All plans cannot keep up with changes.

No matter how you think about it, when the enemy does not play according to common sense, everything you have planned will fall into the empty space. What originally seemed to be careful in the deployment will immediately reveal one big loophole after another.

Zhu Youzhen came up with this plan.

When everyone thought that he would shrink his troops and solve the internal problems of the pseudo-liang first, he did the opposite and launched a large number of troops to Huainan when no one expected it.

Under the difficult situation of Eyue, Liu Xinda, mobilized 5,000 soldiers, transported by the navy, and attacked Luzhou. Zhu Youzhen led the main force of the headquarters to gather Cao Bin's troops and attacked Hezhou, Luzhou, and Shuzhou. The people who surprised everyone even surprised everyone. Zhu Youzhen even mobilized more than 10,000 left-behind troops in Xuanwujie Town.

Nearly 40,000 elite Liang Jun, who had been expected by no one, was like a torrent, divided into three groups and entered Huainan.

The unprepared Huai'an army was killed and dismantled and defeated. In just half a month, the entire Huainan Jiedushi, except for Chuzhou, where the Jiezhen Town was located, all fell.

Immediately, Chuzhou was surrounded.

Gong Yunda was panicked. While rectifying the remaining troops and defending Chuzhou, he sent people to Yangzhou to ask for help from the Tang army. He originally thought that Zhu Youzhen was unable to protect himself now, and a huge civil strife broke out inside Daliang. Zhu Youzhen would do his best to make friends with him so that he could escape and resolve internal disputes. But who would have thought that the stick Zhu Youzhen swung was the first to hit Huainan.

In the city of Chuzhou, there were only tens of thousands of soldiers, and the wind and cranes were in a panic.

The Liang army besieged the city had as many as 40,000 people.

Zhu Youzhen stood under the banner of the central army and stared at the Chuzhou City ahead. On the helmet and cloak were covered with snow seeds, and the black cloak had turned white.

His face was also white. In a short period of time, he suffered continuous blows. The original good situation suddenly became extremely bad. After years of hard work, he was at a risk of wasting his efforts.

Tian Guofeng's rebellion, Chang'an's drastic changes, Jing Xiang's death, everything was a heart-wrenching failure for him, and everything was a painful loss for him.

"Your Highness, Gong Yunda is at the end of his strength and is vulnerable. You might as well go back to the camp to rest. Just leave the matter here to us." Cao Bin advised.

Zhu Youzhen was originally a fierce general on the battlefield. Unfortunately, after the battle in Luzhou, he was captured by the Tang army, and then he was deliberately targeted because of Mrs. Wang's death. He was no longer as strong as before. It had become a dream to go to battle to kill the enemy. After several years of rest, although he recovered some vitality, this blow made him physically and mentally exhausted, and his body became weaker.

After hearing Cao Bin's words, he opened his mouth and wanted to speak. He sucked in a sip of cold air. He immediately covered his mouth and coughed again. It took him a while to come back.

"Hurry!" He whispered: "You can't give the Tang army in Yangzhou time to react. Ren Xiaonian's troops in Lianshui are not far from here. If they come quickly to reinforce, they may turn the war into a ball. Yangzhou can now gather tens of thousands of troops in a short period of time, and must not be underestimated."

"I understand." Cao Bin said.

"In three days, take down Chuzhou. Attack three sides, leave the east, so that people in the city can escape." He covered his mouth, coughed and continued: "Even if the enemy escapes, there is no need to pursue. After taking down Chuzhou, our strategic goal this time has been achieved. Next, you will be in charge of Chuzhou and must defend Huainan. In this way, we can connect Eyue and Huainan into one."

"Yes." Cao Bin looked at Zhu Youzhen's appearance and couldn't help but persuade him again: "Your Highness, you'd better go back and rest. You haven't had a good rest in the past half month."

"Where can I rest?" Zhu Youzhen smiled bitterly and said, "How dare I leave without taking Huainan? If Huainan falls into the hands of the other party, Eyue will be over. Then all our early efforts will be gone. We must defend Eyue and the land of Huainan."

"Then we will go and reorganize the troops and launch an attack immediately." Cao Bin and his horse reins turned around and left.

In such a season, war is a painful thing for the siege or the defender. But Zhu Youzhen had no choice. He had to settle the matter here before he left.

Without Huai'an, Eyue would be difficult to defend. If he lost these two places, even if he returned to Chang'an and took back everything as he wished, the situation in the south would have been out of control.

As long as E Yue is still there, he can threaten Jingnan and even Shannan East Road. He can defend Huainan and serve as a partner with Wuning and block the expansion of the Tang army in Yangzhou. Not to mention going further, he can at least maintain a balance of power in the south.

Only in this way will it be more meaningful for him to return to Chang'an to retake development, otherwise everything will be useless.

