On August 25, at sunset, the army arrived in Xiangyang.

Xiangyang was originally owned by the Eastern Jin Dynasty and was the capital of Jingzhou. In the fifteenth year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, the eldest prince Fu Pi captured Xiangyang, accepted Xiangyang as Qin soil, and belonged to Yongzhou. This city became the southeast border of the former Qin, out of Xiangyang and then to the southeast, is the Jingzhou boundary of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

"Xiaguan Xiangyang guards Deng Li, and receives the Yizhou Navy Division, dare to ask which one is General Pei?"

The golden dusk dyed the tall city wall of Xiangyang golden, at this moment the city gate was wide open, hundreds of Xiangyang gentry greeted the army under the leadership of the Taishou, and the open space on the side was full of wine and meat.

The waterways inside and outside the city of Xiangyang are vertical and horizontal, leading directly to the river, and the city gate is only a few hundred steps away from the river. ordered the soldiers to moor the boat, and his father took Pei Shengqin and a cadre to land one step ahead, walked quickly to the gentry, and arched his hand: "This general Pei Yuanluo, there is Lord Lao Deng to greet him." ”

His father's official position is also Taishou, which is the same level as this Xiangyang Taishou, but this time his father, as the main general, holds the Jingjie, according to the law of Daqin, "those who hold the festival see that the local officials are all one level older", therefore, this Lord Deng can only be called a subordinate official in front of his father.

Deng Li said with a smile: "General Pei is polite, this is the duty of a subordinate official." Then he invited the sailors to settle in the Lady City, and he had his own wine and meat to treat the army, how. ”

This lady city is a newly built urn city outside Xiangyang, built tall and tough, specially designed for the garrison of the army, although the army can also stay directly on the ship, but it is not as comfortable as sleeping in the city. The father immediately nodded and said, "Guests are as they please, and listen to Lord Deng's arrangement." ”

At this time, Yong Jianlan shouted: "Lady City? But Zhu Xu's thief built the city, I heard that Lao Shi led thousands of soldiers and horses to destroy this rotten urn city overnight. ”

Shi Yue listened to the black lines on his head, and said: "Dead fatty, don't talk nonsense, I just follow orders and act, it's all the credit of the eldest prince." ”

But I saw Li Songlin and said: "But it's not Zhu Xuxiu's, it's his mother, the old demon woman Han's cultivation." It's ridiculous that the old witch is ignorant, and she wants to compete with our Great Qin Iron Cavalry with this mere urn city. ”

Deng Li's face was full of embarrassment when he heard this, and his father finally couldn't help it, and reprimanded: "You bastards, how dare you insult the mother and son of the Shangshu of the Dynasty, if this word is spread to Chang'an, those imperial historians will have to make noise again." ”

"Hey, that's a nice thing to say, isn't it just a general." Yong Jianlan and Li Songlin whispered a few more words, but finally stopped.

Pei Shengqin's heart moved, and he asked faintly, "Is Zhu Shangshu also in Shouyang?" ”

Deng Liying said: "Zhu Shangshu accompanied His Majesty on the expedition and listened to the announcement on His Majesty's left and right. ”

Sighing silently, among the countless coincidences in the Battle of Weishui, the biggest one is the existence of Zhu Xu. This person was originally a general of Xiangyang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and after the former Qin captured Xiangyang, Zhu Xu surrendered. This person is good at dancing with long sleeves, good at flattery, won the trust of the Qin Emperor, and was in the former Qin official residence to support the book, and accompanied the Qin Emperor to the south during the Battle of Weishui. In the course of the Battle of Weishui, Zhu Xu first fornicated with Xie Yan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to spread the military intelligence of the Qin army. Then betrayed the Luojian Qin army to deploy defenses, led the Eastern Jin Dynasty Liu Jiao to attack Luojian, cut off the connection between Xiangcheng and Shouyang, and left the Shouyang front isolated and helpless. Later, after the war began, he falsely proclaimed the holy decree, saying that the imperial court was defeated, and bewitched the three armies to withdraw their troops, which directly led to the defeat of the river.

Several times in the entire Great Qin Dynasty, no one could have imagined that the Shangshu of the Dynasty would actually be a spy of the Southern Barbarians. The drama of this scene is as embarrassing as when playing chess when one's own taxi eats one's own handsomeness. If you stand in the position of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Zhu Xu is a well-deserved savior. But if you stand in the position of Qianqin, you can put almost all the abuse and condemnation on Zhu Xu, this person is simply a collection of shamelessness.

