The corpses were everywhere, and the wailing whistles were everywhere. The troops were defeated and the power was as strong as a mountain.

Ni Kefu leaned on the horse's back and fled in a panic under the escort of his followers. Although he had no regard for his decent attitude, he did not forget to instruct the generals around him to utter orders while running away. Since the defeat was decided, he had not yet pursued and intercepted the enemy's troops and evacuated them to the south.

The military formation has been hit by a scattered attack, and the opponent is even more fierce and good at fighting, so there is no possibility of resuming the situation. Now there is only one who can escape, and the more people under his command can escape, the better. After all, if you delay here, you will only fall into a desperate situation of being slaughtered.

Now Ni Kefu realized that although he was highly valued by Gao Jichang, he was also in charge of the Liang army in the east of Shandong Province by his ability. However, compared with many generals under Li Tianqu, he was not in the same level.

Even if I had heard of Wang Yanzhang, Fu Cunshen, and Gao Siji was good at fighting, but this was not the level and combat effectiveness of the opponent when competing with others in online games in later generations. In the face of the two armies, the main generals of both sides had to face off in person before they could know. At least now Ni Kefu realized that it was really difficult to force retreating to retreat to the powerful generals sent by Li Tianqu to invade.

It seems that I have no other way to go besides surrendering?

This idea suddenly arose in Ni Kefu's mind, but he is still going to flee. At the same time, the heavy cavalry of the Longxiang Army led by Wang Yanzhang collapsed a group of Liang army remnants. Gao Siji and his brothers led the Light Cavalry to pursue and kill everywhere, while the infantrymen swept away the remaining people on the battlefield until the war gradually came to an end...

Although Gao Jichang's general Ni Kefu escaped by luck, he only gathered more than 8,000 defeated troops and fled to Xiangzhou. The rest were annihilated, captured, and even fled in scattered ways. Gao Jichang, who was originally at a disadvantage, was even more severely damaged his vitality. Four days later, the Dengzhou capital Rangcheng, Gao erected the flag of the lowering, and the defenders opened the city gate and expressed their willingness to accept the willingness to surrender.

The victory of conquering Tang and Dengzhou and defeating Ni Kefu's enemy troops reached Bianjing. Li Tianqu was indeed happy after hearing the news. However, there were also reports of war between Zhang Guiba and Xu Si army led by Zhang Guihou. Although they captured two counties and yards under Suizhou, they still failed to break through Sui County.

Zhang Guiba and Zhang Guihou's army met Bao Tang, the second-in-commander in the Liang army of Shandong East Road. Li Tianquxin said that based on the ability of the two brothers of the Zhang family and the strength of their respective military strength, to defeat Bao Tang, the characters mentioned in the content of the Five Dynasties record of Nanping Kingdom, should have a great chance of victory.

However, Wang Yanzhang and Fu Cunshen had already left two military prefectures, Zhang Guiba and Zhang Guihou had not yet been able to conquer the entire Suizhou area, because Gao Jichang had brought in reinforcements.

After all, the separatist forces adjacent to Shandong and Jingnan, and the Wuchang Army governor Du Hong.

Du Hong, who was originally an actor who made a living by acting, was in the beginning when Huang Chao was wandering around and causing trouble. He should recruit and join the Turkish Army, and then was granted the title of general for his merits. Originally, the Wuchang Army's vassal state was abolished 34 years ago, and was ranked second to the Jiedushi, but also in charge of military, armor, finance and political affairs of several states. Du Hong seized the opportunity to expel the governor of Yuezhou, conquered Ezhou, and won the competition with small local separatist forces, and then took charge of several states in Eyue.

Du Hong changed the name of Eyue Observer and claimed to be the descendant of the Wuchang Army. According to the Tang Dynasty's style, as long as you sit in a corner and do not openly rebel, you will agree. However, Li Tianqu thought that it is probably very likely that Zhu Wen had secretly tampered with it.

Because it was not only Zhu Wen who usurped the Tang Dynasty, he immediately recognized Du Hong's power in charge of the Eyue prefectures. According to the historical trajectory, when Zhu Wen besieged Fengxiang, the court issued a manifesto to Li Keyong, Yang Xingmi, and Wang Shifan Jieshang to demand troops to serve the king. However, the envoys under Du Hong's rule were intercepted and silenced by him. Obviously, he also intended to support Zhu Wen to control the Emperor of Tang as soon as possible.

