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    Update time: 2013-03-30

    In just half a month, a bloody storm broke out in Yuzhou, making everyone in Yuzhou tremble with fear.  Especially those wealthy gentry who had not been approached by the Yanzhou Army. Only now did they realize that compared with the government, their little strength was simply a mantis with a weak hand, vulnerable to a single blow.

    It is precisely the Yanzhou Army's sharp actions and ruthless methods in the past ten days that suddenly made everyone in Yuzhou cautious, and no one dared to oppose the local government.  No matter what the government's policies are, no one dares to stop them.  Even paying taxes, building cities and roads, I also cooperated a lot.  What's more, many wealthy families and businessmen who had hoarded large amounts of food also contributed their food to the Yanzhou Army.

    Zhao Xun would naturally not accept this situation directly, otherwise it would affect these businessmen's perception of the government.  Besides, Zhao Xun now has a lot of money in his hands, so there is no need for them to give it away for free.  In the end, Zhao Xun exchanged the confiscated real estate with these wealthy families.  First, food can be obtained, which is the basis of war.  Secondly, you can also make use of those real estate properties, which is better than leaving it in your own hands.

    Because of this action of the Yanzhou Army, no one in Yuzhou dares to act recklessly, no longer dares to drive up prices and disrupt the market.  Of course, no one dared to confront the Yanzhou Army and the local government.

    For more than half a month, the Yanzhou Army seized more than 30 million silver coins in cash, many of which were silver ingots and gold ingots. These were the property stocks of these wealthy families.  This shows how wealthy the wealthy gentry in these places are.

    Looking at the property in his hands, Zhao Xun was speechless. He even had the idea of ??confiscating property in various places to expand his property.  And Ke Yan, who was in charge of finance, was even more happy with a smile on his face.  More than 30 million yuan in cash is enough for Yuzhou to recover quickly.  Let his work proceed smoothly.

    "Key Yan, all this money comes from Yuzhou. Although I dare not say that all of it is used in Yuzhou, part of it must be used here. Military losses, grain and grass supplies, city construction, purchasing livestock and farm tools for the people, and building water conservancy projects.  These must be arranged as soon as possible. I don¡¯t want this money to be used in places it shouldn¡¯t be used or appear in places it shouldn¡¯t be. I will send the Shadow Division to monitor it. Master Ke, tell your subordinates not to wait until then.  I made a mistake. When that time comes, don't blame me for being ruthless," Zhao Xun said coldly.

    Ke Yan¡¯s face straightened and he said repeatedly: ¡°I understand, I will make proper arrangements.¡±

    Zhao Xun immediately smiled and said: "Very good, I believe you, don't let me down. Many of the money are silver ingots and gold ingots, which will be exchanged to Huitong Bank. There is also Huitong Bank in Yuzhou.  The presence."

    Zhao Xun naturally understood that in order for these silver and gold ingots to play their greatest role, they should be made into coins.  The casting process is also profitable.  At the same time, the appearance of these gold and silver ingots also facilitated the expansion of Huitong Bank in Yuzhou.

    "My lord, in this operation, we have gathered more than 100,000 private soldiers from the rich clans in the entire Yuzhou, and there are also people from the rich clans. How should we deal with these?"

    "Completely break up and split them up, and then move them to Yanzhou to serve as local county soldiers and government soldiers, working together with the local Yanzhou local army to maintain local security. As for those wealthy families whose homes were confiscated by us, they will all be assigned to Chidao Construction  The land is used for labor. I always enjoy happiness and don't know the sufferings of the people. Now, let them feel it." These cold voices said.

    "Lord! There is news from the south!" Feng Ziming hurried in and said with a smile on his face, "According to the spies' report, King Yong Situ Lei personally sat in the Chengdu Mansion of Yizhou and commanded an army of more than 300,000 men, divided into three groups.  Starting from the areas of Ningzhou, Yizhou, and Hanzhong, we will attack the areas of Jiaozhou, Jiangzhou, and Jingzhou.¡±

    "Oh?" Hearing this, Zhao Xun was overjoyed, "In this way, the pressure on our team from Yongzhou can be relieved. However, we cannot be careless. Although Situ Lei sent his army south and acted from the south. However,  We must also be careful about the enemy forces in Yongzhou. Let¡¯s not be careless and fall into the trap. Tell us what is the situation of the Yong army in the south.¡±

    It turned out that Situ Lei¡¯s actions were much crisper and faster than Zhao Xun expected.  As early as after the Qi army stationed in Huaiyang Mansion in Yuzhou and stopped for a while, Situ Lei discovered the problem.  Two hundred thousand troops were dispatched. They did not march directly west to Yongzhou, but instead stationed themselves in the east-central position of Yuzhou. How could there be no problem?  Coupled with the situation discussed by Xuzhou Army Li Chi, Situ Lei immediately saw the real situation.

