The heavy snow in Yanzhou has stopped and stopped, and it has been intermittent until late November. The weather became colder and colder, and Ge Xin finally agreed to stay in the Shanyang Army to do things. In addition to being moved by Zhao Xun's sincerity, it was also because of his family. After all, he also has a family to take care of.

Also because of the Great War, there was a temporary peace in the territory of Yanzhou. Fengwei County did not have an attack by the Wuwei Army, and in the land of Luzhou Prefecture, the Wuwei Army also stopped attacking the three northernmost counties of Luzhou Prefecture.

Compared with the land of Yanzhou, the snowfall in the north is the strictest. Even if Zhao Xun learned about the intelligence in the north, even if he was prepared, the situation was still not good.

The whole north is covered with heavy snowfall, and in the territory of the Turks, the snow tide is even more overwhelming, and the famine is faintly expanding. In Youzhou alone, there are many peasant houses crushed by heavy snow, and thousands of people are frozen to death, often the houses are still there that night, and tomorrow morning, the houses are destroyed by heavy snow and north winds.

In the land of Youzhou, the Xiaoguo Army has been operating for seven or eight years, and Rao is like this, you can imagine what the situation is like in the territory of the Prefecture, Liangzhou, Liaodong Prefecture, the Turkic Steppe and the Yan Ya Tribes. Of course, Zhao Xun would not have cared at all about the situation in the territory of the Turks and the Turks at that time. But in Dayan, he can't help but worry.

Because, even in the three counties of their own, there are still more than 30 people who died in heavy snowfall, of which 18 days were frozen to death, and the remaining dozen people were due to various other reasons, all because of snowfall. Think about it, it's just that the land of the three counties is like this, but what about the entire land of Yanzhou? What will happen to other state capitals such as Yongzhou and Liangzhou? Zhao Xun couldn't help but worry.

"Ruixue Mega Year! Hehe...... What an irony! Zhao Xun looked at the snowflakes that began to fall again, and couldn't help but sneer. He couldn't help but worry, after all, the sphere of influence of the Xiaoguo Army was in the north.

Just when Zhao Xun was about to inspect the city again, Ge Xin hurriedly walked in, saw Zhao Xun, and said in a deep voice: "General, the statistical results of this snow disaster have come out, and the situation in Yanzhou has also come out. ”

Zhao Xun's face turned straight and said, "Oh? Came out? The land of Yanzhou is scattered and scattered, how can there be such a statistical result? ”

Ge Xin said in a deep voice: "In order to put pressure on the imperial court, the southern Wuwei army used the moral high ground to report the local disaster situation to the imperial court, and asked Situ Lei and Xu Jie, the governor of Youzhou, for disaster relief funds. The same is true of the Tang army, as for Xu Dudu, he naturally will not let them attack, and he also reported the situation in his own territory. ”

Zhao Xun frowned slightly, and said, "In this way, they are here to show the people under the autonomy!" ”

Ge Xin said in a deep voice: "That's right, that's it, in order to let the people under the autonomy know that it's not that they don't help, but that the top doesn't help." A bunch of bastards, bastards who only care about themselves. Saying that, Ge Xin's face was extremely unsightly.

Looking at Ge Xin's face, Zhao Xun asked lightly: "So, what is the situation in the land of Yanzhou, it will make Lord Ge so annoyed that even Xu Jie scolded him." ”

Ge Xin said coldly: "Xu Jie? I thought he was a character, but unfortunately, now it's getting worse and worse. Forget it, don't talk about him, how to say it, he is also my old boss, as a former subordinate, such an evaluation is morally bad. As he spoke, Ge Xin couldn't help but smile bitterly.