It can be seen that although their father and Deng Li are inconvenient to speak ill of being a scholar because of their status, they also look down on this flattering villain. Zhu Xu's topic stopped here, and after a few more greetings, Deng Li bowed his head and said: "The lower officials have set up a banquet in Xiangyang City, so they will invite the generals to enter the city for the banquet." ”

At that moment, the order was sent to arrange for the troops to camp in Lady City, and the generals followed Deng Li into Xiangyang. Xiangyang is located on the border of Qin and Jin, and in recent years, the fortifications have been continuously repaired, and even the city is full of corner towers, which is very spectacular.

On the way, Pei Shengqin couldn't help but whisper to his father: "Father, the child thinks that Zhu Xu was not loyal to the Nanban back then, how can he be expected to be loyal to the court now." The army is on the march, and these traitors live on the left and right of Your Majesty, and they are afraid of disaster. ”

"Don't talk nonsense." Father glanced at Pei Shengqin and said solemnly: "Your Majesty's holy virtue is widely spread, the world is in the heart, and the imperial court has millions of soldiers, and the situation is peaceful." Even if the DPRK and China have one or two nights, how can they affect the overall situation. ”

Yes, to put it bluntly, it seems that a Zhu Xu's character cannot affect his father's confidence in the battle of Weishui.

Xiangyang is too guarded to the mansion, everyone sits at the table, the singer dances, and the night banquet begins.

After the two sides were introduced, Deng Li on the main seat raised his glass: "This official respects all the generals with a glass, I only hope that Yizhou Erlang will destroy the Jin Dynasty in this battle, and strengthen my great Qin Wei!" ”

After three cups and two lamps, his chest and gallbladder opened, and his father said: "There is Lao Deng Taishou Hospitality, the war is urgent, and the general will lead the army east out of Xiangyang tomorrow and enter the southern barbarian realm to fight." ”

At this moment, hurried footsteps were heard outside the door, and the sound of quarrels was heard.

"Taishou is feasting guests, no trespassing!"

"The villain has an urgent military situation that needs to be reported, and it is urgent!"

Deng Li frowned slightly and looked at his father. The father said: "Since there is an emergency military situation, let him in, the state affairs are important." ”

"General Pei is really a pillar of the country." After just the right amount of sycophancy, Deng Li called the messenger in.

The messenger was a scout from the Xiangyang garrison, who was responsible for spying on the enemy situation near Xiangyang. After he entered, he hurriedly saluted, and said hurriedly: "My lord, report urgently." The Southern Barbarian general Huan Chongtun returned to his troops and blockaded the Yangtze River. The scout camp hastily estimated that there were about 100,000 Zigui barbarian soldiers. ”

100,000 people, garrison Zi return, blockade the Yangtze River!

As soon as the words came out, everyone was in an uproar. Zigui is an important town on the northwest border of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, close to Xiangyang. Out of Xiangyang to the southeast of a hundred miles, is the Eastern Jin Dynasty's Zigui!

A group of Xiangyang gentry officials discussed a lot, shouldn't the weak troops of the Nanban be concentrated in Shouyang? How could it be that there were still 100,000 people left in Jingzhou, and that Huan Chong was still a general. Who is Huan Chong? That is the most powerful general in the Southern Barbarians, the younger brother of Huan Wen who was in Shu back then, and the uncle of Huan Xuan, the current head of the Huan family, known as a gall! Shouldn't such a general go to Shouyang, why do you still stay in Jingzhou?

Returning to the army? What do these Nanban want to do? Is it to resist the Yizhou Water Division? Could it be that you still want to attack Xiangyang?

I have to say that the genius stroke of the Eastern Jin Dynasty frightened many people. Thinking that the Eastern Jin Dynasty might attack Xiangyang, the Xiangyang gentry officials were a little panicked, and couldn't help but move their eyes to the generals of the water division.

At this moment, his father and the generals looked at Pei Shengqin in unison, their eyes full of shock and surprise.

This son is extraordinary!

Especially Pei Yuanluo, it is even more difficult to calm down in his heart at this moment, but he didn't expect that he would actually... Was this kid really right?

Deng Li stood up in surprise and asked in a trembling voice, "Can you take a closer look?" ”

The scout said, "The villain vouched for his life, it's true!" ”

Deng Li was immediately frightened, 100,000 people, this is the main force of the Southern Barbarians! Could this Nanban be sick? The main force does not want to fight against the million-strong army of the imperial court, but it is impossible to come to Jingzhou and get along with our 70,000-strong partial army. Isn't this a sacrifice of the basics? Suddenly, it occurred to me that there were 100,000 people in Nanban, and there were only 70,000 sailors in Yizhou.

