"What!? Recovering Chaohu Lake? Sima Shu was completely shocked when he heard this, of course he was not blaming Liu Kun and the Huainan Governor's Mansion, but he was too excited, and his brain completely lost thinking the moment he heard the news. Sima Shu's performance was shocked by Liu Kun's performance on the one hand, and the shock on the other hand was the huge results.

You must know that before this, Tao Kanzhi has not completely taken the entire Chaohu Lake and Hefei first-line defense line, especially Chaohu, which is known as the southern barrier of Hefei, has been harassed by the Jiangdong Naval Division, and you must know that Chaohu Lake has always been the back garden of the Jiangdong Naval Division, and they regard this place as the first line of resistance to the northern 'invasion' and the forward base of the Northern Expedition to Hefei in the future.

It was such a military important place that was easily taken by Liu Kun, who had just assumed the post of governor of Huainan, and completely broke Jiangdong's ambition to plot Hefei by water. It also consolidated the stability of the imperial court's first-line defense line in Hefei.

When Sima Shu was still immersed in excitement and couldn't extricate himself, the two important ministers of the court in front of him had already been confused by his fierce reaction, and they didn't know why the emperor reacted so much. Although the strength of the imperial court's inland river division is weaker than that of Jiangdong, it doesn't make people so unoptimistic about the other party, right? After a while, Sima Shu came to his senses, and when he saw Zhang Bin and the others staring at him dumbfounded, he couldn't help blushing, but fortunately, at this time, Xiao Deng Zi led someone to come in with a supper, which relieved his embarrassment.

"Hehe, this, how should we deal with the two Aiqing next? Does the Huainan Governor's Mansion have any suggestions? Sima Shu asked while eating supper.

"Your Majesty, Liu Kun, the governor of Huainan, suggested that the imperial court immediately rearm for war. According to the news from the front, the top and bottom of Jiangdong were very dissatisfied with the defeat of the naval division and were brewing a counterattack. And after the previous Chaohu Water War, the Chaohu Water Division is fully confident to fight with the Jiangdong Water Division! ”

"So, it's inevitable that another big war will happen in Huainan?" Sima Shu frowned, in fact, the moment he saw the Huainan war report, he expected that Jiangdong would not give up, but deep down he still didn't want a big war in Huainan, after all, the current policy is based on economic construction, but he won't be afraid of anything if he really wants a big war.

"Judging from the news from Huainan, the next battle cannot be avoided, and I ask Your Majesty to immediately strengthen the forces of Huainan, especially the forces of the water division. It is better to transfer the first detachment of the Navy to Huainan. Zu Ti said. The navy has two major fleets under its jurisdiction and six major sub-fleets, of which the 123rd fleet belongs to the 1st Fleet.

"Well, it's okay, anyway, the First Fleet has always been in charge of offshore operations. This time, they asked them to transfer some warships into the Yangtze River to assist the Huainan Governor's Office in guarding against the Jiangdong Naval Division. Sima Shu finally made up his mind.

At a time when the whole court was cheering for the water battle that took place in Chaohu Lake. Liu Kun, who was in Huainan, was also excited. It was the first time in his life that he commanded an army on his own. And has achieved a brilliant victory, for Liu Kun, who has always been eager to make contributions on the battlefield, there is no more excitement than this.

After the Huainan War. The imperial court recovered most of the Huainan region, but due to the weak strength of the imperial court's naval division, Jiangdong has been threatening the imperial court's important towns on the north bank of the Yangtze River by virtue of the advantages of the naval division, especially Hefei is the focus of the war and conflict between the two sides.

To the south of Hefei is Chaohu Lake, and Jiangdong sailors often follow the tributaries of the Yangtze River upstream to Chaohu Lake, and then sneak attack and harass Hefei by land. After Liu Kun took office, in order to change this situation of being passively beaten, he showed weakness to the enemy, and at the same time quietly mobilized the forces of the water division from Peng Zehu and Gaoyou Lake to secretly deploy Chaohu Lake, and then seized the opportunity to defeat the Jiangdong water division that attacked again in one fell swoop.

