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Wang Shifan looked haggard and gloomy, completely lacking the elegance of the past. The recent war has been extremely unsmooth, and he is in a very bad mood.

When he raised the army, he only thought that Zhu Quanzhong's main force was not in the Central Plains, and there were Yang Xingmi and Li Keyong as foreign aid, so he listened to the persuasion of Zhang Jun and others and rashly raised troops.

Who knew that after raising the army, he found that things were not at all what he imagined before, first of all, his surprise attack plan was almost bankrupt, and only his henchman Liu Yan attacked Yanzhou with a clever plan.

Then, after Li Keyong received the news of Wang Shifan's army, he only wrote a letter to praise his righteous deeds, and later, under the persuasion of Zhang Chengye, the Hedong supervisor, Li Keyong sent an army of less than 10,000 people to attack Jinzhou.

This army moved slowly along the way, and after hearing the news that Li Maozhen had surrendered to Zhu Quanzhong and the Son of Heaven had returned eastward, it retreated to Jinyang, which had no effect at all.

And Yang Xingmi's side also mobilized tens of thousands of troops to North Shanghai at the beginning, with a huge momentum, and it looked like a large-scale attack on Zhu Quanzhong, who knew that it didn't take long for the civil strife in Huainan to break out, and this army also retreated to the town. Suppressed the rebellion.

As a result, Wang Shifan's two allies were ineffective, leaving him alone to face Zhu Quanzhong's attack. From January to March, he also took advantage of the fact that Zhu Quanzhong's main force had not yet returned to launch a continuous onslaught, trying to seize the initiative, but was repelled by Zhu Youning's army.

In April, Wang Shifan held Bochang with heavy troops, hoping to block Zhu Youning's attack here. And Zhu Youning was really helpless in the face of Jiancheng at first, and he couldn't take it for a long time.

However, just when Wang Shifan breathed a sigh of relief, the situation of the battle took a sharp turn. Zhu Quanzhong sent a death order, asking Zhu Youning to eliminate Wang Shifan as soon as possible, and sent his subordinate Liu Han to supervise the battle.

Zhu Youning, who was in a hurry, immediately ordered to drive more than 100,000 civilians nearby, carrying wood and stones, leading cattle, horses, mules and donkeys, to dig soil in the south of the city and build a siege mountain. After the completion of the work, Zhu Youning pushed the civilians, livestock, wood, and stones into the trench, and immediately filled it with soil and flattened it, and the sound of crying out for grievances could be heard clearly dozens of miles away.

Soon, Zhu Youning's army climbed the city wall along the siege soil mountain, and finally conquered this important military town, and all the soldiers and civilians in the city, regardless of men and women, were slaughtered by Zhu Youning's soldiers.

And with the arrogance of slaughtering the city, Zhu Youning's army offensive became more and more fierce, he first led the army to conquer Linzi, arrived at the city of Qingzhou, and sent other generals to lead troops to attack Dengzhou and Laizhou.

And Wang Shifan was defeated and retreated under Zhu Youning's offensive, but fortunately, at this time, there were still many troops under his command, more than 80,000 people, although the combat effectiveness was average, but there was not much problem in holding on for a while.

"I heard that the civil strife in Huainan is almost over, presumably King Wu can also take out his hand to help Ben Shuai now, right? He is a kind man, and his faith has been very good for decades, and he will definitely not abandon me. Second brother, as a messenger for help, you should immediately go to Huainan for help, and be sure to let King Wu send elite soldiers to help! ”

"Little brother will definitely complete the task! It's just that now that Mizhou is occupied by the Liang army, the connection between Huainan and my Qingzhou has long been cut off, and Huainan can't get over even if it sends reinforcements! On the side, Wang Shifan's younger brother Wang Shilu Dao.

"Then take the sea route, the Huainan Navy is strong, enough to transport the army."

"Yes, little brother, let's go."

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In the city of Xuanzhou, the former Ningguo Festival was in the palace.

Yang Wu looked at the letter sent from Guangling, and couldn't help but feel warm in his heart.

In the letter, Yang Xingmi told him to let him return to Guangling as soon as possible after dealing with Xuanzhou affairs, and when he returned to Guangling, he would canonize him as the queen of Huainan Jiedu.

At the same time, Yang Xingmi told him that when he stayed in the festival, it meant that he would officially become the successor of Huainan. In the past, maybe he only needed to lead troops to fight, but after becoming the queen of Jiedu, he needed to contact Wenzhi. If there is chaos today, it is true that outstanding generals are needed to fight the world, but excellent talents are also needed to govern the place.

There are many outstanding talents under the command of Xuanzhou Tian Yan, although they follow Tian Yan to rebel, but after all, their talents are rare. Therefore, Yang Xingmi asked Yang Wu to win over him in the letter, and not to abandon them because of the sins of these people.

Yang Wu couldn't help but smile when he looked at this letter full of love. His father asked him to woo talents from Xuanzhou, but in fact he started doing so as early as his first day in Xuanzhou.

Tian Yan is different from An Renyi and Zhu Yanshou, who only know how to lead troops to fight, he is especially good at recruiting literary talents and courteous scholars.

For example, Yin Wengui, this person has a noble character, does not admire fame and fortune, and was once reused by Zhu Quanzhong, the king of Liang, as a Jinshi of the Tang Dynasty, but Yin Wengui refused Zhu Quanzhong's appointment, and fled back to his hometown in Huainan to live in seclusion. After Tian Yan found out, he served Yin Wengui's mother wholeheartedly with the gift of his son and nephew, and only then did he get Yin Wengui's allegiance.

And Shen Wenchang's situation is similar to him, he also got Tian Yan's courtesy and used it for him, in addition to Yang Kui, Wang Xiyu and others, all of whom are Tian Yan's guests, plus Luo Zhixiang and other talents who were originally officials in Xuanzhou, Tian Yan will govern Xuanzhou very prosperous, and the wealth is crowned in Huainan.

Yang Wu had also heard of the reputation of these people for a long time, so he went to woo these scribes on the first day he entered Xuanzhou. He first went to worship Tian Yan as a gift of his son and nephew, and then ordered to protect Tian Yan's family in order to gain the favor of these scribes who had received Tian Yan's favor, and then appeased him more, and finally won the allegiance of Yin Wengui and others.

However, among the many scribes in Xuanzhou, Yang Wu valued Xuanzhou Governor Shi Luo Zhixiang the most.

Historically, Luo Zhixiang, as one of the three major strategists under Xu Wen, was a person on the same level as Yan Keqiu and Chen Yanqian. He was particularly good at managing money and was a well-known financial planner during the Five Dynasties. The reason why Xuanzhou is so prosperous is inseparable from his careful governance.

When he first came to this era, Yang Wu wanted to recruit Luo Zhixiang, but at that time, Luo Zhixiang was Tian Yan's cronies, and it was impossible for him to use it.

However, now he is not what he used to be, his status and fame are far greater than at the beginning, and Luo Zhixiang also knows that if he wants to give full play to his talents, he must be trusted by his superiors. And what could be more important than the trust of Yang Wu, the heir of Huainan? So under the pull of Yang Wu, Luo Zhixiang quickly moved closer to Yang Wu and became his confidant.

And after getting along in the past few days, Yang Wu found that Luo Zhixiang's financial management ability is indeed good, and he is worthy of his reputation in history.

In this way, except for Yan Keqiu, who was still giving advice to Yang Xingmi, the other two of Xu Wen's three major strategists in history have completely become his people.

After staying in Xuanzhou for another two days, Yang Wu ordered Taimeng to stay in Xuanzhou and return to Guangling with the rest of the army.