Li Jiangyao thought for a moment and said frankly: "Brother Shen, I am not as familiar with the affairs of the court as you, such as the queen launching a coup d'état, do you have any good suggestions?" Including how to save Murong from being affected, and how to deal with it? ”

Shen Lie frowned: "The most critical issue at the moment is that Cheng Wen used the identity of the queen to put Li Bing under house arrest while he was seriously ill, cut him off from the outside world, and then issue a holy decree in his name." To put it bluntly, as long as the emperor has not died, then the Holy Tang Dynasty is still Li Bing's final say, and whoever dares to question or disobey these wills is tantamount to rebellion. Therefore, whether it is the Pingzhang matter under the Tongzhong Book Sect or the commander of the Vermilion Bird Legion, they can only be obedient and obedient, and they are still at the mercy of Cheng Wen. ”

Yuan Bin interjected: "Then as long as we try to rescue Li Bing, or get some favorable evidence that can prove that the queen put the emperor under house arrest, can't we bring down Cheng Wen and his gang?" ”

"It's easier said than done." Shen Lie sighed: "Cheng Wen just calculated that no one could catch her handle, let alone break through the blockade of Jin Wuwei and the tiger and leopard riders, and snatch the emperor Li Bing, so she acted so fearlessly and wantonly." In the end, I still underestimated this woman, who was vicious, bold, and thoughtful. One move, and the whole situation was controlled in the blink of an eye. ”

He paused and said to Li Jiangyao: "To crack her conspiracy, unless Murong Xue dares to completely open up and directly resist the order, there is no other way." ”

Li Jiangyao smiled and shook his head: "He? He wouldn't. Besides, Murong Xue's wife and sister are in the hands of the other party, after Gong Chengze marches into Bashu, the entire Murong family will also become hostages, and Murong Xue can only obey orders. ”

Shen Lie said helplessly: "Then there is no way." As long as the imperial capital has a volume of holy decrees and summons the Qinglong general to return to Beijing to report on his work, Murong Xue will be finished immediately. Jiang Yao, we must prepare for the worst. ”

Han Wenhao listened to it for a long time, and suddenly asked timidly: "How about the King of Soldiers?" ”

Yuan Bin immediately responded when he heard this: "What Captain Han said makes sense." Let's lead the troops back to the imperial capital and force Cheng Wen to let Li Bing out, won't the problem be solved? ”

Li Jiangyao couldn't help laughing and said, "You two guys, it's not a big deal to watch the excitement." At this time, the main army is fighting with the rebels to the death, how can King Qin? Who goes to King Qin? ”

Shen Lie also said: "King Qin's affairs are by no means something that can be performed overnight. There are 200,000 forbidden army legions near Gyeonggi, and there is also the White Tiger Army in the Central Plains, unless the three armies of Qinglong, Xuanwu, and Suzaku can join forces with us, there is no way to force the imperial capital. And in that case, Lao Jianhua's rebels can get another respite. ”

"Fuck! The demon queen misunderstands the country! Yuan Bin scolded: "We worked the front line to eliminate the rebels, but she was stirring up the wind and rain behind her back, this Saint Tang is really hopeless!" Dadu Hu, why don't you take us back to the western Xinjiang, so as not to stay here and suffer from the birds! ”

Li Jiangyao was silent for a moment, and said in a calm tone: "I never thought that it would be smooth sailing to quell the rebellion, let alone give up easily because of difficulties. We don't fight for the emperor and queen, so they can do whatever they like. If you are willing to help, then count yourself as your own people; If you dare to make trouble, you will be the enemy of the Zhenjiang Army! What kind of attitude should you have towards the enemy, do you need me to teach you? ”

Yuan Bin and Han Wenhao nodded resolutely and didn't say anything more.

Shen Lie opened his mouth and said: "Jiang Yao, as you said, the counterinsurgency war has reached a critical moment now, and it must not fall short. And to deal with the queen's forces, we must also think long-term, not in a hurry. The most important thing now is to avoid the same accident as the Vermilion Bird Army in the Blue Dragon Army, which will be easily disrupted by Cheng Wen. ”

Li Jiangyao bowed slightly when he heard this: "Brother Shen, Xu Youchang and I can't leave at the moment, can you go to Yueyang to persuade Murong Xue, let him do everything possible to delay and resist the pressure from the imperial capital, and don't be stupid to obey the false edict." I'll write him a letter, and you'll bring it with me. ”

"No problem!" Shen Lie responded: "I can leave at any time." ”

Li Jiangyao continued: "In addition, I will give an order to the Kunpeng Army and the Yiling Water Division, so that they can re-blockade the Great River and intercept the messengers of the imperial court on the grounds of war. As long as Cheng Wen's false holy decree cannot be sent to the south for the time being, it can relieve the pressure on Murong Xue and Ma Hongjie to a large extent. ”

Shen Lie nodded and said, "I have similar thoughts. You might as well let Yudra also secretly arrange, and arrange some people on the land route to intercept and kill the imperial capital's herald messenger. When it is extraordinary, you can only use extraordinary things. ”

"I agree." Li Jiangyao agreed: "The Intelligence Department must not only intercept it, but also immediately resume intelligence monitoring of the imperial capital, keep abreast of new changes in the court, and be ready to rescue Lao Dong and others." ”

Shen Lie said: "You are right, you must immediately restore the power of the Intelligence Department in the imperial capital, and at the same time, let the secret agents spread the news in the imperial capital, saying that the emperor was imprisoned and the queen rebelled, and created a momentum among the people to restrain Cheng Wen's arbitrary behavior." ”

He paused at this point and continued: "However, these are only palliative solutions. The key is to eliminate the rebels as quickly as possible, so that you can get out completely. Jiang Yao, I'm afraid that only you can quell this new civil strife. ”

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Time was pressing, Shen Lie and Yuan Bin had just arrived at the Yixing front, and the next day they hurried back on the road to find Murong Xue, who was far away in Yueyang.

