As soon as the sky was bright, Zhang Yue led the troops out of the camp on time and waited in a formation two miles outside the south city gate. In a short time, the gates of the city opened, and several carriages left the city first, followed by a thousand forbidden troops with lighting torches, and stopped in the clearing.

Zhang Yue stepped forward on horseback, saluted several officials one by one, and then according to the established marching sequence, he led the first command to open the way in front with the escort class and deputy capital Yu Hou Yao, and the first commander of Yao Chongyu to command Bian Guangfan and Liu Tao who were in the center to escort the car, and four or five cars of Chaozhong rewarded the gifts to the Gonggao Baorong of Bohai County in Jingnan, and Zhang Yue led the people of the headquarters to go behind.

Yao Chongyu is the eldest son of Zhenzhou Marshal Yao Yuanfu, about forty years old, and he was also the commander of the former Si San of the official palace, and he was recently promoted to the capital envoy; And Yao Kejun is his third brother, in his thirties, in the prime of life, before he was the inner hall, he was under He Jiyun, and he was also just transferred out as the deputy capital marquis.

The people who will work together, Zhang Yue has visited before, but they are not familiar with it, and he said that he led six commanders of 3,000 soldiers, but he was the deputy envoy, and he didn't know if anyone had any bad thoughts, so he naturally didn't bother to come forward to talk.

On the way, we arrived at Pingshi County to rest and replenish and then continued southward, passing through Sui Prefecture without stopping, and only routinely replenishing grain and grass materials along the way, and arriving at Yingzhou, which was under the jurisdiction of the Anyuan Army, seven days later. Li Hongyi, the commander of the Anyuan Army, who had just arrived, also arrived in Yingzhou, and led the officials of the prefecture to greet him with a full guard of honor, and 4,000 forbidden troops were stationed here.

Li Hongyi was originally the wife and brother of Liu Zhiyuan, the ancestor of the previous dynasty, but he was mediocre and cowardly. Liu Chengyou, the young emperor of the Later Han Dynasty, wanted to cut off the ministers, and ordered the enshriner Meng Ye to bring an edict to Li Hongyi, asking him to murder Wang Yin, who was the commander of the guard Sibu Jundu at the time, but Li Hongyi was afraid that Wang Yin would find out, so he dragged this matter down, and took Meng Ye to see Wang Yin, and finally this edict went to Guo Wei, who was left behind in Yedu at the time, so the Qianyou Rebellion broke out.

After Guo Wei ascended the throne, he did not liquidate the Liu clan, the Empress Dowager Li was still in the palace, and some relatives continued to be reused as officials, and this Li Hongyi was also one of them.

That night, there was another big banquet, but there were not many people attending the meeting, that is, Li Hongyi brought the Yingzhou assassin out to receive Bian Guangfan, Liu Tao and other high-ranking civil officials, and the Yingzhou defense envoy received the accompanying military attachés.

Zhang Yue was naturally also a guest, but he was not interested, but he had to fight his spirits to socialize. After three rounds of drinking, the atmosphere began to be warm and casual, everyone got up and left the table to toast, and those who knew each other sat together and talked to each other.

Zhang Yue only brought Han Sheng here, and the two drank a few glasses, both of which were drowsy. At this time, the scattered people all made Yao Chongyu come over with a wine cup, Zhang Yue hurriedly got up to greet him, the three of them drank a few glasses, exchanged a few words, Yao Chongyu sat down next to him, and talked about the matter of this envoy to Jingnan.

At the beginning of last year, the Chu army and horses were all commanded to make Xu Wei, and the left and right army horses made Chen Jingda and others make a rebellion, and imprisoned the king of Chu, Ma Xicao, in Hengshan. He set up his younger brother Ma Xichong as the queen of Wu'an. When Liu Yan, the general of Langzhou, heard the news, he sent troops to rebel in the name of usurping the throne and settled in Yiyang. Ma Xichong mobilized troops to resist on the one hand, and asked for help from Li Jing, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty. As a result, the Southern Tang Dynasty took the opportunity to send troops to destroy Chu with the Xinzhou Thorn Shi Bian Ho, and the Ma clan was all sent to Jinling, the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty. ”

Yao Chongyu continued: "In October last year, Liu Sheng, the lord of the Southern Han Dynasty in Lingnan, saw that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and he also sent troops to seize the eight states in the area of Guiguan in Lingnan, which originally belonged to Southern Chu. This caused the dissatisfaction of the Chu generals Wang Jinkui, Zhou Xingfeng and others who were newly attached to the Southern Tang Dynasty, and strongly persuaded Liu Yan to send troops to expel the Southern Tang Bian Ho after the Wuping army stayed.

