On the north bank of the Yangtze River, groups of boats patrolled back and forth on the wide river, and on the mother boat with the largest body, Huangfu Wujin stood on the bow with his hands behind his back, looking at the north bank of the river.

Yesterday, he officially received the will of the new emperor Fu Heng, and also got the news that the king of Chu ascended the throne in Yongjing, these two news made him difficult to calm down for a long time, the two emperors stood side by side, which was the result he did not expect, he never thought that Ma Yuanzhen was the sixth warrior, he covered himself at the last moment, which made him sigh.

The juxtaposition of the two emperors completely changed the situation of the Daning Dynasty, and it also meant that the war was coming, and similarly, the opportunity was also in front of him.

Huangfu Wujin also believes that Huangfu Heng does not really trust him, but is just a favor, acknowledging his status in Chuzhou, so as not to suffer from the enemy, in fact, Huangfu Heng is under considerable pressure, his power is mainly concentrated in Yuzhou, with 100,000 Luojing troops and 200,000 Yuzhou troops in his hands, and he wants to face Huangfu Tian in the west, King Qi in the east, and King Zhao in the north, if he doesn't buy his account, he is really attacked on all sides.

And the Western Emperor Fu Tian is not much better, he only owns Yongzhou, and he is also 300,000 troops, and he is also attacked by the enemy, with the Xiliang Army behind him and the Yuzhou Army in front.

Huangfu Wujin couldn't help but think of himself, as if his strength had become the strongest, but his strength was also unstable, although the army of Chuzhou was at his disposal, it did not mean that he was loyal to him, the army's loyalty was the imperial court, and he was not enough in righteousness and fame.

Huangfu Wujin sighed and walked back to the cabin, in the cabin, Zhou Xin and Jiang Yan were discussing something in front of the map, and Zhang Yannian was still drawing seriously on the map.

"Has Your Highness decided?"

Seeing Huangfu Wujin coming back, the three of them asked in unison, just now they were discussing the military situation and deciding their next move, and Huangfu Wujin said that he wanted to go out and think about it.

Huangfu Wujin smiled and didn't answer them directly, he walked to the map, Zhang Yannian had already marked three ideas with three colors, the yellow flag was pasted in Jiangdu, which meant to capture Jiangdu and capture Huangfu's handsome soldiers, the green flag was pasted in Jingzhou, which meant to take Jingxiang first, and the red flag was pasted in Guangzhou in the south to seize the entire south of the Yangtze River.

These three moves can be taken first, and Wu Jin Xian asked with a smile: "Do you think the battle between Huangfu Heng and Huangfu Tian can be fought?" ”

The three of them glanced at each other, and Jiang Yan smiled: "We were discussing this issue just now. ”

"Oh! Let's listen and see if we are heroes. ”

Wu Jin sat down, his legs were naturally cocked on the table, this was an unconscious action, it was this action that showed his psychological advantage, showing his authority as a lord, when he first entered the Jin'an Society, he was timid and timid, and no one regarded him as a real young master, but with the increase of his power, with his strong strength, he really became the master of the Jin'an Society.

As an old man of the Jin'an Society who has endured for forty years, whether it is Jiang Yan or Zhou Xin, he is willing to see Wu Jin's self-confidence and strength, only in this way can Wu Jin lead them to seize the world, instead of being like a child, waiting for them to fight for hegemony, and then he will sit on the throne.

Jiang Yan smiled slightly, "We think that the eastern and western Yanjing have no time for civil war, and consolidating their throne should be their top priority, population, food, taxes and silver, and the operation of the imperial court are all things that make them anxious, and we all think that they can't fight for the time being, at least for half a year." ”

Zhou Xin also smiled and asked, "Does Your Highness think so too?" ”

Huangfu Wujin walked to the map and took off the green flag of Jingzhou, "Huangfu Heng only owns one Yuzhou, his strategic territory is too narrow, his first step is definitely to take Jingzhou, I don't want to turn my face with him for the time being, so Jingzhou I don't fight with him, similarly, Huangfu Tian only owns Yongzhou, the population and food are insufficient, Uncle Shen will inevitably go south to Shuzhou, in this way, how you say, they shout fiercely, but in fact, they will control themselves, will not easily go to war, and concentrate on consolidating the regime." ”

Huangfu Wujin took down the red flag of Guangzhou again, "Lingnan is remote and hot, the population is not large, the strategic significance is not great, we spend time and energy on it, it is not wise, wait for the world to decide, send a general to recover Lingnan, so I will not consider it for the time being." ”

"Your Highness means that we will take Jiangdu first?" Zhou Xin asked.

Huangfu Wujin nodded, "I need to have a springboard in Jiangbei, and Jiangdu is a salt-producing land with an important economic status, so I must take it and drive Huangfu Yingjun to Pengcheng County." ”

The three of them were stunned at the same time, "Does Your Highness mean not to destroy the emperor's handsomeness?" ”

Huangfu Wujin smiled and asked them rhetorically, "It's easy for me to destroy Huangfu Handsome, but it's good to keep him, have you thought of it?" ”

"Buffer Land!"

Zhang Yannian blurted out, he had just thought of the power of the King of Qi, if he took Huangfu Yingjun's army, once the King of Qi went south, he would catch them off guard, so Wujin decided to drive Huangfu Yingjun to Pengcheng County, and he immediately reacted.

"His Royal Highness wants to leave Huangfu Handsome as a buffer for King Qi to go south, right?"

