Li Cheng, the fifth son of the former emperor Li Ji of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was the mastermind behind the forced palace three years ago, and was demoted to a commoner by Li Ji after the failure of the succession, escorted to the imperial tomb to guard the tomb, and ordered not to step out of the imperial tomb for the rest of his life.

Later, after Li Shou succeeded to the throne, he was impressed by Li Cheng's original precipice and named him the king of Anling.

These are just the official statements of the imperial court, and in fact, Li Cheng was only one step away from the position of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, if it were not for others at the last moment because he was moved by the affection of his brother and former prince [King Zhou Ai] Li Wei, so he gave up the position of emperor at his fingertips, I am afraid that the current position of the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty would not be Li Shou's turn.

Just like Li Xian was furious because he let Li Shen go and refused to accept the canonization of King Qi, Li Cheng actually did not accept the canonization of King Anling, because in his heart, only his brother, the former crown prince [King of Zhou Ai] Li Wei, was qualified to become the emperor of the Great Zhou, but Li Wei had already passed away, and he was buried in the imperial mausoleum with Li Cheng's enthusiasm for the throne.

Seeing Li Cheng put on the helmet that only showed two eyes with an expressionless face, Rao is Liang Qiu Gong, Yin Gong and other elders couldn't help but be secretly frightened.

Li Cheng has changed too much, in just four years, it seems to have changed, not to mention the change in appearance, just that kind of momentum......

In a trance, Yin Gong seemed to feel that he saw the shadow of the former prince [King Zhou Aiwang] Li Wei from Li Cheng's body......

No, more bold than the former prince!

This kind of momentum is even more terrifying than his proud disciple, [Xianwang] Li Xian!

Break and then stand?

Seeing Li Cheng, who was wearing ink-colored dragon armor, turn around and leave, Yin Gong sighed secretly.

As Yin Gong guessed, the current [King of Anling] Li Cheng is undoubtedly the most terrifying, in the catastrophe of forcing the palace to usurp the throne four years ago, this man lost his biological father and biological mother. He also lost his closest brother Li Wei, and then was deprived of his royal status, demoted to a commoner, and escorted to the imperial mausoleum to guard the tomb......

If there is anything left, it is only the unforgettable hatred for his third brother, Li Shen, the king of Qin, because if it weren't for Li Shen, the former crown prince Li Wei, who had controlled almost all the situations at that time. Gen will not die that night, in the arms of Li Cheng.

With this person personally going out to deal with Li Shen, the king of Qin, His Royal Highness Li Xian should be much easier......

Yin Gong secretly guessed, but then it turned out that he undoubtedly underestimated Li Cheng, the man who almost became the emperor of the Great Zhou.

And at the same time. At the mouth of Poyang Lake in the south of the Yangtze River, Xie An, the commander of the 80,000 Great Liang Army, had not yet learned that the Jijing Imperial Court had sent an unexpected figure to Jingzhou to aid Li Xian, the [Eight Sages King], and he was still under the fierce attack of the Taiping army.

The time goes back to the 20th day of July in the fourth year of Jingzhi of the Great Zhou Dynasty, that is, the day after Xie An received a letter from Li Xian, the Taiping army dispatched 40,000 troops, with Wu Heng, the third deputy marshal, as the commander. An attack was launched on Xie An's Zhou army camp at the mouth of Poyang Lake.

By the end of the evening, the Taiping army had left behind as many as 6,000 corpses and slowly retreated, while the losses on the side of the Liang army amounted to more than 3,000. In just one day, the number of casualties reached almost half of the total number of troops on both sides, and you can imagine the tragedy of this battle.

"The thieves have retreated! The thieves have retreated! The battalion of the Great Liang army shouted with joy, after all, they had repelled the enemy army. But in Xie An's opinion, this is not a commendable victory.

To know. The Great Liang army has a strong camp as a cover, but even so, the loss is 3,000 people, and even, the west camp gate has been attacked several times, which is a victory?

"Just a small victory, don't be complacent! - In the next few days, the Taiping army will most likely launch a fierce attack on our army, and we must not relax! ”

After returning to the tent, Xie An instructed the generals in the tent.

