In September 246, when the flood season just passed, war broke out in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Zhong Zhenhua led the main force of Jinghu to Tanzhou to officially attack Qiyunhai on Kuizhou Road.

Wu Zhong walked around the Yangtze River excitedly, and looked at the densely arranged Huaidong Army formation behind him and was even more proud. He wanted to take these elite soldiers he personally trained to cross the river with His Highness, standing behind His Highness to accept the admiration and envious gazes of the weak chickens in Jiangnan.

Your Highness is coming soon, and Wu Zhong is confident that he will leave a good impression on You Gao. The person who loves to enjoy himself is patient and struggling in the military camp for a year or two. Even he himself is surprised. Is this really me, Wu Zhong?

A few years ago, I was so selfish and greedy for pleasure. Now I feel panicked if I don’t practice for a day, and I can’t stand my subordinates being lazy. He has a luxury that the Huaiyang Army he commands will become the strongest and most capable unit under His Highness, not only to practice on land, but also on the boat.

But they hadn't gone through a cruel battle. They had fought on Jingdong Road, but they were not commanding themselves. Wu Zhong always felt that they were short of it, but it didn't matter. If they couldn't fight the Hu people for the time being, they could go south to fight Zhong Zhenhua first.

"Old trick, where is Your Highness? It should be coming soon!"

Before Sima Jijun could answer, the scout came to report that His Highness Yan's ship had turned back to Xiangyang, which greatly disappointed Wu Zhong, who was eager to see him.

Lin Jianyue had to return. He had received an astonishing news from the enemy's information department that Zhong Zhenhua's navy rebelled and directly surrendered to Qi Yunhai in Kuizhou. More than 100,000 main infantry were trapped in several counties near Yunyang, upstream of the Yangtze River. More than 200,000 troops surrounded them, and a large number of Western Army flags appeared.

The Western Army is the name of the Central Plains for the Lin Jian'an Han Mansion in the past or two years.

"Mr. Liu, since the Western Army has reached Kuizhou Road, there is a lot of danger in Shu. I just don't know if Chengdu Prefecture has been lost. Since the civil war has begun, Qu Shangqun's Wuji Army no longer has to worry about it. He went up the river and occupied Yiling, an important town on the south side of Jinghu East Road. At least 40,000 main forces of the Zhennan Army followed the Wuji Army and left Zigui, sealing the passage from Kuizhou Road to Jiangnan."

"Your Highness has made a good arrangement, but since Zhong Zhenhua has left Tanzhou, Jinghu West Road is extremely empty and cannot be ignored. Our main force is in the Central Plains. It is better for Your Highness to order Cao Shaozhen to lead the Jianning Imperial Army to mobilize and occupy Jinghu West Road, which can also prevent Kuizhou Road and the Western Army from climbing over mountains to peeking into the south of the Yangtze River."

Lin Jianyue hesitated for a moment and said, "The order? It seems inappropriate. I am just a vassal king now. How can I order the imperial court's Privy Councilor to be ordered? In addition, the main force of the imperial guards left Jianning, which may cause unstable Jiangnan. There are still many people who are second-minded now."

Liu Bingyun sighed: "The Western Army is thousands of miles apart from Kuizhou Road, but it is so accurate and timely to seize the opportunity. I think it has been planned for a long time. There must be important internal responses in Kuizhou Road, Jinghu Road, Chengdu Mansion Road and other places. Your Highness, the time for this civil war is just right when we are not prepared for the most critical time. It can be seen that the person who is in the middle must be very familiar with the Yan Prince's Mansion and the court. Since Qi Yunji who stayed in Jianning is a substitute, Qi Yunhai is not at all on the table. It seems that we have underestimated Qi Yunji."

