Although the news coming back from Youyan was not very good. The Yan army was retreating steadily, and the Fengwu army under Ye Mingsheng's command continued to win consecutive battles. However, Xu Zhaojie still had some hope for the Yan army. After all, the main force of the Yan army and Zhao Fuqu were still there.

Zaiyun didn't come back...

When Zhao Fuqu leads his army back, the Yan army will inevitably undergo huge changes. However, although Zhao Fuqu is back now, Yi Jing is lost, and Zhao Yong is defeated and killed. Under such circumstances, even if Zhao Fuqu comes back, in front of the overwhelming Fengwu army,

It’s hard to do anything anymore!

Thinking of this, Xu Zhaojie felt a sense of urgency and couldn't help clenching his fists, realizing that he didn't have much time next and had to speed up his pace.

Xu Zhaojie didn't understand Zhao Fuqu's "cowardice". He didn't believe that Zhao Fuqu couldn't see the logistical problems of the Fengwu Army, and now he took advantage of the opportunity that Ye Mingsheng had just captured Yi Jing and was not yet stable to launch a counterattack.

This is Yan Jun's best chance to recapture Yi Jing, and basically the last chance!

Although it is safer now to give up the opportunity to counterattack Yi Jing and retreat to the south of Youyan, it also undoubtedly means that the Yan army has entered the stage of lingering and dying slowly. As long as the Fengwu army digests Yi Jing and other large areas of northern Youyan

, then it is only a matter of time before the remnants of the Yan army stationed in the south of Youyan are destroyed.

Although the defeat by Fengwu's army had made Zhao Fuqu, a famous general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the image of him in Xu Zhaojie's heart have dropped to freezing point, Xu Zhaojie still couldn't believe that Zhao Fuqu didn't see this step clearly, or that he was already old.

Zhao Fuqu, who was in poor health, had already given in. He was frightened by the Fengwu army and now he just wanted to survive. He had lost the courage to fight to the death with the Fengwu army...

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Looking at the map, Xu Zhaojie was extremely disappointed with Zhao Fuqu. After sighing, he turned his attention to Qilu and Jiyu, the two most important provinces in the central and eastern part of the Great Zhou Dynasty. This was Anqing where Xu Zhaojie was located. Facing the final battle against the Fengwu Army

barrier!

Based on his understanding of Fengwu Army and Ye Mingsheng, Fengwu Army can digest the territory currently obtained from Youyan and integrate the manpower and material resources on these territories in about three months to half a year. This means that

The Fengwu Army may continue to annihilate Zhao Fuqu as soon as three months later. By then, it will be difficult for Zhao Fuqu, who is still alive, to survive.

This means that if it is not surprising, by the end of this year at the latest, Ye Mingsheng will monopolize the two provinces of Liaoyang and Youyan, becoming the most powerful prince in the northern part of the Great Zhou Dynasty!

And Ye Mingsheng's next step is probably to go south!

Thinking of this, Xu Zhaojie's breathing became heavier, and his eyes became sharper. Looking at the entire north, except for Shangguan Hongyuan, the tycoon who wanted to steal the country, Zhao Fuqu, who was at the northern gate of the Great Zhou Dynasty and owned the Youyan cavalry, was already considered very powerful.

character, otherwise he would not have been targeted like this by Shangguan Hongyuan in the past ten years.

Excluding Zhao Fuqu, there are only Feng Han of Yunbin, Gao Zongchang of Jiyu, Cao Changping of Qilu, and Jiang Xu, King of Qin in Yongliang...

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Qin King Jiang Xu and the Fengwu Army, who were in Yongliang, were separated by thousands of miles to the east and west, which was completely negligible. As Shangguan Hongyuan's general, Feng Han, under the background of Shangguan Hongyuan's major strategy of dealing with the southern patrol, he

They can only be forced to shrink their strategy. It is already very good to recapture Jinzhong that was captured by Zhao Fuqu. Even if they have the intention, they will not be able to cause any interference to Ye Mingsheng.

At present, the only ones who can stop Ye Mingsheng from expanding in the north are Gao Zongchang, the commander of Yujingdu, who is sitting in Hebei Province, and Cao Changping, the commander of Qilu strategy!

Silently reciting the names of these two people in his heart, Xu Zhaojie couldn't help but feel a little pessimistic. If Zhao Fuqu is the most ambitious, capable, and strong among these princes, then Gao Zongchang, the commander of Jade Capital, is the most capable.

Which one has no ambition?

