Jiang Feng didn't know that the people of Shatuo in Bianliang City, thousands of miles away, had reached this level of concern about him, but what he could be sure of was that Yang Kan's tough response in Kaocheng had indeed had a good effect.

Shi Jingjiao's army never crossed the state border into Caozhou again, but frequently crossed the border on the front line of Xiangyi and Taikang, attacking the place, but the Shatuo Iron Cavalry still maintained good restraint, only tasted it and did not penetrate into the hinterland of Songzhou and Chenzhou.

Even this made the Yuan army angry, and he was very worried that the Shatuo people would choose Caizhou as the next target, so that Yuan's messengers to Xuzhou suddenly became frequent.

Even if the Shatuo people really want to choose Xuzhou as the target, Jiang Feng is not afraid, Zhu Mao's Tianping Army and Liu Yansi's Wuning Army are still replenishing in place, and the continuous redressing and replenishment have made these two armies the two strongest in the five towns of Xuzhou at present, and the war horses on the Tuyuhun people's side and the armor weapons produced in Xuzhou are also the priority to ensure the needs of the cavalry of these two armies.

As long as the Shatuo people dare to fight, Jiang Feng will make them understand that they want to fight with Xuzhou, then they must fight with the purpose of making their own hearts ache and are unwilling to persevere, Xuzhou can afford to consume, it depends on how good the patience of the Shatuo people is, Jiang Feng even has the determination to lose half of Caozhou and Songzhou, as long as he insists on fighting, he firmly believes that the Shatuo people can't consume themselves.

But it doesn't seem like the Shatuo people chose to do so.

The news from the states of the Central Plains also proves that the grain and grass of the Shatuo people are also a little unbearable, and they are being replenished, it is estimated that it will take at least a month, and the quiet adjustment of the Shatuo army also indicates that Xuzhou may be abandoned by them, all kinds of signs show that the elite troops of the Shatuo people are gathered on the western front, and they have begun to stay in the Weishi, Xingyang, and Yanshi lines, and many grain and grass baggage have also begun to accumulate on this line, which means that the risk of Nanyang and Caizhou is increasing.

Of course, Xuzhou is powerless to intervene in the strategic turn of the Shatuo people, on the contrary, in a sense, the Shatuo people really want to go south is also in line with Xuzhou's intentions, the farther the Shatuo people go south, it means that they will fall deeper in the future, and the more difficult it will be to withdraw in the future, from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift, after the Shatuo people enjoy the fertility and abundance of the Central Plains, how fast their degeneration will be, Jiang Feng is really looking forward to it.

Xu Ziqing's cheeks were much thinner, and after his injuries healed, he went all out and spent three months practicing martial arts, in order to improve his martial arts strength as soon as possible.

Although martial arts strength is not the fundamental factor that determines the commander of an army, it is still not conducive to establishing prestige in the army if it is not too much lacking in martial arts strength.

Jiang Feng also provided a lot of help to Xu Ziqing in the elixir and martial arts guidance, and the Three Emperors Cannon Hammer Technique of the Xu Clan was handed over to him, and Jiang Feng also had some compensation in his heart, so Jiang Feng also gave a lot of suggestions in guiding Xu Ziqing's Dan Yuan internal qi purification practice.

In particular, the bear squat technique on the essence of the five birds was of great help to the promotion of Dan Yuan, and Xu Ziqing's own background was not weak, so he quickly climbed the strength of the martial arts to the fixed period.

Although it is still far from the small heaven stage, in Xu Ziqing's opinion, he is already quite satisfied, after all, it is unrealistic to achieve a small heaven leap in such a short time.

Like Xu Ziqing, Zhang Ting also cultivated his own martial arts cultivation during this time.

With the addition of the Pinglu Army, Ziqing Army, and Tianping Army in the north, whether it was the Guanghun generals who followed Jiang Feng at the earliest, or the Liang generals who joined one after another, they all felt the huge pressure.

From the military generals of the Luzhou system began to step into the sequence under the command of Jiang Feng, Chai Yong and Qin Han are all generals who can conquer and fight habitually, and the strength of martial arts has crossed the small heaven, and then after the first battle of Xuzhou, the military generals who came from the probation army and the Taining military system, the strength of the fixed period abounds, and the strength of the small heaven is not uncommon, like Hong Kui, who was originally only a military commander of the Taining Army, actually has the strength of the small heaven, and even Hong Kui's deputy such as Gu Conghu, Hu Biao and his ilk are also in the fixed interest period, and the worst is also the strength of the Tai Rest period, which makes people have to admit that the generals in the north, in terms of martial arts strength alone, really want to crush the southern feudal domains.

Not to mention that a ruthless character like Zhu Mao has directly entered the middle stage of Lu Dan and even has the strength to impact the late stage of Lu Dan, which is even stronger than Jiang Feng.

It should be said that this time the battle of conquering Chuyang Erzhou was also a huge challenge for the Huaiyou Army, and the Wuning Army, together with the entire Huaiyou Army and the Southern Water Army, was the main force attacking Chuyang Erzhou this time.

