The cities that Fengwu Jiedu Mansion can fully control, in addition to Xiushui City, also include Yongtai City and Jingyang City, which originally belonged to Zhenwei Town.

Yongtai City is located north of Xiushui City, and Jingyang City is located north of Yongtai City.

At present, the number of descendants of Fengwu Jiedu Province has increased to 10, including 3 infantry divisions and 7 independent brigades.

In addition to the 2 infantry divisions and 4 independent brigades directly controlled by Shen Du and Shen Zhi, the other 1 infantry division and 3 independent brigades were stationed in Jingyang City and Yongtai City respectively.

Among them, the troops stationed in Jingyang City were the 2nd Division of the Fengwu Army and the newly formed 26th Independent Brigade.

The commander of the Second Division, Shen Mao, is Shen Du's second uncle, and the commander of the 26th Independent Brigade, Shen Ji, is Shen Du's cousin, and Shen Mao and Shen Ji are father and son.

The 1st Independent Brigade and the 2nd Independent Brigade of the Fengwu Army were stationed in Yongtai City, and the two brigade commanders, Shen Xu and Shen Xian, were both sons of Shen Du's third uncle, Shen Xiang.

Since Shen Xiang died on the battlefield many years ago, Shen Xu and Shen Xian were raised by Shen Xiao since they were children.

Shen Xiao trusted Shen Xu and Shen Xian very much, and Shen Xu and Shen Xian did have the ability, so they could each control a descendant army of Fengwu Jiedu Mansion.

When Ding Lin, a staff member, heard that Shen Du asked him to stabilize Shen Du's second uncle Shen Mao, as well as the other three brigade commanders of the independent brigade, he hesitated a little and said, "Eldest prince, I'm worried that Shen Mao, Shen Ji's father and son, as well as Shen Xu and Shen Xian, will not easily stand in line.

The most important thing now is to guard against Shen Zhi's reckless move.

I propose to immediately order the withdrawal of the 25th and 26th Independent Brigades to Silk City! ”

Now in order to guard against the West Battalion and the East Battalion formed by the Zhou family in Ganyang, the first batch of troops have been stationed.

Shen Du's 25th Independent Brigade was ordered to be transferred to the West Battalion, and the 26th Independent Brigade was ordered to be transferred to the East Battalion.

Now Shen Du's troops in Xiushui City are only the first division.

Originally, according to the arrangement of Shen Xiao of Jiedu Prefecture, the 27th Independent Brigade and the 28th Independent Brigade would be transferred to the West Camp and the East Camp respectively.

However, before the 27th Independent Brigade and the 28th Independent Brigade could set off, Shen Xiao was poisoned to death.

Shen Du didn't care and said: "Mr. Ding, don't worry, even if the third child dares to jump over the wall in a hurry, with the first division, it is enough to control the situation in Xiushui City, not to mention that I am not unprepared at all." ”

Although the three infantry divisions in the Fengwu Jiedu Mansion are all about 25,000 troops, the weapons and equipment of the first division far exceed those of the second and third divisions.

In particular, the divisional heavy artillery regiment under the jurisdiction of the 1st Division is equipped with 24 140 mm large-caliber howitzers imported from the Manniu Empire, and is the only heavy artillery unit among the troops of Fengwu Jiedu Prefecture.

In the battle of Jingyang between the Fengwu Army and the Zhenwei Army, the Fengwu Jiedu Mansion was finally able to force the original Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion to cede the entire Jingyang area, and the heavy artillery regiment of the first division was indispensable.

"Eldest son, some things should be decided, don't forget that there is also the Ganyang Zhou family watching from the side!"

Shen Du understood what Ding Lin meant, and if he didn't put his third brother Shen Zhi in order, he wouldn't want to sit in the position of Fengwu Jiedu envoy.

"Mr. Ding, you said that my father was poisoned, will it have anything to do with the Ganyang Zhou family?"

"Eldest son, it can only be said that the Ganyang Zhou family is also suspicious."

Shen Du said viciously: "Don't let me find out that this matter was done by the Ganyang Zhou family, otherwise I will never let go of the Ganyang Zhou family!" ”

Don't look at what Shen Du said ruthlessly, but he knew very well in his heart that even if it was found out that his father was poisoned by the Ganyang Zhou family, he could only choose to be patient for the time being.

The establishment of the Zhenwei Army and the Jinnan Army, the Zhou family did not hide it from the outside world, and now the entire Han and Tang Empires know that the Ganyang Zhou family has a million troops in their hands, and the weapons and equipment are extremely sophisticated.

The number of millions of army units is not terrible, but the terrible thing is that among these millions of army units, the number of soldiers equipped with hand-bolted repeating rifles, machine guns and artillery is even more terrifying.

The heavy artillery regiment of the 1st Division, which Shen Du was proud of, was much inferior in all aspects compared with the heavy artillery regiment of any division of the Zhenwei Army or the Jinnan Army.

In Xiushui City, the barracks of the Third Division of the Fengwu Army, Zhao Tianyou, the deputy commander of the Third Division, reported to Shen Zhi in a deep voice: "Division Commander, the First Brigade, the Second Brigade, the Third Brigade, the Artillery Regiment and the Guard Regiment of our Third Division are all ready.

The 27th and 28th Independent Brigades will serve as the general reserve. ”

Shen Zhi said calmly: "Since you're ready, let's do it!"

While the 25th Independent Brigade and the 26th Independent Brigade are not in Silk City, this is our only chance! ”

Zhao Tianyou's face was a little hesitant, "Master, really don't think about it anymore?"

Maybe the death of the big marshal has nothing to do with the eldest son, not to mention that if we really start fighting, our third division may not be the opponent of the first division. ”

Shen Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly, "My father's death shouldn't have anything to do with my eldest brother."

But for the position of Fengwu Jiedu, it is necessary to fight.

As for whether we can beat the first division, we can only bet on it, but I have made some arrangements before, maybe it can increase our chances of winning. ”

Early in the morning of the third day after the death of Shen Xiao, the envoy of Fengwu Jiedu, the sound of guns and cannons suddenly sounded in Xiushui City, and a big battle for the position of envoy of Fengwu Jiedu immediately began.

From the very beginning of this war, there were many dizzying surprises.

First of all, an infantry regiment of the First Division turned its guns as soon as the battle began, and chose to take refuge in Shen Zhi.

It's a pity that Shen Zhi hasn't been happy for too long, and the 27th Independent Brigade, which he kept as one of the general reserves, announced his support for the eldest prince Shen Du to succeed him as the envoy of Fengwu Jiedu.

Originally, Shen Zhi's side still had an advantage in terms of troops, but after such an exchange, the strength of the two sides in Xiushui City became almost the same.

Shen Zhi and Shen Du's troops started fighting from the early morning of June 11 to the evening of June 13, and Shen Zhi's side finally couldn't stand it.

After three days of fierce fighting, Shen Zhi's troops had already suffered more than half of the casualties, and what was more serious was that the morale of the troops was low, and the formed company-level troops and battalion-level troops chose to surrender to Shen Du's troops one after another.

As a last resort, Shen Zhi had no choice but to take the remnants of the Third Division and the 28th Independent Brigade with more than 10,000 people and withdraw from Xiushui City first.

Just when the outside world thought that Shen Du could finally become the new Fengwu Jiedu envoy, Shen Du was sniped at the gate of Jiedu Mansion.

Not long after Shen Du was sniped, the troops of the 2nd Division, 1st Independent Brigade, 2nd Independent Brigade and 26th Independent Brigade of the Fengwu Army, under the leadership of Shen Mao, the commander of the Second Division, suddenly entered Xiushui City and began to forcibly incorporate the troops under Shen Du's command.

However, the 1st Division and the 27th Independent Brigade, which had already defected to Shen Du, did not choose to accept the incorporation under the leadership of Li Xiangming, deputy commander of the 1st Division.

Li Xiangming led his troops to fight with Shen Mao's troops for two days before they were driven out of Xiushui City, and at this time, the 1st Division and the 27th Independent Brigade combined still had more than 10,000 people left.

On the morning of June 17, Shen Mao, the younger brother of the late Fengwu Jiedu envoy Shen Xiao, announced his succession as Fengwu Jiedu envoy in Xiushui City.

Five days later, Shen Zhi held a press conference in Tianning City, south of Xiushui City, to announce that he had strong evidence that his second uncle Shen Mao had sent someone to poison his father Shen Xiao, and called on all major families in Fengwu Town to unite and crusade against Shen Mao, the murderer of his brother.

The Qiu family, who controlled Tianning City, also immediately expressed their support for Shen Zhi to take over as the envoy of the Fengwu Festival, and did not recognize Shen Mao as the new envoy of the Fengwu Festival.

At this time, Li Xiangming, the deputy commander of the first division, with more than 10,000 people, also retreated to Tianning City, and took refuge under Shen Zhi's command.

After learning of the death of Shen Xiao, the envoy of Fengwu Jiedu, Zhou Rui returned to Ganyang City.

Zhou Rui put the newspaper on the table, and then said to Hu Yi with some emotion: "Xiushui City is really lively, I didn't expect that a Shen Mao would be killed in the end."

If you can't figure it out, Shen Xiao was really poisoned by Shen Mao. ”

The fox nodded, "Although no direct evidence has been found, but according to some indirect evidence obtained by our 'ghost shadow', Shen Xiao's death and Shen Mao's suspicion is the greatest." ”

"It doesn't matter who Shen Xiao was poisoned to.

The important thing is that because Shen Mao entered Xiushui City, Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion finally had the opportunity to take back Jingyang City. ”

"The marshal rest assured, Shen Mao's second division only left an infantry brigade to defend the entire Jingyang area.

And the commander of this infantry brigade has been bought by our 'ghost'. ”

On June 25, 1538, three infantry divisions of the Zhenwei Army suddenly invaded the Jingyang area, and it took only two days to occupy the entire Jingyang area, including Jingyang City.

The 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 2nd Division of the Fengwu Army, which was stationed in the Jingyang area, under the leadership of its brigade commander, did not even put up any resistance, and all surrendered to the Zhenwei Army.

After the Zhenwei army recovered the Jingyang area, all forces in Fengwu Town immediately began to denounce the Zhou family in Ganyang.

However, secretly, Shen Mao, who occupied Xiushui City, and Shen Zhi, who was in Tianning City, both sent people to Ganyang City.

Shen Mao said that Jingyang City could be returned to Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion, but hoped that the Ganyang Zhou family could stop in moderation, and also hoped that the Ganyang Zhou family could officially recognize Shen Mao as the new Fengwu Jiedu envoy.

Shen Zhi also hoped that the Ganyang Zhou family would stop continuing to infringe on the interests of Fengwu Town after capturing the Jingyang area, and hoped that the Ganyang Zhou family would express their stance and support him to take over the post of Fengwu Jiedu envoy.

And Zhou Rui's meaning is very clear, Jingyang City originally belonged to Zhenwei Town, and this time Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion took back Jingyang City, and there was nothing wrong with it.

As for who is the envoy of the Fengwu Festival, Zhou Rui doesn't care, the two of you will fight by yourself, whoever wins, who I support.