Everything in the world is unpredictable. The southern princes who were originally an alliance have now begun to confront and fight each other, and the opponents of the former alliance of princes are now providing these princes with armor and equipment for the war.

For Murong Cheng, the king of Qi, the Shu army occupied Hanzhong and defeated the Han army, which he naturally did not want to see. However, Murong Cheng also knew that even if the Shu army occupied Hanzhong, there would be no actual damage to him. On the contrary, the number of princes began to decrease, and when they resisted the southward movement of the Zhao army in the future, it would be easier and more convenient for the princes to cooperate. A two-party alliance would be more effective and easier to operate than a quadripartite alliance.

In addition, Murong Cheng also wanted the Shu army to annihilate the Han army after the victory, and his Shu army was also exhausted. In this case, there will be one less prince in Jingzhou, and the defenders of Jingzhou will also be less than half. It is much more convenient for the Qi army to plan Jingzhou, and the one who remains in Jingzhou is the weakest force, Luo Jun, in the eyes of Murong Cheng, he is not enough to care too much.

However, Murong Cheng underestimated Luo Jun and neglected Zhao Jun, and he didn't think that there would be natural disasters in the territory, and there would be refugee uprisings and rebellions, so that there would be chaos in his rear.

As a result, the Han army obtained a large number of armor and war horses from the Zhao army, and suddenly counterattacked, defeating the Shu army. In particular, the support of the armor and equipment of the Zhao army will relieve a lot of pressure on the logistics of the Han army. At the very least, there will be no shortage of armor and equipment. What annoyed Murong Cheng was that the Luo army also obtained a large number of armor equipment from the Zhao army, and the Luo army's army expanded rapidly.

What made it difficult for Murong Cheng to accept was that after the expansion, the Luo army not only did not garrison the Zhao army in the north, but began to move to the east and southeast of Jingzhou, with great intention to guard against itself. This makes him want to make a move on Jingzhou, and he has to consider the gains and losses, and after the war, whether he will take advantage of himself or Zhao Jun.

However, it was the refugee rebel army in eastern Yangzhou that hit Murong Cheng the most. It stands to reason that this will not happen, after all, such natural disasters are not uncommon. After the refugees rebelled, Murong Cheng thought that Zhao Jun was planning it, but after investigation, he found that these refugees were in rebellion, but the local refugees were dissatisfied with the government's inaction and made a rebellion, although it was not directly related to Zhao Jun, but the most important and fundamental problem appeared in Zhao Jun.

The leaders or planners of these rebellious armies were all people who had been to the northern Zhao Kingdom, especially the rumors that compared the reaction of the government after the disaster in Xu and Yang, which caused the Yangzhou refugees to riot.

It was also because of the rebellion of these refugees, coupled with the reaction of the Luo army, that Murong Cheng stopped testing Jingzhou and turned to his rear and Xuzhou to the north.

Xuzhou is located in the north of Yangzhou and is a new state captured by the Zhao army. Because it is too close to Yangzhou, Murong Cheng has always been heavily armed here. It is the eastern part of Jingzhou bordering Jiangzhou and Yangzhou, even if Murong Cheng wants to attack Jingzhou, he has not reduced his garrison on the northern line of Yangzhou, and the threat of Zhao's army is much greater than that of other places.

For Xuzhou, Murong Cheng did not think about taking it down, when the Chu army occupied this place in the past, Murong Chengcheng had stormed here, but in order to leave a gap between the Qi army and the Zhao army, Murong Cheng did not make the last death hand against the Chu army, coupled with the Shu army's onslaught on Jingzhou, Murong Cheng let go of the Chu army and the attack on Xuzhou. Who would have thought that the Chu army would eventually die at the hands of the Zhao army, and the land of Xuzhou also fell into the hands of the Zhao army and became the closest frontier place to the Zhao army's southern front.

When Xuzhou was hit by a disaster and Xuzhou was busy with disaster relief, Murong Cheng also thought about doing something to Xuzhou. His subordinates Zhang Tu and Zhong Yan suggested that they first provoke civil strife in Xuzhou and send troops depending on the situation. There is an object to provoke civil strife in Xuzhou, which is naturally the original Chu army officer in Xuzhou and the local powerful clan in Xuzhou. After all, the Zhao army occupies here, and most of the generals and officials of the former Chu army have lost their rights and interests, even some officials who were used by the Zhao army are only a very small number of them, and in addition, there are some people who were not reused in the Chu army in the past, such as the Hongze Lake Water Division.

