"The New Year is coming soon!" Bian Wenzhong walked to the window, looked at the white snow floating outside the window, and said to himself: "Father, are you going to set off for Jinghu County right away?"

"Natural." Bian Wushuang nodded: "Shouldn't people like us be anxious to make contributions to the new master? Not only me, you should also prepare to set off right away."

"I'm going to set off right away, too?" Bian Wenzhong said in surprise: "In this weather, the army is dispatched to wipe out the rebels? Father, can I find those rebels?"

"The army can stay away, but you can lead the cavalry first. In this cold winter, ordinary people are not having a good life, and the rebels will have a better life? They are afraid they have to worry more about food and salary? When the army is dispatched, they will hide like rats. But if you lead the cavalry first, the brigades will be dispersed, and small groups will raid. First, find some people who are blind and guilty and are extremely guilty to train soldiers, and be familiar with the terrain!"

"My son understands." Bian Wenzhong nodded.

"Will they give us some help?" Bian Wenzhong asked suddenly.

"Of course, before you set off, there will be some people who will take my warrants to go where you join your cavalry team." Bian Wushuang said: "They are the people who help you."

"Does my father have any helpers to you when he goes to Jinghu?" Bian Wenzhong showed a worried look on his face: "My son went to suppress these rebels, which is a stingy knife. I also know that the more important thing is not to suppress the bandits, but to layout. But your Majesty, you must not only face Zhou Jiyun, but also beware of the forces behind Jinghu's loyalty to Cheng Wuben!"

"If it's not difficult, what's the fun?" Bian Wushuang laughed: "As for the help you mentioned, there must be. If I'm not wrong, Jinghu naval master Ning Zhiwen must have done things for the Ming people. In fact, Cheng Wuben may not have no idea, but Jinghu cannot do without this group of people. Even if he knows that Ning Zhiwen has ulterior motives, he can only use it with fear. As for the others, I really don't know. But with the method of the Ming people, naturally, there will be no only this piece, let alone this piece, which is almost an open piece. So in the dark, they must have a backup."

"Is Jiang Shangyan a lie? He fought for Ming Kingdom for many years, but was highly valued by Qin Feng. Now he is under Cheng Wuben's command and is still prosperous. Now he is the only cavalry under Cheng Wuben's command. It is a cavalry of up to ten thousand people. It can be said that it is the only force in the Jinghu defense line that can launch an attack, and it is the essence of the Jinghu defense line."

"Jiang Shangyan is a pure soldier." Bian Wushuang was silent for a while and shook his head: "At Ming, he fought wholeheartedly for Ming State, and Chu State was in danger. He immediately abandoned his high position in Ming State, and was determined to return to his hometown to serve. In order to ask Qin Feng to let him return, he knelt in the snow outside the palace for one day, and almost frozen."

"Such a person is very respectable, but it is also annoying!" Bian Wenzhong frowned.

Bian Wushuang's eyes flashed and said with a smile: "That's true. We all hope that our subordinates are like this, but we all hate that the enemy is like this. But this time, pure soldiers like this can be deceived."

"When my father went there, it was clear that he was going to seize the power of Chengwuben. Jiang Shangyan was Chengwuben's old subordinate. I'm afraid he was very cautious about you! My father also needs to be careful of him." Bian Wenzhong reminded.

"Be careful, what's the point of being careful!" Bian Wushuang didn't care, "I went there to regain the six eastern counties. I thought so, and I would do this. I was not going to do anything bad. If I can't win consecutive victories in the wars of the six eastern counties, what should I gain a foothold in the east? What should I use to make the Emperor of Chu believe me? What should I use to regain the hearts of the military and civilians of Jinghu? You must know that even if I cannot win all the six eastern counties, I can create a buffer zone in front of Jinghu."

Bian Wenzhong smiled on his face: "With this step, the Eastern Commander will naturally be in his pocket. Cheng Wuben may die generously without any regrets."

"When that time, I will give him a stick of incense and bow." Bian Wushuang said.

Although Jinghu County has become the front line for Chu to fight against Qi's army, it is finally time for the Chinese New Year. Even though it has always been shrouded in the dark clouds of war, it has a rare festive atmosphere.

A large number of merchants also gathered here. For ordinary people, war zones have always been an area that cannot be avoided, but for others, war zones are the time for them to seize more wealth.

Jinghu is a place where opportunities and crises coexist. Although the Jinghu defense line built by Cheng Wuben can block the large forces of the Qi army and prevent them from advancing, it does not mean that it can be covered up on the entire line. There are always some small special forces that use various methods to infiltrate in Jinghu County, and the ghost shadows of Qi are very active in this area. Of course, correspondingly, the inner guards of Chu also set up close defenses, searches, and wipe out these Qi people who sneaked into Jinghu County.

