huaixian and Wang Houju.

Li Huaixian was appointed as the commander of the Jingdong encirclement and suppression capital, Wang Houju's regiment and the Lei Che battalion were under the command of Li Huaixian, with Wang Houju's regiment as the backbone, and three more regiments were temporarily recruited to assist in the defense of Chang'an.

Li Huaixian found Wang Houju and said his thoughts, of course Wang Houju agreed, and this matter had to fall on him.

Wang Houju recruited 3,000 people from among the young people who came to Chang'an, all of them tall and strong, with eyes like eagles and falcons.

These people were placed in the Lishan camp.

Brand new muskets were also taken out of the warehouse, and the men of the old fifth regiment were split up and four regiments were formed.

All of a sudden, there was a lot of gunfire in the Lishan camp, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled.

According to Li Huaixian's time estimate, Zhu Youyu's army should have arrived, but there was no movement after waiting for a day.

Tanma came back to report, and it turned out that the Bianjun army stopped in Jingyang.

What reason is not yet known.

Li Huaixian discussed with Wang Houju and thought that Zhu Youyu might be seriously ill and should not move, so he stopped in Jingyang.

This news and judgment they also sent to Li Yu.

Li Yu got the news and knew that Zhu Youyu must have died.

Bian's military secretary did not mourn, first, for fear of shaking the army's heart, and secondly, for fear that Yang Chongben would chase after him.

At this time, Li Yu left the soldiers of various towns and guards, and had already left Huazhou with a large army and entered Fengyi City in Tongzhou.

Li Yu wrote to inform Li Huaixian of his judgment, asking them to send troops directly to Jingyang, and they would definitely win a complete victory.

Regarding Li Yu's judgment, Li Huaixian and Wang Houju are a little skeptical, is Zhu Youyu really dead? Or did they learn that Chang'an and Tonghua were occupied by the King of Germany?

However, their orders to Li Yu were carried out unconditionally.

November 25th.

Four thousand musketeers and a battalion of thunder cars set off first, crossing the Weishui River towards Jingyang, followed by Li Huaixian with 10,000 barbarians and 10,000 young and strong auxiliaries.

As for the defense of Chang'an, Li Yu asked Chen Ban to take his place temporarily.

Since Chen Ban followed Li Yu to capture Chang'an, he has been much more honest, and he no longer interacts with Zheng Yuangui and Cui Yin, for fear that Li Yu will blame him.

During this time, Li Yu swept through Tonghua, the army had occupied Feng Yi, and Chen Ban had a new understanding of Li Yu's strength.

This is not the original King of De, two years after moving to Nanyang, earth-shaking changes have taken place.

Now that Li Yu is still firmly in control of Jingshi, where does he dare not cooperate?

Let yourself do whatever you want, after all, the emperor has no opinion, what opinion can he have as a courtier?