Yang Lian's excerpt Li Jing replied quickly, he asked Yang Lian to act cheaply, take charge of the affairs of Haichu and Chu Prefectures, and at the same time secretly sent a fleet to transport 300,000 stone of grain to the north, first used as military funds. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yang Lian received the reply and actively prepared for war, 5,000 recruits have been trained, plus there were more than 10,000 people in Haizhou and Chuzhou, Yang Lian's strength reached 20,000, and the 20,000 soldiers were mainly concentrated in Chuzhou, with 13,000 people, and the remaining 7,000 people were stationed in Haizhou.

In order to ensure the war, Yang Lian went to Haizhou in person, mainly to inspect the wharf. Last year, Yang Lian purchased more than 50 merchant ships from the south, after more than half a year of hard work, the refit has been completed, limited to the level, Yang Lian is still studying how to add iron sheets to the battleship, in order to enhance the solidity of the battleship, but Yang Lian first reinforced the bow and deck of the battleship, and increased the ramming angle.

Lin Renzhao is a native of Fujian, and he also has a set of training sailors, just when Yang Lian was training the new army, he was also training sailors, and now there have been initial results, even if the Han civil strife is calculated, there will be at least half a year, and this time is enough for Lin Renzhao to train his troops.

On Yuzhou Island, in the side hall, Yang Lian, Lin Renzhao, Lu Duoxun, Chen Tie and others were drinking tea and talking.

In front of Yang Lian was a geographical map of the Central Plains, which was very detailed and was drawn by businessmen who had gone to the Central Plains for nearly a year. From Chuzhou to Kaifeng, if you take the canal, in fact, it is not slow, if the wind is downwind, you can arrive in three days at most, of course, it will be blocked along the way, if you take the canal, you must first pass through Xuzhou, if you take the Bianhe, you must first go to Suzhou, and then all converge in Songzhou, and the metropolis after Songzhou is Kaifeng.

The road does not seem to be far, but these places are important towns, and there are many soldiers and horses, and it is not easy to pass. Yang Lian's idea is to focus on waterways. The south ships and the north horses, the northerners are relatively poor in water, and the southerners are good at water, and it is the best policy to open the road with a strong sailor and quickly arrive in Kaifeng.

Lin Renzhao and Lu Duoxun are very strange, it is true that there is civil strife in the Han Kingdom, but Li Shouzhen has been surrounded by Guo Wei in the river, unable to move, and the reinforcements in Shuzhong have also been defeated early, and they can no longer support Li Shouzhen, it can be said that Li Shouzhen's defeat is a matter of time, and once the rebellion in the river is pacified, the civil strife in the Han State will be pacified.

Regarding this point, Yang Lian was not easy to explain, so he only shirked a few words, saying that he thought that after Guo Wei pacified Li Shouzhen, his achievements were high. And the killing of Shi Hongzhao and Yang Wei is enough to prove that although Liu Chengyou is still young, he is not a person who wants to be a puppet, he has his own character. Such a person can't tolerate things, and the contradiction with Guo Wei will arise sooner or later.

When Yang Lian said this, Lin Renzhao felt that it was very possible. Chen Tie has some opinions, what did that stupid emperor do when he rescued him? Yang Lian smiled, Liu Chengyou is a fool, but the important thing is that once Guo Wei really rebels, he will be a thief. After saving Liu Chengyou, he can send troops in the name of recovering the Han State in the future. In addition, there is another important aspect, that is, Yang Lian vaguely remembers that after the destruction of the Han State, it was Liu Zhiyuan's younger brother who established himself as the emperor and established the so-called Northern Han Dynasty in history.

If Liu Chengyou is in his hands, he can contact the Northern Han Dynasty in the future, attack Guo Wei, and recover the Central Plains. Yang Lian is like this, it is to take precautions.

Ludosun thought for a moment and clapped his hands, and he also approved of the plan. Lin Renzhao thought about it carefully, although it was more risky to rescue Liu Chengyou, but if it was successful, the future reward would inevitably be not small, and the greater the risk of anything, the greater the reward, and immediately agreed.

The matter was so decided, the two states of Haizhou actively prepared for war, Lin Renzhao made great efforts to rectify the water division, Yang Lian let Lin Renzhao spend a lot of money, bought a lot of chicken, duck and other meat, so that the soldiers could eat well.

At the same time as the training, Yang Lian sent a lot of spies, scattered in Kaifeng, Songzhou, Xuzhou, Suzhou and Yedu guarded by Guo Wei, and he even asked his subordinates to go to these places to open inns and restaurants to collect intelligence.

Although Yang Lian's preparations were secret, they were still discovered by Fu Jinzhan , which made her worried, if the two countries really went to war, she was between Yang Lian and her father, where should she go? The two armies are at war, which she very much does not want to see. Yang Lian comforted her with kind words, saying that she would not conflict with Fu Yanqing.

Despite Yang Lian's comfort, Fu Jinzhan was still very worried, and in addition, she was also worried about her sister Fu Ming. Fu Jinzhan took this worry to heart and didn't want Yang Lian to worry.

In the active preparation for the war, news came in the summer, Guo Wei pacified the river, Li Shouzhen self-immolated and died, and soon Zhao Sijuan and Wang Jingchong were also killed, the rebellion of the three towns was finally put down, and Guo Wei returned to Beijing in victory.

Hearing that Shi Hongzhao was killed, Guo Wei's mood did not fluctuate much, he presented the heads of Li, Zhao, and Wang, first relieved the military power, and closed the door at home.

