The two weddings made the final note for this Wuwei Town officials' meeting.

The first wedding was very low-key, and Li Zena Xia He came in. There were only three tables in the Li family mansion, but all the people who came to congratulate were high-ranking officials. As the saying goes, officials who walked up from the fifth rank in the hall. Not to mention Li Ze, who was the general of Wuwei Festival, was Xia He himself, and his current power was enough to make people look at him.

The power she holds far exceeds that of any governor.

And the second wedding seemed much more lively.

The marriage between Cao Xin's eldest son Cao Zhang and Li Mi, the deputy commander of Li Ze's personal guard, was lively in Wuyi. Cao Xin's two sons, Cao Zhang, was a little stupid and confused about the current affairs, but he had never been married. However, his second son Cao Jing had already gotten married, but he married a family in Wang Wenshu's family, which was considered a relative.

Cao Zhang was originally a heart-wrenching problem with Cao Xin, but what Cao Xin never expected was that his eldest son was the least optimistic about was quite powerful. Now he has become a prominent figure second only to Yang Kai in Yixing Society, but his wife is smart and capable, far from being able to compare with his second son Cao Jing's wife.

Cao Xin was a veteran in the Chengde era. In the Li Ze era, he was also trustworthy. Now, through his marriage with Li Mi, his political status has been further improved. When his eldest son got married, all the officials who came to Wuyi naturally had to give face to have a drink of wedding wine.

Cao Xin held a banquet at Wuyi to marry his daughter-in-law, but Li Ze also married Li Mi as a daughter. In the eyes of many people, Cao Xin was really savage and scheming. He himself represents the present of the Cao family, while Li Mi can be said to represent the future of the Cao family.

Li Mi was born in a secret camp and was highly valued by Li Ze. Let’s look at the people who came from a secret camp with Li Mi, Li Hao, Li Han, Li De, Li Rui, Yan Jiu, etc., who were not Wuwei rookies, and they were all young and green. They were already in high positions. When Cao Xin's group grows old, these people will naturally take over the banner and stand at the top of Wuwei Jie Town. Cao's family now has Cao Xin at the helm, and Li Mi will carry the flag in the future. Not to mention a hundred years, the good situation of forty or fifty years is enough. And forty or fifty years is enough to make Cao a famous family on this land.

Cao Xin naturally knew this very well, otherwise he would not have been so calm about Wang Mingyi's resignation. Wang Mingyi's return to business has brought the Cao and Wang family back to their previous track, but the people in the future will be Cao Zhang and Li Mi, not Wang Mingren.

Cao Xin, who made a big deal, set up a three-day mat in Wuyi. No matter who it is, as long as he comes, he will be a guest. He can sit on the table and drink a glass of wine and have a delicious meal.

At this time, under the rule of Wuwei, except for Yingzhou, other places were peaceful. This year, the weather was good. After Li Ze took power, he reduced taxes and paid less taxes, built water conservancy, and vigorously encouraged farming and sericulture. Another good harvest was coming. The governors from all over the country gathered in Wuyi, and they felt relaxed. The harvest meant that the people could eat enough, which meant that they could easily collect sufficient taxes and complete the tasks assigned by the town.

But except for one person, he is now full of bags. This person is naturally the only general Liu Chenglin who has not come to Wuyi and has just been promoted to the governor of the Qianniu Guard Right Guard.

The battle to conquer Shijiawu was far less simple than he thought.

He joined forces with Li Rui to set up a series of plans and eliminated Fei Can's two thousand cavalry, which did remove worries, but Shi Jiawu's resistance was unexpectedly strong. In addition, two thousand elite Lu Long entered Shi Jiawu in the early stage, which greatly increased Shi Jiawu's strength.

Shijiawu is a typical fort formed by blood ties and ties. It is also the largest fort in Yingzhou. Three Thousand Township soldiers basically have blood ties that are far or near, which gives them the basis to fight to the death. Since entering the control range of Shijiawu, the troubles of the Liu tribe have been connected.

After losing Fei Can's cavalry assistance, Shijiawu immediately gave up some small strongholds on the periphery. However, while evacuating, they set fire to the houses and destroyed the water source. Even those that were not easy to destroy were placed, many livestock bodies were put on, making the Liu tribe unable to find a clean water source.

A small group of raids take advantage of their familiarity with the terrain, harassing them day and night, and sometimes even try to attack Liu Chenglin's logistics channel. Although it is not a weather, it always makes Liu Chenglin unable to get it. It's like a few mosquitoes buzzing around in your ears. You slapped them with all your might, but you often get nothing. But if you ignore them, he screams so much, and the most annoying thing is that he can really pounce on you and suck your blood.