However, the officials and generals of the Chu army in Xuzhou, and those with high status were all arranged to go to Youzhou, and the rest were mostly under the supervision of the Zhao army. But when it came to letting them launch an operation in Xuzhou first, these people were a little reluctant.

If it is the Qi army's attack, it doesn't matter if they cooperate with the action, but if they want to take the lead, they will be among the primary targets of the Zhao army.

Just when these big clans and the people of the Qi army thought that the Zhao army was busy with disaster relief and had no time to take care of anything else, the secret guards of the Zhao army launched an operation and started a large-scale investigation in Xuzhou. Those big clans who were discussing the incident with the Qi army were quickly eliminated by the Zhao army nine times out of ten, so that the Qi army couldn't react, and the big clans in the rest of the regions couldn't react. In just a few days, Xuzhou has a big family with different intentions, and it was cleaned up by Zhao Jun. The rest are also tightly shrunk and dare not come out. However, because of the clean-up of these powerful clans, the government has obtained a lot of money and food, which has provided great convenience for disaster relief.

In addition, this action also made countless people in Xuzhou full of disgust for those powerful clans. After all, the government is in disaster relief, helping the people and refugees, and you powerful clans are doing things behind your back, and now, almost no one is on the side of these powerful clans to speak for them. Without the support of public opinion and popular support, these powerful clans could only be purged by Zhao Jun, which provided great help for Zhao Jun's implementation of local policies and local rule.

Knowing this, Murong Cheng was naturally shocked and angry, what does this mean, it shows that Zhao Jun is very strict with Xuzhou's monitoring, and similarly, he always pays attention to their Qi army. If the Qi army went north to attack Xuzhou, the Zhao army would definitely not be caught off guard, but had already prepared.

Before Murong Cheng could make other arrangements, the situation in the eastern part of Yangzhou was getting worse and worse, especially the Yijie Righteous Army, which successively collected and surrendered several chaotic armies, occupying the entire territory of Songjiang Mansion and half of Yuhang Prefecture, seriously threatening the Qi army to rule in Yangzhou. Even the encirclement and suppression army sent by the Qi army was also bitten by the so-called Jieyi army.

The Jieyi Army was formed by Zhao Xun to recruit the Righteous Army, and in addition to Gu Shan's way, the rest of the roads were also dispatched. After Gu Shan and Jiang Ming saw through the tricks of the Luo family army and the Qi army, they set up an ambush on the second day and defeated the follow-up men of the Qi army and the Luo family army. The rebel army of the remaining two counties of the Jieyi Army took advantage of the situation when the Luo family army attacked Huating, and took advantage of the situation to take the two counties occupied by the Luo family army. Subsequently, the Qi army, which had been cut off from retreat, was killed by the main general and lost more than half of the losses in the case of the Jieyi army's front and rear attacks, and the rest surrendered, making the Jieyi army occupy the five northern counties of Songjiang Prefecture.

The other three roads, which were also supported by Captain Zhao and his soldiers, were also merged together in accordance with the victory of the Jieyi Army, allowing the Jieyi Army to occupy the entire territory of Songjiang Prefecture and the eastern counties of Yuhang Prefecture, and became the head of the Yangzhou Righteous Army in one fell swoop.

There was a crisp sound of "bang ......", and the military recitals and tea sets on the table were swept to the ground.

"Tell me, how did the chaotic army in eastern Yangzhou become what it is now? The Yangzhou garrison has been defeated repeatedly, even if it is a soldier, it has also repeatedly failed to make meritorious contributions? Also, how did this rebel army come about? Murong Cheng roared with a pale face. He can't help but be angry, this place of Yangzhou is his land, and it is also the foundation of the Qi army, how can there be an accident? Besides, this eastern part of Yangzhou is even more behind Jinling, the capital of Qi State, and if the enemy army here is strong, it will directly threaten the rear of its own side.

