Zhu Nao

Jingzhou.

Just as Huang Dongxuan got off the training ground, he returned to the yard covered in sweat, took a change of clothes and went to take a bath in the river, when a soldier ran into the yard.

"Boss," said the soldier, "there is a messenger..."

Huang Dongxuan waved his hand: "There's nothing urgent until I come back from the river!" He was covered in stickiness, and he just wanted to jump into the cool river immediately, nothing else mattered.

"...from Luoyang."

Huang Dongxuan's rushing steps stopped suddenly.He hesitated for a while, and changed his words: "Quick, bring people in!"

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Soon, the messenger sent by Junao came to Huang Dongxuan.

The messenger took out an imperial edict and finished reading it, and then handed the talisman to Huang Dongxuan: "General Huang, Your Majesty asked you to send troops within fifteen days, what's the problem?"

"No, not at all!" Huang Dongxuan took the edict and the token with both hands, and said vigorously, "I am looking forward to it! Please help me send a message to His Majesty—let Your Majesty wait for my good news!"

As early as when Zhu Nao asked Lu Qinghui to make arrangements in Chen Guo, he had already ordered someone to notify Huang Dongxuan so that he would be ready to start a full-scale war against Chen Guo at any time.In the past few months, Huang Dongxuan has repaired the warship and trained diligently. He has been waiting for this day for a long time!

So a few days later, Huang Dongxuan ordered people to kill chickens and sheep to reward the three armies.Afterwards, hundreds of warships were pushed into the Yangtze River, and the well-trained army boarded the warships, and went straight to the south of the Yangtze River along the turbulent river!

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Huainan.

Tian Chou led a group of people to stand by the Huaihe River. After an unknown period of time, a dark crowd appeared on the other side of the river—it was Xie Wuji who arrived with the newly added soldiers.

Tian Chou ordered: "Go and help them cross the river."

Since they had controlled Huainan a long time ago, after receiving Zhu Nao's order, they built several wooden bridges on the Huaihe River to facilitate the new soldiers and horses to cross the river.With the help of Tian Chou and his men, Xie Wuji's army quickly crossed the Huaihe River together with their men and luggage.

The two armies joined forces, and Xie Wuji met Tian Chou.

Tian Chou pulled out a slightly forced smile, and said: "General Xie, let's go, first settle down the army, and then I will hand over to you."

Tian Chou has been operating in Huainan for a while, now that Zhu Nao has changed generals, Tian Chou is going to hand over the command, and has many affairs to hand over to Xie Wuji.

After the soldiers and horses were arranged to set up camp, Xie Wuji and Tian Chou entered the general's account. Tian Chou was about to take out the army's accounts, maps and other official documents and hand them to Xie Wuji, but Xie Wuji first took out an edict and handed it to Tian Chou.

"General Tian." Xie Wuji said, "You recaptured Xuzhou, pacified Huainan, comforted the people's livelihood, and made great contributions. Your Majesty is very happy, and has issued an imperial edict to reward you."

Tian Chou hurriedly took the edict and opened it to read it. After reading it, the trace of reluctance on his face quickly faded away, and he became overjoyed.

Originally, Tian Chou was very sorry for being replaced. If he could lead troops all the way into Jiangning Mansion and destroy Chen Guo, it would be a great contribution!It's a pity that Zhu Nao didn't give him this chance.

However, Zhu Nao saw everything he did in Huainan and appreciated it very much. He issued an imperial edict to increase his rank and rank him as Marquis of Ten Thousand Households!Zhu Nao also promised to give him a few places, so that he can guide his confidantes to have a smooth official career in the future.

This kind of reward may not be comparable to the credit for the final extermination of Chen, but compared to what he has done now, it is undoubtedly a very heavy reward and compensation.Tian Chou understood that Zhu Nao didn't value him, otherwise there was no need to send him to Huainan.Now that Xie Wuji is the general, Zhu Nao has other considerations, and Xie Wuji's knowledge of the terrain and situation in the south of the Yangtze River, as well as his understanding of the dignitaries is undoubtedly better than anyone else, and no one is more suitable for the mission of crusade against Chen Guo than him.

