Chuzhou City is south of the Huai River, only more than ten miles away from the river. Looking north from the towering city tower, you can clearly see the hundreds of masts and thousands of ships on the river surface, forming a huge river city.

In front of the city composed of ships, there were countless dark camp tents on the shore, stretching for twenty or thirty miles. It was still early at this time and the autumn sun had not yet reached the sky. A torrent of iron armor spread out from the camp, passing through batches of piles of supplies piled up into mountains and reaching the ships, which was spectacular.

In front of the Chuzhou city tower, King Gao Pian of Wu was wearing a royal robe and looked north. The magnificent scene in front of him made him burst into his chest with aura of devouring mountains and rivers, as if he could take off the sun above his head with just a gentle backhand.

"There are millions of soldiers in the Central Plains, and the governors of each town are under the banner of King An at the heads of the prefectures and counties. After our envoys came to contact them, they received a reply from their swearing loyalty to King An and refused to give up the city land."

The person who spoke was Gao Pian's number one confidant and the highest-ranking military general under his command. Zhong Yao, an old minister who had been with him for more than ten years.

Gao Pian's eyes showed contempt and did not speak.

Zhang Zhongsheng took the conversation and said lightly: "King An went to the Immortal Realm, Zhu Wen disappeared, the Pinglu Army had no leader, and the Central Plains vassal states lost their masters. The governors would naturally have their own ulterior motives and wanted to take the opportunity to make a move. At this time, of course, they would not obediently hand over the authority in their hands to the King of Wu. At this time, under the banner of loyalty to King An is a good guise."

Gao Pian narrowed his eyes slightly and let out a gentle hum from his nostrils, "The short-sighted person, who still wants to hold gold and silver when he is about to die. It's ridiculous! When my troops in Huainan cross the river north, who can stop me from the way of the troops? I sent an envoy to contact them before, which was given a way of life. Since they don't know how to cherish it, there is only one way to die!"

Zhong Yao clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness said so much!"

Zhang Zhongsheng was silent for a moment, and said in a righteous tone: "The Central Plains towns are not afraid of it, and our real opponent is the Pinglu Army. Although King An is not present, according to the spies' reward, the Pinglu Army has not been in chaos. According to the following, even if they are no longer led by King An, the soldiers will do their best to defend the city in order to protect their territory and their own interests. It is not easy for us to defeat them."

Gao Pian frowned.

Zhong Yao was dissatisfied and glanced at Zhang Zhongsheng: "Why do you have to become more ambitious and destroy your own power when joining the army? No matter how good the Pinglu army is, it is only a hundred thousand people. My Huainan army is less than one million. Are you still afraid that they will not succeed?"

Zhang Zhongsheng looked at him without squinting, "The general asked himself, can he defeat Liu Dazheng, and Shangguan Qingcheng?"

Zhong Yao's expression suddenly froze.

Even if Zhong Yao is confident in the shadow of a person's famous tree, he cannot deceive himself in the face of many shocking achievements.

However, as the first general under Gao Pian, he was a Taoist soldier and a military general. He was not lacking in confidence. "If Liu Dazheng and Shangguan Qingcheng fought at the same time, the last general would certainly not be able to fight. But if the generals faced them separately, the chances of victory would be very high!"

Gao Pian had a smile on his face, "I am a general of Gao Pian, and I am still a little brave. However, if you want to fight against Liu Dazheng and Shangguan Qingcheng, you will still be able to get Bianzhou. General Zhong will take Xuzhou first."

The first vassal state I entered from Chuzhou was the Wuning Jiedushi. His prefecture, Xuzhou, has always been an important town that must be fought for by military strategists and a gateway that the Huainan army must open for the Northern Expedition.

Zhong Yao clasped his fists and said, "The last general will receive the order! Within ten days, the last general will definitely capture Xuzhou for His Highness and take down the entire Wuning!"

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Dengzhou.

