Chapter 655: House of Flying Daggers
Li Xiuning praised Emperor Chen Kefu for his words, but secretly mentioned himself and his Xuanniao Camp. The tone in the words made Zhai Wushuang and Zhang Chuchen, two women in the same military uniform, feel that there is something in their words, which only makes people feel a strong sour smell.
In the eyes of the two women Zhai Wushuang and Zhang Chuchen, Li Xiuning was obviously challenging them, and it was full of a sense of competing for favor in the harem. Among the three, Li Xiuning was one of the four concubines, while they were nine concubines, and their grade was already lower. In addition, Li Xiuning has now given birth to a son and a daughter, and they finally gave birth to a moment, but both of them were sons.
The mother is noble by her son, and the son is noble by her mother. Although the emperor had issued an order to be crowned as the crown prince when the queen Changsun Wugui gave birth to a son, and had already made a plan for the prince's feud. However, the struggle between these concubines with princes was still impossible to change. Moreover, the women in the harem were not harmonious for a long time, and they had already been divided into several factions. The queen was the most expensive, but she was also relatively isolated. The concubines of the foreign tribe were basically low-key and did not get too close to these Han concubines. The remaining Feng Hua and Luo had not yet officially entered the palace. Yang Jier and Princess Nanyang also had princes. Their sisters were usually together and did not pay much attention to others. The remaining Li Xiuning, Zhang Chuchen and Zhai Wushuang also each had a prince, so naturally there was some unspoken hostility among the three.
Zhang Chuchen was born in Fengchen and was originally a singer. Zhai Wushuang was also not from a high school. He was originally a daughter of a minor official, but later became the leader of a female bandit. The two had similar backgrounds and had similar personalities, so they gradually got together. Li Xiuning was born in the Guanlong aristocratic group and the daughter of the Duke. Naturally, the relationship with Zhang Chuchen and the others was not very good. However, the three of them each trained a female soldier in the palace. This time, the three of them were brought out by the emperor, and they also had the desire to compete for strength and prosperity along the way. When they spoke, they couldn't help but reveal some signs.
Zhai Wushuang snorted. He was not satisfied with Li Xiuning's praise for his own troops. He held a horse whip in his hand and threw a loud whistle in the air. Yubi shouted to the Phoenix Camp where he was crossing the river: "Is Xuanjia Camp very strong? How do I remember that the Xuanjia Camp of the Li family had never fought any famous battles. The Xuanjia Army was destroyed in just one or two years. Who else remembers that there was such a Xuanjia Army?" Speaking of this, Zhai Wushuang said proudly: "My five thousand soldiers are much earlier than those Xuanjia Camps, and even those who are the Poujun Camps of Your Majesty, were established several years earlier than His Majesty's Pojun Camp. Wagang Army crossed the Central Plains, but there was also the power of my Phoenix Army here. This time, the battle against Jiangdong will definitely open your eyes and know what kind of female army is called."
Li Xiuning didn't seem to be very angry when he heard Zhai Wushuang's counterattack. Perhaps it was time that everything had settled down. Li Xiuning, who had given birth to two children, was already very different from before. Although most of his father and brothers had died, Li Xiuning seemed to be becoming more and more determined. This time, Chen Kefu originally recruited only the three of them, and did not intend to let them come too. However, Li Xiuning and the others were extremely determined. They even didn't care about their sons and daughters, and they had to lead their troops south personally.
Li Xiuning sorted out his expression and chuckled: "Since both Zhai and Zhang Bin are confident in their own troops, how dare you gamble with me?"
"What are you betting on?" Although Zhang Chuchen used to be a genius, he has trained a female soldier with Zhai Wushuang in recent years. He was not at all nervous at this time and replied with a smile.
Li Xiuning looked at Chen Kefu who looked at them with a smile and said, "This bet must be decided by Your Majesty for us. Today, the three of us are here to compete with our soldiers and horses. After this war, whose soldiers have the most enemy heads on the battlefield. Then whoever wins. The victorious side, Your Majesty must calculate the military merits made by our three women's camps again. When our children grow up, they will exchange this military merits for rewards and reward the prince of the three of us who won this time. What do you think?"
Seeing the three of them verbally, Chen Kefu couldn't help but smile bitterly. A few years ago, these women of his were more cute than the other. After a few years of dyeing in the harem, they all changed. Especially after the few gave birth to children, there were even more changes. It is said that the mother who protects the calf is the most terrifying. At this time, Chen Kefu admired the feelings of his predecessors.
"Okay, I will be the referee for you. Whoever wins this time? When the child is sealed in the future, I will add a fief of the town to him."
"It's a matter of determination, thank you, Your Majesty." The three women said in unison, then immediately instigated the war horses and quickly returned to their respective teams. It seemed that they were making special mobilizations.
A cavalry commander hurriedly appeared under the hillside in his field of vision and rushed straight towards him.
"Your Majesty, there is an emergency military situation!"
"Tell me." Chen Kefu said loudly when he saw the messenger sweating and panting.
"Last night, Feng Huan and the two governors Feng Ang led the Baiyue Tu army to attack Jingkou at night. After a night of battle, they had captured the important town of Jingkou. The two major ferries of Guazhou Ferry and Caishi were completely occupied by our army. In the early morning of this day, General Chen Feng had led 20,000 Jiangdu soldiers to cross the Yangtze River and landed in Jingkou."
