The original plan of the Dongzhou Army was to capture Hezhou all the way, attack Xiangzhou all the way to the west, cut off the supply channel from the south to the imperial court, and then wait for Li Congyun to capture Yizhou, forcing Baida to stand on his side, and then concentrate again. When attacking Zhongzhou with troops, it would be best if they could capture the capital. Otherwise, they would establish a defense line on the west road. The army would develop either south or east, or at least one side could be separated. However, the development of the situation did not go as smoothly as they expected.

Due to Gao Ning's outstanding performance, Hezhou could not be attacked for a long time, and Niu Gan from Xiangzhou on the South Road performed even better. Not only did he resist the Dongzhou Army's attack, but he even pushed the war back to the Dongzhou Army's territory. Now It became the latter who tried his best to prevent Niu Gan's troops from advancing towards Dongzhou.

Li Congyun in the north has made relatively smooth progress and has occupied most of Yizhou, but Ji Baida has been holding back his troops. This has made Li Congyun and the Dongzhou Army unable to completely rest assured about their rear path. Therefore, neither of them dare to use all their forces now. They all joined the Western Front, so they had no choice but to try their best to win over Ji Baida.

After listening to Gao Ning's report, Luo Tianbao roughly understood the situation on the battlefield. He quickly made arrangements based on his understanding of the people and horses in these groups. On the one hand, he sent envoys to send letters to the three parties explaining what happened. As well as the current attitude of the court, he also attached a copy of the authorization letter from Lin Yunfei and Xiahou Suiliang. At the same time, he said that as long as the three families could surrender and accept reorganization, the court was willing to forget the past and Luo Tianbao could use his own wealth and life as a guarantee. At the same time, Luo Tianbao I also wrote a handwritten letter to each of the three parties, which was based on reason and moved with emotion.

The Dongzhou Army reacted the fastest among the three parties. Not only did they refuse to surrender, they even detained the envoys sent by Luo Tianbao, making it clear that they wanted to fight the imperial court to the end. However, this was actually what Luo Tianbao had expected. The situation of the state army is the same as what the senior brother Xiahou Suiliang said. Now these people may be eager for the court to execute Xiahou Suiliang, so that they have a legitimate reason to go to war and at the same time clear up a trouble on the road to power. In this matter Luo Tianbao even sympathized with his senior brother,

However, Luo Tianbao's main targets for this operation were actually Li Congyun and Ji Baida's Second Division. He hoped to win over them to correct their evil ways, or at least shake their military morale. The reality was as he planned. Li Congyun would certainly not accept Luo Tianbao's advice. However, this matter still caused some turmoil within him. After all, most of Li Congyun's men are direct descendants of the rebel army. They are loyal to Lin Yunfei. Now they are hesitant to see this situation, not to mention whether they can continue to fight. If they couldn't win, what if the imperial court got angry and executed Lin Yunfei, wouldn't they have harmed the commander in disguise? Therefore, the morale of the army was unstable, and Li Congyun had to suspend the attack and appease his subordinates first.

Ji Baida was originally very hesitant, but now he was even more shaken after seeing Luo Tianbao's letter and the copy of Lin Yunfei's authorization letter. Zhuge Ying also tried his best to persuade him at this time, but Ji Baida was still angry with Luo Tianbao. He was unwilling to surrender, but he finally made some concessions. On the excuse that the authenticity of Lin Yunfei's authorization letter was not clear, he said that he could not send troops to cooperate with Li Congyun and the Dongzhou Army for the time being. Although this did not clearly indicate that he was on the side of the imperial court, it was at least a gimmick. For the first time since the incident, Da has expressed a neutral position. In this way, the so-called tripartite coalition has actually fallen apart.

Luo Tianbao was quite pleased after receiving the reward. Although he did not achieve the most satisfactory results, things were basically going according to his wishes. Luo Tianbao made further arrangements for this while actively sending people to win over Li Congyun and Ji Baida.

, while personally leading the troops to attack the Dongzhou Army, he knew that the core of this rebellion was the Dongzhou Army. As long as they could be defeated, the other two groups would be able to defeat the Dongzhou Army without attacking. At the moment, neither Li Congyun nor Ji Baida could attack the Dongzhou Army.

Extending a helping hand is the best time to attack the latter.

The Dongzhou Army was a little nervous at first when they learned that Luo Tianbao was personally leading troops to attack. After all, Luo Tianbao had been fighting in the north and south in recent years, and he was considered a famous general in the rebel army. The Dongzhou Army was still a little wary of him.

But later, when they saw that Luo Tianbao's troops were not many, the Dongzhou Army gradually felt at ease. On the contrary, they felt that if they could defeat or even capture Luo Tianbao, it would have a vital impact on the entire battle, so Xiahou

Honglie gathered all his mobile forces and faced off against Luo Tianbao head-on in Miancheng, southeast of Hezhou.

In terms of strength, the Dongzhou Army had the upper hand in this battle, so Luo Tianbao was a little worried before the war started. But when the actual confrontation began, Luo Tianbao felt relieved when he saw the opponent's layout. The layout of the Dongzhou Army was very loose and messy, which made him feel at ease.

It felt like it was not a regular army. Afterwards, Luo Tianbao found out what was going on from the prisoners. It turned out that the most outstanding generals in the Dongzhou Army were two people, one was the military counselor Lang Yue, and the other was the general Xue Lun. However, these two people

Because Xiahou Honglie did not approve of Xiahou Honglie's raising of troops for various reasons, and the latter did not trust either of them, neither of them participated in this battle. As a result, the layout of the Dongzhou Army was very amateurish.

Of course, Luo Tianbao didn't know this at the time of the confrontation. He just felt that his opponent had an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he asked Tian Chengen and Shen Hexi to each lead a group of troops to attack from the left and right wings. Shen Hexi's progress on the left was not very smooth, and he encountered the tenacity of the Dongzhou Army.

The battle between the two sides fell into a stalemate, but Tian Chengen's roundabout troops on the right progressed smoothly, and the opponent was almost defeated in one blow.

The layout of the Dongzhou Army was originally a bit messy, but the defeat on the flank immediately caused a chain reaction. The Dongzhou Army fell into chaos. Tian Chengen used his troops ruthlessly, and finally even attacked Xiahou Honglie's headquarters.

He was so frightened that he didn't care about his command and ran away with his men. As soon as the coach ran away, the rest of the troops were naturally not interested in fighting. The Dongzhou Army was finally defeated across the board. The elite direct lineage that Xiahou Sui had carefully cultivated for many years were here.

Almost all were lost in the battle.

After the victory in Miancheng, Luo Tianbao roughly understood the internal situation of the Dongzhou Army through the mouths of the prisoners. He found that the enemies were not monolithic, so he immediately made arrangements. While sending people back to the capital to inform Li Guozhong to send reinforcements, he led the army southward.

He joined Niu Gan's troops, and after regaining the territory in the south of Hezhou, he directly invaded the hinterland of the Dongzhou Army and attacked Dongping Prefecture.

Since the main force of the Dongzhou Army was completely lost in the Battle of Mian City, the subsequent offensive by the officers and soldiers was quite smooth, with almost no decent resistance. Seeing that the war was burning into his own territory, Xiahou Honglie was also anxious, but after passing by Mian City

In the battle of the city, this man was also a little frightened and did not dare to attack personally. In desperation, he had to ask Xue Lun to lead the troops.

As mentioned before, Xue Lun actually disapproved of this troop raise. Later, Xiahou Honglie reused his close associates and excluded them from the core of the decision-making, which made him even more resentful. However, seeing that Dongzhou was in danger, Xue Lun felt that he

It was inconvenient to ignore him, so he had no choice but to lead the troops to fight.

Xue Lun's strength is indeed unique. Under his command, the Dongzhou Army established a solid defense line on the western front of Dongping Mansion. The officers and soldiers tried twice but failed to defeat it. This made Luo Tianbao and others confront
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