The smoke from Jiangbei did not dissipate. The Huai army withdrew its troops and made King Ding suffer.

The Ding Wangfu was located in Huaibei, and most of them were in Jiangbei. Originally, the Huai army was restrained, and the court army could not attack the Ding Wang army. After the Huai army retreated, the Ding Wang army was directly exposed to the court army's vision.

Liu Yu, who was in Yingzhou, also felt that it was time to return to Jiangbei and establish the court's complete control over Jiangbei.

The defenders from all over the court have joined forces to advance south. In addition, the new army led by Zhang Wuzhu of Qi and the imperial army on the Luoyang defense line, nearly 100,000 imperial troops were stationed in Jiangbei. Although Ding Wang had nearly 100,000 troops, he also knew that Ding Wang's army could not compete with the prestigious imperial army. Before the New Year, the court army was not in a hurry to respond hastily, and seemed to be waiting. Ding Wang was anxious and waited for the news that the vanguard general Liu Wenyan led his troops back to Jiangbei. Because the Huai army withdrew troops in Jiangnan, Liu Yu, who was in Jiangyou, knew that he could no longer knock on the gate of Huai from the flanks, and had only one purpose to return to Jiangbei, to take the land of Ding Wang.

During the Spring Festival of the Bingshen year, it was not easy for the military and civilians in the land of Dingwang. The imperial army was eyeing him. Liu Yu drew 30,000 defenders from Jiangyou at one time, and all followed him across the river from Lianzhou to the north. After that, Liu Yu did not go north to Xuzhou City to meet the emperor, and directly led his troops to Huaibei to start a war with the Dingwang army.

A devastating war, the Ding Wang army collapsed all the way. In just three days, Liu Yu led a large army to Liangzhou, the Ding Wang capital. King Ding had led some troops to evacuate Liangzhou earlier. With the Huai army to southern Anhui, Liu Yu led his army to station in the Ding Wangzhou without much effort.

The various armies of the court continued to advance southward, basically eliminating the forces of King Ding and King Huai in Jiangbei. On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the imperial army had already deployed troops in Jiangbei and confronted the Huai army across the river.

A war to conquer the world has temporarily fallen into a stalemate.

The new emperor originally stood firm in Xuzhou City and did not come out, but heard that Liu Yu had arrived at Yangzhou City on the north bank of the Yangtze River, so he moved the imperial carriage to Yangzhou without stopping. The master and apprentice met again after nearly three months of separation.

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A dream of Yangzhou for ten years has been awakened. Winning the reputation of being a lucky brothel.

At that time, Yangzhou was a place where all the world was filled with wind and moon, but at this time, Yangzhou became desolate and ruined due to the two lootings of the Huai Army.

The entry of the imperial army did not bring any vitality to this thousand-year-old ancient city. Before the Huai army retreated to Jiangnan, all the wealthy families in Yangzhou City had moved to Jiangnan. Leave an empty city for the imperial court.

The arrival of the imperial army did not collect materials on the spot, but instead used military rations to help the local poor. Soon, the new emperor's imperial carriage also arrived in Yangzhou. The entire city was filled with soldiers and soldiers, and the troops were dispatched in an orderly manner.

A special team from Chang'an arrived in Yangzhou City on the tenth day of the first lunar month.

This team is the "comfort force" of Chang'an City. It not only has supplies transported from Guanzhong, but also several royal women, one is the former Princess Yu, the current imperial concubine Xiaoyu, and the other is the fourteenth princess Qier. Originally, the fourth princess Su Bi was going with her, but she was pregnant with Liujia and was nearly six months pregnant. In order to avoid the fatigue of travel, she could only stay in Chang'an City for the time being.

The team came with Xu Caihua, deputy commander of the female army, and her husband Wang Hu, as well as the two sisters Han Xiaoyi and Han Xiaoting who arrived with the same place under the escort of Cai Yingnu and other female army guards. Liu Yu's family can finally reunite during the New Year Festival.

Since the Huai Army retreated to Jiangnan, both sides have been deploying river defenses and acting like they have to defend the enemy. Because when the Huai Army retreated south, all the ships in Jiangbei were burned down. Even if the imperial army wanted a large army to go south, they could not find a ship to transport troops to the south. The Huai Army was also building fortifications on the south bank of the Yangtze River to deal with the imperial army at any time.

In the north of the Yangtze River, the imperial army was not in a hurry to transfer ships or build ships, and seemed to have to wait until the spring began before making plans.

The Huai King's envoy team was led by Meng Chuliang into Yangzhou City and held a peace talk with the court for the second time. This time, the Huai King seemed to be more sincere. The Huai King accused the ancestors of the Su family and expressed his willingness to abolish the throne and accept the appointment of the new emperor again. It was well said. But because he claimed to be the emperor in front, the contradiction was irreconcilable, but because of the ambiguous attitude of the new emperor, things might turn around again.

The peace talks were going on one day or another, and both sides were very perfunctory. The court sent a hundred words to the Grand Marshal Chai Jin, who could not make a fuss about rebellion. After Meng Chuliang had contacted Chai Jin twice, he felt that the court had no sincerity to negotiate, so he handed them all over to Deputy Envoy Zhou Ying for negotiation.

Everyone has an idea. If this battle continues, they will have to wait until after the beginning of spring.

The imperial army had recovered its vitality, was no longer at a disadvantage, and was even in an advantageous position. The Huai Army was well-trained and had complete supplies for siege. It was a pity that they lost to food and grass in a battle before the New Year and lost to Liu Yu's adventure tactics.

"The next spring will be another bloody battle."

When it's okay, Meng Chuliang would take out the chess endgame he played with Liu Yu. After studying it for a long time, he couldn't tell the winner. After Meng Chuliang came to Yangzhou City, he wanted to see the biggest opponent many times, but perhaps because Liu Yu brought his wife to the battlefield, he lived in silence during the truce and could not see others. However, Qu Zhu, the commander of the Imperial Army beside the new emperor, met many times.

"Look for General Liu? He is not available!" Qu Zhu always responded to Meng Chuliang like this.

Meng Chuliang observed Yangzhou City for a few days and did not feel any other abnormal situations. Zhou Ying asked occasionally, and Meng Chuliang also thought deeply and said, "The court army is well-trained, not much lower than the border army, but it is not prepared for the battle."

In fact, Meng Chuliang came to Yangzhou this time with another purpose, which was to spy on the military situation and see if the Huai Army had a chance to counterattack. But looking at the imperfect Yangzhou defense line, the court army did intend to form a confrontation between Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and Meng Chuliang did not find any loopholes in the defense of the court army.

He has no intention of attack, but is just defending, so Liu Yu's strategic intention will wait until the beginning of spring next year.

From that game against Liu Yu, Meng Chuliang could feel that he was a good at defense and did everything he could. Until now, he had not seen Liu Yu's ability with his own eyes on the battlefield. He was increasingly eager to know whether the young man he had met in Jiankang City was Liu Yu.

At this time, Liu Yu was relaxed. Two delicate wives rushed from Chang'an City to Yangzhou to join him. He was already a little too busy. In military affairs, he seemed to completely let go. Sometimes Qi Fang and Zhang Wuzhu came to ask him about his opinions, and Liu Yu said in one sentence: "Go and ask the Grand Marshal of the Rebellion!"

Everyone knows who Chai Jin is. Although Chai Jin made a lot of contributions in the Battle of Xuzhou this time, after all, he is a stupid person who is dispensable and no one will really care about his opinions.

Only the Weapons Research Institute in Chang'an City was moved to Yangzhou City by Liu Yu, and it seemed that it was fiddling with something. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (.) to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m.. to read.
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