The news of the occupation of Jian'an City finally spread, Yan Baihu's straw bag was completely angry, someone had just made trouble on his territory, this was not to hit him Yan Baihu's face The army of Yangzhou City soon began to gather, this is also the first time that Yangzhou City has heard a rallying call for so many years, but the soldiers of Yangzhou City are still the elite of the entire Yangzhou, and it didn't take long for the army of Yangzhou City to finally assemble in a mess. Yan Baihu also walked to the school field with a golden knife and was ready to take people out, looking at the black pressure on the Yangzhou school field, Yan Baihu was also quite proud.

Yan Baihu's younger brother Yan Zhen stood beside him, Yan Zhen looked at the army below with a bitter face, his eldest brother was hot-headed and prepared to take the army to the battle, but he didn't even know how many troops the other party had now, Jian'an City didn't send any valuable information at all, and those past businessmen didn't know how many troops Liu Fan had. It is only said that they are resting in Jian'an City, recruiting troops and horses, and preparing to annex the entire Yangzhou.

"Big brother, should we send a spy to investigate?" Yan Zhen asked tentatively on the side, although it was the people of the Liu family who were already destroying and occupying Jian'an City, and the Liu family had become a wanted criminal in the empire at the moment, but the emaciated camel was bigger than a horse, no matter what, the Liu family had been the prince for a thousand years, not to mention the Xia family, and He Muping's remnants.

Yan Baihu's outfit was very dazzling, his golden armor was shining, one hand was on a waist knife inlaid with gems, and he looked at the soldiers below with high spirits: "No, I have 100,000 troops in my hands." Coupled with the soldiers and horses of Shouchun and Jianye, how many people can they have when a group of remnants of the defeated army are defeated. ”

"But big brother, if they can occupy Jian'an City quietly, then the combat effectiveness of the soldiers under them must not be weak. To be able to block this news and occupy Jian'an City without any movement, it will definitely not be possible without more than 100,000 soldiers and horses. And didn't Gonggong Zhang send news that the 200,000 garrisons in Tiger Prison Pass were deceived by them, so their troops are much stronger than ours, so let's kill them like this, right?"

"Don't say these words again, the 200,000 garrisons in the Tiger Prison Pass are just remnants of the defeated army, and besides, they escaped all the way from the Tiger Prison Pass without supplies, how much combat strength can they have. Besides, you don't know the combat effectiveness of our Yangzhou army, how can it be compared to the group of old soldiers in the Tiger Prison Pass. Yan Baihu waved his hand to Yan Zhen unpersuaded, and his tone was full of disdain for Liu Jiajun.

"Big brother, it's because I know the combat effectiveness of the Yangzhou Army that I said this. They are short of supplies, but these things can be solved in Jian'an City, they occupied Jian'an City and received food and grass supplements, and their combat effectiveness must have recovered a lot, and it will take us at least half a month to reach Jian'an City. During this time, I am afraid that they have long since regained their combat effectiveness. "Half a month's time is still haode, Yan Zhen roughly calculated, the army arrived at Jianye by water, and then set off from Jianye to Jian'an on the way, if the march is smooth, half a month can indeed reach Jian'an City.

"Alright. I've made up my mind, so you don't have to say any more. I will take 80,000 soldiers and horses to exterminate this gang of rebels, and you will take people to guard Yangzhou City. Father-in-law Zhang has just mastered the court, and I will also give him a big gift. Yan Baihu was also hesitating in his heart, but when he thought that Zhang Rang had just grasped the power of the court, he, Zhang Rang's hardcore henchman, should also be mobilized, after all, Yangzhou is rich, and it is not as comfortable as coming from a high position in the imperial capital.

Yan Zhen wanted to say something, but looking at the expression on his eldest brother's face, he also kept silent. Yan Baihu didn't care about it, waved his hand and said: "Come here, send someone to send a letter to Jianye and Shouchun, let them prepare the army to go with me, and let the state and county governments on the road be ready to receive the army." ”...,

Yan Zhen sighed heavily in his heart when he heard Yan Baihu, this Yan Baihu was going to fight, obviously he wanted to take the opportunity to loot a batch of money, it was estimated that when he arrived in Jian'an City, the Praetorian Guards of the imperial capital would already fight with the army of the Liu family. Yan Baihu looked at Liu Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou on the side, Liu Xuan didn't care about what he muttered on the side, Yan Zhen knew that he couldn't count on it, so he could only pray that the army of the Liu family was really as Yan Baihu said.

The military mobilization of Yangzhou City naturally can't hide Liu Fan, who is reorganizing the army in Jian'an City, everyone heard that Yan Baihu personally came to attack Jian'an with the army, everyone was happy in their hearts, what they were afraid of was that you didn't come, you came just right, just let me stay. Li Jing and Guo Jia quickly formulated a strategy based on intelligence, since you want to go to Jianye City to attack me Jian'an, then I will give you a surprise in Jianye, and by the way, I will take you Yangzhou down.

"Lord, when we take Jianye, we will be able to erect a banner at that time, there are many people in the Praetorian Guard who do not obey Zhang Rang, and when the time comes, we will put up a banner, and it is estimated that there will be a lot of people who will vote. Guo Jia stood on the school ground, nearly 250,000 troops after Li Jing's reorganization in a few days, it can be regarded as 100,000 elite soldiers, these soldiers have been turned into three divisions, one is Zhu Mingyu, one is Su Lie, and the other is Su Hu.

