Xu Ruyu's private letter back to Jiangning mentioned that Gongliang Youqin might abandon Puji Island and attach Nanping to the west, which surprised everyone in Jiangning. The Jinghai Sea Camp has been emptied, but the Fifth School Army and the Zhongli Army are stationed in Jiangbei, and they are not afraid that Gongliang Youqin will take the opportunity to wash and plunder Yongyang, only Jiangning is close to the river in the south of the Yangtze River, and Gongliang Youqin will not come to Jiangning to ask for unpleasantness, so it is necessary to remind the Yi family, the Zhu family, and the Huo family's garrison in Jingbei to be more vigilant.

Ling Fengjing led Nanping's 20,000 elite water battalions into Yongning at the beginning of the year, from the southwest of Zhenning to the shore, into Baishi Mansion, after which Xu Bodang slowly shrank his troops to Zhenning, at this time it was the middle of April, the early flowers on both sides of the river have withered, Ling Fengjing still has no intention of leaving.

Yi Fengchen's face is thin, but he does not hide his elegant posture, his sideburns are frosty, his eyes are still sharp, and he sees people through his body, but his face is haggard at this time. At that time, Wanling, Jiangjin, and Jiangning jointly agreed to get rid of Xu Bodang and carve up the entire territory of Baishi, but Wanling saw that Xu Bodang had the possibility of taking the initiative to withdraw from Baishi, so he slowed down the offensive and wanted to take the entire territory of Baishi without a fight, and transferred his troops to the Pengcheng battlefield in the north. Ling Fengjing and Xu Bodang had a combined army of 50,000 people, and the pressure at this time was borne by the Jiangjin Yi family.

Yi Fengchen believed that with Jiangning's military layout, Ling Fengjing and Xu Bodang doubled the number of troops in their hands, and they could not pose a substantial threat to Jiangning City, but the only foreign aid that the Yi family could seek at this time was Jiangning, but Jiangning may not be all good-intentioned.

Jiangjin City, south of the river, Jinshui around the city, located in the East China Sea, Jingxiang, Jingyue between, the Han Dynasty has always regarded it as the first gateway for the southern forces, and then the rise of Yongyang, the status of Jiangjin has only slightly decreased, but it is still listed in one of the four capitals, such a beautiful place, the heroes peep, Jiangning in the southeast, the East China Sea in the northeast, and Nanping in the southwest are not easy to give, if the three forces are balanced, the Yi family can still survive in the cracks, and the intricate relationship between the three forces also represents the situation in the south.

Yi Xingzhi is already not confused, and the eldest son has also grown up and lived in Wangjiang City with Yi Huaxi as an adult.

Ling Fengjing and Xu Bodang stopped in Zhenning, and Yi Xingzhi's mind was not relaxed.

Yi Fengchen glanced at Yi Xing, coughed, and said, "There have been some rumors about Jiangning in the city recently, have you heard it?" The voice only seemed a little old.

Yi Xingzhi said: "Did the child hear rumors about Xu Ruyu's life experience, and his father referred to this? ”

Yi Fengchen nodded and said, "Who do you think will win this competition?" ”

"It's possible that my father wants to say that Xu Ruyu?"

Yi Fengchen coughed lightly twice and said: "Don't worry about him in the north for the time being, when the north and the south face off, there may be no existence of my Yi family." However, although there are more than 10 large and small forces in the south, but the land is vast and dense, and the soldiers are well fed, only Le'an, Nanping, Jiangning, Wanling are only four, Le'an is located in the south of the sky, it is impossible to go north to compete for power, Wanling terrain is thin, only control both sides of the Huaishui River, there is no room for maneuver strategically, only Jiangning and Nanping are the real heroes of the south. ”

Although Yi Fengchen does not know the "Balance of Power Policy", with his decades of experience, he can see the changes in the situation in the south. Although Jiang Ning was entangled with the Fan and Zhu families and Puji, Yi Fengchen could feel that Jiang Ning could quickly break free from this entanglement. Xu Ruyu is the descendant of the Jinghe County Lord of the Cai family, and the news spread, which is really surprising.

