Compared with the joyfulness in Yiyang City, the Chu Palace in Tanzhou City is a sad scene.

Compared with the impact of the continuous failures of the war, the news that Liu Yingjiang just announced shocked these people even more: the Tang Dynasty in the east sent a special envoy named Lin, who brought a group of extremely brave subordinates. At the same time, the reinforcements from the Wuchang of the Tang Dynasty had arrived!

These news was reported to Liu Yingjiang after hearing Lin Feng's speech, after returning to Tanzhou, they were originally commanding the soldiers on the ship. The two tried to swim across the Xiangjiang River and lurked from the mountains on the east bank of the Xiang River to the city of Tanzhou.

After receiving this news, Liu Yingjiang naturally tried his best to promote it, and even described the powerful generals such as Lin Renzhao of the Southern Tang Dynasty as if the world's number one, so he naturally wanted to save some face for his defeat.

One bad news after another was like an invisible mountain covering the entire Chu Palace. Although the lobby was full of civil servants and military generals, each with bitter faces, no one touched the wine, vegetables and fruits on the table, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

Ma Xiguang, who was sitting on the chairman, slapped the table with a "slap", not only shaking the bowls and cups on the table, but also shaking his fat body.

Ma Xiguang was so angry that his fat face was shaking, pointing at the civil and military officials at the scene one by one, and shouting: "Don't you usually speak very well, can you brag? The second son, the bastard who sells his fortune, is about to come to the city, and you all don't say anything!"

Li Honggao, a scholar of the Tiance Prefecture who kept a handful of black beards, stood up and said loudly: "King of Chu, for the sake of the present, I believe that there are two ways to go now. One is to introduce external reinforcements. The outside can find the surrounding countries, and the inside can urgently ask for help from other governors; the other is to use the strength of the soldiers to distribute the money in the mansion to the soldiers, and I believe that there must be brave men under the heavy money!" At that time, Li Honggao was also one of the ministers who insisted on welcoming Ma Xiguang, so he was naturally highly valued by Ma Xiguang.

Ma Xiguang smiled bitterly and shook his head. He thought of the way to introduce foreign aid for hundreds of years.

Langzhou and Tanzhou are less than 200 miles away in a straight line. After the second brother was about to have trouble again this year, he got the news early. Last month, he sent an envoy to Tokyo (now Kaifeng, Henan). On the grounds that Jingnan, Southern Tang, and Lingnan were planning to divide the land of Hunan, and urgently asked Emperor Yin of the Later Han Dynasty to send troops to station in Lizhou (now Li County, Hunan) to curb the Southern Tang and Jingnan to assist Langzhou. Later, the chaos in the Han court broke out, and Emperor Yin of the Han Dynasty was too late to take care of himself, so he naturally refused politely.

In addition to Ma Xi'e's Wuping Jiedushi, the Wu'an Jiedushi where Ma Xiguang is located, and the other two Jiedushis in Jingjiang and Ningjiang are not to mention.

The main army of Chu State was originally in the hands of the two brothers Ma Xi'e and Ma Xiguang. There were not many elite soldiers in those two places. The two military governors were even more sloppy. They all gave various reasons in the face of their special envoys. It seemed that when the situation of the two brothers' struggle was not clear, these people were not reliable. Forget it, let's distribute some of the money first.

Ma Xiguang waved his hand and signaled Li Honggao to sit down first, and said, "Tonight we will open the warehouse to get money and jewelry, and we will reward the soldiers of the three armies again tomorrow!"

However, when Ma Xiguang continued to ask who took the initiative to lead his troops to block Ma Xi'e, no one took the initiative to come forward. During the meal, he suddenly became cold and silent again.

Ma Xiguang had no choice but to slam the table again and shouted: "From tomorrow, the navy commander Xu Qiong will lead 500 warships to camp in the north of the city, and Xi Chong will personally serve as the military supervisor; the cavalry commander Li Yanwen led 3,000 cavalry to camp in the Camel's mouth; the infantry commander Han Li led 3,000 infantry to camp in Yangliu Bridge, waiting for the second bastard to take the initiative to get into the trap!"

Tanzhou, since the founding of the Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period about 2,400 years ago, the city site has not changed, becoming the origin and successor of the Chu-Han civilization and Hunan culture. In the second year of Tiancheng, the Later Liang Dynasty (927 AD), Ma Yin established the Chu State and changed Tanzhou to Changsha. As the capital, the Chu State of the Five Dynasties also became the only country with Changsha, Hunan as its capital.

