The Battle of Danzhou and the Jing Navy's sneak attack on Danzhou were quickly reported to the Chang'an base camp with the end of the naval battle, Xu Tianxiang was taken aback after receiving the news, but then the information from Chen Yu's side was also reported, and Xu Tianxiang immediately understood Chen Yu's intentions and found Li Xuanqing with the information.

"This Qu Chengxing is a talent, he can actually think of attacking Qiongzhou Island." Li Xuanqing took a long breath, "It seems that Xiao Si's way of rushing to Tianjin before was right. "Hu Xiaosi set out from Chang'an before, and the situation was urgent, but he explained to Li Xuanqing that there was an emergency on the southern front and needed him to deal with it personally, so he set off in a hurry. At this time, compared with everything that happened before, he understood his intention, this was a move to defeat Qu Chengmei's attack force, so that he had to rely on the strength of the army to fight a land war with the Tiance army, so as to avoid the harassment of the other party in Guangzhou and other places along the coast.

"Your Majesty, Chen Yu's main force went south to play Qu Chengmei, so Nanzhao is only afraid that he will have to readjust the deployment." Xu Tianxiang also understood what Hu Xiaosi meant, taking advantage of Qu Chengmei's minions being knocked out, the main army quickly went south to take Jiaozhou with lightning speed, and this force could be completely bulldozed, so as to maintain the complete stability of Nanyang. It's just that in this way, Nanzhao's side must be readjusted, originally the south was the main way to attack Nanzhao, but now it has suddenly become Xue Yang in the north, and the whole plan has to be adjusted.

Li Xuanqing shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that both of them have already explained." You can go and issue a directive to Xue Yang and Chai Jia in the name of the General Staff Officer, attack Nanzhao, with Xue Yang's Western Front Group Army as the main force, and the corps led by the Demolition Family will be incorporated into the Western Front Group Army sequence. ”

Xu Tianxiang nodded, and after thinking about the adjustments that needed to be made on the logistics side, he said with a smile: "It's not a big problem, at least Xue Yang's side has already completed the outfit, and there is not much problem in attacking Nanzhao, but the road problem is difficult." ”

"Then mobilize the construction company and the prisoner of war team to continue to build a straight road along the southwest direction of Massachusetts, which can be repaired to Massachusetts, and naturally can also be repaired to Dali, mobilize more manpower, and transfer all the captured Jing Navy soldiers to the direction of Xue Yang to meet the 11th Brigade of the construction company there to continue to build the straight road, and at the same time let the logistics department take local materials in the territory of Qiqi to build a large logistics building materials factory and cement factory, so that the construction speed will inevitably be accelerated." Li Xuanqing shook his head at the road in the southwest, and there was no good way, but he was very curious about the last time Yang Hu and they built the straight road to Massachusetts, so this time it was decided to let them continue to build the road, and the army would be deployed wherever the road was repaired, so that after the war, this road would immediately become a weapon to promote the unification and stability of the southwest, and it would also drive the rapid economic development of the regions along the route.

"Send people to Danzhou, take the remains of the Danzhou defenders back to Chang'an for burial, and put them in the Martyrs' Memorial Hall, they are martyrs and heroes of the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, find their families, comfort them, and do not slack off. Li Xuanqing couldn't help but sigh when he thought of the battle situation in Danzhou, "Let Wang Yongnian go to the coffin on behalf of the high-level officials of Tiance Mansion, and then we will attend the peace ceremony together." ”

Xu Tianxiang's face was solemn, he nodded and turned away, this matter is a major matter of the Tiance Army, and it must be taken seriously.

And when Xu Tianxiang went out to arrange to pick up the remains of the Danzhou martyrs back to Beijing, Hu Xiaosi, who was far away in Jiaozhou, had already arranged the last matter, sent someone to inform Chen Yu of everything that happened in the city, and told him the news that Ye Guangluo was dead.

Ye Guangluo was naturally killed by the Flying Eagle Brigade led by Li San, Qu Chengmei gasped when he got the news, the military division in the center of his Jiaozhou base camp was actually killed on the spot silently, and his own people didn't notice it at all. What if they didn't attack Ye Guangluo, but themselves? Qu Chengmei didn't dare to imagine whether she could survive.

Qu Chengmei, who suffered a secret loss, immediately transferred the henchmen and descendants in the military camp to the Jiedu Embassy to guard against the other party's old tricks, and at the same time sent someone to find his younger brother Qu Chengxing again, preparing to contact the other party through Qu Chengxing.

"Did the Tiance Army tell you what they plan to do with me?" Qu Chengmei didn't ask Qu Chengxing if he brought people into the city, but directly asked the most direct question, and only when this problem was solved could he talk about anything else.

