"Lord, the front is Jianye City, I have already informed the military division, now that Jianye City is under martial law, the military division hopes that the lord will rush to the city lord's mansion as soon as possible. Chihiro and his wife, who were sent back to inquire about the situation first, hurried over. Everyone was also tired, and the rush for days made everyone nervous, and now the form of the empire is not peaceful, and everyone is nervous all the way to prevent someone from attacking the team.

"Jianye City is under martial law, what's going on?" Liu Fan frowned, just a few days ago, through a letter, Jianye City only carried out a blockade and strengthened its vigilance, and did not start martial law.

"My lord, someone has made an accident. Yanzhou, Youzhou, and Liangzhou and other states have recently had people rebel, lions, barbarians and demons are also ready to move, Yangzhou seems to have signs of activity, the military division does not dare to be careless has been martial law in the four cities of Yangzhou, and the army has entered the first level of combat readiness. Chihiro replied with a solemn face, but a sense of joy also rose in his heart, the empire is disrupted, how can it not be an opportunity for them, a chance to get ahead, as long as it is a normal person, there is a utilitarian heart.

"Okay, let's go into town at once. "The trend of the empire is far beyond Liu Fan's expectations, the Sun and Moon Divine Sect has not yet moved, but there are mobs that riot first, and they are all riots without warning. The empire is terminally ill, and now it needs to be healed by great medicine, and it must be treated with fierce medicine.

"Open the city gate!" The heavy gate of Jianye City slowly turned along the door axis with a creaking sound, and twenty heavily armed soldiers rushed out of the black city gate hole, carrying away the horses placed in front of the city gate. With a torch in one hand and a spear in the other, he stood tall on either side of the gate.

"Lord, you're finally back. Zhu Mingyu came out in a military uniform, and now Zhu Mingyu is working under Liu Fan, and the personal training of the two is not ordinarily good, but on formal occasions, Zhu Mingyu insists on calling Liu Fan the lord. The soldiers around all knelt down with a bang, and the sound of iron armor rubbing sounded all around.

"What's the situation? What kind of turmoil is there in Yangzhou?" Liu Fan helped Zhu Mingyu up, and asked urgently, Yangzhou is Liu Fan's base and the biggest source of wealth for Liu Fan's soldiers. There must be no messing.

Zhu Mingyu looked at Liu Fan with a solemn face and said: "The situation of the lord is not optimistic, the military division and General Wang have already put the army under martial law, and General Li of Jian'an City is also under martial law with all his might, and the military division has sent a large army to support them." According to unreliable sources, Zhang Rang is already preparing to take action against Yangzhou. ”

"Do it to us?" Liu Fan was stunned, the news he got from Wei Xian was that Zhang Rang's Praetorian Guard had not yet been rectified, and it would take a lot of time to form a new army, Zhang Rang was going to take action against Yangzhou so soon, could it be that Wei Xian was spreading fake news? This seems unlikely. Wei Xian will not spread false news to Liu Fan no matter what, for the sake of his own life, the only possibility is that Zhang Rang has received help from Shili behind him. Fragmented Praetorian Guards were integrated.

"Let's go, go back to the City Lord's Mansion. Liu Fan rushed to the city lord's mansion with people regardless of the tiredness on his face, although there was no news of the riot in Yangzhou, but the atmosphere of the big war was very strong, the streets were full of patrolling troops, and teams of heavily armed soldiers looked around vigilantly. Almost every fifty paces, Liu Fan was able to meet a pair of patrolling guards.

"Lord, the city has been unstable these days, and now you can still see the gangs of the Sun and Moon God Sect haunting the city, although there is no major event in Jianye City. But there are a lot of small things, but they have all been swept away by the military advisor with thunderous means. Zhu Mingyu looked at Liu Fan's puzzled face and explained to Liu Fan: "The Blood Drops and the Sun Moon God Sect have also carried out several assassinations on the City Lord's Mansion, all of which were crushed by Jin Lingwei, but Jin Lingwei also suffered heavy losses. ”

Liu Fan nodded, and there was a burst of anger in his heart that the war between men should not involve wives and children, especially when the two countries were at war, although it was to achieve the purpose of the war. All kinds of means emerge in an endless stream, but the assassination of old people and children who have nothing to do with the war has been unacceptable to Liu Fan no matter what, and Zhang Rang undoubtedly made the most wrong decision this time. It's a pity that Liu Fan doesn't know at all. The reason why Zhang Rang did this was completely to force Liu Fan, forcing Liu Fan to attack the imperial capital first, so that he could rely on the danger of the Tiger Prison Pass to block the road of the Yangzhou army to attack the imperial capital, and then, the imperial capital's troops went out of Jingzhou, ate Liu Fan's back road, and completely solved Liu Fan's big trouble.

The City Lord's Mansion is also heavily guarded, and the city Lord's Mansion guards with heavy losses were reorganized, seeing Liu Fan kneeling down and saluting, Liu Fan returned today Almost all the people did not rest, just entered the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, Liu Yu took the people of the Liu family, Guo Jia and Wang Jian took the large and small officers of Yangzhou to greet them.

"Grandfather, let them go back first, or deal with military affairs. Liu Fan saw Liu Xiaohuan, Xia Xuelian and Sun Yan who came over, and the expectation in the eyes of the three made Liu Fan feel a little unbearable, but he still said to Liu Yu ruthlessly. Although I am still very worried about He Ying's injury and want to tell the pain of lovesickness in my heart, the timing is obviously not right, and the form of Yangzhou is becoming more and more complicated, and there is no room for delay.

