"General, Changli County replied and agreed to our request!"

Hearing this, Zhao Xun couldn't help but be stunned and said, "Agreed?" It's strange that this Xu Jie's people would agree to our request for conscription here, it's not normal! By the way, do they have any other requirements? ”

Tang Li said: "I said that I want to take over the local government affairs, please cooperate with us." In addition, we are also asked to leave a little money and food for the place, and not to leave the treasury empty. This is the reply from Changli County. ”

Zhao Xun took a look, as Tang Li said, all he asked was to let himself not scrape the treasury too clean, and there were no other requirements.

"Let them send someone to take over, anyway, the military management is also very troublesome, in the land of the three counties, the conscription has begun, and the local government affairs have nothing to do with us." Zhao Xun said in a deep voice.

Nowadays, the three counties are busy recruiting soldiers, and the settling-in allowance of ten silver coins and one hundred catties of grain has attracted many young people to join the army. For future consideration, Zhao Xun also secretly arranged for the families of these soldiers to slowly move to Jizhou in the west with the caravan crossing. In addition to posting notices, exempting all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and reducing or exempting field taxes, Zhao Xun never let the Shanyang Army worry about local affairs, after all, good or bad has nothing to do with him.

Compared with the Shanyang Army, the Yanzhou Mansion Army was much more miserable, and a total of 20,000 troops under Xu Jie's command were dispatched to counterattack in Luzhou Mansion to recapture half of the Luzhou Mansion occupied by the Wuwei Army. At the beginning, the Yanzhou army was indeed fierce, and Shun Lì took the land of the two counties. However, like the Sanyang Army, they also encountered a strong counterattack from the Wuwei Army. But the result was not the same as the Shanyang army, which defeated the Wuwei army. On the contrary, he was defeated by the Wuwei army, and after losing the lives of seven or eight thousand people, he regained his thoughts of the original situation.

"This Xu Jie, how did you do it, you can't resist the death battle? Within their own jurisdiction, the people's hearts should also be towards themselves, and no matter how much they fight, they will not defend the city and flee in defeat. Flee, just flee, and lose two counties and several cities in a row. Zhang Yongxue looked at the information about the Eastern Front and couldn't help muttering. Because of the defeat on the Eastern Front, the situation of the whole army was not as expected at the beginning, and the two armies came out together to defeat the Wuwei Army.

Lu Yu said with a smile: "This is also good, although we have won, but our losses are also very large, and now the combat effectiveness of the soldiers under our command is not as good as the first 10,000 soldiers." In particular, the addition of most of the new pawns has made us a new guard. If you really come again with the Wu Wei Army, I'm afraid that the result will be reversed. The most important thing now is to retrain the soldiers under our command and form combat effectiveness, so that no more problems can arise. A guard must play the role of a guard. The current situation of the Yanzhou government army has just given us time to rest and retrain our new soldiers. Speaking of which, we have to thank them. ”

Everyone laughed, it is true, except for the cavalry, which is slightly better, the rest of the soldiers are greatly weakened because of the mixing and the addition of too many new soldiers. Now, all the soldiers are doubling down on their training. Because of the increase in training, the soldiers were exhausted. However, seeing that there was meat for lunch every day, the soldiers also endured it. After all, once you go out, you can't get in again, and you don't have to worry about eating and being full, and you still have meat to eat, and you have a military pay. Many soldiers could not endure the hardships, and after leaving, they wanted to come back but could no longer enter.

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Jiyin Mansion, Yanzhou Governor's Mansion. Since the Shanyang army occupied Yanzhou Mansion, the Yanzhou Governor's Mansion moved to Jiyin Mansion. Originally, Xu Jie also planned to take advantage of the desperate struggle between the Shanyang Army and the Wuwei Army to recapture Yanzhou Mansion when the army was losing its troops. But now, the original 10,000 soldiers of Yanzhou Mansion not only did not go south to support the Shanyang Army as planned, but instead governed Yanzhou Mansion more and more steadily. The current Yanzhou Mansion welcomes the Shanyang Army to be better than the Yanzhou Mansion Army and the Yanzhou Governor, that is, himself.

"!" After receiving Zhao Xun's good news, Situ Wen's face was expressionless, but Xu Jie's face was ugly.

"Lord Governor, now, I have to admit, or Lord Governor has to admit that this Shanyang Army is indeed more powerful than we expected, and even more powerful than the soldiers of the government army under the command of Lord Dudu." Situ Wen said slowly, although Zhao Xun won the victory. But Situ Wen didn't have any joy, thinking that Xu Jie's defeat was defeated.

