The weather in August was a bit hot, the sun was shining, the sky was cloudless, and it was a good day. Under the scorching sun, columns of troops were marching towards Qin Zongquan's territory.

At this moment, Zhu Wen was in the spring breeze, and his subordinates gathered the military horses of Xuanwu, Yan, Yun, and Yicheng to attack Qin Zongquan in a big way.

After sending a note to Luoyang, when Zhao Fan did not reply, he appointed himself as the commander of the camp on all sides of Caizhou, led the army to Huazhou, and pointed directly at Caizhou.

"Generals, the purpose of our attack this time is to completely eliminate Qin Zongquan, a traitor, and return the Tang Dynasty to a prosperous world."

Zhu Wen sat on the main seat of the marching camp, looked at the civil and military generals on both sides of the account, and a feeling of great power arose, and he said in high spirits.

"Your Excellency's command."

The people below echoed one after another, which made Zhu Wen feel a strange feeling. I have to say, the taste of power is really good.

"That being the case, the army will march out and capture Caizhou!"

"Yes!"

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In August of the second year of Tianhe, Zhu Wen led the coalition army to attack Qin Zongquan on a large scale, in the face of Zhu Wen, who was in the prime of the army, Qin Zongquan had to rush to the battle, and the Zhu Wen coalition army was like a bamboo, and in a short period of time it successively broke through the three towns of Liyang, Linhe and Ligu, annihilating thousands of enemies and capturing tens of thousands, and Qin Zongquan could not raise his head for a while.

Qin Zongquan, who was at a disadvantage, chose to ask Taiyuan Li Keyong for help, but Li Keyong refused without hesitation and ridiculed him fiercely.

In desperation, Qin Zongquan could only reorganize his army in the Longpo area and prepare to fight Zhu Wen to the death.

On the other hand, Zhao Deyu, who was isolated in Shannan Dongdao, was completely cut off from Qin Zongquan after repeatedly organizing counteroffensives to no avail.

Under the oppression of tens of thousands of troops of the Mandate of Heaven, Zhao Dexu chose to surrender to the Luoyang court under the persuasion of his son Zhao Kuangning, and handed over the military talisman seal letter, so that Zhao Kuangning pressed Qin Zongheng and other diehards to go to Luoyang to meet Zhao Fan.

In fact, Zhao Delu was a little hesitant, anyone with a discerning eye could see that from the bits and pieces after Zhao Fan ascended the throne, he could feel that it was imperative to cut the domain. After Zhao Fan ascended the throne, he did not send any envoys to the outside world, but chose to completely separate the military and political powers.

Just like Zhao Wei, he is Zhao Fan's core team, but he was only canonized as General Huaihua, but Shaanzhou Taishou has another person, all the materials and military salaries of the Shenbing Brigade are directly allocated by the imperial court, and cannot be collected from the local area, and all local income must be handed over to the national treasury in full, which means that the army and the local government are completely separated, and there is no longer any intersection.

And according to the latest law of the Tang Dynasty, all garrisons must be transferred once every three years, which means that the generals of each army have not had time to get acquainted with the local officials, and they will have to move again.

And Zhao Fan's idea is that in the future, several brigades of the Heavenly Mandate Army will also form several major military regions, similar to the division of military regions in later generations, one military region is responsible for the defense of one direction, and the pro-guard army is the Weiwu Military Region, which is specifically responsible for defending the capital.

Although Zhao Delu was a little unwilling to lose the freedom of the feudal town, he also knew in his heart that the army of the Heavenly Mandate Army had arrived at his doorstep, and if he didn't know how to lift it, he would probably die in Huangquan.

In this way, in order to show his sincerity, Zhao Kuangning took his family, pressed Qin Zongheng, took Zhao Dexu's talisman and seal, and set off towards Luoyang under the escort of the Mandate of Heaven Army, while Zhao Delu stayed in place, waiting for Zhao Fan's arrangement, and the army under his command was arranged by him to surrender to the Mandate of Heaven Army for the first time, waiting for the incorporation of the Mandate of Heaven Army.

Not only that, but he also personally went to Jingnan to persuade Wang Jianqing, who remained there, to pledge allegiance to the imperial court together. In the face of the old superiors' teachings, (of course, it is mainly the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven who are eyeing each other.) Wang Jianzhao also gritted his teeth, and immediately changed his flag and became a loyal general of the Tang Dynasty.

And the soldiers under the two of them did not show much resistance to being absorbed by the Mandate of Heaven Army, for them, it was the same to fight with everyone, and their own generals had surrendered, so what did they still insist on, not to mention the salary and treatment of the Mandate of Heaven Army, there was nothing to say!

The two small feudal towns, who saw that their old master was about to finish their calves, instantly let down their defenses and accepted the court's invitation after some fruitless struggle.

And Zhao Fan also became the biggest winner of this war, without paying the price of a single soldier, he got a large area of land in Shannan Dongdao and Jingnan area, and also subdued Zhao Delu and Wang Jianzhao, two tiger generals, with 50,000 elite soldiers under the two of them.

Zhu Wen was extremely unhappy in his heart, he had worked hard to fight, but he was picked by Zhao Fan, the dog emperor, but he had no way, after all, it was impossible to directly start a war with the imperial court, it was simply self-defeating.

Therefore, depression turned into depression, but Zhu Wen could only look loyal and patriotic on his face, and counted all the evil anger in his heart on Qin Zongquan's head.

And Zhao Kuangning, who went to Luoyang, was warmly received by Zhao Fan, Zhao Fan attached great importance to this dignified-looking, well-read, and mild-mannered guy, and he could also feel Zhao Kuangning's kindness to himself to the Tang Dynasty.

After a hearty drink, the two talked happily with each other, and Zhao Fan also discovered that Zhao Kuangning was really capable, so he immediately made a decision and appointed him as the assassin of Jingzhou, and his jurisdiction was Jingnan and part of Dongdan in Shannan.

Wang Jianzhao and Zhao Delu were recalled to Luoyang, and their armies were taken over by Ma Jianying and Scar, one defending Wang Jian in the west and one Zhu Wen in the east.

And Zhao Kuangning was very grateful for Zhao Fan's arrangement, and took Zhao Fan's hand with the wine, and tears were about to fall.

He didn't expect that Zhao Fan would value himself so much, and without the slightest hesitation, he made himself such a big official, although he was only an administrative official, not a feudal official, but it was far beyond his imagination.

And Zhao Fan is also very relieved of this guy who is polite, familiar with poetry and books, and has been completely brainwashed by Confucian concepts, and people like him are deeply rooted in the recognition and respect for imperial power, and they don't need any suspicion at all.

In this way, Zhao Kuangning took a group of staff and guards arranged by Zhao Fan and marched towards Jingnan in a mighty manner, accompanied by a large number of reserve talents selected by Zhao Fan to enrich the grassroots officials in Jingzhou.

As for Qin Zongheng, the culprit who brought countless injuries to Luoyang City and killed the bearded man on the battlefield, Zhao Fan did not have any soft-heartedness, and after a casual interrogation, he was dragged to the vegetable market by Qiao Xinchao to show his head to the public.

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It's been updated, it's been updated, everyone has been waiting for a long time, drink less during the New Year

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