Fei Bin, who was in charge of the Black Eagle Guard of the Qi Kingdom, said in a deep voice: "Back to the King, according to the investigation of the Black Eagle Guard, this section of the rebel army used to be just an ordinary rebel army, and I don't know if it is suitable to receive a large number of armor and food support, which makes them develop very rapidly, in addition, they are extremely familiar with our marching arrangement, and they are not comparable to ordinary rebel troops. Therefore, the Yangzhou garrison could not win by means of conquest of ordinary rebel troops, which made them grow to this point. ”

After a pause, Fei Bin said again: "According to intelligence, this section of the rebel army and several other rebel armies have been more or less supported by unknown forces, and have obtained a large number of armor and money and food, making them different from ordinary rebels. If it was just a little money and food, it would be nothing, but these rebel armies, especially the Jieyi army, not only received a lot of money and food along the way, so that they quickly pacified the refugees in the occupied areas and recruited a large number of soldiers. They were also given a large amount of armor, and they soon began training their soldiers. ”

"The officers of the rebellious army who have entered the detailed investigation and training of these non-commissioned officers are no less than the training of our soldiers. In addition, these rebel armies have also begun to reorganize as much as the war troops, so that their combat strength has increased rapidly. The source of the money, food, armor and equipment of the Jieyi Army has not been clearly investigated until now. It's just that it can be known that they got a part of the money and food by raiding some of the squires, but this is only a part of it, and it will only be a small part. ”

"In addition, in the territory occupied by the rebels, they have already begun to administer it, and even set up prefectural officials, just like our government, to exercise control over the areas they occupy. Moreover, they have begun to resettle refugees, distribute land and build houses on top of the locality. These methods can only be made by the regular government. Therefore, the rebellious army in the east of Yangzhou has now become our primary enemy. If we do not eliminate it as soon as possible, the threat to us will become more and more, and even ...... It even threatens the rule of our army in Yangzhou. ”

"The current situation in Jingzhou and the changes in the Luo army are no longer conducive to our continued planning of Jingzhou, so the minister suggested that part of the army in the western part of Yangzhou be mobilized to move eastward and make every effort to solve the problem of the chaotic army in the eastern part of Yangzhou. to avoid jumping into chaos. ”

Wang Shuang, the general of the Qi army, frowned and said: "Lord Fei, what you said is that immortality is too serious, the king has already transferred 50,000 troops from the north of Yangzhou to the south, although the chaotic army in the east of Yangzhou is now a little prominent, but you also said that their means have become stronger, and the garrison army has been greatly defeated." Is it necessary to continue to draw men from the west? In this way, if there is any situation in Jingzhou, if it is because of the lack of troops, wouldn't it be too dangerous? Wouldn't it be a pity if the situation in Jingzhou changed and there were favorable conditions for us to capture Jingzhou? ”

Fei Bin said in a deep voice: "The situation in the eastern part of Yangzhou cannot be underestimated at all, because they are likely to have the support or participation of Zhao Jun. Zhao Jun's methods, you are all clear. If we let it do something behind us, I'm afraid it won't be easy to solve. Especially...... Especially now that we are very unpopular in the east of Yangzhou! ”

"Your Majesty, think about it, why are the refugees in the eastern part of Yangzhou in chaos? Could it be that the officials of the entire eastern prefectures and counties of Yangzhou are inactive? Of course not, although some officials did not help the refugees in time, most of the provincial and county officials were really helping the refugees. But why did the refugees rebel in response? The reason is that our means of settling the displaced people are not as fast as the official government of Zhao State in Xuzhou. Therefore, under the provocation of people with intentions, it will be like this. ”

"If the Zhao army participated in the rebellion in eastern Yangzhou, they would be able to quickly get some of the grain of the Zhao army, settle the displaced people, and encourage the displaced people to attack the squire clan and distribute land to them. For these refugees, if they can get land, even if they go against our army, they can take risks. In this way, these rebellious armies can take root in the eastern part of Yangzhou, and even encourage the people of Yangzhou to oppose the government, and then affect our control in Yangzhou. Until the end, there will definitely be Zhao Jun involved, and the land of Yangzhou will be ......"

