Chapter 922: The Golden Silkworm Sheds Its Shell
Lin Feng's battle shocked the world, and the disturbed southern countries were panicked and restless.
It seems to sleep at night, and at dawn, the rolling swallow rider will step on the morning mist, kill into the city, and hack the sleeping people to death one by one!
The king is terrified, the people are worried, and the south is shrouded in clouds, and between breathing and breathing, it seems to be full of murderous aura!
However, in the entire south, the most fearful person is not Han Yanxi, the emperor of Yue, nor Xiong Wu, the emperor of Chu.
The kings of the southern countries, the most panicked, is none other than Cai Jun Cao Rong.
Cai Guo encountered the Great Chu general Han Xiangzi in the south, led the army to attack, and assisted Cai Guo to resist the Chu army Yan general Feng Yi, a few days ago, led his own army under his account, took the initiative to evacuate the south of Cai State, nearly 100,000 iron cavalry, along Cai Guo's official road, quickly northward, its intention is obvious!
In the north of Cai State, four cities along the river near Ancheng were lost, and Cai's naval division went to the Yangtze River route, and only one road remained.
At present, Emperor Yan led his troops to occupy Ancheng, not only did not evacuate Ancheng, but returned to Jiangbei. On the contrary, it seems that he intends to use Ancheng as a base to gradually infiltrate the Great Yan forces into various parts of the south, and pass through the south for a long time!
As the emperor, Cai Jun Cao Rong is not a simple person except for bad luck, he can quell the rebellion of Cai Guo, make Cai Guo gradually become stronger in the south, and have his own ideas and methods of governing the country.
When the news of the loss of Ancheng reached the Cai court, Cao Rong had already realized that he had made a very big strategic mistake.
Feng Yi's army withdrew and went north to join Emperor Yan, and he became more and more aware of how much harm his strategic mistake would bring.
The Yangtze River separates the northern and southern countries, like a fence for sheep, isolating the sheep from the wolves, although it cannot completely ensure the safety of the sheep in the sheepfold, at least it will have a great preventive effect.
However, he tore open the fence of the sheepfold with his own hands and put the wolf blocked by the fence into the sheepfold, and this strategic mistake, if not made up in time, would bring ruin to the sheep.
However, the Yan army was strong, and the main army of the Cai army resisted the Chu army in the south, and the entire northern naval division suffered heavy casualties in the Northern Expedition.
Otherwise, the four cities along the river, including Ancheng, would definitely not be captured by the Yan army, and Emperor Yan would not have the strength to lead a small number of guards in the north.
Caibei's defense line was empty, and the Yan army was entrenched in Ancheng, eyeing the tiger.
The situation was critical, and he had no choice but to send the only remaining sailors in the north, the dragon boats swaying in the Yangtze River, blocking the Dayan fishermen from transporting the Yan horses to the south of the Yangtze River, and cutting off the north-south connection of the Yangtze River.
On the southeast side of Cai, the Yue Chu army invaded Cai and annexed a large amount of Cai's territory, and its style of action was even more hateful than that of the Yan army!
It borders Shu to the west, but unfortunately there are mountains blocking the border between the two countries, and regardless of asking Emperor Shu for help, whether Emperor Shu will send Shu troops to support.
Even if there was support from the Shu army, it would take more than a month to cross the Sword Pavilion and climb over the mountains before they could reach the Cai State.
In the north, Emperor Yan led tens of thousands of iron cavalry to temporarily hold his troops, and he couldn't guess what Emperor Yan meant, but during Emperor Yan's escape, he secretly sent troops to pursue Emperor Yan.
Unfortunately, Emperor Yan escaped and let the tiger return to the mountain, which would attract the revenge of the tiger.
Feng Yi's army took the initiative to withdraw from the south, and Cai Yan and the two countries temporarily united, completely broken, and there was no chance of healing.
Whenever he thinks of Cai Yan's union, Cai Guo's shipbuilding craftsmen, and dragon ship materials go to the north, in the territory of Dayan, to make dragon boats for Dayan, he has a feeling of lifting a stone and hitting his own feet.
