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This city was built in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, and has been expanded many times for more than 1,000 years, and has become an important city in the south by this time.

Nearly 30 years ago, Zhong Chuan started by resisting the Huangchao rebels, gradually expanding his power, and finally occupied this place, established his rule over Jiangxi, and was crowned by the imperial court as the envoy of Zhennan Jiedu and the king of Nanping.

However, now, with the death of Zhong Chuan's illness, the former Jiangxi Zhennan Jiedu envoy is now only one name left, and the title of King Nanping cannot be inherited by Zhong Kuangshi because there is no canonization of the imperial court.

It is not so much that Zhong Kuangshi inherited the position of the lord of Jiangxi, but that he inherited the position of the lord of Hongzhou.

Although he had the support of Hongzhou's 40,000 troops, Zhong Kuangshi's orders could only be implemented in Hongzhou City, and other states would not obey him if he left the city.

Even, even in Hongzhou City today, Zhong Kuangshi's orders are not as easy as he imagined.

For example, at this moment, Diao Yanneng is gathering intelligence from Jiangxi officials who have defected to Huainan, while the Jiangxi army responsible for supervising them is turning a blind eye to this.

"I heard that the king has sent troops, led by General Qin Pei, a total of 40,000 people, I think it is not much difficulty to deal with Hongzhou. I just don't know what other states think about my Huainan troops. Lord Song, do you have any latest news? Diao Yanneng asked an official who looked like a middle-aged scribe.

The person in front of him was Song Qiqiu's father, Song Ping. The Song family is a big family in Hongzhou, and has been an official in Jiangxi for generations, and Song Qiqiu's grandfather and father have been Zhong Chuan's subordinates.

Song Qiqiu was able to get his father's approval to come to Huainan to participate in the imperial examination, which in itself represented an attitude of the Song family.

However, although Song Ping is optimistic about Huainan, his family has been an official in Hongzhou for generations, and he will naturally not take refuge in Huainan until he is fully sure.

So some time ago, when other Jiangxi officials took refuge in Huainan, Song Ping, as Song Qiqiu's father, did not act at all, and only let a distant clan come to pay a courtesy visit.

However, after the changes of all parties occurred one after another, the attitude of the Song family changed greatly and they completely invested in the Huainan side.

It was Zhong Kuangshi himself who made him make this change.

Before inheriting the position of envoy of Zhennan Jiedu, although Zhong Kuangshi's ability was average, he was at least humble and polite, and he was very polite to officials in Jiangxi, which made many people have a good impression of him.

Jiangxi was originally an area where culture and education were more valued, and Zhong Chuan vigorously promoted Buddhism in Jiangxi, which made the people here relatively docile.

In this way, Zhong Kuangshi, who is also more docile, is much more popular than Zhong Yangui, who has a somewhat unruly personality.

However, after Zhong Kuangshi officially took over the throne, his temperament suddenly changed drastically, and he became eager to report.

When he first succeeded to the throne, many civil and military officials supported allowing Diao Yanneng and others to attend Zhong Chuan's funeral as envoys to Huainan, which was undoubtedly against Zhong Kuangshi's decision.

Later, Zhong Kuangshi relied on the support of Liu Chu and Chen Xiang and finally sat in a secure position, but for those who had opposed him, he began to retaliate one by one.

In just over a month, those who secretly opposed him at the beginning were demoted to prison for punishment, and even one official was frightened in prison because of his poor health, and as a result, he died.

As soon as this incident came out, the entire Hongzhou people were suddenly panicked and confused, and those officials who had opposed Zhong Kuangshi, but had not yet been punished, were even more opposed to Zhong Kuangshi at this time.

Therefore, this paragraph secretly came to Diao Yanneng, indicating that the number of people who wanted to take refuge in Huainan had greatly increased compared with before, and the Song family completely took refuge in this situation.

The Song family's refuge is much more influential than the refuge of some officials before, after all, the Song family has been based in Hongzhou for several generations, and its roots are extremely deep.

With their help, Diao Yanneng was able to obtain much more information than before, and the map of Hongzhou sent to Guangling was provided by the people of the Song family.

Judging from the current situation, Zhong Kuangshi seems to be actively sending envoys to other states to ask for help, especially Fuzhou Weiquan's side. Zhong Kuangshi's wife is Wei Quanyi's daughter, so he attaches great importance to winning Fuzhou's support, and has sent at least three groups of envoys to Fuzhou during this time. Song Ping said as he stroked his beard, which was already a little gray, under his chin.

"So what is the reaction of Fuzhou? Does Wei Quanwu have any plans to send troops? Diao Yanneng nodded, these were all expected by him, so he was not surprised.

"How is that possible? Wei Quan sarcastically said that he himself had great ambitions for Hongzhou, and he wished that Huainan and Zhong Kuangshi would lose both, how could he send troops to help? Song Ping said with a smile.