When it comes to Zhao Jun, the civil and military ministers who are doing it, their faces have changed drastically. If you want to say what these officials are most worried about, it is definitely Zhao Jun. If, as Fei Bin said, these rebels have Zhao Jun's participation, they are definitely the most worried. What Jingzhou's strategy is, compared to the rule, is nothing.

"Fei Bin, you said that, what did you find? Is it true? Murong Cheng couldn't think of anything else, and immediately focused all his thoughts on this matter.

Fei Bin's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "King, if there is no support from the Zhao army, how can the righteous army win consecutive battles in this section?" Even if the local garrison is useless, it is definitely not comparable to the ordinary refugee army. After all, the garrison is also a trained non-commissioned soldier, and the officers are also veterans of bloody battles. ”

"In addition, this rebel army was originally a refugee uprising, and they were already short of food, but now it has been investigated that they are not in trouble because of food, and they are even receiving refugees in a steady stream. Although they were able to steal some from some of the squires, it was far from satisfying their needs. Therefore, their money, food, armor and equipment are supported by other forces. ”

"And Yangzhou does not border with other princes, except for the eastern seas. This time, because of the storm, our navy warships suffered a lot of losses, and they could not sail for a while, and only the merchant ships of Zhao State could appear in the eastern seas at this time, and then provide money, food, and armor with these rebellious troops. And the only one who can make these maritime merchants do this is Zhao Guo. Fortunately, the king ordered in time to blockade the eastern sea area of Yangzhou. ”

Murong Cheng's face turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "At the beginning, I gave such an order, just to prevent some powerful people from selling materials and these rebellious troops for their own interests. But according to you, our initial response was too slow. ”

"The order, Feng Xuanwei Lang will make He Lin a rebellious general, and immediately move his army eastward, converge the eastern armies, and crusade against the rebels in the east of Yangzhou. Regardless of whether there is support for this rebellious army, this king must get rid of them as soon as possible. ”

In addition, in order to prevent the Zhao army from continuing to stretch its hands south, the troops on the front line of Lujiang and Shouchun moved to the north to put a little pressure on the Zhao army in Xuzhou. When necessary, you can attack Xuzhou. ”

Hearing what Fei Bin said, Murong Cheng suddenly became a little anxious. The pressure on the Zhao army was too great on him, and there were always forces of the Zhao army in the north, south, and eastern seas. Now he has to open his mouth in the back of his side, and he can't tolerate it.

Zhang Tu said in a deep voice: "The king, the minister thinks that the most fundamental problem to solve these chaotic armies is the refugees. Without the presence of these refugees, they would not be able to do anything if they wanted to develop. There is no one to support them, how else can they go against us. ”

Murong Cheng said: "How to deal with it?" Just say it. ”

"First of all, it is necessary to cut off the checkpoint connection between the surrounding prefectures and counties and the areas occupied by the rebels, and not let anyone enter the areas occupied by the rebels. Refugees, in particular, must not be allowed to continue to flow into the rebel areas. In the same way, we must not allow the people of the rebellious areas to enter our territory, lest they stir up the hearts of the people and cause trouble in the place. ”

"The second is the resettlement of these refugees, if the problem of the survival of these refugees is solved, they will naturally not go to the desperate, will not go to chaos, and go against the government. So, we need to resettle these people properly, at the very least, not to leave them unsolved. ”

"Thirdly, issue a pardon order to the rebellious army area, and all those who are willing to surrender to us will be pardoned, and if they lead the army and surrender, they will be reused, and even become an officer in our army. If you can kill the enemy, you will be rewarded. In addition, the Black Eagle Guard was to be sent to assassinate the leaders of the officers in the midst of these rebel forces in order to sow discord among them. In particular, those who have a deep influence in the chaos will be killed. ”

"In addition, it is necessary to secretly contact the various leaders of these chaotic armies to induce them with benefits, so that they will fight for power and profit among themselves. Let these rebel armies collapse without a fight, so that they do not grow. At the same time, it is in our best interest to secretly assign those big clans and heroes who remain in the chaotic army area, and let them support those who are incapable and ambitious. So that we can solve them more conveniently. ”