On the Yangtze River, on Cai Mountain in the middle of the river, Chen Shuying, the king of Jiangzhou and Yuzhang, is looking at the Jiangbei boundary in the north, where is the Xincai County of Jinzhou under the rule of the Hezhou Governor's Office of the Sui State, which was originally the Xincai County of Jinzhou of the Chen State three years ago.

In November of the 11th year of Taijian, the Zhou State sent a multi-way army to attack the Chen State, and the garrisons of the Jiangbei and Huainan states of the Chen State resisted hard, and then fought to the end to let the Zhou army all succeed, so that the land north of the Yangtze River fell and the situation of the Chen State became more and more critical.

"King, it's windy here, let's go back." The servant said in a low voice, Cai Shan is located in the middle of the river, surrounded by river water on all sides, the river is windy, if you stay for a long time, let King Yuzhang catch a cold and get sick, it is not a small sin.

"It's okay, let's take a look." Chen Shuying tightened his cloak and said, it was easy for him to 'slip' out of the tired Jiangzhou Prefecture in Jiangnan, how could there be a reason to go back so quickly.

The land of Jiangbei in front of him is the homeland of the Southern Dynasty that Chen State easily took from the hands of Qi State, but it was taken away by Zhou State within a few years, if this land of Jiangbei can be recovered, then Jiangzhou's defense is much easier.

Two years ago, the Zhou State broke out in civil strife because of the death of Emperor Tianyuan, which was a great opportunity for the Chen State to recover the lost territory, and as a result, the official army was defeated in successive battles, although it captured Qizhou and Yizhou in the north of the Yangtze River, but it could not hold it and could only take the people to the south, as for the Huainan states, it was still not able to take a place.

Last year, the Zhou State was in turmoil again, but the official army still made no progress, and the army attacking Liang was unfortunately defeated under the city of Jiangling, but fortunately, the loss was not large, and the main army retreated to Jiangnan intact, but in this way, the situation still did not improve.

This year is different! Now the army of the Hezhou Governor's Office of the Sui State in Jiangbei is fighting with the Xuzhou and Qingzhou armies of the Zhou State, and the official army sees the opportunity to gather troops to cross the Jiangbei from Jiangzhou to attack Jinzhou!

"I don't know how the battle is going." Chen Shuying said to himself, the army crossed the river smoothly, and took the lead in capturing Xincai County on the north bank, and then pushed to the northeast to besiege Yongxing, and if Yongxing was taken, it could attack Gaotang County in the northeast.

Another county near the river in Jinju is Dalei County, and its county governance Xinye was also taken by the official army not long ago, if Gaotang County is taken, the two armies can march to the Taihu City of Jinxi County at the same time, and then to the northeast after the Taihu Lake is the Jinju Prefecture Zhihuaining.

"The officers and soldiers will definitely follow the trend like a bamboo." Near the flattery, the person in front of him finally found an opportunity to sneak out and walk, and climbed the mountain to see the scenery in the name of going to Caishan to check Jiangfang, but he was still worried about state affairs.

"Of course, this painstaking plan by the imperial court will definitely succeed, so there is no room for failure on the north shore." Chen Shuying looked at the shore of Jiangbei and nodded, the scale of 60,000 foot riders in the Northern Expedition this time is not small, and the consumption of people eating horses and chewing is naturally much larger.

The grain and grass of the army are transferred in Xincai on the north bank, and a trestle bridge is specially built outside the city to facilitate the berthing of ships.

It's just that this is no longer his duty to assassinate Jiangzhou, and it's not easy to intervene arbitrarily, as the clan king of the important place of Jiangzhou, he can't say anything, since the first year of Taijian, the position of Jiangzhou assassin has been held by the clan, but each term will not be too long, so as not to change.

The emperor wants to prevent foreign ministers from buying people's hearts in Jiangzhou, where heavy troops are stationed, once they are allowed to become bigger, it will endanger Dachen Tianxia, so let the clan take the post of assassin, but at the same time, he must also prevent the clan from buying people's hearts in Jiangzhou, so each clan can't stay in Jiangzhou for a few years.

