......With the rapid sound of drums like the roar of thunder rolling in the sky, the queue of soldiers in the field, who were already standing straight, suddenly became more energetic.

After the three-way drum was completed, the soldiers on the school field were solemnly arranged, and a tragic battlefield atmosphere came to the face.

"Please review it!" At the front of the queue, a handsome young general had a serious expression and powerful movements at the moment, and he clenched his fists and shouted to the comer.

"Please review it!" On the school ground, thousands of soldiers shouted in unison, and the roar shook the heavens and the earth.

The generals who came to inspect today are Liu Xin, the governor of the Youzhen National Army, Li Decheng, the deputy governor, Li Chengding, the commander of the capital, and Tao Jingzhao, the deputy commander of the National Army.

The general who accompanied them was Ma Ye, the commander of their guard, and the deputy commander Liu Chongjing who had just asked Liu Xin for instructions was loudly.

The Youzhen National Army is a veteran army that has been established in the Huainan era, although many soldiers are newly recruited, but most of its officers are experienced veterans, and their combat effectiveness is extremely strong.

In the past few years, in addition to participating in the war against Hunan many times, they also participated in the war against Fujian, in addition, after the original danger was broken, some of his troops gathered the rout army and occupied the mountain as the king, and it was difficult for the Xiang army in various places to exterminate it.

It can be said that the Youzhen National Army is the army that has participated in the most wars in recent years.

Now in the school yard is ready to be inspected of this guard, its commander Ma Ye is a veteran of the Yang Xingmi period, although his ability is only average, but the qualifications are relatively profound, plus he is upright, as the commander of this guard is also called the system.

The deputy commander Liu Chongjing has just been transferred from the Xiang Army, although the rank is the commander level, but because there is no vacancy for the time being, he can only serve as Ma Ye's deputy.

"General Liu, congratulations! At the beginning, the general knew that with your talent, even in the Xiang army, you could make a contribution, so as to return to the forbidden army, and now it seems that the general's prediction is indeed correct! Liu Xin smiled and nodded to Liu Chong.

Anyway, this Liu Chongjing is also Liu Wei's eldest son, and Liu Wei was Liu Xin's top boss at the beginning, so he was so polite to Liu Chongjing.

"Thank you, Governor, please review!" Liu Chongjing's heart jumped suddenly, but he said without showing it on his face.

The matter of secretly trading with Wang Zhong is currently known to very few of his henchmen, and this matter can be said to be his biggest secret.

However, although this deal has brought him great benefits at present, and even if it sells some interests, those interests are also the interests of Wu State, not his own, so at least so far they are beneficial to him and harmless.

However, he also knew that if this matter was leaked out, even if he was Liu Wei's eldest son, he might not be able to save his life, so after the incident, he also thought about completely cutting off contact with Wang Zhong.

It's a pity that sometimes it's easy to get on the boat and difficult to get off the boat, and the connection between Liu Chongjing and Wang Zhong is no longer something that can be broken off by saying goodbye.

After trading with Wang Zhong so many times, it is inevitable that some of the handles will fall into Wang Zhong's hands.

As later generations said, "Confess leniently, sit through the prison; resist strictly, go home for the New Year", even if Liu Chongjing took the initiative to break off relations with Wang Zhong at this time, the ensuing troubles were not so easy to bear.

What's more, sometimes people always have some luck mentality, thinking that as long as they do something secretive, they will be fine.

So during this time, although Liu Chongjing did not take the initiative to contact Wang Zhong again, he did not completely cut off relations with him.

"You can only take one step at a time, so be it for now!" Liu Chongjing sighed in his heart.

After Liu Xin and Liu Chongjing exchanged polite words, they turned to look at the thousands of soldiers in the field.

"All the brothers have been on the battlefield, and the general will not say much; Soon after, our army will use troops against Hunan again, and this time our army's goal is to capture Tanzhou! No matter how many troops the Chu army will invest to hold Tanzhou, our army will definitely capture it! ”

"The king has already said that if the strength of the national army in the right town is not enough, he will increase the strength from the rear, even if he invests 100,000 troops!"

"Therefore, in this next battle, our army will be victorious, and the enemy army will be defeated!"

……

Liu Xin loudly declared to the soldiers on the school ground.

"Victory!"

"Victory!" The soldiers responded with the loudest shouts.

