The city of Chuzhou is in the south of the Huai River, only more than ten miles away from the river, from the towering city tower to the north, you can clearly see the hundred masts and thousands of ships on the river, they form a huge river city.

In front of the city formed by ships, there were countless dark tents on the shore, stretching for twenty or thirty miles. At this time, it was still early, and the autumn sun had not yet reached midday, and a torrent of ironclad armor spread out from the camp, passing through batches of piles of heavy supplies piled up into the ships and ships, which was spectacular.

In front of the Chuzhou City Tower, King Wu Gao Biao looked north in a royal robe, and the magnificent scene in front of him made him burst out of his chest to swallow mountains and rivers, as if he could pick off the sun above his head with just a light backhand.

"There are millions of soldiers in the Central Plains, and the envoys of all towns and towns are under the banner of King An at the head of the county seat, and after our envoys went to contact them, they all got a reply from them who swore allegiance to King An and refused to give up the land of the city. ”

The one who spoke was Gao Yu's number one confidant and the highest-ranking military general under his command, and his former minister Zhong Xuan, who had followed him for more than ten years.

Gao Yu's eyes showed contempt and did not speak.

Zhang Zhongsheng took over the conversation and said lightly: "King An went to the Immortal Domain, Zhu Wen is nowhere to be found, the Pinglu army has no leader, and the Central Plains Domain has lost its master. At this time, of course, they will not obediently hand over the authority in their hands to King Wu, and at this time, under the banner of loyalty to King An, it is a good disguise. ”

Gao Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, and let out a soft snort from his nostrils, "Rat-eyed people, when they are dying, they still want to hold on to gold and silver, which is extremely ridiculous! When my Huainan soldiers and horses cross the river to the north, and the soldiers are headed, who can stop me? I sent envoys to contact them before, which was to give them a way to live, since they don't know how to cherish it, then there is only a way to die!"

Zhong Xuan clasped his fists and said: "What His Highness said is very true!"

Zhang Zhongsheng was silent for a moment, and said in a righteous tone: "The towns in the Central Plains are not afraid, our real opponent is still the Pinglu Army. Although King An is not there at the moment, according to the spies, the Pinglu army is not in turmoil. Looking down, even if they are no longer led by King An, the soldiers will do their best to defend the city in order to protect their own territory and their own interests. It will not be easy for us to defeat them. ”

Gao Yu frowned.

Zhong Xuan was immediately dissatisfied, and glanced at Zhang Zhongsheng: "Why do you have to grow the morale of others and destroy your own prestige when you join the army? No matter how good the Pinglu army is, there are only more than 100,000 people, and my Huainan army is not less than one million, aren't you afraid that they won't succeed?"

Zhang Zhongsheng didn't squint, "The general asked himself, can he beat Liu Dazheng and Shangguan Allure?"

Zhong Xuan's expression suddenly froze.

The shadow of the famous tree, even if Zhong Xuan is confident, in the face of many shocking achievements, he can't deceive himself.

However, as the first general under Gao Yu, he is a double cultivator of the Taoist soldiers, and he is not only a monk of the real realm, but also a general of the military family, and he does not lack confidence, "If Liu Dazheng and Shangguan Allure fight at the same time, of course the last general cannot be defeated." But if Ben will face them separately, the odds are very good!"

Gao Biao had a smile on his face, "It's worthy of my Gao Biao's general, and he has some guts." However, if you want to fight Liu Dazheng and Shangguan Chengcheng, you still have to go to Bianzhou, and General Zhong will take Xuzhou first. ”

From Chuzhou to the north, the first feudal town to enter was the Wuning Jiedu envoy, whose rule of Xuzhou has always been an important town for soldiers, and it is also the gateway that the Huainan army's northern expedition must open.

Zhong Xuan clenched his fists and said: "The last general will take the order! Within ten days, the last general will definitely capture Xuzhou for His Royal Highness and take the whole of Wuning!"

......

Dengzhou.

