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Yuzhou border town.

"General, it seems they have withdrawn?"

The general in armor looked into the distance and saw Liu Jianxing's men retreating step by step.

He took off the telescope from his waist, looked at it for a while and then put it down. He said to the soldiers guarding the city next to him, "Watch carefully to see if they are trying to lower our vigilance and suddenly attack us."

"Yes!"

Returning to the camp, the general wrote a letter and asked someone to deliver the letter to him.

It was two days later that the letter fell into Chang Yuan's hands.

Several aristocratic families often used pigeons to exchange letters, and Chang Yuan's army also had skilled pigeon breeders. Otherwise, they would not have discovered each other's carrier pigeons and would not have been able to intercept those conspiratorial communications.

Every time dozens of pigeons are released at the same time, one of them will reach the destination safely.

After the letter reached Chang Yuan, he immediately called Ning Changrong after reading it.

The two were discussing in his study.

"It seems that General Wang's side has achieved initial results, and Liu Jianxing had to withdraw." Ning Changrong congratulated.

Chang Yuan was in a good mood, with a smile on his face, "In this way, a crisis has been solved." The three thousand cavalry were only formed to resist the Beiqiong people at that time, but they did not expect to play such a big role.

"We still need to be careful next time." Ning Changrong reminded, "Liu Jianxing will definitely spread the news about our manpower arrangements outside. When the time comes, the enemy will definitely increase the defense of the rear and will not be as easy as Liu Jianxing. retreat."

"It doesn't matter, the cavalry is all about mobility. In terms of speed, they can't keep up with Han Ting even if they want to return to defense." Chang Yuan was full of confidence.

They no longer lived up to the anxiety they felt a few days ago when they heard that small towns were being breached one after another. Although they had made plans in advance, Chang Yuan was still heartbroken when he saw the cities that they had worked so hard to capture fall into the hands of the enemy.

He wanted to go to the front line to resist, but he was afraid that his leaving would affect people's hearts. He could only talk to Ning Changrong and Fu Linjun about his worries. Even facing Lin Jun, he did not dare to show too much worry, lest he Influence Fu Linjun.

Only when facing Ning Changrong did he dare to reveal his true feelings.

Ning Changrong smiled and said, "General, although the danger in Yuzhou City has been resolved, things are unpredictable. We must always be vigilant and must not relax."

……

Pizhou.

This is the place where the third prince ascended the throne, and it is also a town near the current capital of Nanchen.

Before the outbreak of the plague, Ma Honglin had been sent to the south to attack Pizhou. After the outbreak of the plague, he had to stay here temporarily.

But Pizhou has fallen into their hands, and now they have received news from Chang Yuan.

Ma Honglin immediately ordered his troops after reading the letter.

Head forward to Jingzhou and the capital of Nanchen State.

"I don't know what the Third Prince Nan Chen is thinking. We are already entrenched around the capital of another country, and yet we dare to lift our beards. I can't help but pick up the merits brought to my door." Ma Honglin was in a good mood.

"What do you mean, general?" asked the general beside him.

"Hmph! Wang Hanting was sent out to take credit, and now it's the brothers' turn to eat! Brothers, march for me and rush to Jingzhou as quickly as possible!" Ma Honglin just ordered without further explanation.

Wang Hanting has made great and small achievements since he led the cavalry. Ma Honglin has long been envious of him.

"Yes!" The army marched hurriedly towards Jingzhou. The grain and grass baggage in the rear were constantly being transported out of Pizhou.

The original consideration was to release Wang Hanting's cavalry and let them set fire to cause chaos and disrupt the coalition forces so that they would not dare to attack the city with all their strength. However, no matter how fast Wang Hanting's cavalry was, their speed would be limited. Ma Honglin, who was leading the troops outside, also became Strange move.

Jingzhou City.

The soldiers guarding the city heard the sound of the earth shaking, and looked up again. Flags were waving in front, and a large number of people were coming.

"Close the city gate, close the city gate quickly! There are enemies!"

"Close the gate!"

Seeing more and more enemy troops in front, they all shouted in panic to close the city gate.

"What's going on?" The general guarding the city of Nanchen was Chen Wenlong, who had fought against Chang Yuan. If Ning Changrong hadn't moved the reinforcements in time, Chang Yuan might have died directly in his hands.

Chen Wenlong had to evacuate, and returned to Nanchen and was demoted. After the third prince ascended the throne, because there was no one available, he was entrusted with the important task of reinstating other officials.

"General Chen, in front of us are those who rebelled against Chang Yuan." A middle-aged general replied.

Chen Wenlong frowned. In just three years, Chang Yuan's power was different from what it used to be.

Sometimes he would regret it in the middle of the night. If he had persisted a little longer, would he have been able to contain Chang Yuan in Taixi?
"The major city gates are closed tightly. No entry or exit is allowed without my commander's orders! Send reinforcements to the east city gate, and soldiers must be arranged to patrol at night..." Chen Wenlong ordered in a deep voice.

"By the way, has His Majesty informed you?" he asked after giving the instructions.

"Someone has been sent to inform His Majesty."

If something like this happens, it cannot be hidden, and the palace will be notified as soon as possible.

"Hey, I said from the beginning that we should not divide our troops to attack Shaanxi Province, but no one in the court believed me." Chen Wenlong looked at the enemy troops rushing in front, and suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness.

Although the young emperor relied on him, he did not actually listen to him. He insisted on doing many things his own way. For example, this time the court tended to cooperate with Liu Jianxing and other rebels to swallow up Chang Yuan. He strongly opposed it, but no one listened.

First of all, what does it mean that the imperial court is cooperating with the rebels, or the rebels have already ascended the throne and proclaimed themselves emperor?
Secondly, he always felt that the situation on Chang Yuan's side was not as bad as they had heard. Although the plague was terrible, as long as Chang Yuan was ruthless, it could be controlled within a certain range.

Now they feel that this is the best opportunity to capture the opponent, but who knows if the opponent deliberately exposed it to them and led them into a trap?

They also dispatched an army of [-] at once. In the past few years, they had fought with several princes and levied corvee taxes everywhere. The people had long been overwhelmed and impoverished. The court was also extremely poor, and even the soldiers' military pay was being eroded. It was squeezed out through the teeth.

At this time, 10 troops were mobilized, and the entire Jingzhou was suddenly exposed to the eyes of the opponent. If the opponent chose to burn everything, see through their true and false intentions, and attack Jingzhou, Jingzhou would be in danger.

Now, the enemy has arrived in front of them, and the situation has turned into the one he was most worried about.

……

"What's going on? Why didn't you find out until we arrived at Jingzhou City! Where is Pizhou?! Is the governor of Pizhou dead!?"

"Li Aiqing! Master Li!" The third prince gritted his teeth and looked at an old man with a white beard below.

The governor of Pizhou was the other party's disciple, and the other party's appointment as governor of Pizhou was all due to his recommendation, so the other party became the third prince's No. 1 accountability.

The old man surnamed Li steadied his trembling hands and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, I have never received any news from Pizhou and have no knowledge of what happened in Pizhou."

He knew that some people deceived the superiors and concealed the truth from others, and even encouraged the bandits to respect themselves, but he did not expect that there would be people who dared to hide such things at Jingzhou Pass-Pizhou!

Now that the enemy can reach Jingzhou directly, it is easy to know that Pizhou has fallen into the hands of the opponent.