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Chapter 257
Dingzhou County has a total of eight counties with a vast territory and dense population. It is the first developed and most prosperous area in Dingzhou.

Not counting Bei'an County, which Zhou Bai devoted himself to transforming, the combined land of Longfeng, Ruinan, and Biancheng is not worth as much as Dingzhou County.

This is also the reason why Zhou Baifei wanted to be further promoted to Marquis only after he took down Dingzhou County.

Holding Dingzhou County in his hand and being promoted to the Marquis State, his luck is great and beyond reproach. Even if he claims to be self-proclaimed, he is justifiable and recognized by the people of Dezhou.

Because the Dingguo Defenders were exempt from the battle and showed a stance of blindly defending, after the Anbei Army camp was built and the cavalry deployed four gates, Zhou Bai ordered his troops to attack the southern part of Dingzhou County.

Li Dingguo led the selection of the front army, across thousands of miles, and directly took Nanding County, the southern gate of Dingzhou.

The border of Nanding County is adjacent to Daizhou, and the Dai River is used as the dividing line between the two states. After taking Nanding, Li Ding's Congress deployed defenses in the Dai River Basin in time to ensure that the main attack on Dingzhou City proceeded smoothly.

According to the news leaked by a high-level executive in Dingguo's latest small court meeting, Lei Haomiao finally got Daxu's assistance.

Lending luck is one aspect, and the other is that Daxu persuaded two feudal states located in Daibei, Lin Hu and Lou Fan, that they were willing to send troops to support Dingzhou County.

The price Dingguo paid was naturally not small. Not only did he have to bear part of the cost of sending troops from friendly countries, but he also had to cede the land of the two counties in the south of Dingzhou County.

This is a great shame, but the country is about to disappear, so it is nothing to cede territory and ask for troops.

Instead of focusing on the local area of ​​Daizhou, instead of getting involved in the affairs of other states, we should stay away from the near and seek the far, regardless of the fundamentals.

Of course, this is also due to the chaotic separatist situation in Daizhou. The actions of any party may attract the siege of other forces.

The two feudal lords who are willing to send troops are only viscounts, and the combined territory does not have three counties.

It might be a way out to collect the land and population of Dingzhou without considering casting the state tripod first and calling Wang Chenglong.

Although Daizhou was established earlier than Dingzhou, it took a long time to develop, but in terms of stability and prosperity, it may not be comparable to Dingzhou.

In the vast Gobi desert, there are countless thieves and horse bandits hiding. It is a well-known place for hiding filth in the northern border. The entire Daxu Dynasty and Daizhou have never been completely stable.

For the Daizhou forces adjacent to Dingzhou County, this piece of land is like a blessed land on the south of the Yangtze River. Now that the Suzerain has ordered it and Lei Haomiao agrees, how can they let go of this great opportunity.

I heard that An Beiguo is very strong, but he has no idea after all. As a strongman who has risen in the perennial turmoil and fighting, the monarchs of the two countries don't think they can't even defend.

That's right, what they thought was to occupy the territory of the two counties first, and then just pretend to echo the Dingzhou Army.

Taking chestnuts from the fire, the plan is good, but the execution is dumbfounded.

On March 3, Lin Hu and Lou Fan's coalition forces of [-] troops left Daizhou and crossed the Dai River.

On March [-]th, five army villages and market towns were successively taken down, and on the [-]th, the troops came under Nanding County.

At this time, the defenders in Nanding County were less than [-], and the soldiers were weak and there were few generals.

Lin Lou's allied forces announced that Marquis Ding had ceded Nanding, but the defenders "didn't believe it" and immediately decided to stick to it.

For the sudden arrival of foreign enemies, Nan Ding was united as one, and the powerful people in the city contributed their strength.

Because in the past few decades, many horse bandits and rebels crossed the Dai River to plunder in Daizhou, and the harassment suffered by Nam Dinh was particularly serious.

