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- ¡ª¡ªOn May 7, the fifth year of Jingzhi of the Great Zhou Dynasty, thirty miles southwest of Guangling City, the main camp of the Zhou army¡ª¡ª
"Is there nothing to report these days?"
In the commander's tent in the camp, Li Xian, a descendant of the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Eight Sages King, leaned over and supported the two-foot-long marching sand table in the tent. While staring at the wooden squares on the sand table that represented the camp status of both sides, he He asked his subordinates seriously.
Although they are said to be generals, in fact, the only ones with important responsibilities are Ji Hong, Guan Zhong, and Ding Qiu. As for other generals such as Fei Guo, Ma Dan, Li Jing, Su Xin, etc., he temporarily transferred them from Jizhou soldiers Yes, it is not in the main camp at the moment, but is setting up camp in another location.
Although setting up a camp with 50,000 soldiers will inevitably spread the force, it is still better than being blamed by Wu Heng. After all, there are still few generals under his command who can stop them.
By the side of Li Xian, the Eight Sage King, Ji Hong, the official minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, once again resumed his previous duties as Li Xian's counselor and joined the army to assist his lord Li Xian. After hearing this, Ji Hong picked up a stack of paper from the edge of the sand table and said in a deep voice, "There is probably nothing important to report But last night, Du Fang, one of Wu Heng's five generals and the right army general, had a meeting with Fei Guo fought a battle, and the contact between the two armies lasted only a moment, and the loss of troops was only a few hundred"
"Du Fang, the Heavenly General of the Right Army? That fierce general who is said to be gifted with supernatural power and can wield hundreds of kilograms of hammers with both hands? - Wasn't it Zhao She, the Heavenly General of the Chinese Army, who was confronting Fei Guo? How could he fight with Du Fang, the Heavenly General of the Right Army? Get up?" Li Xian asked in confusion upon hearing this.
"It's like this" Ji Hong smiled when he heard this and explained, "General Fei Guo wanted to attack Zhao She last night, but he suddenly bumped into Du Fang on the way. Unexpectedly, this person also had a similar idea and was ready to take advantage of the opportunity. We went to attack General Fei Guo's camp. As a result, the two groups of people bumped into each other on the road, and they started fighting."
"Ha!" Li Xian was also happy when he heard this. After all, it was quite a coincidence that two groups of troops planning to attack each other collided at night.
After thinking about it, Li Xian asked worriedly, "Fei Guohasn't he ever suffered a loss?"
"Your Highness underestimates General Fei Guo. General Fei Guo is a general that Mr. Xie values ??highly, how can he be a good person? - But Du Fang doesn't seem to be a reckless person. When things go against his wishes, he has a tacit understanding with Fei Guo. We have withdrawn our troops and are ready to look for opportunities again.¡±
"Since he is a general under Wu Heng, I guess he is not a foolhardy person!" Li Xian nodded and laughed at himself, "Speaking of which, Xiao Wang is indeed too cautious If even Fei Guo suffers, then Xiao Wang The king can't imagine how powerful the generals under Wu Heng are. - By the way. Where is Ma Dan?"
"This" Ji Hong said with a hint of embarrassment on his face, "In fact, General Ma Dan was missing three days ago. The main road His Highness ordered General Ma Dan to guard was actually only a half-completed camp. Not even a single guard"
"That Ma Dan" Li Xian laughed bitterly upon hearing this, although he had long known that Ma Dan was a general who preferred surprise attacks and disliked direct confrontations. But I didn't expect that Ma Dan would give up his position on duty.
[It seems that we have probably found some prey]
Li Xian secretly guessed.
"Report¡ª¡ª"
At this moment, a soldier suddenly rushed outside the tent. Knock on the ground to report, "General Ma Dan, our army's right wing division, has sent good news!"
"Oh?" Li Xian raised his eyebrows, stepped forward to receive the good news, opened it and looked at it carefully, and then his face showed a bit of joy.
"Your Highness, I wonder what General Ma Dan did to make Your Highness so happy?"
Li Xian smiled and said. "Didn't Mr. Ji just say that Du Fang, the right-wing general under Wu Heng, was planning to attack General Fei Guo last night? No, General Ma Dan saw the opportunity, took advantage of it, and burned down his barracks. After he succeeded, he did not retreat but advanced. When the Taiping Army was struggling to trace his traces, a small granary behind the Taiping Army was burned down, and only dozens of soldiers were lost"
"Oh." Even Ji Hong was greatly moved when he heard this and said in shock, "As far as I know, the Taiping Army's grain storage place is sixty miles away to the east. How can General Ma Dan succeed in this?"
