As thick smoke columns continued to rise in Xuyi City, the cavalry of ants thieves could be seen searching for the soldiers of Zhenhai soldiers who were hiding in the houses of the people. From time to time, close combat broke out, but this was useless. .

Wang Ziyi, who was hiding on the eaves, retracted his head, jumped down, and sighed, and finally Xuyi City fell.

He needs to prepare for how to associate with someone from outside.

It seems that the ant thief did not burn, kill and plunder like before. It really tasted like to stay forever, which made Wang Ziyi very curious.

Can ants still change their nature? Wang Ziyi doesn't think they can last for long.

There is not much to plunder in Xuyi City. Over the past month of siege, although the war has been intermittent, the life in the city has become increasingly difficult. Although he has stuffed a lot of money to the defenders, he has been almost arrested as his master several times.

The strong people in this city were requisitioned by the town navy, and even women had to go to the city wall to help cook, carry soil, and deliver rice.

The food in the city was almost consumed, but Xuyi City was close to Huai River. It had received some help from Linhuai before and could still persist. However, after the Baishuitang water bandits entered Huai River and began to strengthen the blockade of the Huai River, life in Xuyi City became even more and more difficult.

In fact, after Duliangshan was occupied by ant thieves, Wang Ziyi knew that Xuyi City was probably difficult to protect.

Li Wu's Donghai Army and Zhenhai Army were all placed on the front lines of Shanyang and Anyi to ensure that the ant thieves did not cross the canal.

The offensive and defensive battle in Shanyang was particularly fierce. If the East China Sea had not done its best, it would have been taken down by the ant thief long ago.

The ant thief is said to be quite desperate and has an offensive force, but Shanyang is under the jurisdiction of Chuzhou Prefecture. With the East China Sea army stationed and the continuous support of materials from the canal, the ant thief has never been able to break the city of Shanyang.

The Baishuitang Water Bandits and Yangzhou Navy also frequently confronted the canals, winning and losing each other. However, overall, the Yangzhou Navy already has an advantage. Even though the Baishuitang Water Bandits hooked up with the water bandits from Fanliang Lake and Baima Lake and attacked them together, the water bandits who lack discipline have always been unable to compete with this large-scale frontal attack.

Huaiyin was the first city to be captured by ant thieves, but it is said that Huaiyin City was not poisoned, especially some gentry were treated with courtesy, which made countless people dumbfounded. Although this may be an ant thief's show of kindness to the gentry in Jiangnan, it at least made many gentry breathe a sigh of relief.

However, this is not enough for the gentry to recognize the ant thief. The thief is always a thief. When you have not reached a certain level, it is impossible to let the gentry accept and recognize it.

The door creaked, and a figure flashed in.

"Is it Xiaolang?" Wang Ziyi glanced at it, and he knew that it was his companion who had returned after hearing the footsteps.

"Brother Ziyi, the city is broken." The young man who came in was breathing a little rapid, wearing a gray cloth shirt, sweating profusely, but there was still a flush on his face, obviously a little excited.

"Well, it's time to break. After persisting for so long, if I don't break, I'm worried that Qin Quan will be very murderous and will be massacred and will be massacred Jingguan." Wang Ziyi clapped his hands and glanced at the distance: "What's going on outside?"

"The ant thieves did not burn, kill, plunder as before. Apart from chasing some deserters, they did not invade the people. However, some people still broke into fire prevention and robbed them. But I think there are special people to stop and deal with the ant thieves, so the situation is quite reasonable." The young man said while wiping his sweat. "A big fire broke out in the east of the city, as if the people from the Zhenhai Army were setting fire to the supplies."

"It seems that Zhen Haijun is also prepared. How many have they escaped?" Wang Ziyi raised his head.

"I don't know very well, but I guess there are not many, and in the end three to five hundred people." The young man shook his head, "Brother Ziyi, what should we do now?"

"Don't worry, it's time to come after calculation." Wang Ziyi counted the time silently, "When the ant thief occupied the capital Liangshan, I passed the letter back. I heard that our Huai Youjun began to return north from Xuzhou at that time. When we passed Linhuai, we were still stationed in Linhuai for a night. The First Navy Army and the Infantry Army on the Boat, but I don't know which army it belongs."

"I heard that Jun Shang presided over the reorganization of the army in Xuzhou, divided into Wuning Army and Huaiyou Army, but I don't know how to divide it. The one who came back should be Huaiyou Army?" The young man looked expectant, "The fight in Xuzhou is over. Should I attack Chuzhou and Yangzhou?"

Wang Ziyi laughed. This little guy who came from the army was really looking forward to war and had not really experienced the cruelty of war.

"Chuzhou and Hezhou are still in the middle, so how can we talk about Chu and Yangzhou? And just wait for Li Wu and the ant thief to fight, will it be bad for both sides to suffer?" Wang Ziyi smiled and said, "Let's just sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight. When they fight until they are out of strength, we can just reap profits."

