Chen Yu listened to Fang Su's words, and slightly understood Jiang Ning's thoughts, the alien race was strong, and no one could stop him from running up and down the river, but Jiang Ning was unwilling to hurt the vitality of the East China Sea first.

Everyone went to Xinzi, there were still a few miles away from Xinzi City, and they met the messenger sent by Dingyuan Zeng Yixing to come to pay homage, and make a place, and entered Xinzi City. Xinzi city wall is ruined, the destruction of houses in the city is not serious, Chen Pre is a little relieved, look at the situation in the city, most likely Chen Qiluo opened the north gate to welcome the Jiangning army into the city, the defenders in the city saw that there was no hope of victory and breakthrough and gave up resistance. Chen pre-guessed Jiang Ning's thoughts, and knew that it was impossible to recover Xinzi City, so he still went to Xinzi with Fang Su, and wanted to bring the captured soldiers back to Biling or Yiyang.

Zhang Zhongdao sat in the middle, but he didn't dare to look at Chen Yu in front of him; Fang Su, Zhang Xu, Ding Mianchen, Ziyang Yalan, Xu Jingcheng, Ying Mingyu and others sat opposite Chen Pre.

Xu Jingcheng looked at Fang Su is also Xiaoyi's words, and sighed secretly, Zhang Zhongdao, Fang Su and others can temporarily emerge in the East China Sea, and they have a lot to do with Chen Yu, sitting opposite the table, it is inevitable that they will be embarrassed, but I don't know what the situation is like when Tian Wenguang, who is from the same school, comes over?

Everyone waited for a while, and they didn't see Hu Cong invite Tian Wenguang to come over, and vaguely heard the sound of horses' hooves running and kicking in the distance, Zhang Zhongdao frowned, and after a while, there was a commotion outside the gate, Zhang Zhongdao got up and looked out, and the Nancheng sentry came in to report that Tian Wenguang took the horse and went out of the city gate: "Zhang Junsi untied the rope for him, but he knocked Zhang Junsi over with one palm, grabbed his saber, snatched the door, untied a military horse outside the prison gate, and rushed to Nancheng, the Nancheng crossbow camp was about to besiege and kill, but Zhang Junzheng said that he could only be captured alive, Before closing the city gate for a while, Zhang Junsi took another knife from him, and fainted from blood loss. In the panic, no one could stop him, so he rushed out of the city on horseback, and General Jiehai led more than ten generals to chase him out of the city. ”

Zhang Zhongdao glanced at Chen Yu, sighed, and said, "Let Jiehai come back for me." Captain Jiangning, what kind of system does it become to hunt down fugitives? Zhang Zhongdao thought of the friendship of his classmates, but he wanted to spare his life.

Fang Su said secretly: Tian Wenguang didn't even want to see Chen Yu, so he was determined to follow Zhang Jidao.

Chen Zhen's expression was gloomy, he thought that when he came to bring Tian Wenguang back this time, he would be remembered, but he didn't expect it to be like this.

Everyone has their own thoughts, the banquet is tasteless, the banquet is withdrawn, arguing about the new posture, the atmosphere is very depressing, everyone present is a person with a clear mind, Chen Pre understands the bottom limit of Jiang Ning, Zhang Zhongdao and Fang Su also understand what Chen Pre wants.

Chen Qiluo and others secretly surrendered, causing Xinzi to fall, and Jiang Ning naturally would not send these generals back; Among the more than 5,100 prisoners of war, more than half were soldiers of the Yuza cavalry battalion, except for Tian Wenguang, who escaped alone, Chen Yu was unwilling to accept the generals of the cavalry battalion, so as not to hinder him from successfully taking over this elite.

Xinzi fell, Dingyuan has become a lonely city, Zeng Yixing led the army to withdraw from Dingyuan is a matter of time, and finally Jiangning exchanged 5,000 prisoners of war for a complete city in Dingyuan, which is a great advantage for Chen Pre.

Chen Qiluo rushed to Qingchi with Jiehai and 500 Qingfeng cavalry soldiers, and Jiangning's 60,000 troops near Qingchi had been assembled in the southwest of Fangshan, including more than 20,000 Hangzhou troops led by Fan Wenlong in addition to the 40,000 troops in Wuzhou.

