After the army entered Heyang, Lin Yunfei first convened a meeting with the generals to discuss the next specific strategy. Gao Ning, as the host, introduced the current situation in Hezhou to everyone. Now the rebels are mainly divided into two groups in Hezhou.

It was Ning Xiaoquan, an old acquaintance of the rebel army. He had led an army to besiege Dongping, but was finally defeated by the rebel army and the Dongzhou Army. For this reason, he was later punished by Ning Zeen and was demoted three levels in a row.

However, he later performed well in the battle with the government troops. In addition, the rebels were now surrounded by enemies and had no generals available. In desperation, Ning Zeen had to let him serve as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front again. He led the main force of the rebels.

There are more troops, but the actual combat effectiveness is not as strong as it seems. This is because the elites of the rebels are now scattered in various places. Most of Ning Xiaoquan's men are newly recruited soldiers. Although they are large in number, they lack experience.

On the other side is Yin Jie's command, who is entrenched in the southwest of Hezhou. This is the nephew of the rebel general Yin Ziyu. He climbed up all the way thanks to his uncle. This man actually has a good way of fighting, but he is cruel by nature.

The soldiers and civilians were killed at every move, so they were very unpopular. The number of troops under his command was smaller than that of Ning Xiaoquan, but they were all the elite rebels left by Shi Liwei. Their combat effectiveness was actually stronger than that of Ning Xiaoquan. Gao Ning's attitude towards this

The suggestion is that the rebel army should be divided into two groups, one side using a small number of troops to hold back Ning Xiaoquan, and the other side concentrating the main force to kill Yin Jie first. This would be equivalent to removing an arm of Ning Xiaoquan, which would be of great help to the rebel army in their subsequent attack on Songzhou.

favorable.

After discussing with the generals, Lin Yunfei felt that this plan was feasible. Lin Yunfei was determined to cultivate his son, so he handed over the task of attacking Yin Jie to Luo Tianbaolai, and transferred more than half of his elite soldiers to Luo Tianbao, who

Understanding his father's thoughts and thinking of making some meritorious deeds, Lin Yunfei led some troops to stay in Heyang during the New Year to contain Ning Xiaoquan, while Luo Tianbao led his troops south to attack Yin Jie.

Since the last attack on Heyang failed, Yin Jie took his troops and retreated to his own territory in the southwest. He had a clear view of the battle situation. The rebel army was bound to concentrate its main force on him first, so he asked Ning several times.

Xiaoquan suggested that the two groups of troops join together to fight the rebels in the southwest. If they win, the situation in Hezhou will be reversed immediately, but Ning Xiaoquan rejected it on the grounds that it was too risky.

In fact, Yin Jie understood that this was just Ning Xiaoquan's excuse. In fact, it involved factional struggles within the rebels. As mentioned before, the two kings of Qi and Wei in Dayou were fighting for power. Each had a group of buddies around them. Among them, Ning Xiaoquan and

King Ning Si of Wei had a close relationship with filial piety, and the uncles and nephews of the Yin family were on the side of King Ning Sizhong of Qi. Therefore, Ning Xiaoquan was unwilling to follow Yin Jie's plan and let him perform meritorious service. This made Yin Jie lament repeatedly and felt that the rebels

If this continues, I'm afraid it will lead to a dead end.

Even so, Yin Jie also knew that he had done too many evil things on weekdays. Even if he surrendered, the court might not be able to tolerate him in the future. Now he could only share life and death with the rebels. Therefore, he had to mobilize the troops at hand to strictly fortify himself, hoping to stop the rebellion.

The rebel army fought for a while. It should be said that Luo Tianbao and others had a hard time fighting at first. Although Yin Jie was ferocious and cruel, he did have a way of fighting. In addition, most of his men were elite. Therefore, every time the rebel army moved forward, it almost took a step forward.

