After Jia Xu rushed back to Tianyun, Li Yang pulled him to live in the lord's mansion, and a sumptuous treat was naturally essential.

Of course, when Li Yang explained the task to be given to him, Jia Xu naturally refused at first.

For a person like him, who never puts himself in danger, going to the enemy's place to negotiate, and still surrendering, is too dangerous for him, and it is completely unsuitable for him.

However, under the persuasion of Li Yang and Zhang Liang in turn, Xiao Zhi moved with reason and affection, Jia Xu finally reluctantly agreed.

Seeing his promise, Li Yang was naturally happy, and even sent Lu Zhishen to lead the Red Refining Dragon Battle to protect it, so as to reassure Jia Xu.

Because of the urgency of time, Li Yang watched Jia Xu set off with the merchant ship of the Sulong Chamber of Commerce the next day.

Although in this way, the north stabilized for the time being, but after this incident, Li Yang also remembered a major event.

'Five nonsense'.

This can be said to be one of the darkest periods in the history of China.

After this incident, the Han people, who were already few left because of the war, were even less killed.

Therefore, the troops and defense lines in the north are indispensable.

Regardless of whether this Gongsun Du will surrender or not, this Zhenguan army will not be able to move. Li Yang thought to himself in his heart.

Although the Zhenguan army is not many now, after this Northern Expedition, they are all veterans who have experienced the baptism of the battlefield.

In addition, with the advantage of Youzhou, you can re-recruit soldiers and expand the army to suppress foreign clans.

Seeking stability is one thing, and Li Yang's most important thing is to defeat Zhao Junrui.

Li Yang now only wants to know all the truth, and wants to know how he can pull his family out of this fog.

Two months after Jia Xu's departure, good news came from the front.

Gongsun Du, since he really surrendered, this news made Li Yang surprised and surprised.

In fact, he completely had the idea of giving it a try, so he let Jia Xu go, according to Li Yang's idea, Jia Xu went, even if he couldn't recruit Gongsun Du, he could delay for some time, and wait for the grain and grass of the Zhenguan army to arrive, which would be enough.

Gongsun Du's surrender not only avoided a big battle, but also gave Tianyun more than 200,000 more combat strength.

For these, the soldiers of the former Gongsun Du, Li Yang naturally couldn't leave all of them in Youzhou.

After soliciting Zhang Liang's suggestion, Li Yang ordered that they be divided equally and arranged to the three major legions of the day, the tiger and the dragon, and the army should be distributed more, after all, the state is also on the verge of being outside the city.

Gongsun Du, including their subordinates, is naturally not strong, but after all, the original princes of one side voted for work, so naturally they can't be treated badly, after thinking about it, Li Yang finally arranged Gongsun Du in Changshan and became the head of a county.

As for Gongsun Du's cronies, Li Yang still left them in place, and most of their official positions did not move.

After Gongsun Du was completely settled, another piece of good news came.

The battle between East and West Xianbei also started very early under Dong Su's instigation.

With the funding of the Sulong Chamber of Commerce, the combat effectiveness of East Xianbei is naturally higher than that of West Xianbei.

However, the two were originally half a catty, even if the combat power of East Xianbei increased, it was impossible to solve West Xianbei so quickly.

However, a group of light cavalry with superior combat power appeared.

When the two sides agreed to a big battle, this light cavalry composed entirely of white horses appeared, which made Xi Xianbei completely defeated.

The name of Bai Ma Yicong, Xianbei has been spread, plus the super combat effectiveness shown this time, so that Xi Xianbei is completely afraid, almost everywhere Bai Ma Yi goes, Xi Xianbei runs away from the wind.

Therefore, it didn't take long for East Xianbei to enter the center of West Xianbei.

This battle not only solved the West Xianbei, but also left an invincible impression in the minds of everyone in the East Xianbei, killing two birds with one stone.

The situation in the north has stabilized, and Li Yang feels that at least until the national border disappears, there will be no problem here.