As Xie An guessed, the next day, the Taiping army attacked the Hukou Zhou army camp again, and this time the number of participants was as high as 60,000, among them, Xie An even saw a few familiar faces.

For example, Wei Hu, for example, Wei Xuan, for example, his brother-in-law withered sheep......

Wei Xuan, the Great Zhou Imperial Court, no, it should be said that the eldest grandson Xiangyu was placed in the Taiping Army, and in the past few years, he has secretly revealed a lot of confidential information in the Taiping Army to the Dongling assassins who connected with him, such as the composition of the [Six Divine Generals].

It is undeniable that the Taiping Army Commander Chen Bei's plan for the first generation of six gods was a failure, although there were several first generation of six gods with their subordinates who successfully infiltrated the Great Zhou military, but most of them successively took refuge in the imperial court, such as [the original Tianshu Divine General] Geng Nan, [the former Tianji Divine General] Fei Guo, and [the former Tianquan Divine General] Ji Hong.

If there is any regret, I am afraid that it is that the three 10,000-strong Taiping troops were not wiped out, after all, the Taiping army was really cautious in this regard, and when they sensed that something was wrong, they immediately cut off the connection between Fei Guo, Ji Hong and others and the 10,000 Taiping soldiers under their original command.

In the past three years, the imperial court has also spared no effort to search for the Taiping army in the military, which has completely ruined Chen Bei's plan for the first generation of the Taiping Army, but I have to say that the second generation of the Taiping Army's six gods have also grown up, just like the withered sheep, Wei Hu, and Wei Xuan, it seems that the first six gods such as Fei Guo will become the tools of the Taiping Army to hone its second-generation six gods.

The six god generals, in addition to Wei Hu, Wei Xuan, and the withered sheep, and then remove Wu Heng's shaking light god general, there are still two places left, these two people, Xie An also thought about recruiting, after all, he can be valued by his brother-in-law Chen Bei, it must be a hero, but unfortunately, it took three whole years, and I have never found out who the remaining two six god generals are, maybe they are still lurking in a corner of the Great Zhou, perhaps, they have been replaced by the younger generation in the Taiping army.

But not to say much, the Taiping Army dispatched four six god generals in the second battle, which really made Xie An feel a little pressured, especially when he watched Wei Hu kill the Quartet on the battlefield, he really regretted not taking Fei Guo and others with him.

Ah, what the Great Liang Army lacks most at the moment is not rice or soldiers, but fierce generals who can charge into battle, and the bad thing is that it is not good. In the Great Liang army, it seems that Liang Cheng has those generals, and they are competent in terms of arranging formations to fight, but they are required to charge into battle...... Xie An was very skeptical that these guys could beat the withered sheep three years ago.

Of course, it doesn't mean that Xie An really doesn't have a master by his side, after all, he still has Mo Fei, Gou Gong, Ding Qiu and others around him, but the problem is that the battlefield fight is different from the assassination of assassins, even if it is Mo Fei, who is known as the killer of the Dongling people, and sets foot on such a chaotic battlefield. I'm afraid there is no guarantee that he will come back alive.

After all, an Assassin is an Assassin after all, and it is impossible to use an Assassin as a military general.

Looking at the row of generals of the Great Liang Army in the tent, Xie An couldn't help but think of the Liangqiu Dance in his wife's room, Fei Guo and Di Bu. thought of Xiang Qing, Chen Gang, Luo Chao, Ma Dan, and Liao Li, those are the fierce generals on the battlefield, but it's a pity that he doesn't have anyone around him at the moment.

"Guard, guard!"

Defend until the sky is wasted, guard until the sea is dry and rotten, and guard until the 150,000 Taiping troops on the opposite side have no temper!

After issuing this command, Xie An once again mobilized the whole army to consolidate the defense line of the camp. Regardless of whether the Taiping army on the opposite side really had cavalry, they would use all the horses, trenches, and antlers that could be imagined, and the entire camp would be consolidated like a fortress. It is airtight, so to speak, and the four camp gates are almost blocked.

