Difficulties have emerged, the situation has become critical, and the mighty army is not about to win, but about to be destroyed.
How did the situation get to this point
When Wang Jian had just been defeated, the situation was very good, Wu Ning seemed to be a corner, and the entire Central Plains seemed to be at his fingertips.
Why in the blink of an eye, the battle situation has turned to such a situation
Li Maozhen actually had an answer to this question.
The enemy's strength and Sun and Yang's strength are just one reason, not even the main reason.
The most important reason is, internal strife.
Li Maozhen said that he was able to serve in the old army of King An, and was a member of the towns in the Central Plains. But since he arrived in Songzhou, he has been thinking about how to suppress other tribes, so that his troops can gain more military exploits and occupy more territory.
In this way, it was good to form a siege to King An's old troops after the war, so that he could oppress them, divide them, and take them into his command step by step.
He is so thoughtful, and his generals are naturally even more so. Those old troops of King An are not fools, and of course they will not let him go.
So Zhao Nianci deliberately competed with Shangguan Qingcheng to overwhelm him. Xiaoxian's defeat was, in the final analysis, a result of greed and radicalism.
Not to mention Liu Zhijun being attacked by Yang Xingmi, he was simply inferior in skills, but Liu Dazheng and Zhao Bingkun teamed up and was beaten to death by Yang Xingmi.
Shangguan Qingcheng was alone, and he defeated Sun Ru for a while, and surrounded Dangshan City so that the other party had nothing to do. If the Tsingyi Yamen is willing to send many monks to the south road, how can it be impossible to guard the main road and kill some monks ordered by the Wu army? Are you still like a headless chicken on the 20th
In the end, if the goal of humiliating him hadn't been achieved, and the situation was really critical, how could Cui Keli mention him through Li Ye
The soldiers and horses of the princes of the three routes could not win the princes who crossed the Hebei all the way, and they lost their troops before they entered Wuning, and fell into a life-and-death situation. This is the so-called alliance, and this is the "power of the alliance".
When the Shu army was attacked, the situation was not good, so all the towns worked together, and they won quickly; when the Shu army was defeated, everyone thought that they had the chance to win, and began to intrigue, which made them self-confident.
Li Maozhen let out a long sigh, feeling powerless, helpless, and even bored from the bottom of her heart.
Two days ago, he also received an urgent report from Guanzhong, saying that there were a lot of soldiers and horses in Tubo who violated the border this year, they burned, killed and looted everywhere, and the number of prefectures and counties that have been poisoned has reached more than a dozen. The entire western border was in chaos, and the barbarians even seemed to be pointing directly at Fengxiang.
More than a dozen batches of requests for help from the Shuofang Jiedu envoy of Lingzhou have reached Chang'an, complaining that Lingzhou is besieged and the city is in danger, and requesting the imperial court to send troops to rescue. The Shuofang army has always been strong and brave, and they were the backbone to put down the Anshi Rebellion. Now they are crying and begging the court for help. One can imagine what kind of situation they have been forced into.
Li Maozhen was very worried, but there was nothing she could do.
He transferred all the troops to the Central Plains, and Guanzhong's troops were only enough for defense, but it was really powerless to send troops to suppress the frontier.
The Central Plains was in chaos, and when everyone was busy killing each other, foreign races took advantage of the situation to raise troops, or invaded the frontiers, or simply encroached on the territory. This has been the case since ancient times.
"Isn't that how the Western Regions are lost... I just hope that the Shazhou Guiyi Army can persist for a while. If you are all wiped out, even if this king wants to take back Hexi, it will be a long way off... ... "
Li Maozhen calmed down, her eyes gradually became sharper, "In any case, we can only deal with Yang Xingmi first. I, Li Maozhen, am a majestic feudal lord, so why not be a young thief general?"
He came to the huge hanging map and stared at the Huaisi Water System for a long time.
Thinking of the contents of King An's letter, and thinking about Cui Keli's plan in comparison with the map, Li Maozhen became more and more startled, and couldn't help feeling a little doubtful: "Cui Keli's plan seems simple, but in fact it implies great talent. Why? Could it be that Cui Keli is actually a rare Confucian general?”
He shook his head to himself: "When Li Ye was still around, I didn't seem to have heard that he had such a reputation."
"We must take him under his command in the future, so let's have a look." Li Maozhen suppressed his doubts for the time being, and continued to conceive the next battle plan.
In the end, he slammed his fist on the map, almost collapsing the wall, as if Yang Xingmi was standing in front of him: "I didn't know you were going to run away, but I knew you might escape back to the Huaihe River. This king has a superior force. If you still succeed, I will let you wear this king Qi crown!"
...
