The memorials from the Minzhou Governor Liang Wuyong and Yunzhou Sima Chen Kangji in Lizheng Hall have been piled up on the desk of Emperor Liang, and the contents of all the memorials are similar. Regarding their one-sided words, Emperor Liang was always waiting for the memorials of King Yu, but it has been ten days since the King of Yu headed to the southeast front line. He never received any news except for receiving a memorial.

Emperor Liang opened a memorial and looked at it a few times, and because of his anger, he threw the memorial to the ground.

"Hmph! The fourth brother arrived at Anzhou City but did not dare to go out to fight. He sat down and saw that all the land on the southeast line was defeated by the opponent. What was the idea of ​​the fourth brother making!"

Eunuch Cui, who had been with him, was preparing to pick up the memorial, but was stopped by Emperor Liang.

"Immediately, King Xuanxiang, King Ling, Cai Quan, Cao Zijing and Liao Zhen enter the palace!"

"Abide by the order!"

Half an hour later, the five people hurriedly walked into the Lizheng Hall, and glanced at the gloomy face of Emperor Liang. Everyone hurriedly knelt down to pay their respects. Before they finished speaking, Emperor Liang said, "Pretty, you all come and take a look at these memorials!"

Eunuch Cui immediately handed a stack of memorials to several princes and ministers. After reading them quickly, everyone's faces changed, but the direction of the changes was different.

"It is probably biased to make a conclusion just by the one-sided statements of Minzhou and Yunzhou." As the prime minister, Cai Quan was naturally the first to stand up and speak, "It also needs to be confirmed by His Highness Yu's memorials."

"What angered me is that the fourth brother has not sent any war reports until now! I can only learn about the military situation ahead from these memorials!"

"Father, I believe that the Fourth Brother will not do such a thing!" King Xiang clearly expressed his support for King Yu. "This is not the first time that the Fourth Brother has led his troops to the war. He has always been steady in his work and will never fight unprepared battles. Perhaps defending Anzhou City is one of the Fourth Brother's strategies."

"My son doesn't think so!" King Ling said, "The three towns in the southeast have lost two of them. If only Jinchang City is in hand, if they stick to each other, they will only give the enemy the opportunity to separate Anzhou and Jinchang City. In this way, the two cities cannot rescue each other and can only fight on their own. This is a taboo in military strategists, right?"

"The Fourth Brother is using troops like a god. Let's see which of the previous battles were not in the end to win? The elder brother is still confident in the ability of the Fourth Brother." King Xiang firmly believed in his opinion and did not regress at all.

"If the fourth brother really uses his troops like a god, there should be a good news at this moment!" Emperor Liang did not agree with King Xiang's statement, but he agreed with King Ling's statement. "The fourth brother is not stubborn this time, causing the war situation to be unfavorable, right?"

"Report to Your Majesty, I believe that the biggest possibility of Your Highness King Yu not submitting a war report is that he cannot let go, and it is definitely not that Your Highness is unwilling to do so!" Liao Zhen can be regarded as the person who knows the most about King Yu among the five people present. He knows that his purpose today is to fight to protect the image of King Yu in Emperor Liang's heart.

"Can't be sent?" Emperor Liang chewed these words and looked at Liao Zhen and said, "Is it because the battle situation is too fierce that there is no time to submit the war report? Or is it that Anzhou City is besieged and no one can come out of the city?"

Emperor Liang analyzed the point, and Liao Zhen was also shocked. If this was the case, it would mean that King Yu was already in danger.

"The Master, Minzhou and Yunzhou are at the rear of Anzhou City. Although they are short of troops, they can at least find out the battle situation on the southeast front. Why don't they mention the battle in Anzhou City in the memorial?" Liao Zhen tried to divert everyone's attention, but was discovered by King Ling.

"Mr. Liao, there are only some soldiers in Minzhou and Yunzhou. Before, because there were three southeastern towns in these states, there were no troops stationed at all. If you ask some soldiers to go to find out the news, it is illegal, and it is also difficult for them to do so!"

"If someone was not sent out to investigate, how did Chen Kangji and Liang Wuyong know that the southeast front line had all been lost? Such an important battle report did not mention Anzhou City at all, but only used all the losses to describe the war situation in the southeast. If it were either a joke or a nonsense!"

Liao Zhen's rebuttal made King Ling speechless for a moment. King Xiang stood up at the right time. "Mr. Liao is right. My son thought he could select a special person to Anzhou to investigate the battle situation so that he could obtain accurate battle reports."

"Lao Wu is right, just do it! You guys choose the candidate. Who is the right person?"

Before everyone could speak, an imperial guard appeared outside the Lizheng Hall to ask for a meeting. Emperor Liang waved his hand and let him enter the hall. The imperial guard knelt down and submitted a battle report "Report to the Master, this is a battle report from Anzhou!"

