"Five horses captured 300 thieves, most of whom were old and weak. I personally asked the prisoners and learned that they were soldiers from Tangyi County and were the prefect Chen Yan to rebel." Sima Fan, the King of Xiangyang who returned from the river, talked happily, with a little excitement in his plain tone, as if he led 2,000 people behind the stone wall to shoot hundreds of old and weak soldiers and was very majestic.

Speaking of this, he said: "In the past, Chen Yan was drinking and having fun at the mourning period. He was impeached by others. He should have been dismissed from office, but he was blocked by Concubine Shi. After the rebellion, he said that he was ordered by Concubine Shi and the King of Langya to attack the Prime Minister, the Secretary of the Shangshu Ling and other important officials. I don't know the truth or falsehood, but Your Majesty clearly understands it."

Sima Yuan frowned slightly.

"Enough." Queen Shan Yinan scolded: "Why do you need to say such a clumsy statement? According to what you said, in order to reinforce Jincheng, the five horses could not cross the attack."

"That's right." Sima Fan said confidently.

"Can't Jincheng be defeated?" Shan Yinan asked, "Zhao Yin is considered a long-time general, why can't he be recaptured?"

"Empress, Your Majesty, I am willing to go to Jincheng and will not return until I break this city." Sima Fan said with a sigh.

Shan Yinan glanced at him, and thought that this was not something that could be solved by substitution. He might have to increase his troops, but he had to fight, otherwise he would have to be able to fight.

Furthermore, Sima Fan boasted that he knew the military, but Sima Yue didn't use him back then, right? Even Sima Yue looked down on him, and he could imagine how capable he had.

Shan Yinan doesn’t know about war, but she knows people.

"I will discuss this matter later." Yama Yinan said.

Sima Fan also knew that it was a bit unlikely to let him replace Zhao Yin, so he stopped mentioning this matter.

"You have two thousand people. You should guard the Five Horse Ferry and do not allow the thieves to smuggle." Yama Yinan said, "After you clear the thieves, the court will give you a reward."

"I obey the order." Sima Fan Ying said.

Seeing that the emperor and the empress had no more words to ask, they bowed and said they were leaving.

After Sima Fan left, the Censor Xu Zhao entered and bowed to salute.

He had just traveled to Wuxing County and went back quickly, which was very hard.

"Xu Qing." This time Sima Zhong spoke: "What's going on in the war in Yangxian?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry." Xu Zhao said, "The Lord of Yu's family has summoned Qian and the elders of Shen's family into the county town and asked about the situation inside the sect. Qian seems to have had a strange movement. After Shen Chong's demise, Shen moved away five thousand village guests. The momentum has declined, and he can't resist even if he wants to."

Sima Zhong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I am relieved to have Yu Qing here."

After saying that, he glanced at the queen.

Shan Yinan pondered for a moment and asked, "If Qian has any abnormal movement, can Yu Si'ao have a strategy?"

"The king of Yu's family has secretly gathered the county soldiers and contacted the people who are in love with the court. Whenever there is any abnormal movement, he will kill him with thunder and thunder." Xu Zhao replied.

Shan Yinan shook his head and said, "You go to Wuxing again and ask the Lord of Yufu to send troops immediately. While the Qian family has not yet recruited Ding Zhuang, he will attack Qian's old house. Be sure to be quick and do not let him react."

Xu Zhao was stunned.

"Can Qian Feng make trouble, can't Qian be punished? After killing Qian, you can dispose of his land and the villager to calm people's hearts." Shan Yinan said, "Don't hesitate, leave now. Remember, be sure to be fast."

"Yes." Xu Zhao sighed inwardly.

"Tao, Xu, Ji, Ge, Dai and other Danyang gentry were diligent in the king's affairs, and after the Zhou family was destroyed, the Qian family could get a share of the pie.

"Yan Yinan added.

"I obey the order." Xu Zhao was convinced.

After Xu Zhao left, people came in and asked questions one after another, and it was not until Wu.

"When the queen deals with it, the situation seems to be very promising?" Sima Zhong stepped forward, held the queen's hand, and smiled rarely.

Shan Yinan smiled at him and said, "Your Majesty can support me and do my best."

After saying that, he seemed to remember something and said, "Your Majesty can write an order to Guangling in the afternoon, and use Su Jun as Sikong, and add a minister to the court. Just choose a good place for his fief, and the county duke. Su Jun's fifth son is in Beijing and has not yet married, so he can be married to his family. After that, he will lead his troops westward and attack Tangyi."

