The alliance has always been a deception, and the Sanzhong Alliance was finally broken in the hands of the Chu Dynasty, and the Chu Dynasty did not hesitate to make a move to Jingzhou at the moment of winter.

Tang Yuan, the first person in the Chu Dynasty military, personally laid out, and took the entire territory of Jingzhou in less than five days, and by the way, he also ate 20,000 defenders of Jingzhou, which was dissatisfied and condemned by Luo Chen and Chenjing, and the Sanzhong Alliance collapsed without warning.

However, this is a good thing for other forces, especially in Jinling, Xiao Yu will definitely not let go of this opportunity, on the second day when Tangyuan took Jingzhou, Gu Qufeng, the general of Zhennan of the Ning Dynasty, brazenly launched an attack on Minyue, the defenders of Minyue are good at water warfare, and the land war is weak, and the development of Minyue is not unrelated to Xiao Yu, and the people of Minyue have a better impression of Xiao Yu.

Under the attack of Gu Qufeng land and Xiao Ze waterway, Nanping and Ningde were lost, and Yuzhang had to withdraw Tang Yuan, the lack of military generals who can fight well has always been a helpless place for the Chu Dynasty, Tang Yuan and Chu Dian are already the leaders of Yuzhang's military generals, if it can be said that they can still take out a battle, there is Du Heng who fled from Chengdu, Du Heng is a Lingling wealthy family, Du Heng was expelled from Chengdu after being punished by Mengyan, and listened to the ginseng at home, coinciding with the civil strife in Xingtan, Lingling was attached to Yuzhang, and the Du family was treated preferentially by Zhong Roulan, Then Du Heng seized the opportunity and had the merit of supporting, and now he is the Marquis of Lingling County of the Chu Dynasty, the commander of the forbidden army, and the palace of the guard, which is very trusted by the emperor.

After Tang Yuan returned from Jingzhou, he immediately stationed in Tingzhou, Taining, and Shaowu, and then sent Du Heng to garrison Fuzhou as an envoy to Fuzhou to prevent the Ning army from moving south.

In this way, Chenjing, Yuzhang and Jinling had an unstable New Year.

At the beginning of the new year, all parts of the country suffered from snowstorms, Sanling is fine, after all, living in the north for a long time has been accustomed to the cold, which can make the people in the south a little difficult to accept, the hardest hit is the Xifu and Chu Dynasty.

Fortunately, Meng Yan had the foresight, since the harvest of last autumn, Xifu has never launched a war, the grain stock is surplus, under the auspices of the three Taiwan, four halls and six divisions, there has been no large-scale escape, the emergency mechanism in various places was launched for the first time after the establishment of Xifu, although it is a little jerky, but on the whole it is good.

But for Yuzhang is not so lucky, near the south of Luling, there are a large number of displaced people hoping to enter Yuzhang to beg for life, Chu Dynasty Emperor Chongqi personally went out of the city to pacify and distribute disaster relief food, after a long time, Chongqi was sick, no way, the snow disaster did not wait for anyone, Queen Zhong Roulan presided over the state affairs, first of all, to absorb the displaced people to strengthen the armament, and then to settle women and children to reclaim Wuyi Mountain to plant tea, supply life, all food is allocated by Lichuan Cang, until the end of the snow disaster.

Compared with the Xifu and Chu dynasties, the most praised snow disaster was Jinling, Xiao Yu ignored the opposition of the ministers of the central government, stubbornly sent all the grain in Yingchuan to the disaster-stricken areas south of Wuxian to Songjiang, and even to Fuzhou, which made the Ning Dynasty famous is from Xiao Yu's two paragraphs, one is the instructions to the general Teng Han of Zhenbei: "The people of the Central Plains are innocent, and they are not responsible for whom, I have the responsibility to pay, don't love the grain, I have a title, I will give it." ”； The second paragraph comes from Xiao Yu's speech to the courtiers: "I will be punished by heaven for many years." I can't be a China, I don't care about the sins of God, and if I suffer today, I will be responsible, and I can't not forget what my people will not forget, and what my people must see. ”

As the rescued party, Fuzhou Jiedu made Du Heng first receive the kindness from the Ning Dynasty, and then asked Yu Zhang to strengthen Fuzhou's defense, which was appreciated by Zhong Roulan, and then agreed to Du Heng's request, and transferred 15,000 soldiers from the Qingluan army to Fuzhou.

