"I didn't think that there were such wonderful people in Daning, I miscalculated, but taking Shucheng County and Xizhou City can be regarded as achieving the goal, tiger, talk to Xuansong and them, I don't blame them for this, it was my mistake." Meng Yan looked at the people from the Ministry of State Security and Xuan Song and others and said a little depressedly.

"Your Majesty, the talent of this river fish wave is definitely above Xiao Zhan, Jiaolong has met an opponent, if he gives these folds to Xia Wenyu, the minister feels that he will come back in ten days." Gu Yanfeng went to the Western Regions, and Chen Zhiqing was not in good health, so only Yan Lan was with him, and Yu Geng also came to ask for guilt.

"It's almost over there in the East China Sea, Xia Wenyu should really return, what's the point of staying there all the time, you like the beauties of the East China Sea?" Meng Yan joked.

"If Your Majesty says it in front of Xia Wenyu, he can directly wipe his neck in front of the palace." Yan Lan said with a smile.

"Okay, don't talk about it so much, Tiger, where is Huo Youji?" Jokes are jokes, and business is business.

"After Huo Youji received His Royal Highness King Wu, he led troops to hide south of Yingzhou according to His Majesty's request." Yu Geng was stunned for a moment before replying, the reason for the stunned reason was that His Majesty was too anxious to activate Huo Youjian so early, although Jiang Yulang was powerful, it was because everyone did not pay much attention to him, so he would not use the killer weapon.

"Tell Huo Youjian to move to the vicinity of Shouchun before the rainy season arrives and continue to hide." Meng Yan thought for a while and said, the previous order to Huo Youjian was to keep a hand, but now because of the existence of Jiang Yulang, the original plan needs to be changed, and it is unrealistic to attack Yingzhou at the moment, taking advantage of Xiao Zhan is still the commander of the Luzhou army, try to eat away at his power, Shouchun is now Meng Yan's new target.

"Your Majesty is planning to make a war in that Shouchun and force Xiao Zhan to take the initiative to give up the south of Luzhou?" Yanlan pondered.

"Yes, I want to make Xiao Zhan's sleep difficult!" Then he paused and said, "I also have to let Xiao Yu taste the fun of building a house in front of his house!" ”

Yu Geng and Yan Lan glanced at each other after hearing Meng Yan's words, and then said yes.

Yan Lan and Yu Geng left, Meng Jingye came, three years of precipitation in Jinling made Meng Jingye more stable, after being picked up by Huo Youji, he has been raised in Wu Wangfu, first, he just returned to the dynasty and needs to slow down, and second, Meng Yan has not thought about how to use him, and now Meng Yan has thought about it.

"Ye'er, how is it? Is it good to raise it at home? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, your nephew is ready, please ask Your Majesty to command." Meng Jingye replied respectfully.

"Relax, I'm not looking for you to be a gentleman and a minister, let's talk about uncles and nephews." This is what Meng Yan hates the most, Meng Jingye's appearance is becoming more and more like his brother, respecting and being polite, respectful, everything is good, but there is no taste of family affection.

"This is my main hall, and the nephew should be courtesy." Meng Jingye insisted that although His Majesty loved their brothers and sisters in Meng Jingye's heart, after all, it was still a relationship between monarchs and ministers, and etiquette was indispensable.

Meng Yan didn't bother to correct him when he heard him say this, and said with a sigh: "I plan to use you as the deputy assistant of the cabinet and lead the Pingzhang affairs of Jianghuai Province. ”

"Your Majesty, do you use Xizhou as the seat of Jianghuai Province to confront Luzhou?" Meng Jingye immediately understood what Meng Yan meant, Xizhou is an important part of the waterway of the Great River, and the establishment of Jianghuai Province also represents Daxuan's control of the two Huai, one is to let the people return to their hearts, and the other is equivalent to a threat to Xiao Zhan, and Daxuan is bound to seize Jianghuai.