Liu Chenglin originally wanted to take Shi Jiawu as a gift to Li Ze's return when Li Ze returned to Wuyi. Unexpectedly, until now, Li Ze's Wuyi Conference is coming to an end, and his main force has just arrived in Shi Jiawu.

Although he had already had the drawings of Shijiawu in his hand, Liu Chenglin was still surprised when he actually saw Shijiawu.

Although it is called a dock, its size is almost the same as a city.

Shijiawu was built against the mountains and rivers. Through years of unremitting construction, the river water was diverted. A river that was nearly ten feet wide surrounded three-quarters of the dock. The only side that was not close to the water was backed by the mountains. About two-thirds of the Shijiawu was built on the flat ground, and the other one-third was built based on the mountain. Not only was it extremely steep, it could also provide assistance to the guards in other parts of the dock.

In the upstream, artificial lakes were dug manually to form a thousand acres of artificial lakes that use sluices to connect the river. There is a water village next to this artificial lake, and there are actually some warships inside. Although the ships are not big, it is an unsolvable problem for Liu Chenglin.

To conquer Shijiawu, you need to cross the river first. Of course, it is impossible to rely on the only stone bridge on this river channel. Shijiawu did not demolish the stone bridge, but arranged an army to defend the enemy on the opposite side. This is an obvious trap. When attacking Shijiawu, you will fall into a life-changing strategy with your opponent. Liu Chenglin believes that the army guarding opposite the stone bridge must be the army from Lu Long, although they were wearing the clothes of Shijiawu soldiers.

No wonder Shijiawu is so rebellious, no wonder the Lu Long people almost lost the entire Yingzhou and still had to ensure Shijiawu after losing thousands of Fei Can's cavalry. For Yingzhou, this is indeed a key point. If Shijiawu is not taken down, there is no way to talk about attacking Mozhou.

After observing the situation of Shijiawu in person, even as arrogant as Liu Chenglin admitted that it was indeed difficult to win Shijiawu with the 5,000 soldiers in his hands.

After setting up camp less than five miles from Shijiawu, Liu Chenglin summoned all the generals.

"General Hou, let's talk about the specific situation first." Liu Chenglin looked at Hou Fangyu.

Hou Fangyu stood up and said, "General Liu, the first step to attack Shijiawu is to cross the river. I sent someone to find out the situation. The river water is not deep, the shallowest place is only about three meters, and the deepest place is only four or five meters. Such a depth is not suitable for large ships, so there are small boats in Shijiawu's water villages, which provides us with an opportunity."

"Talk about it in detail!"

"It is necessary to grab the stone bridge. If it can be seized, it is of course the best. But at the same time, our main force is to cross the river and fight, build more rafts and build floating bridges. Fortunately, the river is not wide, just more than ten feet."

"Their warships can attack us down the river." Wei Gang, another head of Qu, who was born in the secret camp, frowned.

"Just just need to lay down wooden stakes in the river to prevent these small boats." Hou Fangyu said. "This is why I said that the water is not deep in our favor. But General Liu, even building a floating bridge, is extremely difficult to attack, because the range of long-range weapons on the fort, such as stone cannons, catapults, and powerful crossbows, is enough to cover the entire river."

"Even if the large trench we brought this time is enough to cause a fatal blow to the fort." Liu Changfeng said: "Although the city wall of Shijiawu is covered with stones, it is still an earthen wall inside, and it should not be able to withstand our giant trench."

"Can you send a side army to detour upstream or downstream, swim across the river, and suddenly launch it when the army launches an attack, and respond to the main force?" Wei Gang suggested.

Liu Chenglin shook his head: "This is not feasible. Whether it is from the upper or lower reaches, after crossing the river, if you want to attack Shijiawu, you must pass through the mountains and the narrow river beach before the river. This distance is simply the road to death, unless you take a longer road and launch an attack from behind the mountain. However, for the people in Shijiawu, entering the mountain is probably just what they want. So we have no other way except for a head-on attack."

"General, it seems we need reinforcements." Liu Changfeng thought for a while and said, "Shijiawu will definitely find it difficult to fight, and the Lulong reinforcements from Mozhou are already on the way. This battle will eventually turn into a head-on war with Lulong."

"That's true." Liu Chenglin said: "This battle will inevitably trigger a full-scale war between us and Lu Long. They will never give up Shijiawu, and we must take it down. Changfeng and send someone to ask Jieshuai for help."

"yes!"
Chapter completed!