"Got it all figured out?" Zhao Xun asked in a deep voice, for the Liaodong Kingdom and the Su Mo Yan Sect, who had already surrendered to him, at least on the surface, suddenly changed and attacked him, which made him very annoyed.

Zhao Hai said in a deep voice: "I have found it out, as expected, it is a good thing that Situ Lei did." ”

Lu Ziliang said: "If you can let Liaodong Kingdom and Su Mo Yan suddenly send troops, this Situ Lei must have given a lot of benefits, at least he also fooled the other party, and promised a lot of futures." ”

Zhao Hai nodded and said: "That's true, although the details are not clear, but according to our investigation, it should include ceding Youzhou to the two ministries and letting them divide equally." As for whether there are others, it has not yet been ascertained. ”

Zhao Xun said coldly: "There's no need to check carefully, it's useless to find out." Now that the war has begun, let's settle it by force. Besides, they did something that we didn't expect. However, it also gives us a reason to do it. lest you do it to them in the future, and you need to find another excuse. ”

"Do you need to spread the matter of Situ Lei's collusion with the Ya tribes and the cession of Youzhou?" Pei Yi said hatefully.

Zhao Xun sneered: "Scatter? It's useless. Because we can't come up with substantial evidence, in the eyes of others, it is normal for the Lords to attack us. Whether it's because we took the opportunity to defeat the Martial Tribes, or because the Martial Tribes have always been eyeing my Great Yan, this is normal. ”

Situ Liang said: "That's true, if we spread it now, it will only make others think that we are framing Situ Lei." Perhaps, the people of the world still think that we can't bear it ourselves, and we are still framing others. ”

Zhao Xun said coldly: "We have written down this matter, there is no need to say more, for this Zhu Zhu Zhu, swallow it." Defy? Kill them, I still don't believe it, the dignified Yan, and I can't destroy a race. The Khitan is gone, and the tribes of the Yan Dynasty should also be gone. ”

"By the way, according to the official report of the Eastern Three Prefectures, it is said that many merchants trade with the Ministries of the Devil without permission, buying and selling grain, salt, tea, cloth and other things. Because these are non-military supplies, and these merchants are big merchants, the magistrate asked us what to do with them. Pei Yi continued.

Zhao Xun's face turned cold and said, "Kill!" Confiscation of family property! Once again, tell everyone that the military law of the Xiaoguo Army is not used to talk about it. In my sphere of influence, they are the merchants, and the other one makes less money. Now that the two armies are at war, how dare they raise the enemy? Sima Qiming, you Eagle Eye Division should take responsibility for this matter, and whoever dares to shield them, regardless of the size of their official position, will be punished for the same crime. ”

Sima Qiming, director of the Eagle Eye Division, responded repeatedly, he knew that Zhao Xun had already treated this matter strictly at the moment. Things that need to be monitored and combated by the Eagle Eye Division and the Shadow Division are already linked to death.

"Everything else can be discussed, but it's a matter of the big picture, and it's absolutely non-negotiable. You should also go back and tell your subordinates, relatives and friends, don't fall into it, lest it will be too late to regret it. Zhao Xun explained coldly. He knew that among these civil and military officials, there were also clansmen who were doing business, and he didn't want these officials to be in charge of money without knowing what they should do.

Everyone stood solemnly, and naturally understood the meaning of Zhao Xun's words, if something happened, there was no need to talk about it at that time.

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After the war in Youbei, the Shence army in Yuzhou and the Shenwu army preparing to enter Yanzhou officially fought, which also meant that the two sides of the King of Qi and the King of Yong were officially at war. Not only here, but also in the land of Jingzhou, the army of King Qi and the army of King Yong also fought in the north of Jingzhou, in Nanyang Mansion. Unlike Henan Mansion, here, it was the Yongwang Army who took the lead.

What satisfied Murong Cheng, puzzled Situ Lei and Xu Jie, and made Li Chi resentful was that the Tang army did not make a move against the Shanyang army that defeated him, but turned to the east and attacked Pengcheng Mansion and Haizhou Mansion in Xuzhou. And Xuzhou is now dealing with the Yangzhou army in the south, and the Wuwei army in the west has to cooperate with Xu Jie's conquest of Yanzhou, and the sea is on the east side, and it is often harassed by the Yangzhou navy, but it does not dare not defend the east. If the Yangzhou Navy had landed on the shore, occupied the place, and transported the Qi army, Li Chi would have really cried. Therefore, the northern line of Xuzhou is the weakest.

It's not because there is no enemy in the north of Xuzhou, Qingzhou is north of Xuzhou, and Qingzhou is the territory of the Xiaoguo army. In the northwest of Xuzhou, it is the territory of the Tang Army. It stands to reason that the pressure on the north side is second only to the south side, and even ranks first. However, Situ Lei has explained that after the big war, the Xiaoguo army had no time to go south, and all the Xiaoguo army was excluded. Of course, the place separated by Qingxu is separated by the Yishui River. Although the Xiaoguo Army has a navy, the inland water army is still under construction. Coupled with the deployment along the river, he is not afraid. As for the Tang army, it was even more in alliance with them, and they should not have attacked each other. Therefore, there are not many defenders on the northern front, and most of them are in the northern part of Pengcheng Province. Now it's good that the Tang army came directly from west to east, and the Xuzhou army was unguarded.

I have to say that Tang Xian started without any scruples or obscurity. When the army entered Haizhou Mansion, it was still under the banner of the Tripartite Alliance, and when Haizhou Mansion was caught off guard, half of Haizhou Mansion was connected. By the time the rest of the cities reacted, Haizhou Mansion had basically been captured. After all, one did not expect and did not prepare. One has a calculating mind and shoots ruthlessly, and the result is naturally self-evident. By the time Li Chi got the news in mid-July, half of Pengchengfu had already fallen, and the other half didn't need to be said much, so it couldn't be held for too long. Because the connection between Pengcheng Province and the central and southern provinces has been severed.

Being messed up like this by Tang Xian, Li Chi was almost so angry that he vomited blood. In order to defend against the Qi army, the Xuzhou army fought the southern front. In order to seek the land of Yanzhou, the Ha army entered the war. Even before, he was tired and tired, and he just won a mansion in the land of Yanzhou, but now, in half a month, Xuzhou is about to lose the land of two mansions.

Li Chi, who was seeking the land of Yanzhou and dreaming of a great defeat of the Qi army by the coalition army, suddenly panicked. He never thought that this Tang Xian would attack him. You must know that Situ Lei leveled the northern overlord Zhao Xun, and lit a fire in Jiaozhou behind the King of Qi, in addition to contacting Xu Jie and himself, several parties joined forces to come out, and there was a posture of bringing down King Qi in one fell swoop. At that time, Situ Leike will truly become the overlord of Dayan, and he and others can also become the king of a land. But now, Tang Xian is clearly against Situ Lei, isn't he afraid of Situ Lei's revenge? In addition, Tang Xian's north is the Xiaoguo Army, and the Xiaoguo Army's road south to Yanzhou was blocked by Tang Xian, how could Zhao Xun let it grow in the land of Yanzhou? In Li Chi's opinion, what Tang Xian needed to do now was to destroy the King of Qi and resist the Xiaoguo army together with Situ Lei.

But no matter what he thought, Tang Xian's actions had clearly told him that Tang Jun had attacked him. Li Chi immediately asked the Xuzhou army in the center to go north to intercept it. As for the counterattack, the forces he has now idle are simply not enough to deal with this battle. Then, in order to recover the land of the two provinces, it is necessary to draw troops. The transfer of troops can only be drawn from the three fronts, one is the place where the Yangzhou army is engaged in the south. One is the 30,000 army that entered the land of Yanzhou in the west. The last one, that is, the defense forces on the coast of the Eastern Front.

Will the Southern Front dare to draw troops? Obviously, don't dare, can't. Ever since his Xuzhou army entered the land of Yanzhou to attack the Wuwei army, he Li Chi and the king of Qi have become mortal enemies. King Qi's Yangzhou army launched a strong attack on Xuzhou, and if the army was withdrawn at this moment, maybe King Qi would give up a certain other front, forcibly enter the land of Xuzhou, and cut off the Xuzhou army as a great enemy. After all, it is better to break one of its arms than to injure its five branches.

