In just half a month, a bloody storm broke out in Yuzhou, making everyone in Yuzhou scared. Especially those gentry who were not found by the Yanzhou army, they now realized that compared with the government, they were With a little strength, it is simply a mantis arm that is vulnerable to a chariot.
It was also the sharp actions and ruthless measures of the Yanzhou army over the past ten days that made everyone in Yuzhou be careful and no one dared to fight against the local government. No matter what the government's policies were, no one dared to stop them. They were just paying taxes. Many people have cooperated with the construction of cities and roads. What's more, many families and merchants who had hoarded a large number of grain also contributed their food to the Yanzhou army.
Zhao Xun naturally would not accept this situation directly, otherwise it would affect the sense of these merchants towards the government. Besides, Zhao Xun now has a lot of money, so they naturally don’t need to give it to you for free. Finally, Zhao Xun used it in his hand. The confiscated real estate is exchanged with these big families. First, you can obtain food, which is the foundation of the war. Second, it is better to use the real estate than to put it in your own hands.
Because of the Yanzhou Army's operation, no one in Yuzhou dared to act recklessly, no one dared to raise prices and disrupt the market. Of course, no one dared to fight against the Yanzhou Army and local governments.
In the past half a month, the Yanzhou army seized more than 30 million silver coins, many of which were silver ingots and gold ingots, which were all the property in stock of these big clans. It can be seen that these big clans and gentry from all over the world were in the hands of How rich.
Looking at the property in his hand, Zhao Xun was speechless, and even had the idea of confiscating property in various places to expand his property. Ke Yan, who was in charge of finance, was even more happy and smiled. More than 30 million yuan in cash was enough to make Yuzhou quickly recovered and allowed his work to proceed smoothly.
"Ke Yan, all of this money comes from Yuzhou. Although I dare not say that it is used for Yuzhou, some of it must be used here. The army's loss, food, supplies, city construction, purchase livestock, farm tools, and water conservancy projects for the people, All these must be arranged as soon as possible. This governor does not want this money to be used in places where it should not be used or where it should not be. I will send the Shadow Department to supervise it. Lord Ke will explain to your subordinates, but don't wait. I made a mistake. At that time, don’t blame me for being ruthless.” Zhao Xun explained coldly.
Ke Yan's face turned right and said repeatedly: "I understand, I will make arrangements properly."
Zhao Xun immediately smiled and said, "Very good, I believe you, don't let me down. Many of these money are silver ingots and gold ingots, and these are exchanged for Huitong Money House. There are also Huitong Money Houses in Yuzhou. Existence. ""
Zhao Xun naturally understood that these silver ingots and gold ingots should play the greatest role, and they should be made into coins. The minting process is the same as profit. At the same time, the emergence of these gold ingots and silver ingots also facilitates Huitong Money House in Yuzhou. expansion.
"Master, in this operation, we have gathered more than 100,000 private soldiers from large clans throughout Yuzhou, and there are also large clans. How should we deal with these?"
"Full break up, split it up, and then move them to Yanzhou as local county soldiers and government soldiers, together with local Yanzhou local soldiers, to maintain local public security. As for those big families whose homes were confiscated by us, they will be sent to build the road. The land is for labor. I always enjoy happiness on weekdays and don’t know the suffering of the people. Now, let them feel it.” These cold voices said.
"Lord! There is news in the south!" Feng Ziming hurried in and said with a smile, "According to the spy's return, King Yong Situ Lei personally took charge of Chengdu Prefecture, Yizhou, commanded more than 300,000 troops, and divided into three groups.
Starting from Ningzhou, Yizhou, and Hanzhong, we will attack Jiaozhou, Jiangzhou and Jingzhou."
"Oh?" Zhao Xun was overjoyed when he heard this, "In this way, our team's Yongzhou pressure can be put down. However, we cannot be careless, although Situ Lei rushed his army south and acted from the south. However,
We must also be careful of the enemy troops in Yongzhou. We must not be careless and fall into a trap. Let’s talk about it now, what is happening to the Yong army in the south?”
It turned out that Situ Lei's actions were much more straightforward than Zhao Xun expected and were much faster. As early as the Qi army entered Huaiyang Prefecture, Situ Lei discovered the problem from it. Two hundred thousand troops were dispatched,
Without going westward to Yongzhou, instead stationed in the east of central Yuzhou, how could there be no problem? In addition to the situation discussed by Li Chi, the Xuzhou Army, Situ Lei suddenly saw the real situation.
