The situation in Jiangdu City began to become a little complicated because of the chaos of the party and the reappearance of Yang Yu, and at this time, thousands of miles away under Jiangling City, Su Tingxia's Chinese army camp still maintained a tense atmosphere before the war.

Su Tingxia led the troops to fight for nearly three years, during these three years, he spent almost all of his time in the north, experienced ups and downs, and also handed over the military power to lead the troops and was almost under house arrest in Luoyang, and then re-led the troops to fight with the Xianbei people, he also completed the highest glory of the generals of the Central Plains Dynasty, led the troops to drive the grassland for 3,000 miles, and completed the bloodbath of the grassland peoples.

Up to now, although Su Tingxia's troops have not many soldiers and horses, only 20,000, they are all elite soldiers, but they are also suitable for fighting on horseback, and they can adapt to the siege war, but even Su Tingxia himself has no bottom in his heart for siege warfare.

The lack of food and materials in the imperial court is not a secret to the middle and high-level generals, but the logistical supplies needed by Su Tingxia's soldiers and horses are very sufficient, and food and materials will be transported from Yuzhou every few days. The defenders in Jiangling City were only more than 4,000 people, and the guards had long been frightened by Su Tingxia's army outside the city.

Su Tingxia led the troops to Jiangling City not to attack the city, a lonely city in the north of the Jiangbei in the Southern Dynasty, even if the geographical location is dangerous, and there are thousands of miles behind it, but the big strategy cannot be changed. It is summer now, and Su Tingxia himself knows that it is difficult to retreat from the hinterland of Chu in this rainy season, and it is difficult to retreat with his whole body, and logistics supply is the biggest problem, and at the same time, the cavalry cannot exert its due mobility and combat ability in a place like Chudi, which is full of water. He might as well follow Han Jian's holy decree. The leading troops were stationed under Jiangling City, only waiting for Zhu Tongjing's soldiers and horses to cross the river and come north to help.

"General, the news from Jiangdu says that His Majesty has sent a department led by the princess of the county to come to support, and it will arrive at the northwest sixty miles northwest of the city of the general in a few days. Let our army echo it, but it is not reliable too close. ”

Sun He, one of Su Tingxia's lieutenant generals, is also a general who followed Su Tingxia to the north and south, and has fought a lot of battles with him in the past two years. Breaking through the capital of the Bohai king, it was Sun He who first led his troops into the city, which caused the people in the city to panic, and then it was Sun He who set fire to the city, so that the Bohai kings were burned.

But Sun He was abandoned by the imperial court. Only in Su Tingxia's army, he is barely at the level of a general, and he cannot be regarded as an absolute high-level under Su Tingxia. But Su Tingxia seems that this Sun He is brave and strategic, but his killing heart is too heavy, and he wants to rob, so it is more appropriate to let Sun He go, but if he wants to subdue some important cities, he must also reassure the people. That Sun He's gone will only make people unstable.

"Which princess?"

Su Tingxia sat behind the handsome case, and he didn't go to see the will of the imperial court. He is still a very arrogant person in front of the soldiers, he doesn't want to have a personal relationship with anyone beyond official affairs, this is his way to protect himself, although many generals are willing to serve him, they can only regard him as a boss, many times Su Tingxia is also very unkind.

Sun He said: "Back to the general." It's the princess of the nine counties. ”

"Hmm." Su Tingxia nodded, "Han Zhao." ”

It is very taboo to call the princess by her first name, but after all, Su Tingxia is also a general and has a very high status in the court. In terms of generals, his position is higher than that of Han Zhao's, and it is okay for superiors to call their subordinates by their names, but the key is that Han Zhao's is the princess of Dongwangfu or the aunt of today's son, things are not so simple.

Sun He didn't dare to say anything, he was the only one present at the moment, and he himself was guilty of a lot if this word came out. In fact, for Sun He, he is more willing to serve Su Tingxia, as for how the court arranges him, he doesn't care, everyone has selfish intentions, Sun He also hopes to become famous, but because he has done too many killings before, it seems that the court is unlikely to make him a feudal prince.

After being silent for a long time, Su Tingxia raised his head and said, "Is there anything else?" ”

"General Hui, there is gossip from Jiangdu, saying that there is a chaotic party plotting rebellion, but it seems that Yang Yu, the son of the Southern Wang, was rescued, but the court did not disclose the matter." Sun He said cautiously, because the news was not obtained from formal channels, but from Jiangdu's eyeliner. Su Tingxia is leading the troops outside, in the end, there are still some people who work hard for him, and there will be people in the court who will report to this passer-by.

