From Eagle Fish Village to Wuling City, there are 700 miles of waterway in the twists and turns of Yuanshui, but the autumn water is in full bloom, along the river and water, the sailboat is like a shuttle, even if the night is afraid of hitting the mountain wall, three days later, Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang took their wives and children who have taken root in Qianyang for these years, and more than a dozen military attachés who are small in Tanzhou, also entered the territory of Wuling County, Langzhou.

Langzhou is under the jurisdiction of the Tanzhou Jiedu Embassy.

Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang did not have the joy of returning to their hometowns, and the military attaches who were released from Tanzhou also did not relax in the slightest.

From a distance, I saw a cliff near the water on the west bank of Yuanshui, and a new wooden sentry tower was built, in which several generals looked at this side, and the helmsman and two sailers docked the black canopy sailboat to the river beach, and arched their hands towards Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang and said: "Lord Zhao, Tan Dangjia, just say goodbye!" ”

There are only three people on the other side, of course Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang can detain them, but if they really want to do this, what good is it?

They got off the boat in a hurry, dragged their children and daughters to climb over to the sentry tower, and after revealing their identities, they found a vacant land, and waited for the sentry to send a sentry to Wuling to report the news; After waiting for more than an hour, a troop of cavalry galloped along the riverbank.

The people who came didn't say anything else, just urged Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang to follow them.

Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang left their wives and children and other military attachés who were released, and they rushed to Wuling City after dark.

Wuling County is located at the northeast foot of the Wuling Mountains, and to the east is the plain and hilly belt on the west bank of Dongting Lake that intersects with the Yangtze River, and is wide and twenty or thirty miles in radius.

In other words, Wuling County is actually located on the southwest edge of the entire Dongting Lake Plain and the outer hilly belt.

For a long time, the Hakka forces in Chenxu and other states were weak, and although the native Shanyue barbarians were fierce and good at fighting, the more scattered forces did not form a group, and it was not enough to send troops north to invade the Central Plains.

Therefore, Wuling County has never been the focus of Tanzhou's external defense, and for a long time there have only been a small number of garrisons, and it is not even as many elite soldiers and horses as directly infiltrated into Chenzhou and Xuzhou.

However, Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang entered Wuling City, and saw that there were obviously more soldiers and horses in Wuling City at this time.

Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang were taken to the county Yahou Mansion, and at this time, they recognized them as the guards around the prince Ma Xun from the gorgeous clothes and armor worn by the guards inside and outside the courtyard, and the two glanced at each other: "The prince has already guessed that there is a change in Xuzhou?" ”

Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang did not have the opportunity to send messengers until the Chinese city was captured.

Of course, even if they didn't have the opportunity to send a messenger, the Yanji Village would send someone back to Tanzhou to summon the news if they sensed the abnormality of the Eagle Fish Village, but if the prince of the world learned about the change in the Chinese city and then left for Wuling County, he might still be halfway through at this time.

Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang walked into the lobby and saw that in addition to Ma Xun, the new Langzhou Thorn Shi Ma Yuanheng, the soldier and horse envoy Ma Rong, and the strategists Wen Ruilin and Mr. Wen beside the prince were all there.

Feeling the murderous eyes of the prince, Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang felt a chill in the back of their heads, and they also knew that the news of the fall of Eagle Fish Village had been transmitted to the ears of the prince by the messenger of Yanji Village.

"Idiot, idiot! More than 1,000 elite veterans have not been able to defend the Eagle Fish Village, what are you doing to eat? Could it be said that the father and son of the Han family can scatter beans into soldiers in Xuzhou? Ma Xun couldn't control it anymore and roared at Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang.

Yanming Village and Eagle Fish Village are separated by a Chinese mountain range with a depth of thirty or forty miles, dangerous peaks and dense forests, and the geographical location also belongs to Chenzhou Lipu County, even if it is true that the Han family father and son have captured the Eagle Fish Village, but they do not know the specific details.

Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang were not released, and Ma Xun and they had already sent new scouts to go deep into Xuzhou to find out the roots, but it was obviously impossible to know the inside story better than Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang.