Xu Jie sighed and said, "I have to admit that I looked away. Yanzhou Mansion is afraid that it will not be able to get it back, not to mention the people's will, just the army, Yanzhou Mansion has 10,000 regular soldiers and 8,000 county soldiers. See the young and strong people who were trained by the Shanyang Army, and there were as many as twenty or thirty thousand. Yanzhou Mansion, the most prosperous mansion in Yanzhou, has more than 500,000 people, counting hidden households, according to the new policy implemented by the Shanyang Army, there are only more than 700,000 people. What a huge number, but now it has become the Shanyang Army. ”

"Lord Situ, you see, now that the Shanyang Army is not only trading with the Xiaoguo Army, but also privately recruiting troops in my jurisdiction, shouldn't we give it action and let it do whatever it wants?" Xu Jie pointed to Ge Xin's report on the table and said in a deep voice.

Situ Wen said lightly: "Lord Dudu, seriously, I also want to stop him. However, he made a deal with the Xiaoguo Army, and that was also to defeat the Wuwei Army. Lord Du had the million silver coins provided by King Yong, but the Shanyang Army did not. In order to be able to defeat the Armed Guards and recover the territory of the Governor, this is also normal. ”

Xu Jie's face was gloomy, and he scolded in his heart: Damn, your million silver coins are all Yongzhou silver coins, and they are only worth six or seven hundred thousand silver coins when they are exchanged for Youzhou's Huitong coins. Six or seven hundred thousand silver coins is nothing to an army of fifty or sixty thousand people, not to mention that there are still twenty or thirty thousand county soldiers under my jurisdiction.

Although Xu Jie secretly hated in his heart, because he didn't win, his words in front of Situ Wen were much lower.

"But, Lord Situ, if this Shanyang Army and the Xiaoguo Army go on like this, sooner or later something will go wrong. If this Shanyang Army falls to the Xiaoguo Army, it will be extremely unfavorable to us. Xu Jie said unhurriedly. The Xiaoguo Army and the Qi Wangjun are both the enemies of Situ Lei, the king of Yong, if the Xiaoguo Army gathers the territory and power of the Shanyang Army, then Situ Wen will not be able to stand it.

Situ Wen said with a smile: "If this Shanyang Army and the Xiaoguo Army are connected, it will be nothing. This King of Qi is naturally opposed to King Zhao. Speaking of which, in this way, it is still good for us. ”

Xu Jie's face turned pale, Nima, it's good for you, but it's not good for me. At that time, the Xiaoguo army will return to the land of Yanzhou, where is there a place without Xu steps. No, you can't do this, you can't let the Shanyang Army and the Xiaoguo Army hook up with each other......

Seeing Xu Jie's face change suddenly, Situ Wen sneered in his heart, and said with a smile: "However, Xu Dudu can also rest assured, now that King Zhao's army is fighting with the Yan people in the north, he is afraid that he will not be able to take care of the south, so they should not interfere lightly." Of course, we can't be unguarded. If not, the Governor has money in his hands, but he lacks resources such as food, armor and horses, so why not buy it from the Xiaoguo Army? It is said that even Murong Chengdu bought supplies from King Zhao by sea, why don't you go too? Lord Yongwang originally intended to transport grain and grass for you, but he couldn't cross the border, so if he gave you money, he went directly to Jizhou to buy it. If Jizhou also sells it to you, it means that this Shanyang Army is only trading or having a superficial relationship with the Xiaoguo Army, and it is not to be feared. ”

Hearing this, Xu Jie was slightly stunned, his face was slightly happy, and said: "In this way, it is a good way, our army is now short of grain and grass materials, and it is just right to buy some, and by the way, I will also test the relationship between the Shanyang Army and the Xiaoguo Army." ”

Situ Wen frowned and said, "Lord Dudu, in my opinion, the most important thing for you now is not this, but the issue of resisting the Armed Guards. Our spies sent back news that because of the rout of the Yanzhou army, the Wuwei army gathered nearly 20,000 troops and began to move north. If your people can't resist it, the guests of Luzhou Mansion will be in danger. In the place under the jurisdiction of Lord Yidu now, if the Luzhou Mansion is lost again, I am afraid that even if the Shanyang Army has no ideas, it will have ideas. ”

Xu Jie's face turned slightly red, and he said in a deep voice: "The governor of Pontus knows what to do, the Wuwei Army will definitely not break through the defense line of my Yanzhou Mansion Army." ”

"That's the best, Lord Governor still needs to work hard! How to say, this Shanyang Army is also from the Yanzhou Mansion Army, and it stands to reason that it should be a member of the Yanzhou Prefecture Army. But now, they are far more powerful than the Governor's command. If this continues, the Governor is afraid that he will lose the loyalty of his men. Situ Wen said unhurriedly.

