Xin'an Mansion Yazhong.

Qin Wei looked at Liu Yuanrang and Ji Fei in front of him, frowning.

"That is to say, Shuzhou City is lost!"

To be honest, he didn't expect Shuzhou City to be lost, before Liu Yuanrang sent him a letter saying that he had controlled the city guards, and he thought that Liu Yuanrang would be able to hold Shuzhou City.

As a result, it was only a few days of hard work, and Shuzhou City was actually lost!

Liu Yuanrang stood in the study, his face full of decadence.

"Your Highness, it's the incompetence of the lower officials! did not hold Shuzhou City. ”

Qin Wei shook his head slightly, this really can't be blamed on Liu Yuanrang's head.

"Lord Liu, Master Ji, sit down first!"

"Xiao Shunzi, go and call Li Ru."

Qin Wei commanded.

Liu Yuanrang and Ji Fei glanced at each other and sat on the chair next to them.

Yuqing and Yuling brought them tea and pastries.

The two of them hadn't had a proper meal for the past two days, and they were extremely hungry when they looked at the tea and pastries.

"Eat as much as you want!"

Seeing them like this, Qin Wei smiled.

"Your Royal Highness Xie, Xia Guan is indeed a little hungry."

Ji Fei said unceremoniously, and then grabbed his beard and ate it.

By the time Li Ru came to the study, the two had already eaten all the pastries on the plate.

Li Ru took a seat, and Qin Wei asked Liu Yuanrang and Ji Fei to talk about the situation in Shuzhou City.

At this time, Qin Wei once again clearly felt the importance of the Imperial City Division.

If there is no problem with the Imperial City Division, then he will be able to receive the news the day after Shuzhou City is lost.

But now that Liu Yuanrang and Ji Fei are here, he knows the news of the loss of Shuzhou City.

And in addition to Shuzhou City, he didn't know the situation of other prefectures and cities in Shuzhou.

"Li Ru, what do you think?" Qin Wei asked with a headache.

Li Ru said thoughtfully: "Your Highness, in fact, the situation in front of you is much better than before, the rebellion has all jumped out, and we don't need to be as indistinguishable as before." ”

It was their plan to plunge Shuzhou into chaos, but Liu Yuanrang and Ji Fei were here, and Li Ru couldn't say it clearly.

Qin Wei nodded slightly, "Then we still act according to the previous plan?" ”

Li Ru thought for a while and said, "The plan can be changed slightly, let's take Xin'an Mansion City first." ”

Previously, their plan was to deal with the other guards first, and then move into the various prefectures.

But now that Shuzhou City has fallen, they must guard against the attack on Shuzhou City.

Xin'an Mansion City can be used as a fortress to resist Shuzhou City, which can avoid the war affecting Xinning Mansion City.

"Can't we take back Shuzhou City first?" Liu Yuanrang couldn't help but interject.

Li Ru shook his head slightly, "It's too late now, if this official didn't guess wrong, he has already dispatched rebels to Shuzhou City." ”

"With our current forces, there is no chance of winning against Shuzhou City!"

Liu Yuanrang's face was a little embarrassed, but he was powerless to refute Li Ru.

Li Ru is right, don't look at how easy it was when they lost Shuzhou City, but if they want to take it back, I'm afraid they will have to pay a thousandfold price.

Qin Wei tapped on the table and said, "Then take Xin'an Mansion first." ”

"Your Highness, there is one more question." Li Ru said again.

"Say!"

"We need more food and grass. Shuzhou City is like this, and I'm afraid that the situation of other prefectures and guards will not be very good, and then we have to recover the city while gathering the flow of soldiers. Without enough grain and grass, it is easy to grow. Li Ru explained.

Now it's just Liu Yuanrang and Ji Fei who are here, so will more officials and soldiers come to take refuge in the future?

The more troops there are, the more food and grass they will need.

Qin Wei said: "The matter of grain and grass is simple, just borrow it directly from Tianzhou." ”

"As for the stray soldiers, it's up to you to deal with it."

Li Ru bowed slightly.

"Send an order to Yuwen Chengdu, let him straighten out his troops and horses, and march to Xin'an Mansion City in three days."

Qin Wei commanded.

……

In the next two days, news from all over Shuzhou continued to spread to Xinning Fucheng.

As Li Ru expected, the entire Shuzhou has become a mess.

There were rebellions in the sixteen cities of Shuzhou and the five Davids except for the Anning Health Division.

Some of the cities were captured by the rebels, while others were held after a chaotic battle.

Compared with Fucheng, the situation of the guards was even more bloody, with rebellions, soldiers killing each other, and even causing mutinies.

The six Dawei Divisions of Shuzhou, except for the Anning Wei Division, the other five Wei Divisions have all experienced a bloody battle. Among them, the Udong Guards and the Matsubara Guards have been completely controlled by the rebels.

Although the remaining three guards were defended, the casualties were not small, and they could only be trapped in the guards for a while.

At the same time, many rogue soldiers came to Xinning Mansion City.

In less than two days, there were hundreds of officials including three prefects and seven prefects in the city of Xinning Prefecture, as well as more than 8,000 rogue soldiers.

In order to avoid chaos among these rogue soldiers, Li Ru could only arrange them outside the city and let them be reorganized at the same time.

Although the situation was chaotic, Qin Wei still acted according to his previous plan.

Forty-five years of martial arts, February 12.

Qin Wei and Yuwen Chengdu led 15,000 Anning troops to the expedition, officially opening the prelude to the recovery of Shuzhou.

At the same time, Lan Yuehou came straight to Yunzhou Yuehaifu City with eight thousand Mingyue troops.

The Iron Riders, Iron Armor and Weapons, exude an incomparably cold glow.

