Li Yi previously sat firmly in Shouzhou, and originally wanted to wait for Xu Zhengye to capture Hezhou, and then the two would meet and sit down to discuss cooperation in detail.

However, Hezhou couldn't attack for a long time, and he gradually began to get anxious.

After that, there was still no news of the destruction of Hezhou City, but he heard the news that Xu Zhengye's troops were defeated and retreated to Jiangning!

To Li Yi's ears, this is simply absurd!

How could Hezhou, which was already at the end of the crossbow, not be able to attack it?

How could Chang Kuo, who only brought less than 20,000 reinforcements, not die?

How could the eldest princess of Xuan'an, who had always ignored disputes, suddenly intervene in this matter!

Li Yi was surprised and unwilling.

But after many emotions subsided, it was still the panic and anxiety in his bones that took over, and he began to fidget again, pacing back and forth in the tent.

"It's bad, Chang Kuo will definitely come back to me for revenge!"

"And the saints and the court...... I must have learned of He Wei's death, and when the time comes, I will be ordered to fight and punish the crime everywhere...... Xu Zhengye returned to Jiangning again, what should I do now!"

The reason why he dared to sit here after killing He Wei was that he was sure that Xu Zhengye would soon be able to take Hezhou, and when he joined the Xu army, the entire Huainan Province would be like a bag, and he naturally didn't have to be afraid of the imperial court's crusade against him!

But the current situation is very different from what he had envisioned before, making his situation suddenly become difficult.

One of his two staff members spoke at this time: "What the general said is right, the peace state is established, Chang Kuo will definitely turn back, and if he gathers the forces of the imperial court to crusade against the general, he will definitely threaten the general......

"Do you need to remind me of this?" Li Yi was distraught with anxiety and began to blame the two: "This is your good idea! Didn't you two say that Chang Kuo would definitely die in Hezhou?"

The two staff members glanced at each other, and had to hang their heads and raise their hands to plead guilty to the impotent and furious man.

Li Yi continued to walk around: "...... At this time, there was a lot of discussion among the Japanese army about the war situation in Hezhou, and they were all suspicious that I deliberately wanted to get rid of Chang Kuo!"

As he spoke, he was furious.

Although this is true.

But what he was angry about was not that those people guessed the facts, but that it could be seen from the attitude of the army that most people were obviously still biased towards Changkuo!

During this period, some people even stood up and asked to go to Hezhou to support Chang Kuo, but it was he who suppressed those people on the grounds that "Ben Shuai and General Chang had their own plans" and then used strong measures.

If Chang Kuo dies, these people will not be able to set off the storm without the backbone, but now Chang Kuo is still alive...... In such a situation, if Chang Kuo returns, those people will surely fall to Chang Kuo!

"The two subordinates naturally understand the general's worries...... The present situation is unfavourable, and it is not appropriate for the General to engage in a head-on confrontation with the usual."

"That's right, it's a matter of urgency or leave Shouzhou immediately!"

"Leaving Shouzhou?" Li Yi paused, and subconsciously looked at the two: "Where are you going!"

Just as the two were about to speak, the voice of a soldier sounded outside the tent.

Li Yi allowed someone to come in, the soldier was his own soldier, and he quickly walked into the camp tent to salute, and presented a secret letter with both hands.

Li Yi hurriedly opened it to see, and his eyes immediately lit up.

It's Xu Zhengye!

Xu Zhengye also expected that he was in a bad situation now, so he sent a letter inviting him to go to Yangzhou, Jiangdu, to meet for deliberations......

Li Yi consulted with the two aides and decided that this was the best choice at the moment.

The remaining 80,000 troops who were supposed to follow Chang Kuo to support Hezhou were "divided into two ways" with Chang Kuo by Li Yi in the name of attacking Yangzhou.

The attack on Yangzhou is false, the march is deliberately delayed is true, whenever the Xu soldiers and horses block the way, it is repeatedly pressed by the troops not to advance, so they left for half a month, and they are still on the way at this time.

"The general should leave Shouzhou as soon as possible, and after joining up with the 80,000 troops in advance, they can rush to Yangzhou together."

