Chang'an is good

Li Yi previously sat firmly in Shouzhou, and originally wanted to wait for Xu Zhengye to capture Hezhou, so that the two parties could meet and discuss cooperation in detail.

However, Hezhou couldn't attack for a long time, and he gradually became anxious.

Afterwards, there was still no news that Hezhou City was broken, but he heard the news that Xu Zhengye was defeated and retreated to Jiangning!

From Li Yi's ears, this is simply absurd!
How could Hezhou, which was at the end of its strength, be unable to attack?

How could Chang Kuo, who only brought less than [-] reinforcements, not die?

How could the eldest princess Xuan'an, who had always ignored disputes, suddenly intervene in this matter!

Li Yi was surprised, puzzled and full of unwillingness.

But after all the emotions receded, the panic and uneasiness in his bones still prevailed, and he began to fidget again, pacing back and forth in the tent.

"It's broken, Chang Kuo will definitely come back to seek revenge on me!"

"There are also saints and the imperial court...the news of He Wei's death must have been known, and they will definitely order everyone to crusade against me...Xu Zhengye has returned to Jiangning, what should I do now!"

The reason why he still dared to sit here after killing He Wei was that he was certain that Xu Zhengye would take Hezhou soon, and when he joined the Xu family's army, the entire Huainan Road would be in his pocket. Naturally, he doesn't have to be afraid of the imperial court's crusade against him!

But the current situation is very different from what he had imagined before, making his situation suddenly become difficult and dangerous.

One of his two aides said at this time: "What the general said is correct, and the state is established, Chang Kuo will definitely return. If he integrates the troops ordered by the imperial court to attack the general, he will definitely threaten the general..."

"Do you still need to remind me of this?" Li Yi was upset because of his anxiety, and began to blame the two of them: "This is the good idea you came up with at the beginning! Didn't the two of you call Chang Kuo with certainty? Surely he will die in Hezhou!"

The two staff members looked at each other, and could only lower their heads and raised their hands to plead guilty to the incompetent and furious person.

Li Yi continued to walk back and forth: "...These days the Japanese army has been talking about the battle with Hezhou, and they are all suspecting that I deliberately want to get rid of Chang Kuo!"

When he spoke, he was very angry.

Although this is true.

But what made him angry was not that those people had guessed the truth, but that it could be seen from the attitude of the army that most people were still biased towards Chang Kuo!
During this period, some people even stood up and asked to go to Hezhou to support Chang Kuo. It was he who suppressed those people on the grounds that "this commander and General Chang had their own plans" and then used tough methods.

If Chang Kuo dies, let it go, these people have no backbone, so naturally they can't make waves, but now Chang Kuo is still alive... Under such circumstances, if Chang Kuo returns, those people will definitely fall to Chang Kuo!

"The two lower officials naturally understand the general's worries... the current situation is unfavorable, and it is not appropriate for the general to have a direct confrontation with Chang Kuo."

"That's right, the top priority is to leave Shouzhou immediately!"

"Leaving Shouzhou?" Li Yi paused, subconsciously looking at the two: "Where are you going?"

Just when the two were about to speak, the voice of a soldier sounded from outside the tent.

Li Yi allowed someone to come in. The soldier was his personal soldier. He quickly walked into the camp to salute, and presented a secret letter with both hands.

Li Yi hurriedly opened it to look, and his eyes lit up immediately.

It's Xu Zhengye!

Xu Zhengye also expected that he was in a bad situation, so he sent a letter inviting him to go to Yangzhou, Jiangdu, to discuss the matter...

After discussing with the two staff members, Li Yi thought this was the best choice at the moment.

The remaining [-] troops who were supposed to follow Chang Kuo to support Hezhou before were "divided into two groups" by Li Yi in the name of attacking Yangzhou.

The attack on Yangzhou was false, but the march was deliberately delayed. Whenever Xu's soldiers and horses blocked the way, they repeatedly refused to advance, so they left for half a month and were still on the way.

"The general should leave Shouzhou as soon as possible, and after joining up with the [-] troops who went ahead, they can rush to Yangzhou together."

The staff said: "Then Xu Zhengye has just lost a battle, and his subordinates are employing people. At this time, the general will lead an army of more than [-], and he will be regarded as a guest of honor... At that time, the general will guard Yangzhou, and the court will have nothing to do. , let alone be afraid of a mere Changkuo!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Yi immediately ordered the camp to be withdrawn.

This order spread in the army and caused a shock.

"... Deputy Marshal Chang chose to camp in Shouzhou at the beginning because he wanted to use the Huai River as a line of defense to defend the main road of the capital, so as to prevent Xu's rebels from invading the central plains of the eastern capital... How can they easily break out of the camp with such a strategic location? Leave!" Several captains stood up and questioned.

"That's right, if we all leave Shouzhou right now, what if the Xu family's rebel army lurking near Huainan Road takes the opportunity to enter?"

