Chapter 225 Only One Way Left

April is clear and the rain is clear, and it is clear that Nanshan is a household.

In the temporary military camp in Dongjin Town, Xiangyang, a soldier was shuttling between the various camps. Commands were sent out from the central camp, and pieces of information were gathered from all directions.

The Beggar Gang's White Lotus Messenger, Jie Bai, also arrived at the camp with two Beggar Gang disciples. In addition to bringing the latest intelligence on the Western Route Army, they also brought some recent events in the martial arts world.

"Sir Ou, the Western Army has occupied Suizhou, but within ten days, Suizhou was taken down by Xianning Bo and Censor Peng. Currently, there are only 30,000 people left in the Western Army, and they are moving towards Anluzhou."

Ou Zanghua looked at the map. The information provided by Jie Bai was exactly the same as the information sent by Pengze via carrier pigeon. Anlu Prefecture was located at the southern foot of Dahong Mountain and the northern end of the Jianghan Plain, right between Xiangyang and Wuchang. It could be said to be a very tricky location.

However, with the Han River there, I can reach Anlu overnight.

"Thank you for the information, Envoy Jie." He looked up at Jie Bai and thanked him with a smile.

"Master Ou, you are too polite!"

Jie Bai had a look of joy on his face. He suddenly remembered something and said, "Recently, a Beggar's Sect disciple in Yingtian Prefecture sent a message that the head of Huashan, Mr. Gentleman Jianyue, is looking for you. The Beggar's Sect disciple didn't know whether he should tell him about your itinerary, so he came to me to ask."

"Master Yue is looking for me?"

Ou Zanghua was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Has anything happened in Huashan recently?"

Jie Bai immediately said, "Last December, some demons from the Demon Cult committed evil deeds around Huashan. They even took advantage of Mr. Yue and Lady Ning's absence to attack the Huashan Sect. They were later driven away by Young Master Linghu."

"I heard that two direct disciples of Mount Hua were kidnapped, so Young Hero Linghu went down the mountain to chase them, rescued the two disciples, and sent them to the courtyard where Mr. Yue in Yingtianfu was temporarily staying."

"Although the two disciples were rescued, I heard they were both seriously injured."

"I see. So, Master Yue might be looking for me because of those two junior brothers."

Ou Zanghua looked at the map and thought for a while before saying, "Please ask the Beggar Gang disciples to secretly pass a message to Uncle Yue, asking them to wait for me in Wuchang."

"Okay, please rest assured, Lord Ou." Jie Bai bowed and walked out.

Two days later, Ou Zanghua was still guarding the central army camp. Gao Kexin walked in quickly, bowed and said, "Sir Ou, there is a pigeon from Censor Peng."

Ou Zanghua immediately took it and examined it. Peng Ze asked him to send troops to Anlu Prefecture, and to wipe out Liu Hui and Zhao Sui in Anlu, just like they did last time they besieged Liu Liu and Liu Qi.

"Sure enough!"

Ou Zanghua burned the paper ball and said, "Pass the order down, all soldiers get on board, we will go down the river to Jingshan County!"

"Yes!"

As the order was passed down, teams of infantry picked up their weapons, lined up, and walked to the dock to board the ship. The cavalry, led by Zuo Lengchan, galloped towards Jingshan County.

After a few days, the Western Route Army temporarily set up camp in Tianjiawan, Anlu Prefecture. Several governors gathered together, including Liu Zi, Xing Bendao, Yang Guadufu, Zhao Fan and others.

After Liu Hui and Zhao Qian entered the venue, everyone immediately stood up and bowed, saying, "Grand Marshal, Deputy Marshal!"

"sit down!"

Liu Hui waved his hand and sat down on the main seat, while Zhao Kai sat on the first seat on the left.

Seeing that there were only four governors present, Liu Hui felt an unspeakable sadness in his heart. Two months ago, he had more than ten governors under his command, but it has only been a short time and not even half of them are left.

