Jiangnan, Hezhou.

As we enter late October, the scenery beside the road becomes more and more desolate and lonely.

There was an icy chill in the air, and the long procession returning to the capital from Chengzhou moved forward silently, and both the cavalry of the border army and the infantry of the Weijun army of Jingying Town changed into winter clothes to protect them from the cold.

The long journey of thousands of miles back and forth, coupled with the continuous drills and eliminations along the way, the appearance of the soldiers of the Zhenwei Army is enough to be described as a new look.

Although they have not yet withstood the test and tempering of war, at least they seem to have the temperament of an elite division.

Inside the carriage, Lu Shen flipped through a long letter with elegant handwriting, and Tan Zheng sat respectfully on the side.

The physical condition of the Son of Heaven is a very serious problem, as early as half a year ago, he said to Lu Shen and Qin Zheng that because of the deepening of the illness and the deterioration caused by long-term labor, he frankly admitted that his life expectancy is difficult to last.

This is not malicious suppression or idleness.

It's just that in Lu Shen's view, the strength of the Jingzhou Army is more than that, and Li Tianrun should be deliberately showing weakness, trying to attract the attention of Jing Jun and Qing Yugong.

Qing Yugong smiled slightly, but his tone was very serious: "Remember, don't be led by your enemy, even if he takes the initiative to show you flaws." The way of the art of war, Qi Zheng is compatible, the first thing is to take me as the main thing, and let the enemy enter our rhythm. ”

Lu Shen was slightly surprised, after setting off from Chengzhou, he asked Yin Shangfu to send his itinerary to the capital in advance.

But he knew that the Son of Heaven valued and trusted the young prince in front of him, so he lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty has been feeling cold recently, so I want to see Lu Hou return to Beijing as soon as possible. ”

Tan Zheng sighed softly.

Qing Yugong turned his head to look at one person, and said lightly: "Mou Lianghu." ”

It wasn't until everyone had expressed their opinions, and then they would fall into meaningless repetitive arguments, that he cleared his throat and said: "This is the result that Li Tianrun wants to see, do you think he really doesn't have the ability to tie the defense line more solidly?" Of course, I know that some of you can see that Li Tianrun is deliberately showing weakness, and think that this is also an opportunity for our army, because Li Tianrun has to show a flaw if he wants to show weakness, and as long as our army can seize this flaw, it can also achieve a big victory. ”

For the current Great Qi, as long as the Son of Heaven can still be sober, there will be no turmoil in the overall situation.

Because of this, the Son of Heaven forced the Jiangnan clan to rebel, striving to solve Daqi's own problems while he was still alive.

"She sees it through, it's just ......"

"Yes, lord."

He forced himself to calm down, turned his head to Qin Zilong and said, "Let Liu Yin and Ye Jitang come over." ”

Liu Yin said loudly: "The last general is ordered!" ”

At present, there are no problems in Dingzhou, but there are some loopholes in the Jingzhou defense line.

The battle situation in Jiangbei was complicated, and Jingyan's army launched an offensive at the same time in Dingzhou and Jingzhou, which was currently in the stage of stalemate in the early stage.

The problem is that Qing Yugong may not be fooled.

The cold wind is like a knife, as if it can soak into the marrow of a person.

"Your Majesty commanded, and the Marquis of Shanyang immediately led the cavalry back to Beijing."

Lu Shen didn't say anything about another consideration, this trip to Shazhou was very smooth, but just like what Li Daoyan said before leaving, the Son of Heaven was consciously suppressing his momentum, so he still let him go to Shazhou knowing that war might break out in Jiangbei.

Qin Zilong turned over and galloped backwards.

If other ministers asked like this, even if Jin Wang would not put on the posture of the people around the Son of Heaven, it would be difficult to give the other party any good looks.

Once there is a change of imperial power, it is difficult to say what kind of impact it will have on the situation on the border of Jiangbei.

Hearing the news at first glance, Lu Shen felt a strong sense of unease and sadness in his heart.

