In order to preserve its strength, at the north gate of Xiafen City, the army under Yang Guo did not do its best to attack the city, and the army of Yang Jun in the direction of the west gate was even less enthusiastic about attacking the city.

Yang Jun's 10,000 main army had an absolute advantage over the Imperial Forest Army defending the West Gate, but he only symbolically launched a feint attack, and when the ladder of the army had just been erected on the wall of the West Gate, he ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops to prevent his subordinates from suffering too many casualties.

At the same time, Yang Jun also sent scouts to the direction of the North Gate to monitor the situation of Yang Guo's army attacking the city, so as to adjust the deployment at any time.

Just as Yang Jun's army was retreating and resting, the scouts in the direction of the north gate came with the news that Yang Guo had led the army back to the rear camp.

Yang Shi was furious when he heard this, and said loudly: "Father, we risked the arrow for him, but he withdrew to the camp first, which is really unreasonable. ”

When Yang Jun heard this, he was also taken aback, paused, and said with a smile: "The reason why this Yang country retreated is to preserve its strength, so that it can fight for power with his father in the future!" Being a father really underestimates him. ”

"Father, in that case, what are we going to do for him! It's better to retreat directly back to Wudu City and let him attack Xiadian City by himself. Yang Shi said angrily.

Yang Jun waved his hand and said softly: "Don't act rashly in everything, Yang Guo is at his fault if he retreats to the rear camp without authorization, and if our army retreats to Wudu City, it will be us who will be at fault, besides, judging from today's situation, Yang Guo is not a person who is eager for revenge, if our army retreats to Wudu City, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not marry Yang Song Nu in order to weaken his father's strength." So that the joint forces will attack the city of Wudu! In this way, we will be in a very disadvantageous position. ”

"Father, this can't be! Yang Guo and Yang Songnu are enemies of killing their fathers, and they don't share the same heavens! How is it possible to join forces. Yang Shi had an incredulous expression on his face.

Yang Jun looked at Yang Shi, frowned and said: "The revenge of killing your father is indeed a common thing, but you have to remember that there is a saying that it is not too late for Jun Zhi to take revenge for ten years, in order to deal with the common enemy, even if there is a great hatred, you can put it aside for the time being." It will be liquidated slowly in the future. Xiang Yang Songnu and the ancestor have a grudge against killing their brother and sister-in-law, but didn't they also obediently surrender to the ancestor for nearly ten years? Anyone who does great things must not think too much about hatred, but must consider the overall situation. We must work hard to defend our country. ”

Yang Shi suddenly realized. Clenched his fists and said: "Father taught me." The child understood. ”

Yang Jun nodded with satisfaction and said softly: "Pass the order, and the army will immediately retreat to the rear camp." ”

"Yes. Father. Yang Shi responded, turned around and gave the order to withdraw the troops.

Under Yang Jun's order, the main army of 10,000 slowly retreated to the camp ten miles outside the west gate.

After this siege, Yang Jun and Yang Guo both understood each other's intentions, and for this reason, they were secretly guarding against each other.

Yang Songnu, who went down to the city, also figured out the intentions of Yang Jun and Yang Guo, and was glad about this, and continued to strengthen the city wall to wait for possible reinforcements from the Jin army.

In the following days, Yang Guo and Yang Jun attacked the city many times, but both sides refused to exert all their strength in order to preserve their strength, resulting in many attacks in vain.

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A few days later, in the direction of Nanzhengcheng, Hua'an was inspecting the newly built handicraft workshops in the city and giving the necessary guidance, which, once fully completed, would greatly increase production, thereby expanding the output and obtaining more sources of tax revenue for Liangzhou.

Hua An walked to the door of the jewelry workshop being built, looked at the entourage behind him, and said loudly: "Gold and silver jewelry is the most valuable, and when this workshop is built, it will be my cash cow in Liangzhou!" ”

"What the general said is that all the workshops here will be my Liangzhou's cash cow in the future." An official chimed in.

"Yes! The prosperity of Liangzhou will begin here. Another official said.

Hua An nodded, paused, frowned, and said: "It's not enough to have a workshop, the prosperity of the city is inseparable from commerce, my Nanzheng market is too narrow and too small, not enough to accommodate too many traders, especially in the future, all the merchants from Tiannan and Haibei will pour into Nanzheng, it will be even more unsatisfying, and a new market must be built, a wide and large market." ”

When Zhang Yu heard this, he hugged his fists and said: "General, now, the weather is getting colder and colder, the workshop has not yet been built, and the task of building a new market can only start next year." ”

"Good! Construction will start next year, but recently we have to choose the location of the new street and make preliminary plans so that we don't have to rush for the coming year. Huaan said.