After pausing to sober up his spirits, Ge Xin continued: "As a result of this, the death toll in the jurisdiction of the three prefectures of the Wuwei Army is more than 3,500 people, and the victims have not yet been counted, and it is estimated that there are quite a few. The Tang army had more than 1,500 people, and as for the Yanzhou army, it was more than 3,000 people. This number was counted two days ago, and now I am afraid that it will be more. In addition, the number of people who become victims of disasters is several times, if not tens, times the number of deaths. ”

Zhao Xun shook his head and sighed, and said with a wry smile: "It's useless to be angry again, we can't care where to go, as for the disaster victims, if they can enter my territory, we will naturally accept it and give them proper resettlement." If you can't get in, you can't do anything about it. ”

Ge Xin's eyes flashed slightly, and he said, "As long as the general defeats them, the general can manage these." The land of Yanzhou is not as good as being ruled by generals rather than being occupied by these people who only care about their own interests. ”

Zhao Xun laughed and said, "Lord Ge thinks too highly of me, the three major forces around me, the Tang Army, the Wuwei Army and the Yanzhou Mansion Army, which one is smaller than me?" Each of them is not weaker than me, no, it should be said that they are stronger than my Shanyang Army. It's hard enough to eat one, let alone three. Lord Ge, I'm afraid what you said is very difficult to achieve! ”

Ge Xin said slowly: "No, in my eyes, the general and the Shanyang Army under your command are the most powerful of the four forces. The Tang Army, the Wuwei Army, and the Yanzhou Mansion Army, which of them rose no earlier than the general, but now, except for the Tang Army, which is slightly better, the other two have suffered heavy losses. And the general is in their eyes, little by little, step by step, they watch the general grow, but they can't stop it, and even inadvertently push the general to be strong. General, as long as you act before foreign aid comes, the land of Yanzhou can be taken by the general. With the current policy under the general's rule, it is the general who will win in the end. ”

Zhao Xun suddenly became interested and said with a smile: "Oh? Lord Ge is so optimistic about me? Although I did this, I won the hearts of the people. However, the will of the people is not the key to victory or defeat on the battlefield. ”

Ge Xin said confidently: "General, they are all fighting for the land of Yanzhou, but you are fighting for the people, or in other words, the general is fighting for himself and taking into account the people, so it is the general who can win the victory after all." Even if their reinforcements arrive now, so what? Do they dare to fight to the death with the generals? What is the strength of the Shanyang Army under the general? They may not know, but after World War I, they will definitely not fight to the death against the general. In fact, the more chaotic the place, the better it is for the general, and of course, there must be sufficient expenditures. However, the lower officials did not want the people of Yanzhou to suffer from the war like this, so the sooner the general started, the better. ”

Zhao Xun took a deep look at Ge Xin, and said in a deep voice: "Master Ge is also a member of my Shanyang Army, so it's okay to sue you." In fact, we have already started to act, but there are still some problems that have not been properly resolved. ”

Hearing this, Ge Xin's eyes widened, and after a while, he hesitated: "The general is going to do it?" Wu Weijun is still ...... Needless to say, it should be the Yanzhou government army in the north. But so...... How should the Armed Guards respond? Luzhou Mansion is about to be breached, if the two sides are busy with civil war, it will be disadvantageous for their own side to ......" For Zhao Xun's reply, Ge Xin was also a little unable to sit still.

Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "Lord Ge is right, our first goal is the Yanzhou Mansion Army, if we don't take him, we can't deal with the Wuwei Army in an all-round way, and if we don't take him, we won't be able to properly settle the people everywhere." As for the Wuwei army in Luzhou Prefecture...... That's what I'm waiting for. Master Ge, this matter is very important, don't leak it! ”

Ge Xin froze for a while, respectfully saluted Zhao Xun, and said, "The general can rest assured, his subordinates will never leak half a point." His subordinates have become a member of the Shanyang Army, so they naturally focus on the Shanyang Army! "Ge Xin is not stupid, since the general has said something that outsiders should not listen to, how can he stay out of the matter. Moreover, he is also very satisfied with the Shanyang Army now, but he is full of indignation towards Xu Jie, so he bows down cleanly.

Zhao Xun smiled, picked up Ge Xin, and said, "Okay, with Lord Ge's help, I will be at ease in this southern government affairs." ”

At this time, Sun Zhuang, who was in charge of intelligence, was hurrying over with a secret letter in his hand, "General, this is the intelligence that just came from the Eastern Front!" Seeing Zhao Xun, Sun Zhuang said respectfully.