Moreover, when Du Hong was competing for the territory of the Wuchang Army's vassal states, he had already had a close relationship with Yang Xing. As a result, Zhu Wen dominated the Central Plains and became more powerful, so he firmly turned to the Liang State. Even if Yang Xingmi one day commanded his army to fight to his doorstep and sent envoys to persuade him to surrender, Du Hong relied on Zhu Quanzhong's strength and had no intention of surrendering.

After the angered Yang Xingmi ordered Liu Cun, the general of the Western Expedition, to break through the city, he killed all the Wuchang Army's aide, General Ya, and took Du Hong to Yangzhou, and scolded him in person, "You are both rebels and killing the master, and you are a vengeance with me. Our army returns, and then you are a thief and refuse. What's the matter now?"

As a result, Du Hong's reply was like "I can't bear to let go of Mr. Zhu", and of course, Yang Xingmi ordered people to be chopped off his head, and his forces were defeated... So from Du Hong's standpoint, he was surrounded by hardcore people from Liang State. To put it bluntly, he was Zhu Wen's loyal dog-legged.

However, Yang Xingmi destroyed the Wuchang Army and killed Du Hong according to the official history line, it should be six or seven years later. Now the territory controlled by both sides is still separated by the states in Ganzhou, which was traditionally controlled by Wang Zhong of Jiangxi.

Li Tianqu couldn't understand that Du Hong was born in the Wuchang Army and was not cultivated and promoted by Zhu Wen, so he was able to be authorized to rule the country. He started from scratch and became the monarch of the separatist forces, so how could he firmly follow the Liang Kingdom? What is certain is that his own forces are also Zhu Wen's mortal enemy. He was raising troops to conquer Suizhou and opened the gateway to northern Hubei. From Du Hong's standpoint, he would of course send troops, and support Gao Jichang, a close neighbor who was nominally a minister of the Liang Kingdom.

But even if there are more hostile forces in Du Hong along the way, so what? The territory controlled by Gao Jichang, coupled with the territory of Jingnan Chengxian and E Yue Du Hong, probably has covered the entire territory of Hubei Province in later generations. After Gao Jichang, the next target to attack has already taken the initiative to jump out.

What's more, Gao Jichang just brought a group of reinforcements, but the 40,000 troops were defeated, and he could not save Dengzhou. He could not resist in the end. He had to make another attempt. A few days later, an envoy sent by the East Road of Shannan went north to Rangcheng, Dengzhou, to pay a visit to Wang Yanzhang, Fu Cunshen, and requested to bring a letter of surrender to Bianjing to meet Li Tianqu.

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In the main hall of the Bianjing Imperial City, Li Tianqu met the envoy sent by the East Road of Shannan to request surrender. He heard that he had signed up for Sikongxun and gave a great gift, and immediately expressed his opinion that my lord was willing to surrender to His Majesty.

Li Tianqu smiled when he heard this, but shook his head slightly and said straightforwardly:

"The vassal states are now separatist, and now there are heroes everywhere who are lonely and invincible, and there are endless wars in various places. Before, Zhu Wen gained power, so Zhao, Ye, Beiping, Chu, Wu and Yue countries were obedient to Liang. If I were in charge of the Central Plains, most of whom nominally surrendered to Zhu Wen, they turned to me to submit. What kind of surrender letters or contracts are just empty texts. Today, I am willing to be subordinates, and when I have the opportunity to take advantage of the future, I will still turn against each other.

Besides, Gao Jichang must also be clear that he was appointed by Zhu Wen to command the East Road of Shannan, and I was a mortal enemy of Liang, so I sent troops to conquer him, which was just right. Before Qian Liu, Luo Hongxin, Wang Rong, and Wang Chu directly claimed to me, they had already established Wu Yue, Ye, Zhao, and Beiping countries. Even if Gao Jichang controlled the East Road of Shannan, he did not take charge of his own position as a king. So in what name did he submit to me? Should he be granted the title of king to surrender?

I will be able to maintain long-term stability in the future. Not only will I want Gao Jichang to be the one who is a minister, but I will also offer land, trade troops, delegate power, and allow our dynasty to be transferred to another place. If he refuses, then there is no need to continue to discuss the surrender."

Si Kongxun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and even said in a low voice:

"Your Majesty, my lord has a foundation in the east of Shannan, and his intention to submit is indeed sincere... Your lord has said that he cannot pay tribute to the king's title, but he should follow it. But... according to my lord's order, there is another condition, I hope your lord will be approved."
Chapter completed!