Early the next morning, Wang Shichong was woken up by the guards outside the tent, saying that Yang Su had ordered that except for leaving more than 10,000 people to guard the prisoners of war, the rest of the people all set off and continued to march to Jinyang, and Wang Shichong was given the responsibility of the vanguard of the army this time.

This unlucky messenger guarding the prisoners of war fell on Shangguan Zheng, Wang Shichong also heard about the pre-war events that night, and could imagine how depressed this person was now, he sneered, and after adjusting his armor, he rode on his war horse and led the five thousand people in his department to open the way before the army.

After traveling more than 20 miles to the north, when he arrived at the city of Jiezhou, Wang Shichong thought that there were enemy troops stationed in Jiezhou, so the scouts were widely distributed along the way, and the whole army was ready to fight at any time.

Wang Shichong was afraid that there was fraud, first sent more than ten people into the city to inquire about the situation, after about half a pillar of incense, more than ten people reported that the rebel army of Jiezhou Assassin Shi Liangluo, yesterday heard that Zhao Zikai's army was wiped out in the Bird Mouse Valley, and Yang Suzheng led the army to here after the news, frightened overnight to abandon the city, fled without a fight, and rushed back to Jinyang.

Wang Shichong snorted disdainfully, when Yang Su's army arrived in Bingzhou twenty days ago, the three lonely cities of Jinzhou, Luzhou, and Jiangzhou in southern Jinnan were holding on and not surrendering, but the Jiezhou defenders fled without a fight, and from this point he could see that Yang Liang's military spirit had been dispersed.

Wang Shichong ordered Zhang Jincheng to lead 3,000 men into the city to take over the city defense, and sent dozens of sentinels to the north of Jiezhou to investigate the enemy's movements, while he led other troops to camp outside the city and wait for Yang Su's army.

Half an hour later, it stretched back and forth for more than ten miles. Yang Su's army, which was winding like a long dragon, also drove outside Jiezhou City. It's past noon. The army rested in place.

Yang Su temporarily built a camp of the Chinese army outside the city, so that the generals of the army entered the account, just before the discussion, the horse returned, saying that Yang Liang heard that Zhao Zikai was defeated, and personally led nearly 100,000 Jinyang garrison troops to meet Yang Su's army, and now it has arrived at the north bank of Artemisia Ze thirty miles northeast of Jiezhou City to camp for defense.

When the people heard the news. They all looked at each other, everyone didn't expect that Yang Liang would fight against the water, and lead all the main forces to make a final fight, and everyone's eyes finally fell on the marching sketch hanging in the tent, the huge lake that had just been circled by Yang Su with a red pen thirty miles northeast of Jiezhou.

Yang Su's face was still as heavy as water, and he couldn't see his joys, sorrows, and sorrows, and said lightly: "What do the generals think?" Today is a military discussion, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

The anxious Mai Tiezhu laughed and said, "It seems that Yang Liang, this kid can't sit still, this is here to fight hard." Our army just relied on this Jiezhou city to wait for work. It can be broken in one battle. ”

Yu Juluo's big voice also sounded: "Lao Mai, your idea is not good, in my opinion, our army can drag Yang Liang here, Li Zixiong's Youzhou army should have reached the north of Jinyang, let them attack Jinyang, Yang Liang's hometown is lost, and his subordinates will definitely collapse without a fight." ”

Zhang Xutuo shook his head: "I'm afraid that the two generals are a little too simplistic, according to Sutuo's view, Yang Liang has done his best this time, and he is determined to fight, and his sharpness cannot be underestimated, and our army has just gone through the hard battle in Huozhou's Bird Mouse Valley, and the soldiers are tired, if they meet Yang Liang's mourning soldiers at this time, even if they win, the losses will be very huge." ”

Yang Su let out a soft "oh", still without any expression on his face, and asked, "What is General Zhang's good plan?" ”

Zhang Xutuo pondered for a while, and said: "Our army can set up a formation in this Jiezhou and set up a large camp, if the rebels challenge, they should not fight, and send light cavalry to make a detour through Shuozhou to get in touch with Li Zixiong's troops, so that he can attack Jinyang from the north and force the rebels to divide their forces." Once the rebels' vigor is exhausted, the rear is unstable, and the people are panicked, our army will attack on all fronts and will definitely be able to break the enemy's army. ”

As soon as Zhang Xutuo's words came out, most of the people in the tent showed convincing, and even Zhou Luohu touched his beard, smiled, and nodded slightly.

