In the past two years of fighting, the army has been rotated, and the losses naturally far exceed those in the South China Sea. Perhaps the combat power has not decreased, but Liu Feng's money and materials have increased exponentially. In the huge Jiangdong, most of the hoarded materials have been consumed.

In order to win Jiaozhou, Liu Feng made a bloody investment.

However, the surrender of the Shi family does not mean the end of the Jiaozhou War.

The army is too tired to start the next round of war, and must rest. The Shi family has newly descended, the place is unstable, the new officials have not yet arrived, and the Shi family still has a strong force, so Bai Jian did not dare to leave, so he could only select some troops in a better situation, with He Qi as the commander, and go west to Yulin.

There are not many people, only 500,000, and they do not go to war when they witness it, but maintain coercion.

The most difficult cangwu was taken by the Jiangdong army, and the matter of Jiaozhou was clear at a glance, so it depended on whether Yulin Taishou had the courage to raise troops to resist again.

In particular, in the case of the invasion of the Yizhou army, the choice is even more important.

Yizhou or Jiangdong, this is the question that everyone wants to know.

In the east, the Jiangdong Army advanced westward, and the Southern Yizhou Army went north, and the pressure suddenly fell on Yulin Taishou's head.

The guard must not be able to hold it, and he didn't think about who to surrender to, so Yulin Taishou simply stopped worrying and waited for the enemy soldiers to come to the city.

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He Qi worked day and night, hurrying and hurrying, and finally rushed to the outside of Bulin City in early August, grabbing ahead of the Yizhou army.

It's not that the Yizhou army doesn't work hard, it sent troops in March, and even Keshu County, the Yizhou army is also very tired. Originally, the number of sorties was not much, plus they looted all the way, divided troops to garrison, and even gave many strangers the opportunity to surround and annihilate their small groups of soldiers and horses. In the end, the Yizhou army had to take it step by step, and finally lagged one step behind.

Yulin Taishou didn't think much about it, and after He Qi promised not to pursue responsibility, not to harm his interests, and to allow him to go to Wu County, he decisively surrendered Kaicheng, and sent a letter to the counties in the north of Yulin asking them to surrender to the Jiangdong Army. He Qi was not polite, and after sending a letter to Bai Jian, he immediately took over the city defense and prepared to fight against the invading Yizhou army.

There were few people he brought, and the Yulin defenders did not dare to believe in it, nor did they believe in its combat effectiveness, so He Qi could only choose to defend.

In September, the Yizhou Army, which had dragged all the way, arrived in Bulin.

Then it was the turn of the Yizhou army to face a choice, whether to attack Bulin City and take the opportunity to take Yulin County, or to take it when it was good and consolidate the occupied places.

Yizhou sent 5 million troops this time, which is a lot, but it is not too much. Originally, he planned to take advantage of the Cangwu War, but he didn't expect the Yulin defenders to be so weak, so he simply attacked the city and plundered the land, preparing to take the whole county, cut off the connection between Jiaozhi and the east, and seize several counties in the west of Jiaozhou.

However, because of the temporary decision, Chengdu has not yet decided whether to expand the war.

Liu Feng's purpose is obvious, that is, to occupy the entire Jiaozhou, and if he takes Yulin at this time, he will inevitably start a war with Jiangdong. Over the years, the prestige of the Jiangdong Army has made the people in Chengdu dare not speak lightly about the war.

Shu is indeed the country of abundance, but the problem is that Liu Zhang first killed Liu Yan because of his superiority, which led to panic and internal division, and Liu Dan left Jingzhou; Later, he was not on good terms with Zhang Lu in Hanzhong and started a war, so Yizhou has no influence on the outside world, and it is far less than the reputation of the Jiangdong Army.

At this moment, the Yizhou army does not have an advantage in military strength against Shangbulin City, and its combat effectiveness may be slightly stronger, but with the elite army of Jiangdong brought by He Qi and defending the city, it is naturally not afraid. If it weren't for the fact that the Jiangdong Army was too tired from continuous battles, He Qi would even want to go out of the city to face it head-on.

Therefore, the Yizhou army camped outside the city and handed over the choice to the Yizhou base camp.

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September of the 14th year of Jian'an, Chengdu.

The Yizhou Pastoral Mansion gathered the real power figures in Yizhou, and the reason why they gathered so much was because Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang received a letter, a letter from Jiangdong Liu Feng.

The content is all inconsequential words, describing the situation of seeing Liu Yan when he was in Luoyang, expressing his nostalgia for Liu Yan, of course, not mentioning Liu Zhang's murder of his father, but expressing his blessings to Liu Zhang. Of course, at the end, by the way, he has always been at odds with Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and is ready to support some people to take Liu Biao's Changsha.

didn't mention anything about Yu Lin, Liu Zhang was also inexplicable at first, until Zhao Ji reminded him after reading it, and then he suddenly realized it.

The war in Jingnan has lasted for many years, and Jiangdong's support for Zhang Yi against Liu Pan, Han Xuan and others is also a clear thing, and the key is "some people".

Liu Dan is now entrenched in Wuling County, and has been recuperating for many years. Nominally belongs to Liu Biao, but he has been sitting and watching the two sides fight, as long as he does not provoke him, the Wuling army will not move.

Now Liu Feng's euphemistic mention of the Jingnan war can't help but make people think more.

I am not afraid to support Liu Dan to fight Jingzhou, but what if Liu Dan continues to fight for Yizhou?

Liu Zhang knew that he did not have his father's prestige, and there were problems with his superiors, and most of his important ministers did not take him seriously, and the southern counties were almost outside the Yizhou Pastoral Mansion. At that time, Liu Dan's power was weak, and he was quickly suppressed and rushed to Yizhou. If Liu Feng supports him, and even the Jiangdong Army personally helps in the war, even if Yizhou can hold it, the situation will be more difficult than now.

After discussing for a long time, Liu Zhang still made a decision not to offend Jiangdong to death. So he wrote back to Liu Feng, bluntly saying that the matter of Jiaozhou was a misunderstanding, and he would order the withdrawal of troops from Jiaozhou, expressing the friendly wishes of the two families.

Then he gave orders to the Taishou of the southern counties to withdraw troops from Jiaozhou.

Yes, it is the Taishou of the three southern counties. This time the troops were also led by the three southern counties, and Liu Zhang didn't even know about it beforehand, but he reported to him later and said that he would share a part of the spoils, and Liu Zhang agreed to endorse it.

In fact, even if he didn't agree, he couldn't do anything about the three southern counties.

The problems within Yizhou are serious.

This has nothing to do with Liu Feng, what he cares about is to take Jiaozhou as soon as possible, so that the soldiers can get a chance to breathe, and restore the people's livelihood as soon as possible.

In October, the coalition forces under Brin finally withdrew their camp.

It's not that the three southern counties of Yizhou didn't think about refusing the order to continue the war, but considering that this would offend Jiangdong, not to mention, and it would hurt Liu Zhang even more, in case the two sides joined forces to deal with them, they couldn't deal with it, so they could only choose to retreat.

The population cannot be brought, and when retreating, the Jiangdong Army follows closely, and in case of a sneak attack, bringing a large number of civilians will affect the battle.

But the belongings had to be taken away, especially the loot that had been plundered in several counties.

Liu Feng didn't ask them to return it - it was impossible, it was just that they helped them easily get Yulin's military expenses.

In November of the 14th year of Jian'an, the Yizhou Army completely withdrew from Jiaozhou, and Jiaozhi County surrendered. In December, Ninan and Jiuzhen fell, and at this point, Jiaozhou was included in Jiangdong's sphere of influence.