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After Li Yuanji captured Hengzhou, he continued to send troops to Tanzhou. At the same time, he sent Wei Shishi to lead 30,000 troops to continue to march towards Shaozhou, and then march into Langzhou.

As Li Yuanji continued to advance, Wei Ting and Li Xiang successively defeated Li Er's armies in Wugang and Xiangyuan and began to march towards Wuzhou.

At the same time, Yang Shu of Yunzhou led a large army to attack Yaozhou and approached the city of Yaozhou.

Xi Junmai and Xue Wanche of Tubo led an army of 80,000 to invade Subi and won victory after victory.

Feng Ang of Andong Prefecture had already invaded Goryeo. After receiving reinforcements of firearms and troops, his offensive became more fierce.

After receiving reinforcements, Yu Minghe of the grassland directly integrated the Khitan, Shiwei and other tribes. He not only resisted Li Jing's attack, but also gradually began to launch a certain degree of counterattack against Li Jing by taking advantage of firearms.

Under pressure from both the Dongyi Prefecture and Yu Minghe, the Mohe tribe sided with Li Yuanji and began to send reinforcements to Yu Minghe. Yu Minghe then withdrew his forces to attack Goryeo and joined forces with Feng Ang to attack Goryeo.

After arriving in Quanzhou Prefecture, Xie Shufang directly launched an attack on Jianzhou. Li Er's military strength in these places was already weak, and Xie Shufang marched straight in and had already begun to use troops against Hongzhou and Raozhou.

Under the cover of Liu Rengui's navy, Feng Li landed in Hangzhou and used the threat of naval guns to attack Hangzhou. At the same time, he began to launch attacks on surrounding areas.

Liu Rengui deliberately left behind ten warships to support Feng Li's operations along the coastal areas.

Liu Rengui continued to lead the navy towards Bohai to fight against Li Er's navy.

At the mouth of Bohai Bay, Liu Rengui's navy met Li Er's navy, and the two sides immediately started a fierce battle on the sea.

Li Er's navy was frightened out of their wits when they saw Liu Rengui leading two ironclad ships before the battle even started.

When the two armies went to war, Li Er's naval artillery didn't even touch Liu Rengui's naval warships before they were bombarded by the naval guns on the ironclad warships, and two shots destroyed a warship.

Under the cover of the ironclad battleship's guns, Liu Rengui commanded the rest of the warships to approach again and fired a barrage of artillery fire at Li Er's navy, while launching newly developed rockets.

Li Er's navy was beaten so badly that it had no power to fight back and could only retreat continuously. It had no intention of forcing its way close to Liu Rengui's navy to launch a counterattack.

The two fleets were one fleeing and one chasing. Liu Rengui pursued them directly to the port of Li Er's navy. When Li Er's navy had no way to retreat, it launched a desperate counterattack, marching at full speed towards the artillery fire, intending to get close to the navy and get within the range of the artillery to fight back.

However, most of the ships did not resist for a long time, and now it was too late to resist. Under the suppression of absolute force, Li Er’s navy did not cause any trouble and was completely destroyed.

Liu Rengui then launched landings in Dengzhou and Laizhou at the same time. The Marines began to be deployed to the land battlefield, and the ships provided absolute fire support on the sea.

In just two days, Dengzhou and Laizhou were successively captured. Liu Rengui personally came to the shore and led 30,000 marines to attack southward to join Feng Li's army.

In Chang'an, Li Erzheng assembled an army of 500,000 and prepared to march south.

"Your Majesty, now all the troops have been assembled, and all the food and fodder are ready. The army can go out at any time."

Fang Xuanling below kept reporting. Li Er was in high spirits at the moment. In his eyes, now that his army had been mobilized, the next step was to send Li Yuanji to meet Li Jiancheng.

And just at this moment, Li Junxian rushed in.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened. The Tibetan enemy, led by Xi Junmai and Xue Wanche, has captured Subi. Our army has suffered heavy losses, with more than 30,000 casualties.

Yaozhou was attacked by the enemy general Yang Shu, and more than half of the 50,000 troops were killed, putting Yaozhou in imminent danger.

The 40,000 troops in Wugang and Xiangyuan were defeated by the enemy generals Wei Ting and Li Xiang, and more than half of them were killed. The army retreated to Wuzhou. Now Wei Ting's army is approaching Wuzhou, and Wuzhou is in danger.

In addition, Jianzhou was lost, and the enemy general Xie Shufang led tens of thousands of troops and had already arrived at Hongzhou and Raozhou, and the two states asked for help.

The enemy general Feng Li landed in Hangzhou, and Hangzhou and Suzhou fell one after another. Now the enemy general Feng Li is sending troops to Yangzhou, and Yangzhou is in danger.

The naval general Liu Rengui of King Qi Li Yuanji fought a fierce battle with our navy at the mouth of Bohai Bay. Our navy was destroyed. The enemy navy sent troops to land in Dengzhou and Laizhou, and the two states were lost.

The enemy general Yu Minghe's troops on the grassland received reinforcements. The Khitan, Shiwei, Mohe and other tribes successively surrendered to the King of Qi Li Yuanji. Now they are attacking Goryeo with the enemy general Feng Ang. Ten days ago, the capital of Goryeo was broken. The enemy army is marching westward from Goryeo and attacking the Tang Dynasty.

Qi Wang Li Yuanji personally led his army from Qianzhou to attack Hengzhou. Hengzhou fell and the Minister of War Hou Junji was killed in the battle. Now Qi Wang’s army has entered Yuezhou and Langzhou. The two states have fallen again and Jingzhou is in danger.

As Li Junxian's voice continued to be heard, Li Er became more and more surprised. When he heard the end, Li Er's eyes widened in disbelief.

Especially since Hou Junji was killed in battle. He had just received a military report from Hou Junji, saying that Li Yuanji should be stopped in Hengzhou and wait for his army to arrive. Now he was told that not only Hou Junji was killed in battle, but Yuezhou and Langzhou were also lost. Li Yuanji's army directly threatened Jingzhou.

Is it that his army is too weak, or is it that Li Yuanji's army is too strong?

It hasn't been long since then, but the army led by Li Yuanji has already reached Jingzhou.

Now it was not just Li Yuanji, but the entire Tang Dynasty, the east, south, west, and even the north, all were attacked by Li Yuanji's army, and his army suffered heavy losses everywhere.

The entire battle situation showed that he was completely unable to resist Li Yuanji. His army seemed to be shattered at the slightest touch and was now being beaten back step by step.

Li Er was a little dazed for a moment, and looked at Li Junxian with disbelief.

He couldn't believe that the gap between him and Li Yuanji was so big. He couldn't believe how the situation that was originally favorable to him could suddenly be broken by Li Yuanji on all sides and his Tang Dynasty was exposed everywhere.

His army had only just assembled. Li Er didn't want to believe it. Li Yuanji's army had clearly just returned from the Western Expedition, so how could they have assembled so quickly and launched an offensive so quickly.

Li Er couldn't understand, didn't Li Yuanji's army need to rest?
Li Er felt as if he was in a dream at this moment. It was not that he had never seen the world or that he had no knowledge, but everything that was happening now was beyond Li Er's understanding.

His Tang Dynasty suffered a complete defeat in front of Li Yuanji. It had no power to fight back and lost one place after another. The army he had originally deployed, plus the garrisons in various places, the total number of people in various places was at least more than 300,000.

However, he was told now that his army was like paper, with more than half of them lost, and they could not even hold the city.

Li Er was a little unsteady on his feet for a moment. Now, even if he had gathered an army of 500,000, he didn't know how to fight.

The war situation was deteriorating everywhere, how should he dispatch these troops? Should he divide them into different places?
Even if we divide our troops, we can only reach the size of the original army. We couldn't win before, so how can we win now?
By then, he will not have the advantage in any battlefield, and if these 500,000 troops are defeated, he will really have no large army left.

Not only Li Er, but Fang Xuanling and others below were also stunned. They had just made all the preparations, but the war had developed to this extent?
So what are they doing now to prepare for this? What are they busy with? Why is there no news about such a big event in advance?
Now that their assembled army has not yet set out, does this mean they will switch from the attacking side to the defending side?
But even if they are on the defensive, with Li Yuanji's army's ability to advance, can they really hold off?
Everywhere was beaten to a pulp, generals were killed in battle, and the previously deployed army was destroyed. And this is the information we have received so far.

It takes time for the news to reach them. During this period of time, where would Li Yuanji's army have advanced to?
By the time their army marched out, even if they marched out, would Li Yuanji have already reached them? The one who could not believe this fact the most was Chang Sun Wuji, whose face flushed red at this moment.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could Li Yuanji's army complete its preparations so quickly and capture so many cities in succession? Can't our army even defend?

This must be fake news, Li Junxian, have these news been confirmed?"

Changsun Wuji's hysterical screams echoed in the hall. Li Junxian did not answer Changsun Wuji because it was not his responsibility. Li Junxian just looked at Li Er, waiting for Li Er's questions and answers.

Although Li Er didn't dare to believe it at the moment, he knew very well that Li Junxian would definitely not lie about such big news.

But Changsun Wuji's words seemed to remind Li Er.

Li Er turned around and looked at Fang Xuanling and the others in surprise.

"This news is definitely untrue. No one is allowed to spread it. Anyone who dares to discuss military intelligence will be dealt with!

Our Tang Dynasty is a powerful country with a strong army, so how could such a defeat happen? There must be someone spreading the news to shake the morale of the people in the Tang Dynasty. The Hundred Cavalry Division will conduct a comprehensive investigation into this matter!

Now only Li Yuanji has personally led the main force of Lingnan to make a breakthrough. Hou Junji accidentally died in battle. I will personally lead 500,000 troops to the south to eliminate Li Yuanji!"

As soon as Li Yuanji finished speaking, Fang Xuanling and others quickly realized what Li Er was going to do.

"I second the proposal!"

Several people responded in a deep voice without any objection. They knew very well that although these things were true, they must not be spread out, otherwise people would be uneasy and they would have no chance of winning.

Now Li Er is obviously preparing to meet Li Yuanji in person, and the focus is also Li Yuanji. As long as the main force led by Li Yuanji can be destroyed or even Li Yuanji can be killed, all crises will be resolved.

As for asking the Hundred Cavalry Division to clean up those who spread the news, to put it bluntly, it is to clean up those people with ulterior motives. They are also the people who were planted by Li Yuanji to spread the news. Even if the news spread is true, it is false news that shakes people's hearts in the Tang Dynasty.

As long as he does not admit it, and as long as Li Yuanji's army does not really attack, it is easy to see whether the common people believe in the Tang court or in rumors.

"Your Majesty, we can't wait any longer. Please lead your army south as soon as possible. At the same time, all localities should send troops to reinforce. It is not advisable to let Li Yuanji's army advance too quickly."

Du Ruhui was worried. Although he knew that separation was a taboo now, they had no other options.

They can't hold it back anywhere else, so they have to send troops to support, otherwise they won't be able to hold it back.

If Li Er did not send troops, a different situation would probably have occurred later in the battle. Li Yuanji's other armies had already reached Chang'an, and the battle between Li Er and Li Yuanji had not yet been decided.

Li Er pondered for a moment and had to agree to send 200,000 troops to support various places.

After arranging the affairs in Chang'an, Li Er immediately led 300,000 troops south, followed by a group of generals.

Just a few days after Li Er led his troops out of Chang'an, battle reports came again, Jingzhou was lost, 20,000 troops were wiped out, and Li Yuanji's army was still advancing northward.

When Li Er heard the news, his face turned gloomy.

"Li Junxian, tell the army to speed up and get to Jinzhou as soon as possible!"

Li Er was extremely angry, but there was nothing he could do. According to Li Yuanji's speed of advancement, Li Er knew very well that if he did not speed up the march, Li Yuanji would soon reach the city of Chang'an.

While Li Er was rushing to Jinzhou at full speed, Li Yuanji, who had captured Jingzhou, was also discussing with Su Dingfang and Wei Shishi.

“Your Majesty, we must rest now. The army is extremely tired after continuous high-intensity marches, and our heavy artillery is now in the rear. We need to wait for the heavy artillery and other baggage to catch up.

Our offensive is so fierce that Li Er will certainly lead his army in person. If we continue to attack Jinzhou at this moment, we will most likely encounter the main force led by Li Er.

Given the current state of our army, and the lack of heavy artillery, we will be at a disadvantage if a battle breaks out."

Li Yuanji looked at the map, thinking deeply.

The reason why they can reach Jingzhou so quickly is that the army has saved on equipment such as armor and is traveling light. The army is marching very fast, leaving all the baggage and heavy artillery at the back, so they can attack Jingzhou.

Su Dingfang was right about one thing, that is, they were advancing so fast. When Li Er learned about it, even if progress in other places was also rapid, he would definitely pay more attention to him.

It's not for anything else, just because he is here, and he is also advancing the fastest. If he is given another two months, he will be able to advance to the city of Chang'an.

Thinking about fighting against Li Er's main army, Li Yuanji also became interested.

"In that case, let's rest in Jingzhou and have the baggage and artillery behind us speed up and arrive as soon as possible."

"Yang Jianhe, has there been any news from the Jinyiwei? Have all of Li Er's 500,000 troops come here? Or how are they allocated?"

Yang Jianhe shook his head.

"Your Majesty, there has been no news from the Royal Guards yet."

Li Yuanji was somewhat helpless. He didn't know the news, and it was difficult for him to arrange for other people to follow up.

Just then, a Jinyiwei hurried in.

"Report! Your Majesty, the Royal Guards have an urgent report!"

Li Yuanji immediately opened it and then looked at Su Dingfang.

"Haha, Li Er is here as expected! Li Er is now heading towards Jinzhou at full speed.

The 500,000-man army brought more than 300,000 troops, and they should have been deployed to other places.

Now that Li Er is here, we have to make good arrangements for him!" (End of this chapter)