To tell the truth, Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang didn't figure out why the four surnames attacked Eagle Fish Village at this time, they were just 1510, telling everything they saw, heard, and experienced as it was, and finally carefully said their opinions: "The Han family's father and son are ambitious, and they intend to annex Xuzhou alone!" ”

"Shizi, you won't still believe in the conspiracy of the Han family's father and son and Emperor Chu to jointly map Tanzhou at this time, right?" Wen Ruilin glared at Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang hatefully, and said bitterly to Ma Xun, the son of the world.

"The Han family's father and son have always been ambitious, but we have known it for a long time, otherwise Han Qian would not have absconded to Xuzhou last winter......" Ma Yuanheng frowned and said hesitantly.

Tanzhou heard the rumor very early on, saying that Han Qian absconded from Xuzhou with the secret decree of Emperor Tianyou, the purpose was to help Emperor Tianyou reduce the domain of Tanzhou, but this rumor did not attract the attention of Tanzhou.

It has only been fourteen or fifteen years since the founding of the Great Chu, and it is not yet possible to talk about the people's attachment, and there is the Feng Wenlan case in front, like Han Daoxun and Han Qian have the opportunity to divide one side, who is willing to bow down to Emperor Tianyou?

Another is the Eagle Fish Village they mastered, located in the heart of Xuzhou, and they don't think that the Han family father and son can only control the situation in Xuzhou, so they can only rely on the support of Tanzhou.

The previous rumors, no matter how you look at them, have no reason to hold up.

And at this moment, although Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang's statements are also very logical, Ma Yuanheng is more or less hesitant, but it is still not certain that the Han family's father and son have a conspiracy with Jinling!

"Why did the four surnames attack the Eagle Fish Village? This question is the same as why Han Qian was able to successfully abscond from Xuzhou in the first place, it seems that there is no problem, but the answer is there, and the prince and the assassin can't believe it! ”

Wen Ruilin knew that after the fall of Eagle Fish Village, Tanzhou hastily had no possibility of sending troops to recruit the Han family's father and son, but if Tanzhou did not carry out thorough mobilization, did not make final preparations, and continued to be deceived by the performance of the Han family's father and son, then the daylily might really be cold.

In a hurry, he didn't care about his docile attitude, and said in an agitated tone,

"Han Qian was able to carry so many materials and men and horses to abscond out of Jinling, it was not his kindness, it was Emperor Tianyou and Yang Yuanpu who deliberately connived, and then Emperor Tianyou took advantage of the situation to demote Shen Yang and others to Ezhou, and together with Xuzhou, he faintly formed a flanking attack on Tanzhou, and then aggravated this trend step by step. And the four surnames will attack the Eagle Fish Village this time, which seems to be incomprehensible, but what if Han Daoxun asked Zhang Ping, who stayed in Xuzhou as a military supervisor, to conspire with the Han family's father and son, and designed to trick the four surnames into acting recklessly? ”

"How did Zhang Ping conspire with the Han family's father and son?" Ma Yuanheng asked with some puzzlement.

"If the four surnames are the same as Lord Thorn Shi, believing that the Han family father and son betrayed the imperial court, and Zhang Ping is just an ornament placed by the imperial court in Xuzhou, then when the Han family father and son pushed the new policy of Xintian tax, it is not a matter of course for the four surnames to secretly contact Zhang Ping to oppose the Han family father and son?" Wen Ruilin said.

"The four surnames want to oppose the father and son of the Han family, why did they attack the Eagle Fish Village?" Someone in the hall asked.

Wen Ruilin said: "Zhang Ping made them believe that the Han family father and son had secretly attached themselves to our Tanzhou a long time ago, and made them believe that Eagle Fish Village was easy to attack and Qianyang City was difficult to attack, so didn't everything have an explanation?" And all of you here, weren't they all hoping that the Han family's father and son could join Tanzhou? ”

Wen Ruilin's aggressive tone made Ma Yuanheng, Ma Rong and others unhappy, but they couldn't refute him with words, after all, the four surnames would attack Eagle Fish Village must have fallen into the trap of the Han family's father and son, but they couldn't say a more appropriate explanation.

