The two Zhou armies attacking Yangzhou were defeated under the city, Kou Xiong was killed in battle, Ning Zhenmo was defeated, and nearly half of the 90,000 soldiers and horses were killed and wounded.

For both sides, Yangzhou is a mysterious place, the Tang army generally does not have anything to do with the defenders there, and the Zhou army will hardly invade there, when Kou Xiong and Ning Zhenmo attack Yangzhou, it really attracted a lot of attention, and they want to borrow their hands to lift the veil of mystery in Yangzhou.

Many Zhou troops used to be Tang troops, so many veterans on both sides knew a secret, Yangzhou in the Tang Dynasty, has the reputation of the land of Longxing, this reputation originated from Yang Guang back then.

With the defeat of Kou Xiong and Ning Zhenmo, many veterans were amazed that the land of Longxing had its own true dragon protection, and also unraveled a corner of the mystery, Yang Ping'an officially walked into the sight of the senior generals of Tang Zhouliang's [***] side.

In Chuzhou, many generals asked Guo Ziyi about Yang Ping'an's situation, he sent Xue Yufeng to Yangzhou, and then sent Xue's army to Yangzhou after the war escalated, apparently he already knew about there.

But in fact, Guo Ziyi only guessed before, and it was not until this time that he really concluded that Yang Ping'an was the Mandate of Heaven in this era, and like the first Mandate of Heaven in the period of Emperor Wu Yang Guang, he was good at creating all kinds of miracles and was difficult to defeat.

In the face of his subordinates' inquiries, he did not reply, but ordered the generals not to be involved in Yangzhou, which was also for their good, Guo Ziyi knew very well the true attitude of the imperial court towards the Mandate of Heaven.

On the Zhou army, Li Guangbi and Gao Xianzhi had a long secret discussion, after the two came out of the military tent, the latter's face was very ugly, and it was rumored that because Gao Xianzhi instigated Kou Xiong and Ning Zhenmo to attack Yangzhou, he was scolded by Li Guangbi fiercely, although this is a rumor, it is difficult to distinguish the truth from the false, but then Li Guangbi ordered all the armies not to attack Yangzhou's order, which verified the rumor from the side.

The matter was not over, and it didn't take long for Dongdu to issue a holy decree, in addition to commending Yangzhou, it also conveyed a series of personnel appointments.

Chu Pei inherited his grandfather's official position and sat on the throne; Xu Yuan was transferred to [***], appointed [***] too guard, Kong Haoxia was promoted several levels to [***] guard, and was held hostage by Xu Yuan; Yang Ping'an waited for the emperor to levy in person, sat in Yangzhou, Yangzhou should be appointed and exempted from money, food, taxes, political affairs, military affairs, etc., all handed over to Yang Ping'an, it can be said that Yang Ping'an became the first person in Yangzhou, any official as long as he arrived in Yangzhou, he had to pay homage to him, because he represented the emperor Yang Rui.

Those old people who know that Yangzhou is the land of Longxing in the Tang Dynasty think that this is because Yang Ping'an is a concubine of the Tang Dynasty, and the deep trust of the emperor Yang Rui has this honor to treat the heavenly relatives and guard Yangzhou.

But those who already know or guess the identity of Yang Ping'an's Mandate of Heaven clearly understand that this is because Yang Rui wants to use the power of Yang Ping'an, the Mandate of Heaven, to pacify the war and swallow the Zhou State as soon as possible, so he will give Yang Ping'an such a big right.

With the transmission of this appointment, it can be said that Yangzhou, Tianchang, and [***] have all fallen into the control of Yang Ping'an, and no one with a discerning eye can see that Chu Pei and Kong Haoxia were all promoted by Yang Ping'an, and they also have the grace to save their lives, and although Xu Yuan is not like those two, these many people have come to contact with Yang Ping'an, and they have admired Yang Ping'an, and they can also be classified into Yang Ping'an's sphere of influence.

Yang Rui not only gave Yang Ping'an territory, but also gave Yang Ping'an soldiers and horses, Yangzhou soldiers and horses increased to 100,000, including 20,000 Xue family troops, 20,000 Tianchang, [***] 50,000, a total of 170,000 soldiers and horses were handed over to Yang Ping'an to command alone, not deployed by Guo Ziyi, the generalissimo of soldiers and horses.

This honor can be enjoyed by a few people in the world.

Although he guessed Yang Rui's thoughts, Yang Ping'an was not afraid and accepted all the orders, but there were more soldiers and horses, and there were more disputes, not all the generals surrendered to him, and there were always some people who were not used to stumbling openly and secretly.

Fortunately in Yangzhou, he not only has strong kung fu, but also Xue Yufeng helped him, killed three generals who did not obey orders one after another, and taught seven or eight pretentious generals a lesson by force, no one in Yangzhou dared to disobey his orders.

Although Kong Haoxia is too young and too young and too junior over there to be more troublesome than Yangzhou, Xu Yuan is in charge, and it took two or three months to help Kong Haoxia straighten out [***].

The most troublesome thing is Tianchang, Tianchang is only a county seat, even if Chu Pei inherited his grandfather's official position, but the rank is too low, which makes it difficult for him to suppress the newly transferred generals, and the two sides once quarreled and almost caused a mutiny.

After Yang Ping'an learned of this, he simply sent Li Linfu over, people like Li Linfu are handy, especially when dealing with military generals, it can be said that he has a handle in hand, Yang Ping'an doesn't know what kind of means he used, and finally led to the provocative general to privately eat the soldiers' food and salary, and wanted to lead the troops to mutiny, but was beheaded by the general next to him, and then reported to the court.

At this point, Chu Pei, with the help of Li Linfu, completely controlled Tianchang, and as for the Tianchang County Order, he was accepted by Li Linfu as a confidant.