Oh, three camp gates to be exact. After all, there is also a place in the northwest where Poyang Lake leads to the mouth of the Yangtze River, and because of this. Xie Angen didn't care that the Taiping army cut off his water source.

In the face of Xie An's almost scoundrel tactics, Liu Qing, a think tank in the Taiping Army and [Heavenly Ji], also felt a headache.

Although the art of war emphasizes being invincible first and then defeating the enemy, there is no one like you, right? Before you can fight, you wrapped yourself tightly, and you almost blocked a few camp gates, do you still want to fight?

It is undeniable that when Liu Qing saw Xie An's fortress-like camp, she couldn't help but feel a little depressed in her heart, let's attack, the loss is too great; Attack slowly, the opponent's 80,000 Liang army, I don't know when I will fight.

After thinking about it, Liu Qing sent the Heavenly Power God General Wei Hu to lead a thousand people to fight in front of Xie An's military camp.

Fighting, to put it mildly, is to scold war, forcing out the army cowering in defensive facilities with words, and it is also a common means on the battlefield.

As a result, tens of thousands of Taiping soldiers formed a phalanx in the back, and 1,000 Taiping soldiers went to the Xie An military camp to scold.

"Xie An, your Uncle Wei Hu is here, if you have the guts, you will come out for the uncle!"

Liang Cheng, who was guarding the camp, frowned when he heard this, and asked the adjutant general to keep an eye on the Taiping army outside the camp, and personally went to the commander's tent to inform Xie An, after all, if the commander of the first army was scolded like this and did not keep quiet, it would inevitably affect the morale of the whole army.

"What? The Taiping Army is scolding and fighting outside? ”

At that time, Xie An was doing some unspeakable things with his forbidden body, [Mirage] Qin Ke'er in the tent, and he couldn't help frowning when he heard this, although he had made up his mind not to fight, but being scolded like this was not in line with his temper.

"Let's go, let's see!" On crutches, with the support of Gou Gong and Liang Cheng, Xie An slowly came to the west gate of the camp and moved his legs. After all, after nearly two months of recuperation, his leg bones have been almost nourished, and in order to avoid the atrophy of leg muscles caused by lying down for a long time, he tries not to use a wheelchair as much as possible.

As soon as he came to the west gate of the camp, Xie An heard Wei Hu shouting his name loudly.

With the support of Liang Cheng and Gou Gong, Xie An took a deep breath and shouted with a laugh, "Wei Hu, I haven't seen you for three years, but your temper is good!" - Your Lord Xie is here, if you have something to say, let it go! ”

Catching a glimpse of the figure on the gate tower of the camp from a distance, Wei Hu couldn't help but think of the shame of being easily captured by this person's wife, his face flushed a little red, and he gritted his teeth and scolded, "Xie An, are you a man?" If it's a man, he will come out to fight for the uncle! - Cowering in the camp like this, it is better to retreat early, I will not kill you! ”

"Hey!" Xie An laughed instead of anger when he heard this, and sneered, "Wei Hu, if you ask if the mansion is a man, why don't you go home and ask your mother?" ”

In the laughter of the surrounding Liang Jun, Liang Cheng beside him looked at the secretary of the Criminal Department of the DPRK and Central China beside him in a daze.

"Ask my mother?" Wei Hu lowered his head in confusion, and after thinking about it carefully, he realized that Xie An was scolding him around the corner, and he was furious in his heart, raised the spear in his hand, and pointed at Xie An from afar and scolded, "Xie An." If you have the guts, you will come out for the uncle! - See if I don't shoot you to death! ”

"If you have the guts, come in! - The Lookout doesn't shoot you into a sieve! ”

"Xie An, you ......"

"You you, you, what are you? - Didn't your mother teach you how to speak? - What are you staring at the house like this? Does this have anything to do with the government? ”

"You!"

