In mid-May of the second year of the elephant, the edict of the Great Zhou Emperor attracted the attention of all parties:

The edict ordered Wei Xiaokuan, the Duke of Yunguo, to take over the post of governor of Xiangzhou, and the former governor Wei Chijiong returned to Beijing; The edict ordered Jiang Guogong Liang Rui to take over the post of governor of Yizhou, and Wang Qian, the former governor, returned to Beijing;

The edict ordered Wang Yi, the current governor of Xiangzhou and Yang Guogong, to take over the post of governor of Anzhou, and the former governor Gongyu Wenliang returned to Beijing. The edict ordered the general Cui Yanmu to take up the post of governor of Huangzhou.

Yang Jian, the left prime minister who had been dormant for more than a month, finally made a move, although it was the emperor of the Great Zhou who gave the edict, but everyone knew that the young emperor was just a humanoid seal of his grandfather Yang Jian, and everyone was waiting for the action of the three governors with bated breath.

And the reaction of Wei Chijiong, the governor of Xiangzhou, Wang Qian, the governor of Yizhou, and Yu Wenliang, the governor of Anzhou, was the same: they did not obey their orders. Of course, this is also expected by everyone.

The prefectures under the jurisdiction of Huangzhou, which was actually controlled by Yu Wenliang, the governor of Anzhou, resisted the appointment of new officials, and Wang Qian, the governor of Yizhou, prepared for war and prepared to march east to King Qin.

Xiangzhou Governor Wei Chi Jiong issued a letter to Yang Yuwen in Yecheng, leading the states under the jurisdiction of Xiangzhou to support Dai Qi Wang Yuwen to recruit his young son as the emperor and order the world to raise troops against Yang, and his nephew Wei Chi Qin responded to the Qing, Jiao, Guang, and Ju prefectures, and several prefectures in Henan and Huainan also raised troops to respond, and a total of hundreds of thousands of troops swore to oppose Yang.

The imperial court reacted quickly, and immediately appointed Wei Xiaokuan, the Duke of Yunguo, as the marshal of the march, to lead the army to crusade against the "rebellious" Wei Chijiong, appointed Liang Rui, the Duke of Jiang, as the marshal of the march, to crusade against the "rebellious" Wang Qian, and appointed Wang Yi, the Duke of Yang, as the marshal of the march to crusade against the "rebellious" Yu Wenliang.

Wei Chijiong's criticism of Yang Jiong's article has attracted a lot of attention, and everyone guesses that there is nothing new in the content of the article, but unexpectedly Yu Chijiong also listed one of Yang Jian's crimes, which roughly means:

On the night of 27 February, when Captain Chi Chi was drunk at the banquet, Yang Jian's filial daughter Yang Lihua imprisoned her in the palace and wanted to take her out of the palace and place her in a separate courtyard to "honor" her father.

Fortunately, the 'obscenity' of the father and daughter was unyielding, and Yu Chi was able to keep his innocence and finally reunite with his husband.

As soon as the article came out, people were shocked by this big revelation, especially the residents of Chang'an City, when the gossip news of Wei Chi's disappearance spread in Chang'an City for a month, and her whereabouts have always been the focus of attention of the rough embryos, and now everyone finally "suddenly realized".

There are also rumors that Chang'an received the text, and the next day when Yang Jian, the prime minister of Zuo, went out, he was seen looking very miserable: his nose was blue, his face was swollen, his knees trembled, and his eyes were black.

However, it didn't take long for this news to be overshadowed by even bigger news: a wave of scuffles that everyone had known for a long time was inevitable officially began!

The first thing to ignite was the Anzhou Governor's Office.

At the beginning of May, Yu Wenliang, the governor of Anzhou, attacked the Huangzhou governor's office on the grounds of "rebellion", and the governor Yuan Jingshan, Huangzhou assassin Shi Yu Wenbi and dozens of subordinate officials were killed, and in mid-May, Yu Wenliang took full control of Huangzhou and sent the evidence of Yuan Jingshan's "rebellion" to the imperial court.

In early May, hearing of the Huangzhou Incident, Xiangzhou Governor Wang Yi rectified the soldiers and horses of the states under his jurisdiction, and in the middle of the month, the Jingzhou Governor Dugu Yongye rectified the soldiers and horses of the prefectures under his jurisdiction, and in late May he was appointed by the imperial court, and the marching marshal Wang Yi led the marching supervisors Cui Yanmu, Li Wei, Feng Hui, Li Yuan, and Dugu Yongye to "rebel" Yuwenliang in the south in early June.