Like the north, the 'spies' arranged by Li Yang in Yangzhou and Jiaozhou in the south have also made strong progress.

He Shen naturally didn't need to say much, after breaking away from Cao Cao and rushing to Yangzhou, he mingled with several Lu, Zhang and other families.

Every few days, He Shen would go to these houses to eat and chat, and even sometimes, He Shen paid out of his own pocket to gather the heads of several major families or young masters together, chatting and talking, so uncomfortable.

Of course, he didn't get down to business.

At his instigation, the fields of these families will have natural disasters such as waterlogging and fires from time to time.

Although most of the grain and grass have been rescued by several great families, the part that needs to be paid tribute has completely disappeared in the disaster.

Even if Zhao Junrui knew that these big families were deliberate, there were many families in Yangzhou, and the relationship was complicated, and it affected the whole body, so he didn't care about it.

That's why these families dare to do this.

Of course, they are also under Zhao Junrui now, so they won't go too far, and this is already the limit.

However, the purpose of restricting Zhao Junrui's recovery and development has already been achieved.

Moreover, it also planted a bomb in Zhao Junrui's heart, anyway, Li Yang felt that after this incident, if Zhao Junrui went out to fight, he would definitely leave a part of the troops to guard the interior of Yangzhou, which could be regarded as weakening Zhao Junrui's troops in disguise.

The matter in Yangzhou is preliminarily resolved, and it has indeed slowed down Zhao Junrui's recovery time.

However, just a few families, the role is still limited after all, Zhao Junrui's strength has not only completely returned to normal, but even has a trend of upward and stable development.

Fortunately, the Jiaozhou Office has also achieved results.

Shi Xie, the former Jiaozhi Taishou, is also the original emperor of Jiaozhou, and even the entire southern Xinjiang.

The history books once said that its status at that time was not even weaker than that of Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, which shows its control over Jiaozhou.

The Shi family has been operating in Jiaozhou for many years, and the mountain people are friendly, originally when Shi Xie and Zhao Junrui fought, there were mountain people to assist, after Shi Xie was defeated, the mountain people fled back to the mountains.

The deep mountains are complicated, and after the mountain people flee back, it is almost impossible to find them again, and only the rest of the Shi family has a way to contact them.

In the deep mountains where the mountain people live in a harsh environment all year round, they are originally different from the Han people, plus they hunt all year round, and their archery and spear skills are also very strong.

Therefore, although the number is smaller, and it is not in formation, the combat power is still very strong.

Li Yang speculated that if it was according to the previous 'system' evaluation criteria, Li Yang felt that the combat effectiveness of these mountain people should not be weaker than that of the eighth-order special troops.

It is precisely because of this that he was able to hold out for so long in the face of Zhao Junrui's powerful army.

However, Zhao Junrui has many famous ministers and generals, plus strong troops, no matter how high Shixie's control over Jiaozhou is, he is beyond his strength, and in the end he not only lost to Zhao Junrui, but he was also beheaded.

In fact, Zhao Junrui was also forced to do so, Shi Xie's reputation in Jiaozhou was too high, if he was not sincere in taking refuge, he could raise his arms at any time and pull up the anti-flag, so he not only killed Shi Xie, but also launched a crazy pursuit of other Shi families.

However, although Shi Xie died, his younger brother Shi Yi escaped, and the messenger sent by Zhang Liang, after a long time of exploration and exploration, finally found Shi Yi.

After simple negotiations, the two parties hit it off and reached a cooperation agreement.

Shiyi provided Li Yang with sugarcane, rhinoceros horn, ivory and other Jiaozhou specialties to replace Li Yang's armaments.

The transaction was fair, and even at the behest of Li Yang, a more favorable price was given.

The armaments and materials were delivered, plus Shi Yi had been gathering the old troops and mountain people, so after the town naval regiment transported the first batch of traded armament materials, Shi Yi tore off the banner and began the Jiaozhou recovery war.

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