"Yayue, you also take Qiming down to rest first. After I have discussed everything, I will immediately go to the backyard to find you, Guo Jia, Wang Qian, let's go. Liu Fan said to the people behind him, everyone nodded, Liu Yu asked people to take their families down to rest, and the knights brought back by Liu Fan were naturally led away by Jin Lingwei's people, and only Qianxun was still by Liu Fan's side.

In the council hall of the City Lord's Mansion, all the generals and officials gathered together, and all the officials above the rank of captain in Jianye City had already come to the City Lord's Mansion. There was a large map hanging in the council hall, which had recorded all the situations in the imperial capital in detail, Liu Fan walked in front of the map and glanced at the map, and also had a general understanding of the form of the empire. With the rebellion in Yanzhou being the most revolt in the entire Empire, and four cities occupied by the mob, the Empire's army was losing ground in the face of this group of rebels, and there were not many banners on the Empire to represent the Imperial army.

"My lord, the situation in Yanzhou has affected the surrounding state capitals, and there are already signs of instability in Jizhou. Jiaozhou, and the new defeat of the army in the state, and it happened to be stitched into the turmoil of the imperial court, without the financial resources and the support of grain, grass and weapons of the imperial court, and now self-protection has become a problem, let alone send troops to quell the chaos. With Yanzhou's troops, it is simply impossible to match the mob in Yanzhou. ”

"The Lord, Bingzhou, Jiaozhou, Liangzhou, the form of the three major legions is not optimistic, and the Bingzhou and Jiaozhou legions have been basically destroyed, and the remaining military strength is struggling to support the two fortresses, and the thugs in Yanzhou have begun to attack Jiaozhou, and it seems that there are signs of uniting the demon army. Wang Jian added on the side: "My lord, please see, according to the news, the naval corps of Yizhou has also begun to move, and a navy of 200,000 people is rushing along the coast of the empire towards the canal. ”

"General Cai Mao has already rushed towards Huiji with the naval corps, wanting to block the navy in Huiji. In addition, the armies of Shouchun and Yangzhou City also seem to be showing signs of mobilization. Judging from the military reports from Jian'an City, the army of Dijing also showed signs of mobilization, and the garrison of Yuzhou had begun to shrink the defensive line, and the grain, grass and ordnance sent to the Tiger Prison Pass alone in the past few days were tens of thousands every day, and it seemed that Zhang Rang also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to have a big fight with us. ”

"Well, they want to fight, so we will take this opportunity to fight with them happily. "Basically, there are some young generals here, except for a few who are old and heavy, the rest of the generals are all passionate, and they can't fight some time ago, that's just because Liu Fan didn't come back, and now that Liu Fan has returned, it's time to fight.

"Lord, Zhang Rang actually wants to fight, and we must fight this battle. "Wang Yangming and Guo Jia are generally separated from Liu Fan's left and right hands, and only Jia Xuzhan is slightly behind. Wang Yangming looked at the map and said: "Zhang Rang's idea is obviously to attack us with two large armies, one is the Praetorian Guard from the imperial capital, and the other is the local garrison in Yangzhou plus the navy that came from Yizhou to support. Two of them were the most powerful of the Imperial Guards, and this battle was also the most difficult battle for us. ”

"Yes, if we win, we will be invincible from now on, and if we lose, we will all be in a different position. In any case, since this battle is inevitable, let's fight. Liu Fan slammed his fist on the desk in front of him and said loudly, and the soldiers under his command were immediately excited by Liu Fan's words, all of them were red-faced and red-eared, and their chests were up.

"City Lord Wang, whether the materials of our four cities in Yangzhou are enough for us to carry out a big battle, we will fight this battle for a long time, and you must make every effort to ensure that it is convenient to lean back. Liu Fan looked at Wang Cang, who was sitting at the top of the civil office, and asked, the three armies did not move the grain and grass first, if the army of Yangzhou must not be dragged down by their own logistics, the only threat to Liu Fan is the logistics of Yangzhou City, which is also the most worrying part of everyone.

Wang Cang's face was solemn and he fought solemnly, and said to Liu Fan: "Lord, a few days ago, the taxes of the four cities of Yangzhou have been collected, in terms of grain, grass and salary, even if the lord and Zhang Rang have been fighting for three months, but in terms of ordnance, we have prepared a little insufficient, although the army in Yangzhou has been replaced with the standard equipment of the Imperial Praetorian Guard, but in terms of reserve ordnance, my lord, I am afraid that the time will not last for a month." ”

"Have you asked someone from the four major families to help? Is our salary enough to support us in fighting for half a year after we buy a batch of ordnance?"

"Lord, in terms of ordnance, the four major families have contacted the eight imperial merchants through their own lines, and they can provide us with a batch of ordnance, but my lord, the ordnance we bought is still a little unreliable after all, and we should fight this battle quickly, not protractedly. Wang Cang expressed his views on the war from the logistical aspect: "I have organized all the craftsmen in the four cities to build armor, but the output is very limited. ”

"I know, to be specific, we will think about it carefully, you go to the four major families again, and invite them to the mansion. "Yangzhou is rich, but the lack of armor makes Yangzhou's steel machines lack enough blood, so they can only entrench in place, looking around, but unable to act.

"Yes, my lord, I will go now. ”