"This is where King An and Zhu Wen fought the first battle during the Huangchao Rebellion? It's not a great city!" Wang Jian and Qianqi stopped outside the city gate, looked at the city wall and commented with a light and light wind.

"What the King of Shu said was that Dengzhou City had a small minority, not a wealthy place." In front of Wang Jian, a middle-aged civil servant bent over with a flattering smile on his face.

Wang Jian glanced at the other party, "What the governor said is wrong. Although Dengzhou is not a big city, it is also a major city. How could it be less money and grain reserves? The governor promised to give me the food and wages he had promised to give me before, shouldn't he want to go back on his word?"

"I dare not, the King of Shu is joking." The governor of Dengzhou smiled awkwardly, and quickly took a booklet from an official beside him, turned around and handed it to Wang Jian, "This is a list, please check it out."

Wang Jian took it and browsed it, with a smile on his face, "This is almost the same."

Dengzhou, which is under the jurisdiction of the Shandong East Road, originated from the prefecture as Xiangyang - the so-called Xiang in "Jingxiang". Jingzhou was called Jiangling at this time, and it was the prefecture of the Jingnan Jiedushi.

Whether it is the Shandong Dongdao Jiedushi or the Jingnan Jiedushi, they are not affiliated with any of the five major princes, and are considered to be small local forces.

This time, Wang Jian led his troops out of Shu, took the Yangtze River, and landed in Jiangling, and went north to this point.

The reason why he did not choose to leave Shu from the north and travel to Hanzhong was because he entered the Central Plains from that road, and his flanks were inevitably threatened by Guanzhong. Wang Jian did not dare to pass by Li Maozhen's nose openly.

This means that the Shu soldiers successively borrowed the territory of the Jiedushi of Jingnan and Shandong East Road.

These two governors were naturally unwilling to use the rules, and they were both afraid that Gao Pian would destroy them along the way.

However, it is useless to be unwilling to do so. The governors of the two towns are just real people in Lingchi. The cultivators on both sides are basically in the Qi training stage, and they are not worthy of the real-life team led by Wang Jian. After they were "visited" by Wang Jian, they had to give up their way obediently.

Not only that, they also had to provide food and salary to the Shu soldiers along the way.

The reason why the five great princes are recognized as the five great princes is the result of comparing with the small princes, and their strength is essentially huge.

The reason why the small princes can still exist is not that the five great princes cannot destroy them, but that the great princes restrain each other, which gives them a chance to survive.

"Report! King Shu, the envoy of King Wu has arrived!"

Wang Jian put away the list and looked east, and saw several long rainbows flying from the sky.

Changhong quickly fell in front of Wang Jian, revealing three monks. The leader was Wang Jian's man, who led the way. Wang Jian had seen the other two more than once. It was these two who were responsible for his contact with Gao Pian.

When the governor of Dengzhou saw the three long rainbows falling, his bent body shivered and his fear was beyond words. He, a monk in the middle of Qi training, was at the top of the pyramid in Dengzhou, but he was just an ant in the face of the real human realm.

"You can only be messengers in the realm of real people, and there are only a few people. The vassal kings really can't afford to offend..." The governor of Dengzhou thought so.

"The soldiers in Huainan are ready to cross the river. The King of Wu sent us to ask the King of Shu, when will the Shu soldiers enter Xuzhou?" An envoy asked Wang Jian with his fists.

Coordinating actions with Gao Pian was Wang Jian's established strategy and it was also the subject of the Shu and Wu Alliance. Wang Jian took the horsewhip and pointed the governor of Dengzhou, "When I collect the food and wages of Dengzhou, I will enter Xuzhou immediately."

The envoy Gao Pian nodded, exchanged some details with Wang Jian, and left here from time to time.

Wang Jian raised his head with a horse whip and asked his left and right, "Is that guy Li Maozhen doing anything?"

A real-life cultivator next to him replied: "The latest report I received today is that the Fengxiang Army has completed the assembly in Chang'an, but it has not yet begun."

