The forbidden army and hundreds of thousands of horse infantry and naval troops of Zhuzhou Prefecture, under the leadership of Li Zhihe, Gao Chengyuan and others, surrounded Chaozhou City; The privy deputy envoy, Xinchang Marquis Li Pu led Wei Zhen and other officials to Chuzhou City to supervise the transportation of grain, ordnance and other materials.

Tanma had already detected signs of the Liang army's gathering on the north bank of the Huai River in the past, but for the time being, there was no intention to cross the Huai River to the south.

In such a situation, as long as the Liang army did not cross the Huai River to intervene, it meant that the forbidden army could let go of the attack on Chaozhou.

Although the rebels of Anning Palace have no intention of abandoning Chaozhou, their intention to transfer more elite soldiers and horses from Huozhou and Shouzhou to reinforce Chaozhou and fight to the death with the main force of the forbidden army near Chaohu Lake does not seem to be obvious.

If the forbidden army suffered a heavy defeat under the city of Chaozhou, or just a crushing victory to recover Chaozhou, the situation faced by Huaidong would not be urgent, but if the forbidden army succeeded in recovering Chaozhou with a big victory, or even the Chaozhou defenders surrendered directly, the situation faced by Huaidong would be completely different.

Due to the fact that the stronger and more elite Liang army may cross the Huai River to the south at any time, after the imperial court recovers Chaozhou, most of them will not urgently send troops to attack Huozhou and Shouzhou in a short period of time, but then they will inevitably do everything possible to suppress the living space of Huaidong.

Even if the imperial court would not be in a hurry to withdraw the feudal domain as soon as possible, it would control the scale of the Huaidong soldiers and horses, forcing the Huaidong soldiers and horses to concentrate on the northwest and north of the defense, and concentrate on the confrontation between the rebels of Anninggong and the Liang army.

Even though a large number of slaves and maidservants and the children of the lords were forcibly relocated from Changrun and other places to cross the river during the Jinling War, the total population of the five states of Huaidong was still less than one million.

In fact, there is no need for the imperial court to exert pressure, Wang Wenqian has already deeply felt that Huaidong is currently raising 120,000 soldiers and horses, which is already quite overwhelming.

Huaidong finally weakened the total scale of troops and horses, and finally maintained an elite combat force of about 50,000 people, which was reasonable, and more young and strong labor still had to be used in agricultural production.

It's just that in this, many things affect the whole body, and there are many involved.

If Huaidong takes the initiative to reduce troops and horses, may it cause the illusion that Huaidong is weak and unbearable, and there will be an inappropriate voice of withdrawal from the vassal in the court?

Or maybe Yang Zhiyuan and Li Zhihe were insidious enough, after they recovered Chaozhou, they stationed their troops in the east of Chuzhou, forcing Huaidong to maintain a huge active military garrison, forcing Huaidong to double the internal exploitation and squeezing, which caused chaos within Huaidong first.

In any case, Wang Wenqian could predict that after the forbidden army recovered Chaozhou, Huaidong would be the goal of Yang Yuanpu and the princes of the court.

Wang Wenqian was distraught in the morning to deal with official business in the state office, after noon the city became stuffy, looking at the slightly overcast sky, he went out of the city surrounded by Hu Sui, thinking that this hot summer would hide in the cool Jianyuan to deal with official business.

Wang Jun's mother died of illness very early, Wang Wenqian served in Chuzhou in his early years, and he was surrounded by two beautiful concubines given by the king. Over the years, these two Meiji are also, and they usually live in Jianyuan, and they usually don't stay in Wang Wenqian's personal service.

Not long after Wang Wenqian returned to Jianyuan, Sima Yinpeng chased him from the city, and talked about the use of soldiers by the forbidden army in Chaozhou, and he didn't see any trace of Wang Jun at dusk.

"There are a few artists who sell solutions, I heard that they escaped from Guangde Mansion, and they are performing in Zhuyu Bay below these days, and the young lady has nothing to do in the past two days to go to Zhuyu Bay to hang out, and it should be at the bottom of the mountain at this time." The steward said.

"Guangde Mansion didn't stir up any chaos after all." Wang Wenqian sighed regretfully.

The situation was the most tense, but he was full of expectations that Guangde Mansion would set off a large-scale civil unrest, and he also instructed Yin Peng to send some people to fan the flames.

In that case, they would not be able to get out of the vicious breath that they were forced back to Jiangbei, and more importantly, even if the strength of the forbidden army at that time was not weak and could suppress the civil unrest set off by Gwangdeokfu, but the outbreak of war near Gyeonggi in such a short period of time would greatly weaken the vitality of the south bank and the foundation of Yang Yuanpu.

Of course, the large-scale civil unrest set off in Guangde Mansion actually means that the suspicion between Yang Yuanpu and Xuzhou will be so deep that there is no possibility of turning around.

Who would have thought that there was no civil unrest in Guangde Mansion, but it was the slave and maid uprising that broke out in Sizhou on the side of the couch in Xuzhou, and the Shu army provoked troops in Qianjiang, causing Yang Yuanpu and the princes of the court to quickly change from high-pressure suppression to appeasement.

