In March of the first year of Zhenlong, King Yue Mansion in Hangzhou.

Qian Liu sat in front of the study desk, frowned and worried. In March, Jiangnan was a good time for spring and flowers to bloom, but Qian Liu was not happy at all. He picked up the tea cup, but found that the tea cup was empty. He called the guards who were waiting outside to serve tea. Then he said, "Are Mr. Cheng back?"

"Mr. Cheng hasn't come back yet."

Qian Liu said in a irritable mood: "As soon as Mr. Cheng comes back, he will immediately invite him over and say there is something important to discuss."

After saying that, he waved his guard back and looked down at the map on the table. It was a military map, to be precise, a map of Yuanhe vassal states. There were maps of forty-eight towns on all sides, Yuanhe, which was the reign of Emperor Xianzong of Tang. Xianzong was the rare lord of the Li Tang revival after the prosperous Tang Dynasty. During this period, Xianzong achieved a series of victories in the war of reducing vassal states, and the Tang Dynasty revived its prestige. Although the war of reducing vassal states did not solve the problem of vassal states, those rebellious vassal states surrendered, and one by one abolished the emperor's title and king's title and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty again. At that time, there were 48 towns in various places, which was also the general division of the vassal states of the Tang Dynasty for more than a hundred years after that.

However, by now, most of the forty-eight towns of Yuanhe were gone, many vassal states disappeared, and many vassal states were newly established.

On this map with Yuan and Forty-eight Towns as references, the division of prefectures and counties has long been beyond recognition.

At first glance, the most dazzling one on this territory is the Qin vassal. This vassal state that emerged in the past decade has become the most powerful vassal state today with an unparalleled posture, with one of the three parts of the world. If it is considered the territory that the Qin vassal state has opened up outside the pass, it can even be said to have occupied half of the country. The Qin vassal state is like a dragon in the northeast, ready to soar to the sky at any time. There are the Qin vassal states in the northeast, and the Chang'an court in the northwest. A super force is joined by the central, southern, Guanlong region, western Henan, as well as the eastern eastern, Eyue, Jingnan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Huainan, and western Zhejiang. On the surface, the new dynasty of Chang'an even controlled the territory of the Qin vassal states.

In the southwest, there was the Chengdu court, although there were only three vassal states in Sanchuan before. It was once believed that the demise was right in front of us.

But who would have thought that the storm was changing and unpredictable. In a blink of an eye, the three major forces, Yanjing, Chang'an and Chengdu, had discovered such a big drastic change in the blink of an eye.

The Qin vassal just reached an agreement with Chang'an during the New Year, and the two sides made a truce. However, everyone had thought that Li Jing was going to fight with Chang'an before. However, in a blink of an eye, when the Hedong Jiedu governor Li Keyong went south to reinforce the Xuanwu Jie commander Zhu Wen, he was ambushed and killed by Zhu Wen at a banquet in Bianzhou City. Now the Hedong Army and the Bian Army are fighting endlessly, and Shang Rang, Qin Zongquan and others, who were recruited by Li Jing, suddenly attacked Shannan East Road.

This is not confusing.

What surprised him the most was that at this moment, Yang Fuguang from the Eastern Capital finally took action. However, he neither sent troops to help the Hedong army surround Bianzhou nor helped the Liang army counterattack Hedong. Yang Fuguang unexpectedly led tens of thousands of troops to Shaanxi Guo Town a few days ago. With a lightning speed, he suddenly attacked the only way between the Eastern Capital Luoyang and Guanzhong Chang'an. It was also the only way to rush between Henan, Guanzhong and Hedong. In this battle, Zhu Cun, the brother of Zhu Wen who stayed in Shaanxi Province, was caught off guard, and Zhu Cun, the governor of Shaanxi Guo, was beheaded in the city of Shanzhou.

More than 20,000 Bian troops were captured and surrendered, and nearly 10,000 people were killed in battle.

This battle was definitely beyond the expectations of most people. After the sudden blitzkrieg defeat, Yang Fuguang did not stop. Almost as he attacked Shaanxi Guo Town, Yang Fugong from Chang'an also sent troops out of Lantian at the same time. He directly attacked Jinshang Town controlled by Zhu Wen, and attacked Wuguan, the southwest gate of Guanzhong and southwest.

On New Year's Day just recently, the peace talks between Yanjing and Chang'an once made many people who were waiting and watching in the world think that the three major forces were enough to be successful. Huang Chao had already perished again, and the world might usher in a rare period of peace. But who expected that in the blink of an eye, all the places were in a mess?

Zhu Wen killed Li Keyong, and the Hedong Army and the Bian Army were in a difficult situation to distinguish. In a blink of an eye, Yang Fuguang killed Zhu Wen's second brother again, seized Shaanxi Guo, Yang Fugong's troops out of Lantian and entered Shangzhou. The two heroes of the Yang family attacked Zhu Wen's Jinshang Town in two directions. The two heroes of the Yang family had already gained a foothold in western Henan, and had the remnants of Huang Chao, who had the four prefectures of Ying, Chen and Cai, began to make trouble again. Under the banner of King Li Jing of Qin, he took advantage of Zhu Wen's illness and demanded Zhu Wen's life and attacked the northern states of Shandong East Road controlled by Zhu Wen without taking into account the slightest friendship of his former companionship.