In the face of the Yan army's offensive on the western front and the interspersed raids of the Jing cavalry in other places, the Jingzhou army could only stick to the city pass, and although the only cavalry Feiyu army was not weak, the strength of this cavalry was not enough to complete the division and encirclement of the Jing cavalry.

On the other hand, Lu Shen's status is already unique at his age, whether it is Mu Xiu Yu Lin, or whether he is a master of high merit, if he wants to maintain the stability of the Great Qi Dynasty in the future, he must be silent for a while.

Tan Zheng saluted and retired, and as soon as he stepped out of the carriage, Qin Zilong's hurried voice came from outside: "Master Qiqi, there is an angel in the palace ahead!" ”

Lu Shen understood the reason for his demeanor, in fact, it was not only Tan Zheng, the henchmen of the Lu family, but also the generals such as Duan Zuozhang, Pei Di and Song Shifei who went north to Dingzhou, and many powerful and high-ranking officials in the capital in the south, I don't know how many people are secretly worried about Lu Shen's marriage.

Jin Wang watched from the sidelines, and couldn't help but secretly sigh that this young prince acted neatly and neatly, without the slightest procrastination habit of those officials in the court.

Ye Jitang said awe-inspiringly: "The last general will take the order!" ”

Judging from the current situation, perhaps because the battle front is too long, the Jingzhou Army has not shown the legendary ferocity and initiative, and it is quite overstretched.

At that time, Lu Shen, Xiao Wangzhi and Li Tianrun were all ready to deal with it, the morale of the Daqi border army was high, and if the Jing army rushed forward, it was still unknown who would kill the deer.

In fact, when Lu Shen led his troops to capture Heluo for a short time, many people thought that the Jing Dynasty would immediately counterattack.

To put it simply, at present, the Jingzhou Army is in a disadvantageous position of passive defense, and if the Jingzhou Army concentrates its forces on attacking one place, it may not fail to achieve brilliant results.

Nearly 2,000 cavalry soon finished marching, and they immediately set off under the leadership of Lu Shen, galloping towards Yongjia City in the east.

Seeing dozens of horsemen galloping from the opposite side, Lu Shen recognized at a glance that the person was Jin Wang, the inner supervisor in the palace who was only under Lu Shizhou, and the others were the guards responsible for protecting him.

Qing Yugong sat on the main seat, calmly listening to the spit of the generals below.

"Angels?"

After hearing these words, the general could not help but gradually calm down.

As long as you pass Hezhou and enter the land of Gyeonggi, it is not far from the capital, and the Son of Heaven and the princes of the court should be very clear about this.

Otherwise, how would the successor face a powerful minister who was in his twenties and had hundreds of thousands of heavy troops in his hands?

The focus of the dispute between the generals of the Jing army was the battle situation on the southern front.

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Shen opened his eyes and looked at Tan Zheng and asked, "Miss Wang, do you have anything else to explain to you?" ”

Lu Shen raised his hand and gently tapped the small table beside him, shook his head and said: "In the end, this war is about the hard power of both sides, and no matter how good the plan is, it depends on the soldiers to execute it." The time is still too short, and if the other side can give us another two to three years of training, our army's chances of victory can increase by 20 percent. ”

The Jing army did not take advantage of Dingzhou, and the two defense lines of Dingfeng Road and Qingliu Pass are still very strong so far.

……

If the main force of the Jing army went south, this would naturally reduce the pressure on the Dingzhou Governor's Office.

On the contrary, on the Jingzhou side, the Yan army has completed the encirclement of Gaotang City on the western front, and at the same time, the central and eastern fronts are facing the threat of the Jing army, and the attack of several Jing cavalry has made the Feiyu army led by Li Bingxue almost have time to rest.

After the military discussion, the lobby seemed extremely quiet.

A voice of response.

Mou Lianghu immediately got up and said, "The last general!" ”

Jin Wang's words were concise and to the point, and his expression was very solemn.

"Commandment."

What's more, there are Xiao Wangzhi and Li Tianrun in Jiangbei, and no one will be able to lead the troops without Lu Shen, if the Great Qi border army is really weak to this point, it will be completely defeated by the Jing army more than ten years ago.