Due to the particularity of the Guangde Army, it is extremely difficult for the eyeliner to penetrate, although Wang Wenqian and Yin Peng have sent people to Guangde Mansion many times, they are still not familiar with many specific situations.

Although Wang Wenqian deliberately took in the refugees who fled from Chuzhou during this time, Huaidongguo was still a part of the Great Chu after all, and it was common for landless peasants from Guangde Mansion to cross the river and run to Yangzhou to escape the famine.

Wang Wenqian originally wanted to send someone to call the few artists who had escaped from Guangde Mansion to Jianyuan to inquire about the situation in Guangde Mansion, but seeing that it was getting late, the sky was clear, and the sunset was shining, which was very magnificent, but invited Yin Peng to go down the mountain to Zhuyu Bay together.

The main peak of the northern foot of Shugang is also forty or fifty meters high, out of the Jianyuan, standing halfway up the mountain, you can even see the long street of Zhuyu Bay, there is a rope hanging on the street, and a woman is doing all kinds of amazing movements on the rope lightly.

Wang Wenqian and Yin Peng, surrounded by more than a dozen people, went down the mountain and walked into the long street of Zhuyu Bay, and it was just a stick of incense.

Only then did they notice that the rope that was sold was tied between Wang Er's tea shop and the second floor of the inn opposite, and they listened to the maid waiting in front of the street to tell that Wang Jun was on the second floor of the tea shop.

Wang Jun sat in front of the window, and when he saw his father and Yin Peng coming, he drove out all the guests on the second floor, and said dissatisfiedly: "It's really a disappointment for you to come." ”

"What's the disappointment, you can give more tips later." Wang Wenqian said with a smile.

He mainly wanted to know more about the situation in Guangde Mansion, so he had no interest in having fun with the people.

Wang Wenqian invited Yin Peng to sit down at the table in front of the window, and saw that one end of the rope was tied to the corner of the eaves outside the window, and the girl on the rope looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old, light as a swallow, standing on the rope with one foot, a gust of wind blew, and her body shook slightly with the rope but did not fall, this skill is really good.

"You've been hanging out in Dogwood Bay for two days without anything, you should know these artists, right? You call them over two people, and I have something to ask them. Wang Wenqian said.

"Daddy, you have to shout, you go and shout yourself, I won't help you shout." Wang Jun knew that there was a factor behind Yangzhou in the turbulent undercurrent of Guangde Mansion last year, and she also knew that her father rushed down the mountain at this time to find these artists who fled the famine, most of them wanted to understand the situation in Guangde Mansion at this time, she couldn't stop it, but she didn't want to help.

Wang Wenqian didn't have a problem with Wang Jun, and the steward beside him walked to the window and shouted at the girl standing on the rope, asking her to inform the head of the juggling team to come to the second floor of the tea shop to listen to the questioning.

At this time, I saw a young woman, like a spirit ape, with the help of a bamboo pole, and the next moment she stepped lightly on the thin rope, and walked barefoot in the air.

The young woman looked ordinary, but a pair of jade feet exposed under the trouser legs were snowy and beautiful, and a pair of silver bells were tied to her feet, but she stepped on the rope and walked without a sound.

Yin Peng was standing beside Wang Wenqian admiring the pair of extremely beautiful jade feet, and the next moment he suddenly realized that something was wrong, and pulled a knife in front of the window to prevent the woman from breaking in.

"Lord Yin is really vicious, a moment ago, he wanted the slave family to come in, but at this time, he wanted to pull the knife at each other, whether Lord Yin wanted the slave family to come in, or the slave family to go out." The woman asked with a condescending smile as she stepped on the windowsill.

"Xi Yi, why are you in Zhuyu Bay!" Wang Jun exclaimed excitedly.

"Not only am I in Zhuyu Bay, but Han Qian is also in Zhuyu Bay, I wonder if Miss Jun wants to see him?" Xi Yingxiao asked.

"What do I see him doing?" Wang Jun said embarrassedly, but after thinking about it, he understood, "Han Qian is here to see my father?" ”

"I don't know if Lord Wang and Lord Yin have the courage to meet my family?" Xi Ying stepped barefoot in front of the window, staring at Wang Wenqian, whose face was uncertain, and asked.

"Originally, you were the famous Mrs. Xi," Wang Wenqian looked at Xi Ying with a gloomy face, and said to Yin Peng in a deep voice, "Yangzhou is poor, but you still have the grace to invite a few people from the juggling class to go upstairs to drink tea." ”

No matter how cautious he was, he also knew that Han Qian and Xi Ying would appear in Yangzhou in person, and they would not come specifically to assassinate him, so he simply asked Han Qian to bring someone to the tea shop immediately.

Xi Ying didn't let Yin Peng or the other two guards beside Wang Wenqian go downstairs to inform, stood in front of the window, turned his head and shouted across the street: "Master, Lord Assassin Shi wants to invite you to come and receive the reward!" ”

After a while, Han Qian, who was wearing patched clothes, went upstairs accompanied by Kong Xirong and He Liufeng, walked to the table in front of the window and sat down, and first arched his hand to Wang Jun and asked, "Farewell to Fanchang, everything is okay?" ”

"Ahem!" Wang Wenqian couldn't help coughing, and signaled Han Qian to hurry up and say something if he had something, there was really no need to make any greetings......