For the land of the two prefectures in the north of Xuzhou, the more Li Chi thinks about it, the more angry he becomes, how to say that the land of these two prefectures is also under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou. was first occupied by Tang Xian, and now he finally has a chance to get it back, but he was taken by the Yanzhou army again. And he was deeply trapped in the Yangzhou battlefield, so he couldn't draw too many troops, and he had to worry about the Yanzhou army giving him a blow from his flank.

"Hey...... Why is the luck of this Yanzhou army always so good? first took Yuzhou from the hands of the Qi army, and did not fight to the death with the Qi army. It is almost bloodless, even if it is exchanged with the Qi army for the Huaiyin Mansion that occupies the governor of the capital, it is the original grain of the Qi army. What a hate! And Tang Xian, if it weren't for the Qi army in Bendu, would you be able to occupy the northern part of Jingzhou? It's so hateful to give up all the northern garrisons to the Yanzhou army! ”

Although he kept hinting at himself that he wanted to let go of Pengcheng and Haizhou, Li Chi still couldn't swallow the anger in his chest. You must know that at the beginning, it was for the land of these two provinces, or the jurisdiction of the entire Tang Army, but he hid 30,000 elites in the north of Xuzhou. If he had known this, it would have been better to transfer him to the southern front as soon as possible. At the very least, the Yangzhou strategy may be a different situation.

"Li Yan, I asked you to contact the Zhao Jun Navy at sea, how is the situation?"

"Back to the lord, they said that they have no intention of participating in the attack of the Qi army, because they do not have any benefit." Li Yan said in a sullen voice.

"Damn, no good? They all took a third of the Yangzhou Navy, and there is no benefit? Didn't you say that if you cooperate with us and take the Yangzhou Navy, these warships will all belong to them? ”

Li Yan said bitterly: "I said it, but Zhao Junjun didn't pay attention to it at all." They also said that if they wanted the Yangzhou Navy warship, they could still get it without our cooperation. ”

"I ......" As soon as he heard Li Yan's report, Li Chi added fuel to the fire, but gritted his teeth, and finally did not scold, after all, his strength was not as good as the other party, and the other party was reasonable. The Zhao army has already cut off one-third of the strength of the Yangzhou Navy without sending a large army, does it still need to cooperate with the Xuzhou army?

Of course, Li Chi didn't know that Zhao Xun had no intention of cooperating with others and annihilating the Qi army in one fell swoop. Even, he had to let the Qi army and the southern princes fight each other, and they kept fighting.

"Forget it, don't talk about it, since these two places are now in the hands of the Yanzhou army, we will stop for the time being. When we pacify Yangzhou and the princes' coalition forces defeat the Qi army, we are settling accounts with them. This Pengcheng and Haizhou will be ours sooner or later. At this moment, Li Chi can only say two cruel words, and he really can't do anything else.

"Report ...... Enlightened the lord, many rebels broke out in Yuhang Mansion. The counties implicated tens of thousands of people, and the Yuhang Prefecture assassin and the town guard sent an urgent report, asking how to deal with it. "Just after talking about the war in the north of Xuzhou, there was an urgent report.

"What? Damn it! Li Chi's face was suddenly gloomy, and this news made him even more resentful than the situation in the two northern prefectures of Xuzhou.

Strange to say, after taking the land of Yangzhou Sifu, Li Chi was still extremely excited. Sui'an, Xin'an, Yuhang, and Huiji were the more prosperous places in Yangzhou, so as soon as the Xuzhou army occupied these places, Li Chi promulgated a series of good governance. For example, tax reduction, reduction of forced labor, encouragement of commerce, etc.

At the beginning, the people of these four prefectures were not unhappy with Li Chi's rule. However, since Murong Cheng returned to Jiujiang Mansion, the territory of these four prefectures has begun to be unstable. The ordinary people were better, but those big gentry and merchants did not cooperate with the Xuzhou army, and even more, many businessmen never returned, leaving the four prefectures and entering the territory of the Qi army. What is strict is that above the local level, all kinds of rebels, rebels, and rebel rebels have appeared one after another to attack the rule of the Xuzhou army.

was already impatient because of the affairs in the two northern provinces of Xuzhou, and now because of the trouble in this place, Li Chi was even more annoyed, and immediately roared with a hideous face: "Give orders to the state capitals, from now on, for those who make trouble, no matter who they are, they will be killed." Fuck, now these four places are under the rule of my Xuzhou army, not the Qi army. The master of these four mansions is me Li Chi, not Murong Cheng, a group of things who don't know whether they are dead or alive, since they are looking for death, then send them on the road. ”

"The Lord is angry!" General Wei Li Yi hurriedly explained.

