Wei Yu and Cai Yuhua met several times when they were in Shangnan, and when they saw Cai Yuhua at this time, they only bowed their heads slightly, and they did not mean to be particularly close. Cai Yuhua has heard a lot about the surnames of Jiangning's generals, and he also knows Wei Yusheng's indifferent surname. Trapped on the ship for more than 20 days, the news sent to the ship is very limited, and the most talked about Jiang Ning is Wei Yu's victory on Puji Island and the upcoming wedding of Liang Bao. From last winter to early summer this year, nearly 60,000 Puji soldiers were annihilated, Gongliang Youqin was expelled from Puji Island, the sea bandits on the eastern side were basically eliminated, Puji was brought under the jurisdiction of Jiangning, and the threat on the eastern side of Jiangning was completely resolved. Although the first battle of Puji was completed by Wei Yu's independent army, it was the last continuation of Xu Ruyu's strategy of suppressing, attacking, and fighting a decisive battle against the Puji bandits. When Wei Yu led the troops into Puji, except for the 20,000 remnants on Puji Island, the young and strong people on the island were almost empty. Although there are nearly 200,000 islanders on the island, but most of them are old and weak women and children, Xu Ruyu did not move the Puji islanders to the land, ten years later, the population naturally shrank to 120,000, and when the population of Puji Island shrank to 50,000, the government began to consider moving the population to the island. Gongliang Youqin has been fighting for decades, and the manpower and material resources on Puji Island have been exhausted in the end, and the war potential has been completely lost.

Cai Yuhua, Cai Hui and others were trapped on the boat, and they listened to Fang Su and Wei Yan talk about Jiangning, Fang Su has not yet set foot in Jiangning, but his understanding of all aspects of Jiangning is not weaker than that of Jiangning generals, and he explained Jiangning's systems to everyone in Fanyang, so that Wei Yan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard it, and only said: "Chen Yu doesn't need you, it's really his fault." "It made the people of Fan Yang understand that Jiangning's confrontation with other forces has long gone beyond the purely military aspect. The clan systems are not conducive to the concentration of forces in all aspects, and compared with the systems in Jiangning, which were born out of the county policy, they appear dull and lifeless.

Fan Yang was originally worried that Jiang Ning was a newly rising force that could not compete with Nanping, Hulan and other big forces, but after listening to Fang Su, they also transcended the narrow understanding of the family clan before, and had a little more expectations for Jiang Ning. When the victory of Puji came, the people of Fan Yang seemed to be able to see the situation of returning to Fan Yang. At this time, the Hulan people had cut off the connection between the last few isolated cities in Fanyang, mobilized the servants and infantry to besiege Fanyang, and the Anyang battalion led by Cai Zhengshi began to plot against Hanoi Mansion in Fen County, and had several contact battles with the Xun family's garrison in Hanoi Province, it seems that Hulan is a little impatient.

In the past, the young man with a red scarf around his neck outside Fan Yangcheng was hidden behind Cai Yuhua, and his eyes seemed to be heavy, compared with Cai Hui's suppressed excitement and expectation, his mood seemed to be heavier and melancholy.

Xu Ruyu didn't know how to comfort a thirteen-year-old boy at all, and they didn't tell him the news of the ancestor's funeral. Xu Ruyu once wanted to take this young man with him and teach him personally, but he couldn't help but hesitate when he thought that he would tell him the murderous news from Fan Yang one by one. The young man has no close affection for his brother and sister-in-law Cai Hui and Jun Zhi, Cai Yuhua does not have much leisure in the next few days, and the construction of the Ordnance Department is scattered in Yongyang, Lishui, Jiangning, Quanzhou, Hailing Several places, even if these places go back and forth, it will take several months, and it is not suitable to leave him by Cai Yuhua's side.

Xu Ruyu, Xu Boying, Fang Su, Wei Yu, Wei Yan, Cai Yuhua and others went west from Sanshui to Guangling, and the accompanying escorts increased to 1,000 people, all of whom were the elite of Qingfeng cavalry. Chen Pre-commanded the army in Longyou City, north of Guangling.

Except for the 2,000 craftsmen who landed on the Sanshui boat and moved from Zhongji and Di Yida to Hailing, the rest of the people followed Mei Tierui from Sanshui to Jiangning. All the way to the west, there was no pause in the middle, and the meal was hastily used immediately. Cai Yuhua has never been in the army, although he has a body of cultivation, when he arrived at Guangling City, he still felt tired bursts from his bones, but the knight of the Qingfeng Cavalry did not show any fatigue, his eyes were burning under the starry sky, and he had a fierce flame eager to fight.

On the way, in order to save horsepower, the knights of Qingfeng Riding often have to dismount and walk for a while, even if they straddle the horse and gallop for three hundred miles in one day and one night, ordinary warriors will be exhausted, and the elite of Qingfeng Riding really surprised Cai Yuhua. With the existence of such an elite cavalry battalion, any small force must think twice before infiltrating Jiangning.

Along the way, Xu Ruyu told Fang Su, Cai Yuhua, Wei Yan and others about the differences between Changping and Jiangning on the formation of the cavalry camp. Cai Yuhua was slightly surprised when he remembered that the Jinghai Mansion Shou, who stood inconspicuously in the crowd, was secretly placed in the long-term liquidation supervisor. Jiangning is gentle and restrained without invading and aggressive, and among the many forces, the ambition for the world is not as good as that of the middle family that divides the government and the city, not only does not show covetousness to the scattered family forces in Jingnan, but also forbears and restrains the Zhufan and the two clans that are intertwined with the Jiangning territory. Before Cai Yuhua came to Jiangning, the most worrying thing was that Xu Ruyu was content with the status quo in the southeast and had no intention of going north.

This time in the south of Jiangning, the Cai and Jun clans had the largest power, but the Jun family secretly surrendered as early as when Xu Ruyu integrated the Yongyang forces, and made meritorious achievements in the Battle of Southern Fujian and the Jinghai War, and the Jun family had a lot of connections in Jiangning. Xu Ruyu often mentioned Jun Shuishui, the second son of the Jun family, and judging by his intentions, it seemed that he wanted to transfer Jun Shuishui into the Yihu Army. Before most of the forces of the Jun family moved to Jiangning, they had scruples in all aspects, and at this time there were no such concerns, and it seems that Xu Ruyu issued an order when he returned to Jiangning. However, Cai Yuhua couldn't think of a suitable position for the Yihu Army, so it is estimated that he will be placed in an auxiliary position for the time being, and then he will be entrusted with important tasks, just like Xiao Wuye.

Under the arrangement of Xu Ruyu and Liang Bao, Xiao Wuye has achieved a key position in the battle of Yi'an, that is, Mo Mingxi served as the head of the camp of Qingjiang Xingyuan, and the title of commander of the Su Guard Army has been vacated.

At the beginning of Xiao Wuye's trip to Southern Fujian, Yan Qingyi also knew Jiangning's determination to attack Yan's this time, and with the support of Yan Xun, he resolutely gave up Putian City and shrunk 20,000 elite combat forces to Yi'an on the border between Southern Fujian and Nanning. Although Gan took the initiative to shrink his living space, the situation in Nghe An was much more delicate. Zongzheng Xunda reigned for more than ten years, and the only merit was to build the city of Nghe An very strongly, at that time, Nan Min was separated from the outside world because of the Cheng Ridge and Wuling Mountain, only the terrain in the direction of Yi An was easier, and many forces adjacent to Nan Min were only the Yue family in Nanning in the west was the most threatening to Nan Min. Nghe An is at the intersection of the forces of Nan Fujian, Sanmiao, and Nanning, and Ying's Qiongzhou Mansion is only five or six days away from Nghe An. Jiangning has a good relationship with the Yue family in Yunling and Le'an, but the Yue family and Sanmiao may not hope that Jiangning can successfully capture Yi'an, and Jiangning's occupation of Yi'an Xiongcheng poses a considerable threat to Nanning, Sanmiao and Qiongzhou Island in the sea. Jiangning launched an offensive against Yi'an, and the Yue family and Sanmiao sent troops and horses to cooperate, but it was more meaningful to monitor the movements of Jiangning's army. Liang Bao could only ask Shui Ruying to mediate on the front line, so as not to cause friction between the three forces, so that Yan Qingyi could take advantage of it. In addition, the 50,000 troops assembled in the east of Nghe An belonged to three systems, Ban Zhaolin's Su Guard First Army, Xue Mingrui's Hutian Yi Battalion, and Li Gonglin's Southern Fujian Longquan Garrison.

Compared with the sharpness of the Jinghai battles, the battle of Yi'an was dull and slow, and the battle report sent back from Yi'an was not seen Xiao Wuye launch a slightly decent offensive against Yi'an except for the capture of a few worthless dock forts, but the dock forts conquered in the battle report were repeated several times, and it seems that these dock forts were also exchanged with Yan's attack and defense several times.