Perhaps Ji Hong didn't know that Ma Dan was from the north and had served as a guard at Yanmen in the north. In order to achieve the goal of annihilating the enemy's army, he was in charge of cavalry. It was common for him to travel hundreds of miles a day. What's more important, Ma Dan Dan Xingjun is extremely secretive. Sometimes even his own friendly troops don't know where he is hiding, let alone the enemy.
As for being able to come and go freely under the eyes of the enemy, that is what Changsun Xiangyu valued about Ma Dan.
It has to be said that in the Battle of Hangu Pass, the rebel commander did not promote Ma Dan to the commander of the partial division but used him as a general guarding the general.in vain.
"Fei Guo's strong attack and Ma Dan's surprise attack. The two sharp swords under Mr. Xie's account are indeed extraordinary!"
Even though he already knew the abilities of Fei Guo and Ma Dan, Ji Hong couldn't help but praise them sincerely.
Li Xian also chuckled when he heard this. However, after laughing a few times, he sighed slightly, shook his head and murmured, "It's just that such a small fight does not damage the strength of the Taiping Army"
"Your Highness, do you want to expand the results of the battle?" Ji Hong frowned and whispered, "Your Highness, please think twice! - Our army is currently facing Wu Heng of the Taiping Army and has not been at a disadvantage. It is all thanks to Fei Guo and Ma Dan. As a general, you can gradually build up your morale through what His Highness calls small fights; but if His Highness is eager for success and anxious to regain Guangling and attack the city by force, I am afraid it will not be good"
"Xiao Wang knows!" Li Xian nodded when he heard this.
After all, it is still a problem of insufficient generals leading the army. After all, the Eight Wise King Li Xian is currently too short of generals who can stand alone. Most of the Jizhou soldiers' generals who are good at fighting are still under Xie An.
Under this situation, Li Xian wanted to attack Guangling, which was obviously an extremely stupid act. After all, an army cannot be formed without generals. No matter how many soldiers there are, if there are no generals who can take charge of their own affairs, it will probably not be effective. Unless you are like Changsun Xiangyu, who pursues a military strategy that does not require generals and thinks about everything that will happen before the war.
But obviously Li Xian is not as conceited as Changsun Xiangyu. After all, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. How can the plan keep up with the changes? The night when Qi Zhi died in battle is the best example.
"It's better to wait for Xie Shangshu with peace of mind After all, the purpose of my waiting is just to hold Wu Heng back!" After thinking for a while, Li Xian sighed slightly and said softly.
"Your Highness is wise!"
As he was speaking, a general hurriedly walked in outside the tent. Holding his fists, he said in a tight voice, "Your Highness the King Xian, just now, reinforcements from the Taiping Army have arrived! The numberas many as 40,000 to 50,000 people!"
"Reinforcements?" Li Xian was confused when he heard this. You must know that at this point in the war, Zhou Jun knew the situation of the Taiping Army. Where are the reinforcements from the Taiping Army? What's more, there are as many as 40,000 to 50,000 reinforcements.
[Could it be that Wu Heng still has a secret force hidden up to this day? ]
Li Xian couldn't help but have a guess in his mind, but after thinking about it, he felt something was wrong.
You must know that Wu Heng, the fourth-generation commander-in-chief of the Taiping Army, was dragged to death in Guangling by Li Xian. Although the Taiping Army had conquered Guangling, because Li Xian led his army to approach the city of Guangling, Wu Heng could not do anything. Those who dared to lead their troops northward to expand the territory of the so-called Southern Tang Dynasty could only choose to waste their troops in Guangling and Li Xian. On the other hand, if Wu Heng really had an elite force, how could he sit back and watch while Li Xian set up camp here. Are you eyeing Guangling?
After frowning and thinking for a long time, Li Xian rolled his eyes, suddenly his heart moved, and then laughed loudly, "Xiao Wang understands! - That's not a reinforcement, it's just a defeated army!"
"Huh?" The admiral looked at Li Xian doubtfully, but he saw Li Xian stroking the thin beard on his chin and said with a chuckle, "They retreated to Guangling. It seems that Jinling has also been lost Xie Shangshu is so fast!"
By this time, Ji Hong had also understood, but he still said with a bit of suspicion and a bit of confusion. "It's strange. The last good news sent by Mr. Xie only said that Kuyang was defeated at Hengjiang and his army was approaching Niuzhu. Only a few days later, Mr. Xie had actually conquered Jinling It's unbelievable!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier hurried into the tent outside the tent. He shouted, "Report! Good news is coming from the west!"
"Get it from Xiao Wang!" Li Xian stepped forward.
The good news coming from the west was sent by Xie An, wasn't it? After all, only Xie An's army was on the west side of Li Xian.
