"The prince, Gan Chao's troops were divided into three groups, and they entered Xuchang, Bozhou, and Shangqiu, and strengthened the city defense..."

In Kaifeng City, the generals in charge of inquiring about the news were reporting to Ye Hexiong the movements of Li Zongting and others.

"What's going on elsewhere?"

While asking, he marked the locations of several cities on the map.

But after marking the position, Ye Hexiong's expression gradually became solemn.

"The direction of Luoyang has also begun to gather troops, and the intention is unknown!"

"Continue to inquire!"

"promise!"

"Prince Mu, Gan Chao's troops are divided into three groups. It seems that he is preparing to take a defensive position and does not want to retake Kaifeng City!"

After the general who was inquiring about the news, Wei Hong spoke with a very serious expression.

"Why!"

Ye Hexiong sighed and said with a little disappointment: "There are only 30,000 people across the river in these southern barbarians, and they dare not continue to move forward!"

"Since that's the case, will the army speed up and cross the river as soon as possible?"

Since the pioneers crossed the river, Ye Hexiong formulated a plan to use Kaifeng as bait to lure Li Zongting over, and then cross the river to eliminate the 60,000 troops in one fell swoop.

Therefore, the Yuan Dynasty soldiers who were heading south had slowed down, just to let Li Zongting see the opportunity.

"It's meaningless if they don't get fooled, and it's not a point to keep hiding!"

Li Zongting did not continue to go north and divided his troops into three groups and occupied three important cities. He obviously would not be fooled, so Ye Hexiong gave up his previous plan.

"Then where are we going to attack next?"

"this!"

Ye Hexiong pointed to the map with his hand, and the words Shangqiu were marked on it.

Then he explained: "As long as you take this place, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces are all under our military peaks, you can threaten Shandong to the north and let Liu Wen surrender early!"

Liu Wenqing was the general of Shandong. Now the mercenaries respect themselves and form a separatist fact.

However, this person did not openly stand up for his own independence, and the situation in the court and the government was very special, so no one paid attention to him.

Wei Hong also agreed with Ye Hexiong's opinion, but Liu Wenqing's existence made him a little worried. He immediately reminded him: "Shangqiu is the gateway of Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, and it is also the southern gate of Shandong. If our dynasty attacks here, will Liu Wenqing send reinforcements?"

These words also made Ye Hexiong solemn. After all, Liu Wenqing was still a subject of the Dagan Dynasty. Even if he had the ambition to establish himself as a king, he would not want to see Shangqiu fall.

After thinking for a while, he spoke: "I have crossed the Yellow River with my troops and horses. The natural danger is no longer there, and Liu Wenqing may not dare to go against us."

Wei Hong agreed with this, but he was cautious, so he spoke: "Prince Mu, Wei wants to go to Jinan!"

"The national teacher wants to persuade Liu Wenqing to surrender?"

"Even if you can't persuade this person to surrender, you can't let him support Shangqiu!"

In the current situation, there is not much hope to make Liu Wenqing surrender.

After all, this person is very ambitious and has not been defeated by the Dakan Dynasty. He will never surrender easily.

Therefore, Wei Hong's idea was to do his best, and at the very least he had to hold Liu Wenqing back and not let him reinforce Shangqiu, otherwise this battle would be a bit difficult to fight.

"Then it's hard for the National Master!

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Ye Hexiong immediately nodded in agreement, but there was a bit of solemnity in his expression.

Three days later, all the soldiers and horses of the Yuan Dynasty crossed the Yellow River. After a brief rest, Ye Hexiong left 20,000 troops to guard Kaifeng, and then ordered Ye Heduoduo to lead 100,000 troops to attack Bozhou.

Bozhou is the gateway to Anhui. Jiang Tianxiang, who was born in the Zhejiang Party, dared not give up here. He immediately commanded his troops and fought against the Yuan soldiers.

There were 20,000 elite soldiers in Bozhou City, and more than 10,000 young and strong men to help defend the city. In a short period of time, Ye Heduoduo could not do anything to the defenders in the city.

After two consecutive days of fighting, there were huge casualties in Bozhou City, which made Jiang Tianxiang a little worried. He immediately sent someone to ask for help and put hope on Shangqiu, which was close to him.

What disappointed him was that until the fifth day, no soldiers came to help.

"Damn Gao Xianliang, he actually stood by and watched!"

After fighting for so many days, Jiang Tianxiang's troops and horses suffered huge casualties, so he naturally held a grudge against Gao Xianliang.