"Intelligence on the Eastern Front? Could it be that the Yanzhou government army has been defeated again? It shouldn't be, in such a cold weather, this Wuwei army won't do it. Zhao Xun smiled, seemingly unconcerned, but in his eyes, he was sharp. Because he saw a special mark on the intelligence, which meant that this was military intelligence, or military intelligence of no lower rank.

"Three Star Mark!" Zhao Xun's face was slightly moved, this kind of mark showed that this content had an impact on the battle situation in front of him. Level three, which is already not low. Although Zhao Xun hopes that there will be changes on the eastern front, it does not mean that there will be any war on the eastern front when the heavy snow is gone. Zhao Xun hurriedly spread out the letter in his hand. Ten lines at a glance, and gradually the corners of the mouth showed a touch of curved corners.

"Xu Jie, Li Chi, and this Li Yu are all personalities! Wu Weijun is planted this time, but Li Chi will be sad in the future. Whose idea was this? Situ Wen? Ji Yun? Or Li Chi? Zhao Xun muttered to himself.

"General? What happened? Seeing Zhao Xun like this, Ge Xin asked puzzled.

Zhao Xun smiled faintly and said, "What I wanted to wait for before has come." According to this information, Li Chi sent his son Li Yu to personally command an army of 30,000 to raid from the flank and take advantage of the snowy night to break through the land of the three cities with one blow, so that the Wuwei army lost Xiaohuang and Junyi, and even the two cities of Xiangyi and Dongdu. However, Rao is like this, this time the 30,000 armed guards also fought a few times in the joint efforts of the Xuzhou Army and the Yanzhou Mansion Army, and there were almost 20,000 less. It can be said that the Wuwei Army now has only more than 30,000 regular soldiers. A large amount of grain and grass materials were obtained by the Yanzhou army and the Xuzhou army, and this time, the Wuwei army suffered heavy losses. ”

"Ahh Wouldn't it be that things are changing so fast? The entry of the Armed Guards was so routed from the Eastern Front? Ge Xin said in surprise, he couldn't help but be surprised by the rapid changes in the battle situation.

Zhao Xun said with a smile: "This is the case on the battlefield, if you are not careful, you will lose tens of thousands of lives." However, although the Xuzhou army and the Yanzhou army were victorious, the two armies also suffered considerable losses. The Xuzhou army lost more than 8,000 people, many of whom were injured and froze to death. The Wuwei army also lost more than 10,000 people, and the two sides were almost equal in terms of numbers, but the coalition army recovered the lost territory and harvested a large number of armor and equipment, grain and grass materials, which can be said to be not too much of a loss. It's just that one side of the coalition forces is flanking on both sides, and the other side is defending, and the losses are the same, which can also see the strength of the armed guards...... and the vulnerability of the Armed Guards. ”

"Sun Zhuang, immediately send an order to the garrison commanders of Changli County and Fan County, and ask them to come to discuss the matter immediately." Zhao Xun said in a deep voice.

Sun Zhuang said with a little joy in his eyes: "My subordinates receive orders!" "As for Zhao Xun's plan, as a member of Zhao Xun's personal guard battalion in the past, and now the person in charge of intelligence, he is naturally very clear. He knew very well what it meant to gather the generals at this moment.

"General, we want to act? The target is still the Yanzhou government army? After Sun Zhuang left, Ge Xin, who had come back to his senses, asked in a deep voice.

Zhao Xun nodded and said, "That's right, it's still him, settle him earlier, connect with Yanzhou Mansion and Shanyang Mansion in the north as soon as possible, and let the people of Jiyin Mansion and Songzhou Mansion be properly resettled as soon as possible." By the way, I also need to write a letter of invitation to Master Ge and I respectively, telling Xu Jie, saying that there are too many disaster victims in my three counties, and the grain and grass are already insufficient, and a part of it needs to be transferred from Yanzhou Mansion, and the local government army needs to cooperate with the escort and release at that time. ”

Ge Xin's eyes narrowed, and he said, "The general wants to go out from the north and the south?" ”

Zhao Xun laughed and said, "Master Ge, you guessed well, Xu Jie must be very attentive to my Yanzhou Mansion." If you want to be quiet, it was impossible at that time, so you can only act in the light, go south, and break the city. ”

