In mid-November, Zhu Huan of Chungu County received an order from Zhou Xin, the Taishou of Danyang, to launch a fierce attack on Xiang'an and Linhu counties along the Yangtze River in Lujiang County. At the same time, the bandits who had been trapped in Dabie Mountain for a long time launched a breakthrough accordingly.

Regardless of whether the bandits in the south of Lujiang County had a secret communication with Danyang, because of the arrangements that had been made before, Xu Chu just ordered the army stationed in Shu County to enter a state of imminent battle, and sent more scouts from all over Shu County, nothing more.

Since mid-November, the lights of the Shu County Taishou Mansion have been bright every night, and all the county officials, strategists and military generals have been guarding the Taishou Mansion day and night, waiting to be summoned at any time.

Among them is Xu Yi, a scholar from Dongguan County, Langya County, Xuzhou.

Xu Chu clearly remembered that day Yang Wei commented on Xu Yi, saying that he was loyal and bright and high-minded like an ancient sage, but he was too serious.

In just a few days after Xu Yi arrived at the house, Xu Chu was quietly observing, as Yang Wei said, this Xu Jicai often sat upright, did not squint, and always had a stinky face when talking to people.

Xu Chu didn't know what about himself that Xu Yi looked like a 'Qingxian Gaoshi', came all the way to Lujiang, and later learned from Xi Zhong that it was because Xu Chu did two things.

One is to ask for Dong, and the other is to reuse Xun Yu, Cai Yong and other celebrities.

People came from thousands of miles to vote, and Xu Chu temporarily appointed him, like Hua Xin, to join the army, and first put him in the army to see the effect.

Let's not talk about Xu Yi, during this period of time, there was an endless stream of military reports from the south of the county and Xiang'an, in the south of the county, Xun Yu, Gan Ning, and Liu Bei on the front line built a high base, although there were many thieves, but they did not pose much threat to us, and the battle to this day, our soldiers were less than 100 soldiers, and the thieves were not counted, most of them were captured by Gan Ning's department.

It is worth mentioning that Gan Ning did something that made Xu Chu, a later generation, a little 'nauseous' - Zhujingguan.

The so-called view of building capital is actually to pile up the enemies who died in battle and build them into a 'high mound'.

During this time, there were thousands of thieves and dead, and they were very 'spectacular' in front of the camp by Gan Ning. No matter what Gan Ning did was too much, the effect was obvious, according to Xun Yu's report, the thieves were frightened and did not dare to attack for several days.

In the direction of Xiang'an, Zhu Huan deserved to be the later Huchen of Eastern Wu, and when the two sides began to fight, Li Tong and Chen Gong fell behind. Of course, this is also because the fleet led by Zhu Huan is very sophisticated, especially Zhu Huan took advantage of the tall fighting ship and the female wall, and ordered the soldiers and the ship to shoot arrows condescendingly in the landing battle at the ferry, and in less than half a day, he repelled the defense arranged by Li Tong and Chen Gong at the ferry, and temporarily retreated to Xiang'an County. However, when the war shifted from land and water to pure land, Zhu Huan did not have the advantage of the navy, but he also had no way to take Li Tong and Chen Gong who were cowering in the city, and even if they were not careful, they would be taken advantage of by Li Tong and other generals.

After Xu Chu finished reading the military report of Xiang'an County, he couldn't help but think of Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, the two Jiujiang giants, if they helped, it was not good to say that the situation of the war here would be reversed. Xu Chu then sent people to recruit Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin along the Huaishui River, preparing to use Xu Qi's position as a lieutenant to ascend to them.

What is ironic is that the envoy sent out heard that the two brothers went to Guangling to fight the autumn wind because of the turmoil in Guangling County, Xuzhou, so they had to return in a huff.

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Danyang County, Wanling County.

Zhou Xin couldn't sleep all night, and urgently summoned the subordinates to discuss the matter.

Zhang Yun and Wei Ze were most respected by Zhou Xin, and they lived in the county government, and the two of them arrived first.

