?A camp beside the official road at the foot of the mountain was covered with blood. The Chen-shaped flag on the flagpole fluttered in the wind, but the defenders in the camp suffered heavy casualties. A soldier fell beside the beacon tower and inserted several arrows behind him. The one on the back of his head hit the vital point.

He had already died and the torch he was holding tightly with his right hand had also been extinguished. It seemed that he was shot and killed when he was about to light a beacon fire to warn him.

Two Zhou soldiers in black military uniforms walked up and lifted them down the blood-stained steps. There were mortals outside the camp where many Chen soldiers had already stopped.

"Oh, it's a man who was hit by a few arrows and struggled to run upwards. If it weren't for the arrow hitting the point, he might have really caught fire." The soldier walking in front said, and the soldiers walking behind nodded when they heard this.

"Aguo, what's going on in Yanji now?" The soldier in front said again, and the soldier walking behind was gone. After the other party said it again, he came back to his senses and said that Yanji must be fine.

"We have seen the camps that the government troops set up in Yanji. Do you think Chen's army can attack in?" The soldier added with a smile. He was Zhang Xutuo, who had been determined to join the army and now got what he wished.

Zhang Xutuo's name is a new recruit recruited by the Hulin Army this year, and is also one of the few new soldiers who have characters. Those who have characters in the army are not far behind these days, and most of them have studied books. So he has an additional job to help his fellow comrades write letters.

He did not charge money for helping his comrades write letters from his family, but the army would give extra money to those who took the money. Zhang Xutuo made a small profit with this extra income. After a few months, he saved a lot of money and finally took them home to subsidize his family.

"That's right, last time we waited to guard Yanji and beat Chen Jun who was attacking the village to the point of urination. It's so satisfying to think about it!" The soldier in front said with a smile, "I hope that after the war here is over, there will be a chance to guard Yanji when he goes back."

While they were talking, they walked to the morgue and put the body on the ground. More than ten people were digging a hole to prepare for the landfill of the dead. They were surviving Chen Jun soldiers, so they worked hard under the surveillance of Zhou Jun, which was also the last part of their work for their comrades.

When the war between the two armies is over, the victorious side will clean the battlefield. Most of them will dig pits to bury the dead, mainly to prevent the bodies exposed to the wilderness from rotting and odor, which will attract mosquitoes and flies to form plague. Secondly, it is also out of pity.

No one wants to expose the body to die in the wilderness and there is no place to bury it. Although it is a burial pit, it has been settled and it will save the pain of being bitten by snakes, insects, rats and ants.

Zhang Xutuo and his companion Liu Hulu stood by the pit and watched the corpses with ferocious faces and bloody smell, but they were not at all uncomfortable. They had only been fighting for seven months since they joined the army at the beginning of the year, but since they participated in the first battle of the South, they have grown into qualified soldiers after being baptized by war.

The Hulin Army's training was very tiring, and the intensity of training for three days and one day off was rare in other armies. Even so, they had only been in the army for more than four months during the first battle in the south. Fortunately, the model of the new and old combination did not collapse. The Chen army, who fought with the army, was not powerful, so the new recruits quickly adapted to the battlefield.

On the bloody battlefield, everyone was already accustomed to him after howling and waving his weapons, watching them die under his gun, and watching his comrades being shot by a runaway arrow and blood splattering his face. After repeated bloody scenes, everyone has become accustomed to it.

"Training with war" is what Yuwen Envoy said at the conference, but the effect is indeed good. After the first battle, it was repaired for a while. By the time of the second trip south, everyone had already changed their lives and no longer timid. All the skills they practiced hard on weekdays can be used normally.

The soldiers who died will receive unreduced pensions, the soldiers who have made meritorious services will receive real rewards, and the soldiers who violate military orders will receive perfect punishments. As the saying goes, rewards and punishments are clear, so everyone is focused on killing the enemy and winning.

When Zhang Xutuo read the Records of the Grand Historian, he knew that during the Warring States Period, the Qin people were happy when they heard the war. Although the Hulin Army had not reached that level of fanaticism, it was a fact that the soldiers were not afraid of the war. Yuwen envoy commanded the army to raid the beacon fortress along the river by boats in the Chen army in Jiangnan, and the cavalry was vaguely raiding the war.

Especially after three tricks to capture Wuchang, they then retreated, turning Wuchang into a trap that specifically traps Chen's army. Not only did they suffer small losses but also captured a lot. The first thing thousands of prisoners assigned to Bazhou did was to dig ditches and repair water conservancy. If the land was drawn by the state government, the area of ​​arable fields would be doubled.

If there is land, there is food. If there is food, there is soldiers. If the soldiers make contributions in war, they can divide the land, so they are not afraid of war. If they win the battle, they can capture more prisoners to repair water conservancy. If there is no flood, they can open up land, so there will be more land.

Thinking about the young man who should be the same age as him, who can train soldiers like this, Zhang Xutuo admired him very much and was eager to participate in the war. The rewards and punishments of the Hulin Army were clearly determined by the military merits. Although his contributions have not reached the point of being promoted, it is not far away.

Yuwen envoy kept looking for opportunities to let the Hulin Army fight. Once a war was fought, it meant that the opportunity to make meritorious contributions was inevitable. Not to mention that the rewards after making meritorious contributions were fascinating, so problems followed one after another: the competition for promotion was much more intense.