After killing Yang Wei and Shi Hongzhao, Liu Chengyou finally mastered some power, and now Guo Wei took the initiative to show weakness and gave the military power, Liu Chengyou was very satisfied with him, in July, Liu Chengyou ordered Guo Wei to guard the northern town of Yedu, in order to prevent the Khitans from going south.

Yang Lian has been paying attention to these things, and when Guo Wei took the initiative to show weakness, Chen Tie thought that Guo Wei would not rebel, and Fu Jinzhan breathed a sigh of relief. Soon she got the news that Guo Rong married Fu Ming. I was very impressed with Guo Rong Fu Jinzhan and felt that Guo Rong was a very good young man, and his sister married him, which could be regarded as a good home. Fu Jinzhan discussed with Yang Lian and sent someone to send a gift.

After Yang Lian learned of the situation in the north, he secretly ordered Lin Renzhao to seize the time to train sailors, as soon as the end of autumn, and at the latest next year, the Han Kingdom will be in civil strife again.

The days passed quickly, in the autumn, the two states of Haichu achieved a bumper harvest, and there were as many as 100 warships of the Yuzhou Naval Division, most of which were still rebuilt with merchant ships, and only a small number of them were built by themselves, after all, it took too long to build ships.

In addition, the iron made by Yuzhou's blacksmiths was stronger and better, and Yang Lian's henchmen were all replaced with new armor, which was lighter to wear and could greatly save physical strength, but the defense ability was better. The weapon has also been improved, Yang Lian has replaced it with a long knife, and ordinary armor can basically break the armor with one sword.

When Yang Lian was actively preparing for the war, he handed Li Jing an excerpt from time to time and reported things secretly. Li Jing was very anxious in his heart, obviously very fascinated by the expansion of the territory, he even wanted to come to Haichu and Chu to inspect and have a long talk with Yang Lian, but Yang Lian refused on the grounds that the border was unstable. Li Jing thought about it too, and finally gave up the idea.

Although Guo Wei was very low-key, Liu Chengyou also trusted him very much at first, but this trust was short-lived, and soon, Liu Chengyou listened to what Li Ye said and prepared to assassinate Guo Wei. However, Liu Chengyou did not expect that Li Hongyi would secretly reveal it to Wang Yin with an edict. Wang Yin made a decision immediately and immediately sent someone to Guo Wei to report the emergency.

Guo Wei got the news and deceived the generals that Liu Chengyou, the Son of Heaven, had given an order to kill the generals. But he really couldn't bear it, so he told the generals about it. When the generals heard this, they were excited, especially their subordinates Guo Rong, Zhao Kuangyin, Zheng En and others were the most excited, and they expressed their willingness to support Guo Wei and enter Kaifeng and Qingjun.

Guo Wei immediately swore an oath in Yedu in the name of the Qing monarch's side, waved his army south, and prepared to seize Kaifeng. When the news reached Kaifeng, Liu Chengyou immediately sent troops to attack and block Guo Wei's army. At this time, Liu Chengyou remembered that Yang Lian had written to him, telling him that no matter what the circumstances, Guo Wei's two parents and children could not be killed.

Although he couldn't be killed, Liu Chengyou still sent troops to arrest Guo Wei's two sons and his wife Chai.

As for the marriage with Princess Huairou, Yang Lian once again resigned, things in Chuzhou have gradually been on the right track, and they must not be taken lightly, Yang Lian needs to gather strength during this time, Li Jing did not force him, Yang Lian gave him refined salt, the amount is not expensive, he is naturally happy for Yang Lian to continue to make salt.

Although Princess Huairou was not very happy, she was fascinated by mahjong recently, and called Emperor Zhou E from time to time, immersed in it, and put aside the marriage for the time being.

Yang Lian returned to the north, and did not rush to Chuzhou, he told the Son of Heaven in advance, along the Jinghai Institute all the way north, survey the terrain, at this time Guangling and other places and the seaside distance is very different from later generations, and the land by the sea is mostly saline-alkali land, grain production is very low, although there is the government's salt in the salt, but the effect is not great, Yang Lian walked slowly all the way, learned a lot of information, ten days later, this left the seaside, turned the canal, all the way to Chuzhou.

As soon as he returned to Chuzhou, Yang Lian received several news, one of which was sent by Lin Renzhao, when the New Year was closed, someone tried to get close to Yuzhou, and was found by the patrolling soldiers, after Lin Renzhao tortured him, this person was very tough, only said that he broke in unintentionally, and no one instructed him.

Lin Renzhao naturally didn't believe it, and after the torture, this person chose to commit suicide one day. A sharp stone chip cut his throat, and Lin Renzhao judged that this person committed suicide, but where his stone chip came from has never been found.

Yang Lian received this news and knew that someone was interested in Yuzhou Island, but who sent this person? Is it the Khitans, the Han people, or the people inside the Tang Dynasty? Yang Lian replied to Lin Renzhao to strengthen his precautions, and the affairs on Yuzhou Island could not be known to outsiders.

Another thing came from the Han Kingdom, that Liu Chengyou really made a mistake and went crazy, listened to the words of his relative Li Ye, and killed Yang Wei, speaking of which Yang Wei had a bad relationship with Liu Chengyou back then, Yang Lian made a great effort, although Yang Wei was a literati, but he had great power, and he was a minister who took care of his life, Liu Chengyou had a bad relationship with him, and it was reasonable to kill him.

However, Liu Chengyou also killed Shi Hongzhao, Shi Hongzhao held the military power, but more importantly, this person has a close relationship with Guo Wei, and his death may have a huge impact on Guo Wei. (To be continued.) )