When Jiang Feng arrived at the North Gate, it was already Shenshi.

I originally wanted to delay the situation for a day and use the strength of Lu Jun, but now I can't afford it.

Three days ago, Caizhou's army was sent to Xuzhou, and the army was launched from Linhuan and Yongcheng to attack Fuli and Xiaoxian.

At the same time, Liu Xuan's troops in Nanyang seemed to be ready to be reorganized, and his target was directed at Xuzhou, and it might even include Shouzhou.

This is all expected.

Caizhou has long been calculated. With Yuan's nature, it is absolutely impossible to sit and watch Huaiyou continue to grow. As long as there is any chance, they will not give up destroying the situation of Huaiyou, no matter whether they can get it well.

As long as they can create a little trouble and obstacles for Huaiyou, they will not hesitate to try it out.

It has to be said that Yuan sincerely regarded Huaiyou as the number one enemy. Although there were two outstanding figures of Yuan’s juniors, Yuan Wuwei and Yuan Wuwei, as well as the far-reaching vision of the older generation leading figures such as Yuan Huaihe and Yuan Huaiqing.

Compared with Daliang and Nanyang, the old vassal vassals beside them, although Huaiyou's background and strength are still inferior to them, the vigorous and upward momentum they show has aroused their high vigilance.

Such a vassal family lived next to Caizhou, and they were still rivals with each other. The danger can be imagined.

One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and the Central Plains cannot reach one mountain, and there are more than one or two tigers here, but in the Yuan family's view, the tiger in Huaiyou is undoubtedly the greatest threat to Caizhou.

How can this feel at ease when you see this tiger continue to grow?

If there is a chance or even a stifle, it is the most in line with Yuan's interests.

Fu Li could not withstand the attack of Caizhou Army, and Huaiyou did not intend to pay attention to the attack of Caizhou Army, and the same was true for Xiaoxian. For Huaiyou, he only needed to defend Pengcheng, Xuzhou Prefecture.

For this battle, Huaiyou also took great pains to keep Mei Kuang in charge of Xuzhou, but also several masters of magic, including Gan Quan, who had been promoted to a sage master, were left in Xuzhou to prevent accidents.

Of course, we must make a fuss about the defense of Xuzhou City.

As long as the Caizhou army dares to attack Pengcheng, Huaiyou will still have the confidence to give the other party a head-on blow.

As for the others, Huaiyou is powerless for the time being.

Exchange space for time, this is the principle established at the beginning, adopting blocking and harassing methods to delay the speed of the enemy's invasion, and at the same time abandon some prefectures and counties to ensure key positions and ultimately win.

Caizhou's offensive was fierce and slightly surprised. It took only two days to rush to Fuli City. In order to avoid unnecessary losses, the Huaiyou Army did not defend Fuli, because once a defensive war was launched here, it would have little significance except for the losses to Fuli City.

However, once the Caizhou army goes south to Tongqiao, the Huaiyou Army will adopt uninterrupted harassment tactics, and will also counterattack the Caizhou army through the navy on the canal, forcing it to fail to penetrate deeper.

As for Xiaoxian, Huaiyou didn't plan to defend at all.

Xiaoxian is so close to Xuzhou Prefecture City. Even if the Caizhou army is occupied, as long as Xuzhou is still there, the Caizhou army will never be able to gain a foothold in Xiaoxian. Once they recover, they can take back Xiaoxian in one battle. No matter how many troops the Caizhou army stationed in Xiaoxian, it will be a result.

The only thing that made Jiang Feng feel a little tricky was the abnormal movement in Nanyang.

In order to prevent the abnormal movement in Nanyang, Jiang Feng sent Hou Chen to Ezhou and Xiangyang, and even brought in Zhennan Army in Hongzhou and the Ma family in Tanyue in order to prevent the Liu family of Nanyang from continuing eastward along Guangzhou.

If the loss of Xuzhou is just a political loss and Jiang Feng can barely bear it, then if Shouzhou is lost, it will be an unbearable weight.

Therefore, when sending Hou Chen to Ezhou, Xiangyang, Hongzhou and Tanzhou, Jiang Feng even granted Hou Chen the greatest authority, everything can be negotiated and all conditions can be paid, as long as it can be delayed from sending troops.

In addition to this trick, Wuwentang will also do some articles within Nanyang, but whether it can be effective is undeniable.

It can be said that at the current stage, Huaiyou's political and administrative centers are moving from Xuzhou to Xuzhou, but as the base where Jiang Feng started his business, the historical origin and significance are still significant.

However, Shouzhou is now a well-deserved economic center and transportation hub that Huaiyou is now, and it is irreplaceable. Even if the iron smelting center in Xuzhou is built, it will not be able to replace Shouzhou's status for a considerable period of time.

After years of construction, the four counties of Wenzhou have developed very quickly.

The land reclamation progress in Yincheng and the northern part of the prosperous Tang Dynasty was very rapid. Refugees from Huaibei were qualified to reclaim land by officials, and their enthusiasm for land reclamation was greatly released.

Although the land ownership still belongs to the government, the government also promised to obtain land after the land becomes mature and mature, after working for ten consecutive years and paying land taxes. This is something that the refugees dared not think of before.

