"As for the northerners you are worried about will be difficult to be reused in the south, have you forgotten Li Chengsi and Guo Chongtao? These two people are also northerners, and they haven't been reused in Wu State? Sun He asked with a smile.

Li Chengsi was already a world-famous general when he was under Li Keyong more than 20 years ago, and later he took refuge in Yang Xingmi, the king of Wu, and made great contributions in the Battle of Qingkou.

After a period of time, he was appointed by Yang Wu to guard Shouzhou, an important town in the north, for many years, and now he has been promoted to the privy envoy of Wu State, one of the cabinet scholars, and is naturally deeply used by Yang Wu.

Although Guo Chongtao's fame is far less than that of Li Chenghe, he is now also in the Privy Council, and he can participate in the planning of military affairs, and it is said that every time Yang Wu personally leads the troops, he will take him with him to serve in the military, and he is naturally Yang Wu's confidant.

With the example of these two people, it is natural to say that Yang Wu does not pay attention to northerners.

So after hearing Sun He mention the names of these two people, Feng Dao couldn't help but think seriously in his heart.

After a while, he spoke: "So what about the prospects of the two families in the future?" In my opinion, if the Jin State can occupy Hebei, there is a great hope of dominating the world in the future! I wonder what Mr. Sun thinks? ”

"Unify the world? But you're just worrying too much. Sun He shook his head and smiled.

"King Jin certainly has the possibility of unifying the world, but King Wu also has this possibility. And who can say for sure what will happen now? The old man only knew that it was uncertain whether the King of Jin would be able to unify the north in the future, at most it could only be said that it was extremely likely; But King Wu will definitely be able to unify the south! Sun He said in a deep voice.

Feng Dao nodded approvingly.

Wu is going to unify the south, and many will agree with this.

The major forces in the north are fighting each other in chaos, and it is difficult to distinguish one from the inferior for a while.

Although Liang Guo is still the strongest now, its momentum is not as strong as before; Although the prestige of the Jin State is growing, it is still not something that can be done in a short time to completely defeat the Liang State.

In addition, Li Maozhen, the king of Qi, and Liu Shouguang, the king of Yan, also have a lot of strength, which should not be underestimated.

Even Wang Rong and Wang Chuzhi, the two forces that are sandwiched between the three major forces to survive, their strength cannot be underestimated.

For example, Wang Rong, since his ancestors became the envoy of the Chengde Festival, it has been nearly a hundred years, and the rule of the Wang family can be deeply rooted in the local area for such a long time, and it is not so easy for outsiders to shake it.

Therefore, Sun He, Feng Dao and other people of insight believe that the situation in the north is still unclear, and it is not certain who will win in the short term; It's just that King Jin has the greatest chance of winning in the end.

However, the situation in the south is already very clear, and Wu's advantage is too obvious.

Not to mention anything else, just the number of people, Wu can crush the other major forces in the south.

Jianghuai, Jiangnan, Liangzhejiang, Jiangxi, etc., these are the earliest developed areas in the south, and the population is far more than other regions.

And the population of this era is power, money, food, and army.

Sufficient population, this is the fundamental reason why Wu was able to sweep away the other major forces.

In addition, excellent generals, wise monarchs, a stable internal environment, a high degree of centralization of power, etc., all further expanded the advantages of Wu.

Although there are still two major forces in the south, including Ma Yin, the king of Chu, and Liu Yin, the king of Nanping, who are not very subservient to Wu, they can only survive under the attack of Wu, and it is impossible to turn the tables.

Therefore, Feng Dao also had to admit that it was almost inevitable that Wu would unify the south.

"As long as the south is unified, even if the Northern Expedition of Wu fails in the future, it will at least become a situation in the north and south. So to be honest, if it weren't for the fact that the old man was already old and didn't want to change the door again, I was afraid that even the old man would want to go south to join King Wu! Sun He finally said with a smile.

Shaking his head, Sun He continued: "Okay, let's hurry back to the city!" If it is getting dark today, if you go back late, I am afraid that the city gate will be closed. ”

"Okay, let's go back! The king may be almost in the palace at this time! Feng Dao replied a little absent-mindedly.

Although I had just discussed with Sun He whether to vote for Wu or Jin in the future, it was all in the future.

At this time, Feng Dao did not have the idea of betraying Liu Shouguang in his heart, although he was not a foolish and loyal person, he was also not a repeated villain who betrayed easily.

Of course, if one day, as Sun He said, when he was forced to flee because he angered Liu Shouguang, today's thoughts can come in handy.

……

In the city of Zhenzhou, after receiving replies from Jinyang and Youzhou, Wang Rong's face finally improved.

Although Liu Shouguang, the king of Yan, was unwilling to send troops to rescue, but chose to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, Li Cunqing, the king of Jin, made the decision to send troops to rescue at the first time.

This news made Wang Rong extremely grateful in his heart, and at the same time, he was secretly glad that although he followed Zhu Wen at the beginning, he did not completely offend King Jin.

And with Li Cunmiao's ascension to the throne, he also secretly got in touch with Li Cunmiao, which made today's rescue operation so smooth.

Of course, what he didn't know was that if his secret collusion with Li Cunqiao hadn't been discovered by Zhu Wen's envoys, maybe he wouldn't have today's disaster.

