Before Wang Yue took action, he still went to see Yang Guang, who was already in a serious condition. While he was still in good spirits, Wang Yue told Yang Guang his plan.
Nao Guang sighed and said helplessly, "I can't do anything to help you. I can only live for a few more days. I hope you can stabilize the situation as soon as possible."
Wang Yue understood clearly that Yang Guang was leaving a way out for the Yang family. If Wang Yue was defeated, at most he would only sacrifice one Yang Shiyi.
However, Wang Yue didn't care. He smiled and nodded and said, "We in Qingzhou have strong soldiers and horses, so we are not afraid of challenges. But this time the imperial decree is so weird that it leaves such a big loophole?"
Cao Guang suddenly coughed. After a while, he rolled his eyes at Wang Yue and said, "The palace issued two decrees. One of them, which transferred you to serve in Beiqingzhou, was withheld by the prime minister.
, After all, the governor of Beiqingzhou is still there, and we still need to study where the original governor of Qingzhou will be transferred. But what the prime minister didn't expect was that the Queen Mother couldn't wait any longer, and issued another peace order."
Wang Yue twitched the corner of his mouth. It was possible that he had spelled the word "emotion" wrongly. He said helplessly, "In order to stop me and Shi Yi, the Queen Mother even ordered people to divorce. She is a little crazy. She is not afraid of being reviled by the world?"
Cao Guang didn't want to say anything more. At this point, he could only resign himself to fate. The Emperor of Zhongzhou was dead and the new emperor was still arguing. He didn't have time to take care of Wang Yue at this moment.
...
Wang Yue and Yan Shiyi returned to the office and called Xiao Yan, who was idle and bored.
Wang Yue glanced at Xiao Yan, who was in good spirits, and said with a smile, "Do you dare to go south for revenge?"
Xiao Yan glanced at Wang Yue and said helplessly, "My father and two children died in the hands of Emperor Xiao. If I don't take revenge, I won't be stable."
Wang Yue rolled his eyes. Anyone who believes that Xiao Yan really wants to be a monk is a stick. He smiled and said, "Now that there is an opportunity, I am going to send my army south to avoid a war with King Xiao Nanchen."
Xiao Yan glanced at Wang Yue. He also knew Beichen's situation. He nodded and said, "I wonder how successful the Qingzhou King's preparations for sending troops this time will be?"
Wang Yue did not hide anything, and said casually, "I am planning to send 200,000 troops to go south and capture the northern and southern Yunzhou of Nanxiao. The troops are approaching Jiankang. If there is a chance, it is possible to capture Jiankang."
Xiao Yan twitched his lips, Jiankang was the capital of Southern Xiao, he said helplessly, "It is still possible to go south and north to Yunzhou, but there is basically no hope of taking Jiankang, let alone revenge.
It’s possible, and the city lords everywhere will not sit idly by and ignore it.”
Wang Yue was very calm. He looked at Xiao Yan and said with a bad smile, "If it's in your name and you borrow troops from me to avenge me, we'll fight all the way. Even if you think about it, the troops from all over the country will not be loyal to the king."
Xiao Yan didn't expect Wang Yue to be so shameless. He asked depressedly, "Will the northern and southern Yunzhous captured like that be in my name?"
Wang Yue didn't care about Xiao Yan's ridicule at all, and said with a smile, "If you take revenge, you will be the emperor of Southern Xiao. North and South Yunzhou will be your bargaining chip to borrow troops. If you don't take revenge, North and South Yunzhou will be the emperor."
It’s okay if the state is in your name, it’s all mine anyway, I don’t care about the name.”
Xiao Yan took a deep look at Wang Yue. He didn't expect Wang Yue to be so thick-skinned. He felt that Wang Yue simply didn't want to fight with King Xiao Nanchen, so he took the initiative to attack Nan Xiao. If Wang Yue really fought with Xizhou, Xizhou
Zhou may not win, mainly because King Xiao Nanchen and his disciples are too thin-skinned.
Having said that, as long as Wang Yue doesn't rebel, no one will care about the fight between him and Nan Xiao. Even if Beichen is expanding its territory, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty will watch from the other side.
After thinking for a while, Xiao Yan sighed, and then said, "You are as empathetic and righteous as King Xiao Nanchen, and you have taken great pains."
Wang Yue twitched his lips and quickly explained, "I just think about my wife. After all, Prince Xiao Nanchen is her master."
Xiao Yan did not expose it. At the beginning, Wang Yue's Xiaoyao Valley was a fox and a tiger, so it could develop steadily and rapidly. It is probably because of this that Wang Yue did not want to be an enemy of King Xiao Nanchen.
Xiao Yan would not believe that a man who could easily secure the position of King of Qingzhou and have nearly half a million soldiers would change his mind because of his children's affair. He smiled noncommittally and then said, "It's all the same."
...
After Wang Yue and Xiao Yan discussed it, Wang Yue deployed his soldiers on the border of Nan Xiao to quickly break through the Nan Xiao defense line, and the follow-up troops quickly followed.
Nanxiao was unprepared and was defeated by Wang Yue's surprise attack. The land north of the Huai River was all owned by Wang Yue in a few days.
By the time the news was received from various places in Southern Xiao and Northern Chen, Wang Yue had already occupied Northern Yanzhou in Southern Xiao, and an army of 200,000 troops marched directly towards Southern Yanzhou in Southern Xiao.
At this moment, a fleet came from the sea and sailed upstream. Ignoring the vigilance of Jingkou (South Xuzhou), it went straight to the Jiankang Nanxiao Navy Camp. In one fell swoop, it destroyed the elite Nanxiao Navy and took control of the city.
