At the beginning of September, with the news of the victory at Ivory Lake and the subsequent news of the pacification of Jiangxi, the entire Huainan army camp was full of cheers. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Soon, Zhu Wen also learned the news, in addition to scolding the danger and sarcasm, he also knew that it was pointless to continue to fight with the Huainan army, although the north is stable and nothing happens, but if the main force of the Liang army is in the south for a long time, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no turmoil in the north.

So soon after, Zhu Wen ordered the army to retreat slowly; For Yang Wu, the purpose of this Northern Expedition has been achieved, and he also does not want to continue to fight with the Liang army, so after Zhu Wen withdrew his troops, he also began to withdraw his troops very tacitly.

Soon, the Huainan army crossed the Huai River and headed south, and the main forces of the Liang army also returned to their respective stations, and everything returned to the pre-war state.

At this point, the Huainan Army's Second Northern Expedition finally came to an end quietly without achieving any results.

In the city of Sizhou, in Yang Wu's temporary palace.

"King, I just got the news that Lu Guangchou, the assassin of Qianzhou, sent an envoy to ask for submission, I don't know how to reply?"

As the secretary in charge, Yin Wengui asked with a big smile on his face.

Because of Tan Quanbo's persuasion, Qianzhou did not send troops to join the dangerous party this time, and finally escaped.

However, although Tan Quanbo expected that Wei Quanyan's attack on Hongzhou would definitely not be beneficial, he did not expect that the coalition army would be defeated so badly in the end, 60,000 troops plus 20,000 Chu troops were finally broken by more than 10,000 Huainan elite soldiers, and all this happened in just a few days.

Not only that, the Huainan Army, which won a complete victory, also took the opportunity to capture other Jiangxi states except Qianzhou, and the prestige shook the south, even Tan Quanbo couldn't help but change color after listening to it.

If Qianzhou could still rely on the advantages of remote terrain, popular support, and excellent army before, the threat to the Huainan army could be ignored for the time being, but at this time, they had no possibility of evasion.

It is obviously impossible to fight hard with the Huainan army; Although the training level of the Qianzhou army is stronger than that of the Fuzhou army, it is also limited in strength, and it is not at the same level as the Huainan army at all.

Perhaps because of the remoteness of Qianzhou, it was difficult for the Huainan Army to send heavy troops to attack, but it was no problem to send 20,000 or 30,000 people.

And the total strength of the two prefectures of Qianzhou and Shaozhou that Lu Guangchou now controls is only more than 30,000 people, so how can he confront the Huainan army?

So the confrontation obviously has no future, but if he surrenders directly, Lu Guangchou is a little unwilling; Not only Lu Guangchou, but also Tan Quanbo felt that although the current situation was unfavorable to Qianzhou, it was not bad enough to need to surrender directly.

What's more, whether it is Lu Guangchou or Tan Quanbo, they are all old now, and the power in their hands has long begun to transfer to the next generation, that is, Lu Guangchou's sons.

Lu Guangchou's sons are not fuel-efficient lamps, they have no ability and no vision, but they are very close to the rights in their hands.

If Lu Guangchou had the intention of surrendering, I was afraid that these sons would first rebel with those generals who were also opposed to surrender.

Therefore, it is difficult to surrender directly, and it is somewhat unrealistic to continue to confront Huainan, thinking about it, Tan Quanbo, who has always been known for his resourcefulness, could not come up with a good way in the end, so he could only let Lu Guangchou send an envoy to Huainan to ask for surrender, but Huainan must ensure that Lu Guangchou will continue to govern Qianzhou, and he must not be transferred to another place.

"Let Lu Guangchou continue to govern Qianzhou? So what good is his surrender to my Huainan? It's just one more nominal territory, and it will be constrained in the future, so how can Lone agree to such a harmful and unhelpful thing? Listening to Lu Guangchou's conditions, Yang Wu suddenly sneered.

This kind of small force that divides one or two states from the land, generally after voluntarily surrendering, Yang Wu will arrange to serve in other places, rather than just seeking a nominal submission.

Like Chen Zhang, the original Quzhou assassin, he has now been transferred from his original position; As for Raozhou Thorn Shi Tangbao, although he is still working in the local area, this is only temporary, and he will definitely be transferred to other places in the future.

And Lu Guangchou actually wanted to ask Yang Wu at such a time, hoping to permanently retain his rule over Qianzhou, how could Yang Wu agree.

"The king made a slow decision, this matter was originally opposed by Mr. Gao and Judge Zhou on the Guangling side, but Yan Keqiu, the privy deputy envoy, put forward another view, and his subordinates felt that it was very reasonable, the king might as well listen to his opinion!" Yin Wengui said persuadingly.

Hearing that Yan Keqiu had different opinions, Yang Wu's heart moved, and he immediately asked, "What did Yan Keqiu say?" ”

Mr. Yan said that Lu Guangchou and Tan Quanbo have governed Qianzhou for many years, not only with deep prestige, but also with many virtues, and the local people are hearted, and it is not easy for our army to forcibly capture Qianzhou. However, now Lu Guangchou is in his sixties, and Tan Quanbo is even older, and it is said that he is in his seventies this year. ”

"At their age, they could die of illness at any time. The king only needs to wait patiently for a few years, and when both of them are sick and dead, he can start attacking Qianzhou. ”

"When the time comes, without these two people, how can Qianzhou's weak military strength compete with our army? Therefore, Mr. Yan felt that the king might as well agree to Lu Guangchou's request to temporarily stabilize Qianzhou! ”

"As for the past few years before Lu Guangchou and the others died of illness, the king can transfer his troops to attack other places first, such as killing our envoy before, and now he has taken in Wang Zhenzhi, who assassinated Shi Wei Zaichang in Xinzhou!"

