In this war, Gongsun Jian skillfully used troops, as well as accurately grasped the minds of several parties, and finally got different benefits from the three kingdoms of Qi, Wu and Yue.

After this battle into Northern Qi, the biggest benefit to Gongsun Jian was not to expand his territory again, but to fundamentally weaken the strength of Wu and Yue again. As for Northern Qi, it is presumably that after this time, the national strength will also be greatly damaged, and there is no longer the possibility of competing with any of the surrounding countries alone.

After returning to Linshui County, Gongsun Jian summoned his ministers to see that it was a strategy to study the next step. At present, the internal stability is also very smooth in all aspects. The next step is to formulate a long-term and feasible route for hegemony. To put it bluntly, it's who to clean up first.

Everyone has their own different opinions on this, some say that they should take the Zhou State first, some think that they should send troops to the Southern Han, and some say that the Wu State is weak, so it is better to take the Wu State first and then clean up the Zhou State. However, most of them feel that it is most reliable to take the entire territory of Zhou now.

But Gongsun Jian's mind didn't think so, with Zhou Guo blocking for him, at least Qi State would not clash with him for the time being, and Wu State failed several times in a row, losing more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and it couldn't be slowed down for a while. The best object at the moment is the Southern Han Kingdom.

After the Southern Han and Zhou Guoda fought a battle, they were forced to withdraw because of the unstable domestic situation, which also made Gongsun Jian seize the opportunity to annex the two state capitals of the Southern Han Dynasty, although it was later given to Qian Tuan, the king of Chu, but now Qian Tuan is attached to himself, which is equivalent to his own territory. Liu Mang, the king of the Southern Han Dynasty, who suffered a big loss, has not retaliated so far, let alone sent troops to recapture the territory that originally belonged to him, obviously there must be a deeper reason for this.

According to the secret report sent by the Intelligence Department to the Southern Han State, the Southern Han Kingdom has been unstable during this period of time, because Liu Mang, the king of the Southern Han Dynasty, insisted on sending troops to attack the Zhou State, which made many ministers and families in the court particularly dissatisfied with him, and some people even secretly united to abolish Liu Mang's throne. It's a pity that the news was revealed, so Liu Mang has been busy clearing up the rebel forces in the country recently.

It can be seen that the current internal turmoil in the Southern Han Kingdom, coupled with the fact that the vitality has not been effectively restored since the last war with the Zhou State, also makes Liu Mang have no strength to retaliate even if he has a grudge against Gongsun Jian.

It is precisely because of these reasons that Gongsun Jian set his strategic sights on the Southern Han Dynasty.

The Southern Han Kingdom is located at the southernmost point of the entire continent, and it is also the weakest of the Seven Kingdoms, and it only borders the Zhou State, which means that it has no other enemies around it except for the Zhou State as a possible external enemy. Judging from the current situation in the Zhou state, it is impossible to wage war against the Southern Han at all. Therefore, if Gongsun Jian sent troops to attack the Southern Han Kingdom, the Zhou State would basically not stop it, at most, when Gongsun Jian was about to win a big victory, he would send troops to take advantage of it to make up for his previous losses.

After making up his mind, Gongsun Jian began to actively make various preparations. Therefore, the officials in the territory of King Zhou also began to get busy. This time is different from any of the previous ones, but it is to launch a great war to destroy the country. Therefore, the preparation time is longer and more delicate, and any problem in any place may affect the battle plan of this large army. So everyone was riveting, extra cautious, and extra hard. Once this battle is successful, then maybe the Zhou Wangfu will become the Great Zhou Kingdom, and everyone will be the founding fathers of the country.

This side is busy preparing, and there is also good news from within the palace, the four princesses are almost front and back, and they gave birth to three sons, one daughter and four children in a row to Gongsun Jian within half a month. This made Gongsun Jian very happy, and at the same time made everyone in King Zhou's territory happy. The prince of his own family finally has a real descendant, which also indicates that the Zhou Wangfu has a inheritance and successor.