The north and southwest of Tanzhou are mountains and hills in the southeast. Tanzhou is located in a small basin slightly higher in the south and slightly lower in the north. In the west of this basin, the most important river of the Yangtze River, the Xiangjiang River, runs through north and south from the west of Tanzhou City. The north of Tanzhou City refers to Beijin, and is close to the north of the Orange Islands in the center of the Xiangjiang River. It is a dangerous place to defend the waterway attack; Tuokou is located at the intersection between Liujiang River and Xiangjiang River mouth, and is an important pass to protect Xiangyin Road; Yangliu Bridge is a must-pass road for Yuelu Mountain in western Tanzhou and is the key to protect Xiangxi Road.

The civil and military officials below did not have much courage to face the enemy, but they would still flatter them. Several people stood up at the same time. However, Li Honggao, who was standing in front, took the lead and said: "The king is wise! In this way, the horse, stairs, boats and the three armies are supporting each other, and Tanzhou will be as solid as a solid foundation!"

Ma Xiguang shook his head and smiled bitterly. Just defense is useless. The second brother came with a stance and would definitely not retreat easily. Besides, this defensive strategy was not something he could think of. Naturally, it was the countermeasure proposed by Liu Yingjiang, the commander of the Zhanzhaodu and the commander of the Tanzhou camp who returned from the defeated army.

Ma Xiguang snorted coldly and was about to leave when he reported loudly outside the door: "Master Tuoba has returned from his envoy!"

Ma Xiguang fixed his body and looked straight at the stubborn old man.

Tuoba Heng didn't say a word of nonsense at all. He repeated the crazy words Ma Xi'e replied, and turned them directly into a corner, standing with his hands.

Ma Xiguang suddenly burst into laughter, pulled out the sword from his waist, slashed the table in front of him, cut a big gap in the middle of the table, and shouted: "You second son, you crazy guy, do you deserve it if you want the entire Chu State?"

Ma Xiguang pulled out the sword that was chopping into the table with force, but it didn't pull it away, and no longer cared about it. He raised his foot and kicked the table hard, turned around and brushed his sleeves out. The remaining civil and military officials looked at each other and all stood on tiptoe and dispersed silently.

Ma Xiguang had just moved into the back hall, and a thin Taoist priest and a fat monk appeared in front of him.

The thin Taoist priest called Wuliang Tianzun and said, "Your Highness, King Chu, don't you have any worries?" The fat monk said Amitabha and said softly, "The King of Chu is in trouble at present!"

Ma Xiguang was less arrogant at this time, and bent down slightly and said, "Master Qingfeng, Master Decheng is indeed as wise as a torch. Please relieve Xiguang's worries."

This time, the fat monk spoke first. He quickly moved the Buddhist beads in his hand, pointed the halberd with the other hand, and said softly: "In recent days, I have watched the celestial phenomena at night and found that two evil spirits in the northwest and eastwards rushed straight into Tianshu. I think the King of Chu must be troubled by these two directions!"

Ma Xiguang nodded repeatedly. Langzhou, the second son Ma Xi'e, was in the northwest direction. Isn't the Tang Dynasty sent a special envoy to the east? This master is indeed well-known and deserves to be a capable person I hired for a lot of money.

"Master, can you have a divine way to relieve the disaster? Xi Guang will definitely give you a good reward!" Ma Xi Guang bowed his hand again and said.

"The King of Chu is the mandated by heaven. I have a little relief for the mandated by heaven. It is actually a blessing for me to cultivate. If I want to overcome this disaster easily, the King of Chu must do this..." The Buddhist beads in the fat monk's hand suddenly stopped and whispered in Ma Xiguang's ear.

As soon as the monk stopped, the Taoist priest on one side shook the whisk in his right hand and said, "The King of Chu follows the heavens and responds to others. He works hard all day long. If he is vigilant at night, he will be free from blame. At this time, he is seeking to extend his mind. I suggest that the King of Chu do this..."

This Taoist priest strung out several hexagrams in the "Book of Changes", which means, King Chu, you are so powerful, you are appointed by God and are deeply supported by the people! You are like a gentleman, you are cautious in handling things, fearing that you will make mistakes, and naturally you will not have any trouble! At this time, your career is temporarily blocked, which is actually for greater development in the future!
Chapter completed!