?The Yangtze River, on the Caishan Mountain in the river, the governor of the Chen State Jiangzhou, and the King of Yuzhang Chen Shuying was looking up at the northern border of Jiangbei. It was Xincai County, Jinzhou under the rule of the General Administration of Hezhou of the Sui State. Three years ago, Jinzhou, which was originally Chen State.

In November of the 11th year of Taijian, the Zhou State sent a number of troops to attack Chen State. The troops stationed in the north of the Chen State and the Huainan State fought hard, and then in the end the Zhou army succeeded. At this point, the land north of the Yangtze River fell and the situation in Chen State became increasingly critical.

"King, it's better to go back here." The closest servant whispered. Caishan is located in the middle of the river and surrounded by river water. If the wind on the river is strong, it will be a big sin if it's been left for a long time.

"It's okay, let's take a look." Chen Shuying said tightly with his cloak. He finally made an excuse to "slide" out of the stupid Jiangzhou Prefecture Turkishou in Jiangnan, and there was no reason to go back so quickly.

The land in Jiangbei in front of him was the hometown of the Southern Dynasty that Chen had finally seized from Qi, but it was taken away by Zhou after a few years. If this land in Jiangbei could be recovered, then the defense of Jiangzhou would be much easier.

Two years ago, the Zhou State broke out in civil strife due to the death of Emperor Tianyuan. This was a great opportunity for Chen State to recover lost territory. As a result, the official army lost consecutive battles and defeated Qizhou in Jiangbei and Yizhou, but it could not defend it and could only travel south with its people. As for the Huainan states, they still failed to take one place.

Last year, the Zhou State's chaos broke out again, but the official army still made no progress. The army attacking Liang State was defeated at Jiangling City, but fortunately there was little loss. The main army retreated back to Jiangnan intact, but the situation still did not improve.

This year is different! Now the army of the Hezhou General Administration of the Jiangbei Sui State is fighting against Xuzhou in Zhou State. The Qingzhou army is in great difficulty. The official army seized the opportunity to gather troops from Jiangzhou to cross the river to attack Jinzhou by boat!

"I don't know how the battle is going." Chen Shuying said to himself. The army crossed the river and made a smooth progress, and took the lead in capturing Xincai County on the north bank. Then, he continued to siege Yongxing in the northeast. If Yongxing was taken down, he could attack Gaotang County in the northeast.

Another county in Jinzhou that is located in the river is Dalei County. The county capital Xinye was also taken down by the official army not long ago. If Gaotang County takes over, the two armies can march towards Taihu City in Jinxi County at the same time, and after attacking Taihu Lake, then heading northeast, it will be the capital of Jinzhou Prefecture Huaining.

"The government army will be in a smooth and unstoppable manner." The servant said in a close manner. The man in front of him finally found an opportunity to sneak out and take a walk. He climbed the mountain to see the scenery in the name of going to Caishan to check the river defense, but was still worried about state affairs.

"Of course, the court's painstaking planning will definitely be successful, so the north bank will not be missed." Chen Shuying nodded at the north bank of the river. The 60,000 stints and cavalry this Northern Expedition is not small, and the consumption of people eating horses is naturally much greater.

The army's food and grass were transferred to Xincai on the north bank. In order to facilitate ships to be parked, a trestle was specially built outside the city. Now the food and grass were piled up in the camps outside Xincai City. Of course, to ensure safety, heavy troops were sent to guard it.

However, this is no longer his duty as the governor of Jiangzhou, and it is not easy to intervene. As a royal family vassal king who left Zhenjiangzhou, he was not convenient to say anything. Since the first year of Taijian, the governor of Jiangzhou has been held by the governor of Jiangzhou, but each position will not be too long to avoid any change.

The emperor had to guard against foreign ministers who were stationed in Jiangzhou, where heavy troops were stationed, and if they were allowed to defecate, it would harm the Chen world, so the royal family was appointed as the governor. But at the same time, they also had to guard against the royal family who were enlisted in Jiangzhou, so each royal family could not stay in Jiangzhou for a few years.

In the first year of Taijian, Chen Shuling, King Shixing, served as the governor of Jiangzhou. In the fourth year of Taijian, Chen Shujian, served as the King of Changsha, and in the seventh year of Taijian, he was appointed King of Poyang, Chen Boshan, served as the King of Poyang. From June of Taijian, he has been appointed as the governor of Jiangzhou.

Now it is the 14th year of Taijian. Chen Shuying knew that his deadline was approaching and he was about to say goodbye to Jiangzhou. It happened that the army was fighting north, so he was particularly concerned about the ongoing war and only hoped that he could do his part to recover lost territory before leaving office.

"Let's go." After Chen Shuying said that, he turned around and walked down the mountain road. The sunset set, and the afterglow of the setting sun pulled his group into a slanting shape.

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"Is that mountain in the river Cai Mountain?" Yuwen Wen raised his eyes and looked into a mountain in the river and asked. Hengzhou Governor Zhou Fashang nodded aside and said that this was indeed the case.

‘The dangerous building is a hundred feet high, and you can pick the stars with your hands. You dare not speak loudly, for fear of shocking the people in the sky.’ Yuwen Wen recited Li Taibai’s poem in his heart. This Tang Dynasty poet passed by Caishan in the Yangtze River on a boat and stayed on the mountain at night in Jiangxin Temple built in the early Tang Dynasty. When he wrote a poem "Stay in the Mountain Temple at Night" that was passed down through the ages.

"Envoy Yuwen, please do not look around to avoid suspicion of the defenders." Zhou Fashang whispered. Behind them, a large group of cavalrymen were walking on the official road of the wilderness by the river in Chenjun costumes. Not far from the east was Xincai.

Since we got out of the mountain road in the morning, Yuwen Wen and his team moved southwards without stopping. We did not find any additional guides for this trip, because of the urgent time, and because Zhou Fashang recognized the way. The Erlang of the Zhou family swept across Jiangbei with his father Zhou Jing. Jinzhou was all captured by them, so they cleared all kinds of paths.

Under the guidance of Zhou Erlang, the "Leading Party" Zhou Erlang, he cleverly cut the bend and straightened. He went south to the west of Xincai City, Xincai County, Jinzhou. Their entry position was very subtle: the east is Xincai City, the west of Guangning City, and these two places have been occupied by the Chen army now, so they pretended to be Chen army and walked on the official road without any attention.

The Xincai Shoujun would think that they were friendly troops from Guangning, so they could approach the city calmly. If they were rash and approached directly from the north, they would easily be intercepted by Chen Jun's wings. At that time, the identity of the group would definitely be exposed, resulting in the failure of the operation. Now, Yu Wen Wen was about to start fighting, and then he silently rode his horse to let Dao be with Zhou Sanlang behind him.

This sneak attack on Xin Cai and substitute Zhou Sanlang is nice to say, which is a "oncamp". The attack mission is carried out by Zhou Erlang led the elite troops of the Zhou family. Of course, the 800 cavalry led by Shi Wansui, the leader of the Hulin Army, was also among them.

Everything was done as agreed in advance. Zhou Fashang led his men and horses toward the city gate. Shi Wansui led the cavalry along the official road outside the city to the camp outside the east suburbs of the city. There were mountains of food and grass there, which was also the biggest goal of this trip.

"Envoy Yuwen, I have an idea..." Zhou Faming rode his horse close to Yuwen Wen and whispered. He followed his second brother in this battle, but he was not allowed to do it first. Zhou Sanlang, who did not want to do nothing, wanted to find Yuwen Wen, who was sympathetic and pitiful.

In order to boost morale, Yuwen Wen personally led his army to launch a surprise attack with Zhou Fashang, but everyone tried their best to stop him. The obvious meaning was "The envoy of Yuwen is not allowed to have three longs and two shorts". In fact, he was worried that Yuwen Wen's martial arts of fighting half a bucket of water would be almost a hit when the Jiangjin Shu burned the last time, it would be a bad idea.
Chapter completed!