Chapter 24: The First Battle

Zhan Wenjun came to Xu You late at night, of course, not for the threesome Hu Tianhu Emperor. After the clouds and rain dispersed, while Zhang Xuanji was asleep, the two came to the outside room in their clothes, and Zhan Wenjun sent information about the Northern Wei Dynasty and Xiliang.

"The ransom promised by Yuan Mulan has all been delivered to the Qiantang Wharf, and one hundred stones of Hedong salt, 20 million coins and 10,000 horses of silk silk are just right for military supplies. Her messenger is still waiting at the dock, and she wants to bring her back with the ship to Lou to get rid of her illness and others, what does her husband think? ”

"Even if you are an enemy, you must not be unfaithful." Xu You said with a smile: "Lou Diji and the others, as egrets, lurked in the Southern Dynasty and spying on military aircraft, but their identities were exposed, that is, featherless sparrows, which are useless to us, just release them, and it will not hinder the overall situation." ”

Zhan Wenjun said in a low voice: "How credible are the reasons that Yu Zhong said, I am really not sure in my heart......"

After Yu Zhong was arrested, he talked to Xu You privately about some things that could not be done for outsiders, and Xu You was also happy to plant a nail in the Northern Wei Dynasty, whether it can be used or not, it remains to be seen, but it is better than nothing, and there is no harm.

"Let Dong Solstice choose a stable and thoughtful new face from Luo Shengsi and put it on the border of Qingzhou. It is equivalent to Zhong returning to Wei and finding another opportunity to bring this person to Pingcheng. In the future, the two sides must contact this person, even if Yu Zhong lays a trap, the disadvantages are limited, you can try. ”

"Okay, I've got it!" Zhan Wenjun said: "Liangzhou fell, there is no room for turning between Yao Jin, the prince of Liangguo, and Yao Ji, the commander of the left department. ”

Xu You sighed: "I was curious about how Fourth Uncle Zhu persuaded Yao Yan, that treacherous and cunning guy, but I really didn't expect that he would sell Liangzhou directly!" ”

"Zhu Thorn History alone can't do this, if there is no nod from King Jiangxia, those soldiers in Liangzhou may not be willing to surrender, and Yao Jin will not be able to fight without blood, and Liangzhou will be determined in only half a month!"

"Yes, now that I think about it, when King Jiangxia and Zuoqiu Shoubai reached an agreement and gave up Liangzhou, they actually dug a pit for An Xiuming, which not only fulfilled the promise to Yao Yan, but also put the crime of cutting the land on his head, which is really calculating!"

Zhan Wenjun seemed to be unbearable, and said: "I only pity the people of Liangzhou......"

"Although Fourth Uncle Zhu acts unscrupulously, he is by no means misleading the country and the people without a bottom line. If what I expected is not bad, Liangzhou will have a recurrence later, the cool country is in the twilight of the West Mountain, and the small belly can't swallow Liangzhou! ”

After saying everything, Zhan Wenjun asked: "The king of Jiangxia is about to lead his army eastward, when will the husband go to Wu County?" ”

"Three days later!" Xu You smiled, his eyes reflected the candlelight, almost illuminating the entire night, and said: "The king of Linchuan will officially open the mansion, sacrifice heaven and earth, and swear to beg for thieves!" ”

Tianping Mountain held a huge opening ceremony, Yangzhou ten counties, in addition to Danyang and Wuxing County, Wu County, Huiji County, Yixing County, Dongyang County, Linhai County, Yongjia County, Xuancheng County, Jinling County, eight counties from the Taishou below, officials and bureaucrats and famous families are all here, at the same time Jiangzhou counties also came to hundreds of people to congratulate, mighty, heroes gathered.

Bafu Cheng, An Xiulin self-proclaimed hussar general, Bafu set up a master book, Sima a person, a long history, in charge of clerical affairs, military affairs and officials, and then under it set up eighteen Cao, the chief officer is engaged in Langzhong, the adjutant is Zhu Cao Peng, a total of 36 people. In addition, there is a military department, which is an independent organization, headed by the military counselor, leading the army to record the army, serving as the general internal and external, setting up one person, consulting the military and eight people, and counselor military aircraft.