Yang Wu couldn't help but nod again and again when he heard this, according to today's intelligence, Lu Guangchou and the others have indeed won the hearts of the local people, and it is indeed not easy to capture Qianzhou while they are still alive.

As for patience, although Yang Wu looks only twenty years old now, he is not lacking in patience, but it is only a few years, and Yang Wu can still afford to wait for this time.

However, Yang Wu still had a little question, but he had to ask: "If I agree to Lu Guangchou's conditions, in the future, Qianzhou will be my Huainan territory in name." So in what name should our army attack Qianzhou at that time? You can't raise an unknown army for your own territory, right? ”

promised Qianzhou's submission, and there needs to be a valid reason for sending troops in the future, which is the constraint on Yang Wu, making him unwilling to agree to Lu Guangchou's conditions.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Yan said that many of Lu Guangchou's sons are incompetent and arrogant, and it is not very simple to find enough reasons to send troops in the future? Moreover, Mr. Yan believes that after Lu Guangchou's death in the future, there is a high probability of civil strife in Qianzhou, and the king can send troops in the name of quelling the chaos. Yin Wengui said with a smile.

Yang Wu couldn't help but feel even more excited, the current capture of Qianzhou is indeed not the most urgent task.

Now, with Fuzhou, Xinzhou and other places falling into the hands of the Huainan Army, plus Wenzhou, Chuzhou and other places, the road to Fujian has been completely opened.

In the next few years, Huainan could attack Wang Shenzhi first, completely flatten the battle line, and eliminate the threat of the flank, so as to prepare for concentrating forces against Ma Yin, the king of Chu, in the future.

As for Qianzhou, let him continue to exist for a few years.

Thinking of this, Yang Wu finally accepted Yan Keqiu's opinion and agreed to the submission of Lu Guangchou, the assassin of Qianzhou, but Yang Wu proposed to let Lu Guangchou or Tan Quanbo come to Guangling to meet him.

"Jiangxi's affairs are like this for the time being, then the next step is to build the country and become the king!" Thinking of establishing his own dynasty, Yang Wu had already been mentally prepared, but he was still very excited.

"Well, there's no need to rush this matter, let's wait for the other feudal towns to act first! I don't believe that Wang Jian can resist not being the emperor! ”

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At this time, in the city of Chengdu, after getting the news that the Huainan Army of the Northern Expedition finally returned in vain, Wang Jian finally laughed.

Yes, Yang Wu has always wondered why Wang Jian has not yet been proclaimed emperor, but in fact, the reason why Wang Jian has not acted for a long time is because of Yang Wu's Northern Expedition.

At the beginning, Wang Jian and Yang Wu spread the word to the world together, claiming to crusade against the rebel Zhu Wen who usurped the throne and stood on his own, but there was no responder in many feudal towns, which made Wang Jian very happy, thinking that he could take the opportunity to become emperor.

Who knew that the news that Yang Wu led an army of 150,000 troops to the north came next, but this stumped Wang Jian.

In the past, Wang Jianchuan was just to gain fame and test the attitude of other feudal towns, and he did not really want to revive the Tang Dynasty.

However, when Yang Wu launched a large-scale northern expedition, if Wang Jian not only did not send troops to help Yang Wu, but immediately established the country and became the emperor, then his previous rumors about the world would have become a big joke.

So although he was very reluctant in his heart, Wang Jian still frowned and endured it, waiting for the result of the battle between the Huainan army and the Liang army.

And now that the result has been decided, the Huainan army really retreated without achieving any results, and now Zi Wang Jian finally didn't have any consideration, and the ambition of being the emperor who had been forcibly endured before finally couldn't bear it.

Of course, if he was only the emperor alone, it seemed that the movement was too big and too eye-catching, so Wang Jian felt that it was better to pull other feudal towns to do this kind of thing.

"Among the many feudal towns today, in terms of strength and prestige, only the King of Jin in Hedong and the King of Wu in Huainan are the most powerful. Although I am not afraid of these two parties, my strength is only a little worse than these two parties! ”

"Now that Lone is ready to build a country and become the emperor, it is better to let these two people also claim the emperor's side!"

Soon, Wang Jian sent envoys to Hedong and Huainan, and proposed to let Li Keyong establish himself as the Northern Emperor, let Yang Wu establish himself as the Eastern Emperor, and add himself as the Western Emperor, so that the three emperors stood side by side, just sandwiching the traitor Zhu Wen in the middle.

In the future, the three alliances will jointly send troops to crusade against the traitor Zhu Wen, and wait until Zhu Wen is ambushed and the world is peaceful, and then visit the descendants of the Tang clan to revive the Tang Dynasty; At that time, the three of them could abdicate and be admired by all the people as heroes of the rebuilding of the Tang Dynasty.