Dai Yue was also very shocked.

Zhu Youzhen, who had been silent for several years, shone brightly in the just-concluded Battle of Pinglu, not only withdrew tens of thousands of people from Qingzhou, but also saved Tai'an. This made the eldest prince Zhu Youyu Group, who had no longer listed Zhu Youzhen as his opponent, become alert again.

Because Zhu Youzhen's actions this time were accomplished with the strong support of Cao Xuan, the Tianping Army. This shows that at least Cao Xuan and Zhu Youzhen's friendship is very good.

Of course, both of them were captured by Li Ze, and the friendship might have been formed at that time.

Cao Xuan, as the three generals who formed an alliance with Zhu Wen and Dai Chao, was the earliest supporter of Zhu Wen. His political status in Daliang is self-evident.

If this were the case, the Zhu Youyu Group would not care too much, because the Tianping Army suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Luzhou, just like Zhu Youzhen. The current Tianping Army has tried its best to defend the Tianping army and resist Tian Ping's troops. Wuxia has taken care of it. Even if he supports Zhu Youzhen, it will not hinder the overall situation.

But when Zhu Youzhen's army suddenly appeared in Wuning and captured Guide, the situation was very different.

Because it involves a place and a person that no one dares to ignore at all. That is Xuanwujie Town and Zhu Chi, the queen of Xuanwu’s remnant.

Xuanwu is the base camp of Zhu, and Zhu Chi is the number one figure in the base camp of Zhu. If this person falls to Zhu Youzhen, then for Zhu Youyu Group, Zhu Youzhen will immediately become the number one competitor.

Now, Zhu Youzhen's troops quietly attacked Wuning through the areas under Xuanwujie Town, which can explain many problems.

"The Third Highness attacked Wuning, which was definitely not the intention of Your Majesty, nor was it the intention of the court." Dai Yue looked at Pang Xun who glared at him and said decisively: "Otherwise, my eldest brother would definitely know, Pang Shuai, you also know that the one who has the final say in the court now is my eldest brother."

"Since it is not the intention of the court, is it Zhu Youzhen's own decision?" Pang Xun said angrily.

Dai Yue nodded affirmatively: "It must be so. Pang Shuai, you also know that the third prince's commander has lost all the elites he commanded since the Battle of Luzhou, and he was also captured. After he came back, he was seriously injured and kept recuperating. He was completely useless."

"Can a useless man do such a thing?"

"We only think that he is unwilling to be lonely when he comes out of the mountain this time, but we didn't expect that he is ambitious." Dai Yue sneered: "Pang Shuai, I just want to tell you that this matter is definitely his private troops, so even if he dies at your hands, the court will never hold you accountable."

Pang Xun's brows frowned.

"Don't worry too much!" Dai Yue smiled and said, "No need to be scared by Zhu Youzhen. He has few soldiers under his command. Eighty or ninety percent of his subordinates are young and strong men who have just been recruited from Qingzhou and have no much combat experience. His reliance is just the 3,000 Xuanwu Army brought out by Cao Bin from Chang'an. And when he took Guide, the information was clearly stated, sneak attacks. If you do such a thing once, can you do it again, will it be possible to have a next time?"

Pang Xun's fists gradually clenched.

"Just under the city of Xuzhou, completely defeat Zhu Youzhen's troops." Dai Yue said.

"It doesn't matter if you kill Zhu Youzhen?" Pang Xun asked back.

Dai Yue smiled: "Of course it doesn't matter. If you really kill him, then maybe someone will thank you very much."

"Very good, very good. Since Zhu Youzhen has called, I naturally don't have to be polite." Pang Xun nodded slowly: "At the same time, I will also give His Majesty a memorial and ask what is the purpose of this?"

"Of course." Dai Yue said: "I can send the memorandum on my behalf."

Pang Xun looked at the other party and said lightly: "Is the Dean Changshi leaving?"

"Of course I want to go back. If I don't go back, how can I immediately transfer a soldier to Wuning?" Dai Yue laughed.

Pang Xun's eyes flashed and he said after a while: "How long does it take?"

"You and my family are originally neighbors. After I go back, I can mobilize troops to Xuzhou, which will take only ten days at most." Dai Yue said: "When the time comes, I will go to circumvent their retreat. You and my family will attack them in two groups, and wipe them out in Xuzhou. Of course, Pang Shuai, you have to allow the army I brought back to take the flag of your Wuning Army."

Pang Xun already understood Dai Yue’s meaning. It turns out that Dai Yue is going to kill someone with a knife!

But it doesn't matter.

Zhu Youzhen even came to his door, so what if he killed him? He was the only one who was fighting in this lawsuit.

It is also a good thing for Dai Yue to take the initiative to send troops here. If they don’t want to be arrogant, it means that a handle falls into their hands. In the future, Zhu Youyu will speak against him, so the charge of the murder of his brother depends on whether he can bear it.

"Okay." Pang Xun nodded and said, "That's it, let's wipe out our opponents under Xuzhou city."

