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When the battle of Yecheng came to an end, the battle for Qingzhou gradually divided the winners and losers.

At the beginning, Murong De led his army to the southeast and attacked the northern part of Yanzhou, and all the counties along the way surrendered one after another, and they did not encounter resistance until they advanced to Qi County.

Qi Jun Taishou is a disun, his father was a member of Duan Gong's staff, and was killed when Murong Ke was fighting against Duan Gong.

When Murong De sent an envoy to recruit him, Qi Jun was too guarded to surrender in order to avenge his personal revenge.

So, Murong De ordered Murong Zhong to lead 20,000 cavalry to attack Qi County, and he himself led his army to attack Langxi County.

At this time, the Great Jin Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty was suffering from the rebellion of the Heavenly Master Dao, and there was no time to take care of the situation in Qingzhou.

As a result, under the Yan army, all parts of Qingzhou submitted to Murong De.

After Murong De advanced to Lunan and replenished his troops, he transferred his troops to the north and attacked Jucheng, and the defender Ren An abandoned the city and fled.

At the same time, Murong Zhong sent a letter to Qingzhou, urging the military and civilians of Piluhun and his subordinate counties to surrender.

When the Taishou of Qi County heard that Murong De had personally come to crusade, he was very worried, so he ordered more than 8,000 households from all over Qingzhou to be forcibly relocated to Guanggu to strengthen the city's defenses.

However, with the surrender of Sima Cuidan and Pingyuan Taishou Zhang Huo to Nanyan, all efforts to make Pilu Hun go to waste.

Just when Pi Luhun abandoned the city with his wife and children and was about to flee to the Great Jin, he was chased and killed by Murong De's cavalry.

After killing Pilu Hun, there was no resistance in the entire Qingzhou, so Murong De successfully seized Qingzhou.

At this time, the Wei envoys arrived in Guanggu and proposed that Wei Yan unite against Hexi, and Murong De agreed to form an alliance with Wei after a little thought.

Subsequently, he ascended the throne in Guanggu and became the emperor, and after being called the emperor, Murong Dejin named Murong Zhong as Situ, Mu Yuba as Sikong, and Han Zhuo as Shangshu's left servant.

and named his wife Duan Jifei as the queen; made his nephew Murong Chao the crown prince.

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Jiangling is the seat of Jingzhou, Panju in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, accessible by land and water, is a beautiful and rich city.

The Huan family has worked hard for several generations to manage this city, and it has always been a battleground for soldiers.

After capturing and killing Yin Zhongkan and Yang Yanqi, Huan Xuan immediately set up his base camp in Jiangling.

Due to being suppressed by the royal family for many years, Huan Xuan was full of resentment towards the Sima royal family.

As a result, when he grasped the power of Jingzhou, he wanted to overthrow the Jin dynasty.

Recently, he has been recuperating and working hard for the so-called "Huan's great cause".

When the news of the Shidao rebellion and Liu Gao's death in the battle reached Jiangling, Huan Xuan was extremely excited.

He had no scruples in private and declared to his henchmen that the Jin family was exhausted.

In order to further seek personal gain, Huan Xuan also pretended to write to the imperial court, requesting troops to quell the rebellion.

However, Sima Daozi had insight into Huan Xuan's ambitions, not only rejected his 'good intentions', but also issued an order to reprimand him.

Since taking control of Jingzhou, Huan Xuanzhi has been full of pride, flattered everywhere, and has not been lost face in public by outsiders for a long time.

Now the imperial court openly issued a holy decree to attack him, which made Huan Xuan angry and ashamed.

As soon as he thought of the dazzling words on the holy decree, Huan Xuan's anger soared upward.

He slammed the edict to the ground, muttering and scolding: "The court is faint, and the traitorous ministers are in charge." ”

"My father was kind and wanted to help the court quell the rebellion, but he didn't appreciate it, and he even sneered."

Huan Xuan, who was depressed, walked out of the mansion, climbed the high city wall, and looked into the distance.

But I saw that the water of the Yangtze River was like ten thousand horses galloping, emitting a surging huge roar, rolling eastward, unstoppable.

Looking at the magnificent and beautiful scenery of the river in front of him, Huan Xuan gradually calmed down.

"The conditions for the incident are not ripe at the moment, and my father has to wait."

"Although the number of Jiankang forbidden troops is large, most of them are rabble, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

"The only one who can be worried about is the elite of Beifu."

"Although the general Liu Gaozhi has been killed in battle, Liu Yu is also a fierce general who can fight habitually."

"Before defeating Liu Yu, Jingzhou can't act rashly for the time being."

After forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart, Huan Xuan walked down the stairs and walked towards the mansion without looking back.

On the way, I happened to meet the long history Bian Fanzhi to find him.

As Huan Xuan's chief strategist, Bian Fanzhi is good at observing words and feelings, and seeing that Huan Xuan's face is not angry, he suddenly understands.

"Ming Gong's prestige spreads far and near, who in the world can be Ming Gong's opponent?"

"Sima Daozi is mediocre and incompetent, but he is just a wine bag and a rice bag, what is the way?!"

"Alas, how could I not know what the ancestors said? However, the real worry of this prince is Liu Yuye, a strong general in Beifu. ”

"After Liu Gaozhi's death, in just a few days, Liu Jingxuan, Gao Yazhi, He Wuji and other old generals of the Northern Mansion all attached themselves to Liu Yu."

