The smoke of gunpowder in Jiangbei did not dissipate because of this. The Huai army withdrew its troops, and the king was bitter.

The Dingwang Domain is located in Huaibei, and most of it is in Jiangbei. Originally, the Huai army was contained, and the imperial army could not form a blow to the Dingwang army, and the Huai army withdrew, and the Dingwang army was directly exposed to the field of vision of the imperial army.

Liu Yu, who was in Yingzhou, also felt that it was time to return to Jiangbei and establish the imperial court's complete control over Jiangbei.

The defenders from all parts of the imperial court have united to press south, plus the new army led by Zhang Wuzhu of Qi and the imperial army of the Luoyang defense line, nearly 100,000 imperial army Chen soldiers Jiangbei, although King Ding has nearly 100,000 soldiers, but he also knows that Wang Ding's army cannot compete with the court army that is in the limelight. In the past few years, the imperial army was not in a hurry to respond to the battle, and seemed to be waiting. King Ding waited for the news that the forward general Liu Wenyan led his troops back to Jiangbei in anxiety, because the Huai army withdrew to Jiangnan, and Liu Yue, who was on the right side of the river, knew that he could no longer knock on the door of Huaidi from the flank, and returned to Jiangbei for only one purpose, to take the land of Dingwang.

The Spring Festival of the year of Bingshen was not easy for the soldiers and civilians in the land of Dingwang, and the army of the imperial court was eyeing it. Liu Yu transferred the 30,000 defenders of Jiangyou at one time, and all of them followed him from Jizhou to cross the river to the north, and then Liu Yu did not go north to Xuzhou City to meet the Son of Heaven, and directly led his troops to Huaibei to fight against the Dingwang army.

A devastating war, the Dingwang army broke all the way, it took only three days, Liu Yu led the army has been killed to the Dingwang capital Liangzhou, Dingwang has led part of the army to evacuate Liangzhou, with the Huai army together to southern Anhui, so that Liu Yu did not spend much effort to lead the army into the Dingwang capital.

The armies of the imperial court continued to advance to the south, basically sweeping away the power of King Ding and King Huai in the north of the Yangtze River, on the sixth day of the first month. The imperial army has already deployed troops in Jiangbei. Across the river confronted the Huai army.

A war that will set the world apart. There was a stalemate for the time being.

The new emperor originally stayed in Xuzhou City and did not come out, but when he heard that Liu Yu had now arrived in Yangzhou City on the north bank of the Yangtze River, he immediately moved Luan Jia to Yangzhou, and the master and apprentice reunited again after nearly three months of separation.

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Ten years of Yangzhou dream, won the Qinglou Bo Xing name.

At that time, Yangzhou was the place where the wind and moon gathered in the world, but Yangzhou at this time became depressed and dilapidated because of the two sacks of the Huai army.

The arrival of the imperial army. It did not bring a trace of vitality to this thousand-year-old ancient city, and long before the Huai army withdrew to Jiangnan, all the rich families of Yangzhou City had been moved to Jiangnan, leaving an empty city for the imperial court.

The arrival of the imperial army did not take local materials and materials, but on the contrary, they also used military rations to help the local poor. Soon, the new emperor's Luan also arrived in Yangzhou, and the whole city was filled with soldiers and armor, and the soldiers and horses were dispatched in an orderly manner.

A special team from Chang'an arrived in Yangzhou on the tenth day of the first lunar month.

This team is the "comfort force" of Chang'an City. There were not only materials transported from Guanzhong, but also several royal ladies. One is the former Princess Yu, the current princess Xiaoyu, and the other is the fourteenth princess Qi'er. Originally, the fourth princess Su Bi also wanted to go with her, but because she was pregnant with Liujia and was nearly six months pregnant, she could only stay in Chang'an City temporarily in order to avoid the fatigue of the journey.

With this team, there are also female army deputy marshal Xu Caihua and her husband Wang Hu, as well as two sisters Han Xiaoyi and Han Xiaoting, who arrived together under the escort of Cai Yingnu and other female army guards, and Liu Yu's family can finally reunite in the New Year.