A few days later, Tian Chou handed over everything about the army to Xie Wuji, and left with a group of personal soldiers across the river.

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Luzhou.

"Report—" A spy rushed into the account and hurriedly reported, "Xie Changshi, Liu Xiaowei, Xie Wuji has ordered the army to march northeast, and is going to bypass Luzhou and go straight to Jiangning!"

Xie Wuchen and Liu Jingfeng looked at each other, they were both a little surprised, and their faces were not good-looking.

When Tian Chou was originally in Huainan, they sent troops several times to try to drive the Shu army back to the north bank of the Huaihe River and capture Xuzhou, but the battle did not go smoothly.

Tian Chou is very cunning. He does not fight them head-on in Huainan, but advances and retreats to preserve his strength.But once Chen Jun intends to cross the river, Tian Chou immediately erected a copper wall and iron wall by the Huai River, causing Chen Jun to be hit hard.After more than a month, Chen Jun was not even able to expel all the Shu troops on the south bank, let alone reach Xuzhou.

After Xie Wuji came to replace Tian Chou, Xie Wuchen's nerves collapsed to the extreme. He sent spies to and from Huainan more than ten times a day to keep an eye on Xie Wuji's every move.

Zhu Nao had already declared war on Chen Guo, and Xie Wuji's arrival also meant the official start of the Shu-Chen War. Xie Wuchen thought that Xie Wuji would attack him first, but unexpectedly, Xie Wuji planned to leave him alone, bypass Luzhou, and go straight to Chen Du!

——This is the passive part of Chen Guo's army that can't get Xuzhou.In the entire south of the Huaihe River, there are no high mountains, no turbulent rivers, and no strategic locations.Xie Wuji has too many roads to go directly to Jiangning, and he can completely bypass Luzhou. He doesn't bother to waste time and troops with Xie Wuchen here!

This news made Liu Jingfeng breathe a sigh of relief, because it meant they had some more time; but it made Xie Wuchen gnash his teeth, even though he knew he was not as good as Xie Wuji, he still hated Xie Wuji's disdain for him.It's like Xie Wuji never said a word about killing his brother, as if he died when he died, but an insignificant person died!

"Check again!" Xie Wuchen said viciously, "Be sure to find out which way he intends to go!"

"Yes!" The spy galloped away again.

After the spy left, Liu Jingfeng asked: "Old Qi, are you planning to cut his back?"

Xie Wuchen said: "Of course!"

Once he found out which way Xie Wuji planned to march into Jiangning, Xie Wuchen sent troops to cut off the back way for him to transport grain and grass, so as to hinder his marching into Jiangning.

Liu Jingfeng smiled wryly and said: "Xie Twelve has experienced many battles, I think he will definitely take precautions against this."

Xie Wuchen frowned and glanced at him, said: "So? Are we just sitting there waiting to die?"

Liu Jingfeng remained silent.

It must be known that this time Xie Wuji came to Huainan and brought tens of thousands of soldiers and horses as reinforcements. With their strength, if they took the initiative to fight Xie Wuji head-on, it would be like moths to the flame.But they couldn't sit back and watch Xie Wuji drive straight into Jiangning, so the only thing they could do was to hinder Xie Wuji's footsteps.

But the funny thing is, since this is the only thing they can do, Xie Wuji can guess it with his eyes closed, and he will definitely take precautions.So they are really just choosing between sitting still and moths jumping into the flames.

Xie Wuchen chose the latter, maybe he believed that he could find a way out, or maybe he just thought the former was not an option at all.

Two days later, Xie Wuchen, who found out the route of Xie Wuji's march, sent a team of soldiers and horses, and quietly touched Xie Wuji's food delivery team.

