The boundaries of Nanzhou are not large, and it can only be regarded as the middle of the state. In the early days of the rebellion, Qian Nanyan used Nanzhou's troops to sweep the periphery a little, and included all the nearby important places in his own hands. Since ancient times, in order to curb the excessive power of a certain place, they will choose to divide the important passes or throats of this place in other political regions to play a role in containment. But obviously, no matter how easy it is to defend and difficult to attack, if there is not even a husband who is a pass, it will lose its meaning.

Most of the state soldiers in various states have already been sent to the battlefield in Congzhou, and if there is a large-scale conscription, it will not only cost the people and money, but also increase expenses, and it will not be conducive to the normal collection of military taxes, and the pressure on the household registration system will also be quite great. Therefore, when the form of Congzhou improved, Liang Jing no longer approved the proposal on conscription. The magistrates below were also happy to do the same, after all, they were the ones who were the most troublesome in the end. It is true that there is a little oil and water to be made in the military salary, but the army has its independence, and the risk is too great, unless the poor are crazy or the world is really chaotic, and there are very few people who make small calculations in the military salary.

In this way, the hinterland of Shizhao can be said to be as brittle as tissue paper. But the reason why Nanzhou did not take this opportunity to expand aggressively is also very simple, that is, the power of the king of Yunnan. The hinterland, which is as brittle as tissue paper, will not be much better by itself, after all, the number of soldiers is certain in a short period of time, and if the territory expands, the density will definitely decrease, and there is a saying that "the defeat of the army is like a mountain". If the king of Yunnan takes advantage of his vanity to invade on a large scale, I am afraid that the entire Qian Nanyan's rebellion will become a joke, and Li Zongxing's prestige will grow in vain.

Besides, the king of Yunnan does not exist, and Qian Nanyan always has to prevent Yan from stabbing himself. Although it is inevitable that his Nanzhou will be merged into Yan's land in the end, he can't guarantee that Yan will suddenly turn his face one day, and he is still a little wary.

Because of this, Qian Nanyan's mansion has long been equipped with his own guards, and his own people are guarding food, clothing, housing and transportation. As for Liu Feiyu, he is just a messenger at the moment.

The relatives of the Qian family also arrived in Nanzhou City without Liu Feiyu knowing, and Qian Nanyan gave them a big house, and now they come to Qian Nanyan every day to nod their heads. But it's not all, leaving those who are too far away, there are still a few branches of the Qian family who choose to stay in their hometown, and even a few young people of the Qian family fiercely announced that they will not share the sky with the anti-thieves.

The Qian family in Nanzhou City is now walking on the street like a relative of the emperor, and they are very angry, as if Qian Nanyan has ascended the throne and sat in the palace and is ranked among the ninety-five. Qian Nanyan also taught them not to be too public, and also explained to them that he was not the Son of Heaven, but he was choked to death by the sentence "It's not a matter of time or time". After that, he let it go and stopped caring about these relatives who hadn't read a few big words.

Several scholars and juniors who I used to admire in my family did not come to Nanzhou. If you come, at least you can be a few trustworthy arms, and now it's really just a bunch of wine bags and rice bags. No matter how good it is, it is nothing more than an ancient example of "one person attaining the Tao and the chicken and the dog ascending to heaven" for later generations of storytellers.

"Speaking of which, will future generations really know that Lu family......" Qian Nanyan read ancient books when he was young, and the so-called anti-thieves were nothing more than people with lust for profit or mediocre kings. Now that he has rebelled, he knows that there is something wrong with the history books, the people in the world are strange, and the reasons for the bustle and intricacies are not known to tens of thousands of people, how can the history repairers know.

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Ten miles south of Nanzhou City, an unnamed Shanyang, stationed a pioneer of Gao Wenyuan.

This is the territory of Nanzhou, and the vanguard will come to send them to investigate the enemy's situation, and this vanguard can still talk and respond when the situation changes.

They had been here for three or four days, and in these three or four days, Gao Wenyuan's army had arrived one after another, lined up in the south of Nanzhou, and was preparing to march.

Now there are 100,000 troops directly under the command of Gao Wenyuan, but these are not the ones he brought back from Congzhou at the beginning. At that time, many soldiers fell ill on the land of Yunnan because of the lack of adaptation to the water and soil. Gao Wenyuan and Li Zongxing discussed, and in line with the principle of preferring shortage to excess, they let many old, weak, sick and disabled return to the field. If you are lucky, you may be able to drag your half-crippled body back to your hometown, but if you are unlucky, you may have swallowed your breath before you left Yunnan.

After that, Gao Wenyuan reorganized and recruited many elite soldiers of the king of Yunnan into his team, and finally made up for the original 100,000 establishment. In this matter, the king of Yunnan seems to have been a little too generous.

But no matter how you say it, the soldiers and horses in the south of Nanzhou at this time are far less than 100,000. Not to mention that Yunnan should keep troops in case of contingencies, even if the threat of Miao is ignored, the 100,000 army is not something that can be transferred, there are many things to consider, and a lot of financial resources are needed. Undoubtedly, in the current state of anarchy, there is no need to think about financial resources or anything. Although there is no rebellion in most places, most of them are in a wait-and-see state, and it is difficult to expect them to cooperate or anything.