"Where is the Wu army? Where is the Wu army?" Chen Kefu asked carefully, and he was not confused about Feng Hua's ability to take down Jingkou so easily.
"Not noticed the movements of the Wu army, General Hu Hai has captured the first outer wall of Jiankang City. He attacked Jiankang for another night from last night to the early morning today, and almost broke through the inner city several times. According to Governor Hu's prediction, he will definitely be able to break through Jiankang's inner city tonight. At the latest to tomorrow morning, he will be able to break through the imperial city and completely capture Jiankang City." The messenger said seriously.
Hearing this good news, Chen Kefu's brows frowned tighter and tighter. After being tested for a long time, he had already vaguely smelled a very bad smell. This was a kind of sensation, a mysterious sensation, and a premonition of a general.
He reached out and asked the guards to spread the map. Chen Kefu carefully looked at the map for a while and asked about the specific number of troops. Gradually, his face became more and more heavy. After being captured at Jingkou, Chen Feng transferred 20,000 troops from Jiangdu City to the south. So far, there are already 70,000 Chen troops in Jiangnan, but there are only less than 10,000 troops left on the front line of Anhui and Jiangsu in Jiangbei. Among them, Jiangdu City, the largest city in Huainan, had only 5,000 troops left. At this time, there were only 2,000 troops left in Hefei, the capital of Anhui Province. The Yangtze River defense line of Dachen was empty, as if it was useless.
Chen's army's grasp of the Wu army now only knew that Jian'an, the gateway to Jiangdong retreating to Lingnan, had been recaptured by the Wu army. According to the information found by the Special Service, the Wu army only left 50,000 troops in Jiangxia, and the remaining 300,000 troops had all returned to Jiangdong. According to the intelligence forecast, the main force of the Wu army should have arrived at the city of Jiankang in the middle of the night yesterday. But now, as many as 300,000 troops have retreated into Jiangdong, but there is no trace.
Instead of immediately coming to lift the siege of Jiankang, the Wu army disappeared without any movement, which made Chen Kefu very uneasy.
If something goes wrong, it will be a monster. He thinks that Chen Luoyan must have set up some huge conspiracy waiting for Hu Hai and the others.
After pondering for a while, Chen Kefu looked up and asked the messenger: "Do you know the current arrangement of our army? Will all the 70,000 troops attack Jiankang City, or will you send people to guard Caishi and Jingkou?"
"Governor Hu personally led 30,000 troops to attack Jiankang City, and sent General Xu Shiji to lead 3,000 troops to guard Caishi. In the morning, General Chen Feng led 20,000 troops to kill the Yangtze River, leaving 10,000 troops to guard Jingkou, and the remaining 10,000 troops arrived at Jiankang to participate in the siege. The two governors, Feng Huan and Feng Ang, led 20,000 wolves, turned around and headed south to sweep the four counties of Wu County, Piling, Yuhang, and Xuancheng, and found the location of Wu's troops."
"It's over." Chen Kefu slapped his forehead and sighed a long time.
The Wu army was slow to move, and the abnormal reaction showed that the Wu army was brewing a conspiracy. At present, the Chen army in Jiangbei was transferred to Jiangnan. At this time, they did not join forces to quickly capture Jiankang, but instead went to sweep away the four counties. What was even more hateful is that Caishi and Jingkou were such an important fortress, they actually left 3,000 people while leaving 10,000 people. Now Chen Kefu knew in his heart what conspiracy Chen Luoyan was preparing.
Wu Jun was beaten by Hu Hai's random fists and was extremely passive. He actually held back and did not rescue Jiankang City immediately. Instead, he gathered troops and prepared for the opportunity.
The purpose of Chen Luoyan is already very clear. He will first attract all the soldiers and horses of Chen's army from Jiangbei across the river. Next, there will definitely be a fierce attack. Chen Kefu believes that Chen Luoyan will definitely not attack Jiankang first, but Caishi and Jingkou two major ferry crossings. As long as the Wu army suddenly comes out and does not rescue Jiankang first, and instead attack Caishi and Jingkou first, the Chen army, which has only 13,000 defenders on both sides, will definitely not be able to resist the attack of 300,000 Wu troops.
As long as Caishi and Jingkou fall, the Chen army will immediately lose two major ferry passages to retreat back to Jiangbei. With Caishi and Jingkou in hand, they have sufficient troops, they can completely block the Chen army in Jiangnan. What if the Chen army captures Jiankang? A single army, the Chen army cannot provide reinforcements for a while, and on the south and west sides of Jiankang, they must have been blocked by the Wu army.
If the door is closed and the dogs are fought, the 300,000 Wu army will fight 70,000 Chen army, which will be troublesome. If the Chen army has not even taken down Jiankang when the Wu army attacks, then the trapped troops will be trapped under the strong city without fighting, and the Wu army will starve the 70,000 Chen army to death by just siege.
Once the 70,000 Chen army is defeated, the entire Huainan will be stripped away and placed in front of the Wu army. It is not impossible for the Wu army to fight back, go north to the Central Plains, and send troops to Shandong.
Chapter completed!