He Ruobi laughed, threw the Tang newspaper in his hand on the table, and shouted in a deep voice: "Wang Xu, don't make excuses anymore, when you played against the emperor, you only said that you just crossed the river, and when you get to the south of the Yangtze River, you can also pull your father's old ministry to help."

If that's what you say, is it necessary for you to cross the river with five or six hundred people? Or are you just blowing the atmosphere with the emperor, and when you see the real battlefield, you are afraid? ”

He Ruobi picked up the Tang newspaper on the table, threw it directly at Wang Xu's feet, and shouted: "Look at this Tang newspaper, General Yang Su has formed a powerful naval army in Xinzhou, and his main warship is five stories high, called the Wuya Battleship, which can carry more than 800 soldiers and more than 100,000 troops.

Thousands of large and small warships under the management of General Yang went down the river to the east, and General Chen Qi Xin led hundreds of Qinglong warships to resist, but was defeated by General Yang.

The three-story warship of the Chen Dynasty was directly shattered by the slap rod stretched out from General Yang's Wuya battleship, the Nanren have always been good at water warfare, but this time they were defeated head-on by our Great Sui Navy, the wreckage of the broken warship and the corpse of the Chen army were piled up on the river, and they went down the river, and the soldiers and civilians of Nanchen were all frightened when they saw it. ”

Wang Huaqiang heard his extreme dissatisfaction from He Ruobi's words: Yang Su has already made contributions upstream, but I have made no progress here as the main direction of attack, what are you two eating!

But Wang Huaqiang still pretended to be stupid, and arched his hand: "General Yang governs the army well, my Great Sui Heavenly Army is mighty, and Nan Chen jumps the clown, how can I be worthy of a blow from my Heavenly Army, it is gratifying." ”

He Ruobi's voice revealed a murderous aura: "Wang Huaqiang, don't play tricks in front of this general, General Yang's achievements are his business, and our goal this way is Jiankang City on the other side, now I will ask you, how long do you have to make Ben Shuai wait?" Do you want Ben Shuai to watch General Yang fight all the way from Xinzhou to Jinling? ”

Wang Xuan glanced at Wang Huaqiang, knowing that he was standing up for himself, stabbed He Ruobi, was grateful, and turned to He Ruobi and said: "General He, you should know that the enmity between your subordinates and the Chen family is not the same as that of your subordinates, compared to your heart of meritorious service, the revenge of killing your father makes your subordinates want to swim across the river now."

But after all, this is a war to destroy the country, and it is not up to the personal feelings of the subordinates, and the subordinates can cross the river alone without taking people, but you also know that many of the southerners take the Yangtze River as a natural danger and ride the wall to watch. ”

He Ruobi shouted: "No one answered? Do you dare to say that to the emperor? Didn't you say that your Wang family has been operating in Jiangnan for three generations, and the tribes are everywhere, as long as you cross the river and raise your arms, the responders will gather? Why did you change your mind again? ”

Wang Xu's demeanor was calm, and he replied without humility or arrogance: "The general also knows that above the Nanchen court, Shi Wenqing and Shen Keqing, two traitorous ministers, control the government and do not report the defeat upstream at all.

Therefore, the Chen army on the other side still doesn't know that our dynasty has made up its mind to destroy Chen on a large scale, and they still think that it is the same as the plan of the suspicious soldiers you summoned a few times before, just for show.

As far as his subordinates can see, although Xiao Maha is not handsome, but the minimum precautions must also be done, as long as after a while, our army will die down, their defenses will naturally be relaxed, and when the river is foggy, it will be easy for us to cross the river.

If Pei Yun and Yang Xiang of Nanchen and others saw that I had brought a small army over, they would definitely take the initiative to respond, plus my old Wang family, there would be thousands of people to respond at that time, and it would not be a problem for the army to cross the river. ”

He Ruobi stood up suddenly, and the nail leaves on his body made a loud noise, in Wang Huaqiang's ears, it was as pleasant as the sound of coins hitting each other at home, but his words were not so popular: "Wang Xu, you listen to me, don't play around here, now my entire army is waiting for your response."

You don't go to the river for a day, my army is a waste of food and salary here, you want your own commander to stop the drums, you see for yourself, hundreds of thousands of troops, all thinking about making meritorious contributions, looking at the other side of the river all day long, their eyes are going to bleed, you let them stop drumming?