"So many rewards?" Sima Zhong said in surprise.

Shan Yinan smiled, stepped forward, tidied up Sima Ai's clothes and said, "Your Majesty is rich, how can you be stingy with your official titles? Being a king must be more generous, so that the ministers will work hard."

Sima Zhong nodded slightly and asked again, "Can Su Jun be obedient?"

"Yes." Shan Yinan said, "Su Jun's troops have 7,000 people, and at least 31 families are in the two counties of Tangyi and Qiao County. Chen Yan's tent is under the tent and kills a lot of soldiers in Ting County. Even Su Jun is plotting against the army and will attack Chen Yan. Your Majesty has given me such a generous reward, and he has no reason not to obey orders. But one--"

"But what?" Sima Zhong asked.

"If anyone mentions in your ear that he calls Su Jun's troops to go south to quell the rebellion, don't agree." Shan Yinan said.

Sima Zhong suddenly realized and said, "I still can't trust Su Jun?"

"Your Majesty just believe in your wife." Shan Yinan smiled and held Sima Zhong's hand and said.

Sima Zhong shook his head and laughed.

Although this lady is not very interested and annoying, she is very strict in her work and has a lot of rules. I don’t know how much trouble the situation in Jiangnan has been saved. Under her control and Director Wang, it seems to gradually stabilize, which is very good.

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The battle in Huaiyangqiu has begun, and the first one to arrive at the battlefield was Yang Tao's army in Xiquyang Tun Army.

A group of mixed Hu light riders shuttled between Liyang and Huaiyang Hill, continuing to separate traffic.

After receiving the order, Zhang Shuo did not dare to delay and arrived in Quanjiao in person to deploy the battle.

The prefect of Qiao County, Huan Xuan, led his troops to besiege Yicheng, and he was defeated for a few days, and then rushed to the city of Zhongli.

At the end of the first month, thousands of people from Ding Zhuang, Qiao County arrived and joined the siege sequence.

But Huan Xuan still felt that the speed was too slow and kept urging him.

Ding Zhuang, Ruyin County, received the order from Zhang Shuo and was assigned to Huan Xuan's command, vowing to take down this important Huai River town of the Jin people.

Zhongli has 3,000 troops stationed all year round. After the war began, more than 1,000 people were temporarily recruited and there were sufficient food and equipment. In the short term, we can stick to it.

But the guard general is more pessimistic because he can only get information from the outside world intermittently, and his morale is a little depressed.

The reason why I have not surrendered is that I want to guard until the river water thaws and have a relatively smooth external contact.

To put it bluntly, it is just waiting and watching. If he cannot get reinforcements for a long time, he will not have much confidence to stick to it.

Ten thousand people from the Runan clan went straight to Lujiang, targeting the county city Shu County. However, they were still rushing to the road and would not arrive at the battlefield in about mid-to-late February.

Zhou Mo was just defeated by the soldiers of the He clan of Lujiang in the area north of Shu County, losing hundreds of people.

The cavalry rushed to rescue quickly, and the thieves retreated again.

From this we can see that after years of tug-of-war, the combat effectiveness and alertness of the local wealthy families in Lujiang are quite good. Don’t try to occupy them easily without using the army.

Daiyang Prefect Fan Jun surrendered and raised his troops to attack Anfeng County in the east, eliminating the flank threat of the Huainan army.

Xunyang Zhou family began to recruit soldiers, repair ships, and prepare to fight the Liang army to death.

The battle situation in Jiangbei began to enter a state of acceleration.

On the first day of the second month, outside Xiapi City.

The cold wind blew Beigong Chun's hair and beard. He was nearly 60 years old and led the front line to gather first to form troops, and the troops were divided into two groups.

He headed south from Huaipu, and the former subordinate of the former Zuxun, the Yamen general Tong Jian led 2,000 Northern Palace soldiers and 2,000 local soldiers to surrender to the Daliang King's Army.

The other route went south from Xia Pi and went straight to the important town of Huaiyin. The Northern Prefecture was engaged in the Zhonglang Han Qian in the city to surrender to Liang and assassinate him by his generals. The rest of the people closed the city gates and waited for help.

Beigong Chun’s target is these people.

"The governor went south to attack the thieves, and the servant recruited troops from Xia Pi and sent them to him." The prefect Miao Kai bowed and said.

