"The operation was successful?" Hearing Zhao Hai's return, Zhao Xun couldn't help but be overjoyed, which made him feel much more comfortable in the past few days.

"Yes, it's simpler than expected, the main thing is that the navy appeared in time, and it just crushed the last straw, so that they had to bear this result." Zhao Hai said with a smile.

"Big brother, is it to withdraw the Qingzhou Navy to Youzhou or the northern coast of Hebei?"

Zhao Xun waved his hand and said: "No, stay there, and even take the land of Donglai Mansion, think it is fundamental." Qingzhou Sailor can stabilize here, why should we let it? ”

"Occupy Donglai Mansion, isn't it to compete with Qingzhou?"

"It's okay, let's borrow the banner of Qingzhou Sailor first, and then take the place. I will let the 1st Army of the 8th Prefecture go to Laizhou County by boat, join the people of the Naval Division, and occupy Donglai Province. By the way, the people who participated in this operation have all been upgraded by one level, and the first credit this time should be for them. ”

Subsequently, Zhao Xun ordered the Eighth Provincial Army in northern Hebei to take a naval warship from the east side of Cangzhou Mansion to Laizhou Port, and then brave the snow to occupy Donglai Mansion.

Because of the heavy snow, the road was difficult to travel, and there were people from the Xiaoguo Army to block it, and the news of the fall of the Qingzhou Navy was not sent to other places for a long time. The Qingzhou Mansion Army and the guards stationed in the southern part of Qingzhou knew nothing about this, and they didn't expect that the forces on their side were raided and annexed by the Xiaoguo Army.

When the soldiers of the Eighth Mansion came to Laizhou Port, it was already a few days later, and the Qingzhou Navy Division was also screened again, and in the end, there were only 30,000 suitable naval troops and 10,000 suitable army of 50,000 people. The remaining 10,000 people were naturally brushed down. But considering that these people were suddenly discharged from the army and had nowhere to go, or rather, they had no way to support their families, so they became a baggage camp, after all, the next target of the Xiaoguo Army was the land of Donglai Province.

Zhao Xun came to Laizhou Port in person this time, after all, this is also the second and largest water army under his command. With them, their own naval army can crisscross the eastern seas, instead of shrinking in the corner of Youzhou. Now it can be said that the southern sea area belongs to the Yangzhou Naval Division, and the northern sea area belongs to the Xiaoguo Army. After that, whether it is the Silla Peninsula or Yiju, or even further afield, it will be under the shadow of its own power.

As soon as Zhao Xun arrived at Laizhou Port, he summoned all the soldiers and announced that the treatment of the soldiers of the Qingzhou Navy Division would be the same as that of the Xiaoguo soldiers. However, military law and military discipline must also be strictly observed. At the same time, he personally presided over the selection of the armed forces of the basic officers, that is, the big competition.

In this way, the soldiers of the Qingzhou Navy Division let go of their hearts and agreed with the surrender of the Xiaoguo Army.

"Lord, I'm afraid the news here and now has already spread, shouldn't we take action?" Li Lingfeng, the former cavalry commander of the Eighth Prefecture, said.

Zhao Xun pondered for a moment and said, "Temporarily incorporate that night's foot soldiers into you and start acting." Let them also see how the Xiaoguo army trains and marches. At the same time, the Shadow Guard, who infiltrated Donglai Mansion in advance, is also assisted. Those who can be persuaded to surrender will be persuaded to surrender directly, and those who cannot be persuaded will mobilize the people to break the city. The reputation of my Xiaoguo Army is known to the whole world. ”

The 1st Division of the Eighth Government Army and the 10,000 Infantry Army of the provisional organization were divided into five, and under the banner of the water division, they rushed towards the counties.

Lu County was the first to be breached, and Lu County was close to Laizhou County, naturally to monitor the situation in Laizhou County. The news of the fall of Laizhou County also passed through here.

Lu County Commander and Du Wei are both shrewd people, as soon as they heard that there was a defeated army of the Qingzhou Navy Division outside the city, the two of them knew that this was the Xiaoguo Army. As for the situation in Laizhou County, they dare not say that they know everything clearly, but they also know seven, seven, eight, eight. Even Laizhou County has been taken, where is there any defeated army, not to mention the four or five thousand people outside the city, and they are all equipped with armor and equipment.

The two of them are not stupid, and they soon know that this is the people of the Xiaoguo Army. At that time, they didn't expect that Zhao Xun would let the Xiaoguo army attack here. Captured the Qingzhou Water Division, that's nothing, after all, the Qingzhou Water Division has always been beneficial to the outside world, whether it is Situ Lei or Murong Cheng, they can't help it, destroy it, no one will say anything.

But this is Qingzhou, Zhao Xun did this, wouldn't it be a rebellion?

Resist, I'm afraid it won't work, if the Xiaoguo army is prepared, they will fight alone. Don't resist, they are court officials again, and they have been demoted, and they have a lot of infamy.

But as some strangers appeared around the mansion of the two people, and there seemed to be a commotion among the people in the city, the two opened the city gates. Anyway, you say that you are a Qingzhou water master, then I will be a Qingzhou water master.

