After defeating the Jiangnan army led by Fu Zuci, Wei Zeng asked Gu Chayi to continue the pursuit, not giving Fu Zuci a chance to breathe. Fu Zuci's command mistakes led to a great defeat of the army, and the governor of Suicheng immediately fell to Wei Zeng's side after learning of Fu Zuci's defeat, and the Jiangnan army was pulled by Gu Cha all the way to retreat, which was really not embarrassed.

There are many rivers and lakes in the southern part of Xuhuai, and the terrain is uneven, which is not conducive to cavalry pursuit. The Jiangnan army took advantage of this opportunity to regroup and stopped the rout for a while. As soon as Gu Cha saw this, he would learn from Suicheng.

Wei Zeng didn't trust the governor of Suicheng, but the other party took the initiative to surrender and couldn't do anything with him, so he stationed Yanbei's army in Suicheng. The local garrison of Suicheng was arranged to the front line to fight against the army in Jiangnan.

According to the previous discussion with Qi Weilun, now is not a good time to march into Jiangnan, and after arranging the defense of Xu Huai's first line, Wei Zeng put his main forces on the Anyun line.

When Fan Guyi was still worried about a bunch of miscellaneous things in the southeast, the news of Fu Zuci's defeat came, and it can be said that Fan Kuyi had nothing to be happy about.

Jiangnan Shilin responded to Fan Guyi and overthrew Lu Boding's rule in one fell swoop, which would have been a good thing. Fan Yuyi also had a good impression of these generous scholars, but when it came to the financial issues of the southeast and the vital interests of these wealthy families in the southeast, all disputes came.

The scholars in the southeast are the countries of the world, and they point out the world's major events in their idleness, and they seem to be able to carry the world in their hands. But when Fan came to the southeast, he saw a different scene.

These world-famous scholars, after leaving the public mansion, went in and out of the land of fireworks, and spent their days selling some disease-free and moaning poems, touting each other to show their wisdom. When it comes to conflicts of interest, they all put aside courtesy, righteousness and shame. Attacking and accusing each other, arguing so red-faced, it really has no grace at all.

"There are strife in the world, and he should not hesitate to give up his life for the sake of the world. But there they did some flies and dogs. Those who are only devoted to themselves will inevitably ignore morality. It seems that there are no available people in Jiangnan. For those who are not available, there is no need to say anything more. Although they cannot be swept away like a teacher, they must not be allowed to take charge of the cardinal and become a person in power. Fan Zhiyi sighed.

"Your Excellency's difficulties are known to the Lord. In order to spend a lot of money on the treasury of the Central Plains and Jiangnan in the Northern Expedition, these people not only did not understand the adults, but regarded themselves as heroes and asked the adults for this and that. Now that the news of the defeat of the rich man's army came, I heard that someone planned to contact Wei Zeng to seek self-protection. It's just too much. Hearing Fan Jiuyi's words, the military attache-looking person in the study said that this person was the bandit leader who was persuaded by Fan Jiuyi to join him.

"The key to the southeast is to reverse the atmosphere here, so that the scholars do not indulge in wine and wealth, so as to develop the spirit of Haoran, all of which must be urgent. Now it is necessary to use troops against the north, and the wealth of the southeast cannot be broken. For the southeast Shilin, it is still necessary to pacify. But if you spoil them, I'm afraid they're doing it for their own benefit. There will be a lot of trouble. So it's better to deter them and let them know what the end of obsession is. But I'm about to lead my army north, so everything in Jiangnan will be handed over to you. Fan Zhiyi said, his words full of majesty.

"What are you going to do? If there is a need to go down, the lower officials must do it. The military attache said.

"It's about doing something evil, it's a thankless thing. But for the sake of Jiangnan's stability, it is necessary to do so. If you do these things. will inevitably offend Jiangnan Shilin. I'll punish you to appease them, but of course it's just for show. Fan said.

"When I was taught by the Lord, I knew that I still had good thoughts in my heart. It also gave me the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so that I can get my current status. I, Gu Xiangli, have always wanted to repay adults. No matter what kind of evil thing it is, I will do it. Anyway, I'm a thief, and that's what I look like in their eyes. I know that everything adults do is to save the hearts of the people in the world, no matter what they know and reason, so that people will repent; or pretending to be majestic, pinpointing the hearts of the world, in fact, they are all great compassion. Gu Xiangli said.

"You used to be quite arrogant, but now you have also learned literary crepe. But it's good to read more books and know more truths. Saving the hearts of the people of the world is just easy to say. Good people are easy to do, but evil people are difficult to do. If you practice the method of needles, I am afraid that others will not appreciate it. Fan Yuyi said with a helpless smile.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely keep my mouth shut about what you ask me to do. Adults are completely good, and I have done all the evil things. Gu Xiangli said.

"Then you remember, the wealth of the First Southeast cannot be broken, and whoever fails to pay money and grain in any way must be severely punished; Second, the atmosphere in the southeast must be changed, and scholars must have the appearance of scholars, even small people in the market, and they should not only have money in their eyes. Last but not least, we must be fair and just, and by fairness and justice, I don't mean being completely impartial, but taking the side of the weak. Now in troubled times, some people can't eat, and some people let the wine and meat rot, and when encountering things, we must be considerate of the pity of those who can't eat enough, and we must also understand the hateful things of those who only care about their own people. Fan said.

Gu Xiangli listened carefully, and nodded yes to Fan Zhiyi. Fan Yuyi explained some details of how to handle things, so he led his troops to the north and handed over the southeast to Gu Xiangli.

Fan Zhiyi left, but left a warrior who was born as a thief to take charge of the southeast, which made Shilin in Jiangnan very dissatisfied. Because they thought they could control all the power in the southeast. It's just that after Gu Xiangli took power, he acted very harshly, so that these people dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak. These people were wronged, so they complained to Fan Zhiyi through various channels, wanting Fan Zhiyi to remove Gu Xiangli. Naturally, all these slanderous words have been lost in the sea, and there is no news.

Fan Kuyi's reinforcements arrived, and the Yanbei army was in a stalemate in the south of Xuhuai, Wei Zeng did not leave, and personally commanded the men and horses to engage the Jiangnan army.

The Jiangnan army experienced defeat, and the elite Iron Mask Army was also lost, and it was never able to break through the defensive line set up by Wei. The battle dragged on for four months without any results. But Fan Yuyi insisted on not withdrawing the army, because he had just received news from Yaodong, and the Ding brothers wanted to take advantage of the spring when the east wind was blowing. Crossing the sea to attack Yanbei.

Since the Yaodong army was defeated in Guanbei three years ago, the Ding brothers have been on the defensive. Although the Ding brothers knew that the war with Wei Zeng was only provoked by a few gangs. But the war has been launched, and the first evil cannot be punished, and the Ding brothers who were dragged into the water can only choose to continue fighting with Wei Zeng.

Since hearing that Wei Zeng led an army of more than 100,000 troops to the north to attack and occupy Tutu, the Ding brothers took the opportunity to attack. Attempt to storm Kanbei. But for three years, Sagali has been guarding Guanbei, and the front line of the Heishui River can be described as impregnable, and it is difficult for the Yaodong army to break through.

Then the news of Wei Zeng's defeat of Zhan Tu and defeat of Zhang Ling came one after another, which made Yaodong panic. Because after Wei Zeng unified the Central Plains, the next target must be Yaodong. In the past few years, Wei Zeng has been surrounded by strong enemies, he is still at ease, and he is still victorious, if he waits for Wei Zeng to make a move, he can attack Yaodong with all his strength. Can Yaodong resist for a moment?

At the moment when Yaodong was anxious, Fan Yuyi's messenger arrived. The Ding family brotherhood will meet the four nine-tailed fox warriors, and after discussion, it was decided that Ding Zhuqing would lead the men and horses of the Luofeng Society and the Red Cloud Society to attack Guanbei and contain Sajiali's troops; And Ding Zhuhuang led the Qing Gang and the sailors of the Tang Sect, taking advantage of the spring when the east wind was blowing, crossing the sea to attack Yanbei and take Shifeng City directly.

In the east wind. Si Qinghai only made waves slightly, under the sun. A scene of peace and tranquility. Dozens of large ships puffed out their sails and headed west on the Siqing Sea. On the bow of the ship is a large flag with a tiger and leopard ornamentation, which is the symbol of the Dejia Guard.

Ding Zhuhuang stood on the bow of the boat, looked at the distant margin, sighed and said, "I thought I could maintain a peaceful situation with Yanbei. Now, I am going to personally lead a large army to attack Stone Wind City. Everything is someone else's conspiracy, but those who are deeply involved in it cannot get rid of it. If we ask a few initiators to ask the master, Yaodong will inevitably be in chaos, can I trust that Wei Zeng will not take the opportunity to destroy us? I had no choice but to fight side by side with these jackals. Now Wei Zeng is about to unify the Central Plains. If we don't take action, Yaodong will inevitably be captured. Will the Goddess Cult abandon its past suspicions and give us a chance to live? As a last resort, I can only strike first. It is not my desire to fight Wei Zeng, but I must win. ”

"What is Deacon Ding talking about? I feel like I'm hearing something like I have to win. Deacon Ding rest assured that now the army of Yanbei is scattered everywhere, and Shifeng City is very empty. We will definitely be able to capture Shifeng City in this sea-crossing battle. Zheng Du walked to the bow of the boat and said with a smile, Ding Zhuhuang's words were not quite complete, otherwise he would definitely not be able to laugh.