The current Huaiyou Army can not be completely equated with the Huaiyou Army in the past, and a considerable part of the elite of the old Huaiyou Army has been supplemented into the Wuning Army and the Ziqing Army, which has greatly improved the infantry strength of the Wuning Army and the Ziqing Army, but the strength of the Huaiyou Army has been weakened.

Although during this period of time, the Privy Council was also consciously replenishing the strength of the Huaiyou Army and enriching the cadets of the military academy, but this kind of strength cultivation could not be achieved in a short period of time, Xu Ziqing and Zhang Ting both hoped that through such a war, the new Huaiyou Army could be tempered and improved.

Up to now, the strength of the Huai Right Army has been replenished to 12 armies, of which there are only two cavalry armies, and the remaining 10 armies are infantry armies, and only two armies can really be called the old Huai Right Army, and the remaining eight armies are basically drawn from the two old Huai Right Army Some veterans and officers, plus some cadets who graduated from the military training school, form a skeleton, and supplement the formation from the garrison army or reserve soldiers.

"How are you going?" Xu Ziqing quietly wiped the Luohan knife in his hand, then pressed it back into the scabbard and raised his gaze.

"Almost. Zhang Ting lifted his nine-fold shield and ring-headed sword, and moved his body, "The military resources of each army have been replenished, and the morale is also very high, now it depends on the progress of the Wuning army." ”

Since the Wuning Army needed to come south from Xuzhou, and the military baggage also needed to be prepared, the preparation time on the Huaiyou Army's side was quite generous, but even so, Xu Ziqing and Zhang Ting still did not dare to ignore it.

This battle is to launch an attack on Chuzhou and Yangzhou at the same time, and the Huaiyou Army, the Wuning Army and the Southern Navy Army cooperate, so the requirements for time are very high, and it is necessary to attack in place in the shortest possible time, and to completely capture Chuzhou City and Yangzhou City in the shortest possible time, so as to avoid the Wu army in Runchang Erzhou from getting rid of the ant thieves and the Vietnamese army and returning to the north, and fighting a tug-of-war.

"We can make it appropriate in advance, as long as Mei Shumi's side is ready to stop, we can set off first, this battle of Yangzhou is a big test for us, even if the main force of the Wu army has crossed the river to the south, but Yangzhou is the foundation of the Wu State after all, and the thousands of troops they left behind, if they want to fight to the death, it is not so simple to take. Xu Ziqing took a deep breath, "Our Huaiyou army is still too immature, I just hope they can grow up from this battle." ”

Zhang Ting also knew that the strength of this army was probably the weakest in the Five Towns Army, and fortunately, the strength of the Wu Army in Yangzhou was probably the least, and the intelligence obtained by Wuwentang showed that there were only two armies in the Eastern Navy stationed in Yangzhou, and the garrison of the other army, that is to say, there were only 7,000 troops in Yangzhou City, but Yangzhou has always been known for salt merchants, silk merchants, and maritime merchants, and almost every merchant has a large number of private soldiers.

"I don't know how those water thieves in White Horse Lake and Fan Liang Lake are preparing?" Xu Ziqing sighed, "These guys from Qin Duchu actually still have some eyesight, and they have seen that the ant thieves have no future, and they have come to vote for us, but if they don't hand over a beautiful letter of submission, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the county king to accept them." ”

"Don't worry, these water thieves also know that this is their only chance, since they didn't follow the ant thieves down to the south of the Yangtze River and stayed in Jiangbei, then it's very clear that whoever can give them the last chance, if they don't grasp it well, then they can really only wait for the fate of being exterminated, and if they lose this opportunity, they will be worthless." Zhang Ting laughed, "Didn't you see that these two bandit leaders took the initiative to send their sons to Tian Chunlai and Kou Wenli? ”

While the two were talking and laughing, a letter was sent by a personal guard.

Xu Ziqing glanced at it slightly, and his face turned pale, "The Wuning army has arrived in Huaiyin, and after resting for three days, we will prepare to cross Huaiyin, and we will be the first to start tomorrow, and it is estimated that at this time, Kou Wenli's army will also begin to move east." ”

The sails of dozens of big ships were already particularly spectacular on the huge river, Kou Wenli stood at the bow of the boat, staring ahead, and Jiang Feng blowing his clothes in front of him was hunting.

The dinghy in front of it had slowly disappeared from view, and it was necessary to use a clairvoyant mirror to see clearly.

Kou Wenli knew that this battle could not be lost, but the strength of Wu's naval army should not be underestimated.

If there is no accident, the water bandits of Fanliang Lake and Baima Lake should have begun to besiege Gaoyou City at this time, and Yangzhou, which has been drained of troops, is bound to reinforce Gaoyou, otherwise if Gaoyou is captured and cut off by water thieves, then this canal artery will be blocked.

Yangzhou will not tolerate Gaoyou's mistakes, the troops on Shanyang's side are already quite weak, so they can only draw north from the Yangzhou water army, after all, the regular army of the Wu State water army should still have confidence against the water bandits of Fan Lianghu and Baima Lake, but they don't know what will wait for them.

Chaohu water army after the East Pass, quickly south, within a day to enter the river, once into the river speed greatly accelerated, according to the plan, will be stationed in the Wujiang area, that's right, is the Wujiang River in Hezhou, Xiang Yu self-slaughtered the Wujiang River.