Nan Chen, Jingkou Daying.

For the period of separation of forces such as the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there were generally not too many taboos about stationing troops outside the capital, and even many times the main army of the country was stationed in the capital to prevent changes. However, Rao is like this, with the size of Jiankang Mansion, there is still no way to accommodate too many troops, so the army of the Southern Dynasty is generally stationed in Jingkou.

Jingkou is the throat road that goes down the river from Jiankang Mansion, from here to the north can point to Huainan, to the east to the sea, to the south to connect to the south of the Yangtze River, and to the west is to shield Jiankang, it is the fortress where the Southern Dynasty has never given up its operation for hundreds of years, and it is a place where soldiers must fight.

At that time, the famous Beifu soldiers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were stationed in Jingkou, and Liu Yu, who single-handedly established Liu Song, also made his fortune from Jingkou. It can be said that Jingkou has witnessed the changes of the Southern Dynasty for three hundred years, and has also witnessed the rise and fall of the Southern Dynasty from generation to generation.

According to Chen Ji's will, the main force of Nan Chen, which was originally stationed in Zhongli, would move south from Huainan and then turn directly to the west, and this army would be temporarily commanded by the veteran general Ren Zhong, while Xiao Maha would lead the new army in Jingkou to follow the water division up the river and join the main force in Xiangzhou.

After all, after more than 20 years of recuperation, the current Jiangnan has recovered from the Hou Jing Rebellion, and Nan Chen pays more attention to the quality of soldiers than the number of troops, so there is no need to worry about the problem of insufficient troops.

Counting in the past few months, Nan Chen has trained more than 25,000 new soldiers, plus Ren Zhong's 50,000 soldiers who can be dispatched there, and nearly 10,000 sailors and soldiers, this time Nan Chen has prepared 80,000 troops for the attack on Xiliang, which is only the army responsible for fighting, plus the corresponding cooperation of the people, baggage teams, etc., the number has reached nearly 200,000, which can be said to be a bloody investment.

I'm afraid it is precisely for this reason that since he came out of the palace, Xiao Maha's expression has been quite solemn, although he still has a good chance of winning this big battle in his heart, but after all, he is in control of the national fortune of the entire Nan Chen, and he is actually the first time to command such a huge army, it is impossible to say that there is no pressure, no tension at all.

In addition to Xiao Maha sitting in the main army and launching an attack on Jiangling from Xiangzhou (now Changsha), Jingzhou Assassin Shi Fan Yi will also lead Jingzhou's garrison army to launch a feint attack from the Yidu area (now Yidu, Hubei).

At the same time, for the sake of insurance, Chen also sent another new army of nearly 10,000 people led by Chun Yuliang, a general of chariots and cavalry, to sit in Yingzhou (present-day Wuhan), in order to deter Wei Chi Hui in Xiangyang as much as possible.

As a veteran who has been famous for a long time as a member of Nan Chen, due to his age, Chun Yuliang may no longer be suitable for fighting on the battlefield, but his outstanding combat exploits are enough to make the enemy jealous. What's more, Yingzhou is located in the northwest of Jiangling, which is a nail inlaid between the Western Liang and the Northern Zhou by the Southern Chen.

Once Xiao Maha's attack on Jiangling was frustrated, Chun Yuliang could also take advantage of the opportunity, to the north he could block the Northern Zhou reinforcements, and to the south he could outflank the back road of Xiliang, forcing him to be unable to pursue.

Obviously, Chen Ji also understood that if he couldn't grasp the opportunity this time, he might not be able to wait for another opportunity in his life, so he also summoned Xu Ling, Wu Mingche and others into the palace overnight and discussed them all night before he came up with such a plan that at least seemed foolproof.

The day after Chen Ji's will was issued, Xiao Maha and Xiao Shilian, Li Xinchen and others rushed to the Jingkou camp first, and Pei Zilie went to the outside of Jiankang Mansion on the order of Xiao Maha, and took over the command of the newly trained army from the right guard general Mao Xi, this army also has four or five thousand people, and it is the new recruits who are about to be replenished by the Jingkou camp.

It is calculated that Xiao Maha does not have any trustworthy subordinates in Beijing, and Pei Zilie, as a general of Dianwei, is also qualified to lead the partial division alone, so Xiao Maha simply handed over this task to him, which can be regarded as an experience for Pei Zilie.

"It's finally time for this day." Xiao Shilian didn't care about his father's solemn look, and said in a low voice, with an unconcealable excitement in his tone, compared to the deceit in Jiankang Mansion, it was this kind of happy and heroic battlefield battle that interested Xiao Shilian.

Although Li Xinchen is not as gloomy as Xiao Maha, he has a somewhat worried look on his face, partly because he does not have full confidence in how Xiao Maha's troops will be arranged, and the other half is also because Li Xinchen knows that he must make a name for himself in this battle and completely get rid of the identity of Xiao Maha's staff.

There was pressure on his shoulders, and Li Xinchen wanted to laugh out of it regardless of anything, naturally it was impossible.

"Boqing, it is estimated that we will have to wait for a day here in Jingkou," Xiao Maha turned around and said in a deep voice, "You have nothing to do, and go and take Shizhong to his camp for a turn, so that Shizhong will also be the commander of the army in the future, and he must be familiar with his own one-third of an acre." ”

Xiao Shilian looked around, and nodded hurriedly at this time: "The child takes the order!" Shizhong, you come with me. ”

Li Xinchen bowed his head slightly and kept up with Xiao Shilian.

And Xiao Shilian didn't have Xiao Maha by his side, so he completely let go, stretched out his hand and pointed around, and said: "This Jingkou camp was newly built by Gaozu later, and since Gaozu founded the country, it has been operating without stopping, and it is the largest barracks and the strongest fortress in my Dachen." ”

The tall city wall spreads along the line of Beigu Mountain and Jinshan, and eventually extends to the Nanshan area, and compared with the rest of the towns, most of the grain and straw fields in Jingkou City are hoarded grain and grass and the various yamen that manage the camp, including the Yamen of the Zhishu Office in Nanxuzhou, the Yamen of Donghai County and the government of the generals in the army, are all in the city, most of them are high walls and deep courtyards, and there are even many watchtowers and arrow towers built in the four corners.

And the roads in the city are also different from the avenues that extend in all directions such as Jiankang Mansion, most of them are T-shaped roads, broken roads, and even many detours, and their purpose is naturally self-evident, even if the enemy enters the city, the defenders in the city can still rely on the houses and the roads that are difficult to figure out layer by layer to defend.

It can be said that what is displayed in front of Li Xinchen is a city that was born to be designed as a fortress. And outside the city, needless to say, there is no end in sight to the continuous barracks, and the fluttering flags stretch all the way to the sky.

"Let's go, this way!" Xiao Shilian was obviously familiar with this place, so he directly rode his horse and took Li Xinchen down the hill and galloped towards a camp of considerable size.

Xiao Maha's Chinese army tent was set up there.

Li Xinchen stretched out his hand and tugged at the reins of the horse, his eyes were blazing, looking at the camp.

There are soldiers and horses that belong to him.