In just half a month, Yang Wudi fought with the Julu Marquis more than twenty times, and Yinglu was unable to make any further progress.

During this period, Yang Wudi even faced Yinglu head-on on the battlefield. The old hero's arrogance was still the same as before. He faced Yinglu head-on and had a hard fight. Although many people witnessed it, they said that the old commander was old after all.

His strength was weak, and he was only half as good after a hundred moves, but most Jin people didn't believe it, and the old commander had become their psychological defense.

In addition to martial arts, Yang Wudi was not inferior to Yinglu in terms of military skills. Not only was he evenly matched with Yinglu, he even had time to dedicate a force to block Sima Jing along the Minzhou River.

Since then, the war situation has entered a stalemate.

Sima Ji finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the name of Iron Spear Yang Wudi was spread throughout the Jin Dynasty.

Also outstanding are his two sons, Liulang Yang Xuanchao, who shot an iron spear across the river and stopped the Ying family tiger. And his daughter Yang Xuanyi is even more talked about. Ba Chi Hongying almost picked the Ying family leopard.

, leaving him unable to play for seven days.

But this does not mean that the crisis has been resolved. In fact, the Jin State, which hastily responded to the war, is still at an overall disadvantage. The state machine, which has always emphasized civility over military affairs, is in a hurry in the face of such sudden wars, including food and grass, civilians, brave soldiers, ordnance, war horses, and wages.

Things like this can basically be described as a mess.

And this caused Yang Wanshou to work very hard on the front line. Bai Shigong was in Taiyue but did not return. Although Sima Ji was talented, he had just taken over. Apart from reciting poems and writing poems, all the veterans of the Jin State were top-notch, and the rest was true.

Not a compliment.

Therefore, the current Jin State is still in danger.

King Sima Ji of the Jin Dynasty worked non-stop and issued many political orders such as the Order for Talent Seeking and the Order for Convocation to recruit talents and mobilize the whole country.

As a representative of the Jin Kingdom, Wenqiu was certainly not idle at this moment. Under the call of his master Yan Congwen, many Wenqiu scholars joined the army and served the country. Even his most popular disciple Sima Linfeng rushed back from Dafo Mountain at night.

Lead three thousand family members to the front line.

This move greatly improved Yan Congwen's reputation. Almost instantly, people in Jin regarded him as the inevitable candidate for Yan Shenggong.

It was at this stall that Wenqiu's true genius, Master Yan, received a secret letter.

The old master cleared everyone away, closed the door, lit the lights, looked at the unmarked envelope in his hand, pondered for a moment and finally opened it slowly.

Opening the letter, you will find it, personally addressed to Master Yan.

There are only four sentences and sixteen characters in the text. The five countries in the world are checks and balances on each other. The time has not yet come, and the Jin Dynasty will be established. The inscription: Disciple pays homage.

The old master held the letter in his hand, his eyes lowered, and remained silent for a long time.

After burning the incense, the old master folded the letter, placed it on the candle, and watched it slowly burn away.

Then he spread out a scroll, studied the ink and picked up the pen: The Jin lived in the southeast and was a good country. The Chu raised troops in vain, plundered land and wealth, brought harm to the people, and engaged in unjust war...

Soon, a proclamation was widely circulated in the world of literary circles. It was written by Master Yan himself and was called "On the Chu Chaoshu". He denounced the Chu State for raising unjust troops and trapping the people in fire and water. The King of Chu was ambitious and wanted to dominate the world, so he called on the world's literary circles.

Tzu has seen the truth clearly, and all countries have understood the truth of the death of the lips and the coldness of the teeth, and jointly denounced it.

If Yan Congwen had a great influence on the Jin literary world, it was different for Master Yan. He could be said to be respected by all literati in the world. The influence of the only literary sage was really astonishing. As soon as the chaos of Chu came out, five scholars

The country's literary world was in a state of turmoil, and countless scholars and scholars began to criticize Chu State and support Jin State one after another.

In just over ten days, the discussion of Chu's rebellion spread among the five countries. Even in Xia and Wei, many literati responded. They climbed up and shouted, hoping that they would help Jin and not allow Chu to dominate. For a moment, Xia was given

, Wei brought a lot of pressure.

Even the Chu State itself has some different voices. Some people claim that the king is too aggressive. In recent years, wars have continued. The Chu State has not been able to recuperate and the people are miserable. They hope that the King of Chu will end the war and turn to peace talks.

Especially in the mainland of Jin, Old Master Yan's appeal was even more terrifying. As soon as the appeal came out, not only the literati, but also the whole country responded. And those literati could not only call on countless people to join the army, but also the aristocratic families represented behind them.

The forces provided amazing support.

In just one month, millions of stones of food and grass and countless silver coins were raised. The Nangong family, which was the first to respond, immediately donated 100,000 stones of food and grass and 100,000 taels of gold at the initiative of the head of the family, Nangong Xin.

These literati were very agitative and had great influence. Not only did they bring many substantial benefits, but they also made Chu State very passive in terms of status.

Although Poppy has repeatedly claimed that the Jin State was once an ally of the Xia State, after all, Chu was the intruder in the Four Kingdoms War, and this reason is obviously untenable.

However, the efforts of the literati from the other four countries were very limited. Most of the time, even their calls to provide material support to Jin could not be carried out due to the tacit blockade of Wei and Xia.

But its biggest external effect is reputation. In this era where teachers are concerned about being famous, the Chu State suddenly became an unjust teacher, giving many people an excuse and probably leaving a lot of trouble in the future.

Not long after Chu Luanshu was released, Taiyue received the second secret letter from Master Yan.

What is written above is also very simple, with only eight words: It is single, uneven, and easy to cure.

So, a few days later, Taiyue issued an edict calling on Jin and Chu to negotiate peace.

Chu State did not respond for a while.

But at this critical moment, something big happened. King Jin passed away.

The cause of death was poisoning.

When everyone was shocked, Sima Jing suddenly jumped out and claimed that his second brother Sima Jie colluded with the regent of Qin to seize the throne. Now he poisoned his father and took charge of the great treasure. He was actually a regicide and usurper of the country. The Chu army,

He was invited by himself to eradicate the traitors and traitors of the country.

Public opinion was in an uproar. Although there were many witnesses, it was difficult for people to believe it. However, many wise people have discovered that it is not important to believe it or not. What is important is that the great prince with no retreat gave the excuse to Xiang Chen.

The war continued and became more intense.

During this period, Yinglu was not polite and sent men and horses to plunder wildly on the south bank of the Longjiang River. The massive wealth of the twelve states in southern Shanxi was plundered by him, and he even captured hundreds of thousands of young men and escorted them back to Chu.

Not to mention this, Yinglu even destroyed the city, dispersed the people, and burned the grain fields, causing dark clouds and mourning in the twelve states of southern Shanxi.

"Xiang Chen... he is forcing Yang Wudi to cross the river..."

Jiang Fan said with a downcast look.

Wu Qu said: "Yang Wanshou cannot be fooled. Once he crosses the river, he will be defeated."
Chapter completed!