When Jiang Feng arrived at the north gate, it was already Shen Shi.

Originally, I wanted to delay it for a day and consume the sharpness of the Lu army, but now I can't afford to drag it out.

Three days ago, the Caizhou army sent troops to Xuzhou, and sent troops from Linli and Yongcheng to attack Fuli and Xiao County.

At the same time, Nanyang Liu Xuan's troops seem to be preparing to go, and the target is Huzhou, and possibly even Shouzhou.

This is all to be expected.

Caizhou has long been calculated in it, with Yuan's temperament, it is absolutely impossible to sit and watch Huaiyou continue to sit big, as long as there is any slightest opportunity, they will not give up destroying the situation of Huaiyou, no matter whether they can please or not.

As long as they can create a trace of trouble and obstacles for Huaiyou, they will not hesitate to try.

I have to say that the Yuan family sincerely regards Huaiyou as the number one enemy, and there are certainly Yuan Wuwei and Yuan Wuxing, two outstanding figures of the Yuan family, who are the younger generations of the Yuan family, and there is also the far-reaching vision of Yuan Huaihe and Yuan Huaiqing, the leaders of the older generation.

Compared with the old feudal lords such as Daliang and Nanyang beside him, although Huaiyou's background and strength are still inferior to them, the vigorous upward trend it shows has aroused their high vigilance.

Such a feudal lord lives next to Caizhou, and they are still rivals of each other, and the danger can be imagined.

One mountain can't accommodate two tigers, the Central Plains can't talk about a mountain, and there are more than one or two tigers here, but in Yuan's view, the Huaiyou tiger is undoubtedly the biggest threat to Caizhou.

Seeing that this tiger is still growing, how can this make people feel at ease?

Containment, if there is an opportunity, or even strangleholding, is the most in Yuan's interests.

Fu Li couldn't withstand the attack of the Caizhou army, and Huaiyou didn't plan to ignore the offensive of the Caizhou army, and Xiao County was the same, for Huaiyou, he only needed to hold Xuzhou Prefecture to govern Pengcheng.

And for this battle, Huaiyou also took great pains, not only left Mei Guo to sit in Xuzhou, but also several Huaiyou Dao Tibetan Sect Masters including Ganquan who had been promoted to Fang Shushu were left in Xuzhou, just to prevent accidents.

Of course, it is indispensable to make a fuss about the defense of Xuzhou City.

As long as the Caizhou army dares to attack Pengcheng, Huaiyou is still confident that he will give the other party a head-on blow.

As for the rest, Huaiyou is temporarily powerless.

Exchanging space for time was originally the principle established at the beginning, and the method of blocking and harassing was adopted to slow down the invasion of the enemy's army, and at the same time abandon some prefectures and counties to ensure key positions, and finally win the victory.

Caizhou's offensive was ferocious, slightly unexpected, and it only took two days to rush to Fuli City, in order to avoid unnecessary losses, the Huaiyou Army did not defend in Fuli, because once a defensive battle was launched here, it was of little significance except for the loss of Fuli City.

However, once the Caizhou army moved south to the bridge, the Huaiyou army would adopt non-stop attack tactics, and at the same time, it would also counterattack the Caizhou army through the water army on the canal, forcing it to not be able to go deeper.

As for Xiao County, Huaiyou didn't plan to defend at all.

Xiao County is so close to the city of Xuzhou, even if the Caizhou army is occupied, as long as Xuzhou is still there, his Caizhou army will never want to gain a foothold in Xiao County, once he recovers, a battle, Xiao County can be recovered, no matter how many troops his Caizhou army has stationed in Xiao County, it will be a result.

The only thing that made Jiang Feng feel a little tricky was Nanyang's abnormal movements.

In order to prevent the movement of Nanyang, Jiang Feng sent Hou Chen to envoy Ezhou and Xiangyang, and even did not hesitate to bring in the Zhennan army in Hongzhou and the Ma family in Tanyue, just to prevent the Nanyang Liu clan from continuing to advance eastward along Gwangju.

If the loss of Huzhou is just a political loss, and Jiang Feng can barely bear it, then if Shouzhou is lost, it will be an unbearable burden.

Therefore, when sending Hou Chen to Ezhou, Xiangyang, Hongzhou and Tanzhou, Jiang Feng even granted Hou Chen the greatest authority, everything can be discussed, all conditions can be paid, as long as Nanyang can be dragged down, no troops will be dispatched.

In addition to this hand, Wuwentang will also make some articles within Nanyang, but whether it can be effective or not, this cannot be asserted.

It can be said that at the present stage, the political center and administrative center of Huaiyou are moving from Huzhou to Xuzhou, but Huzhou, as the base of Jiang Feng's beginning, still has great historical origin and significance.

And Shouzhou is now Huaiyou's well-deserved economic center and transportation hub, irreplaceable, even if Xuzhou's iron smelting center is built, it will not be able to replace Shouzhou's status for a long time.

After several years of construction, the four counties of Huzhou have developed rapidly.

The reclamation of land in Yincheng and the northern part of the Tang Dynasty made great progress, and the displaced people from Huaibei obtained the qualification to reclaim the land leased by the government, and the enthusiasm for land reclamation was greatly released.

Although the ownership of the land still belongs to the government, the government also promises to obtain land after the land has been converted into mature land, and after ten years of continuous labor and the delivery of the land endowment, which is a thing that the displaced people could not have imagined before.

