After several days of continuous fighting, the soldiers of the two battalions were exhausted, and if they wanted to exert their complete combat strength in the next battle, they could only cultivate and not make unnecessary casualties. In fact, there were only a few battles, mostly guerrilla warfare, which restrained the Chu army's journey to Fenyang.

The right flank of the Chu army broke through the last line of defense set by the kamikaze battalion, and there were no more troops to chase after the tens of thousands of troops marching with all their might. At great cost, he persevered until the seventh day. Liu Zhixing rode his horse back to the camp tent, and Chu Hanlin wrote the battle situation and the list of soldiers who died in the battle.

There is no doubt that the soldiers who died on the battlefield could not be compensated by the imperial court, and Chu Hanlin was already anxious. can only record the names of the soldiers who died in the war one by one, names, places of origin, age, every stroke is drenched in blood.

When Chu Hanlin closed the death list, his face was sad. It is destined that many soldiers of the 13th Battalion will never see each other again, and many of them are only teenagers, who have not yet experienced the joy of being born, and who died in battle at a young age, and do not know how to face the parents, wives and children of the robes.

Liu Zhixing entered the camp tent and watched Chu Hanlin open another list and start writing, before he picked up the pen and Chu Hanlin said, "You are back." ”

Liu Zhixing nodded lightly and said, "I haven't finished counting yet." ”

He put down the ink pen and sighed and said: "This time the thirteenth battalion has suffered the heaviest casualties since the establishment of the battalion, and the pikes have suffered the most serious losses. The crossbow team, led by Shao Jiu and Chu Yang, after several surprise attacks, there are still 600 people, Chu Yang, Liu Qing, and Zhou Yan's cavalry from their command is not a big loss, only more than 300 casualties. Zheng Shuixin, Zheng Shuiji led the lone wolf the lone wolf the least, and now there are still 400 people. Lu Lin, there are less than a hundred available swordsmen under Gao Xiaolong's command. ”

Listening to Chu Hanlin's reports one by one, Liu Zhixing was a little silent and said: "Zhao Chaokun, Zhang Xing." ”

Mentioning the names of the two, Chu Hanlin said softly: "Chaokun is extremely seriously injured, I don't know if I can survive it." There are only a few people who can accompany Zhang Xing back, although Zhang Xing's life is not in danger, it is unknown whether he can stand up in the future. ”

Pick up the list of the thirteen battalions killed in battle, one by one who were still alive a few days ago. Chu Hanlin said: "Two thousand one hundred and thirty-two people were killed in the battle, one thousand three hundred and seventy-three people were seriously wounded, and there are only more than 1,000 people left who can still be put into the battlefield. ”

The accurate number made Liu Zhixing's heart ache, and he sat down quietly with his arms covered. said: "The thirteenth battalion can't withstand any big battle, what happened to Fenyang." ”

"There is no news for the time being, and the Chu army is tightly sealed. There is good news. Chu Hanlin's eyes finally had a glimmer of light.

Liu Zhixing raised his head and stared at Chu Hanlin and asked, "Say." ”

"There is finally movement on the side of the imperial court, and Your Majesty personally pays homage to the general and canonizes your father, Generalissimo Pingnan, to lead the position of Grand Sima. Led an army of 300,000 and set out from Taiping City. Chu Hanlin paused for a moment and then said, "Attack Eastern Wu." ”

Hearing this news, Liu Zhixing's expression was solemn, and the imperial court finally passed his father Liu Ce's "Pingnan Shu Yi", thirteen years later. Since I was a child, every time I turned to the sealed "Pingnan Shu Yi", my father was always disappointed, and his eyes were lonely, and I still remember it in my heart.

