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Chapter 332 The port barrage is too thin

In the severe winter season, the vast area north of Xiapi County is full of fierce battles.

In Zancheng, north of Lanling, the imperial army led by Liu Zhongli was blocked by Yaoxiong, a heroic general under Gao Huan's command, and could not advance an inch.Yaoxiong, like Wang Sizheng, was a son of the former Northern Wei Dynasty official from Jinyang, so he couldn't urinate in the same pot as Er Zhurong and others.He had to leave Jinyang to find another way of life.

In Liu Yishou's previous life, Yao Xiong suffered a lot from following Han Lou, but in this era, he seems to have gone ashore earlier and joined Gao Huan earlier.

This time, Yaoxiong was ordered by Gao Huan to guard Zhuangcheng (the location is unknown to the north of Xiangcheng Town, Lanling County, Shandong Province), and block the entrance of Liang Jun to the north.Not long after he voted for Gao Huan, he was counting on his success this time around.

Liu Zhongli maintained his bravery, and fought fiercely with the Wei army under the city of Zangcheng for three days, regardless of the outcome.

Just when Yaoxiong was about to take the risk of raiding Liu Zhongli's camp, Gao Huan's order came from Rencheng. The southeast of Shanting District, Zaozhuang City, Zhejiang Province) hides his whereabouts near.

If the Liang army pursued them, they would launch an ambush. If the Liang army did not pursue them, they would garrison near Baodugu, which was a secret grain storage place for the Wei army. Yaoxiong's task was to ensure that the food and grass here were not lost.

Because the Liang army will be encircled and wiped out in the next stage, the troops north of the Wei army will need this granary to supply food and grass.

After Liu Zhongli encountered a big thorn in Zhuangcheng, he went back to report to Xiao Ji, and expressed his speculation: Wei Jun had hidden a heavy army group in the north, and they did not attract it, and the plot was wrong!

However, the ancestral hall of Xiao Jixiu's clan hadn't finished repairing yet, and he felt a little sorry for his ancestors and martyrs by withdrawing now, so he politely rejected Liu Zhongli, and only told him to camp in the north of Lanling City to guard against the Wei army coming from Zancheng.

After being rejected many times, Liu Zhongli had no choice but to deploy the army to the north of Lanling County, feeling uneasy in his heart, hoping that Xiao Ji could return home soon.

Let's talk about Xiao Zhengde's side.

After Hu Guisun captured Yongxing City, Xiao Zhengde fled back to Wuyuan in fright.And let Hu Guisun stick to Cheng County and stop wandering around.How could Hu Guisun, who hadn't had enough fighting yet, just withdraw his troops like this?
He attacked Changli (now Tucheng Village, Yangzhuang Town, Tengzhou City) in the north.Changli is a small semi-abandoned town with few people. It was abandoned by the Northern Wei government long ago. After Hu Guisun occupied it, he failed to find the main force of the Wei army, so he had to bite the bullet and attack the strategically important Xue County (Tengzhou City, Shandong Province) ).

Sure enough, in Xue County, Hu Guisun was hit head-on by Zhang Baoluo, who was waiting for work. Hu Guisun was only somewhat capable in battle, but his brains and strategies in marching and fighting were not first-rate.After the disastrous defeat at Xue County, he fled all the way with his soldiers and horses, and returned to Cheng County in shock, closed the city gate and began to lay out dead bodies.

There is no way, the soldiers in hand will lose a lot, and it is really impossible to play alone.

At this moment, the biggest problem in this operation to recapture Lanling was finally exposed: the lack of a capable, prestige, vision, and decisive coach-level figure to control the field.

After the ministries achieved their initial strategic goals, they fell into the self-rule like headless chickens, unaware that the chain of strangulation has gradually tightened.

……

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yi lost his composure and yelled outside the Golden Buddha Pavilion in Tongtai Temple, but unfortunately the gate was closed and he couldn't get in at all.I don't know if Xiao Yan has extreme trust in Liu Yishou's ability. After issuing that exaggerated government order, he entered the closed-door mode again.