After all, Bozhou is fighting so fiercely and Shangqiu has no war, so it is worth coming to support.

While Jiang Tianxiang was cursing Gao Xianliang, there were about 30,000 Yuan Dynasty cavalry in a dense forest south of Shangqiu, ambushing here.

"Have you sent troops in Shangqiu City yet?"

In the dense forest, Ye Hexiong asked a horse explorer.

"No!" Tanma responded.

"Damn it, he was so calm!"

Ye Hexiong was very upset and looked at the north with a look of unwillingness.

The reason why he wanted to ambush the Shangqiu army here was because Ye Heduoduo attacked Bozhou was just a cover.

At the same time, in Shangqiu City, a general said to Gao Xianliang: "Second leader, we have been holding our troops all the time,

Will the court blame him?"

"snort!"

Gao Xianliang snorted coldly, then said, "Our mission is to guard Shangqiu and ignore anything else.

As for the rescue of Bozhou, it was the court’s business!”

After saying that, he glanced at Jiang Tianxiang's request for help, and showed disdain.

It was not that Gao Xianliang refused to save him, but that he knew that with the city defense of Bozhou and the 20,000 troops under Jiang Tianxiang, it would be no problem to hold on for more than ten days.

More than ten days later, He Yuansheng should have arrived, so Bozhou is naturally in danger, so he did not go to rescue him.

But this move accidentally destroyed Ye Hexiong's plan and left him in vain.

"What if Bozhou is lost?"

The general was a little worried, so he persuaded him.

After all, Shangqiu and Bozhou are mutually supportive. If Bozhou is lost, Shangqiu will be somewhat dangerous.

What's more, once Bozhou is lost, Anhui's gates will be opened, and many prefectures and counties will suffer.

"Even a pig, with 20,000 people, can defend Bozhou City!"

Gao Xianliang said disdainfully, then picked up the court's official documents and thought about what he should do when Qin Liangzuo arrived.

Gao Xianliang refused to send troops to support him, so Jiang Tianxiang could only defend Bozhou alone, but in this way, he was under great pressure.

Fortunately, six days later, He Yuansheng commanded 80,000 troops and arrived near Bozhou, which made him feel relieved.

"Why!"

Ye Hexiong knew that after He Yuansheng arrived, he sighed in annoyance.

He originally planned to occupy Shangqiu and open the gates of Anhui and Jiangsu provinces before He Yuansheng arrived.

But now that the plan failed, I didn’t even get any advantage, so I was naturally very upset.

However, the reinforcements from the Qian Dynasty arrived and continued to ambush, which was meaningless. Ye Hexiong had no choice but to withdraw his troops and camp under Shangqiu City.

The sudden appearance of the Yuan Dynasty soldiers made Gao Xianliang sweat in a cold sweat. He thought to himself that fortunately he didn't go to support him, otherwise he would be ambushed by the Yuan soldiers, but it would be a good fortune...

On the other hand, He Yuansheng had already entered Bozhou City and was listening to Jiang Tianxiang's report on the situation.

"Fortunately, Gao Xianliang did not send troops, otherwise Shangqiu would be unable to protect him!"

The content of Jiang Tianxiang's report, apart from some casualties, was just a matter of Gao Xianliang standing by and watching.

After understanding all the situation, He Yuansheng immediately knew that there was a conspiracy here.

"Why did the Marquis say that? Is Gao Xianliang right to stand by and watch?"

He Yuansheng's words made Jiang Tianxiang very dissatisfied. After all, one-third of his troops had been injured and killed in the battles these days.

"If the Yuan Dynasty had more than 100,000 troops and tried their best to attack the city, the casualties in Bozhou would be more than that!"

He Yuansheng responded lightly, and he felt a little glad in his heart.

Because the Yuan Dynasty's approach was clearly to surround the site and attack aid, once Gao Xianliang sent troops, even if the entire army was not wiped out, there would be no more left.

"Report to the Marquis, the spy just came to report that tens of thousands of cavalrymen appeared about fifty miles south of Shangqiu City, and are now heading towards Shangqiu City!"

While the two were talking, a general came in to report the situation, his tone was very fast.

This news made Jiang Tianxiang's face turn pale because the situation has proved that He Yuansheng was right.

Thinking of this, Jiang Tianxiang's mood was very complicated and his dissatisfaction was less.

Because he thought that Gao Xianliang had seen the actions of the Yuan Dynasty, he did not send troops.

"It seems that Ye Hexiong's target is Shangqiu!"
To be continued...