After Liu Tongyuan thanked him profusely, Zhang Zhao did not let him go, because since Liu Jingyan had agreed to surrender, he had to strike while the iron was hot and could not wait for him to slowly hand over power.

There will be variables if anything is not implemented, let alone the military power of a town's Jiedushi.

Although the Pingjing Nanjing Army was rebuilt after the rebellion, it still numbered more than 3,000 people, including several hundred soldiers. No one was willing to give up like this.

So Zhang Zhao kept Liu Tongyuan, then quickly agreed to a marriage, and immediately started the Najna expedition.

That is, Zhang Zhao married Zhang Huaiqing's young daughter, his cousin, to Gao Yunquan.

Zhang Zhao had always disagreed with this marriage.

Because if Zhang Huaiqing no longer gets a daughter in his old age, this cousin will be his only unmarried female elder.

Although Gao Yunquan was a shrewd man, knew how to advance and retreat, and was courteous in both civil and military affairs, he did not reach the threshold for Zhang Zhao to agree.

For Gao Yunquan, he certainly understood the value of being Zhang Tianwang's only uncle.

Two years ago, he started sending people to lobby, and he tried his best, but he never got Zhang Zhao's nod.

However, this time, I, Commander-in-Chief Gao Jie, have made a huge investment. In addition to being willing to donate 100,000 stones of food and grass, I am also willing to change the Yanzhou Zhangwu Army to Zhangwu Town, hand over the military power of Yanzhou, and only become a Yanzhou military commander.

Just be the governor of the state.

This has special significance, because the Gao family has always been on the periphery of the Liang Kingdom and is very respectful. There are countless people in the world who are watching how Zhang Zhao deals with the Gao family.

What if Zhang Zhao directly took over Gao Yunquan's military and political power and deprived the Yanzhou Zhangwu Army of its stronghold?

It will give people the impression of being mean and ungrateful, and forcibly taking over power. Then the other Jin State commanders will all be in danger, and may even form a group to resist.

But if Zhang Zhao did not take over Gao Yunquan's military and political power, there would be no corresponding political system in Liang.

In this way, Zhang Zhao abolished the festival towns and established Dao, and did not set up military envoys. He divided the civilian power into three envoys: ambassadors, transfer envoys, and governors. He used the general soldiers of the town and the training envoys of the Taoist regiments to restrain the military power of each branch.

It has become empty talk.

You must know that there are not many people in the Liang Kingdom who are greedy for Jieduzhi's power, so this gap cannot be opened.

In fact, Zhang Zhao had hinted at Gao Yunquan several times before, but Gao Yunquan kept pretending to be stupid at that time.

Until now, he has vaguely revealed his willingness, but it is just a meaning and has not been fully expressed.

Zhang Zhao also knew that Gao Yunquan did not fully explain why, and after weighing it, he agreed.

In politics, as long as you are not an enemy, you have to benefit others. Those who live alone will generally not get far.

Part of the reason why Zhang Zhao agreed was that Zhang Zhao decided to let Yanzhou Zhangwu's army move.

Because Liu Jingyan only surrendered verbally, and Zhang Zhao had not yet said that he would attack Jin, so if this thing was to be confirmed, the Liang army would not be able to move.

The only way is to mobilize the Zhangwu Army and let the Zhangwu Army go south and annex the Jingnan Army. Even if there is any discordant sound, it will be a conflict between the Zhangwu Army and the Jingnan Army and has nothing to do with Zhang Zhao.

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Let Liu Tongyuan stay, and after Gao Yunquan accepts the expedition, Gao Yunquan will lead the Yanzhou Zhangwu Army southward and take over Ningzhou where Liu Jingyan is stationed.

Three days later, the simple ceremony of Najib's acceptance was completed. There was even only a gift list for the acceptance, and the rest was not prepared.

After completing these ceremonies and making the marriage arrangements, Zhang Zhao ordered Li Xiaojie to go to Yanzhou with Gao Yunquan and then capture Ningzhou.

At the same time, Li Xiaojie ordered Li Xiaojie to mobilize the united rural soldiers in Pizhou. While waiting for the army to move south, he and Wu Ying'er from Weizhou pinched Li Dejun, the governor of Jingyuan Changyi Army in Jingzhou.