"Anger? How else can Pontus calm his anger? You said? These people have rebelled repeatedly and have not listened to their indoctrination, what do you want the governor of Pontus to do? Since they didn't want to live, Pontus let them die. Li Chi looked back abruptly and shouted coldly.

Li Yi knelt on the ground and said urgently: "The lord is angry, don't do it!" There are constant rebellions in these four prefectures, in order to let the lord order the execution of these rebellious people. My lord, once you give this military order, these tens of thousands of people will be killed. Then, the lord, you will completely lose the hearts of the people in these four places. ”

"My lord, since we occupied this place, the people's attitude towards us has been much better. Even if Murong Cheng returned later, these ordinary people were not dissatisfied with us. Although there are many rebellions in many places, they are all organized by the gentry of the big clans and the Qi army, and the ordinary people involved are just confused. ”

"A month ago, the first rebellion spread to more than 20 counties, all of which were in the four prefectures. But now, there are only three counties. This shows that under our benevolent and righteous policy, the people of these four provinces have gradually begun to return to their hearts. If the lord executes all those involved this time, it will inevitably cause panic in the hearts of the people. Then, once the Qi army spies provoke it, it will ......"

"Well......" As soon as he heard Li Yi's words, Li Chi suddenly extinguished the anger in his heart, and a cold sweat couldn't help but appear on his forehead. After thinking about it, he immediately understood the profound meaning of what Li Yi said.

"Let it be decreed that only the chief offender shall be punished, and the rest shall be instructed and forgiven of their sins." However, it is necessary to keep a strict guard. ”

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"The Xuzhou army has been evacuated?" In Yanzhou City, Zhao Xun asked Sun Zhuang, who was in charge of intelligence.

"Evacuated, it is estimated that we have sent 20,000 troops and the land of the two prefectures, these Xuzhou troops are unprofitable, and it is too wasteful for the army to be stationed in Chuzhou Mansion, so I will withdraw." Sun Zhuang said in a deep voice.

Zhao Xun breathed a sigh of relief, this time in order to take over the Tang army's territory, he returned to Yanzhou, personally sat in the town, and also transferred the avant-garde army defending the northern part of Yanzhou to Pengcheng and Haizhou to participate in the operation. Now that I have achieved success, I will naturally let go of all my worries. He knew that in the Chuzhou Mansion in the north of Xuzhou, the Xuzhou Army also secretly arranged 30,000 elites.

For the Tang army's plan to govern the territory, it is necessary to talk about the invasion of the Qi army. At the beginning, the princes of the three parties discussed, jointly calculated the Qi army, and the princes of the three roads had their own goals. And since Zhao Xun learned that Tang Xian's target was the northern part of Jingzhou, he had a plan to take the Tang army's territory. Of course, the initial goal was to take back the two northern provinces of Yanzhou.

It's just that things have changed, and the Xuzhou Army did not unite with the Yanzhou Army as Zhao Xun expected, and consumed the main force of the Qi Army at the border of Xuzhou. Instead, he was ready to sit and watch the fight to the death with the Qi army and the Yanzhou army. As a result, the Qi army that entered Huaiyin Mansion in Xuzhou ran out of food, and Jingzhou and Yangzhou were also attacked by the enemy. Murong Cheng, who learned about the situation in his rear, naturally wanted to fight back. But the severity of it is different.

Murong Cheng did not fight to the death with the Yanzhou army, but instead ceded the Huaiyin Mansion he occupied to Zhao Xun in exchange for food. Seeing this, Zhao Xun had a mind and was ready to completely take the land occupied by the Tang army. Not only the northern part of Yanzhou, but also the northern part of Xuzhou. Use this to teach Li Chi a lesson.

Of course, at this time, Zhao Xun also knew that Li Chi had arranged people in Chuzhou Mansion. However, Zhao Xun didn't care at first. After all, Zhao Xun's purpose originally belonged to the prefecture and county of Yanzhou. And that originally belonged to Xuzhou's prefecture and county, naturally Li Chi should take over. But now it's different, Li Chi was pinned down by the Qi army, and even in the war, there have begun to be some disadvantages. Then, if you occupy the land of the two prefectures that may be occupied by the Xuzhou army, there will naturally be no problem. Because, at this time, Li Chi definitely didn't dare to provoke himself, and even, he was afraid that he would move his army eastward. If that is the case, it will be the deadliest blow to the Xuzhou army.