Sure enough, after entering the city, the so-called Qingzhou Navy Division took over Lu County, began to reorganize the army, began to maintain order, and finally opened the government to release grain and help the victims. also let more than 1,000 government troops in Huang County participate in the rescue of the people in the surrounding towns and villages, and the people in Huang County still know that this Qingzhou Navy Division has been swallowed by the Xiaoguo Army, and now these people are the people of the Xiaoguo Army.

Lu County at the front fell, they rushed all the way, most of the back did not react, they were occupied by the city gate, and finally after playing the banner of the Xiaoguo Army, the city quickly calmed down, and there was no more escape. Let the new Qingzhou Navy soldiers and Huangxian Mansion soldiers who followed the Xiaoguo Army can't help but be amazed by the effect of the reputation of the Xiaoguo Army.

Except for this road, the situation of the other roads is similar, although the heavy snow has stopped at the beginning, but there is a foot of deep snow everywhere, they would not have thought that there would be an army here, and even some cities, directly rushed into it by the army.

It was not until half of the cities of Donglai Mansion fell that the Qingzhuang Governor and Xuanfu Envoy of Qizhou Prefecture received the news that the general of the Qingzhou Navy was killed and the Navy was annexed.

Seeing the news in their hands, Cao Bin and Wang Yanqing both looked at each other. For them, it's basically impossible. In this snowy weather, the Xiaoguo Army made a move, but it was a one-hit kill, and the Qingzhou Navy was eaten by the way.

"The Xiaoguo Army really did it!" Cao Bin said in a lost voice.

Xuanfu made Wang Yanqing also open his mouth, and said for a while: "Show the enemy to be weak, secretly arrange, and suddenly strike." We all thought that Zhao Xun was helpless to take the water army, but they took advantage of the relaxation of the general of the water division and gave a fatal blow. miscalculated, and the Qingzhou Sailor fell into the hands of the Xiaoguo Army again. ”

"So what are we going to do?"

"What else do you want to do? The water master is not yours, send a message to King Qi, his plan is useless. Wang Yanqing said coldly.

Cao Bin also said: "It's okay, let the two guards leave my Qingzhou territory as soon as possible, so as not to stay here and serve the lord like a lord." ”

Zhao Xun only took a boat back for the New Year, stayed for three days, congratulated the New Year with Youzhou officials, and let the armies in northern Hebei strictly guard the border, and then returned to Laizhou Port in Qingzhou.

Things went very smoothly, and Huang County, the seat of Donglai Prefecture, was taken, but he still took the initiative to surrender. There is no way, the name of the Xiaoguo Army has been revealed. Although they are chasing the remnants of the Qingzhou Naval Army, do they dare not open the city gate and confront the Xiaoguo Army? Hearing that the Xiaoguo army was coming, the people in the city who had been prepared for a long time directly sacrificed the city gate.

But what puzzled Zhao Xun was that the army suffered heavy losses in Changguang County, losing more than 3,000 people.

After understanding, Zhao Xun learned that they were welcomed into Cheng by the governor of Changguang County and the county order, and they were ambushed with heavy troops. The lieutenant of this route army also died in the city, and in the end, only more than 1,000 people survived.

Li Lingfeng immediately ordered him to guard the four counties of Luxiang, Muping, Dongmu, and Changyang on two roads to prevent the Qingzhou army, and the other two roads, totaling 8,000 troops, gathered outside Changguang County.

When Zhao Xun arrived, the army had not yet begun to attack the city.

"Lord!"

"Complacent!" Zhao Xun said lightly, the reason why this situation occurred in this road army was completely because the front was too smooth, and as a result, it was ambushed all of a sudden.

Li Lingfeng and Zhu Duwei all had bad faces, and they also knew that this was indeed their carelessness. But the death of 3,000 people is a disgrace to their eighth province.

"Are the people of the city willing to live and die with this city?" Seeing that there were still a lot of young men in the defenders of the city, Zhao Xun asked puzzled.

Li Lingfeng said abruptly: "The county order here is a good official, so ......"

When Zhao Xun heard this, he was speechless. For such an official who can consider the people, he is indeed a good person. They were able to call on the people in the city, which made all the soldiers of the Xiaoguo army fall in ambush and die.

"Could it be that the Shadow Division in the city at that time had no information coming out?"

Li Lingfeng's face was embarrassed, and he said: "It's passed, let this road army postpone entering the city, but ......"

"But I just don't listen, I don't think the Shadow Division is a big deal, right? It seems that it is still necessary to use the lesson of blood to make them understand that fighting a war is not the business of one person. Zhao Xun said coldly.

After a while, Zhao Xun then asked, "Have you ever communicated with the defenders in the city?" What kind of person is my Xiaoguo Army, don't they understand? ”

Li Lingfeng took a breath and said, "Messengers have been sent, but they refuse to surrender and want to fight us to the death!" ”

"Good! Good! Good! Then let's fight, the three thousand soldiers did not die in vain. Regardless of whether he is a good official or not, and he is against my Xiaoguo army, then he should be swept away. ”

"Take your time, let the logistics team bring me the trebuchet and shoot the earth-shattering thunder! I want to let the guards of the city know that they are doing this to the people of the city. Zhao Xun said gloomily.

Although it was a mistake by his own subordinates, this good officer was by no means a reason to stop him from moving forward. Besides, he has seized Qingzhou's territory, who knows what Qingzhou and the guards stationed in Qingzhou will do. There is an unstable factor in the rear, which is by no means what Zhao Xun wants to see.