On the second day of the lunar month, in the prefect's palace in the city, the atmosphere was warm in that small martial arts performance venue.

Although Luo Chuan originally wanted to make tickets for auction, the plan to abort the abortion was eventually aborted, when dozens of Wangchuan sword cultivators, hundreds of cavalry and palace guards gathered on the already small martial arts field, the waiters were already crowded and very lively.

At this moment, the martial arts field was fighting among the first-level practitioners. Because there were too many people qualified to run for the election, the initial screening began with the melee. Dozens of people were crowded and crackling. From time to time, some people were knocked to the ground and threw them out of the field, and there was a burst of cheers from the onlookers.

There is a not very tall platform to the north of the martial arts venue, with dozens of chairs placed on it. Except for the one that belongs to Luochuan alone, the others are almost the same. A group of Wangchuan sword cultivators, including Niu Deyi, sit there and lack interest in the melee in front of him.

Sitting near Luochuan was Zhao Wuji and Luo Jiang, and then Siqi and the young woman. The two of them looked quite serious. Siqi also asked a few questions from the female woman from time to time. The latter was not as cold as usual, but answered concisely.

Luo Chuan's eyes swept through the scene and saw two young men who were working together to defend back to back. He couldn't help but smile and turned his head to Zhao Wuji and said, "Uncle Zhao, look, although the first level cultivator is at a disadvantage in such a chaotic scene against the upper level warrior, if I, two young guests, can cooperate and have some luck, I may be able to persist until the end to get a reward."

"Although there is only one winner in the end, phased cooperation is still necessary," Zhao Wuji also smiled and nodded, then approached Luochuan and whispered, "Since Shen Ranzhi finally failed as expected, it is difficult to expect him to have the ability to form a truly threatening counterattack in the east of Guangjun. Even strategic restraints may be difficult. If we want to cause trouble for Guangjun, we have to find other partners, or Anyang County, which is also in danger now, or it can only lead the wolf of Jiangzhou into Hanzhou."

"I didn't have much expectations for Shen Ranzhi's battle, but he was defeated so completely. I heard from the Anbu's return that he didn't even dare to stay in the southern part of Hanoi County, so I simply ran to Jiangzhou, probably because I was afraid that Yun Bailou would send a strong Yin Ling to behead him," Luo Chuan curled his lips, "But since the Shen family still has a third of Hanoi County, and their relationship with Jiangzhou is indeed close. After this great defeat, Shen Ranzhi should make greater concessions in exchange for Jiangzhou's support."

He also lowered his voice and said, "I have asked Anbu to send someone to find him and tell him that he can use the third part of Hanoi County south of Yahe as bargaining chips with Jiangzhou's powerful soldiers. As long as he can regain Huaicheng and the two rivers, the Shen family of Hanoi County will remain a vassal in the southwest Hanzhou. If he is willing to keep his promise to divide the third part of the land to Jiangzhou, I will attack Guangzhou with him from both sides and divide Guangzhou. If he is unwilling to give up that third part of the land, after we divide Guangzhou, I can still send troops to help him resist the enemy of Jiangzhou. After all, they are both Hanzhou in the southwest and are brotherly countries that resist Guangzhou, a common enemy. I am always willing to support him."

"Shen Ranzhi is probably really touched. Compared to Yun Bailou, who once betrayed him, Lijun, who helped him in times of danger, is obviously more trustworthy," Zhao Wuji smiled and said, "I just doubt his ability."

Luo Chuan nodded, "His ability is naturally a problem, but this game is betting on the ambition of the powerful Jiangzhou. Jiangzhou has produced many talents since ancient times. If Shen Ranzhi can win Jiangzhou to send troops and counterattack Huaicheng again, there must be smart people standing behind him. All I am worried about is time. I am afraid that he will not have time to talk to the powerful Jiangzhou who are used to wealthy life in this spring."

Zhao Wuji nodded in agreement, "Jiangzhou is rich, and the people there have long regarded Jiangzhou as Zhongzhou. I just think that except for Jingzhou, other states are barbaric lands, but they still know the fertile land of the plains of Henei County. Otherwise, they would not have been married to the Shen family of Henei County for so many years. I have been away from the county for dozens of prefects, but none of them can marry the daughter of the prefects of the six prefects of Jiangzhou."

Luo Chuan suddenly said when he heard this, "I remember talking to Jiang Bo about the Yan family in Anyang County before, and it seemed that they had close contacts with Jiangzhou. If Shen Ranzhi could gather troops in Jiangzhou to counterattack Huaicheng, we could send troops with Anyang County to take advantage of the situation to capture half of the southern part of Guang County, even if we finally give Xiucheng to the Yan family, there would be no problem," he recalled the map of Hanzhou in the southwest and said to himself, "Since Anyang County has failed to regain the first line of defense this winter, then when spring comes, they will have to retreat to Yuanhe. If Xiucheng can be taken as the final strategic depth, it will probably make the Yan family prefect of Ancheng feel much more at ease."

Zhao Wuji nodded, "It is feasible. Anyang County is adjacent to Liulin County, Jiangzhou, and is closely related to Jiangzhou Yiying Prefect. However, the Yan family prefect who is in power is a little cowardly. He may not be able to send troops to Guangjun in one lobbying. However, no matter how the Yan family of Anyang County decides in the end, it is very necessary to plant seeds such as Lijun supporting them to take the Embroidery City for Anyang Court. It seems that they are not easy to make a decision now, but if the situation develops to that level, everything is possible."

"Desire is sometimes motivation, and fear is sometimes too. The pressure that Anyang County has to bear this spring must be stronger than us, even if we can provide support on the front line of southern Xinjiang, so there will be no time left for the Yan family to consider," Luochuan looked at the fewer participants on the field and the figures of the two young men who were still stumbling back to back, and said, "The so-called far-reaching and near attack, I always feel that in this southwest Hanzhou, only Anyang County can be back to back with us. I still remember that when we returned home from Zhongjing City, we passed Huaicheng, the capital of Hanoi County. At that time, Wei Changhe and the young master of Anyang County, Yan Zhuo, who had just met, reminded me that there was such a relationship..."

He touched his chin and said suddenly, "Time is very tight, or maybe I'd just use the New Year holiday to send someone to Ancheng to meet this young master Yan Zhuoyan? This time, in order to find a few lottery tickets for asking for swords, I found that there are still many good things in the treasure house of the Prefect's Palace."

"Yan Zhuo..." Zhao Wuji thought for a while and said, "Wei Changhe's daughter is Mrs. Fang Siyu, the prefect of Anyang County. Since Yan Zhuo can follow Wei Changhe for a long journey, he should be the son of Mrs. Fang."

"That's it. Get more gifts from Yan Zhuo to Wei Changhe. I now give them gifts as the prefect of the county seat to thank them for their warnings back then. They have no reason to refuse," Luo Chuan whispered, "If Wei Changhe is smart enough, he should understand what I mean. Let's meet the people I sent to have a good chat about the cooperation on the Southern Xinjiang front. When I go to see Lu Dongfeng again, I can see if these two famous mainland generals can be similar to what you and I have..."
Chapter completed!