In the past two years, the development of the White Battalion has been rapid, and it has more than 300 regular samurai and nearly 1,000 militiamen. The good reputation of cracking down on bandits and treating the people well, as well as the generous treatment of the white-clothed battalion, have attracted more and more outstanding young people from small sects to join the camp.

The castle of the White Camp has undergone several expansions. The market under the city has also become more prosperous, with more than 6,000 people living under the city, just like a big town.

However, to this extent, it is already close to saturation. If the white-clothed battalion continues to expand its power, not only will the local wealthy clan not tolerate it, but the Great Zhou Dynasty will probably also be vigilant.

And with this point, people staged a coup d'état to seize Iwakura, which is naturally a fantasy. No matter how small Iwakura is, there are four or five thousand soldiers, and the three hundred people in Wu Feng's hands are simply not enough to stuff his teeth. Not to mention that some people such as Xin Standby are loyal to Deng Aihou, and it is impossible to follow him.

However, in the past three years in the Yancang Palace, Wu Feng has formed a deep relationship with the chief military advisor Hua Zongdai, the four major generals Hua Xiaoon, Zhao Mancha, Shi Gongzi, and Cloud Dao Lord. In the Iwakura Palace, where there is a strong sense of locality, the estrangement between outsiders and locals leads to the unity between them.

In the past few years, the ambition of the prince Deng Sanshi has become bigger and bigger, and he has been cultivating party members, Wu Feng also sees it, but Deng Aihou dotes on his son, but he is completely unaware.

There is an example of Deng Aihou dealing with Deng Rong first, and Deng Sanshi certainly doesn't mind the upward and downward effects.

The confrontation between the Ying brothers back then gave Xue Yiren the opportunity to seize Tianzi Peak. Wu Feng's plan is also to promote Deng Sanshi to act as soon as possible at the right time, when the confrontation between father and son is fully formed, he can fish in troubled waters, take profits from it, and seize Iwakura in one fell swoop, becoming his first step in the world!

Thinking like this, Wu Feng had already stepped into Iwakura City.

Soon after he returned from Hedong, Deng Aihou urgently summoned him. Ask him to participate in a meeting.

Wu Feng walked into the meeting hall, Deng Aihou was already waiting in it, and after a short while, Deng Sanshi, Hua Zongdai and several others also arrived.

"Everyone is here. So let's get started. Deng Aihou cleared his throat and said, "Shang Qingying, the Holy Maiden of Northern Yan, has already sent us a reply, saying that she is willing to help us crusade against the rebellion of the following Keshang-Divine Hall. ”

The Divine Hall was originally a branch of the Qingzhou Temple, but its power swelled, suppressing the Iwakura Hall and the Qingzhou Hall that were higher than their own level. For Shang Qingying, who advocates righteousness and order. It's certainly an excellent crusade.

In the past two years, Shang Qingying has captured Xiangguo City, brought the entire Julu County into his palm, and approached Yecheng, the capital of the Great Qi State, and the power of Beiyan has become stronger and stronger. What's more, the passage from Hebei to Shandong has also been completely opened.

Hua Zongdai stroked Wuliu's long hair: "That's excellent...... It's just that Beiyan is too far away, and for a while, he can't count on it. ”

Deng Aihou nodded and said, "That's true, but it's the trend of the world." Changing rapidly, Zong Dai and I are both in the prime of life, and Sanshi and the little brothers of the Xie family are even younger, but they can all wait for the opportunity. Now that there are many princes of Daqi and civil wars, it can be described as stormy, but Gao Wei, the faint monarch, still has no interest in political affairs. I heard that Mu Huanghua's demon girl has also fallen out of favor, and Gao Wei has a ...... with Mu Huanghua's maid Feng Xiaolian again."

