Like the lord of the Su Mo Yan tribe begging for aid, after getting the news that the Beihai Department was wiped out by the Xiaoguo army, He Lou Yanwen was completely afraid. It's funny to say, the former He Lou Yanwen has never been afraid of foreign objects. However, as the king of Liaodong, this is a position above 10,000 people. Die? He couldn't bear it.

Many people are like this, the higher the seat climbs, the more afraid of death, afraid that the things that are hard to get will be thrown away without enjoyment. In fact, before they climbed to this position, many people were also warriors.

He Lou Yanwen also knew that he who dared to lead the army to fight in peacetime in the past was no longer there. The king's position is very good, Zhao Liaodongguo, he is the sky, his words, no one dares to veto. Live in the best house, drink the best wine, play with the most beautiful woman. However, the current situation is that this enjoyment has already shown signs of leaving him, how can he not be in a hurry?

Who does He Lou Yanwen hate the most now? That should be Situ Lei, the king of Dayanyong. He doesn't hate the ruthlessness of the Xiaoguo army, nor does he hate the incompetence of his subordinates, but only the meanness and shamelessness of Situ Lei, the king of Yong. Of course, speaking of which, he is most responsible. It was he himself who was tempted by the big cake sketched by Situ Lei, and fell into Situ Lei's strategy and became a knife in three days. But will he take the blame on himself?

He Lou Yanwen is not stupid, and he is very smart. Judging from the actions of the Xiaoguo Army in destroying the Beihai Department, killing the Beihai King, and in his own territory, he knew that this time, the Xiaoguo Army was going to be ruthless. He was shocked and angry at this. The current Xiaoguo Army is not the Xiaoguo Army of a few years ago. First, he destroyed the Khitan tribes in the north, and then seized the entire territory of Jizhou and Qingzhou, and his strength was many times stronger than that of his own defeat in the past. More importantly, the Xiaoguo army was not afraid of the containment of the southern princes at this moment, and the army went north to attack itself.

He Lou Yanwen thought about it and couldn't solve the problem, and he didn't even see the messenger of the peace talks, so what could he do, without giving up, he also sent a messenger to Youzhou again. After all, a dream is a dream after all, and reality still has to be faced. The benefits given by Situ Lei and the defeat of the Xiaoguo army have always been a sweet dream, but the reality is that his own side has been defeated, not to mention the loss of troops, and the loss of territory.

During this month, except for the Xiaoguo army in the north fighting against the Ya tribes, the rest of the battlefield was also gradually becoming fierce. But in the land of Jiaozhou, the fighting stopped and did not actually carry out. Without him, Wang Zhangtao of Jiaozhou County said that he was neutral, should be independent, and would not help each other. hopes that Murong Cheng will withdraw his army, and if Murong Cheng does not agree, he will lead the army of King Yong from Ningzhou to Jiaozhou.

Although Murong Cheng, the king of Qi, was very annoyed, he also knew the importance of this matter. If it was just tens of thousands of government troops in Jiaozhou, he didn't care about it at all. But Yongwangjun, he can't help but care. After discussing with his subordinates, Murong Cheng also felt that it would be beneficial to keep him. At least, if it weren't for the fact that he was in a critical situation, he would not have encountered pressure on the southern front. Of course, if he is defeated on the northern and western fronts, the Jiaozhou army will kill itself as quickly as possible.

If Jiaozhou does not move, then there is no need to send too many defenders to the south. Besides, if you really take Jiaozhou, you will have to guard against the Yongwang army in the west, but I am afraid that things will be more difficult to deal with at that time. It's a good thing to keep him now. If he wins in the end, will he be able to escape? Immediately, Murong Cheng agreed to Zhang Tao's request, and officially recognized Zhang Tao's identity as the king of Jiaozhou, and formed an offensive and defensive alliance with Zhang Tao. Immediately, after leaving a small number of troops, the army retreated north and turned to Jingzhou.

In Hanoi, Yongzhou, the Qi Wang army of Yuzhou and the Yongwang army from Yongzhou officially fought, and both sides suffered casualties, and in a short period of time, they entered a stalemate. But in the half month of the battle, more than 20,000 soldiers on both sides died on the battlefield.