Yang Su nodded, looked around the tent, and said, "What else do you think?" ”

Yang Yichen has not spoken from just now to now, lowered his head and pondered, at this time, his eyes lit up, he took a step forward, and arched his hand: "According to the last general's understanding of Yang Liang, I'm afraid Yang Liang is not the kind of person who is resolute and resolute, and dares to fight to the death, to be honest, he is willing to give up Jinyang this time and take the initiative to attack, which is really beyond the expectations of the last general." ”

Wang Shichong was listening and thinking about it just now, and after hearing Yang Yichen's words, he smiled and said: "Then Yang Liang must have been forced out by Xiao Maha and Wang Hao, if he guards Jinyang and does not make any moves, I am afraid that if my army is not reached, most of his own soldiers will run away." ”

Mai Tiezhu clapped his hands violently and sighed: "Wonderful, General Wang's knowledge is extraordinary, grandma's, why didn't Lao Mai think of this." ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly and continued: "It can be seen from Yang Liang's actions that if he really wants to fight a decisive battle with our army, at this time, the whole army should cross Artemisia Ze, leave no surplus food, and launch a surprise attack on our army now, but he stopped at Artemisia Ze, and still camped there, preparing for defense, this is obviously not a desperate look." ”

"So when the two armies meet, momentum is the key, although our army is tired, but in addition to the big victory, the morale is high. Yang Liang himself has no confidence, he doesn't dare to fight a decisive battle when he goes out of Jinyang, the first rat is only at both ends, our army must not take the initiative to show weakness at this time, but must go forward for thirty miles, and also go to Artemisia Ze to coerce the enemy. ”

Zhang Xutuo said suddenly: "After our army arrived in Artemisia, were they preparing to storm Yang Liang's camp?" ”

Wang Shichong waved his hand: "Neither is it nor not, that Artemisia Ze is also known as Wu Chengbo, and it is "Zhou Li?" The Bingzhou Serval recorded in the "Staff" is one of the nine servals in the world recorded in the "Huainanzi", which is a very large lake, and after our army arrives there, it is enough to confront the rebels across the servals, and there is no need to take the initiative to attack, and when the time comes, according to what General Zhang said, get in touch with Li Zixiong and order him to raid Jinyang from the north. ”

Yang Yichen said: "If this is the case, why do you have to go forward for thirty miles? Our army is stationed in this Jiezhou, if the enemy army begins to cross Artemisia Ze, then wait for work, hit their backwater array, if they do not move in place, our army can also not move like a mountain, wouldn't it be better? ”

Wang Shichong smiled: "The purpose of going forward thirty miles is to deter the psychology of the enemy army. Yang Liang himself should be as you said. I didn't want to come out of Jinyang at all. It's just that Zhao Zikai was defeated, and the Jinyang army was already in turmoil, if he didn't take the initiative to attack, he was afraid that his subordinates would scatter, so he would come out reluctantly under the persuasion of others. ”

"If our army retreats here, so that the enemy can see that they are tired, then their morale will be boosted, and they will want to fight again. It's going to come at a much bigger price. ”

"On the contrary, if our army does not show weakness and does not stop in Jiezhou, but directly enters Artemisia Ze, it will be in a dilemma for the rebels: if they do not fight a battle, they will not be able to boost their morale, but if they really want to attack our army beyond Artemisia, they will not be sure of victory."

"So in the end, Yang Liang has no other choice, he will definitely retreat back to Jinyang in a gloomy manner, and before he returns to Jinyang, these 100,000 troops are afraid that they will scatter!"

Yang Yichen nodded again and again when he heard this, and waited for Wang Shichong to finish speaking. said to Wang Shichong: "General Wang's insights are really superhuman, and the general admires it." ”

Yang Su smiled slightly. Immediately, he regained the majesty of the coach and said in a deep voice: "Do you have any other opinions? The generals successively expressed their support for Wang Shichong's opinion, and Yang Su saw that no one had any objections, so he took out the order arrow and assigned the generals tasks.

"Xiaoguo commander Yang Xuan listens to orders."

"The end will be."

"With you leading the troops and horses of your headquarters, you will set off to the area of Artemisia Ze first, build a good outpost for the whole army, search and inventory the nearby enemy sentry cavalry, and if the enemy army is attacking in a big way, you will retreat first to join the army, and there must be no mistake."

"Order!"

"Shuozhou Assassin History, General Yang Yichen listens to orders."

