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Chapter 734
After listening to Cen Wenwen's words, Ouyang Xun had a preliminary idea in his heart about the strategy of pacifying Lingnan, but for now, he would go to Yuzhang and meet Xiao Mian first.

Xiao Xian's palace in Yuzhang was very simple and shabby, no longer the grandeur of Jiangling.

But when Ouyang Xun saw Xiao Xian in person, he saw that the other party was very interested, obviously he didn't look depressed because of the predicament.

Ouyang Xun was about to pay homage, just as he bent down, he was immediately supported by Xiao Mian.Xiao Xian was very happy, and directly took Ouyang Xun's hand and said, "Mr. Ouyang, you really want to kill me."

Ouyang Xun smiled and said: "Thanks to Your Majesty's concern, seeing His Majesty is like this, I must be used to living in Yuzhang."

Xiao Xian laughed and said: "Fortunately, when I retreated from Jingzhou to Yuzhang, all the officials thought that the situation was exhausted, but within half a year, I had established a firm foothold in Yuzhang and regained my strength. Fortunately, the land is getting more and more barbaric, and there are tens of thousands of barbarian soldiers to help. If Lin Shihong, Li Tang dared to attack, I would take the lead."
Ouyang asked: "Your Majesty is like this, so I can rest assured."

Xiao Xian said: "Brother Ouyang, you're welcome. I can gain a firm foothold in Yuzhang thanks to your envoy and His Majesty Zhao Huang. I have already discussed with all the ministers and decided to give up the throne. Yuzhang can report to the emperor immediately. The world declares that it will change its flag and return to Zhao."

Ouyang Xun said with regret on his face when he heard the words: "Your Majesty, why should you do this... This is really wronged."
Ouyang Xun said so, but he also guessed in his heart that Du Fuwei was destroyed, all the Jianghuai land was in the hands of Zhao State, and all the vast land north of the Yangtze River was in the hands of Zhao State, and Yuzhang was across the river. In one step, Zhao Guo either fought a decisive battle with Li Tang, or went south to Yangzhou.

At this time, Xiao Xian was also very aware of current affairs and announced his return to Zhao, which paved the way for himself and the ministers of Liang, and made a decision to be tied to Zhao's chariot in the future.With Xiao Mian's return, Zhao Guo can also directly invade the south of the Yangtze River without spending a single soldier.

Ouyang Xun was very happy in his heart, but he still took Xiao Mian's hand and said, "Your Majesty, do you think it over again?"

Xiao Xian was very resolute and said: "What are these words? Is it possible to take back what you say? I am also the emperor's natal family. The emperor has captured the world. My Xiao family can be regarded as half a foreign relative. What's the matter?" What if you don't want to?"

Ouyang Xun put on a look of refusal and said: "In that case, I'd better convey Xiao Gong's meaning to His Majesty."

Xiao Xian said: "Thank you, Mr. Ouyang, I have gifted you a fortune, you should take care of me more in the future."

Although it was his own intention that Xiao Mian surrendered Zhao, Ouyang Xun could not escape the mediation he had done in it, so after hearing Xiao Mian's words, Ouyang Xun could no longer hold back the joy on his face, and said immediately: " Where, since Xiao Gong is returning to Zhao, at least he is the county king, and he is also a relative of the emperor, regardless of his status, he must be higher than his subordinates, and Xiao Gong will take care of him in the future."

Xiao Xian laughed and said: "How dare you, just say that the same dynasty is an official, let's support each other."

Ouyang Xun smiled and said, "That is, that is."

At that moment Ouyang Xun showed seriousness and said: "Since we are a family, I will say something straight, and I must trouble Mr. Xiao."

Xiao Xian said: "Don't say that, Mr. Ouyang must have come to Yuzhang to obey His Majesty's orders. Just order anything. Right now, I, Xiao Xian, am Your Majesty's servant. Even if I go through fire and water, I am willing to do it for Your Majesty."

