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The Bashang bypassed the Leizhou Peninsula and approached the Leizhou Port in Leizhou Bay.

Li Chao stood on the deck and looked at the harbor in front of him. Leizhou Port, that is, Zhanjiang Port in later generations, is located in Leizhou Bay in the northeast of Leizhou Peninsula, with Donghai Island, Jinzhou Island and Nansan Island as a natural barrier, the port area is deep into the mainland, can avoid typhoons in the South China Sea, is an excellent deep-water port, and is known as the pearl of the South China Sea.

Today, this harbor belongs to the eldest grandson family of Luoyang.

Cheng Qian came to Li Chao's side, the sea breeze was blowing, and the wind in front could faintly see the continuous coast, as well as several large islands in the sea. With these three islands as a barrier, the harbor is like an inland lake.

Not far to the northeast of the bay is the mouth of the Maoming River. Yunkai Mountain is a watershed, and the rivers that originate in the eastern foothills eventually flow into the Maoming Water, which connects the original Dou, Fang, Gao, Pan and Luo prefectures in the southwest and southwest.

"In September in the Central Plains, the grass has withered and the leaves are yellow, and the ground is stained with white frost. But it's incredible that there are still verdant plants here. ”

The land of China is vast, and the south of the five mountains is indeed another piece of heaven. However, this era is relatively good, and it is recorded that there were times when there was a heavy snowfall in Guangzhou, and in later generations, it was very rare to see snow.

"In the southern part of Yazhou Island, it's still as hot as midsummer." Li Chao said to him with a smile. In later generations, Sanya, Hainan is the peak season of winter vacation, around the Chinese New Year, countless people run over, the snow is falling in the north, but in Sanya is sunshine, beach, sea water, cool bikini.

"The eldest grandson family owns this port, and if it is managed well, it will benefit their family a lot." He pointed to the harbor that had just begun to be built. According to the agreement between Li Chao and the Changsun family and other families, Leizhou Port belonged to the Changsun family, and Leizhou was also classified as the Changsun family's sphere of influence.

The port of Qinzhou and Qinzhou were the spheres of influence of the Li family, and Sin'an was in Binh Duong. Hezhou is Qin Qiong's family.

The scope of these forces does not mean that they occupy the land as the king, but mainly have a scope of development, so as not to have fierce competition among them.

The original prefectures in the southwest of Guangxi are now also divided into four prefectures: Luozhou, Leizhou, Yazhou and Gaozhou.

Luozhou and Gaozhou are bounded by the Luojiang River, and according to the agreement, Gaozhou will return to Cheng's home in the future.

"The Feng family once occupied the land of these eight states, held 2,000 li of land, and held 100,000 soldiers and horses, and deserved to be the king of Nanyue. Southern Liang, Southern Chen, Sui, through the three dynasties, the Feng family was the leader of Lingnan. Several times, the Feng family had the opportunity to cut off the claimed king. ”

"After all, the Feng family is just a corner of the power, and the teacher has destroyed the Feng Xian family in the middle of his hand." Cheng Qian praised.

Li Chao smiled, the Feng family did have a chance, if he could unite Ning, Chen, Honghuang and other Han slang lords in Lingnan, it was indeed possible to establish a Nanyue country like Zhao Tuo. It's a pity that the Feng family hasn't done this, or they don't have the ability.

The Feng Xian family, who claimed to unify the eight states, had a jurisdiction of 2,000 miles and had 100,000 troops, missed the opportunity step by step, and then were forced into a corner, isolated. When they want to fight to the death, they are already alone.

Gaozhou raised the flag to rebel for more than a month, and Gaozhou City has been breached.

Feng An's death dealt a heavy blow to the Feng family, and the main character of the Feng family was almost wiped out by Li Chao. Without Feng An, Feng Xuan, Feng Zhidai and a group of other people, the Feng family is actually leaderless. This rebellion was led by the Xian family.

"The Chen family is still very hard-working."

Chen Longshu and Chen Zhiluo mobilized 50,000 horses and horses, and fought fiercely with Feng Xian's two families for more than a month, and both sides were defeated.

Ants also bite elephants to death.

The battle of Gaozhou was actually very bad, all kinds of messy, but it was very fierce.

The forces of all sides invested and fought in that quagmire for more than a month, killing and wounding 20,000 or 30,000 people.

Several parties were a little exhausted, and it was finally time to close the net.

"The two generals Li Junxian and Wu Heimin have blocked the road for Feng Xian's two families to retreat into Yunkai Mountain, and the Chen family and several other troops and horses are besieging the Xian and Feng families, and we expect to besiege them in the west of Gaozhou, Lingjiang East Daluling!"

Feng Xian's family has a lot of soldiers and horses, but there are not many who can really fight, that is, some rabble, bluffing. Li Chao didn't plan to let them go back to the Yunkai Mountains, and when they entered the mountains, it would be more difficult to encircle and suppress them.

Once the main force of the Feng Xian coalition army is eaten, the Feng Xian family will be truly and completely removed from Lingnan, and the remaining remnants of the Yunkai Mountains will be difficult to resist the army's purge.

During the period of the war in Gaozhou, Li Chao ordered the states to sweep away the forces of Feng Xian and the two clans. "Now there are only these few people left in Gaozhou and Yunkai Mountains," Li Chao said with a smile, "The demise of the Feng Xian family will completely declare the true control of Lingnan by the Tang Dynasty." At the same time, it also represents a large number of original cross-river dragons such as the Li family in Bashang and the Changsun family in Luoyang, which will replace Feng Ning and other in-situ head snakes. ”

"The Chen family has performed very well and is loyal this time, how can we reward them?"