If you do evil in the sky, you can still live, but if you do it yourself, you will not live!
He personally sent his ministers to cross the river and invite the Yan army into the south, and now the Yan army seems to have lost its shackles and set off a beast tide in the south, but he is powerless to put this group of beasts in a cage again!
In desperation, Cao Rong had no choice but to stand still and wait and see the changes in the situation in the south!
Not long ago, the three kingdoms of Cai, Yue and Chu were hostile to each other, however, Yan Qi quietly broke into the south, like a vicious wolf suddenly breaking into the sheepfold, and the sheep that fought before must unite to resist Yan Qi together.
According to his estimates, after Emperor Yan led more than 1,000 iron cavalry to defeat the Yue army, shocking the southern countries, most of the battles of Cai Yue Chu would be temporarily suspended.
The southern countries will definitely unite first and fight against the Yan cavalry with all their might, and the southern annexation will be after the expulsion of the Great Yan army.
Therefore, Cai and the southern countries have changed from the previous-for-tat situation to a phenomenon of cold lips and teeth.
Otherwise, Cai died at the hands of Yan Qi, and the southern countries would not have a good time.
Therefore, Cao Rong thought that Cai was in a hurry, and the kings of the southern countries might also be in a hurry, so he chose to wait and see what happened, and the kings of various countries must have someone take the initiative to contact him.
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Anseong!
The Yan army seized Ancheng, like a tiger from the north, lying on the Yangtze River.
However, this tiger did not show its claws for the time being, on the contrary, it is actively restoring business and stabilizing order in its sphere of influence.
In addition, the city wall of Anseong is short, and the Yan army is rapidly building and reinforcing the city wall, and it seems that it is striving to make Anseong a fortress of Great Yan in the south, like a nail, nailed to the edge of the south!
After more than ten days of hard work, Feng Yi's army arrived at Ancheng and distributed three cities near Ancheng.
The Yan army made the four cities along the river like iron buckets, and they didn't dare to say that they couldn't fly even a fly, but the southern army, if they wanted to recapture the four cities along the river, they would definitely have no chance without paying a heavy price.
However, the situation in the south was not good, and the stronger the Yan army became, the more nervous the southern king became.
The princes are ready to move, and the undercurrents of various forces are surging, and it seems that there is a torrent against the Yan army that is about to break out.
News came back from all parts of the south that the envoys of the vassal states were running around each other in the southern countries, intending to set off a vigorous revenge.
Anseong!
In the tent of the commander of the Yan army's camp, on the desk in front of Lin Feng, letters from all over the south were half a foot high, which recorded in detail the movements of the southern army and the movements of various forces.
In the handsome tent, Lin Feng, Wang Lunyue, Feng Shihu, and Feng Yi were all there, discussing the matter of fighting against the southern countries.
News came back from all over the south, Wang Lunyue, Feng Shihu, Feng Yi, probably a few of them, and the content in their hearts showed that Zhang Yuting's tragic death and the defeat of 60,000 Vietnamese troops caused agitation and panic in the south were far beyond prior expectations.
After the Northern Expedition, the southern countries, in order to expel the Yan army from the south of the Yangtze River, united again, wanting to form a coalition army, relying on the southern terrain, to carry out the Northern Expedition again!
Among the four, Lin Feng was the main battle, and he was also the only one who insisted on staying in the south!
It is hoped that relying on the power of the Yan army in the south, strive to defeat the southern coalition army, and strive to conduct a battle to determine the victory or defeat with the southern countries.
However, Wang Lunyue, Feng Shihu, and Feng Yi insisted on striving for Lin Feng to cross the river to the north and return to Yanjing City as soon as possible!
Wang Lunyue's idea is very simple, but the most direct, Lin Feng is the emperor of Dayan, he should not let go of the government and politics, like a general, regardless of his own safety, regardless of the people of Dayan, regardless of the future of Dayan, and take risks in the south to conquer the city.