After Tian Guofeng rebelled and Gong Yunda repeatedly forced him to retreat to Wuning, he had been planning to kill Gong Yunda, and the Chang'an Incident became the destruction agent for this matter. The reason why Zhu Chi left behind Xuanwu's army was transferred to more than 10,000 Xuanwu's army was only agreed after his tough insistence. According to Zhu Chi's original intention, he should gather all his strength to fight back to Chang'an at this time.

"I don't need so many soldiers to enter Chang'an!" After reading the letters from Zhu Chi, Cao Xuan and others silently, Zhu Youzhen said in his heart.

Zhu Wen's incident had a huge impact. It is conceivable that the Tang Dynasty army, which had been gathering on the border, would give up such a great opportunity? The Central Plains will inevitably be attacked by the other party in the future. Without the support of these places in the south, how can they resist it?

Once the Central Plains are lost, there will be a lonely place in Chang'an and Luoyang, and the disaster of the country will only be in an instant.

"Your Highness, where am I going to Xiang Xun? Do you have any advice?" Sun Tonglin asked. "Is it useful to meet the other party this time? To put it unpleasantly, now we are internal and external troubles. How can Xiang Xun help us?"

"Where do you want him to help us?" Zhu Youzhen said: "It's to let him think about himself more. If he let Yangzhou counterattack against Huainan next time, once he succeeds, will he live a better life in the future? Li Ze's hand has reached the south. Yangzhou Yue leaves Jingnan, and taking the Shannan East Road will inevitably fall into their hands. Once Huainan Eyue also gets the best, what advantages does he have in the south? "

"But he and us are enemies after all."

"Sometimes, it can also be traded." Zhu Youzhen said: "Xiang Xun is now eager to expand his power. Every time Li Ze gets one more point, he will get one less. Li Ze is in the northern territory, and he has no choice but to do it. If Li Ze is successful in the southern territory, what will he fight with Li Ze? So, at this time, he may trade with us. No matter what he thinks and will do in the end, now, as long as there is a little hope, we must work hard to win."

"I understand!" Sun Tonglin said. "Then I will set off as soon as the sky is dawn. Xiang Xun's son is now leading his army to attack Hongzhou. This is the last place where Jiangxi Observation is still resisting. I think when I arrived, the entire Jiangxi had already fallen into their hands."

Zhu Youzhen nodded.

A deafening cheer suddenly came from outside. Zhu Youzhen was stunned at first, then he looked happy and walked out of the military tent. In the distance, there was a blazing fire on the top of Chuzhou city. In the fire that soared into the sky, the flag of Daliang fluttered in the wind.

In just one day and one night, Chuzhou City was lost under Cao Bin's fierce attack.

At this point, the entire Huainan, except for Yangzhou, Lianshui and other places controlled by the Tang army, had all fallen into the hands of the Liang army.

Zhu Youzhen won a complete victory in this lightning war.

"Your Highness, General Cao sent me to report that the city of Chuzhou has been broken, and Gong Yunda, Huainan, only led more than a thousand people to flee from the East City. Now General Zhou Zhen is leading his troops to chase him." A general came over and reported to Zhu Youzhen happily.

"Tell General Cao that he would be the first to climb the city. The officers were promoted to the local level, and the other soldiers participating in the war also received ten cents of money!" Zhu Youzhen said loudly.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Ya will turn around and run away.

"Now, I can go back to Chang'an." Zhu Youzhen whispered.

In Yangzhou, a messenger ran to the city, looked up and shouted, "Emergency military information, open the city gate quickly." Under the flames, the messenger raised his waist sign and showed that he was coming from the direction of Lianshui.

The city gate had just opened a gap for war horses to enter, and the messenger had already rushed in.

Liu Ruyan, who had just fallen asleep, was called out from the bed by Li Mi. She hurried to the hall outside. Mei Jiu, Li Hao, Su Bao, Qin Xinming and others were already gathered here.

"General, Zhu Youzhen gathered tens of thousands of troops, divided into three groups, and raided the Huainan areas." Mei Jiu said. "From the military situation just arrived, the Liang army was in a state of power. Ren Xiaonian of Lianshui asked for instructions, should he send troops?"

"General, if we use the navy, we can invest another 5,000 troops in the shortest time." Li Hao said.

After browsing the military newspaper, Liu Ruyan pondered for a while, sighed, "It's too late. In just ten days, most parts of Huainan have fallen. The speed and route of the other party's march directly from Chuzhou. Ren Xiaonian in Lianshui has only 5,000 people, and Lianshui is very important to us, and we must not lose. If there are fewer soldiers, it is useless. If there are too many, we will be more passive. At present, we are anxious and cannot dispatch a large army. What's more, we are afraid that we will be ready and Chuzhou has already fallen. At that time, we will have to fight in the cold winter. It's okay to be able to win it in one fell swoop, but once we fall into a stalemate, it will be extremely unfavorable."

Everyone didn't understand this truth, and they all looked extremely ugly.
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