The Chen family fought fiercely in Gaozhou for more than a month and recaptured Gaozhou, killing many enemies and losing a lot of money.

"If you have meritorious service, you will be rewarded, you can promote Chen Longshu to the commander of Guangxi Road, and Chen Zhiluo to be the commander of Guangnan Road." Li Chao said, "The commander is a general who commands the army all the way, and of course it is a reward compared to the history of the assassin." ”

"Isn't it too rushed?" Cheng Qian asked.

Everyone knows that the official position of the soldier and horse envoy actually has no real power. Nowadays, the Datang system, Daozhou county and township four-level division, the provincial governor is the Xuanfu envoy, and there are three departments and yamen below, in charge of administration, justice and military. The military envoys are in charge of the military, but the Tang Dynasty is now implementing a system of separation of civil and military, especially the separation system of military transfer and command.

Within the first unit, the soldiers of the Southern Yafu are the mainstay, supplemented by the militia of the local township regiments, and the reserve is also used as the mobilization supplement. However, the commander of the capital was actually unable to really lead the troops and transfer the troops, and it was the Twelve Guards of the Southern Ya who commanded the troops, and the Privy Council and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies were the ones who transferred the troops. The commanders at the provincial level are actually in charge of conscription and logistics, and only the township soldiers and militia groups can really be managed, and even the township soldiers must have orders from above if they want to be recruited and mobilized.

Therefore, the assassin Shi Shengdu commanded the envoys, and his name rose to the ground. If it is promoted as a political envoy or as an envoy, then it is considered a promotion.

"It's also for the good of the Chen family."

The Chen family mobilized tens of thousands of private soldiers this time, which the imperial court could not tolerate all the time. Therefore, with the collapse of the Feng Xian family, the imperial court will inevitably take over the power of the Chen family.

If the Chen family obeys, then Chen Longshu and Chen Zhiluo will of course be officials in the future, but their past privileges in Lingnan will be withdrawn.

It is impossible for the imperial court to let them continue to serve in the two states of Duanlong, let alone let their family inherit the position of the two states.

Feng An, the king of Nanyue, is dead, and the Xian family, the leader of Nanyue, will also perish.

If the Chen family is smart, they know that they should delegate power at this time. If they hand over the control of the two states of Duanlong, then they can still leave a lot, their wealth, their land, etc. can be guaranteed, and the officials can continue to be officials, and maybe they can be promoted to the title.

If they want to learn from the Feng family, then the fate of the Feng family will be their tomorrow.

"Our basic policy towards Lingnan will not change, and there will be no more local emperors, no more hereditary chieftains, and no extraterritorial slang people. It is an inevitable trend to change the land and return to the stream, and to organize households and unite the people. Envy and power, one hand and one hand. ”

"Look at these heroes and slang lords in Lingnan, the Ning family was expelled, Feng Xian was destroyed, they didn't unite, but they just followed behind us, competing to bite Ning Feng Xian's family, wanting to grab more pieces of meat."

Li Chao sneered.

Li Chao just killed Feng Anliwei and threw out some sweetness, and these people completely forgot their position.

The purge of the forces of Feng Xian and the two clans in various states was even cleaner than Li Chao predicted. It was a real bite and strangulation, and there was not even any scum left.

At this time, in Leizhou Bay, behind Li Chao's Bashang, followed by dozens of Li Chao's boats, on which were his five thousand soldiers.

Many slang chiefs had already rushed to Gaozhou one step ahead of Li Chao to join in the fun.

The tens of thousands of rebels of Feng Xian's family have fallen into their encirclement.

The fleet did not enter Leizhou Port, which was still a small fishing village at this time, and the construction of the eldest grandson's family had just begun. The fleet bypassed the port of Leizhou, continued northward along the coast, and sailed into the river at the mouth of the Maoming River.

Maoming River, the Jianjiang River of Maoming in later generations, this river brings together tributaries such as the Sanqiao River, the Lingluo River, and the Dou River to the south.

The lower river was wide, and the fleet drove directly along the river.

Entering the boundary of Gaozhou, Chen Zhiluo personally came to greet him.

This general, who once brought tens of thousands of children into the Central Plains as Yang Guangxiao's army, has now become the vanguard of the Tang Dynasty's sweep of Lingnan.

"We have surrounded 80,000 rebels in Longshan!"

It was a little later than planned, the original plan was to encircle the rebels at Daluling in the west of Gaozhou, but now the rebels are surrounded in Longshan in the north of Gaozhou.

Longshan is a branch of Yunkai Mountain, which is much larger than Daluling. Eighty thousand people went into the mountains, and it was not easy to clear them.

"The last general is derelict in his duties, please punish the king of Yue."

"It's okay, since it's already surrounded, it doesn't matter, they can't escape."

Although Longshan is big, it is not Yunkai Mountain, nor is it Yunwu Mountain, and when the mountain is surrounded, the 80,000 rabble of rebels will be trapped to death, with no food and grass, no supplies, and they can be trapped to death.

Li Chao led his troops to Longshan, and there were soldiers and horses everywhere under the mountain.

The officials and soldiers of the imperial court and the local village soldiers were in chaos.

"The members of the Lingnan Council are all one, all the members." Li Chao's order is still very prestigious, and those who have been awarded the title of parliamentarian have all come this time. Some with thousands of people, some with only a few dozen, but they all came anyway.

The lawmakers rushed to Li Chao's camp and focused outside his tent.

That night, Li Chao held a grand dinner at the camp.

Those parliamentarians are all well-known figures in Lingnan.

Those who are powerful have obtained positions close to Li Chao, and those who are weak can only sit far away from Li Chao.

However, they already felt very honored to be lucky enough to sit here and drink with the crown prince and the king of Yue.