Just out of the first month, Lincheng and Hengyang successively announced that they would be attached to the Chen Dynasty, but what is a little strange is that Xiao Huli appointed Gu Qufeng as the Marquis of Licheng County, and led 70,000 Lincheng troops to enter Lizhou. originally thought that Meng Yan would not accept Gu's subordination, but what he didn't expect was that Gu Yanfeng was given the Marquis of Hengshan County, and led 50,000 people to garrison Hengyang.

In the eyes of most people in the Chen Dynasty, they felt that Xiao Huli's appointment of Gu Yanfeng's behavior was disgusting, which was strange; Meng Yan happily accepted Gu Yanfeng, this is two monsters; Many people feel that there is a gap between the imperial court and the expedition to the west.

Meng Yan's joy is true, but Xiao Huli's deliberate disgusting people is fake, Xiao Huli is really angry, the condition for the two sons of the Gu family to belong is to join the two provinces of Zhengxi and Zhengbei respectively, he, the lord of the Chen Kingdom, seems to have no prestige, he is already disgusted with what Zhengxi Mansion has done, and he is already planning to weaken Meng Yan's strength, and Gu Yanfeng's addition means that the entire twelve states of Xingtan will be Meng Yan's base.

If it is said that Meng Yan is Xiao Huli's disgust, then Xiao Yu is Xiao Huli's fear, the thirty-one counties of the six states of Jiangyou are his base, it seems that Meng Yan's strength is strong, but most of Xingtan is mountainous and hilly, both the population and the economy are far inferior to the six states of Jiangyou, and Wang Zhongjue's attitude of Dongyang County is obviously in favor of Xiao Yu, in this way, almost the entire southeast of the Central Plains is his supporter, on the other hand, he is like a chicken rib in the eight states in the south, maybe he is also like a chicken rib for Meng Yan and Xiao Yu.

Just when Xiao Huli was in a dilemma, Yuan Changli was excited, after planning for so long, the prince finally died, and today's court is the key time to determine his auxiliary minister, and the prince finally fell on the woman last night, and when Nangong Buqi sent someone over, Yuan Changli almost laughed on the spot.

"Brother Shaoting, let the Beiya army seal the city immediately!" Yuan Changli hurriedly gave the order.

"General, as well as the affairs of Jiangdong, Yingchuan and Dongchuan, they should take a stand, otherwise Nanchen will take action!" Xu Shaoting hurriedly reminded Yuan Changli that he was most afraid that Yuan Changli would get carried away if he made a mistake.

"What Mr. Xu reminds is that let Cao Li and Duan Wan move, and Fan Lihu will also have to vote for his name." Yuan Changli's eyes immediately turned gloomy.

"Xue Ying and Li Ye's side are ready, Yang Feng in the old capital has been relying on us to live since Yang Boyu defected to the southern border, but in order to prevent Yang Feng from messing around in the old capital, do you want to let Li Ye move?" Xu Shaoting immediately broke down the layout of various places.

Yuan Changli hesitated, he has always been very vigilant about the Yongxi Yang family, the Yang family has been controlling Yongxi Kyushu since moving the capital to Luochen, it is the only place to pass through the west to Luochen, although the Xia Yang Li family and Shuanglong City Xue Ying are strong, but the perennial fight against the barbarians and Beimu has long been strong in the middle, the wealth of Yongxi Kyushu makes them red, and the situation in the west has been very delicate.

"Mr. Xu, let the Night Guard inform Yang Feng, Li Ye, and Xue Ying to enter Beijing." After Yang Boyu fled to the south, the Night Guard would not have regained its former glory, if it weren't for Yuan Changli's efforts to protect the Night Guard, he was afraid that he would be slaughtered, and the Night Guard was now a vassal of Yuan Changli.

Xu Shaoting frowned, and it could be seen that he did not fully agree with Yuan Changli's approach, "General, summoning the three of them to the capital, I'm afraid it will make them think more, right?" These three families contain each other in the western realm, and it will not affect the overall situation of Luochen City. ”

"Shall they not come and congratulate me as Auxiliary Minister?" Yuan Changli said dissatisfied.

"General, Chao Gequan and Hou Chengquan Hanliang are our problems, and it is best to focus on stability in the western border for the time being." Xu Shaoting admonished.

Yuan Changli looked reluctant, struggled for a while and said: "What Mr. Xu said makes sense, we have an agreement with Xiao Huli in advance, they will help me put pressure on the eldest grandson and the Chen family after they solve the Gu family and the Zhuo family, the affairs in the south are quite stable for the time being, and the attitude of the Chaoge Quan clan is the most weird, according to the night guard, he and Quan Hanliang are colluded, but it seems that it is only for the Jiuqu Cui clan, and there is no clear sign of an alliance with Quan Hanliang, but the envoy I sent is also ambiguous." ”

"Yes, what we have to do now is to cut off the connection between the two powers, and force Quan Hanliang to retreat in the Youji Liao area, I have a plan, one is that we can secretly support the Jiuqu Cui clan and let the Cui clan contain the right Hanliang; the second is to let Nanyang Da Xi Qianbi enter Yuncheng in the east, force Chaoge to bow his head, and knock Chen by the way; The third is to let Tu Shan's family slow down, which can be regarded as giving Xiao Huli some face. Xu Shaoting said his strategy, it is not important to beat the Chen family, he values the eldest grandson of Jiangdong more, the attitude of the eldest grandson is the most important in Xu Shaoting's eyes, Yuan Changli and Xiao Huli will have a battle in the future, and the location of the decisive battle should be in the Jiangdong area.

