Compared to the stranger Xu Shuji, Zhang Xun believed Li Bai's words more.

After all, no one will do meaningless actions. If Li Bai stays, he may be suspicious. Li Bai leaves directly, which makes him feel clear.

But Zhang Xun ignored the troops ambushed by Fengqiao, but instead walked around Fengqiao rationally and decisively, avoiding the ambush and rushing to Nanyang.

Xu Shuji was killed by an assassin on the way to welcome Zhang Xun, and the matter has been spread to Nanyang.

In the chaos of officials from all over Nanyang, Xu Shuji was quite talented. His ambition first appeared and he paid great attention to winning people's hearts. When he learned that he was killed, all the civil and military officials in the city were moved and indignant, and he was a little at a loss.

Xu Shuji was in power and did a lot of things to seize power. His departure caused the collapse of the central bone and many officials did not know what to do.

Zhang Xun's appearance stabilized the situation. He was the second in command of Nanyang appointed by Pei Min himself.

During this chaos, the top leader passed away. Before the imperial court issued a transfer, Zhang Xun naturally acted on behalf of Xu Shuji.

Zhang Xun found out that even if Xu Shuji had a rebellious intention, he would not make it public, and only a few confidants knew about it. He first controlled the military power of Nanyang in his hands, and then replaced Xu Shuji to meet all officials in Nanyang and control the military and politics of Nanyang.

Zhang Xun also met with Du Deng and learned some of the inside story of Xu Shuji's rebellion.

Li Bai is a genius, and Zhang Xun is also a genius.

The talents between the two are slightly different.

If Zhang Xun wrote a poem, he might not be able to hold it in a long time.

But letting Zhang Xun lead the troops was like a finger-arm, able to see through things that Li Bai could not see through.

Li Bai just saw through Xu Shuji's attempt to kill Zhang Xun, but Zhang Xun saw through something deeper.

"Du Bingcao means that Xu Shuji did not collude with An Thief?"

Zhang Xun looked at Du Deng solemnly.

Du Deng bowed and replied, "I don't look like it. Xu Shuji has always been a good official. Before the rebels captured the Central Plains, I respected him very much. However, after the rebels crossed the Yellow River, all sides were shocked. Xu Shuji changed and attached great importance to power. At first I thought he was working hard to deal with the upcoming rebels. With the unjust death of the former city guard, I realized that he began to do whatever he wanted for power. But I believe he was still a little loyal to the court."

Zhang Xun closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Prepare to meet the enemy!"

He immediately ignored Du Deng and shouted: "Nan Jiyun, Jia Ben, Yao Zi obeyed the order..."

Zhang Xun always thought that Xu Shuji had surrendered to the rebels, so he would set up an ambush at Fengqiao to present his head.

Now I found out that Xu Shuji did not directly surrender to the rebels.

There is a huge difference between the two.

Zhang Xun had an extraordinary strategic mind and was well aware of the current situation of the rebels.

The rebels now occupy the Northeast, Hebei and Central Plains, but with the arrival of Pei Min, Guo Ziyi from Hedong performed well, and the rebels could no longer expand into Guanzhong and Hedong.

Xuzhou is located in the east, and its strategic significance is not great, only the Jianghuai and Jingxiang areas are the best choices.

The Jianghuai River water network is intertwined, and there are many lakes. The ancients said, "The world's taxes rely on the Jianghuai River." "The Jianghuai River has been a prosperous area in the world since ancient times."

This is of great significance to the rebels.

The second is Jingxiang. Jingxiang is also intertwined with rivers and lakes. There are nearly 100 rivers of all sizes in the central area, which is not as good as the Jianghuai River, but it is also a rich place.

Jianghuai and Jingxiang also have another advantage, looking at Jiangnan.

The granary of the world in Jiangnan has been said to have been prosperous and the world in Jiangnan from ancient times to the present.

Whether it is taking Huainan across the river or going down Jiangling, it is the best way to capture the Yangtze River.

From this we can analyze the next military trends of the rebels.

Or they took Suiyang and went to Jianghuai; or they took Nanyang and went to Jingxiang.

Zhang Xun thought in his heart that taking Suiyang and going to Jianghuai was the first choice.

But Zhang Xun also knew the situation of the Tang Dynasty’s deployment in the Jianghuai area.

Although Li Yao was foolish and incompetent, he knew the importance of Jianghuai and laid many defense lines. Of course, the most important thing was the 30,000 strong soldiers left by Li Yi who arrived in Jiangnan.

It was not easy for the rebels to knock down the Jianghuai River, but Jingxiang had an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Thinking of this, the chances of the rebels attacking Nanyang were even greater.

Zhang Xun was not aware of the food situation in Chang'an, but was thinking about the situation from another perspective.

Therefore, I agree and admire Pei Min's actions of transferring him to Nanyang.

The rebels first have a favorable salary to recruit surrender, but then the means of launching surrender has long become a common practice.

Zhang Xun could almost conclude that the rebels must have sent people to Nanyang to contact Xu Shuji.

If Xu Shuji could not stand the temptation and surrendered to the rebels, the rebels would be able to capture Nanyang and could slowly take action.

But if Xu Shuji is slanderous, he really thinks that the rebels are just a bag of wine?

Although there are many surprises in their ability to reach this point, no matter An Lushan, Shi Siming, Shi Yugu, Yan Zhuang, noble people, they are not easy people!

When he learned that Xu Shuji Yang was disobedient, he would definitely make the worst plan and secretly prepared to advance.