Opening the envelope and looking at it, Li Xian only glanced at it a few times before his face showed a look of joy and murmured. "Sure enough Ku Yang was defeated, Wei Hu died in battle, and even Wu Heng's left army general Wei Zhuang also died"
"Losing two generals in one battle?" Ji Hong looked slightly shocked when he heard this. After all, although Wei Hu was young, he was still the coach trusted by Wu Heng, not to mention Wei Zhuang was one of the five generals under Wu Heng.
"Ah, two men were lost in one battle Huh? Qi Zhi died in the battle?" After taking a closer look, Li Xian was slightly startled. After another careful look, he learned the whole incident from what was written on the envelope, and he felt relieved. Feeling very sad.
But the most regrettable thing is probably that Kuyang did not surrender to Da Zhou.
To be honest, Li Xian didn't really value Kuyang's talents. After all, the Jizhou Army had many generals who were good at fighting. One more Kuyang would not be too much, and one less Kuyang would not be too much. The problem was that Xie An already had a brother-in-law, Liang Qiuhao, dead. If even his brother-in-law Kuyang died, even Li Xian would not be able to bear it.
?"Mr. Ji, tell your servants to prepare for the victory of Xie Shangshu"
"Yes, Your Highness!"¡ª¡ª
at the same time¡ª¡ª
As the Eight Wise King Li Xian had guessed, the 40,000 to 50,000 troops stationed in Guangling were actually the Jinling Army and Niuzhu Army that had retreated from Jinling.
It has to be said that the fall of Jinling City was a huge blow to the Taiping Army, because it not only meant that the Zhou army had pushed the entire southern battlefield forward, but also meant that the main division of the Taiping Army under Wu Heng's control It is possible to face the embarrassing situation of being attacked from both sides and lose control of most of Jiangdong's territory.
No, when Wu Heng learned that Jinling in the rear had fallen, he stood up suddenly while taking a nap and asked in a deep voice Li Ping, the Taiping general who reported the matter to him.
"What did you just say?"
Seeing Wu Heng's frightened and angry expression, Taiping Army general Li Ping swallowed his saliva and whispered, "The last general has come to report to Commander Wu that our army has lost Jinling, and General Wei Hu has also died in the battle. Now we are withered." Yang Zheng led the defeated Jinling Army and Niuzhu Army into Guangling"
"Wei HuJinlingKuyang" Wu Heng muttered these words, bursts of anger flashed in his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Tell Kuyang to come see me!"
"Yes!" General Li Ping took the order and retreated.
As soon as he left, someone walked into Wu Heng's house and said with a smile, "The situation doesn't look good. I am the fourth-generation commander-in-chief of the Taiping Army!"
Seeing the person coming, Wu Heng's eyes changed slightly, he raised his hands and called respectfully, "Wu Heng, I have met His Highness Thirteenth Prince!"
It turns out that the person who came was Mo Yan, a scholar from Guangling who accidentally became Xie An's bodyguard for the sake of livelihood. That is, the anonymous Thirteenth Royal Highness of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Liu Yan.
Mo Yan, no, Liu Yan walked over, glanced at Wu Heng, and then casually looked at the calligraphy and paintings in Wu Heng's room, and said slowly, "Just now in the corridor, I saw Li Ping's anxious face Could it be? What big thing happened?"
Wu Heng smiled slightly. He said calmly, "Your Highness, don't worry, everything is under your control!"
"Including the loss of Jinling?" Liu Yan asked with a smile.
Wu Heng¡¯s expression changed when he heard this. He hesitated and asked in surprise, ¡°How did your Highness know?¡±
I saw Liu Yan facing the wall and concentrating on admiring the landscape painting hanging on the wall. He chuckled and said, "I heard just now. Suddenly a reinforcement of our Taiping Army arrived I couldn't think of anything after thinking about it. It seems that right now Such a situation. How can our Taiping Army still have as many as 40,000 to 50,000 troops, unless"
"unless?"
Turning to look at Wu Heng, Liu Yan said with a smile, "I later thought that Niu Zhu and Jinling's defenders together could indeed make up the number of forty to fifty thousand"
I turned a blind eye to the subtle look in Liu Yan's eyes. Wu Heng said firmly, "Your Highness is wise! - His Highness is right, Jinling is probably lost, but even so, I still have full confidence"
"Oh?" Liu Yan looked at Wu Heng with interest after hearing this.
At this time. The general Li Ping walked in again and saw Liu Yan stunned for a moment in the room. He then clasped his fists and said to Wu Heng, "Commander Wu, the dead sheep are waiting outside the house!"
Hearing this, Wu Heng looked at Liu Yan and was about to speak when he saw the latter smiling and saying, "Kuyangare you a young hero in our Taiping Army? I didn't have time to take a closer look last time, so I don't know what he looked like"
Wu Heng obviously understood the profound meaning of Liu Yan's words, but he didn't care. He waved his hand and said to Li Ping, "Li Ping, let the dead sheep come in!"