And what about the East? What's more, the Yangzhou Navy can be said to be the existing one of Dayan, in addition to the Xiaoguo Navy, another and the only fleet with a large number of sea ships. If it were allowed to settle in a certain harbor, it might bring with it a steady stream of land forces. Then, the eastern front of Xuzhou also collapsed. It is precisely because of this that the current strength of the Xuzhou Army has expanded to the extreme, and it has reached the point of extreme tension.

The only thing that can be mobilized is the army on the Western Front, in the land of Yanzhou. However, in this way, the rest of Situ Lei's agreement is gone, and the agreement with Xu Jie is also gone, and the result is that the two prefectures to be ceded in Yanzhou after the war, counting the one prefecture he originally occupied, that is, the land of the three mansions is gone. In this way, how could Li Chi be willing? If there is no benefit, how can he go to war directly with the King of Qi? However, if he retreats now, the benefits will be gone, not to mention, he will become a mortal enemy with the King of Qi, and he will also face the Tang army. What's more, he didn't have the support of Situ Lei. The consequence is also obvious, that is, the Yanzhou government army alone is not the opponent of the Wuwei army at all. If the Wuwei army is defeated, his western front in Xuzhou will also be in danger. At that time, Xuzhou will really become an enemy on all sides.

No matter how anxious Li Chi was, it wouldn't solve the actual problem, and while cursing Tang Xian fiercely, he asked for help from the envoy sent by Situ Lei to Yanzhou City.

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"Summation? They want to make peace with us? Zhao Xun asked with a faint smile.

Pei Yi said: "That's true, in the past 20 days, most of the territory of the Beihai Department has been occupied by us, and the people of the tribe have also been captured by me. Now, the King of the North Sea has basically lost the room to resist. And the Liaodong Kingdom and the Sumo Sect also suffered repeated losses after the start of the war. What's more, as the lord expected, salt tea in both territories is extremely scarce, and after our blockade, they can't get the slightest supplement. In particular, after learning that our naval fleet had appeared in the eastern seas, the Su Mo Yan Sect completely softened. ”

"Ignore them! Li Muzhi, who was camping in Beihai, ordered to encircle and annihilate the Beihai Department, and as for the tribesmen, let them build castles on the spot and relocate the population to this place at the same time. As for the women and children, they were scattered and married to the Han Chinese. If you think of it, you can fight, and if you want to make peace, how can there be such a good thing. Zhao Xun said coldly.

"By the way, Situ Liang, how is the current situation of the Black Water Sect? Did you get involved this time? Zhao Xun thought of two or three of them and another large backward tribe to the north of the Su Mo Yan tribe.

Situ Liang said with a smile: "This is also thanks to the Murwei people who were co-opted by the lord, because of the inferior weapons we provided, the Murwei people alone suppressed the Black Water Martial Arts." In addition, after trade, the people of Murowei did not lack food, and the war was quite fierce. In addition, the appearance of our navy in the eastern seas, the Heishui Sect did not dare to go south to support the Liaodong Kingdom and the Suma Army. ”

Zhao Xun said with a smile: "Provide some food to the people of Murowei, it should be regarded as a reward this time." Anyway, Murong Cheng paid for it, and it was someone else's things that he sent, but he withstood an army of seventy or eighty thousand, which was worth it! ”

Zhang Yuanjing, who was in charge of military affairs in the south, said: "My lord, now that the Tang army is participating in the war, because the target is set on the Xuzhou army, it suddenly breaks Situ Lei's plan, so that compared to the Shanyang army, it will become an important force in Yanzhou, whether it is for Situ Lei or Murong Cheng, it has a vital role." Previously, after Murong Cheng sent supplies, he had already urged Feng Ziming to take action, and Feng Ziming postponed the operation under the pretext that the general of the Shanyang Army was reorganizing the army. Now it seems that the Shanyang Army is afraid that it will become a key force for the two sides to woo. ”

Zhao Xun nodded and said, "In this way, three days later, General Ben will go south to Shanyang Mansion." Our plan is to calm the north first, and then seek the south. Come to think of it, when our army enters the south, I am afraid that it will only be after next year. ”

