"Father-in-law, are these Eight Great Imperial Merchants really so terrifying? They are going to attack you? Isn't there still Liewu Hou in command of the Jiaozhou Corps?" Liu Fan's brows furrowed, and the sudden strong appearance of the Eight Great Imperial Merchants made Liu Fan's heart rise with suspicion. Since the founding of the empire, the war on the frontier has not been broken, and the perennial war has gradually raised a new industry of slave trading within the empire.

Deng Fengyang nodded, he was very satisfied with Liu Fan's unruly performance, he really has the blood of a prince, and such a person is a person who does great things. Deng Fengyang coughed lightly twice and said: "Their eight imperial merchants control the demon stone that the demon clan urgently needs, and they use the demon stone to force the demon clan to attack our Jiaozhou, and after taking the barbarian fortress, they will march from Jiaozhou to attack the southern part of the empire." attacked me, it was because I didn't accept their recruitment, as for what you said about Liewu Hou, he was killed in the first wave of attacks of the demon clan, and now the army on the southern front is supported by me alone. ”

"Liewu Hou died?" Liu Fan opened his mouth wide and couldn't believe Feng Wuhou's words, his dark night quicksand and Di Qing didn't send information back to say the news of Liewu Hou's death, Feng Wuhou shouldn't lie to himself, Liewu Hou was killed for so long and no news came, it seems that the Jiaozhou Corps is really in danger.

"Di Qing and Ma Yuan are your people, right?" Deng Fengyang looked at Liu Fan with a somewhat tired face and said: "Liewu Hou has already fought and died in the first wave of attacks of the demon clan, and in order to stabilize the hearts of the generals of the Jiaozhou Corps, I found someone to pretend to be Liewu Hou and said to the outside world that Lie Wuhou was seriously ill and could not take charge of military affairs, and I took all the things by myself." If it weren't for the fact that two of your subordinates have been helping me preside over the military affairs of the corps. Now the Jiaozhou Corps has collapsed. ”

Deng Fengyang breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "As early as a few years ago. Before the empire was in turmoil, the Marquis of Liewu and I had already seen the bad intentions of the Eight Great Emperor Merchants. It's a pity that the food and salary of the Jiaozhou Corps still need to pass through their hands, so on the one hand, Liewuhou and I are grasping the military power in our hands, and on the other hand, we are sending people to send letters to King He Ling and Zhang Rang, but unfortunately neither of them wants to believe us. Before the first defeat of the Jiaozhou Corps, representatives of the Eight Great Imperial Merchants came to us and asked us to obey Zhang Rang's dispatch and let go of the southern border to let the demon clan enter the customs, but we did not agree. In less than two days, our Jiaozhou Corps was defeated, and if it weren't for the desperate death of your subordinates, I'm afraid I would have been killed like the Marquis of Liewu. ”

"When you and Zhang Rang were fighting, the representatives of the Eight Great Imperial Merchants came to us again, asking us to go out of the wild fortress in the south, and then lead the Jiaozhou Corps to the north to conquer Xuzhou and Jingzhou, and then garrison in Jingzhou, waiting for the barbarian clan to be killed from the east to kill the imperial capital. Because the Marquis of Liewu has already died. I ostensibly agreed to them, but secretly gathered my henchmen. Killing them all can be regarded as avenging the Marquis of Liewu and the millions of brothers who died in battle. At the same time, in order to leave a way back for myself, I asked someone to send me and the family of Liewu Hou to my hometown to hide, but Ling'er told me that she wanted to come to Yangzhou to find you, and I agreed. Until you got married this time, I secretly came out of the Savage Fortress to attend your wedding, in order to avoid the Eight Great Imperial Merchants and not give them a chance, but I didn't expect to be discovered by them. ”

"Father-in-law, are you saying that they have actually discovered the fact that Liewu Hou was killed?" Liu Fan looked at Feng Wu Hou with some surprise, he didn't expect that there were so many secrets hidden behind this seemingly simple matter. The Eight Great Imperial Merchants seem to be using Zhang Rang to ascend to the throne, but in fact, the real fact is just that they pushed Zhang Rang out to be the first bird.

"I'm afraid that's the case, since the other party has found me, then the matter of Jiaozhou must have been exposed, what I am most worried about now is the more than one million brothers who remain in the barbarian fortress, once the food supply in the north is interrupted, then our Jiaozhou Corps will be completely finished. Deng Fengyang said with a worried face, guarding the border for decades, there are all his Paoze brothers, if the supply of grain and grass to the south is interrupted, then the Jiaozhou Corps trapped in the south will be completely trapped to death. This news is absolutely not good news for Liu Fan or Deng Fengyang.

Liu Fan needs the elite soldiers of the Southern Jiaozhou Corps, if these people are trapped in the barbarian fortress, it will definitely be a huge loss for Liu Fan. Liu Fan needs these troops, and he must not let them lose in the Wild Fortress, and the Wild Fortress is very dangerous, once it is captured by the Demon Clan, Liu Fan will lose a forward base to fight against the Demon Clan in the future, and the loss of troops if he wants to recapture the Wild Fortress must be not small. In any case, the barbarian fortress can't be lost, the more than one million soldiers in the barbarian fortress can't be lost, Liu Fan's hands hold almost all the essence of the southern part of the empire, and it is not a big problem to supply the food supply in the barbarian fortress, but it may be a little difficult to transport it into the barbarian fortress.

"Father-in-law, I can find a way to supply this grain and grass, I now hold Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Xuzhou, and the three states are all important producers of grain, and it is not very difficult to supply more than one million soldiers of the Jiaozhou Corps. It's just that there may be some problems with this transportation, the Jiaozhou Corps is trapped in the barbaric fortress, and the attitude of the garrison in the Jiaozhou border area is still unclear, and it is impossible for non-large armies to transport grain and grass, so I wonder if it is necessary to open a road directly to the barbarian fortress. Liu Fan frowned and said, the barbarian fortress is located on the edge of Jiaozhou, and the food and salary transported must pass through the hinterland of Jiaozhou.

"The Jiaozhou garrison has not yet cut off the food and salary supply channels of our Jiaozhou Corps, but this time I'm afraid it's hard to say, this time I came mainly to discuss with you, whether I can send a part of the troops to follow me south, capture the territory of Jiaozhou, and rescue the Jiaozhou Corps from the wild fortress. ”

"At present, the strength of our army is also stretched, but I will find a way, Jingzhou should still be able to transfer 200,000 troops, and then I will send two cadres to follow my father-in-law south, and the problem of pacifying Jiaozhou should not be big. Liu Fan frowned and said, at present, the strength in his hands is controlled, and there is no force to adjust except for Jingzhou, Xuzhou has not completely surrendered, and the force is not suitable for large-scale mobilization. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )