The Han court made a clear reply to the existence of the Nanyue Kingdom, and even announced to the whole world through a holy decree:

South Vietnam was a traitorous force, not an independent state. While denying the legitimacy of the lord of Nanyue, he announced that as long as the Jiaozhou family was concerned about the Han Dynasty, he could secretly accumulate strength and wait for the arrival of the royal master. However, there is one exception to this family, and that is the Shi family.

The Shi clan surrendered to the enemy, the crime was unforgivable, the king went south, and the whole clan was punished. For other families attached to the Shi clan, it is best to recognize the implementation situation clearly, and if they are willing to surrender on the battlefield or take the initiative to surrender, the imperial court will not investigate their responsibility for defecting to the enemy.

From now on, Sun Jian's ministry was officially opened, and the imperial court ordered Yuan Shu to leave Nanyang County, and at the same time appointed Yuan Shu as the assassin of Yuzhou.

The money and grain transported back from the Western Regions have been in place one after another, and the Dawan Kingdom is willing to submit to the Han Dynasty, and sacrifice 10,000 Dawan horses as sincerity, which is heartwarming is that there are more than 100 spirit beast-level war horses.

The spirit beast-level war horse, Liu Ting specially sent people to cultivate, and at the same time gave the generals who made great achievements, one horse per person. Ma Teng, Ma Chao, Sun Jian, Sun Ce and Cheng Pu and other generals all participated.

These war horses are actually not as good as the red horses, which are already close to the demon beast level, but each of them is also a rare and excellent horse, and the speed is far comparable to that of extraordinary horses.

"The imperial court plans to march south?" Li Ming also received the news seven or eight days later.

At this time, the time has entered the sixth month of the lunar calendar, and it is about to enter the summer. At this time, the Tuntian soldiers will be a little more leisurely, according to the original plan, they will also take the opportunity to train at this time, only the Yizhou side will not, they will continue to build a new home.

"Sun Jian was appointed as the general of Zhengnan, and he had already begun to assemble 30,000 troops in Luoyang, including 20,000 cavalry, 10,000 infantry, and 50,000 auxiliaries, known as the 100,000 army. They were about to head south, taking the same road we had taken before, and entering Nanyang County. Wang Yu said slowly,

The edict of the imperial court was issued according to the usual practice, but the situation of the southern expedition was secretly sent by Wang Yun. Wang Yun's status in Chang'an, because the relationship between Wang Yu is not very good, but with his previous connections and fame, he will not be left out in the cold. In the end, he exerted enough ability, and as Wang Ling entered the army to serve, Wang Yun also received a little attention from Liu Ting.

"Conquering the city is not something that can be done by only 20,000 cavalry, where is the bottom line of the imperial court, to conquer Nanyang County, or to go all the way south to the area of Guiyang Lingling?" Li Ming looked at Wang Yu.

"I didn't say this, but you are not a fool, and the princes of the court will not be fools. Since 20,000 cavalry were sent, in other words, the purpose of the imperial court should be Nanyang or Yuzhou, depending on how stupid Yuan Shu is! Wang Yu said slowly, "Among the 50,000 auxiliaries, there are 10,000 engineering battalions, 10,000 siege equipment battalions, and even 3,000 military doctors, what do you think?" ”

"It seems that the imperial court has been paying attention to our establishment. Both of us are sending men to spy on each other's orders, and it's frustrating that they only need to get a little bit of information, and they will be of great use. On the contrary, we get a lot of information, and that's it! Li Ming shrugged his shoulders, he couldn't let him send someone to the imperial court and ask Liu Ting for patent fees, right?

In Hanlu, there is no setting for royalties. Basically, a technology is out of Yangzhou, and I'm afraid that when it goes to Jiangbei, how others use it is not their business.

"The key is still Yuan Shu, so he earned a Yuzhou assassin history." Li Ming snorted coldly.

"The court needs him as a buffer between us, if he's smart enough!" Wang Yu said with a smile.

It can be seen that the imperial court still knows the situation in Yangzhou very well. also knew that Li Ming did not intend to be a courtier obediently, and it was difficult to say whether he had further found some other information. However, it is clear that now is not the best time to crusade against Yangzhou. After all, the establishment of the Nanyue State did more damage to the prestige of the Han family than a nominally obedient Han Chen.

"What is the probability of a false Dao Defeat?" Li Ming looked at Wang Yu.

"It's not ruled out, so it's best to let them go south from Nanjun, and at the same time let Tai Shici and Zhang He prepare them. Of course, including Gan Ning, I have to say that after you flattened him half a year ago, he was a lot more well-behaved! Wang Yu said.

Half a year ago, after the crusade against Yuan Shu, Gan Ning said that he wanted to have a discussion with Li Ming, but he was flattened. This innate Qi who has not yet awakened is not as good as Li Ming in terms of force or agility, and the result is self-evident at the beginning.

"Behind the arrogant and unruly children, there is always a heart that needs to be cared for, right?" Li Ming commented with a smile.

Ten days later, in mid-June, the imperial army began to move south, and the vanguard arrived in Danshui County, Nanyang County.

The imperial court is waiting for Yuan Shu's official reply, or people all over the world are waiting for Yuan Shu's reply. After Yuan Shao learned about this matter a few days ago, he still sent someone to send a letter to Yuan Shu when he was fighting on two fronts with Gongsun Zhan and the Montenegrin army.

Give up Nanyang and stick to Yuzhou! The content of the letter is this, Nanyang is already a place of four wars, not to mention that Cao Cao is eyeing him, only that the imperial court will inevitably recover, not to mention that Nanyang County originally belonged to Jingzhou, and Liu Biao will not sit idly by.

"Yuan Shao thinks that he is the head of the family? Give up Nanyang and stick to Yuzhou, I'm not his subordinate! Yuan Shu looked at Yuan Shao's letter, and directly fell to the ground and stepped on it a few times.

"Lord, it's quite unwise to stick to Nanyang, Jingzhou Liu Biao has mobilized troops to station in the Xinye area, Cao Cao is estimated to not sit idly by, and now Nanyang is surrounded by three roads, and Nanyang has lost its original role. Instead of wasting troops here, it's better to stick to Yuzhou! Yang Hong came out of front of him, and Yan Xiang also echoed from the side.

"I know!" Yuan Shu exhaled heavily, he may be impulsive, he may easily lose his mind, but he is not stupid.

After taking a few deep breaths, Yuan Shu finally officially issued an order: "Order Chen Lan and Lei Bo to leave Nanyang County with their men and horses!" But it can't be so cheap for them, and order them to take all the money and food with them! ”

"I'm afraid that this will affect the reputation of the lord!" Yuan Peng stood up, he could imagine how miserable the life of the people who were taken away from the food would be.

"The court will help them!" Yuan Shu retorted directly.

"This will also make it easy for the imperial court to win the hearts of the people of Nanyang! In the future, we will return to Nanyang County, but I am afraid that the people will not support us! Yuan Peng further admonished, or rather, he was not afraid of anything.

"Okay, okay, just do what you want! One or two are usually dumb, but now they all jump out and talk about that. Yuan Shu suddenly became excited.

Yuan Shu withdrew his troops in the end, and many people had the impression that Yuan Shu would fight hard did not appear. The imperial army was dominated by Sun Jian, and successively mobilized 50,000 soldiers and 100,000 auxiliary soldiers into Nanyang County.

With the withdrawal of Yuan Shu's troops, Liu Biao actually let the army withdraw from Nanyang County and retreat to Xiangyang to garrison, and occupied the entire Nanyang County with the imperial army without bloodshed.

"This autumn, it is estimated that it will be very lively...... one after another information continued to converge towards Wanling, and Li Ming couldn't help but sigh after learning that the imperial army had officially entered Nanyang County.