Therefore, Situ Lei, who had made some arrangements earlier, immediately took charge of Chengdu Prefecture, Yizhou, and mobilized 300,000 troops to attack the southwest.
Because of the rapid action, suddenly, and the Qi army did not have a unified and perfect preparation plan, and the commander Murong Cheng was trapped in Xuzhou, and the army could not escape. Therefore, in less than a month, Murong Cheng took the action of a sneak attack on the Xuzhou army.
In the next two months, southern Jingzhou, western Jiangzhou and half of Jiaozhou had fallen into the hands of Situ Lei.
Moreover, the Yong army was unstoppable and the Qi army could not stop it at all. If it weren't for the complex terrain in the south and the Qi army occupied the benefits of the navy, I was afraid that most of the remaining Jiaozhou, Jiangzhou would have fallen into the hands of Situ Lei.
At the same time, Zhao Xun had just completed the occupation of Yuzhou and captured two major cities of Huaiyin Prefecture.
However, Situ Lei's army was not smooth sailing. In Jiangzhou, Situ Lei suffered a considerable loss, losing more than 30,000 soldiers, but it was still unable to advance in Jiangzhou. In Linxiang, Jiangzhou, Dongting
The Hushui Army and the Qi army in Jiangzhou joined forces to lure the enemy into the deeper by deception. After the Yong army passed the Xiang River, they defeated the Dujiang army, forcing 30,000 to fall into Linxiang with the front army, and were finally wiped out by the Qi army.
It is also because of this that the Yong army's attack in Jiangzhou was temporarily delayed. Nothing else, the Yong army had no naval army, and they did not understand the naval army's combat at all. Therefore, in Dongting, which did not defeat me in Jiangzhou
Before the Lake Water Army, Yong's army had no choice but to stop advancing. Situ Lei had no choice but to do so.
However, although the Qi army blocked the attack of the Yong army, in the southern area, the Yong army's actions were invincible and unstoppable. Of course, it is not that the Yong army really has no opponents, but that the Yong army is
In the direction of advance, there was no Qi army, no large-scale army, only the garrison troops responsible for public security in the local area. How could they have been due to their overwhelming offensive against hundreds of thousands of troops?
Therefore, the southern part of Jiangzhou and half of Jiaozhou quickly fell under the fierce attack of the Yong army. However, the Jiaozhou area and the southern part of Jiangzhou were all high mountains and dangerous, which was inconvenient to march. Therefore, the Yong army was not quickly integrated.
occupied.
"Dongting Lake Water Army? I remember the Shadow Department reported that the Dongting Lake Water Army is not big, but the organization of 5,000 people can actually block the attack of more than 100,000 troops? Who is the leader?" Zhao Xun was very interested.
Asked. Zhao Xun naturally knew about the situation in Qidi. The secret spies of Shadow Department and Hawkeye Department had already spread all over the world.
Feng Ziming said in a deep voice: "The commander of the Dongting Lake Naval Army is Jiang Yun! After this battle, the Shadow Department also deliberately inspected this former inconspicuous naval general. This person turned out to be the naval general of the Yangzhou Naval Army. Later,
He was in conflict with the commander of the Yangzhou naval army and was demoted to Dongting Lake. No one expected that this deposed little man would actually block the most convenient marching route among the three armies of Situ Lei."
Zhao Xun smiled and said, "A talent is coming in the danger! If this person is recorded by the Shadow Department, he should be careful. By the way, what is the situation of the war in Jiaozhou? We are in Jiaozhou, so we also have subordinates."
Feng Ziming has now officially entered the Zhao army system and is well aware of some of the arrangements of the Zhao army. Zhao Xun also made secret moves in Jiaozhou and Qiongzhou Island, and Feng Ziming also knew about it.
"Jiaozhou is steep and the roads are difficult to move. Therefore, although there is no strong army to stop it, the Yong army still marched slowly. In Jiaozhou, there are many mountain people and Yi people, and they are always hostile to the Han people. Therefore, the Yong army occupied the west of Jiaozhou.
Half of the land also paid a considerable price. Most of our troops were arranged in the eastern part of Jiaozhou, so we did not formally meet with the Yong army."