After this battle, the situation of the Hefei defense line changed, and the imperial court began to occupy the initiative, but Liu Kun did not dare to be careless, and the strength of the inland water division of the imperial court was still inferior to Jiangdong, so he could only passively defend and could not take the initiative to attack. Take this Chaohu water battle as an example, if he hadn't transferred the water divisions from Gaoyou Lake, Peng Zehu and other places to Chaohu, coupled with the suddenness of the battle, how could he break Jiangdong's blockade of Chaohu Lake in one fell swoop.

The water war in Chaohu Lake caused a series of great changes within Jiangdong, Wen Xian, who had made great achievements and is now sitting in Tuzhong, was squeezed out by the local scholars in Jiangdong and finally transferred to Jiaozhou Assassin History, while Yangzhou Assassin History was taken over by Gan Zhuo, the leader of the local scholar clan in Jiangdong, Gan Zhuo was the great-grandson of Gan Ning, the general of Eastern Wu of the Three Kingdoms.

Nowadays, along the entire line of the Yangtze River, the imperial court and Jiangdong are engaged in fierce confrontation in four places, namely Yangzhou, Dangtu, Hefei and Jiangling.

Among them, Jiangling is the forward position of Jiangdong to resist the army of Shuzhong of the imperial court, and it is the western barrier of Jiangdong's separatist forces, while Yangzhou and Dangtu are important towns on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Therefore, the imperial court controlled Yangzhou, and Dangtu was in the hands of the Jiangdong people.

After the Huainan War, after three years of development, the Jiangdong Naval Division has long since recovered its strength, and it is better than before. Jiangdong people often take advantage of the water division to harass the two important towns of Yangzhou and Hefei from the waterway. Although a small part was knocked out by Liu Kun, the Jiangdong people were not convinced, and they always wanted to take revenge on the imperial court sailors.

At this time, Ganzhuo can be said to be proud, wanting to recover the front line of Chaohu and Yangzhou in one fell swoop, and push the northern defense line of Jiangdong to the north, so that Jiankang can completely get rid of the situation of facing the imperial court.

Gan Zhuo's ability to obtain the title of Yangzhou Assassin is not unrelated to the activities of the local scholars in Jiangdong, since Sima Rui took the lead of Jiangdong, the contradictions between the local scholars in Jiangdong and the Nandu family in the north have always existed. At the very beginning, the northern family led by Wang Dun and Wang Dao has always occupied a dominant position.

But in the past two years, the Jiangdong Shi clan has begun to be dissatisfied with being pressed by the northern Shi clan, and both Gu Rong and Ji Zhan want to replace the status of the Wang brothers. This time, the local scholars of Jiangdong took the position of Yangzhou Assassin in one fell swoop with the help of the defeat of the water division, which is definitely a big progress.

The Sima Rui regime in Jiangdong gave preferential treatment to the northerners who came from the south, and set up so-called Qiaozhou, Qiaojun, and Qiaoxian in the places where they lived. For example, the Lang Evil Wang clan, the Yingchuan Yu clan, the Chen Jun Xie clan, and the Qian Guohuan clan were all the main forces relied on by Sima Rui's regime, and held important positions at the central and local levels.

However, at the beginning, the upper echelons of the Jiangdong clan in the Sun and Wu periods did not wholeheartedly support the regime established by Sima Rui in the south. For example, Lu Wanmu Wang Dao was a Ling (a contemptuous name for the northerners) and refused to intermarry with the Wang family. In order to change this unfavorable situation, Sima Rui was more interested in the people who had greater political and social influence among the Jiangnan Shi clan, such as Gu Rong, He Xun, Ji Zhan, Lu Wan, etc., at the beginning of crossing the river.

Although Sima Rui was reconciling the contradictions between the northern and southern scholars, the ruling class from the north was worried by the southerners, and in terms of grabbing land, after crossing the river, the overseas Chinese clans were forced to avoid the pastoral gathering places of the Jiangnan clans, such as the Wang clan, the Xie clan, the Xi clan, the Cai clan, etc., all had to go deep into the inland Huiji and Linhai areas to occupy land and mountains.

