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The sentinel sent to Jiangdong by Wang Chong returned to Anhui City, but the news brought by Wang Chong disappointed Wang Chong.

Chen Deng is defeated!

In fact, it can't be said that he was defeated, but Chen Deng, who knew that it was impossible to capture Jiangdong again, chose to temporarily avoid the edge and took the initiative to withdraw to Guangling.

is not afraid of god-like opponents, but afraid of pig-like teammates, the reason why Chen Deng retreated was mainly because of the problems in Shanyue.

After capturing several cities in a row, the leader of Shanyue became more and more complacent, and did not take He Qi, who came to encircle and suppress with 20,000 Jiangdong troops, in his eyes, and as a result, when he led the army to meet the enemy, he accidentally fell into He Qi's ambush, and the army was defeated like a mountain, and in just one day, all the cities occupied before were returned to the hands of the Jiangdong army.

In the end, less than 3,000 of the 30,000 Shanyue who were in high spirits when they went down the mountain were left to hide back in the deep mountains and old forests.

Chen Deng knew very well that as soon as Shanyue was destroyed, the Jiangdong Army, which had lost its containment, was not at all something that he could deal with with with such a small number of soldiers and horses, so he retreated to Guangling without saying a word, without the slightest drag.

Generally speaking, Chen Deng's victory across the river this time was still very good, and he only lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, while Jiangdong lost at least 20,000 troops, of course, this was without counting Shanyue.

For Shanyue, Chen Deng was completely speechless, and it took a lot of effort to make Shanyue a dark chess piece in his hand, but Chen Deng never dreamed that this chess piece would rot like this, and the entire army of 30,000 would be wiped out in one day, which also made all his previous efforts disappear and turn into flowing water.

As soon as Chen Deng retreated, the Jiangdong Army, which had no worries, could go west with all its strength and target Yuzhang County and Huang Zu.

"Looks like it's time for me to pick up my pace." Wang Chong leaned his back against a pillar in the stone pavilion in the back garden and let out a long sigh.

Since the capture of Wancheng and the capture of Huainan, Wang Chong felt that the pressure on him was increasing.

Huainan's limitations are too small, if you want to develop, you must find a breakthrough as soon as possible, but you must first settle inside, if you can't even stabilize Huainan's interior, how can you attack it?

With his accidental crossing, the pattern of Yangzhou has already undergone earth-shaking changes, will Sun Ce die next year? Wang Chong has no confidence in this.

If Sun Ce doesn't die, Jiangdong will not be chaotic, and the difficulty of capturing Jiangdong will undoubtedly be several times greater.

The longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable the situation will be for him, so Wang Chong is desperate to achieve it overnight, in order to stabilize Huainan as soon as possible and let himself have enough capital for external expansion, Wang Chong can even compromise the means.

Wang Chong knew very well what those two decrees against the family would mean once they were issued.

To tell the truth, Wang Chong has not yet put the Huainan family in his eyes, he is afraid that this matter will cause the same hatred of all the families, in case Jinfan goes everywhere in the future, the local family chooses to resist, which will inevitably seriously hinder the development of Jinfan.

But now, Wang Chong can't manage so much, the top priority is to solve the current problem of lack of money and food, as for the future, it's a big deal to go to the dark, and when Jinfan kills those families, they naturally don't dare to resist anymore.

Taking a deep breath, Wang Chong stood up, his eyes full of unprecedented firmness: "Come on, quickly invite General Hao and Mr. Ziyang to the General's Mansion for discussion!" ”

About half an hour later, Hao Zhao and Liu Ye arrived at the General's Mansion one after another, and when Liu Ye found that in addition to Wang Chong in the hall, Hao Zhao was also there, when he even guessed the purpose of Wang Chong looking for him.

"Lord, are you ready to do it?"

