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Chapter 168: The war resumes

Time flies, and it's May in the blink of an eye.?? The eagle flies and the grass grows, and the north and south of the river and the top and bottom of the long river are lush and green. Since the beginning of mid-March, from Tangzhou and Shenzhou in the west to Xuzhou and Suzhou in the east, the Zhou soldiers and Chu armies have had continuous frictions, sometimes seven or eight battles a day. However, the scale of these battles is very small, and if you are not wearing military uniforms and representing your respective countries, you can simply describe them as "group fights".

But this kind of war made the tense mood of the top management of Da Chu gradually relaxed, and then he was extremely angry. The reason for relaxing is that there are various signs that the puppet Zhou seems to have strengthened his military strength on the front line in Huaibei, but Guo Rong and others have no intention of going south to fight to the death with Dachu, and the so-called military action of the puppet Zhou in Huaibei is more like a "political show", showing his military strike capability to the world, and it is a large-scale exercise. The state of Chu finally avoided the situation that the pseudo-Zhou went south in a big way, and the lives of Huainan were devastated.

What makes Ma Yun and others extremely angry is that Tangzhou, Xuzhou and other places are not enough, farming is not a necessary means for the people to survive, these places advocate "part-time work", but some areas of Shouzhou and Chuzhou in Huainan, due to the harassment of the pseudo-Zhou army, let the people miss the time for spring ploughing. Seeing that it is all ***, there are more weeds than crops in the fields.

This made the honest Fan couldn't help but scold: "Pseudo-Zhou scoundrel!" However, there is no doubt that this is indeed an effective means for the pseudo-Zhou to weaken the Great Chu. When it comes to military retaliation, there are disagreements at the top of the Chu State. For a long time, Chu State's elite army policy finally showed shortcomings after suffering the defeat of Bianjing, and Chu State's troops were overstretched, unless Chu State gave up the southwest and Jiaozhou and other places, otherwise it would be impossible to gather hundreds of thousands of elite troops on the Huainan line. With the maturity of crops in Jiaozhou and other southern regions, the state of Chu could barely move a big war for five or six months, but militarily, the state of Chu did not have enough troops. So, Ma Yun finally withstood the pressure of the three provinces and five departments with the support of Wang Yun and others, and once again forcibly expanded the army, allowing the general Liao Renyong to re-recruit 80,000 new troops in Jinling. And transferred his brother Ma Guangmeng as the governor of the West Road, the governor of Guizhou, Xiazhou, Jinzhou, Fangzhou, Junzhou, Dengzhou, Xiangzhou military horses, Ding Sijin was reappointed as the governor of the middle road, and the governor of Suizhou, Tangzhou, Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Jingzhou and other places of military horses. Ma Yun made some adjustments to the deployment of the entire army on the front line of Tangzhou, Dengzhou, Huainan, and Xuzhou.

For Ma Guangmeng's use, Ma Yun is cautious. That's not because Jack Ma is suspicious of his brother. Over the years, Ma Guangmeng's loyalty can be seen, and it is reliable at critical moments. However, Ma Yun thinks so, his officials don't think so, they don't want such a meritorious person to appear in the royal family, from the beginning of the pacification of Li Tang, the official rejection of Ma Guangmeng has emerged in an endless stream, in the consideration of protection, Ma Yun put Ma Guangmeng in the unimportant Hongzhou (now Nanchang, Jiangxi), and then, at the time of the Huainan crisis, Empress Ziying reappointed Ma Guangmeng, and Ma Guangmeng did prove his loyalty again.

Good steel should be used on the cutting edge. The place where the most capable of wielding the art of commanding generals is the Huainan line, but whether it is Ding Sijin in the middle line or Zhu Yuan in the east line, they are all famous generals of the Chu State, and Ma Yun is unlikely to change generals. It is also inappropriate to adjust the defense line rashly, he needs an opportunity, and Zhao Jiza just gave Ma Yun a chance. Zhao Jizha got a clever plan from Zhao Pu to rectify the internal affairs of Dashu, and immediately implemented it after he returned. Suddenly, the political arena of Dashu was full of blood, and Zhao Jiza, under the banner of "suppressing traitors", did kill some spies, such as the general Zhao Yantao and others, but more of them were direct ministers of Shu. The people in Shuzhong are in turmoil and the situation is unstable.

Although Ma Yun doesn't know very well how the Shu Kingdom fell, this brother Meng Chang, this benevolent brother, will hang sooner or later, this is for sure. For this reason, Ma Yun immediately adjusted several states from the middle line and Jingnan Province to form the Western Front Governor's Office, nominally aiming at Guanzhong of the puppet Zhou, but in fact he was paying close attention to the situation in Shu.

After these things were arranged, when Ma Yun thought that he could take a breath and enjoy the joy of family with his wife and children, Lin Renzhao, the commander of the First Army of the Navy Army, sent someone to send an urgent document from the Khitan: On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the puppet Zhou army went north, and the Khitan asked Dachu to immediately go north, thinking that it was a response.

Ma Yun was completely blinded, it has only been two months, how can the two sides who asked for help have dropped? Two months ago, when Wang Yan was about to move in Yingzhou and Zhang Yongde was sharpening his sword in Songzhou, Chu sent two or three waves of envoys to the Khitan Shangjing, asking the Khitan Emperor Yelu Jing to go south and contain the puppet Zhou. Feng Shui takes turns, but now it's the turn of the Khitan.