The lieutenant general who came to deliver the order sneered: "The battle situation is unpredictable, at this time and at that time, there is no stupid reason to hold on to one place and stick to it to the end!"

"But it is said that the Hezhou has been settled, and Deputy Commander Chang is coming back soon. Why don't we wait for the Deputy Commander to return to the camp before discussing such an important matter..."

"Ridiculous!" The deputy general interrupted the words of several people in a solemn voice: "Who said that Deputy Commander Chang is going back to Shouzhou? Deputy Commander Chang has sent a message to return to the camp, and he wants to attack Yangzhou from Hezhou, and the commander will lead the army to pull out the camp and join the camp." In the past, this is the countermeasure agreed upon by the head coach and the deputy head coach!"

Finally, he said loudly: "Vice Marshal Chang defeated Xu's rebels in Hezhou, and now is a good time to take back Yangzhou in one fell swoop! To clear up and suppress the rebels in one fell swoop, who dares to comment on military orders and spread rumors, all in order to disturb the morale of the army Punishment!"

In order to frighten everyone, he killed two school lieutenants who had doubts about this on the spot with army sticks.

Soon, the army was preparing to move out of the camp.

The army had been camping here for a long time, and it was not possible to leave immediately. Li Yi felt uneasy, and was afraid that Chang Kuo would bring someone back to kill him in the next moment. He didn't want to wait for a while, so he took his trusted confidants and cavalry and left first.

The staff advised him not to rush for a while, but Li Yi couldn't wait, like ants on a hot pot, every moment can't compare to a moment.

And hearing the news that the commander had led the cavalry out of the camp first, someone in the army soon realized that something was wrong.

Ever since they left Beijing to attack Xu Zhengye, in the face of war, their coach has always been able to retreat but not advance, and could escape but not fight... When did he have such a positive appearance?
To be so active is not so much about taking back Yangzhou, but more like running for your life?
There are not a few people who feel something is wrong, but the military orders are under the mountain, and they can only temporarily obey them.

The movement of the army pulling out of the camp was naturally not small. Xi'er, Azhi, Adian, and Lao Kang, who had been staying in Shouzhou City following Chang Suining's instructions, left Shouzhou City that night after hearing the news.

This happened three days before Chang Kuo and Chang Suining left Hezhou.

As early as the day after returning to Jiangning, Xu Zhengye had someone send a secret letter to Li Yi.

Therefore, Chang Kuo and others had just left Hezhou City for two hundred miles, and they met Lao Kang and his party on the way.

Hearing that Li Yi had ordered to leave Shouzhou and go to Yangzhou, Chang Suining immediately frowned and said, "He doesn't have the guts to fight Xu Zhengye."

Chang Kuo's brows were also furrowed, he didn't want to fight, but he dared to go... Then he could only hook up!
Chang Suining raised his eyes, looked at Chang Kuo, and said in a vigilant tone, "Be sure to stop him halfway, and never let him arrive in Yangzhou with his head and soldiers."

Although Li Yi is an idiot, but his clan status and the military strength he holds in his hands, once he falls under Xu Zhengye's command, it will cause serious trouble.

Chang Kuo nodded solemnly, and under the signal of Chang Suining, he immediately ordered to continue on the road, diverted to intercept Li Yi, and let Lao Kang and the others talk while walking on the road.

"I expected that Li Yi's son-in-law would escape, and I sent people to go back to Shouzhou to find out the news... But I never thought that he would go to Yangzhou!" Chang Kuo scolded on the road: "This thing is not courageous, ambitious But not small!"

Dare to collude with Xu Zhengye, this is an attempt to seek skin from a tiger.

Chang Sui Ning and Lao Kang asked about the imperial court.

The news of He Wei's death must have been sent back to the capital. Facing Li Yi's rebellion, the imperial court must have countermeasures.

Although she has the imperial decree entrusted by He Wei in her arms, but with the ten thousand troops led by her and Lao Chang alone, there is no [-]% certainty that she can stop Li Yi. If there is the power of the court to help, the chances of winning Can be bigger.

Lao Kang replied: "When I left Shouzhou three days ago, I had secretly heard the news that the imperial envoy from Beijing had left Beijing, so I must be on my way now."

If the imperial envoy arrives, he will immediately mobilize troops to control Li Yi and take back the imperial troops.

Following this, Li Yi's reputation as a traitor would soon spread everywhere.

But it takes time to mobilize troops and horses everywhere, and if Li Yi has really colluded with Xu Zhengye, then Li Yi will go to Yangzhou without hindrance, and he will wait for the imperial envoy to come, maybe it will be too late.

Therefore, she and Lao Chang had to rush to intercept it first.

"...He Wei has been dead for more than [-] days. I don't believe that the whole Jiangnan, inside and outside, has been kept in the dark by Li Yi! In the end, no one is willing to speak out. It's just pretending to be deaf and dumb. !" Chang Kuo immediately spat and cursed, "It's really rotten, it's all rotten!"