"The end will be."

"You lead 5,000 Shuozhou cavalry, make a detour to the northwest, go to Jingcheng through Shuozhou, get in touch with Li Zixiong within three days, and order him to join forces with you, attack Jinyang within five days, and if you encounter Yang Liang's main force, you will camp on the spot to defend, and you must not fight lightly."

"Order!"

Yang Su then arranged a series of tasks for others, some were responsible for guarding, some were responsible for logging and building camps, and some were responsible for receiving other armies, all of which were arranged in an orderly manner, while Wang Shichong's troops were encamped in the rear of the army as a backup.

After the end of the military discussion, the generals went their separate ways, Yang Xuangan and Yang Yichen took the lead in leading the army, and the rest of the people followed.

By the evening, Yang Su's army had set up a company camp of more than 30 miles on the south bank of Artemisia, a group of people shouted and neighed, bonfires were lit everywhere in the camp, and groups of soldiers were sitting together, drinking and singing, as if they were not paying attention to the enemy troops on the other side of the lake, so it was not lively.

On the other hand, the rebel camp on the other side of the Great Lake is also more than 20 miles long, but it is far less lively than the camp of the officers and soldiers, and there is even some indescribable silence, as if from Yang Liang to every ordinary soldier, with uneasy feelings, are facing a terrible future.

After Yang Xuangan finished arranging the duty task of his subordinates, he remembered what Yang Su had told him last night, so he went straight to the Zhou brothers, because the two belonged to different troops, one was under the jurisdiction of Zhang Xutuo, and the other was in Yujuluo's army.

Zhang Xutuo and Yu Juluo's troops were on both sides of the company camp, so that Yang Xuangan ran back and forth in this camp for dozens of miles, and finally found the two of them, and when the three of them reunited in Yang Xuangan's camp tent, it was already after the hour.

Yang Xuangan had already prepared for today's conversation, and before leaving, he arranged a qiē in the tent, and put two jars of yesterday's Xinghuacun Fenjiu, as well as three large bowls.

Yang Xuangan didn't drink too much in Daxing, and the amount of alcohol was not practiced, and he was actually a little drunk after drinking about half a jar yesterday, but the Zhou brothers and Xiong Kuohai basically didn't have much reaction, Yang Xuangan was a little unconvinced, and in addition to talking about business today, he also wanted to compete with the Zhou brothers in the amount of alcohol.

The three of them sat down, today Yang Xuangan prepared three small tables in advance, specially used to put wine utensils, and put some pig's head meat, peanuts and other side dishes on each table, Zhou Zhong'an's eyes lit up after seeing this frame, and his mouth responded to the words, but his eyes were fixed on the wine jar and refused to leave, and his face was undoubtedly a drunkard.

Yang Xuangan smiled, poured a bowl of wine in front of him first, raised the bowl and said: "I didn't drink enough yesterday, and today I am not on duty, and I will not return if I am not drunk." "Drink it all.

Zhou Zhongan didn't say a word, but also a bowl of wine, but Zhou Zhongyin held the wine bowl and hesitated: "General Yang, the enemy is current, is there really no problem for me to wait for such a cow drink?" ”

Yang Xuangan waved his hand: "I have already made this matter clear to my father." He deliberately exempted me from waiting for today's duty. Father said. It's your blessing to make friends with the two generals of Zhou, so let the three of you have fun tonight. ”

Zhou Zhongyin smiled: "That's fine." As he spoke, he also filled a bowl of wine, and when he raised his head, his bones were all down.

The three of them drank three or four bowls of wine first, and the people gradually let go, and began to call each other brothers.

Yang Xuan felt that today's state was much better than yesterday, although he had marched dozens of miles, after all, he had not gone through the battle like yesterday and the day and night running a few days ago. A few large bowls of wine went down, but his mind was very clear, so he put down the wine bowl and said loudly to the outside of the tent: "The guards outside the door should retreat first, don't disturb me and wait for the wine." ”

As the footsteps at the door gradually moved away, the expression on Yang Xuangan's face became more and more solemn, he put down the wine bowl and said in a low voice: "What the two of you said yesterday, Xuangan has already discussed with his father. ”

Zhou Zhongyin and Zhou Zhongan suddenly came to their senses and glanced at each other. Shuangshuang put down the wine bowl in his hand, and looked at Yang Xuangan's eyes full of eagerness and expectation.

