The newly released Emperor Liu Yong of Liang and Han Dynasty had no chance to stumble between King Xiu of Wu and King Li Xian of Huainan. In July and August, the war inevitably broke out between the two Southeast forces.

After seizing Danyang, Liu Xiu sent Deng Yu to Danyang with 4,000 Danyang soldiers who had been pieced together from east to west, attacking Penglize, and taking Yuzhang and restoring contact with Green Forest.

Deng Yu soon welcomed the army of King Huainan. The enemy was numerous and we were few and were defeated all the way, and he could only run around Penglize by boat.

At this time, Feng Yi also deployed a boat camp along the east coast of Jiangdong. With powerful armed forces who refused to fight tough battles, he put forward an intention to attack Li Xian's capital Lujiang, and mobilized Huainan troops again.

Liu Xiu himself, on the other hand, made a striking eastward attack, and led 8,000 people and hundreds of ships of all sizes and sizes to collect, left the reed marsh as a cover, and crossed the river from Wuhu against the northwest wind.

The use of troops in the Jianghuai River is different from that in the north. Because the water system is crisscrossing, there are countless lakes and lakes left when the water rises. The cavalry is quite inconvenient, and ships are indispensable when traveling south and north.

"This is also the reason why if you want to visit Huainan, you must first determine Danyang and subdue the thieves." Zhu You now understands why Liu Xiu had to venture into the Jiang thief camp and conquer them with all his heart. Without these good sailors, these Nanyang visitors would fight against the boat troops in Huainan!

However, although Danyang soldiers and Jiang thieves were impressed by Liu Xiu and no longer cause trouble every day, they were still far from driving them to fight. It was still An Ji, an officer under the command of the King of Wu, who had an idea.

"It's better to recruit soldiers to be energetic and say that they are profitable. Go to Huainan and attack counties. If anyone does not surrender, he will let them rob. If people are greedy for money and property, the soldiers can be recruited!"

Ma Cheng is also from Nanyang, a county official, and has participated in the Green Forest Army. He was sent to Yuzhang by Liu Xuan as an official. When Huainan attacked Yuzhang, he fled to Danyang to defect to him. This man acted quite ruthlessly and offered such a plan as soon as he came.

But at that time, Zhu You and others from Imperial College were strongly opposed by Liu Xiu, believing that this would ruin military discipline.

Fu Jun, who was born as a pavilion chief, said the truth: "It seems that now we are using powerful soldiers to fight, and the military discipline is good. The difference is that those who secretly robbed the people of the robbery have returned to the Kuaiji family. It is better to set regulations now. Although Jiangdong is not easy to starve to death, it is difficult to have a large land and scattered people, and it is difficult to conquer soldiers. Only in this way can someone serve the war."

Liu Xiu finally agreed to this proposal. Now the ship is carrying "running soldiers" and is ready to go to the wealthy Huainan to grab a big game.

As the blades rose and fell neatly, Liu Xiu grabbed the railing and looked into the distance of the land.

They had already reached the north bank of the river and were slowly walking around a lush headland, carefully avoiding the cliffs covered with pine trees. Not far ahead was a wide tributary river.

According to the thieves, this place is called "Ruxukou". When the river flows here, it becomes quite wide and has many gorges. According to the experience of the old boatmen, if the waves are wide, there will be no threat of strong winds. It is a natural place to moor boats. In the past, the thieves went to Huainan to rob, and they crossed the river from here, so that they could avoid the dangers of the seven rocks and three mountains on both sides of the straits.

Feng Yi attracted the Huainan Zhoushi to other places, but there were also Huainan soldiers guarding Ruxukou, but there were only more than a thousand, and they were easily defeated by Danyang soldiers. After entering Ruxukou, they entered the enemy's territory. In order to show his confidence, Liu Xiu stood at the bow of the ship as if nothing had happened and discussed with Zhu You why this county was called "Jiujiang".

"In "Yu Gong", it is said that Jiujiang Kong Yin is Pengli in the east. The so-called Jiujiang is the river flowing to Pengli. Because its terrain is low and the water flows spread out, forming several criss-shaped water systems, taking the imaginary number is called Jiu."

