Zhu Wen, who is based in Xuzhou, received two pieces of bad news.

One was his nephew Zhu Youning who died in battle.

The other is that the Tang Dynasty united with Li Keyong to counterattack Hezhong, and the righteous son Zhu Youwen fell into Hezhong Mansion.

In the past year and a half, the Liang army fought on multiple fronts, was constrained everywhere, and was tired of running for his life, obviously inflicting heavy losses on Li Keyong, but when he turned around, Li Keyong revived. Not to mention the low-level soldiers, even Zhu Wen felt a little powerless.

In the Battle of Qingkou, the nearly 70,000 elites lost by the Liang army were all troops of a hundred battles in the past ten years, and they could not be replenished in a moment and a half.

Even if the Liang army is now allowed to support Hezhong, the Liang army will not be able to use many troops to deal with the attack on both fronts.

Li Zhen, who had been following Zhu Wen's side, naturally noticed the change in Zhu Wen's mentality.

"The river has become a chicken rib, our army is no longer defendable, it is better to abandon the river, hold Shaanxi and Zezhou, make every effort to exterminate Wang Shifan, manage Shandong, the Central Plains, and detain the three towns of Heshuo, and domesticate it with grace and power, making it the precursor to attack Hedong. The financial, material and human resources of the Central Plains will be unified in less than three years, and the 200,000 elite army will be completed. ”

Zhu Wen conquered the river, applied the policy of scorched earth, killed the people, plundered resources, and the river was no longer the river of the past, so Zhu Wen did not feel that the river was very important.

"Tang Ting is so resolute this time, it has surprised this king, and after three years, I am afraid that Tang Ting will be difficult to clean up."

Li Zhendao: "The rise of Guanzhong has always been the rise of Shuzhong, the need to take Shuzhong as the belly, Hedong as the arm, Daqin, the Han is not so, now Hedong is in the hands of Li Keyong, Shuzhong is in the hands of Wang Jian, Guanzhong is not Guanzhong five hundred years ago, the Tang Dynasty went east, but also driven by drought and famine, Tang Court and Wang Jian have a feud for Xingyuan, the king only needs to send an envoy, said to Wang Jian, so that it can contain the Tang Dynasty, and strictly ordered Jingxiang Zhao Kuangning not to lose a grain into the Guanzhong, then Guanzhong is in trouble. ”

Zhu Wen nodded slightly, "What Xingxu said is very true, Kanglong has regrets, don't use the hidden dragon, the general trend of the world is me, why rush for a while!" However, Yang Xingmi and Zhu Jin are in the south, and they have always been a big trouble. ”

If there was no Qingkou battle launched by Yang Xingmi, I am afraid that Zhu Wen would have stood on the land of Guanzhong at this time.

In the past, Liang Jun had the intention of despising Jianghuai, but now, Zhu Wen has to admit that Yang Xingmi is also one of the opponents standing on the table.

In particular, the Jianghuai naval army played an important role in the battle of Qingkou.

There is also Zhu Jin, the probationary military envoy appointed by Yang Xingmi, although he only has Hao and Suzhou, he has always been like psoriasis, firmly nailed to Huaibei, threatening Xu, Song and other heartlands.

"Yang Xingmi is not at ease in Jianghuai, now Qian Biao has captured Yuezhou, the two Zhejiang and thirteen states are under his command, Yang Xingmi has long been against him, Hunan Liu Jianfeng is even more with Yang Xingmi blood feud, Jingnan Chengwei often has the heart to attack Huainan, the king can form a good three towns, Yang Xingmi will also be tired of running."

Zhu Wen's slightly tired face finally smiled, "There is Xingxu to assist this king, why worry about the world." ”

The conversation between the two in Xuzhou City basically decided the fate of Wang Shifan.

The grain in the entire Pinglu territory was robbed by the Liang army, Wang Fan was trapped in Qingzhou, and a large area of Qi and Zi in the west of Qingzhou was captured by the Liang army, and the reinforcements of Deng and Lai in the east were defeated by Zhu Jin's general Yan Bao.

Wang Shifan asked for surrender several times, but Liang Jun refused to accept it.

