In Wenshui Town, Yangnan County, Fenghua City, Qingzhou, Liang Guoqing, two outsiders came more than a year ago. The two of them were unusually tall, and one of them was blind in one eye, and the local villagers stayed away, but fortunately, the two did not care much, and built two small wooden houses on the edge of the village, living next to each other. With all his strength, the crops are very lush, except for the lack of warm bedding at night, the days are quite moist.

Among the two, the one-eyed man is called Wei Dazhuang, and the other is called Fan Yuhu.

On this day, after the two of them finished their farm work, they sat on the stone pier on the side as usual and bragged and farted, Wei Dazhuang took off his shirt, revealing a bronze knotted muscle, wiped the sweat on his face with his shirt, and said with a smile: "Lao Fan, I received a secret report this morning, and the general is back in charge of the army, what do you think?" ”

Fan Yuhu gulped down the herbal tea used to dispel the heat, burped with satisfaction, and said angrily: "My old Fan's life is the general's, so naturally I will go back and continue to follow the general to kill the enemy on the battlefield." ”

Although Li Jian has now become the first king with a different surname since the founding of the Liang State, his old subordinates are still accustomed to being called a general.

Wei Dazhuang looked up at the sky and asked: "Our group of people who first followed the general, now there are only you and me left, if I didn't have the courage to quit the Li family army at that time, how can I get a Yizhou general to do it now?" ”

Fan Yuhu snorted coldly and said: "Just your reckless man, forget it, I'm afraid that on the first day of taking office, I will have to be impeached by my subordinates, and it is almost the same as my old Fan!" ”

When Wei Dazhuang heard this, he laughed: "You big old man and I are half a catty and eight taels, I can't come, you are also dreaming, the two of us have nothing to say about killing the enemy on the battlefield, but if you want to say that the way of being an official, it is far inferior to Ling Zhan's juniors." ”

When it came to Ling Zhan, Fan Yuhu was angry, and said angrily: "Don't mention to me that Wang Ba Lamb, the general has no military power, this bastard turned his head and went to Cao Bo's command, and he had to die in Feiyun Stream, otherwise my old Fan will not be the first to spare him after he goes back this time!" ”

Wei Dazhuang sighed, it was he who lost one eye back then to save Ling Zhan's life, the reason why Fan Yuhu was angry was also for such reasons, wiped his face, and sighed: "Everyone is dead, and what do you say." ”

On this day, the two sold the cottage and fertile land at a low price, used the silver taels to buy a lot of wine and meat in the market, and after feasting the villagers of the town, they left Wenshui Town, and hurried all the way to Qingyang City.

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Li Jian was concerned about national affairs, for fear of delaying the hour, so he drove lightly and hurried desperately, and the original three-day journey took only one and a half days to arrive in Qingyang City. The original general's mansion was only left to live in Li Xian after Li Jian sealed Wang Qingzhou, and the latter was a dragon like a crane with a dragon that could not see the end of the head, and the huge mansion was uninhabited and unattended for a long time, and it was already overgrown with weeds.

When the dusty Li Jian came to the Zichen Palace, it was close to noon, but the Manchu Dynasty did not retreat from the court, and waited in the hall respectfully, obviously under the instruction of Emperor Wu of Liang, and specially stayed to welcome the Qingzhou Wang Banshi back to the court. Seeing Emperor Wu of Liang standing in the center of the main hall, Li Jian stepped forward quickly and knelt on the ground: "Minister Li Jian see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live!" ”

Feng Jingquan smiled when he saw Li Jian, helped the latter up, and said with a smile: "King Qingzhou is exempt, get up quickly, let me wait!" As he spoke, he pulled Li Jian and walked towards the dragon chair, the latter was flattered, but he didn't dare to disobey the holy grace, so he could only let Feng Jingquan pull it.

After Li Jian stood still on his side, Feng Jingquan sat down and said softly: "With you, I will feel much more at ease." Then he turned his head to look at the civil and military officials, and said loudly: "Zhong Aiqing, now that the king of Qingzhou has returned to Beijing, from now on, he will return to the command of the military and serve as the commander of the three armies, and Zhu Wang and Ye Baiye will be at his disposal." As the pillar of our Great Liang Country, the King of Qingzhou will definitely be able to drive away the enemy and regain the lost territory! ”

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With Li Jian regaining his armor and taking command, in addition to Wei Dazhuang and Fan Yuhu, many young people who missed the early years of the war came to join the army. For a time, a total of 150,000 young people from the top to bottom of the Liang State voluntarily joined Li Jian's command, and now the army of the Liang State has increased from less than 500,000 to 650,000.