"Look, just said and came again? What is good for you? - This is a disease, it must be cured! ”

"Damn it, damn it!" Wei Hu's face turned red with anger, the spear in his hand pointed at Xie An, and scolded angrily, "Do you really think that our army will not dare to attack your camp? ”

"You have the guts to come!" Xie An smiled contemptuously, and then swept his eyes at the countless Taiping army troops in the distance behind Wei Hu. He sneered and said, "Wei Hu, do you think the government can't see your intentions?" Don't think that you can easily conquer the states and counties in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is no door! - Do you want to fight? The government will not go to war with you, but will spend it here with you gang of thieves. See who can afford whom! ——If you have the guts, you will bypass the mansion to attack Jiangdong, and the mansion will directly lead a large army to attack your lair! ”

"You...... You ......"

In the distant rear phalanx, the withered sheep glanced in the direction of Wei Hu with a pitiful gaze, and sighed secretly in his heart.

Playing tricks on my brother-in-law, Wei Hu, are you really ......

Just as the withered sheep was secretly sighing, he suddenly heard a soft sigh beside him.

"Then Xie An is really an ordinary person......"

The withered sheep was stunned, and subconsciously looked at the person beside him. Heavenly Ji Liu Qing.

With a pang in his heart, the withered sheep cautiously asked, "What does [the princess] mean?" ”

I saw Liu Qing staring indifferently into the distance and muttering. "If I were him Xie An, I would not be fighting with our army at this moment, and now for our army, time is pressing. If it is not possible to conquer the counties of Jiangdong as soon as possible, they will be deployed on the river. Once the Zhou court sends reinforcements to arrive, we will have no chance of winning. - Don't look at the advantage of our army at the moment, but in fact, our army does not have the upper hand......"

As soon as the words fell, a general beside Liu Qing clasped his fists and said, "Princess, since this is the case, why don't you attack this camp and go directly to Jiangdong......"

Liu Qing shook his head when he heard this, and said lightly, "[If you have the guts, you will bypass the mansion to attack Jiangdong, and the mansion will directly lead the army to attack you and the other lair!] Who do you think Xie An is saying this to? -- Most of the foundation of our army is in Jingxiang, if we lose Jingzhou in order to take Jiangdong, wouldn't it be a small gain and a big loss? ——Leave Xie An's 80,000 Liang troops here, like a sharp edge! ”

"So, this battalion must be uprooted?"

"Well, it must be uprooted, or I will be disturbed! - Moreover, if Xie An is smart, when our army is over, he will directly attack Jiangling and support [the Eight Sages King] Li Xian, and at that time, the three kings will be attacked by the enemy, and the good situation will be lost in one fell swoop! ”

"What if the army is divided? ——Leave an army to entangle with Na Xie An here, and we will lead the main force to take Jiangdong directly! Wu Heng, as the coach this time, asked.

"Dividing the army is the worst plan...... Our army is not as well-trained and well-equipped as the Great Liang army, and at the moment it is just a numerical advantage, once the troops are divided, it will inevitably be swallowed by that Xie An, and at that time, how can our army resist the reinforcements of the Zhou State? ”

Hearing this, Wei Xuan clasped his fists and said, "What the princess said is extremely true, then Xie An's 80,000 Liang troops are stationed here, like a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, how can you turn a blind eye?" ——The last general thinks that the top priority is to defeat the soldiers and horses on this road first, and then attack the lands south of the Yangtze River! ”

"......" Liu Qing glanced at Wei Xuan when she heard this, nodded and said lightly, "What the Tianji God General said is right, this thorn should be pulled out!" As she spoke, she turned her horse's head and sighed lightly, "Collect the troops, then Xie An won't come out!" ”

"Yes!"

The generals of the Taiping Army clenched their fists and received orders, and tens of thousands of troops slowly retreated, which made Xie An, who was on the gatehouse of the camp, secretly relieved.

It's not that Xie An is afraid that the Taiping army will attack the camp on a large scale, in fact, he is not afraid of this matter at all, he also wishes that the Taiping army will attack his camp angrily, because in this way, he can tie the 150,000 army to the mouth of Poyang Lake, Xie An'an is most afraid that the Taiping army will divide part of the troops to take Jiangdong, and even, the 150,000 Taiping army will abandon his camp and ignore it, and all of them will attack Jiangdong.

