"Look, this is the result of this naval fleet operation, our naval fleet has come out in many ways, and among them, it is directly defeated in the hands of the Jieyi army. Of the rest of the way, most of them were unsuccessful. According to the chamberlains sent by this king, these chaotic armies are not simple, and they have exceeded our expectations. Murong Cheng looked around at everyone and said coldly.

"In the eyes of the princes, these prefectures and counties in the east of Yangzhou are just a vulnerable army of refugees, but the facts now tell us that they are not as simple as you think. Among them, the northernmost Jieyi Army, their combat ability is no less than our soldiers. Therefore, this king suspects that they are not only as simple as Zhao supporting grain, grass and armor and equipment, but even Zhao Jun has sent people to train soldiers for this chaotic army. ”

"Now that the garrisons in the north of Jiangzhou and the west of Yangzhou have been transferred a lot, do you think it is better for us to attack the north first or the chaotic army in the south first?" Murong Cheng looked at the map hanging beside him and said in a muffled voice.

Zhang Tu, the left Cheng of Qi State, took the lead and said: "The king, the minister thinks that it is better to attack the south first and then the north, first attack the chaotic army in the east of Jiangzhou, and then attack the north." Now this chaotic army has been divided into two parts, the north and the south, but the Jieyi army in the north is the strongest, and as the king said, they have the support of the Zhao army, and even the people of the Zhao army are involved. ”

"Therefore, if we take the northern rebel army first, it will not only affect the Zhao army in Xuzhou, but also stalemate for a long time, which will give the southern rebel army time to develop. In other words, it will give the southern rebel army a chance to catch up with the Zhao army. ”

"The strength of the rebel army in the south is weak, but it affects the situation in the eastern part of Jiangzhou and the northern part of Jiaozhou. Especially in the northern part of Jiaozhou, the land of Jiaozhou is co-located by our Qi army, Shu army and Zhao army. Our Qi army occupies the northern part of Jiaozhou, and if these chaotic military disasters are allowed to come here, it will directly affect the situation in Jiaozhou, and we must solve it immediately. ”

"In addition, if the southern rebel army is solved first, then the chaotic army in the north will be completely surrounded by us on three sides, even if the other righteous army has the participation of the Zhao army, we can also concentrate our strength and break it in one fell swoop."

Murong Cheng frowned and said: "The ability of this righteous army is not small, they are on our side, if we let it grow and develop, the consequences will be unpredictable." The more time they are given, the more they will stand here. In particular, their various practices at the local level, although they are different from those of Zhao State, are also somewhat similar......"

What Murong Cheng was most worried about was Zhao Guo's policies and systems to appease and buy off the people. If it's on weekdays, it's fine. However, coinciding with this natural disaster, Zhao's system and policy are very marketable in Yangzhou and Jiangzhou.

Zhang Tu also understood Murong Cheng's worries, and said in a deep voice: "King, let's take the southern rebellion first, and don't die in the north." In addition to the strong army left behind to strictly defend it, it is also necessary to tell the people in other regions that the righteous army burns, kills, loots, and does all kinds of evil in this festival. The city occupied by the Jieyi army, the women and children are restless, the old and weak do not exist, and the squire clan is all wiped out, and their family wealth is enjoyed by the leaders of the rebellious army and bandits. They are a chaotic army, and naturally they have the habits that a chaotic army should have. As long as the people knew, how could they respond to them? How can you still go along with them? ”

"Good!" Murong Cheng laughed and said, "What Zhang Qing said is reasonable, this matter must be handled immediately." It is necessary to let the people under the rule of our army know that the chaotic armies in the east are all those mountain bandits and rogues who took advantage of natural disasters to rob the government for disaster relief and food, so that the people of the eastern prefectures and counties are not able to make a living, and the government cannot settle the displaced people. In a word, let the people everywhere know that the rebel army in the east is not a good thing. ”

"Now, the Zhao army in Xuzhou in the north has added more than 20,000 people, which has a lot of pressure on the northern line of Yangzhou. Even though Xuzhou was a disaster area before, the tens of thousands of troops they stationed there were still a very heavy threat to our defense line. ”