On the surface, Zhu Wen, the King of Liang, who was the largest vassal state in the Central Plains, became the fat pig A San in the blink of an eye.

If it were just like this, the situation would be clear, and it would be a feast for pigs to kill. But things were not that simple, because Chengdu was not willing to be lonely and mixed in. But Eunuch Tian from Chengdu did not come to kill pigs and share meat this time, he was here to protect Zhu Wen.

Under the order of Tian Lingzi, Yang Shili, the governor of Shannan West Road, personally led 50,000 troops out of Shannan West Road, along the Han River, from Liang and Yangzhou to Jinzhou, rescued Zhuwen's Jinshang Town Shangzhou and protected Wuguan.

At this time, Qin Fan was not idle. When Henan was fighting a pot of porridge, the Qin army, which had been resting for half a year, began to arrange the borders of the two towns of Chengde and Weibo in Hebei. The Qin army and the two towns of Hebei were in small-scale encounters, and more and more Qin army light cavalry rushed into the two towns of Hebei with small troops to harass the two towns of Hebei, destroying the spring plowing of the two towns of Hebei.

Under this situation, Yang Xingmi in Huaixi also began to reorganize his army to prepare for war. After gaining the default of King Li Jing of Qin, Yang Xingmi began to mobilize troops to cross the Dabie Mountains and march towards the Eyue area. He prepared to control the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop, take over the Dabie Mountains and advance towards the Eyue area. He prepared to occupy the upper reaches of Huaixi, Jiangnan, Jiangnan, and Hunan towns.

Seeing this, Qian Liu really couldn't sit still.

Even Yang Xingmi moved, how could he sit and watch?

Qian Liu has always regarded Yang Xingmi as an important opponent. Relatively speaking, whether it is Gao Pian, Zhou Bao or Dong Chang, Qian Liu does not take it seriously. These people are either old or stupid, and they are already declining, but only Yang Xingmi, like himself, is young and strong. They both give their girls to Li Jing, and recognize Li Jing as their teacher, and get strong support from Qin Fan. The two of them face each other across the river and each occupy one side. They are originally peaceful, and even when the Qin Fan's power has not moved south, they can rely on each other. But since Yang Xingmi crossed the boundary and sent troops to capture Xuanshe area across the river, Qian Liu was very dissatisfied.

Xuanshe Town was divided from the western and eastern Zhejiang roads. On the south bank of the Yangtze River, it only relies on the western Zhejiang road. Its north is Runzhou and Hangzhou is Hangzhou in the southeast. Its north is Yang Xingmi's Huaixi Luzhou, and Jiangxi to the west. In Qian Liu's view, Xuan, She and Chi were divided from the Zhejiang road, and on the south side of the Yangtze River, which should be controlled by him. Yang Xingmi's action was obviously a cross-border crossing.

Now Yang Xingmi is going to attack E Yue again. In Qian Liu's opinion, this is obviously Yang Xingmi is preparing for the future attack on Jiangxi.

Xuan She is in the north of Hangzhou and Jiangxi is in the west of Hangzhou. If Yang Xingmi really develops like this, how could this Wu Yue land have a foothold?

Of course, Qian Li wanted to change this situation, but compared to the start of Yang Xingmi, Qian Li was a little restrained and not so free. Qian Li was the deputy general of Dong Chang and was supported by Li Jing. He made great contributions to Dong Chang. In the end, he even helped Dong Chang defeat Liu Hanhong from East Zhejiang and helped Dong Chang conquer Zhejiang East Town, so that he could finally get the position of governor of Hangzhou.

On Qian Liu's head, there was Zhou Bao, the nominal superior of Zhejiang Xizhen Navy, and Dong Chang, the governor of Zhejiang Yisheng Army. And further up, there was a court boss and a Qin King Li Jing.

There are too many mother-in-laws on his head, and Qian Liu, the young wife, is not easy to be. Compared to Yang Xingmi who now controls the territory of Lu, He, Xuan, She, Chi, and Shu, Qian Liu is much worse. He, the King of Wu, the governor of Jiangnan Province and the deputy envoy of the Yisheng Army, actually controls only Hangzhou. Dong Chang, the guy he looked down upon, relied on his hard work to enjoy the territory of Yue, Mu, Qu, Wu, Tai, Ming, Chu, and Wen, in eastern Zhejiang. Even the one-eyed old man Zhou Bao, nominally controls Run, Chang, Su, Hu, Sheng, Rao, Jiang, and Hang Bazhou.