Xiao Yan probably felt that if I gave you a big gift like "the governor of the ten prefectures and the military forces", would you still refuse?That one is cut first and then played, and that treasury is used at will, will anyone refuse?
He never thought that something like being rejected would happen.

Zhu Yi yelled outside the Great Buddha Pavilion for half an hour, his voice was hoarse, Xiao Yan finally ordered someone to open the gate of the Golden Buddha Pavilion, and then let him in to talk about things.

"Your Majesty! Something is wrong, Prince Consort Liu directly rejected that order, and refused to send troops to Picheng."

Zhu Yi was sweating profusely from anxiety, and sometimes he felt a deep sense of confusion, as if he was the only one in the center of Liang Guo who was anxious, and the others were either salting the fish or making a mess of it.

Especially Xiao Yan!
"Why did he refuse?"

Xiao Yan asked with a confused face.

This is like saying that an ugly woman asks everyone: Am I the cutest woman in the world?
When she got a negative answer, her first reaction was: This is impossible!

When this matter was verified repeatedly and countless people reported the same result, her second reaction was: I am not wrong, it is not me who is wrong, it is the world!
I even gave you the doll I threw away when I was young as a birthday present, why didn't you kneel down and lick me with gratitude?
Xiao Yan's thoughts at the moment are probably a bit similar to this, they are all in the same stupefied, and there is indescribable anger in the stunned.

Annoyed that the other party does not know how to flatter!
"Your Majesty, Prince Consort Liu's reply is here."

Zhu Yi handed Xiao Yan a thick letter in his hand.

Reading each word slowly, Xiao Yan's tense face gradually relaxed.

"This rhetoric is very beautiful, and it can be passed on to the masters of the central government for reading."

Xiao Yan stroked his long beard and smiled.

Is riding a horse the point?Where is your focus!

Zhu Yi rushed to the top of his head with anger. If the opponent was not the emperor, but a bad old man without official position, he would have grabbed the opponent's hair bun and beat him up.

I didn’t sleep last night thinking about countermeasures, and now my eyes are red, my mind is a mess, and my whole body is not good. You tell me that this rhetoric is very gorgeous?
"Your Majesty, it is urgent to rescue the princes. Rescuing soldiers is like putting out fire!"

Zhu Yi bowed deeply to Xiao Yan and said.He was in such a hurry.

"My son-in-law is right about one thing. I need to choose someone to command the overall situation, and it must be my prince. Who do you think can take on this important task?"

This question was expected by Zhu Yi.In fact, he had already guessed that Xiao Yan would ask this question, and he already had a draft.

"I think there are only two people who are qualified to be in command."

Zhu Yi cupped his hands to Xiao Yan and said.

"Who?"

Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes and asked.

"The most righteous person is the prince. The prince is an example for many princes, and he should also be in command."

Zhu Yi said calmly, when a suggestion is made, the first suggestion will usually be eliminated first. thing.

"The prince has no ability to lead the army."

Xiao Yan shook his head and denied it with one word.

"In this case, the Seventh Prince Xiao Yi is currently in the town of Suyu. He has many elite soldiers and generals who can be commanded. As the commander-in-chief of the army, he is barely suitable. Of course, the emperor has a better candidate, and I will naturally give my full support."

"Ah Qi is in Suyu, if he doesn't go back to Xiangzhou, is he waiting for something to happen to his brothers?"

Xiao Yan counted the beads and asked a very heartbreaking question.It is not accidental that Xiao Yi can stand out after the Hou Jing Rebellion in history.Although before that, he seemed to be very low-key and loved literature and didn't care about worldly affairs.

However, he went to Xiangzhou to hold a large army and recruited many talents, the most famous of which were Wang Sengbian, Wang Lin and others, and I will not mention the others.