He smiled slightly and said, "I heard that Feng Xiaolian is fifteen years old, and he was born to be a jade and soft flower." Gentle and exquisite, good at seducing people with sound and color, very good at massage and pipa skills, but also proficient in the secret art of the room. was so confused that Gao Wei was dead and alive, and even the court had to hold this woman in his arms, and even did ugly things with jade bodies......"

Hearing this, several people couldn't help but smile.

Cushman & Wakefield is also an interesting character. He deeply felt that his favorite concubine Feng Xiao was charming and lewd, and her beauty was unparalleled, and he thought of such a beautiful woman. Only you can enjoy yourself, but it is a pity that it is better to be happy alone than to be happy. So he made Feng Xiaolian lie high on the court, covered with only a very thin layer of white veil, and writhed from time to time to make various gestures, so that the ministers took turns to watch, as the so-called "two eyes are the same color, and the beauty is the same color".

Later, this matter was circulated and subordinated, and it directly became a naked scene of the ministers watching Feng Xiaolian, and it didn't make much difference anyway.

The great Qi is now withering, and all the imperial court can control is the narrow area near the imperial capital Yecheng, and there are even more such desolate monarchs and ministers, if they don't perish, there is really no heavenly reason.

"But even so, it is not easy for Shang Qingying to destroy the Great Qi Imperial Court and fight here. Deng Sanshi opened his mouth and said: "Not to mention that if Shang Qingying attacks Yecheng, the princes of all places will eventually leave King Maqin, and they will not easily let the power of the warriors grow." Even if she captures Yecheng, she will have to eliminate the large and small princes within Daqi before she can attack the boundary of the Divine Hall. ”

Deng Aihou nodded and said, "Not bad." However, the princes within the Great Qi have long since disagreed. The news of the battle of Xiaopei must have been known to everyone. I am convening this meeting today to discuss future changes in the situation on the eastern coast. ”

Deng Sanshi said: "Ma Boyong, the commander of the Beifu Army of the Yangzhou Army of the Great Song Dynasty, is said to be far above his master Qin Baxian, but he did not expect to be outnumbered by the crowd, but he was defeated at the hands of Murong Xuecun in Qingzhou. It seems that the name of the Jiangdong Tiger is really a bit undeserved. ”

Deng Aihou said: "It's not that simple, Ma Qiancheng has been fighting for a few years, and he has captured the land with a population close to the entire Jiangdong, and the talent of the army is by no means under Li Qing of the Sanhe Sword Sect back then! Ma Qiancheng was defeated by Murong Xue Village in the Battle of Xiapi, but by the time of the Battle of Xiaopei, many of the wealthy clans under the command of Murong Xue Village had already thrown themselves into Ma Qiancheng, which directly caused Murong Xue Village to lose a lot of land, and the boundary line shrank inward by more than 100 miles! In this battle, Murong Xuecun had to ask Northern Yan Shang Qingying for help in order to win, and the next situation is really difficult to say. ”

The two wars of Xiapi and Xiaopei mentioned by the father and son of the Deng family involved the overall situation in the four eastern states -- Jizhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou.

It all started more than 10 years ago.

More than ten years ago, Qin Baxian, the then military lord of Beifu, joined forces with Murong Xuecun, the commander of Qingzhou of the Great Qi Dynasty, to attack the Huaibei land in Xuzhou. Among them, Chen Yuan also fought with Wu Feng in the Battle of Dream Mountain.

Qin Ba first crossed a large area of land that he had not yet controlled to send troops for a long distance, and almost did not get any benefits, and the vast land around Pengcheng was cheapened by Murong Xue Village. This incident aroused great dissatisfaction among the generals of Beifu, who supported his disciple Ma Boyong as the new military master and exiled Qin Baxian to Jingzhou.

Ma Boyong was less than 20 years old, and succeeded as the military master of Beifu, which was difficult to convince the public. So the princes of Xuzhou, who were overwhelmed by Qin Baxian back then, immediately formed a coalition army. Attack Yangzhou.

