After receiving the news that most of the garrison troops in Xiangyang had been transferred, the naval army remaining in Fancheng was less than 10,000 people, and the defenders of Xiangyang were only a few thousand, and the troops were very weak, Zhong Zhenhua began to feel moved, and couldn't help but regret that it was too early to withdraw from Jinghu East Road, and now it is not so easy to go to Xiangyang. Because after he left, Wang Gui immediately arranged for reliable people to quickly take over the past, and now he is very active, and he is still recruiting soldiers to train soldiers.

Li Chongshan is coming, and Lin Jianyue will inevitably deal with it with all his might, unable to take care of the rear. If he can take Xiangyang, he can use his special position and very perfect defense system to resist Lin Jianyue's attack.

In the past, it was all the army of the imperial court, Zhong Zhenhua didn't dare to rebel to take Xiangyang, but now it's different, his ambitions are up, and he is ready, what does he dare not do?

Once he has Xiangyang, it will be different, first of all, the financial resources are much more sufficient, choking the Han River, strategically there is more room for maneuver, and Jinghu Road does not have to give up, because Lin Jianyue's loss of Xiangyang is equivalent to losing the water army, and he cannot threaten Jinghu Road from the Yangtze River, and Zhong Zhenhua of the imperial court is not afraid.

Zhong Zhenhua was particularly fond of the thousands of large warships in Xiangyang, which was the result of the Li family and Xiangyang having done their best for so many years.

Now he can justifiably lead the army back to Jinghu East Road, this is his defense area, but doing so will inevitably arouse the vigilance of Wang Gui and Lin Jianyue, and he can't do this before taking Xiangyang.

There is only one way, to secretly go up the Yangtze River and Han River with the water army, and it doesn't take much, thirty or fifty thousand can make a contribution in one fell swoop, but there is a problem, how not to let the imperial court or Lin Jianyue's people find out.

Hanshui doesn't have to worry, because Qu Shangqun's navy often comes and goes, and it is not a big problem to disguise it, the key is that when the army marches on the Yangtze River, Zhong Zhenhua has a way to hide it in other places, but it must pass through the Hanyang Navy Fortress, which is now under the control of the imperial navy, and there are many checkpoints, not military precautions, but to collect money and taxes, Lin Jianyue's navy used to come and go and no one cares, because Qu Shangqun's navy never did smuggling, but his army came from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, will inevitably be investigated, how can this be hidden?

Zhong Zhenhua, the person who controlled the Hanyang Military Village, knew that Qi Yunji's henchmen were here to make money, Zhong Zhenhua and Qi Yunji had a private covenant, and he decided to probe Qi Yunji's tone, but Qi Yunji was more active than him, and attacking Lin Jianyue may have become his greatest wish.

The reason is very simple, Qi Yunji knows that Qi Ziyan has gone crazy.

Qi Ziyan went to Luoyang, Qi Yunji was naturally not at ease, and he also needed to know Lin Jianyue's attitude, and he sent many people to the light and dark.

Although the Zhenfu Division Dieyi Division did a very hidden job and made many excuses, Qi Ziyan did not show up for a long time, and did not go to Nanyang with Li Yunxi, so he had already begun to suspect it, and he was still contacted by Qi Ziyan's secretly sent people, so he naturally knew the true situation of his daughter, and the anger in his heart could be imagined.

Zhong Zhenhua made up his mind, immediately sent a sailor to set off secretly, it is already November, according to the convention, in a dozen days, it is the day when the Hu cavalry set off from Hebei, and when they arrive at the Yellow River, it is just frozen, and although they need to travel day and night, it is only a month to arrive in Xiangyang, at that time it is the most nervous time for Lin Jianyue and his subordinates, and the sneak attack will be successful.

And the general of the water division is his nephew, who is absolutely reliable, and it can be said that he can be absolutely trusted, but he ignored one person, Cai Heng, the deputy commander of the water division.

Who is Chae Hyung? It is the nephew of the privy envoy Cao Shaozhen, who was originally called Cao Heng, but he changed his surname since he was a child, and Cao Shaozhen specially sent him to Zhong Zhenhua's side many years ago to monitor him.

Usually Cai Heng is quiet and honest, just doing things wholeheartedly, his water warfare ability is not bad, and he has been doing it for nearly ten years, making a lot of contributions to the development and growth of Zhong Zhenhua's navy, and winning Zhong Zhenhua's trust.