As the emperor, he must quickly return to Yanjing, preside over the government, and entrust the affairs of the south to the generals of Dayan!
Within Dayan, not only Wang Lunyue had this idea, but also the Chinese military generals of the dynasty all had this idea, as an emperor, at present, Lin Feng absolutely could not continue to stay in Jiangnan.
Feng Shihu was stationed in Jiangbei, and not long ago he came from the north, and he also asked Lin Feng to cross the river and return to Beijing.
A month earlier, the Song State had defeated the Chen State in the north and won a decisive victory in the Battle of the Chen Song Dynasty, which entered the stage of the complete annexation of the Song State by the Song State.
The state of Chen, a large country in the east, will definitely fall into the territory of the Song State before the end of the year.
As the emperor, if Lin Feng continued to stay in the south and ignore the Song State and the situation in the north of the Yangtze River, it might not be long before the Song State would take the opportunity to become a northern power and threaten the existence of Great Yan.
Feng Yi suggested that the southern army was strong, especially in the south, and the southern princes' troops were even more powerful.
Cai Yan jointly blocked the Chu army, and when the number of coalition forces was overwhelming the Chu state, and the Chu state had been defeated many times before, the two sides fought hard for two months, and the coalition army did not have a major victory, and the Chu state did not have a major defeat.
It proves that at present, the time is not yet ripe for the Great Yan army to go south and attack the southern countries.
On the contrary, to run the south, you only need to send generals to hold on to the four enemies along the river for a long time, and when the opportunity is right, the whole army of Yan Cai will go south, so that you can sweep the southern countries in one fell swoop!
The suggestions of the three people, each with its own basis, are by no means nonsense!
However, the suggestion of the three of them was contrary to Lin Feng's insistence in his heart, making it difficult for him to make a choice.
Running the south is the only way for the rise of Dayan, and now he is fortunate to occupy the four cities in Jiangnan and infiltrate the power of Dayan into Jiangnan, and he hopes to run it himself.
However, his identity, the identity of the emperor, made him have to leave Jiangnan. At least before the Great Yan Water Division became strong, Jiangnan could not become the territory of Great Yan.
Lin Feng pondered deeply and decided to go north and return to Dayan.
At this time, the spies came with bad news, Cai Jun's sailors and dragon boats, in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, attacked the Dayan fishing boat.
Gradually blockading the Yangtze River, prohibiting merchants from going south and north, especially the Cai Yan merchants are very strict!
Blockade of the Yangtze River?
Beyond the expectations of Lin Feng and the others, Feng Shihu, Feng Yi, and Wang Lunyue were more and more urged to dissuade Lin Feng from returning to Dayan, lest the Yangtze River be completely blocked, and the south of the Yangtze River would be completely cut off from the north of the river, and the situation would become more and more crisis.
Under the persuasion of everyone, Lin Feng promised to lead a small number of guards back to Jiangbei, leaving Feng Shihu, Feng Yi Dayan's important generals, and nearly 130,000 cavalry to run Jiangnan.
It was determined that the emperor would return to Jiangbei, Feng Shihu secretly sent people to look for ships, ordinary ships, they would definitely not be able to cross the Yangtze River, after thinking about it, Feng Shihu could only focus on the ships of the Song Kingdom.
The Song caravan ships were larger, and the Song State was a northern power, Cai Yan's contradictions were acute, and the Cai Jun sailors strictly forbade the merchants of Cai Yan and the two countries to cross the river, but they did not dare to provoke the Song ships.
Therefore, in the semi-blockade of the Yangtze River, only the ships leading to Dayan were blocked, and Lin Feng was forbidden to lead the army north!
After spending a lot of money and finding a boat, Lin Feng did not go north directly by boat. On the contrary, it was rumored in Ancheng that Emperor Yan led 30,000 iron cavalry south to attack Mocheng.
Soon, he really left Anseong and disappeared into the south of Anseong!