In the last month of 890 A.D., China in the north has entered a harsh winter, but there is no winter meaning for these areas south of the Yellow River on the north bank of the Yangtze River, Chen Yu led the Shannan Group Army after a battle that lasted for half a month, and all the areas except Jinzhou in the Shannan West Road were taken, and more than 80,000 people of Yang Shouliang's group all shrank in Jinzhou, and were besieged in the city by the main army.

The Shannan Provincial Political Envoy led by Cheng Wei also began to temporarily change the administrative office from Yang Shouliang's Jinzhou to Xiazhou. However, it seems that in the hearts of the high-level people of Tiance Mansion, Shannan and Jingzhou Province in the east are incomplete, because Du Hong's territory in the south has not yet been taken. However, it seems that there are rumors on the part of the Ministry of Civil Affairs that next year's joint meeting is going to redraw the specific boundaries of the two provinces, so Cheng Wei is not in a hurry, waiting for the army to clean up the last stronghold of Jinzhou, while busy providing relief to the victims, repairing roads with work for relief, and then preparing to plan for land reform. In this place in Shannan, the Tiance Army has been operating for a long time, and under the countless secret guards of the Xuanying Guard and the snare of the Xu family, almost every place where the Tiance Army is launched, countless people who spontaneously support it will take to the streets to celebrate the reunification. And to Cheng Wei's surprise, after Xu Xingxia made a special trip back to persuade the top merchants, they all gave up hundreds of thousands of hectares of land under their names and transferred all their energy to industrial and commercial development. In this way, before the land reform was carried out, Tiance had already solved the most difficult fortress to carry out the reform. Cen Tianshi, who got the news, immediately ordered Cheng Wei to start the land reform without stopping for a moment, promulgated the outline of the Tang Land Law in the name of Tiance Fu, and took advantage of the opportunity of the people in various places to start distributing land. In addition, the General Staff Headquarters also began to give orders to the Shannan Group Army that units without combat missions should fully cooperate with the land reform orders of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Buzheng Embassy.

In this way, in Shannan, in terms of land reform, it is ahead of Jingzhou, which is close to being one step ahead of recovery. However, in this way, the forces of the Shannan Group Army were pinned down in Shannan, and they could not continue to support Xue Yang's Dongchuan campaign to the west. Wang Jian of Dongchuan also obviously sensed this, and transferred all the troops that originally defended the Shannan Group Army to the west to participate in the battle with Xue Yang. In this way, Xue Yang and Qian Ning were almost facing heavy pressure from each other's nearly 200,000 troops. The Hanzhong Group Army continued to fight for three months, and at this time it was winter, and the fatigue of the soldiers was under such great pressure that the General Staff began to consider another idea.

However, after learning the news, Xue Yang sent a military report to the General Staff Headquarters, detailing the combat strength of the Hanzhong Group Army at this time and his next plan. Xu Tianxiang studied again and again with Yang Tiancheng, who had already rushed back to the General Staff Department to plan the contents of next year's meeting of the General Staff Headquarters, and decided to transfer the battalion directly under him to fight in Sichuan. In this way, in Shannan and Dongchuan, the central garrison battalion of the Tiance Army has been transferred to two, which are also the most elite and fastest cavalry units. Xue Yang, who had been replenished by the combat power, asked Qian Ning to be responsible for dragging the main force of Wang Jian's army on the front line, and he led the third and first battalions of the directly subordinate battalion to stage a long-distance attack again, marching eastward from the Hezhou area, and secretly entered Liangzhou, the hinterland of Dongchuan, on the fifth day of December, and cleaned up the logistics base in the hinterland of Dongchuan. This kind of long-distance attack on the center has completely disrupted all the rules and regulations within Wang Jian, and the original plan is at risk of all being repeated, and the front-line troops are also losing their morale and fighting spirit because of this sudden civil strife. Qian Ning seized this opportunity to occupy Hezhou with a large number of troops and advance the front to the territory of Dongchuan.

"Haha, lord, I found out that this Xue Yang was born to be a good hand at long-distance running. There is a successor to the thick and pure tactics. In the General Staff Building, Xu Tianxiang laughed when he looked at the battle report sent over.

"Let Xiao Si order Xuan Yingwei in Dongchuan to find a way to do intelligence work. Although Xue Yang is currently on a rampage and has no scruples, if the intelligence is wrong, then it is very likely that he will be killed. Li Xuanqing shook his head, for this kind of general who likes to use tricks on the battlefield, he always has the feeling of walking on the tip of a knife.

"Lord, let's worry less about this kind of thing, or take time to spend more time with Qiaoxi. Rest assured, Tianxiang and I are staring at the two departments of civil affairs day and night, and there will be no major incidents. But the lord, you have to take care of Qiaoxi now, Zhang Tianhu and the two old-timers heard the news and couldn't even take care of their precious students, and rushed back from Tianjin in a hurry, and the wind and snow couldn't stop it. Cen Tianshi originally reminded Li Xuanqing to spend more time with Qiaoxi, but as he said it, he remembered one thing and said with a smile.

