The day finally dawned, and the battle ended as early as two watches, 10,000 Xuanzhou troops were killed nearly 2,000 people, more than 1,000 people fled, nearly 7,000 people became prisoners of war, and the Jin army also paid more than 300 casualties, and won the first victory after entering Jiangnan.

Li Qingyang, the commander of the Xuanzhou army, tried to escape disguised as a small soldier, but was exposed by the soldiers, and the Jin army captured him from the prisoner of war ranks.

In addition to Li Qingyang, six other generals also became prisoners of war.

The prisoners of war laid down their weapons, took off their armor, and were escorted into the camp by the Jin army, and there were 3,000 Jin troops searching for escaped soldiers all over Changzhou, even the 5,000 taels of Zhejiang Dao militia troops in Yixing County also heard the news and set up cards at various intersections to Xuanzhou to arrest the fugitive soldiers.

By the afternoon of the next day, more than 700 of the more than 1,000 people who had fled had been arrested and taken back to the prisoner-of-war camp.

This battle also convinced the assassins of the two Zhejiang provinces, and they expressed their stance one after another, resolutely supporting the imperial army to enter Jiangnan.

In fact, this is just the step they found for themselves, and it has become a fact that the Jin army has been stationed in Jiangnan for a long time, so they can't oppose or approve of it.

Two days later, Liu Shining, who was burying his father, learned from several soldiers who had fled back the news that the enemy army was ambushed and the whole army was destroyed, and he was shocked for a quarter of an hour before he began to kneel on his father's coffin and cry loudly.

Today, it is not only his father's coffin that is buried, but also his ambitions and dreams that have been mercilessly buried.

In Jinling County, Wang Yu had just arrived in Changzhou by boat from Jingzhou, and Wang Yu was officially appointed as the governor of Jiangnan Prefecture and became Li Bing's military director and military advisor.

He brought with him a letter from Guo Song, in which Guo Song asked Li Bing not to rush to attack Liu Shining, but to consolidate his military control over Liangzhejiang Province first.

In the big tent, Wang Yu pointed to the southernmost part of Liangzhejiang Province and asked: "Fuzhou, Jianzhou, Quanzhou, Tingzhou and Zhangzhou, they should also belong to Liangzhejiang Dao, but they seem to be out of the jurisdiction of Liangzhejiang Dao?" ”

Li Bing nodded, "Before I set off from Chang'an, I heard His Royal Highness talk about the five states of Fu, Jian, and Quan, which only nominally belong to the two Zhejiang provinces, in fact, these five states are controlled by Yao Guangping, the governor of the Quanzhou Navy, Yao Guangping is a civil official, and he is also the assassin of Quanzhou.

In the past two years, he expanded the naval army to 20,000 people, but in fact there were only 8,000 naval troops, and the other 12,000 were led by his four sons, stationed in Fuzhou, Jianzhou, Tingzhou and Zhangzhou.

At present, the assassins of Fuzhou and Jianzhou are all his sons-in-law, and the assassins of the other two states are his protégés, so the five prefectures of Fuzhou, Jianzhou, Quanzhou, Tingzhou, and Zhangzhou are actually a small feudal town. ”

Wang Yu nodded, "Then put these five states aside for the time being, let's talk about it later, now talk about how to control the two Zhejiang states, I think twice about it, I think the key is to disband the original militia army of the two Zhejiang provinces." ”

"Changshi is right, His Royal Highness the King of Jin also thinks so, but what to do, His Royal Highness the King of Jin asked me to discuss with Changshi."

Wang Yu smiled and said: "I have a plan, can the general see it?" ”

"Long history, please speak!"

Wang Yu said unhurriedly: "If it is disbanded directly, it is too sensitive, it will arouse the dissatisfaction of the states, after all, the militia soldiers are the soldiers of each state itself, my idea is to annex, under the pretext of fighting with Liu Shining, the need for unified training, unified deployment as the reason, from Han Gao to take control of the militia army."

Then we will carry out training and reorganization, and the 20,000 militia army and our 30,000 army will all be broken up and mixed, and reorganized into the Jiangnan army, with our people serving as the main general and middle-level generals. In this way, the militia army does not exist, and we have 50,000 full-fledged soldiers in our hands. ”

Li Bing suddenly gave a thumbs up, "Changshi is really smart!" ”

Wang Yu smiled again: "Actually, I can also guess the intention of His Royal Highness the King of Jin to leave Han Rong in Chang'an for retirement, but the Han father and son accepted our control of Jiangnan, and the rest of the states lost their backbone and became a plate of scattered sand, and finally had to admit our annexation of the militia army, and the states were only in charge of government affairs, and they had nothing to do with the army at all." ”

Wang Yu saw that Li Bing's eyes were still a little hesitant, so he lowered his voice and said: "The states gave the command of the militia to the Han family and his son, and the general got the command from Han Gao. ”

Li Bing nodded secretly, could it be that the King of Jin commented that Wang Yu was a poisonous arrow, ruthless and vicious, although he couldn't be the prime minister, he was the material of the military advisor.

