Zhu Yu's appearance immediately aroused a sea of ​​welcome on the south bank of the Zhuoxi River. War drums were beating. Three groups of elite cavalry from the Xuanjia Army, headed by three groups, waded directly through the water and established a beachhead on the north bank to push the enemy's troops north.

Suppress in order to leave space for the 5,000 Caizhou Army infantry in the vanguard to build a pontoon bridge, so that more generals can enter the north bank and attack the Weizhou rebel positions on the north bank.

The Battle of Xinzheng lasted two days and one night, but most of the time was wasted on the battle for the river beach on the north bank.

After the Caizhou Army established a foothold on the north bank of the river and built several pontoon bridges, more than 2,000 elite cavalry from the Xuanjia Army went around the dense forest in the upper reaches of the Xiangxi River to attack the enemy's flank, and the battle began in full swing.

From this moment to the complete defeat of the enemy army, it did not take even an hour. The next step was mainly to pursue death and defeat.

After Liang Emperor Zhu Yu entered Xinzheng City, he immediately stopped pursuing the defeated troops.

This battle still caused nearly ten thousand enemy soldiers to flee to Xingyang City with Wuyang Hou Liangren. After all, before the war, a group of Mongol cavalry crossed the river from Huaizhou to the south and entered the territory of Xingzhou to supervise the battle. They may insert themselves southward at any time.

And the distance for enemy soldiers to escape into the city is short.

These are all limited to Liang Jun's ability to expand his results in pursuit of death and defeat.

However, this battle was of extraordinary significance to the Central Plains war that had been stalemate for more than a year, as if thunder exploded over the Hehuai land.

After the sudden change in Heshuo, the situation in Hehuai deteriorated rapidly. The main reason was that the main force of the Liang army led by Emperor Zhu Yu of the Liang Dynasty was blocked by the Weizhou rebels in collusion with the Mongols in Luzhou.

Even though Zhu Yu finally succeeded in leading part of the main force of the Liang Army to withdraw into Guanzhong through the Fenshui River Valley, the key passes from Guanzhong to the east, such as Hangu Pass, Luoyang, Xingyang, and Yanshi, which occupied the northern foot of Funiu Mountain, were all rebelled by Weizhou.

The army or the Mongol people took control first, which still left Liang's subjects with little hope.

The reason why the situation in Hehuai River did not completely collapse was thanks to Han Yuanqi and Chen Kun who led his troops in time to save Bianjing City from falling into the hands of the rebels.

However, there were several fierce battles to capture Bianjing City. Han Yuanqi, Chen Kun, and Lei Jiuyuan, Jing Hao and others who stayed behind in Bianjing also suffered heavy losses in their troops. After that, other than being trapped in Bianjing City and awaiting reinforcements, they were unable to launch a counterattack.

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Under this situation, the prefectures and counties between Hehuai and Huaihe responded in different ways.

Strong vassal forces such as Xu Mingzhen and Sima Tan either gathered troops to protect themselves or took the opportunity to expand their territory.

They waited for the battle between Bianjing and the Weizhou rebels to decide which company to sell to, and they may not have wanted to seize the opportunity to establish themselves as kings.

But one thing is for sure, they will not easily get involved in a chaotic battle.

Most of the weak states, counties and local forces close to the areas controlled by the rebels were forced to surrender to the rebels and help the rebels; while those far away from the rebels and temporarily beyond the reach of the rebels, the vast majority remained neutral and waited and watched.

Situation development.

When the situation was at its worst, apart from the Guanzhong area, between the Hehuai River and the Huaihe River, the Liang Kingdom had a total of thirty-five states in the core area of ​​rule. Outside of Bianjing, only Caizhou and Mizhou in the southeast corner openly denounced Weizhou.

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However, Caizhou and Mizhou were surrounded by tigers and wolves, and they were unable to send reinforcements to Bianjing.

The thirty-five Hehuai prefectures include Xingzhou, Heluo (Henan Prefecture), Weizhou, Huaizhou, Xiangzhou, Weizhou, Bozhou, Qizhou, Zizhou, Yunzhou, Chengzhou, Qingzhou and other twelve prefectures.

In addition to being occupied by rebels or Mongolians, in addition to Bianjing City, Caizhou, and Mizhou publicly denounced or confronted the rebels, there are nearly twenty states in the central, southern, and southeastern parts of the country that are facing difficulties in the Hehuai region.

In such a chaotic situation, some people remain silent, some wait and see the situation, some secretly recruit troops, or some take advantage of the opportunity to expand.

Emperor Zhu Yu of the Liang Dynasty appeared in the south of Xingzhou and led the Caizhou soldiers and the elite Xuanjia Army to kill the elite Weizhou rebels who had been rampaging across the Hehuai River for more than a year.

, the military front threatened Xingyang, Yanshi and other places. Not only the Weizhou rebels on the western front were in panic, but even the rebels besieging Bianjing were forced to shrink to the core cities on both wings, fearing that they would be attacked from within.

For those local forces such as states, counties, vassal towns, etc. that still maintain wait-and-see and neutrality, how can they be less alarmed at this time?

Prefectures and counties in the northern part of Ruzhou and Xuzhou had previously ignored Caizhou soldiers passing through the territory and marching northward. However, after the Battle of the Chuxi River, Zhu Yu's orders were received from groups of Xuanjia cavalry.