As a result, facing the fortified Nanding City, Lin Lou's coalition forces rushed for a day and a night without success.

While they were waiting for the follow-up siege equipment, Li Dingguo led the forward guards to appear suddenly.

On March 1th, a great battle broke out in the plain area between Nanding City and Daihe. Anbei's forbidden army of 3 troops fought against [-] of Linlou's allied forces.

This battle lasted for three full days, and Lin Hu and Lou Fan's soldiers were all elite soldiers, even at the level of Daizhou, they were very arrogant.

In addition, based on the experience of looting and fighting in the past, how could they think that 1 people can match their 3 people.

The martial arts prevailed in Daizhou, and after the spiritual energy recovered, there were many more soldiers in the army.

Similarly, the Xuanfeng Army, one of the five forbidden armies of the Anbei Kingdom, has not suffered a major defeat since its establishment, and has made outstanding contributions.

After changing the new army leader, the battle of the Southern Conquest and Dingguo was also performed very well. The number of soldiers in the army who received awards and were waiting to be granted a national title was double digits.

From Dingzhou City to Nanding City, they ran for thousands of miles, and their morale did not decline in the slightest.

You don't accept me, I don't accept you, naturally there is only head-to-head confrontation, the fight of flesh and blood is the best way to compare the strength of the two sides.

On the first day, by virtue of the overall quality of the soldiers and the excellent cooperation of the military formation, the selection front army had the upper hand.

Killing 300 enemies, our own side lost less than [-], and more than [-] of them were slightly or seriously injured, and they could all be rescued with the help of military doctors and Taoist talismans.

With such victories, it stands to reason that the Lin Lou coalition forces should recognize the reality and retreat in time.

But out of unwillingness, disbelief, face and other factors, the high-level coalition forces decided to try again.

On the second day, the two sides fought again. This time, the Lin Lou coalition suffered a worse defeat than the first day.

Because the selected front army got a night's rest, the state was even more full, and then nearly [-] people from the Linlou coalition army were killed, and nearly half of their camps were destroyed.

Invading like fire, immovable like a mountain, unknowable like shadow, moving like thunder.

In the eyes of these Daizhou soldiers, the Xuanfeng Army can already be compared with the rumored Daxu New Army, and they decisively admit defeat after being defeated.

That night, Lin Lou's allied forces fled, and Li Dingguo predicted that they successfully set up an ambush by the Dai River.

By dawn of the battle, there were 7000 soldiers left in the front line, and only 7000 of the Linlou Allied Forces fled back to Daizhou.

After this battle, the mighty reputation of the Anbei Armed Forces spread to Daizhou and even Lingzhou, setting off an even crazier wave of military training...

The current situation in Dingguo, the people in power in Nanding County are of course well aware of it, and Lei Haomiao will lose the hearts of the people when he comes to cede land and ask for soldiers.

After witnessing the Anbei Army's ability to expel foreign enemies and defend the country, Nanding County surrendered naturally and cooperated very well.

During Li Dingguo's battle against the Daizhou soldiers and taking Nanding County, Zhou Ping, Huang Jingtong and other generals took orders and captured the two counties in the south of Dingzhou County.

It is worth mentioning that Andre performed excellently. After winning the opportunity to lead the army alone, he also led Qingxu Yicong to successfully conquer a county.

Seeing that the Anbei Kingdom is getting stronger and stronger, these soldiers who descended from outside the territory are trying their best to obtain a household registration.

By March 21, the entire Dingzhou County, except the Kaiguo Capital, had been captured by the Anbei Army.

And as early as March [-]th, the navy had already received good news. Under Liu Rengui's personal command, the remaining naval forces in Dingguo were completely destroyed, and more than [-] fighting ships were seized.

Only a few small boats took advantage of the chaos and fled south.