The truth is this, but Zhao Xun knows that he can't wait until the Xuzhou army enters Pengcheng and Haizhou before taking action. If that were the case, Li Chi would definitely fight with him for the land of the two mansions. And most of the troops in his hands are in Yuzhou, and it is difficult to distinguish the victory and defeat with the Xuzhou army in a short period of time.

Therefore, in this operation, Zhao Xun played with speed and surprise. In fact, there are not many people in Zhao Xun's hands, plus the 10,000 or so "mountain bandits", it is only more than 30,000 people. In the northern part of Yanzhou, which was occupied by the Tang army, a small number of people were stationed. Most of the troops were stationed in Pengcheng and Haizhou.

In fact, Zhao Xun was also worried that if the Xuzhou Army really wanted to attack for the land of the two prefectures, the matter would not necessarily be easy to solve. After all, here, there is still the Don Army on the side, which has not yet left. But fortunately, the Xuzhou army was shocked by the superficial actions of the Yanzhou army, and Li Chi didn't want to add another enemy to himself, so he gave up the land of Liangfu.

"Lord, after taking over the land of these four prefectures, we are in a lot of shortage of troops, do we still need to recruit new soldiers?"

Regarding Sun Zhuang's inquiry, Zhao Xun also knew. After taking Yuzhou and Huaiyin Mansion and taking over these four prefectures, the places that need to be guarded are much larger, especially Huaiyin Mansion and this newly incorporated area, which is particularly important. But Zhao Xun also understood that with the implementation of the new policy, Yuzhou and the old land of the Tang Army would become a peaceful place under the rule, and there was no need for too many regular soldiers to defend it. Therefore, conscripting too many soldiers is not good for the local area.

However, the Huaiyin Mansion in the southeast of Yuzhou and the Pengcheng and Haizhou Prefectures in the northeast of Yanzhou were all cut from Xuzhou, and they needed to guard against the Xuzhou army, and they could not fail to guard against it.

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "What do you think if I hand over Pengcheng and Haizhou to Zhao Jun in exchange for the armor and equipment we need, as well as the food and grass materials we need?" ”

"This ......" Sun Zhuang was stunned for a moment, but he was in charge of intelligence, and he really couldn't say anything about political affairs, especially this kind of major matter related to the overall situation.

Seeing Sun Zhuang like this, Zhao Xun couldn't help but shake his head secretly. He understood that Sun Zhuang didn't speak, not because he didn't have his own ideas, but because of his identity. Sun Zhuang is a member of the Shadow Division and is in charge of intelligence. According to the regulations, no matter how high or low the personnel of the intelligence department are allowed to interfere with military and political affairs, but are only responsible for intelligence and supervision. If it is violated, the free shall be dealt with by the internal supervision department of the department and the yamen.

However, Zhao Xun has decided to do so. Handing over Pengcheng and Haizhou to Zhao Jun is still extremely advantageous for his own side. Not only can it open a gap for Zhao Jun's expansion to the south, but it also relieves himself of pressure.

Whether it is Zhao Jun or Yanzhou Jun, they are all under the command of Zhao Xun. Therefore, Zhao Xun's decision was quickly implemented. Five days after Wei Dong took over the land of the two provinces, the Tang army began to withdraw. Less than ten days after the Tang army in the land of Liangfu withdrew, Wei Dong handed over the land of Liangfu to the Zhao army stationed in Qingzhou to take over. Of course, Zhao Jun traded a large amount of grain and armor equipment. In other words, Zhao Xun used his own things to expand his armaments and strength.

For the people of Pengcheng and Haizhou, whether it is Zhao Jun or Yanzhou Army, they are very welcome. Zhao Jun and Yanzhou Jun's new policies, they are all aware of it. Therefore, they all welcome the change of lord.

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"It's a loss...... Loss, if we didn't border with Zhao Jun, I really wanted to hand over the land of Sifu to Zhao Jun. Damn, Li Feng used the territory of our two provinces in exchange for more materials than we traded with the land of the four provinces, and it was much more sophisticated. Zhao Jun's weapon, Li Feng actually exchanged it for the land of the two mansions. The Yanzhou army is getting stronger and stronger now, and there is another tiger by his side. Tang Xian, who got the news, couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Zhao Xun used the two governments to trade, of course, he didn't really exchange actual benefits for it. Therefore, Zhao Xun naturally got much more. After all, there are many things to be used, and the origin of whether they can appear is unknown. Therefore, Zhao Xun made the list of materials public.

