The granary in the north of Heyuan Mansion is the largest granary, which is stacked with two-thirds of the grain of Heyuan Prefecture. Jiang Yiming, as a native of Heyuan Mansion, was very familiar with this, and as soon as he took the city, everyone surrendered, and no one ever noticed that he would do this.

The fire was too big to be extinguished. I can only let it burn and evacuate the surrounding people as soon as possible.

The fire burned for a whole day and night, and it was not until the next night that the fire became smaller and was extinguished.

Having learned this lesson, the eldest grandson Mingyue secretly sent people to monitor all the people who surrendered from Heyuan Mansion, and sent the cavalry of the Chengfeng Army to take over the remaining three small granaries.

The Chengfeng Army itself does not have much food and grass, and the total number of troops surrendered by Heyuan Mansion and the Fishery Department is nearly 20,000, and there are more than 10,000 Chengfeng Army and Shangguan Xiu, adding up to a total of 30,000 people.

30,000 people need food, and these three small granaries can't be supplied for a long time, and if there is no other food, they can support 30,000 people for a month at most.

Fortunately, Xu Xiang brought a lot of food over this time, and it was also handed over to the eldest grandson Mingyue for distribution.

Xuanyuan decided to take Heyuan Mansion and planned to rest for three days and march north, and the first stop was to point directly at Baiyuan City.

Now that he had territory and soldiers, he sorted out all the troops, lowered them and disorganized them, and reorganized the army.

The 20,000 surrendered troops were integrated with Xu Xiang's 2,000 men and Shangguan Xiu's 2,000 troops, and they were divided into three corps.

Feng Xu Xiang was the general of Zhenbei of Zhengsanpin, commanding 8,000 people in the first army, originally he brought over 2,000 people, plus Chen Zhi's 2,000 cavalry, and 4,000 Heyuan Mansion soldiers; Feng Shangguan Xiu was the general of Zhenxi, commanding the second army of 10,000 people, which was composed of Shangguan Xiu's original 2,000 people, plus 4,000 soldiers of the Fishery Division plus 4,000 soldiers of Heyuan Mansion; Feng Changsun Yuning was the general of Zhendong, commanding the third army of 7,000 people, of which 1,000 were drawn from the Chengfeng army, and the remaining 6,000 were the remaining Heyuan Mansion soldiers.

Officially named Changsun Mingyue as the hussar general of the second grade, temporarily commanding the 8,000 Chengfeng army.

At present, these more than 30,000 people are the forces under Xuanyuanding's control, and in addition to letting the eldest grandson Yuning be stationed in Heyuan Mansion and be responsible for logistics matters, the other three armies are preparing to advance day by day.

The front army was led by Xu Xiang, Chen Zhi was the vanguard, the Chinese army was the eldest grandson Mingyue, and he was in the rear army with Shangguan.

It was nightfall, and the march was halfway through. There was still half a day away from Baiyuan City, so Xu Xiang found a flat place to camp and rest.

Since he wanted to capture Baiyuan City, intelligence was naturally indispensable, so while resting, he also scattered the scouts.

He lit an oil lamp and looked at the map of Baiyuan City, intending to attack quickly after getting first-hand information.

Baiyuan City is not better than Heyuan Mansion, it is a small city, itself only 10,000 defenders, when Heyuan Mansion was attacked, the defenders of Baiyuan City symbolically sent 3,000 old, weak, sick and disabled to support, and now the garrison force is only 7,000.

The guard general Xu Maohui, but he has no relationship with the Xu family of Chu State, and he is not a nobleman.

This small city is not strong, if it is stormed, it should not be difficult, not to mention that Xu Maohui and his people are also very timid, as long as they put a little pressure, they may surrender.

"Young Master, it's time for you to rest." As soon as he put away the map, Yang Dianfeng walked in with a basin of water.

"Put it down, Lao Yang, you should rest early." Xu Xiang said.

"Young master, I just received a letter from the Yellow River Tan Town." Yang Dianfeng put the water aside and said.

"Well, what's the situation in Ningdu City, is everything okay?"

"Since Huo Lingzhuo's main force withdrew from Ningdu, the Ming clan began to fight back with all their might, fighting to the death with those families, it is reported that Heng was also assassinated, and his life and death were uncertain, but it gave the families a chance to breathe. But in any case, the situation was still very chaotic, and after the young lady informed Huo Lingzhuo, she went out of the city and lived in Huanghetan Town. ”

"Well, the town of Huanghetan is quite safe at the moment." Xu Xiang nodded, the current situation in Ningdu is changing day by day, most of Huo Lingzhuo's advance army has withdrawn from Ningdu, so naturally there is no time to continue to take care of Xufu, Jiang Shenyu is a good choice to go to Huanghetan Town.

Immediately afterwards, he asked very curiously, "Ming Heng was assassinated?" ”

After all, Ming Heng is the king of Zhongshan, and there must be many masters under his hands to protect him, and he can still be assassinated, and he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead.

"But Lin Chong's hand?"

