In the battle on the bank of the Jiepai River, according to the news fed back by the Huaiyou Navy and the Chengde Army that arrived in Ruyin, the elite of the 5,000 cavalry army in Caizhou was swept away, with at least more than half of the casualties, which is simply incredible in Ryazan's opinion, but it is a fact. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

His subordinates heard a lot of news from the sergeants of Chengde, most of which described the extremely sharp long-range strike weapons on the ships of the Huaiyou Navy Army, or magic instruments, such as the release of fire demons and the indestructibility of strong crossbows, such exaggerated words as jaw-dropping, perhaps exaggerated, but Ryazan believes that there is definitely a reason.

There is no doubt that after the Shouzhou Navy was upgraded to the Huaiyou Water Army, its combat effectiveness has undergone earth-shaking changes, Ryazan still has some understanding of the strength of the Shouzhou Water Army, although it is strong on the water, but if you want to say how much of a threat the Shouzhou Navy can be to the infantry cavalry, Ryazan has never thought about it, but this time the battle of the Jiepai River Bank subverted his cognition.

Caizhou's cavalry Ryazan also knows, even if the strength can't catch up with the Liang and Shatuo iron cavalry, and even compared to the elite iron cavalry of the three towns of Heshuo, it is slightly inferior, but it is no less than the Huaibei elite cavalry, and the strength of the Chengde army is not enough to cause much damage to the five thousand elite cavalry in Caizhou, Ryazan even felt that the strength of the Chengde army was swept and wiped out by the Caizhou army, but he didn't expect that the result would change so much after the intervention of the Huaiyou Naval Army.

No matter how powerful the plum situation is, it is only one person, what about the small heavenly master, the magic has a means to restrain and resist the heavenly master, the Huaiyou Navy is only a mere army, and it is capable of defeating Caizhou's five thousand elite cavalry, which can only be the Huaiyou Navy has the means to break the balance of the battle situation.

Combined with the descriptions of those Chengde soldiers, Ryazan had this plan in his heart.

"Zhanzhi, I know what you want, but I can't call the shots on this matter. Mei Guo shook her head, with a look of embarrassment on her face, "I won't tell you, a certain naval ship is indeed equipped with some magic equipment, which is very powerful, but it is too big and inconvenient to move, so it can only be equipped on the ship, and this also involves some military secrets of our Huaiyou Daozang, so I dare not make decisions without the order of the lord." ”

Mei Guo knew that Jiang Feng attached great importance to magic equipment, and Wuwentang had also issued some requirements to prevent the leakage of magic secrets, but at present, the army did not understand the concept of leaking secrets, so it was difficult to say how effective it would be.

Fortunately, the secret of this magic is very profound in itself, and if it is not an expert in magic, ordinary people will let the magicians explain it in person, and it will be difficult for them to understand.

And like the operating soldiers on the warship, they don't know anything about the principle, and they are completely in accordance with the operating specifications formulated by the Daozang, which means that even if you steal these magic instruments, you can only get this one, and it is impossible to copy it, unless there is a guide from insiders in the Huaiyou Daozang Institute.

Although he knew this, without Jiang Feng's permission, it was impossible for Mei Guo to break through this boundary.

"Can that Ziyu immediately report the situation to Guishang and implement this matter as soon as possible?" Ryazan couldn't help rubbing his hands, if this matter can really be finalized, then the defense strength of Ruyin City will suddenly increase by three percent, "I believe that Guishang will never want Ruyin City to fall into the hands of the Caizhou army, if Guishang is not at ease with safety, you can also ask your army to be responsible for guarding and operating, how about it?"

Mei Guo laughed, this guy is deeply afraid that Huaiyou is not deeply involved, and he doesn't want to think about it, in the battle on the bank of the Jiepai River, the Huaiyou army can still get out? It's just that Huaiyou's main energy can't be put on Huaibei now, and the primary purpose is to solve Wudi.

Once the matter of Wu is over, this Huaibei scramble will be included in Huaiyou's sight, and Ryazan will not be able to interfere with Huaiyou at that time.

Mei Guo is also more and more aware of the ambition and ambition in Jiang Feng's chest, from Shouzhou to Shuzhou, from Wudi to Huaibei, every step is extremely stable, but it has reserved the foreshadowing of the next step, it can be said that every step out, the next two or three steps are already in the planning, or even preparation.

Jiang Feng has never really or completely expounded his inner thoughts, and in Mei Qian's opinion, this situation will not last long.

Before, it was because the Huaiyou force was not strong enough, but once Huaiyou could make some gains in the battle for Wu, such as taking the two states of Luhao, then Huaiyou really had the strength to dominate the side, and when Jiang Feng wanted to make the generals return to his heart, if he wanted to attract more military generals and ministers to join him, and if he wanted to get more support, then he must clarify his ambitions and outline his vision for the future, only in this way can these civil generals and vested interests who follow him work hard for it.

Mei Guo is a very rational person, he never believes that personal feelings can replace anything, the survival interests of a big family are far better than personal personal feelings, so even if the Umeda family was hostile and disgusted with Jiang Feng before, but in the face of the family's survival and interests, the Umeda family still has to follow it without hesitation.

He also hopes that Ryazan can also see this, Huaibei has declined, and the Shi family is actually unable to defend this land, maybe these conditions are not yet mature, but as time goes by, Mei Guo believes that Ryazan can see the situation clearly, and it is worth looking forward to where to go in the future.