"Yes!" Li Ping clasped his fists and retreated.
In just a few seconds, Kuyang walked in under the leadership of Li Ping. Like Li Ping, he was stunned when he saw Liu Yan in the house.
As we all know, although Liu Yan was nominally the Thirteenth Highness of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the power of the Taiping Army was in the hands of Wu Heng. To put it harshly, Liu Yan was just a puppet.
However, Liu Yan, a descendant of the declining royal family, does not seem to be keen on restoring the Southern Tang Dynasty or even ascending the throne to become the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Since being taken into the Taiping Army by Wu Heng, Liu Yan has been eating wine, reciting poems, and He rarely interfered or paid attention to any internal affairs of the Taiping Army. Therefore, it is difficult to imagine that this hermit-like His Highness, the Thirteenth Highness, would be in Wu Heng's bedroom at this moment.
[What is he here to do? ]
"The last general, Ku Yang, has met His Highness Thirteenth and Commander Wu!" Calming down, Ku Yang bowed his hands and fists to Liu Yan and Wu Heng, while secretly wondering about Liu Yan's purpose. It's not that I have a good or bad impression of Liu Yan. In fact, there are almost no opportunities for the two of them to come into contact. At most, they have met.Just a few times.
But what surprised Ku Yang was that Liu Yan smiled at him. That kind smile made Ku Yang slightly stunned.
But having said that, Liu Yan smiled kindly at Kuyang, but that didn¡¯t mean that Wu Heng would do the same. After seeing Kuyang, Wu Heng¡¯s whole face sank.
¡°What¡¯s going on, dead sheep?!¡ªWhy was Jinling lost?!¡±
"" Seeing that Wu Heng opened his mouth to question the fall of Jinling, Kuyang was slightly startled. After all, he had thought that Wu Heng would be the first to ask about the cause of Wei Hu's death. After all, according to what he knew, Wu Heng should be very interested in Wei Hu. It's right to take it very seriously.
Suppressing his unhappiness, Kuyang told Wu Heng everything that happened in Jinling City at that time, including Wei Zhuang stirring up trouble behind his back and instigating Niuzhu Army and Jinling Army to kill each other.
Wu Heng's expression was gloomy when he heard this. After looking at the withered sheep for a long time, he suddenly said with a smile, "That's it! It turned out to be Wei Zhuang's fault But it's really funny to say that Wei Zhuang was planning to reap the benefits. Zhuang actually died, but you took over the two armies logically Wei Zhuang is dead, Zhao Cheng is dead, Wei Hu is dead, Chu Ping is dead, and Guo Sheng is dead. The only ones who know this are Wang Wei and a few others"
Kuyang's face changed slightly when he heard this. You must know that Wu Heng's words were very powerful. He said it as if Kuyang took the lead in all this.
Just as he was about to explain, he saw Wu Heng suddenly burst into laughter, waved his hands and said with a smile, "Don't blame me, I'm just joking!" After saying that, he stood up, walked up and patted the dead sheep on the shoulder, smiling. Said, "Kuyang, you can lead the defeated army back to Guangling instead of taking this opportunity to join your brother-in-law who is a high official in Zhou State, which is enough to prove your loyalty to this commander! - If Jinling is lost, just lose it. Just fight back, I'm so handsome, wouldn't you be better than a dead city in Jinling?"
[This guy¡¡]
Liu Yan looked at Wu Heng with great interest. After all, just now Wu Heng looked like he wanted to kill the dead sheep, but now, he was using all kinds of good words to comfort and win people's hearts.
As Liu Yan expected, Kuyang felt warm in his heart when he heard this. In fact, when he came to see Wu Heng this time, he was actually a little timid. After all, he could not escape the loss of Jinling. However, he did not expect that Wu Heng did not mention a word after asking, and The kind words of comfort calmed Kuyang's uneasy mood a little.
"Okay, Kuyang, you go down first! - I will send someone to prepare a house for you to stay in. You have worked hard all the way, so go down and rest first."
"Thank you, Wu Shuai!" Kuyang, who felt a complicated mood, clasped his fists and retreated.
Seeing the dead sheep walking outside the house, Liu Yan snorted lightly, looked back at Wu Heng and chuckled, "After all, the dead can't compare to the living?"
"It's not his fault!" Wu Heng said in a deep voice, "Besides, it's the time to employ people, so for the time being"
[For now? ]
Liu Yan glanced at Wu Heng when he heard this, and seemed to understand something.
"Here comes someone!"
"What are your orders, Commander Wu?"
"Reorganize and dismantle Wei Hu's army, make up for the 30,000 dead sheep, and add the rest to each army"
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