After receiving the news that most of the troops stationed in Xiangyang had been transferred away, and the navy troops left in Fancheng were less than 10,000, and the Xiangyang garrison had only a few thousand, and the troops were very weak, Zhong Zhenhua began to feel moved and could not help but regret that it was too early to withdraw from Jinghu East Road. It was not so easy to get Xiangyang now. Because after he left, Wang Gui immediately arranged reliable people to take over quickly. He is now very active and is still recruiting soldiers and training soldiers.

When Li Chongshan comes, Lin Jianyue will definitely respond with all his strength and cannot take care of the rear. If he can take Xiangyang and use his special position and very complete defense system, he will still be very sure to resist Lin Jianyue's attack.

In the past, they were all the army of the court, and Zhong Zhenhua did not dare to rebel and seize Xiangyang. Now it is different. He has become ambitious and ready. What else is there that he dare not do?

Once you have Xiangyang, it will be different. First of all, you will have much more financial resources. You will have more room for maneuver in your strategy. You don’t have to give up Jinghu Road, because Lin Jianyue’s loss of Xiangyang is equivalent to losing the navy and being unable to threaten Jinghu Road from the Yangtze River. The imperial court Zhong Zhenhua is not afraid.

Zhong Zhenhua was particularly envious of the thousands of large warships in Xiangyang, which was the result of the Li family and Xiangyang's efforts over the years.

Now we can naturally lead the army back to Jinghu East Road with justification. This is his defense zone, but doing so will inevitably arouse the alertness of Wang Gui and Lin Jianyue. We cannot do this before taking Xiangyang.

There is only one way to go. You don’t need to use the navy to secretly follow the Yangtze River and Han River. There is no need to do more. You can achieve success in one fell swoop in just 30,000 or 50,000 yuan. However, there is a problem, why not let the court or Lin Jianyue’s people discover it.

There is no need to worry about the Han River, because Qu Shangqun's naval army often comes and goes, and it is not a big problem to pretend. The key is that when the army marchs on the Yangtze River, Zhong Zhenhua in other places has ways to conceal it, but it must pass through the Hanyang Navy camp. It is now under the control of the imperial naval army, with strict prevention and many checkpoints. It is not a military precaution, but to collect money and taxes. In the past, no one cared about Lin Jianyue's naval army, because Qu Shangqun's naval army never did smuggling, but his own army came from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and was inevitably investigated. How can this be hidden?

Zhong Zhenhua, the man who controlled the Hanyang Military Village, knew that the confidant of Qi Yunji was here to make money. Zhong Zhenhua and Qi Yunji had a private alliance. He decided to explore Qi Yunji's words. Unexpectedly, Qi Yunji was more active than him. Striking Lin Jianyue may have become his greatest wish.

The reason is very simple. Qi Yunji learned that Qi Ziyan was already crazy.

When Qi Ziyan went to Luoyang, Qi Yunji was naturally worried and needed to know Lin Jianyue's attitude, and many people were sent to the dark.

Although the Butterfly Yiss Department of the Punishment Department was very hidden and made many excuses, Qi Ziyan did not show up for a long time and did not go to Nanyang with Li Yunxi. She had already begun to doubt it. She was still contacted by Qi Ziyan by the people secretly sent by Qi Yunji. Naturally, she knew the true situation of her daughter. The anger in her heart can be imagined.

Zhong Zhenhua made up his mind and immediately sent the navy to set off secretly. It was November. According to the rules, in more than ten days, the Hu cavalry set off from Hebei. When it arrived at the Yellow River, it just froze. Although he had to lie down on the day and walk at night, he could reach Xiangyang in just one month. At that time, Lin Jianyue and his subordinates were most nervous, and the sneak attack was successful.

The navy general was his nephew, absolutely reliable and could be said to be absolutely trustworthy, but he ignored one person, Cai Heng, deputy commander of the navy.

Who is Cai Heng? He is the nephew of the Privy Councilor Cao Shaozhen, who has not yet been given a five-dress. He was originally named Cao Heng, but he changed his surname since childhood. Cao Shaozhen sent him to Zhong Zhenhua many years ago to monitor him.

