The dust settled, and the battle of Linzi ended.

The 5,000 men and horses led by Han Guang were defeated by the ambush of the 2,000 Qin army, and Han Guang himself was also killed by Hu Hai with a hammer, and then Bo Lang and Hu Hai led their troops to capture the Zhao army's camp in one fell swoop, looting countless heavy grain and grass.

Zang Di couldn't save it, led more than 20,000 soldiers and horses straight through Julu County, rushed to Guangyang County, after capturing Jixian County, he announced his separation from Wuchen, established himself as the king of Yan, and was very popular with the people of Yandi, successively took Yuyang, Shanggu, Youbei and the old Yan land, expanded the soldiers and horses, and greatly increased the strength for a while.

Wuchen was furious when he heard this, but it was a pity that his soldiers and horses were taken away by Han Guang 60,000, and now there are less than 30,000 left, and he is unable to crusade against Zang Tu, so he has to recruit troops and horses, seize the northernmost Dai County, and prevent Zang Tu from attacking Zhao on both sides, and at the same time accept Zhang Er's opinion, withdraw to the south of Julu, Jibei County, which borders Linzi County, stabilize the defense of Julu, Dongjun, Handan and Hengshan County, and alert Shenwu Marquis Zhao Army to take the opportunity to attack Zhao.

At the same time, Zhao Jun also led the main force back to Linzi, dealt with post-war matters in a timely manner, treated wounded soldiers, recorded rewards and meritorious deeds, and resumed production and commerce in Linzi.

In the first battle of Chen County, the name of the Zhao army once again spread to the world, which terrified the righteous army from all walks of life, and the prestige of the imperial court reached a new height, and the ministers of the imperial court all admired it.

It's just that when the war was reported to the imperial court, Fusu only gave a verbal reward, and there was not much reward, even the money and material rewards for the soldiers under the command of Shenwu Marquis Zhao Jun were reduced by half, so the Linzi army was full of grievances, and one morning, under the leadership of Guan Ying and others, they spontaneously organized to go to Xianyang to seek justice, and even played the name of the Qing monarch's side, suspecting that there were traitors to bewitch the emperor, and the news reached Xianyang, causing Fusu to be greatly shocked.

Fortunately, the Zhao army came forward in time, used his personal prestige to suppress it, brought back the soldiers, and finally returned to Linzi Zhao Jun paid out of his own pocket to ensure a fair reward after the war.

However, despite this, this incident still dealt a serious blow to Fusu's prestige, so that Fusu lost face, in fact, Fusu also had difficulties, to suppress Zhao Jun's pride, testing his loyalty is one aspect, the most important thing is that under the rebellion of the rebels from all walks of life, most of the land in the world was lost, and the imperial court's finances could not make ends meet, and it was very tense.

In the end, for the sake of prestige and popularity, Fusu had to order the exemption of all taxes under the command of the Marquis of Shenwu for three years in order to compensate for it, so he reluctantly made up for this matter.

Linzi, the residence of the Marquis of Shenwu, in the study.

Zhao Jun smiled at Wei Yi and said: "The strategy of the military advisor is really high, although we are not self-reliant now, but it is almost the same, and the most important thing is that there is a lot less control from the imperial court, and it is much more convenient to act." ”

Shang Xianyang's request for his life was naturally planned by Wei Yu, he just took advantage of the dissatisfaction of the Linzi army and people, and asked Guan Ying and others to provoke and guide him, otherwise with the prestige of Zhao Jun, how could such a thing happen to the soldiers and horses under his command.

"Hehe, a little trick, the troubled times have come, if the Hou Ye acts under the control of the imperial court, I am afraid that he will not use it to exterminate the bandits in the future." In the end, Wei Yu was still thinking about the rule of the Qin Dynasty.

"Yes." Zhao Jun nodded and asked Wei Yu, "By the way, what is the situation of the rebel armies in the south now?" ”

In order to facilitate the war, as long as it is not particularly important news, Zhao Jun will let him hand over the news to Wei Yu for analysis first-hand as long as it is not particularly important news, and all the news that Bai Ying's subordinates have been listening to has always served Zhao Jun.

