Ouyang Rong stood with long sleeves, lowered his eyes and asked:

"Does Captain Du have a particularly standard Chang'an official pronunciation?"

Khufu was stunned for a moment, and his mind vaguely recalled the dull voice of the young man in the felt hat...

His face suddenly looked shocked.

Looking at Khufu's expression, Ouyang Rong already knew the answer.

In the two-person room in the corridor, the atmosphere fell into silence.

That night.

The night is as cool as water, drink ice, and stay in the inner room.

Ouyang Rong, who couldn't sleep, got out of bed and covered the bare-backed Ye Weila with a quilt. He got up and spread out a map in front of his desk.

Ouyang Rong took out another set of keys from Dragon City and a felt hat left behind by a "passer-up in Xunyang".

The key and felt hat were pressed onto a map with complex markings. The densely packed small characters on the map seemed to have been annotated by the owner.

Under the lamp, Ouyang Rong leaned back in his chair, rubbed his face and said to himself:

"Is the picture just a Hongzhou..."

The next day, Ouyang Rong came to Jiangzhou lobby and immediately learned a piece of news.

Wang Lengran had discussed with the generals overnight and decided to send troops for reinforcements.

There are only 1,500 active soldiers in a Zhechong Mansion, about five regiments.

This time, Captain Yang Xin, the commander-in-chief, led 900 troops from Jiangzhou to help Hongzhou.

Only 600 people were left to garrison Jiangzhou.

Nine hundred elite soldiers skilled in riding and bowing left the military camp in the north of Xunyang City in a mighty manner.

Ouyang Rong, Wang Lengran, Khufu and others watched them leave with various thoughts...

The following month.

In addition to the belated arrival of the imperial court, which was expected to order all states in Jiangnan Province to work together to exterminate the rebels, detailed news about Hongzhou was also coming one after another.

At first, Zhu Lingxu, the governor of Hongzhou, discussed with the generals to attack Cai Qin after receiving Cai Qin's petition.

Then he ordered Luan Xingjun, the Zhechong captain of the Fourth Zhechong Prefecture in Hongzhou, to serve as general and lead 3,000 troops to attack Cai Qin.

At the same time, he ordered Jiangzhou and Fuzhou, the two states closest to Hongzhou, to send troops to invite an attack.

Because under the advice of Ouyang Rong and Hu Fu, the soldiers of Jiangzhou Zhechong Prefecture led by Yang Xin set out early and happened to meet up with Luan Xingjun's large army, with a combined force of four thousand.

Compared with Jiangzhou, Fuzhou's reinforcements responded slowly and are still on the way.

Four thousand officers and soldiers faced off against 1,500 garrison soldiers. The main theme was "I have the advantage", and their morale was greatly boosted.

Luan Xingjun's army did not have time to wait for Fuzhou reinforcements and arrived at Qianshan first.

However, Cai Qin made a dummy formation in the mountains and quietly headed towards Fuli on the border of Hongzhou and Fuzhou.

It was dark night and Luan Xingjun's army was aware of it, but fearing an ambush, they withdrew their troops to the south of the city and waited until dawn before pursuing them.

At this time, Cai Qin's army had reached Fuli and was fighting on the Fushui River with the reinforcements of 500 Fuzhou officers and soldiers. The Fuzhou officers and soldiers collapsed at the first touch and fled in the face of the wind. Cai Qin went straight to Fuzhou.

There were no more soldiers in Fuzhou city, and the officials fled one after another.

After Cai Qin's army entered Fuzhou City, he distributed wealth and rice and recruited strong men. In one day, thousands of people gathered from all directions.

Cai Qin then divided his troops to defend the city, claiming that his troops and horses were staying behind.

The next day, Luan Xingjun arrived with his army and garrisoned outside the city. Cai Qin used rockets to fire down the huts outside the city. The fire spread to the officers and soldiers' tents. Cai Qin's army came out of the city and suddenly attacked, killing nearly 300 officers and soldiers before returning.

In the city.

At night, the people in the city helped to defend the city, and the women held drums and played watch. Cai Qin gathered 300 large ships in the city, filled them with supplies, and sailed down the river.