Okay, I'll let them die down, there is only one way, is to cut off your head now, and then say to the whole army, that is, this person said to the emperor that he has a way to take everyone across the river, and the result is that everyone is happy, and now this person is ambushed, and everyone will disperse, what do you think? ”

Sweat began to flow from Wang Xu's head: "General He, my subordinates didn't say that they couldn't go to Jiang, they just said that the opportunity has not yet arrived, and it will take time." ”

He Ruobi shouted impatiently: "Don't find so many reasons, today is November 23rd, you said that you can cross the river if there is fog on the river, I will give you one last chance, you are originally from Jiangnan, and you should know that within these ten days, there will be fog on the Yangtze River, and if you don't cross the river again, military law will be engaged!"

The corners of Wang Xu's mouth moved, as if he wanted to say something, but when he saw He Ruobi's red face, he could only swallow it raw, and he replied yes and retreated.

After leaving the tent, the two walked to a secluded place, and Wang Huaqiang asked Wang Xu: "Jingyan, do you have to cross the river within ten days, are you sure?" ”

Wang Xu's eyes were blazing, and he sighed: "There is no joke in the army, today General He said this in the military tent, that is the military order, even he himself cannot take it back, I can't say it, I must cross the river within ten days." ”

Wang Huaqiang, a native of the north, was not clear about the climate above the Yangtze River, and continued to ask: "What if there is no fog in ten days?" ”

Wang Xuan pondered for a while, and said: "Then I have to smuggle at night, it's really not good, so I have to bring fewer people to go first, your water nature is not good, swimming in the Yangtze River at night, it's winter, there will be danger, forget it, stay here and follow the army to meet me." ”

Wang Huaqiang shook his head and said: "This is not good, even if you don't bring anyone else, you have to take us over, you also know what our brother joined the army for this time, if you don't have the credit of crossing the river in advance, and cross the river with the army in the future, I'm afraid you won't be able to get the merits of being able to be awarded an official and a knight." ”

Wang Xuan smiled slightly: "Life is always more important than military exploits." If a person loses his life, then there is no merit in war. Just like General Yang Suyang mentioned by He Ruobi today, his father Yang Fu was the Fenzhou Assassin of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, who was trapped in a lonely city in the war with the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the reinforcements were afraid of the enemy, and in the end he could only be captured.

The emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty saw that he was brave in defending the city, and wanted to recruit him for his use, but Yang Funing died unyieldingly, and finally died of depression in Yecheng, the capital of Qi, which is today's Xiangzhou.

After Yang Fu's death, the Northern Zhou court at that time has not given him a reward, Yang Su wrote several times to ask for credit for his father, all like mud cows into the sea, and finally Yang Su risked death to admonish, so angry that Emperor Wu of Zhou at that time ordered him to be pushed out and beheaded.

Yang Su said at this time that I serve the Emperor of Wudao, and I deserve to die, this sentence took Emperor Wu of Zhou, not only saved his life, but also asked Emperor Wu of Zhou to posthumously confer his father's title and official position.

Hua Qiang, so the battlefield is ruthless, and there are only a few places to reward officials, otherwise why would so many people break their heads for this, why would they have a noble status like He Ruobi, but also compete with Yang Su thousands of miles away? But if your life is gone, do you have a son like Yang Su to fight for you?

Hua Qiang, I also know Ling Zun's thoughts, he asked you to come here to make contributions, but he didn't want you to come and die. ”

Wang Huaqiang lowered his head, what Wang Xuan said was reasonable, and his desire for military merit was still suppressed by reason, and before leaving, his father Wang Shui also meant the same thing, he raised his head and said: "Okay, I promise you, if you don't fog and can only swim across the Yangtze River, we won't drag you back, how many people are you going to take with you then?" ”

Wang Xuan thought for a while and said: "Most of my subordinates are from Guanzhong, and the water nature is not as good as that of the native-born southerners. I have been observing these days that the water quality is so good that there are only twenty or thirty people who cross the Yangtze River with me, and it is impossible to rely on these people to cross the river with a large army.

So I have to talk to the envoy from Jiangnan yesterday, Mai Tiezhu, and ask him to leave for home tonight, and find my old department of the Wang family to answer first. ”