Li Xiaobai and Wen Wan lived in Tianxiang Tower, and also learned some battle reports.

General Xiao Chaotian has been planning for many years, and once it is launched, it is really huge, and the army on the edge of the town is like a bamboo, and basically does not encounter too much resistance.

"Now the entire jurisdiction of the Youzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, most of the jurisdiction of the Hedong Provincial Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, less than half of the Hejian Dao Metropolitan Governor's Office, and part of the northern part of the Yanhai Metropolitan Governor's Mansion are all occupied by the rebels led by the general Xiao Chaotian. ”

Shopkeeper Li reported the battle situation to Wen Wan and Li Xiaobai, because he was the branch master of Yanyu Building, and collecting intelligence was his daily work.

"The other rebel army, Yuwen Feiyang started very smoothly, but when attacking Yuanzhou, he encountered fierce resistance, after all, it is the birthplace of the Tang Empire, and now it is the Yang family of the three clans of Longshan who is running it, and the defenders of Yuanzhou are desperately resisting and fighting bloodily, but that's all. ”

"I didn't expect the war to go on so fast!"

Li Xiaobai also sighed a little.

"It is indeed beyond many people's expectations, because the difference in strength is too great, within these two days, Yanzhou will inevitably be captured by Yuwen Feiyang. It is said that some soldiers from the mainland recently wanted to rush to support Wonju, but they did not expect that the Zhenbian Army would be so strong and the city of Yanzhou would fall so quickly. ”

"Well, Xiao Chaotian is very well prepared, but the Tang Empire is very careless, so this war was fought one-sided from the beginning!"

Wen Wan was not surprised, because she knew more.

"However, if the army of the Tang Empire can stick to the banks of the Yellow River and block the Zhenbian army, it won't take long, at most half a year, the morale of the Zhenbian army will decline, the rebels are rebels after all, and they will soon lose the hearts of the people, and Xiao Chaotian will inevitably perish at that time!"

Li Xiaobai can also see the direction of the war.

Although the situation is critical now, as long as the Tang Empire itself is not chaotic, as Emperor Qiyuan said at the beginning, Xiao Chaotian will divide one side at most.

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Li Xiaobai and Wen Wan were well prepared and decided to go to Xiangzhou City to meet Ling Huhuan.

Xuanhuang and the two groups of people mixed into Xiangzhou City half a day in advance, and then Li Xiaobai and Wen Wan came to Xiangzhou City with Sanye.

Ling Huhuan may really have no ill will towards Li Xiaobai, but there are townside troops stationed in Xiangzhou City.

In the several state cities that surrendered within the jurisdiction of the Youzhou Metropolitan Governor's Office, the general Xiao Chaotian did not change the history of assassination, but only took away most of the original garrisons, leaving a thousand, and at the same time leaving a battalion of two hundred town border troops. In this way, the town border army of this battalion became the yoke of this state city.

The defenders at the gate of Xiangzhou City are still the original garrison, and the town border troops stationed here are only a formation of ten people, patrolling the streets.

Li Xiaobai's Tianlong armor has a design of hanging weapons, and the "Heavenly Calendar" is hung on the back, which is very close and fastened, and it is not eye-catching after wearing clothes outside.

Although it seems that Li Xiaobai and Wen Wan did not carry a sword, and they were dressed relatively plainly, the temperament of the two of them was really extraordinary. In addition, there are not many pedestrians entering and leaving the city gate now, and one of the sergeants guarding the city hesitated to stop the two people. Wen Wan's face was grim and his eyes were cold, and the sergeant who looked at him trembled in his heart.

In the troubled times, this sergeant was willing to surrender to the town border army in order to protect himself, and the person who betrayed his dignity was naturally weak-hearted.

Wen Wan's gaze made him timid, and he immediately lowered his head, not daring to make any more moves.

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Yanyulou also has a branch in Xiangzhou, the head office of Tianxianglou.

Hyun Woo has been waiting here for a long time.

"Report to the general, tonight Dongcheng Fuguiju and Linghu Huan made an appointment there. ”

"Well, what's going on with the townside army here?"

