With a light "snap", a black seed fell on the chessboard, and the black chess had become a momentum, like a dragon covering the sea and turning waves, and the fierce flames were monstrous.

Murong Yanzhao was on the opposite side, staring at the chessboard, studying for a while, thinking about how to break the game. Seeing his painstaking meditation, the smug smile on the corner of Wang Jun's mouth bloomed reservedly.

Glancing at Wang Jun, Murong Yanzhao also smiled lightly, with an open-minded face, and directly admitted defeat: "All handsome chess skills are superb, and the end will not be as good as the general!" ”

"Haha!" Seeing this, Wang Jun smiled: "General Murong is modest, looking at this game, he can at least fight with Ben Shuai for a few more rounds!" ”

"It's a failure, but there's no need to insist on it, it's a waste of time!" Murong Yanzhao said.

Nodding his head, Wang Jun took the old servant who accompanied the expedition, served the hot tea that had been burned, and said to Murong Yanzhao: "This is the imperial tea that His Majesty rewarded before leaving. ”

Wang Jun's words and deeds are very kind of "famous generals", seeing this, Murong Yanzhao can only cooperate, and by the way, he compliments Wang Jun's Yaxing. There is no way, he is also familiar with Wang Jun's character, he can only follow the hair, otherwise, it is easy to provoke discord with the generals, and now he is the Marquis of Yu, the camp capital, and he has to take care of the overall situation.

While drinking tea, Wang Jun said slowly: "You and I have finished this game of chess, and this big game of chess in Huainan has just started!" ”

"Now that the soldiers are in Shouchun, what are the plans of the commander in the next step?" Seeing that Wang Jun took the initiative to mention it, Murong Yanzhao asked.

"Taking advantage of the fact that the puppet Tang reinforcement army has not arrived, attack first and try the defense of Shouchun City. Then Zhao Kuangyin said that the guard general He Jingzhu knew the soldiers, and the commander wanted to see how much ability he could have! Wang Jun thought for a while and said, "Use all the dozens of thunderbolts that accompany the army, and also test the actual combat power for the ordnance supervisor!" ”

The thunderbolt cannon in Wang Jun's mouth was a counterweight throwing car that was researched and improved by the Tokyo Ordnance Supervisor after Pinghezhong according to Liu Chengyou's instructions, which lasted one year and was continuously improved and perfected.

Although the cost of construction has gone up, the manpower required for operation has been greatly reduced, and the ability to maneuver has also been greatly improved. This time, Wang Jun went south, and deployed 30 units and 1,000 oil bombs, ready to try Shouzhou.

"Attacked by the Fengguo army, commanded by the city, with Lao Yanzhao, you have personally worked hard!" Wang Jun looked at Murong Yanzhao again.

Nodding, Murong Yanzhao responded: "Obey!" ”

"Du Shuai seems to have no heart to go down to Shouzhou?" Seeing Wang Jun's expression, Murong Yanzhao asked.

"Hehe......" Wang Jun smiled, pointed to the outside of the tent and said: "Guanshouchun City, it is indeed Huainan Xiongcheng, strong and sufficient grain, strong attack, in vain, the soldiers are wasted, and the commander is not for it." After this blow when crossing to the south, the defenders were afraid and did not dare to go out of the city easily. In this way......"

Murong Yanzhao also smiled slightly, and echoed: "Therefore, Du Shuai put the target on the reinforcements of the Tang Army!" ”

Listening to Murong Yanzhao's affirmative tone, Wang Jun stroked his long beard, looked at him in surprise, and nodded: "Yes, no wonder Your Majesty values you so much, you really have some talents and knowledge!" ”

With a modest smile, Murong Yanzhao responded: "It's all handsome!" ”

"Didn't Your Majesty already say it? The land, the city, and the people of Huainan will be ours sooner or later, and the Tang army's troops should be killed, wounded, captured, and weakened. And today is cold, which is not conducive to attacking the city, and the commander can only act according to His Majesty's orders, but how this battle should be fought depends on us......"