Therefore, he hopes that through this cooperation with Ryazan, he will establish a stronger friendship, and also let Ryazan have a more intuitive understanding of Huaiyou's strength, which will help further cooperation in the future.

"Zhanzhi, I will immediately fly the pigeon and pass the book to the lord, hoping to have a good result, but Zhanzhi, you can't pin all your hopes on this, the Xuzhou army is about to arrive, you need to coordinate with the Xuzhou army how to fight, our Huaiyou army is in a subordinate position, but please rest assured, we will not descend from the war!"

On the twenty-ninth day of January of the fifth year of Jingtai, Xu Zhihe officially changed his name to Li Yu and announced a crusade against Yang Pu and Xu Zhixun.

The Left Wing Army of the East China Sea then crossed the river from Dantu, and the two armies under the control of Xu Zhixun Wu Guoshui surrendered to Li Yu, and the East China Navy was very strong, plus the Zhenhai Left Wing Army, Li Yu's army advanced by land and water, and the momentum was like a bamboo.

On the seventh day of the second month, Li Yu ordered the 30,000 Chuzhou troops stationed in Chuzhou to be officially renamed the Hailing Army, and his son Li Jing served as the envoy of the Hailing Army, responsible for the defense of Chuzhou and Yangzhou.

And he himself personally led the East China Sea Left Wing Army, the Zhenhai Left Wing Army and the Fifth Army of the Navy Army to defeat most of the Zhenhai Right Wing Army led by Xu Zhixun on the front line of Gouli Mountain, and took advantage of the situation to launch a fierce attack, all the way to conquer Yanling, and the main army conquered Jurong on February 13.

On February 15, Yang Pu fled back and issued an order to Quanwu, ordering a rebellion, and at the same time summoning the Zhongzheng Army and the Desheng Army, and ordering the squires around Luhao and Chu, who were still obeying his orders, to form a state army and work together to suppress the rebellion.

On the twenty-first day of February, Li Yu personally led the main force of the Eastern Navy to attack Jiangning, Xu Zhixun fled in embarrassment and fled to Xuanzhou, and the right army of Zhenhai under his control mutinied and fell to Li Yu, and the important place of Runzhou fell into the hands of Li Yu.

On the twenty-second day of February, Qian Yuanjun, the king of Yue, issued an order to gather all the troops and prepare for war.

On the twenty-eighth day of February, the high-spirited Li Yu ordered the armies of the north and south to march together and attack Hechu and Chuzhou at the same time.

Under the leadership of Han Xizai, the southern army crossed the river in Jiangning, defeated the Desheng army in one fell swoop at Wujiang, captured Liyang, and on the fifth day of the first month of March, occupied Hanshan and Qiyin Mountain, a strategic place in Hezhou, and threatened Luzhou.

However, the army of the northern front led by the two brothers Feng Yansi and Feng Yanlu encountered the stubborn resistance of Yang Pu's army in Chuzhou, and the two sides fought fiercely in Yongyang for three days, and the battle situation was stalemate.

Under the leadership of Feng Yanlu, the first part of the Houdong Navy captured Quanjiao from the flank, outflanking the Qingliu of Chuzhou Prefecture, and the Zhongzheng Army and the Desheng Army were forced to retreat, Feng Yansi's army took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and Yang Che, the chief general of the Zhongzheng Army, took the lead in fleeing for his life, causing the Zhongzheng Army to leave the battlefield and fall for thousands of miles.

At the same time, Li Jing, who was stationed in Chuzhou, also discovered that the ant thieves had begun to cross the Huai River on a large scale on the Lianshui and Huaiyin lines at the east and west ends of Shanyang, and on the one hand, he began to order the Hailing Army to be on full alert, and on the other hand, he also called the police to Li Yu, who was advancing in the two directions of Xuanzhou and Hezhou.

Li Yu, who had a gloomy face, pushed all the things on the desk down at once, and the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone fell to the ground with a clatter, and the generals in the tent were silent.

"What's going on? What's going on over there with the ant thief?" Li Yu's cold gaze swept over the generals, and finally landed on Xu Jue's face, "Yungui, what's going on?"

Xu Jue complained for a while in his heart, but at this time he came to ask himself, how to answer?

In fact, he had already suggested to Li Yu, don't be in a hurry, Yang Pu is just a dou who can't be helped, and he can't do anything if he is allowed to go, and now Yang Xingmi's influence still exists, and the more it drags on, it will only be more beneficial to his side, and he can even achieve a natural Zen concession.

It's not a good time to raise swords.

And if you really want to raise the sword soldiers, then you must also pull Xu Zhixun back, so that the Xu brothers join forces, and the worst can prevent Xu Zhixun from throwing himself into Yang Pu's arms, even if Xu Zhixun's control force is less, and Xu Zhixun is useless, then it can also isolate Yang Pu to the greatest extent and unite everyone.

But Li Yu insisted on going his own way, and he must launch it at this time, perhaps he was also worried that once the ant thief crossed to the south, it would bring a devastating blow to the two fundamental places of Chuyang and Yang, which would make his battle with Yang Pu fall into a disadvantage in the future.

It's not wrong to think so, but it's a bit rash to woo and persuade the ant thief, the more you show favor like this, it shows that you are also afraid of the other party, and it adds to the arrogance of the other party, and the more you want to covet Chu Yang Erzhou.

Where can the things promised to them be as convenient as the ones who cross the horse and come and take them themselves? And once they get their hands on it, they will be whatever they want.