Song Xi once predicted that the Xiao family would probably succeed in two or three years.

After ascending the throne, he still had to spend time to stabilize the political power and the people's hearts, so King Zhennan would not send troops to the Northern Expedition within four years.

But in troubled times, the situation is changing rapidly. How can a few local forces allow the Xiao family to steal the country easily?

Xiao Yueze is not someone who just sits back and waits for death. He will definitely cause trouble for these local forces in the next two or three years.

As the absolute overlord in the north, Song Xi and his wife are naturally the primary targets of the Xiao family.

However, neither husband nor wife could guess how Xiao Yueze would proceed. They could only strengthen internal and external defenses, temporarily block some trade channels, strictly inspect customs clearance goods and personnel, and prepare for war with all their strength.

"We don't have much time left..." Yu Yalan sighed leisurely.

The next time Xiao Yueze makes a move, it will definitely be a big move, big enough to intercept Song's troops north of the Yellow River.

In this way, the Xiao family had enough time to steal the power of the Zhou Dynasty, and then complete the change of dynasty without any bloodshed.

What else can hold back Song Xi?

It must be a vigorous and large-scale war!

The spies said that the rebel leader Gao Dan was recruiting troops recently. Many villages in Qilu, Xiangchu and Anhui had forcibly recruited men. The Xiao family also secretly replaced them with a batch of the latest equipment. All the signs confirmed this.

The couple's speculations.

Yu Yalan attached great importance to this and worked overtime to make the universal factory in space produce more armaments.

She wanted to equip the Song family army with the strongest and best equipment, and all kinds of supplies had to be prepared in advance.

In addition, the supply chain links in various parts of the north during the war must ensure the basic livelihood of the people in advance. Otherwise, as the war breaks out, people's hearts will be unstable and people who have problems with their basic living needs may move around and cause a lot of trouble.

She knew that Song Xi had begun to revise the training plan, trying to train soldiers to deal with various complex and changeable situations. Xiao Yueze was cunning and good at planning. The Song family army must be immune to all kinds of honey traps and alienation schemes.

It is not difficult to train the body, but it takes time to train the mind.

Only a few people can learn from each experience, and most people have to experience similar lessons many times before they can truly grow.

Yu Yalan and Song Xi discussed some stupid ways to verify each other, such as setting up secret codes, code words, etc., and found that their colleagues could be suppressed temporarily by using crude methods. They often preached various classic deceptions in the army, so as to improve the officers and soldiers subtly.

their vigilance.

Although they hold many large thermal weapons in their hands and can easily seize any position with a single blast of artillery fire, neither Yu Yalan nor Song Xi are willing to abuse this method, and they never underestimate any enemy.

Facing such cunning and changeable opponents as the Xiao family, Yu Yalan and Song Xi will only become more vigilant.

The real victory is to win the war with minimal casualties. Neither of them like to drag out the war for too long.

In the upcoming war, Song Xi's goal is to seize the three central provinces.

If Xiao Yueze thought he could escape unscathed after sending Gao Dan, then the Song family army would use their strength to tell him what it means to come back but never come back!

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Longhe four years, early summer.

Because Gao Dan often sent troops to harass Guangping Prefecture and Hezhong Prefecture in recent months, Song Xi decided to formally send troops to wipe out the Qilu rebels.

Nowadays, the Qilu rebels have been fully integrated. They claim to the outside world that they are the Chiyan Army who have inherited the orders of Heaven and are doing justice for Heaven. Their leader, Gao Dan, is backed by Zhennan Palace, and his behavior is becoming more arrogant and domineering every year.

In the places where the Chiyan Army passed by, rapes of women and wealthy households often occurred. The people in several central provinces have experienced the blood and cruelty of troubled times. The local government and garrison have long been ineffective. Under the influence of the Chiyan Army,

vulnerable in front of him.

Xiao Yueze didn't put much control over Gao Dan or the Chi Yan Army, and seemed to only regard them as cannon fodder to stop the enemy.

Song Xi and Yu Yalan were not surprised by this, they just managed the affairs of the north wholeheartedly.

In the past two years, the Song Army has also completed intensive training, further improving the internal and external qualities of its soldiers.

Various places in the north are also well prepared for war, and can be put into operation just waiting for a military order.

Song Xi's expedition south this time was accompanied by several brave generals.

He planned to personally lead his troops to Qilu to fight against the main army led by Gao Dan, while Zhang Zhiyuan, who was born with supernatural power, led his troops to Yuzhou to take over this "unclaimed land".

After the success, the two armies will join forces in Xinyang, customize strategies and attack Huguang in several directions. The further arrangements will depend on the specific battle situation, and it is not easy to make too arbitrary a strategy at the moment.

After Song Xi left Beijing, the thing he was most worried about was his wife and children at home.

In order to ensure the absolute security of Beizhili, he left Yan Xiujin, who had both combat power and strategy, to stay in the capital, and ordered Ye Qi, the most talented general, to patrol the northwest border to prevent Shu or other forces from taking advantage of the situation.

This arrangement is a bit unfair to the two of them. After all, they are both talented people who should be active on the battlefield.

But it is not too difficult to annihilate the Red Flame Army. On the contrary, the wife and children in the capital are more likely to face complex risks.

This war is not a critical battle. The two of them can wait until they fight against the Xiao family army before leading their troops.

Both Yan Xiujin and Ye Qi expressed their understanding and had no objections to Song Xi's arrangement.

Half a month later, the Song army went out to fight and encountered Gao Dan's troops.

Song Xi fought with the Chiyan Army near Qizhou Prefecture, advancing all the way and becoming unstoppable.

Gao Dan originally set many traps for the Song family army along the way, hoping to contain Song Xi's progress.

But those traps are not clever methods, and the Song family army with rich combat experience can easily solve them.

Song Xi didn't notice this little trick, but was confused as to why Gao Dan never showed up.

The Chi Yan Army's style of play is really too conservative, completely different from their provocative style in the past few days.

To capture the thief, capture the king first. If you don't capture Gao Dan, you won't be able to end this war.

But the other party was like a shrunken turtle, never daring to stand up and fight Song Xi head-on.

There must be a conspiracy when something fishy happened. Song Xi immediately sent a group of spies to investigate Gao Dan's whereabouts, thinking whether to send out a fire mortar corps or just use cold weapons to speed up the siege.

On the other side, Zhang Zhiyuan and Chen Yun of the Red Yan Army officially fought at the border of Yuzhou.

Zhang Zhiyuan's fighting style is the same as his strength, both of which are overwhelming and powerful.

Chen Yun thought he could resist for a while, but he didn't expect Zhang Zhiyuan's fierce attack to be too powerful. His soldiers and horses were beaten back and forth, and the whole army was about to be annihilated.

Chen Yun gritted his teeth and decided to implement the prepared plan in advance.

He led Zhang Zhiyuan's troops into Jinchang Mansion, and while retreating, he used a catapult to throw black and red cloth bags one by one.
Chapter completed!