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In the evening, Xie Wuchen stood anxiously on the tower and waited, while Liu Jingfeng stood behind him and watched him silently.

Finally, countless people from a distance rode back.

When those people came to the bottom of the tower, Xie Wuchen saw their distressed appearance, and his heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

He ordered: "Open the city gate."

Soon, the defeated remnants who came back were brought in front of Xie Wuchen and Liu Jingfeng.

"Xie Gong, Liu Gong," the leading officer knelt down in front of the two of them with a plop, and said in grief and indignation, "We were ambushed by Xie Wuji, and our brothers were killed and captured. Liu Gong reported..."

Under the twilight, Xie Wuchen's delicate face was as pale as paper.In terms of the route and timing of the sneak attack, he had made the most careful arrangements, but he was still ambushed by Xie Wuji.Maybe Xie Wuji knew him very well, or maybe Xie Wuji was really good at predicting things.

After a long time, a hand rested lightly on his shoulder.

Xie Wuchen took a deep breath and said, "Go down and rest first."

After everyone pushed him down, Liu Jingfeng didn't say anything, but gently hugged Xie Wuchen from behind.

"It's okay, it's okay..." Liu Jingfeng said softly, "Old Qi, I will always be by your side."

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In the next few days, news from all over the world continued to spread to Luzhou.

Huang Dongxuan's momentum was like a broken bamboo all the way. In just one month after dispatching troops, he even managed to penetrate several cities into the hinterland of Chen State!

This is of course the result of Huang Dongxuan's ability to conquer battles, but it is also because wherever he went, most of the defending troops collapsed without fighting or voluntarily surrendered.

The civil strife in Jiangning and the division of the nobles of the family have broken the heart of Chen Guo, and Tian Chou's benevolent government in Huainan has also made people in the south of the Yangtze River realize that the Shu army is not a scourge, and naturally few people are willing to fight to the death.

Occasionally, there were those who intended to resist, Huang Dongxuan used tricks to frighten them, and finally won easily.

And as more people surrendered, the remaining people had no intention of resisting, which led to the collapse of Chen Guo's army.

In the final analysis, it is Zhu Nao who only dispatches the army when the winning ticket is in his hands. Everything outside the battlefield has been arranged by Jun Nao long ago.

Compared with Huang Dongxuan's triumphant progress in the south, Xie Wuji in the north road seems to be slow.He was not in a hurry to attack the city, after successfully defeating the chasing troops sent by Xie Wuchen, he suddenly stopped marching towards Jiangning Mansion, and sent another troop to the southeast.

Xie Wuchen and Liu Jingfeng couldn't figure out his intentions, they thought he planned to join forces with Huang Dongxuan first by land and water, and then jointly attack Jiang Ning.At this time, Xie Wuji suddenly made the army turn a corner.

By the time Xie Wuchen and Liu Jingfeng finally figured out what Xie Wuji was doing, it was already too late——Xie Wuji actually surrounded Luzhou where they were located with soldiers! !

At first, Xie Wuchen thought that Xie Wuji was dismissive of him, and he didn't intend to fight him at all, he just wanted to bypass him and surprise Jiang Ning.Unexpectedly, on the contrary, Xie Wuji was not that interested in Jiangning, the capital of the Chen Kingdom, so he sent out suspicious soldiers, and finally came for Xie Wuchen and Liu Jingfeng!

On the third day after Luzhou was besieged, a messenger from the Xie family from Jiangning was deliberately put into the encirclement.He brought even worse news to Xie Wuchen and Liu Jingfeng.

"Xie Changshi, Lieutenant Liu," the messenger knelt in front of the two, choking with sobs, "Your Majesty has ordered that Lu Qinghui and Sun Zhaoping be released from prison..."

When the front line was fighting, the power struggle in Jiangning Mansion did not stop for a day.Han Rushan, the emperor, has no real power, and his will means the result of the struggle of the powerful.

——Chen Guo's court can no longer bear it.