Gao Pian felt that since he was transferred to Huainan as Jiedushi, he had never been in such a good mood all these years. He has already received news that Zhu Wen has done something in Bianzhou. Back then, I, Gao Pian, was also an invincible and invincible man. Whether it was sitting in Lingnan or helping Xichuan, I killed those border barbarians until their blood flowed like rivers. The monstrous military exploits in the eyes of countless people are just ordinary things that can be obtained with a backhand.
In the whole world, only Li Xian and Zhang Yichao can fall into Gao's eyes.
But back then, how did I lose to that thief Huang Chao
Thinking about it carefully, I can't blame me. In that battle, I only sent a general to fight, but he was killed by the Huangchao dog thief in front of the battle, destroying my elite soldiers, so naturally I couldn't continue to compete with him, so I could only defend the city. After all, I was only a Jiedu envoy at that time, and there were not many soldiers and horses, but Huang Chao's thief had millions.
But now it is different, the lonely king has nearly a million soldiers, then Li Maozhen is just a reckless man, how can he be an opponent of the lonely king? The lonely king strategized and won a decisive victory for thousands of miles, and the bird lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers while talking and laughing.
Now that Zhu Wen has already occupied Bianzhou, the Central Plains is about to be in chaos. In at most another 20 days, the troops under Li Maozhen's command are bound to scatter like birds and beasts. This Central Plains is the lone king's pocket!
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Gao Pian felt very good about himself, and was immersed in the wonderful reality for a while.
Afterwards, he held a military meeting, reported the latest battle situation, and issued the latest military order.
"General Yang entangled Li Maozhen. He assured the lonely king that Li Maozhen would never come to Xuzhou before winter. With the previous record, the lonely king believed him. It was Sun Ru who asked the lonely king for help several times. That Dangshan Although it is strong, the city is a bit smaller after all, and it cannot withstand the onslaught of the bandit army in turn, and the city wall is about to collapse."
Gao Pian looked at Tang Wenwu, without leaving room for everyone to speak, and continued: "In half a month, the news of Zhu Wen's disaster in the Central Plains will spread throughout the bandit army, and within a few days, the bandit army will be in chaos. Everyone, seeing that winter is coming, we don't have much time left, if we want to occupy the Central Plains within the year, it's time to fight the bandits!"
Speaking of this, the generals came out to fight one after another, including his confidant number one general Zhong Yao.
He said impassionedly: "Xuzhou has more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, and they have been recharging their energy for a long time. Just wait for His Highness's order, and they can march across the Central Plains!"
Gao Pian shook his sleeves, clasped the jade belt around his waist with his thumbs, and shouted in a deep voice: "Military order: Xuzhou soldiers and horses will rush to the rescue of Dangshan Mountain in three days, and must arrive at the battlefield within fifteen days! Just wait for the bandit army to be chaotic, and our army will go to the battlefield." Take advantage of the situation and attack!"
Speaking of this, his eyes were full of fierceness: "The army of these feudal towns finally gathered together. If I want to make it easier to capture the feudal towns in the future, I can't let them go back! While they are still on the battlefield, this time we must Kill them all! In this way, not only the towns in the Central Plains, but also the towns in Hebei can be passed down!"
Hearing these words, all the civil and military people were all in high spirits, and stood up one after another: "Your Highness is wise!"
...
Zhang Zhongsheng is eating.
He was also in a very good mood, so he made an exception and let the accompanying real people eat together. Although everyone sat and ate separately, the hall was accompanied by singing, dancing and music, and the room of toasting and changing cups was also very lively.
Unknowingly, after three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, Zhang Zhongsheng raised his wine glass with a flushed face, indicating that this is the last glass: "Everyone, I will return to Xuzhou tomorrow, and I will ask you all about Bianzhou. Although Zhu Wen’s cultivation is extraordinary and he is not afraid of ordinary practitioners, but he does not have a real person under his command, and many things still need to trouble you. Don’t worry, when I return to Xuzhou, I will definitely report your contributions to the King of Wu.”
As one of Gao Pian's senior aides, he always stays here to point fingers at Zhu Wen's affairs, and he is suspected of being a distraction, so seeing Zhu Wen's success, the overall situation is settled, and his mission is completed, so he doesn't stay here to be an eyesore. Go back to Xuzhou and listen to it.
The real person closest to him raised his glass and said, "Don't worry, sir, with me waiting here, everything will be safe."
After drinking the wine in the glass with everyone, Zhang Zhongsheng got up slightly shaky, and was about to leave the table. It was fine if he didn't move, but when he stood up, his joints felt cold and hard, and he couldn't help shivering, and exhaled. Group cool.
"It's not winter yet, but the weather is getting colder." Zhang Zhongsheng rubbed his hands, and looked outside the house with some puzzlement. The weather is too, too, too, too... "
He couldn't articulate his words clearly until the end, he paused, his teeth started to chatter, his body trembled, and he couldn't stop.