Wei Quan's ambition is not a secret in Jiangxi, and Song Ping is naturally clear.

Back then, Zhong Chuan just reluctantly made Wei Quanyan surrender, and just like that, he still needed to rely on the marriage of the two families to maintain the relationship; Now that Zhong Chuan is dead, it would be strange if Wei Quanyan had no ambition for Hongzhou.

"I see, but don't you know the truth of cold lips and teeth? If Hongzhou is occupied by our Huainan, with this as a springboard, if the Huainan army continues to attack south, his Fuzhou will be lost! Moreover, didn't he team up with Ma Yin to form an alliance that was specifically hostile to my Huainan? Isn't he going to come out and make trouble at this time? Diao Yanneng was a little puzzled.

It stands to reason that today's Jiangxi states should be grasshoppers on a rope, and in the face of the attack of the Huainan Army, they should unite to protect themselves.

Song Ping explained: "General Diao doesn't know that the terrain of Jiangxi, from Jiangzhou to Hongzhou, is an area with extremely convenient transportation, which is very convenient for the Huainan Army's operations. Although Wei Quanyan was ambitious, he also knew that he was not the opponent of the Huainan Army in a head-on battle, so he would never dare to mobilize the army to Hongzhou to fight to the death with the Huainan Army! ”

"However, if he stays to defend Fuzhou, he relies on the complex terrain of Fuzhou and other places, coupled with the inconvenient local transportation, it is difficult for the Huainan army to fight for a long time, and he is confident that he will hold it in the case of concentrating troops to defend."

"Since he is sure to hold Fuzhou without Hongzhou's army, and if he sends troops to Hongzhou, he may be defeated by the Huainan army in a battle, so why should Wei Quanyan take risks for Hongzhou, which does not belong to him? This is the idea, and the stabbing history of several other states is actually this idea! Song Ping said with a smile.

Diao Yanneng suddenly realized, to put it bluntly, although the southern states have established an alliance against Huainan, but the word alliance often means that they are in harmony with each other.

Whether it was Fuzhou Wei Quanxi, or Jizhou Peng Xuan, or Qianzhou Thorn Shi Lu Guangchou in the south, they were not willing to risk their troops for the sake of other states, not to mention that Hongzhou was not a member of their alliance.

People who can really see the situation clearly, take into account the overall situation, and try to build a real alliance to fight Huainan together do not exist in the south. In other words, if such a person really exists, with this person's vision and ability, I am afraid that Jiangxi would have been unified long ago.

Thinking of this, Diao Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly, Peng Xuan, Wei Quanyan, Lu Guangchou and others, they were just the lords of a state, how could they expect them to have such a long-term vision?

However, since Wei Quanyi and others did not want to interfere with Huainan's occupation of Hongzhou, the next action of the Huainan army would be much easier.

"What about Ma Yin? Is there anything he is doing now? ”

If Wei Quanyan, Peng Xuan and others are limited to the pattern and don't have such a long-term vision, but Ma Yin shouldn't be so short-sighted, right?

After all, Hongzhou has 40,000 troops, and it is the most suitable springboard for Huainan to plot Jiangxi, as long as it can ensure that it is not occupied by the Huainan army, then Jiangxi is safe; If Jiangxi is safe, Hunan will be correspondingly safe.

"There is no news from Hunan, and I don't know if Ma Yin will send troops to help Zhong Kuangshi! However, according to the news he got before, Zhong Kuangshi also sent a messenger to Hunan for help, although I don't know how Ma Yin replied, but Zhong Kuangshi seemed a little excited during that time. Judging from this situation, Zhong Kuangshi should have received a promise from Ma Yin to send troops. Song Ping frowned.

After all, he didn't know any news, and Zhong Kuangshi also knew that some news needed to be kept secret and used to motivate people at critical times, so there was almost no news from Hunan.

What Song Ping didn't know was that Ma Yin did give Zhong Kuang a promise that he would send troops to help him, but at this time, Ma Yin did not have much spare strength to fulfill his promise, because at the same time that Qin Pei sent troops to Jiangxi, the Zuo Wuxiang army stationed in Ezhou also sent troops on a large scale, and the target was directly aimed at Yuezhou.

Long before Qin Pei sent troops, Yang Wu had considered the possibility that Hunan might send troops to intervene, so he had already ordered Liu Cun in Ezhou to send troops to attack Yuezhou after Qin Pei's side sent troops, so as to contain Ma Yin's forces.

When the Huainan Army launched a large-scale northern expedition before, neither Ma Yin nor Liu Cun acted rashly, Liu Cun didn't want to make trouble, and Ma Yin was not sure that he was defeating the Huainan Army, so the two sides chose to be peaceful.

But this time, whether it was Liu Cun or Ma Yin, they all knew that a big war was inevitable.