In the military village, the soldiers of Shengle City were practicing under the leadership of Liang Cheng, and General Zheng was sitting on the sentry tower, basking in the sun and napping.

is obviously on the battlefield, but General Zheng has the peaceful atmosphere of a lazy old farmer among the ridges.

The other three soldiers on the watchtower were extremely excited about the opportunity to have such a close contact with General Zheng, their bodies were tense, their backs were straight, and their eyes were wide to scan the surroundings, they had to be a hundred times more energetic than usual to monitor the situation around them, and to protect their beloved General Zheng.

In fact

General Zheng regretted it a long time ago, regretting why he wanted to leave two demon kings at home to take care of the house, what is that not a waste?

I knew it earlier, so I took Siniang to go on the expedition together.

On the other side of the Wangjiang River, both the Chu army and the savages began a series of moves, and the freezing of the Wangjiang River made them have to make some preparations.

Obviously, the Savage King and the Chu people's Zhuguo Qu Tiannan did not give up their vigilance against the Yan State Iron Cavalry because of the last great victory, especially when they lost the Wangjiang Heavenly Trench and also lost the support of the sailors.

On the side of Yingdu, since the defeat of the Great Prince, he began to carry out conditioning and scheduling, the relocation of the defense line, the containment of the auxiliary troops of Chengguo, the rectification of the small court of Chengguo, and the storage of grain and grass in all aspects.

Not to mention anything else, at least one thing can be confirmed, that is, even if the people of Chengguo are finished in this battle, it is estimated that it will be difficult for them to recover within two years.

In fact, there have been many groups of displaced people, and in this case, many ordinary people have already chosen to vote with their feet and began to move to the west, and because of the reasons attached to the Situ family, the magistrates did not dare to stop them.

Shengle City, which has been in a labor shortage, has recently received a lot of displaced people and taken advantage of it.

Of course, this is not necessarily a bad thing, even if it overdraws the potential of Chengguo in advance, it is also convenient for Yan to rule Chengguo after the war.

However, the premise must be post-war.

If this battle cannot be won or if this stalemate continues, then all the previous assumptions will be frustrated.

The winter sun was warm on his body, Zheng Fan opened his eyes slightly, and then slowly closed them.

At this point, he really had nothing else to do but sleep.

At this moment, the whistle arrow sounded, and at the same time, a soldier next to him knelt down in front of Zheng Fan and reported:

"General, there's a rider approaching!"

"Hmm."

Zheng Fan nodded, and didn't take it seriously, although his own military camp was relatively independent, it was not isolated from Yingdu, and from time to time, the two sides would still communicate and make information or something.

Of course, the exchanges between the two sides are limited to this, when the eldest prince first led the army to the east, Zheng Fan and Chen Yang, the military leaders of the "Jingnan military system", could not be ignored at all, not to mention that now the eldest prince has been defeated, and his prestige has already plummeted.

But soon, the three knights who came came to the bottom of the camp and shouted directly:

"Sheng Le General Zheng Fan received the order of Jingnan Hou!"

………

The Shengle Army, which had been stationed in the northwest of Yingdu City for a long time, finally pulled out the camp and set out, while Zheng Fan, accompanied by Ah Ming and more than ten armor soldiers, went to Yingdu in accordance with the military orders of the Marquis of Jingnan.

It was also a coincidence that I met Chen Yang, who was also carrying a group of guards, halfway through Shanghai.

Zheng Fan's general was still bowed in front of Chen Yang, but the relationship between Zheng Fan and Jingnanhou was different, so although Chen Yang would not put up a fight in front of Zheng Fan, he would not deliberately show favor to Zheng Fan, but on the contrary, both sides of this relationship felt very comfortable when they got along.

The two teams merged, and the two leaders didn't speak, just looked at each other and smiled, and then continued to go towards Yingdu.

Jingnanhou is here,

In fact, he came very slowly, outside the city of Yingdu, how many troops have been waiting for him?

But he also came quickly, and by fast here there was no warning.

But no matter what, if he comes, then the war will be able to continue.

For so many years, it is the first time that the Yan people have planted such a big heel in a foreign war, and it is time to find a way back.

At a position more than ten miles away from Yingdu, Zheng Fan and Chen Yang saw a Jingnan army team in front, there were not many people, and there were only a hundred people, but one of them rode so clearly.