This may exaggerate the true power of Anbei Kingdom and spread it in the Ningjiang River Basin, but Zhou Bai doesn't care about being hostile by other countries. The more stable and powerful Dingzhou is, the more talents will come to do business.

Dingzhou County, or in other words, all the most prosperous and profitable ports in Dingguo, are now under the jurisdiction of Anbeiguo Shipbuilding Division.

This is a newly established office by Zhou Bai, which is under the jurisdiction of the household department, and Zhou Rui, a doctor of the household department, is the first nominee.

Its duty is to inspect the import and export of ships and foreign goods, to collect and discuss, to extract, and to trade.

According to the information reported by Li Bao, it is estimated from the seized ports in Dingzhou County that there could be 50 taels of silver, and there are also several 10 taels of goods.

The smoothness of the war actually exceeded the strategic expectations before the Southern Expedition. After all, at that time, even Zhou Bai wanted to take Ruinan County first, and then turn around to deal with Dingxi Kingdom.

But he didn't expect that Zhou Yuan would stand up and fight back and curb Lu Ding's ambition.

Then Cai Feng's betrayal, his successful breakthrough of Yangshen, the welcome of the people of Dingguo, and the great victory of Luanjiao Gorge, etc., have paved the way for the grand occasion of almost all taking Dingdong today.

Suddenly there are eight more counties, and 150 million people have to be governed. It becomes very difficult to implement the same national policy as Anbei State in time.

This is determined by the reality that [-] militiamen and almost all reserve officials have been transferred under the condition of ensuring the security of the homeland.

In order to be able to actually control such a huge core area, Zhou Bai had no choice but to encourage him. Many civil servants of the township office in Bei'an County became official officials in one fell swoop.

Li and village chiefs who just receive their salaries and have no rank, because they understand the grassroots policies of Anbei Kingdom and support them loyally, can be directly awarded the positions of order officials and secretary officials.

An Beiguo's system was quickly integrated into Dingzhou County, [-] militiamen went deep into the countryside and the establishment of the township government government office, which aroused the uneasiness of many gentry.

For this reason, even inside and outside Dingzhou City, there are soldiers confronting each other, and artillery bombardment continues every day.

Zhou Bai's camp of the Chinese army was still very lively. The powerful gentry, officials and generals from Dingzhou County and even Longfeng County all lined up to see him.

It's nothing more than a show of loyalty, and Zhou Bai is willing to cooperate now if he wants to have a reassurance.

When the tentacles of the Anbei system had not yet fully controlled the entire original Dingguo area, he was not in a hurry to cut off this crop of leeks.

After Dingzhou City was captured, Anbei Kingdom was upgraded to Marquis State, and the country's situation gradually stabilized.

If these people still can't recognize the reality and try to have the same treatment as Anbei's meritorious nobles, then they can only say that they are hopeless.

Even if it is completely cut at that time, it will not cause any turmoil.

On March 23rd, Zhou Bai unexpectedly refused to meet the guest, not because he thought the time was ripe for a general attack, but because he wanted to meet another guest.

Half a month ago, Zhenjun Shaoyuan met him on the way to Dingzhou City.

It's not a fight, it's just a meeting, and the two sides "negotiate" friendly with each other.

When he was surprised to find that Zhou Bai was the new Yang God, and his spiritual sense was enough to suppress him, Shao Yuan chose to follow Zhou Bai's suggestion.

Go to the four counties of Anbei Country, and walk around by yourself from beginning to end, whether it is the newly won Ruinan County, or Bei'an County, the foundation of the longest governance.

If he wanted to know whether he could make Dingzhou rise and bring glory to this land, then Zhou Bai could only invite him to travel north.

No matter how much is said, no matter how good the performance data listed are, it is not as good as going to the folks to see it in person.

……

Outside the city of Dingzhou, there is Xinglong Lake, the legendary place where dragons rest in Dingzhou.

The sun is mottled, the lake is sparkling, and the mountains and green are reflected in the center of the lake, and the clear water melts into golden blue.

