When Fengzhou celebrated the victory, Zhao Shuhua in Chongzhou also got the news.
In the main courtyard, Zhao Shuhua summoned the prince and others to read the letter sent by the spies.
After reading the letter, Zhao Shuhua looked at the people below and said, "Forget it when the Shuoxi army arrives in Wuzhou, and now they are joining hands with the Rongman, so this is our chance."
Cheng Wei was puzzled and asked, "What does the Empress mean by this?"
Zhao Shuhua said, "Because we were worried about the barbarians, we have never moved in Chongzhou City, but now, Shuoxi Army and Jinzhou Army have joined forces, so we have nothing to worry about. Before that, it was to help the prince win the seat in the capital. Now , it is natural to continue our plan."
Cheng Wei hesitated for a moment and said, "Is the empress sure? I'm afraid the general won't agree if he knows."
Zhao Shuhua frowned slightly when she heard the words, and also felt that Zhao You might not agree if she knew about it, but if this delay continued, it was Yan Che's important matter that was delayed.
Zhao Shuhua pondered for a while, "I will naturally tell my father about this matter. From now on, you all need to organize the army well."
Having said that, Cheng Wei and the others naturally responded first.
Zhao Shuhua ordered a lot of military equipment and other things, and then went to Zhao You.
When I saw Zhao You, Zhao You was drinking medicine. These days, although Zhao You's condition has been relieved, it is still not getting better. Zhao Shuhua is still quite worried, so Zhao Shuhua first told about the victory of Fengzhou City, When Zhao You heard this, a smile appeared on his face!
"Prince Rui is really good! At this moment, he is the only one who can let go of the past!"
Zhao Shuhua knew that Zhao You's words were meant to mock her, but she could only bear it. Zhao Shuhua pondered for a while and said, "Before, my father was always worried that Rong Man would destroy Fengzhou, but now, since the two of them joined forces, how can we deal with Rong Man?" It's enough to think about it, Marquis of Anyang and Prince Rui are both good at leading troops, so there must be no mistakes, since that's the case, father, shouldn't we go south?"
With the Jinzhou Army and the Shuoxi Army dragging along, the Rongman must not be able to break through this line of defense. If that is the case, why should they wait here
The 30,000 horses outside the city are really nothing to fight, but now that the capital is empty, it is a good time for them to go south.
Zhao You heard the words, "I heard that Fengzhou also sent someone to deliver a letter."
After asking this question, Zhao Shuhua nodded, "Yes, it's a letter from Marquis Anyang."
Zhao You sighed, "Is it for you to join forces?"
Zhao Shuhua nodded again, but said, "It's absolutely impossible for me to join forces. Now that we are known as rebels, we don't know what the Marquis of Anyang is up to, not to mention that our people don't have a steady stream of follow-up supplies. We cannot afford to delay."
In fact, even now, there is a problem with the supplies of the Beifu army, and they are just holding on.
Because of this, the queen became anxious.
However, Zhao You sighed again, "You can naturally lead your troops south now, but the 30,000 troops outside the city are not that easy to deal with. In case of a fight, the soldiers and barbarians turn around and attack outside Chongzhou City. At that time, what are you going to do?" After a pause, Zhao You said again, "Besides, others are resisting the barbarians, but you brought the prince south to rebel, even if Che'er really regained the position of prince, the people in the world will be defeated again. How should I see him?"
Having said that, Zhao Shuhua pursed her lips and said, "What do others think? The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. At that time, who will remember how Che'er regained the throne?"
Zhao You shook his head with a smile, "If you don't listen to me, then set out with the whole army. I don't agree anyway."
As Zhao You said, he turned sideways and rested, but he didn't speak any more.
Zhao Shuhua waited for a moment with a gloomy face, then turned and walked outside.
With Zhao You's words, Zhao Shuhua didn't order to leave the city immediately, but she didn't intend to reply to Yue Qiong's letter either.
And there are still more than 100,000 people left in the Rongman, and it won't be finished in a short while. Although there is help from the Shuoxi Army, when this battle is over, the Jinzhou Army will inevitably be exhausted. , They went south without delay.
After explaining herself in this way for a while, Zhao Shuhua thought of the most important issue at the moment.
It is now June, and according to the original process, their supplies should have been used up as early as April. The reason why they can persist for so long is that they have saved a lot of food and clothing and replenished a lot of military rations along the road. Chongzhou is not a well-stocked Weicang. It has been delayed for two months, and now they are stretched. If they want to raise military rations, they can only go to a few small counties in Chongzhou in the east, but Rongman has already appeared. Maybe these small counties are also in chaos now.
Zhao Shuhua called the generals to discuss together, and the second person sent someone out to raise food and grass, while the others continued to wait in the city.
Zhao Shuhua thought that she just needed to wait and see what happened in the city, but she didn't expect that two days later, a spies came to report that the army of 80,000 soldiers and barbarians was coming towards Chongzhou City! After discovering that Shuoxi Army and Jinzhou Army joined forces, they planned to attack his Chongzhou instead!