When Chen Qiluo and his left and right elders walked into the handsome tent, which represented one of the highest powers in the world, they found that in addition to being extremely spacious, it was a little simple. Xu Ruyu sat in the middle, and when he saw Chen Qiluo and others lifting the curtain and entering the tent, he hurriedly got up to greet him. Chen Qiluo returned to Jiangning as a new Ziyi Cheng, and it was a great honor to be summoned by Xu Ruyu in person, at this time, he saw Xu Ruyu get up and walk down the handsome seat to greet him, he was very frightened, and he was about to bow down on his knees, but he felt a soft strength to support himself, and he heard Xu Ruyu smile in his ears: "General Chen, you don't need to see outside, do you remember that when we had a night banquet in Xinfeng, we drank a lot of wine?" ”

Xu Ruyu defected to Wanling to lead the cavalry camp, fought for several months, has the demeanor of a famous general, and his body is brilliant, Chen Qiluo was just a little scribe in Xinfeng City at that time, and he toasted a glass of wine with everyone, but he didn't think that Xu Ruyu still remembered at this time, his heart was agitated, but he didn't know what to say.

Xu Ruyu invited him into the upper seat, asked about Xinzi, heard Tian Wenguang take the horse out of the city, couldn't help but sigh lightly, and thought of Chu Wenchang alone commanding more than 10,000 elites to guard the northern border of the East China Sea, I don't know what kind of trade-off he will have? If he can't let go of his hatred for Qingzhou and his attachment to Shuyu, he will eventually be controlled by Zhang Jidao and have no freedom.

Xu Ruyu felt a little emotional, looked at Chen Qiluo, and asked: "General Chen, Jiangning has a hundred wastes to be revived, and a hundred industries to be raised, dare to ask General Chen to reluctantly make it difficult for Jiangning, and share Jiangning's worries." ”

Chen Qiluo said in fear: "Qi Luo returned to Jiangning in accordance with the righteousness, but he was still ashamed of the old people in the East China Sea, and he was panicked, afraid that he would have no intention of doing things, and he would be entrusted by the wrong adult." ”

Xu Ruyu said: "The Hulan Iron Cavalry crossed the river, but there were only 5,000 people, but no one in Bianzhou and Jeju could control it, and they were defeated in several battles. The penetration of the Hulan iron cavalry is very strong, and the war will burn into the East China Sea, and the north shore of Huaishui is the place of Hulan nomadism. At that time, Jiangning should be the backup of the East China Sea to curb the continued penetration of the Hulan Iron Cavalry to the south. It is very important to operate Baishi. ”

The light flashed at the door, Fan Zhan and Cai Hui walked in side by side, saluted, and said, "My lord is calling, what is the matter?" ”

Xu Ruyu said slightly, introduced Chen Qiluo to the two of them, and said: "Baishi will be divided into Zhenning and Baishi, Zihui will be out of Zhenning, Zizhan will be out of Baishi, Qiluo is familiar with this matter, and he will introduce it to you." ”

Jiangning was able to quickly unify Yuejun, and the Fan family made great contributions, although the Fan family has not yet been able to completely dissolve into Jiangning, but the position is very important, and the more than 40,000 Hang troops in Baishi are all soldiers and horses of the Fan family's old army; Fan Zhan is one of the representatives of the Yuhang Fan family. Xu Ruyu's mother family is the Youji Cai family, although the Cai family is said to be down, and the past can not be said at the same time, but Xu Ruyu has the heart to support the Cai family in Jiangning, and the Youji family headed by the Cai family should not be underestimated in Jiangning, and Cai Hui is one of the representative figures.

Chen Qiluo hurriedly got up and saluted the two. Fan Zhan and Cai Hui returned a salute, and unlike Cai Hui's joyful expression, Fan Zhan had some doubts in his heart.

More than 40,000 Hangzhou Guishun troops have not yet been formally established, but Fan Zhan can also guess the final way out, part of them will be transferred to military tun, and part of them will be incorporated into the garrison system, no matter what, the place where these more than 40,000 Hangzhou troops will be placed will be Zhenning and Baishi, and Baishifu will be the main place of resettlement.