Clenched his fists and got up, put down the account book in his hand and said: "Hanlin ordered Liang Bo, Da Niu, to lead all the soldiers who can still go to the battlefield to go to Fenyang with me. ”

Chu Hanlin asked with some confusion: "What's wrong with the general?" ”

Liu Zhixing stopped and said: "The army has opened Eastern Wu, and the imperial court has decided to dominate the world. From now on, it is time for us to attack, and we will do our best to attack Eastern Wu, and Your Majesty has passed the "Pingnan Shu Proposal". What follows is the real fierce battle, and Fenyang must not be lost. ”

Swallowing a breath, he continued: "Once the Chu army finds out that the battlefield of Dongwu is decisive, it will definitely attack with all the strength of the whole country. Before the destruction of the Eastern Wu Kingdom, there would not be a single reinforcement in the imperial court, and the army that could be called by Nanjing was only the local army of Qingzhou and Huping in addition to the Changfeng Army, and there was no room for a mistake. ”

Chu Hanlin, who was cautious in explaining on one side, showed a shocked look, turned his head without asking a word, and said, "The last general will be ordered." ”

Liu Ce set up camp in Huizhou, and after more than 20 years, he finally set foot on the southernmost land of Daliang. Once the three young men stood on the highest Hongshan Mountain in Taiping, looking at the southern end of the beam. The former emperor, who had just been canonized as a prince, had great ambitions: "I want to go to Wuyi Mountain in Dachu to drink tea and make Daliang a monarchy under heaven." ”

At that time, Daliang was barren, and a small Dongwu could be bullied wantonly. The first emperor Xiao Pingyin said with a smile: "I don't know if the new tea in Wuyi Mountain will be better than that in Taiping City." ”

Lin Xie, the eldest, jumped up: "I've been to Wuyi Mountain, and the tea is like that." He was kicked hard by the former emperor Xiao Pingyin. The two kept fighting, and Liu Ce looked at the south silently alone. Reach out and remove a piece of gravel and throw it off the cliff.

Suddenly asked: "Pingyin, do you want to be the emperor?" ”

The two who were fighting suddenly calmed down, and Lin Xie stared at Xiao Pingyin, who was still acting inappropriately just now. Xiao Pingyin, who is still a young man, said with a smile: "I think about it in my dreams, but unfortunately there is no drama, my father values the third emperor brother the most." ”

Lin Xie, who loves to make noise the most, seriously held Xiao Pingyin's shoulder for the first time and said, "I'll help you." ”

Although it is a joke, the two teenagers are serious. Liu Ce said seriously: "I'll help you too, but now I'm also a general." Besides, if you are not the emperor, you don't have any motivation to fight, Lin Xie, you say no. ”

"Yes, that's how a husband should be."

Xiao Pingyin said: "Okay, then it's decided." If, I say if! If you really become emperor, what do you want to do? ”

Lin Xie said bluntly: "Of course, when you are a world-famous general, and then glorify your ancestors, in the future, when it comes to the Lin family, it will no longer be the pillar of the country in Shuzhong, but the general Lin Xie." If you lead a war, you don't want to be a general, if you want to be a generalissimo. ”

The quiet Liu Ce said: "Me too, the Turks are rampant and repeatedly violate the border of Daliang. As long as you become the emperor, I will help you defeat the Turks. ”

Looking at the sworn appearance of the two, Xiao Pingyin suddenly felt fooled. It seems that the two of them have thought about it a long time ago, and they really don't want to see the two of them talking wildly when they cover their eyes. Until the two of them stood on both sides, the shoulders of the two slightly immature arms, which seemed a little heavy.

Suddenly asked: "It's a little difficult to pacify the Turks, there is also the Great Chu He Dongwu in the south." ”

Lin Xie said very calmly: "Liu Ce went to fight the Turks, if it wasn't for my brother and me, I don't believe that I can't stop a big Chu." Then you will govern the big beam well, let the big beam not be called a barbarian by the people in the south, the north beam, let's take off the barbarian together, and there is a north word. ”

"Okay."

Without waiting for the words to fall, Liu Ce stared at the south and said, "I'm afraid this is not enough, Xianqin can step on the Central Plains, and we can too." ”

The two never thought that Northern Liang could defeat Da Chu and destroy the most powerful country in the Central Plains. Liu Ce's words caused a fire in the hearts of the two, and Xiao Pingyin said: "You are so bold, my father just thinks about it, and he doesn't dare to say it." ”

Lin Xie, who felt incredible, said: "Liu Ce, you're not joking!" ”

Picked up a quick gravel and threw it down fiercely: "I am serious, I never tell lies." ”

Xiao Pingyin also picked up a stone and threw it down the mountain: "Then let's say it, help me destroy the Turks first." ”

Lin Xie also picked up a stone and threw it down, the stone was a little heavy and not too far to throw it and shouted loudly: "It's not your turn, I still want to!" ”

At this time, I stood at the foot of Huishan Mountain in Huizhou, looking at the place where my dreams were entrusted. The jokes of the three of them when they were children, maybe Xiao Pingyin, who was already the emperor at that time, and Lin Xie, the commander of the Changfeng Army, had already forgotten his original intention. When Liu Ce, who never forgot every word and every promise, returned from the great victory of pacifying the Turks, he wrote the "Pingnan Shu Yi" that was admired by a generation of Wenzong and Zhou Wen.

