Dai Yue didn't come after all.

The main force led by him was stationed in Peixian, but only sent a small cavalry, under his banner, tentatively to the city of Xuzhou.

This cavalry drove straight into the city without any hindrance, until they saw the head of Pang Xun, the marshal of Wuning, hanging high above the city gate under the city of Xuzhou, and they were shocked.

Zhu Youzhen sent someone to invite the leader of this cavalry, a Zhenwu lieutenant, into the city.

Of course, it is not possible not to go in, and whoever is stared at by hundreds or thousands of cavalry will not be able to refuse this invitation.

Zhu Youzhen cordially and amicably received the captain, and expressed his sincere gratitude to Dai Yue for leading the troops to help him exterminate the traitor Pang Xun for his military action, and warmly invited Dai Yue to come to Xuzhou to talk about it, and let him fulfill the friendship of the landlord. In the end, he also rewarded this lone scout cavalry deeply.

Foolish and honestly frightened, this Zhenwu lieutenant carried Zhu Youzhen's enthusiastic invitation letter, as well as some letters from Pang Xun colluding with the Tang Dynasty and other evidence, of course, some white silver, yellow and clear gold, and went out of the city in a daze, got on the horse and ran all the way back to Pei County.

After reading Zhu Youzhen's invitation letter and the so-called evidence brought back by the captain Zhenwu, Dai Yue sighed.

After all, the wood is already in the boat, Pang Xun is gone, and it is too late to say anything.

Or in the eyes of Emperor Zhu Wen of the Great Liang, it is much more reliable to hold such an important area as Wuning in the hands of his son than to let Pang Xun hold it.

For Zhu Youzhen's unintentional attack and good use of soldiers, the great thing is to reprimand a few words and give a painless punishment, which cannot change the fact that Wu Ning has been mastered by Zhu Youzhen.

The problem is now very serious for Gonhai. Because Zhu Chi already had an obvious tendency after Xuanwu stayed, otherwise, it would be impossible for Zhu Youzhen to send troops from Xuanwu to attack Wuning.

The three families of Xuanwu, Tianping, and Wuning had formed a de facto encirclement of Gunhai, and on the other side of this encirclement was the powerful Tang army, which had assembled the forces of two guards at Pinglu. Although Zuo Xiaowei's strength has been greatly reduced due to the internal tilt of the Tang Army, You Yong's appointment is very likely to reverse this situation in a relatively short period of time.

The next days of Gonhai must have been very sad. Dai Yue now regrets it very much, in the past days, they ignored Zhu Chi, a mediocre and mediocre guy, thinking that he was just a person who ate and waited for death and had no political goals. Now that they have been punished, Zhu Chi's hand loosened slightly, and above Gonhai's head, a dark cloud covered the top.

Next, we must try every possible way to get through Zhu Chi's joint, it really doesn't work, and we must find a way to change Xuanwu Liuhou, otherwise, Gon Hai will be locked up.

As for the idea of taking advantage of the chaos to kill Zhu Youzhen, now Dai Yue has no idea at all.

This made him hate Pang Xun very much, Chang Tang Jiejie Town, he was killed by Zhu Youzhen in three strokes and five divided by two, and he didn't even support it for a few more days, so that he fell into such a back-to-back situation.

"Changshi, what are we going to do now?" The march to join the army asked cautiously.

"Leave a group of men and horses, occupy Peixian, and the rest of the army will withdraw to Gunhai." After thinking about it, Dai Chao was finally unwilling, or decided to leave a small tail.

As for Zhu Youzhen's invitation to go to Xuzhou City for a banquet, it was only Zhu Youzhen who let out a fart. I'm really going to go, and I don't know if I'll be able to come back. Zhu Youzhen is now a mad dog, and if she dares to bite Pang Xun, she may not dare to bite herself.

Dai Yue left in a huff.

In Chang'an next, a big controversy will definitely break out, but this is not a big deal for Zhu Youzhen. Is it difficult to spit out something that you eat in your mouth? Dai Chao has strength in the imperial court, but Jing Xiang is not a vegetarian, so let them fight in the imperial court, and they must calm down and go down step by step according to Jing Xiang's plan.

Dai Yue left a team of soldiers and horses in Pei County, Zhu Youzhen didn't look at it at all, Pei County he had already given Tian Guofeng a garrison, I believe that this thief boss will not tolerate his territory being occupied by others. As for how to drive Gonhai's people away, Zhu Youzhen was not ready to ask.

It's better not to know.

Of course, he could also guess that Tian Guofeng's actions must have been very bloody and violent.

The change of ownership in Wuning can only be regarded as a small change for the world. The Wuyi direction does not seem to have the slightest reaction to this, they are all enemies anyway, and it doesn't matter who is who. For Da Liang, Wu Ning changed to the surname Zhu, or it was still a good thing, which could make the rule more stable. If the brothers don't fight, it's their own business. But for Huainan, which borders Wuning, the problem is bigger.

