This army has not been formed for a long time, but its exploits are amazing. Originally, their predecessor was only Shen Luoyan's personal guard, with only more than 100 people. During the Northern Expedition of Southern Chen three years ago, Shen Luoyan began to truly enter the core of the military and political affairs of Southern Chen, and planned the strategy of taking advantage of the Central Plains to attack Jianghan against the Dao. From Jiankang to Shouchun, from Shouchun to Luoyang, from Luoyang to Xiangyang, then to Jingzhou, and then to Jiangxia.

Shen Luoyan's strategy helped Nan Chen capture Jiang Han, and in this large-scale attack, Shen Luoyan expanded her personal guard little by little. From more than 100 people to more than 1,000 people and finally to 10,000 people. In the dark night of the torrential rain and lightning and thunder, the elite of the 3,000 guards battalion stood against the defenders' arrows and stones, one after another, fighting to the death. At that time, the fierceness of the battle shocked the Southern Chen army.

A large amount of blood was washed into the channel by the rain, and the moat of Xiangyang City turned red, and it could not change color for several days. The fierce battle lasted all night, and finally before dawn the brothers of the Guards Battalion stepped on the corpses of their brothers and attacked the city wall, opening the city gates in one fell swoop, and leading the Southern Chen army into the city.

Go forward and follow each other, and would rather die than retreat. The strength and loyalty of the soldiers of Shen Luoyan's guard battalion shocked both sides, and even Shen Faxing admitted: "Such a brave and brave army who is not afraid of death can be compared to Chen Kefu's broken barracks!" ”

In the first battle of Xiangyang, the Guards Battalion suffered countless casualties, but the Guards Battalion did not die, but grew bigger and bigger, and now, it is an iron-blooded army of 30,000 people.

In the raid of the Northern Chen Southern Expedition in June, the Southern Chen armies were defeated again and again, and finally fled to Jiankang City. Under the city of Jiankang, the people of Jiangdong finally saw the legendary Beichen Jingqi.

The city was silent, and thousands of people trembled.

All of them were intimidated by the strength of the Northern Chen army, but only this iron-blooded guard army still stood majestically. Many people can't describe how fierce and brutal the battle was at that time......

This fierce battle added a touch of shock to the ancient and modern forces of the Northern Chen Qiang Army. But the loser was equally glorious, until half a month later, Shen Faxing led reinforcements to arrive, and the Northern Chen army failed to break through the Jiankang City held by the Guards.

Since then. Shen Luoyan's prestige rose to a higher level, and the Guards were also recognized as the strongest army in Southern Chen. Seeing them, a thunderous cry rang out from the crowd: "Iron Guards." Invincible! ”

Immediately after the Guards cavalry, the snare drums were sonorous, and the battle flags were fluttering. The battalions of the other generals under Shen Luoyan's command drove out one after another. The teams were lined up in neat formations, their armor distinct, and their steps were in unison, and under the weight of the neat pace of the infantry, the ground was sinking slightly, and the teams were as tightly organized as a fortress of activity.

Huainan Army, South Vietnamese Army, Zhennan Army, Jiankang Garrison Army, Great Wu Janissary Army.

This is a spectacular sight all the way, and there is no endless torrent of people and horses. A dense phalanx of swords and spears poured neatly across the city gates, and the armor of the soldiers surged like a river, shining in the morning sun. Shine brightly.

This is a battle that has been fought countless battles. They have a proud record and self-confidence. Even the entire continent is unrivaled by iron horse hussars.

Stationed at the city gate, inspecting the army under his command, Shen Luoyan was deeply satisfied.

Looking at this army, Shen Luoyan saw a new hope. Holding a sword in her hand, her heart was full of infinite pride, who said that women are inferior to men. His father couldn't change his mind that he looked down on women in his life, but now, the five sons he saw were killed and one captured, and the remaining two were hiding in Jiangxia like turtles and didn't dare to move. This Jiangnan, this Wu country, after all, has to rely on her Shen Luoyan to take over. With such a strong army in hand, she believed that she could do better than her father, better than those useless brothers. …,

According to rumors, the Northern Chen Army is a man-eating monster and an invulnerable beast, and when it comes to the Northern Chen Army, which is armed to the teeth, many armies cannot exert their strength as always. But at this moment, witnessing the high morale of his subordinates and the appearance of the army, immediately, all worries and worries quickly melted away like ice cubes under the sun. She firmly believed that even the heavy cavalry of the broken barracks that Chen Kefu, the emperor of Shangbei Chen, was most proud of, this army would be able to annihilate the enemy with sabers and iron hooves as before.

The army marched, mighty, as fast as a spark, set off in the morning, only one day of rapid march, the vanguard has arrived at the junction of the Jiujiang River in the Nanling City of Xuancheng County.

In the morning light, Jiujiang City was shrouded in a crystal autumn frost.

The sound of horses' hooves broke the silence of Jiujiang City in the early morning, and at the open gate, a team of knights rushed into the open gate of Jiujiang City like a whirlwind, the knights' pitch-black cloaks fluttered in the wind, and the golden eagle symbol scorched and shinished in the dawn light.

"Your Majesty's secret decree: I have learned that Shen Luoyan has requisitioned a large army, including 100,000 cavalry, 70,000 sailors, and 180,000 infantry troops. In addition, 500,000 young and strong logistics support men were recruited, and the total number of soldiers and civilians was 850,000, known as one million. The whole army is coming to the cities of Jiujiang and Yuzhang. The defense of Jiujiang was empty and the troops were insufficient, in order to avoid unnecessary casualties. At present, the governor of Jiangxi, Hu Hai, is specially ordered to lead all the soldiers, horses and officials of Jiangxi Province to be received by the naval division, retreat to Hefei, strengthen the defense of Huainan, and prevent Shen Luoyan from taking the opportunity to attack Anwei. ”

After receiving the emperor's holy order, Hu Hai, who was fighting hard and preparing for battle, was a little stunned for a while. If it weren't for the provincial officials he knew, he would have thought that this was Shen Luoyan's fake decree and wanted to trick him into giving up Jiangxi. But after repeatedly confirming that the decree was true, he still couldn't believe it.