"Haha... Mr. is a scholar after all, this body is more expensive, gold, expensive, and more expensive than us rough people..." A real person from Lingchi smiled and flattered, but he didn't know it. For a while, I felt that my teeth could not be stretched anymore.
Before he could react, he saw visible cold air emanating from Zhang Zhongsheng's feet. As the cold air permeated up, his legs, feet, and robe were covered with a layer of frost. In just a short time, most of him was about to freeze into icicles!
Zhang Zhongsheng originally wanted to say, although I am not a Taoist monk, I am at least a writer, and my body is not inferior to that of a Qi training monk, but when I got to my mouth, I couldn't say anything, because my mouth was frozen and I couldn't move it.
At this time, he clearly noticed the monks in front of him who were in the real world, and their eyes gradually became surprised, as if seeing him turned into a ghost.
"Not good!" The elder Yinshen Daoist yelled suddenly, his face was filled with panic, and he turned his head like a musician playing in the hall to stare at him, "There is something wrong with this song!"
All of this is a long story, but in fact, the accident happened very suddenly and quickly, and the real Yinshen's reaction was not slow. There was nothing wrong with the musician in his eyes, but the fear on his face suddenly became more than several times serious, because when he turned his head, he saw the heavy snow falling all over the sky!
When the climate is abnormal, it may not be impossible for the Central Plains to snow in late autumn, but how can there be snowflakes in the hall? !
"Yi, Yi Shuihan!" The elder Yinshen Daoist woke up instantly, not only his body, but also his whole mind fell into an ice cave. Just now the sound of the flute was hidden in the music of the musician, he didn't notice it in time, and when the vision appeared, it was too late.
He hastily mobilized the spiritual energy of the sea of qi, wanting to activate the domain to protect himself first, but he felt that the sea of qi was like a lake covered in ice! Even if he tried his best, he only broke a small hole in the lake, and the spirit energy that came out was pitifully small!
Hearing the word Yi Shuihan, the other three Daoist people and Zhang Zhongsheng were shocked. Immediately after they realized what they were facing, they suddenly felt that their bodies were cold out of thin air.
Among the several people present, the elder Yinshen Daoist had the highest cultivation level, he bit the tip of his tongue and yelled loudly, spurting out a mouthful of thick blood mist! With this move, he didn't care about damaging his essence, and risked his foundation in the future, but forcibly broke the restraints on his body.
His actions were not indecisive, but as soon as the blood mist spewed out, the stagnation feeling that the sea of qi was frozen had just been broken, and his body was pierced by several chains of green leaves emerging from the ground. First, the feet and legs exploded into blood mist, and then the body also exploded, and the whole person directly turned into countless tiny flesh and blood in the raging leaf curtain!
For the time being, this Yinshen Daoist is like this, so there is no need to talk about those Lingchi Daoist.
Song Jiao joined forces with Eldest Young Master Siming, and given the first opportunity, where is there room for them to fight back
In just a moment, Zhang Zhongsheng could no longer see his companions, only the scarlet ice flowers all over the ground!
When the snow cleared and the last green leaves fell, Bai Lian flickered back like the shadow of a candle. Zhang Zhongsheng only saw two beautiful women with different auras but equally magnificent standing quietly on the left and right sides of the hall.
The two of them stopped their spells and didn't move any more. They stood there with ethereal and ethereal demeanor, as if the bloody killing just now had nothing to do with them.
A mature and charming purple-robed woman walked into the room, smiled and came to the stunned Zhang Zhongsheng, and asked, "Sir, will you go by yourself, or will you be dragged by us?"
Zhang Zhongsheng was stunned and forgot to answer. He didn't seem to hear the other party's question, and now he was full of doubts: "How could the three masters of the Tsingyi Yamen come out together... Li Maozhen actually made them all bow their heads and obey orders. gone?"
He was already able to speak, and although his body was trembling, he still suppressed his fear, and said in a deep voice, "How dare you come to Bianzhou? Even if you have a high level of cultivation, Zhu Wen is here. What will happen?!"
"We will be safe and sound. As for whether you will do the same, it depends on whether we are happy or not." The corners of Song Jiao's mouth were slightly raised, and the arc was charming, which was indescribably touching.
"No! You won't!" Zhang Zhongsheng's eyes were terribly red, and he wanted to eat people.
"Yes." Song Jiao nodded reassuringly, "Because... the king is here."
"King?" Zhang Zhongsheng was startled, "King Qi... King Qi is here? He, isn't he fighting Yang Xingmi?! But even if he comes, he may not be able to defeat Zhu Wen!"
"Of course I can win." Song Jiao smiled even more charmingly: "Because...the one who came was another king."
"Another king?" Zhang Zhongsheng was at a loss at first, and then his body shook suddenly, as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer, and he fell to the ground. He sat on the ground in a daze, his eyes dazed like a nightmare, and he could only repeat unconsciously but involuntarily, "Another...another king....another king..... .”