Since the Huai army withdrew to the south of the Yangtze River, both sides have been arranging river defenses, making an appearance of defending to the death, because when the Huai army retreated south, all the ships in the north of the river were burned, even if the imperial army wanted the army to go south, it could not find ships to transport troops south for a while, and the Huai army was also building fortifications on the south bank of the Yangtze River to deal with the imperial army at any time.

In Jiangbei, the imperial army was not in a hurry to transfer ships or build ships, and it seemed that they would have to wait for the beginning of spring before making plans.

The envoy team of King Huai, led by Meng Chuliang, entered Yangzhou City and started peace talks with the imperial court for the second time. This time, King Huai appeared to be much more sincere, and King Huai confessed to the ancestors of the Su family, and expressed his willingness to abolish the throne and accept the appointment of the new emperor again. The words are good, but because he proclaimed himself the Son of Heaven in front, this contradiction was irreconcilable, but because of the new emperor's ambiguous attitude, things may take a turn for the better.

The peace talks are going on day by day, and the perfunctory elements on both sides are very high, and the court sent out the rebellious generalissimo Chai Jin who can't say a hundred words, and Meng Chuliang also felt that the court was not sincere in negotiating after contacting Chai Jin twice, so he handed it over to the deputy envoy Zhou Ying to talk.

Everyone has an idea that this battle will continue, and it will have to wait until after the beginning of spring.

The imperial army has recovered its vitality, is no longer at a disadvantage, and is even in an advantageous situation. The Huai army was well-trained and well-equipped for siege, but it was a pity that they lost to grain and grass and Liu Yu's adventurous tactics in a battle a year ago.

"Next spring, there will be another bloody battle."

When there is nothing to do, Meng Chuliang will take out the chess endgame he played with Liu Yu at the beginning, study it for a long time, and he can't tell the winner in the end. After Meng Chuliang came to Yangzhou City, he wanted to see the biggest opponent many times, but perhaps because Liu Yu brought his wife to the battlefield, he lived in a simple place during the truce and could not see others. It was Qu Zhu, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army beside the new emperor, who he had seen many times.

"Looking for General Liu? He's not available! Qu Zhu always replied to Meng Chuliang like this.

Meng Chuliang observed in Yangzhou City for a few days, and did not feel that there were other abnormal situations, Zhou Ying occasionally asked, Meng Chuliang also pondered for a while, and said: "The imperial army is well-trained, and it is not much better than the border army, but the preparation for the battle is insufficient. ”

In fact, Meng Chuliang came to Yangzhou this time for another purpose, that is, to spy on the military situation, and by the way, to see if the Huai army had a chance to counterattack. However, looking at the solidity of the Yangzhou defense line, the imperial army did have the intention to form a pattern of confrontation between Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and Meng Chuliang did not find any loopholes in the defense of the imperial army.

There is no intention to attack, just to defend, so Liu Yu's strategic intention will also wait until after the beginning of spring next year.

From that game with Liu Yu, Meng Chuliang could feel that he was a person who was good at defense, and he did a good job of defense. Until now, he had not seen Liu Yu's skills on the battlefield, and he was more and more eager to know if the young man he had seen in Jiankang City was Liu Yu.

At this time, Liu Yu was relaxed. Two delicate wives, eager to rush from Chang'an City to Yangzhou to join him, he is already a little too busy to work, in military affairs, he seems to be completely abandoned, sometimes Qi Fang and Zhang Wuzhu come to ask his opinion, Liu Yu just said: "Go and ask the generalissimo to rebel!" ”

Everyone knows who Chai Jin is, although Chai Jin has made a lot of contributions in the battle of Xuzhou this time, but in the final analysis, he is a dispensable stupid person, and no one will really care about his opinion.

Only the weapons research institute in Chang'an City was moved to Yangzhou City by Liu Yu, and it seemed that he was making something up. (To be continued......)