Qian Liu once wanted to kill the two mother-in-laws on his head more than once, but he never received a clear support from Li Jing. He didn't have much confidence to kill the two bosses, so he had to keep guarding this acre of three-part land and use Li Jing's limited support to develop the economy desperately. Thanks to Hangzhou's only Hangzhou Bay, with Li Jing's strong support, Qian Liu has been on the Qin Fan's maritime trade ship, making a lot of money every year. Relying on this money, he kept buying equipment and armies from Qin Fan and training soldiers. Although there were not many soldiers in Hangzhou, only eight capitals, and the total strength was less than 50,000, they were all well-trained and well-trained soldiers.

He has been waiting for too long and he no longer wants to wait any longer.

Nowadays, the wars in various places have made Qian Liu unable to hold back. If he doesn’t take action, he is afraid he won’t even get the soup.

In the evening, Cheng Ji, one of Qian Liu's five tiger generals and counselors, came back. Qian Liu immediately invited him into the study without any rush. As soon as he sat down, he said straight to the point: "Brother Hongji, we can't wait any longer. I think the time has come. After our training over the past few years, we now have 50,000 elite soldiers. Even if we are not as elite as the Qin army, these soldiers are also pulled up under the training of the Qin army's advisory group, and there are also Qin vassal system weapons. I think we are strong enough."

Chengji's beard pinching his chin was pondering: "Does the general really think the time is ripe?"

"Even the timing."

"Which general wants to choose which side to do it?"

Qian Liu had to take action, no matter which side, there were only two directions. Either go north and compete for the Changshu area of ​​Runsu in western Zhejiang, or go south and start against Dong Chang, fighting for the prefectures such as Yue, Mu, Ming, Wen. To the north and Runsu, the western prefectures such as western Zhejiang were obviously richer than the prefectures of eastern Zhejiang. However, although the Zhenhai Jiedushi Zhou Bao was old, his subordinates were all veterans and not ordinary people. However, Dong Chang, Qian Liu was originally Dong Chang's confidant general and deputy. He knew the strength and background of Dong Chang. However, Dong Chang's eastern Zhejiang was far worse than that of western Zhejiang.

Qian Liu thought for a long time, but he was still a little unstable. In terms of territory, the western Zhejiang, which is obviously close to the Yangtze River, is better than the eastern Zhejiang and Changshu. It is a real hometown of rich fishing and rice, far surpassing the coastal mountainous areas in eastern Zhejiang. But on the other hand, Dong Chang's Yisheng Army is far inferior to Zhou Bao's Zhenhai Army. In war, he should pick soft persimmons, but Qian Liu cannot let go of the wealth of western Zhejiang. Moreover, if he can control western Zhejiang, it is not only a problem of wealth, but controlling western Zhejiang is equivalent to having natural dangers in the Yangtze River. Control the Yangtze River and facing south, this order is better.

"Brother Hongji thought it would be better to attack western Zhejiang first. Zhou Bao was old and stupid, over 70 years old. His subordinates and generals had long had their own thoughts and were scattered. Besides, the land of Su Chang was rich in the world."

Qian Liu also had another concern, that is, he is still Dong Chang's deputy governor. If he sends troops to attack Dong Chang at this time, he will have a bad reputation as a betrayer.

Cheng Ji shook his head, "I thought that Zhenhai and Yisheng's two armies, although Zhenhai was incompetent and distracted due to the incompetence of the Jieshi Zhou Bao, the Zhenhai Army had fought a big battle and a strong battle. Moreover, even if Zhou Bao was not good, the governors of the western Zhejiang provinces were all the generals of the Zhenhai Army. If we really wanted to march into Zhenhai, we were afraid that under the interests, these governors and generals from all over the country would inevitably attack. There were not many soldiers in the Badu of Hangzhou, and I really fought with them.

It's not suitable. On the contrary, Dong Chang, although he led the eight prefectures in eastern Zhejiang, in fact, the territory of eastern Zhejiang was basically captured by generals. Even in the army of eastern Zhejiang, the general's prestige was also extremely high. If we attack eastern Zhejiang, Dong Chang was just another Liu Hanhong. First take down eastern Zhejiang, expand the territory, strengthen strength, recruit soldiers, and then we can then rush our troops north and destroy Zhenhai Army. Now, the territory of Yue is in the hands of the general and can become a foundation."

"However, Dong Chang is my old master. If someone sends troops to attack, it will be a very bad guy." Qian Liu was not willing to be a rebel. After all, he is still Li Jing's disciple and subordinate. If this makes Li Jing dissatisfied with him, he will inevitably lose his big mistakes because of the small.

However, Cheng Ji just smiled slightly, "If you only worry about this, then the general doesn't have to worry. Although he is not talented, he has a plan to relieve the general's worries. As long as this plan is released, General Bao will not only be able to obtain the land of eastern Zhejiang, but will not be criticized by the world, nor will he provoke Li Jing dissatisfaction."

Qian Liu was overjoyed, "Brother Hongji has any good ideas, please come quickly."

"It's very simple. The general just needs to follow a certain sentence, like this... like this..."
Chapter completed!