Thinking of this, Li Bing smiled slightly: "Actually, Han Gao has already accepted it, he handed over the Runzhou Navy to me, which means that their father and son gave up the leadership of the two Zhejiang provinces, I think there is no need for the two Zhejiang provinces to make any more observations, so that the states have a chance to unite again, what do you think of this matter in the long history?" ”

Wang Yu smiled, "This is the cleverness of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, Han Gao continues to serve as the Assassin of Runzhou and the observer of the Liangzhejiang Dao, which can stabilize the mood in all aspects."

However, the observer did not have the power to appoint and dismiss officials and adjudicate criminal cases, and the Imperial History Inspection Department, the Criminal Prison Inspection Department, the Salt and Iron Department, the Money and Grain Transfer Department, the Municipal Shipping Department, and the Tax Department of the Liangzhejiang Province were all independent and directly obeyed the orders of the Chang'an Imperial Court.

In this way, the three powers of people, property and property are not in the hands of the observation envoy, the observation envoy is an empty shelf, Han Gao can only concentrate on serving as the assassin of Runzhou, and the two Zhejiang provinces actually have no chance to reunite. ”

Li Bing nodded again and again, "I know what to do!" ”

A few days later, Li Bing gathered 20,000 militia soldiers in Jinling County and took over the command of 20,000 troops from Han Gao.

First of all, the 20,000 militia army and its own army were mixed together, and there was no longer a distinction between the Suzhou battalion, the Changzhou battalion, the Hangzhou battalion, and the Yuezhou battalion as before.

Instead, fifty battalions were re-established, each with 1,000 people, commanded by a Lang general, and the soldiers of each battalion came from all over the country, including Jiangnan soldiers and northern soldiers, and all the commanders above the rank of lieutenant were all served by the generals of the Jin army.

After the completion of the training and reorganization, Li Bing announced that he had now entered a wartime state, and that all soldiers would be treated equally, and that they would be uniformly implemented in accordance with the standards of the Jin army.

Although all the states had already guessed the intention of the Jin army to annex the local militia army, Li Bing's reasons for reorganizing the soldiers were sufficient, and people could not grasp the handle.

What's more important is that Han Gao has taken the lead in giving up the Runzhou Water Army, and the dragons have no leader, so the assassins in various states have remained silent on this matter, they are worried that if they stand up and take their heads, they will be cleaned up by the imperial court, and in the end they will not even be able to do the assassins.

Although Han Gao knew that the assassins of the states were dissatisfied with him, he had no choice, it was his father's decision to hand over Jiangnan to the imperial court completely.

Of course, Han Gao also understood in his heart that this was the general trend, and it was the general will of Guo Songtie, the king of Jin, and no one could change it.

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On the seventh day after the end of the Changzhou blockade, two hundred large ships loaded with 30,000 soldiers arrived in Mingzhou, Mingzhou has set up a temporary military camp, enough for 30,000 soldiers to rest well in Mingzhou, along with Li Si's eldest son Li Yang, Guo Song has promised to bury Li Si with a princely rite next to the mausoleum of the first emperor Daizong, and at the same time seal Li Yang Guangzhou Assassin History.

His father's funeral was properly arranged, Li Yang had no worries, and he immediately followed the 30,000 Jin army all the way south.

The army rested in Mingzhou for two days, and gradually recovered its strength, and on this morning, Li Yang came to the commander's tent and found Kang Bao.

"General Kang, do you have time?" Li Yang asked at the door of the tent.

"Oh! It's Li Yuanjun, please come in and sit down. ”

Although Li Yang is the son of Li Si, he is not a royal family, he is Li Si's righteous son, Li Si has no children under his knees, so he accepted four righteous sons, none of them have Li royal blood, and their names cannot enter the temple, Li Yang is a native of Yuzhou, originally surnamed Huang, and was accepted as a righteous son by Li Yang at the age of ten.

Li Yang walked into the big tent and saw Kang Bao standing in front of the map pondering, he smiled and said, "General Kang still has something to make up his mind?" ”

Kang Bao nodded, "Now that the situation in Lingnan is unclear, I think it's best not to go directly to Guangzhou, but to find another port to anchor first." ”

Li Yang laughed, "Why didn't General Kang ask me about this?" ”