"This commander has ordered the Military Intelligence Department and the Wude Division to let their meticulous work and investigation closely watch Jinling's reaction!" Wang Jun looked like he was holding a pearl of wisdom, and said confidently: "As long as Shouzhou is not broken, the pseudo-Tang Dynasty will never give up, Ben Shuai wants to come, within three or two days, there will be Huai thief reinforcements to cross the river and march north!" ”

"On the side of the big battalion, we still need to be strictly guarded, the defenders dare to attack once, and they may not dare to attack the second time!"

When Wang Jun and Murong Yanzhao were discussing combat matters, a burly soldier walked in without informing, this person's name was Shen Shihou, and he had a particularly good relationship with Wang Jun.

Shen Shihou said to Wang Jun: "Du Shuai, the commander of the Protector made Li Chongjin report that Cai Cheng has been broken, the defenders have been annihilated, and three hundred prisoners have been captured!" ”

Hearing this, Wang Jun shook his head, a little dissatisfied: "The action is too slow, Xia Cai Xiaocheng, there are no more than a thousand soldiers, why did he delay so long as he was the protector of the holy army?" ”

Murong Yanzhao was beside him, and opened his mouth to argue a few words for Li Chongjin: "Li Du led the army to capture Cai, originally to involve and attract the attention of the Tang army, and after receiving the order to break the city, it was still after the main force of our army went south to Shouchun. It's not slow to break the city this day! ”

glanced at Murong Yanzhao, it was regarded as giving him a face, Wang Jun didn't dwell on this, thought for a while, and said: "Pass on Li Chongjin, leave three battalions of soldiers, garrison Shouchun, build a pontoon bridge, and protect the retreat of our army." Passed on the order to Xun, divided a naval army, and cooperated with the garrison of Xia Cai to prevent the attack of the Shouzhou Naval Division. ”

"In addition, let Xiang Xun divide another part of the naval army, cooperate with the Suzhou regiment to train the army, and handle the vortex mouth to prepare for the Haosi Huai thieves. The rest of the boats, warships, and civilian ships, as well as the people, were all transferred to his command, and let him and Wang Pu, the food envoy, speed up the delivery of the follow-up supplies and weapons to the front line. ”

"Yes!"

"Du Shuai, the Jingjiang Navy is already insufficient, and it is difficult to compete with the Huainan Navy Division, if it is divided into three, won't it weaken its strength even more?" Listening to Wang Jun's arrangement, Murong Yanzhao couldn't help but remind.

With his eyebrows raised, Wang Jun said: "Even if you concentrate it, can you beat the Huai thief water master?" Therefore, the commander cooperated with the infantry to defend the ferry, and tried to avoid its weakness as much as possible. Moreover, the purpose of the naval army was originally to cover our infantry and cavalry operations, so as to prevent the Huai thief sailors from attacking our rear along the Huai River and pinning down our army. Pass on this handsome order, let Xiang Xun overcome it as much as possible! ”

Seeing Wang Jun's stubborn face, Murong Yanzhao also suppressed the words of persuasion in a timely manner, what he wanted to say was actually Wang Jun's attitude towards everyone, he simply despised everything, and let it be driven. With such a commander-in-chief, you really have to endure a lot of anger......

"What's the matter if you don't give the order?" Seeing that Shen Shihou was still in the tent, Wang Jun asked.

Shen Shihou said cautiously: "The Yingzhou regimental training division has overreported, and the fifty remnants of the Huai thief Shouzhou warships have gone down the river again, attacked the Zhengyang pontoon bridge, and destroyed my floating beam!" ”

Originally, there were thousands of sailors in Shouzhou, and when the Han army crossed to the south, they fought with the Jingjiang army and retreated. But after going upstream, after crossing Xia Cai, he was intercepted at Zhengyangdu. Xiang Xun led his division to fight fiercely with it, and the Tang army was finally defeated, and sixty or seventy ships broke through the unfinished Zhengyang Fuliang and fled to the south.