Yang Dianfeng shook his head, "It doesn't seem to be Lin Chong, it's an assassin from the East China Sea." ”

"Assassins in the East China Sea?" Xu Xiang remembered Jiang Fu, who was still in Linhe City, was he planning to meddle in Ningdu's affairs?

He knew that Jiang Fu was a person with great ambitions.

Jiang Fu has since acquired his musket skills, and has made them in large quantities, forming the musketeers. After quelling the rebellion of the Nangong clan, he quickly held the power of the East China Sea firmly, and then sent troops to Linhe City.

There are probably two reasons why he did this, one is that the Chu State was beaten by Beimeng, which had the strongest soldiers, and lost his armor, if he didn't contain it, then the entire Xu Hong would only control a few cities, and he would not be able to resist the invasion of Beimeng at all.

How could Donghai not know the truth of cold lips and teeth?

It's just that with the current strength of the East China Sea, even if it has musketeers, it is not enough to confront Beimeng.

Therefore, occupying Linhe City and cutting off the supply route of Beimeng is undoubtedly a stroke of genius.

In this way, it can not only slow down the pace of the offensive of Northern Mongolia, but also buy time for the East China Sea to develop military strength.

And since the last time they rescued Nangong Sui, the Jinjia army of Northern Mongolia was defeated by 500 musketeers, so they had to pay attention to the opponent of the East China Sea.

In order to supply the Northern Mongol army in the territory of Chu with troops, grain and grass, they had to consider occupying Jiang Fu in Linhe City.

The strength of the musketeers also made Northern Mongolia dare not start a war with the East China Sea.

And occupying Linhe City also has a second benefit, Jiang Wei's ambition is very big, and his eyes have been aiming at Ningdu for a long time.

From Linhe to Ningdu, it is almost a flat river, there is no need to cross mountains and mountains, if he wants to go to Ningdu to get a piece of the pie, Linhe City is his solid and reliable base camp.

Moreover, with Linhe City in hand, it can also contain the troops in Shujin Mansion of Zhongshan Kingdom, so that the elite soldiers of the Ming clan entrenched in Shujin Mansion cannot support Ningdu.

However, Ming Heng's assassination was actually the hand of Donghai, so does this mean that Jiang Cheng has thoughts about Ning?

"Can you find out clearly and be sure that it is the East China Sea? As far as I know, Donghai doesn't have the strength to assassinate Ming Heng, right? Xu Xiang confirmed with him again.

The strength of the East China Sea has indeed been greatly improved by the surrender of the musketeers and the Minzhou army.

But Xu Xiang knew that in addition to the old man Taishan, the master of Jiang Fu in the East China Sea, was a master of the innate level, there were only a handful of innate masters who were loyal to the royal family of the East China Sea.

If you want to assassinate Ming Heng, it is very difficult not to come to seven or eight innate masters.

"This assassin is not from the East China Sea, it seems to be Ming Heng's niece, named Yue Linglong." Yang Dianfeng said, "However, after Yue Linglong assassinated Ming Heng, he was captured. However, later, someone began to rescue her, and it was learned that the person who rescued her was Wei Zhang, so it was judged that the source of this assassination pointed to the East China Sea. ”

"Wei Zhang? Why did you get involved with him again? Xu Xiang was puzzled, Wei Zhang is the youngest son of Hou Weiping in Minzhou in the East China Sea, after quelling the rebellion of the Nangong clan, he was named the Marquis of Funing County, and the fief is also in Funing County in Minzhou, it stands to reason that he should be in Minzhou, why did he come to Ningdu?

"Then Wei Zhang was captured?" Xu Xiang asked again.

"That's not true, but now the Ming clan is hunting for Wei Zhang in Ningdu. If no one helps, Wei Zhang shouldn't be able to hide for long. Yang Dianfeng replied.

"Where's Jiang Fu? Is there any action? ”

"According to the news from the Xinghuo Hidden Guard, Jiang Fu didn't make any moves for the time being. As if it had nothing to do with him, not only that, but he also made a change of guard in Riverside City. 5,000 Lin Wei was transferred back to Linzi, and only 3,000 Minzhou troops were exchanged. ”

Xu Xiang keenly caught something, and hurriedly said, "Hurry up and send a message to Huanghetan Town, and let all of us do everything possible to withdraw from Ningdu!" ”

"Young Master, I don't know what's wrong with this?"

Xu Xiang looked in the direction of Ningdu and said with some concern in his heart, "If I guessed correctly, Jiang Xiang is planning to take a piece of Ningdu." ”

"How is it possible, Jiang Fu has reduced his troops. Now that the army of Northern Mongolia is still eyeing Linhe City, how dare he go to Ningdu? ”

Xu Xiang shook his head, "If you were Wei Ping and your son was trapped in Ningdu, would you watch it?" ”

"Young master, are you saying that these three thousand Minzhou troops are under the command of Wei Ping?" Yang Dianfeng said in surprise.

Wei Ping's prestige in the East China Sea is very strong, his army is also relaxed, and there are no flaws in the march and battle, and the battle array is an extremely difficult opponent to deal with.

For him, the East China Sea is like a needle in the sea, and its importance is self-evident.

