[The topographic map of Shengzhou draws on the map of Jiankang Mansion in the Song Dynasty and Jiangning Mansion in the Southern Tang Dynasty, which is very different from the modern Nanjing City, and the party is merciful~ PS: Don't worry! These two chapters are just to make some foreshadowing for the battle, and there will be nearly ten chapters updated in the last two days of this month!! to ensure that everyone can watch it cool!!!

"Big brother, you're so bright!" On Jubao Mountain in the south of Shengzhou City, Shi Lei circled around Xu Chen, and from time to time stretched out his hand to touch the blue light on Xu Chen's left shoulder, and said with a joking smile.

"Look for a beating, right, go away!" Xu Chen was annoyed by him, waved his fist, and said fiercely.

Shi Lei didn't eat him at all, ran away with a smile, then turned around, looked at the pillar of light on the eldest brother's shoulder with shining eyes, and was ready to rush over again to touch it.

When Xu Chen saw it, he had no choice but to shake his head helplessly and sigh: "I knew earlier, I shouldn't have taken you out!"

In the battle just past, Xu Chen did not let the young Shi Lei participate, so as soon as the battle was over, Xiao Shi came over alone, no matter how Xu Chen coerced and tempted, Xiao Shi would rather die than give in, in short, he refused to leave. Xu Chen had no choice, and he didn't have time to spend time with him, so he had to go with him.

The pillar of light on the girl Ling'er has never been extinguished since it lit up, and Xu Chen realized the thick crisis even if he was slow to react.

It's strange to say, whenever Xu Chen gets close to Ling'er, the pillar of light on his body will light up, and after he leaves a certain distance, the pillar of light on his body will disappear.

Xu Chen didn't quite understand the principle, but fortunately, he didn't need to understand so much, and after mastering this small change, Xu Chen had an idea in his heart.

"Big brother, the fourth brother has already brought half of his men to assist Shengzhou Taishou to defend the city, and the navy army has also all driven to the Yangtze River to stand by. Fortunately, in these days, a number of improved warships have been launched one after another on the other side of the river, and with the hoarded turtle boats, it is enough. The opponent's sailor is He Yun, who had fought with the fourth child on the Yangtze River, they had suffered heavy losses last time, this time they will not be our opponent, as long as the Yangtze River has been in our hands, the battle to defend the city will not be too difficult. Lu Hao hurried up to report to Xu Chen about the battle situation in Shengzhou City.

Yanziji is in the north of Shengzhou City, close to the Yangtze River, and the 4,000 men and horses led by Yang Xun have quietly crossed the Yangtze River under the leadership of the other party's sailors.

Of course, it would be an exaggeration to say quietly. It has been more than a month since the Yangzhou rebellion, and the imperial court has already informed the world, so the Shengzhou defenders, who are separated from Yangzhou by a big river, naturally cannot be ignorant of it.

Shengju is an important town along the river, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, and the sailors of Shengzhou have always been used as a weapon for the southern regime to fight against the northern army. Shengzhou City has a long tradition of water warfare, and even though the Sui and Tang dynasties were constantly weakened by the central government, it still retained a well-established sailor.

Four thousand men and horses crossed the river, plus grain and grass and military supplies, and at least 100 large and small ships needed to be used. With such a large team, unless all the sailors in Shengzhou are blind and deaf, it is impossible for them to have no reaction at all.

In fact, the sailors of Shengzhou, who had thousands of people, had indeed become de facto blind and deaf, because they had all fallen asleep the day before!

Don't ask why such a strange thing happened! Xu Chen has power in his hands, so he is naturally willful! Because Xu Chen is no longer in vain, he also wears a hat on his head, on which is written "Ambassador of the Quan Shengzhou System", that is, the supreme commander of the military of the general Shengzhou. This is different from Xu Chen's last official position, although it is also temporary, but this time the appointment letter is stamped with a big seal of "Ordered by the Heavens, Both Longevity and Eternal Prosperity", followed by the seal letter under the door of the Chinese book, which is a dignified, reasonable and legal holy decree!

With such a written order, coupled with the letter sent by Xu Fan from Chang'an to let the officials of Shengzhou assist Xu Chen, and then under the banner of the labor army, dragging a cart of wine, meat and vegetables, it is naturally not a difficult thing to enter the barracks. And the next thing is naturally much simpler, and people who drink high are naturally easy to fall asleep......

To say that this kind of strange thing is still a little difficult for Xu Chen to do in other places in the Tang Dynasty, but in Shengzhou City, it is nothing.

First of all, the Chang'an Imperial Court did not attach importance to Shengzhou, but the thousand-year-old city of Shengzhou has become a place that officials are afraid to avoid. Some of these people, after arriving in Shengzhou, naturally most of them also have a passable attitude.

And the lack of attention from the imperial court can also make it easier for Xu Fan to authorize his own students to become the de facto masters of Shengzhou with official orders. There are no big families in Shengzhou City, and even if there are officials from Shengzhou in the court, most of them are small fish and shrimp, so how can they compete with the prime minister who is just popular?

