Because of the accident in the suburbs of the eastern capital in the long pavilion from Feng Lun's mouth learned that Jiao Er had followed Gao Liansheng south a month ago, and there was no news at present, Yang Guang had no intention of staying in the eastern capital, and hurried to the eastern capital Luoyang to participate in the reception banquet set up for him by Su Wei and others, and only stayed in the eastern capital for one night, and the next day at dawn he led five hundred hussars to set off south, and rushed straight to Shouchun.

When Yang Guang and his entourage crossed the Huai River, they were deeply attracted by the green scene between the Jianghuai River.

When I left the Eastern Capital some time ago, I vaguely saw ice floating in the two rivers of Yiluo, but as soon as I stepped on the land between the Jianghuai River, I was greeted by a breeze with a little warmth. From the shore of the Huai River until entering the Shouchun City, you can see the green grass everywhere, full of vitality, compared with the dry yellow and bleak on both sides of the river, it seems to have entered a completely different world.

Yang Guang watched the scenery along the way dizzily and came to Shouchun, an important town in Jianghuai.

As early as the sixth year of the emperor's reign, Yang Guang was canonized as the newly established Huainan Dao Xingtai Shangshu Ling soon after the annexation of the state, and he is still holding this official position. However, unlike Yang Jun, the king of Qin, he had never set foot on this land for more than two years, and spent most of his time in Chang'an City fulfilling the duties of Yongzhou pastor.

Wang Shao, who had been appointed as the generalissimo's office Sima this time, was summoning Du Yan, Yan Rong and other generals who had been assigned to the southward march of the army to comprehend the military affairs of the government, when he suddenly heard a report from the sergeant, saying that the king of Jin and his entourage had come to the door of the government office, and they were busy leading the generals and a group of officials to welcome them outside the main gate of the government office.

"Zixiang, yo, and all of you, since you parted two years ago, are you all okay?" Yang Guang couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that Wang Shao, who was the first to welcome the door, was followed by Du Yan, Yan Rong and other old departments that he was familiar with, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet the generals cordially and extend greetings.

Wang Shao and others let Yang Guang, Zhang Heng, Duan Da and others go to the meeting hall of the Xingtai Administration to sit in shifts, and after diligently asking Yang Guang about the itinerary along the way, they stood up and reported: "Marshal, since last year, the army that has been mobilized from all over the country to Shouchun has a total of more than 90,000 soldiers and horses led by fifteen marching chiefs, plus more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of the thirteen marching chiefs who were originally controlled by Huainan Dao, and the total number of soldiers and horses available for the direct dispatch and command of the marshal of the East Route Army is about 200,000, including nearly 30,000 naval troops. There are more than 2,000 large and small warships. There is a roster of soldiers and horses from all walks of life, please check it by the marshal. ”

"What's been going on on Nan Chen's side lately?" Yang Guang asked Wang Shao while motioning for Zhang Heng to take over the thick stack of rosters from Wang Shao's hand.

Before reporting to the marshal, just two days before the arrival of the marshal and his entourage, General Shouzhou Assassin Shi Yu Wenshu led his headquarters to defeat the men and horses led by the Southern Chen Sikong Sima Elimination Office, and now they have arrived on the north bank of the river. Nan Chen has no place in Jiangbei. Wang Shao turned around and beckoned Yu Wenshu to come out of class and report to Yang Guangyu.

Yang Guang as early as seven or eight years ago because of the investigation of the Shiwuyuan case in Beijing, inadvertently involved Yu Wenshu, who was then the general of the right guard, caused him to be demoted to Jianghuai to do the assassination history, deep down to Yu Wenshu had an apology, at this time I heard Wang Shao mention that Yu Wenshu led the army to drive the Nanchen army to the south of the river, and couldn't help but get up and leave his seat, walked in front of Yuwenshu, and saluted him: "Unexpectedly, before the commander arrived at the front enemy, the general led the army to win the first victory of the Eastern Route Army against the Nanchen army, please accept Yang Guang's salute." Zixiang, immediately passed on the order of the general, Yuwen Shu was promoted to the head of the Shouzhou march, and reported to the imperial court for seal. ”