"During the Qin Dynasty, Jiujiang was originally a big county that spanned the north and south of the Yangtze River. After entering the Han Dynasty, it was divided into Yuzhang in the south. Jiujiang was inherited by the former county town of Shouchun, so it was used..."

That's why this title is not worthy of reality. Speaking of which, when Wang Mang was in power, the maniac changed his name to Jiujiang and Yanping, and Yuzhang was called Jiujiang, which is a rare example of the name and reality talisman.

"The essence of this county lies in Shouchun City, which is bordered by the Huai River, which is a city between the Jianghuai River. However, the king was not interested in it, and wanted to attack Hefei along the mouth of Ruxu."

This is something Zhu You can't understand, but Liu Xiu has his own concerns.

"Shouchun is a Dayi, Bu has heavy troops to guard against, cities are densely packed, and strong attacks are not good."

"Although this Hefei City is just a small county and its defense is empty, it is quite critical!"

After they left the Ruxu River, they entered another area of ​​activity for the thieves: Chaohu, from Chaohu Lake to the north, take the water route directly, pass through Xiaoyaojin, and reach the city of Hefei!

The Huainan soldiers in Hefei did not expect that their broken place would attract attacks from the King of Wu. After half a day of hasty battle, the county magistrate surrendered. According to the rule of "submission, you cannot plunder", the soldiers sent the county to plunder the neighboring city in disappointment.

There are few wars in the south that are worthy of praise, and the main battlefield of the fight between Wu and Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period is not here. Military books rarely mention the dangerous mountains and rivers here, and all they have to explore by themselves. When Liu Xiu and Deng Yu were in Jiangdong, they keenly realized the importance of Hefei after repeatedly checking maps, traffic, and talking to people many times.

"The center of the three counties in Huainan is not Shouchun, Lujiang, nor six counties, but here! Hefei is the gathering of water and land transportation in Huainan. It is a must-have room for Jianghuai, so you must never slow down the map!"

Now that the Wu army has captured Hefei, it is like a sharp spear that pierces the heart of the King of Huainan!

Liu Xiu smiled and said, "The autumn harvest has arrived and the rice is yellow. I have now strangled Hefei. As the granary of Huainan, the grain from Shouchun cannot be transported south. If Li Xian gathers a large army to Hefei for counterattack, it will be just right for me!"

Liu Xiu has never been afraid of big wars. He has this confidence and victory can solve many problems in one fell swoop.

"If Li Xian came north, Feng Yi would be able to attack him. Although the King of Huainan has a lot of troops, he would be in a difficult position this time!"

However, just as Liu Xiu asked someone to plunder the grain and fodder of the surrounding counties and prepare to wait for the time, Ma Cheng grabbed the local county magistrate and came to report a major news.

"I heard that more than a month ago, Nanyang was trapped by the Red Eyebrow, and Emperor Gengshi abandoned the city and left!"

My hometown is gone? Everyone was shocked. Among them, there were many people from Nanyang, and their families were all in their hometown, and they were in a mess for a moment.

Thanks to Liu Xiu's relief: "Everyone, in the chaos of Nanyang, my sister Deng Chen, wife and brother Ma Wu will definitely protect your family!"

In order to facilitate care, after settling down in Jiangdong, Liu Xiu wrote a letter back and asked the family of his generals to live in Huyang County, Nanyang, to be taken care of by Ma Wu and his grandfather's family Fan. The Fan family has a great fortune, and even if Liu Xuan falls, Fan Jiawu may not be lost.

Everyone was a little relieved. Thinking about it carefully, Gengshi's destruction was not bad news, which meant that the King of Wu could be completely independent. But the good news came in a bad way. They came to fight against Li Xian under the name of Gengshi, and at the moment of the decisive battle, if this matter spreads, the general would be impatient!

The news could not be covered up. After Liu Xiu pondered, he decided to use lies to cover up the truth.

"Just say that Emperor Gengshi may have passed away, he issued a will, and I, the King of Wu, will take charge of the national affairs in order to restore the country!"