Chengdu, which has always stood at the top of the moral position, also has its own views on Xiao Yu's approach, first Meng Yan gave a high degree of appreciation, and then stepped up his investment in the rescue of the people under his rule, both sides are saving the people, Xiao Yu is infinitely giving, but throughout the down, many people find that the rescue of Xifu is more efficient.

In order to appease the people, Xifu made three actions in a row, the first action was an announcement from Shangshutai, telling everyone that the grain storage in the granary was enough, and there was no need to worry; The second action is that Princess Yong personally presided over the brocade, hired the brocade master to teach the women, and turned all the silk saved in previous years into Shu brocade, and at the same time let the women get a craft, which resulted in a large increase in the number of workers in the major cities; The third action is the Yongwang Order, ordering the Snow Wolf Marshal's Mansion to hunt on the grassland and send it to the disaster-stricken places for rescue, and at the same time let the soldiers in the disaster-stricken areas reorganize the land abandoned by the people, and wait until the beginning of spring when the people return to their hometowns and can immediately farm.

The three actions were not hyped up, but the hearts of the people of Xifu were much more stable, and the reward was that the conscription offices in various places were full every day, so that the Dadu Governor's Office ordered one out of thirty, and even so, the conscription in Xifu in one winter returned to the level before the Battle of Xiangyang.

"Your Majesty, Xifu took the opportunity to strengthen its combat strength, and the Shucheng County Gong came to report that the troops in Huangchuan and Caizhou were increased to more than 50,000 in Chengdu." Chen Zhuo cautiously reported to Xiao Yu.

After Xiao Yu learned about a series of operations in Xifu, his face has been gloomy, his reputation is still not worth the benefits of Xifu, watching their strength become stronger and stronger, the border guards under Meng Yan have exceeded 700,000, plus 300,000 Tuntian security soldiers in various places, it has reached a terrifying million, and at the same time, the commercial system of Xifu has been on par with the Ning Dynasty, and even has the momentum of surpassing, so that the advantages of the Ning Dynasty are almost wiped out in front of Xifu.

"Tell Yu Qingwu and Xiao Han that the plan to go south after the beginning of spring will be temporarily stopped, and wait for a new edict from the imperial court," he said, his eyes became more and more sharp, and he looked directly at Chen Zhuo and said: "Increase Enke this year, tell your father not to be alone anymore, come out and do things, let him do the things that open the department." ”

"Obey." Chen Zhuo was also in a cold sweat in this winter.

Xiao Yu is dissatisfied with him, as a relative of the country, and a governor of the political affairs hall, he is in a high position but he can't share the worries of the court, watching Xifu grow bigger day by day, it's really a waste.

After Chen Zhuo left, Xiao Yu asked Gan Ming, the general of the Royal Forest Army, to come over, Gan Ming has been very low-key over the years, especially after the "Qinhuai Bloody Night", Gan Ming almost disappeared in front of everyone, if it weren't for the name of a general of the Royal Forest Army and the prince of Songjiang County, many people would have forgotten him.

Gan Ming is low-key, but it doesn't mean that he will sink, at this critical moment, Xiao Yu still wants to use him to do big things, and he saw Gan Ming walking forward into the hall.

"Your Majesty, the minister is here to see you!"

Xiao Yu waved his hand, signaling that he didn't have to be polite, without greetings, and said directly: "Gan Ming, I need you to stand up!" ”

Gan Ming knelt on one knee, did not hesitate, and said solemnly: "Please give an order to Your Majesty!" ”

"Gan Ming, I appointed you as the pioneer of the Northern Expedition, and you must win the nine songs before the autumn, do you have confidence?" The pressure from Meng Yan was too great, Xiao Yu had to make the Northern Expedition in advance, Jiuqu is the granary of the world, and it is also a strategic place for the Northern Expedition.

