A group of people with 8,000 troops stationed in Xiapi, Long Tao according to Shen Luoyan's plan, first spread rumors, saying that the Shendao Army with the Great Shengyu Culture and Wang Kuijie's coalition army, a large eastward march, ready to attack the East China Sea, at the same time, sent troops to besiege Muyang, another city that echoed the East China Sea.

A large number of nearby towns really fell to the Shendao Army, and the Muyang guards Li Xingyuan and Li Zitong were of the same clan, refusing to surrender and holding on to the city.

Long Tao didn't really attack Muyang City, but just stationed troops outside the city, forming a large army to suppress the territory, secretly observing the movements on the other side of the East China Sea.

If Muyang is occupied, the route from the East China Sea to the west into the inland will be completely cut off, and at that time, even if Li Zitong returns to the East China Sea, he will only be besieged and wait for death, so Muyang must not be lost for him.

The defender of the East China Sea is Li Ziyun, the younger brother of Li Zitong, after finding out the reality of Long Tao's troops, he really sent a naval army from the East China Sea to rescue Muyang, but when he crossed the Poison Dragon Gorge at night, he was ambushed by Shen Luoyan and the whole army was annihilated.

Almost at the same time, Bu Tianzhi's fleet sailed from the sea to the city of Donghai, and they all changed to the banner of Li Zitong.

The East China Sea was easily captured, Li Xingyun knew that Muyang was also difficult to hold, so he fled out of the city in a hurry, and the residents in the city opened the city gate to welcome the Divine Sword Army into the city.

When Li Zitong arrived in the East China Sea with 20,000 remnants of the defeated army, he was naturally attacked by Long Tao, and nearly 10,000 people were lost.

Li Zitong fled to the sea again, turned north, and went to Squatting Dog Mountain in Donglai to stay temporarily.

Long Tao knew that after this battle, this person would have no chance to turn over.

Two days later, the good news came, Xu Xingzhi, Sima Dejiao and others led 30,000 Praetorian Guards, under the help of the Zhuhua Gang, taking advantage of the battle between Du Fuwei and Shen Lun for Jiangdu, they defeated the two armies in one fell swoop and attacked Jiangdu!

Hearing the news, everyone was very excited.

You know, Jiangdu is one of the three capitals of the world, Yang Guang from the time he was the governor of Yangzhou to run wholeheartedly, and then it was repeatedly built, the prosperity of the heyday, no less than Chang'an, Luoyang two capitals, if you can occupy this city, the sword army will really have a strong capital to compete in the world.

Long Tao immediately led the fleet into Hangou and went south to Jiangdu.

There are still two cities of Zhongli and Gaoyou on both sides of the canal north of Jiangdu, which are in the hands of Li Zitong's generals Zuo Xiaoyou and Qin Wenchao.

Li Zitong first lost the Jiangdu, and then lost the East China Sea, the two suddenly became a situation of no way out, when the Longtao warship arrived, the two of them were very aware of the current affairs of the city and surrendered.

At this point, Long Tao completely controlled the section of the canal from Liangdu to Jiangdu, and a large number of cities along the coast, as well as a large area of land from the east to the sea, all belonged to him.

The territory of the Shendao Army has greatly increased, and it has occupied the ports of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and has become the most powerful hegemonic force in the coastal area.

All the generals gathered in the Jiangdu City, held a banquet to celebrate the merits, and rewarded the merits.

Long Tao was not in a hurry to claim the emperor, discussed with everyone, and decided to establish a country but still temporarily claim to be the Shendao Army, and imitate the six departments of the three provinces of the old Sui and set up a government and six departments.

One government is the Shendao Mansion, which governs the six ministries, and Ren Xuxing is the chief of the Shendao Mansion, although the official position does not sound big, but it is actually equivalent to the power of the prime minister, and the affairs of the six ministries can be intervened.

Of course, because Long Tao's talents at this time were indeed insufficient, these were also temporary expedient arrangements, in order to establish an administrative organization as soon as possible and control the large territory that had just been defeated.

Therefore, in addition to the post of the head of the Shendao Mansion, Xu Xingzhi was also specifically responsible for the affairs of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, Wei Zheng was in charge of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry was handed over to Chen Laomou.

Sima Deji, Pei Renji, Bu Tianzhi, Jiao Hongjin, Zuo Xiaoyou and others are all generals, and each has a reward.

As for Shen Luoyan, Yun Yuzhen, Shen Yujing, Ren Meimei, You Qiuyan and other women, they all belong to the Shendao Mansion temporarily, and each has different responsibilities to assist the six ministries in managing political affairs.

After the arrangements were made, Long Tao immediately ordered Bu Tianzhi, Zuo Xiaoyou, and Qin Wenchao to lead the sailors up the river and approach Danyang.

Danyang is a big city in the upper reaches of the river, only by taking this city, the river can open the road to the upper reaches of the river, then you can go out of the sea in the east, enter the Yangtze River in the west, go to the canal in the north, and truly become a trade capital.

At this moment, Danyang is in the hands of the Jianghuai Army, and the guard will be Du Fuwei's brother and the second person of the Jianghuai Army, Fu Gongyou.