In the Tang Dynasty, where the civil service system was not very sound, there were many people who were recommended by high-ranking officials to enter the court as officials, and it was naturally not difficult for the prime minister to appoint his students to a place where no one would be welcomed, and temporarily command some armies that were already small. And the most important thing is that now that the south is at war, the civilian officials can't avoid it, and the military generals are unwilling to refute Xu Fan's face, anyway, Xu Chen, the ambassador of the system, is only temporary, and he must also be restrained by Li Lun, the commander in chief of the counterinsurgency.

As a result, Xu Chen became the highest military governor of Shengzhou without surprise.

"We, the teacher, really refuse to give me a chance to be lazy!" Xu Chen said with a wry smile to Lu Hao while directing a large group of craftsmen to work on this Jubao Mountain.

After all, we are also responsible for this now. Lu Hao said solemnly.

"Yes, yes, yes! I didn't say I wouldn't do it, why are you so serious?" Xu Chen nodded frequently.

"Owner, the traps have all been dug and the traps have been properly laid, what else do you have to order?" an old man walked over and reported to Xu Chen.

"Uh......" Xu Chen looked at the old man, as if he had forgotten the words for a while.

"Lu Zhi!" Lu Hao, who was still on the side, reacted quickly, knowing that the eldest brother had forgotten the other party's name, so he hurriedly reminded in a low voice.

"Oh, Master Lu!" Xu Chen smiled awkwardly and said apologetically: "I'm sorry! I've been too busy these days, and my brain is a little messy, Master Lu, don't mind!"

The old man surnamed Lu smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "It's not in the way, the owner is busy doing big things, the old name, don't remember it if you can't remember it, just call me an old man!"

"Haha, how can that work? The master is a descendant of Luban, and the kid admires him very much!" Xu Chen said with a smile.

Master Lu shook his head and said, "This bit of craftsmanship of the old decay has lost the face of the ancestors, and the owner must not mention it again!"

"Okay, let's not waste time here!" Xu Chen said after greeting him, and then returned to the topic: "The enemy we are going to deal with this time, Master Lu must be clear now. ”

Master Lu nodded silently.

This old man's name is Lu Zhi, but Chai Lao was ordered by Xu Chen to find it in person, according to legend, he is a descendant of Lu Ban, although the rumors do not know whether it is true or false, but the technique of a first-hand mechanism is famous in the rivers and lakes. Not only that, Lu Zhi is also a genuine master of the Grandmaster Realm, with good martial arts!

As a master of the Grandmaster Realm, he naturally heard a lot about those mysterious people who often haunted the world, but he was limited to rumors, but real people had never seen them.

This time, Chai Lao came to the door, thinking about the reason why Lu Zhi, who was living in isolation, agreed to go out of the mountain, in addition to having some friendship with Chai Lao back then, what was more important was that Chai Lao told the other party that the enemy he was going to deal with this time was very likely to be a mysterious person. Out of extreme curiosity about the mysterious person, as well as the desire for those panaceas, Lu Zhi resolutely went out of the mountain!

When Lu Zhi followed Chai Lao to Shengzhou City, he found that he was looking for a half-grown young man, how could a guy who had not yet grown up be recognized by the arrogant Lu Zhi? If it weren't for Chai Lao's repeated emphasis that Xu Chen was his own master, and Xu Chen offered a lot of money, Lu Zhi would not have refuted Xu Chen's face to face, and I am afraid that even if he did not leave, he would definitely refuse to obey the other party's dispatch.

However, after passing a stop on Gongyuan Street, Lu Zhi, who did not make a move, just spied on the side. The strength of the mysterious man was much greater than he imagined, but even so, this young man who he once looked down on, with only a group of equally young people, defeated an opponent that even he felt was strong by his own strength. And this young man's extraordinary wisdom and deep scheming made Lu Zhi even more shocked!

So, Lu Zhi immediately changed his attitude towards Xu Chen, and if Lu Zhi was willing to call Xu Chen "owner" and follow Xu Chen, it was not enough to rely on deterrence!

At this time, Xu Chen's reward in advance was what really moved Lu Zhi!

Senior Brother Ma is an alchemist, and he is also an extraordinary alchemy master! He carries with him the results of his alchemy almost all his life. In the first explosion, a large amount of pills carried by Senior Brother Ma were all blown away in all directions with the qi wave, and in the fierce battle, he was naturally unable to find it carefully. In the end, after the death was gone, it was naturally cheaper than Xu Chen, the winner.

Xu Chen sent people to find all the scattered pills one by one, and finally distributed some of them to the masters from all walks of life who participated in this battle, and Chai Lao and Lu Zhi, the two only masters of the Grandmaster Realm, naturally received the most.

And the efficacy of these elixirs is truly amazing!

As long as those teenagers are not dead, no matter how many injuries they have, a special healing pill will immediately stop the bleeding and build muscles, and they will jump up and down vigorously. It's just that what makes Xu Chen feel pity, and even sighs, is that none of the legendary artifacts of the living dead and flesh and bones can do it.

Although the injuries of the teenagers have healed, those broken limbs and fallen eyeballs can no longer be installed, not to mention those teenagers who have already choked their breath, and the brothers who used to frolic by their side, but they will never come back......