"A battalion and town border army stationed here, the captain is named Xiao Chang, he is domineering, and he monitors Ling Huhuan more strictly. ”

"yes, I see. ”

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Now in Yiping County and Xiangzhou City, the old lady Gao has fled, the Qingxin Yazhu in the west city has declined, and the tall and young Dongcheng Fuguiju has no opponents.

Li Xiaobai once followed Wen Wan to Qingxin Yazhu in Xicheng in Yiping County, and Dongcheng Fuguiju had never been in.

The two of them entered the pre-booked box and waited for Ling Huhuan.

If Qingxin Yazhu is pretended to be elegant, Fuguiju is luxurious and luxurious, of course, it is not as good as Chang'an City, but it must be unique in Xiangzhou City.

According to Xuan Yu's intelligence, Ling Hu Huan was already in Fuguiju, and he was giving a banquet to Xiao Chang, the military captain of Xiangzhou City.

Because of the war, Xiangzhou City was also affected, and the business of Fuguiju was not as good as before, and the town border army became a frequent visitor here.

In Xiao Chang's unruly laughter, the tall and young man groveled and followed him downstairs.

"Hahaha! Ling Huhuan, you can't do it! Compare the amount of alcohol with me, it's not asking for hardship!"

"Of course, who doesn't know the power of our town's border army?"

The tall and young people are smiling all over their faces.

"Well, that's right! Leave him alone, let him sleep here for a while, and I'll entertain him tomorrow!"

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After a while, Ling Huhuan, who was dressed as an entourage, came to Li Xiaobai's box.

"The two of you have been waiting for a long time, and now is an extraordinary time, so you don't dare to be careless. ”

"Make the golden cicada of Lord Fox come out of its shell!"

"There's no way, someone pretends to be drunk over there, so I can get out, and the town border army is the master of Xiangzhou City. ”

"Well, I've wronged Lord Linghu. ”

"Alas, this place is too close to Youzhou, and it is not difficult to kill the border troops of these two hundred towns, but they are afraid that Youzhou will send troops to retaliate, so they have to make this decision. ”

"I wonder what Linghu-sama's plans are?"

"Don't hide it from General Li, there is no good idea for the lower officials now, so they can only follow the previous strategy of Yang Duzhong, maintain their strength first, and wait for the future. ”

Thinking of Yang Qianzhong, Li Xiaobai was also embarrassed.

"Yang Qianzhong is also a talent, but he hurts the heavens and reason, if I choose again, I will assassinate him. ”

"Well, since General Li has already met the soldiers of Fallen Soul Ridge, Ling Huhuan now wants to entrust them to you, please General Li don't refuse?"

Li Xiaobai was a little surprised.

"Why did Lord Linghu give these people to me?"

"Because there is really no other way for the lower officials, these people will have to go to the battlefield sooner or later, these days I have been thinking, how to give full play to their role, it just so happens that General Li is back, let them follow you, it is very suitable!"

Li Xiaobai thought about it for a moment.

"In this way, these people will stay in the Falling Soul Ridge for the time being, and Lord Linghu will still supply supplies, if the battle situation changes, I will lead them down the mountain, there are really no fighters now. ”

"Okay, in fact, Xia Guan thinks that when the battle line of the army on the edge of the town is stretched long enough, these people will have a lot of space behind the enemy, and they will be able to go out of the mountain at that time. ”

"Well, I'm waiting for that moment too. ”

"The lower officials will inform the soldiers of the Fallen Soul Ridge that General Li can go and receive them at any time. If my prediction is correct, in two or three months, the situation of the battle may change! The strength of the Zhenbian Army is still limited, and it is not enough to support a full-scale war covering the Tang Empire, if the garrisons in various places can hold the city and continue to consume the Zhenbian Army, within three months, the battle situation will change decisively!"

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Ling Huhuan, Li Xiaobai, and even His Majesty the Emperor, all of them have the same thoughts, and the Zhenbian Army will not shake the foundation of the Tang Empire.

It's just that no one thought that the direction of the war would be beyond everyone's expectations!

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