In the main hall of the North Palace, Hua An was pacing back and forth, although he had decided to pour more manpower and material resources into the direction of Yanzhou, in order to firmly control the situation in Yanzhou, but Yao Xiang of Qingzhou was a famous general who could fight well, and his ability to command the army was far greater than Wang Wu, so although Yanzhou's soldiers and horses occupied an absolute advantage, Hua Anzhong was still very worried.

Hua'an also thought about sending a general with a strength that surpassed Yao Xiang to Yanzhou to preside over the overall situation, but at the moment, the generals under his command, except for Wang Meng and Xie Ai, the remaining generals may not be Yao Xiang's opponents, and Wang Meng is responsible for guarding the direction of Guanzhong, in order to maintain the stability of Guanzhong and Liangzhou, Wang Meng can't move, and Xie Ai is guarding Hebei, directly facing the threat of Murong Ke's main army of Yan State, it is even more impossible to transfer to the direction of Yanzhou, besides, all the soldiers in Yanzhou are the soldiers and horses of the former Wei State who have just taken refuge. They have an old relationship with Wang Wu, and it is easier for them to be convinced by letting Wang Wu be in charge of leading them.

Therefore, after weighing it again and again, Hua An found that it was most suitable for Wang Wu to be responsible for guarding Yanzhou, besides, Wang Wu had the experience of guarding Lukou and had defeated the Yan army many times, thinking of this, Hua Anzhong was relieved a lot.

"Your Majesty, are you a little worried about General Wang!" Seeing Hua An pacing back and forth, Jiang Gan asked softly.

Hua An nodded and said, "General Wang is indeed an excellent general who can fight well, but Yao Xiang seems to be better!" At present, the situation in Yanzhou is related to the life and death of this king, how can this king not be worried? After speaking, he looked at Jiang Gan.

When Jiang Gan heard this, he hugged his fists and said: "Wang Shangda doesn't have to worry, although Yao Xiang is good at fighting, he has fewer soldiers and horses in Qingzhou, while my soldiers and horses in Yanzhou are much stronger." Therefore, if it really starts, General Wang will not suffer. ”

"Yes! Wang, the Yanzhou army has the advantage of soldiers and horses, and it should not lose to the Qingzhou army. Zhuge Xiong said.

Hearing this, Hua An nodded. Zhengse said: "What you said is also right, I hope this king is unfounded!" He let out a long sigh of relief.

"Report, Your Majesty, General Wang sent his subordinates to ask to see His Majesty, and now, he has arrived outside the main hall." At this moment, the henchmen sent by Wang Wu arrived at the door of the main hall.

Seeing that Wang Wu sent his henchmen to ask for a meeting so quickly, Hua An and all the generals under his command were greatly surprised, and naturally thought. There must be another big thing happening in the direction of Yanzhou.

"Let him in." Hua An hurriedly ordered.

Soon, Wang Wu's subordinates strode into the hall and saluted Hua'an.

"What's the matter, what's going on in the direction of Yanzhou?" Hua An asked impatiently.

Wang Wubu will clench his fists and say: "Qi to the king, Yao Xiang of Qingzhou suddenly gathered 80,000 troops in Taishan County, and a large amount of grain and grass is also being allocated, it seems that he wants to immediately attack our army, and General Wang specially asked the last general to come and tell the king." ”

Hua An and the generals under his command heard this. Everyone was surprised that Yao Xiang had gathered an army of 80,000 so quickly. This is enough to show that he is going to attack Yanzhou, and the reason why Yao Xiang launched an attack on Yanzhou, Hua An and the generals can also guess, that is, it is to retaliate against the Yanzhou army for robbing them of weapons and salaries.

"It seems that our army intercepted those weapons and salaries, which completely angered Yao Xiang. Otherwise, he wouldn't have attacked our army so quickly! Hua An looked at the generals under his command and said loudly.

What the king said was extremely true, Yao Xiang was obviously annoyed and angry, but. Yao Xiang's troops were less than the Yanzhou army, and the last general believed that General Wang would definitely be able to hold Yanzhou, and if it was Shun, he might be able to defeat Yao Xiang's army in an all-round way. Zhuge Xiong said loudly.

"Yes! Wang, General Wang will definitely be able to defeat Yao Xiang. Jiang Gan also said.

Hua An naturally has a lot of confidence in Wang Wu, but no one can make an accurate prediction of what the final outcome of the battle will be, and everything is unknown.

"You immediately return to Yanzhou and tell General Sù Wang, you must not underestimate the enemy, you must be cautious, do not seek to defeat Yao Xiang's army, but seek to hold Yanzhou, remember." Hua An looked at the confidant general sent by Wang Wu and ordered loudly.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Wubu will clench his fists and immediately turn around and leave the main hall.

After Wang Wubu left the main hall, Hua An naturally immediately studied the situation in the direction of Yanzhou with his subordinates and made various possible predictions.

"Report, Wang, news has just been sent back from the direction of Qingzhou, Yao Xiangqin led the main army of 60,000 to leave Taishan County and is quickly killing in the direction of Yanzhou." Just when Hua'an and his generals were studying when Yao Xiang's army would attack Yanzhou, Qingzhou's fine work had already spread the news of Yao Xiang's army's attack on Yanzhou to Luoyang City.

