Shortly after the Chinese New Year's Eve, news reached the Han and Tang Empires.

At nine o'clock in the morning of January 4, 1538, the Silver Wolf Empire officially declared war on the Flying Leopard Empire, and only an hour later, the Flying Leopard Empire also declared that it was officially in hostile relations with the Silver Wolf Empire.

The Silver Wolf Empire and the Flying Leopard Empire have a long border with each other in this world, and after the two sides declared war, the flames of war were immediately ignited in the border area of the two countries.

In addition, Zhou Rui learned from the "ghost" that the Silver Wolf Empire and the Flying Leopard Empire not only detonated a war in this world, but on the other side of the node in different time and space, the Silver Wolf Empire and the Flying Leopard Empire had also fought, and the fight was even more intense.

After more than half a year, the "Ghost Shadow" has completely taken over the intelligence network of the rebel Silver Wolf Column in the territory of the Silver Wolf Empire, and has made this intelligence network more perfect.

And the Silver Wolf Column, with Zhou Rui's strong support, has completely smashed the previous large-scale encirclement and suppression of the Silver Wolf Empire.

Counting Li Dongbao and Xiang Tao's group of people, Zhou Rui secretly sent a total of three batches of middle and low-level officers and veterans to the Silver Wolf Column, and the replenishment of various combat materials was not interrupted.

The addition of many middle- and low-level officers and veterans of the Zhou family army made the combat effectiveness of the Silver Wolf Column soar.

Xiang Tao, the chief of the operations department of the Silver Wolf Column, also showed his talent in military command.

Under Xiang Tao's planning, the Silver Wolf Column severely damaged an independent division of the Royal Army of the Silver Wolf Empire, which was mainly composed of dog people, and also incorporated more than 10,000 human soldiers from the Security Force of the Silver Wolf Empire.

At this time, the total strength of the rebels' silver wolf column and combat troops had swelled to nearly 30,000.

Taking advantage of the outbreak of war between the Silver Wolf Empire and the Flying Leopard Empire, the headquarters of the Silver Wolf Column also decided to let the combat troops go out of the mountains and seize some villages and towns.

In fact, this time the Silver Wolf Empire and the Flying Leopard Empire declared war on each other, which was also good news for the Zhou family army to send troops to the southern provinces of the Bajin Empire.

Although the Silver Wolf Empire did not directly send troops to invade the Bajin Empire, the Silver Wolf Empire often intervened in the disputes between various families within the Bajin Empire, and never concealed its ambitions for the Bajin Empire.

Now, if it weren't for the containment of the Flying Leopard Empire, with the grievances between the Zhou family and the Silver Wolf Empire, the Silver Wolf Empire would never have watched the Zhou family put their hands into the Bajin Empire.

On the morning of January 6, in a conference room in the Fengwu Jiedu Mansion in Xiushui City, Shen Du, the commander of the First Division of the Fengwu Army, said with a smile to the representatives of dozens of families in Fengwu Town: "Welcome to Xiushui City.

This time, the Jiedu Mansion brought everyone together to discuss how to prevent the Ganyang Zhou family, who had already controlled the entire Zhenwei Town. ”

The families in Fengwu Town, except for the Ganyang Zhou family, the remaining dozens of families with military power all sent representatives to Xiushui City.

In order to deal with the threat of the Ganyang Zhou family, and deeply feel the impact of the "anti-Zhou alliance" on the Fengwu Jiedu Mansion, the Fengwu Jiedu Mansion is ready to take the lead by itself and officially form a broader "anti-Zhou Alliance" in Fengwu Town.

The previous "anti-Zhou Alliance" was just some families in Fengwu Town, worried that after the Ganyang Zhou family gained power in Fengwu Town, they would treat them like they were in Zhenwei Town, so they secretly connected them and formed the so-called "Anti-Zhou Alliance".

Although this "anti-Zhou alliance" was aimed at the Ganyang Zhou family before, Shen Xiao, the envoy of Fengwu Jiedu, saw that this "anti-Zhou alliance" had actually shaken the rule of Fengwu Jiedu Mansion in the entire Fengwu Town.

You are all colluding with each other, so isn't my Fengwu Festival envoy an ornament?

As soon as Shen Du's words fell, Liu Shaochang of the Xiyun Liu family asked in a deep voice: "Eldest prince, there is no problem in guarding against the Ganyang Zhou family, but how did I hear that the Jiedu Mansion also intends to collect the military power of our families this time?" ”

If the Zhou family and the Shen family are excluded, the Xiyun Liu family can be regarded as the strongest family in Fengwu Town.

Xiyun City, which has an urban population of nearly 700,000, has always been monopolized by the Xiyun Liu family, and the villages and towns around Xiyun City still have a population of more than 800,000.

The Xiyun Fleet controlled by the Xiyun Liu family had 4 all-steel battleships, 2 ironclad battleships, 1 armored cruiser, 3 light cruisers, 4 iron-ribbed wood-hulled ships, and 6 offshore gunboats.

If there was no Zhou family's coastal defense fleet, the current size of the Xiyun Fleet would be enough to win the title of the first navy in the western part of the Han and Tang Empires.

The Xiyun Liu family also controls the 4th Infantry Division of the Fengwu Army, the 10th Infantry Division of the Fengwu Army, and the 4th Independent Brigade of the Fengwu Army, with a total strength of more than 40,000 people.

Liu Shaochang's questioning made Shen Du frown slightly.