Wei Yu said: "According to the news from Baiying, after Chen Sheng's death, Xiang Liang raised the banner of anti-Qin, and was respected as the leader of the alliance by the righteous army from all walks of life.

After Liu Bang returned to Pei County, he got a group of anti-thieves led by Peng Yue to take refuge, and subdued several other people one after another, and his strength recovered quickly, and it expanded to the surrounding areas of the county. ”

Zhao Jun nodded after hearing this, although the development of Liu Bang and the Xiang family was very fast, it was not as he expected, the strength of these two groups could not be underestimated.

After thinking about it, Zhao Jun asked again: "What happened to General Nanyang Wang Ben and Zhang Han?" ”

Wei Yi opened his mouth again: "Two days ago, the news came that Song Liu was defeated by General Wang Ben, Song Liu himself was beheaded by the deputy general Su Jiao, Nanyang won a big victory, and Zhou Wen was also chased by Zhang Han is that there is no way to go to the sky, there is no way to enter the ground, and finally committed suicide, and the whole army was annihilated.

When the emperor heard of this great victory, he crowned Wang Ben as the Marquis of Guannei, Li You, Hu Zhao and Su Jiao were all generals, and because General Meng Tian attacked the border of Beishu and prevented the westward advance of Wuchen, he was crowned as the Marquis of Yi, General Ruan Weng Zhong was the Marquis of Che, Zhang Han was also named a general, and ordered him to lead the army to pursue Wei Bao, and the son of the supervising army was promoted to Shao Shangzao. ”

After hearing this, the corners of Zhao Jun's mouth twitched, and he said indifferently: "My eldest brother is really generous, three marquises, five generals, presumably the corporal under his command is also very rich, hehe." ”

Wei Yi's eyebrows moved, and he naturally heard the sourness in Zhao Jun's mouth, thinking about it, he was so generous to outsiders, but he suppressed his brother as much as possible.

Wei Yu smiled and said: "Master Hou doesn't have to mind, the emperor wants to win over people's hearts and his lineage, so as to stabilize his throne." ”

"Yes, I know."

Zhao Jun just felt a little uncomfortable and didn't take it to heart, in fact, these people who were rewarded by Fusu, except for Zhang Han, were all diehard loyalists of the Qin Dynasty, and they would not betray Great Qin no matter what, as long as Fusu did not endanger Sheji by mistake, they would also stand firmly on Fusu's side.

"By the way, what do you think of our next steps?" Zhao Jun smiled faintly and looked at Wei Yi.

Wei Yu seemed to have a bamboo in his chest, stood up, slowly walked to the side of the study, in front of the hanging map, pointed to Dongjiao County in the east of Linzi, and Langya County in the south: "Take these two counties first?" ”

"Take Dongjiao and Langya? These two counties are still in my hands, so I can't attack them. Zhao Jun was stunned.

"Of course you can't attack by force, as long as you outwit them, why don't you try to subdue them." Wei Yi shook his head with a smile and said: "These two counties have not been attacked since the uprising because of Linzi County, and the people's livelihood in the governance is quite good, they are all large agricultural counties, and the fishing industry in the Middle East is also very prosperous.

Although we have won victories one after another this time, we have only relied on the courage of the soldiers, but the casualties are very large, which greatly exposes the shortcomings of our army's insufficient strength, and the two counties can be supplemented by taking two counties, and second, in case Linzi County is in danger, we will have room for strategic detours, and there will be no tendency to be put on the foundation. ”

Zhao Jun nodded contemplatively after hearing this, what Wei Yu said is indeed good, this time Han Guang's attack on Linzi is an example, now remove the young and strong ambush soldiers, Linzi now has a total of less than 25,000 soldiers and horses, although they are all elite soldiers who have been tested in repeated bloody battles and their combat power has been improved, but the strength is still relatively small.

Moreover, taking the two counties meant occupying most of the territory of Qidi, which was famous for its wealth and abundance of land, which could play a great role in the foundation of the Zhao army.

