On 17 June, the news of the withdrawal of the troops from the northern foot of Southern Chu shocked the people of Southern Chu.

also stunned Northern Liao.

If you fought well, why did you withdraw your troops?

Even if the military rations in the rear of Southern Chu are destroyed, they can still fight for at least half a month, so why did they withdraw the army?

Doesn't Nanchu want Liangzhou anymore?

General Zhang Chi of Southern Chu is still in the hands of Northern Liao, and they don't want it anymore?

For a time, the capital of Northern Liao also held a court meeting because of the withdrawal of troops from Southern Chu.

Emperor Yelu Jiyan of Northern Liao sat on the top of the main hall, holding his breath and looking at His Royal Highness's ministers: "Ministers, I don't know what to think of the withdrawal of Southern Chu?" ”

At that moment, a group of ministers discussed one after another.

After a while, a minister said: "Your Majesty, now that Xijin has captured Yingzhou in Southern Chu, the princess of Qianchu has also played the slogan of recovering the country in Yuandu Mansion against the Southern Chu court, and Southern Chu is competing with my Northern Liao for Liangzhou. ”

"Hahaha..."

Yelu Jiyan Yan Yan Dayue, laughed happily three times: "In this battle, our army held Liangzhou and forced back the Chu army, which was a great victory. ”

"Yes..."

After someone listened to the order, another minister came out and said: "Your Majesty, although our army won this battle, but the withdrawal of Southern Chu is probably not because of our army, and the Chu army has been fighting for more than two months, except for the capture of Chu General Zhang Chi, both sides have not suffered much loss, the biggest reason for the withdrawal of Southern Chu is probably because of the Xijin army pressing the border and the rebellion of the Southern Chu Yuandu Mansion, their forces are now fighting with our army in Liangzhou, and they have no spare strength to take care of it, they are fighting with our army is the attacking side, and the withdrawal of the army will be fruitless for them at most, in fact, there is not much loss, It is just right to disperse the forces and send them to these two places. ”

Yelu Jiyan laughed and said: "No matter what, the withdrawal of the army from Southern Chu is also a good thing for us, they have retreated in this battle, and when my Liangzhou is stabilized, it will not be so easy for them to attack again." ”

Another minister came out and said: "Your Majesty, although the Chu army has withdrawn at this time, once they solve the disaster of Xijin and Yuandufu, they will definitely raise troops in Liangzhou again, and we can't wait for him to call again." ”

"Not bad..."Someone came out and echoed: "Your Majesty, the Chu army can fight if it wants to, and withdraw if it wants to, how can it be so easy, when we are in Beiliao, it is easy to bully?" They have been fighting with my Northern Liao for so long, and my Northern Liao has not lost anything, my Northern Liao is not richer than his Southern Chu, for him Southern Chulai, this loss is nothing, but for my Northern Liao, I don't know how long I have to recuperate, so, according to the minister's opinion, I can't just forget it. ”

Listening to this minister's words, the smile on Yelu Kiyan's face gradually disappeared, and he fell into deep thought: "What? Do you still want to fight? They all withdrew? Hit what? ”

The minister hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it's better for us to keep going, since Nanchu has withdrawn its troops, then we will march and take five more cities." ”

"Take five more cities?" Yelu Jiyan pondered for a moment and asked slowly, "Where to take it?" ”

"Xuanzhou Mansion." The minister looked like he was scheming: "Your Majesty, we only need to attack one city in Xuanzhou to get five cities." ”

"Xuanzhou Mansion?" Yelu Jiyan frowned and said: "That is the hinterland of Hedong, my Northern Liao Iron Cavalry wants to enter Xuanzhou, I have to pass the Chongguan Danger first, this pass has always been the pass guarded by Southern Chu, with the current strength of our army, my Northern Liao Iron Cavalry does not have much chance of winning in this battle with Southern Chu, otherwise, when I captured Liangzhou two years ago, I would have taken it long ago, so why wait until now?" If you want to win this level, I'm afraid it won't be so easy. Besides, how to attack Xuanzhou to get five cities? ”

The minister nodded: "Yes, it is difficult for our army to take Chongguan now, according to the battle report sent back by General Yelu, although the Chu army retreated, it still left 100,000 troops to guard Chongguan." Therefore, the emperor, our army's attack on Chongguan is fake, just to create the illusion that our army is bound to go south to Southern Chu, so that it is true to claim some losses from Southern Chu, the Chu army is now worried about internal and external troubles, and it has long been like a frightened bird, if our Northern Liao army goes south, they will inevitably panic, and they will not consider whether they can win at all, but will consider how to stabilize us, so that we can negotiate with them to claim compensation for the five cities. ”

Yelu Jiyan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he clapped his hands violently: "Good strategy, I don't know which five cities Aiqing is referring to?" ”