In the land of Yanzhou, because of the surprise attack of the Tang army, the Xuzhou army was broken and withdrawn, in order to draw troops, but also to ease the relationship with the Yanzhou army and Situ Lei, Li Chi gave up the land occupied from the land of Yanzhou, went north to resist the Tang army, and prepared to launch a counterattack.

But because of Li Chi's retreat, the Yanzhou army suddenly fell into disadvantage. In the territory of Xingyang Mansion that was recaptured by a sneak attack in the early days of the war, the Yanzhou Mansion army lost more than 10,000 soldiers and then lost Xingyang Mansion to the Wuwei Army. And the momentum was greatly boosted, and at the same time, it was also for revenge, and the Wuwei army immediately counterattacked to the north and entered Jiyin Mansion. With Xu Jie's strong response and the support of the local people, he barely held on to the Wuwei Army, but the situation was extremely bad. In particular, Liangzhou Mansion and Shanyang Mansion are no longer in their hands, plus the land of the three mansions occupied by the Wuwei Army, it is really difficult to deal with the land of the four mansions in their hands. For this reason, Situ Wen sent people to negotiate with Shi Fengziming, the assassin of Shanyang Mansion, many times, to seek help. And at this time, it was also when Zhao Xun arrived in Shanyang Mansion.

"In this way, Murong Cheng's disadvantage has suddenly come back?" After listening to Feng Ziming's military report, Zhao Xun not only said in surprise. Because he was in a hurry, he didn't pay much attention to the war in the south on the way. And because I need to be careful of news leakage, it took ten days to come to Shanyang Mansion from Youzhou this time.

"Indeed, especially Tang Xian's sudden attack, the situation in Yanzhou changed greatly at once, so that Murong Cheng was not in a hurry to send reinforcements to Yanzhou, but let the 50,000 troops who rushed to Yuzhou to support enter Hanoi Province and rushed from Yongzhou to Yanzhou, but the Yongwang army was blocked by the Shence army stationed in Yuzhou, and the losses on both sides were not small. In addition, the actions of the lord in the Zhu Ya tribes also made the forces of all sides look sideways, especially in only one month, he occupied the western part of Beihai, defeated the Beihai Department and did the king of Beihai, and defeated the Liaodong Kingdom and the Su Mo Yan Ministry. may also be because of this, which made Murong Cheng and Situ Lei eager to fight and divide the winners and losers. Feng Ziming said.

Zhao inquired: "They are afraid that I will deal with the north and interfere in the south." Especially Situ Lei, what he did, he was naturally most afraid of me making a move on him. In comparison, after getting the news of Wang Zhangtao of Jiaozhou County, I am afraid that I will vomit blood in anger. worked hard to make Zhang Tao independent, but it didn't cause trouble to Murong Cheng, but instead added a protective net to Murong Cheng. ”

Feng Ziming shook his head and sighed: "Situ Lei was indeed negligent in this move, he should have directly led the army from Ningzhou to Jiaozhou." In the land of Ningzhou, Situ Lei left 50,000 elite soldiers, plus the newly formed government army in Ningzhou, a total of more than 100,000. It's a pity, Situ Lei's position as the king of the county can attract Zhang Tao's ambition to compete for hegemony and Murong Cheng is now in a disadvantageous situation, coupled with Murong Cheng's unwillingness, the two sides will definitely fight. Who would have thought, I don't know if it was because of Tang Xian's changes that Zhang Tao and Murong Cheng negotiated peace, and also reached an offensive and defensive alliance. In this way, the Yongwang army in Ningzhou did not dare to act rashly, otherwise it would attract an enemy created by himself. Not only that, but this Jiaozhou soldier can also assist Jiangzhou to defend the pressure of Yizhou in the west. I think Situ Lei is really angry and about to go crazy now. ”

"By the way, how are the people brought back from Liangzhou Mansion resettled? How's the New Deal going? ”

