Since Wang Dun gained a firm foothold in Jingzhou, he relied on the support and help of the Wang family to develop in Jingzhou, and his human ability was widely praised in the court.

It's just that although Jingzhou is developing well, the bandits who are in turmoil have not been exterminated, but there is a tendency to spread, and they are only broken by Wang Dun's people at critical moments.

No matter from which point of view, from the battle report, this is a situation that is barely maintained, it seems that Wang Dun just relied on some soldiers and horses to block the thieves with difficulty, and then difficult to develop and grow.

However, by the middle of the second year, Wang Dun's soldiers were strong and strong, but he still did not completely exterminate the bandits, and some people in the court tasted it.

Isn't this to raise self-respect?

This is not a dream, but after the calculation of many people, I think it is very possible.

You must know that this Wang Dun went to Jingzhou to operate, but it is not like when Chen Zhi went north to Youzhou, with a chaotic Jizhou in between, so it is difficult for the imperial court to support, between him Wang Dun and Jiangzuo, there is not only a land connection, but also the Yangtze River waterway, materials and money can be vigorously asked every month, and the soldiers' blades are not pulled, even the soldiers are supplemented, and sometimes the imperial court has to deploy him from other places.

Under such circumstances, only a small part of the money and taxes obtained by Wang Dun in Jingzhou were handed over to the imperial court, and most of them were intercepted by himself and left in the local area, so although the time was not short, Jingzhou's power was rapidly expanding.

It's just that after such an expanded force, it still can't help those bandits, which is a bit unspeakable.

After all, with the stabilization of the situation in Jiangzuo, the intelligence and information of this bandit have gradually been mastered by the imperial court, and the whole Jiangzuo court also knows that those bandits look powerful, but in fact, the organization is loose, and there is still a power struggle within it.

It's just that it's a group of people like me, and you Wang Dun have such a big advantage, you can't take it down!

Therefore, although there are still people in the court who advocate Wang Dun's military talents, no one compares him with Chen Zhi anymore, after all, the people up and down, and even the people of the people, know very well that just a little bandit, if you really invite the governor of the north to come over, it will take half a month, which is considered a long time.

However, no matter what others say, Wang Dun still takes care of himself, and with the increase of troops, his power in Jingzhou is becoming more and more stable, and there is more and more nothing he can do about him.

At this time, someone finally remembered Chen Zhi's article, and it was rumored in private that it was a disaster for the Wang family, and it really should be on Wang Dun, and the court was afraid that it would be difficult to be stable.

On the other hand, in Youzhou, since the imperial examination, it has been re-precipitated, and there has been no movement, as in the past, only this time, but no one dares to despise it anymore, because they know very well that Youzhou is now immersed in development, just to accumulate strength, and the strength of many strong tribes in Merge Prefecture, Pingzhou, and even most of the grassland has been digested, and then there will be further actions.

Even several forces around here, such as Shile in Najizhou, became more and more worried because of this, and kept looking for people to estimate when the Chen clan would go south.

Gradually, the Shile turned his attention to the south.

On this day, he heard that Wang Dun of Jingzhou had fought with the thief army again, and although he won a great victory, he still let the bandits escape, so he summoned Nie Daoren and asked for his opinion.

"I look at that Wang Dun, it is really self-respecting, and there are disputes in the Jiangzuo court from time to time, the Wang family and other families have many contradictions, and the northern and southern families are more discordant, if I go south to Jiangzuo, can I have a chance of winning?"

Nie Daoren said: "Your Majesty, the land of Sizhou and Yanzhou today has not yet been digested, where can you take care of Jiangzuo anymore, the Yangtze River moat is not easy to break." ”

Shi Le asked again: "What if it is just the land of the Jiangzuo court in Jiangbei?" Xuzhou is not close, some time ago the attack on Qingzhou was blocked, if you can get Xuzhou first, and then attack from three sides, Qingzhou can be down! ”

Nie Daoren pondered, he knew that Shi Le's current thoughts were different from other forces, because Jizhou was on the edge of Youzhou, so Shi Le had a lot of scruples about Youzhou, and for more than a year, he always felt that Youzhou soldiers and horses could go south to Jizhou at any time, so he was eager to expand his power.

For this reason, he even did not hesitate to fight with the Guanzhong Imperial Court a few times, and basically established the control of Sizhou and half of Yanzhou, but he was still not at ease, and always felt that he had to take a few more states as a foundation to raise soldiers and horses, so as to be able to compete with the Youzhou Xuanjia Army.

Now the situation in Jizhou is not good, although through several conflicts, the forces of the two kings of Guanzhong were expelled to the west of Tongguan, but due to the threat of the Xuanjia Army of Antongguan, the counties around Antongguan, Shile was not really stationed and annexed, but vacated, as a buffer between the three families, only a piece of land in the south of Jizhou was actually controlled by him.

Tongguan is a dangerous point in the world, and there is a Xuanjia army in the state as a deterrent, so the expansion direction of the Shile army is almost at the end in the west, and the rest is Qingzhou in the east and Jiangzuo in the south.

Qingzhou has been attacking, but it is not easy, and now Shi Le has heard about Wang Dun and glimpsed Jiang Zuo's reality, so it is natural that he will be motivated by this.

Considering these, Nie Daoren also knew that if he forcibly refused, it would be inappropriate, and there were some things, if he didn't do it, he really couldn't say the final result, especially Jiang Zuo's combat power, what it was, in fact, it was not clear, maybe it could really be a try, not to mention, there was another hidden danger in Shi Le's power at the moment, if it was operated well, it could kill two birds with one stone.

So he thought about it for a while, and then proposed: "Let General Shihu lead the army south, he was not effective in attacking Qingzhou before, and he has been living at the junction of Qingxu and Yan, and he is just going south at this time, but before sending troops, it is best for the king to send a letter to Jiang Zuo." ”

"Still want to write a letter?" Shi Le couldn't help frowning, "If I want to get the land of Xuzhou in Jiangbei, I should fight quickly and give Jiang Zuo no time to react, how can I write it first?" ”

Nie Daoren explained: "Jiang Zuo at the moment, the military orders are different, there are many internal disputes, then Wang Dun is the representative, the king gave a letter, don't say anything else, just say that he knows that there is chaos in Xuzhou, and he is willing to peace, if Jiang Zuo has a heart, he can send troops to attack, and there is no need to say much about the others, just look at the reaction of Jiangnan, if it is all from the Manchu Dynasty, then the general will not send troops first, if they shirk each other, they can attack quickly, if they fight for the right to send troops, they can be destroyed!" ”