"When I was in Yanzhou, you sent a message saying that our army's Heaven Shaking Thunder storage was extremely insufficient, what was the reason? Recently, our army has not used troops in the surrounding areas, so there should not be such a large consumption, and besides, there is consumption, but the logistics department should also replenish it soon. After discussing the general situation in Youbei, Zhao Xun remembered this important weapon that was closely related to the Xiaoguo Army.

Shocking Thunder plays a very important role for the Xiaoguo Army. Although I dare not say that without the Heaven-Shaking Thunder, the Xiaoguo Army will not be able to do it, but the Heaven-Shaking Thunder does have a vital impact on the battlefield. Especially for the northern steppe tribes, this thing, just in terms of momentum, can hit the enemy's momentum. In addition, siege warfare can also blow up the walls. Of course, the amount of consumption required is enormous. Under normal circumstances, the Xiaoguo army would not lightly blow up the city with gunpowder. After all, it wasn't as powerful as dynamite a thousand years later.

Situ Liang sighed and said: "The forces of Qi Wangjun and Situ Lei all know the general composition of black powder, although they are not very clear about those kinds of things, but they still prohibit the northern caravan from buying and transporting such items in the southern land. Saltpeter is a medicine, so it is directly listed as a military material by them, and it is not allowed to be used by non-military personnel, and it is not allowed to be sold at will, and it is strictly controlled. Even, under the command of King Qi and Situ Lei, there are already some imitations. Although it is far less powerful than the earth-shattering thunder, it also shows that they have also begun to pay attention to this item. ”

In addition, because of the repair and dredging of the river, it is also used to blow up rocks that are extremely difficult to chisel by ordinary methods. So, the demand is not small. ”

Zhao Xun frowned slightly, this matter is indeed not a good thing for Xiao Guojun.

"Do you want to prohibit the use of this thing in river control!" Pei Yi said in a sullen voice.

Zhao Xun shook his head and said: "No, continue to use it, they want to develop it, but it's not so easy." However, the problem of the recipe and the person who handles it must be strictly grasped. Let's increase the trade with Yizhou, if the south is not good, Yizhou can continue. ”

"This thing, send some veteran officials to Shanyang Mansion, since we can't take care of it, and we can't get into it lightly, let Shanyang Mansion act in this local place."

"Lord, this time Situ Lei stirred up like this, obviously disrupted Murong Cheng's arrangement, this time the land of Yanzhou was in turmoil, the Qi Wang army suffered a big loss, and the Yuzhou army will definitely make a move. But apparently, Situ Lei will not be able to do anything. In this way, Murong Chengcheng, the king of Qi, will be hostile to Situ Lei, Xu Jie, and Xuzhou at the same time. Perhaps, Jiaozhou, which has always had the heart of self-reliance, will also take advantage of the situation. In this way, Murong Cheng is surrounded by enemies, and it will definitely be difficult to deal with. Why don't we use Shanyang Mansion to contact the Tang army, let the Tang army attack from the north, attack the Xuzhou army, and disrupt Situ Lei's arrangement. Li Huaiyuan, who has been located in Jizhou, said in a deep voice.

Situ Liang's face was overjoyed, and he said, "Lord Li's plan is very good!" In this way, it relieved the pressure on the northern line of Shanyang Mansion, and also gave Tang Xian a way out, so that he would not want to launch a strong attack on Shanyang Mansion because he was trapped in one place. It is reported that Tang Xian intended to move the base camp to the south to relieve our pressure on him, but he was hindered by the actions of the lord in Shanyang Mansion. But if Tang Xian insists on going south, we can't stop it. Why not give him a new way.

