At the beginning of August, the hot weather failed to stop the offensive of Chenguo, and when Fan Lihu crossed Wanling into the territory of Luzhou, Jiangbei, Zhong Roulan brazenly launched a battle against Xizhou.

The war started on five sides of the expedition to the Western Mansion, all the way was that Meng Yanliang went out to conquer the Western Metropolitan Governor banner and sent troops to Puqi and Junshan, all the way was Ye Bohuai and Yu Geng to capture Yiyang, and went north to Yuezhou, all the way was Zhuo Bailing, who had returned to his breath, went north to Wuling, all the way was Jin Qian's attack on Liling and Changsha, and the last way was that Chen Zhiqing had less than 10,000 people to seize Yuping Pass in Qiandong, and led Cao Li of Hezhou by the nose.

On August 19, Jin Qian's troops took the lead in taking Liling and coerced Changsha.

On August 21, Chen Zhiqing outside Yuping Pass designed a sneak attack on Cao Li, resulting in Cao Li's loss of nearly 10,000 soldiers, and then intercepted the reinforcement Feng Youbu of Hezhou in Zhijiang, Cao Li and Feng You's remnants of the army will go straight to Tongren County, on August 24, the officials left behind in Hezhou dedicated the city to Chen Zhiqing, on August 27, Chen Zhiqing still led less than 10,000 people out of Yuping Pass to continuously rush the city, until the end of September, the whole territory of the five counties of Sizhou fell, Chen Zhiqing became famous for a while, three months, and took two states and eleven counties, It was Xiao Huli, who was far away in Chencheng, who praised Chen Zhiqing for his bravery, and Xiao Yu, who had just moved the Northern Governor's Mansion to Yuzhang, said sourly after hearing this: "Such a fierce general, how can I not use it!" ”

At the same time, Ye Bohuai broke through Luocheng on August 23 and completed the siege of Xingzhou and Changsha, and on September 6, Yu Geng went north to join Quartz in Junshan, forming a siege of Yuezhou.

Zhuo Bailing was not willing to break Wuling City on September 11, Gu Xifeng escaped again, Gu Xifeng led the remnants to flee to Dongchuan to pay allegiance to the Ling Dynasty, knowing that Gu Xifeng escaped again Zhuo Bailing looked up to the sky and said: "Gu Xifeng is the enemy of life!" ”

At the beginning of October, Yuezhou, Changsha, and Jingzhou surrendered one after another, Chen Zhiqing led his troops back to Shaoling to repair, and the entire Xingtan war tended to end.

On October 7, the two-month battle of Xizhou ended with Zhong Roulan's tragic victory, Zhong Roulan made arrangements for the defense of Xizhou, with Hou Zhuo Tianya of Lushan County as the history of Xizhou, and then returned directly to Xin'an County, announcing that the main mansion of Chenyang County and the Qingluan Army Jiedu Envoy Mansion were moved to Huizhou, and Xiao Huli set up the Andong Governor's Mansion in the six prefectures of Huizhou, Xizhou, Danyang, Wanling, Jinzhou, and Chuzhou, which was led by Chenyang County.

On October 15, Zhong Roulan withdrew from Jiujiang, and then Xiao Yu was stationed, but Zhong Roulan forcibly annexed the county into Huizhou, and Xiao Huli gave up in order to stabilize the situation.

On October 16, when the first autumn wind blew, the people of Xingzhou tied up the Gu clan and sent them to Mengyan's tent, Xingzhou fell, Mengyan was judged by the people's supervision, and sentenced the Gu clan to be imprisoned for life, and the Gu clan, who occupied the twelve states of Xingtan for nearly a thousand years, was wiped out, and on October 20, the governor of Zhengxi moved to Changsha, and then the Tushan clan withdrew from Qizhou and Jiangxia, and Mengyan took Meng Ember as the history of Qizhou, and Yu Geng was the history of Jiangxia assassination, and the strength of Zhengxi Mansion has skyrocketed and Zhengbei Mansion does not want to go up and down, so far there is no war in the southeast.

