Zhu Youzhen's hands trembled at first, and finally he shaking like a slam. Many generals in the house watched him stand up and sway like a willow in the wind. As soon as he opened his mouth, blood spurted out, splashing on the big table in front of him and on the floor. Then, with a rumbling sound, his whole body and body fell on the desk.

A thin page of paper in his hand floated to the ground.

"Your Highness, Your Highness!" Inside the house, a group of civil and military officials were immediately panicked and rushed up, surrounding Zhu Youzhen tightly in the middle.

"Doctor, doctor! Call the doctor here quickly." Sun Tonglin was closest to Zhu Youzhen, and snatched Zhu Youzhen up. Seeing Zhu Youzhen with a face of gold paper, he yelled loudly while pinching his people hard.

Liu Xinda picked up the paper that had been wrinkled from the ground, and looked at it for a few hurriedly, his face turned pale.

This is a secret report from Jingnan, which is exactly what Jingnan’s military information is.

Dai Chao's entire army was destroyed, and the plan to capture Jingnanjie Town was completely failed.

This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the destruction of Dai Chao's entire army was actually because of Tian Guofeng's troops' fatal blow to Dai Chao on the battlefield.

Who is Tian Guofeng?

He is one of the three commanding generals Zhu Youzhen relied most heavily on, Cao Bin, Liu Xinda, and Tian Guofeng. He was the biggest contributor to Zhu Youzhen's ability to traverse the south in the past year and lead Wuning, Huainan and Eyue. It is their bravery and good at fighting that allowed Daliang to capture a large piece of territory in the south.

Is Tian Guofeng crazy?

If it weren't for seeing Zhu Youzhen's current appearance, Liu Xinda would have almost thought that this matter was planned by Zhu Youzhen himself.

After all, the dispute over the reserve throne has always been full of bloody violence.

He crumpled the paper into a ball and held it tightly in his hand.

When Zhu Youzhen woke up, it was already late at night, and only Sun Tonglin and Liu Xinda were left beside him.

"Your Highness, are you awake?" Sun Tonglin asked in surprise and joy.

Zhu Youzhen rolled his eyes hard and looked at Liu Xinda on the side.

Liu Xinda stepped forward and whispered: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I have ordered the generals of the army to strictly restrain their subordinates and generals. I only claimed to the outside world that the third highness had a recurrence of his old illness and only needed two days to rest. Now all the troops strictly guard the camp, and the scouts have been sent out to prevent Yueyang's army from leaving the city to attack."

Zhu Youzhen nodded slightly, supported the bed with both hands, and wanted to sit up, Sun Tonglin quickly stepped forward, helped him up, dragged him over a pillow, and placed him behind Zhu Youzhen.

"Your Highness, Tian Guofeng" Sun Tonglin looked at Zhu Youzhen carefully and asked.

A flash of flush flashed across Zhu Youzhen's face, and she gritted her teeth and said, "It was not what I ordered. In the order I gave him, I asked him to assist Dai Chao and take down Jingnan as soon as possible."

"Then he?"

"Does this still need to be asked?" Liu Xinda, who was on the side, said with a dark face: "He must have been bribed by Jingnan or by Tangren. Your Highness, when you were unconscious, he came to a secret report. Finally, he boldly dismantled it first. Tian Guofeng led his army to pursue Dai Shuai. The most hateful thing is that he was still under the banner of your third prince. This made him almost unstoppable along the way. The Daliang army along the way was bewitched by him and joined his team one after another. They chased him to the city of Xiangyang. Now in Xiangyang, Dai Shuai only has less than 10,000 troops, guarding such a big city with 10,000 people, and even the city wall was not satisfied."

Zhu Youzhen's face twitched, and her breathing became more and more rapid.

Tian Guofeng did this, causing the soldiers stationed in various places in Daliang in the east of Shandong Province to mistakenly think that this was an internal struggle between him and Zhu Youyu for the sake of the throne. Seeing that Dai Chao was defeated and tens of thousands of troops were destroyed in one go, Zhu Youyu and Zhu Youzhen's strength was reversed, so they would naturally go up to hug Tian Guofeng's thighs. They naturally thought that they were hugging Zhu Youzhen's thighs.

This is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that this news will spread quickly throughout the world and to Chang'an and Luoyang. His elder brother has always been an anxious person. After learning this news, he will inevitably be anxious. God knows what he can do.

"Immediately submit a memorial to Your Majesty in my name to explain this matter."

"Write a letter to Jingxiang."

"Tell Cao Bin as fast as possible!"

After connecting the three orders, Zhu Youzhen was stunned and added: "Let Wuning arrest Xu Xiang immediately."

"I'll do it right now!" Sun Tonglin stood up and left in a hurry.

"Xinda, from the military perspective, what should we do in the current situation?" Zhu Youzhen looked at veteran Liu Xinda and asked.

