As for the reasons for the reaction of the surrounding separatist regimes, the brothers of the crossing team naturally knew very well, and they also knew better that no matter how these secessionist regimes and local small courts behaved deferentially and subserviently now, they would not be able to escape the end of being annihilated. But as soon as it comes, the southern expedition to Jiangnan has just ended, and it will take a period of time to rest and replenish from top to bottom in the next week. Second, as the "Dark Feather" Luzhou Branch found evidence of collusion between Li Yun and Jiangnan and their intention to rebel, the crossing team committee and the enlarged meeting of the committee believed that before continuing the journey of dominating the world, it was necessary to clean up their backyard first, so as to avoid the appearance of traitors and rebellions like Li Yun. Although Li Yun was forced by the situation this time to rebel in accordance with the secret agreement with Li Yu, it does not mean that he will not take advantage of the situation and disturb the rear when the next opportunity is right. Therefore, although the phrase "outside must first be inside" is not a good word in the hearts of the brothers in the crossing team, now it has to be implemented in accordance with this policy.

However, considering that a situation like Li Yun's is basically an "internal contradiction", when discussing this matter at the enlarged meeting of the crossing team committee, most of the brothers advocated that it is not appropriate to use force to resolve the matter as soon as it comes up, or that if it is possible to resolve it peacefully, it is better to use peaceful means as much as possible. It is not too late to use force when peaceful means do not work. After all, these places are all under the rule of the Great Zhou, and once the use of force damages the interests of the Great Zhou. Moreover, no matter how quickly the counterinsurgency war progresses, it will have a negative impact on the local people. Of course, as a strong and representative of the so-called orthodox party, the Later Zhou court, presided over by the crossing team, will never compromise too much, be too soft, and will not tie its hands and feet in this matter. Instead, they will hold a carrot in one hand and a stick in the other. For those local feudal towns that are willing to accept the arrangement of the imperial court, they will naturally be well settled. For those diehards who do not know what to do and what they do to the end, those who should be killed with a stick will be swept down with a stick, and they will never be merciful.

As a result, after a short rest and recuperation after returning to the court, and after uniformly adjusting the numbers of the infantry, artillery, and cavalry regiments under the division, the "Flying Dragon Army" stationed in Kaifeng and some of the "security forces" reopened their posture and entered a state of imminent battle, ready to pounce on their new targets at any time. At the same time, as the first step of the Annei action, the crossing team committee passed the decree of the Later Zhou court at the beginning of the 11th lunar month of the second year of Jianlong, in the name of celebrating the birthday of the Empress Dowager Fu (Xiao Fu Hou) and celebrating the victory of the Southern Expedition of the Great Zhou, and summoned the local military and political governors of the Later Zhou Dynasty to enter Beijing before the 25th day of the first lunar month of the third year of Jianlong, and participate in the birthday and victory ceremony that will be held on the first and second days of the second lunar month of the lunar calendar, so as to take this opportunity to find out the local festival envoys, defense envoys, The attitude of the military and political governors such as the assassin Shi towards the imperial court and the Beiping army prepared for the next move.

Although I felt that the imperial court summoned the heads of various feudal towns to Beijing a little suddenly, I felt that it was a little strange for the Empress Dowager Xiaofu, who had kept a low profile since the Beiping Army was stationed in Kaifeng, to celebrate her birthday with such fanfare, and felt that it was a bit nondescript to hold a ceremony to celebrate victory nearly half a year after the end of the Southern Expedition to Jiangnan, but most of the local military and political governors such as Jiedu Envoy and Assassin Shi, who had no ghosts in their hearts and did not have much disgust with the Beiping Army's control of the government and government, still buried these questions in their hearts while packing their bags. While explaining the official affairs of the area under his jurisdiction after his trip, according to the date required by the imperial court and the distance from the jurisdiction to the capital, he arranged his departure time and walking route, and took a group of entourages to the capital.

Local leaders such as the envoys of all parties and the assassins who are open-minded can follow the order without care, but those local military and political chiefs who have ghosts in their hearts or have opinions about the Beiping Army's control of the government and government can't help but make their own calculations after receiving the order.