However, some people are happy and begin to worry, Qian Mingyue gave birth to a boy as the concubine of Gongsun Jian, needless to say that it must be the eldest son of Gongsun Jian, but the key problem is that Qian Mingyue is the daughter of the old Yue Emperor, that is, the current Yue Huang is the child's uncle, so if Gongsun Jian wants to destroy the Zhou State, there will be estrangement within the palace.

Others found that although Qian Mingyue was a concubine and gave birth to a son, she was the second to give birth. And the first to give birth to a child was Gongsun Jian's side concubine Feng Wan'er, who also gave birth to a boy, that is, Gongsun Jian's eldest son in the real sense, although he is the eldest son, but Feng Wan'er's father, who is also the child's grandfather, is the most relied on minister under Gongsun Jian, Prime Minister Feng Huaidao. Such a result is destined to lay the groundwork and hidden dangers for the future battle for the succession to the throne.

In addition, Emperor Wu's daughter Sun Zhilan also gave birth to a boy, but this is okay, after all, the identity is there, and the impact on the future will not be too great, but it can't be said that if several children are adults, and the state of Wu has not been destroyed, then will Emperor Wu become the foreign aid of this one?

The least important thing is the daughter of Qian Tuan, the king of Chu, who married, because this side concubine gave birth to a county lord and is not a threat to anyone. After the news spread, it is said that the king of Chu drank a night of stuffy wine at home, and he couldn't stop sighing that he lost to his imperial brother Qian Hong and failed to ascend the throne, and now everyone is married to a daughter at the same time, but they have a son, and they have lost again.

Of course, Gongsun Jian didn't know these things, and even if he knew, he just smiled. In his eyes, sons and daughters are the same, and there is no difference between his concubine and his concubine. Especially after raising Gongyu Dance for so many years, he actually likes his daughters more in his heart. Although Gongyu Wu is now a little devil, Gongsun Jian still loves her very much in his heart. It is precisely for this reason that after the birth of his four children, Gongsun Jian visited his daughters more often than his three sons. This also made the people in the palace rumored that the prince likes his daughter more than his son, don't you look at the example of the lord of Yuwu there.

The birth of a new life brought a lot of joy to Gongsun Jian, and at the same time made him even busier, and after dealing with business every day, he had to visit his four daughters-in-law and four children one by one. After all, it's all your own, you can not look at any of them, but you can't look at one and not look at the others. made Gongsun Jian feel not only physically tired, but also mentally tired. I used to envy the three wives and four concubines of the ancients when I read books, but now I understand that it is really painful and happy.

After another three months, all the preparations for the attack on the Southern Han Kingdom were all ready, and at this time it was also the 100-day day of several princes and county lords, in order to avoid trouble to do it four times, so Gongsun Jian put together the 100-day banquet of the four children to organize, first, to be convenient, and second, after the 100-day banquet, he was going to lead his troops to the battle.

The hundred-day banquet of the four little princes and the little county lord naturally can't be sloppy, not only in the palace, but also in the entire Linshui County, and almost every family is lit up like a festival. Many merchants have even put up promotions to congratulate the prince on his 100-day discount.

On the third day after the 100-day banquet for the four children, Gongsun Jian officially led the army to the battle. This time, the goal is to guide the Han Kingdom, and it is a posture of never withdrawing troops if it is not fully occupied. The vanguard soldiers and horses had already set off a few days ago, and not long after Gongsun Jian's army was opened, the second and sixth divisions of the vanguard of the army had arrived at the territory of the former king of Chu, which is now the southernmost part of Gongsun Jian's territory, and joined the troops left behind by Qian Tuan, waiting for the order of the army behind, ready to launch an attack on the Southern Han State at any time.

