Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 681 Endurance
"Where is Zhang An next to Han Yi? With Zhang An around, Dangyang City was actually destroyed?"

The reason why Han Yi was allowed to guard Dangyang City was because Zhang An was there.

Li Hedong is very confident in Zhang An. In his opinion, with Zhang An, Dangyang City will never be destroyed.

But the current situation is that even with Zhang An, Dangyang City is still broken.

The spy who came to report said: "My lord, Mr. Zhang can't save the situation, because there was an accident during the false surrender. However, Mr. Zhang is still lurking in Dangyang City, so that he can find an opportunity to destroy Qin Tian's good deeds."

Hearing that Zhang An was still waiting for the opportunity, Chu Wang Li Hedong somewhat calmed down his anger.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Hedong said: "Go and call Mr. Jiang."

Mr. Jiang, named Jiang Buhe, is Li Dong's chief adviser. Many of his affairs were arranged by Jiang Buhe, including this rebellion.

The mastermind of this rebellion was Jiang Buge, and people like Zhang An were just some of Jiang Buge's assistants.

Not long after Li Hedong's order was given, a burly man with a beard walked in.

"My lord, are you looking for me?"

As soon as Jiang Buhe came in, he asked a question. Although he was tall and tall, like a reckless man, he was actually a careful person, and when he opened his mouth, he gave people an indescribable sense of calm.

Li Hedong nodded, and then told Jiang about the situation in Dangyang city.

"Mr. Jiang, now I am here in Jingzhou, do you want to send troops to support?"

Jiang Buhe frowned when he heard that Dangyang City was broken. After thinking for a moment, he finally spoke, saying, "My lord, after Dangyang City was broken, our Jingchu line of defense has been lost. Even if we send troops to Jingmen and Yichang, we can't fight." It doesn't make much sense anymore."

"What about sending troops to take back Dangyang City?"

"It's not right. Dangyang City is now guarded by Qin Tian. I'm afraid it's easy to defend but hard to attack. I have to leave soldiers and horses to guard Jingzhou. I can't send many. Qin Tian is my famous general in the Tang Dynasty. He sent 2 troops to defend the city." If people go there, they won’t be able to take Yangcheng at all, but they will lose it there, which is not worthwhile.”

Hearing that it is not true to send troops, nor is it true to take back Dangyang City, Li Hedong became a little anxious, and said: "Mr. Jiang, what should we do now?"

"For the current plan, we can only guard Jingzhou City to weaken the strength of the Tang army, and then go out of the city to fight and destroy them. Now, Jingmen and Yichang are defending the city. Soldiers and horses, however, the lord still needs to send someone to inform the guards in those two places, if they can't hold it, they should lead the troops back to Jingzhou."

"Abandon the city?"

"That's right, otherwise if they take the city, the soldiers and horses in those two places will not belong to us."

In this situation, soldiers and horses are rare. If they can hoard more soldiers and horses in Jingzhou City, then they will be more sure of victory in the decisive battle with the Tang army.

Although abandoning the city is a bit unpleasant, it is obviously the best way for them to preserve their strength.

Li Hedong hesitated for a while, and nodded after a long time: "Okay, just do what Mr. Jiang said, but Zhang An, how to arrange it?"

"Zhang An is a smart man. Since he chose to stay in Dangyang City, it must be because he thinks there is still room for him to do something. Let him play his best."

Regarding this, Li Hedong also thought the same way. Anyway, in his opinion, Zhang An would not betray him. If Zhang An really did something, it would be a good thing for them.

Now Zhang An is bearing the burden of humiliation.
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the weather is getting hotter.

On the Jingmen City side, Hou Junji's [-] beacon army has been attacking Jingmen City for several days.

Although there were ten thousand troops in Jingmen City, after Hou Junji attacked like this for a few days, he still achieved some results.

After all, he is a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, and most of the rebels in the city are refugees. Compared with the Fenghuo Army, he is far behind.

Moreover, Hou Junji also knows how to use tricks.

According to Hou Junji's budget, he will soon be able to capture Jingmen City.

Early this morning, the Fenghuo Army continued to attack the city outside Jingmen City.

It was almost noon, and the rebels in Jingmen City could no longer hold back, and Hou Junji became, but became more and more crazy.

"Kill...kill..."

The Fenghuo army charged and quickly occupied the city gate. At this moment, the rebels in Jingmen City suddenly gave up resistance and took the opportunity to flee.

This situation made Hou Junji feel very strange. Logically speaking, the rebels still had some soldiers and horses, so they should be able to continue fighting with them, but why did they escape suddenly?

Hou Junji was a cautious person, so when he saw the rebels fleeing suddenly, he was stunned for a moment. He led his soldiers and horses to chase after him, but he didn't chase too far, for fear of being cheated.

All he wanted was to capture Jingmen City.

The rebels fled, and Hou Junji occupied Jingmen City.

"Hahaha, Jingmen City has finally been captured. It looks like I'm about to gain the command to counter the rebellion."

Hou Junji smiled excitedly. Standing on the tower of Jingmen City, he felt like scolding Fang Qiu.

But at this moment, a fast horse came from a distance, and soon stopped at the foot of Jingmen City.

"I am the messenger of Lord Hou. Four days ago, Lord Hou captured Dangyang City and killed Han Yi. Now, Lord Hou has an order to ask General Hou not to rush to Jingzhou City after he captured Jingmen City. Get rid of the locusts in the Jingmen area first, and then leave."

When Qin Tian's messenger said this, Hou Junji almost fainted on the spot.

It never occurred to him that he thought he was going to get the command to suppress the rebellion, but Qin Tian actually captured the city four days earlier than him.

But how is this possible, Qin Tian only has [-] soldiers and horses, is it faster than his [-] soldiers and horses?

This gap made Hou Junji feel ashamed.

But at the beginning, they had already agreed that whoever captured the city first would have the command, and how to put down the rebellion would be up to that person. Now, it is obvious that Qin Tian won.

If he repents, how will he gain a foothold in front of many soldiers of the Fenghuo Army?
"Qin Tian wants to destroy the plague of locusts?"

"That's right, Master Hou has already said that the people will be mobilized to exterminate the locusts. If the people want to get food, let them exchange the locusts they catch. If they don't catch the locusts, those people will not even want to eat food."

The spies described the situation in more detail. After Hou Junji heard this, his eyebrows froze. I'm afraid it was inappropriate to do so. The imperial court's disaster relief food was distributed to the people free of charge. If the locusts are exchanged and the locusts are to be exterminated, the people in the court know that they must impeach themselves to death.

However, Hou Junji soon thought that this matter was done by Qin Tianrang, even if he was impeached, it seemed that he could not be impeached, right?
With Qin Tian standing in front, what happened, what is he afraid of?

After thinking about it, Hou Junji immediately decided to do it.

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