Youcheng Zhongyan said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, even if Zhao Jun has added a new army of more than 20,000 people here, this also shows that Zhao Jun is also very worried about the land of Xuzhou, and they are also preparing us to take action against Xuzhou." After all, Xuzhou is also a disaster-stricken area. The original 50,000 Zhao soldiers are now responsible for treating the people and stabilizing the localities. I have to say that Sergeant Zhao has done a better job than us in this regard. However, this also made the Zhao army in Xuzhou somewhat insufficient for border defense. ”

Therefore, this time, Zhao Jun will send people when Xuzhou is hit by the disaster. Perhaps, when we contacted the remnants of the Chu army in Xuzhou, Zhao Xun knew about it, so he sent a town of troops from Yongzhou. ”

"It seems that Xuzhou has increased the army of a town, but this has also increased the needs of Xuzhou for an army of a town. You must know that Xuzhou was originally a disaster-stricken area, where can we supply more than 20,000 troops? Therefore, the logistics of the more than 20,000 troops naturally need to be transported from the rear, and the burden on the Zhao army is not ordinarily large. Therefore, the Zhao army in Xuzhou can only exist to contain us, and will not really go south. Therefore, we don't need to worry too much about Zhao Jun in Xuzhou. ”

"However, we can't be careless, and the defense of all places along the Huai River still needs to be more careful. The Zhao army was accustomed to raids, and no one dared to guarantee that the Zhao army in Xuzhou would not let go of the local recovery and raid the Huai River in Yangzhou. ”

Murong Cheng nodded and said in a deep voice: "Well, you are right, give orders to all parts of the north, let them be more careful, and there must be no carelessness." By the way, if you want to place people in Xuzhou and take the opportunity to stir up the affairs of Xuzhou, can you arrange it properly? ”

Zhong Yan said in a condensed voice: "Returning to the king, Zhao Jun's inspection in Xuzhou is extremely strict, especially those big clans and powerful people, who are now under the supervision of Zhao Jun. Moreover, they no longer have the power they once had. The private soldiers, tenants, and even some ordinary family guards in the family have now been given the status of commoners by the government, and they have been given fields so that they can support their families and no longer serve these powerful families. ”

In other words, these powerful families can no longer provide manpower for our use, at the very least, they cannot provide manpower to participate in the operation. Even if there were, there were only a few people, and they were powerless to promote the rebellion in Xuzhou. And those powerful clans who benefited from the Chu army in the past and now lose their power do not dare to come forward now. The last operation had allowed Zhao Jun to take over a large number of local powerhouses in Xuzhou, and the rest were even more ......"

"However, although we can't gather the powerful clans in these places to make things happen, we can still arrange people to go in and cause some impact. Thinking about it, it can also make Zhao Jun in Xuzhou busy for a while. ”

Murong Cheng said coldly: "No matter what, the chaotic army in Yangzhou and eastern Jiangzhou must be resolved as soon as possible. He Lin was ordered to speed up his actions, and he must take action against the rebellious forces in Yangzhou and Jiangzhou as soon as possible. In addition, the operation in Xuzhou should also begin, regardless of whether it can cause damage to Xuzhou or not, but it can have an adverse impact on Xuzhou, which is the most beneficial thing for us. ”

Murong Cheng's original idea was to make the land of Xuzhou the same as Yangzhou and the eastern part of Jiangzhou under his rule. Since there have been riots in the disaster-stricken areas under your rule, why won't the same thing happen under your rule of Zhao Jun? If you can arrange for men to come to my territory, why can't you send people under your rule?

It's a pity that Zhao Jun has extremely strict surveillance of Xuzhou, a new place, and this is located closest to the Qi army, how can Zhao Xun easily relax his control here? Therefore, the local powerful clans that had collusion with the Qi army for the first time were inspected by the secret guards of the Zhao army and wiped them out.

For these powerful clans, Zhao Guo naturally dislikes them extremely much. It's just that it is no longer the time when the Zhao army has just risen to the northern border in the past, and the current Zhao army is already the northern overlord who dominates half of the world, so naturally he can't attack the local powerful clans for no reason. Especially in Xuzhou, the Chu army took the initiative to surrender, and Zhao Xun couldn't let the government directly take action against the powerful clans in those places. And this time, Qi Jun's leadership just solved this problem for Zhao Jun.

