Chapter 57: Preparedness

"Oh?" Cao Bin watched him talk eloquently, and his momentum was not inferior to that of a man who had fought horses and commanded an army of 100,000 in half his life, and secretly praised in his heart.

"Brother Wang, you are talking about the land in the south of the Yangtze River, who owns it now?" Wu Yingying asked Wang Yu with a smile.

"Jiangnan has long been a vassal to our court, and under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and it is naturally owned by His Majesty. Wang Yu didn't know what he meant, and said a standard answer.

"You're wrong. "Wu Yingying Zhengsedao," the former Tang Dynasty is still there, Jiangnan can still be called the Central Plains of the subordinate, the recent chaos is separated, the heroes and heroes rise, Cai's business has gone through three generations, self-Taoism, one day Cai's does not fall, Jiangnan one day is not owned by Zhao. ”

"This is easy to do, after laying Jinling, just send Cai Yu to Bianliang. Cao Bin replied expressionlessly.

"However, at that time, the land of Jinling was the land of the Zhao clan, and the people of Jinling were the subjects of the Zhao clan. Wu Yingying smiled and said, "If your army slaughters Jinling in order to vent its anger, although Your Majesty can tolerate it at present, one day General Cao is the commander of the whole army, and at that time, I am afraid it will be difficult to have a good ending." ”

Cao Bin's face changed, before he left Bianliang, Zhao Kuangyin once told him in person, "On the day the city falls, be cautious and don't kill." He just thought that it was His Majesty's benevolence, and after Wu Yingying said this, he thought about many things in connection with it, and realized that Zhao Kuangyin did regard the world as his private property. If it is really slaughtering the city in Jinling, it is the same as slaughtering any city of the Great Song Dynasty to destroy the Zhao family's country. And the descendants of these people will be the people of the Great Song Dynasty in the future, and they will pass on their infamy from generation to generation, and they will be vigilant at the moment.

Next to him, Wang Yu took the opportunity to say: "Brother Wu is very true, and I ask General Cao to think twice." ”

Cao Bin pondered for a long time, and said proudly: "Although General Wu's words are reasonable, there is a way to be kind and not to be in charge of the army, if I suppress the rout of the army and the people in Jinling in order to deter the people of Jiangnan, it is still reasonable." If you want me to force the generals to do nothing, you must deal with me. On the day of the city's breaking, I will escort you and Cai Yu to Bianliang as a recommendation to you, if Your Majesty asks, you will say that you are willing to listen to our army. ”

Wu Yingxing's heart is not at your disposal after the city is broken, and even Cai Yu will be lowered at that time, but if you agree to this matter, you will inevitably lose your sharpness, Wang Yu, the villain, is not good to make a big fuss, so he said: "Jinling City is solid, I am united in the monarch and ministers, in fact, the general can easily break through, and the general will suffer too much on this condition." Dezhi has another proposal. ”

Seeing that Cao Bin and Wang Yu did not object, Wu Yingying continued: "In the future, De will fight against General Cao, if he wins by luck, he will let General Cao live, and he will never chase and fight." ”

He said this very peacefully, but Cao Bin heard it like a huge sarcasm in his ears, he laughed angrily, hahaha laughed a few times and then shouted: "I joined the army at the age of twenty, experienced more than 100 battles of all sizes, fought horses for half my life, and went from an ordinary soldier to a general, but no one dared to be so arrogant to me. Boy, I'd like to see if you have what it takes to let me live. After speaking, he raised his palm and listened in mid-air.

Wu Yingying's face remained unchanged, and he said in a deep voice: "There are talented people in the country, and they have led the way for hundreds of years, General Cao should be careful." He also stretched out his right palm and high-fived Cao Bin loudly in the air three times, before turning his horse and taking the thirty cavalry to look at the south gate of Jinling.

Looking at Wu Yingying's back, Cao Bin muttered: "Secret Quan, what do you think of this person?"

Wang Yu sighed: "This person is a general, but it's a pity that he is too kind of a woman." Cao Bin nodded, and said, "It's crazy too." The two looked at each other and smiled, and turned their horses and headed for their own formation.

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Hunting with flags on the city wall of Hangzhou, Qian Yu, the king of Wuyue, looked at the Song general Ding Deyu with an expressionless face leading a thousand cloud cavalry troops, and four thousand heroic foot soldiers came out of the city gate. Although they were nominally here to help them attack the Tang Kingdom, this group stayed in Hangzhou for a day, and Qian Yu felt like a thorn in his back.

The forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty was all the elite selected by each section town, with a tall and stout physique, bright armor, and the cavalry crotch were all good horses from the north. Normally, these forbidden troops walked around the city of Hangzhou, and the local soldiers would never dare to come forward to provoke them. In the era of believing that "only soldiers and strong horses in the world can get it", these selected soldiers also have a sense of superiority, especially in subject countries such as Wu Yue, a high-spirited style of gestures, but Wu Yue's monarchs and ministers have a sense of humiliation.

Behind them, is Wu Yue's local Zhenguo, Zhenwu army a total of more than 30,000 people, Hangzhou since the Spring and Autumn Period has been known for its sharp armor, although these Hangzhou soldiers are not as tall and mighty as the northern soldiers, but there is not a fierce and stubborn look written on the face. Another 10,000 sailors marched from Wuxing out of Taihu Lake to Southern Tang.

Accompanied by the army of the sailors, it was the military rations transported by Wu Yueminfu of the brigade, and Cao Bin, the general of the Song State, had already come over with a military letter, and Wu Yue sent 300,000 stone of military grain to Jinling City. In recent years, Wu Yueguo has almost scraped the ground in order to pay tribute to the Great Song Dynasty, and it is not easy to scrape together 300,000 stone grain in a hurry. The Song general Ding Deyu was even more unreasonable, and actually used the excuse of preparing his own military rations to connive at the soldiers to plunder the countryside, and there were many people who took the opportunity to commit crimes.

Qian Yu sighed slightly, "The hall is full of three thousand guests, and one sword is cold and forty continents", such majesty and pride no longer belong to Wu Yue, and now he is just a chess piece in the hands of Zhao Kuangyin, and he is not even as good as a general.

"Your Majesty, can you now set out on the march? "The one who came to inquire was Wang Ge, the commander of Zhenguodu, and Jin Yantao, the commander of Zhenwudu. Both of them are love generals who have followed Qian Yu for many years.

Qian Yu nodded silently, flicked his vermilion cloak, and walked down the city tower with the second general.

The royal camp soldiers waited under the city tower, and after the lord turned over the saddle and got on the horse, the army marched to Changzhou in the Tang Kingdom.

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At the same time, thousands of miles away, the black cloud commander Yu Yan also stood tall on his horse, his face uncertain.

Behind him were well-formed but exhausted cavalry from the long march. The armor of the cavalrymen and horses had been unloaded, rolled together, and carried by the cattle beside them. If it weren't for Cai Yu's holy decree urging and Wu Yingying's letter repeating Wu about the benefits and harms, Lu Yan was reluctant to let his cavalry rush to Jinling by forced march. The team of 5,000 horsemen should have been extraordinary, but at this time, the black clouds were all a picture of people and horses, not only did they not play the banner, but they also bypassed the market town all the way, except for sending some squads to collect some necessary supplies from the villages they passed through in the name of the government, the whole army was not allowed to leave the team without permission along the way.

"Lord Commander, we are only 5,000, can we defeat the Song army by going to Jinling today?" asked his henchman Ma Chengyan.

"But we are the only cavalry in Jiangnan. Yu Yan glanced at Ma Chengyan and said calmly: "The army is in a decisive battle, who else can I be." ”

Volume 36 is like a dream, and the bird cries in the air, Chapter 48, Changzhou

"Envoy Xiao, according to your orders, the defenders of Jiangyin and Yixing have returned to the state capital. "Knowing the affairs of Changzhou Junzhou, Yu Wancheng leaned over and said.

"Got it, what's the situation of the enemy army?Have all the old and weak women and children in the city been evacuated?" Before the Song army besieged the city, Xiao Jiu was ordered by Wu Yingying to lead six battalions of the Divine Guard Army into Changzhou, and then took over the defense of Changzhou.

"In addition to the nearly 10,000 soldiers in the city, only 10,000 people were left, and all the people had left the state city to escort them to the countryside. The Wu people set up a large camp at Jiuqiandun, and there were camping sites outside the gates on all sides of our city. The Song general Ding Deyu led the army into the military camp outside the south gate, and challenged our army every day. Yu Wancheng said respectfully, although Xiao Jiu is a new general who has risen with Wu Yingying, but after coming to Changzhou, everything is arranged in an orderly manner, just like a general in the army. He was not afraid of the involvement of abandoning the city, so he ordered him to withdraw the troops that had originally defended Jiangyin and Yixing, which not only thickened the strength of Changzhou City, but also avoided unnecessary losses.