"Now that Lu Guangchou is seriously ill over there in Qianzhou, what about Tan Quanbo? How is this person now? Yang Wu then asked.

"King Qiyu, Tan Quanbo seems to be in good health at the moment, and I haven't heard of any illness, but after all, he is very old, and now he is almost recuperating at home!"

"Still in good health? This old guy seems to be very alive! Yang Wu smiled lightly.

It has been nearly four years since Tianyou defeated Wei Quanyan in the first battle of Zhou Ben Ivory Pond and forced Lu Guangchou to surrender.

And Lu Guangchou is now seventy-one years old, which can be regarded as a rare longevity in this era.

However, speaking of Qianzhou, in addition to Lu Guangchou's assassination history, Tan Quanbo is also a very important figure.

In this era, not everyone wants to come out and want to be the leader themselves, and many people often choose to hide behind the scenes and come up with ideas in order to protect themselves.

For example, Ma Yin's previous marching Sima Zhang Ji, who was a marching Sima in Liu Jianfeng's era, and even had a higher prestige status than Ma Yin.

After Liu Jianfeng was killed by the general Chen Gan, the generals of Hunan then killed Chen Gan, and then publicly recommended Zhang Ji as the new Jiedu envoy and came forward to take charge of Hunan.

However, Zhang Ji is well versed in the way of self-preservation, he knows that the future of Hunan is not stable at that time, if he comes to do this festival, there will be no way out in the future, once things do not go well, he may lose his life.

So he chose to pretend to fall off his horse, and then gave up his position to Ma Yin.

And Tan Quanbo is also a person who doesn't like to stand out.

When he and Lu Guangchou started an incident together in Qianzhou, because he had been admitted to the Jinshi at that time, among the people, his age, prestige, fame and ability were far stronger than Lu Guangchou, so everyone originally wanted to take Tan Quanbo as the leader.

However, Tan Quanbo insisted on being led by Lu Guangchou and unswervingly supported him.

So in today's Qianzhou, Tan Quanbo's personal prestige is actually not lower than that of Lu Guangchou.

And this person is a few years older than Lu Guangchou, and now he is still in good health, which is even rarer in this era.

"The king can rest assured, no matter how prestigious Tan Quanbo is, he is now in his seventies, and he has long been in charge of things, and what he says is naturally not as effective as before. So if Lu Guangchou is dead, Qianzhou will still be chaotic, even if Tan Quanbo is still alive, it is useless. Fan Yu said with a smile.

"Can't be careless, maybe this person will come out to clean up the mess in the future?" Yang Wu shook his head.

As the so-called county officials are not as good as the current management, not to mention that this era is originally an era of advocating violence, Tan Quanbo did not control the army in the first place, and now he is still recuperating at home, and he has no military power in his hands, no matter how high his prestige is, how can he suppress those generals in Qianzhou.

According to the estimation of Yang Wu and others, after Lu Guangchou's death, his son was likely to be unable to control the situation, so that Qianzhou fell into a turmoil, and then it was an opportunity for Wu Jun to take action.

"That's it, you have to keep an eye on Lu Guangchou's side, and if there is any news, you have to report it quickly."

"Yes, the minister obeys." Fan Yu said.

"Any other news?" Yang Wu then asked.

"There is also news, it is said that Liu Yin from Lingnan has also been sick recently, and his condition is still relatively serious, I heard that he may die! Now the government affairs of Lingnan are handled by his younger brother Liu Yan. ”

"Liu Yin is also seriously ill? Lonely remember that he is not very old now, right? I guess I'm not even forty years old! Yang Wu's heart moved, and he frowned and asked.

"Yes, Liu Yin is thirty or seven years old this Chinese New Year's Eve!" Fan Yu bowed and replied.

"Thirty-seven!" Hearing the news that Liu Yin was seriously ill, Yang Wu didn't have any happy thoughts after hearing it, but he was extremely emotional in his heart.

He remembered that Liu Yin seemed to have died relatively early in history, although he couldn't remember exactly what year he died, but it should have been in these years.

If it is true that Liu Yin is seriously ill this time, then maybe this year or next year will be the time for this person to die.

Thinking of this, Yang Wu couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart, even if they were rich and noble like Luo Shaowei and Liu Yin, with tens of thousands of heavy troops in their hands and ruling over hundreds of thousands of people, they could be described as a prince, and they were completely incomparable in their own territory, but they all died of illness in their thirties.