The Northern Mongolian army in the territory of Chu and the Minzhou army confronted each other in Tang County, Wei Ping had to sit in Minzhou, how could he leave easily?

Xu Xiang wasn't sure, but he vaguely felt in his heart that Ningdu was in chaos now, and if Donghai really sent troops to Ningdu, then the Ming clan would make crazy moves because of Ming Heng's assassination.

Ming Heng's life and death are now unknown, and the only person in charge of the Ming clan may be Ming Jing.

Although Xu Xiang, the person of Mingjing, has not dealt with him much, he also knows his character as a smiling tiger, and if he is forced to be anxious, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not give up Ningdu.

But Ning Du has been working hard for nearly a hundred years, how could he give up so easily, even if he gave up, he would not let others pick up the cheap, and then Ning would suffer unprecedented damage.

Therefore, now that Ming Heng has been assassinated, not only can they not directly march towards Ningdu to persecute Mingjing, nor can they let the people from the East China Sea fight to Ningdu.

He had to communicate this matter with Xuanyuan Ding as soon as possible, so he said to Yang Dianfeng, "Old Yang, you prepare your horse quickly, I want to see Your Majesty!" ”

As soon as Xuanyuan Ding fell asleep, Zhai Yin entered his tent and said that Xu Xiang had come to see him.

He knew that Xu Xiang should have something important to come over so late, so he dressed up and went to see him.

Other people, including the eldest grandson Mingyue, also came over, and Xu Xiang told about Mingheng's assassination and Donghai's actions.

Xuanyuan Ding didn't think so, he now had an army of 30,000, and his morale was still so high, it wouldn't take much time to quickly take these cities and approach Ningdu.

Even if Donghai intervenes, he is not afraid.

He also knew about the news of Ming Heng's assassination, but he didn't take it seriously at all.

Although the eldest grandson Mingyue also knew, she didn't know Mingjing's character, so she didn't care.

Xu Xiang saw that everyone looked indifferent, and hurriedly explained the seriousness of the matter in detail.

After listening to Xu Xiang's explanation, Xuanyuan Ding and eldest grandson Mingyue's faces were very unsightly.

"Changsha, you say so, that is, we can't push Mingjing too hard? Do you just let him continue to occupy Ningdu? Xuanyuan asked.

"Your Majesty, the current situation is that Ming Heng does not know whether the military power of the Ming clan has fallen into the hands of Ming Jing. According to Ming Jing's character, if he is forced to be in a hurry, it is inevitable that he will die and the net will be broken. Mingjing is an extreme person, and we can't push too extreme people. ”

"Then what if Donghai really meddles in Ningdu's affairs? It's not something we can control! The eldest grandson Mingyue also frowned and said.

Xu Xiang nodded, "So, we must also stop the East China Sea outside Ningdu City!" I can rush back to Huanghetan Town and stop Jiang Fu before the East China Sea army arrives! ”

"But, wouldn't we help the Ming clan by doing this?" Xuanyuan Ding shook his head and disagreed with Xu Xiang's approach.

Now that he has returned to Ningdu, the opportunity to control the overall situation is getting bigger and bigger, how can he give up his efforts for so long, so that the Ming clan has a chance to breathe.

"Your Majesty, I think Changsha has a point." The eldest grandson Mingyue said.

An extreme person, if he is pushed to a hurry, the consequences are definitely not something they can bear.

If Ming Jing knew that Ning Du was hopeless and was ready to flee, then what if the entire Ning Capital would be burned before he left?

She has not been in contact with Mingjing, but from Xu Xiang's solemn expression, she can guess a rough idea, and she also agrees with Xu Xiang in her heart.

"However, this ......" Xuanyuan was still a little unwilling.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I say this in preparation for the worst. Perhaps, this is not the case! This is one of our plans to keep Ningdu. In fact, all we have to do now is only four points. ”

Xuanyuan looked at Xu Xiang with fixed eyes, he still trusted Xu Xiang very much, so he calmed down and listened to what he had to say.

"First, send someone to find out Ming Heng's life and death as soon as possible, and whether the power of the Ming clan has fallen into the hands of Ming Jing now."

Xuanyuan nodded, "Well, this matter will be left to the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow to do." Ningzhou, Min'er, I'll leave it to you. ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

"Second, Your Majesty needs to beat Bai Yuan and Guyuan all the way to Zhongning City as soon as possible, and can't let the people of the Ming clan have the slightest chance to react."

"I naturally know this, but the current strength and food and grass are not enough to support it for a long time!" Xuanyuan Ding had already made long-term preparations, and after taking Heyuan Mansion, the news should soon reach Ningdu.

When the time comes, the Ming clan in Ningdu will definitely send troops to support. Therefore, the next city attack will become more and more difficult.

"I've got a plan for this. Your Majesty just besieges the city! Xu Xiang said, now Huo Lingzhuo and Qin Zhiwei have not captured Zhongning City, and the daily attack is just for show, which makes him very annoyed, and he is ready to go to warn again and exercise his power as a commander!

"Third, I will return to Huanghetan Town as soon as possible, contact Jiang Cheng, and not let the army of the East China Sea reach the city of Ningdu."