Commander Xu Shiji, the commander of the left, looked at Hu Hai's heavy appearance, and couldn't help but enlighten on the side: "Your Majesty's order is also for the sake of our brothers, this Shen Luoyan's whole army was dispatched, and the army of 350,000 horses and horses came to attack, obviously to go to the rescue of Jiang Han. Now all the elite soldiers and horses in our hands have been transferred to the north, and there are some township soldiers and militias in our hands, and the sum is only more than 50,000 people, although there are cities to rely on. But Jiujiang and other cities have also been repeatedly fought over the past few years, and they have long been dilapidated. Rather than fighting to the death with the enemy, it is better to avoid the edge for the time being. Anyway, these Jiujiang counties have been fighting for me all these years, fighting back and forth, even if they are temporarily ceded to Shen Luoyan, it doesn't matter. What's more, now Huainan is also empty, rather than defending two places, it is more advantageous to concentrate the soldiers and horses in one place to defend. ”

Xu Shiji's official position is below Hu Hai, but Hu Hai also knows that in terms of ability, this Xu Shiji is above him. It was only because Xu Shiji was a general of Wei that he temporarily lived under him. Xu Shiji explained that of course he understood, but he was still a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"Hey, I'm not reconciled. also led troops to fight, this Marshal Wang Rengong and Marshal Xue Dingguo broke the Turks outside the fortress, beheaded more than 100,000 enemies, and also beheaded the little Turkic Khan, what a great achievement. There are also General Lu Shishen and Marshal Zhang Zhongjian, who guarded the place like me, but they had just captured the land of the five counties in one fell swoop, captured more than 100,000 troops of Shen Faxing, and annihilated Dong Chun's 50,000 troops, what a great achievement. Not to mention a few marshals, that is, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, and Cheng Biting Jin, which one of them did not make great contributions outside the Saiwai, I heard rumors, His Majesty is very satisfied with them, and is ready to reward them greatly. ”

"Hey, I think at the beginning, when I followed His Majesty to fight in Liaodong, I was one of the seven commanders at that time, and Qin Qiong was just a team leader who had just surrendered. And who else, the four boys of the Xue family, and the five hunters of the Zhang family. When I followed His Majesty as a captain in the broken barracks, the little cubs of the Zhang family were just big soldiers, but now it's good, and I am about to be on an equal footing with the general. You say, "What's going on?" Finally, there is a battle to fight, Your Majesty went and asked me to withdraw to Hefei, and if this continues, in a few years, it will be the head of the previous groom gang, and it is estimated that they will have to climb on the head of the general to pee. ”…,

Speaking of these, Hu Hai's face was full of unhappiness. At the beginning, he was one of the seven commanders under the emperor, but all these years. There is nothing to do with him in the war books, the emperor fights the steppe Turks, and he stays behind in the room. The emperor hit Hebei, and he stayed in Liaodong. The emperor hit the Central Plains, and he stayed in Hebei. Now that the emperor is fighting the Turks again, he stays in Jiangnan again. Seeing that there was a big battle to be fought in Jiangnan, he was transferred to strengthen Hefei's defenses. What is going on, watching others go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions, with a lot of credit, and their official positions are frequently promoted, but they are getting more and more mixed up, not to mention how much I feel twisted.

Xu Shiji smiled slightly, and in his heart he actually had some objections to the emperor's transfer to Jiangxi. I think that Huang Junhan was still under him when he was in Wei, but after he demoted Chen, his status was higher than him. Under Li Mi, he was also a great general, but now he has become a left commander who commands the township soldiers and militias.

"Governor, in fact, from the other side, this also shows that you are important and trusted in the heart of His Majesty. In several wars, Your Majesty has let you stay in the rear, what a lot of trust this must be. ”

"But I'm just a little uncomfortable in my heart, I want to fight with Shen Luoyan, do you support Ben General?" Hu Hai looked at Xu Shiji and said.

"Me"

"General, the last general supports you, let's fight a fucking battle." The right commander on the other side made Su Dingfang say loudly. Su Dingfang was originally Dou Jiande's general, but was later detained by Chen Kefu when he was an envoy to the Chen Dynasty. Su Dingfang refused to surrender until Dou Jiande's army perished, and his father-in-law committed suicide. In the end, Su Dingfang finally demoted Chen, and for several years, his official position was not big or small, but now he was serving as a commander under Hu Hai with Xu Shiji. Su Dingfang is young and vigorous, although the ups and downs in the past few years have worn out a lot of edges and corners, but he is young after all. Seeing that other generals have made countless contributions, I can't help but be fascinated in my heart.

Xu Shiji saw that the governor and the right commander both had the intention of fighting, although he knew that it was against the emperor's will to do so. But at this time, it was also difficult to ride a tiger, and there were some thoughts in my heart that I wanted to fight and make meritorious contributions, so in the end, I couldn't resist the persuasion of the two, and nodded in agreement with the crazy ideas of my boss and colleagues.

"Okay, let's fight this battle, but other officials and people still have to withdraw to Jiangbei as much as possible. We also withdrew from the cities, and if we saw it, we would beat him and take it when we saw it. ”

"Okay, just take it." Hu Hai nodded and said, but in Xu Shiji's eyes, no matter how you look at it, Hu Hai is not the kind of person who can accept it when he sees it, but when things come to this point, he can only take one step at a time.