On the one hand, it is suspected that congratulating the Queen Mother on her birthday and celebrating the Southern Expedition is just an excuse for the imperial court, but in fact, the imperial court has already known about its own secret small actions and disobedience, and intends to take the opportunity of summoning the feudal towns into Beijing to capture himself in one fell swoop. On the other hand, they were afraid that if the imperial court summoned the feudal town to Beijing this time, it would be a self-boasting by the Beiping army in order to show off their merits. If you don't follow the order, you will arouse the suspicion of the court and create a good excuse for the court to clean up itself. Therefore, after receiving the decree of the imperial court, these unclean feudal towns can be said to be hesitant and in a dilemma, and it took a lot of thought to think about it, so that they could not set off for a long time.

Those who have opinions and are dissatisfied with the Beiping Army's control of the government and politics are much more straightforward than those colleagues who have ghosts in their hearts. They either directly said that they were sick and could not come, or they said that they were old and infirm, and they were too tired to saddle a horse, so they asked their sons and nephews to carry heavy gifts to Beijing instead of them, and wrote a recital to the imperial court for this.

The various performances of the festivals and local thorn histories of various feudal towns are seen and remembered by the team. For those local military and political chiefs who sincerely surrendered and obeyed the order, the crossing team naturally greeted and gave high-standard courtesy on behalf of the imperial court; For those who have ghosts in their hearts and can't be delayed, the crossing team will send messengers one after another to urge them to set off as soon as possible; And for those feudal town leaders who openly and secretly disobey the decree and disobey the yang and the yin, the crossing team issued an order to reprimand on the one hand, and on the other hand, they were included in the next step of the crackdown plan, and when the spring flowers bloomed in the next year, these unstable factors were swept away in one fell swoop with a thunderous force.

On the first day of the second month of the second month of the third lunar calendar of Jianlong, the birthday ceremony for the birthday of the Empress Dowager Fu and the victory ceremony for the victory of the Southern Expedition were held as scheduled. Because these two ceremonies not only had the participation of hundreds of military officials of the DPRK and Chinese, but also nearly 100 local military and political chiefs such as jiedu envoys, defense envoys, and assassins, and the two emperors before the Great Zhou, Guo Wei and Chai Rong, were both known for their frugality, and the treasury was indeed somewhat insufficient at that time, except for the sacrificial activities that must be carried out after he ascended the throne, there were basically no large-scale celebrations. Therefore, these two ceremonies can be called the two largest ceremonies since the establishment of the Great Zhou, and their liveliness has rarely been seen for decades.

Since it is a rare celebration, the corresponding rewards and commendations are indispensable. At the birthday ceremony held for the Empress Dowager Fu, all the ministers present, including the court officials and the local officials who entered Beijing, such as the envoys of the festival, the defense envoys, and the assassins, were rewarded by the Empress Dowager. Although each person does not give much money, it contains grace and glory that cannot be bought for any amount of money. Therefore, after receiving the reward, the civil and military officials present thanked them in unison, which pushed the atmosphere of this celebration to the first level. In the celebration of the victory of the Southern Expedition, the civil and military generals who participated in the Southern Expedition were first praised by their colleagues, and then commended by the imperial court. Not only have the generals at all levels been promoted to knighthood, but even ordinary soldiers have been rewarded more or less according to their military exploits, and it can be said that they are all happy.

In particular, as the commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army, Wang Kunjun, although he received a lot of rewards, in addition to a large amount of financial rewards, only the purely honorary reward of "going to the palace with a sword, praising and worshipping the name, and not entering the court", but there was no change in the title, rank, official position, etc. Moreover, for Wang Kunjun, who has never untied his knife or taken off his boots since he first entered the palace, and has always walked with standard military steps or paced in all directions when he went to the palace, and only reported his official position when he first saw Chai Zongxun, and never reported his name when he was in the later years, these honors can be said to be worthless, and the reward is equal to no reward. But when this commendation order was taken out, what the most important thing in the expanded meeting of the crossing team committee was these awards that were not rewards for Wang Kunjun at all. Because, in the eyes of the brothers of the crossing team, such an honor is a necessary item to make Wang Kunjun's status more transcendent in the Later Zhou, and it is also a step that must be taken to achieve greater goals when the opportunity is ripe.