The staff said: "That Xu Zhengye has just lost the battle, and his subordinates are just employing people, and the general will lead more than 100,000 troops to go at this time, and he will be treated as a guest...... When the time comes

If the general guards Yangzhou, the imperial court will have nothing to do, let alone be afraid of a small area!"

Li Yi did not hesitate at all, and immediately ordered the camp to be pulled.

This order spread among the army, causing a shock.

「…… Deputy Marshal Chang originally chose to camp in Shouzhou because he wanted to use the Huaishui defense line to defend the main road of Dugi, so as to prevent the Xu rebels from attacking the Central Plains, the eastern capital...... How can you easily pull out the camp and leave from such a strategic place?" Several lieutenants stood up to question it.

"Yes, if we all leave Shouzhou, what if there is an opportunity for the Xu rebels lurking near Huainan Province to enter?"

The adjutant general who came to give the order sneered: "The battle situation is unpredictable, and at this time and that time, there is no stupid reason to hold on to one place and defend to the end!"

"But it is reported that Hezhou has been decided, and Vice Marshal Chang is about to come back, so why not wait for the Deputy Marshal to return to the camp before discussing it......

"Ridiculous!" The lieutenant general interrupted several people in a solemn voice: "Who said that Vice Marshal Chang wants to return to Shouzhou? The deputy marshal has sent a message back to the camp to attack Yangzhou from Hezhou, and the commander will lead the army to camp together, which is the countermeasure agreed between the commander and the deputy marshal!"

Finally, he said loudly: "Vice Marshal Chang defeated the Xu rebels in Hezhou, and now is a good time to take back Yangzhou in one fell swoop!" In this move, whoever dares to ignore military orders and spread rumors will be punished for disturbing the morale of the army!"

In order to deter everyone, he killed two school captains who were skeptical of this on the spot with a military stick and a cane.

Soon, the army was ready to set up camp.

The army has been camped here for a long time, and it is not possible to leave immediately, Li Yi is uneasy, he is afraid that Chang Kuo will bring people back in the next moment, and he is not willing to wait for a while, so he takes his trusted henchmen and cavalry to leave first.

The staff advised him not to be in a hurry, but Li Yi couldn't wait, like an ant on a hot pot, not a moment is better than a moment.

Hearing the news that the commander had left the camp with the cavalry first, some people in the army soon felt that something was wrong.

Since leaving Beijing to crusade against Xu Zhengye, in the face of war, their coach has always been able to retreat without advancing, and if he can escape, he will not fight...... When has there ever been such a positive appearance?

is so active that it is not so much about retaking Yangzhou as it is more like rushing to escape for your life, right?

There are not a few people who feel that something is wrong, but the military orders are like a mountain, and they can only temporarily obey the orders.

The movement of the army to pull out the camp will naturally not be small, and they have been following Chang Suining's instructions to stay in Shouzhou City, Xi'er Azhi Adian, and Lao Kang and others heard the news, and left Shouzhou City that night.

This happened three days before Chang Kuo and Chang Suining left Hezhou.

As early as the day after returning to Jiangning, Xu Zhengye sent a secret letter to Li Yi.

Therefore, Chang Kuo and the others had just left Hezhou City for two hundred miles, and they met Lao Kang and his party on the way.

Hearing that Li Yi had ordered the camp to leave Shouzhou and go to Yangzhou, Chang Sui Ning immediately twisted his eyebrows and said, "He doesn't have the courage to fight Xu Zhengye."

Chang Kuo's eyebrows were also locked, not to fight, but to dare to ...... Then you have to hook up!

Chang Suining raised his eyes and looked at Chang Kuo, and his tone was vigilant: "Be sure to intercept him halfway, and never let him arrive in Yangzhou with his head and soldiers and horses."

Although Li Yi is a straw bag head, his clan identity and the forces he now holds in his hands will add to the trouble once he is under Xu Zhengye's command.

Chang Kuo nodded solemnly, and under Chang Suining's signal, he immediately ordered to continue on the road, divert to intercept Li Yi, and let Lao Kang talk about the rest while walking on the road.

