Shouchun is the center of Huainan, if the seat of Yangzhou occupies this city, Gao Cheng is qualified to serve as the assassin of Yangzhou and order the six counties of Yangzhou.

At this time, the world was in turmoil, and the princes of various places rose together, but the strength of these princes was not strong, and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, who were supported by the Yuan clan in Runan, only occupied Bohai and Nanyang at this time. Cao Cao, the peerless hero of the later generation, didn't even have a foothold at this time. also attached to Yuan Shaoyang's snort.

When these people had not yet developed, Gao Cheng had already occupied Jiujiang and Lujiang, occupied the anointed land of Huainan, and could even unify Yangzhou. When Xi Zhicai and Chen Zhi invaded Shouchun, the news was quickly transmitted, and it came to the desks of the major forces in the world through various methods such as caravans, magic circles, and letter eagles.

"Shaft!

Bohai is too guarded by the mansion, after Yuan Shao got the news, his face was very ugly, and at this time, the disappearance of the four elders of the Yuan family also came over, which made him even more angry. Angry hands and feet tremble.

"I didn't expect that the scholar You back then would be able to lay such a foundation! What a hero! I Cao Mengde is not as good as it!" Cao Cao was still staying in the place where Chen stayed at this time, and when he thought of his current situation, he couldn't help but smile bitterly when he compared it with Gao Cheng.

Not only Bohai and Chen Liu, but when the news reached Xiangyang in Jingzhou and Xiapi in Xuzhou, Liu Biao and Tao Qian, the two lords of a state, showed jealousy on their faces. Gao Cheng's development speed is too fast, if it is not restricted, this young man from a small family, wouldn't he have to be on an equal footing with them? Oh, no, according to the will of the Son of Heaven, Gao Cheng is now the assassin of Xuzhou, and he is on an equal footing with them.

When the news of Gao Cheng's occupation of Shouchun spread all over the world, he had already come to the Thorn Mansion in the city, Xi Zhicai and Chen Zhi reported the situation in the past few days, Shouchun's soldiers and horses were not very good, but the city was very rich, and the arsenal was hoarded with a large number of weapons and armor, as well as countless money and food.

"Lord, now that Shouchun has fallen, Xuzhou, Runan and Jingzhou will definitely not sit idly by and watch us expand calmly, we must prepare in advance!" Xi Zhicai said in a deep voice. He was a wise man, and he thought of the consequences when he took Shouchun, according to the law of the Han Dynasty, without an edict, Taishou and Duwei could not cross the county to fight thieves.

With this justifiable reason for sending troops, Xuzhou, Jingzhou, and Runan, which border Lujiang and Jiujiang, will definitely not let go of this good opportunity to suppress Lujiang. Perhaps in addition to these three places, there are other forces that want to suppress Lujiang.

Gao Cheng nodded, after getting the jade seal of the country, he had this kind of awareness, he asked: "The fourteen counties of Jiujiang County, Shouchun and Xia Cai have been occupied by our army, how did the other counties react when they received the order?"

Chen Zhi stepped forward to report: "The county orders of Yinling, Dangtu, Xiquyang and Ping'a counties have received orders and come to Shouchun to report on their work, as for the other county seats, they have not yet given a response!"

There are a total of fourteen counties in Jiujiang County, and Gao Cheng only occupies six cities now, and these six cities are the essence of the whole county.

"Okay! The other county towns can be ignored for the time being, but Hefei County must be in hand! Shuzhi, I will appoint you as the commander of Jiujiang, and I will lead my troops south to capture Hefei first! Gao Cheng said in a deep voice.

Du Wei is the highest military position in a county, with a rank of 2,000 stones, and Chen Zhi has crossed several levels in an instant, and he has risen steadily. However, Chen Zhi has the ability to hold this position. The top generals who can immediately step into the seventh layer of Liangang are qualified to sit on one side.

Chen Zhi's expression was calm, and after hearing the appointment, his eyes trembled slightly, and he bowed deeply, and said, "The last general will definitely not live up to the love of the lord!"

Then Chen Zhi immediately went to the barracks and began to reorganize the more than 80,000 soldiers who had just been subdued, and these soldiers also included some county soldiers in Jiujiang County, who were his subordinates who went south to Hefei.

After Chen Zhi left, Xi Zhi asked: "Lord, Chen Zhi is a top general, is it a bit overkill to let him go to Hefei? After all, Xuzhou and Jingzhou are the strong enemies that threaten us!"

Gao Cheng said: "As the saying goes, if you go outside, you must first settle inside, and the other four counties in Yangzhou are located in the rear of our army, and there are four first-class families among them, if they are not good for our army, then we will be attacked by the enemy! Only by letting Chen Zhi sit in the rear can we deal with other forces with peace of mind!"

Xi Zhicai was persuaded by this reason, he nodded and said: "What the lord said makes sense! It's just that without General Chen Zhi, our army will only have Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai two extraordinary generals! Our talents are still too few!"

Gao Cheng said: "There will be grass within ten steps, and there will be loyal people in the ten rooms." There are countless heroes in the world, as long as our power continues to grow, we are not afraid of running out of talents! Tomorrow I will issue a recruitment list, and with the fame I have won in the alliance of princes this time, there should be some heroes who will come to take refuge!"

Xi Zhicai showed a smile on his face and said: "Yes, the lord went north this time, broke through Bishui, pursued Dong Zhuo, and became famous all over the world, as soon as the recruitment list comes out, there will definitely be a harvest!"

Gao Cheng and Xi Zhicai discussed, and then ordered Jiang Qin to lead the fleet to Dangtu County to prevent the entry of Xuzhou soldiers and horses. Send people to urge Lu Dai and Zhou Tai to march quickly and hurry south to avoid being intercepted.

According to the calculations of the two, Tao Qian did not have many famous generals, and the threat was not great, and the most important thing was that there was no large-scale naval army in Xuzhou. The only way to attack was to march from Guangling. The soldiers of Guangling County have not yet returned from Yuzhou, so they cannot send troops at all.

Although Runan County north of the Huai River is the foundation of the Yuan family, it has the Huai River as a barrier, so there is no need to worry much. The only one who has the strength to threaten Lujiang is Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao.

Jingzhou has a huge naval army, the scale is stronger than the Lujiang naval army, among which there are countless generals, Gao Cheng thought of Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Ping...... These are all first-class generals, especially Huang Zhong, who is at the peak of his strength at this time, and may have reached the level of Lu Bu.

Such a top-level powerhouse can only be resisted by Gao Cheng himself.

Soon, more than ten days passed, Shouchun looked very calm, and Gao Cheng was relieved that Lu Dai and Zhou Tai escorted 100,000 people with soldiers and horses, and they had returned to Lujiang through Yingshui, and no one was blocking them on the road.

After the two returned, Gao Cheng immediately transferred Lu Dai to Shouchun and let him sit in this city, while he returned to Lujiang and waited for the forces hidden in the shadows to make a move. Especially pay attention to Jingzhou's actions.