"This is the place where King An and Zhu Wen fought first during the Huangchao Rebellion in the past, isn't it a majestic city!" Wang Jian stopped outside the city gate with a thousand horses, looked at the city wall, and commented lightly.

"What the King of Shu said is that Dengzhou City has few small people and is not a rich place. In front of Wang Jian, a middle-aged civil official with a fat face bent over and a flattering smile on his face.

Wang Jianqi glanced at the other party, "What the Assassin said is not right, although Dengzhou is not a big city, it is also an important town, how can there be less money and grain reserves?

"Don't dare, don't dare, the King of Shu laughed. Deng Zhou Assassin Shi smiled embarrassedly, and hurriedly took a booklet from an official beside him, turned around and handed it to Wang Jian, "This is the list, please take a look at it from the King of Shu." ”

Wang Jian took it and browsed it, with a smile on his face, "It's pretty much the same." ”

Dengzhou, subordinate to the Shannan Dongdao Jiedu envoy, from the state of Xiangyang - that is, the so-called "Jingxiang" in Xiang. Jingzhou was called Jiangling at this time, and it was the state of Jingnan Jiedu's envoy.

Whether it is the Shannan Dongdao Jiedu envoy or the Jingnan Jiedu envoy, it is not subordinate to any of the five major princes, and it can be regarded as a small local power and small prince.

Wang Jian led his troops out of Shu this time, took the Yangtze River, and after landing in Jiangling, he went all the way north to this point.

The reason why he didn't choose to go out of Shu from the north and take Hanzhong was because from that road into the Central Plains, the flanks would inevitably be threatened by Guanzhong, and Wang Jian didn't dare to pass under Li Maozhen's nose in a grand manner.

That is to say, the Shu soldiers successively borrowed from the territory of Jingnan and Shannan Dongdao Jiedu envoys.

These two festival envoys were naturally reluctant to borrow the Tao, and they were both afraid that Gao Yu would destroy them along the way.

However, it is useless to be unwilling, the envoys of the two towns are just real people in the Lingchi, and the monks on the left and right are basically only in the Qi training period, where can they be worthy of the real person realm team led by Wang Jian. After they were successively "visited" by Wang Jian's mansion, they had to obediently give way.

Not only that, but they also had to provide food and salary to the Shu soldiers along the way.

The reason why the five princes are recognized as the five princes is the result of comparison with the small princes from all walks of life, and there is a huge disparity in strength in nature.

The reason why the small princes can still exist is not that the five princes can't destroy them, but that the big princes contain each other, which gives them a chance to survive.

"Report! King Shu, the envoy of King Wu has arrived!"

Wang Jian put away the list and looked to the east, and saw several Changhong flying in the sky.

Changhong quickly fell in front of Wang Jian, revealing three monks, the leader was Wang Jian's person, who led the way, and the other two Wang Jian had seen more than once, and his contact with Gao Biao was always in charge of these two people.

Deng Zhou Thorn Shi saw the three long rainbows falling, and his bent body couldn't help but shudder, and the color of fear was overflowing. He, a monk in the middle of Qi training, is an existence at the top of the pyramid in Dengzhou, but he is just an ant in the face of the real human realm.

"The real realm can only be messengers, and there are only a few people who come, and the vassal kings really can't be provoked......" Deng Zhou Assassin Shi thought.

"The soldiers and horses of Huainan are ready to cross the river, and the king of Wu sent me to ask the king of Shu, when will the Shu soldiers enter the territory of Xuzhou?" a messenger asked Wang Jian with a fist.

Coordinating actions with Gao Biao is Wang Jian's established strategy, and it is also the proper meaning of the Shu and Wu alliances. ”

The envoy nodded, exchanged some details with Wang Jian, and left this place from time to time.

Wang Jian put a horsewhip on his top pocket and asked left and right, "Is there any movement in Li Maozhen's house?"

A True Human Realm monk beside him replied, "The latest report I received today is that the Fengxiang Army has completed its assembly in Chang'an, but it has not yet been launched. ”

Wang Jian pursed his lips, "Why is Li Maozhen's bird acting so slowly this time, and what the hell is he doing?"