Su Tingxia smiled and said, "Since it's gossip, don't believe it." What if the prince of the south appears? This Gangneung City is not under the rule of the Southern Prince's Mansion, and it is useless for people to come, just do our own things. ”

"The last general leads the troops." Sun He saluted.

Su Tingxia waved his hand, signaling for Sun He to withdraw from the tent, and when the people left, he took out the topographic map that he had calculated countless times before, and looked at it by himself.

These days under Jiangling City, Su Tingxia does not need to do much, that is, he needs to inspect the military camp every day, and then supervise the construction of some siege fortifications, which are also symbolic, because as long as the city is attacked, the defenders in the city will surrender at any time, and they may not even attack. Even so, Gangneung City has been trapped for nearly two months, and the situation in the city is very bad, and the soldiers and civilians have almost no way to live.

What Su Tingxia did the most was to look at the topographic map to calculate Han Jian's plan to send troops.

As the general of the Wei Dynasty, Su Tingxia didn't know anything about Han Jian's detailed plan to send troops, which made him feel incredible, so far, Han Jian just sent him to lead his troops south, stationed in Jiangling City, and crossed the river from Jiangling City, which was Chudi, too far away from Jinling, the capital of the Southern Dynasty.

In Su Tingxia's mind, if the main point of attack in Han Jian's plan was not in Chudi, it must be somewhere else, this place should be close to Jinling City, and the only way to go was to go south from Yangzhou. However, there was Sima Yi in Yangzhou City as the commander-in-chief of Jiangbei Military Affairs, and Han Jian intended to bypass Yangzhou from the beginning to fight, not wanting to be a head-on enemy with Sima Yi.

Han Jian spent so much effort to make everyone feel that it was imperative for the north to go south now, the soldiers and horses had been assembled, and the war had never started, so it was unreasonable. Now Zhu Tongjing's men and horses and the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty court are gathering for the Jiang and Jiangxi generations. In fact, it was like a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, which should be a signal that Han Jian was preparing to start a war in the rear of the Qi Dynasty.

But in the end, Su Tingxia didn't sort out his thoughts clearly, where the breakthrough in this war was.

Everything was normal in the barracks that night, except for some light rain and many torches were extinguished. The light in the barracks is not very good. The more times like this, the more likely it is to be attacked by the rebels.

Su Tingxia stepped up the arrangement of patrolling soldiers and horses to inspect outside the camp, and at the same time prepared manpower in the camp to prevent attacks on the camp. In fact, with Su Tingxia's understanding of the situation around Jiangling City today, at this time, not to mention the regular army, even the people fled cleanly, and the Southern Dynasty only had a lone Jiangling City left in Jiangbei, with a posture of closing the door in the city. It is almost impossible to attack the battalion.

But Su Tingxia is also guarding against the sudden killing of Zhu Tongjing, the king of Linjiang in the Southern Dynasty, for him, the first enemy to face is Zhu Tongjing, this person can stand in the Southern Dynasty, and after the political turmoil King Hui is still standing, in addition to his connections and means, his level of military governance is also an important reason. Zhu Tongjing, who used to be the master of the Southern Dynasty, also had a lot of trickery and tactics in making suggestions. A big river seems to be unable to stop Zhu Tongjing's pace to the north.

But in the end, it is still a question whether Zhu Tongjing will come, judging from Su Tingxia's analysis. Even if Zhu Tongjing had the ability to rescue Jiangling and relieve Jiangling's difficulties, he did not dare to rush forward easily, mainly because Zhu Tongjing's current rear was in Jiangjiang, and once Jiangjiang was occupied by the Southern Dynasty court, then Zhu Tongjing said that there was no way to retreat.

That night, in the night wind and drizzle, there were lights in Zhu Tongjing's Chinese army tent all the time. In the middle of the night, a general came to communicate that a small group of thieves had been found outside the camp, and Sun cooperated as the chief general of the patrol that night, and was leading the troops to encircle and suppress.

Su Tingxia nodded in understanding. Immediately, the generals of the future will retreat, and he has not paid attention to the small group of soldiers and horses, these small groups of soldiers and horses are likely to be sentries and scouts, and there is no need to bother at all.

But after more than half an hour, there was still no one to follow up in detail, Su Tingxia felt that something was wrong, could it be that Sun He was careless, and he was taken advantage of by others and never returned?