In the eyes of everyone, Xiao Wuye seems to have deliberately lost a few dock forts that he had conquered, but then sent troops to recapture them, so that the battle reports sent to Quanzhou and Jiangning would not have nothing to write. In addition to the 50,000 foot battalions, there were still 5,000 water battalions, and the huge amount of materials consumed every time caused huge pressure on Quanzhou. Quanzhou hoped to either conquer Nghe An in the short term, or withdraw the army to wait for him.

The withdrawal of the army will undoubtedly declare the defeat of the Nghe An war, and it will be unimaginably difficult to forcibly conquer Nghe An in the near future. Yan Qingyi and Yan Xun are not incompetent, but they are extremely stubborn, and they ignore Jiang Ning's temptation, but Xiao Wuye's bad deeds make people think that Xiao Wuye has no great talent, and he is only promoted to take on great responsibilities because of Xu Ruyu's trust.

Before the Battle of the East China Sea, Xiao Wuye briefly served as a senior general in command of the Yongyang Army, and then demoted to a middle and low-level military position such as Longyou Sentinel. After the end of the battle of the East China Sea, Xiao Wuye attached himself to the Chen clan of Wanling, and held an insignificant idle position in Wanling, Jiang Youli, Zhang Zhongdao and others went to Wanling to watch the wedding ceremony of Zhang Jidao and Shuyu, and invited him to Yongyang. When Xu Ruyu was in Youji, he ordered Xiao Wuye to be transferred to the camp of Nanmin Xingyuan, and served as the right signatory, and was actually responsible for the war in Yi'an. A general with no background can lead the army alone, and there is no other way than to gain Xu Ruyu's trust.

When some people in Jiangning gradually thought that Xu Ruyu would eventually make a mistake, Sima Ya had already heard of replacing Xiao Wuye. Xiao Wuye is the chief general of Xu Ruyu's personal order, Xu Ruyu did not return to Jiangning, and the matter of changing generals cannot be discussed, and Xu Ruyu returned to Jiangning Soon after someone mentioned it. Xu Ruyu was noncommittal, and some people in Jiangning began to think that the young commander insisted on his mistakes in order to maintain his own dignity.

Since Xu Ruyu was noncommittal, Jiang Ning hoped that Liang Bao would be responsible for the war in Nghe An as the head of the camp in Nan Min, after all, Liang Bao was the commander of the garrison in Nan Min and was in charge of the war in Yi An. Xiao Wuye's official position is only the right sign of the camp of Nanmin Xingyuan, and the position is still under the shadow of the water.

Liang Bao did not have great talents, but he was more able to implement Xu Ruyu's intentions than others, and he was also a general who was more patient than the generals of Jiangning, he may not have no doubts in his heart, but insisted that Xiao Wuye lead the army of Yi'an, and he himself sat in Quanzhou, and did not interfere in the military affairs of Yi'an at all.

However, Fang Su and Xiao Wuye had been together in Wanling for several months, and they knew that they were capable, and said: "When you entrusted Wuye with a heavy responsibility, I was only afraid that he would take an important position at the beginning and seek merit, so it seems that Wuye is more patient than others. ”

Xu Ruyu smiled and said: "I don't bother to ask Wu Ye what plan he wants to use, since he wants to use the Yi'an war to train troops, but it is in line with my wishes, the Yi'an war is over, except for Xue Mingrui and the Hutian army to continue to garrison Southern Fujian, the other soldiers and horses will be transferred back to Jiangning, I hope that Xiao Wuye will bring back an elite division for me." ”

Fang Su was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to have such a mind, so it seems that the delay of the Yi'an war, although it will cause huge pressure on Quanzhou, can weaken the influence of the Southern Fujian family on the Southern Fujian garrison." ”

Of the nearly 60,000 troops assembled in Nghe An, only more than 10,000 came from the Su Guard Army and the Hutian Yi Battalion, and the rest of the troops were mostly incorporated from the private soldiers of the Southern Fujian family, especially the Southern Fujian garrison army.

Xu Ruyu said: "The Yi'an war has nothing to do with the overall situation, although Yan Qingyi has 20,000 elite soldiers, but most of the relatives of the sergeants and generals stay in Quanzhou, I treat his relatives well, how can the generals in Yi'an City be willing to sacrifice their lives for Yan Qingyi?" To really conquer Nghe An City, it is better to be slow than slow, and it is better to be rigid than soft. Thinking of something, he said slowly: "Zongzheng Ningshuang died in my hands, presumably Yan Xun hated me to the core, after the Battle of Southern Fujian, it was probably Yan Xun who held the power of Yi'an." ”

Fang Su said: "Yan Xun and Zongzheng Ningshuang have many disagreements, when Yan Xun was the governor of Zhangzhou, he placed concubines in Zhangzhou, and the name of lust, I felt absurd when I heard it in Wanling. Feng Yuanyuan attacked Zhangzhou and married more than 100 of his beautiful concubines to lonely men in the army, Yan Xun once wrote to thank Feng Yuanyuan for placing concubines for him, thinking that he didn't care about women at all, why did he only worry about the death of Zongzheng Ningshuang? ”

Xu Ruyu remembered that Zongzheng Ningshuang was still a virgin when he was dying, and said in a low voice: "Love is a thing, and it is always difficult for people in the world to understand it. Thinking that it was too easy for Zongzheng Ningshuang to die in his hands, the eyes that seemed to be looking forward to and satisfied for the time being were so impressive that he still couldn't forget them at this time. If it weren't for the stimulation of Zongzheng's death, I was afraid that I would not be determined to marry Jue'er at this time.

Fang Su saw that Xu Ruyu was sitting on the horse and was slightly distracted, for some reason, he ignored him, looked at the team of people and horses in front of him who came out of Guangling City, and carefully identified them, only recognizing Mei Liting, Xing Kunmin, and Shen Yi.

Xu Boying listened to Xu Ruyu talk about the affair, in addition to being sad, he still had a little distress, and knew in his heart that he was worried about the affairs of the inner government. Seeing Mei Liting and Xing Kunmin coming out of Guangling City at the same time, he was taken aback, Mei Liting was the commander of the middle base army, and Xing Kunmin was the commander of the five school armies, could it be that the main forces of the two armies were in Guangling City? Could it be that the situation in Guangling has changed?

Wei Yu pursed his lips and said to Xu Boying: "Mr. came here to discuss with Chen Pre about retiring from the army, it seems that Mei Liting and Xing Kunmin guessed the wrong Mr. mind." ”

Wei Yan said: "It's not a bad thing to make Chen Yu nervous, why don't I go to rob a camp tonight?" Seeing Xu Ruyu's sideways look, he immediately kept silent.

Xu Ruyu sighed and said, "Since you are here, let's take this opportunity to talk to Chen Yu about the conditions for retiring from the army." ”

After the East China Sea troops were also mobilized, the middle base army planned to move westward, peeking into the gap on the west side of Longyou, and the five school army moved to Guangling, making the appearance of assembling to Guangling, attracting the forces of the Chen clan to gather in Longyou. In this way, the Chen people's troop mobilization is much larger than that of Jiangning, and before making up their minds to go to war, forcing the other side to maintain a huge armament and make a large mobilization can effectively deplete the other side's war potential. Over the years, the Chen clan's attrition in the north has given Wanling a headache, and the transfer of the army from the north to the south will further increase Wanling's financial pressure.

After losing Longyou, he built Guangling City as a barrier to the north of Yongyang. Guangling and Longyou are 80 miles apart, and only the Xiaoyang River is wider in the middle, which has become the natural boundary between Longyou and Guangling. When Wan Rong was in Longyou, this section was the most tense border between Wanling and Jiangning, the defenders of both sides built a barrier along the Xiaoyang River, and threw stone bullets at each other after the crossbow, although there was no large-scale conflict across the river and crossing, but there were not a few sergeants who died on both sides of the Xiaoyang River in the year who died from stone bullets and crossbows.

After Wanling and Jiangning agreed to reduce their troops and settle the dispute, the soldiers behind the river bank barrier withdrew to Guangling City, and no fresh blood flowed into the Xiaoyang River.

The Green Guards crossed the agreed border line and stationed at the northern foot of Cuiping Mountain, and the quiet and peaceful atmosphere on the border between Wanling and Jiangning was immediately wiped out. The middle base army and the five school armies assembled on the front line of Guangling and Hailing without warning, and then the five school armies moved to Qingpu, forming a clamping trend on Longyou, although there was no cross-border incident, but the defenders of Wanling on the front line of Longyou could not sleep in fear.

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