"Shizhi, how long will it take to get to the camp?"

It was the crown prince Sima Shu who spoke, and as soon as he received the order of the imperial court to send troops, Sima Shu immediately ordered his troops and horses to set off, all the way through Tongguan and straight into Guanzhong, and did not arrive at Chang'an City, the head of Jingzhao County, until this morning.

In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, Sima Shu specially rested in Chang'an for a day, and it was this rest that made him miss the scene where King Liang forced Zhou to send troops.

In the evening, Sima Shu said goodbye to the officials of Chang'an and went straight to the battlefield three kilometers northwest of Chang'an. In the northwest of Chang'an, the army commanded by Sima Tong and Xiahou Jun of Liang was confronting the rebels near Qianxian to prevent the enemy from advancing to Chang'an.

"Your Highness, it's coming soon, we won't be able to see His Royal Highness King Liang in the camp at night."

Zu Ti accompanied Sima Shu, carrying a horizontal knife at his waist, wearing a bright light armor, riding a high-headed horse, and the whole person looked mighty. In the past five years, although Sima Shu did not dare to equip cavalry on a large scale due to the situation, he also quietly raised a thousand dragoons, equipped with the latest flintlock muskets and sabers, and his combat power should not be underestimated.

Although limited by the shortage of iron ore raw materials, Sima Shu did not have many muskets in his hands, only 3,000 infantry, and 1,000 cavalry were equipped with muskets. These 4,000 princely troops can be said to be the most effective in the entire army.

In this expedition, Sima Shu mobilized a total of 9,000 people, of which 3,000 were commanded by Zu Ti, who were mainly composed of infantry and equipped with horizontal knives, hand knives, longbows, and round shields. Among them, the strongest infantry combat power is a thousand hoplites equipped with Mo knives, they are dressed in infantry armor, holding nearly two meters of Mo knives, all of them are tall and strong men, on the battlefield, they are the nightmare of the enemy's cavalry.

Sima Shu's own army was composed of 3,000 musketeers, 2,000 longbow soldiers, and 1,000 dragoons, and in order to ensure the logistics supply of the troops, Sima Shu mobilized 3,000 heavy soldiers, plus 20,000 people. Along the way, Sima Shu constantly tested the results of the troops' training in the past few years through forced marches.

The result also satisfied him, this unit can be called elite in other aspects except for not much actual combat experience. Sima Shu believed that after the tempering of this war, this army would definitely become the most elite soldiers in the Great Jin.

"Good! Speed up and strive to meet King Liang as soon as possible! With a wave of his hand, the entire army accelerated its march, and it didn't take long for Sima Shu to arrive at the location of King Liang's army.

"Shizhi, what's going on? Why is the whole camp quiet? Hasn't King Liang been at war with the enemy yet? ”

Sima Shu stood outside the gate of the big camp, he didn't feel the tension before the war at all, he raised his eyes to look inside the camp, and saw neither the soldiers hurrying to drill, nor the busy subordinates. The soldiers in the large camp walked around casually, and from the other party's grinning expressions, they couldn't tell that a big battle was about to break out here.

"Your Highness, the ministers don't know, we'll know when we see King Liang."

In the camp, King Liang was drinking and having fun with Xiahou Jun, Lu Bo, Xie Department and others, and suddenly received a report from the military academy that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had arrived. Sima Tong was unhappy when he heard this, he didn't expect the prince to come so quickly, he was now surrounded by enemy troops around Zhou, if he let the prince know that he would not move, would Sima Shu take the opportunity to cure him and take away his military power?

"Lord, look, are the ministers going out to greet you?" Seeing Sima Tong silent, Xiahou Jun couldn't help but ask.

"Well, it should be, let's go with the widow to greet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Saying that, King Liang got up and walked out, everyone didn't dare to slack off, followed closely, out of the big tent, came to Yuanmen, and saw a black crowd of people outside, and a heroic young man dressed in bright light armor was looking at this side.

Sima Shu was riding on his horse and looking around, when he suddenly saw the gate open and a group of people walked out of it. The leader is wearing a python robe, with a sword at his waist, white hair, and a mean face, no need to guess that this is Sima Shu's grandfather, Liang Wang Sima Tong.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Although King Liang was Sima Shu's uncle and grandfather, since the crown prince was a king, he had to bow to the prince first. Sima Shu didn't dare to hold it up, he dismounted neatly, then reached out to hold King Liang's arm, and said with a smile: "Eh, King Liang is polite, you are a lonely elder, how can this palace receive your great gift!" ”

King Liang didn't want to salute Sima Shu in the first place, if it weren't for the etiquette, he wouldn't want to salute a yellow-haired boy. Therefore, as soon as Sima Shu stretched out his hand, he took advantage of the situation, and then said in the tone of an elder: "Oh, I didn't expect Xizu to grow so big, I think the widow had hugged Xizu at the beginning!" In the blink of an eye, Xizu also came out of the ......"

"Uncle grandfather has won the award, the emperor's grandfather has repeatedly taught Gu when he was alive, I want the palace to ask the elders for more advice, I dare not forget for a moment, today I can listen to the education of my uncle, this is the blessing of Lone."

Sima Shu put his posture very low at first, although King Liang is a waste, but it is not easy to seize power from King Liang openly, and King Liang must be full of vigilance against his arrival, in this case, he must first paralyze the other party.