Of course, even if the Han family father and son conspired with Jinling in advance, it cannot be ruled out that the Han family father and son had the intention of getting rid of Jinling after gaining power, after all, the situation at this time was too conducive to the Han family father and son to divide Xuzhou, but Tanzhou could not take the risk and stand idly by.

"Anyway, the Han family father and son have to guard against it." Ma Xun said hesitantly.

"It's not enough to just guard against the Han family's father and son, and I also ask the prince to go to Tanzhou immediately to persuade the lord to give up the last vestiges of illusion about Jinling and ......take precautions as soon as possible," Wen Ruilin said.

"Then the Han family's father and son will let them be arrogant?"

After the defeat of Dahongshan, although Ma Xun did not put the blame on Wen Ruilin's head, he also felt that Wen Ruilin was not enough, so Wen Ruilin repeatedly said that the Han family's father and son conspired with Jinling, and he felt tired of hearing it.

It's just that Eagle Fish Village has fallen, and he tends to believe Wen Ruilin's analysis.

And even if the Han family's father and son did not conspire with Jinling, and thousands of elite veterans in Tanzhou died at the hands of the Han family's father and son, would he be able to endure this breath?

"The Chu army may gather on a large scale in Ezhou at any time, and before repelling the attack of the Chu army on this road, the prince is afraid that he will not be able to directly take the Han family's father and son, but the Xuzhou side must also be guarded,"

Wen Ruilin said,

"In the past few years, Liang Shi, the king of Chenzhou, has been the key to preventing the unity of the surnames in Chenzhou. At present, the father and son of the Han family are implementing a new policy of field tax in Xuzhou, and they have used tricks to defeat the four surnames of Xuzhou, and believe that the power of the Chenzhou surname will have a cold lip and teeth, such as a thorn in the back, if Wang Liang can be killed at this time, and a messenger will be sent into Chenzhou, it will be able to unite the Chenzhou surname. Even if everything I said is just speculation, at least this can make the Han family's father and son not become a threat to Tanzhou's belly! ”

Ma Xun is not a fool, he pondered for a while, and asked Ma Yuanheng, Ma Rong and others: "What do you think?" ”

"This matter should be sooner rather than later, when the father and son of the Han family accept the four surnames, and then respond to the situation in Chenzhou, I am afraid that they will be caught off guard." Ma Rong didn't like Wen Ruilin, but he had to bear Wen Ruilin's suggestion at this time, which was rare and decisive.

Even if Ma Rong and Ma Yuanheng still find it difficult to believe that the Han family father and son conspired with Jinling, but no matter what, they have to take action to prevent the Han family father and son from annexing Chenzhou again.

Otherwise, let the Han family father and son occupy the two states of Chenxu, then the Han family father and son will no longer be the servants of Tanzhou, but a strong enemy in the heart of Tanzhou.

"If everything is as Mr. Wen said, how will Tanzhou deal with this catastrophe?" Ma Yuanheng is the assassin of Langzhou, he and Ma Rong want to stay and preside over the military and political affairs of Langzhou, send people to assassinate Wang Liang of Chenzhou assassin and keep an eye on Xuzhou's every move, they have to be responsible, so they can't go back to Tanzhou, at this time he suddenly had no bottom in his heart, and opened his mouth to ask.

"Lianshu, Lianliang, swallow Shao Heng!" Wen Ruilin said.

After all, Tanzhou is weak, and only when the troops of Shu and Liang are pressing, so that Jinling cannot draw elites from the border army, the pressure on Tanzhou will be lighter; And Shu and Liang must not want to see Jinling really succeed in cutting down the domain of Tanzhou.

Shaozhou and Hengzhou, and Tanzhou are located in the same Xiangjiang River basin, there is no natural barrier in the geography, and they are integrated, and the key areas of Tanzhou in recent years are Shaozhou and Hengzhou, which should be directly swallowed at this time, and directly transformed into the strength of Tanzhou to resist the offensive that the Chu army will launch at any time.

Ma Yuanheng and Ma Rong glanced at each other, do they really want to make such a big move, and they need to be decided......