The world of counterfeit magistrates competes in the world

Chapter 732
When Lu Zhan led his army to Qinyang County, there was no living person in the whole city except a corpse.Then the scouts came to report that the Dongyang army was engulfing tens of thousands of people and heading south.

When Lu Zhan heard this, he was shocked and angry, and was taken hostage by the Dongyang Army again, making them throw a mouse.Although these hostages are not Tianhua's people, but Tianhua has long regarded the people of the Central Plains as compatriots, how can he be ruthless and ignore them?He had no choice but to order people to go south to Haocheng to pass the news to His Majesty in order to make preparations.The army quickly followed the Dongyang army and tried various methods to rescue the people.

All the way to the south, after seeing the atrocities of the Dongyang Army, the counties and counties they encountered closed their cities one after another. They watched nervously and angrily as the Dongyang Army escorted countless people, passed by the cities in a show of force, and threatened to donate various materials, food and grass to the cities. .If it weren't for the Tianhua army following all the way behind, I'm afraid the Dongyang army would not let go of these counties.

Lu Zhan went south all the way, and at the same time sent envoys to the counties to surrender. Now his army has penetrated into the enemy's territory. If these counties are left behind, he can't feel at ease.

In the face of this 10,000+ army, the defense force of the county is not worth mentioning.Coupled with the threat of Dongyang people, all major counties opened their doors and surrendered.The rest of the cities that refused to surrender quickly fell under the vanguard of the Tianhua Army.

More than ten days later, the counties and counties in the northeastern part of Weizhou had been taken back by the Tianhua army, while the Dongyang army ignored them, still escorting the hostages, and slowly marched towards Haocheng.On the one hand, Lu Zhan followed the Dongyang Army with great hatred, on the other hand, he happily accepted the surrender of the major counties and counties.With the atrocities committed by the Dongyang Army, the chief officials of these counties were already extremely disappointed with Tianwei Chaotang. Now that the 10,000+ troops of Tianhua are going south again, Tianwei has no strength to recover.If you don't surrender now, when will you wait?
Finally, the information about the Dongyang Army was also sent to the Tianhua Army under Hao City.

After reading Lu Zhan's report, Lin Yifan's face darkened immediately.He made countless calculations, but he did not expect that the Dongyang Army would turn south and directly enter the territory of Weizhou, and once again took hundreds of thousands of people as hostages.In this way, things will be even more difficult to handle.As for the plan of the Dongyang people, he also knew that they wanted to take hostages and coerce Cao Ziyan to give up the boat for them to return east.If it doesn't work, he will turn to threaten himself and force Tianhua to put pressure on Cao Ziyan.

"It's really hateful!" Lin Yifan tore the information to pieces. If Dongyang people were allowed to escape, he would not be reconciled; if tens of thousands of people were to suffer, he would not bear it.

After much deliberation, he had no choice but to order the army to suspend the siege, all withdraw from Hao City, and head north.

Not long after, Haocheng finally came to his senses, and the Tianhua army retreated like this?Could it be that the Dongyang army won the victory in Qingzhou, and the Tianhua cavalry could no longer sit still and sent troops to the north?
When this good news was delivered to Cao Ziyan, a gratified smile finally appeared on his face, it was not easy, Lin Yifan finally couldn't hold it anymore, if this is the case, then, the next day will be the day they start to fight back.

Cao Ziyan immediately issued an order to call all kinds of soldiers and horses, and immediately went to Beijing, preparing to gather troops to attack Tianhua.

On the second day, the news from the north finally reached Hao City.Tianwei Chaotang, who was beaming with joy, was stunned immediately after learning about this.

The Dongyang people did not achieve any great victory in Qingzhou. On the contrary, the Dongyang army was defeated, and then fled to Weizhou. Hao is here.

Cao Ziyan hurriedly summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures. He never imagined that Dongyang people would be so ruthless that they would not even care about the righteousness of the alliance.Now that his people are being robbed by his ally Tu Miao, it is completely slapping him in the face, making him questioned by all his officials and people, and his authority is greatly reduced.

How can the ministers come up with an idea at this time, no matter what they do now, they will be criticized and disappointed.As long as the Tianhua army seizes this opportunity and makes a big publicity, all parts of Weizhou will be dissatisfied with the imperial court and turn to Tianhua one after another, and the imperial court will not be far from defeat that day.

Cao Ziyan looked at the crowd with a dejected expression, feeling sad, and secretly regretted contacting Dongyang.At this moment, he couldn't help but cast his eyes on Qiao Yue who was in contact with the people of Dongyang, and asked with hopeful eyes: "Qiao Aiqing, you are familiar with the general of Dongyang, can you persuade him to let my Tianwei people go? As long as he is willing to let the people go, I am willing to unite with him to resist Tianhua together."

Qiao Yue quickly stood up and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, during this mission, I have concealed many facts from Dongyang. The chief general, Zhu Shengtunyuan, is not a dull person. I am afraid that I have already known the deception that I have done to him. This time I am going south. , They will no longer want to join forces with me, but instead want to coerce me and help them cross the sea and leave."

"Then we can't just be blackmailed by them." Cao Ziyan shouted angrily, "10 people need at least a thousand ships. Our navy has been greatly damaged now, and the remaining ships are only a thousand ships. If we give them all, Wouldn’t the coastal defenses and river defenses be in vain? Furthermore, if Dongyang is allowed to leave, how can I be accounted for by Tu Miao and the insulted people?”

"Your Majesty, maybe, maybe the Tianhua army will be able to defeat Dongyang in one fell swoop when they go north this time. At that time, no matter how the hostages are killed or injured, it has nothing to do with us. Instead, we can take this opportunity to criticize Tianhua and scold him for disregarding the lives of his compatriots." A minister immediately stood up Come out, said cautiously.

"Hmph, if Tianhua can really do this, why should I be so worried?" Cao Ziyan said angrily, "Tianhua has always flaunted the righteousness of the Chinese people, so he will definitely not sit back and watch the hostages live or die. Otherwise, when he was in Qingzhou, Dongyang The army can't survive now."

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance, why not invite Mr. Shen to discuss it?" Another minister said tentatively.

Hearing this, Cao Ziyan couldn't help falling into silence. He really wanted to invite Shen Li to discuss it at this time, but he really didn't want to let Shen Li go through this muddy water again.

"Don't mention this matter again." Cao Ziyan glared at the other party and shouted in a deep voice.

At this moment, he heard urgent footsteps from outside the hall, and saw a guard in front of the hall rushing to the gate of the hall to report the matter to the eunuch.Afterwards, the eunuch immediately came to the eunuch Si Li and reported the situation to him.Then the face of the eunuch Si Li changed, and he didn't dare to delay, he immediately walked up to Cao Ziyan, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, according to the report of the guards, Mr. Shen is begging to see you outside the hall, and now he is kneeling down, threatening to see His Majesty, and never getting up." .”

Cao Ziyan frowned, the corners of his mouth trembled a few times, and finally revealed a wry smile, "The weather is still cold now, and I will arrange Master Shen to wait in the side hall. After I finish my court meeting, I will go see him."

(End of this chapter)