Outside the city of Gangneung, inside the camp of the Wu army.

After a few days of recuperation, Yang Wu's condition not only did not improve, but showed some signs of aggravation, which made all the generals a little frightened.

Although today's Wu State is on the right track, and Yang Wu's younger brother is also fifteen years old, I have to say that Yang Wu is still the pillar of Wu State.

If something suddenly happened to him when he was leading the troops outside this time, it would be a disaster for the entire Wu Kingdom.

Therefore it is impossible for the people not to be frightened.

Fortunately, after the diagnosis of the imperial doctor of the army, it was concluded that Yang Wu's condition was still just a cold, and as long as he continued to recuperate, there would still be no major problems.

The diagnoses of those imperial doctors were not only very consistent, but they were also very sure that there would be no mistakes, so the generals believed it.

And Yang Wu himself also knows his own affairs, although he is very sick, his foundation has not been damaged, and he is far from worrying about the future.

So instead he was reassuring the generals and telling them not to worry and to do their own thing.

As for military affairs, they were completely handed over to the future, and he basically didn't care, and devoted himself to recuperating in his tent.

However, today, after inquiring about the condition, the generals did not leave directly, but stayed behind to report some important things to Yang Wuyu.

In the past few days, the Wu army has also tried to build a pontoon bridge over the moat, but the Suzhou artillery in the city is indeed not a joke, under the threat of those Suzhou artillery, Wu Jun's attempts basically ended in failure.

In addition, it has been raining continuously for the past few days, and the Wu army simply stayed in the camp to rest and recuperate, and did not rashly attack the city.

And now the things that the people are going to report to Yang Wu are mainly three important news.

The first news, which is also the good news that has just come, Liu Xin has successfully taken Qianzhou City, and arrested Tan Quanbo and other guards.

Just as Yan Keqiu analyzed at the beginning, after learning the news that the Wu army had retreated, the people who spontaneously came to help defend the city had already left Qianzhou and went back to be busy with the spring plowing of their fields.

And the defenders in the city, although they had blocked the attack of the Wu army before, they had actually reached the end of the crossbow, and they all gritted their teeth and persevered; After the madness passed, everyone escaped death, but they no longer had the courage to fight with Wu Jun.

Therefore, when Liu Xin re-surrounded the city of Qianzhou, the city was basically like an empty city, and it was taken after only one siege.

After getting the news, Yang Wu was naturally overjoyed.

Prior to this, Shaozhou Assassin Shi Liao Shuang had accepted Wu State's persuasion to surrender and completely handed over Shaozhou to Wu State.

In this way, the two places of Qianzhou and Shaozhou, which Lu Guangchou commanded at the beginning, completely fell into the hands of Wu State.

This is a success that has been planned for four years and finally achieved with great difficulty, and Yang Wu will naturally be happy.

"Escort the other captured Qianzhou generals to Jinling, so that Yousi can judge them; As for Tan Quanbo, this old guy will be escorted directly to Jiangling, and he has to see with his own eyes what kind of ability this old man known as 'Little Zhuge 'has the ability to resist Liu Xin's army! After being happy, Yang Wu immediately ordered.

For Tan Quanbo, he does have some interest.

An eighty-year-old man actually commanded a group of rabble, and he could block Liu Xin's army, such a character, Yang Wu naturally wanted to see it.

Of course, the main reason why he was not sent directly to Jinling for interrogation like everyone else was because this person was too old and had a lot of prestige in the south, so although he led his army to defend the city and resisted the Wu army to the death this time, Yang Wu did not intend to punish him.

After all, an eighty-year-old man does not have long to live, and there is no need for him to be punished.

In addition to the news that Qianzhou was attacked by Liu Xin, the second important news was the news of Zhu Wen's defeat.

In addition to the news that it was confirmed that Zhu Wen was seriously ill after returning to Beizhou, the specific process of his defeat this time was even more surprising.

Zhu Wen, who commanded an army of more than 100,000 and claimed to be an army of 500,000, was so frightened by a false news that he fled for his life overnight, and finally lost his way in a panic, and fled back to Jizhou after walking a distance of 150 miles.

In any case, Zhu Wen is also the most powerful tyrant in the world since the end of the Tang Dynasty, and during the most powerful period, any of the many feudal towns in the world was not careful, even powerful feudal towns such as Li Keyong, Li Maozhen, and Yang Xingmi, and they did not dare to directly fight against it.

And now, such a hero has fallen to such a point in his old age, and after hearing the news, the generals first felt unbelieving, and then naturally sighed.

After Yang Wu learned the news, he also pondered.

"This time Zhu Wen is seriously ill, he should not be far from death, right?"