Liu Xin and the others couldn't help but nod with satisfaction when they saw the fierce spirit on their bodies.

This time, he deliberately made such a public declaration to the generals on the field, in addition to boosting everyone's morale, his other purpose was to show his determination to the generals.

This time, for Wu's army, the capture of Tanzhou is indeed the most important goal, and its difficulty will not only be the most difficult step in attacking Hunan, but also of great significance.

Although it is true that only the Youzhen National Army was invested to attack Tanzhou in the early stage, as Liu Xin said, as long as necessary, Yang Wu will continue to invest more troops to fight for Tanzhou.

After the review, Liu Xin summoned the generals in the tent of the Chinese army camp to announce the battle order.

The land of Tanzhou is bordered by the Xiangjiang River in the west, and the tributaries of the Xiangjiang River in the east and north are also surrounded, so the best choice to attack Tanzhou City is to attack from the south of the city.

Unlike Hangzhou, which attacked Qian Biao at the beginning, the foreign aid of Hangzhou City was almost cut off, and there were not many defenders in the city, so the Huainan Army could calmly launch an attack on the city.

However, there may still be enemy reinforcements in Tanzhou today, so if you want to attack the city safely, the best way is to send troops to cut off the enemy reinforcements first.

“…… General Ma, I have just told you about the general deployment of this operation, the task of your guard is to block the enemy's reinforcements from the direction of Langzhou in Yiyang, this is very important, do you have any questions? ”

Liu Xin has a bold personality and doesn't like to go around in circles, so as soon as he entered the big tent, he concisely explained his intentions to Ma Ye.

"There will be no problem with the end!" Ma Ye replied with his fists clenched.

Liu Chongjing frowned and said, "Governor, what if there are reinforcements from the enemy army from other directions?" ”

"You don't need to take care of the enemy reinforcements from other directions, this will naturally be arranged!" Liu Xin waved his hand and said.

"Yes! So when will our army send troops? Liu Chongjing then asked.

"Probably in October! Now the Right Tengxiang Army is still in Jinling, and after they are deployed in place, our army will start to act! Okay, any questions? Liu Xin said.

Liu Chongjing then asked a few more questions, and finally said: "Thank you for the doubts, there will be no doubts in the end!" ”

"Okay, since there is no problem, then it's time to set up a banquet and drink!" Liu Xin laughed.

Although it is said that you can't drink alcohol in the army, firstly, it is not wartime, and secondly, the so-called military regulations must be enforced.

Liu Xin originally liked to drink, when Yang Xingmi and Sun Ru were fighting, once Yang Xingmi summoned Liu Xin to go, and it happened that Liu Xin was drunk and couldn't get up; Yang Xingmi scolded when he found out.

Liu Xin was already drunk, and when he was scolded by Yang Xingmi, he returned to his camp and stepped out of the city on a war horse.

All the generals suspected that Liu Xin had gone to seek refuge with Sun Ru, so they asked for troops to be sent to pursue him, but Yang Xingmi said confidently: "Liu Xin is just drunk, is he a betrayer?" ”

The next day, Liu Xin really returned from outside the city, without the slightest intention of betrayal.

Since then, Liu Xin has never drunk alcohol during wartime, but his drinking interest in peacetime is still unabated, and he will feast and drink whenever he has the opportunity.

At the banquet, Liu Xin, Li Decheng, and Ma Ye, two veterans, gathered together to drink, while young generals such as Li Chengding, Tao Jingzhao, and Liu Chongjing naturally gathered in another place.

"Brother Liu, congratulations on coming back!"

"Congratulations!"

No matter what level is at the banquet, plus Li Chengding and the others are the same age, and their identities and backgrounds are similar, so naturally they will soon chat.

I don't know why, listening to the congratulatory words of several other young generals who were about the same age as him beside him, Liu Chongjing couldn't help but feel jealous in his heart.

When Li Chengding and Tao Jingzhao were still studying in the new army formed by Yang Wu, he was already at the level of commanders, but now in a few years, these two have become his top bosses.

Especially Tao Jingzhao, a good friend, has a similar background and experience as him, and in terms of ability, Liu Chongjing even feels that Tao Jingzhao is inferior to himself, but because of a mistake he made two years ago, as a result, Tao Jingzhao has been promoted to deputy commander and has become Li Chengding's deputy.

