On the fifth day of the ninth month of the autumn of 5125 in the Julian calendar, Chen Guo transferred an army of 300,000, falsely claimed to be 500,000, and slaughtered Chen Daoluo as the generalissimo.

On the eighth day of the first month, Qingling Pass was lost, Meng Qiong, the general of Liang Guo's guard, was divided into three roads after the Chen army entered the pass, and the general Keyan on the south road led 80,000 troops to take Jincheng; on the north road, Sun Fangda led 70,000 troops to commit Shangyin City; Chen Daoluo sat in the middle of the road and led an army of 150,000 to take Jiu'an.

Everyone in the world knows that Chen is strong and Liang is weak, but after all, there is no specific concept, until Chen Jun broke through the Qingling Pass on the third day and killed the general of Liang Guoshouguan, the relevant impression came to life.

At this time, the whole country was in a state of panic.

On the top of the main hall, the main peace faction headed by Xue Ji and the main battle faction led by Shi Dangguan quarreled.

Xue Ji said: "General Meng Qiong is one of the three generals of my Liang Kingdom, even he can't stop Chen Bing for three more days, Jincheng, Shangyin, and Jiu'an can be imagined!"

Shi Dangguan said: "Lord Xue is a civil minister, how can he understand military affairs, the reason why Chen Guo broke through Qingling Pass on the third day is because they have exhausted the strength of the whole army, and at the beginning of the army's strong food, it is the time when the combat spirit and combat strength of the whole army are at its peak, and although Meng Qiong is one of the three major generals of the Great Liang, how can his combat experience be compared to the treacherous and cunning old fox Chen Daoliu, and Meng Qiong is already jealous of Chen Daoliu, and he has lost three points of momentum without fighting, and it is not surprising that Chen Jun can break through the pass in one fell swoop. However, after the Chen army broke through the pass, the strength was eventually lost, and then it was divided into three routes, and the long-distance journey would inevitably greatly weaken the combat power, as long as the generals of Jincheng, Shangyin City and Jiu'an Sanguan could take advantage of this good opportunity to hold the city, they would be able to stop the advance of Chen's army. ”

Xue Ji said: "Chen Bing broke through Qingling Pass in one fell swoop, and the soldiers will be sharp and powerful, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist." ”

Shi Dangguan said angrily: "Lord Xue speaks like this, which shakes people's hearts. ”

Xue Ji said: "General Shi must also seek truth from facts and not judge the fighter plane. ”

Xue and Shi were arguing, and Emperor Liang, who had been bowing his head and being silent, suddenly said: "Don't quarrel with the two Qing families anymore!

Shi Dangguan arched his hand to face Emperor Liang and said, "Back to Your Majesty, now that the whole country is resisting the enemy, what Xue Ji said is indeed inappropriate. ”

Xue Ji said: "Avoidance, the minister is not afraid of war, and seeking peace is only an expedient measure, the minister thinks that seeking peace for the time being is just a false snake, it is an expedient measure, when the Taifu attack the heart and the rumors of the ten countries rise, Chen Jun will inevitably be difficult to care about, and will be spurned by the nine countries, and then my Liang will launch a counteroffensive, and it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort, I hope Your Majesty will make a clear decision!"

Emperor Liang was silent, and suddenly saw Chen Renzhong whispering in Liang Hongyu's ear, and asked, "What did Chen Qing and Wang Er say, but it was a plan to break the enemy?"

After Jiang Zhong finished speaking, Liang Hongyu nodded, waved his hand and said, "Back to my father, Mrs. Chen is talking to Hongyu about the fortification of Putrajaya. ”

"Oh, Mrs. Chen, what is the best plan, let's talk quickly. ”

Princess Hongyu said: "Taifu Chen said that once the Chen army breaks through the three cities of Jincheng, Shangyin City and Jiu'an, the three armies will unite and besiege Songyue City, and then take Luzhou directly. ”

When Emperor Liang and his ministers heard this, they all changed color, and then some people questioned: "There are two cities to choose from in Luzhou, Suhu and Songyue, why is Chen Daoluo willing to seek difficulty?"

Liang Hongyu said: "Chen Daoluo insisted on invading Liang, he was already deceiving me and there was no one in Liang, how could he take my Liang Qiangguan in his eyes? Moreover, taking Songyue from Shesu Lake is also in line with Chen Daoluo's consistent way of using troops between virtual and real. ”

Emperor Liang hurriedly asked, "What is Chen Qing's plan for Putrajaya?"

Liang Hongyu turned his head to look at Jiang Zhong, Jiang Zhong got up and said: "Back to Your Majesty, as the princess said, after the army of Chen Guo's three roads broke through the city one after another, he would gather troops all the way to Songyue, so the minister suggested that His Majesty could send General Shi Dangguan to lead an army of 30,000 to secretly garrison Songyue, and then send General He Zhongxing to lead 3,000 troops, day and night, and so on, and enter Songyue City with great fanfare." ”

Emperor Liang said: "If you are suspicious like this, I am afraid that Chen Dao will see through it." ”

Jiang Zhongdao: "Therefore, after General Shi and General He are stationed in Songyue, they must immediately make the appearance of strengthening the city defense, and at the same time, Suhu City is silent, and only outsiders can not see any traces of troops in the city. ”

Emperor Liang thought for a while, then understood, and said: "This is the truth in the real, the void in the virtual." ”

Jiang Zhong nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Shi Dangguan asked blankly: "Your Majesty, Taifu, since you have already learned that Chen Bing will take Songyue, why don't you do it secretly when you are deploying Songyue, so as to catch the enemy off guard? With such fanfare, wouldn't the enemy also be fully prepared?"

Jiang Zhong smiled and said nothing, looking at Prince Xuanlin, Xuanlin said: "General Shi, Chen Daoluo is the best at using false and real strategies, and naturally he is also the most wary of the enemy treating others in his own way, so when he learns that we are deploying defenses in Songyue with great fanfare, he will inevitably think that Songyue City is a bluff, so he is suspicious, and Suhu, which is silent, is the place where the troops are heavily guarded. ”

General Shi Dangguan understood with an "oh", and then praised: "Taifu is a good plan." ”

Emperor Liang asked again: "General Shi led his troops to guard Songyue, who will guard Luzhou City?"

Jiang Zhong said solemnly: "Songyue is the last city defense stationed in my Daliang capital, once Songyue is not guaranteed, Luzhou should be headed by His Majesty, raise the city to meet the enemy, as for who should be the commander of Luzhou City, the minister thinks, except for the red jade princess, there is no one else who can be this important task, at that time, the minister is also willing to be the princess's pawn, obey the order. ”

Xue Ji was about to speak, Jiang Zhong said: "Lord Xue, please listen to the next word, the expedient measures that Lord Shicai said seem to be feasible, but in fact it is a great disadvantage to the Liang State, just because after the rumors arise, the Chen State will inevitably be unable to escape the mouth of the human race, and when the time comes, Emperor Chen will be anxious, and he will give an urgent order to Chen Daoluo, not only is it useless to retreat from the enemy, but it will arouse the heart of Chen Bing, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Seeing His Majesty's expression of approval, Xue Ji didn't dare to refute and was silent.

Jiang Zhong said again: "And as Xia Shicai said, you still need to rely on the power of adults. ”

Xue Ji shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Is there anything that the old man can help?"

Jiang Zhong said: "As the saying goes, 'The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first', when it comes to transporting grain and grass for backup, who in the Liang Kingdom can compare to Lord Xue, how can it be said that it can't help?"

Jiang Zhong's tone was earnest, his words were conclusive, and his face was awe-inspiring and upright, giving people a sense of positivity, Xue Ji was quite infected, and it was difficult to say the words of questioning, and said: "But Your Majesty has an order, and the ministers will do their best." ”

After listening to what the two said, Emperor Liang pondered for a long time, and suddenly his face sank, and he said loudly: "Shi Dangguan stepped forward to listen to the seal!"

Emperor Liang then followed Jiang Zhong's plan, and enshrined Shi Dangguan as the general of Zhenguo to lead the army to guard Songyue; Liang Hongyu was appointed as the princess of the country and the commander of the forbidden army, guarding the capital Luzhou; Jiang Zhong was ordered to join the army, Xue Ji was the general of grain and grass, and He Zhongxing was the deputy general.

On the other side, Chen's troops are still unstoppable, on September 13, Jiu'an Pass was broken by Chen Daoluo, Chen Daolue's troops plundered the city, slaughtered the people, caught women and hung them, so that Chen soldiers were whipped for fun.

Two days later, Sun Fangda broke through Shangyin City, took the lead in meeting with Chen Daoluo, and only waited for Keyan to break through Jincheng to come, and then he could wave his army and enter again.

And Chen Dao had to report the situation of the two cities of Zhisu Lake and Songyue in detail, and said with a smile: "Ben Shuai is the best at using virtual and real plans in his life, how can he be tricked by others? ”

However, to the surprise of Chen Daoluo, Sun Fangda and the entire Liang State, Ke Yan not only failed to break through Jincheng and successfully came to join the army, but also led 80,000 Chen soldiers to be defeated, and Ke Yan himself was almost captured.

After the news came, Chen Dao was slightly shocked.

Go back a few days.

Ke Yan led the army to rush to Jincheng, but when it was still thirty miles away from Jincheng, the vanguard was suddenly attacked by ambushes, and most of them were damaged.

Since Chen Liang started the war, this battle was the first time that Liang took the initiative to attack, and he made a great deal of merit in one fell swoop! Therefore, this battle not only greatly dealt a blow to the morale of the army led by Ke Yan, but also greatly enhanced and strengthened the confidence and determination of the Liang people to resist Chen.

After the vanguard was attacked, he ordered the whole army to encircle and camp on the spot to prevent the enemy from ambushing again.

After such a stalemate for a day, Ke Yan had a plan in his heart, and ordered a deputy general in the army to pretend to be a henchman of Jiu'an, and entered Jincheng to report the news, only saying that Jiu'an was surrounded by Chen Daoluo and was in danger, so he asked Jincheng to send troops to help as soon as possible. After that, he personally led the army to ambush Jincheng to the left, only waiting for Jincheng to defend the army, that is, to lead the army to break the city.

After the deputy general Ke Yan sent a message, hurriedly returned, not long after, Jincheng Taishou really planned to send troops, after the Jincheng soldiers went away, Ke Yan sent two deputy generals to lead the troops to chase and kill Jincheng Taishou, while personally to Jincheng City, advised the Jincheng defenders have been in the plan, quickly surrendered, but the Liang soldiers on the city suddenly shouted: "You have been in the plan of the young general Wang, and you will not be captured!"

Ke Yan hurriedly said "not good", was about to collect the troops, suddenly fire on all sides, shouting to the sky, ambush all killed, a white-robed young general jumped forward with a spear, straight to take Ke Yan, Ke Yan raised his knife to meet the enemy, in the blink of an eye more than ten rounds, it was comparable, and the white-robed general was more and more courageous.

Ke Yan was secretly frightened, he really didn't expect that there would be such a brave person in a small city in the small country of Liang.

After fighting for a while, Jincheng Taishou led the troops to kill back, flanked Chen Jun before and after, Ke Yan was difficult to care about, led the troops to rush out of the encirclement, the white-robed general came to chase after him, and happened to meet the two Chen Guo deputy generals who chased and killed Jincheng Taishou, the white-robed young general brandished a spear, with one enemy and three, fought for a while, knew that it was difficult to make contributions, and regretted returning to the city.

Since Chen invaded Liang, he suffered this defeat for the first time!

When the news reached Luzhou, Emperor Liang was pleasantly surprised: "Zhuang, Wang Boyo! Sure enough, the tiger father has no dogs! Who said that I have no one in Liang?"

The white-robed young general is none other than Wang Ao, the only son of Wang Ao, the general stationed in Hanguguan.

Just as Emperor Liang and his ministers were rejoicing at the first great victory since the start of the war, Jiang Zhong secretly looked worried, and Liang Hongyu asked when he saw this, "Why is Taifu worried?"

Jiang Zhong said: "If Jincheng is not broken, the three armies of Chen Guo will not be able to make peace, and I am worried that Chen Daoluo will personally lead the army to besiege Jincheng." ”

Princess Ruby said: "Then I will quickly ask my father to send troops to help." ”

Jiang Zhong said: "If you send troops to support, Chen Daoluo will inevitably besiege Jincheng but not attack, and use the plan of besieging the city to help, and at that time, the decisive battle between Chen and I will come in advance." ”

A day after Jiang Zhong's words fell, Chen Daoluo really raised his troops and headed south, besieging Jincheng, and the smoke of gunpowder billowed out, which seemed to herald the arrival of another massacre.