Wang Chong nodded: "Chen Deng has already returned to Guangling, I believe that Yuzhang will soon fall into the hands of Sun Ce, I don't want to wait any longer!" ”

Liu Ye reminded with a solemn expression: "Has the lord ever thought about it? It is important to know that it is difficult to recover from the water, and once this thing is done, I am afraid that there will never be a turning back. ”

"I've never been more awake than I am at this moment." Wang Chong shook his head and said, "I plan to promulgate the decree we agreed on yesterday today, and order the Huainan family to send all the armed forces to Anhui City for reorganization within half a month!" ”

Hearing this, a cold light suddenly flashed in Liu Ye's eyes, but Hao Zhao frowned, and asked a little puzzled: "Lord, this seems to be a little different from the result we agreed on yesterday?" ”

Yesterday, after Liu Ye and the four of them dispersed, Wang Chong specially asked Hao Zhao to explain the general situation to him, because to deal with these Huainan families, Hao Zhao's trapping camp will be the absolute main force, so Wang Chong thinks that it is necessary for him to inform him in advance, so that he can be mentally prepared.

At that time, Wang Chong told Hao Zhao that he would order the Huainan family to be disarmed on the spot, and then secretly send people to monitor them, and if they were found to be disobedient or disagreeable, they would let Hao Zhao lead troops over to conscript, but now, Wang Chong obviously changed his mind.

Liu Ye smiled and said, "General Hao, the lord wants to save some effort for you to trap the camp." ”

Hao Zhao was puzzled: "What does Mr. Ziyang mean by this?" ”

Liu Ye asked rhetorically: "General Hao, let me ask you, what do you think the Huainan family will react to after learning about this?" ”

Hao Zhao said: "Of course, I will be very indignant at the beginning, thinking that the lord is too domineering, but because of the strength of the lord, a few families should choose to compromise, as for whether they will honestly hand over all the weapons, or will secretly keep some of them, it is unknown, in addition, I think most of the remaining Huainan families, I am afraid it is impossible to accept the almost unreasonable request of the lord." ”

"And what would you do if you were them?"

Hao Zhao thought seriously for a moment and said: "Because once you refuse, the lord will send troops to crusade, so if it were me, it would never be possible to sit still, but to secretly form an alliance with other families who are also very dissatisfied with the lord, in case they are ...... by the lord."

Speaking of this, Hao Zhao's eyes suddenly widened, and he suddenly realized: "So the lord deliberately asked them to come to Anhui City to accept the reorganization, in fact, he wanted to use himself as bait to lure those families into the net, so as to catch them all!?" ”

"Bo Dao really has an extraordinary understanding, and he can understand it at one point." Wang Chong smiled and said, "Those families will definitely think that this is a great opportunity to get rid of me, so they pretend to be very cooperative on the surface, but secretly they will collude together, planning to collectively attack me after arriving in Anhui City." ”

Liu Ye said worriedly: "It's good for the lord to have a good plan, but the risk is also not small, lord, now I only have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Anhui City, should I go to Wankou Port to inform Gandu Governor and let him secretly transfer some soldiers and horses back?" ”

"No!" Wang Chong decisively rejected Liu Ye's proposal, squinted his eyes and said, "As the head snake, these families must have a lot of eyeliner in Huainan, I don't want to be self-defeating and be detected by them in advance, when the time comes, if they don't come to Anhui City, but raise anti-flags in their respective counties, the entire Huainan will be full of wolves, which is not what I want to see." ”

"But ......"

"Ziyang, don't worry." Wang Chong interrupted, "Compared with other regions, the strength of the Huainan family is still relatively weak, even if all the armed forces add up, it will not exceed 20,000, just with their rabble, Bodao's trapping camp alone is enough to kill them and abandon their armor!" ”

"The Lord is right!" Hao Zhao echoed, and then asked Wang Chong for an order, "When the time comes, Zhao is willing to lead the soldiers of the camp out of the city to meet the family coalition army, if he can't win, he is willing to be dealt with by military law!" ”

Although the army had just been expanded not long before the trapping camp, and it could not be fully formed in the short term, how could it be said that these soldiers were also veterans of a hundred battles carefully selected by him, and in terms of combat effectiveness, how could they be compared with those inexperienced private soldiers of the family? Therefore, for this battle that is destined to be outnumbered, Hao Zhao can be said to be full of confidence.

Wang Chong smiled and patted Hao Zhao on the shoulder: "This battle should be the time for you to prove to the world that the brave and invincible trapped camp has not disappeared!" ”

――――――――――ps: I'm a little tired today, only one shift.