For a time, the southeast was peaceful, the four major governors of the Chen Dynasty were outside, and Xiao Huli was inside, which was peaceful and stable, but the dark tide began to surge inside the Chen Dynasty.

Approaching the New Year, Changsha's newly built Zhengxi Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in the back hall.

"Senior brother, congratulations! Your Majesty rewards you for your merits with the Marquis of Heyang, amazing! Meng Yan held the child and teased Chen Zhiqing, who was drinking tea.

"Fuck off, you're making fun of me! Your son is now Baoqinghou, why is it itchy? Chen Zhiqing scolded with a smile.

"What? I'm not with an alcoholic today, what are you doing here? Meng Yan was a little puzzled by Chen Zhiqing's arrival, and it stands to reason that he should be enjoying wine with Ye Bohuai at this time.

"Chencheng came to report, Your Majesty is suspicious of you." Chen Zhiqing said lightly.

"And then?" Meng Yan teased the child and said indifferently, since Baoqing reorganized the army, Chencheng has slandered himself everywhere, and rumors have spread everywhere, especially after the destruction of the Gu family, the entire Zhengxi Mansion is in charge of nearly 100 counties in 15 prefectures, with 300,000 main troops and horses, nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses stationed in various places, a total of 500,000, second only to 600,000 in Zhengbei Mansion.

"You're not going to do something?" Chen Zhiqing was a little surprised.

"Brother, what can I do, Zhengxi Mansion is there, everyone can see it, they are not suspicious of me, they are afraid of the entire Zhengxi Mansion, they are afraid that the people and all the people will participate in the rule, I am not the Gu family, and the fifteen states of Zhengxi Mansion are not mine alone." Meng Yan said with a little distress.

Chen Zhiqing was speechless for a while, Meng Yan said it well, he couldn't find any fault, but it sounded very penetrating, it was from the bottom of his heart,

Chen Zhiqing didn't expect that he would defeat Cao Li and Feng You one after another with three thousand right guards, and he didn't expect that he would win the eleven counties of the two states in three months, he sometimes suspected that Cao Li was deliberately defeated, but the fact is that he has no argument about the core of Zhengxi Mansion, and it is second only to Zhuo Bailing's existence, there are only three people who can be called "handsome" by the soldiers in Zhengxi Mansion, Ye Shuai, Zhuo Shuai, and then he is the new Qingshuai, this is the love of the soldiers, From another point of view, isn't it a kind of well-intentioned killing, and in the big picture, his situation is very similar to Meng Yan's in the Chen Kingdom.

"Is that just a laissez-faire?" Chen Zhiqing still couldn't hold back.

"A year ago, I was going to take my wife and daughter back to Chencheng to participate in the big pilgrimage, and this time I would like to ask the two senior brothers to entourage, and the expedition to the West Mansion will be handed over to Zhuo Shuai temporarily." Meng Yan's tone was light, but Chen Zhiqing heard the danger.

"You think it's going to be dangerous?" Chen Zhiqing asked.

Meng Yan shook his head and said: "Probably not, before the Central Plains is unified, Your Majesty will not touch me, but the court will not be less reprimanded, but for the sake of safety, I hope that the two senior brothers can go with me, Bai Zewei will go back together, Quartz's left guard and Su Qing's internal guard and the fifth brother will follow me into the city, and the right guard will be stationed outside the city with you." ”

"Are you demonstrating or are you doing something?" Chen Zhiqing became nervous, Bai Zewei had a total of 27,000 people, 10,000 left and right guards, 7,000 internal guards, and 17,000 people entering the city, just looking for something.

"Who said I'm going to take that man? There are five hundred inner guards, three thousand right guards, only your left guard is stationed outside the city, I'm not looking for something, I'm looking for a reward. Meng Yan looked embarrassed.

Chen Zhiqing breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought you were going to negotiate with the imperial court!" "Nearly 30,000 Bai Zewei are enough to attack the city, and I thought that Meng Yan's head was not clear.