And Li Chengding made great contributions in last year's crusade against Fujian, although now because of the lack of years, it is difficult to be promoted to deputy governor or even governor, but Liu Chongjing believes that as long as he makes a little more credit, Yang Wu may even issue a special decree to promote this person.

In addition, several other young generals such as Chai Kehong and Li Chan are now said to have been promoted very quickly, and generally as long as they have enough years of service, their ranks can rise rapidly.

Therefore, compared with these generals of the same generation, Liu Chongjing felt even more unfair, felt that he was lagging behind, and needed to catch up.

"No, if this continues, the gap between me and them will get bigger and bigger, I'm afraid that in the future, they will all be governors, and I may not be able to become the commander of the capital."

"Do you still want to cooperate with that Wang Zhong? But not to mention that he can't have the means to let me continue to make great achievements, and even if he does, the risk is very great; However, if there is no special means, just relying on the battle on the battlefield, how long and when will you be able to get the opportunity for promotion? ”

"Well, it's still not possible, it's too risky to continue to cooperate with that Wang Zhong, and at present, our army is mainly attacking Hunan, so presumably that Wang Zhong can't help much."

"No matter what, this attack on Tanzhou is also an opportunity for meritorious service, I must seize it!"

"At least I must remove this deputy commander in the next battle!"

Liu Chongjing was chatting with Li Chengding and other generals, while secretly thinking to himself.

……

When the Wu army began to dispatch troops, their undisguised actions were soon detected by Ma Yin's men.

In the city of Lizhou, in an extremely simple house, now the generals of the Chu State sat in a row in turn, and everyone looked at Ma Yin, the king of Chu, who was at the forefront.

"The generals must also know that now the Wu army has once again dispatched troops, especially the enemy troops on the Yuanzhou side have moved very obviously, and there is no intention to hide it at all. It seems that the Wu army's attack on our Hunan is about to start again. I wonder what the generals think about this? ”

The house was extremely simple, which was at odds with Ma Yin's usual luxury.

It stands to reason that after being canonized by Zhu Wen as the general of Tiance and officially founding the country, Ma Yin should quickly build his own palace to conform to his noble status; But whether it was the persuasion of the generals or the requests of his sons, he ignored them, and insisted on using the original Lizhou Assassin's Mansion as the new Chu Palace.

The so-called Lizhou, in the Tang Dynasty, was just a poor small city, after being captured by those barbarian tribes, it was even more dilapidated, and all kinds of houses in the city were naturally extremely simple.

After Ma Yin defeated the barbarian tribe, although it had been nearly a year by this time, Ma Yin was busy pacifying the local barbarian tribes, and was busy sending troops to clear out those tribes that resisted him, in addition, he also had to arrange immigration, reclaim wasteland, etc., Rao is now he still has Hunan states as a support, but all kinds of consumption is also extremely amazing, where is there extra money and food to build a luxurious palace.

Therefore, Ma Yin simply renovated this Thorn History Mansion and used it as a new Chu Palace.

"My lord, I wonder what the situation in the north is now? Is it possible that the Liang army will go south again to help our army resist the state of Wu? Ma Yin's younger brother, Ma Cun, the right minister of Tiance Mansion, asked first.

"Hey, do you still count on Liang Jun at this time? I heard that now that the Liang army has begun to assemble and prepare to attack Luzhou again, how can it be possible to go south to engage the Wu army at such a time? As soon as the words fell, someone retorted that it was Ma Yin's other younger brother, Ma Hao.

After Ma Yin opened the country, his left and right ministers were served by his two younger brothers, of which Ma Jia, the left minister, has always been close to Wu and has repeatedly persuaded Ma Yin to surrender to Wu.

And Ma Cun is just the opposite, he resolutely advocates relying on Liang to resist Wu, so although the two are brothers, every time they are in the court, as long as it involves Wu Guo, they will quarrel, so Ma Yin is helpless.

"Well, it's really not realistic to expect Liang Jun to go south, at least don't report too much hope. Let's talk about how to defend against the enemy! Now the key point is whether there is any need for our army to concentrate its forces in Tanzhou to start a big battle with the Wu army! Ma Yin waved his hand to stop the quarrel between the two younger brothers, and turned to ask questions to the others.