After waiting for so long, he finally came! When Emperor Liang took the battle report from Eunuch Cui, his face was filled with joy. In his opinion, the battle report that came so late was likely to be the news of King Yu's victory, so he couldn't wait to take apart.

But as Emperor Liang watched it for a longer time, his face became more and more gloomy. Until he finished reading all the battle reports, his old face was already covered in frost.

The atmosphere in the hall became tense again, and the King of Ling was the first to stand up and break the silence.

"Father, has the Fourth Brother's battle report brought good news?"

This is a question that knowingly asked. If there was news of victory, how could Emperor Liang make such an expression? How could he not say a word? Ling's move was just to seize the opportunity and mock Emperor Liang again.

"Chen Kangji and Liang Wuyou said it right! Not only was the southeast line lost, but even Anzhou City has been burned by the enemy. Now the enemy has taken advantage of the victory to pursue Minzhou and Yunzhou in one fell swoop. The fourth brother has retreated to Yingyang Pass!"

"How? The Fourth Brother led a hundred thousand troops to support him. In addition to the Xuanjia Army, there were also the Chiwei Army, and Jinchang City also had the Shenkha Cavalry. The three armies were all here, how could they be defeated to this point?" King Ling fully showed his surprise, and his words made even worse.

"No wonder the fourth brother has not submitted a war report for a long time. It is estimated that the battle situation has been gradually retreating. He can't find a suitable reason to convince me!"

Emperor Liang slapped the battle report on the table, and his face turned from the original blue-white to the red due to anger.

"Master, Your Highness, Your Highness, will definitely not be a person who misses the opportunity to fight and hides it from reporting. There must be other hidden information in this. Please let the Master investigate clearly!"

"Mr. Liao, I know that you have a good relationship with the fourth brother, but in front of your father, you can't open your eyes and tell lies! According to what you mean, is my father wronged my fourth brother?"

"His Royal Highness..."

"Master!" Cai Quan directly interrupted Liao Zhen's explanation, "The situation of the war has become so urgent, and now is not the time to hold people accountable. Weician suggested that we should rush to Yingyang Pass as soon as possible, after all, it is my gateway to Daliang!"

"The fourth brother discussed in detail the strategic arrangements for guarding Yingyang Pass in the second stack of the war report." Emperor Liang opened the war report and said: "The fourth brother's suggestion: the Tang and Xiliang jointly used troops and seized a whole piece of land in the southeast in one fell swoop. Now their troops are in full swing, so they should not face their defeat. They should focus on defense, guard Yingyang Pass and slowly plan for it."

"My son does not agree!" King Ling said frankly. "It is true that the enemy's army is in full swing. Wouldn't it be that he is going to take advantage of his arrogant momentum to attack him head-on? If the turtle is hiding in Yingyang Pass, it will only make the enemy think that we are timid and cowardly. The enemy will definitely take advantage of the momentum of victory before and attack Yingyang Pass in one fell swoop. In this way, Yingyang Pass will be even more difficult to defend!"

"This is a bad statement! Yingyang Pass has a good geographical location, and the enemy will be difficult to break. After the previous many days of defense of Anzhou, the soldiers of His Royal Highness of the King of Yu must be trapped in the crowd. At this time, we should adopt a policy of rest and restore the morale of the army. At the same time, mobilize troops from other places to reinforce Yingyang Pass. Only by defeating the enemy's attempt to break Yingyang Pass can we have hope of regaining the lost land!"

"Mr. Liao's move is afraid that the first thing that encourages the enemy's military attack is the first to promote." Cai Quan said: "Master, the old minister does not understand the strategy of military affairs, but he still understands the principle of 'one-stop action, and then declines, and then exhausts three times'. The strength of military use between the Tang and Xiliang at the same time cannot be underestimated. Our army is newly defeated. If we stick to it, it will only make the soldiers more afraid of the enemy. In addition, our dynasty has four armies. In addition, the other three armies are in the southeast, so we can no longer mobilize our troops at will. Xiliang must be guarded!"

Cao Zijing, who had not spoken, said, "Report to the emperor, the Guangyuan Army has lost a lot of losses due to the previous battles, and the current strength has not yet been restored. The remaining forces of the Xuanjia Army should be prevented from the Xiliang attacking the northern part of the Mo. It will take time to mobilize the troops from other parts of the country. I think that Yingyang Pass originally had 10,000 General Zhang's cavalry guarded, and there is no problem in defending the pass. It is not impossible to use the enemy's omissions to meet the enemy even if you go out to pass the pass."

Emperor Liang was already blinded by the complete defeat in the southeast line. If he thought he was hiding, he would definitely make Xia Tang and Xiliang think that Liang Rou could be bullied, and then his dignified Emperor Liang would be even more shameless to face the people of the whole country.
Chapter completed!