Until October this year, Liu Yan took Wang Kui, Zhou Xingfeng, He Jingzhen and other ten people as generals, and commanded Liu Yao to lead troops to deter the barbarians in Lizhou, and led tens of thousands of troops to attack. Liu Yan arrived in Changsha on the third day of October, and on the 15th, Wang Jinkui entered Tanzhou and restored the old land of Chu. On the fourth day of the first month of November, Jingnan Gaobaorong transferred to Shangcao on behalf of Liu Yan, so we were sent this time. ”

"In other words, the envoy to Jingnan is only on the surface, and at the same time, it can also be used as a backup, and going south to Tanzhou to get a piece of the pie is the real purpose, right?" Zhang Yue quickly understood, although he didn't know much about these things before, and he didn't hear anything in Tangzhou.

"Not bad! That's what it means, but the ministers of the DPRK and China are worried that sending troops to interfere will cause the jealousy of Chu general Liu Yan and others, so in fact, we will go to Tanzhou with 3,500 troops, and Jingnan will be sent to Jingnan with the prince's guest, and Liu Shaofu will be the provincial envoy to follow us south. Yao Zhongyu said with a smile.

"I see! Yuezhou! After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Yue understood what the princes of the court meant.

Langzhou and Yuezhou are both the gateways of Hunan, any state can enter the whole territory of Hunan, Langzhou has always been Liu Yan's station, and Yuezhou was broken by the Southern Tang Dynasty, and now it should be received by Chu generals, then, whether it is a strong attack, or persuasion to receive, this is to be discussed.

"It is impossible to persuade General Chu to hand over Yuezhou, so it can only be a surprise attack, and it is much more active to bargain in your hands!" Zhang Yue laughed, this matter should be dangerous.

"Not bad! Dr. Bian will go to Jiangling Mansion a few days later, and we will go south to Fuzhou in two days, and Li Dashuai has already sent an order to Fuzhou to assassinate the history, and is preparing war ships and grain and grass materials for us, and then take a boat into the Yangtze River in Chuyang, and go straight to Baling, Yuezhou, it is winter, and the weather is showing signs of improvement, and the speed must be fast. Yao Chongyu said.

"I'm afraid things are a little difficult to do, our soldiers are all northerners, most of them are landlubbers, they can get seasick, and if they have to fight on the water, the chances of victory are almost none. From this point of view, we must choose a reliable and concealed landing site on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and then take Baling City after a short rest. Zhang Yue thought for a while and asked.

"This is going to Fuzhou Chuyang, listen to more intelligence news, so I can make plans again, let the soldiers rest well in the next few days!" Yao Chongyu thought about it and said.

Taking advantage of the two-day rest, Zhang Yue did a good job in mobilizing the soldiers, and maintained half-day training every day, as well as food and weapons, which could be asked for from the state government.

Yao Kejun wanted to lead a commander to protect Bian Guangfan, and Yao Chongyu felt that he had too few troops in his hands, so he asked Li Hongyi for the elite soldiers of the three commanders of the Anyuan army, which could be used as guides, in combat, and in dealing with local officials, because the dialect here is a tone in one place, messy, and very difficult to understand.

In this way, the total strength reached 5,000 people, and the main general only had two people, Yao Chongyu and Zhang Yue, and Liu Tao, the envoy of Shaofu and Ke Province, accompanied him with grain and grass.

Three days later, when they arrived in Fuzhou, the state assassin Shi Wen Wen led the officials to greet him, and placed 5,000 men and horses in the prepared camp, Liu Tao took his entourage and the state assassin Shi into the city to rest, and Zhang Yue and Yao Chongyu were busy arranging the camp to rest.

The situation has been clarified before, and the state government has prepared more than 200 large and small warships, which are anchored in the Honghu Lake south of Xiashui, and the army can set off at any time. And the Yuezhou guard is Pan Shuhei, who is also Liu Yan's general, and Wang Jinkui, Zhang Wenbiao, He Jingzhen, Zhang Fang, Zhu Yuanxiu and others are ten brothers, and they have wide influence in the army, and Liu Yan is almost empty.