Those powerful clans that Zhao Xun originally wanted to get rid of them were involved in collusion with the Qi army, and the local government could completely exterminate the clan for the crime of colluding with foreign enemies to rebel. Therefore, in the last time the Qi army secretly contacted the Xuzhou clan, the government took advantage of the situation and wiped out many powerful clans in Xuzhou who were dissatisfied with the Zhao army and the local government, and took out the money and food in their families for local disaster relief, and took out their fields and distributed them to the victims, making the prestige of the Zhao government and the imperial court in Xuzhou even higher.

Although the operation failed, Murong Cheng did not stop there. After Zhao Xun transferred the ninth town of Yongzhou's Zhenjun to Xuzhou, the threat to Yangzhou's Qi army was even heavier, and he couldn't watch Xuzhou return to its old appearance and gather more men and horses to threaten Yangzhou. Therefore, Murong Cheng continued to arrange for people to enter Xuzhou, making preparations to stir up internal instability in Xuzhou.

Jun Sima Xu Lin said in a deep voice: "Great King, the King of Luoyang in Jingzhou has obtained a large number of armor and equipment from the Zhao army, and expanded his army by tens of thousands, and his strength has expanded extremely quickly. If it is just a military expansion, it is fine, but now with the due armor and equipment, the strength of the Luo army is already very large in the central region. Not only will our plan to attack Jingzhou completely fail, but this Luo army will also pose a threat to the northern part of Jiangzhou and the Jiangxia Mansion in Jingzhou, which we occupy. ”

"Especially Jiangxia Mansion, which was originally the land of Jiangzhou. Although it is now occupied by us, the king of Luoyang has no intention of retaking it from his hands. And, of course, there is the Wuling Mansion south of the Yangtze River, which is occupied by the Shu army. Therefore, the minister thought that we should not only guard against the Zhao army in Xuzhou, but also against the Luo army in Jingzhou. In addition, the minister was also worried that the Luo army would not take action in Xuzhou and Jingzhou at the same time as the Zhao army. In this way, our Qi army will receive a flanking attack from the north and west. ”

Murong Cheng shook his head and said, "Impossible, if the Luo army attacks us at the same time as the Zhao army, unless he is the king of Luoyang, he doesn't want to keep his current position." My Qi army is gone, is there still a Luo army? ”

Xu Lin said astringently: "It is naturally impossible for the Luo army and the Zhao army to unite, but it is difficult to guarantee that the Luo army will not take advantage of our battle with the Zhao army to seize Jiangxia Mansion and even Jiangzhou Prefecture." Isn't that what the Shu army and the Han army are doing now? It is impossible to say that they are not aware of the threat of the northern Zhao army, but they are still fighting to the death in the land of Hanzhong, and the two sides have lost no less than 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers each. If they use these strengths against the Zhao army, they don't know how many soldiers the Zhao army will need to consume to annihilate them. But now, he is dying in infighting. ”

"It's all damn Stuart!" Hearing what Xu Lin said, Murong Cheng's heart couldn't help but sink, and he suddenly said angrily, "If it weren't for Situ Che, a bastard, who took the lead in attacking his allies, how could he do this now?" The Southern Alliance, what has become now? There is a big enemy in the north, and they don't care about it, and they are still fighting for some interests! Situ Lei's sons are a bunch of unsuccessful bastards. ”

"Now we can't take care of Jingzhou, if Luo Jun wants to go south, then he must have that ability. Since the Luo army began to move its forces south, it did not cooperate with the Han army and attack Wuling Mansion. If I pass this news to the Shu army, I want to see if this Situ Che will be indifferent. ”

"As for Zhao Jun in Xuzhou, in the short term, he will not go south. And now we should be fighting back against them. The top priority at the moment is still those chaotic armies in the south, and they must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise, there will be endless troubles in the future. Murong Cheng's mind settled for a moment, and he immediately made a decision.

However, when it came to the Shu army and the Han army, Murong Chengcheng looked annoyed. Originally, the Han army and the Shu army fought each other, which was also what he wanted to see. However, the Han army and the Shu army are now fighting more and more fiercely, and the losses are getting more and more, but they still don't let go, which makes Murong Cheng feel that the situation is a little bad.

It stands to reason that the Shu army is much stronger than the Han army, and the Han army is naturally not the opponent of the Shu army. However, Zhao Jun was behind the Han army, providing armor and equipment for the Han army, and at the beginning it was still sold at a high price, and when it came to the back, it was directly given away for nothing. In other words, it was now a battle between the Shu army and the Han army supported by the Zhao army. The Shu army and the Han army of the southern princes were damaged, and the Zhao army paid nothing more than the armor and some food that the Han army and the Luo army had lost in the Yongzhou treasury in the past.

The Zhao army used the king of Hanzhong of the southern princes to fight against the king of Shu, while the Zhao army developed the local area in the rear, restored the local people's livelihood, and carried out engineering construction in various places, which made Murong Cheng feel annoyed by the fear of superiority.

In the plan of the Qi army, the Han army and the Shu army fought a big battle, and the final defeat was naturally the Han army, after all, it was far less powerful than the Shu army. And Jingzhou, without the Han army, will naturally be able to take it for its own side. But now, the Han army is still fighting with the Shu army, regardless of whether it is up or down. But Jingzhou, without the assistance of the Han army, failed to follow the expectations of the Qi army. The Luo army was indeed the weakest of the southern princes, but the king of Luoyang also had ambitions, and with the armor and equipment of the Zhao army, he also began a large-scale expansion. More importantly, the king of Luoyang, who had lost Dongyongzhou since then, also learned to treat the people well, making the reputation of the Luo army in Jingzhou better than before.

As for the Qi army at this moment, there is a chaotic army in the rear, and there is the participation of the Zhao army. In the north, in order to suppress the Qi army, the Zhao army also sent a large army to Xuzhou, so that the Qi army had to station a large part of its men and horses on the Huai River line, with Xuzhou in the north and Yuzhou in the west. It can be said that the pressure on the Qi army is now the largest among the southern princes.

Luoyang, now the temporary center of power of Zhao Jun. Especially after a series of trade with the Han army and the Luo army and the non-aggression pact with the Luo army in Jingzhou, Luoyang became more and more prosperous. In addition to the merchants from all over the Zhao Kingdom, the merchants of Jingzhou in the south also began to appear here in large quantities to trade with the merchants of the Zhao State.

The land of Yongzhou is now undergoing various projects, so many of the materials needed for the project are transported by merchants. Even the merchants in Jingzhou in the south also transported a large number of needed materials for Yongzhou, which reduced a lot of logistical pressure for Yongzhou.

After all, Yongzhou now not only needs to undertake the logistics and transportation of materials required for various projects, but also the needs of Yongzhou's more than 100,000 troops, which is also a large consumption. In particular, all the galloping roads in Yongzhou are being newly built, and the transportation is extremely inconvenient. The emergence of Jingzhou merchants alleviated some of the needs of Yongzhou. Of course, it also allowed Jingzhou businessmen to gain a lot of benefits.

The normal trade between the two sides is extremely beneficial to both the Luo army and the Zhao army of Yongzhou. However, in comparison, the impact on Jingzhou is greater.

Especially after some merchants entered the territory of Zhao State and learned a lot about Zhao State, they found that their place was simply too far behind Zhao State. In turn, these businessmen began to have a deeper understanding of the situation of Zhao State, so that they liked the policies and systems of Zhao State.

After these merchants returned, they would naturally tell others what they had seen and heard in the north, so that more people would naturally understand the situation in the north and more people would want to live in the Zhao Kingdom.

In this way, many landless people and some poor people in Jingzhou began to follow the merchants to the north, entered the territory of Yongzhou, opened household registration, received the fields allocated by the government, and arranged for them to work on various construction sites in exchange for money.

Although he knew that this would be unfavorable to his side, the Luo army needed money to expand its strength, so the king of Luoyang could only let the merchants in the territory go north to Yongzhou and trade with the Zhao army. After all, this is also extremely beneficial to oneself, and through this, you can obtain a lot of benefits. And most of the people who went north were poor. Although most of the people heard about the system of the northern Zhao State, they also longed for it. However, most people will not be happy to leave their homes and go north.

After all, the Li family's hundreds of miles to other places is not an easy thing for these people who can live in peace. It was precisely because the damage to Jingzhou was not great that the king of Luoyang did not let the soldiers stop those people from following the caravan to Yongzhou and entering the territory of Zhao State.