You said that you are a vassal who loves literature, has no intention of being the throne, and can't possibly be a prince. Why do you raise so many elite soldiers?Why recruit so many capable generals and strategists?
Liu Yishou had studied Xiao Yan's sons in private, and was quite afraid of Xiao Yi's madness and tolerance.If Xiao Xu is a dog that can bark and doesn't bite, then Xiao Yi is a dog that can bark but doesn't bark, so he really has to be on guard.

When Xiao Yan asked Zhu Yi this way, he actually noticed that Xiao Yi, the son, seemed not so pure in his mind.

"Your Majesty, such a thing may really happen. But even if you have to settle the score, you will have to settle it in the future. The rescue can't be delayed!"

Zhu Yi was so anxious that he was about to cry.

Zhu Yi is not a loyal minister, not even a good person.He is a big greedy man, and he enjoys selling his official titles, and the prince has to give him money if he wants to do something.The heart is big, the heart is wild enough, and the hands and eyes are open to the sky.

But even so, he is the only person in the Nanliang Center who is still in charge.Under Xiao Yan's leadership, Nanliang practiced Buddhism collectively in recent years, and there are some "Buddhas" inside and out.

Because of this, even though Xiao Yan knew that Zhu Yi was greedy, he still trusted him.

"Let Ah Qi (Xiao Yi) clean up the situation. Liu Yishou is under his control, but he can do things cheaply."

Xiao Yan sighed wearily, this incident became more and more troublesome, which made him feel restless.

What Zhu Yi was waiting for was this sentence, throw the blame on Xiao Yi and Liu Yishou, and he would not have to worry about it all day long. If any prince dies in the future, just push Xiao Yi and Liu Yishou out and everything will be fine.

He left Tongtai Temple and returned to the Yamen, wrote the official document, and sent it to Jiankang in a hurry.

……

During the time when Liang Guozhong made decisions back and forth, new changes appeared in the battle situation in Huaibei!Wei Jun's follow-up troops arrived and began to move from strategic defense to full-line counterattack!

The Gaoyue Department of the Wei Army went south to attack Zengcheng, Zhang Baoluo's Department set out from Yongxing to attack Chengxian County eastward, and the Modo Loudai Cultural Department attacked Lanling from Tan County!The Wei army marched in three directions, like a tiger descending the mountain.

In Lanling and Chengxian County, Liang Jun, who had been demoralized for a long time, was no match at all. In a panic, Xiao Ji put Liu Zhongli at the back, and fled to Wuyuan with his cronies, hoping to join Xiao Zhengde.

However, when Xiao Zhengde learned of Xiao Ji's arrival, he not only went out of the city to greet him, but acted as if he didn't know anything, and ordered the gates of the city to be closed tightly, and no one was allowed to enter the city.

After repelling Zhang Baoluo's pursuit, Liu Zhongli got the news that Xiao Ji had gone to Wuyuan City.So he also took the remnant soldiers to Wuyuan, and found that Xiao Zhengde had closed the city gates tightly!
Liu Zhongli was furious. After learning what Xiao Zhengde had done, the soldiers under his command felt the same hatred. In view of this, Xiao Ji ordered Liu Zhongli to prepare to attack the city!
Seeing that the situation was not good, Xiao Zhengde didn't know whether to open the city gate. At this time, the governor Zhao Bochao suggested that he could open the city gate and say something nice to Xiao Ji. He said that the situation outside the city was unknown before, so he dared not open the city.

So Xiao Zhengde followed his suggestion, opened the city to let Xiao Ji's army enter the city, and sent scouts to investigate the movement in the south.Soon, they got the news that Xiapi City had been captured by the Wei army, and the route back to Liang was blocked!

Xiao Ji was so frightened that he didn't even think about making trouble for Xiao Zhengde.At this time, Hu Guisun, who had been at the back all the time, came to Wuyuan City with his remnants and wanted to enter the city. In a fit of rage, Xiao Ji ordered the head of the city to shoot arrows down the city, driving Hu Guisun and his remnants away.

