Zhu Youzhen looked ahead coldly.

A group of more than a hundred bandits were running for the death toll, and behind them, cavalry were driving war horses and surrounding them from three directions. The only side left was the turbulent Yangtze River.

Finally, there is no way out.

More than a hundred bandits turned around in despair and looked at the cavalry as they ran closer and closer.

"I surrender, I surrender!" A bandit in his early twenties collapsed. He threw away the knife in his hand, held his hands high, and ran towards the cavalry.

"Xiao Ba, come back!" A strong man with blood was roaring behind him.

But it's useless.

The cavalry did not stop at all, and there was no young man in his eyes running towards them with his hands raised and shouting for surrender.

The young bandit was flooded by the cavalry. The next moment, his body appeared in the cavalry again, but was picked up by a spear. The spear was bent into a huge arc. As the gun rod straightened, the young man's body fell to the ground. Countless horse hooves trampled down, and in an instant, it turned into a pile of meatballs that were not in shape.

"Kill!" The strong man's eyes turned red, and he held the big knife in his hand and rushed forward frantically towards the cavalry.

Dozens of people followed him and rushed forward with roars and screams.

Some people also howled loudly and turned around, rushed towards the surging Yangtze River, and jumped into the river without hesitation.

After a moment, no one of the bandits facing the cavalry stood still.

A general looked coldly at the leader of the bandit who was stepping under the huge horse's hooves of his war horse. He was not dead yet, and was staring at the general with bloody eyes, with blood foam constantly emitting from his mouth. The general smiled coldly, lifted the reins of the horse, and the war horse man stood up, and then stepped down heavily. After a few clicks, the strong man completely disappeared.

He came to the riverside and looked at the dozen people's heads rising and falling in the river. He took down the bow and arrow and shot out a whoosh. A stream of blood stained the river water red, and a corpse floated up.

Several arrows were killed in the Yangtze River.

Looking at the remaining bandits who were still struggling in the river, the general regretted that they put away their bows and arrows. They were too far away to shoot, but the chance of surviving in such a large current was slim.

"Cancel the team!" He shouted, and turned his horse's head and ran towards Zhu Youzhen.

The rebellion in the Eyuejie Town did not improve due to Zhu Youzhen's strong suppression, but instead became increasingly fierce. They either occupied the mountains as kings, or occupied the river waters, constantly attacked the officials appointed by Zhu Youzhen and attacked the soldiers of the Liang army who were left alone. Now, they began a more irritating destruction operation. They seized the autumn grain that was about to mature, even if these autumn grains were not fully mature, in addition to snatching the harvest, they also burned the crops that they could not harvest and a fire.

What Zhu Youzhen lacks now is food. In addition to ensuring his needs, he also has to do his best to supply Luoyang, Guanzhong and other places. Now it is the most difficult time. He is suffering from disaster in spring and is only a month away from the harvest of autumn grain. But at this time, the bandits suddenly launched an obviously targeted attack.

If they did it unintentionally, no one would believe it. More and more evidence proved that in the back of these bandits, Li Ze's big hand was looming in the north.

Not only the edge of Eyue, Zhu Youzhen is in a sure way around Dongting Lake, but now he has become a pot of porridge. Until now, Liu Xinda still has nowhere to make progress.

Zhu Youzhen spread all the troops in his hands, and even he brought his own soldiers out. He wanted to kill these bandits in the shortest time to ensure that he could still get some harvest in Eyue.

Generals such as Liu Xuan, Zhou Zhen, and Jiang Qi have almost no rest in the past month. They have gone to various places and chased these bandits. So far, they have finally barely stabilized the form of E Yue.

But the centipede insect died without being stiff. Zhu Youzhen knew very well that several of the bandit leaders were not caught and became fish that had escaped. In time, I was afraid that they would rekindle again.

Now he regretted that after taking E Yue, he killed Qian Feng's entire family. If Qian Feng's family had been left behind, I was afraid that Qian Biao from Yueyang would have surrendered long ago.

It’s a pity that there is no regret medicine to take in the world. The heavy casualties in Ezhou City made Zhu Youzhen completely lose a calm heart. He did not expect that a small Yueyang would have become a stubborn stone on his way forward. What he didn’t expect was that the north had already begun to make arrangements in Dongting Lake. If it were not for the restraint and harassment of Zheng Wenchang’s troops on Dongting Lake, Yueyang Qian Biao would have been unable to hold on anyway.

"Your Highness!" He rode wildly from the direction of Ezhou City.

