In July of the first year of Wuyi, Ma Yin, the king of Chu, saw that there was a certain amount of confusion in Wu due to the transfer of the whole army, and attacked Pingxiang County with 20,000 troops led by the general Wang Huan. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Pingxiang is a county under Yuanzhou, bordering the territory of Hunan, and is at the forefront of the confrontation between Wu and Chu.

After the Battle of Ivory Pond last year, the victorious Wu army took advantage of the victory to attack on a large scale, and in a short period of time swept the entire Jiangxi except Qianzhou, and the forces of all sides abandoned the city and fled, not daring to resist.

Pingxiang fell into the hands of Wu at that time, and as the front line, there were 1,000 forbidden troops and 3,000 Xiang troops stationed in peacetime.

However, in the process of the transfer of the various armies of the Wu State this time, although the Youzhen National Army led by Liu Xin had arrived in Jiangxi, the 1,000 forbidden troops stationed in Pingxiang had not yet arrived at this time.

In this way, at this time, there were only 3,000 Xiang troops stationed in Pingxiang City, which was not very powerful, and in the face of the attack of the Chu army, which was ten times their strength, they immediately fell into a huge crisis.

After the news spread, Li Decheng, the commander of the forbidden army stationed in Yuanzhou, immediately began to prepare for the rescue of Pingxiang.

However, now with the establishment of the state of Wu, various systems have begun to move on the right track, and generals can no longer send troops to fight the enemy as they did before.

Although according to the rules established by Yang Wu, in wartime, if the situation is urgent, the local garrison can send troops to engage the enemy without the permission of the superiors.

However, after the war, it was necessary to report on the reasons and circumstances for sending troops at that time, and it was subject to detailed scrutiny to prevent the use of troops by generals without reason.

If it is an ordinary general, at this time, he will definitely send troops to reinforce Pingxiang in accordance with this provision, and then report to Liu Xin, the governor of the national army in Youzhen, after relieving the local crisis; However, Li Decheng was a bit rigid, and he didn't know how to be flexible at this time, insisting that he should first send someone to Hongzhou to report to Liu Xin and get permission before sending troops.

Of course, although Li Decheng is rigid, he is not a person who does not know the importance of the matter, on the one hand, he sent people to Hongzhou to report, on the other hand, he is also actively making preparations, and he can immediately send troops after waiting for Liu Xin's permission.

At the same time, according to his estimate, although the situation in Pingxiang is urgent, as long as the local defenders deal with it properly, there should be no problem holding on for ten days.

And ten days was enough time for him to send troops to Pingxiang after getting permission from Hongzhou.

However, to Li Decheng's surprise, when he was still waiting for news from Hongzhou in Yuanzhou City, another general of the forbidden army had already left his station and began to rescue Pingxiang.

Outside Yongxing County, Liu Chongjing, who was already a commander at a young age and commanded the 3,000 forbidden army, said to his friend Tao Jingzhao, who was also a commander, with a relaxed smile on his face: "Why should Brother Tao worry? Although the younger brother sent troops this time, although he was not allowed, as long as he could win the battle and quickly lift the siege of Pingxiang, presumably the king would not blame, but would order a reward! ”

Liu Chongjing is the eldest son of Liu Wei, who has just been canonized as the Duke of Song, while Tao Jingzhao is the eldest son of Tao Ya, who has just been canonized as the Duke of Zheng.

Tao Ya and Liu Wei are two people, because they have similar backs. Jing He's similar experience, not only was he crowned governor at the same time, but also the next few transfers, and even the final knighthood was almost the same, so many similarities made the people of Wu often associate the two together.

And Liu Wei and Tao Ya are indeed close, and they advance and retreat together many times, which makes their next generation Liu Chongjing and Tao Jingzhao also maintain an excellent relationship.

However, unlike Tao Jingzhao, Liu Chongjing was dissatisfied with his father's current fact that he had only obtained a hereditary title that could only be passed down to the marquis, and he always wanted to turn his father's title into a hereditary title like Li Shenfu's Duke of Wei.

He knew that by now, his father basically had no possibility of continuing to lead the army to fight, so if he wanted to realize his dream, he could only continue to build up his achievements through his own efforts.

When he had built up enough credit, even though Yang Wu was extremely jealous of his father, as some rumors said, he had to elevate his title to a hereditary duke.

However, according to Liu Xin's subordinates, Yongxing County, where Liu Chongjing was stationed, was subordinate to Jizhou, and it should be used to guard against possible enemies on Jizhou's side, especially the possible chaos on Lu Guangchou's side of Qianzhou.

Therefore, Pingxiang was attacked by the Chu army this time, and it stands to reason that Liu Chongjing could not leave his station to reinforce Pingxiang in neighboring states without the permission of his superiors; The military affairs on the Yuanzhou side should be completed by the garrison on the Yuanzhou side.