Talking to smart is simple, a little bit is thorough, Meng Yan nodded and said, "What should Jianghuai Province do?" ”

"After the minister and nephew became Jianghuai Province, he immediately implemented the policy of our dynasty, so that the local people really felt the benefits of our dynasty, and at the same time won over the families that Jianghuai was willing to belong to, and cracked down on those families with a resolute attitude, and then sent talents to Jianghuai as officials and businessmen." Meng Jingye only thought about it for a moment before saying his plan.

Seeing that Meng Jingye had no resistance to doing Jianghuai Pingzhang, Meng Yan relaxed and said, "There is one more thing you have to do, and only you and I know about it." ”

With that, Meng Yan took out a token from his arms and threw it to Meng Jingye, and then threw away a document as well.

Meng Jingye looked at Meng Yan in surprise after seeing it, and then felt that something was wrong, so he came back to his senses and said, "The nephew is rude!" ”

"It doesn't matter! Remember, this is more important than anything else, and it depends on your ability to successfully cross the river and go north in the future! Meng Yan said lightly, but the majesty in his words could not be blasphemed.

Meng Jingye walked out of the hall in a daze, he never expected that the emperor would still have this hand, if he could successfully do this, the south of Huaishui would be under control, but the difficulty of this matter was no less than a big war.

The unfavorable situation of the war ahead did not make Xiao Yu angry, but it was a lot more stable, although Xiao Zhan lost but did not have a fever, most of the soldiers and horses were still in his hands, but Xishan County could not be defended, there was now a two-sided attack by the Xuan army, like a chicken rib, the one who should let go must let go, this Xiao Yu is clear, the second good thing is that Jiang Yulang can grow, and the decision to garrison Ningyang can be said to be an instant decision, but the contradiction between Xiao Zhan and Xiao Zhan is also shown.

"Prime Minister, what do you think if I let Jiang Yulang lead the Huizhou Army and lead the Great River Sailor?" Xiao Yu asked.

Chu Cheng's expression moved slightly, it seems that His Majesty intends to separate King Ji and Jiang Yulang, Jiang Yulang, the pirate leader, has indeed shown amazing decisiveness in this war, and after being stationed in Ningyang, the Xuan army failed to go further.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that it is very appropriate to do this, Jiang Yulang is a fierce general on the water, his temperament is perverse and informal, Ji Wang Ye has a tough temperament, but he is a little lonely, it is difficult for the two to get along together, and separation is the best choice."

"In that case, let's let Chen Zhuo draw up his will."

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, how should Prince Ji reply, this may be a little unfair to Prince Ji."

"Move the king of Ji to the king of Huai, give up Xishan County, and change the camp of Luzhou to the camp of Hanhu, he will understand what I mean."

This time it really surprised Chu Cheng, His Majesty was really willing, and the camp from Luzhou to Hanhu County meant that the Huaizuo line would take Shouchun and Luzhou as the sidelines, and gave up most of Huaizuo.

"The minister obeys the order," and then Chu Cheng hesitated for a moment and said: "The eldest son of the old minister, Chu Chenxi, is the deputy envoy of the Qilin Guard, and the old minister feels that he should be allowed to serve the country." ”

Xiao Yu smiled, this dead old man finally didn't hide it, he had always preferred to bear everything by himself, rather than let his children enter the big dye vat of the court, his most outstanding son eldest son was forced by himself to enter the Qilin Wei, Chu Cheng is now willing to let his eldest son come out to play Xiao Yu is very satisfied, Chu Chen is a rare general, just because his father's relationship has not been able to show, but Meng Yan wants to let his genius's second son come out, but unfortunately that kid can't be found outside all the year round.

Xiao Yu pretended to nod deeply and said: "Chu Chen is a general, staying by my side all the time has buried his talent, let him go to the army to experience it, Chu Xiang thinks that the Luzhou battalion, oh no, how about the Lujiang army under the command of the Hanhu battalion now?" ”

Chu Cheng was slightly stunned, this position was something he didn't expect, there were six armies under the command of the Hanhu battalion, and there were 30,000 soldiers in the Lujiang army.