Zhang Yujian said: "General, in the opinion of the lower officials, it is better to build new streets next to these workshops, so that there is a support, and it is also good to attract popularity." ”

Hua An thought for a moment, looked around, and said softly: "The location here is indeed good, but it is too crowded, so we can only build a smaller street market, and it extends all the way to the east, and to the north of the Literature Museum and the Medical Museum, there is a large open space, where a large-scale street market can be built." ”

Zhang Yu was shocked when he heard this, looked around, and said: "General, this place is so wide, and the general still thinks it's small, so with the general's meaning, how big a street market should be built." ”

Hua An thought for a moment, and said: "The construction of a new street market should not only consider the needs of the people and merchants of Liangzhou, but also take into account the large number of foreign merchants and caravans that may appear in the future, especially the merchants of the Western Regions, a caravan may have thousands of people, and there are thousands of camels, if the street is too narrow, how can these merchants and camels be accommodated, and also, in order to make these foreign merchants live comfortably, the number of inns can not be small, for this reason, the large streets to be built, the width must reach 100 zhang, and, Several streets were to be built in succession, and each of the two streets was to be connected in several places, so that merchants could come and go to and from to select goods. ”

Listening to Hua'an's plan, Zhang Yu's eyes widened in shock, he never thought that the newly built street would need such a large scale, which was greatly beyond his imagination.

"General, to build such a large-scale street, we must consume a lot of silver taels, if there are not so many merchants to come to Nanzheng, wouldn't we lose a lot." Zhang Yu said with some concern.

Hua An smiled, pointed to the large number of workshops under construction nearby, and said: "This, you don't have to worry, there are so many workshops, those mercenary businessmen will definitely come, their noses are smart?" ”

Seeing Hua An's explanation, Zhang Yu nodded reassuringly, hugged his fists and said: "General rest assured, Xia Guan will take someone to the northeast corner tomorrow to investigate, and within a month, the street drawings will be completed." ”

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you." Huaan officially gave the order.

"Yes." Zhang Yu arched his hand and formally accepted the order.

"Big brother, let's get rid of the city emergency." At this moment, Wang San hurried over.

Seeing Wang San's anxious look, Hua An hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, so in a hurry." ”

Wang San replied: "Big brother, according to the scout's report, a fight broke out in the direction of Xiabiancheng, and Yang Guo led an army of 5,000 and joined forces with Yang Jun's 10,000 army to jointly attack Xiabiancheng. ”

Hua An didn't express much surprise when he heard this, because this was almost all in his expectation, and Qiu Chi's domestic shape was developing in a direction that was favorable to him.

"The fight started, what was the result, has the city been breached?" Zhang Yu hurriedly asked.

Wang San shook his head and said softly: "It's not clear for the time being, the follow-up scouts will report on the next step." We'll just be patient. ”

Hua An smiled lightly at the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "The civil war in Qiu Chi has finally started, Wang San, how is the training of Chen Ting's army, and has all kinds of equipment been completed?" ”

Wang San shook his head and said: "How can it be so fast, but at least seventy percent of the soldiers have received the equipment at present, and when all the soldiers receive the equipment, I am afraid that it will take three or five days." ”

"Okay, great, in three or five days, Chen Ting's army will be able to drive to the border of Qiuchi." Huaan said excitedly.

When Zhang Yu heard this, he frowned, hugged his fists and said: "General, you are in such a hurry to transfer another 10,000 troops to the border of Qiuchi, do you want to interfere in the internal affairs of Qiuchi?" ”

Hua An shook his head and said softly: "I will do this, not to immediately intervene in Qiu Chi's internal affairs, but to prepare in advance so that at the best time, I can strongly intervene in Qiu Chi's internal affairs." ”

"Does the general mean to lead a large army into Qiuchi and intervene forcefully when both sides of Qiuchi are defeated?" Zhang Yu guessed.

Hua An smiled: "It's the three parties of Qiu Chi, not the two sides." ”

"The three parties of the enemy? It is Yang Jun, Yang Guo and Yang Songnu, and the general means that there is a rift between Yang Jun and Yang Guo, and it is not a monolith. Zhang Yu seemed to understand something.

Hua An smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth and nodded.

"General, the envoy of Qiu Chi is here, and he is waiting in the Assassin's Mansion." At this moment, a small school ran to report.

"Emissary of the Enemy? It must have been sent by Yang Songnu, did he say that he had any mission here. Hua An asked with a frown.

The colonel replied: "General, it seems that he has come to ask for reinforcements, and there is a letter. After speaking, he handed the letter to Hua An's hands.

Hua An hurriedly opened the letter, and after reading it, he couldn't help but smile.

"General, what did Yang Songnu say in his letter?" Zhang Yu hurriedly asked.

Hua An handed the letter to Zhang Yu and said softly: "This Yang Songnu is really bloody, he actually cut the land and paid tribute, and not a word was written in the heart of this general." ”

Zhang Yu was also taken aback after reading it, paused, and hugged his fists and said: "General, this Yang Songnu has indeed made a bloody investment, according to this condition, one-third of Qiuchi's land is the territory of my Great Jin, and also, with so much property offered every year, how much can Yang Songnu himself left?" (To be continued......)