Within a few days, officials from various counties entered Xinzheng City with six to seven thousand men and tens of thousands of grains and grains to see Zhu Yu.

Xu Mingzhen was also very honest and withdrew from the southern Xuzhou, eastern Caizhou, and western Songzhou areas, shrinking her troops to Yingzhou and Qiaozhou, and then sent her adopted son Xu Jin to Xinzheng to see Liang Emperor Zhu Yu, crying about the past two years.

Difficulties and concerns and longing for Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang Dynasty.

Unlike the hinterland where there are large areas of valleys, river valleys and plains, the Funiu Mountains between Guanzhong and Heluo have vast mountains, dangerous peaks and deep valleys.

This area has been close to the Gyeonggi region of the Central Dynasty since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. How could Xu Mingzhen not know whether there was an easy passage from Huazhou to Caizhou in the mountains?

Of course, it is not impossible for Liang Jun in Guanzhong to open a plank road connecting Huazhou and Caizhou in the Funiu Mountains. The capital of Shu back then was also opened up from the skyscrapers and dangerous peaks and deep ravines. The Tangyi Army still forced its way to Huaizhou

The Huazhu Peak Plank Road was built in Yangshan Mountain, but how difficult would it be to build a dangerous plank road that spans more than 400 miles from Shangluo County under the control of Liang Jun in Guanzhong to the western region of Caizhou?

Not to mention that to the north of Funiu Mountain is the Heluo area controlled by the Weizhou rebels.

If Liang Emperor Zhu Yu really wanted to devote all his efforts to building a plank road on such a large scale in Funiu Mountain, other forces might be neglectful, but how could they hide it from the Weizhou rebels?

Not to mention building a plank road, even if ten or twenty people pass through this rugged and dangerous mountainous area, they may run into the scouts of the Weizhou rebels.

For Xu Mingzhen, who is always keeping a close eye on the development of the situation in Guanzhong, he can think with his toes that the only possibility is that the elite Xuanjia Army will use the cover of the Chu army to cross the Qinling Mountains, enter Cai Cai from Liangzhou and the territory of Chu State

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Xu Mingzhen was even directly sure that it was Han Qian, the grandson, who secretly helped the elite Xuanjia Army return to Caizhou.

Xu Mingzhen didn't know what the secret discussion between Emperor Liang Zhu Yu and Han Qianda was. At this moment, she could only choose to surrender to Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang again.

Otherwise, what can he do?

After the beginning of summer, Han Qian completed the military build-up in the south. The Tangyi navy built new shipbuilding yards and navy bases in Huangchuan, Linhuai, Wabu Lake to the east of Shou and Liangang Lake to the north of Gaocheng.

The Yi navy army has added more than 6,000 troops to the four capitals.

As long as necessary, the Tangyi navy can rush into the Huaihe River at any time, fight with the Zuolou naval force, which is already at a disadvantage in terms of warship size, expel it from the Huaihe waterway, and then cut off the three cities of Shouchun, Fengtai, and Huoqiu.

North Shore Contact.

In addition, the Tangyi Army also assembled 50,000 cavalry and infantry in the south of Shouchun, Fengtai, and Huoqiu. The distance between them was so short that it only took half a day for these 50,000 troops to advance directly.

Arrive at the foot of Sancheng City.

At this time, Emperor Zhu Yu of the Liang Dynasty appeared in the north of Shouzhou Army to summon the troops of King Qin. Xu, Ru, Song, Bo, Chen and other states in the south of Bianjing responded one after another and offered people and food. For a time, they were able to overwhelm the rebels on the west flank.

potential.

Although Xu Mingzhen knew that when the Mongols reacted and mobilized more soldiers and horses to cross the Yellow River from Huaizhou and go south to Xingzhou, Liang Emperor Zhu Yu's life might not be easy, but at the same time, he knew in his heart that if he did not give in at this time,

Liang Emperor Zhu Yu and the Tangyi Army will most likely join forces to attack the Shouzhou Army as soon as possible.

Under the pincer attack of Liang Emperor Zhu Yu and the Tangyi Army, how could the Shouzhou Army gain a foothold in the Qiaoying area where most people were still thinking about Liang Ting?

Although after Zhu Yu usurped the throne, his father Zhu Wen died violently in the palace soon. Zhu Yu could not escape the suspicion of patricide, which made the generals of Liang State deeply fearful. This was also the reason why the Weizhou Rebellion became popular.

A foundation, but less than two years after the sudden change in Heshuo, there were endless wars between Heshuo and Huaihe, frequent disasters, people were in dire straits, and the local wealthy and powerful families were also in danger, with the danger of overthrowing at any time, which made many people think again.

Zhu Yu is getting better.

Xu Mingzhen intends to re-loyalty, and everyone is not a child. Of course, Emperor Zhu Yu of the Liang Dynasty will not hold him accountable for not supporting Bianjing and waiting with troops. Instead, he decreed the establishment of the Chenzhou Jiedu Envoy Office to govern Yingqiao and Chen

Bo Sizhou changed Xu Mingzhen to be the military envoy of Chenzhou, and urged him to send troops from Chenzhou to attack the rebels in the south of Bianjing, so as to open the connection between Bianjing and the south of Liang State.
Chapter completed!