Dai Yue left Xuzhou in a hurry. In his opinion, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If Zhu Youzhen could be killed directly in the Wuning area, then people like Tianping Zhu Xuan, Xuan Wu and Zhu Chi would have no support. Apart from being loyal to His Highness Zhu Youyu, do they have any other choices?

Of course there is no more.

This is obviously the most cost-effective way for Daliang. Otherwise, Zhu Youzhen would have a strong position, which would be much more troublesome compared to the second son Zhu Yougui.

Killing Zhu Youzhen here will make Daliang more united and stronger externally. This is Dai Yue's simplest understanding. For this reason, he did not hesitate to take action first and then report. After rushing back to Gunhai, he quickly mobilized his troops to prepare to enter Wuning, while sending emergency letters to his elder brother Dai Chao who was far away in Chang'an.

Pang Xun began to assemble a large army in Xuzhou City. He lost 10,000 troops in Guide, which greatly damaged his strength. However, near Xuzhou City, he still assembled nearly 30,000 government troops in a short time, and cooperated with the more than 10,000 elite troops he directly commanded, forming the main force of the Battle of Xuzhou. The troops stationed in other areas were also ordered to quickly concentrate in Xuzhou City. If these county governments reacted quickly, he could assemble 50,000 to 80,000 troops in Xuzhou City.

However, Pang Xun's plan was obviously unable to succeed. Zhu Youzhen's army came faster than expected. On the fifth day after he received the information, the vanguard of Zhu's army, Tian Guofeng, led more than 3,000 cavalry to capture Fengxian and defeat the gathering army there. Just one day later, they attacked Peixian and once again defeated the three thousand palace soldiers gathering there. In the next few days, the cavalry almost fought in a place one day, floating and fighting rapidly, and never attacked the city, focusing on attacking the troops and supplies in Wuning that were preparing to gather to support Xuzhou City.

On the tenth day, Pang Xun finally realized that there would be no more reinforcements around him. He would fight against Zhu Youzhen with the first 10,000 elite troops gathered by Xuzhou City.

But in his opinion, this is almost enough.

His troops were not intact, but Zhu Youzhen's troops were even worse. After arranging 5,000 defenders on Kuishan and 5,000 guards on Dahuangshan, the remaining troops gathered in Xuzhou City, and the three places supported each other and supported each other.

After Pang Xun made these arrangements, Zhu Youzhen had already led the support troops to catch up with Cao Bin's troops. Tens of thousands of troops were stationed in Jing'an, and the final rest was made. At this time, Zhu Youzhen had more than 20,000 people. Along the way, they captured and reorganized a large number of Wuning soldiers and organized them into a new combat sequence.

"Third Your Highness!" Tian Guofeng, who had just returned, stepped into the tent with great enthusiasm and bowed to the other party.

Zhu Youzhen also stood up to greet his powerful general: "All the way is the fight is so satisfying?" he asked with a smile.

"It's so satisfying, so happy. The enemy is unstoppable!" Tian Guofeng said with a laugh. "It's often about to collapse at a touch. I thought it was a tough battle, but in the end I became a sheep driving."

"Don't like it? You can chew on some hard bones in the future!" Zhu Youzhen said with a smile.

"No, no, no, I like it so much!" Tian Guofeng's answer was a big surprise from Zhu Youzhen: "Third Prince, who doesn't want his enemies to be worse? In the end, they are all as bad as Wu Ning Army. If the enemy is too strong, his brothers will die a lot. Of course, it is best if they can't die."

"That's right!" Zhu Youzhen always thought that Tian Guofeng's mind was very simple, but every time, the words burst out from this simple man's mouth were all over, so he had nothing to say. "Where is Chen Fu?"

"We are still placing troops!" Tian Guofeng said: "We will arrive later."

"Is the loss big?"

"Not big, less than a hundred people were reduced. The most annoying thing is that more than half of the people here were injured in the battle, but fell off the horse while on the road." Tian Guofeng grinned: "Third Prince, there is nothing to do in war, it's just that I'm too tired to rush on the road this time."

"Next, we have a good rest for a day. We will set off again and take Xuzhou. I will let you sleep for three days and three nights." Zhu Youzhen waved and let Tian Guofeng come over.

"This is the sand table that General Cao just drove. The enemy has set up a military camp in Kuishan and Dahuangshan." Zhu Youzhen said: "If you want to attack Xuzhou, you have to first pull out these two military camps."

Tian Guofeng blinked and said, "Will Pang Xun go out of the city to attack us?"

"I'm afraid he doesn't have the courage!" Zhu Youzhen laughed.

"We worked hard on an expedition, and now we have not yet established a firm foothold. This old boy is waiting for his work and rests his energy. I think he will go out of the city to fight us in the last battle." Tian Guofeng insisted.

Cao Bin thought for a while and said, "Your Highness, there is indeed such a possibility. We now say that there are nearly 50,000 people, but 30,000 of them are recruited surrendered soldiers, which is not stable in itself. And the 20,000 soldiers and horses, the real elites are only 3,000 people in my headquarters, the 3,000 cavalry you just brought, including 1,500 cavalry under my headquarters. Overall, we only have these 7,000 people in our headquarters. I think Pang Xun can also find these information."
Chapter completed!