Now everyone in the team has made contributions. Not only have they received heavy rewards, but they are also eyeing Shi Chang's position. Shi Chang and Shi Deputy are veterans and will be promoted sooner or later, so everyone is holding back their encouragement to make contributions and strive for promotion. Thinking of this, he also encourages himself.

Zhang Xutuo was distracted and had already returned to the camp with Liu Hulu. Following Shi Chang's instructions, he checked and prepared for defense with other comrades. They were originally stationed in Yanji and then took turns to Jiangbei to rest. Seeing that Chen Jun had signs of a large-scale attack on Yanji, he was ready to reinforce Yanji, but unexpectedly he was transferred to Qizhou Prefecture to help in the war.

After arriving in Qichang City, we found that there were already large troops stationed on our side. Everyone felt that the existing troops were enough to force the Chen army to attack the city, so they felt puzzled. As a result, they marched in a night way and marched eastward. Fortunately, the Hulin Army often practiced night marches, so it was not difficult. As Yuwen envoy personally led the troops, everyone's morale was high.

Another army that was accompanied was led by the governor of Hengzhou, Zhou Envoy, who was also a night marching without hesitation. The two sides joined forces to advance together not only did not pull each other's back, but instead fought bravely to the forefront, and the speed of the march increased a lot while competing with each other.

The official army arrived at the Chen army camp in the early morning and suddenly tried its best to capture the stronghold that the opponent had just seized from the Sui army in one fell swoop, leaving some people to guard the camp and the main force continued to move forward without stopping. According to the guide, this was the last camp before leaving the mountain. After leaving the mountain, it was the boundary of Jinzhou.

That was the territory of the General Administration of Hezhou, the Sui State.

"Is it going to fight the Sui army?" A soldier asked, and was then laughed and scolded, saying whether he was afraid. Last year, the decisive battle between Lianghekou and the Zhou army, which was also the Zhou army, won the battle after a bloody battle.

"I'm not afraid of it, but I just think it's strange!"

Because everyone had known that the Zhou and Sui countries had started a full-scale war, but the Huangzhou General Administration did not need to send troops north to fight with the Sui army, so many people were somewhat confused about the purpose of this march.

Chen Jun had already run to the front and was still in a mood to tease the Sui Army. The soldiers were a little confused about Yuwen Envoy's actions, and of course they just couldn't figure it out. They didn't think Yuwen Envoy would be confused.

Since its establishment, the Hulin Army has won many victories under the command of Yuwen Envoy, but no one in the entire army has any questions about Yuwen Envoy's judgment.

"In my opinion, something big happened in Jinzhou, and the government army was going to take advantage of the situation." Zhang Xutuo expressed his opinion, and saw that everyone was looking forward to watching him hope, so he coughed and said with a dry cough.

Jinzhou is located east of Qizhou, and the prefecture is a narrow zone between the north of the Yangtze River and the southeastern foot of the Dabie Mountains. Together with the Hezhou General Administration and the Jiangbei prefectures under the jurisdiction of the Huangzhou General Administration were the territory of Chen State three years ago.

At that time, the Zhou army sent a number of troops to attack Jiangbei, and the Huainan prefectures were captured in one fell swoop. All prefectures and counties north of the Yangtze River of Chen State were lost. Unexpectedly, two years ago, Emperor Tianyuan of Zhou State suddenly came with a large-scale civil strife. The Huangzhou General Administration on the western foot of the Dabie Mountains was under the rule of the Anzhou General Administration, and the Hezhou General Administration on the eastern foot of the then Prime Minister of Zhou State and the Duke of Sui State Yang Jian.

At the beginning of this year, Yang Jian usurped the throne in the Sui Dynasty, and the Hezhou General Administration became the border of the Sui State. In June, the two countries of the Sui State were responsible for attacking the Hezhou General Administration Office. The Xuzhou General Administration and Qingzhou General Administration were responsible for attacking the Hezhou General Administration Office. In theory, it has nothing to do with the Huangzhou General Administration in Jiangbei, but don’t forget the Chen State in Jiangnan.

"In my opinion, the Chen army in Jiangnan went north to rob and wanted to retake the states under the Hezhou General Administration." This was Zhang Xutuo's judgment. Since he was a child, he had thought about galloping on the battlefield and making achievements in the future. His horizons were much broader than ordinary people and had his own opinions on current affairs.

He saw everyone looking at him with a confused look on his face, and he smiled bitterly in his heart, coughed and looked around, and then whispered: Jinzhou is in Jiangbei, and the south bank opposite the river is Jiangzhou of Chen State, which is usually full of heavy troops to guard it, but now the Hezhou General Administration Office is busy dealing with the Zhou army in the north, and it is inevitable that it is easy for Chen army to take advantage of it.

"What does that have to do with our army?" Someone asked, and the others nodded silently. They couldn't figure out what the war in the territory of the Hezhou General Administration of the Sui State had to do with Huangzhou. The official army was busy dealing with the Chen army in Yingzhou, and there was no leisure to worry about the territory of Jinzhou.

Yuwen Xingtai is gathering the main force to fight against the Sui army in the territory of the Jingzhou General Administration. I don’t think I’m so nervous that I will run to the easternmost Jinzhou to grab territory. I have enough troops to deal with the Chen army in Yingzhou alone. If I provoke the Chen army in Jiangzhou, I’m afraid I will be in a short position.

Zhang Xutuo was a little anxious when he saw that he was playing the Qin, but he couldn't explain it too clearly. He would not become confused as he listened to it. After holding it in for a long time, he finally thought of a more appropriate and easy-to-understand statement:
Chapter completed!