War broke out everywhere in Jinghu County. These battles were not big, but they were even more tragic than the confrontation of the front-line army, because once they fought, they would end with all the killings of one side.

Generally speaking, the winner will be Chu domestic guards, and this is their home court after all.

In addition to these, there are some bold people who gathered together as bandits, and found the right time to rob them. Their main targets were caravans. These people put down their weapons and were bandits when they picked up weapons, but they were the most difficult people to deal with. Unless they were both captured on the spot, it would be difficult to do anything to them.

Years of war have also made the people of Jinghu County live in poverty. The entire county governor is serving the war, with the fields deserted and no one farmed. The support from the court is not allowed to arrive on time at all times. Even if they arrive, they have to satisfy the army first. As for ordinary people, who should take care of it?

Such a place does not breed big chaos, but it is just because there are strong troops stationed. But that's all, the army of small chaos doesn't care about it and is too lazy to care about it.

Faced with the powerful Qi army's offensive, they did not have so much energy.

Those who can go to this place to do business in such a chaotic place are naturally people with considerable backgrounds. Most of these caravans hire guards, and these people are easy to deal with ordinary bandits.

Over time, some small merchants also figured out the trick, bought some goods, and then paid some protection fees to these large caravans, so they could form a formation with them. Although they paid the protection fees, as long as the goods were transported to the ground smoothly, they would still make a lot of profits several times or even ten times.

So now, the caravans that usually walk in Jinghu County are quite large and have extremely complete goods. The caravans don’t want to do it, so naturally these small merchants come to make up for it.

Compared with other places in Jinghu County, Jinghu County City and the front-line army garrisons have flourished abnormally because there are tens of thousands of troops stationed here and hundreds of thousands of people who rely on the army to serve the army.

The scale of the Jinghu army has always been expanding. First, Lei Hu and Lei Bao led their troops to come. Although the Huofeng Army led by them retreated, they each brought 10,000 new troops to Daci City not far from Jinghu. After that, the Western Army Suqian brought another 20,000 people, but the 20,000 people arrived in Jinghu.

These troops were mixed with sand from Min Ruoying to Jinghu defense line. However, whether it was Leihu, Leibao or Suqian, their qualifications were still a little shallow and could not shake Cheng Wuben's status.

Among these teams, there is an extremely special existence, that is, the Jinghu Naval Division. Although it is still called Jinghu Naval Division, the original naval division has long been cleaned up and has been defeated one by one. These guys who lack combat experience, fighting will and fighting skills either die in the battle in a mess, or see that the situation is not good, quickly changed their careers and left the naval division team. The current Jinghu Naval Division is a brand new team, a fleet that is completely in the hands of Ning Zhiwen.

There are not many people, including the number of people who maintain the ship, there are only 5,000 people, but they are an indispensable force in Jinghu. Because Jinghu Lake is crisscrossed and the navy is not connected to various defense lines, it will be difficult to exert the overall defense effect.

Although Ning Zhiwen was a native of Chu, he had an inexplicable relationship with the Ming people. His second son Ning Zeyuan was even the highest commander of the Ming Navy. This is no longer a secret now. The relationship between the Ming and Chu is really inexplicable, and it is still chaotic. For example, Ma Xiangnan, the younger brother of the Chu State, the chief assistant of the Chu State, was the oldest local county magistrate of the Ming State, who was in charge of the country. Jiang Shangyan made great contributions to the country of Ming State, and now he is holding an important task in the Chu army. Ning Zhiwen served for the State of Chu, but his son was an official in the State of Ming State.

Ming Chu is now in the honeymoon period, and Cheng Wuben's army on the Jinghu defense line basically uses the weapons of the Ming Dynasty, and these weapons are transported to Quanzhou by ship and then sent to Jinghu. The large amount of loans ensured that the Chu army's military pay, food and fodder were prepared.

Ning Zhiwen was suspicious, but he was indeed fighting for the Chu State. Those water battles made great contributions to the stability of the Jinghu defense line. Zhou Jiyun, the Qi State, went through great difficulty to set up a shipyard in Wanzhou and transferred a group of naval troops, but under Ning Zhiwen's attack, it was terrible. Until the Zhou family of Bozhou appeared in Jinghu, Qi personnel got back their disadvantage bit by bit, and now it finally became a situation of even rivalry.

Jinghu County City is preparing for the New Year, and the front line is also preparing for the New Year. The Qi army has no intention of attacking at this point. After fighting a whole year of battle, everyone has to relax. The string collapses too tightly, and that is to be broken. Whether it is Cheng Wuben or Zhou Jiyun, they all understand this truth.
Chapter completed!