Hulan sent troops to invade Youji, and everyone with a discerning eye knew that the Cai family had no power to return to heaven, even if the Xun family and the Yi family sent reinforcements at this time, they could not pass through Hulan's blockade line in the south of Youji in time. Hulan transported the heavy troops to the southern line and attacked the soft flank of the Cai family, and before the Cai family reacted, they had already captured the three provinces and thirteen yi in the south of central Hebei.

When Yi Fengchen and Yi Xingzhi were thinking about each other, the guards in the palace came to report that Jiangning's special envoy Ziyangqiu had come to ask for a meeting. Yi Fengchen and Yi Xing looked at each other, and Jiang Ning often sent envoys over, but he would always submit a notice of action before that.

Yi Fengchen secretly thought that something important had happened to Jiang Ning, and directly sent Zi Yangqiu over.

Xu Ruyu was able to rise smoothly in Qingjiang, Ziyang Qiu contributed a lot, at this time he served as the secretary of the Jiangning Political Affairs Hall, and was among the important ministers of Jiangning.

Yi Fengchen didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly let Yi Xingzhi go out to receive him, went into the inner room to tidy up his clothes, and strode into the guest hall.

Zi Yangqiu was looking up at a landscape hanging on the wall, his expression was very devoted, but he didn't notice that Yi Xingzhi walked into the hall.

Yi Fengchen looked at his pleasant demeanor, was surprised in his heart, and coughed lightly.

Zi Qiuyang suddenly turned his head and said suddenly: "Although Li Gonglin is my Jiangning Lieutenant General, but his landscape I only see here, I lost my mind for a while, Yi Gong should not be surprised." ”

Yi Fengchen secretly wondered: When did you hear that you are fond of painting? His face was beaming with joy, and he said: "Li Gonglin's landscapes are wonderful in the world, he is a general in Jiangning, could it be that a wonderful pen can slaughter people?" ”

Zi Qiuyang saw that he ridiculed Jiang Ning for choosing no one clearly, and his face was not hindered, so he said: "My family looked at Li Gonglin's ink landscape, and cut off the strength of his people in his chest, so he was promoted to the army and listed as a captain. Gonglin will be the captain for a year, and everyone who sees it praises us, and our adults are really discerning. ”

Ten years have passed like water, Yi Fengchen has not forgotten the fierce young man back then, the relationship between the Yi family and Jiang Ning is not evil, there is no need to fight for the speed of this tongue, thinking about it like this, he secretly regretted that he was reckless, stretched out his hand to invite Zi Yangqiu to sit down, and asked him straight to the point what he was doing with Jiang Jin.

Zi Yangqiu said: "I'm here to report the victory." ”

"Victory?" Yi Fengchen's father and son were all surprised, and the Yi family had a lot of eyeliner in Jiangning, but there was no important news.

Yi Fengchen asked, "Could it be that your army has conquered Wenling?" "Even if Wenling is conquered, there is no need for Ziyangqiu to report in person, such a thing will spread all over the north and south of the river in a few days.

Zi Yangqiu smiled lightly and said, "Our army is strengthening its offensive against Wenling, although it has not been taken, it is not far away. Ziyang did not report this victory at this time, but twelve days ago, my Jiangning Water Battalion annihilated 10,000 people in the Puji Sea Bandit Lin Ji Department in the sea area east of Yue County. ”

"Ahh Yi Fengchen secretly thought: Jiangning Water Camp can win such a big victory in the naval battle, but it means that Jiangning's Water Camp has surpassed Puji, but I am afraid that it is no longer under Wanling. looked at Zi Yangqiu suspiciously, but he couldn't see that he came here to show off his might, and said, "Then congratulations to your army." ”

"Do you want to know more?"