Su Tingxia immediately summoned several generals and asked them to lead a part of their men to find out, and Su Tingxia specially explained that even if Sun He fell into a heavy siege, he did not need to fight head-on, he only needed to contain the enemy.

At this time, a herald came to pass the message, saying that Sun He had returned with soldiers and horses, and the soldiers were not damaged, and they also brought back a large number of "trophies".

Su Tingxia's face was very cold, and he shouted, "Let him come and see him." ”

Soon the herald went down, Sun He entered the Chinese army's big tent with a very happy look, but when he saw the serious expressions of the generals in the Chinese army's big tent, he himself was a little stunned, it stands to reason that there will be no urgent military meeting in the middle of the night, unless something big happens, and at the moment, the surrounding area of Jiangling City is very stable, and the only reason that Su Tingxia may summon the generals to come to discuss is on him Sun He.

"General." Sun He stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and saluted.

Su Tingxia picked up the paperwork on the desk, lowered his head, and asked, "Tell me, what did you gain tonight?" ”

Sun Yiyi immediately heard some brilliance and said: "Back to the general, the last general heard that there was a thief army to make trouble, so he led a group of men and horses to encircle and suppress, this man and horse turned out to be a deserter in the city, the last general will lead the people to arrest, he in order to survive, promised to go to the west of Jinling City to deceive the door, the last general led the troops into the city, intercepted more than 3,000 slaves back, plus grain, grass and baggage, countless. ”

The generals present had a lot of discussions, and it stands to reason that Sun He was also a meritorious service tonight, although he did not take the opportunity to take down Jiangling City, but he returned with a full load.

Su Tingxia smiled coldly and said, "Let me ask you, what is a slave?" ”

Sun He's face was a little ugly, but he replied: "It's the people in the city." ”

"In the future, it will also be the people of our dynasty, Your Majesty specially explained that after our army arrives in the place, there shall be no nuisance to the local people, and I have repeatedly admonished you and others, don't lose big because of small things, now it is to build a royal industry in Pingnan, not to fight with Xianbei barbarians. Why don't you listen? ”

Sun He's face turned pale and said, "It's the last general's negligence." ”

Su Tingxia sneered again: "You said that it was the deserters who led you into the city and made you intercept it, but let me ask you, have you ever thought that this is a trick of the defenders in the city to deceive the enemy, and the purpose is to lead you into the city and capture it?" Now that you have returned victorious, if there is any loss, you can bear the sin of losing the first battle? ”

At this time, Sun He was completely frightened and quickly apologized.

There were also generals next to him who interceded for Sun He, talking about his past exploits.

Su Tingxia looked around at the people present: "I don't have to cut off the opportunity for you to make meritorious contributions, but to remind you that this Jiangling is not a grassland barbarian tribe, and how to kill it can be revealed, I don't want to say the things you have done, let alone rehash the old things, in the eyes of ordinary people, what I am leading is not a king, but a thief all the way, you are willing to continue to be in front of the reputation of the thief without realizing it?" ”

There was silence, and no one answered.

Although as Su Tingxia said, this road has always done its own thing, robbing wherever they go, killing people and setting fires, and even raping and plundering, but in fact, there is also a set of established rules, that is, no matter who robs it, it must be handed over, and finally it must be redistributed, and any private possession will be subject to military law. has always been like a thief army, burning, killing and looting, but it is a strict military discipline, all of which is Su Tingxia's good management of the army, and no one dares to challenge Su Tingxia's authority in this army.

"That's fine." In the end, Su Tingxia seemed to have forgiven Sun He, "The people who were taken captive looked for a boat to send them across the river in the early morning, and said that all the property they seized would be handed over to them and taken across the river. This matter will be handed over to General Sun. ”

Sun He saluted as if he had been pardoned: "The last general will take the order." ”

After speaking, he couldn't help wiping the cold sweat from his head, he originally thought it was a great achievement, but he didn't expect to commit Su Tingxia's taboo, besides, he was the one who led the troops to fight, and he could make the best contributions, as for what major strategic policy he didn't need to understand.

Su Tingxia finally confessed: "Since the imperial court has sent us to garrison Jiangling City to besiege and not attack, we must follow the will of the imperial court and not violate it. Even if the four gates in Jiangling City are wide open to welcome you and others into the city, you must understand that this city cannot be entered, but there are unknown people? ”

Everyone present received the order at the same time: "The last general will obey." (To be continued.) )