Although Pang Xun was attached to the Great Liang, his relationship with Huainan Jiedu was generally good. Everyone didn't worry about the intersection of soldiers at all. But with Zhu Youzhen, the form immediately changed greatly. The other two brothers of the Zhu family, Zhu Youyu and Zhu Youqi, have successively laid down Shannan East Road and Shannan West Road this year, and now that Zhu Youzhen has arrived in Wuning, how can he not attack the rich Huainan?

Huainan Festival Town is a large festival town in the south, in terms of strength is not bad, under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou, Chuzhou, Hezhou, Luzhou, Shouzhou, Shuzhou and other places, are commercially developed areas, for Huainan, not bad money.

If you don't have bad money, you won't be bad soldiers.

However, having soldiers does not mean that there is combat effectiveness.

And it is precisely because he has always been rich and commercially developed, so whether it is Tang or Liang, he has never forgotten the infiltration here, and the interior of Huainan is divided in fact. It can be roughly divided into three parts.

One part is led by Gong Yunda, the envoy of Jiedu, hoping to maintain the status quo and safeguard their vested interests. Although Gong Yunda still obeyed the Tang Emperor, he did not impose a strict economic blockade on the Liang as ordered by the Tang Dynasty, on the contrary, after surviving the shock brought by Zhu Wen's initial proclamation of the emperor, Huainan resumed trading with the Liang and became the most important commodity exporter of the Liang.

The second part is those who wish to submit to the Great Beam. These people think that Huainan is far away from Wuyi and close to Daliang, and if they don't submit to Daliang, they will attract swords and soldiers at any time, so it is better to return to obedience and seek peace.

The third part is to unswervingly support the Tang Dynasty, hoping that Huainan can become the backbone of the south against the Liang State.

The knots make Gong Yunda in the middle, and it is the big and thin mud, trying to maintain the balance of the three aspects.

But after Zhu Youzhen took Wuning, the form had changed greatly, and the faction that wanted to submit to Daliang immediately gained the upper hand. Even Gong Yunda had to think about what to do next at this time.

Although no final decision has been made, Huainan has begun to gather troops and horses to prepare for the eventuality.

After finishing a day's official duties, Mei Jiu, the governor of Yangzhou, returned to the back house a little tired, and was sitting by the brazier, comfortably burning his feet, but another visitor arrived.

"Shenglong's big shopkeeper?" Although she was a little unhappy, Mei Jiu still wiped her feet in a hurry, waved her hand to rebuke the maid who served beside her, and invited Qin Xinming, the big shopkeeper of Shenglong, in.

Shenglong's owner is Jinmantang, and Jinmantang's base camp is in Yangzhou. Jin Mantang and Li Ze, the current de facto controller of Datang, are also in-laws, so Jin Mantang's tendency is naturally needless to say.

Jin Mantang is running around now, and it is rare to show his face in Yangzhou, all of which is presided over by Qin Xinming, but very few people know the origin of Qin Xinming. Of course, Mei Jiu is very clear.

This big shopkeeper is the person from Wuyi.

In fact, now even Mei Jiu can be regarded as a person from Wuyi. Three years ago, he was only the long history of Yangzhou, and it was Jin Mantang who used all the connections that could be used and spent a huge amount of money to help him to the throne. And Wuyi's

"Shopkeeper Qin, is it because of Wu Ning's affairs that he came over so late?" Mei Jiu asked.

"Where else could it be?" Qin Xinming stretched tiredly: "Zhizhou, there is news from the Jiezhen Mansion in Chuzhou, Gongjiezhen has begun to waver. ”

Mei Jiu was stunned and said, "Hasn't the marshal already started to mobilize soldiers and horses to prepare for war?" ”

"Mobilization is a matter of one thing, and whether or not to make up one's mind to resist is another matter." Qin Xinming shook his head: "We're going to get ready." ”

Mei Jiu was a little sluggish for a while. If Gong Yunda really wavered and prepared to surrender Daliang, like him, Ming Huanghuang was a person who had a lot of relations with Wuyi, and he was afraid that the first one would be taken down.

"Yangzhou, how to resist?" He said with some difficulty.

Qin Xinming smiled: "Zhizhou, don't be arrogant, our work in the past three years has not been done in vain." ”

"In Yangzhou, there are only 3,000 soldiers and horses."

"When needed, he can immediately become five thousand, ten thousand!" Qin Xinming said: "Now from under the waterway, a large number of Datang ordnance is coming towards Yangzhou, and there are hundreds of well-trained Datang officers who have arrived with these ordnance. Zhizhou, once Huainan is unstable, Yangzhou will never be a lonely boat, but will become a hard reef. ”

"So what do we need to do next?" Mei Jiu asked.

"Loose on the outside and tight on the inside!" Qin Xinming said: "For those surrender factions in Yangzhou to do a full investigation, in the next few days, someone will definitely come to persuade you, you just have to deal with it, and when that day comes, you will take down all these people with lightning speed and kill them!" ”

"Can we really hold it?" Mei Jiu was a little weak-hearted.

"Zhizhou is relieved. You just need to stabilize your internal affairs, and as for the military, you naturally don't need to worry about it when the time comes. Qin Xinming said with a smile.