What made him even more emotional was Chai Rong of the Later Zhou Shizong, who was known as the first Ming Jun of the Five Generations, but he also died of illness at a young age.

When he first succeeded to the throne, he asked his left counselor Wang Pu about his lifespan, Wang Pu was known for being proficient in fortune-telling, he carefully looked at Chai Rong's face and said, "The minister is not good at learning, but from what the minister has learned, it will not be known after thirty years!" ”

It means that it is no problem for Chai Rong to live for another thirty years, but it is difficult to say after thirty years.

Chai Rong was very happy after hearing this, and he said impassionedly, "If it is as Qing said, I should open up the world in ten years, raise the people in ten years, and achieve peace in ten years!" ”

It is a pity that although he dreamed of dominating the world, during his reign of more than five years, he made great efforts to govern the country, was determined to reform, and fought in the south and the north, opening the prelude to ending the division and unifying the world.

However, the world is impermanent, Chai Rong is unlucky, only a few years later he died suddenly, leaving only a minor son to inherit the throne, and finally even his country and his ambition to unify the world were inherited by Zhao Kuangyin.

Although Yang Wu himself is only in his twenties now, who can guarantee that he will not die of a sudden illness like Chai Rong, who has unpaid ambitions? He didn't believe he was destined for anything.

At this time, a maid came to Yang Wu, who was the maid next to Yang Wu's mother, Mrs. Shi, so the guards did not stop her and let her come directly.

"The king, the queen mother, please come over, saying that there is something I want to discuss with the king!"

Yang Wu was immersed in his own thoughts at this time, and did not hear the words of the maid.

"King, King!" On the side, Fan suddenly frowned and pondered when he met Yang Wu, and couldn't help but remind in a whisper.

"Huh? Can I help you? Yang Wu reacted at this time, frowned and asked the maid.

"The king, the queen mother invites the king to come over!" The maid hurriedly repeated what she had just said.

At this time, it was free time in the afternoon, and Yang Wu and Fan Yu were chatting while wandering in the garden, so the maid dared to come and disturb at this time.

If they were discussing business in the study, unless they had something really important and urgent, they would have to wait until Yang Wu's business was done before they dared to come over to report.

"Lone knows!" Yang Wu nodded.

He knew that his mother, Mrs. Shi, should be dissatisfied with the previous promise to Yang Longyan and others to go to the front line in Hunan, and probably wanted to persuade Yang Wu.

This matter is naturally not urgent, so Yang Wu is not in a hurry to go over.

After sending the maid away, Yang Wu then said to Fan Yu: "Since Liu Yin and Lu Guangchou are both seriously ill, how can they say that they are also lonely nominal courtiers, then send a messenger to visit the sick, and the people of your Changjian Capital will send someone to go with them when the time comes, so that they can touch the details of Qianzhou and Lingnan!" ”

"Yes, the minister obeys!" Fan Yu bowed and said.

Emotion is emotion, and the business still has to be done.

Now the time is obviously not ripe for Lingnan to take action.

First, now Hunan, Qianzhou and other places have not fallen into the hands of Wu, if you want to move Lingnan, you must either attack from the sea, or you can only attack from Fujian.

If you go from Fujian, the distance is too far, and Fujian is mountainous, and it is difficult to keep up with the logistical baggage, so it is not the best choice.

Attacking from the sea was too risky, and the initial attack on a small Tamna Island resulted in the loss of nearly 1,000 men in a fleet of 5,000 men after a storm, which was comparable to the losses of a large-scale battle.

Therefore, it is okay to launch a small-scale assault from the sea, but if you want to launch a large-scale attack from the sea, the huge risk alone is not something Yang Wu is willing to bear.

Of course, the second reason is more important, for Wu State, the rice must be eaten bite by bite, and the enemy must be broken one by one, and now Lingnan and Hunan have no intention of uniting, so this is a good time for Wu to break through each of them, and there is no need to attack Lingnan now.

In addition, Yang Wu remembered that it was his younger brother Liu Yan who inherited Liu Yin at the time of Liu Yin.

I have to say that in this turbulent era, sometimes there is no way to give the brother to the brother, it is better to hand over the power to his younger brother than to the son who does not have much authority, at least there is no need to worry about being taken advantage of by a foreign surname after his death.

With Liu Yan here, it will be difficult for turmoil to occur in Lingnan, and naturally Wu Guo will not be given a chance to take advantage of it.