    Therefore, Situ Lei, who had made arrangements earlier, immediately took charge of Chengdu Prefecture in Yizhou and mobilized an army of 300,000 troops to attack in alignment with the southwest.

    Because the action was fast and sudden, and the Qi army did not have a unified and complete preparation plan, the coach Murong Cheng was deeply worried.Trapped in Xuzhou, the army could not escape.  Therefore, in less than a month, that is, two months after Murong Cheng launched a sneak attack on the Xuzhou Army, southern Jingzhou, western Jiangzhou and half of Jiaozhou had fallen into Situ Lei's hands.

    And Yong¡¯s army was overwhelming, and Qi¡¯s army could not stop it at all.  If it weren't for the complex terrain in the south and the Qi army's advantage in the navy.  I'm afraid that the remaining Jiaozhou and most of Jiangzhou have fallen into Situ Lei's hands.  At the same time, Zhao Xun had just completed the occupation of Yuzhou and captured the two important cities of Huaiyin Mansion.

    However, Situ Lei¡¯s army was not all smooth sailing.  Situ Lei suffered a big loss in Jiangzhou, losing more than 30,000 soldiers, and was still unable to advance in Jiangzhou.  In Linxiang, Jiangzhou, the Dongting Lake navy teamed up with the Qi army in Jiangzhou to fake defeat and lure the enemy deep into the city. After the Yong army crossed the Xiang River, they defeated the army crossing the river and forced 30,000 soldiers and the front army to be trapped in Linxiang.  Hunan was finally wiped out by the Qi army.

    It is also because of this that Yong's army's attack in Jiangzhou is temporarily postponed.  Without him, the Yong army did not have a naval force, and they did not understand anything about naval warfare.  Therefore, Yong's army could only stop advancing until I defeated the Dongting Lake navy in Jiangzhou.  Situ Lei had no choice about this.

    However, although the Qi army blocked the Yong army's attack, in the southern region, the Yong army's actions were invincible and unstoppable.  Of course, this is not to say that Yong's army really has no opponents, but that in the direction where Yong's army is advancing, there is no regular army of Qi's army, no large-scale army, only local garrison responsible for public security.  How could they cope with the overwhelming offensive against hundreds of thousands of troops?

    Therefore, southern Jiangzhou and half of Jiaozhou soon fell under the fierce attack of Yong's army.  However, the land of Jiaozhou and the southern area of ????Jiangzhou are full of high mountains and dangerous obstacles, making it difficult to march.  Therefore, it was not quickly and fully occupied by the Yong army.

    "Dongting Lake Navy? I remember the report from the Shadow Division. The Dongting Lake Navy is not big, with only 5,000 people. It can actually block the attack of more than 100,000 troops? Who is the leading general?" Zhao Xunlue was interested.  asked.  Zhao Xun naturally knew about the situation in Qidi. The spies and spies of the Shadow Division and the Eagle Eye Division had already spread all over the world.

    Feng Ziming said in a deep voice: "The name of the commander of the Dongting Lake Navy is Jiang Yun! After this battle, the Shadow Division also deliberately investigated this former inconspicuous navy general. This man turned out to be the navy general of the Yangzhou Navy. Later,  He had a disagreement with the commander of the Yangzhou navy and was relegated to Dongting Lake. No one expected that this reprimanded little man would block the most convenient marching route of Situ Lei's three-pronged army. "

    Zhao Xun smiled and said: "A talent appears in a dangerous place! This person will be recorded by the Shadow Division, so he must be careful. By the way, how is the battle situation in Jiaozhou? We are in Jiaozhou, and we also have subordinates."

    Now that Feng Ziming has officially entered the Zhao Jun system, he is also very familiar with some of Zhao Jun's arrangements.  Zhao Xun had set up secret operations in Jiaozhou and Qiongzhou Island, and Feng Ziming also knew about it.