When Hua An and his subordinates heard this, they were naturally surprised, so it seems that Yao Xiang planned to raid Rencheng, so as to catch Wang Wu off guard, and then break through all the soldiers and horses in Yanzhou.

"Your Majesty, Yao Xiang's movements are quite fast! Unexpectedly, he sent troops to attack Yanzhou so quickly, and it seems that in a few days, his army will be able to enter the city. Zhuge Xiong said loudly.

"Your Majesty, Yao Xiang only led an army of 60,000, while Yanzhou had 120,000 soldiers and horses, as long as General Wang could hold out for a few days, Yao Xiang's army would be defeated." Deng Qiang said loudly.

Hua An nodded, and said: "What you said is very right, Yao Xiang's 60,000 army should not be the opponent of our army's 120,000 horses, but this king is worried that Yao Xiang will cheat!" If Yao Xiang secretly used a treacherous scheme, General Wang was very likely to be caught off guard for a while. ”

Obviously, Hua An knew that Yao Xiang was a general with a lot of intrigues, so he naturally had some worries in his heart.

"If the king is worried about the situation in Yanzhou, the last general can lead his 20,000 cavalry to reinforce Yanzhou, I don't know what the king wants?" Deng Qiang said loudly.

Hua An shook his head and said: "No need, although this king is very worried about the situation in Yanzhou, however, the pressure in the direction of Luoyang City is also very great, and General Deng and his soldiers and horses need to stay in Luoyang to ensure the safety of Luoyang." ”

It can be seen that although Hua'an attaches great importance to the situation in the direction of Yanzhou, and intends to pour more resources into the direction of Yanzhou, the direction of Luoyang City is more important, and Hua'an naturally cannot transfer a large number of soldiers and horses near Luoyang City in order to understand the crisis in Yanzhou.

"Your Majesty, right now, I'm afraid that there will be a big war in the direction of Yanzhou, what else can we do for the front besides studying the military situation here?" Zhuge Xiong asked softly.

When Hua An heard this, he thought for a while, and said: "Since this king handed over Yanzhou to General Wang, we should believe in General Wang's strength, as long as the situation in Yanzhou does not deteriorate in an all-round way, there is no need for us to intervene, let's let General Wang face it himself!" We just need to analyze the situation. ”

Obviously, Hua'an's purpose is to train Wang Wu to be a general who can take charge of himself, and besides, the situation in Yanzhou also needs a general who can take charge of himself.

After studying the situation in Yanzhou for a while, Hua'an asked about the construction of water conservancy in the direction of Hebei, after all, the agricultural development of Hebei played an extremely important role in the future Northern Expedition to Yanguo, which is also a project that Hua'an attaches great importance to.

Of course, Li Shuqu in the direction of Hebei did not disappoint Hua'an at all, and in just a few months, Hebei's water conservancy construction was put on the right track, and moreover, he cooperated with Xie Ai very tacitly, and did not damage the interests of the army because of the construction of water conservancy, which is extremely commendable.

The water conservancy construction in the direction of Hebei is so smooth, which makes Hua'an feel a lot more relieved and allows Hua'an to devote more energy to the direction of Yanzhou.

The situation in the direction of Yanzhou became more and more tense, and at the same time, a major event occurred in the direction of Jiankang City in the south of the Yangtze River, where the Empress Dowager Chu Lianzi dismissed Yin Hao's position as the assassin of Yangzhou and replaced Xie An, so that the command of the Yangzhou Army belonged to Xie An.

Of course, the reason why Xie An was able to replace Yin Hao was that in addition to the promotion of the Empress Dowager Chu Garlic, his own efforts also played a great role, in these days in Jiankang City, Xie An dealt with many thorny problems, and received unanimous praise inside and outside the court, therefore, the soldiers of the Yangzhou Legion were very convinced of him, and in the case of Yin Hao's repeated defeats, the imperial court let Xie An replace him, and these generals naturally would not object.

After Xie An took the lead in the Yangzhou Army, he immediately reformed the Yangzhou Army, immediately dismantling the old and weak soldiers who had no combat effectiveness, and letting them return to their hometowns to farm, and immediately replenishing the troops that lacked equipment, and at the same time, strengthening the training of various troops, especially those troops that lacked training, to increase the intensity of training, so as to rapidly improve combat effectiveness.

Of course, because Yangzhou is located in the lower reaches of the river, and the east is the sea, for this reason, Xie An attaches great importance to the construction of the navy, he not only allocated military funds to repair the existing warships, but also recruited craftsmen to build more high-quality warships, in order to comprehensively improve the combat effectiveness of the Yangzhou navy.

In order to make the sailors of the Yangzhou Legion become the best sailors in the world, Xie An requires all the sailors under his command to be proficient in the water, and all the soldiers who are not good in the water will be eliminated from the ranks of the navy immediately, so that people with good water will enter the Yangzhou navy to serve.

And the reason why Xie An wanted to comprehensively improve the combat effectiveness of the Yangzhou Navy was to maintain the rule of the Great Jin Dynasty and discourage those who wanted to covet the Great Jin Dynasty.

Xie An's large-scale reforms were entirely for the sake of the Great Jin court, and for this reason he was supported by the Empress Dowager Chu Lianzi and many court ministers, and he began to work very smoothly. (To be continued......)