After thinking about it, Zhao Xun said: "In this way, let the people of Jiaozhou immediately bring the Yi tribes of Jiaozhou and let them fight back against the Yong army. In addition, let them secretly attack the Yong army, and at the same time, they can also provide the Yong army with the Yong army.
Intelligence. We need the Yong army and the Qi army to fight in the Jiaozhou area, but we cannot let the Yong army occupy Jiaozhou."
Feng Ziming suddenly said, "Lord, why don't we report the situation in Qidi to Murong Cheng, so that he knows that under his rule, not only the Xuzhou army, but also the Tang army, are planning to plan, and his mortal enemy Situ Lei,
A big attack."
Zhao Xun is not a fool. After a little stunned, he immediately understood Feng Ziming's meaning. At this moment, Murong Cheng was attacking Huaiyin City, and the counties around Huaiyin City were already robbed by the Qi army. However, Murong Cheng
Instead of making great efforts to attack Huaiyin City, he continued to consume the soldiers and materials to defend the city.
However, if Murong Cheng knew that smoke was everywhere in his territory and wolves snatched food, he would be afraid he would never be able to stay stable anymore. Murong Cheng was deeply trapped in Xuzhou and naturally did not know much about the situation in Qidi. The enemies he had seen now
It was the Tang army, Yanzhou army, and Xuzhou army. Among them, the Yanzhou army had stopped operating and negotiated peace with him. The rest of the Tang army was not afraid, and as long as he returned to the south, with the strength of the Qi army, he would naturally not be afraid of the Tang army.
All of this must be without the premise of joining the Zhao army and the Yong army. Among them, if the Zhao army and the Qi army are not connected, they will naturally not be able to intervene. As for Situ Lei, in Murong Cheng's prediction, Situ Lei
He should fight with the Zhao army. But if Murong Cheng knew the actual situation, he would definitely attack the desperately and head south to Qi. Otherwise, if he delayed, he would not even have a home. Murong Cheng knew the strength of Situ Lei the most.
Compared with the Yong army, the mere Xuzhou army is not worth mentioning at all.
"Okay, let's make arrangements immediately. Now the Xuzhou army Li Chi is also trying to cause trouble for us because we occupy the counties of Huaiyin Prefecture. Now, I will put some pressure on him so that they can't take care of us." Zhao Xun smiled and said,
Say.
Feng Ziming couldn't help but say, "We have seized the defensive land in southwest Xuzhou. How could Li Chi be willing to do it? His original plan was to let us fight to the death with the Qi army, and it would be better to lose both sides. As a result, the Qi army gave up Yuzhou, and we
There was no major casualties at all, and the entire Yuzhou area occupied. Instead, the Qi army entered Xuzhou area and wanted to kill him with life and death. What's more, his territory was taken away by us, and he would not be angry.
Strange."
"Report... Report to the lord, Huaiyin City urgently reported!" At this moment, a personal guard hurried in and handed Zhao Xun a piece of information.
"Huaiyin City urgently reported?" Zhao Xun was stunned and looked at Feng Ziming, who was also surprised. He immediately took it and opened it to see it.
"Huaiyin City was conquered by Murong Cheng! Murong Cheng's loss was not great, but..." Zhao Xun handed the information to Feng Ziming with a ugly face. Seeing that Zhao Xun's face was not good, Feng Ziming hurriedly took it and looked at it.
stand up.
After a while, Feng Ziming sighed with a gloomy face: "This Murong Cheng is so cruel! Conquering Huaiyin City is equivalent to the road to the south of Xuzhou and the road to return to Yangzhou has been completely opened. However, he let Huaiyin City and
The six counties around it have become white land. It is really... so... so cruel and cruel."
Zhao Xun said coldly: "We miscalculated and gave too much food. Murong Cheng has given up Quyang City for more than ten days. I was still wondering why he hadn't attacked Huaiyin City for so long. It turned out that he was doing it for the sake of
We completely robbed the six counties around Huaiyin City, gathered up all the food and supplies for his army to fight south, and let our soldiers kill the people of Xuzhou so that we could fight to the death with the Xuzhou army. At the same time, we also humiliated us."
There is no other content on the information, which mainly describes the current situation of Huaiyin City. It is not an accident that Huaiyin City was conquered by the Qi army. After all, the defenders of Huaiyin City are far inferior to those of the Qi army. Even if Li Chi later sent them
There were a lot of reinforcements, but how could Li Chi, who was in Yangzhou, dispatch too many elite soldiers?