    "The terrain in Jiaozhou is steep and the roads are difficult to travel. Therefore, although there is no strong army to stop it, the Yong army is still marching slowly. In the land of Jiaozhou, there are many mountain people and Yi tribes, and they have always been hostile to the Han people. Therefore, the Yong army occupied the west of Jiaozhou  Half of the land also paid a big price. Most of our troops were arranged in the eastern area of ????Jiaozhou, so there was no formal meeting with Yong's army. "

    After thinking about it, Zhao Xun said: "In this way, let the people of Jiaozhou immediately pull over the Yi tribe of Jiaozhou and let them fight back against the Yong army. In addition, let them secretly attack the Yong army. At the same time, they can also provide the Qi army with Yong's army."  Intelligence. We need the Yong army and the Qi army to fight in Jiaozhou, but we cannot let the Yong army occupy Jiaozhou."

    Feng Ziming suddenly said: "Lord, why don't we report the situation in Qi to Murong Cheng. So that he can know that under his rule, not only the Xuzhou Army and the Tang Army are planning the calculations, but also his mortal enemy Situ Lei.  A big attack."

    Zhao Xun is not an idiot. After being stunned for a moment, he immediately understood what Feng Ziming meant.  At this moment, Murong Cheng was storming Huaiyin City, and all the counties around Huaiyin City had been plundered by the Qi army.  However, Murong Cheng did not put in a lot of effort to attack Huaiyin City. Instead, he continued to consume the defenders and supplies.

    "However, if Murong Cheng knew that his territory was full of smoke and wolves were snatching food, I'm afraid he would never be stable again.  Murong Cheng was trapped in Xuzhou and naturally didn't know much about the situation in Qi.  The enemies he has seen now are Tang Army, Yanzhou Army, and Xuzhou Army.  Among them, the Yanzhou Army has stopped moving and negotiates peace with him.  The rest of the Tang army is nothing to be afraid of, and as long as he returns to the south, with the strength of the Qi army, he will naturally not be afraid of the Tang army.

    All of this must be done without the intervention of Zhao Jun and Yong Jun.  Among them, Zhao Jun and Qi Jun are not in contact with each other, so naturally they cannot intervene.  As for Situ Lei, Murong Cheng expected that Situ Lei should fight Zhao Jun.  But if Murong Cheng knew the actual situation,They will definitely attack with all their might and march southward.  Otherwise, if he delays any longer, he won't even have a home.  Murong Cheng knew Situ Lei's strength best.  Compared to Yong's army, the Xuzhou army is not worth mentioning at all.

    "Okay, make arrangements immediately. Now Xuzhou Army Li Chi also wants to cause trouble for us because we occupy the counties in Huaiyin Prefecture. Now, let's put some pressure on him so that they don't care about us." Zhao Xun smiled  said.

    Feng Ziming couldn't help but said: "We have captured the defensive position in the southwest of Xuzhou. How can Li Chi be willing to do so? His original plan was for us to fight to the death with the Qi army, and it would be best for both sides to lose. As a result, the Qi army gave up Yuzhou, and we  They occupied the entire territory of Yuzhou without much casualties, but the Qi army entered the territory of Xuzhou and wanted to fight him to the death. What's more, his territory was taken away by us. If only he wasn't angry.  Strange."

    "Report Lord, urgent report from Huaiyin City!" At this moment, a guard hurried in and handed Zhao Xun a piece of information.

    "Urgent report from Huaiyin City?" Zhao Xun couldn't help being stunned, and looked at each other with Feng Ziming who was also surprised.  He immediately took it and opened it to look at.

    "Huaiyin City was captured by Murong Cheng! Murong Cheng's losses were not big, but" Zhao Xun handed the information to Feng Ziming with an ugly face.  Seeing that Zhao Xun's face was not good-looking, Feng Ziming quickly took it and started to read it.

    After a while, Feng Ziming sighed with a gloomy face: "This Murong Cheng is so ruthless! Capturing Huaiyin City will mean that the road to the southern prefectures of Xuzhou and back to Yangzhou will be completely opened. However, he let Huaiyin City and  The six surrounding counties have become white land. This is really so cruel and cruel. "

    Zhao Xun said coldly: "We miscalculated and gave us too much food. It has been more than ten days since Murong Cheng abandoned Quyang City. I was still wondering why he didn't attack Huaiyin City for so long. It turns out that he wanted to  He completely looted the six counties around Huaiyin City to collect all the food and fodder for his army to fight south, and also let his soldiers kill the people of Xuzhou so that he could fight to the death with the Xuzhou army. "

    There is no other content above the information, it mainly writes about the current situation of Huaiyin City.  Huaiyin City was captured by the Qi army. This was not a surprise. After all, the defenders of Huaiyin City were far inferior to the Qi army.  Even if Li Chi later sent a lot of reinforcements, how could Li Chi, whose heart was in Yangzhou, send too many elite soldiers here.

