Wang Shichong's eyes flashed green, and he said: "So, we are not competing with General Wang Shiji, but we want to fight a quick battle, quickly quell this Ningzhou rebellion, and nip this possible great coalition rebellion in the bud?" ”

Shi Wansui nodded: "That's right, although the planing is opposite, the planing Zhen has not openly pulled the flag now, it should be watching Li Guangshi in the east and the planing in the west, if their rebellion can succeed, then the planing Zhen will also join, connect the two rebel gangs together, plus the thief Li Fozi in Jiaozhou, things will become a little troublesome." This is also the reason why the imperial court did not use Mrs. Xian's headquarters to suppress the rebellion, but recruited Han soldiers in Xiangzhou and Hengzhou to go south.

General Wang, when you and Pei Shiju led 3,000 soldiers to pacify Lingnan, most of these people settled on the spot after the war, and this time Zhou Fashang and Wang Shiji pacified Li Guangshi, these people are the vanguard of the front, the first batch of troops to join the battle, from this point of view, you also contributed a lot last time, without the old troops you left in Lingnan and the new roads built in recent years, I am afraid that the counterinsurgency army will not be able to enter the battle so quickly. ”

Wang Shichong remembered that he asked for merit for the soldiers who pacified Lingnan, so that they had five times the fields in Lingnan than in the mainland, and later Pei Shiju also mentioned to himself that this policy attracted tens of thousands of Han families to move their families to the Lingnan area, and lived in the main states and counties from Donghengzhou and Shixing to Panyu.

In the past few years, there are hundreds of thousands of Han people in Lingnan, although they still can't catch up with the indigenous people such as the Slang and Dong people, but they also have the strength to defend the city and insist on waiting for help.

Like the general Zhou Fashang just mentioned. This time, Han soldiers can be recruited directly from the prefectures and counties in Lingnan. And these Han people who have lived in Lingnan for a long time basically do not have to worry about the non-combat attrition caused by the miasma gas that Lingbei people encountered when they first entered Lingnan. You can quickly go into battle, and you don't have to stay in the Yingtan area for more than a month to configure Huoxiang Zhengqi Soup.

It was really unexpected that the fulfillment of the promise he had made before the war to boost his morale in Lingnan had become a key factor in quelling the rebellion in Lingnan this time, but when he thought that Wang Shiji, the evil thief, had another opportunity to take charge of the army and make meritorious contributions, Wang Shichong's heart sank again, and he said quietly: "Wang Zhuguo has been idle at home for many years since he stepped down as the governor of Jingzhou. Why did you directly give it to the handsome position this time? ”

Zhang Xutuo said: "I heard that this is Gao Servant shot directly to the emperor to suggest, said that the last time Wang Zhuguo went to Lingnan, halfway back, he also thought that he regretted his life, in the past few years, at home for this matter and borrowed wine to pour sorrows, sad body and heart, the country out of sympathy for the heroes, should give Wang Zhuguo another chance, so that he can get the wish of his life, so this time the emperor once again sent Wang Zhuguo as the commander. From Jingxiang, the local garrison was directly transferred to Lingnan to quell the rebellion. ”

Wang Shichong's heart moved, and he picked Huoxiang to make decoction in the Yingtan area to prevent the epidemic. This matter has long been spread out, these years in Lingnan has been a special Huoxiang Zhengqi soup recipe sold, and Wuling area of Huoxiang herbs have also become a sought-after medicinal material, a large number of merchants and people back and forth to Lingnan have prepared this to take, fortunately this era does not have any patents, copyright or anything consciousness, if it is changed to future generations, Mai Tie Cane can eat for several lifetimes just by relying on the patent of this ancestral secret recipe.

Wang Shichong's business group has now opened three or four shops in Lingnan, in addition to doing some silk in Panyu City for spices and treasures, the main thing is to operate this medicine village business, even this expedition to Ningzhou, Wang Shichong also prepared tens of thousands of catties of Huoxiang Zhengqi soup medicinal raw materials early, that is, to prepare for the soldiers who were infected with plague gas when they went deep into Ningzhou.

In this way, Huoxiang Zhengqi medicinal soup has become an open secret, Wang Shiji will not make the mistake of the plague epidemic in the whole army when he is halfway through this time, and he lost his combat effectiveness and was forced to return to the army, plus this time Gao Xi directly promoted him as the commander-in-chief, obviously like Baoju Shi Wanzai, made a political exchange, and after returning to Daxing, he was ready to pull these two generals directly into the camp of the battle for the crown.