The minister said: "It is the five states in the Yanyun area, Youzhou, Jizhou, Yunzhou, Wuzhou, and Ruzhou, when these five states were negotiating, we asked them to exchange these five cities for Liangzhou, but they did not agree, so they raised troops to take Liangzhou, and now they are defeated, and we just take this opportunity to let them compensate these five states to us in exchange for our losses in this battle." The strategic place of Xuanzhou Mansion is more important to Southern Chu than the five states of Yanyun, if our army makes the illusion of attacking Xuanzhou, they are bound to panic, but in the face of the disaster of Xijin and Yuandufu, since they have withdrawn, they have no intention of fighting with our Northern Liao, the Emperor of Southern Chu is suspicious, in order to protect Xuanzhou, he will definitely take these five states in exchange for stability. ”

Yelu Jiyan couldn't help but nod his head in praise, and then said, "But what if the Chu army is not afraid of us and is bound to fight us?" ”

The minister said slowly: "Then the battle, although the danger of Chongguan is not good for my Northern Liao Iron Cavalry, but my Northern Liao is not only an iron horse, even if there are many losses, I have to take Chongguan, as long as I take Chongguan, it depends on the attitude of Emperor Chu, see how he chooses, Gu Xijin and Yuan Du Mansion, he can't take care of our Northern Liao, Gu our Northern Liao, he can't take care of Xijin and Yuan Du Mansion, if he ignores us, Xuanzhou Mansion will become my Northern Liao's bag." ”

"Good..."

Now Yelu Kiyan, who is also fifty years old, was enthusiastically boiled by this minister, and the fighting spirit that had been sunk in his chest for several years was also rekindled.

Since the rise of the Northern Liao nomads led by the first emperor of the Northern Liao, he fought in the east and west, invincible, and once surrendered to Xijin, after he succeeded to the throne, he also basically unified the entire northern tribe, nearly 30 years, in addition to facing the Southern Chu, there was basically no defeat, because the Southern Chu produced a town of the general Zhang Jian, and this Zhang Jian for so many years of friction, did not get any bargain at all, and was defeated by Zhang Jian several times, resulting in the war spirit in his chest was depressed a lot, and as he grew older, his ambition gradually faded, Therefore, the capture of Nanchu became his heart disease.

Two years ago, if it weren't for this minister's plan, he first colluded with the Nanren and let the Southern Chu court kill Zhang Jian, and he would have taken Liangzhou in the same way.

Although the Southern Chu and Northern Foothills are not under the command of Zhang Jian, he has always been afraid of this Southern Chu army, which has suffered many losses, so after capturing Liangzhou, he only has the intention of sticking.

At this moment, by this minister, Yelu Jiyan's war spirit soared.

Now Zhang Jian is gone, and through this battle, he also knows that the current Beilu Army is no longer the Beilu Army of Zhang Jian's era, so why should he be afraid?

Yelu Jiyan stood up and waved his big hand: "Pass the order, so that General Yelu does not have to return to the capital, and lead the army of Liangzhou to continue south, in addition, order Xiao Cheng, the king of the Southern Courtyard, to lead another 100,000 soldiers and horses to march from the east." ”

"The emperor is wise..."

Several ministers of His Royal Highness hurriedly knelt on the ground.

……

In Pingzhou, Li Yanzhi walked into the Horse Mansion.

Since the news of the death of the horse Yingzhou in the defense of the city, the princess has fallen ill, sick a little, although now she has recovered a lot, but the doctor's body is still very weak, and the reason why she is pregnant, the whole person looks even more haggard.

But the princess didn't care about herself at all, and when she was better she hurriedly called him and asked him to inquire about the horse.

So in the past few years, Li Yanzhi has also been very busy, all running around to confirm the news of whether the horse really died in Yingzhou City.

When he came to the courtyard, he saw the princess sitting in the pavilion, and two maids beside him were waiting for her, Li Yanzhi hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"You don't have to be polite."

Zhao Hanyan sat upright, his face still pale.

Her hand rested on her abdomen, and the colt had been gone for more than two months, and she herself had been pregnant for more than two months.

Although there was no sign of a bulge in her abdomen at this time, she could always feel that a life was being born inside every night.

Only by thinking of this can she slightly erase the sadness in her heart about missing the colt.

When Ming Heng left, she didn't tell him about it, which made her regret it now.

If... If... Tell him, then he shouldn't be so desperate, even if it's for the sake of the child, he will come back!

After the news of Yingzhou came, her father and mother also sent people from Bianjing to visit her.

If it was usual, she would be happy.

But now, she couldn't be happy at all, and quickly sent the people in the palace back.

All she wanted to know now was if her husband was still alive.

As long as she doesn't see the body, she won't give up.

"Anyway, is there any news?" Zhao Hanyan's tone was both a little scared and a little expectant.