Before coming to Qingchi to see Xu Ruyu, both the Election Department and the Literature Selection Division summoned Fan Zhan to Yousi for questions and answers. Although the Fan clan was attached to it and handed over the army, Fan Zhan also knew that there were many people in Jiangning who were not at ease with the Fan clan, and most of Jiangning would avoid appointing Yuhang officials.

Fan Zhan didn't expect that Xu Ruyu would personally entrust Baishi, so when he heard this, his mind was blank for a short time.

Xu Ruyu had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and said: "Baishi, the border between Jiangning and the East China Sea, the government affairs are complicated, and there are the important tasks of stationing troops and reettling displaced people, so it is annoying to Zizhan. ”

Fan Zhan was slightly shocked, came back to his senses, and said, "Zhan will live up to the high expectations of adults. ”

Xu Ruyu said: "Qiluo is talented, and he knows the size of Baishi, but Zuozi Zhanzhi Baishi, can he condescend to the mansion?" ”

Chen Qiluo only felt that his eyes gave people the feeling of being beaming and ambitious, as if he had just come out of the clouds, and his heart was hot, so he bowed down and said loudly: "Dare not obey your fate!" ”

In the middle of the month, Shao Haitang came to see him, and Xu Ruyu was still immersed in the military administration from Jiangning. Xu Ruyu raised his head, saw that it was Fan Wenlong, a smile appeared on his face, and said, "Mr. Shao, where has Wenlong led the troops?" ”

Shao Haitang said with a smile: "There are 200 miles of road from Fangshan to Cuiping Mountain, and there are more than 100 miles from Pingcuishan to the east of Jinshui, and the 20,000 troops are lightly armed, and it will take three days and nights, and it will take some time." ”

Xu Ruyu asked, "What's the reaction from Hailing?" ”

"Zhang Jidao led the troops to withdraw from Qingpu and gathered all the troops in the southern area of Tairu, and Zhang Jidao, the elite combat power of the East China Sea, is in the hands of one person, which makes people feel uneasy."

Xu Ruyu nodded and said: "Although Zhang Jidao is ambitious, he has the means of his majesty, as long as he holds 80,000 elite soldiers in the East China Sea in his hands, we will always throw a mouse trap." ”

Shao Haitang smiled slightly, and said: "Zhang Jidao is ambitious, selfish desires are extremely heavy, let him wantonly the north bank of Huaishui, if he knows that Hulan is irresistible, when it is possible to secretly attach Hulan and annex Qingzhou, then no one in the world will be able to control it." Tie him to Tairu at this time, and if something happens, Jiang Ning can quickly send troops to stop it. ”

"The Xi family's attitude is ambiguous again?"

"Zhang Jidao Chen Bing Tairu, the Xi family is powerless to resist, and a change in attitude is inevitable. Xi Daoning took more than 100 gentlemen in the clan to surround Hailing with the army, which shows that the Xi family is unwilling to offend Jiangning. ”

Xu Ruyu said: "Zhang Jidao's surname is feminine, and he can't tolerate others having an ambiguous attitude towards him, and the Xi family is in danger. The two sides agreed that the East China Sea Association would transfer the main force of the water camp to Huaishui, so that the warships of the Ten Whistles Jinghai Sea Battalion could be stationed on the east side of Tairu in case of contingencies. ”

Shao Haitang said: "Zhang Jidao wants to destroy the Xi family, and Jiang Ning will not be able to save him. Seeing Xu Ruyu frowning unconsciously, he smiled and said, "We must always dispatch water camp warships to protect the route between Wuhu Lake and Jinghai, and it is not necessary to set up a water camp there." ”

Xu Ruyu said: "I have the same mind as Mr. Shao, I am afraid that the Xi family will also invest in Zhang Jidao, although the Xi family cannot be compared with the past, but it has considerable influence in Tairu, and the resistance of the East China Sea family to Jiangning will not disappear, and it is very easy for Zhang Jidao to take advantage of." Laying down a sea camp warship in the sea east of Tairu, the Xi clan did not have to worry about running out of mountains and rivers, so he could not rush to make peace with Zhang Jidao. ”