Ouyang Xun was overjoyed and said: "Since Xiao Gong said so, I will say it bluntly. Xiao Gong also knows the battle in Luoyang. It is very important for Li Tang and me to decide the ownership of the world."

Xiao Xian nodded and said, "I know that."

Ouyang asked: "Although Li Tang's army on the north route is currently blocked by our army to the north of the Yellow River, Li Tang's army on the south route is in a hurry to attack Luoyang. Li Xiaogong led the main force to stay under Luoyang, but he divided his troops and sent Li Jing After breaking through Xuanyuan Pass and detouring under Hulao Pass, Tang soldiers also appeared in the direction of Yanshi and Luokou. Now the battle in Luoyang can be said to be extremely stalemate."

After hearing this, Xiao Xian said with emotion: "Yes, Li Xiaogong, Li Jing and Li Jing should not underestimate the enemy, I, Xiao Xian, was defeated by these two."

Ouyang asked: "Your Majesty has already led the army to reinforce Luoyang. Your Majesty sent me to Yuzhang just to invite Xiao Gong to send troops upstream to attack Jingxiang and threaten the grain road of Li Tang's army on the South Road. To encircle Wei and save Zhao Zhi This strategy forced Li Xiaogong and Li Jing to retreat."

Hearing this, Xiao Xian showed hesitation and said: "Mr. Ouyang, I'm in a bit of trouble. It's okay to go upstream and send troops, but I have too few troops, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to shake Jing Xiang."

Ouyang asked: "Don't worry, Mr. Xiao, it's not just you all the way, His Majesty also sent the Jianghuai army's subdued navy and the Silla Baekje navy with nearly 2 horses to attack Jingxiang together. Your joint efforts have a great chance of winning." increase."

Hearing this, Xiao Xi clasped his hands together and said happily, "That's really great. I've been waiting for this day. Don't worry, although Yuzhang is small, I can dispatch [-] troops in two steps. With reinforcements here, not only can we conquer Jiangxia is as easy as turning the palm of your hand, even taking back Jiangling is not difficult."

Ouyang Xun nodded, it seems that this time his mission as an envoy has been successfully completed again.
On Luoshui, the heavy rain slanted.The rain hit the river, and the river flooded.
Shan Xiongxin wiped the rainwater off his face, and looked at the Yanshi city, the Tang army besieging the city with a serious look on their faces.

Under the city, there are countless corpses, including those of the Tang army and Zhao army. The corpses of the soldiers lay in various postures under the city, and were washed away by the heavy rain.

The heavy rain rolled down, Shan Xiongxin wiped his forehead again, and said to the left and right: "The Tang army has no strength left, they can't attack this city, but we can't break through the siege either.'

Hearing what Shan Xiongxin said, the subordinate said: "General, we are not afraid of the Tang army attacking the city, but the Tang army surrounded Yanshi. I think it is for Hulao, Luokou." '

Shan Xiong said: "You don't have to worry about this. His Majesty sent general Luo Shixin to lead three thousand elite soldiers to garrison the Hulao. It is not so easy for Li Tang to capture the Hulao. Is there any news about Qi Ashulang who is guarding Luokoucang?"

The soldiers reported back: "Beacon Tower in the North City, I saw the safety smoke burning in the direction of Luokou Cang last night. It is clear that General A Shulang is safe."

Shan Xiong said: "That's good. The military rations in the Luokou warehouse are what Li Xiaogong wants most. Otherwise, he won't talk about encircling Luoyang, and he will run out of food and grass. If he doesn't retreat, he will retreat."

At that moment, Shan Xiongxin asked his subordinates to keep an eye on the battle situation in the direction of Luoyang Cang, and report immediately if they found Ping Anyan.After ordering Shan Xiongxin, he saw a large group of cavalry galloping behind the mountain, rushing to the city in the rain, which obviously indicated that Li Tang had new reinforcements arriving.

Seeing this scene, the officers and men of the Zhao army in Yanshi City all showed serious expressions, and it seemed that Li Xiaogong was going to make some moves again.

The gates of the Tang army's camp under the city were opened wide to welcome General Sheng Yan of Li and Tang. Shi Danai led three thousand Qingqi to the camp.

From a distance, Master Sheng Yan saw Pang Yu, the guard of the camp under the city, leading his left and right out of the camp to greet him in person.He took off the raincloth on the edge of his pocket, glanced at the corpses all over the ground below Yanshi City, and knew that the attacking and defending sides had experienced a fierce bloody battle.

The heavy rain slanted, and the blood washed away gathered into a river under the city of Yanshi.

Master Sheng Yan got off his horse to meet Pang Yu and asked directly, "Brother Pang, how is the battle going?"

The rain splashed on Pang Yu's armor.Pang Yu was named the governor of Liangzhou for his meritorious service, and he was also a well-known general in the Tang army.

But this young and vigorous warrior obviously failed at the foot of Yanshi City.

Pang Yudao: "It's hard to fight. I attacked five times in three days. They all hit the top of the city and were driven down by the Zhao army. The Zhao army was even eager to fight. Not only did they want to defend the city, but they also took the initiative to fight. He was killed and retreated three times by us. I only captured Zhao Jun’s prisoners yesterday, and I learned that the one guarding Yanshi City was Zhao Jun’s chief general, Shan Xiongxin.”

After hearing this, Master Sheng Yan scolded: "Damn it, Shan Xiongxin didn't go to guard Luoyang, but ran to Yanshi, no wonder you couldn't beat him."

Pang Yu said: "That's right, I think Zhao Jun is going to fight us to the death for this city, and strangle our army's access to Hulao and Luokou Cang."

Master Sheng Yan frowned and said, "So the Luokou Cang has not been taken?"

Pang Yudao: "Yes, Shi Wanbao attacked for a whole day yesterday, but there was nothing he could do about it. Zhao Jun was very strict about the rations in the Luokou warehouse, and he also sent elite soldiers to guard it. Brother Sheng, how is the Hulao doing?"

Master Sheng Yan frowned and said: "It's been half a month since Li Changshi led the troops to cross Xuanyuan Pass, and I haven't heard any news about him, but if he takes Hulao Pass, there should be military reports."

Upon hearing this, Pang Yu sneered and said, "The King of Hejian boasted that Li Jing was like a god-man. He didn't expect that there would be cities that he couldn't conquer."

Master Sheng Yan said: "It's not easy to attack a city, let alone such a powerful city as Hulao. However, the King of Heyang ordered you to cut off the connection between Yanshi and Hulao. General Shi and I will fight against Li Changshi's The army is attacking the tiger prison."

Pang Yu glanced at the unsmiling Shi Danai standing behind Master Sheng Yan. This Turkic general and Kang Xiaoli, five hundred Turkic cavalry, were sent by the Turks to help Li Tang when they raised troops from Jinyang.In the past five years, many of the [-] Turkic cavalrymen died in battle, and there were only more than [-] of them left, and most of them married wives and had children in Li Tang.

Pang Yu nodded and said, "Let's capture Hulao as soon as possible. I heard that Li Chongjiu led the main force of the Zhao army to pacify Jianghuai and is now rushing to Luoyang. You should be careful."

Master Sheng Yan said: "Thank you for the reminder, but as long as Kaifeng is in the hands of our army, the Tongji Canal will not pass. If Li Chongjiu comes to aid Luoyang, he can only go by land, so we don't have to worry about it."

Pang Yu nodded after hearing this, and the two said to each other to take care of each other, Master Sheng Yan and Shi Danai led [-] cavalry to leave immediately.

Pang Yu turned his head and glanced at Yanshi City in the heavy rain, and ordered to his subordinates: "Send down the order, all battalions rest, after the rain stops, continue to attack the city!"

(End of this chapter)