At this time, Zhao Jun spoke again: "At present, Wuchen has withdrawn his troops from Jibei County, and we should take the opportunity to occupy Jibei first." ”

"Definitely." Wei Yi shook his head again, and pointed at Jibei with his finger: "Jibei County has been trampled on repeatedly by Ge Ying and Han Guang, the farmland is barren, the people's livelihood is withered, the people's families are ruined and beggars, and the officials have fled, it can be said that it has become a wild land, what is the use of Hou Ye occupying it?" ”

Moreover, Jibei County is in the north, close to Julu and Handan, if the Hou Ye rashly marches, he is afraid that it will cause the military ministers to take precautions, and then there may be wars. ”

"That's what the military advisor said." Zhao Jun nodded, and said suspiciously: "It's just that these two counties currently have a lot of imperial court garrisons, and the officials are all old Qin, loyal to the imperial court, I am afraid it will be difficult to subdue them." ”

"Master Hou's concerns are not unreasonable, it's just that it's man-made, how can you know if you haven't tried it." Wei Yu said: "You can first call the lord of the two counties to come to Zi to discuss the matter on the grounds that the war disaster is frequent and the lonely place is difficult to defend, if you come from the civil and military harmony, and successfully persuade the two, if you don't come to the Hou Ye, you can find a way to deal with it, Langya County has been favored by the Hou Ye in recent years, and has long been inclined to the Hou Ye's intentions, it is estimated that he will not refuse, Langya County will be compliant, and only Dongjiao County will be easy to deal with." ”

Zhao Jun's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Military advisor, tomorrow I will ask Zhou Chang to pass the order." ”――

After discussing with Wei Yu, Zhao Jun was a little tired, so he went back to the backyard to rest.

Finally, after thinking about it, he sent someone to invite Mrs. Qing to talk for a while, and let her play a song to relieve her boredom.

Zhao Jun lay on the recliner in the room, closed his eyes, listened to the sound of Mrs. Qing's zither, and gradually became soothed.

After a song, Zhao Jun smiled and said: "Thank you for coming this time, if it is not supported by your Chamber of Commerce, I am afraid that Linzi's reserve materials will not be able to support the successive wars, and the follow-up people's livelihood will not recover so quickly." ”

Mrs. Qing smiled faintly and said, "How can you and I divide each other, I am also a member of Linzi now, just a businesswoman, so I naturally need your protection as a marquis." ”

"Well said, you ask each other where to divide each other." Zhao Jun laughed, stood up and walked to Mrs. Qing's side, pulled her up, hugged her into his arms, and looked down at Mrs. Qing's familiar face full of occupation**, his lower body reacted, and his voice became low: "We haven't done it for a long time, I'm going to meet you today." ”

Mrs. Qing was hot with shame, but she was powerless to break free, one was Zhao Jun's domineering, and the other was that she also moved.

Lang has the intention of having a concubine, and the two of them are like dry fire, and they don't shy away from the fact that the sky is still bright, and they immediately kiss each other fiercely, tearing each other's clothes indiscriminately.

It's just that when I see that I have entered a good situation, I am about to be pushed to the bed.

Suddenly, the knock on the door of 'Tuk Tuk' sounded, the frightened Mrs. Qing's face changed, and Zhao Jun's movements froze, and the relationship between him and Mrs. Qing had not yet been made public.

"Open the door, I have an urgent report." Such an unkind voice, there is only Mu Ning.

Zhao Jun's soul was about to be frightened, this wanted to let the crazy woman know that she didn't kill him yet, and when she saw that her wife was already anxious, she was about to cry.

In the end, Zhao Jun hurriedly looked at a screen on the side of the room and motioned for Mrs. Qing to come over, where he usually bathed.

Mrs. Qing didn't care much, so she went in a hurry.

After Mrs. Qing hid, Zhao Jun tidied up his clothes, opened the door, saw Mu Ning's anxious face, and asked, "What's the matter with you being in such a hurry?" ”

Mu Ning didn't hide much, and said directly: "There is news from Pengcheng that Liu Bang went to Pengcheng, as if he wanted to form an alliance with Xiang Yu and jointly send troops to attack Linzi. ”

"What? Ally? ”

Zhao Jun was suddenly startled, why didn't he expect this stubble, it was broken.

Now that Linzi is in a hurry to repair, how can it still go through a big war, especially when Xiang Yu and Liu Bang join forces. (To be continued.) )