Zhang Yun saw that Zhou Xin was full of sorrow, and asked puzzledly: "Zhu Duwei defeated Xu Lujiang's Li and Chen generals on the front line, why can't the Ming Mansion raise its eyebrows?" ”

Zhou Xin smiled bitterly when he heard this, and ordered the military newspaper in his hand to be passed to Zhang Yun and Wei Ze to read.

After reading it, Zhang Yun and Wei Ze were shocked.

Zhang Yun blurted out: "Zu Lang is reversed? ”

Wei Ze was surprised and mixed with a little annoyance, and said: "The subordinate has long reminded that this ancestor did not hesitate to scatter his family wealth and win over the country light men and evil boys, and his ambition must be not small, but it is a pity that there were people in the hall who were bought by this traitor at that time to speak for him, which led to today's changes!" ......Ay. Wei Ze finally sighed, in the end, he didn't insist on the strong admonition at that time, and he did.

Zhou Xin still smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "The house leak happened to rain overnight, and Zulang reversed, and the large area below Lingyang was no longer owned by the county dynasty." ”

Zhang Yun and Wei Ze looked at each other gloomily.

Zhou Xin is talented and upright, in order to maintain Danyang County's combat effectiveness above a certain level, he has always been quite strict with county officials and heroes. In this way, although the orders issued by the Taishou Mansion can have the effect of 'ordering and prohibiting', once they encounter something like the rebellion of Zulang of Lingyang, it is a big problem whether his decree can be transmitted to the counties below Lingyang. The powerful and powerful officials in the counties will definitely have a part of the people who have a deep grudge against him and take advantage of the situation to break away from the control of the Danyang County Government.

There are rules for governing the world, and there are rules for troubled times.

At this point, Zhou Xin is not powerless to deal with it, but there are not many options to choose from, and the most time-effective of them should be to compromise with Zu Lang.

Zhang Yun and Wei Ze strongly objected.

Zhang Yundao: "Zu Lang is a thief, the Ming Mansion personally led the elite of Danyang to the south, and it will not take a few months to cut off this thief!" ”

Wei Ze even said: "The name of the government moves Yangzhou, where the people's prestige of the state is, how can he compromise with the traitor because of small profits regardless of the overall situation?" ”

"Enough!"

Zhou Xin took the case and said thunderously: "Don't I hate this thief?" Raise troops to the south, even if they can be destroyed, if Lujiang pours out the strength of his whole county to attack at this time, how should I deal with myself? ”

After speaking, he felt that his tone was a little excessive, and then softened: "The two of you are my humerus, you need to know that even if Lujiang doesn't come to attack, even if I get rid of Zulang, my strength will be greatly damaged in a short time, and what will I use to relieve the people of Yangzhou from hanging upside down?" ”

Zhang Yun and Wei Ze were speechless, standing in Zhou Xin's position, it was true.

Seeing this, Zhou Xin ordered his cronies to send an envoy to Lingyang, and his cousin Lang was the governor of Danyang County.

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Zhou Xin's act of 'seeking skin with the tiger' shocked the shepherds of various counties in Yangzhou, and also shocked the scholars in Yangzhou.

In the Cai Mansion of Shu County, Cai Yong sighed when he heard the report: "Is this really heaven's will? ”

Cai Yan, who was standing on the side, wondered: "Father, what providence?" ”

Cai Yong was silent, and said in his heart: "Xu Chu wants to raise troops after more than a month, but there is such a strong bandit in Danyang County at this time...... In the short term, Zhou Danyang may still have the strength to resist, but after the year, Lujiang has been peaceful in all aspects, with the ability of Xu Chu's strategists to be fierce, let me ask, without the constraints of Danyang County, can Fang Bo Chen Wen resist the offensive of Lujiang County? And Jiujiang is down, Xu Chu can cross the river to attack according to his sophisticated ships, this, this...... Is it really providence? ”