During the march, Cui Yanmu decided that Dugu Yongye was acting abnormally and seemed to have different intentions, so he took the lead and killed him and incorporated the Jingzhou army under his command.

Dugu Yongye word Shiji, formerly surnamed Liu, lost his father at an early age and remarried with his mother Dugu clan, is the brother of Dugu Jialuo, the wife of Yang Jian, the current Prime Minister of Zuo, was originally a minister of Northern Qi, and surrendered to the Zhou Dynasty three years ago; Cui Yanmu, born in the Cui family of Qinghe, was the first governor of Anzhou in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and was the grandfather of Dugu Jialuo's uncle.

After this change, the troops under the command of Marshal Wang Yi did not change, and there was one less commander of the march. The counterinsurgency army was divided into two routes, one was led by the governor Cui Yanmu to the Jingzhou army to the east to attack Suizhou Prefecture (now Suixian, Hubei), the northern gateway of Anzhou.

On the other hand, the Xiangzhou Army, led by Marshal Wang Yi, marched south along the Han River to Zhichangshou (now Zhongxiang, Hubei), and after gathering the forces of Yingzhou Assassins, it attacked the western gateway of Anzhou, Wenzhou Zhijiaoling (now Hubei, Beijing, Shanxi), eastward.

However, Yu Wenliang, the governor of Anzhou, was also ready, gathered heavy troops in Suicheng to defend, and sent a large army to the west to prepare to attack Changshou, and the two sides were-for-tat.

June 10, with the outside of the city.

Continuous camps spread all over the flat land, and the Eastern Route Army, which had quelled the rebellion in Anzhou, had arrived in Suicheng yesterday and then surrounded it.

There are mountains in the northeast and southwest of the city, and the city holds the narrow flat land between the two mountain ranges as the main road for Xiangzhou to enter and exit Anzhou, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times.

In the military account, the commander of the Jingzhou Army and the head of the march, Cui Yanmu, sat on the head and the rest of the generals were on both sides, from when Yuwentai laid the foundation for the Great Zhou, he followed the left and right, led the troops to fight for decades, and now he is the age of knowing the destiny of heaven.

Nearly 20 years ago, the Great Zhou Dynasty from the Southern Dynasty to seize Anzhou and the states under its jurisdiction to establish the Anzhou Governor's Office, he was the first Anzhou Governor so he knew Anzhou well, this expedition he did not hesitate to 'behave' the march of the governor Dugu Yongye killed, so strong as to let the rest of the generals in the account only promise, the order prohibition did not dare to make mistakes.

They have found out that the leader of the rebel army who is now sitting in Suicheng is Yu Wenming, the eldest son of Yu Wenliang, and they don't look down on this rich and noble gentleman Cui Yanmu who didn't lead his troops to fight at all.

Just kidding, when Lao Tzu went into battle to fight for his life, your father was still a novice, and you dared to stand in the way!

"Is it all laid out?"

"Back to the manager, I've already shot two rounds of letters."

Yesterday afternoon, when the army arrived outside the city, Cui Yanmu ordered to camp and besiege the village without attacking, and in the evening he sent people to shoot many letters into the city. The letters are full of inexplicable content, such as "do what you agree", "be patient before the time comes", "your family is safe and worry-free", and so on.

In order to disturb the hearts of the defenders and make the generals suspicious of each other, anyone who reads these inexplicable contents will mumble in their hearts, this Yuwen Liang plotted against him, but his generals may not be willing to die, and now he sent a stinky son to suppress the formation, and he didn't see if he could suppress it?

Today, Cui Yanmu sent someone to persuade him to surrender to the city, claiming that as long as everyone cut off the heads of Yu Wenming and several major rebel generals to sacrifice the city, the imperial court could not blame the past.

"Chief, do you organize a few sieges to put pressure on them first?" A general asked.

"Don't be in a hurry, first build the siege equipment, and only shoot letters in the next few days." Cui Yanmumo held the saber grip, "Also, arrange for people to beat the drum and blow the trumpet every night to let the city sleep well." ”

"Beware of stealing camps."