Don't look at what he said to Wei Hu arrogantly, saying that as long as the Taiping army has the courage to attack Jiangdong, he will have the courage to attack Jingzhou, but in fact, Xie An did not dare to act rashly.

After all, in this way, once the Taiping army returns halfway and attacks the rear of the Great Liang army, it will be called a catastrophe.

Some people may think that if the Taiping army really returns halfway, Xie An can build another camp, but the problem is that this impregnable camp at the moment, but Xie An took nearly a month to build, and even, now Xie An is qualified to argue with the Taiping army with this camp, without this camp, his 80,000 Liang army is afraid that it will be swallowed up by the 150,000 Taiping army in a few days.

If Liu Qing's problem is how to force Xie An out of the camp that is as hard as a turtle's shell, then what Xie An is thinking about is how to tie these 150,000 Taiping troops here, and use defense to kill such anti-thieves, so that they dare not advance or retreat.

Anyway, the grain and grass in Xie An's army are also sufficient, and during his acting with the Taiping Army a few days ago, he transported a lot of grain and grass to the army, and if nothing else, it will not be a problem to support it for two months.

Two months is enough time for the imperial court to operate, and the superintendent of troops and horses came to the rescue.

Fortunately, the Taiping army did not abandon Xie An's camp for the time being, and in the following two days, he led the army to attack Xie An's camp many times, but unfortunately, Xie An's camp was still as stable as Mount Tai.

Perhaps few people know that Xie An is better at defense than attacking, after all, in the process of the eldest grandson Xiangyu teaching him the art of war, when he and her used the sand table to simulate the battlefield battle, Xie An played more of a defensive role.

There is no other reason, it is really that the eldest grandson Xiangyu's use of troops is too aggressive, and his unbridled calculation ability makes Xie An dare not fight with her in the field, so he can only reluctantly choose to give up the right to control the field, shrink in the city and defend in embarrassment, and use the advantages of the city wall to recover the disadvantage little by little.

Although Xie An rarely won against Changsun Xiangyu in that kind of sand table exercise, it has to be said that he also gained a lot of relevant knowledge because of this, after all, Changsun Xiangyu is a military strategist.

It is precisely because of this that Xie An has the courage to set up camp in Hukou with the 80,000 Liang army and fight the Taiping army here, because in his opinion, as long as there is no mistake on his side, even if the Taiping army has 150,000 people, it will not be able to defeat him in a short time; On the contrary, if he could hold the Taiping army here for a day, then it would obviously earn a chance of victory for the Great Zhou court.

As for going out of the camp to fight the Taiping army, Xie An had no intention of doing so at all.

Xie An is not stupid, after receiving Li Xian's letter, he also figured out a few doubts that he hadn't figured out a few days ago, for example, why did the Taiping Army take the initiative to show up, and even exposed the location of the main force.

I remember that a few days ago, Xie An thought that he forced out the Taiping Army, but after receiving Li Xian's letter, he suddenly realized that the Taiping Army was not forced out by him, but took the initiative to show up, in order to calculate Li Xian, so that Li Shen, the king of Qin, could trap Li Xian's 100,000 Jizhou soldiers in Jiangling.

Qin King Li Shen is not a simple person, Xie An has known about this matter for a long time, but he really didn't expect that there are such calculating figures in the Taiping Army.

Liu Qing......

Although it was a little late to understand, it was undeniable that when he figured out the true intention of the strange arrangement of the Taiping Army, he suddenly had a very strange illusion.

It seems to be the illusion of a confrontation between the two armies with his wife, Sun Xiangyu......

In his opinion, if the wisdom of that [Heavenly Ji] Liu Qing is really enough to compare with his wife's head Sun Xiangyu, then some special methods will be used to deal with such a smart person......

As the saying goes, a wise man must have a mistake in a thousand thoughts, and a fool must have a gain in a thousand thoughts, even if he is a fool, sometimes he can counterattack the wise man, the key is how to grasp the gain and loss of one thousandth!