It was not until dawn that the officers and soldiers realized that Cai Qin had left. They chased him in a panic, without even eating breakfast. Everyone was hungry when they chased him.

At this time, Cai Qin's army ships were seen lined up under the embankment. Several groups of soldiers on the shore noticed the arrival of the officers and soldiers and hid on the embankment slope.

Luan Xingjun thought that Cai Qin was shrinking from the battle, so he led his troops to attack.

Unexpectedly, Cai Qin's army fought their way out of the boat and from the embankment. They attacked from both sides and fought from noon to dusk. The officers and soldiers were defeated.

Luan Xingjun led his troops to retreat and fell into Heze.

When Cai Qin's army caught up, Luan Xingjun, Yang Xin and other generals died in the chaos. About a thousand soldiers died, and the rest surrendered to Cai Qin's army.

Cai Qin inquired about the surrendered soldiers and learned that Hongzhou was empty, so he immediately led his troops north to Fushui and attacked Hongzhou through the mountains...

News of a series of defeats of Luan Xingjun's army in Hongzhou came quickly. Xunyang City, which was an important water transportation route in the south of the Yangtze River and prosperous with merchants, the original scene of peace and prosperity was completely broken.

It was different from Wang Lengran, Khufu and others who were shocked, trembling and sweating like rain.

After Ouyang Rong read the battle report, besides frowning, his first reaction was surprise.

This kind of movement of troops with arms and fingers is a strategy that a previously unknown border guard could have?

But when I think of the "Captain Du" described by Khufu, there is also the figure of a certain Raozhou Sima looming behind him.

Ouyang Rong pursed his lips and fell silent.

"It's not just the organization, but also the thinking. This kind of clear and concise thinking... has an expert."

He frowned in confusion.

Sure enough, a few days later, another piece of bad news came back:

When Zhu Lingxu, the governor of Hongzhou, learned that Luan Xingjun had been defeated, he hurriedly asked for help from neighboring states. He closed the city gates and selected strong men to guard the city. However, the whole city was panicked and had no solid resolve.

In mid-July, Cai Qin's army of 6,000 to 7,000 men arrived at the gates of Hongzhou City, and the sound of killing was loud.

Thanks to the fact that the soldiers were born in Hongzhou.

Cai Qinjun gave kind words to the residents outside the city and did not disturb them. He received support and help from the people of Hongzhou, and the city of Hongzhou was crumbling.

Seeing that there were no more reinforcements, Zhu Lingxu, the governor of Hongzhou, surrendered and dedicated the city.

Cai Qin's army entered the city, but Qiu did not commit any crimes.

At the same time, he treated Zhu Lingxu, a man who knew current affairs, who had not harmed the 1,200 garrison families at all, with hospitality.

Turning around, Yuan Gongsi, the coach who insisted on the postponement, and Shi Shiqi, the commander-in-chief, were all caught, cut open and executed in the street. The people applauded.

Cai Qin's reputation was so great that more than ten thousand people in Hongzhou City were willing to follow him.

In the summer of the second year of Tianyou, a group of garrison troops returning from the north, which initially numbered only 1,500 people, used their actions to tell Her Majesty the Queen, who was far away in the Luoyang court, and everyone in the world, one thing:

They should be recruited, not surrendered.

News of the fall of Hongzhou spread back to Jiangzhou City.

A very straightforward and hard logic is placed in front of everyone.

Among the 1,500 garrison soldiers returning from the north, 1,200 Hongzhou garrison soldiers have returned home, but what about the remaining 300 Jiangzhou garrison soldiers?

Cai Qinjun's next goal is almost obvious.

The governor of Jiangzhou, Wang Lengran, panicked and summoned the officials in the main hall of Jiangzhou. Following the advice of the chief historian Ouyang Rong and the envoy Hu Fu, they collected supplies on a large scale and defended Xunyang City while waiting for reinforcements from neighboring states.

Throughout the end of July, Hongzhou was very quiet. I don't know if they were making preparations or waiting for something.

But everyone knows that a big chaos is brewing in Hongzhou.

Just when the storm in Hongzhou was about to sweep across Jiangnan Road.

A piece of news came from the western border of Lingnan Road thousands of miles away, adding fuel to the fire again:
Chapter completed!