Cai Heng is usually taciturn and honest, but only devotes himself to doing things. He has good water fighting skills. He has been doing it for nearly ten years. He has made great contributions to the development and growth of Zhong Zhenhua's naval army and has won Zhong Zhenhua's trust.

Cai Heng naturally could not know Zhong Zhenhua's grand strategy, but he knew what he set out this time to do. He would not care about it as long as he didn't go to fight the court or rebel against independence, or even attack other vassal states. But if he wanted to fight Xiangyang, he would have to care about it, not for anything else, because Cai Heng was a real patriot, or not called patriotism, but a person who was very responsible for his ethnic group, culture, history, and future. He admired Lin Jianyue very much. If it were not for the limitation of his identity and mission, he would have left Jiangnan and went to the Central Plains long ago.

Cai Heng knew that he could not solve the problem by himself, but the Cao family still had this big tree. He knew who Cao Shaozhen was and believed that his uncle Cao Shaozhen would never sit idly by.

Cao Shaozhen did not hesitate when he received the urgent news from Cai Heng. Even if he had not helped Lin Jianyue before, he would not have pulled Lin Jianyue's back when the Han Hu fought to determine the fate of the Han people. Even if he knew that Lin Jianyue might replace the current court in the future.

Cao Shaozhen looked down on Zhong Zhenhua and Qi Yunji very much. Is it time to talk about personal interests and personal grievances? Moreover, since Lin Jianyue’s rise, even if there are many opportunities, he has never done such shameless things. Compared with the two, you don’t have to think about how to choose.

If you do some things once, you can’t help but want to do them a second time.

Hanyang was indeed Qi Yunji's confidant who served as the commander, but it was mainly just to collect money and make money. The real power to command troops was not in the hands of that person. How could Cao Shaozhen, as the Privy Councilor of the court, not pay attention to such an important place? Cao Shaozhen decided to keep Zhong Zhenhua's navy forever in Hanyang.

Cao Shaozhen has been in the officialdom for so many years and is in the highest position. Now, for the sake of the Cao family and his daughter, he has to make plans for the future.

Cao Shaozhen couldn't bear to look for Li Qinian, but just called Dou Shiquan, told him about the general situation, and asked Dou Shiquan to inform Li Qinian immediately, and also told him that the nearly 100,000 naval commander of the Hanyang military camp in the future would be his nephew Cao Heng.

What it means is self-evident. Dou Shiquan and Li Qinian are all good at humans, so they will naturally pass the information to Lin Jianyue intact, and they dare not not explain it clearly, because this involves the overall situation in Jiangnan in the future.

Lin Jianyue received the news on the way to Yancheng, but he didn't mean to blame anyone. He just smiled at Li Yang who had left with him and said, "Brother Yang, you always brag about how great the sanctuary department is. If the Butterfly Yishu had not opened up the joints of the Privy Councilor Cao Shaozhen, Xiangyang would have had big trouble, and there would be big problems in the rear. You can't be complacent!"

Li Yang's face was flushed and angry. The commander of the branch in Jiangnan could die.

"This time Qi Yunji actually had the courage to cooperate with Zhong Zhenhua's sneak attack. Unlike his usual behavior, it seems that he should have known about Qi Ziyan, so that it would be better if there was always a thorn there."

Lin Jianyue turned around and said to Qiao Ling who had been following him closely: "Immediately notify Dieyisi and send Qi Ziyan back to Jianning and hand it over to Qi Yunji, tell him that I, Lin Jianyue, did not... Forget it, just send it back, and my woman can only resist the trouble."

Qiao Ling felt many stars appearing in her eyes. Can she not be so good? Which woman can bear it!

Lin Jianyue did not pay attention to Qiao Ling's strangeness, but said to Liu Bingyun: "The Cao family gave a lot of kindness, of course it is not small in power, and they all have all their explicit and hinted ideas. In the past, there was a friendship to help the king, so I couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb. Mr. Liu told Chu Qing from Huaixi and Li Shangxin from Xiangyang that he should be more special to the people of the Cao family, use it more, and attract all the idle and capable Cao family."

Finally, he said to Qiao Ling: "The Queen's life is not easy. There are many people in Jianning Palace. You should pay special attention to her safety. If you have any problems, contact the Cao family immediately, take her out of the palace and send her to Nanyang Yunxi. I have my own arrangements."
Chapter completed!