"The current situation is clear," Zhao Kai took out a map and opened it, pointing to the three circles on it and said, "The one in the middle is where we are now. To the north is the border army led by Peng Ze, and to the south is the three thousand battalion led by Qiu Yue."

"We are sandwiched between the south and the north. This shows that the court does not want us to go in these two directions." "If we go west, we will run into Xiangyang Guard. According to the information sent back by the spies, the person in charge of Xiangyang Guard is Ou Zanghua, the Minister of Honglu Temple. In addition to Xiangyang Guard, he also has Tianjin Right Guard and more than 10,000 prisoners."

"So when it comes to the number of soldiers, Ou Zanghua has the most."

The burly man Xing Bendao bowed and asked, "Deputy Marshal, can't we rescue those brothers?"

Zhao Kai shook his head and sighed, "Our spies have contacted a few brothers, and they just want to live a stable life now."

"Humph!"

Widow Yang snorted coldly and said, "These peasants are just simple-minded. How can the imperial court allow them to live a peaceful life?"

“These are not the main points!”

Liu Hui glanced at Widow Yang and said coldly, "Our situation is extremely critical. The only direction left is the east. But the east is Wuchang, which is the key area controlled by the imperial court. With our current military strength, it is difficult to capture it."

Liu Zi slammed the table and growled, "This won't work, and that won't work! So according to the Grand Marshal and the Deputy Marshal, which way should we go?"

"To Hanyang Prefecture!"

Zhao Kai drew a circle on the map and said, "We will pretend to attack Wuchang. Even if Qiu Yue and Peng Ze have doubts, they must return to defend. Otherwise, if we take Wuchang, they will have no choice but to resign and apologize."

"When the court's attention is drawn to Wuchang, we will cross the river from Hanyang Prefecture! Go around Wuchang and head to Jiangxi."

Widow Yang asked with some confusion: "Why do you want to go to Jiangxi?"

"Because Jiangxi suffered a great disaster last year, it is now empty." Zhao Kai explained: "Besides, Jiangxi has been a land of fish and rice since ancient times. Once we get there, we will not have to worry about lack of food."

"Then what are you waiting for?!" Xing Bendao stood up and said cheerfully, "Our army will fully support the Grand Marshal and the Deputy Marshal!"

Liu Hui looked at the others again, and seeing that everyone agreed, he nodded and said, "In that case, let's act according to this plan!"

After a while of negotiation, everyone stood up and said goodbye, and Zhao Kai also prepared to return to his tent to rest.

However, when he walked to the front of the tent, he found that his second brother Zhao Fan was already waiting there.

"Brother," Zhao Fan bowed to Zhao Fan and asked, "Why don't you go to Xiangyang? You know Ou Zanghua is there."

"Going to Xiangyang is like walking into a trap." Zhao Yan sighed and explained, "The only way for us to survive is to go east."

"I know that my eldest brother is always calm," Zhao Fan (fán) asked with a stronger tone, "but what about the revenge of my third brother?!"

Zhao Fan was stunned. Zhao Fan and Zhao Hao were both his brothers. He also wanted to take revenge, but reality did not allow it.
At this time, Zhao Fan handed the token to Zhao Fan and said seriously: "I understand the burden on your shoulders, but I must avenge my brother's murder. I will hand over the Seventh Army to you, and I will go to assassinate Ou Zanghua!"

"Are you crazy?!"

Zhao Yan was startled and said in a cold voice: "Ou Zanghua has Zuo Lengchan and the Thirteen Guardians of Songshan by his side. You are familiar with their martial arts, especially Zuo Lengchan, who is one of the best masters in the world. How can you kill Ou Zanghua?!"

At this moment, a soldier ran over, bowed and said, "Report to the deputy marshal, I just received a reply from the spy. Zuo Lengchan, the captain of Songshan Guard, led the cavalry to leave Xiangyang."

"what?!"

"Hey, brother, isn't this the opportunity?"

(End of this chapter)