"The old minister on behalf of the dog, thank Your Majesty for your love!" Chu Cheng bowed to the Tao.

"Chu Xiang doesn't have to be polite, you do your best for Daning to deserve the reward, and besides, Chu Chen has this ability, by the way, where is Chu Shen now?" Xiao Yufeng's indifferent question immediately made Chu Cheng vigilant, he could let Chu Chen work for Daning and for the Xiao family, but he would never put his eggs in one basket, Chu Shen was him, and it was also the bottom line of the entire Chu family.

"Your Majesty, the little boy Chu Shen is used to being arrogant and indulged by the old minister, and he travels all day long, and the old minister doesn't know where he is now?"

Xiao Yu sneered in his heart, and said in his heart: "Old horseman! The old methods of the family are just that, forget it, the Chu family is a rising rookie, and he always has to rely on himself to have the ability to continue to develop, and he can't be forced too quickly, and now he has planned a plan for a full-scale attack, and he still needs to rely on these people. ”

"I remember that he is not too young, it is time to come back, what is he always doing outside? Don't become like Xiao Mu's rebel in the future! ”

Chu Cheng closed his eyes slightly, sighed in his heart, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister asked his brother to write to him and let him come back." ”

With that said, to what extent it can be done is another matter.

Just after Chu Chen arrived in Lujiang, Xiao Yu's plan also began, first to transfer the Qingwu army to approach Fanchang, and then let the newly promoted general of the Dajiang Water Division and the general of the Huizhou Army Jiang Yulang block the waterway of the Dajiang River, and once again let Xiao Zhan lead the six armies under the command of the Hanhu Battalion to approach Shucheng, and finally let the Yingzhou Battalion enter Shouchun, and the situation in Jianghuai began to be really tense.

At the same time, Daning Luochen stayed behind and Xiao Ye, the king of Ning, mobilized his troops and horses to threaten Nanyang, and Gan Ming and Ming Yu of Xijing also began to officially invade the Western Regions.

The posture of Daning's all-out offensive has been laid out, but at this moment Daxuan is immersed in grief, Chen Zhiqing still can't survive, on the fourth day of the seventh month of the twelfth year of China, Chen Zhiqing died in the Chu State Mansion in Hanyang City, at the age of fifty-five.

Meng Yan resigned for three days, went to the Chu State Mansion to mourn, grief-stricken, Chen Zhiqing asked his only daughter Chen Ruan to bring a letter to Meng Yan when he was dying, Meng Yan saw rare tears.

Then Meng Yan issued an edict to posthumously crown Chen Zhiqing as the king of Yuanling County, and his only daughter Chen Ruan Jin was named the lord of Yuanling County.

It was not until July 19, at the urging of the ministers, that Meng Yan counterattacked the all-out offensive of the Ning army and entered the stage of all-round resistance.

On July 25, Menghuan, the king of Daxuan Qin, sent troops to Chencang to raid Fufeng County, and the war was in full swing.

On July 27, Xuansong fought a bloody battle with the Daning Lujiang Army in Dongwanshan Town, Shucheng County for three days, and the Xuanjun Army held the bottom line, but at the same time suffered heavy losses.

But there are also unexpected things, after Ning Wang Xiao Ye entered Nanyang, Daxuan Nanyang stayed behind Tan Ji but retreated all the way to Yunyang County before starting to defend.

However, the Qingwu army was ambushed in Nanling County on the fourth day of August, losing nearly 10,000 horses, forcing Yu Qingyu to retreat directly to Hezhou, but the Xuan army did not take advantage of the situation to recover Fanchang, and the Fanchang area turned into a vacuum.

After the first round of the war, the situation on the battlefield began to become confusing.