At that time, the national strength of the Great Liang was weak, and an army of 100,000 people who had just pacified the Turks was ambitious. With this large army, take Soochow first, carry the Soochow warship, and attack the north and south to pacify Southern Chu, and unify the Central Plains, which has been falling apart for a hundred years.

Liu Ce pulled up a tender grass and said: "Lin Xie's twelve-year commander of the Changfeng Army defended the Great Liang and erased the expectations of the Great Liang soldiers for Southern Chu. Fifteen years, I've been waiting for this day for fifteen years. I'll bring your share to Nanchu, don't worry, I can definitely do what you can't do. ”

Playing with the tender grass in his hand, he continued: "Your Majesty, you have been waiting for this day for a long time!" said that we would go to Wuyi Mountain to drink tea together, why did you leave early. This time, I must bring the latest tea from Wuyishan this year back to Taiping City. ”

Near dusk, the guards rode on horseback and said: "Dashuai, Li Shanhai, the governor of the naval division, and Li Ting, the general of Huizhou, have arrived at night." ”

Liu Ce patted the dust off his hands and said, "Got it." ”

In the barracks of the Pingnan Army, Li Shanhai, who had just been recalled by the royal secret order, Li Tingye felt in his heart. When he heard that Liu Ce led an army of 300,000 to help, he naturally breathed a sigh of relief. Who didn't know the old people of that generation that it was never Lin Xie, who was stationed in Nanjing, who pulled out a North character, but Liu Ce, who had fought the Turks for more than ten years and did not dare to step into Beijing. It was precisely because of Liu Ce's pacification of the Turks and the absence of intrusion from the north that he could resist Southern Chu with all his national strength and have the prosperity of the Great Liang.

Li Shanhai entered the big tent and looked at the young men in battle armor, only a few old people. To Li Shanhai's surprise, his son Li Changhe turned out to be the last military general, many of whom were descendants of wealthy families in the Great Liang Dynasty, and everyone wore armor without the fame of Taiping City.

Approaching his son, Li Changhe asked lightly, "Why are you here?" ”

Li Changhe replied: "Back to the Governor of Dadu, the last general will ask for an order to join the army and follow the generalissimo to attack Wu." ”

patted his son's shoulder heavily, feeling much more solid, no longer the loser who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun. Walking into the big tent with calm steps, more than 30 generals with real power gathered together, which has not been so grand for more than ten years.

Li Shanhai and Li Tingye were followed by many generals in two rows. The two looked at the central seat, and the generalissimo had not yet arrived. I already have a feeling in my heart that Liu Ce's trip is definitely not just to defend the border of Daliang, it is not easy for Dongwu to cross the sailor, Huizhou has a perennial garrison of 50,000 troops, and Li Tingye is in charge of the army, and he has great confidence to guard the east mirror of Daliang.

The noisy big tent was talking about what the battlefield should be, a middle-aged man in black armor, with black hair and black beard. The moment they walked into the tent, everyone was calm.

Liu Ce stepped like a dragon and tiger, stepped up to the main seat step by step and said: "Everyone has arrived, start the discussion." ”

Li Tingye stepped forward and said, "General Liu, Huizhou can be defended, why don't you pacify Southern Chu first and then come to attack Wu." ”

Suddenly, Liu Ce's eyes were like torches, and Li Shanhai beside him immediately pushed and said, "Call him handsome." "Li Shanhai has an understanding of Liu Ce's temperament, and he naturally knows how his position as the prince of the country came about. He once followed Liu Ce to pacify the Turks and made miraculous achievements in order to be promoted from a military general to the title of duke.

Liu Ce said: "Ben Shuai asked you to discuss the matter, not to ask you why. ”