"Qi County! General, you are preparing to take Qi County, the easternmost part of Jiyin Mansion, that is, the place where the general met with Situ Wen and Xu Jie last time. After taking there, the Yanzhou army in Luzhou Mansion would not be able to withdraw, and now Jiyin Mansion was empty, and the government army should be busy recovering lost territory, arranging defensive lines, and dealing with the counterattack of the Wuwei army under the command of Xu Jie. Taking this place at this moment, it can be said that Yanzhou Mansion, Jiyin Mansion and Songzhou Mansion are all under the control of the general. Even if there were still garrisons in the area, it would not hurt. Ge Xin said in surprise, as if he had guessed Zhao Xun's preparation this time.

Zhao Xun said lightly: "I didn't do it, it's as simple and clear as that, in fact, as long as we know that our army is preparing to act, we should see our purpose." ”

Ge Xin smiled bitterly: "But the problem is that neither Xu Jie nor Situ Wen will believe that the general will turn his face at this time." After all, the Yanzhou Mansion Army and the Xuzhou Army combined forces to break the Wuwei Army are still very deterrent. ”

Although it was heavy snow, the information of the Shanyang Army still spread quickly, and on the afternoon of the second day, Qin Xiao and Li Guochang and the four Zuo Du Lieutenants rushed to Fengwei County.

"This time, the fourth capital and the fifth capital are stationed in the three counties, mainly Fengwei County, and one is careful. Of course, today's armed guards are not capable of taking action against us lightly, but they can't be unguarded. The spies of all the tribes and the scouts of the army redoubled their patrols, and the siege outside the city was to be laid down. One, two, and three all went north with me, and the army went north to take down the entire territory of Songzhou Mansion. The operation was seven days later, because we needed the Right Capital brothers in the north to take the lead. In addition, we also need the Yanzhou government to send certain civil officials to take over the place, after all, we need to govern and appease the people after we have conquered. Zhao Xun explained in a deep voice.

"From tomorrow onwards, all departments will carry out the transfer of the three counties in accordance with the usual training mode, and the banner will remain unchanged, and the soldiers of the first, second and third capitals will begin to move to Changli County. Get ready to go in Changli County. Now that the soldiers of the personal guard battalion have arrived in Changli County, from now on, they will follow the military orders of the general to block the road to the north to prevent the news from spreading. ”

Under Zhao Xun's order, the armies of all departments began to move, but because the Shanyang army often trained outside the city and long-distance training, it did not cause any great noise. Although there was still light snow in the sky, training in rainy and snowy weather was common among the Sanyo Army.

Unconsciously, in just three days, the army of the three counties changed places, and because of the snow, the people in the city were hiding in their homes, so that no one noticed.

Yanzhou City, the seat of Yanzhou Prefecture, the former residence of the governor of Yanzhou. But now, it has become the jurisdiction of the Shanyang Army. As for the Governor's Mansion, it has now become the General's Mansion, although no one lives in it, but the situation here has changed at a glance. After several months of rectification, the big clans and gentry in Yanzhou Mansion were also dealt with a lot, and most of the remaining people obediently cooperated with the Shanyang Army and acted in accordance with the rules of the Shanyang Army.

Thorn Mansion, next door to the General's Mansion.

In Yanzhou Mansion, there were 10,000 soldiers of the Shanyang Army, that is, soldiers of the right capital. But now, after Zhao Xun's military order, Yanzhou Mansion has 5,000 county soldiers, more than 1,000 local patrol soldiers, and 15,000 regular soldiers. In addition, there are 5,000 baggage soldiers and more than 30,000 trained young and strong people.

"Captain Tang, the general's military order has arrived, and we are going to take action. For this operation, 10,000 people are enough. We only need to take Qi County and hold it, and Jiyin Mansion and Songzhou Mansion are not a problem. This time, there were 5,000 heavy soldiers and 10,000 young men who acted with the captain. This 10,000 young men are the people of the army this time, and they are also the reserve army of the army. In addition, in the counties of Jiyin Prefecture, there are our people in many places, and among the 10,000 troops who stayed in the prefecture, forty percent have been secretly bought by us. There is no need to cause too much slaughter in this siege, after all, we need to calm this place down as soon as possible. Feng Ziming said happily.