The Northern Expedition is a three-year policy set by Xiao Yu, and it has always been carried out in secret, even if Yu Qingwu suffered such difficulties, he never had a request for the Zhenbei General's Mansion, and even Teng Han's initiative to rescue Yu Qingwu was also reprimanded by Xiao Yu, so it was to prepare for the Northern Expedition.

"The last will obey!" Gan Ming knelt down and responded loudly.

"You go to Xuzhou to meet Teng Han first, in the name of the decree to move Teng Han to the prince of Lanling County, I will give you a secret decree to Teng Han, you are a pioneer officer, and after handing over to Teng Han, go to Jining County secretly, be sure to cross the river when the river freezes!"

After arranging the Northern Expedition, Xiao Yu did not relax, but immediately ordered Xiao Ze to return to Jinling, and at the same time let Xu Yu and Wen Jun of the two yas enter the palace.

"Commander Xu, give you a task, can you take down the head of the governor of Youdu Licheng before March?" Xiao Yu asked with a frown.

Xu Yu has become more and more cautious over the years, and did not reply directly, but asked Wen Jun next to him: "If Marquis Wen gives me all the information about the governor of Licheng within twenty days, the minister dares to make a military order!" ”

Xiao Yu turned his head to look at Wen Jun, Wen Jun was very calm, and said: "Ten days, the three deputy governors below the governor of Youdu Licheng, and the confidence of the four generals will be transferred together." ”

Hearing the assurances of the two, Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief, the ability of the two yas is top-notch, and it is not once or twice that Hanjiang Temple has been defeated in their hands, and even Chu Cheng, who is in charge of Hanjiang Temple, has to warn his subordinates to avoid fighting with the two yas as much as possible, after all, it is not easy and simple to cultivate a spy.

After the two went down, Xiao Yu summoned Duanmuyang, the prime minister of the Political Affairs Hall, to meet with him, and successively summoned important ministers in the court, Duanmuyang sensed His Majesty's idea of using soldiers.

"Duanmu, I have already issued an edict to let Xiao Ze return to Beijing, General Zhendong, who do you think is more suitable to take over?"

"The king of Dongyang County is returning to Beijing?" Duanmuyang was a little surprised, Xiao Ze was not wrong on the coast, what was the point of returning to Beijing at this time?

Xiao Yu was not angry at Duanmuyang's answer, but said patiently: "Gan Ming went to Xuzhou to announce the decree, he can't come back in a short time, the coast is still stable, I plan to let Xiao Ze preside over the Imperial Forest Army." ”

This makes it clear, Gan Ming's decision to go to Xuzhou is just an excuse, Xiao Yu's plan to advance the Northern Expedition is the key, since he understands, he can't ask more, Duanmuyang thought about it and said: "The Marquis of Changxing is training troops in Huaishui, and it has been effective. ”

"Zheng Xin?" Xiao Yu was a little hesitant, Zheng Xin was first stationed in Minyue, in order to appease the wealthy families of Minyue, and later after exchanging stations with Dongfu, Zheng Xin had no room to play, but took on the responsibility of training, Xiao Ze has grown rapidly in recent years, and he is handy in commanding the Zhendong General's Mansion, so that Donghai does not dare to approach, Xiao Yu forgot that Zheng Xin is also a good sailor general.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Changxing is good at defense, the strongest in today's naval battle is the East China Sea Division, since our dynasty intends to use troops to the north, General Zhendong should focus on defense now, and the Marquis of Changxing is just right." Duanmu Yang saw Xiao Yu's hesitation, and once again clarified the point of view he recommended.

After listening to it, Xiao Yu felt that what Duanmuyang said was reasonable, and the prime minister's opinion should still be respected, so he said in a deep voice: "The political hall is drafting, Jin Zhengxin is the county prince of Shaoxing, presiding over the shaking of the general's mansion, and he will take office in a month." ”

After the arrangement, Xiao Yu could finally close his eyes and rest for a while, but after half a pillar of incense, Xiao Yu opened his eyes and got up suddenly, and shouted: "Summoning Yujun Hou Sun Mu into the palace!" ”