"I remember that Zhu Wen was killed by his son Zhu Youqi this year in history, but if you really want to talk about it, even if Zhu Youqi doesn't kill him, I'm afraid he won't live long. After all, the reason why Zhu Youqi wanted to risk the world's condemnation to kill his father was because he learned that Zhu Wen was going to pass the throne to Zhu Youwen, the king of Bo. ”

"And with Zhu Wen's temper and suspicious character, if he is not convinced that his illness is too serious to be cured, how can he start the matter of succession?"

"So from this point of view, even if he is not killed, it will be difficult to survive this year."

"I just don't know, this time Zhu Wen will be killed by Zhu Youwen like in history, or will he successfully pass on the throne to Zhu Youwen and then die of illness?"

"No matter what the situation is, it will mean that Zhu Wen, a hero who has been rampant in the world for more than 30 years, has reached his final age!"

Yang Wu was thinking about his own thoughts in his heart, but he was talking about Zhu Wen with the generals on his face.

Wu and even Huainan before it were forces that had been enemies of Zhu Wen for a long time, and until now Wu is still fighting against Liang in the name of avenging the Tang Dynasty, and Zhu Wen himself is called "the thief who kills the king".

But now that they learned what happened to him, the generals gloated and inevitably sighed.

If Liu Xin's attack on Qianzhou was expected, and Zhu Wen's defeat had little to do with Wu, then the third news had a great deal to do with the generals.

The last time Gao Jichang sent people to Kou Yanqing and Wang Zongshou for help, he mentioned the news that the Wu army had conquered the two acropolis, Kou Yanqing and Wang Zongshou did not dare to slack off, and immediately decided to send troops to rescue Jiangling.

You must know that when Yang Wu went on his first Northern Expedition, it was Kou Yanqing who was defending Suzhou and Gao Jichang who was defending Yingzhou.

Originally, Kou Yanqing thought that with the troops in his hands, he would definitely be able to hold out until the reinforcements arrived, but he didn't expect that in the end, the Huainan army would break through the city in a short period of time, and at that time, the reinforcements led by Zhu Wen himself had just set off from Bianzhou.

Now, although the Wu army has just captured the Acropolis, Kou Yanqing does not dare to delay any longer, for fear that something like that would happen.

Although he planned to let Gao Jichang and Wu Jun consume each other, after all, holding Jiangling was the focus of this battle, and he didn't dare to gamble at all.

As for Wang Zongshou, although he still wanted to wait a little longer, he also knew that the Liang army alone could not lift the siege of Jiangling, and if he did not send troops with the Liang army, he was afraid that the Liang army would not only not be able to relieve the siege when he went to Jiangling, but might be wiped out by the Wu army.

Therefore, after the Liang army was dispatched, although there was still some reluctance in his heart, Wang Zongshou had no choice but to send troops.

In this way, the opportunity that Wu Jun has been waiting for is coming.

At present, the Liang army's garrison is Xiangzhou, while the Shu army's garrison is Guizhou.

The distance from the two places to Jiangling is roughly the same, but the Shu army can rely on Xiazhou on the way to Jiangling, and there is no problem with safety along the way, and the grain and grass can also be guaranteed; But going south from Xiangzhou does not have this convenience.

Of course, even if the strength of the Liang army was inferior to the Shu army, let alone the Wu army, it would not be so easy for the Wu army to eliminate them before they could join the Shu army.

At this time, the question of who should lead the troops to complete the task of defeating the Liang army caused a lot of controversy among the generals of Wu.

Originally, this important task was only the best choice for Yang Wu to personally lead the troops to complete, and it would not cause any controversy; However, now that Yang Wu is so sick, the generals naturally don't want him to lead the troops again, at least he has to rest for a while, and wait until his condition is better.

However, the action to defeat the Liang army could not be delayed in the slightest, so that only one general could be selected to complete this important task.

Among the generals who accompanied the army at this time, there were three people who were most qualified to take on this task, namely Wang Maozhang, Qin Pei and Zhu Jin.

Needless to say, the qualifications and prestige of these three people are all qualified enough to lead the army; In terms of ability, the three of them are also almost the same, and neither of them is much stronger than the other.

However, among the three, Zhu Jin knew that it was unlikely that he would command the army, and he knew that although Yang Wu already had initial trust in him, he did not have the level of complete trust, at least the military power would not be easily touched by him.

If Qin Pei and Wang Maozhang were not there at this time, maybe Yang Wu would still consider him; But with these two people here, it was impossible for Yang Wu to let him lead the troops.

So Zhu Jin said bluntly from the beginning that he hadn't led troops for many years, and he was a little rusty about how to fight, so it was better to let others come to such a heavy task.

As for the rest of the firewood, Lu Shizhou and others are much worse than Wang Maozhang.

It's not that they lack ability, but that they don't have enough qualifications and prestige.

To defeat the Liang army this time, it is obvious that at least two armies or even more troops will be used, and Chai Zaiyong and the two are not qualified to command more than two armies at present.

In this way, there are only two people who can be qualified to lead the troops, Qin Pei and Wang Maozhang.