Zhong Zhenhua's grand strategy Cai Heng naturally can't know, but what he is going to do this time he knows, as long as he doesn't go to fight the imperial court or rebel against independence or anything, he won't care, even if he fights other feudal towns, but if he wants to fight Xiangyang, he has to take care of it, not for anything else, because Cai Heng is a real patriot, or not called patriotic, but a person with a sense of responsibility for his own ethnicity, culture, history, and future, he admires and appreciates Lin Jianyue very much, if it weren't for the restrictions of his identity and tasks, he would have left Jiangnan for the Central Plains.

Cai Heng knew that he couldn't solve the problem by himself, but there was still the big tree of the Cao family, he knew who Cao Shaozhen was, and he believed that his uncle Cao Shaozhen would never sit idly by.

Cao Shaozhen did not hesitate when he received the urgent news from Cai Heng, even if he hadn't helped Lin Jianyue before, he would not pull Lin Jianyue's hind legs in the back when the decisive battle between Han and Hu decided the fate of the Han people, even if he knew that Lin Jianyue might replace the current imperial court in the future.

Cao Shaozhen looks down on Zhong Zhenhua very much, and he also looks down on Qi Yunji, is it time to talk about personal interests and personal grievances? What's more, since Lin Jianyue's rise, even if there are many opportunities, he has never done such a shameless thing, compared with the two, there is no need to think about how to choose.

Some things are done once, and I can't help but want to do them a second time.

Hanyang is indeed Qi Yunji's henchman who is the commander there, but he is mainly just in charge of collecting money and making money, the real power to command the army and use the army is not in the hands of that person, such an important place, how can Cao Shaozhen, as the privy envoy of the imperial court, not pay attention to it? Cao Shaozhen decided to leave Zhong Zhenhua's sailor forever in Hanyang.

Cao Shaozhen has been in the highest position for so many years, and now, for the sake of the Cao family and his daughter, he has to have a plan for the future.

Cao Shaozhen couldn't pull his face to find Li Qinian, but just called Dou Shiquan over, told him about the general situation, and asked Dou Shiquan to report Li Qinian immediately, and also told him that in the future, the commander of nearly 100,000 sailors in Hanyang Military Village would be his nephew Cao Heng.

What does it mean is self-evident, Dou Shiquan and Li Qinian are all human spirits, so they will naturally pass on the information to Lin Jianyue completely, and they dare not make it clear, because this involves the overall situation of Jiangnan in the future.

Lin Jianyue received the news on the way to Yancheng, but he didn't mean to blame anyone, but said with a smile to Li Yang, who was moving with him: "Brother Yang, you always brag to me about how great the Zhenfu Division is on weekdays, if it weren't for the Dieyi Division to open up the joints of Cao Shaozhen's privy envoy this time, Xiangyang would be in big trouble, and there would be big problems in the rear, you can't be complacent!" ”

Li Yang's face was flushed, and he was angry in his heart, the commander of the Jiangnan branch could die.

"This time, Qi Yunji actually had the courage to cooperate with Zhong Zhenhua's sneak attack, unlike his usual behavior, it seems that Qi Ziyan's matter should be known to him, so it is okay, so as not to always have a thorn there."

Lin Jianyue turned his head and said to Qiao Ling, who had been following him closely: "Immediately notify the Dieyi Division, send Qi Ziyan back to Jianning secretly and hand it over to Qi Yunji, and tell him that I Lin Jianyue didn't... Forget it, just send it back, and you can only resist the trouble caused by your own woman. ”

Qiao Ling felt that many stars appeared in his eyes, could he not be so good? What woman can stand it!

Lin Jianyue didn't pay attention to Qiao Ling's strange appearance, but said to Liu Bingyun: "The kindness given by the Cao family is not small, of course, the power is not small, there are explicit hints, and there is still the love of helping the king before, and I can't pretend to be deaf and dumb." Mr. Liu, tell Chu Qing in Huaixi and Li Shangxin in Xiangyang that they should be special to the people of the Cao family, use it multiple times, and recruit all the idle and capable Cao family. ”

Finally, he said to Qiao Ling: "The queen's life is not good, you have a lot of people in the Jianning Palace, you should pay special attention to her safety, when there is a problem, immediately contact the Cao family, take her out of the palace, and send her to Nanyang Yunxi, I have my own arrangements." ”

Qiao Ling's whole body went limp.