"Qiaoxi has been lethargic lately, so I have time to come and have a look." Li Xuanqing smiled and continued: "Your Ministry of Civil Affairs is very concerned about Cheng Xun, and you have brought Xu Xingxia back to do ideological work for those big businessmen, and it seems that the team of Murong's Industrial and Commercial Department will expand a lot next year." ”

"Those people can't help it, the Tiance army is like a bamboo, the army is overwhelming, if you don't give up the land, it means giving up your life, and they don't have many opportunities to choose. If we give up earlier, we may be able to take a step forward in the development of industry and commerce, but we just found a pioneer for them. Xu Tianxiang pursed his lips and said disdainfully.

"Okay, I'm not here today to tell you this, this is the distribution map of Shannan and Jingzhou provinces that I made, you can take a look, and it will be announced at the year-end meeting." Li Xuanqing took out the map he brought and let the staff officer in charge of recording beside him spread it out, and then continued: "The administrative office of Jingzhou Province is located in Ezhou, which is located at the junction of Khan and the Yangtze River, and has developed water and land transportation, and will inevitably become an important town on the Yangtze River in the future. The seat of governance in Shannan Province was moved east from the current Xiazhou to Yingzhou, and the two places were bounded by the east of Yingzhou. ”

"Lord, is Jingzhou too small in this case? The territory of Shannan Province is too big, right? Cen Tianshi frowned and said, "This is not conducive to regional development." ”

"No, sir, you see, the division of the lord is actually very reasonable, and there is still a part of Jingzhou Province that has not been won. That is Du Hong in the Jiangling area, if this place is taken, the two places will basically be balanced, and basically the northwest of Shannan Province, Jingzhou Province in the southeast, the river is divided. Xu Tianxiang discovered the mystery of this map and said with a smile.

"Alright, now it's up to your army. Let Chen Yu hurry up, why hasn't Yang Shouliang's 80,000-strong Jinzhou been won yet? This Shannan has to be built and provincial, but he is good not to have conquered Jinzhou. Li Xuanqing looked at Jinzhou's location and frowned.

"No way, our eldest brother is a typical perfectionist, thinking about how to make these messy Shence troops surrender." Xu Tianxiang smiled bitterly, "It is said that Qiaoxi is pregnant, so she can't kill more." ”

"Lord, this really can't be killed more, you look at the roads from Shannan and Jingzhou to the attention of Chen Yu, you know that Chen Yu's method is good, slow down, I agree with more people to build roads." Cen Tianshi stroked his long beard and smiled.

"Then give him another ten days, let Xiao Si help him, and within ten days, he must take Jinzhou, end the Shannan war, and then enter Dongchuan to see off the last Shence army." Li Xuanqing sighed.

"I think that when the Shence Army was first established, it was originally the imperial court to deter the surrounding feudal towns, and in fact, at the beginning, the Shence Army did play the role of the imperial imperial forest army, and several foreign invasions and rebellions in the feudal towns were sent by the Shence Army to quell the rebellion." Cen Tianshi was also inexplicably moved when he heard Li Xuanqing's sigh.

"Therefore, the army cannot participate in government affairs, and must uphold the principle of loyalty and independence in the process of the development of the empire, so that it can always become the guardian of the empire, instead of becoming a tool for powerful ministers to bring disaster to the country and the people like the Shence army." Xu Tianxiang did not have so many feelings, but was very satisfied with the principle of separation of military and political affairs founded by Li Xuanqing, in his opinion, in this way, he could completely cut off the phenomenon of the division of feudal towns and the fragmentation of the Tang Dynasty since Emperor Xuanzong.

"My lord, your Shannan and Jingzhou regions have come out, why don't you divide Sichuan?" Cen Tianshi didn't expect his words to make the other two people sigh, and quickly changed the topic.

"Yes, my lord, wouldn't it be too big for Sichuan to be a separate province? If it is divided into East and West Sichuan as in the past, the resource allocation of the two places is also unbalanced, which is easy to cause future troubles. Xu Tianxiang continued: "Since ancient times, Shu has been prone to division and division because of the closed terrain, so we must think of a way. ”

"Then let's do it, merge the area north of Bazhou with Xingyuanfu and other places and Hanzhong to form Hanzhong Province, so that the throat of Sichuan can be cut, and the rest of the place will be established as Sichuan Province." Li Xuanqing remembered the division of administrative regions in Sichuan by the Yuan Dynasty in the later generations, and nodded.