Although the southern part of Yincheng and the prosperous Tang dynasty counties and Huoshan County were mostly dryland due to geological conditions, the tea garden reclaim in the Qiu District was in full swing due to the rapid development of the tea-growing and tea-making industry.

It can be said that the most popular thing now is to reclaim tea mountains and build tea gardens along the mountainous area of ​​the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains.

Not only did merchants from Shouzhou flock to it, but there were even Hu merchants such as Sogdians and Persians, who were wrapped in it. The new construction of the post road also greatly improved the conditions for transporting tea from these mountainous areas.

For Shouzhou, these two years are the best golden development period in its history.

The restoration of water conservancy facilities in Huoqiu and Anfeng, the enrichment of a large number of refugees, and the inflow of capital from gentry from Wuzhou all caused this place to quickly recover and quickly catch up with the original stage after experiencing the rampage of ant thieves.

Similarly, the reconstruction of Shouzhou Kiln and the connection between the Huai River waterway and the canal made Shouchun's material distribution center and trade hub increasingly prominent, which even brought a certain degree of suppression to Luzhou, which was also reviving.

It can be said that the foundation of Huaiyou is now in Shouzhou, while Guangzhou, Xuzhou, Luzhou, Haozhou and Chuzhou, and even Shuzhou and Hezhou in the future will develop around Shouzhou as the center.

Without this piece of land, the development of Huaibei prefectures and even Yanyun-Yi prefectures is water without source and tree without roots. Even if the entire Huaiyou wants to become stronger quickly, have the heavy responsibility of challenging the Central Plains, and shouldering the heavy responsibility of fighting against the Hu people going south, it will be an unrealistic fantasy.

Therefore, Jiang Feng could not tolerate Nanyang's involvement in Xuzhou and Shouzhou.

For this, he can pay any price.

It is still unknown that Hou Chen has achieved achievements in Huang and Xiangyang in Hubei, so he dare not give too much hope.

The only ones that can have a certain effect on Nanyang are Xiangyang and Ehuang, but the Du family of Ehuang has always been weak and has poor strength, so they cannot count on too much.

Xiangyang has certain strength, but the enemies around him are also jealous, especially Jiangling's threat to him, which has reduced his restraint on Nanyang a lot, so he instructed Hou Chen to do his best to eliminate Xiangyang's worries, that is, to solve Jiangling's threat to Xiangyang.

Of course, all of this is external factors. In the final analysis, the Battle of Pinglu must be resolved as soon as possible. Once the Battle of Pinglu falls into a long-term state, Nanyang will not give up this opportunity no matter what, and Caizhou will even go from being just an attack and destruction to invading and conquering.

This is also the reason why Jiang Feng is eager to solve Pinglu in a short period of time, even if he pays more for it.

"How are you preparing?" Jiang Feng took a deep breath and looked around.

"Monday, everything is ready to stop." Yu Mingzhen bowed his fists and bowed, "General Ding's tooth army came around in the early morning. It has been rested and is waiting for a battle."

In order to prepare for this battle, Huaiyou also took great pains. Although the Pinglu army is a weakness in magic, its weakness does not mean that it is invincible.

Everyone knows that through earth-based magic, scouts can be arranged to sneak near the camp to observe, so in order to avoid being aware of the adjustments and changes of the army by the Pinglu army, Huaiyou also specially transferred the Ya army as a reserve team in the early morning and walked around for a long time before reaching the north gate.

In the past few days, various magical instruments have been making minor adjustments, just to use this afternoon's battle.

Huaiyou can use Wanglou to observe the changes in the defenders on the city wall. It can be seen that the Pinglu army is also constantly strengthening its strength. The fierce battles of these four days will make both sides deeply feel that there is some difference in their estimates of each other before.

Although the Pinglu Army underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Huai You Army, the Huai You Army also underestimated the Pinglu Army's adaptability and tenacity, especially the rapid response ability and tenacity shown by the grassroots officers in Pinglu, which made the Huai You Army look at it with admiration.

After several breakthroughs, they were forced back by Ping Lu Jun. This is not a lucky chance, but a true performance of strength after repeated trials.

"Okay, Mingzhen, are you ready here? How do you arrange it?" Jiang Feng nodded.

"Monday Duke, General Qin and General Hong have arrived, too." Yu Mingzhen nodded, "I think it can start."

The purpose of this battle is not only to break the city, but also to keep Wang Shouzhong. Once Wang Shouzhong notices the abnormality and escapes, it will be a big trouble.

For a mid-stage character in the Little Heavenly Status Pill like Wang Shouzhong, once he is determined to run away, even two characters with the same strength as him may not be able to stop him.

What's more, as the governor of Pinglu, Wang Shouzhong, like Jiang Feng, must have a martial arts master beside him, and perhaps he has high-end magic weapons hidden on his body, which are unpredictable factors.

Moreover, Wang Shouzhong cannot die yet.

Once Wang Shouzhong dies, it may cause division to Pinglu, but it will also cause trouble to Huaiyou, because it will be a long process to completely solve the Pinglu problem, and what Huaiyou lacks the most now is time.
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