"Sir, Li Dejun, the commander of the Jingyuan Zhangyi Army, has disappeared behind closed doors.

Guo Jin, the governor of the Baoda Army in Yanzhou, escorted our envoys directly to Yanzhou without even letting him enter the city of Yanzhou. He also blocked the roads and prevented merchants from Hexi from entering Yanzhou."

After Liu Jingyan was defeated, Zhang Zhao faced five more military envoys. Among them, Zhao Ying, the military envoy of the Huazhou Zhenguo Army, was a scholar and had secretly defected to him. All he had to do was wait for Zhang Zhao to send troops inside and outside to kill all the Zhenguo Army's tooth soldiers.

Civil strife just broke out among the Jiedushi of the Shunyi Army in Yaozhou. The Jiedushi was expelled by the Ya soldiers and was left alone for the time being.

Among the remaining three military governors, Li Dejun, the military governor of Zhangyi Army in Jingyuan, was the most difficult to deal with.

If anyone says that Shi Chonggui has no political acumen, Zhang Zhao will have to deal with him.

Just because this person urgently transferred Li Dejuan from Hezhong Jiedushi to the position of Jingyuan Zhangyi Army Jiedushi and assigned him two thousand tooth soldiers, it can be seen that Shi Chonggui is still wary of Zhang Zhao.

Because after Kang Fu passed away last year, Li Dejun became the most senior veteran among Daibei Wuxun.

And he is not just a veteran, because Li Dejun served Li Cunxu together with Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan back then.

Not only did he win the trust of Li Cunxu, but he and Li Siyuan were as close as brothers.

In addition, this person has always been kind to others. He always shows extra leniency to soldiers and generals who commit crimes against the people. Although he is not very benevolent or virtuous in guarding a place, he does not harm the people and is not greedy for money. Therefore, he has a very good reputation among Daibei warriors.

From Mingzong Li Siyuan on down, everyone called him Li Qige, even Li Congke and Shi Jingtang called him this.

If Zhang Zhao wants to enter Guanzhong, he must first deal with Li Dejun.

But Li Dejun is already seventy years old. Once there is any damage from the sword, the matter will be serious.

Originally, Zhang Zhao did not belong to the group of Daibei warriors, and the generals in the Central Plains did not want to see him. If Li Dejun died in Zhang Zhao's hands again, they would most likely prefer to join Liu Zhiyuan rather than choose Zhang Zhao.

However, in Zhang Zhao's view, if Li Dejun just avoided seeing him, there would still be room for change. Guo Jin, the governor of the Baoda Army in Yanzhou, had nothing to talk about.

"The King of Heaven did not suspect that this thief, Guo Shoujie, was a fellow villager of Liu Zhiyuan in the east of Hedong. He sent people thousands of miles away to recruit him. However, he was so ignorant that he asked the King of Heaven to order Datong and Feng'an to attack him."

After hearing this, Yin Yaozi, who had just arrived in Liangzhou, saw a flash of anger in his eyes. What Guo Jin did was a slap in the face to Zhang Zhao and Liang Guo.

Zhang Zhao agreed with Yin Yaozi's opinion without even thinking about it. Feng'an Town was in Longbei and Datong Town was in Xia Sui. They were originally going south from Yanzhou.

Zhang Zhao went to recruit Guo Jin in order to prevent the two towns of Datong and Feng'an from being threatened by the Baoda army in Yanzhou when they moved south. Now that Guo Jin didn't know what to do, he had to pull out in advance.

"Then cousin, go to Xiazhou. Yuan Zhonggong is not good at military affairs and is just looking for someone to assist you. After you go, no matter what else, just attack the Bao army in Yanzhou. If you want to take action, it will be a thunderous strike to scare Xiao Xiao.

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"I obey!"

Yin Yaozi said these words because he wanted to go to Xiazhou, because if he stayed in Yuanzhou, Zhang Zhao would ask him to be in charge of general logistics.

"Sir, why don't you let Yongle come to Yuanzhou? Although the fifth sister has passed away long ago, there is still a love for her."

The fifth sister mentioned by Murong Nobunaga was the fifth daughter of Mingzong Li Siyuan, who was married to Li Dejun's second son, so he said there was a romantic relationship.