However, even in the special case that Yang Wu stipulates that he can act first and report later, there is no mention of whether Liu Chongjing's current approach is "justified".

In other words, Liu Chongjing, who was eager to make meritorious contributions, played a sideline ball at this time.

Tao Jingzhao was naturally worried about his approach, feeling that even if he did this, even if he won, it might not be meritorious, but it might make Yang Wu feel disgusted; And once he is defeated, it must be at fault.

Why bother doing such a thankless task?

In addition, Tao Jingzhao has always had a hidden worry in his heart that he has never told others.

At the beginning, some rumors about his father Tao Ya and Liu Chongjing's father Liu Wei may not be groundless in Tao Jingzhao's opinion.

At the beginning, Yang Wu transferred one of the two to the governor of Huaibei and the other to the governor of Lianshui, perhaps it is really possible that he was depriving the two of them of their rights by means of rising and descending secretly.

So in this case, the more actively Liu Chongjing wants to make contributions, the more he will make Yang Wu feel jealous; On the contrary, it is better to be like him, do his own things step by step, neither lag behind others, nor easily get ahead.

This not only reassures Yang Wu, but at the same time does not fall into his father's prestige.

Tao Jingzhao told Liu Chongjing his thoughts little by little, and persuaded him not to send troops; Of course, the hidden worry in his heart can only be hidden deep in his heart and will not tell anyone.

It's a pity that his kindness finally got a burst of sarcasm, Liu Chongjing sneered and said: "Why should Brother Tao persuade again? Or is Brother Tao worried that he will build up merit under the Xia, and his titles and positions will surpass you in the future? ”

"By the way, I almost forgot that the nine of you were selected by the king to join the new army and vigorously cultivated, and they were the king's cronies! No wonder Brother Tao is not in a hurry to make meritorious contributions, it turns out that there is the support of the king behind him! ”

When a person goes to a certain extreme, he will see the problem when he looks at everything, and this is undoubtedly the case with Liu Chongjing at this time.

Tao Jingzhao was so angry by his words that he couldn't speak for a long time, and finally could only sigh and leave.

"I hope that Brother Liu can make meritorious contributions in one fell swoop and defeat the Chu army!"

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After rejecting Tao Jingzhao's persuasion, Liu Chongjing immediately led his 3,000 forbidden troops to set off, aiming as far as Pingxiang, which was besieged by the Chu army.

Liu Chongjing's battle of fame was the night attack when he captured Hongzhou with Qin Pei two years ago.

At that time, Qin Pei ordered him to be responsible for leading Liu Chu's army at night, and he didn't want Liu Chu to send people to attack and harass Wu's army that night, so a melee broke out between the two sides at night.

After the melee, Liu Chongjing was very bold to pretend to be the Hongzhou army, and even followed the enemy army to smoothly blend into the enemy camp, and caused chaos in the enemy camp, creating an opportunity for Qin Pei to break through the enemy camp in one fell swoop.

That excellent performance made Liu Chongjing famous, and his prestige among the younger generation of generals increased greatly, as if he was a leading figure among young generals.

This time he sent troops to Pingxiang, and the Wu army under his command was only 3,000 people, even if you added the 3,000 Xiang army in Pingxiang City, it was only 6,000 people, while the Chu army had 20,000!

Although Liu Chongjing believed that the combat strength of the Chu army was definitely not as good as that of the Wu army, after all, the enemy army far exceeded the Wu army, so it was impossible to defeat the Chu army in one fell swoop by using normal methods.

There are only two ways in front of him, the first is to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, quickly break into the city, join the defenders in the city, and then hold on and wait for the follow-up reinforcements to arrive.

This method is relatively safe, and because they did not pass from Yuanzhou, but from the Jizhou side, the enemy should have relatively little vigilance in this direction, and the possibility of eventually joining the defenders in the city is still very high.

However, in this way, they will be besieged by the Chu army in the city of Pingxiang, even if the follow-up reinforcements arrive and the Chu army is repulsed, Liu Chongjing's own credit will not be great.

With his desire to make a contribution, how could he be willing to choose such a method? It is better not to send troops as Tao Jingzhao said.

Therefore, Liu Chongjing is ready to implement the second set of plans: take the risk of raiding the enemy army, in order to seek the possibility of defeating all the enemy forces in one fell swoop!

With 3,000 Wu troops, if he wants to defeat 20,000 Chu troops in one fell swoop, if such a crazy plan really succeeds, then it will be difficult for Liu Chongjing to become famous.

And if he can really make such a great achievement, presumably his previous crime of sending troops without permission will not matter, right?

"Either you don't do it, or you do it your best!" Liu Chongjing secretly cheered himself up.