After all, he thought that he had not completed the agreement with Xu Jie, and the military order issued by Xu Jie's to recover the Liangzhou Mansion was also an obstacle to his alliance with Xu Jie. The Xuzhou army is now also fighting on two fronts, the south has to block the angry counterattack of the King of Qi, and the west has to cooperate with Xu Jie's attack on the Wuwei army, so the northern front, which was almost relaxed because it became an alliance, is the weak point of the Xuzhou army. Attacking the Xuzhou army will definitely catch the Xuzhou army off guard, and it is not very difficult to take one or two prefectures. ”

In this way, a two-sided battle was formed, and Shanyang Mansion took advantage of the situation to seek benefits. As the lord said, if the Yanzhou Mansion is obtained, then the Shanyang Mansion, the Yanzhou Mansion and Jizhou will be connected, and when the time comes, it will be in the alliance of our army, or surrender to our army, and then it will seize a bridgehead on the south bank of the Yellow River. ”

Zhao Xun's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "That's not bad, if Tang Xian agrees, we can shrink the defense line and tell him that we focus on repairing and dredging the river and connecting the Yellow River." ”

Naturally, this matter could not be the first of the Xiaoguo army, so he immediately issued an order to Feng Ziming and asked him to send someone to talk to Tang Xian in Shanyang Mansion.

Next, Zhao Xun accompanied the child for a few days, but the war on the southern front finally broke out.

Among the Wuwei army, Ding Qiang finally died and died of serious injuries, but the Wuwei army camp outside Yanzhou City was not breached. Despite this, Xu Jie, who began to gather heavy troops, was ready to completely remove the hidden dangers around him.

Feng Ziming also sent back the news in time, because Feng Ziming had gained a firm foothold in Shanyang Mansion, and Xu Jie had no time to say anything to Feng Ziming, and because Feng Ziming did not announce his previous actions. Xu Jie, or Feng Ziming, was the head of the march of Shanyang Mansion, overseeing the affairs of Shanyang Mansion and Liangzhou Mansion, and was responsible for resisting the southward movement of the Tang army. He did not interfere much in the matter of the Sanyang Prefecture Army's change of name to the independence of the Shanyang Army, and it seems that he also recognized its intention to nominally obey its own orders and actually be independent.

"It seems that Xu Jie is also a little anxious! Marching Commander! Hehe......" Zhao Xun couldn't help but sneer secretly when he saw Feng Ziming's recital.

"Xu Jie has no time to take care of Shanyang Mansion now, firstly, the war in the south is urgent, although Ding Qiang is dead, but there are still three mansions in Yanzhou that are occupied by more than 30,000 armed guards, and they will not back down, when the Xuzhou army and the Yanzhou army are fighting very hard. Second, the combat power of the Shanyang Army has already made Xu Jie's arrival a little afraid. If Feng Ziming led his army south at this moment, he was afraid that the Wuwei army outside Yanzhou City would take advantage of the situation to get out, or even turn against the guest. Situ Liang said in a deep voice.

"It seems that the remnants of the Wuwei Army are still waiting for reinforcements from Yuzhou! Now Murong Cheng is also struggling. Perhaps, he regretted giving up the emperor to Situ Lei, but he couldn't advance or retreat now. Li Huaiyuan said with a sigh. If Murong Cheng was still in the imperial court, he could completely make the Yanzhou Mansion army retreat in the name of the imperial court. Of course, if that were the case, Xu Jie would not dare to attack the Wu Weijun lightly.

"Lord, Situ Lei has made a move!" At this time, Zhao Hai, the director of the Shadow Division, walked in with new information.

"Oh? And what is it? Zhao Xun suddenly became interested.

"King!" Zhao Hai said in a deep voice.

"Forgive the sins of the princes and make the king? Why is this trick again? Zhao Xun was stunned, Zhang Yan, who used to establish himself in Shu and claimed to be the king of Shu, used this trick to prepare to pull the heroes into the water.

"This Situ Lei, it's not simple! Now, Murong Cheng's situation is a little bad! After reading the information, Li Huaiyuan couldn't help but sigh.

Sure enough, this time, Situ Lei issued an edict with a holy decree. He pardoned Zhao Xun, Tang Xian, and Li Chi for the crime of rebellion, with a simple slogan, hoping that the heroes would consider the country and resist the Turkic enemy army in the north.

If it's just that, it's okay, and even worse, it's even a big reward. Among them, headed by Zhao Xun, with the credit of recovering the lost territory and resisting Zhuhu, he was crowned the king of Zhao, and there was no actual division of forces.