In this way, Wang Shiji's march must be very fast, Lingnan is much closer than Ningzhou, and the road is much more convenient, and this more than a month of leading time may not necessarily ensure that the speed of counterinsurgency is faster than Wang Shiji.

Wang Shichong hated his teeth in his heart, seeing that the enemy was about to be promoted again, and he could only ask for merit this time, but for no fault, and Wang Shiji and Shi Wansui were both generals, and they also had a competitive relationship with each other, if Wang Shiji could take the lead in quelling the rebellion this time, whether it was for public or private purposes, pull Yang Xiu to sue Shi Wansui together, and suppress himself by the way, it would be a normal thing. Thinking of this, Wang Shichong's face unconsciously showed some indignation, and his hand was clenched into a fist.

Shi Wansui noticed the change in Wang Shichong's expression and smiled: "General Wang, are you worried that Wang Zhuguo's rapid advance this time will be able to quell the rebellion before our army and take the first credit?" ”

Wang Shichong suddenly realized that now he had to let Shi Wansui speed up the march, and he seemed to have this meaning when he heard what he said, and hurriedly said: "Lingnan and Ningzhou rebelled at the same time, and the imperial court also sent generals to fight almost at the same time, and there must be a competitive relationship between them. This ideal must be clearer than the last general. ”

Shi Wansui Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled: "General Wang, you really don't leak anything, obviously I just hope that Ben Shuai will send troops as soon as possible, and not fall behind Wang Zhuguo, but he said such a lot to me, Ben Shuai is tired when he listens to it." In fact, you may not understand what Ben Shuai means, according to Ben Shuai, this time in the conquest of Lingnan, it is more likely that it is not Wang Zhuguo who has made contributions, but another Zhou general. ”

Wang Shichong was slightly stunned, he had made friends with a lot of military nobles of the Guanlong family in the past two years in the military department, but this Zhou Fashang was a general of Nan Chen, and he had been out of town for many years, so he was really not familiar with this person, so he shook his head and asked: "Who is Zhou Fashang, the last general really doesn't know." ”

Shi Wansui's eyebrows moved, and said: "General Wang, in the future, you will ask for development in the military circles, in addition to us Guanlong generals, the famous generals in other places also need to know more, not necessarily to make friends, but at least to know the deeds of these people, although this week Fa Shang is a general, but he is a member of the fierce generals, if it wasn't for the Chen Dynasty that year forced him to take refuge in my Great Sui, I am afraid that it will take a lot of trouble to pacify Nan Chen." ”

Zhou Fashang, a family of generals, grandfather Zhou Lingqi, successively served as the general of the Liang Dynasty, the Taishou of Yiyang, and the assassin of Lugui Erzhou. His father, Zhou Jiong, successively served as the Dingzhou Assassin and the General of Pingbei. Although Zhou Fashang is not the eldest son, he was strong in martial arts when he was a teenager, and he was a standard soldier who was good at reading military books.

When Zhou Fashang was eighteen years old, he joined the army as a soldier of Wang Zhongxing of Southern Chen and looked for General Jiafubo. After the death of his father Zhou Jiong, Zhou Fashang supervised state affairs and supervised the generals of his father's headquarters. Later, because of his repeated military exploits, he moved the envoy to hold the festival, the general Zhenyi, and the scattered cavalry, and led the Qichang County (in present-day Shandong, which was the territory of the Northern Zhou Dynasty at that time, and was a remote consul), and sealed the Hou of Shanyin County, with 5,000 households in Yi, and his brother Wuchang County Gongzhou monk replaced him as the Dingzhou Assassin History, and Zhou Fashang led his troops to garrison the front line in the Lujiang area.

During the period of Emperor Chen Xuan (Chen Shubao's father), Zhou Fashang offended Chen Shubao's younger brother Chen Shujian, the king of Changsha, and this famous prince of Bahu secretly told his father that Zhou Fashang had rebelled.

Zhou Fashang was hesitant at first, until Emperor Chen Xuan arrested his brother Zhou Faseng and sent troops to prepare for a crusade against Zhou Fashang's subordinates, and Zhou Fashang led his own troops and other subordinates loyal to him to flee to the Northern Zhou. (To be continued......)