Yuan Changli thought for a while and said: "Just do what Mr. Xu wants, Mr. Tomorrow will go to the South Pavilion to manage the government, Nangong Buqi This old man can let him change his position." ”

Xu Shaoting looked happy, his greatest wish in this life is to be the prime minister, and the first assistant of the Nange is naturally the position of his dreams, originally thought that Yuan Changli would not move his position because of Nangong Buqi's promotion, it seems that Yuan Changli has long been dissatisfied with Nangong Buqi's fingers.

"Thank you for the trust of the general, the lower officials will live up to the trust!"

Yuan Changli saw Xu Shaoting's happy expression and knew that the bait of this Nange Shoufu was enough, "Mr. Xu, is there a problem in completing this matter in early March?" ”

Xu Shaoting gritted his teeth, although it was a little difficult to do, but the position of the first assistant of the South Pavilion was too tempting, and he immediately replied: "Don't worry, general!" ”

Yuan Changli smiled and prepared to be an auxiliary minister, in the ice and snow, Quan Hanliang looked at the East China Sea envoy who had just left with a gloomy face, Tai Shijun stepped forward and asked cautiously: "Lord Wang, what do you mean over there?" ”

"Insatiable! The Lord of the East China Sea sent troops to help us, and the condition was to land the entire territory of Dengzhou! "Kwon Hanliang's hateful teeth itch.

"Well, Dengzhou is barren, it doesn't hurt to give it to them, as long as the prince survives this hurdle, the Central Plains will be ours, and the small East China Sea will clean them up later." Tai Shijun had an indifferent attitude.

Quan Hanliang immediately gave him a sharp look when he heard Tai Shijun's words, and said coldly: "Dengzhou is also the land of my Central Plains, and it is not allowed to be attacked by foreign tribes, General Taishi, what you said today had better rot in your own stomach!" ”

Tai Shijun suddenly sweated on his back, and hurriedly said yes, he was afraid, because Quan Hanliang's eyes had murderous anger, and this anger was not for Donghai but for himself.

Although the Taishi clan is strong, but he was born in the bitter cold land, has never had the temperament and strength to fight for the world, every time the dynasty is changed, he can only rely on the strong to survive, and now the Central Plains is in turmoil again, Quan Hanliang sits in Youji Liao as the king of Houcheng County, coupled with the full support of the Pinglu clan, the strength is greatly enhanced, as long as the land of the five states of the Jiuqu Cui clan is taken, it is not impossible to fight for the world, and he can also take the Taishi clan to leave this bitter cold land, so he and the East China Sea cooperation Taishi raised his hands in favor.

And now Quan Hanliang's attitude is too rigid, I'm afraid it's a little difficult to win Jiuqu Wuzhou, Tai Shijun himself is also very distressed, originally after subduing the Pinglu clan, the Cui clan has no ability to fight back, and suddenly the Cui clan began to be tough, and Jibei County almost lost its elite in the first battle, and since then it has no ability to go west.

"General Taishi, after the ice is opened, prepare to go south, and take Yinping County and join Quan Zheng before March, otherwise we will never have a day." Quan Hanliang hates people like Tai Shijun who have no bottom line, but if you want to achieve great things, Tai Shijun still has to use it, and more importantly, Quan Zheng's attitude is getting colder and colder, if you can't control the four states of Dahe as soon as possible, it will be difficult to return to Luochen, so you can only endure the nausea.

"In accordance with the prince's order, Yinping County is the place where the three major forces meet, although it is nominally attached to the imperial court, but in private it is closer to the Cui family, and the current Yinping County guard is the protégé of the Cui family." Tai Shi analyzed tremblingly.

"Well, what General Taishi said makes sense, I know what you mean, I will personally talk to Lu Qi and let the Daimyo County give you troops." Quan Hanliang was even more disgusted with Tai Shijun, and said so much because he wanted his soldiers and horses to enter the territory of the Pinglu clan.

"Lord Wang, the last general will guarantee to take Yinping County at the end of February!" Tai Shi Jun swore and said, and then Tai Shi Jun hesitated and asked: "I see that the prince has other ideas about training in Youzhou, and Tai Shi Jun is doing everything." ”

Quan Hanliang didn't say anything, just waved his hand to signal that he could go, looking at Tai Shijun's fat body swaying on the snow, Quan Hanliang wished that Tai Shijun was buried by the heavy snow before he was clean.