Standing under the city of Yuehai Mansion, Lan Yuehou was wearing iron armor and had a flat face.

On the city wall, the Marquis of Changping stood in front of the city tower, and many generals around him followed, full of solemnity.

The two looked at each other in the air, and the atmosphere of slaughter was shrouded in the surrounding heaven and earth.

"Master Hou!"

Lao Su came to Lan Yuehou's side and called softly.

Lan Yuehou grinned, "Set up camp!" ”

After that, the 8,000 Mingyue army began to camp ten miles north of Yuehaifu City.

On the city wall, Chang Pinghou looked at this scene and frowned.

Facing Lan Yuehou and Mingyue Jun, he didn't dare to take it lightly.

So this time he came to Yuehai Mansion City in person.

The eight thousand bright moon soldiers came to the city, although they were only camping, but they still had a feeling of depression with palpitations.

No way, the legend about Lan Yuehou and Mingyue Army is amazing.

Before the battle began, they were afraid of three points.

"Strange, where are the town guards of Yuezhou!" Song Chen, who was standing behind Mao Jiang, said suspiciously.

The information they got before was that the Mingyue Army and the 50,000 defenders of Yuezhou Town came together, but now there are only 8,000 Mingyue troops under the city, and the 50,000 defenders of Yuezhou Town are nowhere to be seen.

When Mao Jiang heard this, the pupils in his eyes shrank suddenly, and a strong sense of uneasiness suddenly surged out of his heart.

"Not good!"

"Their target is not Yuehai Mansion City!"

Song Chen was slightly stunned, "It's not Yuehai Mansion, is it still Jingxi Mansion?" ”

There are only two roads from Yuezhou to Yunzhou, one is Yuehai Mansion and the other is Jingxi Mansion.

Jingxi Mansion is directly north of Yuehai Mansion.

However, for Yunzhou, Jingxi Mansion is far less important than Yuehai Mansion in terms of strategic significance and others.

Therefore, Mao Jiang was sure that Lan Yuehou would attack Yuehai Mansion first.

In fact, Lan Yuehou did come to Yuehai Mansion.

However, Mao Jiang felt that Lan Yuehou's target was not Yuehai Mansion.

"Let Tanma go and find out where the town guards of Yuezhou have gone!"

Mao Jiang had some bad guesses, but he couldn't be sure, so he had to ask people to figure out the whereabouts of the defenders of Yuezhou Town first.

However, by the time he figured out the whereabouts of the defenders of Yuezhou Town, it was already dusk.

The defenders of Yuezhou Town did go to Jingxi Mansion, but he didn't understand why Lan Yuehou wanted to let the defenders of Yuezhou Town go to Jingxi Mansion.

Because even if they occupy Jingxi Mansion, it will have little impact on the entire battle situation.

What is Lan Yuehou going to do?

Why don't you lead the defenders of Yuezhou Town to attack Yuehaifu City?

Did he think that with only 8,000 Mingyue troops, he could capture Yuehaifu City?

You must know that there are nearly 80,000 defenders in Yuehaifu City at this time!

The Bright Moon Army can indeed be one enemy ten, but that is in the case of a field battle, if it is a siege battle, it is absolutely impossible for the Bright Moon Army to be one against ten.

For a while, Mao Jiang couldn't figure out Lan Yuehou's intentions at all.

The next day, the Mingyue Army still had no intention of attacking, but practiced in Yuehai Mansion City. It's as if they're not here to fight, they're here to train.

In this way, the two sides were at a stalemate in Yuehaifu City.

And the other side.

Qin Wei led 15,000 Anning troops to wear helmets and armor, and strode forward. Mighty came to Xin'an City.

Although there are many mountains to pass through from Xinningfu City to Xin'anfu, the official road is generally well-trimmed. After a journey of more than 500 miles, the army finally arrived at Xin'an on February 22 in only six days.

The city of Xin'an was not occupied by the rebels, and the prefect of Xin'an not only held the city, but also gathered more than 5,000 soldiers with the garrison stationed there.

However, this does not mean that the situation of Xin'an Mansion is very good, on the contrary, Xin'an Mansion is in dire straits at this time, because Tang Mingcheng gathered 30,000 troops to attack Xin'an Mansion after rectifying Shuzhou City.

Obviously, he wanted to occupy Xin'an Mansion City first, and then approach Xinning Province.

But fortunately, Qin Wei and An Ningjun arrived in Xin'an Mansion first.

Standing on the wall of Xin'an Mansion City, Qin Wei's face was a little solemn.

The first battle in Shuzhou is afraid that it will start in this Xin'anfu City.

And what he needs to face is Tang Mingcheng's army of 30,000.

There was a two-fold gap in the strength of the two sides, and if it was just to defend the city, Qin Wei was not worried.

But his purpose was not to hold the city of Xin'an, but to recover the entire Shuzhou.

Trapped in Xin'an Mansion City is naturally not what he wants.

"Looks like we're going to have to take the initiative!" Qin Wei said to Yuwen Chengdu beside him.

Yuwen Cheng thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, although the enemy army is numerous, it is just a rabble, and the last general is confident that he will defeat them." ”

Qin Wei did not doubt Yuwen Chengdu's words.

He knew very well what the 30,000 army under Tang Mingcheng's command was, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was a rabble.

Among the 30,000 troops were the city guards and patrol battalions of Shuzhou City, as well as the officials of the political secretary and the soldiers mobilized from other health divisions.

In contrast, although the Anning Army was also a mess, fortunately, most of the soldiers were from the Anning Health Division, and there were also soldiers from the 12th Regiment Battalion.

It's not an elite, but it's also a combatable soldier.

(End of chapter)