    Therefore, Zhao Xun only thought that the fall of Huaiyin City was too slow and would not be surprised.  After all, the longer the delay, the more prepared Li Chi will be.  Sure enough, more than ten days later, the city's defenders, who had barely numbered less than 10,000 people in the past, were finally replenished to more than 50,000.  Although half of them are new soldiers, they have a geographical advantage and have defensive equipment, so it is naturally more difficult to attack.  Therefore, Zhao Xun had just said before that it would be an excellent idea to pass on the news of Situ Lei's attack on Qidi to Murong Cheng.

    However, what made Zhao Xun feel cold was that Huaiyin City was captured, but not by force of Qi troops.  Instead, the Qi army spent three days and three nights to open it with the bones, flesh and blood of more than 100,000 people.  Three days ago, Murong Cheng drove more than 200,000 people from six surrounding counties to attack Huaiyin City.  The defenders of Huaiyin City were very quick to kill the people attacking the city.  However, over three days and three nights, more than 200,000 people died and more than 100,000 died. In the end, the corpses almost filled the outside of Huaiyin City.  The soldiers of Xuzhou who defended the city were almost crazy, but in the end they lost the defense and the entire army was killed as the Qi army waited for work.

    In addition, the news of the peace talks between Yanzhou Army and Qi Army was also spread by Murong Cheng.

    Zhao Xun felt the anger rising in his heart, which was difficult to suppress.  He did not resent Murong Cheng for spreading the news that he had negotiated peace and traded grain with the Qi army.  After all, the two sides are hostile forces, so there is nothing wrong with doing so.  However, what Zhao Xun resented was that Murong Cheng had killed more than 250,000 unarmed people.  Especially after conquering Huaiyin City, they set fire to Huaiyin City.  Huaiyin City was completely reduced to ruins, and the fifty or sixty thousand people in the city were trapped in the fire domain.

    "Beast! Murong Cheng is the arrogant master!" Zhao Xun said coldly, "Send an order to Wei Dong to march to Huaiyin City immediately. Although Huaiyin City was burned, it could at most burn down some of the people's residences. It is impossible to destroy Huaiyin City.  After taking over Huaiyin City, we should immediately gather the remaining people in the six counties around Huaiyin City and let them wait for resettlement. As for the people in the villages and towns, we must also pacify them."

    "Feng Ziming, ask someone to prepare a batch of food supplies and transport them to Huaiyin City immediately to help these innocent people."

    Feng Ziming said anxiously: "I understand!"

    "We should not have given half of the food to Murong Cheng for Huaiyin City. It is also our fault that we were too careless. We knew clearly that Murong Cheng was stranded under Huaiyin City and had not attacked the city for a long time, but there was something wrong, but we did not check carefully. These people could have survived.  " Zhao Xun said with a hint of 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 rob the people.  The reason why the Qi army behaved like this was probably because Li Chi's army was afraid of entering Yangzhou, which would have made Murong Cheng extremely angry.  "

    There is a certain reason for Feng Ziming's words. From the news sent by Fei Ge in Yangzhou, we learned that Li Chi's army has captured half of Yangzhou's territory.  The Yangzhou army was difficult to resist.

    Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "No need to worry, I will not blame myself for the crime that is not mine. I just feel sorry for the nearly 300,000 people. They they are so innocent."

    Feng Ziming said: "Murong Cheng's conduct in this way is hated by the whole world. What if his actions in Huaiyin City are made public? Doesn't Murong Cheng want to be a righteous person or to be ranked among the top nine?  Okay. Let¡¯s see if his behavior can be approved by the people of 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. In any case, spreading his behavior is harmful to us.  It's still beneficial. In addition, Li Chi will make Murong Cheng's behavior public, and he has to announce and reprimand him."

    Sure enough, Murong Cheng's behavior angered all the Xuzhou Army officers and soldiers.  Everyone in the Xuzhou army asked Li Chi to fight, hoping to fight Murong Cheng to the death.  But at this moment, Li Chi was more concerned about Yangzhou and had no intention of gathering the army to fight against Murong Chengyi Jue's life and death.  Therefore, on the one hand, the people of Gaoyou Prefecture who went south from Murong Cheng were moved into the city, the walls were fortified and the fields were cleared, and the city was defended.
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