Liu Xiu was even more determined to win this battle, take all Yangzhou, and then try to go north to the Central Plains. Liu Xiu had the ambition of a king and never wanted to be in a corner!

He raised his head and looked at the sky and sighed.

"Liu Xuan was in trouble with the country."

"Big man, I can only rely on me!"

...

Emperor Gengshi Liu Xuan, who was "dead", had a completely opposite direction to Liu Xiu, who crossed the Yangtze River north and was determined to fight back to the Central Plains, and ran south.

After being coldly treated in Anlu County, Liu Xuan did not get any good things. Fortunately, when he arrived at Jiangxia County, the local prefect was still hesitating between King Li of Chu in the west and King Huainan in the east, and reluctantly provided Liu Xuan with a batch of ships, allowing the only few thousand people left under him to cross the river and arrive in Hubei.

There are many crocodiles with big mouths basking in the sun on the river bank. Those who capsize and fall into the water often turn into their stomachs.

But ascended the south bank and looked back at the wide river, the down-and-out Emperor Liu Xuan of Nandu felt an illusory sense of security.

"The boats are burned! No pieces of boards are allowed to be left!"

Liu Xuan issued such an order to cut off the soldiers and officials' desire to return home, and only felt that everything was fine.

"With this as the boundary, Chimei can't get through even if she thinks about it."

Liu Xuan didn't want to be an emperor at first, but was forced to be a position by the Green Forest. In the past year and a half, the cruel situation told Liu Xuan a reality: his courtesy name was Shenggong, but he was destined to be a mediocre master and could not become a saint king.

Let’s leave Jiangbei to all ambitious families to fight. Liu Xuan just wants to go back to Changsha, the hometown of the Chongling Hou clan, to enjoy the rest of his life!

Liu Xuan was very good at comforting himself. On the way to the south, he compared Wang Mang's Nanshou and felt relieved.

Now that I have arrived in the south, I think of another tragic "emperor", the emperor of Yi, King Huai of Chu.

"Emperor Yi was once the common ruler of the world, but after destroying Qin, he was overthrown by Xiang Yu and placed in Jiangnan. He was assassinated by Xiang Yu's confidant in the river. How sad it is."

Liu Xuan comforted himself: "Fortunately, I took the fifth hand of my early years and got rid of Liu Bosheng. Otherwise, this person might become a domineering figure like Xiang Yu in the future, which is not good for me."

Killing people with a sword is really the most commendable thing that Liu Xuan has been elected as emperor.

So he was like the "Emperor Yi" who took the initiative to move south, only seeking that the imperial career was more content with Jingnan.

The ancestors could survive in a small Changsha country, and Liu Xuan did not have high requirements. The four counties in Jingnan and the copper mines in Hubei were enough to support one person. They could also eat many beasts and monsters that were not in the north in the south, such as those crocodiles lying on the riverside. I heard that the crocodile soup was delicious. If Jiaozhou could surrender in the future, they might even eat fresh lychees.

Liu Xuan licked his lips, decided on tomorrow's meal, and quickly changed the title of the last two new kings of Lulin Qu Shuai who followed him south: Chen Mu was named King of E, staying in the Hubei area, and beingware of other forces moving south.

Zhu Yu was named King Guiling and led thousands of people to Changsha to order all the county magistrates in Jingnan to hand over their authority in exchange for a king's title.

The Green Forest soldiers who were beaten to the point of being fleeing with their heads in their arms were also regained their ambitions at this moment. They seemed to remember the glory of Kunyang, the invincibility of the Green Forest sweeping across the Central Plains, and drove south with their heads raised.

This confidence comes from the deep-rooted discrimination between the north and the south of this era. The four counties in Jingnan these days are not as good as those in Nanyang. They are sparsely populated, lack of military strength, and even the residents are slightly shorter. Liu Xuan believes that this is caused by eating too much rice, so when the Chongling tribe was a marquis in the south, they never ate rice, but only eat good corn transported from the north.

Of course, regional discrimination is not good, but the remnants of Green Forest who had just failed from the Central Plains Gu dish felt that they could kill all directions, and thousands of people were enough to run rampant.

"I can't beat Red Eyebrows."
Chapter completed!