In Shangyuan Palace, everyone gasped after hearing Xiao Ju's words.

"Your Majesty, now that the country has been decided, it is the time to recuperate and recuperate, if the Duke of Qin is on an expedition at this time, he will not be able to do anything in the country." Hengxian hurriedly stopped.

Xiao Ju then looked at the rest of the people in the palace, Heng Zhi didn't say a word, Heng Xuan's political qualifications were insufficient, just because he was currently a general, and military affairs required him to go through the motions, Yuan Muzhi was thinking silently, and Zhang Zemao was frowning.

It was Yuan Muzhi who took the lead in speaking: "King Jiao Yue, when our army fought a decisive battle with the rebellious Xiao Luan, he took the opportunity to hoard grain, grass and ordnance, and ate it at both ends, his intention is self-evident, even if he does not rebel, he will not obey the laws of the court in the future." ”

After saying this, Yuan Muzhi looked at everyone's faces, and then said: "Duke Qin only said that the Guangling army was transferred to Linhai County, but did not say that Guangzhou would be conquered immediately, and the Guangling army could practice and practice martial arts in Linhai County. Ryukyu bandits are rampant, and they can also take the opportunity to suppress bandits. ”

Zhang Zemao suddenly proposed at this time: "You can let the Guangling Army march along the coast to various islands, sweep the bandits' dens, and then slowly move closer to Yazhou (Yazhou is Hainan)." Finally, Chen Bingyazhou. ”

Hengzhi, who had never spoken, suddenly said at this time: "But in this case, King Yue will inevitably arouse vigilance, so wouldn't it startle the snake?" ”

After listening to everyone's words, Xiao Ju just said lightly: "Most of the uncivilized land in Yazhou is local aborigines. Although the imperial court set up Yazhou, but has not effectively controlled Yazhou, and I heard that the sea bandits like to intrude on Yazhou, this time just when the heavenly soldiers arrived, homeopathic march into Yazhou, if the king of Yue did not move, my dynasty can also establish prestige in Yazhou, and then garrison in Yazhou for a long time to monitor Guangzhou. ”

When everyone heard this, they all praised it for goodness.

At this time, in the Xiangwang Mansion, Wei Ran took the reply letter of Xiao Zhi, the king of Yue, with a sneer on his face.

Xiao Yi stood beside Wei Ran tremblingly at this time, and Xiao Yi had just read the content of the book. Xiao Zhi said that the Fan family, the Hu family, and the Gao family could all become internal aid, so that Xiao Yi should not worry.

"Gong Qin, what should I do now?" Xiao Yi asked tentatively.

"Xiao Zhi's book is not enough to convict everyone, and Xiao Zhi has not rebelled, if I go directly to Guangzhou, it will make the kings' hearts unstable. Now we can only wait for Gao Xiao's obedient return from Yulin, and see if these three families are secretly transporting grain, grass and iron tools as we think. ”

Cui Huan listened to Wei Ran's words for a long time, and immediately said: "Duke Qin's words are wrong, although Xiao Zhi did not rebel openly, but there is already a contempt for the court in the letter. When General Gao returned from the official road of Yulin, most of the materials intercepted were Jiaozhou, General Zhang Da has arrived in Xiangzhou, and now General Zhang Da may march into Gaoyao, Xinning, and still need to be powerful. ”

"Didn't Mr. Cui advise my father not to make a big deal about it before? Why have you changed your mind now? Wei Ran was surprised.

"The Duke of Qin has decided to transfer the Guangling army to Linhai County, with the ultimate goal of coercing Guangzhou. This time the momentum of the entry into Gaoyao and Xinning, the two kings must be suspicious, at this time to transfer the Guangling army to Yazhou, and then let His Majesty send an edict to the Yue King Xiao Zhi, and transfer his fief from Guangzhou to Wu County. ”

After listening to Cui Huan's words, Xiao Yi, as a vassal king, was extremely sensitive to the transfer of fiefdoms, and hurriedly said: "If you do this, Xiao Yi can only rebel." ”

Cui Huan said with a smile: "What the King of Xiang said is true, but if Xiao Shi wants to save his life, he can only move his family to Wu County, but if he wants to rebel, where can he go?" ”

Wei Ran's eyes were closed at the moment, the reason why he couldn't pay attention to Xiao Shi's rebellion was because after occupying the two cities of Gaoyao and Xinning, he cut off the possibility of merging with Guangzhou, and Xiao Shi, who was entrenched in Guangzhou, wanted to attack, so he could only attack Luling and Yuzhang. If you attack to the east, it will be protracted and it will be very easy to be suppressed by the army on the coast, and then the imperial navy will attack from Minzhou and Yazhou at the same time, and the army will march from Xiangzhou and Luling at the same time, and Xiao Shi will be defeated.

A few days later, Gao Xiaoshun returned from Yulin, and sure enough, he intercepted the caravan of the Fan and Hu clans from outside Yulin City, carrying some grain and iron tools. After the stolen goods were seized, Wei Ran carried out a purge of the Xiangzhou scholars.

Both the Fan family and the Hu family were imprisoned for violating the ban of the imperial court and reselling grain, grass and weapons without permission, in an attempt to commit misdeeds.

At the same time, Zhang Da led the army into Gaoyao, and the momentum was huge.

At this time, in Panyu City, Guangzhou, Xiao Shi, the king of Yue, heard that Zhang Da led the army into Gaoyao, and then recruited Fan Hong.

