The huge torrent raged for more than an hour before it became calm, and the water that had been stored in the upper reaches for three days was finally released. But the river has become wider than it used to be.

"My goodness! That's amazing, isn't it? Twenty thousand Shenwu troops, once wiped out...... one captain said in a lost voice.

Zhao Ning was also shocked by the scene in front of him, after the river subsided, the original qiē was no longer there, leaving only the flat land with yellow mud.

"No wonder the eldest brother often says that for the sake of the generals, they should make more use of the surrounding environment and the power of nature, and the power of nature is far from being something that people can resist. Fire and water are ruthless, and that's true! Zhao Ning said to himself slowly.

"General, will this bring disaster to the villages downstream?" The first lieutenant whispered.

Zhao Ning said with a smile: "You can think like this, that's the best, we lead the troops to fight, and we can't die or live the people." But this time, it didn't matter, I had seen the scenes of the villages downstream, and the people lived far above the river, and far away. I think there were floods here in the summer. Therefore, this time it will not bring any great danger, and more importantly, the torrent will come here, and the terrain will become wider and narrower sharply, and there will be no danger of death to the below. ”

It turned out that three days ago, Zhao Ning let the river be sealed, accumulated flowing water, and until today, he has used earth-shattering thunder to blow up the former interception. The reason why they kept releasing earth-shattering thunder before was not that they were too numerous to use, but to cover up the sound of the gap exploding above and the sound of the torrent. The effect is obvious, except for the 3,000 people who fled to the right and the more than 2,000 people on the right side of the valley mouth, the rest are basically gone.

The effect is obvious, and the deterrent effect is also very great, at least the five thousand newly recruited rebels who were wrapped in the association are now completely convinced.

"The 1st Battalion sent messengers to inspect the situation of the left and right armies and continue to attract them. The rest of the people, give me their weapons first! Zhao Ning looked at the remnants, most of them were frightened and most of the unarmed Five Thousand Divine Martial Army, and said with a laugh.

"Obey!" Thirteen thousand people echoed in unison.

The Shenwu army, which was less than 5,000, was quickly wiped out, not to say that it was completely annihilated, but in fact, they no longer had the courage and ability to resist.

Thankfully, there are benefits to being a leading general, and our indignant General Situ Jian escaped with the selfless dedication of his loyal subordinates. And fled downstream, presumably, it should be floating.

Situ Jian, who was full of ashes, once again entered the track of fate, and was defeated again, and he was defeated. Under the escort of his own guards, the disgraced Situ Jian stumbled downstream, and all the way was full of corpses of his subordinates. And the soldiers who were gathered and rescued together were less than five hundred.

After Zhao Ning's victory, he did not continue to carry out any actions against the left and right route armies, he knew that it would not be long before the two route armies would drive back. He just asked his subordinates to collect the corpses, pile them together, and bury them on the spot. The corpse is left behind, and if it is not done, it will bring the plague.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the left and right armies to shrink back and retreat to Huai Thanh, Hanoi Province.

Zhao Xun still didn't know the situation of Taihang Mountain, but now he couldn't care about the situation of Taihang Mountain. There are three situations, one is that the Khitan three divisions not only failed to complete the task, but were defeated, and even retreated to the Xiaoguo army for help. Second, in the land of Youzhou, some people began to make trouble, and many officials were given heavy gifts, and even co-opted, and even more excessively, even in the army, some people began to stretch out their hands, and some people, under the encouragement of some people, also began to understand how to think carefully. Third, in Luoyang, it was rumored that the mastermind of the attack on the two guards was Zhao Xun, and in addition, some people also acted in the name of Qianniuwei, which made Qianniuwei's reputation very bad.

"Lord, there are strangers coming in and out of the homes of several captains of Qianniuwei, and I don't know what to discuss!" Wei Dong also reported the information of the Shadow Division.

Zhang Yuanjing frowned and said, "Situ Lei's counterattack is coming, and it is very fast!" Among them, Murong Cheng even participated! ”

"You're saying everything was done by Situ Lei? What about the Khitan three? Zhao Xun said with a gloomy face. Originally, I wanted to present the submission of the Northern Zhuhu to the imperial court, but now the situation has changed again.