Hearing this, Xu Jie couldn't help but feel cold in his heart. Situ Wen was right, if the Yanzhou army was still defeated in successive battles, the soldiers under his command would choose someone else to be loyal. After all, following a master who has lost consecutive battles will not end well. What's more, this Shanyang Army is the best choice, born in the Yanzhou Army, and they are all in the same line. Secondly, the treatment of this Shanyang soldier is much better than that of the Yanzhou army. The bad soldiers even discussed in private that the life of the people under the rule of the Shanyang Army was better than that under the rule of the governor Xu Jie, and Xu Jie had also heard such words, which had to make him frightened.

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"General, this is news from Youzhou." Tang Li handed over a specially marked secret document to Zhao Xun.

Zhao Xun looked through the exterior and seal of the secret document, and then opened it. The content on the secret document is not very complicated, but it is written that the weather in the eastern sea area of the Sumo Yabu in the north is getting colder and colder, and the Military Affairs Department is worried that the seaport will freeze in advance, so it asks whether to transport a large amount of materials in advance and the seaport occupied by the three Xiaoguo troops in the east, or withdraw the warships and open up the sea port from the eastern three prefectures to the east of the Sumo Yabu on the road.

Zhao Xun immediately took the map, spread it out, looked at it carefully, compared the division of the jurisdiction of the two sides, and finally decided to hoard materials in the three seaports in the eastern sea and more than ten small cities built by the Su Mo Yan Tribe, and where to move more than 10,000 people, ready to settle down there, forming the jurisdiction of three counties.

In this eastern region, the topography is not very important, nor is it very critical. But when you include the sea and the Silla Peninsula to the south, it's crucial. The western part threatened the Sumo Jin tribe, suppressed Goguryeo in the south, and formed a horn trend with the eastern three provinces, forcing Goguryeo not to dare to move lightly. The northern side threatens the Black Water Sect, making it always wary of threats from the south.

According to the Youzhou Song Pao, now, the Liaodong Kingdom and the Sumo Jin Ya tribe have also begun to fight head-on, while the Xiaoguo army has slowed down the offensive trend and turned to stabilize the areas that have been occupied. The land of the original Tatar people has now been occupied by the people who moved in, and the original Tatar people have been resettled in Youzhou and Qingzhou, completely breaking them apart. It was impossible to expect the Liaodong Kingdom and the Sumo Tribes to fight each other with all their might, but because the weather in the north was getting colder and colder, Zhao Xun had to take into account the arrival of winter and heavy snow. Therefore, let the two divisions fight with each other first, and stabilize the territory they have already occupied.

Whether it was the Liaodong Kingdom or the Su Mo Yan Tribe, one-third of their territory was occupied by the Xiaoguo army, and one-fifth of the people were either beheaded or taken away by the Xiaoguo army. Naturally, the Xiaoguo army will not withdraw after fighting, and for Zhao Xun, if he eats it in his mouth, he will not spit it out again. The territory of the northeast should be incorporated into the territory of the Xiaoguo Army step by step, and it should be completely stabilized.

Although Zhao Xun is not in the land of Youzhou, but the land of Youzhou is not chaotic, and there are three parties of the military, government, and supervision to check and balance each other and move forward steadily. Coupled with the supervision of the four secret guards, there are no more than any accidents. But in this Yanzhou land, Zhao Xun needs to come in person, because it is related to the actions of the Xiaoguo army south of the Yellow River, and the surrounding area is related to this, there are Yongwang army, Xuzhou army, Tang army, and Yanzhou government army, which are entangled with each other. And his own Shanyang army can't directly get out of the relationship with the Xiaoguo army, otherwise it will become the common enemy of the surrounding forces, after all, for the Tang army, the Xuzhou army, and the Yanzhou government army and even the Yongwang army and the Qi Wang army, the appearance of the Xiaoguo army in the land of Yanzhou is too threatening.

Originally, Zhao Xun was going to send someone else here to take charge, but what is the bottom line in this? What is the relationship with the various forces, it is difficult to give a clear answer to the subordinates. In addition, the Xiaoguo Army was in a state of internal development, so Zhao Xun decided to go south to deal with the problem of Yanzhou himself.

After giving instructions to the Department of Military Affairs to immigrate, he also asked the Xiaoguo army in the southern area of the Sumo Yan Sect to move eastward as much as possible, and Zhubu began to move closer to the area of the eastern sea, so as to achieve a contiguous situation.

In addition, the imperial examinations in the territory of the Xiaoguo Army also began to be officially held, and Zhao Xun authorized the Secretary for Administration and the Department of Supervision to jointly hold them to select officials at all levels. Now, as for whether this is legal or not, no one cares anymore. The forces in the south are all together, where can they care about what is going on in the territory of the Xiaoguo Army.