He turned his head and asked his father, "General Pei, this... What do you think? ”

Only then did his father recover from the shock of Pei Shengqin, and found that countless gentry in the palace were looking at him with blank eyes. He settled down and comforted everyone calmly: "Don't panic, the army is here, why not be afraid of the barbarians!" ”

At this time, my father really didn't have any bottom in his heart, and he didn't know whether the 100,000 Jin troops were coming to attack or defend. 70,000 against 100,000 is not much of a disadvantage, but it is not advantageous in the end. Moreover, Huan Chong, who led the troops in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was not less famous than his father. However, at this time, the father, as the main general, must make a calm posture, if the main general panics, the people below will be even more unbearable.

In the end, it was the invincible Great Qin Dynasty, and decades of undefeated victories gave people great confidence, coupled with their father's angry words, everyone quickly calmed down and chattered again.

"These Nanban are already difficult to resist the imperial army, and they also divide their troops without authorization, which is simply self-defeating."

"Hmph, could it be that before he died, he still wanted to swallow a partial division of our Great Qin Dynasty and get a backstop?"

"If this is the case, but there is no fear, General Pei's sailors are also full of 70,000 people, even if the Nanban really dares to attack, stick to Xiangyang. When His Majesty enters Jiankang and captures the barbarian king, this group of barbarians will become rootless duckweed, and they will collapse. ”

Pei Shengqin looked at the people who said that they would stick to Xiangyang if they couldn't enter Jingzhou, there were still a lot of people who made such proposals, and Pei Yuanluo chose this strategy in history. It is hoped that after the victory of the main battlefield in Weishui, the Jingzhou soldiers will collapse on their own.

"Alas, if you want me to say, maybe the barbarian officials of Jingzhou are separated from the barbarian king, unwilling to rescue the barbarian king, and want to take the opportunity to cut off Jingzhou and stand on their own. If this is the case, they will only hold on to Zigui and will not attack Xiangyang. “

There are also a few people who hold this view, and it seems that there are still some smart people in this era who have probably guessed the truth, but this view is not mainstream.

Most people don't have this IQ, and their general opinion is that the Eastern Jin Dynasty knew that it was inevitable to die, and they went crazy and wanted to drag a partial teacher of the former Qin to death. This group of people also unanimously believes that as long as they stick to Xiangyang and do not move, they can watch this group of clowns who jump off the beam kill themselves. Pei Yuanluo in history was cheated by this group of people, and he really listened to their insistence on Xiangyang and delayed the fighter. So much so that after the victory of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the Battle of Weishui, he easily cleaned up 70,000 Yizhou sailors. Of course, even if Pei Yuanluo takes the initiative to attack, he may not be able to break through the defense line of Jingzhou soldiers.

During the discussion, the generals in the army also told Pei Shengqin that there was a large army in Jingzhou, and the Xiangyang gentry officials were also very surprised. Seeing that Pei Shengqin was young and the son of the main general, he thought that he was coming to make military achievements, but he didn't expect to have such a keen sense of observation, and many people became friends with Pei Shengqin for a while.

Deng Li said to Pei Shengqin with a smile: "Uncle Jia cooperated with General Pei to fight in Shuzhong back then, and had a deep friendship. Xiao Pei Gongzi, you and my brother should be close and close. ”

Pei Shengqin's brain gave birth to a black line, which was extremely embarrassing. This man had been a peer with his father before, but now he had jumped to the same generation as him. I couldn't help but ask tentatively, "Who is your uncle?" ”

"Uncle Deng Qiang."

It turned out to be a member of the Deng Qiang tribe, and this Deng family is worthy of admiration. Deng Qiang's generation of famous generals, ranked first among the top ten famous generals in the former Qin, Pingyan Dingshu, and captured the generation of Swallow Liang, all have his figure. His three sons and nephews took the lead in the later fight against Murong Chong, charging in animal skins until they were martyred. The Deng family has a strict family style and pays attention to the four words of loyalty and serving the country, and this family can be called full of loyalty.

Before Pei Shengqin could say anything, his father said excitedly: "It's Deng Shuai's descendants here!" Back then, the general followed Deng Shuai Dingshu, and he admired it very much, and he hated to hold the reins for Deng Shuai, but he didn't expect Deng Shuai to remember the last general, woo. ”

Pei Shengqin knew in his heart that the descendants of the Deng family could not fake, but Deng Qiang's statement that he was close to the Pei family was most likely made up by this Deng Li. If you really don't mention it in advance, at this time, he is about the same age as his father.

I saw my father with a red face, just like the star chaser who got the signature of his idol in later generations, and said excitedly: "Sheng Qin, don't you want to give you a glass of wine to Brother Deng!" ”