At the beginning of November, in addition to Zhendong Mansion, Andong Mansion and Zhengbei Mansion have carried out personnel adjustments and rewards, and it is estimated that the documents for the reward have arrived, only Zhengxi Mansion is not very moving.

"The personnel arrangements of Zhengxi Mansion have been agreed, and the Military Council Department and the Administrative Secretary have all agreed, so you have to nod, everyone has worked hard, and you can't chill everyone's hearts." Chen Zhiqing said with some reproach.

"In addition to the Huizhou Qingluan Army, the six states of Andong Mansion have also added the Chuzhou Army, the Xizhou Army and the Danyang Army, the Zhuzhou Military Festival makes Pingyang County Hou Tangyuan concurrently leads the Prefecture Thorn History, the Xizhou Military Festival makes Lushan County Hou Zhuo Tianya concurrently leads the Xizhou Thorn History, the Danyang Army Festival makes Dingling County Hou Zhongqian concurrently leads the Danyang Thorn History, Ninghai County Bo Han Kou leads the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion Sima and leads the Jinzhou Thorn History, and Jixi County Bo Song Jian leads the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and leads the Huizhou Thorn History, this is the core member of the Andong Mansion, how much do we know about the situation of Zhongqian and Song Jian?" Meng Yan obviously did not answer the question and deliberately avoided this topic.

"I'm talking to you about the expedition to Xifu!" Chen Zhiqing can't get used to Meng Yan's personality of answering questions if he doesn't want to say.

Meng Yan said with a smile: "Third brother, what are you anxious about, you can think about it after I finish speaking." ”

Chen Zhiqing raised his hand angrily, only to hear Meng Yan continue: "The six states on the right side of the river and the five states on the right side of the Minhai occupied by the Zhengbei Mansion have now been divided into the nine states on the right side of the river and the seven states on the right side of the Minhai, except for the sixteen states of Hou Duanmuyang of Yongfeng County, Yuzhang Assassin Shi, who is in charge of part of the military power, the remaining fifteen states of the Assassin Shi do not concurrently serve as military affairs, but place the six armies in addition to the Qilin Army, and Hou Gu Qufeng of Licheng County is in charge of the military affairs of Lizhou and Xingzhou for the Licheng Army; changed Xianghu Lake to Ganzhou, and the Ganzhou Military Festival envoy was Hou Wang Zongqing of Nankang County in charge of Ganzhou military affairs; Gongxiao Cong of Qingyuan County is the envoy of the Luling Army Festival and is in charge of the military affairs of Luling; Hou Yu Qingwu of Yongxin County is the envoy of the Fuzhou Military Festival, in charge of the military affairs of Fuzhou and Raozhou, and is stationed in Raozhou, and Hou Tenghan of Xingguo County is the envoy of the Jiujiang Military Festival, and is in charge of the military affairs of Jiujiang, and is stationed in Chai Sangkou; Xiao Yu led the Qilin Army, with Duanmuyang as the envoy of the Qilin Army, in charge of Yuzhang and Linjiang government affairs; The seven states of Fujian and Haihai were in charge of military affairs by Hou Zhengxin of Haiping County, the envoy of the Fujian Navy; Zhang Jin, deputy marshal of Zhengbei Prefecture, and Ying Zongyue, the same marquis; Hou Ganming, the commander of Sima and Qilinwei of Zhengbei Mansion, Lichuan County, these people are the team of Zhengbei Mansion, how much do you know about Zheng Xin? ”

Meng Yan can remember this large list of names and positions well, and it seems that he has put his heart into it, and such a large list of names is not casually said.

After hearing this, Chen Zhiqing thought for a while and said, "Do you think Gu Yanfeng should leave Hengyang?" ”

"Not only Gu Yanfeng, but also Jiangxia Yu Geng, how about changing the positions of these two people?" Meng Yan Zhengse said, just when Su Qing walked in and saw the two of them talking, he took the child away very interestingly.