"Oh? Is it? Hahaha...... Xizu is right, Your Highness can rest assured that you have a complete strategy to quell the rebels this time, and Your Highness only needs to follow the widow's orders, and you will definitely be able to capture the rebels. King Liang was very useful to Sima Shu's welcome, but he didn't see the cold light in Sima Shu's eyes.

After the two sides finished the ceremony, the scene suddenly became lively, and everyone began to greet each other, especially Zu Ti, who was very popular with everyone. Even Sima Tong didn't expect that Zu Ti, who had disappeared for many years, had always been the prince's subordinate, which made him a little greedy, so Sima Tong frequently showed favor to Zu Ti during the banquet, but unfortunately Zu Ti had already been dead set on the prince and didn't pay attention to the solicitation from King Liang at all.

"May I ask my uncle, what is the situation of this rebel army now?" When the wine was hot, Sima Xiao didn't ask King Liang present. A trace of embarrassment flashed on King Liang's face when he heard this, and he took the opportunity of drinking to hide the past, and he replied with a haha: "This is ...... This, the rebels have gathered a large number of troops in Liangshan, in a vain attempt to fight to the death with our army, and the widow has already sent people to test it! ”

"Oh? Is it? I don't know if there is the latest battle report? ”

"This ...... This, not yet. ”

Although he knew that the other party was lying, Sima Shu did not expose the other party, and finally waited until the banquet was over, Sima Shu was about to go to rest, when he was suddenly interrupted by a rush of footsteps. I heard Zu Ti shouting outside the tent: "Your Highness, the minister has an urgent report!" ”

"Let him in!" The guards outside the tent heard Sima Shu's order, so they let Zu Li in.

"Shizhi, what's going on?" Sima Shu looked at Zu Ti with a look of anger on his face, and he couldn't understand what was going on.

"Your Highness, King Liang is so hateful, he actually wants to kill General Zhou! Early this morning, King Liang ordered General Zhou to lead 5,000 infantry to attack the rebels, but he was reluctant to send troops to the rescue. Right now, the old general Zhou has been surrounded by the rebels in Hulu Valley for a whole day, and he is in danger! ”

"What!? Are you right? Sima Shu's face was full of shock, he didn't expect this tragedy to happen in history, it seems that the storm set off by his butterfly is not strong enough.

"It's true! When the minister was just checking the outpost, he was intercepted by the herald sent by General Zhou, and he also told the minister that before this, General Zhou had urged King Liang to send reinforcements many times, but each time King Liang shirked for various reasons. ”

"Is the herald still with you? Let him in, and ask him personally! ”

"Yes!"

That is, at the time of a cup of tea, Zu Ti led a soldier covered in scars and walked in, and as soon as he saw the soldier, he knelt on the ground and wept bitterly, "Please save my general!" ”

"Don't cry, ask you, how long has the old general been surrounded now? How many enemy troops are there? ”

"Your Highness, the 5,000 infantry led by General Zhou was besieged by 70,000 rebels for a whole day, but King Liang was reluctant to send troops to rescue. If I go a little later, I'm afraid my general's life will not be saved! ”

"Shhh Sima Shu gasped, he didn't expect King Liang to be so ruthless, and he asked five thousand innocent soldiers to accompany him for the burial of a place.

"You go down to rest first, and let His Royal Highness King Liang send troops!"

After settling the heralds, Sima Shu also took care of resting and came directly to King Liang's tent. At this time, in King Liang's big tent, Sun Xiu was analyzing the situation in front of him.

"Lord, now that the prince is full of ambition, I'm afraid he is uneasy and kind! And it won't be long before the prince will be able to discover the truth about the surrounding area, and by then the prince will have a heavy army, plus occupy the moral high ground, I'm afraid the prince will be unlucky! ”

"Alas! This is exactly what the widow was worried about, who would have thought that the prince would come so early! Please sir be sure to help the widow! King Liang was also anxious at this time, he fooled the prince at today's banquet, but he also knew that this matter would not be hidden for long, and there were many people in the barracks, and he would know what happened after a little inquiry.

"Don't worry, this matter can't be solved, it depends on whether the prince is ruthless enough." Speaking of this, Sun Xiu's eyes flashed with a fine light.

"Oh? What do you mean, sir? ”

"Lord, I'm afraid that now that the prince has learned about the siege of Zhou, he will definitely force the prince to send troops to rescue. Is the prince willing to let go of the surrounding places like this? ”

"No, you must not let go of the surrounding area, the widow finally let out a bad breath, how can he easily let go of the other party!" Of course, King Liang was unwilling to spare Zhou, he had been looking forward to it for so many years before he seized an opportunity. If he can't put Zhou to death this time, I don't know if he will have a chance to take revenge in his lifetime in the future.

"Lord, can you win the crown prince?"

"No...... No! King Liang suddenly withered, he seemed to see that he was already in a desperate situation and was rescued by Sima Shu, and then scolded himself fiercely in front of the generals, and then sent to Luoyang again, just like many years ago, he was impeached and imprisoned by Zhou again.

"Lord Wang, you might as well be like this!" Sun Xiu muttered in Sima Tong's ear, and Sima Tong, who was already listless, suddenly became radiant.