When the people of Zaoyang saw that since the Shao Yin could generously distribute military rations to help them, and were still a scholar, they could settle down. At this time, several young people stood up and gestured for Shao Yin to the passage to Tangcheng.

Tangcheng County is about 200 miles away from Zaoyang, and Chen Xianqi's battle formation to siege Liu Changqing is said to be on Tangcheng Mountain outside the city, with 5,000 soldiers from Huaixi and two or three thousand bandits with mountain sheds. Liu Changqing in the city merged the original state soldiers and two thousand reinforcements sent by Jia Dan, calling himself "Pinglin Children". He has been desperately defending Tangcheng County for nearly half a year. This time, Liu Changqing finally got courageous and fought to the end.

But in other words, if Li Xilie had not followed Li Yuanping's plan to enter Chang'an City, he would have concentrated his main force to attack Shannan East Road, Henan, Huainan, and Liu Changqing's four counties of Suizhou would have been completely destroyed.

"Do you want to advance to Tangcheng for rescue?" At this time, all the generals of the Baicao Army asked Gao Yue for instructions.

Gao Yue looked at Gao Gu, the military commander, and asked if this person had any good ideas.

Gao Gu had to speak more frankly at this time. He immediately made a suggestion, "Envoy Liu was holding Tangcheng County for half a year, and now he has not been in a hurry to come to Xiangyang City, which shows that he still has the strength to defend. Therefore, our army can encircle Wei and save Zhao, so there is no need to go into Tangcheng Mountain, for fear that Chen Xianqi will have ambushed soldiers and injured our children."

"How to surround Wei and save Zhao?"

"From the northeast of Zaoyang, crossing Tongbai Mountain from Tangzhou, and two counties of Pingshi. Tongbai Mountain comes from the two waters. It flows westward to the Lishui River and eastward to the Huai River. According to the Lishui River, it can enter the Zhe River (now Tanghe River), and echo the left and right of the troops and horses that Jia Xianggong attacked Rang County; while, based on the Huai River, it can directly threaten Shenzhou (now Xinyang, Henan), in Huai River (now Xinyang, Henan). In this way, Chen Xianqi will be shocked to retreat to the three prefectures of Shenguang and Cai, and the siege of Tangcheng County will be lifted."

"Okay, just do what the envoy said."

Then, Gao Yue asked Guo Zaizhen and Li Jie's 300 soldiers to stay in Zaoyang. In addition to repairing Liu Xiu's ancestral home, he also assumed the responsibility of protecting the Baishui River. Every day, ships were carried from the abundant Jianghan Plain.

He and Gao Gu and Cai Fengyuan led most of the White Grass Army soldiers, carrying dry food for a ten-day trip, and asked Ming Huaiyi and other 800 cavalrymen to rank and lead the way to Tongbai.

The cavalry was very fast and drove for three days to complete the journey of more than 200 miles.

When Ming Huaiyi rushed into Tongbai, a small number of Huaixi soldiers who were moving here saw a large number of elite cavalry coming. They were so scared that they hurried from Dafu Mountain in Huaidu, fled along the Huai River on a boat and fled back to Yiyang, Shenzhou.

When Gao Yue, Gao Gu and Cai Fengyuan arrived with successors, Ming Huaiyi and other military generals who were born in Xiang Fan were staying at the Huaidu Temple, the birthplace of the Huai River.

Then Gao Yue ordered the recruitment of nearby households, and all soldiers to cut down the wood from the Tongbai Mountains, threatened to make rafts and boats, carry troops and horses to advance east along the Huai River, and to seize the three counties of Yiyang, Zhongshan and Luoshan in Shenzhou.

At the same time, Gao Yue also wrote a letter before leaving, asking Guo Zaizhen to send someone to Tangcheng Mountain and hand it over to Huaixi General Chen Xianqi.

So after Gao Yue arrived in Tongbai, Chen Xianqi, wearing armor, also received a letter from Gao Yue in the camp on the Tangcheng Mountain.

After reading it, Chen Xianqi sang for a long time, as if he was worried.

The military generals beside him all asked what they said in the letter.

"The imperial court formed the Sanchuan and Sannan two camps, one in the west and the other in the south, all of which came to deal with our Huaining army. Now that we have fought for almost a year, Huaini Town is almost at the end of its reach."

