However, the temperature in early spring this year is much colder than in previous years, which means there are unexpected factors.

Han Qian led his lone army to fight deep into enemy territory, most afraid of unexpected factors.

At present, Xu Mingzhen has not only assembled more than 30,000 elite soldiers and horses in Gaocheng, but also ordered Wen Bo to abandon the defensive stronghold outside Chuzhou City, asking him to gather more soldiers and horses and move them to the west flank of Chuzhou.

With this order, Xu Mingzhen obviously wanted to further strengthen the defense blockade in the area east of Huaiyang Mountain with Chaozhou City as the core, and then use his superior troops and horses to the north of Huaiyang Mountain to raid and exhaust the Tangyi soldiers.

"Fortunately, the princes in the imperial court still understand the overall situation, and Huaidong didn't hold back anything." Han Chengmeng said with emotion.

"They don't understand the overall situation. They just don't dare to imagine the dilapidated situation that Han Qian will be in after his defeat at Huaiyang Mountain." Han Wenhuan said, stroking his long snow-white beard.

"It would be great if we could persuade Xinjin Marquis Li Zhigao and Zhou Shu to send troops from Shuzhou and Suizhou." Han Chengmeng said.

"It's not that simple, unless you agree to their conditions..." Han Daoming walked in from outside the yard at this time, took over what his son Han Chengmeng said, and said.

"What conditions did they put forward?" Han Chengmeng heard his father say this, and of course he thought that Wanhonglou had probably sent news to his father, so he asked eagerly.

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"Although the Tangyi soldiers fought extremely tenaciously in the Wujinling Valley, the Shouzhou Army launched a large-scale attack from the front of the valley, and the cumulative casualties exceeded 2,000 people in twelve or three days; if they were removed from Fucha Mountain

Counting from the time when the front line crosses north, the cumulative casualties of Tangyi soldiers will not be less than 3,500 or 600. Even if Han Qian went to Huaiyang Mountain to encourage untouchables to join the army, compared with the surprise attack of Tangyi soldiers from Chuzhou and Fucha Mountain

strength, the casualties are already quite high. Although the Shouzhou Army suffered more heavy casualties, the Shouzhou Army mobilized a large number of troops on the inside and took turns in the battle. It was also able to evacuate the sick and wounded soldiers to the rear in time, allowing the soldiers in the front to move forward.

Their morale has not been greatly affected. Currently, more than 30,000 soldiers and horses are assembled at the northern foot of Wujin Ridge, and they are getting stronger and stronger. According to what I can see, if this severe cold weather continues for another ten days and a half, Tangyi soldiers will be more elite.

, no matter how strong the resilience is, no matter how many two to three thousand casualties are accumulated, it will not be able to sustain it anymore..."

Under the main hall of Cishou Palace, the candlelight was flickering, and it was unknown which crack in the hall the breeze was coming in from. Yao Xishui and the others had spies from the Weaving Bureau lurking at the northeastern foot of Huaiyang Mountain to send back the latest information at any time. She is now

Han Qian led the elite troops of Tangyi to attack Huaiyang Mountain, and he was not optimistic about the final result.

Of course, she rarely gloated this time.

"Today's late spring cold is really cold. My hands and feet are still freezing even when I go out. The pond in the palace is still frozen solid, not to mention the streams on the north bank of the Yangtze River." Chun Shisanniang frowned slightly

Said, "Han Qian, the Marquis of Qianyang, may have misjudged the changes in the weather this year. If the weather can get warmer as expected in previous years, not only will the Tangyi navy be able to take advantage of it west of Chaohu, attracting enemy troops, but also Nanfei

After the water and river ice thaws, even if the water level is not very high before the rainy season, it will greatly suppress the Shouzhou Army's attack from the lower reaches..."

"You are worried here. Is it possible that Han Qian lost his troops in Huaiyang Mountain this time, and even the most elite Tangyi soldiers were annihilated by Xu Mingzhen. Isn't this what you are looking forward to?" Wang Chan'er said lazily.

Sitting on the gorgeous phoenix couch, her beautiful eyes glanced sideways at Lu Qingxia, Yao Xishui and others sitting opposite, and asked lazily.

"You also know that we bear the hatred of the destruction of our family and the country. We do not want to embarrass you or have trouble with His Majesty, nor do we want to be disadvantageous to Da Chu. In fact, we don't want to see the destruction of Da Chu at the hands of Liang Jun more than anyone else.

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Lu Qingxia looked over and said with neither happiness nor annoyance.