"The people are all settled, thanks to the officials who came from Youzhou, they started to do things quickly and orderly. Almost all of them are handled according to the situation in Youzhou. As for the New Deal, there were many opponents at the beginning, but after the Tang Army shifted direction and the fighting on the southern front became more urgent, these opponents were much less. In addition, our coercive measures have been implemented more smoothly. Of course, the most important thing is that this new policy has been implemented in the territory of Xiaoguo Army, and ordinary people and businessmen are naturally well aware of the benefits of this new policy, and they have spontaneously become supporters, and with the support of the people, we can implement it well. Feng Ziming explained in detail the new policy situation of Shanyang Mansion.

Zhao Xun naturally knew the benefits brought by these new policies to the people and businessmen, and naturally knew that the people were the foundation of the place. If you can gain the support of the people, things will basically be fine. But those big clans must not be ignored, these big clans have a deep heritage, if something happens, although it will not make a mistake in the big aspects, but Zhao Xun doesn't want to make up the hole every day. If at a critical moment, these guys who own private money, grain, land, and tenants can definitely do a lot of bad things. So he said in a deep voice: "Now it's not the same, whoever doesn't cooperate with it will take it first." Confiscation of property and expulsion from outside the territory of Sanyang Province. Especially those who have private soldiers and a lot of money must be dealt with immediately. As for the dock forts, towns, and the like that they occupy, they are all guarded by the inspection department of the government, and the county soldiers in other places are transferred. The inspection of these inspection departments is all carried out by people from the north. ”

Seeing that Zhao Xun said so carefully, Feng Ziming nodded and said, "That's very good, I'm still worried about how to arrange the officials in the territory." By the way, Situ Lei's people and Xu Jie's people have come to contact us again, and they want us to join forces with them. ”

Zhao Xun said lightly: "Let's join forces with them?" It seems that the situation in Yanzhou is indeed very bad now. But what good did they promise us? It won't just say that we should be independent and form an army on our own, or we may be recruited in the name of his court or the governor of Yanzhou. ”

Feng Ziming said with a smile: "For more than ten days, Xu Jie sent someone to recruit us as the governor of Yanzhou, and his subordinates drove him back directly. In the past, this governor of Yanzhou still had some role. But now, it is he who asks us, and not us who asks him, how can we ignore him? Subsequently, with the development of the situation, the Xuzhou army and the Yanzhou army reached a stalemate with the Wuwei army in the south of Yanzhou, and the Xuzhou army did not want to let the subordinates suffer too harshly, so they thought of us again. Contact us again, promise our independence, promise our army's food and grass materials, promise promotions and the like, every time it gets higher and higher, and the subordinates don't pay attention to it. However, the emergency withdrawal of the Xuzhou army seven days ago suddenly changed the situation in Yanzhou, and the Wuwei army, which had fallen into disadvantage, turned over again. ”

Zhao asked: "What about Murong Cheng?" He didn't say anything more? Now the situation is very clear, as long as we help him again, the war in Yanzhou will basically stop. ”

Feng Ziming said with a smile: "Murong Cheng's people are here, but they came to urge us to send troops, after all, we have collected their belongings, but we haven't done it yet." Apart from the occasional reproach, no one else came. It seems that after the Qi King forces see that the overall situation in the south is becoming more and more favorable to their own side, they will not look down on our small and inconspicuous force. ”

Zhao Xun said with a smile: "This Murong Cheng is only afraid that he will not dare to move lightly when he sees us, after all, there is a Tang Army on the side in the north, and more importantly, our Shanyang Army and the Tang Army still have grudges." Perhaps, in their opinion, we simply did not dare to send troops. Since they look down on us, we can't just go on like this. By the way, it stands to reason that the Wuwei Army in the south of Yanzhou is a defeated army, how can it have such combat power, in addition to the initial defeat and retreat, it quickly stabilized its foothold, but instead stalemate with the Xuzhou Army and the Yanzhou Army? ”