Tang Xian, who is also the object of the transaction, is naturally the first to know the result. After all, these four places are the land of his Tang army after all. Tang Xian had no idea about these four prefectures, after all, these four prefectures were surrounded by the Zhao army, the Yanzhou army and the Xuzhou army, and it was difficult to expand and survive. It's just that this transaction did make him feel a little lost. Although there is a lot more food, the actual value is not much higher than that of armor and equipment. But after all, he paid for the four provinces, and the Yanzhou army only handed over the two mansions.

"Lord, judging from the current situation, I'm afraid that the relationship between the Yanzhou Army and the Zhao Army will exceed our expectations." Tang Xian's military advisor Zhou Junyan frowned and said.

"What do you mean?" Tang Xian saw that Zhou Junyan was so strict, and hurriedly asked.

"Lord, with Zhao Xun being such a domineering male master, do you think he will make a loss-making deal?" Zhou Junyan did not answer directly, but asked.

"Of course not! Throughout Zhao Xun's family history, he has always been the master who refuses to suffer. Tang Xian gritted his teeth and said. At the beginning in Qingzhou, he Tang Xian suffered a big loss from Zhao Xun. suffered defeat at the hands of Zhao Xun and was driven out of Qingzhou by Zhao Xun.

Zhou Junyan shrugged his shoulders and said, "Isn't this it, since Zhao Xun is not the one who is willing to suffer, why would he trade so many things to the Yanzhou Army?" Doesn't he know that it was the four mansions that we exchanged for the Yanzhou Army? What is the price of the exchange? We have never concealed our dealings with the Yanzhou Army. I'm afraid that now even Xuzhou Jun Li Chi knows what we are trading, will Zhao Jun not know? ”

"If you know, why are you still trading at a loss? There's definitely something wrong with that. Synthesize the previous contact between the Yanzhou Army and the Zhao Army. His subordinates speculated that the Yanzhou army was very likely to have surrendered to the Zhao army. In other words, the current Yanzhou Army is likely to be part of the Zhao Army. Zhou Junyan explained with a solemn face.

"No...... No way! Tang Xian's face turned a little pale and said. Zhou Junyan's remarks really shocked him. If it were true, it would be terrible.

Zhou Junyan smiled bitterly and said, "The subordinates also hope that it is not true, but the relationship between them is really difficult to explain clearly. Even if the Yanzhou army does not surrender to the Zhao army now, I am afraid that it will ...... in the future."

After hesitating for a while, Tang Xian asked, "Could it be that Zhao Xun really has the possibility of becoming supreme?" Li Feng, the lord of the Yanzhou army, had already chosen the object of surrender. ”

Zhou Junyan looked at Tang Xian and said slowly: "My lord, from the perspective of my subordinates, if you really want to choose the most likely one among the princes, Zhao Xun is really the most likely. ”

Although he didn't want to admit it, Tang Xian also knew that what Zhou Junyan said was not unreasonable. When he thought that he would surrender in front of others in the future, and that he could no longer continue to live such a freewheeling life, killing and taking away what he wanted, he was a little disheartened.

"No, even if that's the case, that's a matter for the future, besides, the most sitting on the world in the future is still two words. What the Governor of Pontus has to do is to go forward bravely......" Tang Xian couldn't help but roar secretly.

"Let all departments step up training and prepare for the southern expedition, we need to take the southern part of Jingzhou in the shortest possible time." Zhou Junyan's speculation could only put more pressure on Tang Xian, forcing him to take the southern prefectures and counties of Jingzhou faster.

A little later than Tang Xian, Li Chi also began to speculate about the relationship between the Yanzhou army and the Zhao army. Like Zhou Junyan, the result of his guess was the same. Although it was just speculation, Li Chi believed that the Yanzhou army had begun to fall to the Zhao army, but at this moment, he had nothing to do about it.

As for Pengcheng and Haizhou, Li Chi is now completely out of ideas. He knew that it was basically impossible to get back what was in Zhao Jun's hands. The only thing he hopes for now is that the Yanzhou army has not yet surrendered to Zhao Xun, and the two sides are only in a cooperative relationship. Otherwise, that's ......

Like Tang Xian, this kind of speculation could only put more pressure on him, forcing him to mobilize more troops to fight the Qi army and strive for greater benefits......