The monk smiled: "His Royal Highness and King Wu joined forces to enter the Central Plains, and there was an agreement to deal with King Qi together. ”

"Makes sense. Wang Jian nodded, smiling and revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "If he is wise, he should not come to the Central Plains to mix, so that he can enjoy a few more days of Qingfu in Guanzhong." If he can't control his greed, this king and King Wu can't help but dig a good grave for him. ”

.......

Bianzhou, the state ruled by the Xuanwu army, was and still is. It's just that today's Xuanwu Army has already changed its owner, and the current Xuanwu Army's festival envoy is Liu Dazheng.

At this moment, Liu Dazheng knelt down in the lobby of the main courtyard of the Jiedu Embassy.

Beside him, there were no Pinglu officers and generals, and there were no Xuanwu officers and generals.

There are quite a few monks, there is a row of women standing on the left, except for the leader, the rest are uniformly dressed in blue and blue suits, and there is also a row on the right, a total of three people, all of whom are women, and Liu Dazheng is quite familiar with them.

The former is the second commander of the Phantom Sound Workshop, Miss Xu and others, and the latter is Song Jiao and Da Shao Si Ming.

Sitting on the main seat, it is naturally Li Ye, the true and false King Li Ye.

Li Ye motioned for Liu Dazheng to get up, looked at him and smiled: "These days when King Gu is not there, General Liu has worked hard. I'll talk about it later, but let's talk about the situation in each town first. ”

The excitement of seeing Li Ye for the first time gradually faded, Liu Dazheng's expression slowly returned to normal, and when he heard the words, he immediately said: "After the news of His Highness's going to the Immortal Realm was deliberately spread, the soldiers and horses of the towns in Hebei who followed us to fight returned one after another, and the towns in the Central Plains, except for Bianzhou, also drove away the generals sent by His Highness one after another. At present, the nine towns in Henan and the seven towns in Hebei, except for Pinglu, Weibo, Hedong, and Bianzhou, are under our control, and the rest of the towns have done their own thing. ”

Li Ye nodded and did not comment.

These changes were all expected by him.

He captured the Central Plains very quickly, and there were not many battles, especially after Zhu Wen fled, the towns surrendered, and Li Ye took care of the order of the towns, so he did not rush to remove the Jiedu envoys. Therefore, at present, only Bianzhou is under the control of Li Ye's old department, which can be regarded as a new sphere of influence.

Liu Dazheng continued: "The towns in the Central Plains still respect His Highness on the surface, but they are only under the banner of His Highness, ready to resist Gao Yu and Wang Jian. ”

Li Ye was noncommittal and fell silent.

He had known about these situations for a long time, and now he was telling them to the people of the Phantom Sound Workshop.

In response to these circumstances, he passed on the arrangements through the Great Priest on the way.

The arrangement is actually very simple, secretly convening the envoys of various towns and festivals to gather in Bianzhou.

The reason is also very simple, for the envoys of the towns in Hebei, it is natural to say that King An has returned, let them come to see them as soon as possible - if they don't want to come, it doesn't matter, the masters of the Tsing Yi Yamen will press them to come.

The envoys to the towns in the Central Plains were called on in the name of Liu Dazheng and Shangguan Chengcheng, on the grounds that the Pinglu Army and the Xuanwu Army would help them defend their territory and resist the soldiers and horses of Gao Biao and Wang Jian, and let them come over to discuss the details.

There are two reasons why the situation in Hebei and Henan is different.

The towns in Hebei were attached to Li Ye earlier, and they can be generally summoned in the name of Li Ye. Moreover, these places are far away from Huainan and Shuzhong, and Gao Biao and Wang Jian's fine works have not yet penetrated, so there is no need to worry about the news leaking soon.

The towns in the Central Plains are now worried about being attacked by Gao Biao and Wang Jian, and if the Pinglu Army and the Bianzhou Army are willing to help, it will undoubtedly be something they can't ask for.

As for the arrival of the envoys from various towns, Li Ye of course summoned them together.