Politically, the northern scholars were even more feared by the southerners, such as this time Wen Xian was moved from Yangzhou to Zhou by Sima Rui. Jiangdong was wary of the northern scholars, and Sima Rui was also suspicious of the local wealthy families in Jiangdong.

After the Huainan War, Sima Rui's regime owned a total of nearly five prefectures of Jing (counties south of the Yangtze River), Hunan, Jiao, Guang, Jiang, and Yang (counties south of the Yangtze River), and commanded 46 counties. Among them, Wang Dun supervised the military of Jing and Hunan with the rank of Jingzhou Thorn and Zhenxi General, and controlled the military forces in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

Wang Dun's weight caused panic among the local scholars in Jiangdong, in order to prevent the other party from harming Jiangdong, Gu Rong, a local scholar in Jiangdong, carried out a plan of discord and tempted Sima Rui to suspect Wang Dun, and as a result, this time the local people in Jiangdong took the position of Yangzhou Assassin in one fell swoop.

Gu Rong, the word Yanxian. A native of Wu County, Wu County, Gu Yongsun, the prime minister of Eastern Wu, and the head of the Jiangnan Shi clan.

Wu Jun Gu's family, the door is high, known as the home of the county, is one of the four major gates of Jiangdong Zhang Gu Zhoulu.

It happened that Sima Rui was also afraid of Wang Dun's power and bullied, so he was confused by the words of Gu Rong and others. After the Chaohu Water Battle, Sima Rui took down Wen Xian, who was good friends with Wang Dun, and let Gan Zhuo, who was born in Jiangdong, serve as the assassin of Yangzhou.

After Wang Dun learned about it, he hated Sima Rui for crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, and he hated the Jiangdong Shi clan for falling into the well, but he was not so easy to deal with. While Wang Dun wrote to the imperial court to accept the appointment, he secretly mobilized Jingzhou's troops. In the past two years, he has figured out the strategy of the Northern Imperial Court, as long as Jiangdong does not go too far, the Northern Imperial Court will never take the initiative to attack Jiangdong.

Therefore, Wang Dun's large-scale transfer of Jingzhou's front-line troops will not only not lead to war, but will make the north focus on the increasingly tense front-line of Tu.

Wang Dun looked at the west and said secretly: "Don't you want to make meritorious contributions, Lao Tzu will fulfill you this time!" ”

Wang Dun's plan is obvious, that is, with the help of the Jiangdong Shi clan's desire to make urgent meritorious contributions, to prompt Gan Zhuo to fight a big war with the north in Dangtu, since the Jiangdong people say that the northern Shi clan is not good, then let them try it in person. Through the heavy fog, Wang Dun seemed to see the defeat of the local warriors in Jiangdong.

Jiangdong is full of internal contradictions, and Huainan is all in one mind, since receiving the imperial court to approve the strategic plan proposed by the Huainan Governor's Office, Liu Kun has been planning the next big war these days.

However, who would have expected that Gan Zhuo was eager to make meritorious contributions, and despite the serious losses of the Jiangdong Navy Division before, with the help of the local family, he forcibly sent tens of thousands of troops, and the Jiangdong Navy Division was divided into three routes, and jointly attacked Hefei and Yangzhou, intending to recover fertilizer and annex Yangzhou in one fell swoop.

Hearing that as soon as the new Yangzhou assassin in Jiangdong arrived, he gathered 50,000 troops and approached the front line of Hefei and Yangzhou, and the situation in Huainan suddenly became tense.

Liu Kun hurriedly convened the Governor's Mansion to participate in the army to discuss the military situation, and in the face of the generals, Liu Kun pointed to the map of Huainan and said: "Everyone, Hefei, Dangtu, and Yangzhou are the three major towns north of the Yangtze River, and whoever masters these three important military towns will take the initiative in the future war." Now Jiangdong Ganzhuo led his troops to attack Hefei and Yangzhou from three roads, and they were menacing, but the east road was just a partial division of the other side, which was intended to contain our Yangzhou army and not support the Hefei battlefield. (To be continued......)