The young general Lu Meng stood in front of Sun Quan.

Originally, Lu Xun was also on Sun Quan's side and advocated sending troops, but because today was the swearing-in meeting, and as the commander of the navy, he was not in the army camp.

After hearing Sun Quan's words, Lu Meng also nodded in agreement, obviously in his heart, he also thought that it was an excellent opportunity to make a move on the Celestial Empire now, once he missed it, he was afraid that the opportunity would not come again.

"Second Prince, if you make a decision, Meng is willing to do this with you." Lu Meng said in time.

"Okay." Hearing that someone agreed with him, Sun Quan was also a little excited and asked, "General Lu, if we do this thing, it will be a great achievement, but I just don't know how many military horses General Lu can command now." ”

"This... Without the king's order, the last general can bring up to 5,000 cavalry into battle, and these people are trained by me and will listen to me. Lu Meng said with some embarrassment. After all, there are only 5,000 people, and it is really difficult to fight a big battle.

"Five thousand?" After Sun Quan heard this number, Kairu thought about the possibility of sending troops in his heart.

After a while, when Lu Meng thought that Sun Quan was going to give up, he suddenly heard a voice and said: "Five thousand is five thousand, I can still find five hundred generals, in this way, it is five thousand five hundred people, although this point of people is useless in the overall situation, but it is precisely because we have few people that the mystery of the action is more difficult to understand, and as long as we can inflict heavy damage on the enemy, it will change the situation of the entire battlefield." ”

Hearing that Sun Quan was really going to make a move, Lu Meng was also a little bottomless at this moment. After all, the intelligence said that the other party had two legions, which was a million troops, and he only had 5,500 people, could it really be done? Thinking of this, he asked with some puzzlement, "How can our people inflict heavy damage on the enemy, how can we change the situation of the battle?" ”

"This... Yes, burn the opponent's grain and grass, as long as the opponent's grain and grass are lost, the general's heart will be discouraged and demoralized, so this is a good opportunity for us to take the initiative to attack. Sun Quan seemed to have thought of some good idea, and said with some excitement.

Sun Quan does have some skills.

But his strongest performance in his ability is to stabilize the political situation, win over people's hearts, and weigh the pros and cons of all parties. In fact, he has also performed well in these aspects in history. But if it is said that he is leading troops to fight, he is indeed a bit of a layman.

He didn't want to think about it, with 5,500 people, could he really sneak attack the other party's grain and succeed?

Although Lu Meng, as a general, knew this truth, but he thought that this was a sneak attack, and the number of people was still small, and he was afraid that it would not attract the attention of others, so if it was done, it was indeed feasible, and the most important thing was that if it was really done, he would become famous in a battle.

Thinking of this, Lu Meng was naturally a little excited, and immediately nodded and said: "Okay, the last general will follow the second prince to do great things together, so that others can see that the people among us in Dongwu are still bloody men." ”

"Well said. In this way, General Lu, you can go and prepare the soldiers and horses now. Remember, and don't let others find out that it's hindering our great things. Sun Quan carefully reminded that he knew that his eldest brother Sun Ce did not agree to send troops, and in terms of influence in the army, it was obvious that the other party was too much better than himself.

"Please rest assured, the second prince." Lu Meng said in a tone of assurance, just bringing 5,000 men and horses, I believe that it is not impossible to be unnoticed in a military camp of hundreds of thousands.

Lü Meng went back to prepare, and as he said, he really mobilized five thousand cavalry out of the camp. And it didn't take long for Sun Quan to ride a healthy horse out of the north gate of Jianye City with five hundred family members. It is worth mentioning that the healthy horses ridden by these generals are also related to Zhang Chao. When he married Sun Shangxiang, he sent someone to Dongwu as a dowry, and many of these horses gave birth to foals and came in handy.

If Zhang Chao knew that the healthy horse he sent was now being sent to deal with his army, he really didn't know how to feel.

After Xu Shu, the commander of the Fifth Army Corps, received Guo Jia's order, he arranged for someone to keep an eye on the military camp in Eastern Wu, but he could quickly know what was going on over there. And it didn't take long for the news that five thousand horsemen had come out of the barracks and were missing.

As soon as he heard the news, Xu Shu, who was in the military tent, frowned and fell into deep thought.

If it is said that Dongwu sent 50,000 troops, it is understandable, and it is obvious that they are coming to provoke. On the contrary, it is understandable to send five hundred, it should be a scout army, but a number of five thousand has come, which has to be intriguing.

No one's army can reach 5,000 people just by sending scouts, not even the mighty Celestial Empire, let alone the armies of other countries. But what good would it do if only 5,000 men were sent? Even if it's a temptation, this little military power is not enough to do anything, is it here to send death? Or maybe it's a maze, but what does it do? The Fifth Legion can be completely ignored.