"In the past, Mr. Li declared that you were the prefect of Xia Pi, and I was not as good as him. I couldn't let you take another step forward, but it is not impossible to move a place and change Xia Pi to Guangling." Beigong Chun said while walking towards the floating bridge.

Miao Kainai was born in a literary family, but he had been in Xia Pi for many years and had fought with Wu Renzhen for real swords and guns. He was already accustomed to the way of speaking in martial artists. He laughed and said, "If it could be replaced by Danyang Prefect, wouldn't it be even better?"

Beigong Chun laughed. Maybe this is just a joke and he can't cross the Yangtze River in the short term, but it doesn't prevent them from exploring it.

"Liu Zun is in Xuyi, and there are thousands of powerful soldiers under the tent. The court has surrendered several times but failed. When the governor attacked Huaiyin, be careful of the people taking a boat on the back." Miao Kai reminded again.

Beigong Chun had a good temper. After nodding, he climbed the buoyant bridge.

Above the bridge deck, teams of sergeants were traveling south.

They looked frowning and looked like they didn't want to fight.

They are either soldiers of the world or farmer, and they are impossible to be happy when they hear the war. According to their thoughts, it is best not to fight and live their lives quietly. They will be forced to go south. You can imagine the pain in their hearts. What should we do if we do if we plow the spring at home!

But no one cares about their thoughts. Teams and camps were driven to Huaiyin like dogs and chickens.

Beigong Chun was keen and his morale was a little depressed when he arrived in the army.

How to boost morale? He has been in a wild place like Liangzhou for half his life and has experienced so much that he immediately sent people to promote it along the way: After going south to Guangling, he can plunder women, gold, silver, wealth, and things, and he will take care of them if he has any problems.

The morale of the entire army is greatly boosted!

On the second day of the second month, Shao Xun received the "updated" military newspaper in Guangchengze and learned a little about the chaos in Jiangnan.

At this moment, he was even more helpless.

It would be great if the navy's main force could be teleported from Badong, Ba County and Nan County to Guangling. "Then the camps were ordered to speed up their march, watch the bandits in Jiangbei tightly, and not to return to Jiangnan."

There is no doubt that this is the attempt to get all the land in Jiangbei and form the situation of the Later Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty against the Southern Tang Dynasty in history.

As for whether we can cross the river and take Jianye from now on, Shao Xun actually has no confidence, because the Northern Song Dynasty pushed it to Jiangbei.

After operating for many years, I still dare not take Jianzi directly from Guabu area, but smuggled across the river from Hubei upstream.

"How many ships are there in the rivers in Heyang and the Bianliang Shahai? After the rivers thaw, they will all be transferred to Shouchun. I know that they have been defeated repeatedly and are no match for the Wu people. The Ministry of War will work with the Military Academy to issue rewards to inspire morale."

This group of people were not rivals of the Jiangdong Navy for another fifty years in the Yellow River and Bianliang Lake. The poor performance during the Shouchun War has already shown the problem. Moreover, the elite have long removed Jiangling as officers and grassroots backbones of the Navy. The combat power left behind is not good. They can only say that they are better than nothing. They hope to use a lot of money to inspire morale, force them to fight to the death, and create possible fighter opportunities.

"Try your best to rescue Jincheng, remove the wounded and prisoners, and send more reinforcements. I will defend the city, and I will have a generous reward after the war."

Jincheng is on Puzhoujin. There are only a few places crossing the river, and the Jin people mainly defend the ferry. Although Jincheng is not a good ferry, and it is easy to get into trouble when the wind and waves are high and the waves are rushing, it is the only ferry in Daliang that is in control and has no other choice.

"Trust the imperial guards and battalions, the government soldiers and guards, and the states, February 1st"

When he said this, he thought for a long time and finally said, "The war is frequent, so let's prepare for spring plowing first. Once the spring plowing is completed, we will go out in batches to help capture Liyang, Hefei, Guangling and Xunyang."

"In addition, I wrote a letter to the Honglu Temple to select capable officials to Wuchang. Zhuge, Langya, and my hometown, were neighbors, and they were close to each other. Since they were neighbors, they had deep friendship. I knew Daoming's talents. If I surrender to the state and surrender, I would not lose the rewards of the Duke and the lords, and the important officials in the Tai Pavilion were waiting for a vain position and would never break their promises."
Chapter completed!