"I want to hear about it."

"My Jiangning Water Battalion began to send troops to cut off the sea route between Wenling and Puji last year, and stopped Puji from transporting grain and grass to Wenling, so as to force the remnants of the thieves in Wenling City to withdraw from Yuejun." Jiangning has water camps in Jinghai and Dongyang, but they are far away from Wenling and Puji, although Yi Fengchen is not familiar with naval warfare, but he knows that it is not easy to send water battalion warships from these two places to set up ambushes and intercept grain ships between Puji and Wenling, grain ships may not be dispatched once a month, but ambush ships can not stay in that sea area for a month, since Zi Yangqiu mentioned, Jiangning should have a clever plan, Yi Fengchen pressed his surname, and listened to him continue, "Our army chose a desert island a little far away from the sea route between Wenling and Puji to build a supply base, The ambush warships were all dispatched from the desert island, so they successfully cut off the grain route of the sea bandits, destroying more than 10,000 enemies, destroying nearly 1,000 ships, and sinking more than 2 million stones of enemy grain in a few months. ”

"It's really a good plan, but Puji will be aware of it for a long time."

Zi Yangqiu said: "Puji is already short of food, can cut off its grain road for a month, it is considered a big victory, not to mention blocking its grain road for more than three months, Puji only found out that I supply the desert island, Lin Ji led 10,000 soldiers to attack my supply base, at that time General Wei was patrolling the island, the two sides had a fierce battle, when they could not hold each other, there seemed to be a sea god appeared, for a while the sea waves surged, the ants attached to the island under the mountain of the Kou soldiers rushed to pieces, this battle annihilated the sea bandits 10,000 people. ”

Yi Fengzhi would not believe in the manifestation of ghosts and gods, seeing that Zi Yangqiu said vaguely, knowing that he was unwilling to say the details, he said secretly: In a few months, Jiang Ning has achieved the result of destroying 20,000 enemies against Puji, but the outside world has nothing to hear, it is really not simple, and he said: "The remnants of the bandits in Wenling City have to withdraw from the land, congratulations to Jiang Ning, congratulations to Jiang Ning, and have won a great victory." ”

Yi Xingzhi asked strangely: "Since the remnants of Wenling are going to withdraw from Yuejun, why did your army launch such a fierce offensive against Wenling?" ”

Zi Yangqiu chuckled and said, "The Yi family is very clear about Wenling. ”

Yi Fengchen didn't care about giving Yi Xingzhi a look, and saw that Ziyangqiu was going to talk about the key point, so he asked: "Mr. Ziyang came to Jiangjin just to report success. ”

Zi Yangqiu said: "Ling Feng Jing and Xu Bodang have been joining forces in Zhenning for some time, I don't know what Yi Gong thinks Ling Feng Jing wants?" ”

Yi Fengchen was slightly stunned, this question was always puzzled by his thoughts. Last year, Rongyanmen burned down Yuzhang City with a fire, burning 70,000 elites and 80,000 civilians of the Huo army to ashes. Rong Yanmen will not be stupid enough to fight on both sides, and sending Lingfeng Mirror to the east of Baishi will naturally not open up a new battlefield, but there are signs of taking the initiative to give up Baishi. Connecting Xu Bodang's troops to Nanping can enhance the defense strength of the eastern front and allow Rong Yan to have no trouble facing east. If this is the case, it shows that Rong Yanmen will not have the determination to go east in a few years, otherwise it would rather be more difficult than give up Baishi.

However, Ling Fengjing and Xu Bodang's 50,000-strong army has been stuck in Zhenning so far, and there is no sign of moving westward, which is really puzzling.

Yi Fengchen said: "Feng Chen can't guess the intention of Ling Fengjing, so he doesn't think about eating and sleeping, Mr. Wang Ziyang said bluntly. ”

"Ling Fengjing and Xu Bodang have 50,000 troops, naturally they can't do anything, if Zhenning's troops suddenly increase to 100,000, what does Yi Gong think Ling Fengjing wants?"