At the same time, the Eighth Army of Zhenjiang finally arrived at the front line of Zhangzishan and began to take over the Fifth Army to attack the rebels' blocking forces. Duan Jun also received a new order from Li Jiangyao at this time, leading the Ninth Army to turn westward and attack the rear of the rebels.

In the face of the strategic adjustment of the Zhenjiang Army, Li Jiong and others couldn't help but step up their offensive in the direction of Guangde. Once again, they concentrated their superior forces and oppressed Xu Youchang and his First Army, the Sixth Army.

Xu Youchang has experienced a hundred battles, and in the face of the fierce rebel main force, he did not have the slightest fear in his heart, and calmly commanded the First Army of the Wind and the Sixth Army of the Angry Waves to cooperate closely, and set up dozens of giant phalanxes with both attack and defense in front of the ancestral hill, facing the powerful enemy head-on.

In front of the rebel general, Ye Rongcheng, the commander of the prancing horse, and Xu Youchang, a former colleague and opponent, launched a fierce battle back and forth.

Both sides have their own advantages. Although the number of Zhenjiang troops is small, they have repeatedly fought strong enemies, have rich experience, and their morale is extremely high; Although most of the rebels were recruits, they were victorious in large numbers, and there was a puppet Jin king Li Zhi sitting in the rear to personally supervise the battle, so under the command of Ye Rongcheng, their overall advance and retreat were also quite orderly, and the numerical advantage offset the lack of weak combat strength.

The soldiers of the Zhenjiang Army knew very well at this time that the rebels were approaching again because their rear was at risk of being pierced by Li Jiangyao, the protector of the capital, at any time, so they were so desperate and frantically attacked the position of the ancestral hill, hoping to solve Xu Youchang one step earlier. It is precisely for this reason that the best way to defeat the rebels is to do everything possible to hold back the enemy and wait for the brother troops to arrive in time.

They formed a tight formation, with the heavy infantry of the Sixth Army in the center and the heavy cavalry of the First Army on both sides of the main attack.

Xu Youchang immediately stood on the hill, staring intently at the battlefield not far away. The deafening shouts of killing came and went, and people couldn't help but shake their hearts.

The deputy marshal of the Zhenjiang Army, who had long been accustomed to this kind of scene, asked in a deep voice at this time: "Are the tenth and fourteenth battalions ready?" ”

"Back to Xu Shuai, ready! The 10th and 14th battalions are ready to fight at any time! ”

Xu Youchang nodded silently, reached out and took off the iron spear from the saddle hook, pointed forward with all his might, and shouted: "Tenth battalion, fourteenth battalion, follow me!" ”

With that, he rushed down the hill and headed towards the core of the battlefield. Behind him were more than 2,000 heavily armored cavalrymen in black armor and long swords, following the main general, sweeping forward like a storm.

As soon as this assault force, which was ready to fight again, entered the battlefield, it immediately set off a bloody light. The nearest rebel infantry phalanx only lasted for half a pillar of incense, and was torn to pieces by Xu Youchang and them, and they all turned around and fled.

Without stopping, Xu Youchang led the flying cavalry to gallop past the rout, and then killed another group of enemies who were storming the position of the Sixth Army. Those rebels were larger than the previous mixed phalanx of infantry and cavalry, with more than 5,000 men. However, because they were concentrating on attacking, their flanks were completely exposed to Xu Youchang, so even the group of routs in front was not as good as it, and they were scattered in an instant.

The Knights of the Tenth and Fourteenth Battalions smashed the enemy's formation and then began a hunt on the spot.

The rebels' original momentum was suddenly disrupted by Xu Youchang, and the enemy battalions that were attacking elsewhere also stopped and retreated, for fear that the new force that suddenly broke into the battlefield would regard itself as the next target.

Seeing this, Ye Rongcheng, who was watching the battle from afar, hurriedly mobilized his troops, and three thousand elite Xuanjia cavalry jumped out and went straight to Xu Youchang.

The drums of war on both sides beat almost simultaneously, and the shirtless drummers playfully swung their drumsticks in their hands, connecting the stirring drumbeats. With a loud bang, the cavalry on both sides slammed into each other in the center of the battlefield like two huge waves.

Between the war horses, Xu Youchang waved his spear and rushed left and right in the enemy group, as if entering a no-man's land, blood splashed and corpses everywhere he passed. The Iron Cavalry of the First Army followed him to his left and right, and burst out with amazing combat power, and in just a dozen rounds of impact, they defeated and suffered from the Xuanjia cavalry who came to intercept them.

"Pass my orders!" Ye Rongxing pulled out the long sword at his waist and shouted viciously: "The 20,000 reserve army will be dispatched immediately, outflanked left and right, and surrounded Xu Youchang to death!" ”