This Xu Shuji was killed by Li Bai. Once this matter is known to the rebels, the army will surely attack.

In just a short moment, Zhang Xun had seen through the situation clearly.

As Zhang Xun said, just as Nanyang was preparing for war, the vanguard cavalry of the rebels had already rushed to the city of Nanyang. Seeing the people outside the city entering the city in a panic, the city tower was in chaos, and the city gates couldn't stop trying to close, but the people were crowded at the city gate, so how could they be closed?

The vanguard of the rebels was Xie Yuan, who was originally a captain of Luoyang and was originally based on connections to take this position. The rebels crossed the Yellow River and defeated Wang Shin and Du Xian. The troops arrived in Luoyang, and the soldiers were powerful. Xie Yuan had no courage to resist and directly opened the city to surrender.

An Lushan has always treated surrendered generals in the Tang Dynasty and entrusted him with important tasks, and also named him the founding father of loyal and bravery.

Xie Yuan was of average military level and was good at changing the ruling. Seeing that the Nanyang city gate was crowded by the people, he was overjoyed and shouted the soldiers and rushed towards Nanyang City.

They rushed to the vicinity of the city gate and frightened the people crowded outside the city gate to scatter.

The guards in the city gate seemed to have run away, and the city gate forced the people stuck on the suspension bridge to break open.

Xie Yuan looked at Nanyang, which was so close to him, and had almost no extra thoughts and entered Nanyang City again in one breath.

However, there is another situation in Nanyang City.

The surroundings of the city walls were filled with soldiers, and they had been waiting for a long time.

There was a "boom".

With the flames sealing the gate, Tang Jun interpreted the essence of the four words "closing the door and beating the dog".

Nan Jiyun is the number one strong general under Zhang Xun. Because he ranks eighth, he is known as "Nan Ba". He is extremely brave and is particularly good at archery skills. He can shoot bows from left to right, and shoot arrows within a hundred steps.

He took Xie Yuan's life with just one arrow in the city tower of Wengcheng.

The powerful arrow drilled from Xie Yuan's temple to his right brain. Xie Yuan didn't even have time to react and directly killed the horse.

Nan Jiyun's eyes did not blink, and he kept shooting out pearl arrows, and the arrows chased his life, and he was fired without any slightest.

Ordinary people are good at the left hand or the right hand, and there will be certain blind spots.

But Yongnan Ba ​​is just the same as his left and right hands. As long as he is within his sight, no one can escape the bad luck.

Zhang Xun was a scholar. He went to the Central Plains and killed the rebels. Although he was extremely talented, part of it was because of Nan Jiyun's loyalty and courageousness.

The voice of resistance is getting weaker and weaker.

Zhang Xun looked at the quelled war and issued a new order: "No people are left within a radius of ten miles, and they will be moved into the city. If any people are unwilling, they will be driven away by force. All surrounding villages and towns will be burned and implemented immediately."

Du Deng, the soldier, was startled and thought of a word, and said quickly: "If you do this, you may cause public grievances."

Zhang Xun widened his eyes and said, "If you have public grievances, just hate me, Zhang Xun alone. Living is better than death. Nanyang is related to our life and death. Even if I, Zhang Xun, will not give the thief a chance."

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Luoyang.

Mingtang.

An Lushan suddenly stood up, kicked Li Zhuer who was serving beside him, and roared: "Waste, waste, one by one, are all waste. If you really depend on you, I have been playing tricks in this world. This time, I will be in charge of the army in person, so I don't believe it. I have an army of 200,000, and I can't even tide on a small Nanyang?"

In a frustration, An Lushan gave a series of orders: He ordered Shi Siming to guard Luoyang, and personally led an army of 150,000 to lead half of the generals of the Great Yan Kingdom to fight south.

An Lushan's big move shocked the world.

This news also reached Chang'an as soon as possible.

Everyone in the world is waiting for Pei Min's actions.

But he didn't expect that Pei Min still had no abnormal movements. He was still dealing with the world in Guanzhong as always, and ignored the wars in the west.

Zhang Jiuling was very good at literacy, and at this moment he couldn't help asking: "Nanyang fell and the southern grain road will be completely cut off. Pei Shuai, if this is the case, Guanzhong will be in chaos."

These days he has been paying attention to the surplus grain situation in Guanzhong and found that many grain stores in Guanzhong have not had much more than meter.

In no time, even if you have money in Guanzhong, you will not be able to buy food.

The food they transferred from Longyou was more than enough to maintain the army's food, but once it was distributed to the millions of people in Guanzhong, it would not last long.

These days, Zhang Jiuling has been unable to deal with wealthy merchants in the city, and has pulled his face down and asked them to borrow food and ask for food.

A second-rate figure in the Shangshu Province interacts with a group of wealthy businessmen every day. If it were ordinary, it would have made people laugh a lot.

"It's okay, it's okay!"

Pei Min also knew that Zhang Jiuling’s hard work was not the time, it was not the time.

It is true that soldiers are more powerful, but they are even more taboo to be eager to achieve success.

"Jiuling convinced many large-scale Beijing households and borrowed a lot of food. Can't they support them for two months? It won't take that long. Believe me, at most one month, the rebellion will end."

Zhang Jiuling couldn't understand and said worriedly: "I'm afraid that if the prince doesn't move, Nanyang will not be able to defend it."

"Won't!"

Pei Min grinned and said firmly: "There is Zhang Xun in Nanyang!"

He paused and said, "I believe in him!"
Chapter completed!