But Ma Yun didn't have a little schadenfreude, to be honest, his heart was full of anger. Even idiots now understand that Pseudo-Zhou did a good show in Huaibei. Guo Rong didn't plan to attack Huainan at all, his real target was the Khitan, which was known as "pulling strings and controlling bows for 600,000".

Thinking of this, Ma Yun couldn't help but gasp, this third brother Guo Rong and Guo are so bold! His move was indeed unexpected, but did he really believe that he could defeat the Khitans?

Ma Yun's heart couldn't help but pound, and he was a little inexplicably happy in his heart. A well-known figure like Guo Rong, Ma Yun vaguely remembers that Guo Rong died on the way to defeat the Khitan (in fact, he fell ill on the journey and had to return south). Could it be that this strong opponent of his own is finally going to hang? "Hehe" Ma Yun couldn't help laughing, Lao Tzu finally survived a Ming Jun. However, Ma Yun had a headache next, after Guo Rong died, it seemed that Zhao Kuangyin won the world, Zhao Kuangyin was followed by Zhao Kuangyi, Zhao Kuangyi was followed by Song Zhenzong, Song Zhenzong was followed by Song Renzong, Song Renzong was followed by Song Yingzong, after Yingzong was Shenzong, and after Shenzong was Zhezong, it seems that these emperors are not stupid masters, and they boiled them to death one by one, and when it comes to Song Shenzong, won't it be easy to take the Central Plains?

Damn, Ma Yun suddenly thought again, yes, it's too yy. Even if these people die young, I am afraid it will take more than 100 years, and they can live for so long.

Wrong. Ma Yun suddenly became excited again, Zhao Kuangyin can usurp power, it must be by Guo Rong's side, and it is convenient to act in the center, but now that Zhao Kuangyin is far away in Hexi, how can he have a chance to return to Guo Rong's side. After seeing this, this old boy may not be able to become an emperor. Hehe, if Zhao Kuangyin can't be the emperor, Guo Rong will hang up again, the world, who else can I be!

Ma Yun was excited for less than two minutes, and suddenly remembered one more thing. I couldn't help but sigh, Guo Rong was really fucking difficult to deal with. It turned out that Guo Rong held a military conference in Songzhou, not only to take down Wang Yin, make a gesture of going south, paralyze the Khitan, and attract Chu to pay attention to Huaibei, but also to take the opportunity to block the news. The two armies are about to fight, and it is very normal to block the news between each other, who knows that Guo Rong is a drunkard does not mean to drink. When the spies of the Central Plains Wind Catcher and the Military Intelligence Department were concentrating on doing everything possible to break the blockade, the pseudo-Zhou actually secretly dispatched troops in Hebei, and hid this military operation so deeply that the Khitan and Chu States were caught off guard.

Ma Yun sat on the stone bench in the pavilion with some loss, looking at the rippling Xuanwu Lake blankly. Zhao Ziying, who was beside her, has been observing her husband attentively since Ma Yun received the secret report, watching him go from worry to joy and from joy to worry. She walked lightly, all behind Ma Yun, a pair of white jade hands gently placed on Ma Yun's shoulders, and said softly: "People who have become great things since ancient times have never been smooth." Didn't Han Gaozu in the past have the siege of Xingyang and the siege of Baideng? Our Dachu is now thriving, even if there is some unfavorable news, it will not affect the overall situation. ”

Ma Yun slowly retracted his gaze and said, "Third Brother Guo has sent troops to the Northern Expedition to the Khitan." ”

"What?" Zhao Ziying was stunned. In her early years, when she was running around, she had heard about the power of the Khitan. Unexpectedly, Guo Rong was in a predicament, and he was able to brazenly go on the Northern Expedition.

"Even you're surprised. Guo Sange's courage is really not comparable to ordinary people! ”

"But, aren't the Khitans very strong? Guo Rong's trip is probably more auspicious, and this is not a great opportunity for our Da Chu. Don't you often talk about why the Khitan still doesn't send troops? Isn't Guo Rong's going north and Khitan going south the same this time? They're still going to have a big fight. Zhao Ziying gently rubbed Ma Yun's shoulder.

"Hey... This... One is prepared and the other is defenseless, and the effect is not the same. Hey, everyone in the world thinks that the Khitans are powerful, but in fact, this is not very accurate. The real power is not the Khitans, but the Central Plains. The key depends on whether the army in the Central Plains dares to fight desperately and whether it dares to fight to the death. How arrogant was the Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang back then, destroying the Bohai Sea and swallowing Yanyun, but in the White Guard Regiment, he was defeated by a fool like Du Chongwei. Now Yelu Jing is nothing more than a drunkard, and Yelu Tartlie, who holds power, is a rash and impatient person, I am really worried about Khitan. Ma Yun said slowly, and his whole mind seemed to have flown to the far north and to Shangjing. He longed to take the place of Yelu Jing to command the Khitan army.

"That..." Zhao Ziying thought for a moment and said: "The last time my brother sent a letter, it was very difficult for the pseudo-Zhou side, and it may not be easy for them to win, besides, won't their northern expedition to Huaibei be empty?" Let's take advantage of it! ”

Ma Yun couldn't help but show a wry smile on his face. If you want to say that you want to send troops to Huaibei immediately, it's not okay. It's just too hasty, a bit of a joke.

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