The generals nodded when they heard this, they marched all the way for several days to reach the city, the soldiers were tired, if they attacked the city in a hurry, the other party always suffered some losses, and they had to rest for a few days to let the soldiers recuperate, and then the siege equipment was also built, and they could attack the city in the best condition.

After a few days of incessant provocation and night attacks, there must have been rumors and mutual suspicion in the city, and it was difficult to say that someone had cut off Yu Wenming's head to save his life.

'Sure enough, it's a veteran! The generals looked at Cui Yanmu with admiration......

Yingzhou Prefecture is dozens of miles north of longevity.

A long convoy of ships was slowly moving north and south on the Han River, and on the east side of the Han River, a large army with no end in sight was marching, and on the east side of the procession there were small groups of cavalry galloping back and forth, who were scouts responsible for guarding and protecting the large army from attack.

This is the southern route army of Anzhou to quell the rebellion, taking advantage of the Han River to load grain and grass with ships and land and water, and enter to a much lighter place, their goal is Changshou City dozens of miles downstream, and after resting there, they will attack the western gateway of Anzhou to Jiaoling.

Inside a ship, Marshal Wang Yi was discussing military affairs with his generals.

"Marshal, then Liang Guo really doesn't have itchy hands, right?" A general asked.

"Prime Minister Zuo has already sent someone to reprimand him when he hears that Liang Guo has changed, and now he doesn't dare to do anything wrong if he has a few more dares." Wang Yi said confidently.

The Liang State is the remnant of the original Southern Dynasty Liang, and is now a vassal state of the Great Zhou Dynasty, located west of the Han River, the original Jingzhou boundary, that is, Jingzhou in the real sense, and now the Jingzhou Governor's Office of the Great Zhou is in the north of Xiangyang, and the state governs the city of Xinye County (now Dengzhou City, Henan).

Yingzhou, under the jurisdiction of the Xiangzhou Governor's Office, is like a long knife along the east bank of the Han River, between the Liang State and the Anzhou Governor's Office.

At first, when he heard that the Anzhou rebellion was in rebellion, the monarchs and ministers of Liang State were a little restless and began to ponder about taking advantage of the fire to rob, but as a result, Yang Jian, the prime minister of Zuo, sent someone to 'visit' with a letter, and the monarchs and ministers of Liang were so frightened that they did not dare to have any more delusions.

"This Anzhou rebellion, Changshou City is afraid to bear the brunt, and I don't know how Yingzhou Assassin Shi will respond." Another general asked.

"The marshal urged him to strengthen the city defense at the beginning of last month and take careful precautions, and in the second half of the year, he also sent several groups of people to supervise it, even if that Yuwenliang can fight again, it will take ten days and a half to capture it."

Hearing the explanation of a partial general, the generals nodded.

At the beginning of last month, the governor of Anzhou raided Huangzhou and caught the governor Yuan Jingshan by surprise, and after the incident, under the supervision of the governor's office many times, the defense of Changshou City became stricter and stricter, and Yu Wenliang would never succeed if he wanted to sneak attack again.

Two days ago, the Changshou defenders sent a messenger to say that the Anzhou rebels had come to the city, and now the army is less than two days away from Changshou, if the rebels know how to break the siege, otherwise the Changshou city outside their own army will be killed, and the defenders in the city should be joined by the outside of the city, and it is really a battle.

In four days, Yu Wenliang couldn't capture Longevity City even if he had three heads and six arms.

Even if they shrank to the Horn Tomb, it was useless, this time they took advantage of the waterway to load a large amount of materials, and then surrounded the Horn Tomb and built countless siege equipment, I don't believe they can withstand ten days.

When the western gateway of Anlu is opened, the Jingzhou army on the east road will also break through and go south with the city, and the army on the south road will block the south side of Anlu at that time, and the army of the two roads will come north and south and march together, what can he Yu Wenliang be able to bear?

Most likely, after the loss of Jiaoling, the rebels fled to Huangzhou in Anlu, and when the two roads cooperated to kill the past, Yu Wenliang could only cross south to the Southern Dynasty.

"Ladies and gentlemen, when this is the time to make great achievements, we must work together." Marching Marshal Wang Yi spoke, and he looked at the generals present with confidence, "Can you have confidence in Pingding'an and Huang Erzhou within a month?" ”

"Yes!" Everyone replied in unison, and then got up and saluted, "The rebels are just a chicken, a dog, and they must be swept away and a bright Zhou!" ”