In the southern part of Yincheng and Shengtang counties and Huoshan County, although there are mostly dry fields due to geological conditions, the reclamation of tea gardens in the Qiu area is in full swing because of the rapid development of tea planting and tea making.

It can be said that the most fashionable thing now is to reclaim tea mountains and build tea gardens along the northern foot of Dabie Mountain.

Not only did merchants from Shouzhou flock to the city, but even the Sogdians and Persians were wrapped up in it, and the construction of the post road also greatly improved the conditions for transporting tea from these mountainous areas.

For Shouzhou, these two years can be called the best golden development period in its history.

The restoration of water conservancy facilities in Huoqiu and Anfeng, the enrichment of a large number of displaced people, and the inflow of gentry capital from Huzhou have all made it a stage of rapid recovery and rapid catch-up after experiencing the ravages of ant thieves.

Similarly, the reconstruction of the Shouzhou kiln and the connection between the Huaishui waterway and the canal have made Shouchun's status as a material distribution center and commercial hub increasingly prominent, which has even caused a certain degree of suppression to the neighboring Luzhou, which is also in the revival.

It can be said that the foundation of Huaiyou is now in Shouzhou, and Gwangju, Huzhou, Luzhou, Haozhou and Chuzhou, and even Shuzhou and Hezhou in the future will be centered on Shouzhou to develop.

Without this piece of land, the development of the Huaibei Prefectures and even the Yanyunyi Prefectures is a source of water and a tree without roots, and even after taking the Pinglu Prefectures, it will be an unrealistic fantasy for the entire Huaiyou to become strong quickly, have the ability to challenge the Central Plains, and shoulder the heavy responsibility of resisting the Hu people who went south.

Therefore, Jiang Feng could not tolerate Nanyang's involvement in Huzhou and Shouzhou.

For this, he can pay any price.

Now he still doesn't know what Hou Chen has achieved in Ehuang and Xiangyang, and he doesn't dare to place too much hope.

The only ones that can have a certain effect on Nanyang are Xiangyang and Ehuang, but the Ehuang Du family has always been weak and weak, so they can't expect too much.

Xiangyang has a certain strength, but the enemies around him are fierce, especially the threat of Jiangling to him has made his containment of Nanyang drop a lot, so he will instruct Hou Chen to try his best to eliminate Xiangyang's worries, that is, to solve Jiangling's threat to Xiangyang.

Of course, all this is an external factor, in the final analysis, it is still necessary to solve the battle of Pinglu as soon as possible, once the battle of Pinglu falls into a long-term situation, then Nanyang will not give up this opportunity no matter what, and Caizhou will even change from just attacking and destroying to being invaded and occupied.

This is also the reason why Jiang Feng is eager to solve Pinglu in a relatively short time, even if it costs more.

"How's the preparation?" Jiang Feng took a deep breath and looked around.

"Princess, everything is ready to stop. Yu Mingzhen clenched his fists and saluted, "General Ding's tooth army came around in the early morning, and it has already finished resting, just waiting for a battle." ”

In order to prepare for this battle, Huaiyou also took great pains, although the Pinglu army was weak in magic, but the weakness did not mean that it was not worthy of a battle.

Everyone knows that through the soil system technique, they can sneak to the camp to observe, so in order to avoid being noticed by the Pinglu army to adjust the army, Huaiyou also deliberately transferred the tooth army as a reserve in the early morning and made a big detour to the north gate.

And in the past few days, all kinds of magic instruments have also been quietly and finely adjusted, which is to be used in this afternoon's battle.

Huaiyou can use the watchtower to observe the changes of the defenders on the city wall, and it can be seen that the Pinglu army is also constantly strengthening its strength, and the four days of fierce fighting should make both sides deeply feel that there is a gap between the two sides in their estimates of each other.

Although the Pinglu Army underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Huaiyou Army, the Huaiyou Army also underestimated the adaptability and tenacity of the Pinglu Army, especially the rapid response ability and tenacity displayed by the middle-level and grassroots officers in Pinglu, which impressed the Huaiyou Army.

broke through several times, but was forced back by the Pinglu Army, this is not a fluke, but a real performance of strength after thousands of tempers.

"Okay, Mingzhen, are you ready here, how to arrange it?" Jiang Feng nodded.

"The county prince, General Qin and General Hong have also arrived. Yu Mingzhen nodded, "I think we can start." ”

The purpose of this battle is not only to break the city, but also to leave Wang Shouzhong behind, once Wang Shouzhong senses the abnormality and escapes, it will be a big trouble.

For a character like Wang Shouzhong who is in the middle of the Xiaotian Rank Ludan, once he has the heart to run, even if it is two characters with the same strength as him, he may not be able to stop it.

What's more, Wang Shouzhong, as the envoy of the Pinglu Festival, just like Jiang Feng, must have a martial arts master by his side, and maybe he also has high-end magic weapons hidden on his body, these are all unpredictable factors.

And Wang Shouzhong can't die yet.

Once Wang Shouzhong is dead, it may bring division to Pinglu, but it will also bring trouble to Huaiyou, because it will be a long process to completely solve the Pinglu problem, and what Huaiyou lacks most now is time.

Therefore, Jiang Feng recruited Qin Han and Hong Kui together, five small heavenly masters, to ensure that Wang Shouzhong was captured alive.