On August 27, the three armies of Ge Congzhou, Wang Yanzhang, and Zhu Youyu jointly attacked. The city of Qingzhou was broken, and Wang Shifan broke through to the north under the escort of the general Liu Tong.

The two prefectures of Deng and Lai surrendered without a fight.

So far, Zhu Wen has all the land in Shandong.

But on the battlefield in the river, the Liang army was not all smooth sailing.

The Yin Di Pass was stained red with blood, and the corpse pillow was closed and closed.

After reluctantly repelling the Jin army, Ding Hui sat at the head of the city panting, his armor was torn in many places, and he also suffered some minor injuries on his body, even as the chief general, not to mention his subordinates. "Are all the Jin people crazy?" Ding will be angry.

The Jin army's fearlessness of death made his heart shake.

In the previous battlefield in the river, although the Jin army was strong, it had not yet regarded death as home.

"The Yin Land Pass is the gate of life and death in Taiyuan, how can the Jin people attack it with their lives?" Zhang Cunjing's appearance was even more unbearable than Ding Hui's, with a few feather arrows stuck in his chest and a wound in the corner of his eye.

"Yesterday's baggage in Xizhou should have arrived, why haven't there been any movements?" In such a fierce battle, in addition to the loss of troops, the loss of various materials is also extremely staggering, especially food.

The Yin Land is stuck between the mountains, and even the water has to be drawn from the gate, and the weather is so hot, the soldiers' demand for water is even greater.

Thirty thousand people ate and drank every day, which was an extremely large number.

"The scouts sent out yesterday still haven't returned today." Zhang Cunjing felt bad.

Ding Hui silently watched the Jin army under the black pressure, and further away among the mountains, there were more enemy troops coming to support. Xiju and Jinju are not only the rear, but also the back road, where grain and grass are stored.

Half a lifetime of battlefield battles has made Ding Hui's sense of smell extremely sensitive.

The slightest hesitation on the battlefield will lead to death without a place to be buried.

Moreover, since entering the Yin Di Pass, there has been no news from the rear, and the movements south of Jinju Prefecture and west of Qinzhou are completely unknown.

Now there is no news from Xiju and Jinju.

Ding Hui immediately decided, "Hurry up and rest, abandon the pass tonight, the wounded soldiers will stay behind, and the army will go to Qinzhou to settle down!" ”

Zhang Cunjing was shocked, he didn't expect the situation to deteriorate to such an extent.

Ding Hui sighed and said: "The defeat of Qingkou, the king returned to defend Xuzhou, our army will no longer offensive, if the general is not bad, the Tang army in Guanzhong will go east, raid Xizhou, and cut off my back road." Pang Shigu's 70,000 army was wiped out, and these 30,000 troops must not be lost! ”

"Aren't Liang and King Liang going to blame us?"

"The Yin Di Pass was knocked down by the general, and it was also lost from the general's hands, King Liang blames it, it has nothing to do with you!"

"But why Qinzhou? Our army is now back in Xizhou, and everything may turn around. Zhang Cunjing was reluctant to give up.

Ding Hui snorted coldly, "The Tang army is staring at Xizhou, and Li Keyong is also staring at Xizhou, even if our army can withdraw to Xizhou, how long can it be blocked by attacking from both sides?" Besides, Xizhou is in the west, Qinzhou is in the east, and Qinzhou's location is advantageous, not under Yindiguan and Luzhou! ”

Cold sweat soaked from Zhang Cunjing's forehead.

Ding Hui looked at the Liang army whose morale was still there, "The river is a toe, although it hurts, but it is not a pity, as long as the 30,000 troops are there, the next day the king will advance westward, and our army can make a comeback." ”

Zhu Wen's main force returned to defend Xuzhou, resulting in a serious shortage of Liang troops in the Hezhong area.

Since Xu Huaiyu was defeated, the Tang army has hardly encountered any decent resistance.

Gao Xing Zhou's army suddenly appeared under the city of Xizhou at night, and the Liang army in the city did not understand what was going on, and was attacked by the Tang army on the city wall, and the Liang army Li said that he died at the hands of Wu Ben Jiang Huaishan.

Xizhou fell easily, Cizhou in the west has always been ignored, and the troops are even more empty, and Gao Xing's 1,000 partial divisions can easily take it.