For the battle in the southern provinces of Yanzhou, after hearing about it, it was also strange. At the beginning, the Yanzhou army and the Xuzhou army joined forces to raid, and now Yanzhou City encircled and suppressed the Wuwei Army, and then wiped it out. Immediately afterwards, the Wuwei army in the three southern provinces was also attacked by the coalition army, and soon lost the land of Xingyang Mansion, coupled with the death of the main general, the defeat was very fast. However, the situation also changed quickly, and the defeated Armed Guards quickly gained a foothold, recruited new soldiers, and began to counterattack, and the troops stabilized the attack of the coalition forces, and sometimes even pressed back against the opponent. In this way, a month passed, and the original number of the Wuwei Army was 50,000, which was full. But now, the number is still 50,000, which is also full. But what about the Xuzhou Army and the Yanzhou Army? Each lost more than 15,000 people. This battle made Zhao Xun shake his head.

Feng Ziming said with a smile: "For the Wuwei Army, at the critical moment of life and death, it is natural to resist to the death, as for those more and more soldiers, it is naturally the recruitment of young and strong homeless people in the three southern provinces, and they have been baptized by war." This is also the benefit of King Qi's money, he has money and food, what are he afraid of. Secondly, after the start of the war, especially after the death of Ding Qiang, the general of the Wuwei Army, Yangzhou quickly sent many people to take over Ding Qiang's position and stabilize the remnants of the Wuwei Army, which made the Wuwei Army gain a firm foothold in the middle of the war, and then counterattacked, and counterattacked the coalition army many times. ”

"For the coalition forces, the joint word is the biggest problem. After all, they are not from the same force, and it is difficult for them to get along harmoniously, let alone cooperate. Moreover, both of them have the idea of saving themselves and weakening others, how can this win? Even the envoys sent by Situ Lei were helpless. However, now Xu Jie, I'm afraid that he regrets it a little. If he knew that he needed to resist the Wuwei Army alone, he was afraid that no matter how much he lost at the beginning, he would have solved the Wuwei Army. ”

For this, Zhao Xun also understands. No matter how united they are, they will not be close to each other. Not to mention that the Xuzhou army once attacked and occupied a place in Yanzhou. To say that Xu Jie did not have a grudge against the Xuzhou Army, it was impossible at that time, maybe he was always thinking about how to weaken the Xuzhou Army. Similarly, Li Chi of the Xuzhou Army is not good at stubble, when resisting the army of King Qi, he thought about opening a gap on the Western Front, such a person will sincerely cooperate with others and fight for others on other people's territory?

"By the way, how is Tang Jun doing now? When I left Youzhou, the Tang army had just captured a place, and the Xuzhou army was not ready to evacuate. Zhao Xun asked. This Tang Xian, but they single-handedly pulled them out of the Situ Lei Force Alliance, and turned the enemy into an alternative ally. Zhao Xun is also very concerned about this, after all, he is also related to whether he can go south.

Feng Ziming said in a deep voice: "This Tang Xian seems to be much stronger than we expected, and now, he has taken the northernmost land of the two prefectures, and is implementing the strategy of reassuring the people, and he wants to make it a stable force for his side." The retreating Xuzhou Army and the Xuzhou Army in Xuzhou totaled more than 50,000, and they had already attacked the Tang Army in Haizhou Prefecture in the north of the Haizhou Prefecture, and the two sides seemed to have begun a small-scale fight, as for the victory or defeat, it is still unclear. ”

"Speaking of the Xuzhou Army, I think this Li Chi is also a master who should not be underestimated. In the case that the earliest imperial court was still stable, he rebelled and soon occupied Xuzhou. Subsequently, he defended Xuzhou for more than several years, but it was never breached. Now, he is always facing the blow of Murong Cheng and has not forgotten to do anything about the land of Yanzhou. But because of the mutation of the Tang Army, he quickly exchanged the land he had worked so hard to win for Xu Jie. It not only swept away the hidden dangers that Xu Jie's might bring at this moment, but also concentrated the troops. Feng Ziming said slowly.