Feng Situ Lei was the king of Yong, leading the land of Yongzhou. Feng Li Chi was named the king of Huaidong County and led Xuzhou. Zhang Tao, the governor of Jiaojiao Prefecture, was the king of Lingnan County and led Jiaozhou. Feng Tang Xian was the Duke of Dongping County and led the northern land of Yanzhou. Feng Xu Jie, the county prince of Yanzhou, led Yanzhou.

At the same time, he ordered Murong Cheng, the king of Qi, to attack Yanzhou for no reason.

There is nothing to be deliberately embarrassed or used in this order. But it was precisely this that there was no difficulty, but it really dealt a blow to Murong Cheng. made the princes join forces to suppress Murong Cheng, who let him have the idea of attacking these princes' territory! Situ Liang said in a deep voice.

"In addition, this edict must be received, otherwise, it will be opposed to other feudal princes." Li Huaiyuan continued.

Yes, just like now, if Zhao Xun doesn't receive it, then how can Situ Lei, Li Chi, Zhang Tao, Xu Jie, and Tang Xian receive it? With the name of righteousness, they can act in a dignified manner. For example, Xu Jie, with the identity of the county prince, he can fight back against the Wuwei army to privately occupy his own territory and maintain the righteousness of the imperial court.

"Congratulations to the lord, you have to lead King Zhao!" Situ Liang took the lead and said.

The rest of the people also congratulated in unison.

Zhao Xun couldn't cry or laugh, and he had no other choice in this regard. Then he said in a deep voice: "That is so, called! When the edict arrives, choose a good day and an auspicious day to worship the king and lord! Since then, Zhao Xun has become the king of Zhao, no longer as the court said, and is the traitor of Dayan.

After giving the order, Zhao Xun couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "The world is in chaos!" ”

Situ Liang smiled: "Now, Murong Cheng should be on fire now!" ”

As Situ Liang said, Murong Cheng is quite popular now. Yangzhou is closer to Luoyang, and it has more spies in Luoyang than Zhao Xun in Luoyang. After hearing the edict, Murong Cheng immediately smashed more than a dozen cups.

"What did Li Changfu eat, why was he so righteous that his subordinates overturned him? What a damn one! 50,000 Praetorian Guards, or this king's statement, let Situ Lei back down and expand the army to this point. In addition, there are excellent war horses provided by Zhao Xun. Twenty thousand horses, now all of them have fallen into the hands of Situ Lei. Murong Cheng roared angrily in the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion.

Murong Cheng's subordinates also knew that Murong Cheng was not reluctant to give up this war horse, although the war horse was expensive, it could also be bought from the north. In particular, Zhao Xun did not prohibit the outflow of war horses, although they were only inferior war horses. But as long as you spend money, you can buy a lot of horses. Murong Cheng was annoyed by the defection of the Praetorian Guards, which made all his arrangements in Luoyang City fail. Just like now, Situ Lei can expel the imperial party from the imperial court, cover the sky with one hand, and issue edicts at will, which puts him in an extremely disadvantageous position.

Murong Cheng's staff member Zhang Tu Zhongyan was also speechless at the moment, what could they say about this? Earlier, he also did not approve of Murong Cheng's evacuation of Luoyang and put the government in the hands of Situ Lei. Although the plan is well arranged, the Lord will not be there, and it is difficult for ordinary people to make decisions about the following matters.

It seemed that it was not the right time for him to get angry at the moment, so he immediately asked his subordinates to clean up and said, "Now, how should we deal with it?" ”

Zhang Tu said astringently: "The key to this edict is Zhao Xun, if Zhao Xun accepts the edict, we will be in an extremely disadvantageous situation." The north faced the Xuzhou army and the Yanzhou army, the west faced the men and horses who resisted Situ Lei, and the south was ...... The south also has to deal with the Jiaozhou army. ”

"Then what if Zhao Xun doesn't accept the edict?" Murong Cheng said urgently.