Chen Zhiqing held his chin and said: "If you move like this, it is very troublesome to adjust, and no matter what Gu Yanfeng thinks, it is Yu Geng's temper, do you think you can live in peace with Gu Qufeng?" ”

"Why do you want to go to the northern mansion to live in peace, no matter what King Yuzhang's attitude is towards my expedition to the western mansion, we can't be friendly between the two mansions." Meng Yan said absolutely.

"Xizhou Assassin History Zhuo Tianya, Jiujiang Army Festival Envoy is our old friend Teng Han, Jiangxia and Yuezhou's military affairs are particularly important, Qizhou is divided into two Xianning north to Jiangxia, Xianning south to Yuezhou, Yu Geng can not coordinate the overall situation, and Gu Yanfeng has this ability, what you want is this." Chen Zhiqing thought for a while, and understood the reason for Meng Yan's delay.

"It's good that the third brother understands, Zhengxi Mansion is now in Changsha, and Xingzhou is now a subsidiary of Changsha, I want Quartz to serve as the envoy of Changsha Jiedu in the next year, and take charge of the military affairs of Changsha, Liling, and Yizhou, and the fifth brother and Zhuo Bailing will serve as the deputy governor, and you will serve as the envoy of Wuling Jiedu, and be in charge of military affairs in Wuling and Yuanling."

"What about Sizhou? It's the most war-prone place in the future. ”

"I plan to make Jin Qian the envoy of Hezhou and take charge of the military affairs of Hezhou, Sizhou, and Jingzhou." Meng Yan had already had a plan in his heart.

Chen Zhiqing spread his hands and said dissatisfiedly: "Since you have made a decision, just say it directly, why bother?" ”

"The Hengyang Festival is taken over by Yu Geng, and governs Hengyang and Lincheng; But the most difficult thing to do is what to do with the Baoqing Festival? I have not had a suitable candidate, Baoqing Festival is in charge of Shaoling, Lingling, Zhaoling, north of Changsha, south of Guannei, west of Ronggui, is not only a strategic place, but also our granary and business artery, Deng Gang, Xue Zhen is good at government affairs, Nie Huan is good at planning, and it is difficult for others to suppress the army, which is really a headache. Meng Yan explained to Chen Zhiqing in detail.

"Otherwise, let Zhuo Shuai and lead the Baoqing Festival envoy first, let Meng Huan and Meng Ember be the Jiedu envoy Sima and Changshi, one is to exercise, the other is that Zhuo Shuai does not have to wait in Baoqing for a long time, and the third is that the Mengshi children will be stationed in Baoqing, and everyone will be at ease, and there will be suitable candidates for the post in the future." Chen Zhiqing gave Meng Yan an idea, this arrangement is far-fetched, but there is really no better choice at present.

"In this case, how about you and me, third brother, each pick up a burden, I will talk to Yu Geng, how about you find a style of talk?" Meng Yan suddenly laughed.

"Boy, you're setting me up, no wonder I let the fifth child accompany me, I don't want to live or die, I think he is too lazy to pay attention, it turns out that I know that your kid is not holding back any good fart, and my feelings are waiting for me." Chen Zhiqing suddenly realized.

"Hehe, Yan Feng can talk to you more, this Jiangxia Festival is not easy to do, Yan Feng is from a family, whether it is with the Tu Shan clan or with the Zhong clan, and it is more convenient to communicate with those in the north." Meng Yan smiled and didn't know how happy he was, and finally put his senior brother in the bag, which was rare!

"Okay, I'll leave for Hengyang tomorrow." Chen Zhiqing admits himself unlucky.

"Otherwise, third brother, I will read the order of the Governor's Mansion tomorrow afternoon, you only have time for tonight, and I am afraid that the wind is almost outside the city gate." Meng Yan blocked Chen Zhiqing's unrealistic idea.

"Don't tell me you even have the decree." Chen Zhiqing felt that he had thought about Meng Yan shallowly, how could such a chicken thief not prepare in advance, or treat him as a child, this guy is the governor of the 500,000 army in fifteen states, not the little junior brother of the night guard.