They all had to pay a high price. Although Luo Tianbao brought a lot of troops this time, they could not afford to fight like this. Therefore, Luo Tianbao had a headache for a while, but things soon changed subtly.

First of all, because Yin Jie is too violent, he is usually not very popular. But this time in order to fight against the rebels, he implemented various controls in the area. As a result, a large number of soldiers and civilians became uncomfortable and began to defect to or assist the rebels. This really reduced the number of people.

The pressure faced by the rebel army was reduced. On the other hand, after learning that the rebel army had taken the initiative in Hezhou, Xiahou Suiliang finally couldn't sit still and sent General Xue Lun with 3,000 troops to cooperate with Luo Tianbao in attacking Yin Jie.

Of course, Luo Tianbao also understood that the senior brother's move was just because he was afraid that most of Hezhou would be taken away by the rebels, so he wanted to take the opportunity to get a share of the pie. However, the participation of Xue Lun's troops in the war is a big help to his side after all, so Luo Tianbao

Tianbao still welcomes this.

Under the influence of these factors, the rebel army gradually began to take the initiative. By the beginning of the spring of this year, the vanguard of the rebel army had advanced all the way to the outskirts of Mengcheng. Yin Jie had no choice but to organize and hold on while asking for help from the rear.

However, even at this time, the combat power of his men was still quite strong, so Luo Tianbao did not dare to attack forcefully for a while, but surrounded Mengcheng and waited for the opportunity.

Although it is the beginning of spring, the weather is still a bit cold. It even snowed around Mengcheng that day. In such weather, both the offensive and defensive sides obviously did not want to start a war. Therefore, the attack on the rebel camp seemed a bit leisurely on this day. Luo Tianbao

Just after discussing the next strategy with Li Bu, Shen Hexi and others, the generals went down to do their own business. Luo Tianbao was sitting in the camp, warming himself by the fire and thinking about the next strategy. Suddenly Qi Gui ran away in a hurry.

Come in.

"Young Marshal, the brothers on patrol just caught a suspicious person and said he might be a spy."

Luo Tianbao was also shocked when he heard this. In this current situation, it was very normal for the warring parties to send spies to each other. Therefore, Luo Tianbao didn't think much about it and immediately asked Qi Gui to bring the person. He wanted to interrogate him personally.

It didn't take long for the person to be escorted in. Because of the snow, this person was wearing a windbreaker with the hood pulled down extremely low. For a while, he couldn't see his face clearly. He could only judge from his movements that it was a woman.

Luo Tianbao was sitting in the commanding position and said: "You raise your head first."

Unexpectedly, the woman was not afraid of such a scene. Instead, she said slightly sadly: "Why, young marshal, don't you even recognize me?"

Luo Tianbao was stunned when he heard it. It was true that the other party's voice sounded familiar to him and he must be an old friend, but for a moment he really couldn't remember who it was.

"Who are you..."

"Can you let the unimportant people leave first? There are some things I don't want others to hear."

Normally, Luo Tianbao would never meet a person of unknown origin like this. What if the other party had evil intentions? But this time, his intuition told him that this woman would not hurt him, so he hesitated for a while and Luo Tianbao finally took Qi Gui and others.

He was sent out, and soon he and the mysterious woman were left in the tent.

"Can you identify yourself this time?"

The woman sighed after hearing this, and then took off the hood on her head: "You still forgot about me after all."

Underneath the appearance is an extremely handsome face, fair skin, delicate facial features, and the hair that looks a little messy because it has been stuffed in a hat for too long. The whole picture is so beautiful that it is unreal, and Luo Tianbao this time

He recognized the other person at first sight and was so excited that he jumped up from his chair on the spot.

"Xiao Di, why is it you!?"

It turns out that this mysterious woman is none other than Ye Di, who has been separated from Luo Tianbao for a long time. She is even more beautiful and charming after not seeing each other for more than a year. Although Luo Tianbao has many confidantes around him during this period, but
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