From south Xiaonan to Xuzhou to the river area near south Yuzhou.
After the naval camp was destroyed, Jiankang immediately received the news that Wang Yue's navy could not achieve the effect of a sneak attack.
Upon seeing this, Muskrat, the commander of Wang Yue's navy, decisively turned around and headed north to attack Xuzhou, an isolated city near the water.
The garrison troops and horses of Southern Xuzhou all went north to defend Wang Yue's land troops. They did not expect that the powerful Nanxiao Navy would be destroyed. They were captured by the Qingzhou Army without much resistance.
At this point, Wang Yue's first-stage goals have been achieved.
In various places in Southern Xiao, as Wang Yue expected, when they heard that Xiao Yan was borrowing troops to seek revenge, they did not send troops to serve the king. They just waited for Xiao Yan and Emperor Xiao to decide the winner and then they would be loyal to the new emperor.
Emperor Nanxiao was also surprised three times in one day in Jiankang. Wang Yue's speed in going south was really too fast. The defenses he deployed were like paper, and Wang Yue easily captured the land of the two states.
The destruction of Jiankang Navy, the largest navy in Southern Xiao, also made it possible for Jiankang to be besieged by Xiao Yan's troops crossing the river at any time.
It was only at this time that Nan Xiao quickly sent an envoy to prepare for peace talks with Xiao Yan.
...
The situation in Zhongzhou was a bit strange. The emperor suddenly died, and Wang Yue took over several states, but the royal family of Zhongzhou did not react.
Just when the various states and counties were about to take action, Wang Yue suddenly came up with a prince's revenge, sent troops to attack Nan Xiao, and captured the two states of Nan Xiao in one fell swoop. Even the largest navy of Nan Xiao was wiped out by Wang Yue.
The feud between Wang Yue and Nan Xiao has become serious. In the eyes of Beichen ministers and city guards, Wang Yue was able to attack so sharply just because Nan Xiao was unprepared, and there would definitely be a tug-of-war later on.
Therefore, Wang Yue of Qingzhou does not need to think about it for the time being. He has no time to go west to Zhongzhou.
Zhou Shengchen also knew about the situation in Zhongzhou, so he quickly arrived at Zhongzhou with thousands of cavalry.
At the same time, when the Queen Mother ascended the throne with her newborn child in her arms, the Prime Minister, who had already discussed with Zhou Shengchen, prevented the child of unknown origin from ascending the throne. After all, the child was born before the due date. It was really impossible to say
clear.
However, what disappointed the Prime Minister was that given such a great opportunity, Zhou Shengchen was only prepared to imprison the Queen Mother, but refused to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. He only said that he would guard Xizhou forever and choose someone from the clan to be the emperor.
The Prime Minister looked at Zhou Shengchen who turned to leave and sighed helplessly.
...
At this time, Wang Yue and Xiao Yan were standing by the river, looking at Jiankang on the other side, and asked with a smile, "Nan Xiao is ready for peace talks, what kind of result are you planning to get?"
Xiao Yan glanced at Wang Yue and found that he really had no intention of going south. He knew that Wang Yue didn't know his identity, and he didn't want to explain. With Wang Yue's methods, sooner or later, everyone in the world would be named Wang.
Xiao Yan sighed and said helplessly, "I don't know what to do. After all, Emperor Xiao has been kind to me and I don't want to kill him."
Wang Yue didn't know what Xiao Yan was thinking, so he shook his head and said with a smile, "How about you ask Emperor Xiao to abdicate, which will also be considered as an explanation for you, and by the way, the land of Wuyue will be given to you as your territory?"
Xiao Yan was speechless after hearing this. He really didn't want to be the emperor, but looking at Wang Yue's appearance, he would fight for the world sooner or later. As Wang Yue's only blood relative, he couldn't just sit back and watch.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yan sighed and said, "You'd better capture Jiankang first."
Wang Yue was a little surprised. He asked suspiciously, "You don't want to negotiate?"
Xiao Yan rolled his eyes at Wang Yue, pretending to be vicious and said, "Seeing that revenge is in sight, it would be foolish to talk about peace at this time. Once the peace talks are concluded, the troops of King Qin from all over Southern Xiao will come soon."
Wang Yue nodded and said with a smile, "I thought you would be fooled."
After making a plan with Xiao Yan, Wang Yue mobilized troops and horses. Taking advantage of the fact that the navy elsewhere in Nan Xiao had not yet supported Jiankang, he quickly mobilized a hundred thousand troops to cross the Yangtze River and surrounded Jiankang.
Nan Xiaojun and his ministers were still discussing how to negotiate a peace, but they were suddenly besieged in the city. For a while, people were panicked.
Just when Wang Yue thought that it might take a lot of effort to capture Jiankang, there was a sudden civil commotion at the city gate. Wang Yue's 100,000 troops took advantage of the situation and entered the city gate and attacked the palace.
Wang Yue looked at Nanxiao Palace and asked Xiao Yan beside him suspiciously, "Are these people your back-up men?"
Xiao Yan shook his head and said with a smile, "There are still some people who are grateful for my father's kindness. I think these are my father's loyal ministers."
After Xiao Yan finished speaking, he went to talk to the generals who opened the city gate. Before leaving, he glanced at Wang Yue. The generals chatting with him also looked at Wang Yue.
Wang Yue was looked at calmly and calmly, and he felt a little scared in his heart. He suddenly felt that since he had earned a vote this time, it would be better to leave early.
Everything went smoothly. Wang Yue's troops captured the imperial city without much effort. Wang Yue then prepared to hand over the imperial city to Xiao Yan, who came after hearing the news, and he prepared to withdraw his troops and go north.