His father, Shen Xiao, the envoy of Fengwu Jiedu, really wanted to take advantage of the official formation of the "Anti-Zhou Alliance" this time to find a way to snatch a piece of meat from the mouths of the major families.

However, the plan researched by their father and son has not yet been announced to the public, how could the Xiyun Liu family know?

Could it be that the plan has been leaked?

It seems that we have to ask the Intelligence Department to check it out in Jiedu Mansion, don't let Jiedu Mansion be like a sieve, and any news can be passed out.

"Hehe, Brother Liu said with a smile, our Shen family has been in charge of the Fengwu Festival Mansion for many years, when will we be as domineering as the Ganyang Zhou family!

The matter of confiscating the military power of each family is purely imaginary. ”

Liu Shaochang said quietly: "It's best if you don't have it."

Now that the threat of the Ganyang Zhou family is there, we don't have any more internal disputes. ”

At this time, Cui Wentao, who came on behalf of the Cui family, opened his mouth and said: "Now that the enemy is present, our families must no longer fight among themselves.

How miserable the family over there in Zhenwei Town is, you must have heard of it.

And how our five Ganyang families were driven out of Ganyang City, you all know that we must unite at this time. ”

These families in Fengwu Town have no opinion on the formal establishment of the "Anti-Zhou Alliance", but the families are quite controversial about the establishment of the West Camp and the East Camp proposed by the Jiedu Mansion.

According to the idea put forward by Shen Du, dozens of families in Jiedu Mansion and Fengwu Town all sent out a part of their troops and stationed them near the Ganyang area and the Longshan area respectively, forming two large barracks to guard against the Zhou family army that occupied the Ganyang area and the Longshan area.

The barracks in the Ganyang area are the West Battalion, and the barracks in the Longshan area are the East Battalion.

None of the families had any opinion on the dispatch of troops, but they did not agree that all the troops stationed in the two barracks should be reorganized by the Setsudo Prefecture.

In addition, the families also demanded that the Jiedu Mansion should be responsible for the logistics and supply of the two major barracks, just as the Jiedu Mansion had requisitioned the armies of their families in the past.

That night, Shen Du reported to Shen Xiao about the daytime meeting.

Shen Xiao then turned his head to Shen Zhi, the third son in the room, and asked, "Little San, what do you think about this?" ”

Shen Zhi pondered for a moment and said: "Military power is the lifeblood of each family, and the reason why each family agreed to formally form the 'Anti-Zhou Alliance' so readily is because they are worried that the Ganyang Zhou family will take away the military power of their various families.

According to the attitude of each family, it is impossible for the Jiedu Mansion to reorganize the armies of the various families stationed in the two barracks in the future.

But for the issue of logistics supply, I think there is still some discussion, after all, the formation of the two barracks this time is for all the families in Fengwu Town, and it should not be only the Jiedu Mansion to undertake all the logistics supply.

What's more, in the battle for Jingyang City, our Jiedu Mansion is about to be emptied, and it is impossible to independently support the two major barracks with a combined strength of more than 200,000. ”

Shen Du listened to the third brother Shen Zhi talk eloquently, although he didn't show any expression on the surface, he was actually very troubled in his heart.

Originally, Shen Du thought that after Shen Zhi was kicked out of Ganyang City by the Zhou family with the third division of the Fengwu Army, Shen Zhi could no longer pose any threat to him.

But what Shen Du never expected was that his father Shen Xiao would let Shen Zhi be responsible for forming two new independent brigades.

Now Shen Du and Shen Zhi are under the command of one infantry brigade and two newly formed independent brigades.

What worries Shen Du even more is that Shen Xiao has asked Shen Zhi's opinion on many things recently.

Shen Xiao nodded slowly, and then said to Shen Du: "What Xiao San said makes sense, tomorrow at the meeting, our Jiedu Mansion can abandon the plan to reorganize all the armies of the two barracks."

However, on the issue of logistical supply of the two barracks, it is necessary to let all families work hard.

In order to form 5 new independent brigades, the family foundation of Jiedu Mansion has actually been hollowed out. ”

The formation of the "Anti-Zhou Alliance" by dozens of families in Fengwu Jiedu Mansion and Fengwu Town, as well as the establishment of two major barracks, Hu Yi quickly reported to Zhou Rui.

Zhou Rui took the information sent by Hu Yi, frowned and asked, "How many troops are they going to station in each of the so-called two barracks?" ”

"Dashuai, according to the meaning of Fengwu Jiedu Mansion, about 150,000 troops will be stationed in the West Daying near Ganyang City, and about 50,000 troops will be stationed in the East Daying near Longshan City.

In addition, in the border area between Fengwu Town and Zhenwei Town, they will also strengthen some troops to garrison. ”

Zhou Rui sneered and said: "It's quite lively, and it also drums out a western camp and an eastern camp."

Since they want to get it, let them get it!

Don't let your 'ghosts' plan to buy those officers in Fengwu Town be disrupted, they get theirs, and we will do ours.

By the way, what's going on in Jinshui City? ”

"The 120,000 army troops of the Danyang Changjia family and the 140,000 army troops of the Eshui Shajia have invaded the suburbs of Jinshui City from the east, west, and north directions.

Because there are four batteries built in Jinshui Port, the Danyang Fleet, which blocked Jinshui Port, has not yet launched an attack on Jinshui Port. ”

"Next, you 'ghosts' should focus more on the side of the Bajin Empire, especially about the information of the Danyang Chang family and the Eshui Sha family.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Silver Wolf Empire has no time to take care of the Bajin Empire this time, maybe our Zhou family can take down the entire southern province of the Bajin Empire. ”