Zhang Zhao hesitated for a moment, "Now that the war is in chaos, will there be any danger if Yongle goes there?"

Murong Nobunaga shook his head, "It's only a hundred and forty miles from Weizhou in Jin State to Jingzhou, and with Wu Ying'er sending people to protect us, there shouldn't be any problem.

Although Brother Li Qi didn't see our envoy, it's impossible not to see Yongle, and it's impossible not to protect his safety."

Zhang Zhao nodded slowly, "Let Zhang Xibao and the others escort them, and let Wu Ying'er move the Weizhou Army closer to Jingzhou."

"Sir, actually I want to go to Jingzhao Mansion. Guojun Gong and his sons are quite familiar with each other in Tokyo.

Maybe if I go, I can save the Jingzhao Mansion from a military disaster. If you want a complete Chang'an, you must recruit Guojun Gong."

Guojun was the name of An Yanwei, the governor of the Jinchang Army in Jingzhao Prefecture. Zhang Zhao had previously believed that he had to fight before entering Chang'an because An Yanwei was actually the cousin of Shi Chonggui's biological mother, Princess An.

Although An Yanwei never showed off his relationship with Shi Chonggui, Shi Chonggui regarded him as his uncle. An Yanwei would definitely fight against such a relationship to the end.

"No! You can't go."

Zhang Zhao refused without thinking. Who knows how loyal An Yanwei can be to Shi Chonggui?

If you harm Murong Nobunaga, you won't regret it.

Murong Nobunaga also showed a happy smile on his face when he saw that Zhang Zhao cared so much about him.

"Sir, please rest assured that the child will not go directly to see Mr. Guojun. I will first go to see the first and second Yanei of the An family.

When these two people were in Tokyo, they often ate and drank wildly with their children. It was already obvious that the general trend of the world was that the Jin State was about to die. Even if Guojun Gong, as the uncle of the country, had the idea of ​​​​martyring the Jin State, his descendants

They may not be willing.”

Zhang Zhao thought about it seriously and shook his head.

"Jinchang's army only has 7,000 men. Even if we have a fortified city, how can we stop my 70,000-strong army? This is too risky."

"What if An Yanwei kidnaps all the people of Jingzhao Prefecture and forces them to defend the city? Jingzhao Prefecture is our whole Hexi, Anxi Tang'er, Chang'an, the descendants of the Guiyi Army and the Anxi Army.

The adults have spent ten years of hard work to make Chang'an City look a little like its former glory days. Children will definitely not be able to watch it being beaten to pieces again.

Besides, if we can enter Chang'an without losing any blood, sir, you should know how glorious it would be to us, the Liang Kingdom!"

Zhang Zhao was silent. No matter whether Chang'an is called Xijing, Yongjing or the current Jingzhao Mansion, in the hearts of those who have experienced disasters and have lost their ambition to forget their homeland, it has only one name, and it will always be called

For Chang'an.

And it is true that in these years, Zhang Zhao re-opened the trade routes and put the most important transit point for trade routes outside Liangzhou in Chang'an, just to restore its vitality.

Today, Chang'an has a population of 210,000, making it the most populous city in Guanzhong, with goods reaching all four places.

The production of brocade, tung oil, and cloth was extremely large, and the later Jin Dynasty could receive more than 70,000 guan of goods and taxes from Chang'an every year, so it sent the most loyal An Yanwei to take charge.

In addition to economic development, Chang'an is also of extremely important significance to Zhang Zhao and the entire Liang Kingdom. This is why Murong Nobunaga wanted to give it a try.

A complete Chang'an that has not been destroyed by war is too important to everyone.

Zhang Zhao stood up and patted Murong Nobunaga's shoulder. He looked at his adopted son with emotion, who was only seven years younger than him. He was still as brave and careful as ever, always treating Zhang Zhao's career as his own.

Business is going on.

Murong Nobunaga's role for Zhang Zhao has exceeded Li Cunxiao's role for Li Keyong in the past. Emotionally, due to the existence of Cao Sanniang, he is even more powerful than the father and son Li Cunxiao and Li Keyong.

Although there are negative teaching materials like Li Siyuan and Li Congke, Zhang Zhao is confident that he can avoid such a thing from happening again.
To be continued...