Qu Chengxing shook his head and said: "The other party didn't say it, but according to General Hu, who released me before, the Tang side has clear merits, and the law court will rule impartially according to the law." After a pause, he continued: "Big brother, General Hu also said that although I led the army to attack Danzhou and caused damage, the sailor troops did not participate in the siege at that time, and the acceleration was also considered a merit because of the initiative to surrender, so it is estimated that the sin will not be too great, and even if I serve hard labor, I will become a member of their navy because of my merit after the expiration of the period." ”

Qu Chengxing's words made Qu Chengmei's face extremely exciting, and he didn't know what he was thinking after waving his hand to let him out, but since this day, an invisible alert suddenly appeared in front of Qu Chengxing's mansion, as if to isolate him from Jiaozhou City.

"It seems that Qu Chengmei still plans to resist stubbornly." This scene was naturally seen by Hu Xiaosi, but he didn't care, Qu Chengmei still loved his younger brother in the final analysis, and was unwilling to let him burn the same jade as herself, so she separated him from Jiaozhou City, and didn't even care that he was mixed with herself.

"How did I become sentimental? Is it because Gesang is pregnant that he doesn't want to kill? Hu Xiaosi muttered a little: "Do you want to find a way to meet Qu Chengmei and talk to him?" It doesn't seem like the time is now, so we need to wait until there is news from Aizhou, right? ”

"General, why are you here, I'm looking for you everywhere?" Qu Chengxing walked over and said a little dejectedly: "I'm sorry, general, I couldn't convince my brother, what should we do next?" ”

"Your brother has a knot, but now is not the time. Do you have anyone around your brother in the Jiedu Embassy who can protect your brother in a critical time? Hu Xiaosi changed the subject and asked.

Qu Chengxing was stunned for a moment, but then understood what he meant, nodded and said, "But the general means to let me control my brother when necessary?" I can't do that. ”

"I didn't let you control your brother, I told them not to let your brother do stupid things. Since your brother is not sincere, he can only fight for the unification of the Tang Dynasty, but you have to remember not to let your brother and the city coexist when Jiaozhou City is breached, which can be regarded as leaving him a glimmer of life. Hu Xiaosi pouted and said: "Your brother, sometimes he is too stubborn, forget it, you don't want to go out these days, just stay in the house and wait for our army to cross the river." After persuading Qu Chengxing, Hu Xiaosi immediately recruited someone to contact Xuanyingwei on the side of Aizhou to inquire about the news of the marines, and now Chen Yu's main force is definitely not as fast as the marines who directly attack Aizhou by water, and only after taking Aizhou can Qu Chengmei's retreat be cut off, forcing him to fight a decisive battle with the Tiance army in Jiaozhou, so that he can take the entire Jiaozhou in one battle.

At the beginning of April of the second year of the Apocalypse, the marines of the Tiance Army approached Aizhou City under the escort of six Fuxing-class warships, and carried out the first regular naval landing operation of the Tang Empire. It can't be compared with the Marine Corps at all, and soon Aizhou announced a change of banner, and this southernmost town in Jiaozhou fell into the hands of the Tiance Army. The news of the loss of Aizhou soon spread to the neighboring Yanzhou, but before the defenders of Yanzhou could react, the marines had already entered the city of Yanzhou, and the defenders in the city were in chaos by the marines who took the opportunity to break in, and Yanzhou was lost again, so far all the towns on the entire southern front were lost.

Jing Navy's intelligence system was almost synchronous with Xuan Yingwei's message, and the news was transmitted to Jiaozhou. Unlike Hu Xiaosi, who breathed a sigh of relief, Qu Chengmei's face became extremely ugly, originally Yanzhou and Aizhou were his last places to stay, and Tiance Army's move was obviously to cut off his way to retreat south and force himself to fight a decisive battle with the other party in Jiaozhou City. Moreover, with the arrival of intelligence from the north, the main force of the Tiance Army pressed forward step by step, uprooting all the Jinghai towns on the north bank of the Red River, and almost all the indigenous tribes involved in the resistance along the way were killed, and other members of the tribe were ordered by the army to be detained and sent to the interior to be temporarily treated as prisoners of war. In this way, it is equivalent to carrying out the implementation of the fortified wall and clearing the wilderness, and all the friendly forces of the Jing Navy will be exhausted.

Although Chen Yu's move caused the march to be slow, and he would face harassment from the natives along the way, it was extremely steady, and Qu Chengmei was forced to sit in the lonely city in Jiaozhou City after losing his way out, helpless.