Seeing her appearance, Li Yanzhi lowered his head, shook it gently, and said loudly: "Princess, it's important to take care of your body, now that the princess is pregnant, if the horse is still alive, knowing that the princess is so worried about him, she will definitely feel distressed." ”

Zhao Hanyan lowered his head, looked at his abdomen, and then showed a smile: "Don't worry, even if I hear the worst news, for the sake of his child, I will get better soon." ”

Li Yanzhi: "Princess, the Northern Foot Army has withdrawn from Liangzhou. ”

"Hmm..." Zhao Hanyan nodded lightly, indicating that he understood.

Li Yanzhi said again: "Princess, it was Mr. Su who asked his subordinates to tell you, Mr. Su, the Northern Foot Army withdraws, and the imperial court will send these troops to the west, if the horse is still alive, but it is in the hands of the Xijin people, then as long as the imperial court recaptures Yingzhou, the horse can be rescued, Mr. Su asked the princess not to worry, the Maji people have their own appearance, and it will be fine." ”

Zhao Hanyan said softly: "Tell Mr. Su for me, thank you for his concern." ”

"Princess, then the subordinates will go down first, princess take care."

After speaking, Li Yanzhi took his leave.

After walking a few steps, he glanced back, and when he saw the lonely back of the princess in the pavilion, he could only shake his head and sigh, hoping that the concubine would come back as soon as possible.

In fact, he has always believed in his heart that the colt is not dead, and the colt is an omnipotent existence in his heart.

……

Yuandu Prefecture.

Since the Zhending army rebelled and united with the former princess of Chu to seize and control the Yuandu Mansion, the entire Xichuan Road was surrounded by Sun Qing and made into an iron bucket.

To the east, although the two roads of Jinghu were pressed by the 150,000 troops sent by the imperial court.

But these 150,000 soldiers and horses are all a ragtag army temporarily assembled by the local army on both sides of Jinghu, and in the eyes of an army of more than 200,000 Zhending Army, which has experienced a hundred battles, it cannot pose a threat at all.

And Xichuan Road is already an easy to defend and difficult to attack area, and the Yangtze River is dangerously separated, as long as it is guarded, it is a fool's dream for these miscellaneous armies to attack it.

Therefore, Wei Lie and Liu Qingyin have not worried at all since the establishment of the new Great Chu regime in the Yuan Capital Mansion.

The top priority at the moment is to first stabilize the new regime that has just been established, and to calm the hearts of many people on Xichuan Road, and to promote the slogan of Great Chu orthodoxy for them.

If you want to win, you must first win the hearts and minds of the people.

Now they have not yet won the hearts of the people of Xichuan Road, let alone the hearts of the people.

Outside Xichuan Road, even if they are under the banner of Great Chu orthodoxy, in fact, many people do not recognize them, and still regard them as rebellious ministers and thieves.

After all, Southern Chu has been established for more than 20 years, and Zhao Yan, the emperor of Southern Chu, has made the Southern Chu economy prosperous over the years, so that many people have lived a good life, and now they are disturbed by these rebellious ministers and thieves, how can these people not hate?

In addition to Xichuan Road, the people in many places in Southern Chu shouted for the imperial court to send troops, destroy these rebellious ministers and thieves, and return peace.

At this time, the temporary court of the new dynasty of Great Chu was also set up in the government of the Yuan capital, in order to make this new dynasty have a new atmosphere and become magnificent, Wei Lie also summoned people to build a new palace city, but it will take a lot of time to build it.

After the establishment of the new dynasty of Great Chu, Liu Qingyin was also enshrined as the daughter of Great Chu, which means that under the conformity, the only royal daughter of Great Chu orthodoxy, Wei Lie was named the king of the west, and Sun Qing was named the king of Dingjun.

And those former Chu ministers who were destroyed in the past and hidden in the world were also dug out of nowhere by Wei Lie, joined the new court, and occupied a high position.

Yang Li and Hou Yin, the two sons of the four famous men in the south of the Yangtze River, also had a place in the new dynasty.

And they, for so many years, have only seen them after coming to Yuandu Mansion, but they didn't expect that they would never only hear of their names, and they would be able to work with the dynasty one day.

In addition, Kang Yu, Bai Shiguang, Xia Dinghe and other former family members of the Honglu Temple envoy group were also rewarded by Liu Qingyin's meritorious deeds, put on a high hat, and turned into the founding father of the new dynasty of Great Chu.

In just over half a month, this Great Chu New Dynasty was really made famous by Liu Qingyin.

"Zhongkang, just now my uncle came to the news that the Southern Chu Imperial Court has withdrawn its troops from Liangzhou."

"I listened too."

"What do you think?"

"The soldiers will block, the water will come to cover the earth, what should come will always come, we have long been mentally prepared."

"Hmm...... With you, I'm not afraid of anything..."