"Brother Ziyi, do you think we should take Chuzhou and Hezhou? Li Wu did not garrison here, and the ant thieves did not enter here. We should naturally occupy this place. Otherwise, if the ant thieves really came in, it would be destroyed." The young man looked unwilling, "This should be our Huaiyou territory."

That's right, this should be our Huaiyou territory. Wang Ziyi thought so in his heart, but the last time the king took the initiative to give in and did not want to go with the state and Chuzhou, but what about now?

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Qi Gang chewed the grassroots a little anxiously, sat motionless on the stone, but his eyes looked outside the door from time to time.

He entered Zhaoyi City three months ago.

After the ant thief began to appear on the line of Duliangshan, Huaiyou began to get nervous.

Although Cui Shang also felt that the ant thief was unlikely to come to provoke Huaiyou during the fierce battle with Li, then again, the Huaiyou army went north, and the troops left south of the Huai River were only two infantrymen, just the Seventh Army and the Ninth Army, which had been waiting for the equipment to be reissue.

The Seventh Army was transferred to Shouzhou, while the Ninth Army was originally stationed in Luzhou, but when the ant thief had any movement, they were transferred to Haozhou and directly entered Zhaoyi County.

In fact, Qi Gang always hoped to advance eastward and occupy the capital Liangshan, where it was the real important place where it could attack and retreat or defend. However, the superiors were strictly ordered not to enter Chuzhou to avoid irritating Li Wu and the ant thieves. Qi Gang's Ninth Army of Huaiyou Left Army could only be in Zhaoyi City.

Now the overall situation in Xuzhou has been determined. It is said that the Wuning Army was formed very quickly, so the Huai Youjun is about to come back.

The rapid footsteps came from outside the door, which cheered Qi Gang up and came.

Sure enough, it's here.

"Sir, there is news from the front that the Second Navy Army, the Fifth Army of the Left Army, the First Right Army of the Right Army, and the Second Army have all landed in Huaiyin."

"Okay!" Qi Gang was overjoyed. At first, there were four armies. Now it was fine. Such armies were stationed in Huaiyin, so they must have come to do something. "Order our entire army to be on guard, and the scouts seize the time to search south."

"Sir, where is the search?" the personal soldier asked softly.

"Search to Yongyang, Qingliu and **, especially pay attention to **," Qi Gang gritted his teeth after thinking for a while.

Yongyang is a county in the northern part of Chuzhou. It is not big and has many people. Qingliu is the prefecture of Chuzhou and is not very big. But ** is different. ** is a large county in the western part of Yangzhou. It is located on the north bank of Chushui and is close to Chuzhou. It is located in an important location.

Li Wu's Zhenhai Army stationed a large army on the west side of Fanliang Lake and has been fighting with the ants thieves' army. ** and Gaoyou are the supplies of Zhenhai Army's supplies. Due to the harassment of Fanliang Lake bandits in Gaoyou, **, which was originally farther away, became the supply base of Zhenhai Army.

If you want to go south to Chuzhou, you will inevitably alarm Zhenhaijun on the front line, but Qi Gang felt that now is the best time to win Chuzhou.

He has written many letters to Shouzhou and Xuzhou, hoping to make a decision as soon as possible. Otherwise, once the ant thief breaks through the Zhenhai defense line, it is likely to affect Chuzhou, or even enter Chuzhou directly. There is no garrison in Chuzhou at all, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it will be a hit.

Ten days ago, Shouzhou and Xuzhou respectively came to news, asking him to strengthen the collection of surrounding situations and make various emergency preparations. Although no other mentions were mentioned in the letter, Qi Gang could still find some signs from the various words in the letter.

It only takes half a day to land on the Huai River bank north of Zhaoyi. Now three armies suddenly come, which means they will definitely go south.

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Qi Gang guessed correctly, the Huai Youjun did intend to go south to Chuzhou.

The willingness to go south to Chuzhou originated from two aspects.

The first is the suggestion from the governor of Luzhou Yang Xun. He believed that the war between the ant thief and Li Wu had reached a point where neither side could escape from each other. Li Wu had no strength to come again. The most obvious proof was that Li Wu did not even have troops in Chuzhou. At the same time, Yang Xun was worried that once the ant thief broke through the defense line of the town navy, it might directly lead to the loss of the entire Chuzhou. Once Chuzhou was lost, it would directly threaten the entire Luzhou. The situation in Luzhou, which had finally stabilized, would face a crisis again, which would be detrimental to next year's agricultural production.

It should be said that Yang Xun's worries are reasonable. Once the ant thieves invade Chuzhou, the closest Luzhou has not yet been warned. It is hard to say that the ant thieves can control themselves and cannot come to Luzhou to hunt grass valleys. Luzhou is vast and densely populated. Chaohu and Hunan are all fertile land and fertile soil. Famous granaries will be damaged by the ant thieves, and the losses will be too great.
Chapter completed!