Tang Bin said in a loud voice: "Lord Feng, don't worry, this operation has been prepared for a long time. We didn't expect it to be so soon, but we had a good understanding of the terrain around us, so there would be no problems. By the way, the general asked the adults to transfer civilian officials, will they act with us or not? ”

Feng Ziming smiled: "They have already acted, although the general will act later than us, but it will not be too late." This snowy day is not a good time in the first place, and if it is coupled with the war, if the place is not stabilized quickly, many people may be injured or even killed. ”

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Junyi City.

In this city that had just been recaptured from the hands of the Armed Guards, there was still a faint smell of blood, even if it was a small snowflake fluttering in the sky, it could not cover up the damage on the ground piece by piece.

This is already the front line, and Xu Jie is in this city. In the previous battle, the Xuzhou army first attacked the Wuwei army camp stationed in the north of Luzhou Mansion outside the three cities of Fengqiu, Pingqiu and Changyuan from the flank, and had not retreated because of the heavy snow, coupled with the sudden attack of the Yanzhou Mansion army in the city, which made the Wuwei army in the three places completely defeated. As soon as they withdrew to Xiaohuang and Junyi counties, they were broken by the allied forces that pursued them relentlessly, and finally forced the Wuwei army to retreat to the point of division of forces before the Shanyang Army entered the war.

After paying more than 500,000 silver coins, Li Yu led the army away. It's not that they don't want to occupy here, it's that they can't. After the Wuwei army captured here, for the Xuzhou army, it was equivalent to their flanks no longer being safe. Therefore, in the face of the anger of King Qi, he led the army to carry out a surprise attack on the Wuwei army. But they also can't offend the Yanzhou army, otherwise, the result will be no different from letting the Wuwei army occupy this place. Of course, at this moment, the Xuzhou Army cannot divide its troops outside.

"Lord Situ, the Shanyang Army has sent a letter!" Xu Jie said with a faint smile on his face. For him, the victory at this moment was already very satisfying for him, of course, it was still a little inferior to the Shanyang Army, but it also made his anger drop a lot. After all, there are not many remnants of the Armed Guards in the south. In addition, the two counties of Xiangyi and Dongduan are not impossible to take, but after the snow stops, the army will come out together, and they will definitely be able to take advantage of the situation.

Situ Wen said lightly: "Oh? Congratulatory text? "The current Situ Wen has nothing to say about Xu Jie, after this battle, Xu Jie, he has already thought too highly of himself, and even he is a little ignorant.

Xu Jie said lightly: "Congratulations? Not really, he's not in the mood to congratulate me at the moment. Because we have driven a large number of people into his three counties, and he has been unable to carry the grain he has stored and collected, and is now preparing to transport it from Yanzhou, and ask the governor of Pontus to send someone to protect him. If it weren't for him guarding the Western Front, Pontus would have directly blocked his logistical road. I will give orders to the counties to ignore the logistics of the Sanyang Army and not lend a helping hand to them. ”

Situ Wen didn't speak, and Ji Yun on the side said: "Lord Dudu, at this time, the Shanyang Army suddenly said that it was short of food and grass, could it be that this Shanyang Army was playing some tricks?" Let's not be careless. ”

Xu Jie said with some disapproval: "I also know this, but I have already sent people to closely monitor the three counties in the southern Songzhou Mansion, and if there is an accident, we will immediately cut off the connection between them and Yanzhou Mansion." So, you don't have to worry. Now, our most important soldiers will be put in order to see if we can take the two southern counties by the end of the year. ”

Ji Yun wanted to say something, but seeing that Xu Jie was so enthusiastic about recovering Luzhou Mansion, he had to suppress what he wanted to say. But my heart is secretly puzzled, why is the Shanyang army in the south not short of food in the early morning and late in the evening, just because of the great victory in my house and the lack of food? What tricks is this Li Feng playing?

Not only Ji Yun was pondering, but also Situ Wen. At this moment, he rushed to the slightest uneasiness, but for a while he couldn't tell where the problem was.