Just when the royal family, civil and military officials, and gentry and common people in the capital were still immersed in the festive atmosphere of the grand ceremony that had not been seen for decades, and enjoyed this rare entertainment, in the study room of the back house in the Song Guogong Mansion, the enlarged meeting of the crossing team committee was being carried out in an orderly manner in a serious atmosphere. There was only one topic on the agenda of the meeting: which feudal town should be the first to be used in the upcoming combat operation called "Operation Clean-up Planning", so as to set an example and deter those with ill intentions.

After a short but heated discussion, the brothers of the congregation finally reached an agreement and decided to cut Anne the first knife on the body of Li Yun, the envoy of Zhaoyi Jiedu. In fact, as a local feudal town Jiedu with the most obvious antipathy, the most exposed antipathy, and the most sufficient evidence of conspiracy and rebellion among all the local military and political governors who did not comply with the order to participate in the celebration, it is reasonable that Li Yun was used by the crossing team to sacrifice the flag.

On the eighth day of the third lunar month of the third year of Jianlong, 50 miles north of Kaifeng City, Chenqiaoyi banners were unfurled, and the camp tents were continuous, and more than 15,000 troops from the first independent artillery regiment, the first independent cavalry regiment, the third regiment of the first synthetic infantry division, the eleventh regiment and the twelfth regiment of the fourth synthetic infantry division, and the "ranger battalion" were gathered here under the leadership of Wang Feng and Xu Xinsheng, forming the southern front cluster of the Zhaoyi Army to pacify the Zhao Yi Army.

On the 10th day of the third lunar month of the third lunar calendar of the third year of Jianlong, the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Composite Infantry Division, the 1st Independent Artillery Regiment, the 11th Regiment of the 4th Synthetic Infantry Division, and the 1st Independent Cavalry Regiment of the "Flying Dragon Army" were ordered to set off and transfer to the two towns of Taiyuan and Xuanda respectively to exchange guards with the 5th and 6th Regiments of the 2nd Synthetic Infantry Division of the "Flying Dragon Army" and the cavalry and artillery detachments attached to them, which had been stationed there for four years. The "Rangers" battalion and the 12th Regiment of the 4th Composite Infantry Division of the "Flying Dragon Army" also accompanied the brigade in the name of going north to the Khitan to "fight the grass valley". In order to ensure that the "Flying Dragon Army" change of defense can be carried out smoothly, the Later Zhou court has already issued an order in advance that all sections and prefectures and counties along the way should fully cooperate with the "Flying Dragon Army" to change the border of various departments, and undertake the logistics materials such as grain, grass, and supplies required for its march.

At the same time, the northern front cluster, which consisted of nearly 10,000 men and horses of the 13th and 14th regiments of the newly formed "Feilong Army" Fifth Composite Infantry Division, the main force of the divisional artillery regiment, and the main force of the divisional cavalry regiment, under the leadership of Tang Chao, the chief military officer of Taiyuan Town, has also secretly stationed in Qinzhou, Taiyuan Prefecture, which is only 200 miles away from Luzhou City, the seat of the Zhaoyi Army, and is ready to cooperate with the southern front cluster at any time.

On the 13th and 14th days of March in the lunar calendar of the third year of Jianlong, the southern line cluster successfully passed through the territory under the jurisdiction of the Yicheng Army, and the Yicheng Jiedu made arrangements for the subordinates to make every effort to ensure the supply of grain, grass and supplies, and accompanied Wang Feng and Xu Xinsheng to cross the border throughout the whole process, and the guests and hosts got along very well.

On the fifteenth day of March of the lunar calendar of the third year of Jianlong, the southern line cluster of the "Flying Dragon Army" entered the territory of the Zhaoyi Army. The next day, the soldiers and horses of the northern front marched day and night, successfully infiltrated the territory of the Zhaoyi Army for nearly 100 miles, and waited for concealment about 100 miles away from Huguan County, the seat of Luzhou Zhizhi.