"If you don't accept the edict, then the rest of the people will not be able to accept the edict, after all, Zhao Xun is the king, that is a real merit, and it is also the first place in the edict. However, if Zhao Xun does not accept the order, it is equivalent to offending other people at the same time. Coupled with the exemption from his identity as a traitor, no matter what he says, he will not fail to accept it. ”

Murong Cheng also understood that his previous eagerness was just hope.

"However, it is not impossible to think. Now the situation is obvious, Situ Lei wants to gather the surrounding forces to do something against us, this situation, the Jedi is not what Zhao Xun wants to see. Zhang Tu continued.

Zhong Yan also nodded and said: "That's true, if things develop according to Situ Lei's expectations, then, Situ Lei will become the overlord of the south, which is not good for Zhao Xun." And Zhao Xun also has a deep hatred with Situ Lei, Zhao Xun is his father, but let Situ Lei order to clear the remnants of the former Emperor Xuanwu before he knew about it. ”

"Alliance Zhao Xun? But even so, Zhao Xun was unable to support us. Murong Cheng said hatefully.

Zhang Tu said: "As long as the Xiaoguo army moves, no one will be able to live in peace whether it is Yanzhou or Yongzhou." In this way, it is very helpful for us. With that, Zhang Tu glanced at Murong Cheng cautiously. For Zhao Xun, Murong Cheng has always had no good feelings, after all, the land of Youzhou is the place where Murong Cheng planned to take it at the beginning.

"Okay, send someone to Youzhou to contact and ask for help!" Murong Cheng said in a deep voice. At the moment, no face is as important as the power in hand.

"My subordinates will do it!" Seeing Murong Cheng agree, Zhang Tu said urgently.

On June 16, Zhao Xun led the edict of thanksgiving, and on June 18, Zhao Xun led the king of Zhao, and the army under his command was called the Zhao army.

Zhao Xun immediately ordered that the provincial armies be renamed the town army. One town is twenty-five thousand, divided into five capitals, one thousand capitals; One is divided into five battalions, one battalion and one thousand; A battalion is divided into five posts, one post is two hundred; Four teams for one sentry, fifty for one team; A team of five tithes, one tithes and two soldiers. This is also the standing army of the Xiaoguo Army.

The rank of the remaining officials has increased, but there has been no major transfer or change. As for the Xiaoguo Army, the current various establishments are already in line with the current use.

After Zhao Xun received the edict, the rest of the princes all received the edict one by one and ordered the world.

And Murong Cheng, the king of Qi, who fought against the princes, did not refute the legitimacy of this edict. But he also ignored the imperial edict. Immediately, let the Yangzhou army start a northern attack and launch an operation to Xuzhou. At the same time, the Yangzhou Navy also began a large-scale operation on the eastern coast of Xuzhou to blockade the sea area. In short, in the eastern waters of Xuzhou, except for the flying of the flame unicorn flag of the Zhao army and the black water dragon flag of the Qi Wang army, the rest of the ships are not allowed to approach the port of Xuzhou. Not only that, but the Yangzhou Navy still did not send troops ashore to raid and loot the coast of Xuzhou.

In this regard, Li Chi naturally had no choice but to back down and evacuate the people along the coast inward, which was also a grievance for no naval army. The merchant ships flying the flag of the Xiaoguo Army also obeyed the orders of the Xiaoguo Army and were not allowed to transport military goods for trade, and they also let the Yangzhou Navy board the ship for inspection according to the order. In this way, the two princes of the north and south temporarily lived in peace.

Similarly, seeing the cooperation of the Xiaoguo army, Murong Cheng also ordered that it was strictly forbidden to carry out unprovoked attacks on northern merchant ships, even if it was an inspection, and no property should be asked. In this way, the two sides feel as if their own naval armies are inspecting their merchant ships. But whether it is the master of the merchant ship or the sergeant of the Yangzhou navy, they are very satisfied with this. The merchants didn't want to be attacked for no reason, and the Yangzhou navy didn't want to be attacked by the Xiaoguo navy, of course, because they were suddenly easy to talk to, and they also got a lot of hard-earned money from the shipowners.