Just as Yang Wu led the cavalry to pursue the rebels unsuccessfully, in Jiyangji in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Li Shenfu had just defeated Tian Yan's naval army here. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the beginning, Tian Yan quickly led the army to attack Shengzhou by land and water, but he did not expect to hit a nail under the city of Shengzhou, so he had to attack under the city, and at this time Li Shenfu led the army to the east of the river, Tian Yan then sent the generals Wang Tan and Wang Jian to lead more than 20,000 people to resist the army, and the result was encountered with Li Shenfu's 10,000 Shengzhou water army in Jiyangji.

Li Shenfu had fewer troops, knowing that he could not outwit the enemy, so he chose to engage the rebels at dusk, and soon after the battle began, he feinted defeat and retreated, leading the naval army upstream, Wang Tan and the two pursued behind, and waited until after dark Li Shenfu suddenly turned back to launch an attack.

Because most of the naval warships in Tian Yan were newly built, the hulls were large, and a large number of torches were lit on them to illuminate the river and transmit news, but they also exposed their own positions.

The ships under Li Shenfu's command were small and nimble, and they relied on the darkness to hide in the tall rebel warships, and attacked with the help of the torches on the opposing ships; Wang Tan and Wang Jian soon found out that something was wrong, and immediately ordered the torches to be extinguished to hide themselves, but they did not expect that after extinguishing the torches, the connection between their ships was also cut off, and they fell into chaos, and their military superiority could not be brought into play.

After the battle lasted for a while, the wind direction gradually became favorable to Li Shenfu's side, and he took the opportunity to order a fire attack, as a result, Wang Tan and Wang Jian were defeated and fled, more than 700 warships were burned and most of them were burned, and finally only more than 8,000 remnants fled back.

Tian Yan heard that Wang Tan and the two were defeated, and saw that Sun Yan, the defender of Shengzhou, guarded the city tightly, and knew that Shengzhou could not be defeated in a short time, so he lifted the siege of Shengzhou and personally led the naval army to attack Li Shenfu in the west.

Five days later, under the city of Runzhou, in a newly built military camp, Yang Wu and Wang Maozhang, Tai Meng and other generals converged here, and Li Yu's troops returned to Changzhou because of the many casualties in the battle during this time, and only Chen You's 3,000 Suzhou troops remained.

In the big tent, the generals from all walks of life gathered together and sat in turn.

The top central is naturally Yang Wu, the commander of this counterinsurgency, and next to him is Tai Meng, Wang Maozhang and the two sit with him, their rank is second only to Yang Wu, and they are the deputy commander of this counterinsurgency; As for the three generals sitting below: Qin Pei and Zhu Siqing under Yang Wu, Zhu Qianyou and Zhang Chong under Wang Maozhang, and Li Decheng, Mi Zhicheng, Wang Juan and other generals under Tai Meng.

Looking at these generals in the army, Yang Wu couldn't help but feel joyful. Recalling that at the banquet in Guangling, Yang Wu was worried that he would not be convinced by the generals in the army in the future, but now these generals have become his subordinates one by one, respectfully waiting for him to issue military orders, and it has been exactly a year now.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have summoned everyone here today to discuss the edict that my father just sent, so that this general will lead the army westward, and only a part of the people here in Runzhou will be responsible for containing An Renyi. Who wants to stay, generals? ”

Five days ago, after Li Shenfu defeated Tian Yan's navy at Jiyangji, Tian Yan personally led his army there.

Li Shenfu thought that Tian Xingmi would not return to Xuanzhou to defend the city, but would march west to fight him, which would be self-defeating, so he sent a messenger to Yang Xingmi and asked Yang Xingmi to send troops south to cut off Tian Yan's return route.

Yang Xingmi saw that the overall situation of Runzhou was initially decided, and An Renyi could not make trouble in a short time, but it would take some time to conquer Runzhou, so he decided to let Yang Wu lead his army westward to defeat Tian Yan first.

After Yang Wu spoke, no one spoke, not even Wang Maozhang, who was usually the most belligerent, did not speak at this time.

After all, everyone is not stupid, it is not a good thing to stay in Runzhou to contain An Renyi, not only to keep an eye on An Renyi at all times and not let him come out to make trouble, but also to prepare for the siege in the future, such as building siege equipment, digging trenches and other rough and tiring work must also be theirs, more importantly, no credit can be mixed up to stay, but the westward attack on Tianyu can establish meritorious deeds. Comparing the two, fools know how to choose.

Yang Wu smiled, didn't care, but continued: "Since you don't speak, then Ben Jiang can only name names. General Wang, it's better for you to stay and contain An Renyi. ”

He turned his head and looked between Tai Meng and Wang Maozhang, and finally chose Wang Maozhang. After all, An Renyi still has nearly 10,000 troops, and the remaining army must at least not be less than him, and to lead tens of thousands of troops, he must at least command generals at the envoy level.

In fact, only Tai Meng, Wang Maozhang, Li Decheng, and Wang Juan were present who had this qualification. However, compared with Li Decheng and other generals with average talents, it was Wang Maozhang who reassured him. As for Tai Meng, although his talent is enough, he already has a grudge with Tian Yan, and in history, he also led the army to pacify Tian Yan as the main general, so Yang Wu didn't want to change this.

Wang Maozhang said with a bitter face: "Shizi, now An Renyi and Zhang Hao have just been defeated, and now they are trapped in the city, and their morale is declining. The last general is willing to ask for orders to attack the city. ”

Yang Wu shook his head with a smile and said, "Why should General Wang be like this? Now that Tian Yan is leading his army westward, it is the time to cut off his return route and defeat him in one fell swoop, how can he let it go? And compared to An Renyi and Zhang Hao, the two trapped beasts, Tian Yan is our great enemy. As long as Tian Yan is defeated, it will be easy to concentrate his forces to attack Runzhou. ”

"What's more, hasn't the general always wanted the opportunity to be on his own? Now that the general is leading the army to stay here alone, wouldn't it be a great achievement if he could conquer Runzhou in one fell swoop? ”

Wang Maozhang's eyes lit up, and his face became a little better: "If you want to attack the city, then the prince must leave enough troops for me!" ”

"General Wang can rest assured that Ben will leave an army of 15,000 people to the general, which is enough to siege the city. Moreover, the general will also leave some secret weapons, which are enough to help the general break through Runzhou. ”

The secret weapon he said was naturally black powder, and he had just sent someone to Guangling to inform Ning Zhong to come, and this time he was responsible for blasting the city wall of Runzhou and helping Wang Maozhang break through Runzhou.

As for leaving the credit for the breakthrough of Runzhou to Wang Maozhang, it was also Yang Wu who deliberately did so. Now that his position is stable, he doesn't need these credits to prove himself at all, on the contrary, he can use this credit to win over Wang Maozhang, who is eager to make meritorious contributions, wouldn't it be better?

"Secret weapon?" The generals were a little puzzled, but Yang Wu had no intention of explaining, but only said that they would meet in the future, and told them to keep it secret in the future.

After arranging everything, Yang Wu led the rest of the army westward to prepare for battle with Tian Yan.