Yang Xuangan smiled. Said: "The father did not make a clear statement, let the matter be dealt with with with by the next one, Xuan Gan has a not very mature plan, first say and listen to the two brothers, if the two think it is feasible, then discuss it with General Zhou to see what he means." ”

Zhou Zhongyin's eyes were shining, and he said: "My brother's great kindness will be repaid in the future, but it doesn't hurt to say it, Zhongyin listens to it." ”

Yang Xuangan nodded and said, "The two of you are worried that the emperor will ask why he didn't detain this messenger when Xiao Maha sent someone to deliver the letter for the first time." ”

Zhou Zhong'an's face changed, and he lost his voice: "How could Brother Yang know?" ”

Zhou Zhongyin glared at his brother fiercely, and immediately smiled on his face, and said: "This is indeed a small worry that I was waiting for, but when I told Brother Yang about it yesterday, I was mainly dissatisfied with my father's behavior, plus I drank a few more glasses of wine, and I was familiar with Brother Yang at first sight, so I said that, which made Brother Yang smile." ”

Yang Xuangan sneered in his heart, and secretly said that Zhou Zhongyin still has to pretend to be now, so his face changed, and he said: "Brother Zhou, everyone is a smart person, so you don't have to go around like this." Yang likes to make friends, if such a thing is still hidden from Yang, it is right that the two of them did not say it yesterday, and there is no need to mention this matter again.

Yang Xuangan pretended to be unhappy as he spoke, poured a bowl of wine by himself, and lowered his head directly.

Zhou Zhongan suddenly became anxious, and complained to Zhou Zhongyin: "Big brother, Brother Yang treats me sincerely, so I don't think there is any need to beat around the bush." ”

Zhou Zhongyin lowered his head and did not respond directly to his younger brother's words, but his face was cloudy, as if he was thinking of a countermeasure.

Yang Xuangan snorted coldly, and slammed the wine bowl to the table: "Yang's meaning has been made very clear, yesterday Yang discussed this matter with his father, and only after getting his father's authorization and promise to help, he will discuss with the two." My Yang family also took the risk of eating your Zhou family's melons to help your family resolve this disaster, I don't know what Brother Zhou has to hesitate about! ”

Zhou Zhongyin seemed to have made a lot of determination, raised his head, his face was full of perseverance, and said: "Okay, with Brother Yang's words, my brother is also out of the way, yes, it was indeed my father who instructed my two brothers to come to Brother Yang yesterday, just for the disaster you said." Listening to Brother Yang's tone, it seems that he has a plan, can you say it? ”

Yang Xuangan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he had no choice just now but to put on that attitude and force Zhou Zhongyin to have a showdown, but he was not sure that the Zhou Brothers would choose to have a heart-to-heart relationship.

Judging from the two Zhou brothers' cousins in the past two days, Zhou Zhongyin, as the eldest son, is obviously the one who really talks about things, even if Zhou Zhongan is not playing soy sauce, he just comes over to help talk, not the one who makes the decision. Therefore, the negotiation with the Zhou family is actually dealing with Zhou Zhongyin, because their father, like his own father, will not come forward directly.

Yang Xuangan changed his expression to a stern expression and said: "In my humble opinion, you might as well take the initiative to confess to the new emperor that you saw Xiao Maha last time, because it is impossible to hide this matter, if Xuangan guesses well, the messenger of these two times is the same person, right." ”

Zhou Zhongyin's forehead began to sweat, he didn't expect Yang Xuan to feel such an idea, and there was a little anxiety in his always steady voice: "Brother Yang, is this the way?" ”

Yang Xuangan nodded: "Exactly, could it be that there is a better way for the two of you?" ”

Zhou Zhongyin shouted: "Isn't this pushing our Zhou family into the fire pit!" Brother Yang, you don't want to harm our family, Zhou thought you were willing to help us make that messenger. ”

Yang Xuangan shook his head: "Brother Zhou, don't be impatient, this method Xuangan has thought about it, but it doesn't work, it's too obvious, it will only make the new emperor suspicious!" At that time, if he secretly inquires about this matter, such as interrogating the subordinates of your mansion, or if Xiao Maha's cronies know about this matter and take the initiative to confess this matter in order to survive after Yang Liang's defeat, then your family will be passive at that time. ”

The Zhou brothers were stunned when they heard this, they didn't think about such a result, they couldn't speak at once, just cold sweat gushed out like spring water, and soon they were sweating through their shirts, and even the sweat on their heads flowed down their sideburns, and they were about to flow into a stream. (To be continued......)