Seeing that Li Jian still had such an appeal after being away from the military and politics for half a year, Emperor Wu of Liang couldn't help but be a little worried, for fear that this person's high merit would shock the master and give birth to two hearts, so he came to the secret room of the dormitory alone to meet the emperor Mr. Fengxiang. Seeing Qu Huaier, Feng Jingquan made enough of the junior salute, but the latter was unmoved by the bow of the king of a country.

Xu was sure of the emperor's intentions, and Qu Huaier took the initiative to ask: "Your Majesty is here today, but I want to ask how to deal with the king of Qingzhou who is about to make immortal achievements?" ”

Feng Jingquan had long been accustomed to Qu Huaier's calculations, nodded his head, and replied respectfully: "The emperor is really a god, and he is clever, but the disciple has something unclear, how can the master calculate that Li Jian will definitely win this expedition?" ”

Qu Huaier said with a smile: "Compared with Sikong Li and Baili Jin, Li Jian's troops are insufficient, but Your Majesty, don't forget, how many troops are there in Yan and Chu combined?" Now that the army of Liang has increased to more than 650,000, the two armies are facing each other, and they are not like romance novels where the main generals of the two sides are taken out and put on a one-on-one basis, and the huge advantage in numbers is enough to make up for the gap in military talent between the two sides. Moreover, the Yan and Chu coalition forces seem to have the same hatred of the enemy, but in fact, they all want to attack Liang with the help of the other party's forces, and at the same time preserve their own strength as much as possible, so as to take the lead in the future competition for the world, so Li Jian, who occupies the right time and place, will win this battle! ”

Feng Jingquan was naturally convinced of Qu Huaier's judgment, but after thinking about it, he asked again: "But if it is really as the emperor said, my Liang will win this battle, and then Li Jian will win the military exploits on the battlefield, this person is now the only king with a different surname since the founding of my Great Liang, and his status is respectful. ”

Qu Huaier sneered and asked, "The old man only asks you one word, do you want him to die or live?" Seeing that Feng Jingquan frowned and was silent, he continued, "Don't be in a hurry to answer, think carefully, and come here tomorrow at this time to tell the old man your answer." ”

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Liangzhou Silver Tiger City, which is only 30 miles away from Yongzhou White Elephant City, Zhu Wang led 200,000 Liang troops to confront the Yan and Chu coalition forces here. Although Zhu Wang was reluctant to take power of Li Jian, he was convinced. After all, before Li Jian was named the king with a different surname, he led his troops to fight no less than 100 times, without a single defeat, and he was a well-deserved victorious general. Originally, Zhu Wang complained a lot about this, thinking that Li Jian was only invincible by relying on 300,000 iron horses, but when he was really in charge of power and had hundreds of thousands of troops, he found that he was fierce and powerful to his boss, and he could only be beaten.

For Li Jian, who will arrive in Silver Tiger City in the near future, and the 150,000 iron troops gathered under his command, Zhu Wang, who is bent on making immortal achievements on the battlefield, has made up his mind to fully cooperate, but Li Jian is the first to look forward.

In the past, the White Elephant City of Liang State, with the complete fall of Yongzhou, has become the frontline stronghold of Yan and Chu.

In the military tent of Yan Guo, Guo Yuanzheng was frowning and sitting in front of a huge sand table and constantly deducing, and no one dared to come forward to disturb him. When he was meditating, Baili Jin pushed the door in, and said in a deep voice: "Sir, something is not good, according to the report from the spies, Feng Jingquan has issued an order to make Li Jian the commander of the army, and he will lead the three armies, and now he is about to reach the Silver Tiger City thirty miles away, with a total of more than 150,000 troops!" ”

Guo Yuan was shocked in his heart, then stood up and said with a wry smile: "Coupled with the 200,000 people who were guarded by Zhu Wang in Silver Tiger City before, now the army of Liang has a total of more than 350,000, and my Yan and Chu coalition troops are only 180,000, this battle can't be fought!" ”

Baili was extremely angry, slammed his right fist on his left palm, and said: "Seeing that I am about to hit Qingyang City, is it possible that this time I will fall short again!" ”

For the mountain, Guo Yuan was also annoyed by this, and sighed: "Guo did everything, I thought that he was holding the victory ticket for this, but he didn't think that Li Jian would still have such an appeal when he was the king for a long time, and he thought that with the generals and the gods of the air force here, it would be easy to take down the 200,000 troops of the Liang State, but now he has to face a full 350,000 soldiers and horses, even if the two generals are like gods, I am afraid it will be difficult to reach the sky." The matter has come to this point, and the only way to do this is to go to the danger of the army, so please calm down and come when you go down. ”