On the tenth day of the fourth month of the third year of Zhonghe, in 883 A.D.

Nearly 50,000 soldiers of the Iron Blood Army all set up an ambush in Tenglong Valley, and a lieutenant led 1,000 soldiers of the Iron Blood Army to set up an ambush on the official road five miles away from Wei City, intercepting and detaining all the people and merchants who passed through this place.

The camp of the handsome is located on a hillside in the south of Tenglong Valley, Cui Anqian is in command here, there are more than ten heralds around him, a hundred personal soldiers, Gao Chibang and Huang Biao and others asked to leave more personal guards to guard, but Cui Anqian refused.

Huang Biao and Zhu Wen each led tens of thousands of soldiers to charge for the killing, of which 20,000 soldiers led by Zhu Wen were responsible for the first charge and killing, and nearly 30,000 soldiers led by Huang Biao were responsible for a comprehensive siege after the first round of fighting.

Everything was arranged, just waiting for Chen Jingxuan to enter the ambush circle.

Chen Jingxuan is indeed a master who can't endure hardships.

When he first served as the envoy of Xichuan Festival, it was because of Tian Lingzi's relationship, after coming to Xichuan, Chen Jingxuan picked peaches, Cui Anqian governed Xichuan in an orderly manner, Chen Jingxuan almost didn't have to spend much thought, Tian Lingzi also knew Chen Jingxuan's ability, and constantly transferred capable officers from the Shence Army to Xichuan, and introduced several capable strategists to Chen Jingxuan, with the assistance of these people, with the support of a large amount of money and grain, Chen Jingxuan governed Xichuan very well.

In any case, Chen Jingxuan has one of the most important abilities, that is, to listen to the opinions and suggestions of his subordinates, and he will not make decisions alone in general matters. Chen Jingxuan is all in pleasure.

Chen Jingxuan has more than a dozen women around him, most of these came to his side after he entered the Shence Army, after becoming the envoy of Xichuan Festival, the number of women around him has increased, and the expenses have also increased, but fortunately, Tian Lingzi allocated a lot of money and food to Xichuan, which is enough for Chen Jingxuan to squander.

Chen Jingxuan didn't want to participate in this expedition to Dongchuan, and it was good to be in Chengdu to command, but the strategists around him suggested that he take command personally. At the same time, he pointed out the benefits of being in charge in person, which made Chen Jingxuan understand that if you want to get a huge credit, sometimes face engineering is indispensable.

In the process of fighting, most of the suggestions were put forward by the strategists, Chen Jingxuan just gave orders according to the suggestions of the strategists, and the backbone officers in the army were quite capable and carried out these orders well, which made Yang Shili defeated.

Zizhou was captured. Yang Shili was killed, and Chen Jingxuan's self-feeling was good, and he began to swell.

Chen Jingxuan's reluctance to stay in Zizhou has a deep reason. That is, Zizhou City is far inferior to Chengdu, and he is eager to return to Chengdu to have fun.

It's a pity that the march is not as simple as he thinks, starting from Zizhou, there are desolate areas along the way. The road is not very easy to walk either.

It was Chen Jingxuan who urgently asked to return to Chengdu, and it was Chen Jingxuan who delayed the army's trip.

During the march, Chen Jingxuan enjoyed special treatment. After riding a horse tired, you can also sit in a sedan chair for a while, and you can even rest at any time, because the army has won, the sergeants are in a very good mood, and they can also get a lot of rewards after returning to Chengdu, so the sergeants will not have much opinion, and the march back to Chengdu is regarded as a pastime.

However, many of the strategists and officers did not relax, and although the army's journey was not fast, they still sent scouts to reconnoiter along the way to ensure the smooth march.

According to the normal marching speed, an army of nearly 60,000 should have rushed to Weicheng in three days, but because of Chen Jingxuan's delay, it took five days to walk.

When there were still more than fifty miles away from Wei City, Chen Jingxuan suddenly spoke to the strategists beside him, saying that the army needed to speed up the journey, rush to Wei City as soon as possible, and rest in Wei City for a day.

The strategist instinctively said that it was not appropriate, after all, the itinerary of the army was fixed, and many arrangements were suitable, and a sudden acceleration of the itinerary would disrupt the deployment of the march.

It's a pity that this time, Chen Jingxuan made it clear that the army must speed up the journey and rush to Weicheng as soon as possible, so that all the sergeants can rest in Weicheng for a day.

The strategists could only carry out orders according to Chen Jingxuan's request.

The sudden acceleration of the marching pace made many officers unprepared.

