With a serious expression, he had been gathering the remaining soldiers of Jizhou after being defeated by Li Qin.
He wanted to continue fighting Li Qin, but then he received news that Emperor Zhu Qizhen and more than 100,000 troops in the capital were besieged by Li Qin at Tushu Fort.
He wanted to rescue the emperor, but he had far too few remaining soldiers; going would be suicide.
He planned to gather some remnants of his army before harassing and disrupting Li Qin.
But not long after, he unexpectedly encountered the capital's army that had fled from Tushubao.
He learned something shocking from them.
That is, Li Qin actually broke the peace treaty openly and launched a surprise attack on the retreating army of the capital.
The army of over 100,000 was routed, and renowned generals such as Zhang Fu were all killed in battle. Emperor Zhu Qizhen fell into the hands of Li Qin.
Upon learning this news, Zhao Shuaizhen was in immense pain; the emperor had actually been captured alive.
This kind of thing hasn't happened in hundreds of years.
After learning the news, although Zhao Shuzhen was in great pain, he did not lose his mind and desperately try to save the emperor with Li Qin.
Instead, they continued to gather the defeated troops from Jizhou and the capital, accumulating strength.
He has now accumulated enough troops and has an army of over two thousand men.
Although it wasn't much, he knew that Li Qin was besieging the capital, but the grain was being raised by himself in Youyan, plus the grain he had previously captured, and also grain transported from Liaodong.
Although it was like an egg hitting a rock for them to attack Li Qin.
However, it is entirely possible to disrupt Li Qin's self-sufficient food supply plan in the Youyan region, and at the same time, try to disrupt his rear supply lines from Liaodong.
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