Lin Jianyue nodded and smiled, "It's true, but Mr. Liu doesn't have to worry too much. Judging from the current situation, the Western Army and Qi Yunji are strong in the army. The court has just had an unstable internal coup. Our main force is in the north and can occupy most of the fertile land of Jinghu Road, but why only seize the poor and remote Kuizhou Road? It only means that they are not brave enough to come to Jiangnan to face me directly. They want to use the natural dangers of Kuizhou Road to confront us for a long time, so that they have enough time to use the manpower and material resources of the Tianfu Country in Shu to develop and grow."

When Liu Bingyun heard Lin Jianyue say this, he immediately took over the conversation and said, "Since that's the case, Your Highness doesn't have to go back to Xiangyang to shock them. It's better to continue to go to Jiangnan to appease the people!"

"Mr. Liu, if I want to integrate with Jiangnan, I have to perform! Xiangyang can't go back, but the main force of Zhennan Army can follow me south to pacify Jinghu West Road, so that the people in Jiangnan can see how brave we are in the Central Plains anti-Hu Yingxiong? Let the places like Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou feel our power."

In fact, what Liu Bingyun wanted to say was to cross the river and ascend the throne directly, but it seems that Your Highness doesn't have this meaning yet.

"What if the transfer of Huaiyang Army across the river and integrating the two Zhejiang routes is shocked by the east and west routes in the south of the Yangtze River? Can Cao Shaozhen be freed up!"

Lin Jianyue shook his head and said, "This is because he doesn't believe in the king, Cao, Shumi and others. It's a time when the civil war breaks out. The people will have doubts. It's better to let them do it themselves and it's easier to accept it."

Lu Jinshan had already divided hundreds of thousands of troops from Liangzhe Road into three units according to Lin Jianyue's request. He was only waiting for Lin Jianyue to cross the river to receive him. However, Zhong Zhenhua was the first to cause internal conflict and changed Lin Jianyue's itinerary. Lu Jinshan became anxious at once. He was ready to guide Fujian Road and Dongyi Island.

Lu Jinshan hurriedly summoned his subordinates to discuss countermeasures. Before Lu Jinshan could speak, one or two generals of the commander-in-chief hurriedly proposed that since the civil war began, the Liangzhe Road would no longer have to surrender to Lin Jianyue. It would be better to take this opportunity to expand south. With the prosperity of the Liangzhe Road, you might even achieve hegemony.

Lu Jinshan remained silent. He wanted to see who else had other ideas besides these two. Lu Bangyan looked closely and found that it was indeed the people who were swaying and ambitious on weekdays who were eager to try. Just as he was about to speak out, Lu Jinshan stopped him.

In the end, only four or five generals of the army had this idea. Lu Jinshan sighed and said with a sigh of relief: "I, Lu Jinshan, have been standing on Liangzhe Road for so many years, what is the basis for? It is Xinyi. You guys don't say that they are working for the people of the country, but they still want to cause chaos in the world. What do you want to do? Since this is the case, don't blame me for disregarding my years of friendship."

In the Jianning Imperial Guard camp, Cao Shaozhen was boosting morale and asked everyone to strengthen their training and go out to fight to make achievements at any time.

Unfortunately, he did not wait for Lin Jianyue to ask him to go to war. Instead, he received the news that Lin Jianyue returned to Jinghu East Road and led the Zhennan Army to Jinghu South Road south, which made him a little frustrated. Is Your Highness unwilling to believe me?

After thinking about it, Cao Shaozhen decided to take the light cavalry to Tanzhou to meet Lin Jianyue, but he was stopped by Wang Gui before he left the city.

"Old Cao, why are you doing so urgently? It would be better to control the imperial guards in Jianning, and it can also ensure the stability of the two routes in Jiangnan. Lu Jinshan wrote to me that Liangzhe Road is very stable, and I also sent someone to verify it. At the same time, he told me that Liangzhe Road would send no less than 50,000 troops to the border of Fujian Road, warning them not to act rashly."

Cao Shaozhen said with a frown: "I just went to Tanzhou to meet Your Highness and asked for a fight by the way, otherwise what do you think I want to do?"
Chapter completed!