Yizhou, a large state in the southwest of Xia Kingdom, has a wide area, only a few points smaller than Zhongzhou.

However, although Yizhou is large, the terrain is extremely complex, and most of them are lofty mountains, so its prosperity is far less than that of other states.

Because of the steep terrain, Yizhou has always been plagued by bandits, bandits, and the rule of the government is very difficult. Especially two years ago, after the Western thieves led by Sun Fu destroyed the prefectures and counties, the situation in Yizhou was even more messy.

In the depths of a big mountain in Nanshan County, Yizhou, more than a thousand men who looked like bandits stood respectfully in front of a hillside, quietly listening to a young man's lecture.

In fact, these people are not mountain thieves, but the remnants of the western thieves who escaped from Chuzhou two years ago, and now they are the backbone members of the western thieves.

After Sun Fu's death, Sun Xun took over his father's position and became the new leader of the Ascension Sect.

After Sun Xun took over the position of sect leader, he immediately led the sect members to hide in the deep mountains and old forests of Yizhou to develop secretly. There is no way to do this, since the last defeat in Chuzhou, there are only more than 3,000 followers of the Ascension Sect who have returned to Yizhou alive, most of them are women, children, old and young, and the young and strong who can fight can't even make up a thousand people. With such a thin force, not to mention being surrounded and suppressed by the government, maybe a bandit with a larger force can forcibly annex everyone.

Sun Xun's approach proved to be correct, and after everyone hid in the mountains and forests, they slowly stabilized their foothold, and the disciples gradually expanded their influence to the surrounding villages based on the mountains and forests, and finally extended their influence to county seats, county seats, and even prefectures. In just two years, the Ascension Cult has revived, and no less than 100,000 followers have grown.

Now the green forest heroes in Yizhou, as long as Sun Xun's name is mentioned, they all give a thumbs up and are full of praise. A young man in his early twenties is already a sect leader with more than 100,000 followers, which is really remarkable.

In the past two years, although Sun Xun has been dormant in the mountains and forests to secretly develop his power, he has not seen any major moves. It wasn't until the news of Zhongzhou reached his ears that he knew that the time was finally ripe to go out of the mountain.

"Uncles and brothers, I think many of you already know why I called you here."

On the high slope of the mountain, Sun Xun was dressed as a scribe, with a fluttering robe and an extraordinary bearing. He has always deliberately pretended to be special in front of everyone to show that he is different as a sect leader.

As soon as he said that, more than a dozen disciples shouted loudly: "I will wait until I know, the sect leader will lead everyone down the mountain!" Create the eternal foundation of the Ascension Sect! ”

"Long live the Sect Master, long live the Holy Sect!"

"Hooray! Banzai! ”

The atmosphere of the crowd was instantly aroused, and everyone shouted with all their might.

In the eyes of these backbones, Sun Xun was more wise and martial than his father Sun Fu. Under the propaganda of the backbones, many lower-class believers regarded Sun Xun as the true god of the world, and their worship of him was overwhelming.

Sun Xun looked at the fanatics in front of him with a smile, and his heart was very satisfied.

A few days later, the Western Thief, who had disappeared for two years, suddenly made a comeback and quickly brought down the Yizhou government with a thunderous force.

Officials of all sizes in Yizhou had no choice but to watch as counties and counties fell little by little.

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During the period of Sun Xun's turmoil, the won in Chuzhou was not idle.

Thanks to the efforts of the Korean won, most of the officials in Dongning and Baekan provinces said that Fengyanju was Zhengshuo and opposed Zhouning in Zhongzhou. In this way, Bai Junwu in the state city was undoubtedly isolated.

Bai Junwu couldn't help but be annoyed that he had too many concerns and didn't make a move before Han won. In order to save the situation, he also continued to send people to the two governments to coerce and lure, hoping that officials would support him.

The officials of the two provinces are in a dilemma, and if they support one side, the other side will certainly not give up. The best thing to do is for Han Won and Bai Junwu to fight and use force to determine the winner and loser, so that they can make a decision.