Quan Hanliang has lived these things in his mind, except for this Changshan County, the whole territory of Jizhou has surrendered to him, but this Changshan commander Zhao Xun is a hard bone, no matter what kind of coercion and temptation can not make him surrender to himself, in Zhao Xun's words I am the commander of Changshan appointed by the imperial court, not your private soldier of the king of Houcheng County, and he beat Quan Hanliang's envoy out on the grounds that he is not under the jurisdiction of the king of Houcheng County, and what is even more infuriating is that neither Yuan Changli nor Quan Zheng can do anything about him, causing him to be stuck in Yuan Changli, Quan Zheng and himself couldn't move him, so they could only watch him lead 30,000 people to be extremely arrogant in Changshan.

This New Year, in addition to the battle of Goshawk Ridge, the Central Plains was quite peaceful, and after Fan Lihu retreated to Jinzhou, he was even more closed, and the defense was strict and solid, and for a time the forces were staggered, and everyone licked the wounds and licked the wounds, and the stable forces of the stable forces were so busy that they created a false impression of stability in the world for most of the people.

Unconsciously came to March, the north that had been dormant for a winter began to move, first Xiayang Li Ye, Yongxi Yang Feng and Shuanglong City Xue Ying congratulated Yuan Changli as an auxiliary minister, as for Li Ye's increase in troops Mai Jishan, it was not enough to worry about it, and then Yuan Changli ordered Nanyang Da Xi Qianbi to change the defense of Yuncheng, and it didn't take long for Yingchuan Chen and Jiangdong Changsun to congratulate Yuan Changli under the persuasion of Duan Wan, and the situation along the river immediately became delicate.

Before waiting for Chaoge Quan Zheng to react, the king of Houcheng County ordered Taishi to attack Yinping County in a high-profile manner, Quan Zheng and Cui Mian became lone in an instant, but both Yuan Changli and Quan Hanliang did not go any further, and what was surprising was that the four states south of Xinzhou expressed their allegiance to Quan Hanliang, and on the same day, Luochencheng called Yuan Changli a national thief, and everyone raised Quan Hanliang as the emperor, but was refused, but only promoted to the throne as the king of Yan according to the will of Luochencheng.

The people in the north and along the river thought that there was going to be a war, and many people were thinking about going to Shu to beg for a living, who knew that in mid-March, the Zhuge clan of Tianfu supported the Shu king Quan Bo as the emperor, and said that he would avenge the prince, so that Cao Li and Feng You, who were going to make a move, had to give up going north and go west to Dongchuan to prevent Zhuge soldiers and horses.

On the other hand, in the southern realm, the Gu clan and the Zhuo clan were already struggling to survive, and the documents to express their loyalty to the imperial court were sent many times in a row, and Yuan Changli threw them into the furnace without looking at them, and Xiao Huli's army did not seem to plan to clean them up while it was hot, but the Yunmeng Tushan clan, who had just returned to the Chen Dynasty, cut off their trade and grain routes and ignored them.

And the people of the Chen Dynasty were busy urging Xiao Huli to ascend the throne and become emperor, Xiao Huli refused three times before he reluctantly ascended the throne, but everyone found that the process of ascending the throne was unusually smooth, and it seemed that they had already been prepared, and everyone's identity did not change much, Xiao Yu removed the king of Zhanchuan County and took the throne of Yuzhang; Meng Yan except for the Duke of Shaochuan County to the Duke of Tanguo, Geng Xuan led the Zhongshu Order, Xiahou Ming led the Privy Envoy of the Cabinet of the Army, and the others had their own promotions, each performing their own duties, and the power did not change much.

"I don't know when a saying began to come out, saying that the Central Plains is divided into four, but in fact, it is split, and the so-called four points refer to the 'three tombs and one chen', Luoling, Xiling, Beiling, and Nanchen; The five splits are divided by strength, and the folk call them 'four kings and one duke', Yuan Changli, the king of Xihua County, the king of Yan, Hanliang, the king of Xichuan, Zhuge Xingchen, the king of Yuzhang, Xiao Yu, and the prince of your Tanguo, Meng Yan. Ye Bohuai was still drinking wine as before, and said half-lying.

"Interesting, Luoling? The dignified Daling Dynasty now only has the surrounding area of Luochen left, and it is embarrassing to say that it is four points? Meng Yan didn't feel any uneasy, "It seems that Quan Hanliang never said that he was called the emperor, where did this Beiling come from?" ”

"You don't have a sense of crisis at all?" Ye Bohuai said with a smile.

"Yes! You see, everyone is a prince, I'm just a prince, and I'm still a little worse. Meng Yan said with a smile.

"Dead duck with a hard mouth! Shaonanguan's additional troops is a warning to you. Ye Bohuai suddenly straightened up and said with a straight face.

"Senior brother, what do you want me to do? Reverse out? Self-reliance? I prefer to believe that the increase in troops at Shaonanguan is just a normal change of guard, and what does the increase in troops at Yuling Pass mean? "Meng Yan didn't know that Xiao Huli was guarding against himself, but the increase in troops at Yuling Pass meant that Xiao Huli was also guarding against Xiao Yu.

"You think it thoroughly, but the mountain rain is coming and the wind is full of buildings, you must always remember that you are not Xiao Yu, you are not surnamed Xiao!" Ye Bohuai reminded sternly.