When the army returned to Chengdu, it was different from when it came, because the composition of the team was different, and among the huge marching team, there were nearly 20,000 surrendered sergeants, these sergeants turned out to be sergeants under Yang Shili, and the surrender time was very short, and many officers could not figure out what these people were thinking, so they could only strictly guard and prevent these people from making trouble.

It takes time for the army to merge, even if it is a disciplined iron-blooded army, it generally will not make such a choice, let the sergeant who has just surrendered, act with the army, this is mainly because the surrendered sergeant is generally depressed, I don't know what kind of treatment I will suffer, if I suffer any grievances, I will remember it in my heart, this kind of small grievance, accumulated for a long time, there will be a flashpoint, once it breaks out, the consequences are quite serious.

Chen Jingxuan is so happy, he has never led the army at all, where will he know the mystery, killed Yang Shili, subdued the army under Yang Shili, Chen Jingxuan has regarded these sergeants as private property, which also directly promoted his strength to increase, so under the support of such a mood, Chen Jingxuan rashly issued an order, and all the surrendered sergeants followed and returned to Chengdu.

It should be said that Chen Jingxuan's arrangement is reasonable, these sergeants will definitely not be able to stay in Zizhou, and after arriving in Chengdu, it will be easy to manage and train, but it should be before leaving, these sergeants should be disrupted and incorporated into the army, as long as the structure of these sergeants is completely disrupted, then they can be integrated into the army in a short time.

How did Chen Jingxuan know these things, just after taking Zizhou for only one day, he asked the army to return to Chengdu, in such a short time, how could the army of nearly 20,000 be completely disrupted, and some officers in desperation, they could only temporarily appoint many middle-level officers to govern the nearly 20,000 people.

During the five-day march, some officers deliberated many times, and gradually reorganized the nearly 20,000 surrendered sergeants, focusing on appointing some squad leaders.

Many strategists and officers are people that Tian Lingzi values or trusts, and they come to Chen Jingxuan's side in order to be able to seek a future, as long as they do a good job by Chen Jingxuan's side, promotion is a matter of course, especially this time after taking Dongchuan and killing Yang Shili, with such great merit, there will definitely be a large number of people who will be promoted.

Under the domination of this mentality, the strategists and officers were conscientious, and although there were times when Chen Jingxuan made some foolish decisions, they also tried their best to implement them, and in the process of implementation, they eliminated the negative influence.

Chen Jingxuan asked the army to speed up the journey, and stipulated that they should rush to Weicheng within two hours.

Fifty miles, two hours to complete, this is nothing, but with the nearly 20,000 surrendered sergeants who are merging, it is a little difficult to suddenly speed up the march.

As the speed picks up, the team begins to get a little confused.

Officers at all levels began to desperately maintain order, hoping that the march would be as quiet as ever.

Many strategists looked at all this, a little helpless, they knew very well that the reason why Chen Jingxuan wanted to enter Wei City as soon as possible was actually to play, this person is strange, Chen Jingxuan became the prime minister of the imperial court and concurrently served as the envoy of the Dongchuan Festival, the first thing that came to mind was actually a woman, on the day he took Zizhou, he found a woman in Zizhou, if it weren't for the fact that women were not allowed in the army, Chen Jingxuan would even take a woman with him.

It's been five days, and there are no women around, Chen Jingxuan must be unable to help it.

However, the strategists and officers should also be able to think about it, if it weren't for Chen Jingxuan's lack of ability, and they didn't have such a lot of room to show, all good suggestions could be adopted.

It was not far from Wei City, and everyone thought of arriving at their destination early, so that they could rest for a day.

In the midst of eagerness, some aspects are naturally overlooked, such as scouts.

The order issued by the officer is to let the scouts use the fastest speed to reconnoiter the official road leading to Wei City, and report the investigation situation as quickly as possible, these scouts also know the commander's thoughts, the army is going to rest in Wei City, and they are also looking forward to being able to rest, in the process of marching, the scouts are the most tired, so at this time, the reconnaissance is not as careful as before.

The closer you get to Wei City, the faster the army will march.

Some officers simply don't care about the discipline of the team, anyway, they are about to arrive in Weicheng, and the scouts have already gone to the front to reconnoiter the place where the army is camping, and after arriving in Weicheng, it is still unknown how long they will stay, God knows if Chen Jingxuan will be on a whim after entering Weicheng, asking to stay for an extra day or two.

When there were still twenty miles away from Wei City, the marching sequence of the army was already a little chaotic, but it didn't take an hour to arrive in Wei City, and at this time, the nerves of many exhausted officers began to relax, why didn't they want to take a good rest after arriving in Wei City.

No one noticed, or everyone ignored it, that few of the scouts sent out came back to report the situation, and perhaps many of the advisers and officers thought that the scouts had reached their destination and were waiting for the arrival of the army. (To be continued......)