"How can it be that Zhenning's troops will double suddenly for no reason, could it be that Wanling wants to swallow my Jiangjin with Nanping......"

"No, if Jiang Jin is right or wrong, what good will it do to him Chen Yu. In addition to reporting the victory, I also want to inform our army of the next move. ”

Yi Xingzhi was furious, Huo Ran stood up, and said, "If you Jiang Ning want to suppress people, will I, Jiang Jinyan, give in?" ”

Zi Yangqiu shook his head and said: "It's a misunderstanding, my family and the Yi family are listed in the same Hanting high gate, how can they do dirty things with the remnants of Nanping?" ”

Yi Fengchen frowned and reprimanded: "Don't be rude, General Qingfeng is a Renjie hero, how can it be what you think?" ”

Yi Xingzhi hugged his fist to Ziyangqiu and said, "It's rude, I hope Mr. Ziyang will take care of it." ”

Ziyangqiu smiled faintly and said: "There are many heroes of the Yi clan, and they must be aware of Zhenning's changes, but I have a lot of things in Jiangning, and Ziyang has left." He arched his hand, stood up and walked out.

Ziyangqiu was sent by Jiangning, and he didn't change the documents, so how could he go out of Jiangjin City? Even so, Yi Fengchen still put on a look of sincere fear and forgiveness: "Although Xing is old, he is very reckless, I apologize to Mr. Ziyang on his behalf." "Say goodbye and salute. Ziyangqiu accepted it when he saw it, but it only made the Yi family more disgusted, and he hurriedly returned the salute, and shouted: "Don't dare to be, Yi Gong has tormented me." At that moment, he told Yi Fengchen about Wei Yu's gathering of heavy troops to attack Puji Island again: "Before General Wei fought with Lin Ji, he expected that after the total annihilation of Lin Ji, Gongliang Youqin would send troops to pick up the remnants of Wenling. So General Wei issued a convening order before the fierce battle on the supply island, wanting to conquer Puji in one fell swoop and never suffer from Puji, but at this time, he was afraid that he had already attacked Puji Island. At this time, Gongliang Youqin was trying his best to break through the blockade of our army in the Dapei River, and wanted to take back the thieves in Wenling City. ”

Yi Fengchen was surprised in his heart: the battle of the supply island to annihilate Lin Ji was actually a trap given by Wei Yu to Puji.

Zi Yangqiu continued: "If Gongliang Youqin knows that the old nest was taken by General Wei, how does Gong Yi think he will react? ”

Yi Fengchen said abruptly: "The Puji garrison will not be too weak, but Jiangning's water camps in Jinghai and Dongyang are less than 25,000 people, and there will be no casualties in the battle of grain interception and supply islands, and it will not be easy to capture Puji." ”

Zi Yangqiu said: "Yi Gong knows a lot about my Jiangning, and I don't hide it from Yi Gong, in the battle of grain interception and supply island, although the enemy was destroyed 20,000, but the casualties of my water battalion soldiers were nearly 10,000, and my Jiangning's water camp in Jinghai and Dongyang was less than 15,000, but Wei Yu transferred Dongyang's infantry camp and water camp together this time, and the sea ships were limited, in order to load more soldiers, the military rations and fresh water carried by the fleet were only enough for fifteen days, and twelve days had passed at this time, if we couldn't conquer Puji within three days to get supplies, None of the tens of thousands of sergeants who went to sea this time will survive. ”

Yi Fengchen saw that Zi Yangqiu's expression was resolute, and he didn't seem to be panicking, and sighed in his heart: Wei Yu is really ruthless, and if he doesn't succeed, he will become benevolent, and whoever faces such a fierce general in the future will be very difficult.