It's three months.

In the past three months, the war between the two countries in the Tang and Zhou dynasties has continued, but on the ground in Yangzhou and [***], the fighting has stopped, and the people of the two places have won a rare peaceful life.

Yang Ping'an's life is also very peaceful, he did not take the initiative to attack the neighboring Zhou army, just trained soldiers and horses, but in addition to calm, there will always be some small episodes, such as today.

There were some small frictions in Yangzhou City, and the two sides of the friction were Yang Guozhong and An Lushan.

Yang Guozhong is now temporarily acting as the Taishou of Yangzhou, responsible for the government affairs in the city; And An Lushan is the deputy general of Yangzhou, assisting Xue Yufeng in training soldiers and horses, and it is also Yang Ping'an who wants him to learn more from Xue Yufeng.

The two were used to competing for favor in front of Yang Ping'an, and there was Li Linfu before, and the three of them restrained each other, and the balance was formed in front of them, but as Li Linfu went to Tianchang, the balance was broken, and the contradiction between the two gradually intensified.

However, An Lushan's fist is powerful, and there are soldiers and horses under his command, generally it ends with Yang Guozhong suffering a loss, but now Yang Guozhong refuses to suffer a loss, he can't beat An Lushan, so he recruited all the officials of the Taishou Mansion, and An Lushan transferred a battalion of soldiers and horses, and the two sides drew their swords against each other, and they were still outside the Taishou Mansion, attracting a large number of onlookers.

After Yang Ping'an learned of this, he scolded angrily, walked quickly to the door of the Taishou Mansion, and after one of them gave a slap, he grabbed the collars of the two and pulled the two into the Taishou Mansion.

"You two have a lot of skills, and you actually rushed to gather soldiers and horses to fight in the city, when I died?"

"Big brother, you can't blame me for this, it's Ma Yu Zhong who is anxious about his servants first." An Lushan muttered.

The open and secret struggle between An Lushan and Yang Guozhong, Yang Ping'an is still clear, and he also understands why the two of them did this.

In fact, a harmonious subordinate is not what the boss wants to see, and there is competition between the subordinates, and they must try their best to rely on the boss, but they can not affect the great unity, which is what every boss is happy to see.

Therefore, he never tried to alleviate the contradiction between the two, not only because the friction between the two was still within the normal range, but also because the two goods had their own bad roots and had to be beaten.

He remembered that Yang Guozhong rarely had the upper hand in front of An Lushan, and often ended in failure, but now he was unusual, and he dared to be anxious to fight with An Lushan, which couldn't help but make him a little curious: "What's going on." ”

Yang Guozhong's answer was very tough, completely different from his previous style: "Big brother, I will definitely ask the fat man to give me an explanation today, otherwise I will not finish with him, and I will never die." ”

"If you don't stop, you won't stop, I'm afraid of you."

"Shut up, Yang Guozhong, you say."

Yang Guozhong, who was puffing out his cheeks, glared at An Lushan viciously, and then said: "Big brother, that fat man dares to slander my sister for stealing men." ”

Your sister-in-law, Jade Slave.

In peace, Yang Guozhong was still afraid of An Lushan's force, but this time he couldn't back down no matter what, because Yang Yuhuan was his biggest support, if he didn't have his cousin, how could he still become Yang Ping'an's brother-in-law.

An Lushan dared to say that Yang Yuhuan stole a man, if he didn't make it clear in vain, once it was spread, it would be the same as yellow mud falling off his crotch, it was not shit but shit, people were terrible, even if it was made out of nothing, but what man could ignore this kind of rumors.

Therefore, Yang Guozhong was out of the way this time, and summoned people to fight with An Lushan.

When he first heard this, Yang Ping'an was also stunned, and looked at An Lushan after a while: "Fatty, tell me clearly, what's going on." ”

"I didn't say that, I just said that I saw a man sneaking over the wall and jumping into his sister's yard, and it took a long time to come out, and there was no shouting from the yard."

"It's not all the same." Seeing An Lushan's innocent appearance, Yang Guozhong couldn't wait to fight with him.

Now the relationship between Yang Yuhuan and Yang Ping'an is in a delicate relationship, I am afraid that if I don't get it right, I am afraid that it will have to be broken, this is not what Yang Guozhong wants to see, in his opinion, nepotism is the most reliable, and it must be grasped tightly.

To say that Yang Yuhuan is quite pitiful during this time, originally Xue Yufeng was hindered by secular etiquette, although he was in love with Yang Ping'an, at most he was just hugging, but since Yang Ping'an returned to Yangzhou to relieve the siege, Xue Yufeng finally broke through this layer of feudal etiquette, worried that the war was cruel and the sword had no eyes, maybe one day there would be a lover who would be separated forever, so she did not hesitate to move into Yang Ping'an's courtyard, and drove Yang Yuhuan out strongly.

Fortunately, Yang Ping'an is not the kind of person who likes the new and hates the old, so he persuaded Xue Yufeng, and the two were barely commensurate with each other, and Yang Ping'an did not care less about Yang Yuhuan, but the latter has not made substantial progress with Yang Ping'an, and Xue Yufeng has broken through the last layer of membrane with Yang Ping'an, so Yang Ping'an placed Yang Yuhuan in the courtyard next to him.

But now An Lushan actually shouted that a man had a tryst with Yang Yuhuan over the wall, if this matter is not clear, then Yang Yuhuan's impression in Yang Ping'an's heart is completely wasted, which makes Yang Guozhong not in a hurry.

After listening to An Lushan's story quietly, Yang Ping'an's face quickly sank: "This kind of thing, even if you fight to the death, you can't say clearly, go, follow me to see the jade slave, and ask clearly in person." ”