"The lord's method is good, and he directly abolished Sichuan's terrain advantages, and he did a good job." Xu Tianxiang was about to continue talking, but was interrupted by Hu Xiaosi, who pushed the door in.

"I said, Xiaosi, can you knock on the door before you come in next time? I think it's a wrong decision for the lord to let you not go to the military academy to study, and you haven't learned this etiquette well. Xu Tianxiang saw Hu Xiaosi coming towards him with a gust of cold wind, and immediately said angrily.

"Go, go, I'm looking for the lord to do business, and besides, the military academy doesn't teach etiquette." Hu Xiaosi didn't bother to pay attention to this guy's preaching, and said with a smile: "Lord, Mr. Cen, I have an idea that I hope you two can support me, of course, this guy also wants to support me." After speaking, he pointed to Xu Tianxiang and said.

"What's wrong with you kid? Are you planning to persuade Wang Jian to surrender? Cen Tianshi said with a smile.

"I'll go, Mr. Cen doesn't take you like this, I finally came up with this solution, you actually said it without thinking, this is too shameless." Hu Xiaosi almost jumped.

"Okay, don't play the treasure, Xue Yang's side is almost the same, Wang Jian is actually not bad, in Dongchuan, he actually learned from us to set up a business temple decently to develop industry and commerce. So your idea is not bad. Li Xuanqing said with a smile.

"Little four, why are you one step slower than the lord every time?" Xu Tianxiang said with a smile. "You go to the war room to find Tiancheng, the lord has already told Tiancheng, and the plan is being made over there." Xu Tianxiang sent away Hu Xiaosi, who looked depressed, and said: "If Xiaosi can succeed, our foundation in Sichuan will basically be established." ”

When the General Staff of the Tiance Army was discussing this matter, Xue Yang in the hinterland of Dongchuan found a strange thing at this time, since he burned down the logistics base in Liangzhou, the merchants in the interior of Dongchuan began to undertake Wang Jian's logistics and military supplies, isn't this method similar to the transportation company that the Tiance Army is starting to implement now? And if that's the case, then the effect of your attack will be greatly reduced. Thinking of this, Xue Yang's steps began to stop unconsciously.

However, soon Xue Yang thought of another way, and began to notify Qian Ning, who was responsible for attacking Pengzhou in the front, to increase his efforts, and on the other hand, he began to send his direct battalion out to attack the surrounding troops to rescue Tongzhou, and he took the third and first battalions and Wang Jianjun who went out of the city to fight with his own field, although Wang Jianjun's strength was far superior to Xue Yang, but in front of the third and first battalions, he did not please at all, and was almost defeated. Moreover, after defeating Wang Jianjun, he shot illusory outside the city of Tongzhou, turned around and went south from Tongzhou, pretending to be an army supporting Pengzhou from the north, deceived the gate of Pengzhou, and occupied Pengzhou before the Qian Ning brigade.

This series of changes left both sides dumbfounded. After occupying Pengzhou, he sent Qian Ning, who had just recovered his senses, to the direction of Tongzhou, and led his army to continue northward, blocking Wang Jian's largest reinforcement in the north, Wang Yan's department.

At this time, Hu Xiaosi also arrived at the front line from Chang'an and met Xue Yang, told him what the base camp thought about Wang Jian, and asked him to make the necessary cooperation. However, at this time, Xue Yang's arrangement in Dongchuan didn't even know how to adjust it, so after thinking about it, he simply stopped adjusting it and continued to fight himself, he was originally the kind of imaginative and unrestrained general, so after learning the order brought by Hu Xiaosi, he felt that if he let Wang Jian be besieged in Tongzhou, and he defeated Wang Yan's troops on the northern front, he would naturally be able to win the opportunity to negotiate with Wang Jian.

Originally, if his personality and layout were to change to another person, he would definitely not know what to do? All the arrangements are dynamic, but Hu Xiaosi's personality is not much different from him, and the two hit it off. Hu Xiaosi simply threw all the contact with Wang Jian in the early stage to his deputy and the person in charge of Dongchuan, and accompanied Xue Yang and Wang Yan to prepare for war in Bizhou.

Moreover, when the battalion under the leadership of Lu Yi arrived in the northern part of Bizhou, Xue Yang's deployment was also completed, and this method of creating local superiority in the enemy's hinterland later became a new science in the military academy.

When the General Staff and Li Xuanqing in Chang'an were both staring at Bizhou on the map, Li Xuanqing said something inexplicable, "Xue Yang will definitely be a qualified commander in the future." ”

Many years later, it wasn't until the borders of this empire reached the Extreme Heaven that Xue Yang heard what his lord said about him back then.

However, at this time, Xue Yang stared at Wang Yan and the army behind him who drove out of the city and fought with him with a serious face, and slowly waved his right hand, and the most elite troops of the more than 20,000 Tiance Army behind him were ready to go.