This scene is like a paradise, beautiful and poetic, no wonder Lei Haomiao listed this place as a private garden, and no one else is allowed to come here to play.

In the bamboo forest by the lake, in the quiet bamboo pavilion, Zhou Baizheng and the white-haired and handsome Shaoyuan Zhenjun are playing chess, drinking tea, and doing the elegant things of literati.

"Unexpectedly, the dignified Dingzhou Jieyuan played a game of chess and played three spoons in a row, which is worse than the old man." Shaoyuan caught Zhou Bai's mistake and directly slaughtered the dragon, laughing loudly.

Zhou Bai turned his gaze back to the chessboard from the surrounding terrain of Xinglong Lake, and shook his head helplessly: "I haven't played for many years, and my skills are not as good as others, I am ashamed."

"Do you feel that the old man Xiaying has no sense of accomplishment, or is he distracted by watching the Qi of Xinglong Lake?" Shao Yuan took a sip of bamboo leaf tea and said.

Zhou Bai pulled his eyes to the misty Xinglong Lake again, and sighed: "Nothing can be hidden from the real king, you are really watching."

"This place is surrounded by hidden dragons, but there is no dragon energy at all. The Fengshui energy of Xinglong Lake is also a place where young dragons are raised. There are several hidden tombs, but even a dragon cannot be bred."

In fact, this is asking Shao Yuan, after all, he has lived in Dingzhou for many years, if Xinglong Lake really has hidden dragons, it is impossible not to know.

Shao Yuan hesitated for a moment, then paused, but quickly said bluntly: "The owners of these tombs were all important ministers of the country during their lifetime, with high positions and powers. Lei Haomiao's ancestor is just the most inconspicuous one."

"They are loyal when they are alive, and they don't care about them when they die. They want to benefit the descendants of the family and try to win the position of a thousand-year-old family. They also don't think about it. How could the court sit idly by such an obvious place of prosperity."

"There is actually no problem with the construction and burial of the dragon tombs. It's just that a certain priest in the imperial court moved the feng shui a few times, so that these dragon tombs will naturally squeeze the energy channels of Xinglong Lake, and cannot accumulate a lot of dragon energy."

In Shao Yuan's narration, Zhou Bai found out those extremely obscure feng shui disturbances in due time after several observations by Wang Qi.

Once a trace of dragon energy is generated, it is immediately shattered by the force of Feng Shui and returns to the land of Dingzhou.

Zhou Bai vaguely understood why Shao Yuan was hesitant, perhaps the priest who made the move was not just the God of Yang.

"I am obsessed with Qianlong Universiade, but in the end I got nothing. I can only rely on Daxu's dragon luck to build a country. No wonder at this time, I still put my hope on Daxu."

Zhou Bai stretched out his hand and shot through a bamboo leaf. In the hollow of the bamboo leaf, the magnificence of Dingzhou City, which was tens of miles away, was revealed.

The Tianzhu was rotten and tilted, and the Anbei army outside besieging the city gathered countless soldiers to cut off the last support of the Tianzhu.

Obviously, the country is about to fall, at the latest half a month, and the city of Dingzhou will undoubtedly be destroyed.

What kind of day is half a month? It is the day when the national treasury's reserves of spirit stones are exhausted. Because of the existence of the large formation protecting the city, Zhou Bai did not order a real offensive.

However, it is this kind of scene of subjugation that anyone can see, but red luck permeates the inside and outside of the city, inspiring the last bloody courage of the soldiers.

Zhou Bai even showed Shao Yuan the scene where Lei Haomiao practiced the five thousand imperial guards personally in Miyagi, which made him look complicated, shaking his head and sighing.

This means to tell you that Lei Haomiao knows all of Lei Haomiao's arrangements and is fully prepared.

"Please, Zhenjun may really make a move with Gu, and it can be regarded as seeing Dingguo off..."

(End of this chapter)