Even Xu Shu couldn't think clearly for a while, let alone the corps commander Xu Huang, he was even more confused, but his eyes would stare at the military advisor from time to time for a while, obviously he was too lazy to think about it, but was waiting for an answer.

"Report, there is a cavalry sent by Luoyang City outside the door, saying that they are here to report." One of the guards entered the tent, knelt down in front of the two adults, and spoke respectfully.

"Cavalry!" As soon as he heard this word, Xu Huang stood up suddenly, and then hurriedly asked, "How many cavalry are there?" You can check carefully, but our army? ”

"Yes, they have a warrant from Lord Guo Jia, and the number of cavalry is only five hundred." The guards replied with some confusion. He remembered that in the past, other soldiers had come to remediate the defense, and he had never seen the commander of the legion so nervous.

Obviously, this was because Xu Huang thought of these cavalry as those who came out of the Eastern Wu military camp. Just think about it, even the enemy's cavalry can't come so quickly, and there are only 400 people, even if they are allowed to enter the camp, it will only be a sheep's mouth.

"Hehe, four hundred cavalry, I know who is coming. In this case, you go and make arrangements, let those cavalrymen go to rest first, and then arrange for the battalion commander with the troops to come here to meet us. Xu Shu really smiled, and at this moment he thought of the new letter Guo Jia wrote to him before, which introduced Zhang Xing's affairs in detail.

"No." When the guards saw that the military advisor had spoken, they hurriedly agreed and went to arrange it.

Xu Huang, who was in the tent, asked with a confused expression, "Strategist, but he is just a battalion commander, how can it be worth seeing you in person?" ”

"Haha, corps commander, of course there is no need for ordinary battalion commanders to see him, but this person really has to be seen, not only me, but also the corps commander wants to meet." Xu Shu smiled, but he didn't reveal the mystery immediately, but wanted to see how his old partner would face this matter in a while.

Xu Huang was still puzzled, but fortunately, it didn't take long for Zhang Xing to enter the big tent under the leadership of his own guards. As soon as he entered the account, he half-knelt on the ground and said: "The last general, Zhang Xing, has seen the commander of the army and the master of the military division. ”

"You go out first." He smiled at the personal soldier guard who led the way, and after there was no one else, Xu Shu took two steps forward quickly, helped Zhang Xing up, and said, "Battalion Commander Zhang doesn't need to be too polite, hehehe." ”

The dignified military division of the Fifth Army Corps actually took the initiative to step forward to help a small battalion commander, and this battalion commander was still so young, he immediately met the corps commander Xu Huang.

But it was only a few breaths of time for the intermediary town to be shocked, Xu Huang's eyes widened, as if he remembered something, and said, "Are you prosperous?" ”

Zhang Xing's character is prosperous, this is the word set by the emperor Zhang Chao of the Celestial Empire before he set out to conquer the Rus' country, which is no secret among the high-ranking generals of the various legions.

Speaking of which, Xu Huang hasn't seen Zhang Xing for a long time, and he didn't know each other when he first met, but if you take a closer look, you can still see that the part of this person has not changed, and when you think of Xu Shu's attitude, you naturally can't guess it.

"Zhang Xing has seen Captain Xu." At this moment, Zhang Xing also knelt on the ground, doing the etiquette of being a subordinate.

"Hurry up, get up." Xu Huang hurriedly helped Zhang Xing up, this is the second prince of the Celestial Empire, one of the little masters in the future, but he can't be lazy, how can he let people kneel on the ground for a long time.

Seeing that Xu Huang helped Zhang Xing up, Xu Shu on the side laughed and said, "Commander, Zhang Xing is now a battalion commander." Oh, it's still a military merit obtained by his own efforts, but others don't know his identity, so we don't have to talk about it. ”

"I see, admire, admire." Xu Huang was shocked and admired when he heard this.

To say that a person can rise to the position of battalion commander on his own is nothing. Even if it includes his position as the commander of the legion, is it not the same, is it obtained by his own efforts?

But for Zhang Xing, it's completely different.

First, as Zhang Chao's son, what kind of family background does he have, and he wants to be a battalion commander in the army, but it is just a matter of one sentence. But he did hide his identity, and he started as a small soldier, and with everything today, this alone is enough to impress.

The two of them, or as Zhang Chao's son, what a future they have, it can be said that they were destined to have no worries about food and clothing when they were born, but he did dare to take risks and gave up a happy life, which is enough for men and men to admire from the bottom of their hearts.

Third, Zhang Xing is so old. Even in the Fifth Army Corps, which has a number of 500,000 people, such a young battalion commander is rare, if not none. That person can do this, which is enough to show that this person is not only courageous, but also very capable.