Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 1163: Just one line of chaos
Seven days later, they arrived at Jinling and Shi Le's letter was placed in the court hall of Jiangzuo. As expected by Nie Daoren, the direct result was that it sparked a controversy.

It is said that the spies after the incident described that during the debate, different factions of opinions were flying throughout the court, and some military commanders even almost performed a full-scale martial arts show, but the final result was very strange.

"No one took the initiative to come forward? Why is this?" Shi Le found Nie Daoren and asked directly.

"The reason is quite simple. Xuzhou was previously occupied by the King of Jiangdu, and even King Langya once took refuge in him. However, later Jiangzuo became more powerful and the situation in the world was unclear. The King of Jiangdu also knew that a single tree cannot support itself. This is the reason, so he took the initiative to seek refuge, but in the end he fell into the scheme and lost his territory. This time, the land of Xuzhou in the north of the Yangtze River was controlled by the Jiangzuo court. This is the reason."

"Isn't it the right time for a certain family to take action?" Shi Le narrowed his eyes, "Your previous calculations still went wrong."

Nie Daoren smiled and said: "My subordinates did not expect that the King of Jiangdu had surrendered for a while, and he himself lost his territory and army. As a result, the Jiangzuo court still failed to integrate and digest this piece of land in Jiangbei."

Shi Le fell silent when he heard this. After a while, he said: "You are treating the affairs of Youzhou as universal. Xuzhou has not been integrated by Jiangzuo, but a certain family has It feels like it’s natural.”

Nie Daoren listened and nodded in agreement.

Then Shi Le didn't hesitate and gave the order directly, asking Shi Hu and Zhi Xiong each to send an army south to attack Xuzhou.

These two people are not on the same side now. They each have their own garrison. However, they are both relatively close to Xuzhou, so they received orders at the same time.

The two men's move south encountered fierce resistance at first. When the Jiangzuo court saw that Shi Lelai was serious, they reached an agreement due to external pressure and sent two groups of troops there.

It's just that what happened later was that the two groups of soldiers and horses stopped halfway, and they didn't make any further movement until the north of Xuzhou was completely captured.

Even Shi Le couldn't figure out this reason. It wasn't until the spies reported back what happened at the Jiangzuo court that they found out that it was actually related to Wang Dun.

"This Wang Dun is really arrogant. He has occupied Jingzhou, which is quite far away from Yangzhou. He actually still has a certain influence among the soldiers and horses in Yangzhou, but why would he stop the soldiers and horses from going north?" Shi Le said, narrowing his eyes. Eyes, "Are you worried that someone will be like him and use this to make a fortune? This Northland is not comparable to the few thieves in the South."

"Your Majesty, you can't just look at this matter from the perspective of a military strategist," Nie Daoren finally woke up, "The fact that the Jiangzuo court sent troops to the north is not only a matter of military strategists, but also a very representative issue. Think about it, what does Luoyang, now in your hands, mean to the Jiangzuo court, the Guanzhong court, and even the three northern states?"

After all, Shi Le had been a leader for several years. Now he understood the reason behind it, and his expression turned gloomy.

"I think back at the Jiangzuo court, when we waited for the Hu soldiers and horses to come out and occupy Luoyang, it would ruin their orthodoxy. So sending troops to the north was the Northern Expedition, and it was to defeat my Hu soldiers and horses, which was of great significance. If it can be done, he will immediately gain fame and power. He, Wang Dun, has been fighting bandits for so long before he has a bit of momentum. Maybe the two families in the Northern Expedition here can match them if they can win one or two games, and there are still more It’s too much.”

"This is exactly the reason." Nie Daoren nodded, "The king's worries in this battle are actually not in Jiangzuo in the south, but in Qingzhou to the north of Xuzhou."

"Qingzhou Cao Yi!" Shi Le spit out the name coldly.

"This is the man!" Nie Daoren nodded, "If Xuzhou falls into the hands of the king, he will not have any cover in Qingzhou, so he will not let it go."

"Then how do we defend against him?" Shi Le asked.

But Nie Daoren smiled and shook his head and said: "Why be on guard? This is a good thing! You can kill two birds with one stone. The king was deceived and prepared two armies in advance. When Cao Yi's soldiers and horses moved, he first let him go south, then attacked his lair and rescued him, and then let Shi Hu The general leads the army north and attacks from both front and rear to destroy it!"

What happened next was exactly as the monarch and his ministers expected. Seeing that the situation was not good, Cao Yi from Qingzhou could only gather his troops and go south to cause trouble.

However, Cao Yi was able to set up a battle in Qingzhou. After all, he was somewhat capable. Although he was on the verge of collapse for a time, he became more courageous in the end and finally made a comeback. He led the army south and made some preparations in advance. However, he was still the imperial concubine of Jiangzuo. The weak behavior was somewhat unexpected, so the preparation was not enough.

At the border of Xuzhou, he fought several times with Shi Hu's troops and gained the upper hand, and even advanced all the way to the outskirts of Pengcheng.

But at the critical moment, because he was worried about spreading to the Chen family in Pengcheng and causing disaster, there were loopholes in the tactical arrangements. However, Shi Hu seized the opportunity and fought back. After a huge defeat, he had to retreat.

With this retreat, his morale was completely lost. Although Cao Yi still had some fighting skills, the soldiers below had no battle at all, and eventually became a rout. Just as Shi Le and Nie Daoren expected, they retreated quickly and kept retreating. After arriving at the border of Qingzhou, he ended up being caught in a pincer attack. His troops were completely defeated and he was captured on the spot and became a prisoner of war of Shi Hu.

But Shi Hu completely ignored Shi Le's order to take Cao Yi back to Yecheng. On the day he captured Cao Yi, he directly chopped him alive and killed all three thousand of Cao Yi's direct troops!

When the news came back to Zhending, Shi Le was very angry and smashed a bottle at hand.

"He is becoming more and more lawless!" After sitting down again, Shi Le recruited a few cronies to inquire about the construction situation in Yecheng. After occupying part of Sizhou, Shi Le moved out the original plan again. We need to move our administrative core to the southern city.

After understanding the general plan of entering the city and knowing that it was generally completed, Shi Le called Nie Daoren over and bluntly stated his plan: "A certain family plans to go to Yecheng to take charge of the city after some time. If Xuzhou falls into the hands of a certain family, , this territory will be considered vast in the future, and it will be inconvenient to stay in the north. What's more, what Shi Hu did this time made a certain family very worried. He said that there was a hero coming out with him this time, and they restricted him and did not let him really get it. Xuzhou land, but continuing like this is not an option.”

As Nie Daoren listened, he realized that his lord had finally decided to take action!

But for some reason, he felt uneasy in his heart.

(End of this chapter)