In this way, Yang Wu might as well capture Hunan and Qianzhou first according to the original plan.

After sending Fan Yu away, Yang Wu hurriedly went to Mrs. Shi's place.

After asking, it was really for Yang Long to play a few people.

When Yang Wu went to the battlefield for the first time when he was fifteen years old, Mrs. Shi was also in a hurry, but at that time, Yang Xingmi had the final say on major matters, so Mrs. Shi could not interfere with Yang Xingmi's decision.

And now that Yang Wu is in charge, Mrs. Shi will naturally no longer be able to wait at home in a hurry as she did at the beginning, but persuade Yang Wu not to let her two younger brothers go.

For Mrs. Shi to feel sorry for her children and worry about their safety, Yang Wu can naturally understand.

However, his decision will not change, especially after learning the news that Liu Yin is seriously ill, he feels that when his eldest son is still young, his younger brothers must also be trained well in case of accidents.

So it's also a good thing to let Yang Longyan and others go to the battlefield to see it.

Mrs. Shi saw that she couldn't persuade Yang Wu to move, and listened to him repeatedly assure Yang Long that the two of them were in danger, so she finally had to give up.

But then Mrs. Shi took the princess, Zhou Mengjie and others out of the palace and went to the Qixia Temple outside Jinling City, which was to worship and pray, so that Yang Wu frowned again and again after hearing it, but he was helpless.

……

Outside Yuanzhou City, an army of 5,000 people was solemnly formed, as if it was about to meet the review of its superiors.

"Lao Wang, have you heard? It won't be long before we go to the battlefield again and use troops against Tanzhou. I have now been in the army for five years, and I have reached the age of promotion to commander, if I can make a little more merit in this expedition, maybe I will be promoted! Then you will be able to turn positive! ”

Taking advantage of the fact that several generals who led the troops had not yet arrived, one of the captains in the queue whispered to the deputy captain next to him.

This captain's name is Zhang Cheng, who was recruited into the army when the Huainan Army expanded five years ago, and was promoted to captain because of his bravery.

Originally, with his merits in the army, he could have been promoted to the commander of the box and commanded 250 soldiers a long time ago, but with the establishment of the state of Wu, the current position in the army also depends on seniority, and five years is the minimum length of service required by the commander of the box.

Zhang Cheng had less than one years of service before, and he did not have too outstanding performance, so he could only be promoted according to the normal procedures.

"What's the good thing about going to the battlefield to fight, although at the level of your and my captains now, the monthly salary is only enough for my family to live, but I can also have a stable home and live in peace. Accidents inevitably happen on the battlefield. Those Chu soldiers are not so easy to mess with! Vice captain Wang Lin also whispered.

The two of them stood at the front of their team of fifty as leaders, whispering while their bodies were standing up straight and their heads were looking forward, and if they hadn't come closer, they wouldn't have been able to spot them talking in a whisper.

"Lao Wang, I didn't say you, with your qualifications, you could have been promoted to the commander of the chamber a long time ago, and even if you were lucky, you are now a battalion commander. It's a pity that you are so timid, and you are not very active on the battlefield, there is really nothing you can do! Zhang Cheng said helplessly on the side.

Officers and soldiers in the army, no matter when it is inevitable that there are brave people who fight bravely and are greedy for life and afraid of death, this Wang Lin has been in the army for more than ten years, with the large-scale expansion of the Wu army in recent years, and he entered the army at the same time, as long as he is still alive, now he is basically either a battalion commander or a box commander, and the worst is also a captain.

It is extremely rare for someone like Wang Lin to have enough qualifications and combat experience, but he is still only a deputy captain, which has a lot to do with the fact that he is not brave enough to fight after going to the battlefield.

Of course, this person is not greedy for life and afraid of death, but compared with victory, he is more concerned about how to save his life on the battlefield, which is understandable.

Under normal circumstances, he is still very conscientious, and he is indeed rich in battlefield experience, so Zhang Cheng will become friends with him.

"You don't have to persuade you, you are still young now, and you don't have a wife and children to drag you down, so you can work hard to earn a future for the future; But now that I have a family and children, I naturally want to save my life! Wang Lin shook his head and said.

At this time, there was a sound of horses' hooves outside, and then several generals wearing bright light armor slowed down their horses under the escort of the guards, and gradually changed from galloping to slowing.

"It's the general who has arrived!" Zhang Cheng and the others hurriedly shut up and stopped talking.