Subsequently, Gongsun Jian issued an order, instructing the vanguard army to sweep the surrounding county capitals, not for the purpose of capturing the city, but to loot more materials to ensure the subsequent use of the army, and also have the opportunity to find fighters to strike at the Southern Han army, as much as possible to kill and injure the opponent's living combat power. Wait for the arrival of the army to converge before making the next step.

Because of the experience of fighting and losing the special operations brigade, Zhu Zequan, the commander of the Sixth Division, has continuously strengthened the training of the entire unit since then, and has also learned a lot of successful experience from the special operations brigade and the amphibious division, so the current Sixth Division can be regarded as one of the best teams in combat power under Gongsun Jian. The same is true of the second division, as the commander of the second division, Tian Kuo is an old man who followed Gongsun Jian relatively early, although he does not have the qualifications of Ma Tengqi Shi and the others, but it is not ordinary, he was born as an officer when he served in the Northern Army of Zhou Guo, and it is easier to learn, so the combat effectiveness of the second division led by him is also extremely strong.

With these two divisions playing in the vanguard, plus the cooperation of 20,000 men under Qian Tuan, the king of Chu, the army of more than 30,000 people advanced directly into the territory of the Southern Han Dynasty in two ways and began a low-intensity restrictive battle. According to Gongsun Jian's requirements, he did not take the initiative to capture the county seat or the state capital, and more raids and robberies were the mainstay. Of course, they won't let it go when they have the opportunity. For example, Tian Kuo used his soldiers to disguise themselves and infiltrate the city to capture the gate and capture two county seats, and by the way, he also robbed a lot of local landlords and tyrants.

And Zhu Zequan is not weak, but his eyes are not completely focused on attacking the county seat to occupy the land and robbing, but with his sixth division and more than 8,000 subordinates assigned to him by the king of Chu, looking for the Southern Han army everywhere, and giving the other party a fierce blow when he has the opportunity. Of course, with the strength of his men, when the Southern Han had not yet formed an effective resistance, almost no one was his opponent.

The Zhou army's attack on the Southern Han Dynasty suddenly made the chickens and dogs in the Southern Han Dynasty jump, and the court was greatly shocked. After quickly quelling their disputes, all the forces of all parties gathered under the hands of Liu Mang, the king of the Southern Han Dynasty, because at this time they had a common enemy, Gongsun Jian. Immediately, Liu Mang began to mobilize the elite army of the Southern Han Kingdom to prepare to annihilate the two troops sent by Gongsun Jian, but the subsequent news surprised him, because at this time, Gongsun Jian's follow-up army had also arrived at the border between the two sides, and had entered the territory of the Southern Han Dynasty the day before.

So Liu Mang decisively ordered to gather all the forces and soldiers that could be mobilized in the country, and he personally led the preparation for a decisive battle with Gongsun Jian, because he knew very well that the purpose of Gongsun Jian's coming this time was not as simple as occupying a few pieces of territory like before, but directly aimed at destroying the Southern Han.

A great war related to the fortunes of the country began in this way.

The army of the Southern Han Kingdom was quickly assembled, with a total of nearly 250,000 horses and horses under the personal leadership of Liu Mang, the king of the Southern Han Dynasty, marching towards the Zhou army that had just crossed the border.

At this time, Gongsun Jian led his second, third, fourth, sixth, and seventh five field divisions, Ma Teng's rapid support division, Ding Feng's amphibious combat division, and Xie Wu's special operations brigade, plus more than 20,000 people under the command of Qian Tuan, the king of Chu, a total of nearly 70,000 horses have also completed the convergence.

But Gongsun Jian would never wait for a decisive battle with Liu Mang's army of more than 200,000 people on the spot, in that case, he would not only be at a great disadvantage in numbers, but also lose his strategic initiative. From the beginning of formulating the plan to annex the Southern Han Kingdom, he and his generals and advisers did not have a plan to fight to the death with the other party, but were ready to divide and disintegrate and encroach step by step.