Wang Chan'er smiled disdainfully and said: "It's useless for you to comfort me with these words at this time. You should still think about how to deal with the situation after Tangyi's raiding troops were annihilated by Xu Mingzhen..."

"The Marquis of Guizhou Yang acted rashly this time, and it may be inevitable that he would suffer setbacks. However, his elite soldiers and horses were accustomed to fighting in the mountains when they were in Xuzhou. Escorting him to escape back to Tangyi should not be a big problem. Even so, the Tangyi soldiers will not be able to escape this time."

Hui's vitality will be severely damaged," Lu Qingxia said. "No matter how jealous the princes in the court were in the past, they dare not imagine the situation of Qianyang Hou being defeated and killed. Therefore, the Queen Mother sent Zhigao to Suizhou at this time, and the governor

Ying followed Deng and Xiang to coordinate the military affairs of the various states, and led the Zuowu Guards and the troops from the five prefectures out of the three passes of Jingbei and into the western part of Huozhou. He became the Marquis of Qianyang to contain the main force of the Shouzhou Army. I believe that the princes in the court will not object..."

In the later period of Emperor Tianyou's reign, he deliberately limited the military power of the generals who commanded the army. In addition to conferring defense envoys, general managers of camps and other powers to control local power, there was no longer a Jiedushi envoy who had greater power over local areas.

This is also a practice followed by Emperor Yanyou since he ascended the throne.

Even if Lu Qingxia secretly reached a deal with the Zheng family to exchange defense zones, it would not be easy for Li Zhigao to take full control of the military and political affairs of the five states in northern Xiangyang with the authority of the Jiedushi.

However, at present, Li Zhigao is leading his troops to send troops from the gap between Tongbai Mountain and Huaiyang Mountain, and rush into the western part of Huozhou to contain more Shouzhou troops for the Tangyi soldiers trapped in Huaiyang Mountain. It seems that there is no time left.

However, for them, it was an excellent opportunity for Li Zhigao to directly supervise the military affairs of the states as the commander-in-chief and control the local military power of the five states in north Xiangbei.

"The Ai family speaks softly. Even if they strongly recommend the Marquis of Xinjin, Your Majesty and the princes in the court will not listen to the Ai family." Wang Chan'er said lazily.

The princes of the imperial court are not stupid. Han Qian may not be able to survive more than half a month in the Huaiyang Mountains. Now that Li Zhigao has been ordered to transfer the military commander of the five Xiangbei states, it will take a month before it is possible to control the military of the five Xiangbei states.

The state soldiers gathered in Yingshan County and Lishan County, and then entered the western part of Huozhou from Jiuliguan, Pingjing Pass, and Wusheng Pass. How about getting the year of the donkey and the month of the horse?

If it were just to mobilize the Zuowu Guards to march into the western part of Huozhou first, and the capital commander Zhou Shu would be in charge, why would Li Zhigao need to go to the military governor of the five states in Xiangbei?

Logically speaking, Li Zhigao was in Shuzhou and led the Zuo Longque Army to set off directly from the Lujiang defense line and fight to the west bank of Chaohu Lake, so that he could contain the Shouzhou Army for Tangyi.

Of course, Wang Chan'er could also guess that Lu Qingxia might use this as a condition for sending troops and secretly negotiate a deal with the Han family, but why would she, Wang Chan'er, go to such troubled waters?

Is it possible that she is just a puppet who obeys their orders and is manipulated by them in everything?

"After Empress Li was demoted to Mingyang Palace, the palace became damp and her skin developed a lot of rashes. She was worried about infecting the second prince. Some time ago, the Queen Mother specially asked the second prince to be taken care of by Zhao Guiren, who had just entered the palace," Lu Qing

Xia said, "To be honest, a child who is just babbled and can't walk yet has a decent appearance. Even if there are one or two birthmarks suddenly appeared on his body, Queen Li will be in a state of confusion after being demoted, so she probably won't be able to tell the difference.

Come on?"

"What do you mean by this?" Wang Chan'er suddenly stood up straight, staring at Lu Qingxia with her beautiful eyes like cold knives and asked.

"I mean, the second prince under Zhao Guiren's care has a red mole the size of an incense head growing out of his left thigh for some reason. I think Queen Li will probably not care about it," Lu Qingxia said.

"You will take over the second prince and let the Ai family raise him personally. The Ai family can promise you everything else." Wang Chan'er's hand holding the armrest of the Feng couch could not help but tremble slightly, and she stared into Lu Qingxia's eyes and said.
Chapter completed!