Gao Zongchang, who is now sixty-three years old, succeeded in becoming the commander of Jade Kyoto in the first year of Anhe in the Great Zhou Dynasty by virtue of his wife's relationship with the clan. He took this opportunity to gradually encroach on the throne. In the following years,

During this time, he successfully controlled Hebei and Henan, the most populous province in the Great Zhou Dynasty...

After acquiring Ji Yu and becoming the emperor of one side, Gao Zongchang, who was already very old, completely lost his ambitions and focused on eating, drinking, playing and enjoying various things. The mansion became bigger and bigger, and in a few years

He married dozens of concubines, and when he was busy sometimes, he could be said to be a groom every night. He gave birth to more than thirty children in more than a year. From this, you can imagine how old he is.

The heart never grows old.

In order to keep his own power, when Shangguan Hongyuan held the emperor hostage to order the princes, Gao Zongchang did not let himself become the target of Shangguan Hongyuan to establish his power. Gao Zongchang tried every means to please Shangguan Hongyuan, and made friends with Shangguan Hongyuan all over the country every year.

When it came to tax collection, Gao Zongchang was the most active.

As the saying goes, what goes up leads to results. Gao Zongchang was so addicted to enjoyment. Naturally, his Henan army was not to be outdone. Although it was said to be a hundred thousand soldiers and strong horses in the Central Plains, apart from the empty payers, there could be 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers.

That's right. In order to suppress bandits and suppress peasant uprisings, it is necessary to temporarily recruit strong men to maintain the number of people.

In addition, in recent years in the Central Plains, although there have been occasional uprisings by farmers who could no longer survive, generally speaking, they have been small-scale uprisings that were not successful. The overall environment has been relatively stable and there have been no threats like that.

to the chaos that threatened the survival of Gao Zongchang's regime.

Therefore, the Henan Army, which is usually responsible for suppressing bandits, has a big question mark on its actual combat effectiveness. It is difficult to say whether they can stop the wolf-like Fengwu Army. In a word, Ji Yu under Gao Zongchang's command,

Although there are important people, money and food, the Henan army may not have the combat effectiveness to match...

Gao Zongchang is like this, and Cao Changping is at the other extreme. As the economic envoy of Qilu, Cao Changping, although nominally the highest military and political officer in Qilu, is because he quelled the large-scale peasant uprising in Qilu a few years ago.

A commander-in-chief was promoted to the position of strategic envoy.

Cao Changping, who made his fortune by suppressing peasant uprisings, has very good combat effectiveness. Therefore, Cao Changping, who has elite soldiers and generals, is also very ambitious and wants to do something big.

However, due to the short time in power and lack of prestige, some places in Qilu, such as Boshan, Shouguang, and Changle, although they obeyed Cao Changping on the surface, they were actually somewhat inconsistent. Cao Changping wanted to change this situation several times.

, but it is all due to the constraints of the interests of all parties, and there is no big change despite the loud thunder and small rain.

Moreover, as the area with high incidence of peasant uprisings in the Great Zhou Dynasty in the past ten years, and the core area of ​​Zhang Sheng and Liu Guang's large-scale peasant uprisings, many of the manpower and material resources in Qilu were wasted on internal friction, which also led to the economic development of Cao Changping's regime.

The embarrassment is also an important reason why Cao Changping has always wanted to advance to the wealthy areas in the south.

So in short, Cao Changping and his Qi army have ideas and their combat effectiveness is very good, but the only pity is that they are very difficult in terms of money and food, and it is difficult to support them in large-scale operations...

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If Cao Changping and Gao Zongchang could join forces, they might be able to stop Ye Mingsheng, but it is a pity that when Cao Changping first took office, he also coveted the fertile land of the Central Plains and sufficient manpower and material resources.

At that time, there were some small-scale frictions with the Henan Army. For this reason, Gao Zongchang wrote a handwritten letter to Cao Changping, angrily accusing Cao Changping of being greedy and a snake swallowing an elephant. The two of them even had a verbal exchange with each other for a while.

Therefore, in Xu Zhaojie's eyes, it is undoubtedly very difficult for Cao Changping and Gao Zongchang to unite to block Ye Mingsheng's blade. Even if the two people come together under the threat of Ye Mingsheng, the result will be very difficult.

It may be that they seem to be inseparable, and they are afraid of each other.

And if the two people are still like this, then in front of the Fengwu Army, which integrates the power of Youyan and Liaoyang provinces, it is a foreseeable outcome that they will be defeated one by one. And if the situation eventually develops like this, then the Fengwu Army will

He will become a terrifying giant among the princes of the Zhou Dynasty!