"You go and tell your brother, just say that there is an envoy from the Tiance Army who is ready to negotiate with him." Hu Xiaosi arranged for the Flying Eagle Brigade to secretly sneak into the Jiedu Embassy and then told Qu Chengxing to deliver the news to him, planning to meet Qu Chengmei for a while.

Soon Qu Chengxing took Hu Xiaosi to the Jiedu Embassy Mansion to see Qu Chengmei, Hu Xiaosi was a little surprised, this supreme ruler of Jiaozhou actually looked more gentle, not as hideous and terrifying as he imagined.

"Who are you from the Tiance Army? Do you have the courage to enter my Jiaozhou City? Aren't you afraid that I'll kill you in advance? "Qu Chengmei is not surprised that there are almost all young generals on the side of the Tiance Army, the current emperors of the Tang Empire are only in their early twenties, not to mention these generals who started with him.

Hu Xiaosi was not afraid of Qu Chengmei's threat, Shi Shiran sat down and said with a smile: "Jiedu made the adults laugh, if the adults want to kill me, they won't wait until now, I'm afraid that you will do it on the day I enter the city." I have come today to represent the Imperial Court and give your Excellency a chance to mend your ways. Now that my Tang Empire has inherited the past and forged ahead into the future, I hope that my lord will not make mistakes and gamble with himself on the lives of hundreds of thousands of holy spirits in Jiaozhou. ”

"Give me a chance to mend my ways?" Qu Chengmei sneered: "Why do I want you to give me a chance to mend my ways? In Jiaozhou, I'm afraid that it won't be your turn to be the master of the Tiance army, and I, Qu Chengmei, have never bent the knee in dozens of battles since the beginning of the army, just a few words from you want me to give up this good foundation, I think you are tired of being crooked. ”

"Really?" Hu Xiaosi glanced at Qu Chengxing's anxious eyes beside him, and said with a smile: "My lord must have also received the news of Aizhou and Yanzhou, right?" Now that the southern part of Jiaozhou has been taken by our Tiance army, there is only this place left in Jiaozhou, I don't know what the adults are going to use to resist the main force of our army that is about to cross the river? After a pause, he continued: "The place where my Tiance army went was to recover the lost territory of the Tang Dynasty and unify the world, and anyone who dared to be an enemy would be killed. If you think that you can fight against the heavens, then if I don't say anything today, when my army comes, even if I fight to the death, at that time, I am afraid that the jade will be burned when the city slope is burned, and the adults will inevitably be charged with a split empire and a vain attempt to resist the will of the people in the world, and the reputation of the Qu family in Jiaozhou for a hundred years will also be ruined, and the family will become prisoners of war and suffer. If the adults still think of the lives of the fathers and villagers in Jiaozhou and the hundreds of people in the Qu family, they should consider themselves, return to the Tang Dynasty, and create the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty with us, and then the Qu family can also be preserved, isn't it good to have the best of both worlds? After all, the adult is also my courtier of the Tang Dynasty, and he is not a traitor, so why do you have to fight you to the death? ”

Hu Xiaosi's words made Qu Chengxing stand up and said: "Big brother, General Hu is a good intention, otherwise the Tiance Army would have come over a long time ago, I hope the big brother can think twice." ”

Qu Chengmei was silent, he could naturally understand Hu Xiaosi's words, and he also understood how big the gap between Jiaozhou and the Central Plains was, but he still couldn't figure out some things, so he didn't answer Hu Xiaosi's words.

However, there are some things that Hu Xiaosi can't decide, so he just continued: "As soon as the adults became the masters of Jiaozhou, they were able to appease the local people, protect the Han people, and rectify the place, and Jiaozhou also returned to its previous stability, which is the credit of the adults, and I think the law court will definitely see it in the eyes of the law at that time." As for the previous hostility between the Jing Navy and the Tiance Army, I think the Military Justice Department will also take into account that the two armies will not blame the general. Therefore, adults are not more worried that the Tang Dynasty will settle accounts after the autumn, my emperor is the lord of the Ming Dynasty, and adults will naturally see it when they go to Chang'an. ”

"Is what the general said true?" Qu Chengmei's eyes lit up and asked.

Hu Xiaosi nodded and smiled: "Nature is true, this is my national policy of Datang." The merits are clear, I think there are very few mistakes of adults, and the law court will not charge adults much, you see that the current Jiangdong political envoy Luo Yin, when he followed Qian Biao before, he was not fighting to the death with our army, but how long has it been, not the same as the identity of a provincial official, have you ever heard that my Datang has punished him much? It's great to go to the northwest to plant trees and grass for a few years, it's nothing, my emperor also takes all the ministers to plant trees every year, this is not a punishment, this is doing good deeds. ”

Hu Xiaosi's words made Qu Chengmei nod, and the last shadow in her heart disappeared.