Pixiu's size is much taller than ordinary war horses, and with that set of gilded armor, it is difficult for people not to pay attention.

This team should be the vanguard led by Hou Ye himself, and there are 30,000 Jingnan troops on the way to arrive, and they will probably arrive in a day.

This was asked by Zheng Fan to the herald, and it was nothing to ask about these things as Zheng Fan, and the herald did not hide it, and directly told the size of the army.

Yes, the Marquis of Jingnan only brought 30,000 Jingnan troops to reinforce.

In fact, the Jingnan Army in Jindi is far more than that, before the Three Kingdoms War, the size of the Jingnan Army was 50,000 regular troops, and the rear battalion was 50,000 reserve soldiers.

In the War of the Three Kingdoms, the Jingnan Army, like the Zhenbei Army, suffered a lot of losses, but after the war, the replenishment speed of the Jingnan Army was also extremely fast, in the words of Liang Cheng, that is, the Jingnan Army was small in number at the beginning, so the Jingnan Hou was very refined, and the quality of individual soldiers was very high, which was somewhat similar to Germany after World War I to before World War II, and the soldiers were trained as reserve officers, so before World War II, the riot mode could be quickly opened.

Roughly estimated, the Jingnan Army is in Jindi, and the scale should be 150,000, which is not counting the Jindi servant army attached to the Jingnan Army, strictly speaking, Zheng Fan's soldiers and horses are not counted in the Jingnan Army system, because there are many Jin troops under his command, so it is more like a "servant army".

Originally, everyone thought that if the Marquis of Jingnan came, he would have to transfer at least 70,000 or 80,000 Jingnan troops over, not only to make up for the losses of the Yan Army's Eastern Expeditionary Army's Left Route Army, but also to surpass the Eastern Expeditionary Army before the war in terms of soldier quality and combat effectiveness.

But Jingnanhou only brought 30,000 over, you can understand that there are too many places in Jindi that need to be fortified and suppressed, the first line of the South Gate Pass has to be defended, and the area around Litian City has to be guarded, and even because of Li Bao's death, part of the defense area that originally belonged to Quhe City has to be replaced by the Jingnan Army.

But these are all reasons, if you really want to bring it, seventy or eighty thousand, it is absolutely no problem, and if you break the kettle a little more, the 100,000 Jingnan army and the 50,000 or 60,000 Jin army servants, there is no problem.

Therefore, this is probably the reason why a famous general is a famous general, throughout the Jingnan Marquis led the army to fight, all of them have won more victories with less, so it seems that the gold content is extraordinarily sufficient.

The team in front of them also seemed to find themselves on their side, and stopped, as if waiting for them.

Zheng Fan and Chen Yang rode out together, came to the front and back of the team, and turned over and dismounted together:

"The last general, Zheng Fan, see Hou Ye!"

"The last general Chen Yang, see Hou Ye!"

"Let's go."

"Master Xie!"

"Master Xie!"

After getting up, Zheng Fan had time to observe Tian Wujing, and found that Tian Wujing's gaze was not looking at him at all.

In the past, Tian Wujing estimated that he would have a few words to talk to himself, but this time, no.

What Jingnanhou exuded was an aura of isolation and indifference.

The white hair made Zheng Fan feel a little distressed.

The team began to move forward again, and soon, they came to the city of Yingdu.

Yingdu City, who had already received the notice in advance, from the powerful to the common people, all flocked out of the city to greet the Yanren Nanhou, who had made great achievements.

In fact

There's a very embarrassing thing,

That was the specific purpose, and it did not come to Yingdu.

According to the regulations of the imperial court, it should be that the Marquis of Jingnan first receives the decree and it takes time to prepare, and then let the great eunuch who gave the Marquis of Jingnan the decree go to Yingdu and then issue the next holy decree.

In this second holy decree, there is a denunciation and punishment of the great prince, from the commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Army to a pioneer battalion general, and then there are a series of personnel changes, and at the same time, it is also necessary to announce that the Situ family, the main person in charge of this war, our Yan people have been replaced, and your Situ family must do a good job in logistics and auxiliary work.

But the first two eunuchs failed to announce the decree and were directly killed.

Huang Gonggong's decree was successful, but after Jingnanhou said "I know", he didn't stop at all, and he didn't have any preparations at all.