"My lord, Situ Lei has been in the imperial court for more than 20 years, and he should not be underestimated. Of the eight Khitan divisions, we can command three divisions, and he also has a way to persuade the remaining five. You must know that the southern three are strong, which means that the remaining five are weakened. ”

"There are also things in Youzhou, this one is more complicated. It seems that this is easy to solve, because it is in our sphere of influence, but it is the most involved. According to the reports of the Security Division and the Shadow Division, most of the Youzhou Xiaoguo Army was basically mixed in. Some people are involved, and some people are naturally regarded as smoke by these people. ”

"The same is true of Qianniuwei, earlier the lord was merciful and let more than 10,000 people out of the camp, they were all the original Qianniuwei people, and then Qianniuwei's name did bad things, then in the eyes of others, it was Qianniuwei doing bad things. There is also the matter of the officers, their families are not in our sight, and we don't have so many people paying attention to them, and now, it is very likely to have an impact on Qianniuwei. ”

Zhao Xun said coldly: "The matter of Youzhou must be solved first, first, it is our base camp." Second, it has been delayed for a long time, and the more troublesome it is! ”

Zhang Yuanjing nodded and said: "The lord is reasonable, I think Situ Lei's actions are not only that, his subordinates think that we should return to Youzhou." ”

"Back to Youzhou?" Zhao Xun was stunned.

"Yes, the trade route has opened, and what we need is also being transported quietly. Qianniuwei was also an accident. Youzhou's financial crisis has also been resolved, haven't we achieved our goal? Staying here can only limit yourself. The matter of the three Khitan departments can only be better solved by returning to Youzhou. Zhang Yuanjing said slowly.

"Back to Youzhou?" Zhao Xun couldn't help but think about it.

"Lord, let's go, Luoyang will become a dispute between Situ Lei and Murong Cheng, and the lord is still the general of Qianniuwei, and he can come back at any time. I think it won't be long before they need us back. ”

"That Qianniuwei ......"

"We lead the name of Qianniuwei, how else can they toss? It's not good to stay here. Now Murong Cheng has signs of joining forces with Situ Lei. ”

"Okay, we'll be in Youzhou! However, before leaving, let's clean up Qianniuwei first, those guys who do bad things through my Qianniuwei can't stay! Zhao Xun said in a sullen voice.

Just when the Shenwu Army and the Taihang Mountain Bandit Army were at war, Qianniuwei also began to act. Zhao Xun, the general of Qianniuwei, ordered that among Qianniuwei, a new identity token will be issued, and anyone who does not have it is not a person of Qianniuwei. Dare to pretend to be a Thousand Niu Guard, and the Thousand Niu Guard has the right to kill on the spot.

Subsequently, Qianniuwei cleaned up the surroundings of Luoyang, and those who acted through Qianniuwei were eliminated one by one, and at the same time promoted Qianniuwei's new policy.

In addition, the family members of the Qianniuwei officers were settled in Dongcheng, and Zhao Xun personally paid for the purchase of real estate for them and arranged the livelihood for their families. In fact, this money is still honored by the merchants of Dongcheng. There are also some Qianniuwei officers who have disappeared without a trace, and many officers know what is going on, and their hearts can't help but burst.

"What? Got out of Luoyang? When? After Situ Lei heard the report from his subordinates, he exclaimed.

"Yesterday, it was originally nominally to play, but who knew that he went directly out of Henan Mansion, and there was also the holy decree of His Majesty, everywhere I went, the soldiers who defended the city were all released by the switch!" Lin Shucheng smiled bitterly.

"A group of stupid pigs, when Zhao Xun will see His Majesty, please resign, doesn't anyone know?" Situ Lei said angrily.

"Xiangye, Zhao Xun has been vigorously rectifying Qianniuwei in the past few days, who knows that he will leave quietly, according to the holy decree, it is to solve the problem of Khitan entry."

"This Zhao Xun is really treacherous! Keeping us all in the dark. Let people carry out operations in Hanoi Province, and they must mobilize all the people, and they will kill them. ”

"Yes! This is the arrangement! Lin Shucheng took the order and left.

"Ling Xiao!"

"The subordinates are here!"