Due to his young age, Ma Boyong mobilized in a hurry, and only recruited 6,000 regular soldiers and the same number of militiamen, while the soldiers of the coalition army of the Xuzhou princes reached 10,000. The militia is more than 30,000.

However, due to Ma Boyong's exquisite command, the coalition army suffered heavy losses as soon as it crossed the Yangtze River, losing more than 2,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of militiamen, and had to withdraw quickly. And the losses of the Yangzhou army. Including the militia, there are only a few hundred.

The generals of Xuzhou, who were unwilling to fail, united with Murong Xuecun, the Qingzhou town guard who infiltrated the forces into Xuzhou by defeating the Huaiyang Gang, known as the four generals of Xuzhou, and organized a new army, with 18,000 soldiers and more than 60,000 militia.

Because of Qin Baxian's reckless military force, the people's livelihood in Yangzhou withered and could not be mobilized on a large scale. Therefore, Ma Boyong still only pulled 8,000 regular soldiers at will, pretending to hold on, but launched a surprise attack by surprise, and the coalition army collapsed again. Because this time there was a famous veteran Murong Xuecun present. The losses were much smaller, with 1,621 soldiers and about 3,000 militiamen.

The people of Xuzhou will be frightened from now on and will no longer dare to peep into Jiangdong. After several years of recuperation, Ma Boyong launched a northern invasion offensive like the wind and fire, taking advantage of the weakness of the discord among the generals in Xuzhou, and breaking through each with superior forces, although there were occasional setbacks, but to this day, in addition to Murong Xue Village in Qingzhou. The forces of the other three of the four generals of Xuzhou have been completely destroyed, and the small princes have also fallen under the Daxu of the Beifu army!

Ma Boyong's prestige was shocked, and the world often called him instead of his name, and called Ma Qiancheng or the son of Qiancheng. Only then did Deng Aihou call the word "Ma Qiancheng". That's it.

In the era of Qin Baxian, although the Qingzhou Army and the Yangzhou Army of Murong Xue Village belonged to different dynasties, they were allies. But when the thousands of miles of fertile fields in the central and southern parts of Xuzhou from Guangling to Zhongwu fell into the hands of Ma Qiancheng, the young commander of the Beifu army, the three major generals of Xuzhou were all destroyed, the old evil Jiao of Qingzhou, and the young tigers of Jiangdong. It will inevitably be a fierce battle head-on.

Chen Yuan's cousin Chen Ruicong, the son of the leader of the Huaiyang Gang who died in battle more than ten years ago, has a very good understanding of the geography and customs of the Qingxu area, plus is full of wisdom and strategy, after ending his wandering life a few years ago and taking refuge in Ma Qiancheng, he was immediately reused and became one of the three army divisions of Beifu, and his status was above the four generals of Fenglin Volcano!

After recruiting Chen Ruicong, Ma Qiancheng not only obtained first-class talents, but also gained the righteous reputation of attacking Murong Xue Village.

Chen Ruicong is good at strategy, relying on his past interpersonal circles, causing many wealthy families and small princes to defect and surrender, providing an excellent situation for Ma Qiancheng's Qingxu strategy. And Ma Qiancheng also promised that once Pengcheng and Haizhou were completely captured, all the city land in this area would be returned to the Huaiyang Chen family and the Huaiyang Gang would be restored.

The first fierce battle between the Qingzhou army and the Yangzhou army took place in Xiapi, south of Pengcheng, and the Beifu side had the advantage of troops, but Murong Xue Village had mountains and rivers and dangerous points. Due to the fact that the generals of Beifu had won many battles in the process of destroying the other three of the four generals of Xuzhou, it was inevitable that they would underestimate the enemy's heart and advance lightly, and after achieving a small victory, they were raided by Murong Xuecun, and the two great elders of the Qin Baxian era died on the battlefield.

Ma Qiancheng and his cousin Ma Wanli arrived in time with their own army, fought a vicious battle, and killed two of the famous "Qingzhou Eight" under the command of Murong Xue Village, only to save some face. Neither side had the strength to fight again, and each withdrew its troops.