Zhang Yuanjing continued: "Lord, now that the Tang army has turned against each other, Tang Xian is also known as Murong Cheng's key factor. And our army is in the north of the Tang army, I am afraid that Murong Cheng will wantonly win over Tang Xian and improve Tang Xian's strength to resist our army's southward movement in the future. Or, Murong Cheng will make Tang Xian the vanguard of the fight against our army, and we have to guard against it. ”

Zhao Xun was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "This is also a problem, and we can't guard against it." Tang Xian's current territory has been at the critical point of our army's southward march to Xuzhou and Yanzhou, so how can it be said that the Tang army has blocked the road of our army's southward march to the eastern part of the Central Plains. It's okay to keep him, but you can't let it grow. You see, what's the idea? ”

Situ Liang said: "Didn't we promise Murong Cheng that we would cooperate with him, why don't we tell him, Tang Xian is a move in our plan." Otherwise, with the current strength of the Tang Army, why did our Xiaoguo Army leave him on our southern road? Why did the Tang army suddenly stop moving south and turn to Xuzhou? Coupled with Tang Xian's betrayal in the past, Murong Cheng had already become confrontational and hateful. Come to think of it, he wouldn't have carefully sent someone to ask him in person. ”

Zhao Xun smiled: "Yes, this is a good way, let our people say it." Tang Xian was stunned and took away nearly 100,000 old soldiers under Murong Cheng's command, how could he not let him be angry. After we said this, it explained the reason why we received things and did not act. Second, it can also prevent its support for Tang Xian. ”

"By the way, let the Qingzhou Shipyard speed up the manufacture of the inland warships we need. In addition, we can also send orders to those shipyards that have the strength to manufacture and start construction at the same time. Zhao Xun thought about it and said in a deep voice. Qingzhou Shipyard, or Zhao Xun's Bai Yu firm, is Zhao Xun's property, but also the largest shipyard in Qingzhou, many warship keels, are bought from the Yan Yabu Road, through the guò sea boats, along the sea to the land of Qingzhou. Therefore, the orders for the warships of the naval army, are all here. As a result, the speed of shipbuilding in Qingzhou Shipyard naturally cannot be fast. Distributing orders can speed up the manufacture of warships and complete the formation of the naval army one day earlier. Now, Zhao Xun has sailors in his hands, but there are no warships suitable for inland navigation, and there are warships suitable for naval forces. Second, it is naturally to support Qingzhou's shipbuilding industry. In the future, when the river is opened, inland waterway navigation will also flourish. Zhao Xun didn't want that the merchants would not be able to buy ships by then.

"Now, the most important thing is to take down the Yanzhou Mansion. In this way, our territory in Yanzhou is connected with Jizhou. In this way, our army will be able to threaten Yongzhou, Yuzhou and Xuzhou, and will not be trapped in the north of Yongzhou. Lu Ziliang said with a smile.

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"What's going on with Tang Xian? Even if he suffered a loss in the hands of the Shanyang Army, he shouldn't have slashed the knife at the Xuzhou Army. Could it be that he, Tang Xian, admitted this loss, and was defeated by such a small army of the Shanyang Army, so he endured it like this? Xu Jie's brows tightened, and he said anxiously.

"The people we sent to contact Tang Xian were directly turned away. It seems that Tang Xian is determined to attack the Xuzhou army and has thrown away our good intentions. Situ Wen said coldly. Although his face looked calm, he didn't mean peace in his heart at all. In more than ten days, the land of Yanzhou has changed dramatically. Originally, the situation was very good for the Situ family, but it was the Tang army that was originally in the plan, but failed to arrive because of the change of the Shanyang Army, but it was just an accident, and this accident ruined Situ Lei's plan.

"How so? Xu Dudu, Master Situ, you have also seen the current situation, this Tang Xian has fallen to Murong Cheng. And I, north of Xuzhou, relaxed my vigilance because of Lord Situ's statement. Now, the northern government has fallen, and the government is also in danger. My Xuzhou soldiers can't ignore this, if Tang Xian still behaves like this, my Xuzhou army's army in Yanzhou must come back to help. Otherwise, I will not be insured in Xuzhou. Presumably, the two adults should know the current situation in Xuzhou very well, not that we are unwilling to contribute to the land of Yanzhou, but that we are now unable to protect ourselves. Li Fangzong, the envoy of the Xuzhou army, said with an anxious face.