Yuwenshu didn't expect Yang Guangchu to arrive in Shouchun, so he issued a general order, and promoted himself from the state assassin to the head of the Shouzhou march, and hurriedly bowed down and thanked him and said: "The last general, Marshal Xie, was promoted, and then the last general was also the secretary of the military department of Xingtai, and it was within his duty to lead the army to defeat the enemy, and he did not dare to accept the marshal's exceptional grace, so he asked the marshal to withdraw his order and wait for the future to reward the meritorious soldiers." ”

"A few years ago, Bertong had won more with less, defeated Sima to eliminate difficulties, and this time he was driven to the south of the river, which can be said to be a good start for the battle of Chen, and the post of marching chief should have been awarded to Bertong a long time ago. You don't have to make any more excuses. Yang Guang smiled and persuaded Yu Wenshu, then turned to Wang Shao and asked, "Since the enemy in Jiangbei has been driven back to Jiangnan by Bertong, Shouchun is the place where the marshal's mansion is located, and the position is inevitably a little delayed. Before leaving Beijing, the meeting between Ben Shuai and Dugu Gong had ordered Dugu Gong to rush to Guangling to prepare for the construction of a new marshal's mansion, and planned to move the marshal's mansion to Guangling, so as to facilitate the dispatch of various armies to cross the river to fight, but I don't know what to do with the son's sympathy? ”

Wang Shao replied: "The choice of Shouchun as the location of the marshal's mansion is because nearly half of the state cities in the north of the Huainan River are still in the hands of Nanchen, and now the situation has changed, and the marshal's mansion will be moved to Guangling, so that it will directly pose a threat to Jiankang, the capital of the Southern Chen Emperor, and the lower officials have no objections. However, it is necessary to remind the marshal that it is not appropriate to expose our army's intention to take the lead in attacking Jiankang too early, so that Nanchen can take precautions. ”

Yang Guang nodded, agreed with what Wang Shao said, and said: "What Zixiang said is reasonable, from now on, Zixiang will still lead the generals from the south of Hebei to be stationed in Shouchun to confuse the enemy army, and at the same time, he can send an order to the king of Qin, asking him to send a naval army to attack the Nanchen army in Jiujiang, so as to attract the attention of the enemy army, so that he mistakenly thinks that our army will go down the river from the middle reaches and launch an offensive against it. ”

At the moment, Yang Guang, Wang Shao and the generals in the army had decided on a plan, so they took Zhang Heng, Duan Da and others to live in the Huainan Road Xingtai Bureau, and intended to order someone to let out the wind, saying that the generalissimo of the Great Sui Three-Way Expedition Chen Soldiers and Horses Yang Guang had arrived at the former enemy, and he was about to personally unify the three armies to attack Chen in the near future, so as to achieve the goal of confusing the opponent.

Coincidentally, after receiving the news that Shi Xiang led the Jiangling Naval Army to win the first victory in the Battle of Chen, the Marshal of the Middle Route Army of the Sui Dynasty against Chen, he rushed back to Jiangling from Chang'an overnight, and without waiting for the military order issued to him by Yang Guang, he ordered Wang Shiji, the head of the marching army, to lead the main force of the Middle Route Army to cross the river and take advantage of the victory, and launched a fierce attack on the Southern Chen army stationed in Jiujiang.

Although the Battle of Jiujiang launched by the Central Route Army in advance was in a stalemate with the Nanchen army, and even in this battle, the casualties of the Sui army far exceeded that of the Nanchen army, which was a defeat from a certain point of view, and the main force of the naval army led by Wang Shiji was blocked outside Jiujiang City by the Nanchen general Zhou Luoyu, who had been defeated by Shi Xiang, and failed to break through the Jiujiang defense line. However, after this battle, it strategically gave the Southern Chen monarchs the illusion that the Sui Dynasty would launch a frontal attack on Southern Chen from the middle reaches of the river, ignoring the Sui Dynasty's first attack on its imperial capital Jiankang.