Chuzhou is Huai'an in later generations. It guards the key to the Huai River and the barrier in the southeast half of the wall. Losing Chuzhou means losing half of Huainan. As the army points to it, it can take Yangzhou directly. After passing Yangzhou, it is Jiangdu, the heart of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and it is close to you!

Although Zhao Kuangyin and Yang Ye were powerful generals, they also knew that to conquer Chuzhou, it not only required enough troops, but also a long time. They had to exhaust the defenders in the city and exhausted their ammunition and food, so they had a chance to take them down.

But now, it’s less than a month before, there are food and soldiers in the city, and everything is available!

The door was actually opened and the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty were allowed to enter.

They didn't dare to imagine that they went all the way to the city without any resistance. The defenders threw away their weapons and knelt on the side of the road to surrender. They were so evil?

And the whole city is in a bad position!

Zhao Kuangyin called several surrendered generals over.

"Where is Huangfu Hui? Where did he go?"

The surrendered general lowered his head and said in a muffled voice: "General Huangfu, the general has been ordered to attack Yancheng."

"Go to fight Yancheng again? Hasn't he already lost? Why are he still seeking death? Who gave it?"

"Yes, it's His Majesty's will..."

Several surrendered generals were filled with righteous indignation and tears were flowing in their eyes. They were all old men around Huangfu Hui. They had been following him when they surrendered to Nan Tang.

Before Huangfu Hui decided to send troops according to the order, he kept them and told them not to resist and surrender obediently.

Huangfu Hui told them that when he followed him to Nantang, he left his hometown, and now he surrendered to the Great Zhou Dynasty. If he was lucky enough to get a job, he would be considered a return home in glory and could face his fellow villagers calmly without having to die in a foreign land.

"The old general is determined to die!"

Suddenly, a surrendered general knelt on the ground and cried bitterly. He was so sad that he could hear the audience crying.

Zhao Kuangyin hurriedly asked about the reason. These people said it very clearly that Yancheng is of great importance, but Li Hongji of Shouzhou did not take it seriously and only wanted to take Suzhou and realize his dream of competing for the Central Plains.

Although the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty knew that Yancheng was important, they did not trust Huangfu Hui, so they did not send troops.

But it would be fine if you don’t send troops, why do you still have to issue that decree?

Maybe they want to test Huangfu Hui's loyalty!

If they obey the will, they might send people to support him. If they resist the will, someone would guarantee that he would say, look, Huangfu Hui had already been rebellious and had a rebellious bone in his head, so just beware of him.

These officials from the capital made the abacus clatter.

But they forgot the dangers of the battlefield and changed rapidly!

Huangfu Hui barely defended Chuzhou, and he was already in a difficult situation. If he took care of Yancheng, there was only a dead end! Not only could Yancheng not be able to get it back, but he would also lose Chuzhou!

And what about the fact?

That's true!

After hearing their words, Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help frowning, "As you said, Huangfu Hui knew everything? Then why didn't he surrender to the Great Zhou Dynasty and why did he take his troops to Yancheng? Was he looking for death?"

Several surrendered generals nodded together, grinned and said in grief: "That's right, the old general is just looking for death!"

Zhao Kuangyin couldn't understand!

They explained: "The veteran general often told us that he betrayed the Tang Dynasty in the first half of his life and killed an emperor. He was loyal to another Tang Dynasty in the second half of his life and spared his life! A person cannot betrayed two Tang Dynasty and cannot be criticized for all eternity!"

"ah!"

Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but exclaim.

He immediately sent the news to the imperial tent, told Guo Wei and Wei Renpu, and asked them to decide. In less than an hour, Wei Renpu came in person.

He rode on the horse, but didn't even get down, so he directly called Zhao Kuangyin and took his men to pursue Huangfu Hui.

On the way, Wei Renpu sighed: "I really didn't expect that Huangfu Hui, a thief, was old, but he found out with conscience that he wanted to die for the Tang Dynasty! I wonder how many people were going to commit suicide in shame!"

After sighing, Lao Wei sent someone to inform Ye Hua that he must try his best to win Huangfu Hui.

Although this person has a bad reputation, he is familiar with the situation of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Especially as a representative of the northern general, if you fight for him, you can serve as an example to win the hearts of the northern civil and military officials in the Southern Tang court, and then disintegrate the Southern Tang Dynasty from within!

Huangfu Hui, Huangfu Hui, you must not die!

Wei Renpu was praying, and at this time Huangfu Hui was moving forward and finally collided with Ye Hua's men.

Ye Hua was about to attack the rear of Chuzhou when he heard that there were soldiers under the banner of "Huangfu", which also scared him.

There were not many people with the surname Huangfu in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and they were leading troops nearby. There was no one except Huangfu Hui.

But the question is how could this person abandon Chuzhou and take the initiative to fight?

"Don't worry about so many things. If you dare to come and seek death, then you can help him!"

After a battle, Zhang Yongde liked Mo Dao more and more.

The crossbow arrows were still the first, the Modao team was in the center, and the two wings were cavalry. Last time, when they encountered the Southern Tang people, they had to put heavy troops in front of them because the opponent had the advantage of the number of people, which caused the central army to be empty. If the Cavalry Guards had not blocked the Southern Tang cavalry, there would be a risk of capsizing.

This time, Zhang Yongde set up a circular formation, and Ye Hua finally didn't have to lead the way.