"Liu Yuyou is prestige, replacing Liu Gaozhi as the new commander of Beifu, and his strength is better than in the past."

"Eh, my lord is too worried! From a certain point of view, Liu Yu is not worried. ”

Seeing that Bian Fan was confident, Huan Xuanden became excited.

He understands Bian Fan's talent, and since the other party said so, he must have a countermeasure in his heart.

"Since Changshi looks down on the famous Liu Yu, there must be a reason to look down on him."

He looked at Bian Fan Daodao with an expectant face: "Dare to ask Changshi for advice." ”

Fan Zhi squinted at a pair of small eyes like mung beans, as if they contained infinite wisdom.

"On the surface, Liu Yu and Sima Daozi wear a pair of pants, but in fact, they are at odds with each other."

"Liu Yu was originally a confidant of the first emperor and was ambitious, how could he be in the same league as Sima Daozi?"

"And Sima Daozi is willing to use Liu Yu, that's because after Liu Jiao's death in the battle, the Beifu soldiers had no leader, and the imperial court had to let Liu Yu go out."

"As long as Nanjun Gongshanjia takes advantage of the contradictions between them to divide and disintegrate, Liu Yu will definitely not work for Sima Daozi."

Huan Xuan bowed slightly, and the more he pondered, the more he felt that what Bian Fanzhi said was reasonable.

He happily struck the knot and praised: "Changshi is really wise and far-reaching, in a word. ”

"If he wants to raise an army to approach Gyeonggi, he only needs to point the spearhead at Sima Daozi."

"At that time, Liu Yu was trapped in the southeast, and seeing that it was none of his business, it was very likely that he would stand by and watch, so the big thing would be done."

"As long as Sima Daozi is successfully defeated, Liu Yu will be unable to do anything even if he has ideas in the future."

"At that time, who else can stop Ming Gong from reaching out to the four seas?"

Huan Xuan's words were so radiant that he almost jumped up with excitement.

Huan Xuan patted Fan Zhi's shoulder affectionately, and said happily: "If great things are accomplished in the future, Qing should be the first to make the first contribution." ”

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At the beginning of June, when the news of the Battle of Yecheng spread, it caused a series of chain reactions.

First of all, the morale of Hulu's side plummeted, and the cities that some counties and counties in Sizhou were still holding on to, surrendered to Hexi.

Soon, the territory under the rule of the original Yan State, except for Zhao County, which was taken away by the Wei State, the rest of the counties all belonged to Hexi.

In this way, the land of the eight counties north of the river and most of the Sizhou are all returned to Hexi.

Song Xuan, Cui Hao and others, who had just arrived in Chang'an, asked for the Assassin's Mansion and the Governor's Mansion in Sizhou.

"Do you have any recommendations?"

"How about the party guarding Li Xian?"

"This person was originally the mastermind of Murong Yong, and he has been conscientious and conscientious since he took refuge in Hexi, and has made many meritorious contributions."

"Well, Rong Ren can be civil and martial, which is quite suitable for a place like Sizhou for four wars."

"Where's the governor of Sizhou?"

"How's Tan Daoji?"

"Daoji? Well, it's not bad either! ”

"However, he has another appointment, and it is not appropriate for him to go to Sizhou for the time being."

Wei Shuo thought for a moment and said, "That's it! Li Wei, the governor of Shuozhou, went south to Sizhou and asked Daoji to replace Xuansheng. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, after taking Yecheng and occupying half of Sizhou, where should Hexi go next?"

"My lord, although the battle of Yecheng caused heavy casualties to the Wei State, in fact, Hexi is also temporarily unable to run Hebei."

"In this way, Wei and Hexi will enter a period of stable confrontation."

"During this period, because Hexi and Wei were afraid of each other, it was difficult to start a war lightly."

"Therefore, the minister thought that Hexi could temporarily let go of Wei, set his sights on other places, and continue to expand his strength through piecemeal and encroachment."

"For example, the unstable situation in Shudi, the Central Plains, and even Qingqi, which has just been occupied by Southern Yan, and even Northern Yan in the northeast."

"How?" Wei Shuo frowned.

"Different regions have different situations and can take different countermeasures."

"For example, in the Central Plains, there are many local dock forts, which are divided by the family."

"In this regard, the lord may wish to take political co-optation and make friends with the other party for the time being."

"What's the use of that? The family is all grass on the wall, if you can't completely control it, I'm afraid it's useless to be bound, right? ”

"Hey, hey! It's useless at the moment, but in the future, once Jiangdong is in turmoil, these places will definitely fall to Hexi in order to protect themselves, and that is when Hexi will make a big move. ”

Listening to what Cui Hao said, Wei Shuo suddenly thought for a moment.

He suddenly remembered the dispute between Nanxiang County between the Later Qin and the Eastern Jin Dynasty in history.

At that time, Jiangdong Huan Xuan was in turmoil, and the powerful in Nanyang changed their banners one after another and took refuge in Houqin.

Later, Liu Yu rose up and asked Hou Qin for Nanxiang County.

At that time, Yao Xing was competing with Wei for supremacy in the north, and he had no time to take care of the southern front.

He was afraid of attracting retaliation from the Great Jin, so he took the initiative to return all the territory that was attached to Later Qin to the Great Jin.

If the current operation is done properly, maybe Hexi will also get more counties for nothing.