Shao Haitang smiled slightly, did not mention the matter, and said: "The political affairs hall has drawn up the rules of the Zhencheng Ridge Road, I have read it carefully, and I am waiting for your approval." ”

Nanning is separated from Yunling in the Central Plains, only a few ridge roads are connected, among which the Guiling Road of Nanning Guilingyi is the most famous in the north of Nanping Linglingyi, there are waterways to communicate, Nanping and Nanning each gather heavy troops on the border to confront each other. In addition, Qitian Ling Road and Yucheng Ling Road are more famous. The Rong family migrated to Nanping and expelled the Sanmiao people who originally lived in Nanping. Millions of Miao people migrated eastward and settled in lofty mountains such as Qitianling and Zhenchengling. Although the land of Nanning is vast, but the mountains are continuous, there is little arable land, a radius of thousands of miles, the people are only more than 2 million, and the army is 60,000 or 70,000, which is not enough to compete with the Central Plains Zhuxiong, out of the instruction of the Nanning Yue clan, the Sanmiao clan will close these passages, and only retain the Guiling Road on the northwest border to ensure that Nanning is not threatened by the Central Plains forces.

Zhenchengling Road is the main branch of the Tea Horse Trade Road leading to Nanning. Zhencheng Ridge, Wuling Mountain, Huaiyu Mountain three mountains will be in Dayu, originally under the jurisdiction of Jing County, later occupied by three seedlings, the terrain of this place is much easier than the surrounding mountains and mountains, the remaining water of Jing County, the Qingjiang River of Yue County all originate from Dayu, to the south there is a zigzag valley road leading to the hinterland of Nanning, during the old dynasties, the road was built here, so that Nanning and Yue County, Jing County are connected, and it is the throat of the three counties. The three seedlings moved to the city ridge, and this road gradually fell into disuse.

Xu Ruyu stretched out his shoulders and arms, his expression was greatly lifted, and he said: "Reopen the Chengling Road, the world will be shocked." ”

The troops of the Nanning Yue clan are concentrated on the northwest border, and there are only a small number of garrison soldiers and horses in the east. Nanning and Sanmiao will truly dissolve into Jiangning's system.

Xu Ruyu took the article handed over by the political affairs hall, his mood was agitated, but he didn't have the heart to look at the details, Shao Haitang checked them one by one next to him and said: "Dayu has a mansion, governs six counties of Lingdao, and is under the jurisdiction of Qingjiang Xingyuan, and has three seedlings and ten thousand brave people, and the fourth army of the Qingjiang garrison army is compiled, and Di Fu is recommended to serve as the captain of the Qingjiang garrison. Liu Guanwutang, the king of Miao, succeeded Ziyang Qiu, and lived in Jiangning; The reopening of the Lingdao in the city said, Yue Feixue will announce to the world, return to the countryside, Nanning and return to Jiangning, form Nanning Xingyuan, recommend Yue Shiheng to serve as Zuo Cheng of Nanning Xingyuan Metropolitan Academy, Yue Shiming as the head of Nanning Xingyuan Xingyuan Camp Academy, Jiace general rank, Nanning 65,000 soldiers and horses are assigned to the Nanning garrison, stationed in Le'an, Guiling Zhucheng. ”

Re-opening the Chengling Road, so that Tiannan and the southeast are connected as a whole, although the strength can not be increased immediately, Nanning's soldiers and horses can only be limited to the local defense of Nanning, the Nanzhao countries in the west of Nanning are not good at Yue, but Jiangning has the possibility of surpassing Nanping for the first time.

Nanning has a very wide area, spanning the south of Nanping and Jing counties. In Yuan Longyi's speculation that he might make peace with Yuan Zhen, and reopen the Chengling Road, Jiangning's elite soldiers would be able to trace the Qingjiang River down to Dayu, and invade the southern part of Jing County along the remaining water, preemptively.

Xu Ruyu pondered for a moment and said: "Don't show it for the time being, Shilling Di Fu will recruit soldiers on Dayu Tuoling Road to suspect Yuan Longyi." ”

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