This person was born in the Demon Gate Tianlian Sect, and is the junior brother of "Fat Jia" An Long, more than ten years ago, he broke away from the Tianlian Sect and fought the world with Du Fuwei, however, in the original plot, this person was actually disconnected from the Demon Gate, and later he was in collusion with the "Meridian Sword" Zuo Youxian, and the relationship with Du Fuwei became quite bad.

Du Fuwei was stationed in Liyang at the moment, knowing that after Long Tao's troops forced Danyang, he led 50,000 troops to pour out, looking at the situation, not just rushing to aid Danyang, but taking the opportunity to attack Jiangdu again.

After all, after Lao Du suffered setbacks from Jingling to Jiangdu, he was also angry with Long Tao's Shendao Army, and judging from the situation of the Jianghuai Army at this time, if he didn't take Jiangdu or Xiangyang and gain a foothold in the north, he could only sit back and wait for the situation of being trapped and killed.

And for Long Tao, Du Fuwei's Jianghuai army is always a trouble, and it will have to be solved sooner or later.

So, Long Tao personally led 30,000 divine sword troops to attack Danyang by land.

The two sides fought under the city of Danyang for three days, with Long Tao's spiritual sense covering a radius of 100 miles to detect the enemy's situation, and the resourceful Shen Luoyan cleverly devised a clever plan, coupled with Pei Renji, Sima Dejiao and other fierce generals to lead the army, and finally the Shendao Army defeated the Jianghuai Army and took Danyang in one fell swoop.

Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyou returned to Liyang with 20,000 remnants, and it was difficult to do anything for a while.

After this battle, the prestige of the Shendao Army rose again, and many towns along the Yangtze River were annexed, and the other forces in the south were busy making different countermeasures in the face of this new and powerful opponent.

In just half a month, the Divine Sword Army swept away the leaves with a strong wind, and quickly took a large area of land and cities, and Long Tao also knew that he was expanding too fast.

He accepted the suggestion of Xu Xingzhi, suspended the foreign war, took defending the land and the people as the first priority, and arranged for Pei Renji to guard Liangdu, Zuo Xiaoyou and Qin Wenchao to guard Danyang, Xiapi and Donghai to Jiao Hongjin to manage, and the base camp Jiangdu was under the command of Sima Deji's Praetorian Guard, and Bu Tianzhi was still responsible for recruiting and training sailors.

At the same time, it is also recruiting troops in various places to expand the troops.

As for all internal affairs such as the selection of officials, the registration of household registration, the formulation of laws, and the determination of taxes, all of them were the responsibility of Xu Xingzhi and Wei Zheng.

These affairs are cumbersome and heavy, but fortunately, Yun Yuzhen, Shen Yujing, Ren Meimei, You Qiuyan and others assisted by them, and they first selected a group of available talents from their respective gangs to undertake a lot of specific and complicated work, and finally made the operation of the entire kingdom slowly get on the right track.

Everything was arranged, Long Tao decided to go to Pegasus Ranch, Song Jingang's words that day made him very concerned about Shang Xiuxun, in addition, now he wants to expand the army, urgently needs a large number of horses, and it is time to go to the cute and moving beautiful woman to talk about business.

Outside Jiangdu City, Long Tao and Shen Luoyan said goodbye on a hill, while Pei Xingyan took the three hundred knights who were carefully selected and waited quietly on the avenue under the mountain.

Shen Luoyan asked with a smile: "Brother Kuan is afraid that the owner of the mall will be unhappy, so he didn't take Luoyan with him?" The charm of that Shangda beauty is indeed extraordinary, and you have to value it so much, Brother Kuan! ”

Long Tao smiled dryly: "Hey, I'm going to help General Pei defend Liangdu, the safety of Liangdu is very important, only when Luoyan goes, I can rest assured." ”

Shen Luoyan glanced at him and said, "You are less here!" Why didn't you even bring Jiaojiao and Sunny? They don't have anything to do, huh! In the past few days, you villain has refused to let us go every night, and now you are willing not to take the two of them with you, and you are not afraid that Shang Xiuxun will be angry? ”

Long Tao was embarrassed, in order to increase his skills, although he was busy these days, he was still cultivating night and night, and at this moment he was told by Shen Luoyan, so he had to smile bitterly: "Does Luoyan have to demolish me?" ”

Shen Luoyan saw his embarrassed look, and sneered: "Luoyan is such a stingy woman, just joking with you!" You can rest assured, Luoyan will not only guard the Liangdu for you, but also take the opportunity to win over some old Wagang departments, now that our Divine Sword Army is in full swing, I believe there will be many people willing to take refuge in us! ”

Long Tao's heart warmed and asked, "Does Luo Yan want to be my concubine or a female general that has never been seen in the future?" I didn't assign you a specific official position this time, Luo Yan won't blame me, right? ”

Shen Luoyan looked at him affectionately, and said with a smile: "In the past, Luoyan was indeed full of ambitions, wanting to make contributions and enjoy all the glory and wealth, but now Luoyan can always be by your side, it is enough!" ”

Long Tao grabbed her slender waist, kissed her deep on her full red lips, let go of her and said, "My words will definitely not live up to the affection of the wild goose!" Go to Liangdu, take care! ”

With that, he strode down the mountain.