Si Chao, the training envoy of the Yingzhou regiment, was ordered by Wang Jun to continue to build floating beams in Zhengyang to intercept the remnants of the sailors in Shouzhou.

Glancing at Murong Yanzhao, Wang Jun said, "I saw it!" The thief's water army is a big trouble, and it can be prevented by floating beams and fortified fortifications. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Jun instructed Shen Shihou: "Send someone to tell Si Chao to collect boats, boats, bamboo and wood, and rebuild the floating beams, no matter what method he thinks, before the Xia Cai pontoon bridge is built, be sure to block the rest of the Shouzhou Navy Division to Ben Shuai in the south." If there is any mistake, the marshal will deal with it by military law. ”

"Yes!"

Wang Jun's order was obviously to use the Yingzhou regiment training and the Zhengyang pontoon bridge as bait to buy time for the opening of the Xiacai Passage.

"In addition, Hou Qi contacted Guo Rong and asked him to lead the armies of Xuzhou and Yizhou to the south to contain the Huai thieves of Hao and Si, and not let them influence the Shouzhou side!" Wang Jun said again.

Saying that, Wang Jun couldn't help muttering: "Your Majesty too, since you have entrusted the commander to lead the Huainan front camp, you should let the commander coordinate the overall situation, and why let Guo Rong lead the army alone, has he ever fought?" ”

"Du Shuai, Your Majesty's arrangement has its own intentions, and you should be cautious!" Hearing his words, Murong Yanzhao's expression became serious and said to Wang Jun.

With a look on his face, he looked Murong Yanzhao up and down a few times, Wang Jun smiled slightly, gently stroked his beard, and played with taste: "Ben Shuai only said casually, it won't reach His Majesty's ears, right?" ”

Facing Wang Jun's gaze, Murong Yanzhao frowned, shook his head, and said without humility or arrogance: "It's all handsome and worried!" Absolutely not! ”

Seeing this, Wang Jun laughed out loud for no reason, sounding exceptionally hearty and confident, and passed directly outside the big tent.

And when the Shouchun Han Army gained a firm foothold and began to launch a tentative attack on Shouchun City, on the side of Jinling in the Southern Tang Dynasty, 30,000 forbidden troops, also under the command of the commander Liu Yanzhen, crossed the river in the north, and went to Shouzhou for reinforcements.

Liu Yanzhen, as Wei Cen said, is indeed behind the gate, has bravery, is good at riding and shooting, and knows the book of soldiers. He also served in the locality, but when he was in the state and county, he disturbed the people and had a very bad reputation. In the army, he also talks about it, and his head is the way, and he talks about the army on paper.

Of course, the reason why he can have a lot of fame in the court, and the reason why he is famous is because this person is willing to spend money, and a group of ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty are fighting for fame. Therefore, in his early thirties, he was already a senior general of the Southern Tang Forbidden Army, and was able to be the commander and lead the army.

Of course, Liu Yanzhen also boasts of being a general, but she has never had the opportunity to show it.

While Wang Jun was planning the reinforcements of the Southern Tang Dynasty, as the commander of the reinforcements, Liu Yanzhen was also planning the Han army under Shouchun City, and sent people to explore the movements and arrangements of the Han army in Huaiyin as early as possible.

After a cursory understanding, before crossing the river, he summoned his generals and colonels to discuss their aspirations and set a combat policy. Basically, he marched in three directions, he led the main force in the east, the Baoxin army in the west, and added the Huai Shangshui Division. He has a great appetite and intends to cooperate with the defenders of Shouzhou, attack internally and externally, encircle it, and swallow the Han army under the fortified city in one bite......

The Southern Tang Army, there has been a real fierce battle with the Northern Army for too long, in Liu Yanzhen's view, the official documents of the imperial court are weak, too nervous, with the military strength of the Tang Dynasty, it is twice as strong as the Han Division, and there is the advantage of the Water Division, why be afraid of the Han Army?