Except for Su Lie's one, the other two divisions have begun normal training, and Su Lie is on the way to attack Wu with an army of 30,000 at the moment. The soldiers of the Liu family were mixed into these divisions, Liu Yong was seriously injured and could not wake up, and it was still a question whether he could recover, as for Liu Long, he was already crippled, and Dugu Nan and Dugu Die had not yet reacted from the turmoil in the imperial capital, and they could not lead troops for the time being.

"Yan Baihu has already brought people to attack Jian'an, so Zhang Rang must have also received the news, now that we are wanted, Zhang Rang may send the Praetorian Guards to attack us at any time, we must hurry up, by the way, is there any news from Wang Tong's side?"

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "No, there is no news over there, counting the days, Wang Tong should have reached Jianye City, and the day after tomorrow will not have news until the day after tomorrow." ”

"Okay, in that case, we must pay close attention to the training of troops, and in addition, we must increase the recruitment of troops, and we must gather the strength of a legion before Zhang Rang comes. Otherwise, we're really going to be completely passive. ”

"My lord, but the most difficult thing for us at present is not the problem of soldiers, but the problem of weapons and equipment, and our serious lack of arrows and other equipment for defending the city. Especially the two arrows of killing gods and killing immortals, we only have the point that General Su brought, I am worried that Zhang Rang will not send troops to come, but it will be chased by people from the rivers and lakes, so we will be in big trouble. "In the confrontation of the frontal army, even if it is a difference in strength, Guo Jia can still beat the opponent to the end, but if the opponent's masters are exhausted, they are all assassinated by people in the rivers and lakes, Guo Jia will have a headache. After all, Liu Fan has too few liliang available in his hands now.

Guo Jia's words reminded Liu Fan, all Liu Fan's attention was focused on the army in the past few days, and he didn't expect that the Liu family and the Xia family still had the Jianghu chase order in their hands, Guo Jia's reminder made Liu Fan's brows furrow tightly. There aren't many people available at the moment. The Liu family and the Xia family suffered heavy losses, even the strength of the princes and princes who fled with them was too weak, and they didn't dare to use it boldly now, Jing Ke and others were here, but the heroes couldn't stand the crowd after all.

"Now their attention is still focused on the North Underworld. We can leave it alone for the time being, in the past few days, I have been sending Bao Ren to make a trip to the Killing Emperor Valley to transfer a group of guards, and then let Qian find a group of reliable people. Counting the fifteen death row prisoners in Jing Ke's hands. It can hold on for a while. Liu Fan really couldn't think of where he could transfer more manpower, Liu Fan's subordinates were except for Li Kui. The three brothers Jing Ke and Xiao Feng are also Jing Ke's subordinates. ...,

Handing over the army to Li Jing and Liu Fan is absolutely reassuring, at least in this era, there are few people who can defeat Li Jing militarily. Liu Fan returned to the city. There were several families living in a large mansion in the city, and even though the courtyard was large enough, it was a bit crowded. As soon as Liu Fan walked in, he saw Dugu Die about to walk out of the door.

"Dugu girl, where are you going?" Liu Fan looked at this usually smug Dugu Butterfly with some curiosity and a depressed expression on his face today.

Dugu Die was walking with her head down, and was suddenly startled by Liu Fan's words, and looked up to see Liu Fan looking at herself with a curious face, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she looked at Liu Fan dissatisfied: "Do you ask me? Don't you know that I'm going to suffocate to death now?" I plan to go out and see if there's anything fun." ”

Hearing Dugu Die's words, Liu Fan also had to admire that this Dugu Die was a rough nerve, now there is no news from Dugu Qiang, and Dugu Nan's injury has not healed, so this Dugu Die wants to go out to play. Liu Fan shook his head a little helplessly and said: "Forget it, there is nothing interesting in this small city of Jian'an, if you really want to go out, take Yunlan and them, after all, we are all fugitives from the empire now, and it may be dangerous to go out recklessly." ”

Dugu Die glanced at Liu Fan dissatisfied, and snorted: "Forget it, I'm not going out, I'm going to find He Ying and Sister Xuelian, by the way, if you have time, you can go and see Sister Xuelian." ”

Liu Fan nodded, now everything has to be supervised personally, Liu Fan sighed in his heart, He Ying's mood has been very low since He Muping's death, although Liu Fan has comforted her a few times, it is still the same. Xia Xueyan's death made Xia Xuelian and Xia Tielin's mood not high, and the death of Liu Fan's brothers made the Liu family also fall silent in a sigh.

"Grandfather, how are the injuries of the second grandfather and Uncle Dugu?" As soon as he walked in the door, Liu Fan saw Liu Yuzheng and Xia Tielin sitting together and talking about something.

Liu Yu nodded and said, "Your Uncle Dugu's injuries are almost the same, and your second grandfather and your eldest brother's injuries are still very serious, and they are still unconscious." However, Fan'er, has the intelligence point of the blood drops here in Yangzhou been contacted, and it is estimated that the news of our current occupation of Jian'an City has been revealed to Zhang Rang. ”

Liu Fan shook her head, this is also the aspect she is most worried about, now Liu Fan has no source of intelligence in his hands, and Liu Fan does not know every move of Yangzhou and Dijing. The importance of intelligence is self-evident, and now Liu Fan has no intelligence source, and there is no way to formulate a corresponding combat strategy, which seriously affects Guo Jia's formulation of operations.

"I've sent someone to look for it, but I haven't found it now, and there is no news about the net, Zhang Rang got the news, the Praetorian Guard is enough for him to have a headache for a while, the First Praetorian Guard Legion that locked the Tiger Prison has not been solved, and Zhang Rang currently has no spare strength to deal with Liu Fan, and Liu Fan is just used to solve the problem of intelligence during this time. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )