Two days later, Li Chengjing received a telegram from Guo Yixuan, which was his warrant, and Li Chengjing could use this warrant to withdraw money from the bank in the name of the Guo family, and the matter would be handed over to Adjutant Wen.

Adjutant Wen had just left on the front foot, and the soldier on the back foot came to report: "Chief of Staff Chen has something to ask to see." ”

"Biography!"

Chen drunk into the study, Li Chengjing asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"Commander-in-chief, the last general has come to ask you to take back your fate."

Li Chengjing didn't understand: "When did I give you any orders, why don't I remember?" ”

Chen Zui said: "The last general asks to be removed from the post of chief of staff, and he is only willing to be a pioneer battalion commander. ”

Li Chengjing was a little displeased: "You came to me for this?" When my official position is a cargo, can I be replaced by you? ”

Chen Zui said bluntly: "I didn't mean that, it's just that you know how important it is to me to avenge Chu Xian, but you made me a civil servant." I know that you have a good heart, and do not want to see me risk on the front line, but I appreciate your kindness, and I ask you to take back your life. ”

Li Chengjing sneered, "You came to serve me, just to take revenge, otherwise I'm afraid my Li Jiajun won't be able to get into your eyes." ”

Chen Zui said gloomily: "I admit that I am here for revenge, but I also made up my mind before I came, as long as the commander-in-chief does not give up, I will be willing to serve you in this life." ”

Li Chengjing said: "Since this is the case, then you should not have this kind of thinking, the most important thing in the way of commanding the army is the unity of government decrees, any soldier who wants to show his strengths in the army must first learn to calm down and cultivate obscurity, and then wait for the best opportunity to prove himself, and cannot ask for a change of post and overstepping his authority, and destroying the military order and law." ”

Seeing that Chen Zui didn't speak, he continued: "How can you not understand such a simple truth? It's that your heart is now filled with hatred and you're not being sensible. ”

Chen Zui was broken by a word, and suddenly came to his senses, and said shamefully: "It's the last general's mistake, if the words are inappropriate, please forgive the commander-in-chief." ”

"I'm sure you'll figure it out when you calm down."

Walking out of the commander's mansion, Chen Zui's whole person suddenly relaxed a lot, no longer as tense and irritable as before, he would patiently wait for the opportunity to take revenge.

In the early morning five days later, the big battle came, Commander Jiang personally led the three armies to fight, and Chen Zui sat in the rear.

Both sides came prepared for this battle, and they were evenly matched from morning to dusk. When night fell, Commander Jiang saw that there was no hope of victory, so he had to order the withdrawal of his troops. After a few days of rest for the three armies, Commander Jiang ordered another battle, but the result was still not victorious.

By the third time, Commander Jiang changed his strategy and led his army to attack the enemy in the lower reaches of the starry night, but he didn't think that the enemy army had already taken precautions against this, so he returned again in vain.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and the enemy army was never annihilated. However, Li Chengjing still sent people to comfort the three armies from time to time, and only encouraged Commander Jiang and the officers and men of the three armies, without the slightest words of blame.

Commander Jiang could not retreat from the enemy in a battle as he said at the beginning, and the commander-in-chief was relieved, and he was even more ashamed, and he thought hard about the strategy of retreating from the enemy day and night, and his hair turned a lot grayer.

Just when he was already hesitating, God just sent them another gale. At three or four o'clock in the morning that night, a howling wind of wolves and ghosts blew on the Qiongjiang River, and the wind direction was towards Li Jiajun.

When the soldiers came to report, Commander Jiang woke up in shock, and immediately had a bad premonition, and ordered the three armies to prepare for war immediately. As soon as the alarm sounded, all the soldiers woke up from their dreams and came out in full gear.

Sure enough, as soon as the three armies arrived at the sea, the enemy's ships were coming with the wind, and the enemy attacked from the front this time, only to see the dense warships in front of them sailing over, and the sound of artillery was mighty.

Commander Jiang ordered all the warships to be lined up and concentrated their fire to meet the enemy.

In terms of firepower, the two sides were indistinguishable, but the enemy soon gained the upper hand due to the tailwind, and the offensive became more and more fierce. Despite this, Li Jiajun, inspired by Commander Jiang's example, everyone sacrificed their lives and forgot to die, fought until dawn, and did not let the enemy advance another half step.

Just when the two sides were fighting inextricably, a number of warships on the left flank suddenly drove over with the sound of artillery.

Commander Jiang was shocked, thinking that the enemy still had reinforcements coming, and was about to order Chen Zui to bring the backup soldiers over to intercept them, but when he saw them approaching, the artillery bombarded the enemy's back.

Commander Jiang was overjoyed, although he didn't know where the other party came from, he had determined that it was a friend or foe, and he had an idea, and shouted several times: "Our reinforcements have arrived......" When the soldiers desperately resisted, they heard the arrival of reinforcements, just like a drowning person grabbed driftwood, and his spirit was greatly lifted.

Chen Zui also joined the battle with reinforcements at this time, and when he entered the battle circle, he was surprised to find that the ships that came to the rescue were actually the warships of the Xiao Gang.

Under the flanking attack from the front and rear, the enemy army was completely annihilated.

When the three armies were cheering for victory, a ship in the middle of the opposite side drove over, and Chen Zui was shocked when he saw the two people on the bow of the boat: "Why did Shen Hong and Lu Baiting come?" ”

Shen Hong stood at the bow of the boat and shouted, "Xiao Gang Chen, there is a letter, requesting that it be presented to the commander-in-chief." ”

Commander Jiang ordered Chen to get rid of the aftermath and settle the friends of the Xiao Gang, and took the two to the Commander-in-Chief's Mansion himself.

The two glanced at Chen Zui as they passed by, and smiled indistinctly.

Li Chengjing received the good news from the front line, and she was very happy, and she was also surprised when she saw them: "Why did you lead the army to come to help?" ”

"Cheng Jing......" Lu Baiting called out in a hurry, feeling that the atmosphere was wrong, he changed his words: "Commander-in-chief, Gang Master Chen sent a letter, please take a look at it." Then he handed the letter to Li Chengjing.

Li Chengjing opened it and saw that it was a one-year port passage warrant.

Shen Hong added: "In the future, Li Jiajun's warships can land in all the ports where the Xiao Gang goes north. ”

Li Chengjing didn't show excitement, but asked, "Li Jiajun has no merit for your gang, why is Gang Leader Chen willing to help?" ”

Shen Hong explained: "There are two reasons, one of them is that we found out that the Lin Gang colluded with the Song Bai Second Valve in a vain attempt to disadvantage our gang. And after the deed is completed, I also hope that the commander-in-chief will help us eradicate the Lin Gang and seize all the port trade of the Lin Gang. Second: The Guo family is a partner of the Xiao Gang, and the eldest lady of the Guo family was assassinated for no reason. ”

"Okay, I wrote a letter of alliance before and after, made a brotherly covenant with the Xiao Gang, and after defeating the two lords of Song and Bai, I will send troops to help you eradicate the Lin Gang, and all the trade of the Lin Gang will be owned by the Xiao Gang."

Shen Hong said: "Gang Master Chen has an additional request, I want to ask the commander-in-chief for someone, I hope the commander-in-chief can agree." ”

"What does Gang Leader Chen mean?"

"The former leader of our gang, Chen is drunk."

Li Chengjing said curiously: "Don't hide it from the two of you, Chen Zui came to defect, and I have appointed him as the chief of staff of the navy." Gang Master Chen asked me for someone, can I know the reason? ”

Lu Baiting said: "The reason for this, the gang leader did not say it clearly, I only hope that the commander-in-chief can agree to let Chen Zui return to Jingu with us after breaking the enemy." ”

Li Chengjing nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you." ”

The three of them returned to the barracks, and Chen Zui had already taken care of the aftermath.

With Commander Jiang's acquiescence, the three of them walked to the edge of the Qiongjiang River, and Chen Zui asked them what was going on.

Shen Hong told him that it was Chen Youwei who wanted to help Li Jiajun in the main force of the gang, and even did not hesitate to give up his position, and several hall masters had to agree. However, they insisted that they could not send troops on a large scale, and only agreed to provide a port for the Li Jiajun to go north. Recently, after the fierce battle between the two armies in Qiongjiang reached Jingu, the Chen gang leader quickly ordered them to lead 10,000 sailors to rush to support.

Shen Hong said again about the matter of asking for someone with Li Chengjing just now, "When you get revenge, you can leave here." ”

Chen Zui hesitated: "I have promised Cheng Jing to stay and work for her, how can I not believe my words?" ”

Lu Baiting said: "After you left, Gang Master Chen came to us privately to inquire about your whereabouts, and we also told him that you would come here. He said that you once told him that you wanted to go back to the countryside with Chuxian to live a peaceful life, but you joined the Li family army again, how did you get out of it in the future? So before leaving, he instructed us to ask for someone from Cheng Jing. ”

Shen Hong also persuaded: "You give him the position of helper, and he reciprocates with you with courtesy, and Cheng Jing's side, she has promised to let you go, why are you untrustworthy?" ”

Chen Zui thought for a while and said, "Let's wait until we get revenge." ”

Li Chengjing then convened a military conference, and Shen and Lu, as friendly soldiers, also participated. The two said that during the battle, the two and the 10,000 horses they brought also obeyed Li Chengjing's military orders.

The morale of the three armed forces is unprecedentedly high, and the last problem facing them at this time is the lack of grain for the three armed forces, and this year's harvest in South China is not in good shape, and there are not many reserves in Central China. At this time, some people proposed to collect grain from various places, and some people proposed to buy grain from rice merchants, which was always inappropriate.

When everyone was at a loss, Li Chengjing ordered a total of 150,000 troops to be requisitioned from the four nearby cities to join Wen Qiong, and asked each soldier to raise 20 catties of food.

Everyone applauded.

Ten days later, 150,000 troops arrived, a total of about 400,000 troops inside and outside Wenqiong, and Wenqiong's food was enough for 400,000 troops to eat for more than a year.

After Li Chengjing discussed with the generals the strategy of attacking Heyang Pass again, she had to wait until the second day after the Laba Festival to send troops to attack, she said that this calmed the hearts of the army and the people. All the generals were opposed, thinking that everything was ready at the moment, and the morale was high, and the troops should be sent immediately, and they would definitely be able to break through, but Li Chengjing chose to ignore it this time.

Every day, people take turns to persuade Li Chengjing, saying that the military and civilians will not complain because of this small festival, and persuade her not to miss the opportunity because of small losses.

But Li Chengjing was as hard-hearted as a demon this time, did not listen to anyone's advice, and insisted on passing the Laba Festival seven days later before sending troops.

In the face of everyone's continuous admonition, Li Chengjing finally lost her patience, and only told everyone that she knew what she was doing, and forbade anyone to persuade her.