Zhu Youzhen immediately frowned. Anything like this would never be good news. A crow croaked and swept over his head, and Zhu Youzhen's face looked even more ugly.

With a whoosh, the general beside him led his bow and arrow, shooting the crow with a very bad luck and fell down.

The crow is dead, but it will not turn bad news into good news because of this.

The visitor got out of the horse and knelt down on one knee in front of Zhu Youzhen's horse: "Your Highness, Wu Ning has heard news that General Cao Bin marched into Yangzhou, fought with Ren Xiaonian's troops in Lianshui, and then retreated to Huai'an!"

Zhu Youzhen let out a long sigh, and it was indeed extremely bad news: "How is General Cao Bin's loss?"

The visitor glanced at Zhu Youzhen's left and right and whispered: "Third Your Highness, General Cao led 10,000 troops to attack. In the end, only more than 3,000 people retreated to Huai'an."

Zhu Youzhen's body trembled for a moment, his face turned pale, and he left without saying a word.

Zhu Youzhen, who returned to Ezhou City, stared at the map on the wall for a long time without saying a word. The civil and military officials held their breath and said quietly, fearing that they would have an inappropriate action at this time, which would arouse the anger of Zhu Youzhen, who was on the verge of an outbreak.

Everyone knows that Cao Bin's defeat caused their rear to fall into a great crisis.

No one would have thought that Cao Bin would lose so badly!

Earlier, the navy of the Huainan Army suffered a great loss at the Yangzhou Navy. Everyone was still mocking Huainan for being a silver-like wax gun head, which was not useful, but now, no one has the idea.

Cao Bin's army was built with the Xuanwu Army as its skeleton. Its combat effectiveness is only stronger than the troops stationed in Eyue now. Cao Bin is even a veteran in a hundred battles. Even he lost so badly. If they go up, they are afraid that the result will not be better.

The combat effectiveness of the Yangzhou army is shocking.

"Does Gong Yunda have no explanation?" After a while, Zhu Youzhen gritted her teeth and said word by word.

"Your Highness, Gong Yunda did not write a document to you. He only said that he had raised another 50,000 stones of grain and was coming towards Eyue." Liu Xuan, the deputy general of the Cao army, said tremblingly.

With a scream, Zhu Youzhen let out a long sigh, Gong Yunda was blocking his mouth.

But what can I say? Will I scold him for watching Cao Bin's defeat without help? In fact, over the past six months, Gong Yunda has been slandering his order to continue attacking Yangzhou. This time, Cao Bin launched an attack from Wuning to Yangzhou, but did not ask Gong Yunda to cooperate. Even if he wanted to blame the other party, the other party had enough reason to clean himself.

Moreover, what are the benefits of pushing the other party into a hurry?

"That's it. Everyone has worked hard to suppress bandits these days. Go back and have a good rest. Next, prepare for the autumn harvest!" Zhu Youzhen sighed: "No matter what, first receive the grain you can receive in the warehouse. Yangzhou is just a disease of scabies. A temporary failure will not affect the overall situation. When the autumn grain is in warehouse, we will immediately increase troops to Yueyang. No matter what, we will take Yueyang first!"

Everyone nodded and said yes, and left one after another. Over the past month, everyone has been really exhausted and the army urgently needs rest.

The war in Yueyang did not improve much. Liu Xinda stationed troops at Yueyang City and could not make any progress. Tian Guofeng's troops were restrained by Zheng Wenchang and were exhausted. Without reinforcements, it would be difficult for them to get out of their territory on the Yueyang battlefield.

When the two armies fight, one is always rising and the other is getting worse. When the Liang army is working hard again and again, the other party's momentum will naturally become stronger and stronger. Qian Biao, Yueyang, fought with the Liang army for so long, and not only did not lose its strength, but it is becoming increasingly stronger. The bandits who were chased by the Liang army and had nowhere to escape naturally gathered there, and then formed one entrenched force after another around Yueyang. When they took root in some places, it would be difficult to destroy them again, because Qian Biao regarded these people as his first line of defense and tried every means to transport food and weapons to these people. With Yueyang as the center, a spider web has been formed around Dongting Lake. No matter where they touched, the entire spider web can always respond in time.

Veterans like Liu Xinda were all worried about this, not to mention Tian Guofeng, who had only brute force. No matter how brave he was, he could not do anything to face these elusive rebels. They would never fight him head-on. But as long as he took a nap, someone would immediately jump out of the hidden place like a poisonous snake and bit him hard.

Although it is not fatal, it also makes people feel painful.
Chapter completed!