Of course, his mission was not reduced at all. No matter which direction, if danger occurs, the Cavalry Guards must go up to rescue them.

In short, Ye Hua is the firefighting team!

The battle began, and the arrows of the bed crossbow shot out blood alleys in the Southern Tang army. The lethality increased by more than 30% compared to the last time.

Ye Hua stood at a high place and saw the situation on the battlefield. He could feel a very unusual atmosphere. The Southern Tang soldiers opposite him were wearing a tragic atmosphere, and he was a little stunning to die together.

"Transfer my orders. The entire army should be careful not to fight hard, but to move forward and retreat flexibly."

After passing the order, Ye Hua continued to stare at the battlefield.

The Southern Tang soldiers rushed through the rain of arrows and launched a fierce attack.

Indeed, they rushed up like they were desperate.

The cold light of the Modao flashed, and he did not let go of any invading enemy. In a blink of an eye, the dead bodies of the Southern Tang soldiers were everywhere and blood flowed into a river. But the people behind him were still brave enough to fight, regardless of the price.

There are also many archers who, in order to shoot more accurately, regardless of their safety, approached the shooting. Finally, Mo Daoping was shot in the cheek, or his throat was shot, fell to the ground, struggling and wailing in pain.

A soldier hurriedly took the injured person down for bandage and treatment, and the Modao team encountered a difficult bone!

Zhang Yongde felt very shameless on his face, and was actually beaten by the Southern Tang soldiers, which was so bullying.

The front was temporarily stalemate, he called the cavalry, detoured to the flank, and waved his sabre and the cavalry protruded. This time he took the lead, and the men formed a sharp arrow and rushed directly to the weak right wing of the Southern Tang people.

The soldiers shot out bows and arrows and threw javelins. The Southern Tang soldiers fell to the ground one after another and retreated to both sides.

Zhang Yongde took the lead and rushed in.

He danced the knife in his hand like a flying one, and in a blink of an eye it was a corpse. His personal guards protected him tightly to block the attacking open and hidden arrows. Their progress was very fast and they had already rushed into the Southern Tang Army formation about 200 steps.

If you work harder, you can rush through the military formation and cut it into two sections!

"kill!"

Zhang Yongde shouted desperately, rushing to death with fierceness, like a tiger.

"Oh, there are really tiger generals in the Great Zhou Dynasty!"

Huangfu Hui couldn't help but sigh that if he was 10 years younger, he might have the intention to compete for success, but at this age, he no longer has the strength.

I was even too lazy to surrender to the Great Zhou Dynasty. Being a living traitor may be worse than a hero who died in battle. He killed people all his life and committed evil all his life. When he was dying, he would be more loyal and heroic!

"kill!"

Huangfu Hui raised the saber in his hand, led his troops, and came up to face Zhang Yongde.

The two of them rushed towards each other as if they had discovered each other's lion at the same time, and their weapons collided, war horses neighed, and their personal guards were knocked down and fell off their horses, making a mess.

Finally, they got closer. Zhang Yongde raised the knife in his hand and slashed it hard. Huangfu Hui's knife also slashed over. Zhang Yongde turned slightly and used his heart-protecting armor to block Huangfu Hui's knife.

This is a very risky approach, but Zhang Yongde is 70% sure because the other party is too old and the old doesn't have the strength to slash the breastplate!

Bang!

Zhang Yongde's chest was as if it was hit by a hammer, and a string of sparks splashed. Huangfu Hui's knife was embedded in the armor, but it did not hurt Zhang Yongde.

Zhang Yongde's knife cut off Huangfu's arm, then penetrated heavily between the ribs, and penetrated the lungs on the left. Huangfu Hui opened his mouth and spitted out blood, coughing constantly.

The personal guard was so shocked that he was out of control and tried his best to rescue Huangfu Hui and escape.

Zhang Yongde held on to the point of chasing forever.

At this moment, Ye Hua rang the gong to withdraw the troops, and Zhang Yongde was furious. Did Ye Hua's brain blew again? He came back with a knife and wanted to settle the score with Ye Hua.

"Huangfu Hui is here to seek death!" Ye Hua seemed very annoyed.

Zhang Yongde was stunned. There are lunatics every year, and there are a lot of them this year. What's going on?

He was stunned!

On the other side of the battlefield, Huangfu Hui was already dying. He was lying on the ground with his personal guard beside him. The old man forced a smile, but coughed several times one after another, and blood flowed out of his mouth and nose.

"Old, I don't, can't, betrayal, two, two, big, big, big, big, Tang..." He said every word, which was extremely painful, and the soldiers below held back their tears and listened carefully.

"You, you, are not the same as me,...! Submit, surrender! Tang, Tang is not worth it..." Before he finished speaking, Huangfu Hui tilted his head and died.

His personal guard was distraught and completely forgot the old general's words. He wiped his tears, jumped onto the war horse, raised his weapons, and rushed towards the people of the Great Zhou.

At this time, Zhao Kuangyin had already arrived with his men. The two armies joined forces and all the Southern Tang soldiers who were fighting stubbornly were annihilated. From the beginning to the end, no one surrendered. Even when facing the Zhou soldiers dozens of times, they still shouted to fight until the blood was dry and they fell on the battlefield.

Ye Hua stared at the tragic scene and couldn't help but sigh that the Southern Tang Dynasty is not short of heroes!
Chapter completed!