Because the war is the most important task of the current hegemon, the authority of the Military Affairs Department is above all institutions, and the military advisory is not only the chief of the general staff, but also equivalent to Shang Shuling, so it is naturally served by Xie Xiwen, the most trusted mastermind of An Xiulin. In addition, Wei Buqu served as the chief secretary, Zhu Lingbo's father Zhu Li served as Sima, and Gu Yun's father Gu Huaiming served as the chief historian. The remaining eighteen Cao were also divided by the Linchuan Royal Mansion and the scholars of various surnames, and the names of Xu You's old acquaintances such as Gu Xi, Gu Ming, Gu Lin, Zhang Yu, Zhang Tong, and Zhu Cong were also registered.

And Gu Changyong, the head of the Gu family, Lu Zongzhou, the head of the Lu family, and the Zhang family advocate that Jinglong and other older generations all sit in the clan, and hand over the major event that determines the fortune of the family in the next hundred years to the next generation to fight, which means that whoever can perform well in this crusade can become the successor and completely control the power of the gate valve.

Xu You and Zhang Huai joined the army as consulters, and Xu You concurrently served as the commander of the Cuiyu Army, the general of Zhengbei, and Zhang Huai concurrently served as the commander of the Pingjiang Army and the general of Zhengxi. This is already a high-ranking official of the third grade, if he follows the steps and has a smooth career, it may take twenty or thirty years, and he has to win battles often to reach this level. Therefore, if you want to be promoted and make a fortune, rebellion is the most direct and convenient way, but the loss rate is too high, and it is not recommended to use it often.

Under Xu You, Zuo Yan was the general of the Left Guard, Qi Xiao was the general of the Right Guard, Lu Bozhi was the general of Jianwei, and Wang Shibi was the general of Jianwu. Others, such as Han Baoqing, Ming Jing, Ye Min and others, also have their own generals, and the real one person attains the Tao, and the chicken dog ascends to heaven.

Gu Yun is still the assassin of Yangzhou, and he is crowned General Long Xiang, responsible for the stability and unity and logistics supply of the rear of Yangzhou. An Xiulin formed an army of the old department of the palace and the newly recruited troops, took the Changyun Peak of Tianping Mountain as the name, named the Changyun Army, with Di Xia as the army leader, and was named the general of the south.

The three armies were established, built an altar to worship the sky, An Xiulin did not have too much nonsense, promulgated An Xiuming's crimes, with a way to cut down no way, and then to reward and encourage the army's morale, whoever climbed Jinling first was awarded a thousand households, rewarded with 10 million dollars, and those who caught An Xiuming were sealed with 10,000 households, rewarded with 50 million money, etc., and suddenly thundered with joy and morale.

Everything was ready, the front of the army pointed directly at Jinling, and the Changyun Army and the Pingjiang Army marched west along the Yangtze River with more than 100 sea dragon boats and various warships. Xu You led the Cuiyu army from Qiantang and attacked Wuxing County.

During the Bai Ze Rebellion, Chiba led the thieves to occupy most of the land in Wuxing County, burned down the city, and plundered the people's property, and has not recovered until now. Shen Muzhi knew that he was also a member of the three Wu Hao clans, and after the Shen clan destroyed the Xu clan, he had become the target of public criticism and was completely excluded from the circle of the gate valve, so he borrowed the merit of the dragon to gradually migrate the elite children and elite forces of the Shen family to the surrounding areas of Jinling to hold on, and only 2,500 subordinates were left in Wuxing to guard the family. In his mind, if Yangzhou is calm, 2,500 people will be enough to deter Xiaoxiao and maintain the long-term peace and stability of Wuxing; If Yangzhou is transformed into elbows and armpits, even if the Shen family is all in Wuxing, there is nothing they can do, they are just victims who are devoured.

2,500 men were divided into 1,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Wucheng County, and the other counties had 500 soldiers except Linxi, which was a regular strength of 1,200 people. Xu You didn't even need to attack the city, the seven thousand Cuiyu troops wore standard black and red uniforms, the army was neat, and they swallowed bullfighting, and the defenders of Yuhang only glanced at it and immediately abandoned the city and fled.