"I had expected that Li Yi's turtle grandson would escape, so I had people go back to Shouzhou to find out the news...... But I never thought that he would go to Yangzhou!" Chang Kuolu scolded: "This thing is not very daring, but it is not ambitious!"

dared to collude with Xu Zhengye, this was planning to seek skin with the tiger.

Chang Sui Ning and Lao Kang asked about the movement of the imperial court.

The news of He Wei's death must have been transmitted back to Jingshi, and in the face of Li Yi's rebellion, the imperial court must have a means to deal with it.

Although she carried the holy decree entrusted by He Wei in her arms, with the 10,000 soldiers and horses led by her and Lao Chang, she was not 100% sure that she could stop Li Yi

With the help of the court, the odds of victory will naturally be greater.

Lao Kang replied: "When we left Shouzhou three days ago, we had secretly heard the news that Jingzhong had left Beijing with a mission from Qin, and we must be on our way here at this moment."

If the Qin mission arrives, he will immediately mobilize troops to contain Li Yi and recapture the imperial court's soldiers and horses.

Subsequently, Li Yi's reputation as a thief will soon spread everywhere.

But it takes time to mobilize troops and horses everywhere, and if Li Yi has really colluded with Xu Zhengye, then Li Yi will definitely go all the way to Yangzhou unhindered, waiting for the Qin mission to come, but I am afraid that it will be too late.

Therefore, it was still up to her and Lao Chang to rush to intercept it first.

「…… He Wei has been dead for more than 20 days, and I don't believe that the entire Jiangnan inside and outside is all in the dark by Li Yimeng! In the end, no one was willing to speak out, they just pretended to be deaf and dumb!" Chang Kuo took a sip on the horse and scolded, "It's really rotten, it's all rotten!"

"yes, it sucks." Chang Suining looked at the muddy official road in front of him, and frowned.

Through this rotten appearance, it can be seen that people's hearts are no longer aligned.

Since the Ming Dynasty came to power, the backlog of dissatisfaction everywhere seems to be about to emerge through Xu Zhengye's shouting of "Kuang Fu Li's country".

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Then, when he heard that his general was defending against the rebels in Hezhou, he was so upset that he simply ordered to rush to Hezhou with the remaining 5,000 men and horses.

On the way, a scout sent by Chang Kuo to explore the road discovered their tracks, and the two sides were able to meet here.

The 5,000 men were like hungry people fleeing, and Chang Kuo first asked people to bring out dry food for them to eat.

Looking at the appearance of Chu Xing and the others gobbling up, Chang Kuo was both angry and distressed.

And thanks to the righteous enough righteousness of the people of Hezhou, they prepared enough dry food for them, otherwise Chang Kuo would not only feel sorry for his subordinates at this moment, but also secretly feel sorry for the food.

After filling his stomach, Chu Xing explained the process of the battle of Surabaya to Chang Kuo carefully.

In the end, he knelt down to Chang Kuo with a heavy heart and pleaded guilty, not mentioning anything else, as a general in this battle, he fought such a defeated battle, and in the face of such heavy casualties, he felt sad and guilty in his heart.

"Get up, it's not your fault!" Chang Kuo's face was extremely gloomy: "I will scatter Li Yi's bones to ashes to sacrifice the soldiers who died in vain!"

Chang Sui Ning was silent, and only stretched out his hand to help Chu Xing with one arm.

With this help, he realized that Chu Xing's arms under his robe were much more shriveled.

Everyone gathered their mood and continued on their way.

On the way, Chu Xingcai talked to Chang Suining: "When I came, I heard about the girl's deeds of killing the enemy in Hezhou, and it should be a miscommunication...... I didn't expect the girl to come."

The presence of the girl here had already shocked him, not to mention that he had also heard, "When he was in Hezhou, Na Ge Zong ...... Was it really the girl who killed her?"

Without Chang Suining to speak, the camelina lady beside her opened her mouth to confirm, "Can this still be fake? At that time, I watched it with my own eyes, and Chang Niangzi cut off the head of the dog thief with a knife!"

Chu Xing couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

So, did he actually teach such a powerful apprentice?