Therefore, the will given to Yingdu's side is still on Huang Gonggong, and Huang Gonggong is still tired and humming on the road, how can they run faster than Jingnan Hou?

Some decrees cannot be issued in advance, for example, before the Marquis of Jingnan receives the holy decree, the arrangements for the eldest prince cannot be moved, because the imperial court also knows that although the eldest prince is defeated, there must also be a person with sufficient status to control the situation in Yingdu, and the old boss cannot be unloaded before the new boss comes up, so that the front-line troops do not even have a nominal commander-in-chief, what is it not a joke?

However, at this time, the situation did not have any waves because of a holy decree.

When Jingnanhou and his party appeared outside Yingdu City,

Situ Yu led a group of retainers and officials of the palace to kneel directly on the avenue outside the city gate to greet him.

Shanhu:

"Xiao Wang, see the Marquis of Jingnan!"

"Ministers, see the Marquis of Jingnan!"

A prince knelt down to a marquis to say goodbye, which seems a bit ridiculous.

But whether it was the surrounding Yan army or the Chengguo army, or the civil and military forces next to it and those people on the periphery, they didn't feel that there was anything wrong or inappropriate.

It is true that if Situ Lei had not died, he would not have needed to kneel.

But now Situ Lei has died for an unknown amount of time, and the new head of the Situ family is this half-grown child, who already lacks prestige;

Moreover, the two marquis of the north and south of the Yan Kingdom, to be honest, the title sounds like the marquis, but what is the difference between his actual status and the prince?

And he is still the prince who holds the power of the army!

At the same time, the background at this time was the defeat of the Yan army, and the Chu and savages on the east bank of the Wangjiang River could come west at any time, which was when the people were panicking, which highlighted the importance of Jingnanhou.

"Li Fusheng, the chief soldier of the Zhenbei Army, see the Marquis of Jingnan!"

Li Fusheng also knelt down in front of Tian Wujing.

The eldest prince silently took out the sword of the Son of Heaven on his waist, took it off, and at the same time put his handsome seal talisman on the ground in front of him, took two steps back, and knelt down:

"Ji Wujiang, see Master Hou!"

There is no holy decree,

There is no great army,

It's just himself, with some personal guards,

Didn't even say a word,

has already taken over this Yingdu City, the entire Great Yan Eastern Expeditionary Army, and the soldiers and horses of Chengguo.

This is

What a prestige!

Tian Wujing got down from Pixiu,

Slowly approaching the crowd,

The armor makes a dull "rustling" sound from rubbing.

He walked in front of the Great Prince, and walked in front of the former commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Army who took the initiative to hand over the Great Seal.

He spoke:

"Let's go."

"Master Xie!"

"Master Xie!"

Situ Yu and other Chengguo officials got up, and Li Fusheng and other generals also got up.

The eldest prince hesitated for a moment, and will also stand up.

But a boot stepped on his Ji Wujiang's shoulder.

"Bang!"

The eldest prince was kicked to the ground.

Time

The audience was silent.

The one who kicked the person was naturally the Marquis of Jingnan, and the one who was kicked was the eldest son of Emperor Yan, and at the same time, this was in full view.

Tian Wujing is the "uncle" of Jingnanhou,

Although not blood relatives,

But according to the current rules, the relationship between the mother-in-law will naturally have a joint impact on the concubine.

Tian Wujing's sister is the queen, so he is naturally the uncle of all princes.

But even if you don't look at the identity of your uncle, an elder, or the identity of Jingnanhou,

Purely look at the strength of both sides,

If the eldest prince wants to resist in front of Tian Wujing, it is almost impossible.

This is a Hou Ye who can defeat the Sword Master!

The eldest prince who was kicked to the ground didn't care about wiping the blood stains from the corners of his mouth, nor did he care about regulating the internal injuries caused by his own qi and blood agitation, and immediately knelt down in front of Tian Wujing again.

"The Left Army, the Middle Army, the Right Army, the Three-Way Army, the three components, who taught you to fight like this!"

When Ji Wujiang heard this, his body trembled, and he immediately put his forehead on the ground, and shouted loudly:

"Boundless is wrong!"

In the Left Route Army, as long as there were 10,000 Zhenbei troops, the tragedy of tens of thousands of drowning people in the rout of that day would not have happened.