Yi Xing's heart was shocked, Dongyang is more than ten days away from Puji by sea, only carrying fifteen days of fresh water and food, if the public good friend Qin is prepared, the tens of thousands of soldiers who went out to the sea really have no possibility of survival, and think: As the saying goes, put the land of death and then live, but how many people dare to put themselves to death first in the march?

Wei Yu already has the demeanor of a famous general.

Yi Fengchen thought that if this butcher succeeded in conquering Puji Island, Gongliang Youqin would not wave his army to counterattack Puji, and he would have to meet with Zhenning's Lingfeng Mirror and Xu Bodang through the river, and the three families would join forces, and the strength should be 100,000. Gongliang Youqin is to recapture Puji is just a desert island, yes, yes, Ling Fengjing saw that Puji Island was struggling, and was sending people to persuade Gongliang Youqin to give up Puji Island, but Wei Yu attacked the island and helped Ling Fengjing, making it a foregone conclusion that the three families would join forces.

Yi Fengchen's face turned pale in the blink of an eye, and he sat back in the chair with a dumbfounded expression.

Puji is no longer able to launch a large-scale offensive against Nanmin and Yuejun from the sea, and dominating Wenling without retreating will only accelerate the consumption of Puji's strength and combat power. Ling Fengjing and Xu Bodang stayed in Zhenning and did not leave, so they persuaded Gongliang Youqin to withdraw the troops in Wenling City, and then transferred the main force to Jingbei, leaving elite bandits on Puji Island to harass the coastal areas of Southern Fujian and Yuejun, but they did not expect Wei Yu to lead the army at this time to land on Puji Island from three sides.

In the past 30 years, Gongliang Youqin has not been committed to attacking land from the sea, but he was first defeated by Xu Xing, and then by Xu Ruyu. Nevertheless, is the ambition of the heart extinguished? Wenling City was Puji's only stronghold on land, and until the last moment, Gongliang Youqin was unwilling to withdraw his troops from Wenling.

When the news came that all of Lin Ji's troops had been annihilated on a desert island, Gongliang Youqin could not admit that even at sea, Jiangning gradually began to gain an advantage. Although Lin Ji was destroyed, Jiangning's losses were also huge, and if Jiang Ning recovered his breath, there would be no chance to bring back Wenling's 20,000 soldiers and horses.

Gongliang Youqin decided that in the battle of the desert island, although Wei Yu won the victory, he was also caught off guard and only won a miserable victory, and it was also calculated that there were only more than 10,000 people in the water camps of Dongyang and Jinghai, but the Qingyan army in front of Wenling City was as high as 40,000 or 50,000 people, so he left 20,000 soldiers to defend Puji Island, and he led 20,000 elites to Wenling on the water camp warship.

The Puji warship sailed to the mouth of the Dapei River, only to find that the embankments on both sides of the original river were opened by the Qingyan army, and the center of the original river channel was tightly blocked by the wreckage of more than 100 scuttled ships, and the flags that burned the fire were still fluttering on the mast on the water, and a seabird stopped on it, and suddenly flapped its wings and rushed to the sky. On both sides of the river, the overflowing river has been washed into a swamp that is difficult to move into.

Although this place is only more than ten miles away from Wenling, you can faintly hear the sound of the collapse of the mountains and the cracking of the ground on the side of Wenling, Gongliang Youqin comforted herself: Even if Wei Yu wins a big victory on the desert island, let Feng Yuanyuan attack Wenling, it is only a dozen in the past, the people in the city should be fine, and Feng Yuanyuan cannot destroy all the roads to Wenling.

Zhao Weixu looked at the clouds in the west as if bleeding, and suddenly felt ominous in his heart, pointing to the shipwrecks in the river and said: "It's not good, those scuttled shipwrecks are ordinary merchant ships, Feng Yuanyuan has time to collect merchant ships, which shows that they have been designed for a long time, and they are definitely not rushing to attack the city after the battle of the desert island." ”

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