The Northern Zheng Army defeated the An Guo Army in Jiangzhou. Xiao Yi was shocked and angry when he received the news. He even planned to mobilize another [-] troops to attack Jiangzhou and kill the Northern Zheng Army in Jiangzhou.

Anguo currently has 30 troops. Except for the [-] troops stationed in Jianye and the [-] troops stationed in Dongyangzhou, the rest are stationed in the frontiers, defending against the Northern Hu regime such as Dongrong, Xirong, Tuyuhun and Dangxiang.

But Xiao Yi didn't care about the Hu people at all. According to his personality, even if he gave the land to the Hu people, he would not want to take advantage of his brothers.Therefore, regardless of the objections of the ministers of the court and the central government, he issued a call-up order to Wuzhou, Yanzhou, Yizhou, Liangzhou, Yongzhou, Yuzhou and other places.

However, except Wuzhou and Yanzhou responded, the rest of the states did not respond.

The reasons given by the governors in various places are similar. They all need to defend against foreign enemies and cannot leave without authorization.

This time Xiao Yi was very angry, he understood completely that all the assassins under his command had turned against each other. Paper!

Xiao Yi was furious, smashed and kicked almost everything he could see, and finally lay exhausted on the ground, panting heavily, and said hoarsely: "I'm going to kill those bastards! They're rebelling! Fu, draw up an order to take people to copy the big families of the Huan family, the Yang family, and the Lu family, and don't keep any of them."

Wen Zhun knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, calm down, this matter is of great importance, please think twice!"

Jin Huanran from Zhongshushe said: "Your Majesty must take care of your body. I don't think this matter is in a hurry. There is no movement from the false emperor for a while, and it must be due to insufficient troops."

Xiao Yi kicked a few cases resentfully, but he kicked his own toes. He was annoyed and angry: "It is because they are short of troops that I want to catch them all. Who knows that none of these governors are willing to send troops Yes, they have completely ignored me. A group of rebels!"

Wen Zhun said: "I think these assassins represent the great families. The families have always been on the fence, observing and swinging between your majesty and the false emperor. But your majesty can't deal with these aristocratic families for the time being. Once you do something, your majesty will really Tigers and wolves are waiting for you. Your Majesty must be patient."

Xiao Yi's face was grim: "I've endured it for too long. It's just my fault that I was soft-hearted. I should have completely killed Xiao Yu when he first went to Yazhou, so that today's disaster will not be there." Speaking of this, Xiao Yi Yi regretted so much that his intestines turned green.

Jin Huanran said: "For the current plan, Your Majesty should slowly replace the governors of various places with his cronies. Hold the knife in your own hands, so that you can restrain all the aristocratic families."

Xiao Yi sneered: "You think I haven't thought about it?"

It's not that he didn't think about replacing all the governors who hold military power with his own people, but this is not easy to do, because he has few people available, and his relatives are weak, Zhao Lun was sent by him to take over Yazhou , but died in Yazhou. Thinking of this, he hated Xiao Yu even more.

Jin Huanran added: "Then your majesty will conscript, and add another [-] troops, and your majesty will be in charge of it himself."

Hearing his suggestion, Xiao Yi felt a sudden despair in his heart. Losing Xiangzhou and Jiangzhou, and recruiting another [-] soldiers, what would he use to support so many soldiers?And every year, they have to pay tribute to Dongrong and Xirong.

Xiao Yi asked, "Teacher, how is the rice harvest this year?"

Wen Zhun said: "Return to Your Majesty, the early rice is being harvested, and the taxes have not yet been collected. Rest assured, Your Majesty, the weather will be smooth this year, there will be no natural disasters, and there will be enough food."

Hope ignited in Xiao Yi's heart, and he said: "Draft the decree, call for troops!"

Just when Xiao Yi was about to conscript with full confidence, news came from East Yangzhou: Yongjia County was captured by rebels.

When Xiao Yi heard the news, his heart skipped a beat. East Yangzhou is different from Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou. Those places are sparsely populated and far away from Jianye.

East Yangzhou is Yangzhou, and Jianye is located in Yangzhou. That is to say, the rebels have already hit them right under their noses, which is fine!

So Xiao Yi quickly mobilized a total of [-] troops from Yangzhou, Wuzhou and East Yangzhou to suppress the rebels.

After Guan Shan led the army to conquer Yongjia County, he did not rush forward greedily. Instead, he stood still in Yongjia County and waited for the main force of the An army to come while building fortifications.His purpose was to contain An Jun and buy time for Pei Linzhi.

When the main force of the An army came, they did not face it head-on, and immediately withdrew to Jin'an County, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The main force of An's army could not attack Jin'an, so they had to retreat to Yongjia.

Guan Shan arranged for scouts to closely monitor An Jun's movements. As soon as An Jun withdrew, they fought back to Yongjia.An Jun had no choice but to turn back, back and forth, and the two sides remained in a stalemate.

During the stalemate, Guan Shan was not idle, and ordered his soldiers to reclaim wasteland, build water conservancy, plant rice, vegetables, and cotton, and began to rely on themselves to reduce the supply pressure in the rear as much as possible.

An army sent tens of thousands of troops to guard East Yangzhou, and now they have no spare power to attack Jiangzhou.

As a result, the two sides confronted each other peacefully, and rarely fought again.

Xiao Yu remembered that Jiangzhou is a region rich in mineral resources, so he ordered the Ministry of Industry to go to Jiangzhou to explore mineral resources.

This exploration has really found a lot of minerals for them, including coal mines, copper mines, and gold and silver mines.