As a last resort, Hu Guisun could only take a small number of soldiers and horses to the surrounding mountains and forests, but disappeared.Then the Wei army arrived, surrounded Wuyuan City on all sides, and began to shout towards the city.

At the same time, Gao Aocao, who occupied Xiapi County, was dishonest. He tentatively attacked Xiaxiang City in the south, but Yu Wentai, Liu Yishou's subordinate, was holding on tightly, unable to advance a single step.

Gao Aocao hit a hard nail, turned his spearhead and attacked Lu County westward, but was resisted by Zhao Gui's department again.

For a while, Gao Aocao was also aware of his long-distance drive, and it seemed that no one had noticed.If not, why do these two portal-level cities seem to have been operated for a period of time, and the defense is very stable?
If Liang Jun came to defend in a hurry, it would never be possible to have such a solid defense.

Gao Aocao didn't dare to make further waves, knowing that the basic goal of capturing Xiapi City had been achieved, and it seemed impossible to expand the results of the battle at present.

He hurriedly ordered his subordinates to organize the defense of Xiapi County and block the retreat of the Liang army.In this wave of battles, the node depends on who owns Xiapi County.Mastering Xiapi County holds the key to victory.

At least that's what Gao Huan's many advisers think.

……

Suyu (Suqian, Jiangsu) is an important town in Huainan, and its strategic position is extremely important. It can even be said to be the key gateway to the most important salt-producing area in Liang State.

At this very moment, in the prefect's mansion in Suyu City, a one-eyed dragon wearing a single eyepatch and the court clothes of King Liang couldn't hold back his excitement, holding a file in his hand, and was walking back and forth eagerly in the hall of the mansion. !
"Gentleman! Gentleman! This time the king depends entirely on you!"

This one-eyed prince is Xiao Yi, the seventh son of Xiao Yan. The "juncai" in his mouth is a watch character. The man's name is Wang Sengbian, and his character is Juncai. He has followed Xiao Yi for almost 20 years.

He can be regarded as the hard-core king among Xiao Yi's hard-core cronies!

Wang Sengbian is not alone, but a family. Obviously, his father Wang Shennian has been looking for backers everywhere since his family took refuge in Liang Guo.Wang Sengbian will be arranged next to Xiao Yi, and all this is the result of the operation of the Wang family (Karasuma Wang family).

It can be said that Wang Sengbian knew Xiao Yi's thoughts, and Xiao Yi also knew Wang Sengbian's ability.

Even above "brother-in-law" Wang Lin.

"Your Highness, this time the emperor ordered His Highness to lead the army and supervise all the military forces in various states. This subordinate thinks that this does not seem to be a good thing."

Wang Sengbian, who seemed to be in his early thirties and was rather burly, said calmly.

Xiao Yi was a little unhappy when a basin of cold water came down.However, Wang Sengbian is the beloved general he relies on, and he can't chill the other party's heart.So Xiao Yi asked calmly: "Then how do you think we should deal with it?"

"The final general is willing to lead troops to take down Picheng to establish the military prestige! After that, His Highness's orders can be commanded like arms. Otherwise, the government orders will not go out of Suyu, what can we do?"

Well, what Wang Seng argued makes sense.

Xiao Yi continued to ask: "Why do you see it?"

"Shouyang Liu Yishou's subordinates are full-fledged, relying on himself as a son-in-law, he is rebellious. Needless to say, Lan Qin was born as a general of Zhige, and it is difficult to obey orders in Zhongli. Xiao Ying of Matou County is also from the clan. Now The few clans trapped are not easy-going lamps, so it may be very difficult for His Highness to ask them to cooperate."

At the risk of offending Xiao Yi, Wang Sengbian still expressed his opinion, or prejudice.

Xiao Yi instantly felt that the edict given by Xiao Yan was not good!

(End of this chapter)