Fan Hongnai is a member of the Fan clan in Xiangzhou, and after listening to Xiao Shi's words, he said to Xiao Shi: "King, now Wei Ran's heart has been revealed, the king is fish and meat, and Wei Ran is a sword, you can start to act, Zhou Xun came from there, and the Guangling army of the imperial court suddenly sent troops to the sea. ”

Yue Wang Xiao Zhi, the cousin of Emperor Xiao Heng of Qiwen, has two in his forties this year. After Xiao Heng succeeded to the throne, he became a vassal of Guangzhou, far away from the center of the imperial court, and was like the emperor of Guangzhou.

Xiao Zhi chose to watch from the wall during the civil war between Xiao Luan and Xiao Ju, and obtained a lot of money, food and materials from Xiao Luan, and gradually had a heart of disobedience, but what really gave Xiao Zhi the confidence to rebel was because of the addition of a person, who was the son of Zhou Cheng, the former Taishou of Linhai County, Zhou Xun.

After the death of his father Zhou Cheng, Zhou Xun fled to the island, entangled the fishermen as bandits, in Minzhou, the sea generation, quite a fierce name, people called the evil dragon in the sea.

But everyone doesn't know that the evil dragon in the sea is Zhou Xun, the Zhou family is deeply rooted in Linhai County, it is the first family in Linhai, and many people have received the favor of the Zhou family. Although after Zhou Cheng's death, Chen Qing was the county guard, but it did not mean that Chen Qing's dominance in Linhai was extremely stable.

At this time, Liu Renye led an army of 30,000 and had arrived in Linhai County, and stationed troops in Zhang'an, this time Liu Renye brought 100 warships, all of which were docked at the seaside.

The people of Linhai were surprised to see it, and many people came to the vicinity of the barracks to watch the imperial army, in addition to letting the people prohibit themselves from approaching the barracks, Liu Renye did not stop too much, after all, Linhai County is now calm, and he has met with Chen Qinggang, although there are bandits on the sea, but the ships are simple and are not the opponents of the imperial army, so they are only on the coast.

"What other news is coming from Zhou Xun?" Xiao Shi is worthy of being Xiao Heng's brother, and his words are quite imposing. Compared with Xiao Yi and Xiao Gui, they look more kingly.

"Zhou Xun claimed that the matter was in order, he would act today, Xiao Yi is obviously unwilling to cooperate with what he is doing now, but Wei Ran slaughtered the gate valve in Yuzhang, and Luling Taishou Wang Fang is already uneasy, this person can let go of our door to Yuzhang."

Hearing this, Xiao Shi applauded again and again, and the excitement on his face was already overflowing.

Then Xiao Shi said coldly: "Now Wei Ran has ordered Zhang Da to lead the army into Gao'an in a high-profile manner, and Xinning just wants to cut off my joint forces with Jiaozhou." But Xiao Che has no courage to waste, and he doesn't have many people on his hands. Occupy the geographical advantage and go his own way, this person cannot be with him for a long time. ”

Fan Hong said at this time: "This is a heaven-sent opportunity to kill Wei Ran, the king can send troops into Luling, and then suddenly attack Xiangzhou by Luling, Xiangzhou Xiaoyi does not have many soldiers and horses, we still have the scholar clan as an internal response, Wei Ran will definitely be in the catastrophe this time." ”

When Xiao Shi heard this, he was immediately entangled, and said to Fan Hong: "According to the original plan with Zhou Xun, it should be attacked from east to west, and then the joint army should break through Yuzhang and reach Jiankang along the waterway. ”

Fan Hong said: "Zhou Xun is a thief now, why bother with him." If our army directly attacks Xiangzhou from Luling, Gaoyao Xinning is isolated and helpless, at this time, Xiao Che sent troops to encircle Gaoyao Xinning together, and Xinning Gaoyao grain and grass are provided by Xiangzhou. It will not last long. ”

What Fan Hong said is indeed not unreasonable. Now the army enters Gaoyao Xinning, there are not many soldiers and horses in Xiangzhou City, and there are scholars as internal responses, at that time, it will be connected to Guangzhou, occupy Xiangzhou, Luling, and then send troops to attack Minzhou to open up and Zhou Xun's pity, then half of the Southern Dynasty will be lost.

If you can take this opportunity to kill Wei Ran in Xiangzhou, then the Southern Qi will inevitably shock the whole country, and then the waterway will reach Jiankang, and the great cause will be accomplished.

At this time, in Linhai County, Chen Qing, the Taishou was dealing with official business at the moment, and suddenly heard the news that Lu Xun, the dragon in the sea, often had the intention of snooping on the beach recently, and Chen Qing was not surprised when he heard this, it was common for Lu Xun pirates to harass the seaside, so this time Liu Renye led the troops to come, and Chen Qing was quite happy to see it. After all, with the strength of Linhai County, it is still quite difficult to completely avoid suppressing the Qing bandits.

Chen Qing then had the information that Lu Xun was spying on the shore pass to Liu Renye, who was camping on the beach.

At this time, it was late at night, and Liu Renye was already resting in the army.

Zhou Xun (Lu Xun) fleet is already waiting at sea, Zhou Xun gritted his teeth and looked at the direction of Linhai County, the opportunity to avenge his father has finally come, as long as this court elite is eliminated, then Wei Ran will have a big help in his hands.

Zhou Xun looked at the family beside him, and then asked slowly, "Have you prepared anything on the shore?" ”

Jia Ding said: "Young master, please rest assured, it has been arranged. The scholars of Linhai County are still interested in the Zhou family, now Chen Qing is in Linhai County, and the control of the rest of the county has been greatly reduced, many soldiers of Linhai County died in the battlefield of Jiankang, Chen Qing now has few troops in his hands, we only need to defeat Zhang'an's Huainan army, and then we can join forces with the scholars to capture Linhai, and then attack Yongjia to the south, and Xiao Che will join forces in Minzhou. ”