Next is Wu Kang, Wu Kang's guard general is bolder, knowing that Yu Hang is lost, he wants to resist behind closed doors, but Ye Min led 500 people to climb the city wall at night, Wei Tabby took the lead and cut off the head of the guard with a knife, and Wu Kang also conquered it immediately.

Ye Min neither looted property, nor pursued deserters, let alone said any notices to the people, he only opened the city gate, waiting for Xu You's main force to enter the city, and took his subordinates to change into Shen's robes, escorted more than a dozen prisoners, marched fifty miles in an hour, and went straight to Linxi.

Before dawn, when the captives deceived and opened the city gate of Linxi, there was no suspense in the ending. As the southern gate of Wucheng, Linxi was stationed with 500 elite soldiers, and the Linxi city wall was much taller and stronger than Yuhang and Wukang, so it was enough to defend the city to withstand thousands of troops. But without the city as a backing, he fought with Ye Min's Zhenhai in the alley, which was not called a war, just a one-sided massacre.

All the 500 defenders of Linxi were killed, and none of them escaped, Ye Min kept in mind Xu You's instructions before leaving, "The Shen family can leave no prisoners", and resolutely and thoroughly carried it out. When his subordinates thought that they would continue to attack Wucheng, Ye Min sealed the treasury of the Linxi County Ya, and Cao Tai, the capital supervisor of the Military Supervision Department, was responsible for guarding it, and dispatched 50 people from a tun as a temporary patrol team to go to the streets to maintain law and order.

Dong Dahai was puzzled: "The lord of the building, Linxi was defeated, the defenders were all annihilated, no one should escape, that is to say, Wucheng has no idea, why don't we pretend to be Shen's subordinates again, and wait until it gets dark to deceive and open the city gate of Wucheng, wouldn't it be another great credit?" ”

Ye Min now reuses Dong Dahai, and is also happy to let him learn more, listen and watch more, explaining: "Wucheng's guard is Shen Muzhi's eighth son Shen Zai, although this person is not as brave as Shen Qing, who has died, and is not as popular as Shen Xing, who is now the general of the Jinling army, but he is better than steady, and he is not enough to defend the city. We only have one chance, if we can't open the city gate, we will expose our tracks, and we will startle the snake, but with Zhenhaidu alone, we can't afford to attack the city, so we can only wait for the arrival of the army lord, which will take at least five hours...... Five hours is enough for Shen Zai to prepare for pre-war mobilization and all preparations, so he can't take risks. ”

Dong Dahai looked sideways, and after a while, he said with a smile: "I thought that the owner of the building liked to take risks......

"Ke Wukang, trapped in Linxi, the guard general is stupid and incompetent, it seems to be dangerous, but I actually have an eighty percent chance of winning. But Shen Zai is not such an easily deceived person, knowing the enemy wants to know the general, he would rather sit and wait for the military master to come to the round, rather than ignore the lives of his subordinates in order to grab credit. ”

Dong Dahai was thoughtful, and Cao Tai next to him said: "I heard that when the white thieves retreated, Qianye ordered someone to set a fire and burn Wucheng cleanly. In my opinion, Zhenhai is brave and resolute, and he is the best of the three armies, maybe you can try to see ......"

The Supervision Department does not interfere with military affairs, but can normally participate in military meetings and put forward opinions and suggestions, and the chief officer has the right to veto them, and will not be constrained by the Supervision Department.

Ye Min said with a smile: "Cao Dujian is eager to make meritorious contributions, and I also want Zhenhai to raise his eyebrows, but everything is based on the overall situation." This is the first battle of the Cuiyu Army, the first battle can only be won, not defeated, otherwise, how should the general look at the military master and my generation? Even the Pingjiang Army has to laugh at me, and there is no one in the Cuiyu Army...... Therefore, without more than 80% certainty, we must not start the war lightly! ”

If Xu You hears this, he will have a higher level of understanding of Ye Min, he not only considers military factors, but also considers political influences, and it seems that the class of Hu Cha Hall is not in vain.

Cao Tai was convinced, and said: "What the lord said is very true, obey orders!" ”