In the first year of Taijian, Chen Shuling, the king of Shixing, served as the assassin of Jiangzhou, in the fourth year of Taijian, Chen Shujian, the king of Changsha, in the seventh year of Taijian, and Chen Boshan, the king of Poyang, in the seventh year of Taijian, and from June of the eleventh year of Taijian to the present, he Chen Shuying has served as him.

It is now the fourteenth year of Taijian, Chen Shuying knows that his deadline is approaching and he is almost bidding farewell to Jiangzhou, which coincides with the army going north, so he is particularly concerned about the ongoing war, and only hopes that he can do his part for the imperial court to recover the lost territory before he leaves office.

"Let's go." After Chen Shuying finished speaking, he turned around and walked down the mountain road, the sun was setting, and the afterglow of the setting sun stretched the figure of his group slanted......

"That mountain in the river is Cai Mountain?" Yuwen Wen raised his eyes and looked at a mountain in the middle of the river and asked, Hengzhou Thorn Shi Zhou Fashang nodded on the side to indicate that this was indeed the case.

'The dangerous building is a hundred feet high, and you can pick the stars with your hands. I dare not raise my voice, for fear of frightening the people in heaven. Yu Wenwen silently recited Li Taibai's poem in his heart, this poet of the Tang Dynasty passed by Cai Mountain in the Yangtze River by boat, and stayed overnight in the Jiangxin Temple built in the early Tang Dynasty on the mountain when he composed the poem "Night Stay in the Mountain Temple" has been passed down through the ages.

"Yuwen envoy, please don't look around to avoid suspicion from the defenders." Zhou Fashang said in a low voice, followed by a large group of cavalry, all wearing Chen Jun's uniforms, walking on the official road in the wilderness by the river, and not far to the east in front of them was Xin Cai.

Since the morning out of the mountain road Yu Wenwen and his party non-stop south, this trip did not find an additional guide because of the urgency of time, the second is because Zhou Fashang knows the road, this Zhou family Erlang swept Jiangbei with his father Zhou Jiong, this Jinzhou is all they beat down, so all kinds of paths are clear.

Under the guidance of the 'Belt and Road Party' Zhou Erlang, they skillfully cut the bend and straightened all the way down to the west of Xincai City, Xincai County, Jinju, and the location they chose was very subtle: Xincai City to the east and Quang Ninh City to the west, both of which have now been occupied by the Chen army, so they will not attract attention when they pretend to be Chen Jun walking on the official road.

The Xincai defenders will think that they are friendly troops from Quang Ninh, so they can approach the city calmly, if they are reckless and approaching directly from the north, it is easy to be intercepted by the Chen army's outpost, and the identity of the group will definitely be exposed, resulting in the failure of the operation, and now seeing that the battle is about to begin, Yuwen Wen is full of enthusiasm, and then silently rides his horse to give way and is with the Wednesday Lang behind.

This sneak attack on Xin Cai, he and the substitute Zhou Lang said well, it belongs to the pressure formation, and it is not good to say, it is 'onlookers', and the task of the attack is carried out by Zhou Lang leading the elite troops of the Zhou family, of course, the eight hundred cavalry led by Shi Wansui, the master of the Tiger Forest Army, is also among them.

Everything was done according to what was said in advance, Zhou Fashang led his men and horses all the way to the city gate, and Shi Wansui led the cavalry along the official road outside the city to the camp on the eastern outskirts of the city, where there were mountains of grain and grass that were also the biggest goal of this trip.

"Yuwen envoy, I have an idea" Zhou Faming rode close to Yuwen Wen and whispered, this time he walked with his second brother, but he was not allowed to be 'first', and he didn't want to do nothing on Wednesday, so he had to find Yuwen Wen, who was sympathetic.

In order to boost morale, Yuwen Wen personally led the army to make a surprise attack with Zhou Fashang, but everyone tried their best to stop this kind of thing, and the meaning on the surface was that "Yuwen made the king not allow three long and two short two", in fact, he was worried about Yuwen Wen's martial arts of riding half a bucket of water, and it would not be good if it was almost clicked when he burned Jiang Jinshu last time.

"What do you think about Wednesday?" Yuwen Wen squinted and asked, and after Zhou Faming whispered in his ear for a moment, he smiled like a fox: "The hero sees the same thing." (To be continued.) )