Wang Jian curled his lips, "Why is this birdie Li Maozhen so slow this time? What are his ideas?"

The monk smiled and said, "Your Highness and King Wu joined forces to enter the Central Plains. They have long agreed to deal with King Qi together. I think King Qi is timid and dare not act rashly, so he is undecided and acts slowly."

"It makes sense." Wang Jian nodded, smiling with white teeth: "If he is wise, he should not come to the Central Plains to get involved, so he can enjoy a few more days of happiness in Guanzhong. If he can't control his greed, I and the King of Wu will have to do something and dig a grave for him."

.........

Bianzhou, Xuanwu Army governing the prefecture, was the same as before, but the Xuanwu Army has long since changed its masters, and the current Xuanwu Army governor is Liu Dazheng.

At this moment, Liu Dazheng knelt down in the lobby of the Jiedu Mansion.

Beside him, there were no officers Pinglu, generals, nor officers Xuanwu, generals.

There were many monks. There were a row of women standing on the left. Except for the leader, the rest were uniformly dressed in blue and blue clothes. There was also a row on the right, with a total of three people, all of whom were women, and Liu Dazheng was quite familiar with them.

The former is the second commander of Huanyinfang, Miss Xu and others, while the latter is Song Jiao and Da Shao Siming.

The person sitting in the main seat is naturally Li Ye, and the real and fake King An Li Ye.

Li Ye signaled Liu Dazheng to get up, looked at him and smiled and said, "For these days when the Lone King is gone, General Liu has worked hard. Let's talk about the situation in each town first."

When he first saw Li Ye's excitement gradually faded, Liu Dazheng's expression gradually returned to normal. He immediately said, "After the news of Your Highness going to the Immortal Realm was deliberately spread, the soldiers and horses of Hebei towns who followed us to fight returned one after another. In addition to Bianzhou, the towns of Central Plains also drove away the generals sent by His Highness. At present, the nine towns in Henan and seven towns in Hebei, except for Pinglu, Weibo, Hedong and Bianzhou, the other towns have done their own things."

Li Ye nodded and did not comment.

These changes were all within his expectations.

He captured the Central Plains very quickly and there were not many wars, especially after Zhu Wen escaped, the towns surrendered. Li Ye took into account the order of the towns and did not rush to replace the Jiedushi. Therefore, only Bianzhou is currently under the control of Li Ye's old subordinates, which is a new sphere of influence.

Liu Dazheng continued: "The towns in the Central Plains still respect His Highness on the surface, but they are just under the banner of His Highness and are ready to resist Gao Pian and Wang Jian."

Li Ye remained silent without comment.

He had actually known these situations for a long time, and now he is to listen to them in Huanyinfang.

In response to these situations, he passed the arrangements through Dashiming on the way.

The arrangement is actually very simple, secretly summoning the governors of various towns to gather in Bianzhou.

The reason is also very simple. For the governors of Hebei towns, it is naturally said that King An has returned and asked them to come quickly - it doesn't matter if they don't want to come, the masters of the Qingyi Yamen will come with them.

The governors of the Central Plains towns were called on the name of Liu Dazheng and Shangguan Qingcheng, on the grounds that the Pinglu army and Xuanwu army would help them guard the territory and resist Gao Pian and Wang Jian's troops, and let them come over to discuss the details.

There are two reasons for this: Hebei and Henan are different.

The towns in Hebei submitted to Li Ye early, and they could be summoned in the name of Li Ye. Moreover, these places have not yet penetrated the works of Huainan, Shuzhongyuan, Gao Pian and Wang Jian, so there is no need to worry that the news will leak soon.

The towns in the Central Plains are now worried about being attacked by Gao Pian and Wang Jian. If the army of Panglu and Bianzhou are willing to help each other, it is undoubtedly something they can't ask for.

As for the arrival of the governors of each town, Li Ye of course summoned them together.
Chapter completed!