0889 Preemptive strike
In the city of Jingkou, the soldiers diligently repaired the city's defense armor, and the scene of a well-equipped and ready to be put into battle at any time was a great victory compared to the capital of Jiankang.
Situ Chen Baxian has always been known for his wisdom in governing the army, leniency and severity, not long ago when a group of Jiangbei soldiers who successfully defended Guangling City withdrew to Beijing, because the Beijing Imperial Court did not make a statement on this, Chen Baxian simply scattered his family wealth and rewarded these meritorious soldiers with money and silk, so he was more supported by the soldiers.
In the straight hall of the city government, a personal soldier hurriedly came to the hall to report: "Qi Situ, the envoy of the dynasty Jiang Yang is asking for a meeting again, begging Situ to let him return to the court."
Before Chen Baxian could answer, Hou Andu below had already frowned and said: "This disciple came on the orders of the woman, intending to lure my elite army into the court to be punished, but now there is no sanction, just detention, it is already the mercy of the lord, and if I change someone else, I am afraid that I will kill this apostle a long time ago and swear to my righteous teacher, will I still throw myself to death!"
These words were not only answering the pro-soldier who was performing, but also saying to Chen Baxian, and before this pro-soldier entered the performance, Chen Baxian was summoning several confidants under his command to discuss whether to obey the order of the imperial court and send people and horses to the court to listen to the envoy.
Hearing Hou Andu's words with a gun and a stick, Chen Baxian didn't think it was angry, but just pointed at him and said with a smile: "Hou Lang is arrogant and irritable, paranoid and opinionated, and he doesn't understand the truth that listening and listening is clear. How many of you think about this?"
There were several people present, in addition to Hou Andu, there were Xu Du and Du Ling, as well as Zhou Wenyu, who was stationed in Guangling before and was just recalled by Qingzhou this morning. These people have been involved in Chen Baxian's subordinate generals since he was still in Lingnan in the old years, and now they are also Chen Baxian's confidants, and they are always in charge of military affairs.
As he spoke, Chen Baxian turned his gaze to Xu Du who was present. Xu Du is much older than Hou Andu, and his personality is more stable, he can be said to be both wise and brave, and he has made many suggestions since he was put under Chen Baxian, and Chen Baxian also cited him as the mastermind, and many things have to listen to Xu Du's opinion.
Xu Du met Chen Baxian's gaze and said in a deep voice: "Before, the lord was loyal and righteous, and he strongly advised not to meet Zhenyang, and the gap with Wang Taiwei was deep and suspicious for a long time. Besides, I have two towns, and I am stronger than Beifu, I am afraid that I will be even more intolerant of Wang Taiwei.
As Hou Lang said, the imperial court sent envoys to ask for men and horses this time, just to weaken the strength of our northern mansion. Whether the lord should or should not, it is difficult to relieve Wang Taiwei's suspicions. It is only a futile task to use the difficulties of others as my dilemma, and since I am no longer a fellow believer, it is the wise man to do something else!"
Zhou Wenyu, who was on the side, also nodded after hearing the words and said, "A certain person who pursued the lord and fought fiercely for several years before he decided to settle the rebellion in the Lingnan Zhufang of Jiaozhou, which is not useless in the country. Since the north, he has not had time to sit idle, and has fought with all the strong bandits, and the blood of the soldiers has been sprinkled on the rivers and seas, but he is still regarded as a dissident, which is really chilling!
When the national disaster is at hand, the only way to use martial arts to determine the state, when it comes to killing the enemy in armor, why are you afraid of these old gangneung gangsters! Wang Seng argued that he abandoned Jiangling Yu Ze, and took the throne of Liang to marry the northern captives, and the world knew that his traitor was a thief. A certain Lingnan old disciple, of course, is also happy to follow the lord to show up to Dugi!"
Compared with what Xu Du said, Zhou Wenyu's answer was more straightforward, Rao is Chen Baxian's city mansion was deep, and he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed for a while.
He coughed dryly twice and then sighed and said, "Although Emperor Xiaoyuan is not the lord of Zhongxing, he can control the heroes to quell the chaos and avenge Gaozu and Taizong, which is also meritorious to the country. Wang Seng argued that he was a confidant of his former bureaucracy, but instead of being sad and sad because of Emperor Xiaoyuan's death abroad, he bullied the young master and the weak, and the whole country was strong. If I follow it with one voice, then where is Jiangnan's loyalty?"
As he spoke, he looked at the last Du Ling, who had not yet spoken.
Different from the other generous statements, Du Ling frowned and said, "The lord wants to make a big plan, but the last general will dare to disobey? It's just that there is still a huge gap between the two forces, Wang Taiwei is in charge of the government alone, and all the people and horses are under his military orders, with more than 100,000 armor.
On the other hand, on our side, there are less than 50,000 soldiers, and the Guangling armies are tired after a long battle, and now they can't support the Beifu realm. Once it broke with the imperial court, it suddenly became embattled. It seems that the power is across the river, and the south is allowed to allow the north, but in fact, the north and the south are enemies......
was originally quite exciting, but as Du Ling opened his mouth to analyze the current situation and tell about himself
The difficulties and disadvantages faced suddenly became dull. After hearing this, Chen Baxian's brows furrowed even tighter, and he didn't say a word.
"Du Gong's argument is fallacious! Hou Jingnan came, is he a master of the heyday? No one is invincible! Today, I have tens of thousands of elite soldiers, but Dugi is a ruined wasteland, if you don't dare to do anything, you can think that you are cowardly, what does it mean to be incomparable! How can any of the battles be victorious? Fight hard in battle, and never look back!"
Hou Andu was the youngest person present, and his own personality was just like what Chen Baxian said, he was a little arrogant, and at this time, when he heard that Du Ling was so ambitious and destroyed his prestige, he was suddenly angry in his heart, and stood up and pointed at Du Ling and said angrily.
Du Ling saw that Hou Andu bluntly said that he was timid, while the lord Chen Baxian just sat in the middle of the table and was silent, and he was also a little unhappy in his heart, so he also stood up and looked at Hou Andu and said, "So Hou Lang wants to be Hou Jing again? Where the capital is located, where the imperial court is, and the vassal ministers raise troops to admonish them, it is a difficult thing to do.
Today, the generals in charge of the army are all the old bureaucrats of Jiangling and the relatives of the Wang family, even if they can be quickly set inside, how can they be subdued by the four sides? What's more, the imperial court has already made peace with the Qi people and made an alliance, once the country has civil strife, how can the Qi people sit idly by? Once the army of Qi besieges Guangling again, what will I do?
Hou Lang is ambitious, how many uses can he be? If you act rashly, you will not face hundreds of thousands of scattered soldiers, but a huge number of people? How many battles can Hou Lang go through, and how many people can he kill? Shouldn't we have planned such a big plan and then proceeded?"
Du Ling refuted and asked rhetorically, which made Hou Andu unable to answer for a while, but he still refused to admit defeat, holding the saber in his hand and glaring at Du Ling in front of him.
At this moment, Chen Baxian slowly stood up from his seat, paced in front of the two people who were facing each other, and separated their eyes from each other, but then he suddenly pulled out a hand towel, flashed around Du Ling's neck, and grabbed the hand towel tightly with both hands and twisted it together.
That Du Ling was suddenly attacked by this, and he was also greatly panicked for a while, but at this time, there was no sound in his throat, and he only wanted to pick up the towel wrapped around his neck with both hands, but no matter how hard he struggled, Chen Baxian's tense arms behind him were as immobile as iron casting. His legs were struggling on the ground in a panic, but his breathing and strength were rapidly weakening, and his movements were getting weaker and weaker.
When the other people in the hall saw Chen Baxian like this, they all immediately stood up in shock, their eyes showed a look of fear, and their bodies tensed up, restrained their breathing, and did not dare to make a sound.
Chen Ba first maintained this posture for dozens of breaths, until Du Ling in front of him had completely lost his breath movements, then he loosened the tight towel cloth, wiped the palm with the white marks with the towel cloth, and then covered it on Du Ling's face, who was lying on his back and motionless.
"Today is not something that can be done, but something that has to be done! It may be to drink to quench your thirst, but staying in Jingkou is tantamount to sitting and waiting to be killed, and it is also not waiting for a yarrow turtle!"
Chen Baxian glanced around at the few people present, and said in a deep voice: "Du Gong is indeed thoughtful when he talks about things. But why should we doubt what is happening today?"
The other people didn't react for a while, and Hou Andu, who was already enthusiastic, clapped his hands and applauded after hearing Chen Baxian's statement: "The lord is wise! The matter has come to this point, only to strike first, and the last strike will be governed by others! If I am not decided, my death is approaching, and my life is still not guaranteed, why should I be bound by a long-term plan!"
Xu Du and Zhou Wenyu also reacted at this time, and nodded again and again.
After unifying the internal opinions, Chen Ba immediately began to assign tasks. Since Wang Shengbi did not withstand the pressure of the Northern Qi Dynasty and welcomed Xiao Yuanming to the south, he knew that the differences between them were afraid that it would be difficult to reconcile, so he had been preparing in secret, and even the materials for rewarding the soldiers had begun to be prepared in secret. Even if there was no Wang Seng to defend this dispatch to recruit troops, he was already secretly planning when to launch it.
This attack on Jiankang can be described as a desperate fight, and if it fails, it will be death, and Chen Baxian will naturally not have any reservations. Although there are tens of thousands of armor soldiers under his command, after deducting the old, weak, sick and weak journey, there are still less than 20,000 elite soldiers.
But in this way, the force used to guard Guangling in Jiangbei is inevitably a little insufficient, and the important town of Guangling must also have a henchman
The general is in charge to rest assured.
"It would be nice if the monk was still here!"
When thinking about who should stay in Guangling, Chen Baxian couldn't help but sigh and said that Du Shengming was the number one general he relied on the most, but he died of illness on the way to save Jiangling before, which made him lose his arm, and now when he wants to do great things, he doesn't have enough henchmen to use.
After thinking about it, Chen Baxian decided to stay in Guangling with Xu Du, and told Xu Du: "The other generals are not as thorough and safe as filial piety. If you can set the situation quickly, it is naturally the best, if not, you still need filial piety to lead the master to deter all parties. As for Guangling, if you abandon it, you will abandon it, after all, Jiangdong is the foundation!"
After Xu Du heard this, he hurriedly nodded yes, and at this moment, Du Ling, who had been lying on the ground and silent, suddenly let out a faint moan, everyone in the hall was shocked, Chen Baxian was also stunned, but he sighed and said: "Du Gong has been from me for many years, and there is a difference in the plan for a while, and I can't bear to kill him!" I will first set up in a dark room in a separate hall, and when the army is on the march, I will apologize to them."
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