Huangfu Wujin nodded, "That's right, I left Xiapi and Pengcheng counties to him, but I want to take Shuyang County, and the Haizhou port there is very important to me." ”

．．．．．．．． Just when the whole Daning Dynasty was paying attention to Yongjing and Luojing, a war quietly broke out in Guangling County in the southeast corner.

Before dawn, a fleet of 500 warships broke through the barrage set up by Huangfu and headed towards Jiangdu City, and at the same time, 10,000 elite Chuzhou infantry also set off from [***] County and marched to Jiangdu Camp from the side.

Jiangdu camp is not a military camp, but the summary name of several large camps, a total of four military camps, occupy a circle of five miles, the earliest is an open field, the emperor handsome mobilized 30,000 people, it only took a month, it took only one month to build this vast area of military camp group, according to his ideas, Pengcheng, Xiapi, Shuyang, Guangling and other four armies of 80,000 people are all stationed here, each army occupies a barracks, so that he really has this army.

But things are not so simple, although the other three county armies all went south at his request and gathered in the Jiangdu camp, but after all, he served as the general army of Huainan for too short a time, and did not establish prestige in several armies, on the contrary, his fiasco in the south attack on Jiangning Mansion, especially the betrayal of the Shuyang army, made his prestige in the army lost, and the whole army was full of contempt for him, but he was just a gentleman royal family, and he was defeated in a battle, without the demeanor of a general.

Although he suffered a crushing defeat and was despised by the army, but there are also many people who can understand that no one is born with a big battle, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, if it is just a defeat, he still has room for redemption, the key is his betrayal of the Shuyang army, using the Shuyang army commander Yan Heng to obey the military order, knowing that the whole army will be annihilated, but also let the Shuyang army cross the river to the south, this is the betrayal of the Shuyang army, even his own people are betrayed, what qualifications does he have to serve as the commander? His character was despised by the military, which was a consequence that the emperor who thought he could pretend to deal with the emperor never expected.

His military orders have begun to be ineffective, and all the armies have learned the same way he dealt with the emperor to deal with him, pretending to be pretentious and humbly obeying orders, but they just don't carry them out, for example, he ordered the Jiangdu army to go to the sea to transport salt, and hundreds of thousands of stone salt were transported, but they did not enter the Jiangdu salt warehouse, but entered the camp of the Jiangdu army.

In the camp of the Jiangdu Army, several lieutenants were planning to sell this batch of salt to make a fortune.

The Jiangdu Army, also known as the Guangling Army, originally had only five military offices and 10,000 people, but Huangfu Xuande had ordered an adjustment to merge part of the forces of Zhongli County and other surrounding counties into the Jiangdu Army, so that the strength of the Jiangdu Army was expanded to 30,000 people, and three generals were set up, which were unified under the commander of Huangfu Yingjun, the governor of Huainan, and it was also the army with the largest number of troops among the four counties under his jurisdiction.

One of the three generals is called Gu Xinping, one is called Zhuo Jijie, and the other is called Zhao Bin, Gu Xinping is a native of Jiangdu, Zhuo Jijie is a native of Laiwu County, Qizhou, and Zhao Bin is a native of Handan County, Youzhou, but they all have common characteristics, and they are all cunning and greedy for money.

At this moment, in addition to the three of them in the barracks, there is also a big businessman, Li Jin, a native of Jiangning, Li Jin has been dealing with the Jiangdu army for a long time, and the former Jiangdu captains have a relationship with him, the Jiangdu army mainly relies on smuggling salt to make extra money, and Li Jin is the largest salt merchant on the line from Jiangning to Jiangdu, and the officers' real estate, fields, wives and concubines have to be obtained from Li Jin, so Li Jin is their god of wealth and their food and clothing.

This time, Li Jin was sent by Huangfu Wujin to collect salt in the name of collecting salt, but in fact he came to persuade the high-ranking officials of the Jiangdu Army.

"Three generals, the salt money is not a problem, according to the old rules and old prices, I will deposit the silver into your account in Jiangning Qi Dafu Money Village, and I will give it to you when you deposit the ticket, but there is one point, how can you give me the salt?"

The three generals glanced at each other, and Gu Xinping smiled: "Brother Li, are you still afraid that we won't give you salt?" Of course, as before, we will send a boat to the warehouse at your Jiangning wharf, and not a grain of salt will be missing you. ”

Li Jin frowned, "I'm afraid you don't know, when I came over, I saw that the Chuzhou naval army was massing in a big way, and they looked like they were going to attack Jiangdu immediately, just two days after tomorrow, I suggest you move the salt to a safe place first." ”

The three generals were taken aback at the same time, and Gu Xinping asked anxiously, "What you said is true?" ”

"Hey! Can I still lie to you? We have been friends for more than ten years, and I won't hide it from you, I also know a few high-ranking officials in the Chuzhou Navy, and you have the same relationship, they revealed to me the news, Huangfu Wujin has ordered to attack Jiangdu, and you also know that he is the son-in-law of the Qi family, I heard that Qi Dafu is checking the account, there are rumors that some people's accounts may be frozen, and I advise you to withdraw the money as soon as possible and leave a way back for yourself. ”

Li Jin knew their weaknesses well, these three people all had more than 100,000 taels of silver in Qi Dafu Qianzhuang, all of which were the private wealth they had saved by embezzling military salaries and smuggling salt for more than ten years, which was more important than their surnames.

Li Jin's words were like a deadly sword, directly stabbing into their vital point.

(To be continued)