It turned out that Gao Yue advised Chen Xianqi in the letter. He said that Huaixi was loyal to the court since Huainan was established. However, after the Anshi Rebellion, Li Zhongchen moved in with a fake Pinglu Army (including Li Xilie), bringing in the rebellious habits of the Hu people in Heshuo, which made Huaixi finally embark on the road of rebellion. Now Li Xilie's main force is alone in the south of Chang'an City, and the Shang, Deng and Tang prefectures connecting Huaixi will be cut off by the army of the Sanchuan camp at any time. Li Xilie's hope of returning to Huaixi is absolutely slim, so Jia Dan Gong has requested Your Majesty - as long as you are willing to be with the court, you will be allowed to take over the Huaining Army's flag, Huaixi Town will continue to maintain the three prefectures of Shenguang and Cai, and the court promises not to conquer it.

In addition, Gao Yue also praised in the letter that this was Chen Xianqi's last chance. Once His Majesty returned to Chang'an City, this opportunity could not be obtained again. Even Chen Shaoyou, the governor of Huainan, had to suffer severe sanctions and punishments because he had previously had a secret communication with Li Xilie. Gao Yue also made a calculation for Chen Xianqi, saying that there were 22,000 households in the Kaiyuan period of Shenzhou, but now there were only 4,500 households left; there were 29,000 households in the Kaiyuan period of Guangzhou, but now there were only 9,000 households left; while Caizhou was originally the Xiongzhou in the world, with more than 50,000 households in the Kaiyuan period of Shenzhou, but now there are only half of the remaining ones.

General, you are a native of Huaixi, how can you tolerate the Heshuo people of Li Xilie, and do all the blood of the people of Shenguang and Cai, drive away the children of Huaixi, and act against the court? I hope to think about the success or rebellion.

Although Gao Yue wrote a document to persuade surrender, he was also very sincere.

More importantly, Chen Xianqi has obtained information: Gao Yue Baicao Army has entered the two counties of Tongbai and Ping in the north, and may go deep into Shenzhou at any time.

In addition, bad news came from the southern line. Cao Wanggao sent generals Wang E and Yi Shen to lead the fleet and elite troops, joining Cui Kuan's troops, Zhang Boyi's troops, and Liu Yan's Huangdong barbarians, a total of 15,000 people. He first defeated Qihuang and killed Han Shuanglu, the Huaixi generals, and then went to Yunmeng Daze to besiege Anlu in the Nanmen Town of Huaixi.

Li Xilie's nephew Liu Rongxu pieced together five thousand Huaixi soldiers and came to rescue him. However, he was intercepted by Cao Wanggao's other general Li Boqian in Yingshan north of Anlu, and was brutally defeated. Liu Rongxu's troops were killed more than a thousand, and the rest fled to Shenzhou.

And Anlu City is already shaking.

If Anlu and Yingshan are lost, because they are connected with Sui County in Suizhou, they will be connected to Guanghua, and Chen Xianqi has to lead troops to retreat to Shenguang and Cai's three prefectures in order to protect himself.

The overall strategic situation has deteriorated to an unsurpassed level.

Therefore, Gao Yue's document of persuading surrender can be said to have caused a thousand waves in one stone.

"I will bear the elders of Huaixi!" Chen Xianqi said with a sigh, and then he said to the generals in the camp, "The household registration of Shenguang and Cai is only 40,000 yuan, but they support tens of thousands of troops. The local area is short of horses and salt. Almost all the men were driven to the battlefield. Many people turned into foreign land war ghosts in Lantian and Wanye. Women, children, elderly and weak farm in the fields, carrying heavy burdens on the road, clothes are not covered, and their faces are weak, which makes people unbearable to witness. If this continues, all the horses in Huaixi will be extinct."

At this time, most of Chen Xianqi's confidant generals were locals, and they all burst into tears and regretted, "General, we Huaixi people can no longer be driven by Li Xilie, and it is time to make up our minds."

Chen Xianqi nodded and said that I was determined not to serve Li Xilie's personal ambitions, but to seek a way out for the entire Huaixi. I wonder what you think?
Chapter completed!