The two were clearly speculative. Cao Bianjiao was anxious and angry, but he could do nothing. After all, he had too few troops. He returned to his residence, picked up the cold water on the table and drank it all. The two were unreliable, and he must recruit soldiers again, and he thought so in his heart.

Deputy General Long Zhaiwen came to recruit Cao Bianjiao and heard his complaint. "General, why don't..." He stretched out his right hand and made a killing move.

Cao Bianjiao was full of anger, but he shook his head firmly, "No, they have long been prepared for us. If they act rashly, not only will they not succeed, but they will also completely force them to the thief. We want to recruit new recruits and get rid of their support for them as soon as possible. By the way, what's wrong with you coming to me?"

Long Zhaiwen said: "That's right. Today I went to inspect and found a Mongolian team of more than 200 people, and the Lanzhou Guards escorted them here. More than ten of them were for my Ming soldiers, holding Zhou Xian's general order."

"Zhou Xian? Shandong Governor Zhou Xian? Why did his soldiers run here? Could it be fake?" Cao Bianjiao looked in disbelief.

Long Zhaiwen shook his head and said, "I have checked it, it's true. They said that it was because Zhou Xian heard that the Qing army was attacking and naturalized, so he sent a flag of scouts to the outside world to inquire about the situation. But by the time they arrived, the Chahar tribe had already suffered a crushing defeat. They headed west and finally arrived in Qinghai. On the way, they met the fleeing Grand Marshal and Khan Abunai, who were the wife and youngest son of Lin Dan Khan of Chahar tribe in Mongolia. They led the way and protected the two of them to escape from Jiayuguan to the place."

Cao Bianjiao had a weird expression and was a little difficult to digest for a moment. He suddenly remembered something and asked quickly: "They escaped from Qinghai at this time. Does that mean that Qinghai has fallen into the hands of the Qing army?"

Long Zhaiwen nodded, "This time the Qing army was determined to destroy the Chahar tribe and dispatch more than 30,000 elite soldiers. Gushi Khan from the north also sent tens of thousands of troops to directly attack the Chahar tribe's rear route. This happened more than a month ago."

Cao Bianjiao's brows frowned immediately, "What are their plans?"

Long Zhaiwen said: "They originally planned to go to the capital, but now..."

Cao Bianjiao thought for a while, "I'll go see them! You can send someone to Qinghai immediately to see if the Qing army has evacuated at this time? If they are still stranded in Qinghai, then we will be in trouble."

Seeing Long Zhaiwen's face showing confusion, Cao Bianjiao continued: "There are no official troops in the northwest except us, and we are in a battle with the thieves. If tens of thousands of Qing troops suddenly came here at this time, this beautiful river and mountain in the northwest might have been taken away by the captives."

Zhou Xian felt that his health was a little better, so he set out to return to Jinan. Because his body had not recovered, he did not ride a horse, but instead set off from Jining to Jinan by boat to reduce the bumps.

Before this, Liu Konghe had already captured Xuzhou. In fact, it was not considered an attack, because Li Dingguo took away most of his troops, and there were only thousands of weak soldiers left in the city. However, tens of thousands of troops were at the city and surrounded three and one was missing. The morale of the soldiers in the city was suddenly in chaos. Most of them escaped from the south gate, and the remaining soldiers presented to the city and surrendered.

Then Liu Konghe took Pizhou, Suqian, Siyang and other places without bloodshed. When he arrived in Huai'an, he encountered the first Longwu army to resist. However, after only one day of attack, Huainan City was completely defeated.

The reason why it was so easy was that in addition to the main force of the Longwu Army moving westward and transferring most of its troops to Huainan. Zhu Youjian was also obsessed with capturing Nanjing. Under the premise that Li Dingguo's troops were insufficient, Xuzhou troops were still drawn to reinforce Liu Wenxiu, who was in Yangzhou. He tried to attack from two lines and conquer Nanjing in one battle.

They gave Li Dingguo too many tasks, but they did not expect Zhou Xian to launch a large-scale attack. When Li Dingguo was defeated, he could no longer resist Zhou Xian's troops and generals north of Gaoyou.

When Sun Kewang got the news and quickly sent reinforcements, he was blocked by the army led by Liu Konghe in Sizhou and Xuyi and could not cross the Huai River. However, his actions divided a large number of official troops, which made the troops invested in the attack on Gaoyou slightly insufficient.

In addition, Liu Wenxiu discovered the abnormal movement in Gaoyou City in time, and Yang Yufan failed to succeed in the attack. This led to the failure of the official army's attack. Yang Yufan only led dozens of cavalry to escape from the city, and the remaining soldiers were either dead or captured.

It was not too late for Shi Kefa to get the news that the official army had won the north, but he couldn't believe it. His hesitation and the opinions of the generals below were wasting too much time. When he recruited the army to launch an attack on Yangzhou, Liu Wenxiu had already prepared. Most of the soldiers in the city were dissatisfied with the government, and had enough food and grass to make the morale of the army stable. They not only repelled the official army, but also captured thousands of people.

However, Liu Wenxiu's tens of thousands of troops were trapped in the two cities of Gaoyou and Yangzhou, unable to move. To the south is the Yangtze River, to the north is Liu Konghe's army, to the east is the sea, and to the west is the Huai River. Although there is no risk of breaking the city for the time being, it is difficult to achieve great things when trapped in the two cities.

Zhu Youjian's plan to march from both sides to capture Nanjing was completely broken.

Putting down the battle report, Li Dingguo looked at Zhou Xian with some confusion, "Why don't you send more soldiers to attack Gaoyou? You should have this strength now? As long as you capture Gaoyou, Yangzhou is easy to attack but difficult to defend, and faces attacks on both sides. It is only a matter of time before it falls. In this way, all the Longwu army generals east of the Huaihe River will be wiped out."

After capturing Li Dingguo, Zhou Xian chatted with him whenever he had time. At first, Li Dingguo was very annoyed, but he was eager to know what was happening outside, so he could only endure his dissatisfaction to meet him.

There are daily war reports. After Zhou Xian read it, he would send someone to Li Dingguo. Here, except for a banner of soldiers who were divided into three teams and looked at him one after another to prevent him from escaping, he did not look like a prisoner at all.

The two discussed the general trend of the world and quarreled occasionally, but most of the time they were able to stay consistent and felt a sense of mutual appreciation. The relationship between the two became slightly better, at least they were no longer hostile to each other. However, Li Dingguo rarely talked about matters related to the Longwu Army, and this was the first time.

Zhou Xian felt a little strange and thought for a while, "The city of Gaoyou is too strong and there are many soldiers. If it is a strong attack, the losses will be too great. It is good now. Leaving Liu Wenxiu on the east bank of the Huai River, forced Sun Kewang to send troops to rescue him. The Longwu army was unable to attack Nanjing, and the south was still in the hands of the official army, which is enough for me. Perhaps soon after, the situation suddenly changes, and our two armies can still cooperate well!"

Li Dingguo asked: "What kind of cooperation is it?"
Chapter completed!