As soon as the news arrived, the entire city of Chongzhou was blown up, even Zhao You got up and put on his battle armor and went up the tower.
The Beifu army originally had 100,000 troops, but when Zhao You left, he left 10,000 in Cangzhou. Later, when the two sides attacked Fengzhou and Chongzhou, they lost again. Now there are only more than 80,000 people left, compared with the Rongman , the numbers are comparable.
Although the Rongman is fierce, it is also a major advantage of the Beifu Army to guard the city. However, Chongzhou is not as solid as Fengzhou. People are entangled, not to mention preserving strength and going south, it is impossible to ensure that the Beifu army will not be consumed!
Thinking of such a situation, Zhao Shuhua made a decision immediately!
She wrote a letter in hand and sent someone to send it to Fengzhou.
Now that Rong Man has changed the direction of attack, it is naturally time to join forces.
Zhao Shuhua didn't feel that she was acting insidiously, but she was sure that Yue Qiong would definitely come to reinforce Chongzhou.
At ten o'clock in the afternoon on the second day, the 80,000 troops of the Rongman arrived outside the city of Chongzhou.
Zhao You made a decision to keep the army out of the city, and planned to use Fengzhou's method to endure for two days, to see if Yue Qiong would reply. On the night of the second day, the east side of the Chongzhou city was lost once. The Rong people climbed up the tower and killed all the soldiers stationed there. If Zhao Jing hadn't led the men to kill them, Chongzhou city would have collapsed.
Thousands of people were lost in just one night, and it was still under the condition of occupying the city.
In this way, Zhao Shuhua knew better about the extraordinary fighting power of the soldiers, and now she was waiting for Yue Qiong to come to reinforce her. However, Yue Qiong hadn't appeared for a long time these two days, which made Zhao Shuhua very anxious for a while. In the meeting hall, Zhao Shuhua said , "If we continue to defend like this, the supplies in our city will be exhausted. By then, we will have no use for any strategy. Therefore, what I mean is that we should take the initiative to go out of the city to fight as soon as possible. We have to wait for Anyang Hou, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait."
With a sneer, Zhao Shuhua said, "It's urgent, we just retreat."
The people below are also quite afraid of the barbaric forces, but it is still a very shameful thing to retreat directly, so they are quite cooperative when they hear Zhao Shuhua say that they want to formulate a war strategy, but thinking that all the soldiers outside are red-eyed Everyone is still in a state of panic.
Zhao Shuhua led the people to discuss all night, during which Zhao You also came several times, and then formulated the battle strategy for the second day. Rong Man suddenly withdrew without making a sound.
This time, Zhao Shuhua and the others were very surprised. They were afraid that it might be Rong Man's trick and they didn't dare to pursue them, so they quickly sent spies out of the city to investigate.
The spies sent out did not come back until it was dark on that day, and the news they brought back surprised everyone.
The Rong people lost more than 30,000 horses in Fengzhou before, and now there are only 150,000 to 60,000 people left. Seeing that Fengzhou is also a difficult bone, they divided half of them to Chongzhou. However, there were only 80,000 horses left in the main battalion. Yue Qiong received the queen's letter, and did not rashly bring troops to Chongzhou for reinforcements. If the camp is in danger, the barbarians in Chongzhou will surely retreat without attacking.
First, the Shuoxi army burned the food and grass of the Rongman, and then there was a surprise attack, and Yue Qiong personally led the reinforcements of the Jinzhou Army. With such cooperation, the main camp of the Rongman was forced to retreat and move. People were out of touch, and the barbarians outside Chongzhou immediately withdrew their troops after receiving the news.
Knowing the whole story of the matter, Zhao Shuhua's dissatisfaction with Yue Qiong was two points lighter, especially after Zhao You learned about it, he sighed even more.
The retreat of the barbarians made the whole Chongzhou heave a sigh of relief. On the second day, the envoys from Fengzhou City arrived.
The messenger is Yue Qiong's personal general. Although Zhao Shuhua did not respond to Yue Qiong earlier, but wrote to ask for help after she was in danger, the attitude of the messenger is still very good, and said that until today, Yue Qiong is still willing to make peace with Yue Qiong. The Beifu army teamed up, and they would never attack the Beifu army until they beat back the barbarians.
Zhao Shuhua was skeptical at first, but thinking that Yue Qiong could help Chongzhou to solve the difficulties, she was not as upset as before. After thinking about it, she agreed to the envoy's request, and the envoy presented the latest news, bluntly saying that Rongman The army retreated in the direction of Cangzhou. Whether it was the Shuoxi Army or the Jinzhou Army, they had to send troops to the north. If the queen was willing to join forces, it would be best to go north as well. After saying this, I gave Zhao Shuhua another day to consider.
On the second day, Zhao Shuhua handwritten a copy to the envoy to take away, and then began to organize the army.
On the third day, 50,000 troops were dispatched towards a small town called Wei County in the south of Cangzhou. At the same time, the Shuoxi Army and the Jinzhou Army were all rushing towards Wei County, while the Rongman, temporarily Stationed at Luofengpo, north of Wei County.
The final battle is imminent.