"How is the government army in Yongzhou?" Situ Lei asked with a twinkle in his eyes.

"If you will meet the prime minister, under the reason that the two armies have suffered heavy losses and need to be supplemented, the old troops of the Yongzhou Mansion Army have been absorbed by the two armies, totaling 130,000. If the Shenwu army returns along the way, we can already be regarded as controlling the forces of Yongzhou. Ling Xiao said respectfully.

"Okay, give Situ Jian an order to withdraw their troops! The goal has been achieved! No more fighting! ”

"Let Jin Wujun test Qianniuwei and see how they react!"

Zhao Xun, who entered Hanoi Mansion, immediately slowed down, and at this moment Zhao Xun only had a thousand guards around him. Then, 2,000 more people gathered together in various ways.

"Han Meng, I'll leave it to you here, remember, if there is an accident, don't fight, resist the Dao for a certain time, and immediately scatter and retreat! Do you understand? Zhao Xun said in a deep voice.

"My subordinates understand!" Han Meng also knew Zhao Xun's plan, and replied in a deep voice.

Zhao Xun's convoy was still heading towards Jizhou with great fanfare, and Zhao Xun took Li Xinyan under the covert cover of two thousand guards, and accelerated north with the caravan.

"Lord Zhang! As you expected, Jin Wujun came to my Dongcheng to tempt it! Zhao Mang, the deputy general of Qianniuwei and the actual leading general, reported to Zhang Yuanjing with a smile.

"How it was before, how it is now, let me go and rush back. If they're going to fight, then fight! By the way, send someone to discuss the caravan tax in Jingzhou and Yangzhou. Zhang Yuanjing said unhurriedly.

"Talking about business taxes?"

"We want to give Situ Lei a signal, don't beat our mind, otherwise, we don't mind joining forces with Murong Cheng. At the same time, we also tell them that we don't interfere with them, and they don't want to care about us. ”

"Okay, I'll do it!"

"As long as the lord takes Jizhou, Luoyang ...... What is Situ Lei's fear? Zhang Yuanjing said to himself with a smile.

Zhao Xun's departure from Luoyang was indeed unexpected by many people. The civil and military officials were very puzzled by this, but after learning that the Khitan had no problems, they did not investigate it further.

But Murong Cheng's face was indeed gloomy, the result of his tentative investigation came out, Zhao Xun didn't have much to do with Emperor Xuanwu, but now Zhao Xun is gone, and he walked cleanly. But Murong Cheng found that all the soldiers and horses in Yongzhou ran into Situ Lei's pocket. As a result, Zhao Xun was forced away, and Situ Lei got the Yongzhou soldiers and horses, but he had a problem with Zhao Xun and got nothing.

Now, the merchants of Jingzhou and Yangzhou began to be dissatisfied with Murong Cheng, because the merchants of Youzhou did not do business with them. I don't have a business to do, and I still make a fart of money, what do I support you to do if you don't have money?

"Lord Wang, Jin Wujun went to Dongcheng to wander around, and the troublemakers were all severely taught by Qianniuwei and driven out of Dongcheng." Zhang Tu whispered. Because of the previous construction, now Murong Cheng suffers a loss, so he is also a lot more careful.

"Also, according to our people's report, Situ Lei is preparing to launch an operation against Zhao Xun in Hanoi Province!"

Murong Cheng's face was very ugly, and he was completely swept away by Situ Lei.

"Find a way to inform Qianniuwei of this news, let them report to Zhao Xun, if Zhao Xun has an accident, there is a chance that Youzhou will enter chaos, and the best situation is that the generals of Youzhou will support Zhao Xun's son to stabilize the situation in Youzhou, but they will no longer give Situ Lei a dangerous situation, and even fall into the hands of Situ Lei, Situ Lei's people are having fun in Youzhou." Zhong Yan also said astringently.

"Fuck! Situ Lei, this old bastard, shouldn't have talked to him that day! Murong Cheng said angrily.

"Report! Lord Wang, Zhao Mang, the deputy general of Qianniuwei, asks to see you! ”

When the three of them heard this, their faces moved.

"Let him in!" Under the gesture of Zhang Tu and Zhong Yan, Murong said on his behalf.