It can be regarded as a lot of hard work, and finally 40,000 soldiers and horses named "400,000 Army" were transferred to Nanzhou. The next challenge is how to pacify it. Or if it was okay to reinforce Liangjing before pacifying Nanzhou, but Gao Wenyuan did not intend to follow the tactics used by the Yan army in Hongzhou. The reason is very simple, the Yan army in the Hongzhou period knew that Zhao's Hongzhou was empty, and if it was 10,000 steps back, even if this army fell into the quagmire, no matter how difficult it was to achieve anything, the reinforcements of the country would be easy to arrive.

"Sun Xianxian, how is the enemy situation?"

"Back to the general, there is nothing out of the ordinary. Although the vigilance has been strengthened in the past few days due to the arrival of the army, the number of soldiers does not seem to have increased, as expected. ”

Gao Wenyuan nodded, "I heard that you also sent a few soldiers to Nanzhou?" ”

"Yes, if nothing goes wrong, there should be news back today."

Gao Wenyuan nodded. "Sun Xianxian, in your opinion, how should our army act in the current situation?"

"According to the subordinates, at this time, Nanzhou is empty, Liang Jing is in danger, at this time, our army's light troops are in a hurry, stabbing obliquely into the hinterland of Nanzhou, cutting Nanzhou apart and then dividing and encircling and annihilating, which is the fastest way to break the situation at the moment." After all, the pioneer looked very proud.

Gao Wenyuan smiled, "Yes, what you said really makes sense." With that, he immediately clapped his hands.

The pioneer failed to figure out what Gao Wenyuan meant, and asked cautiously, "What ......about it?" According to the general, how should this battle be fought? ”

"I don't know how this battle should be fought, but I know that a group of premeditated thieves can't even know the art of war." Gao Wenyuan glanced at him, "The current situation is too standard, it's really too standard." If this is someone who is testing my art of war, my answer should be the same as yours, but it is not, so I suspect that there may be fraud in it. ”

"Always remember that you are fighting with a group of people who know the art of war." This was taught to him by Gao Jinxia at the beginning. Gao Wenyuan always remembered it very clearly.

"Forget it, if those soldiers have any news, they must report it to me immediately, without delay."

"Yes!"

……

Liang Jingcheng, in the center of the main hall, Gui Lingyun and Li Zongxu were playing chess.

To be honest, neither of them is good. Although part of the reason is that both of them are restless at the moment, in fact, their chess skills themselves are not much better. After all, when I was a child, I was not the kind of person who was obsessed with strange things, and even if I was obsessed, I am afraid that the family would kill this hobby in time to avoid "plaything discouragement".

Of course, as an understanding, Gui Lingyun and Li Zongxu still know some roads, but it is not a rookie pecking each other.

The chessboard belonged to Ling Yun and he brought it from home. The texture is not good, but it is always good. As for the chess pieces, although they were brought by him, they were not his. Gui Lingyun searched for chess pieces in the house for a long time, but he couldn't find them, so he had to borrow a pair of tile chess pieces from an old housekeeper at home to make a living.

After all, it's just a chess piece, as long as you can play.

When he arrived at the palace with the chess, Li Zongxu didn't mind the simplicity of the chess pieces, and sat cross-legged in the center of the hall and played.

And today, there is chaos, and these two high-ranking people have become the two most idle. Being in the middle of the city and having nothing to do all day long is a treatment that hermits of the past generations have not had. Leaving behind those unnecessary entanglements, Li Gui and the others both found that they couldn't do anything.

When it comes to fighting, both of them are laymen among laymen; When it comes to dispatch governance, although these two are doing it, Liang Jing has been surrounded, and they don't have a chance to show it. Liang Jing's law and order is done by others, and in this chaos, it is the same thing. As for the rest, it doesn't seem so imminent either.

"You made a mistake in this move, and this is a gift to me for nothing." Gui Lingyun pointed to the sunspot that had just been placed on the chessboard and said. In the empty hall, Gui Lingyun's words were reflected back by the wall, which sounded a little clear, but it was also a little more lonely.

Li Zongxu looked at it fixedly, "It seems that what I said is true, I do have some problems. After that, he glanced up at Gui Lingyun, "Then, Gui Qing is making me regret chess?" ”

"Ah, of course it all depends on what Your Majesty means." Gui Lingyun withdrew his hand that was stretched out to the chess basket.

"Oh?" Hearing this, Li Zongxu wanted to reach out and pick up the chess piece, but his hand was halfway out and he took it back. Sighing, he faced the chessboard and said, "What Guiqing said is actually not right, looking at the meaning of 'Your Majesty' is not right, because it is impossible for 'Your Majesty' to regret chess no matter what." ”

"That's really offended." Hearing this, Gui Lingyun couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"It's okay, it's just a chess game, there's nothing you can't put down."

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"Report!"

"Come in."

Hearing this, Sun Xianfeng hurriedly stepped into Gao Wenyuan's handsome tent. Beside him was a pioneer soldier who had previously gone deep into Nanzhou to investigate.

"Report to the general, there is news from within Nanzhou."

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