"That's it, since King Yan is unwilling to send troops to help, then Lone will take refuge in King Jin! The order goes down, from now on, Lone will restore the name of the envoy of Chengde Festival, and regard Datang as orthodox, and has nothing to do with Daliang! The year name is changed to God Bless, and this year is the seventh year of God Bless! ”

Whether it is a desire or a situation, from this moment on, Wang Rong of Zhao officially broke away from the Liang State and once again raised the banner of the Tang Dynasty, but the title of King Zhao he received from Zhu Wen was not canceled.

A few days later, like Wang Rong, the envoy of the Yiwu Festival in Dingzhou and the king of Beiping, Wang Chuzhi, also officially announced his separation from the Liang State, restored the name of the Tang Tianyou year, and took the Tang Dynasty as the orthodox.

Moreover, the title of King of Beiping that Wang Chuzhi received from Zhu Wen was not cancelled, but continued to be used.

For this difference in details, naturally no one will stand up against it, even Li Cunqiao admitted that the throne of the two can continue to be used.

He is not a fool, so naturally he will not worry about this kind of title issue, which will only offend the two again.

The speed of the cavalry's march was indeed extremely fast, and after the Taihang Mountains went east from the Jingjing, it was the Hebei Plain, which was more suitable for the cavalry to gallop, so only a few days later, the elite of 3,000 cavalry led by Zhou Dewei arrived in Zhaozhou and joined Wang Rong's Zhao soldiers.

On the other side, after Zhu Wen learned that the King of Jin had sent Zhou Dewei to lead 3,000 elite cavalry to join the Zhao soldiers, he knew that the next major battle was inevitable.

He ordered Wang Yanzhang, who was originally stationed in Xiangzhou, to recruit envoys for the northern camp, and Han Qing, the deputy envoy of Luzhou, as his deputy, and led 40,000 elite troops such as Shenjie and Long Xiang to go north, and converge with the 30,000 troops of Wei, Wei, Xing and other prefectures, with a total of 70,000 Liang troops marching north into Xingzhou.

At the same time as the large-scale mobilization of the Liang army, Wang Rong, the king of Zhao, once again complained to the Jin and asked Li Cunmiao to send further reinforcements.

After learning the news, Li Cunmiao did not hesitate, and immediately guarded Jinyang with Li Cunxian, the deputy governor of the Fan Han Dynasty, and personally led the army eastward through Emperor Zan, and on the 25th, he went to Zhaozhou to meet Zhou Dewei.

In addition, Wang Chuzhi, the king of Beiping, also sent 5,000 troops south to join the Jin and Zhao coalition forces, making the strength of the coalition camp reach 50,000, plus the cavalry advantage of the Jin army, it was enough to fight with the Liang army.

The movement in the north was quickly transmitted to Jinling, so that Yang Wu had to sigh the inertia of history.

"The king of Jin, Li Cunmiao, really acted decisively, and made the decision to send troops in such a quick time. This determination alone is impressive! ”

"Compared with Li Cunxuan, then Liu Shouguang is too far behind, Wang Rong is obviously not Zhu Wen's opponent, if Zhu Wen really eliminates Wang Rong and Wang Chuzhi, then Zhu Wen's power will completely extend to Hebei, and it will directly threaten Youzhou."

"Liu Shouguang actually sat back and watched Wang Rong perish just because he had offended him, it can be seen that this person is short-sighted and can't make a big deal!"

……

In the Wuying Palace, the ministers talked a lot.

Now Wu is also at war with the Chu army, after Liu Xin led his troops into Tanzhou, on the one hand, he sent Ma Ye and Liu Chongjing to lead his troops to detour to Qiaokou Town to intercept the Chu army reinforcements in the direction of Yiyang, and on the other hand, he commanded Wang Tuo as a general to lead 5,000 people to attack Xiangxiang to cut off the enemy army in the direction of Shaozhou.

Liu Xin himself led 10,000 elite soldiers into Tanzhou.

His subordinates originally had a certain element of adventure, after all, his troops were not very many, and now they were divided into three routes by him, making the strength of the Wu army on each road seem insufficient.

However, Liu Xin did not plan to conquer Tanzhou alone, his goal was to contain the main force of the Chu army first, and create an opportunity for the Youteng army led by Zhu Siqing to conquer Hengzhou.

After Hengzhou is taken, Zhu Siqing will quickly go north to join Liu Xin and attack Tanzhou together.

Therefore, in the early stage, Liu Xin's task was more to hold on to and contain the enemy army, and although the number of troops was a little less, it was enough.

Now, according to the news from Hunan, the progress of the various departments is quite smooth, and Zhu Siqing has led his troops to Hengzhou City, ready to start the siege deployment; And the news from Liu Xin's side is mostly safe and sound.

Under such circumstances, Yang Wu and others had the energy and mind to pay attention to the development of the situation in the north.

Of course, if it weren't for the fact that Yang Wu attached great importance to this battle from the beginning, and the result affected everyone, everyone would not have paid as much attention to this battle as they are now, and the battlefield was still thousands of miles away from Wu State.

However, Yang Wu ordered someone to inquire about the news before the battle began, and now that the situation is tense, he has ordered the secret agent to pay attention to the relevant news at all times.

In contrast, Yang Wu had little interest in the war in Hunan, which naturally attracted the attention of the generals to the war situation in the north.