"Yeah, it sucks." Chang Suining frowned as he looked at the muddy official road ahead.

Through this rotten appearance, it can be seen that people's hearts are not in harmony.

Since the Ming Dynasty came to power, the backlog of dissatisfaction everywhere seems to be manifested and exploded through Xu Zhengye's cry of "helping the Li family".

In the past two days, she has also heard news of successive uprisings in various places in Hezhou.

Luo Guanlin's original proclamation was very provocative, and now there are voices echoing Xu Zhengye in many places, not only in Jiangnan.

Those voices of response are true or false, just like Xu Zhengye's so-called loyalty to the Li family is just a banner of self-interest. Now everyone is Xu Zhengye, and everyone wants to be Xu Zhengye.

This means that the prestige of the imperial court and the empress will inevitably be weakened, and when the prestige is weakened, the implementation of many government orders will be hindered or perfunctory.

Therefore, the imperial envoys who came here this time are very important - if their capabilities are insufficient, it may be difficult to mobilize sufficient troops in time under the current situation.

If he is another idiot...

Chang Suining's scalp tightened when she thought of this possibility. If her teacher suffered from aversion to stupidity, then she had a phobia of idiots.

This world is so big that thousands of idiots can hold it. It is not a fault to be born an idiot, but if you put an idiot in an inappropriate position, it will be a great disaster.

Li Yi is a good example.

This time, she had to go ahead with Lao Chang to intercept Li Yi. In a sense, she was taking the lead. In consideration of whether she would be able to get there in time, Chang Suining asked, "Is there any chance?" Find out who is the imperial envoy who came here this time?"

Lao Kang said: "There is a military general, but it is impossible to find out who it is, but what is certain is that the leader is Wei Shilang from Zheng Guogong's residence."

It was Wei Shuyi who came.

Chang Suining was somewhat surprised.

Wei Shuyi, who is full of secrets of mind and eyes and can cause intensive phobia, is naturally not among the idiots.

However, the situation in the south of the Yangtze River is chaotic and dangerous. He is a real civil servant... Don't expect anything else for now, let's wish him good luck first.

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After going like this for another day, although Chang Kuo still couldn't wait for the news from the imperial envoy, he also added 5000 troops to help.

They met Chu Xing and his party who were looking for them.

Chu Xing had previously been ordered to stop Xu's rebellious army in Surabaya, but in the middle of the fight, they encountered a dilemma of insufficient food and grass supply. They asked Li Yi several times for food and grass supplies, but they got very little, like sending ants away.

Fighting a battle without food and grass can only be a death sentence.

Chu Xing tried to raise funds locally, but he couldn't last too long. He couldn't eat enough, and the morale of the army began to slacken. Then he encountered a strong attack and suffered heavy casualties. Only 5000 of the tens of thousands of horses managed to break out.

On that day, even though Chu Xing was powerless in battle, he still greeted Li Yi's eighteen generations of ancestors in his heart.

Then, when he heard that his general was resisting the rebels in Hezhou, he broke his heart and ordered to take the remaining 5000 troops to Hezhou.

On the way, the scouts sent by Chang Kuo to explore the road found their traces, and the two parties were able to meet here.

These 5000 people were like fleeing hungry people, so Chang Kuo first asked for dry food to feed them.

Seeing how Chu Xing and the others devoured the food, Chang Kuo was both angry and distressed.

And thanks to the loyalty of the people in Hezhou, they had prepared enough dry food for them, otherwise Chang Kuo would not only feel sorry for his subordinates, but also secretly feel sorry for the food.

After filling his stomach, Chu Xing explained the process of the Battle of Surabaya with Chang Kuo in detail.

In the end, with a heavy heart, he knelt down to apologize to Chang Kuo, not mentioning anything else. As a general in this battle, he had suffered such a defeat, and faced such heavy casualties, he felt grief and remorse as well as guilt.

"Get up, you can't be blamed for this!" Chang Kuo's face was serious: "I will crush Li Yi's bones and ashes as a sacrifice to all the soldiers who died in vain!"

Chang Sui Ning didn't say a word, and only reached out to support Chu Xing's arm.

With this help, he realized that Chu Xing's arms under his robe were much shriveled.

Everyone calmed down and continued on their way.

On the way, Chu Xingcai went to talk to Chang Suining: "When I came here, I heard about the story of the girl killing the enemy in Hezhou. I thought it was a misinformation... I didn't expect that it was the girl who came."

The girl's appearance here already shocked him, not to mention he heard: "When he was in Hezhou, Ge Zong...was really killed by the girl?"

There was no need for Chang Suining to speak, the shepherd's purse lady next to her confirmed: "Can this be fake? I was watching it with my own eyes at the time, and Chang Niang cut off the thief's head with the knife!"

Chu Xing couldn't help staring.

So, did he actually teach such a powerful apprentice?
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