Liu Xinda sighed and said, "Your Highness, there is no problem with this situation for three or five days, but it is impossible to hide it all the time. Now I know why they withdraw their troops from Yunxi's side so simply. In fact, with Yueyang's troops deployed in Yunxi and the support of the navy, they can drag us down for a long time."

Zhu Youzhen was shocked: "You mean, are they luring the enemy into the depth?"

"I won't eliminate this possibility." Liu Xinda nodded and said, "Suppose that Tian Guofeng, Chen Fu and others had been bribed by the Tang people long ago, then all this would be a huge conspiracy to lure us into the throne. They not only wanted to defeat Dai Shuai's troops, but even us were also under the other party's calculations."

Zhu Youzhen took a deep breath: "In other words, Jingnan is very likely to come to support Yueyang?"

"Yes, Jingnan has many boats and soldiers are also familiar with water warfare. If the floating boat comes, it will not take long to arrive." Liu Xinda said: "The current forces in Yueyang, if those young and strong, will be as high as 30,000. On Dongting Lake, there are thousands of water bandits commanded by Zheng Wenchang."

Zhu Youzhen suddenly lifted the quilt and wanted to get out of bed: "Yunxi."

Liu Xinda nodded and said, "Zheng Wenchang's naval army. Your Highness, it is impossible to take Yueyang now. We should prepare to retreat immediately. I have sent someone to Yunxi to warn Zhou Zhen that he must be careful and must guard Yunxi well. It is not only the only way for us to retreat, but also the location of the food and grass transfer of our tens of thousands of troops. Once something goes wrong, we will be in a big trouble next."

"We must retreat immediately!" Zhu Youzhen said: "Because Jingnan has just experienced a great war, it will take some time to come to help. Once we move a little slower, we will be stuck here by them."

"There are still tens of thousands of enemy troops in Yueyang City. It is also quite troublesome to retreat in the face of war." Liu Xinda said: "From tomorrow, I will lead my troops to launch a fierce attack on Yueyang, and your Highness, you will lead other troops to cover each other, retreat in batches, and retreat in rolling back."

Zhu Youzhen sighed: "If you believe in the wrong person, you will lose everything. I am afraid that even if you retreat to Ezhou, you will not be able to stand. Once the Shandong East Road is lost, Eyue will face attacks from Jingnan and Shandong East Road. The navy I reorganized in Ezhou has not yet formed an army. After this incident, the surrendered Eyue naval generals will most likely have other concerns."

"Your Highness is extremely worried. But it is impossible for Tian Guofeng and others to completely integrate Shandong Dongdao in a short time. The soldiers and horses of Shandong Dongdao who were blinded by him will always wake up. So in the next time, what Tian Guofeng has to do is to purify these troops. Secondly, he must also want to take down Xiangyang. Compared with Ezhou City, Xiangyang is undoubtedly more important, so we still have enough time in Ezhou City." Liu Xinda analyzed.

"And Huainan!" Zhu Youzhen said depressedly: "Gong Yunda was already indifferent. If something happened like this, I'm afraid he would show his fangs to us."

"Gong Yunda just saw that even if he showed his fangs, there was no threat." Liu Xinda said: "But it is possible that he betrayed us. Your Highness, in this way, we can only retreat to Wuning, and everything will start over again."

"I'm not afraid of starting over. At this moment, what I worry about the most is Chang'an." Zhu Youzhen closed his eyes and his fists clattered.

In Yueyang City, Qian Biao was so happy that he laughed, his fists pounded on the table: "From tomorrow, all heads will attack, and they must hold the enemy tightly. They must want to run away. If they keep them for one more day, they will pay an extra price. When they come to Yueyang, they will have to leave me a piece of meat before talking about it."

The generals under his command responded with a loud voice and left with excitement. For the past six months, they were the objects of being repeatedly pressed to the ground by Liang's army. They were all extremely angry. Now the form is reversed, and it is their turn to be proud. Even though the Liang army outside the city is still stronger than theirs, their morale is not described by the number of people.

Liu Xinda led his army to attack the next day and fought fiercely with the Yueyang defenders outside the city. Both sides fought fiercely for one day, with heavy casualties, but for the defenders in the city, they were more confident, because this battle made them know the facts of the other party. The main force of the Liang army was indeed retreating, and Liu Xinda was just a army that left behind to cut off the rear.

Yunxi, the messenger stared blankly at the fires rising from the sky and the thick smoke in the city. Beside him was Zhou Zhen, the guardian of Yunxi who was shivering in the gray face.

The messenger was still one step late. The Dongting Water Bandits led by Zheng Wenchang disguised themselves as grain transport teams returning from the front line and wounded soldiers who retreated. They broke the city in one fell swoop. What was different from what Liu Xinda imagined was that they did not stay in the city too much, but turned Yunxi City into a sea of ​​fire.

All the food and grass stored by the Liang army in the city turned into ashes, and most of the wounded soldiers who were recovering from the city did not escape from this sea of ​​fire.
Chapter completed!