Situ Wen said in a deep voice: "Don't panic first, it's unlikely that Tang Xian will fall to Murong Cheng." Don't forget, in the past, in Qingzhou, it was Tang Xian's nearly 100,000 guards who took it away, and almost didn't kill Murong Cheng. To say that he fell to Murong Cheng, it is absolutely impossible. Even if he wanted it in his heart, he wouldn't implement it, for Murong Cheng, he Tang Xian knew best, and he was by no means an open-minded person. Thinking about it, this Tang Xian failed to go south, and found that the defense of the northern line of Xuzhou was easier than that of Shanyang Mansion, so he started to fight for territory. ”

Li Fangzong was silent, Tang Xian had a bad relationship with Murong Cheng, but his relationship with the Xuzhou Army was not very good. You must know that in the past, Tang Xian led the two guards to be stationed in Qingzhou in order to exterminate the Xuzhou rebels. It's just that Tang Xian was ordered by Murong Cheng to fight lightly, so he didn't let the two armies officially fight. But Rao is like this, the two armies are direct, and they also have a lot of grudges. But he never thought that this Tang Xian would suddenly make a move on Xuzhou.

What to do? Now this problem is placed in Yanzhou City. The Wuwei army outside Yanzhou City was solved, but the Wuwei army of 15,000 people was wiped out, and the Yanzhou government army also left a price of nearly 20,000 people. There are also three Wuwei troops of more than 5,000 people in the south, who are fighting with the Xuzhou army and the Yanzhou army. And the current Wuwei Army seems to still have the upper hand, if the Xuzhou Army withdraws, the land of Yanzhou will be over. After a few months of reorganization by Xu Jie, the Yanzhou government army followed the example of the Wei army, and in addition to the expansion of the army, it only managed to get less than 80,000 people. If you count the abandoned Shanyang Mansion Army and the Liangzhou Mansion Army, the Yanzhou Mansion Army is very likely to reach 100,000 people. Of course, after losing the two mansions occupied by the Tang army and the one occupied by the Xuzhou army, Xu Jie couldn't afford to support so many people at all, which was also the reason why he abandoned the Shanyang Mansion army. Of course, the government troops occupied by the Wuwei Army all withdrew at the beginning and handed over the defense to the Wuwei Army. This armed guard army was stationed in the country, but it did not make a move against Xu Jie, so the government army of the three prefectures was not lost before the war.

But what about now? There are still about 50,000 government troops in Xu Jie's hands, not even half of the Xuzhou army. After the Tang army occupied Liangzhou Mansion and established itself in Shanyang Mansion, if it were not for Situ Lei's support for grain and grass and military salaries, I am afraid that these 50,000 people would be difficult to preserve.

"Lord Situ, you have to think of a way to do this, otherwise, the land of Yanzhou will not be guaranteed. And as soon as the land of Yanzhou is lost, the King of Qi will turn over, which is extremely unfavorable to the overall situation of Lord Situ. Xu Jie saw that Li Fangzong was about to withdraw, and Situ Wen did not come up with a substantive plan, so he said urgently. The position of the county prince of Yanzhou is very good, and the feeling of the command party is also very good, Xu Jie really doesn't want to give up.

Situ Wen said calmly: "Don't worry, Governor Xu, our army is supporting here, and it won't be long before the army from our army will arrive." At that time, the remnants of this mere army of less than 30,000 were not worth mentioning at all. ”

Li Fangzong despised in his heart, what is coming, he is afraid that he will be inseparable from the Shence army in Yuzhou, whether he can come or not. In the three southern provinces of Yanzhou, there are only less than 30,000 remnants of the army. I didn't know that Murong Cheng sent a follower, and he recruited soldiers in the local area, and the momentum was extremely huge. If Li Fangzong wants to say what King Qi envies the most, it is that King Qi has money and food. Recruit an army and don't care at all. According to the spies, the Yanzhou Armed Guard Army has now resumed its strength of 50,000 men. Although most of them were recruits, the number of people was enough to give Li Fangzong a headache.