Everyone understands the reason, Han Yuan didn't want to fight to the death with Bai Junwu in a dignified manner, but he had already issued several battle letters to Bai Junwu, but the other party ignored them all and cowered in the state city every day.

Han Won didn't have any rut with this kind of turtle tactic, and led a large army to forcibly attack the city? The state city is as solid as a rock, but I am afraid that this is in the arms of Bai Junwu.

Nanping, Hanfu.

It was already late at night, and Chu Xuan in front of the couch had not yet fallen asleep. He stared at the Chuzhou map on the table with a worried brow, thinking about what to do next.

"Han Lang, it's so cold at night, why don't you come over quickly?"

Jiang Luoyue in the couch said. At this time, she had already taken off her clothes and lay obediently under the futon, waiting for Han won's love.

Han Yuan was so absorbed that he couldn't care about being warm with her, and said softly: "Yue'er, you go to sleep first, I'll accompany you later." ”

With that, Han Won rolled up the map on the table, pushed open the door and walked out. Jiang Luoyue was left alone in the bed, complaining.

Han Yuan walked out of the bedroom with the map, walked aimlessly for a long time, and unconsciously arrived outside his younger brother Han Xian's room.

It was late at night, but the lights in Han Xian's room were still not extinguished.

Han Won pushed open the door and walked in, only to see his younger brother buried in his studies. Han Yuan not only sighed in his heart, if Zhou Xuan and Zhou Ning had not rebelled, and Zhongzhou City had not fallen, I am afraid that my younger brother would have entered Beijing to participate in the scientific examination.

"Little salty. It's late at night, and you don't rest? Han Won said with concern.

"Ah, brother, why are you here?" Han Xian read and read attentively, and did not notice the arrival of Han won.

Han Yuan said: "I can't sleep, so I went out for a walk, and when I saw that the light in your room was not extinguished, I came over to sit down." ”

Han Xian asked, "Is my brother thinking about something?" If my guess is correct, my brother should be worried about the situation in Chuzhou, right? ”

Han Yuan nodded and said, "It seems that you still know me best." Now that the world is in chaos, you must be cautious in everything you do for your brother. Xiaoxian, I don't know what you think about the current situation? ”

Han Yuan only asked casually, his younger brother has never been involved in his affairs, except for sitting and studying, he hardly leaves the house.

To Han Won's surprise, Han Xian really has his own opinion.

Since the elder brother asked, the younger brother said a little bit of his opinion. The current situation in Chuzhou is like a game of Go, and the opponents are naturally brother and Bai Junwu. ”

"Well, you go on." Han Yuan suddenly became interested and wanted to hear what his younger brother had to say.

Han Xian continued: "According to the current chess situation, my brother has a lot of chess pieces and can occupy a lot of land, so it can be said that he has a slight upper hand. However, what is in front of the elder brother is a big catastrophe, and the elder brother will not be able to win if he does not break this catastrophe, but this catastrophe is extremely dangerous, and one wrong step will lose the whole game. ”

Although Han won's level of Go is average, he still understands the basic terms. The robbery that my brother said was Chuzhou Prefecture, he couldn't take the prefecture city for a day, and he couldn't master Chuzhou for a day, but if he wanted to forcibly take the state city, I was afraid that it would not be so easy.

"Xiaoxian, do you have any way to win?" Han Won couldn't help but ask.

Han Xian smiled and said, "Brother, this is a fan of the authorities. You have a lot of chess pieces, as long as you occupy more land, why do you have to break the robbery? When you secure the land you occupy, won't you win this chess? ”

Han Yuan thought about it carefully, and his mouth suddenly opened for a while. My brother's words are so reasonable! His current strength is obviously superior to Bai Junwu, and the other party is shrinking in the state city day by day and does not dare to come out, why don't he take the opportunity to include Dongning and Bei'an? At that time, I am afraid that Han Yuan will not declare war, and Bai Junwu in the state city will not be able to sit still.

"Xiaoxian, thank you for mentioning it, I'm going to leave for my brother first!"

Out of his younger brother's room, Han Yuan suddenly felt that the situation in front of him was cloudy and bright.

Only then did he remember his wife who had been snubbed by him, and hurried back to the bedroom, intending to compensate her.