Because if there are a few wolves in a group of sheep, they will naturally follow the order of the wolves, not only in terms of discipline after crossing the river, but if there is a Zhenbei army at that time, it can completely help the coalition forces of the leaders of the Left Route Army resist the first wave of savage attacks.

At the very least,

The battle will be a field battle between the two sides outside the camp, winning or losing first,

In short, it will not be reduced to being compressed to Jiang Li like a duck!

"Bang!"

Tian Wujing kicked the eldest prince who knelt on the ground and admitted his mistake,

The great prince was kicked over again,

But soon, he endured the pain again and knelt down in front of Jingnanhou again.

"Boundless is wrong!"

"You are the commander of the front, Your Majesty has never led troops to fight outside in your life, some things, Your Majesty doesn't understand, you don't understand?

Are you a general who is leading troops outside, or a clay statue standing in the court! ”

The division of the three-way army was set by Emperor Yan.

It is also the policy of Emperor Yan to gather the military leaders in the territory of Yan and hand them over to the eldest prince to polish on the battlefield, which is not wrong, and this is also a way to centralize power.

The problem is that when the three-way army set off, it was a three-way army, and when it was a war, it was actually a three-way army, and the prince only cleaned up the left-route army, but did not disassemble and integrate.

You must know that when the Marquis of Jingnan and the Marquis of Zhenbei entered the South Gate together to open the Jin, the Zhenbei Army and the Jingnan Army did not have you to fight mine and I to fight yours, but the Marquis of Zhenbei completely handed over the command and let the Marquis of Jingnan carry out unified allocation and distribution.

The two bigwigs and the two ace armies were like this before the war, what kind of thing are you, you dare to play like this?

The last one to play like this was Qianguo, and soldiers and horses from all walks of life came in a swarm, and they were directly killed by the 60,000 Zhenbei Army to Shangjing.

Of course, when the words "Your Majesty doesn't know you don't know" come out,

The hearts of many people present jumped subconsciously.

This kind of rebellious words, maybe only Jingnanhou dares to say it.

Prince Cheng and Situ Yu, the head of the Situ family, this half-grown child, watched Jingnanhou kick the eldest prince one by one, and was so frightened that he was about to cry, and he almost knelt down again.

It's not that this kid is too timid, no matter what, he is also Situ Lei's son, so he won't be so unbearable, but his feelings are different from others, others saw Jingnan Hou kicking the eldest prince, and what they felt was the horror of Jingnanhou's status and status, and the relationship between Jingnanhou and Yanhuang and Zhenbei Hou was not ordinary.

As for Situ Yu, his position is that he feels Tian Wujing's contempt for imperial power and bloodline.

And bloodline is the fundamental reason why he Situ Yu can stand in this place today, otherwise, what military merits do you have, what contributions do you have, what talents do you have, and can sit in this position?

The eldest prince was kicked over again and again, and came back on his knees again and again, not daring to resist in the slightest, and not even daring to have the slightest anger on his face.

It is natural for the elders to teach the younger generations.

Zheng Fan, who was standing behind and watching this scene, thought in his heart that it seemed that the Marquis of Jingnan was really a tradition for the prince......

The prince's mother clan wiped out the two families, and although the third prince was abolished by himself, it was still done under Tian Wujing's instructions.

Emperor Yan's six adult princes, the Marquis of Jingnan has already picked up the two, and this is the fourth one today.

"Knowing that the sailors of the Chu State appeared, but still forcibly crossed the river to attack Yupan City, you think that you are putting yourself to death and resurrect, but it is nothing more than that you don't want to lose, because you don't want to lose, so you buried a general soldier and buried an extra 5,000 Zhenbei elites!

What kind of thing are you, just because your surname is Ji, they have to die for your stupidity? ”

If the water division of the Chu State appears, then the probability of the Chu State sending infantry is also very large.

"Boundless is wrong!"

The eldest prince just kept admitting his mistakes out loud.

"Don't think that you didn't kill yourself, you are still alive, and you feel that you have suffered a great grievance;

For the general, defeat, that is, incompetence, no other reason! ”

"Yes, I know what is wrong."

At this time, Ah Ming, who was standing behind Zheng Fan, leaned over and whispered, "Lord, will it be too much?" ”

In front of everyone, he directly said this to the eldest prince, tsk.

Zheng Fan shook his head slightly,

Whispered in response:

"No, he's willing, and if he's kicked and beaten, he'll be able to unload his burden."