High-quality kaolin was also found in Poyang County, and the porcelain fired with it will be famous all over the world in the future. It seems that the development of porcelain will directly jump several stages.

With coal mines, smelting metals and firing ceramics will be much more convenient and efficient, and they will be able to rely on reforms throughout the entire territory of Anguo in the future.

Pei Linzhi trained troops in Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou while farming, and built roads and water conservancy for the local people, accumulating a lot of good reputation.

Due to the adoption of new rice varieties in Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou, food production has increased significantly, but taxes have been reduced. The people finally believe that the new government is different from the previous government, and that they really care about the people.

Therefore, when the government encouraged them to reclaim more wasteland, more tea, and more cotton, they all actively participated in the cooperation.

Even when the government recruited soldiers locally, many people took the initiative to sign up to join the army, because only by overthrowing the tyrant in Jianye City could they truly live a life without worrying about food and clothing.

In the second year after arriving in Jiangzhou, Pei Linzhi's troops expanded to [-].

In the second year after arriving in Jiangzhou, Pei Linzhi's troops expanded to [-].

Everything in Jiangzhou is going smoothly. The only thing that makes Pei Linzhi uncomfortable is that he and Xiao Yu have been separated for too long. Except for Hongyan passing letters to chat for comfort, he can only see him in dreams. This kind of separation makes him feel very sad. Suffering, he really wanted to finish this battle quickly and see Xiao Yu sooner.

Waiting for Xiao Yu's letter has now become Pei Linzhi's greatest expectation. He returned to the camp from the training ground and asked his followers, "Do you have a letter from His Majesty?" Xiao Yu's letter should arrive in these two days.

The entourage said: "There is a letter, but it doesn't seem to be from His Majesty. I put it on the general's desk."

Pei Linzhi's heart skipped a beat, Xiao Yu didn't write the letter himself, what happened?He was far away in Jiangzhou, what he was most afraid of was that any accident would happen to Xiao Yu.

Pei Linzhi walked into the study in two steps in three steps, and hurriedly grabbed the envelope on the desk.The envelope was blank, without a single word, and the envelope was not paper from Guangzhou. He was a little relieved, it should not be a letter from Guangzhou.He quickly opened the envelope, glanced at the beginning, and then looked at the signature. There was only one word Zhao, which was actually written by Xue Zhao.

This surprised Pei Lin, he sat down quickly and began to read the letter carefully.

In the letter, Xue Zhao was very close to Xi'an, and then went straight to the point, talking about the situation of the Anguo court, and told him that the governors of the various states in Anguo were not willing to accept Xiao Yi's dispatch, and even this year's New Year's Day, Xiao Yi asked the governors from all over the country to come to Beijing to report on their duties , except for Xiao Yi's cronies, no one else went.

Xue Zhao also mentioned Xiao Yi's conscription. Although it was not as smooth as expected, they still recruited [-] recruits and deployed them around Jianye.

Xue Zhao also stated at the end of the letter that if Pei Rinzhi and Xiao Yi really fought, he would still insist on not sending troops, and the governor of Liangzhou also said that he would not send troops to attack Jiangzhou.

After reading the letter, Pei Linzhi said, "I'll see if King Zhenbei is back, and invite him to come to my place to discuss something important."

Soon, Xiao Yao arrived: "What's the matter?"

Pei Linzhi handed the letter to Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao hurriedly read the entire letter, raised his head and said, "Who wrote this? Is the news reliable?"

Pei Linzhi said: "Xue Zhao, the former governor of Yazhou, is now the governor of Yongzhou. The news should be true."

Xiao Yao said: "The meaning of this letter is that those governors in the north did not obey Xiao Yi's orders? They turned against Xiao Yi? No, it's more like watching the emperor and Xiao Yi, and supporting whoever has the advantage who."

Pei Linzhi nodded: "I'm afraid so. These governors are all from aristocratic families, and they have always had a strong sense of politics. It is estimated that Xiao Yi is not in their interests, and they do not intend to support him."

"This saves us a lot of trouble. In other words, if we go to attack Jianye, they won't send troops to support it?"

"It should be so."

"Is that true? Do you think Xue Zhao's words are credible?" Xiao Yao was still not at ease.

Pei Rinzhi thought for a while, "I think Xue Zhao's words should be trusted." When Xue Zhao left Yazhou, he hinted everywhere that if Xiao Yu wanted to return to the north in the future, he would support him.

Xiao Yao pinched his chin and walked up and down the room: "Can you figure out how many troops Xiao Yi can mobilize now?"

Pei Linzhi said: "There were originally 10,000 soldiers stationed in Jianye City, and nearly [-] were transferred from nearby states last year, plus the troops from Yangzhou, Wuzhou and Yanzhou, and the [-] new recruits recruited this year. There are still two [-]+ troops.”

Xiao Yao said: "General Guan held back the opponent's 3 troops in Yongjia, which has relieved us a lot of burden."

Pei Linzhi said: "I will write to His Majesty immediately, report the situation to him, and ask him whether we should fight or continue to defend."

Xiao Yu received letters from Pei Linzhi and Xue Zhao, discussed with Min Chong for a long time, and finally decided to take the initiative to fight and seize the initiative.Following this letter, there were [-] captives who had been reformed.

He seldom retained the original generals of the navy, but promoted grassroots generals from the captives according to the performance of the transformation, and used the troops from the original army to lead the army. The effect was very good. Such generals would also be loyal to Xiao Yu. Will get cold feet.

In the early summer of the fourth year of Taichu, Pei Linzhi led a 15-strong army to board a ship from the Ganjiang River, go down the river, leave Poyang Lake, enter the Yangtze River, and head straight for Jianye City.

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