"By the way, what's going on with the Yan army that went south now?" Han Tingzhi asked suddenly.

"Your Majesty, the Yan army is mostly dominated by cavalry. It first captured the three cities of Shuhan before us. Later, after Liang State surrendered, we were surrounded by these three cities."

"Oh? Hong Zaixing is so honest, so he has no backup plan? Then wouldn't his army come to die?" Han Tingzhi couldn't help but smile.

"According to spies from Youzhou, there have been movements in the Yan army's barracks. I think Hong Zaixing sent another army to come." Lu Xiaoxian bowed and said.

"Oh, it seems that Hong Zaixing is not a fool. He is trying to eat the 100,000 soldiers of the Northern Army you led." Han Tingzhi said, with a feeling of relaxation in his tone.

"After all, Hong Zaixing didn't expect Liang Yong to surrender, and then our army went straight in, otherwise most of the empresses would be surrounded now." Lu Xiaoxian said lightly.

"At that time, you asked you to lead your army to attack Liang Kingdom in the north, just to let you hold back the Yan army so that Jiujiang and Jianmen army would capture Liang Kingdom in the south. I didn't expect Liang Yong to surrender directly, so I was bothering us to make some arrangements." Han Tingzhi said.

Lu Xiaoxian nodded, as if he agreed with His Majesty’s statement.

"Your Majesty, what should we do with the Yan army surrounded by us?" Lu Xiaoxian asked again.

Han Tingzhi spoke and said lightly: "It is best to be able to surrender if you can. If you can't, wait until he has finished his water and food and start a fight!"

...

Youzhou, the imperial palace.

At this time, Hong Zaixing also received news from Liang State.

The face was gloomy and sunny, and I couldn't help but feel angry: "What a big lever, it's really down!"

Although the Ming and Da Yan were allies, Hong Zaixing could see clearly that they would fight each other sooner or later, so they were unwilling to return Mobei City to Da Ming at the beginning. However, when he lost to Pei Ju's eloquence at that time, he had to return Mobei City to Da Ming!

Of course, the two sides had their own plans to form an alliance. Hong Zaixingming first sent Li Anguo's 150,000 army with Lu Xiaoxian's 100,000 army to attack Daliang, and behind his back another army of 100,000 soldiers followed him.

Hong Zaixing originally wanted to attack Lu Xiaoxian first, and then join forces with 250,000 troops (the damage to attack Lu Xiaoxian is ignored first.) Attack Daliang, he will definitely be able to surrender in one battle.

Of course, Han Tingzhi's small plan was also obvious. He also sent Lu Xiaoxian to lead 100,000 troops from the north to attack Liang State, and he sent 200,000 troops from Jiujiang and Jianmen to attack from the south.

Of course, in his plan, Lu Xiaoxian's army was not used to attack Daliang. Lu Xiaoxian's 100,000 troops were just to hold back the army of Dayan and buy time for the attack in the south.

Therefore, both sides actually have gambling elements. Hong Zaixing believes that with the 250,000 elite soldiers in Youzhou, it is easy to swallow Lu Xiaoxian's 100,000 troops, and then defeat the Liang with the momentum of victory.

Han Tingzhi believed in Lu Xiaoxian. Did he believe that Lu Xiaoxian could defeat an army of more than 200,000 to lead 100,000 troops (at that time, he didn’t know that Hong Zaixing would send 100,000 troops secretly, so it was only estimated that it would be an army of more than 200,000). Han Tingzhi only believed that even if it was a army of 300,000, as long as Lu Xiaoxian chose a high-walled city, he could hold on for several months and drag down the army of Da Yan.

So the two sides are actually comparing time. The longer Lu Xiao delays, the higher the winning rate of the Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, the higher the winning rate of the Da Yan.

Liang Yong's surrender was something that neither side expected, but in this way, it was equivalent to directly proclaiming the victory of the Ming Dynasty, and even the army led by Li Anguo, the army led by Lu Xiaoxian, was directly surrounded by Lu Xiaoxian from behind.

The 100,000 troops sent by Hong Zaixing secretly had to escape. They originally wanted to attack Li Anguo's army, but now they didn't dare to go. After all, the entire Liang Kingdom surrendered, and if they went, they would die.

At this time, a scholar beside Hong Zaixing asked: "Your Majesty, General Li and others are surrounded in the south. How can we deal with it?"

Hong Zaixing waved his hand and said, "Send an envoy to Nanming. I believe that neither I nor Han Tingzhi are willing to start a war at this time, and aren't we still an alliance?"

After saying that, Hong Zaixing sent out a group of subordinates and began to ponder in the hall. In Hong Zaixing's opinion, he actually lost to the sky, not to Nanming. After all, no one would have thought that Liang Yong would surrender the whole country, and he was so sincere that he directly handed over all the cities to Nanming.

In Hong Zaixing's opinion, he did nothing wrong since the alliance began. Even if there was no Liang State offering the second ruler, he would give two choices. On one side, he would fight against Nanming with Liang State and on the other side, he would fight against Liang State with Nanming. No matter who he was, he would choose to divide Liang State with Nanming. After all, the former must be numerous difficulties than the latter.

Later, he chose an army of 250,000 to attack 100,000 enemy troops, and it was even more impossible to lose. However, Hong Zaixing still did not expect Liang Yong to surrender directly to Nanming.

Hong Zaixing sighed: "Planning depends on people, and success depends on heaven."

...

In Jiangling City, Han Tingzhi followed the army to Nanjing to receive the surrender, leaving Jiang Ruoxu to preside over the presidency in Jiangling.

Jiang Ruoxu looked at the envoy of Yan in front of him and asked, "What's the matter with the envoy?"

The envoy bowed to Jiang Ruoxu and said, "My Dayan formed an alliance with the Ming Dynasty. For some reason, my Dayan army surrounded the three cities of Shuhan?"

At this time, Jiang Ruoxu was stunned. He really didn't know about this, so he spoke, "I don't know about this. After I divorce, I will discuss it with the messenger!"

After sending the envoy, Jiang Ruoxu looked at Pei Ju beside him. Pei Ju returned to Jiangling since formally forming an alliance. This time, an envoy from Yan State came, and Pei Ju was also with Jiang Ruoxu.

Jiang Ruoxu said, "What do you think about Brother Pei?"

Pei Ju smiled softly: "This must be true. Your Majesty most likely wants to keep this army."

Jiang Ruoxu frowned and said, "Brother Pei, I have to persuade Your Majesty for this matter. After all, we have just taken down Liang State and are not ready to go to war with Yan State."

Pei Ju smiled again: "Nothing happened. I have seen Hong Zaixing. This person is also a cautious person. He will not go to war with us unless he has to. We are not prepared, but Yan State only took Qingzhou and Hanzhou a few years ago. He was not ready to go to war at this time."

Pei Ju said that whether it was fighting the Ming Dynasty or Liang State, Hong Zaixing had to form an alliance with one side before he dared to attack. Although Yan State unified the northern region, it had been a short period of time to occupy Qingzhou and Hanzhou, and he had not made any plans to face the entire south.

Jiang Ruoxu stretched his eyebrows a little, and then said, "If this army is left, I'm afraid our two countries will still have a fight. Neither side is ready at this time. No matter who wins or loses, it will be of no benefit to both sides!"

Pei Ju said lightly: "So this army cannot be kept, but it cannot be let go easily!"

After hearing this, Jiang Ruoxu said, "Then let Yan State pay to buy these soldiers back!"
Chapter completed!