The regular soldiers on both sides of this battle have reached more than 500 people, and the militia is several times that, but the losses of the Yangzhou army are significantly more than that of the Qingzhou army, and there was a heads-up in the battle, and Ma Qiancheng himself was cut by Murong Xue Village, so it was Murong Xue Village who won.

But after the victory, in the next two years, Murong Xuecun caused a large number of wealthy families in the Pengcheng area to defect to Ma Boyong's side because of Chen Ruicong's strategy, and a large area of land was lost, and the territory seized from the Huaiyang Gang was almost completely lost. Even Xiao Tianhou, the first fierce general under Murong Xuecun, was rebelled by Chen Ruicong.

Under such circumstances, Murong Xuecun was already difficult to resist the invasion of the Beifu Army alone, and had to ask Beiyan for help. Speaking of which, Beiyan once had a small-scale conflict with the Qingzhou Army, and Shang Qingying's master also suffered some small losses, which can be regarded as a defeated general of Murong Xuecun, so that Murong Xuecun asked for help from his defeated apprentice, the old face is actually a little unbearable, but the current strong enemy can't take care of so much.

Shang Qingying is worthy of being a handsome woman, extremely bold, with a wave of his hand, he sent thousands of elite soldiers from Beiyan to the south to support, and provided a large number of supplies. As a result, the second large-scale confrontation between the Jiangdong Tigers and the Qingzhou veteran broke out.

This battle opened the prelude to the decades-long dragon and tiger struggle between the Northern Yan Ice Dragon and the Jiangdong Tiger, and directly affected the situation in the entire world. But now, I am afraid that only a few people can see the stormy waves that are about to fill the coastline of the East China Sea!

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After listening to the conversation between the father and son of the Deng family, Wu Feng said: "Hall Master, I have just returned from Hedong, and I have heard the news that the military horse Qiancheng of Beifu was defeated under Xiaopei City. But the land east of the river has always been closed to news, so I don't know too much about the process of this battle, can I ask the hall master to explain?"

Deng Aihou bowed his head and said, "Okay." There are not many things remarkable about this battle. After Murong Xuecun received reinforcements, he immediately stationed his 1,000 sharp soldiers and reinforcements in Jiancheng Xiaopei. A total of 2,000 people defended the city, because the city was small, so all the people defending the city were regular samurai, and there was no militia. ”

"Ma Qiancheng saw that the city was small, thought it was easy to pull out, and attacked the city with a large army, but he didn't expect the city to be extremely strong. Moreover, Shang Qingying even sent a big killing weapon - two hundred firecrackers. During the onslaught, the city was already crumbling, but two Beifu generals were shot and killed in the siege, and the morale of the Beifu side was greatly reduced. At this time, Murong Xuecun arrived with his own army, and planned to attack back and forth and annihilate the army of Beifu. ”

Ma Qiancheng realized the danger and ordered a quick retreat, but it was raining heavily and the roads were muddy and difficult to walk, and Murong Xuecun even ordered all cities to ambush and harass them, and the Beifu army suffered heavy losses, the team was divided and scattered, and the morale dropped to freezing point. Ma Qiancheng and his cousin Ma Wanli were forced to settle in Pengcheng and confront the pursuing Qingzhou army. ”

Hearing the three words of fire gun, Hua Zongdai couldn't help but look at Wu Feng. In the fire merger three years ago, it was Wu Feng who shot Mo Cangli with a musket, which caused Deng Rong's night attack to fail and successfully resolved the crisis.

And Wu Feng was fascinated in his heart, and his soul had already flown to the battlefield thousands of miles away.

That little girl of the Northern Yan Ice Dragon had also realized the importance of the iron cannon from the West, and directly turned the entire battle around by only supporting a few hundred musketeers!

It turns out that in the defense of the city, the iron cannon can also exert such a terrifying power. (To be continued.) )