The world of counterfeit magistrates competes in the world

Chapter 481
When the scouts came to report, the Yan-Ming coalition forces had all withdrawn from Jiangxi County.Lin Yifan immediately left 2 people stationed in the county, and the rest of the troops immediately went south to Huayuan City.At the same time, Luo Feng led [-] cavalry to the south to contain the Huazhou Army's offensive.

At this time, under Huayuan City, nearly 20 troops gathered and besieged Huayuan City frantically.The [-] Hengshan defenders relied on their tenacious fighting spirit, and finally forcibly blocked the Huazhou Army for nearly ten days, but the casualties were very heavy. At least nearly [-] people were killed or injured, and they had to withdraw from the battle.At this time, the gate of the city has long been shattered, exposing the sundries accumulated inside.

Compared with the Hengshan Army on the city, Li Yuan and others, who were attacking the city, were more eager.After more than ten days of siege, Huayuan City was still unable to be taken, which caused the morale of the whole army to drop, and the siege gradually became weak.

Pei Yan was anxious like an ant on a hot pot at this time, and now the Hengshan Army is going north to face the Yan-Ming Allied Army, and the outcome is still unknown.But at this time, the Huazhou Army wasted more than ten days here.If the Yan-Ming Allied Forces cannot defeat the Hengshan Army, the Huazhou Army will be in danger.At this time, he was completely disappointed in the combat power of the Huazhou Army. If the Hengshan Army wiped out the Yanming Allied Army, the 20 Huazhou Army might not be the opponent of Hengshan's exhausted army.

For this reason, in the past few days, he has been urging Li Yuan to give up attacking the city, leaving fifty thousand soldiers and horses here to watch, and the rest of the troops will go north immediately and attack the Hengshan Army together with the Yan-Ming Allied Forces.However, Li Yuan was worried about this. He already had a morbid fear of the Hengshan Army. He would rather annihilate the 20 Hengshan defenders here than go north to confront the Hengshan main forces.There is still a hope in his heart, maybe the Yanming coalition army can defeat the Hengshan army.As long as the Huazhou Army wins Huayuan City here, they will be able to rebuild their confidence. With an army of [-], they may be able to regain most of Huazhou.

Pei Yan really had nothing to say about this, and was extremely disappointed in Li Yuan in her heart.If the Huazhou army advances eastward at this time, takes Zhongzhou, and holds the emperor hostage; and then forms an alliance with Yanming and Mingzhou, even Cao Ji will have to swallow this bitter fruit when his strength is greatly damaged.Coupled with Hengshan's side, the four parties can form an alliance to jointly fight against Hengshan's expansion ambitions.It's a pity that my lord only cares about the immediate interests, and with a fluke mentality in his heart, he pins his hopes on outsiders.Doesn't he know that wealth and wealth are obtained through adventure after adventure?
"Hey, the lord is still old after all, and has long lost his fighting spirit. He just wants to live on his own one-acre land." Pei Yan sighed secretly, "Could it be that I want to put all my wealth on him?"

Many figures flashed in Pei Yan's mind, all of them were heroes of the time.Cao Ji, holding the land of the five states in the world, has a vast land, abundant resources, and a large population.He is the most potential hero among the princes from all walks of life.It's a pity that his age is as old as the lord's, and I'm afraid his time is running out.Although his son Cao Ziyan has a great literary talent, he has no image of a hero. The Cao family's foundation may not last long.

Qi Rui from Yanzhou, who was born as a general, is surrounded by counselors and brave generals. He occupies the rich land of Yanzhou, and his power cannot be underestimated.But he is very brave and less resourceful, indecisive and indecisive. Although he has the reputation of being open-minded and accepting advice, in the end he has the courage of a man, but he has no talent for imperial power.

Yang Mingyuan in Mingzhou was in the prime of his life, he was well equipped with both culture and military skills, brave and resourceful, he was indeed the image of a wise master.But it is a pity that the Mingzhou it occupies is poor and sparsely populated, and it is caught in the middle, with enemies from all directions. Unless the Zhongzhou is captured, it can be expanded, otherwise, it can only be trapped in it, and it will be a separatist regime.

As for Lin Yifan in Hengshan, Pei Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a trace of expression.This person started as a small county magistrate, taking advantage of the golden wolf's opportunity to go south, he rose rapidly.Attacking the golden wolf in the north gained the grassland of Xiazhou for thousands of miles; destroying the Northern Expeditionary Army in the south finally won the land of Anzhou, and the population skyrocketed; The long-standing Protectorate of the Western Regions greatly increased the prestige of the Central Plains.In this way, fighting south and north, fighting east and west, in just a few years, they have laid down an extremely vast territory, and their strength is the crown of all the princes.But it is a pity that most of the lands under its rule are outside the land, with a sparse population and so many defensive lands that it is impossible to go south to compete with the princes.This made Yan Minghua and the three states all rely on Hengshan to win him over to fight against Cao Ji, the biggest threat.

Unexpectedly, the unscrupulousness of a son of the Li family directly led to the crisis of the Li family.The Hengshan army marched southward, attacking the city and overthrowing the village all the way. In just three months, they captured most of Huazhou's land and defeated Cao Ji's 30 army.If Huazhou is owned by Hengshan, Huazhou's population of tens of millions will make Hengshan the number one hero in the world.In the future, who can stop it?It was also for this reason that the Hengshan Army went south to attack Huazhou, tearing up the original balance of power, and instantly turning former allies into enemies.

Pei Yan stood with his hands behind his back, struggling in his heart. It would be fine if the Hengshan Army lost, but if it won, Huazhou would be doomed to fall into the hands of Hengshan. Then, what should he and his family do?

He has long heard about the internal system of Hengshan, and many of the policies are hated by the aristocratic families like them.Otherwise, many big families would not be willing to give up their foundations in Hengshan's sphere of influence and choose to re-establish themselves in Huazhou.

Just when Pei Yan was worried about gains and losses, the guards outside the tent came in to report, saying that someone from the family wanted to meet the head of the family.

Pei Yan's heart moved slightly, and he immediately ordered someone to bring him in, and then retreated from the crowd, looking at the servant in front of him, and asked indifferently: "What's the matter?"

"Patriarch, I just received the information." The servant bowed and said, "The Hengshan Army defeated the Yan-Ming Allied Forces. The Allied Forces suffered heavy losses and have retreated to the east of the Longjiang River. At present, the Hengshan Army has moved southward in a big way, rushing towards Huayuan City Come."

Pei Yan closed her eyes slightly, and sighed in her heart, "As expected, it's God's will."

Fu opened his eyes again, and looked at him coldly, "Does the lord know this information now?"

"Go home, no, the villain has just received the news, so he rushed to face the owner. The scouts of the Huazhou Army are still on their way here."

"That's good, you go down first, remember, you must not reveal half of it." Pei Yan nodded, and waved his hand wearily to let him go down.

"Yes, the villain retire."

Pei Yan sat back on the chair in a daze. After a long time, he struggled to sit up, picked up a pen, wrote several letters himself, and then called his confidant guards and ordered him to arrange for these letters to be delivered to the envelope the designated location.

After giving the order, Pei Yan sat down again, staring at the oil lamp on the table obsessively. As the light flickered, the expression on his face became uncertain.

(End of this chapter)