Thinking of this possibility, Xu Zhaojie's eyes became a little anxious. He must prevent this situation from happening!

Even if he can't stop Ye Mingsheng from being delayed as much as possible, before Ye Mingsheng's troops arrive in Anqing, he must expand as far as possible from Anqing to make himself stronger...

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Dongning, Governor's Mansion.

Under the guidance of Qiqige, an old man in white clothes with a slender figure and white beard and hair, who looked very immortal, walked into the main hall of the Governor's Mansion carrying a medicine box.

At this time, An Miaoyi, who was obviously pregnant in the main hall, was waiting for the arrival of the old man accompanied by the maid. When she saw the arrival of the old man in white, a smile appeared on her face and she said softly:

"It's troublesome for Mr. Qiu again!"

Listening to An Miaoyi's words, Qiu Jing, a famous miracle doctor in Liaoyang, shook his head and said with a smile:

"Madam, you're welcome! This is my honor!"

Hearing this, An Miaoyi exchanged a few words with her. After the guests and the host sat down, An Miaoyi put her right hand on the table. Qiu Jing began to diagnose her pulse. As a famous miracle doctor in Liaoyang, he also gave An Miaoyi

Qiu Jing's attitude towards the diagnosis of Miao Yi, the governor's wife, was still very meticulous. After the diagnosis for about a cup of tea, Qiu Jing put down his hand, and then asked An Miaoyi to switch to his left hand, and continued the diagnosis for about a cup of tea.

time.

After the time for two cups of tea passed, Qiu Jing nodded slightly and took his hand back, cupped his hand towards An Miaoyi and said

"Mrs. Qichen, according to my diagnosis, you and the fetus in your belly are both very healthy and have no problems. As for the estimated due date, it can be anywhere from three days to ten days, which is basically within this range..."

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"Thank you, Mr. Qiu!"

Listening to Qiu Jing's answer, the smile on An Miaoyi's pretty face became thicker. As the due date drew closer, she sometimes became more worried that something would go wrong at the last moment, so she deliberately ordered

Qiqige called Qiu Jing to check herself. Now after hearing the result, she felt completely at ease.

After explaining the diagnosis results, Qiu Jing reiterated some precautions to An Miaoyi, and finally prescribed a pair of anti-fetal medicines to An Miaoyi. Originally, everything went smoothly and the fetus in the abdomen was confirmed to be healthy.

An Miaoyi was also very happy and gave Qiu Jing double the medical fee.

However, no one expected that just when Qiu Jing was about to leave with his medicine box, the little old man seemed to remember something and asked An Miaoyi without thinking:

"Excuse me, madam, is the Changshan Medical Clinic in Dongning City opened by Mrs. Pei from the Governor's Mansion?"

Hearing Qiu Jing talk about this, An Miaoyi was a little surprised but still nodded and said:

"That's right! Changshan Medical Center is indeed opened by Mrs. Pei in the city. Mrs. Pei's father is the imperial doctor of Gongdu Kingdom. Mrs. Pei learned medical skills from her father since she was a child. In order to fulfill her father's last wish of hanging a pot to save the world, she opened it in the city.

Opened the Changshan Medical Clinic to treat illnesses and save people. How come Mr. Qiu has heard of my sister..."

Qiu Jing smiled and nodded and said:

"Of course I've heard of Dr. Pei's miraculous medical skills, but it's a pity that I didn't have the opportunity to meet him and discuss it together. Three months ago, a patient with a stab wound came to me. After diagnosis, I felt that he was incurable, so

I just want him to go back and prepare for his funeral."

"However, I saw him again not long after, and his stab wound was almost healed. Later, when I asked, I found out that his family had not only called me, but also several doctors to save him, but everyone

They all said he was hopeless, but in the end they had no choice but to treat him like a dead horse and sent him to Changshan Medical Center. After being rejuvenated by Dr. Pei's wonderful hands, his wounds miraculously healed!"

"In my opinion, Dr. Pei is very accomplished in treating knife wounds and stopping bleeding, and it is very convenient that he is a woman and the concubine of the warlord, so when you give birth, madam, you can have Dr. Pei accompany you! This can be regarded as being prepared and careful.

No big mistake!”

An Miaoyi's expression froze slightly when she heard this, but she instantly returned to normal and said calmly:

"I see!"

Qiu Jing cupped his hands and said:

"In this case, the little old man will say goodbye. Madam, if there is anything wrong with you, you can send someone to my hospital to look for me at any time. I will be waiting in the hospital during this period and will not go out...
Chapter completed!