"It turned out to be Zheng Yong. In this sea-crossing operation, we attacked Shifeng City, and the eldest brother led a large army to attack Guanbei, and Wei Zeng was bound to fall into an extremely disadvantageous situation when he was attacked by the enemy. Our hopes of winning are high. It's just that I don't know if Zheng Yongyong is satisfied? Ding Zhuhuang said with a smile.

"Defeating Wei Zeng is in the interests of the entire Yaodong, why is it only me who is satisfied? Everyone will be satisfied, I heard that Deacon Ding has always admired a woman, if he can conquer Shifeng City this time, he will definitely get his wish, isn't Deacon Ding dissatisfied? Zheng Duxing said.

"There will always be some people who are not satisfied. In order to satisfy their greedy hearts, these people will always use any means, and in the end, they always want to take all the benefits. I'm not such a person, Zheng Yongyong, hehe, naturally I'm not such a person anymore. After Ding Zhuhuang finished speaking, he turned around and ignored Zheng Duxing.

Zheng Duxing had already heard that there was something in Ding Zhuhuang's words, and he felt very twisted, so he endured it, and continued to ask without interest.

"He already knows."

Zheng Duxing returned to the cabin and met Wu Qingfan, who was leaning on the hatch, only to hear Wu Qingfan say.

"Know what?" Zheng Duxing said in an unkind tone.

"Naturally, I know everything. But I don't care, he doesn't dare to do anything to me. Wu Qingfan shrugged and left.

Zheng Duxing glanced at Ding Zhuhuang's back, his eyes showed a hint of ruthlessness, and said secretly: "It's good to know if you know, you come and go, and I won't necessarily lose in the end." ”

In March, the Yaodong army landed on the east bank of Yanbei and, led by Ding Zhuhuang and two nine-tailed fox warriors, attacked in the direction of Shifeng City. At the same time, Ding Zhuqing also led his troops to cross the Heishui River and attack Sagargya's troops.

Wei Zeng, who was far away in the Xuhuai area and confronted Fan Yuyi, was shocked when he heard the news, and ordered the troops from all over the country to rush back to Shifeng City.

After receiving the news, the Jiangnan army stepped up its offensive, and Fan Yuyi wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to cooperate with Yaodong's army to defeat Wei Zeng.

However, the outcome of the Anyun Power Sect's demise did not change in the slightest with the retreat of the Guanshan army.

In the southwest of Anyun, Di Xianlan led the remnants of the 10,000 Iron Blood Army to attack Zhang Ling in an attempt to recapture the Jingshi. But Zhang Ling has been running Anyun for several years and has more than 100,000 troops in his hands. Although the Tianjia Army, which is the main force, has been defeated by Wei Zeng, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and now Zhang Ling still has tens of thousands of troops.

Di Xianlan took advantage of the battle between Zhang Ling and Wei Zeng to capture several cities southwest of Anyun, but now the Guanshan army in northern Yanbei retreated. Zhang Ling did not have the pressure from the east, so he transferred the remaining military forces to the southwest of Anyun, trying to eliminate Di Xianlan who had caused the incident.

10,000 troops, facing several times the enemy, it seems that the strength is very thin, Di Xianlan is facing this situation, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

But when the army of forces came to Di Xianlan's formation, there was a lot of commotion.

"Isn't that Di Xianlan, General Di's banner? Isn't General Di dead? So will it be here? ”

"The Iron Army is the symbol of An Yun, and now we, as An Yun people, have to fight against the Iron Army, what the hell is this."

"That's my father, he didn't come home a few years ago, and the family thought he was dead. Unexpectedly, he had been following General Di. Daddy, I'm here. ”

The force army was originally composed of the members of the Power Sect and the Anyun locals, but after the Tianjia Army was defeated, the members of the Power Sect suffered heavy casualties, and their number in the army was already very small.

But when these Anyun disciples saw Di Xianlan's banner, they knew that they were facing an iron-blooded army that they had always regarded as glory, and no one had a way to rush forward and fight. When he recognized that many of the people in the army on the opposite side were his relatives, there was a commotion in the army of power.

Seeing this, Di Xianlan came to the front of the two armies regardless of the danger, and shouted to the powerful army: "We are all Anyun people, and we Anyun people will not fight Anyun people." Zhang Ling has driven us Anyun people to work for him in the past few years, and in the end, how many relatives have we died, but we have not gained anything. Brothers, listen to me Di Xianlan, don't work for Zhang Ling anymore. Anyun only belongs to us Anyun people. ”

There was an uproar among the forces of power.

Seeing that the army's heart was shaken, the Cultists of Power hurriedly beat the drum and ordered the soldiers to charge, but no one listened to them.

"Anyun is our Anyun people, and we want to recapture Anyun. Kill with me. ”

With Di Xianlan's order, the 10,000 iron-blooded troops who were inspired shouted loudly and attacked. The Anyun people in the army of power fought back, turned around and killed the power cultists. (To be continued.) )