After a long time, Lu Shen put away the long letter, closed his eyes slightly and fell into deep thought.

Qing Yugong slowly got up and walked to the west wall, looking at the map hanging on the wall, his eyes falling somewhere.

The problem of Shazhou is indeed very important, if Lu Shen does not repair relations with the various ministries of Shazhou this time, Jing Lian people are very likely to take advantage of the situation, once Shen Min and Jing people collude, Jing Jun can take advantage of Shazhou and pose a huge threat to the states south of the Yangtze River in Daqi.

At least in Li Duan's opinion, he did this for the purpose of protecting Lu Shen.

Tan Zheng replied: "Yes, Miss Wang asked the villain to tell Hou Ye, and she speculated that Jingjun's strategy was to take Dingzhou first, lead the Huaizhou army north, and then gather troops to go south to Jingzhou. Once Dingzhou was opened by the Jing army, the Huaizhou army could not sit idly by, so they could only go north to try their best to rescue. If the support of the Huaizhou Army is lost, I am afraid that the Jingzhou border will usher in an extremely tragic battle. Miss Wang also said that if Hou Ye had already solved the matter in Shazhou, he might be able to play the Son of Heaven and take the initiative to invite Ying to Dingzhou. With Hou Ye in Dingzhou, Jing Jun's calculations were not so easy to succeed. ”

Beiyan, Heluo City.

This result has left many people sideways.

Lu Shen bowed his head, and then asked bluntly, "What happened in Beijing?" ”

Lu Shen didn't say anything superfluous, and said quickly: "Ye Jitang, you immediately gather all the cavalry, each of you carries five days of dry food, and immediately rush to the capital with Benhou." ”

After all, in this era, the significance of marrying a wife and having children is extraordinary, especially those forces gathered around Lu Shen, and Lu Shen's personal problems are extremely important in their eyes.

"Obey!"

A look of grandeur appeared on Mou Lianghu's face, and he said without hesitation: "The last general is ordered!" ”

The Jingzhou Army has Huai'an County Gongli Tianrun in command, and it will inevitably ensure that the border is foolproof.

At this time, the angel suddenly arrived, could it be that there was a drastic change in a battlefield somewhere in Jiangbei?

Lu Shen changed into a horse with a solemn expression, crossed the Qincha honor guard in front of him surrounded by dozens of personal soldiers, and quickly came to the front of the team.

Lu Shen was shocked in his heart.

In Zhuo Yuan, a discussion about military strategy is underway.

According to their judgment, Li Jingda, the governor of Dingzhou, has a false name, and most of them will plant a big heel in the hands of the main force of the Jingjun.

Jin Wangze's horse came to the front and jumped off his horse quite vigorously, and the guards he brought with him and Lu Shen's personal soldiers all stayed where they were.

After a while, two young and promising tiger generals came to him.

Qing Yugong said: "I led 20,000 soldiers and horses east out of the Leize Plain, and used war to raise the war flexibly and detouring, and disturbed the hinterland of Dingzhou in Southern Qi. ”

However, the Emperor Jingguo was extremely calm, allowing the main force of the Jing army, which had just experienced the battle to destroy Zhao, to recuperate for nearly a year, and at the same time, it also allowed the blood and courage cultivated by the successive victories of the Great Qi border army to gradually cool down.

After pondering for a while, Lu Shen said to Tan Zheng: "You go back and tell Miss Wang that everything is fine here, please don't worry about her." In addition, Your Majesty has issued a decree for marriage, and if everything goes well, I will personally go to Xunyang City to pick her up next spring. ”

Tan Zheng said quite excitedly: "Congratulations to the Hou Ye, congratulations to the Hou Ye!" When the lord learned the news, he would definitely be very happy. ”

Lu Shen looked at Liu Yin again and said: "You can lead the Zhenwei army to return at the previous speed, pay attention to not wantonly disturb the people along the road, and be sure to strictly abide by the military discipline stipulated by this Hou." ”

There is the northern part of Dingzhou.

Dingfeng Road and Baotai Mountain.

(End of chapter)