Therefore, Zhao Xun only thought that the loss of Huaiyin City was too slow and would not be surprised. After all, the longer the time was delayed, the more prepared Li Chi would be. As expected, more than ten days later, the guards of less than ten people in the past were almost ten thousand people.
The city army finally added more than 50,000. Although half of them were new soldiers, they had the advantage of geographical advantages and had the equipment to defend the city, which was naturally more difficult to attack. Therefore, Zhao Xun had just said that he had previously conveyed the news that Situ Lei had strongly attacked Qidi.
Giving Murong Cheng is an excellent idea.
However, Zhao Xun was cold to the point that Huaiyin City was captured, but it was not attacked by the Qi army. Instead, it took three days and three nights to open it with the flesh and blood of more than 100,000 people. Three days ago,
Murong Cheng drove away more than 200,000 people from six surrounding counties and counties to attack Huaiyin City. Even though the defenders of Huaiyin City were very good at shooting and killing the people in the city. However, more than 200,000 people died in three days and three nights.
In the end, the body almost filled the outside of Huaiyin City. The soldiers of Xuzhou who were guarding the city were almost crazy, but in the end they were lost. The entire army was killed by the Qi army waiting for their hard work.
In addition, the news of the peace talks between the Yanzhou army and the Qi army was also spread by Murong Cheng.
Zhao Xun felt anger in his heart and it was difficult to suppress it. He was not angry that Murong Cheng spread the news of his negotiations with the Qi army and trading food. After all, both sides were hostile forces, and it was understandable to do so. However, Zhao Xun was angry that
Murong Cheng killed more than 250,600 unarmed people. Especially after conquering Huaiyin City, he set fire to Huaiyin City. Huaiyin City was completely turned into ruins, and 50,000 or 60,000 people in the city were trapped in the Fire Realm.
"Beast! Murong Cheng is the ruler!" Zhao Xun said coldly, "I ordered Wei Dong to march towards Huaiyin City immediately. Although Huaiyin City was burned, at most it could burn some people's residences, and it was impossible for Huaiyin City to become a city.
For ashes. After taking over Huaiyin City, they immediately gathered the remaining people in the six counties around Huaiyin City and let them wait for resettlement. As for the people in towns and villages, they must also be appeased."
"Feng Ziming asked someone to prepare a batch of food and food supplies and transport them to Huaiyin City immediately to help these innocent people."
Feng Ziming said anxiously: "I understand!"
"We shouldn't have given half of the food to Murong Cheng for Huaiyin City. We are also blamed for being too careless. We knew that Murong Cheng was stranded at Huaiyin City and had not attacked the city for a long time, but we did not conduct careful investigation. These people could have been immortal.
"Zhao Xun said with a little regret.
Feng Ziming said in a deep voice: "Lord, this matter has nothing to do with you. Even if we don't give you food, they will also plunder the people. The Qi army's behavior is because Li Chi's army is afraid that it will enter Yangzhou.
Murong Cheng was extremely angry."
Feng Ziming had some reason for this. From the news sent by Fei Ge from Yangzhou, he learned that Li Chi's army had captured half of the territory of Yangzhou. The Yangzhou army was difficult to resist.
Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "No need to worry, I will not say that it is not my guilt to add to myself. I am just sad for these nearly 300,000 people. They... how innocent they are."
Feng Ziming said: "Murrong Cheng held this path, which is a hatred for the whole world. It is better to make his actions in Huaiyin City public. He did not want to be a great name, but wanted the position of the Nine Five.
Do you see if his behavior can be approved by all the people in the world?"
Zhao Xun nodded and said, "It's feasible! However, I guess that after this action, Murong Cheng has abandoned the so-called justice. Now he no longer cares about the so-called reputation of benevolence and righteousness. No matter what, spreading his behavior will do to us.
It is still beneficial. In addition, Li Chi will also make Murong Cheng's actions public, and he has to announce and scold him."
Sure enough, Murong Cheng's behavior angered all the soldiers of Xuzhou army. The Xuzhou army all asked Li Chi to fight and wanted to die with Murong Cheng. But at this moment, Li Chi was more concerned about Yangzhou and had no intention of gathering the army in Murong.
Cheng Yi died of life and death. Therefore, while moving the people of Gaoyou Mansion who went south to Murong Cheng into the city, strengthened the walls and cleared the fields, and held the city.