Zhao Xun nodded and said, "Indeed, I did underestimate him before, speaking of which, all our forces can take advantage of the situation, and they all start with Li Chi." Perhaps, it was his rebellion that made Situ Lei and Murong Cheng have other thoughts in their hearts, and it also made them not use all their strength to encircle and suppress the Xuzhou rebels. ”

"Forget it, let's ignore these for the time being, let's sort out the situation in Yanzhou first, and we can have a preparation before acting. In addition, Boping City also has to step up its efforts, although we have an agreement with the Tang Army, but we can't take the agreement too seriously. If we really go south and enter the Yanzhou war, no one dares to guarantee that the Tang army will not take advantage of the situation to attack us. Also, during the time I was away, was anyone looking for news about me? Zhao Xun asked in a deep voice.

Feng Ziming said: "There are indeed people who are investigating, after all, the lord's table in the south of Liangzhou Mansion is already dazzling, how can they not pay attention?" However, I prevaricated under the pretext that the general was preparing for battle, training the soldiers, and inspecting the terrain around Boping. Although the people from the big clans and other forces in Sanyang Province were suspicious, they couldn't explain anything. Now that the lord is here, there is no need to worry about this. ”

Zhao Xun frowned: "Big clan? It seems that there are still some people who can't do it according to the laws and regulations of the new order! Feng Ziming, give me a directory, and after tomorrow's inspection, I will start cleaning up. ”

Starting on the second day, Zhao Xun appeared in Juye City, which made many people who had doubts have to lay down the doubts in their hearts. When some big clans saw Zhao Xun appear, they also passed the news back. Zhao Xunhe and others? can go back and forth in the rear of the Tang Army, if you fight against him, will there be good fruit to eat?

"Greetings to General Lee!"

"I've seen General Lee!"

At the gate of Changyi County, more than a dozen officials and dozens of squires and wealthy men greeted politely and met with the generals who inspected the counties of Shanyang Prefecture.

"Haha...... It's a great honor to be welcomed by all of you! The so-called stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling person, Zhao Xun sat on the horse, hugged his fists, smiled and greeted everyone politely, and responded loudly.

"Your Excellency, General, is gracious! The general is the guardian of Shanyang Mansion, and the stability of Shanyang Mansion depends on the general, and we are subordinate officials of Shanyang Mansion, so we naturally have to come to greet him! The leader replied with a smile. Zhao Xun knew that he was the county magistrate of this county, and now, he is also his own person.

"Your Excellency, you've done a great job, that's right! It is said that the Wen family in Changyi County is the first family in this county, and it is the actual controller of Changyi County. Zhao Xun ignored the people who invited him into the city, but rode on a horse and asked seemingly simply.

As soon as these words came out, the whole scene suddenly became cold. Wenxiong, the head of the Wen family, his grandfather and father were all officials in the court and in the local government, and ordinary people did not dare to humiliate them. His family owns a quarter of the fields in Changyang County, and one-tenth of the shops in the city are the property of the Wen family. In addition, his family also occupied three manors outside the city, with more than 5,000 private soldiers and 500 cavalry. Moreover, he did not think much of the military order and new policy issued by Sanyang Prefecture. In addition, the Wen family has always been like this. Not only for Feng Ziming, but even the previous local county orders, they also ignored them. In addition, the Wen family also had industries in the rest of the counties. Not only that, but in this generation, there are several people who are officials in Yongzhou and Yuzhou. This is also the reason why many officials are reluctant to offend, otherwise, if they casually treat the government as nothing, I am afraid that those officials will have killed them a long time ago.

Similarly, because he was worried about destroying the stability of Changyang County, and because he was worried that killing him would have a bad impact because of a few officials in the Wen family, so here, Feng Ziming did not make a move and waited for Zhao Xun to deal with it. It is precisely because of this that Changyang County has become the county with the worst implementation of the new policy among the ten counties in Shanyang Prefecture. made many people wait for Feng Ziming's treatment, and also made them all use this Wen family as a shield. Of course, these people are also some powerful clans, as for ordinary people, how dare they do this?

said to Zhao Xun, no matter who you are, as long as you don't violate my military orders, otherwise, you will be against me. Will Zhao Xun let him go?