In Sangluozhou and Chen Guoshui Army camp, soldiers gathered in the school grounds. On the platform were officials and generals of all sizes. The first one was talking loudly to mobilize pre-warly, and was the new governor of Jiangzhou and the king of Yongjia.

Chen Yan is the third son of Chen Shubao, the current emperor of Chen State. He was fourteen years old at the time. Although he was thin and thin, he still raised his arms passionately and shouted:

"The Northern Territories captured Caishan and were about to invade Jiangzhou. Sangluozhou was the last barrier in Fengkou. If they lost it, Fengkou was in danger! Jiangzhou was in danger! Great Chen was in danger!"

"Soldiers! Many of you have families in your mouth. Have you ever thought about what will happen to them after the city is broken?"

"More than 30 years ago, the Northern Territories captured Jiangling and captured all the people in the city to Chang'an. More than 70% of the people died of hunger and cold along the way. Are you willing to suffer the same bad luck for your relatives!"

"Wangkou City is broken, can your family escape the butcher's knife? Can you escape the hunger and coldness during the migration? Can you avoid being beaten to death while making cattle and horses for others!"

"The Shukou is the key to the river defense. Only by defending Sangluozhou can you defend the Shukou. Only by defeating the Beilu Navy can you keep the Shukou safe!"

"The ship in front of me can understand that the Beilu navy gathered in Caishan has already emerged and will arrive at the surface of the Tangkou River within two days today and tomorrow. The battle is imminent. I beg everyone to fight hard to kill the enemy and serve the country!"

Speaking of this, Chen Yan shouted: "Come on!"

Behind the stage, several close servants were waiting. When they heard Chen Yan's call, they looked embarrassed and looked a little confused. Chen Yan roared on the stage and asked them to "relief up", gritted his teeth for the elderly and waved his hand:

"Release up!"

As footsteps sounded, many young and strong men walked to the stage with difficulty, carrying heavy wooden boxes one by one. Just as the soldiers in the audience were confused when they were watching the wooden boxes, Chen Yan asked someone to split the wooden boxes and then fell to the bottom of the stage.

With the crisp sound of thrust, countless strings of copper coins rolled to the ground. As more and more wooden boxes poured over, more and more copper coins and cloth appeared in front of the soldiers.

The platform was very high, and the money poured out was a lot of money and silk. It slowly piled up from the ground and finally leveled with the platform. Seeing the piles of money and silk, the Chen army soldiers' breathing became rapid.

Looking around the audience, Chen Yan shouted loudly: "Everyone serves the country, kills the enemy in blood, is lonely, and will not let the hearts of the soldiers be cold!"

"This is the money allocated from the state treasury. It is given to everyone. Everyone has a share. If you make contributions in the war, you will have a reward!"

Seeing that the heat was similar, the generals on the side walked up to strike while the iron was hot: "Money is enough money, cloth is good cloth, the king rewards the army, but it is a real reward for the army, men! What should I do if I still have some conscience?!"

"Kill the enemy! Kill the enemy!"

The shouts rang out like a tide, and the soldiers were not ungrateful. Since the superiors took out money to reward the army, they should be killed by life. Even if they didn't think so in their hearts, they would always shout slogans.

No matter what, the newly appointed governor of Jiangzhou is indeed generous and what he said makes sense. Many naval soldiers and their families are in the mouth of the river. If the city is captured by the enemy, the whole family will be killed.

"Everything is available! Line up and come up to receive the reward one by one!"

Of course, no honorable prince needed to do it himself. Chen Yan and the generals said some encouragement, stayed on the scene for a while, then turned around and left. Sang Luozhou was in the Yangtze River, and his official office was at the Shukou on the south bank.

The Zhou army was about to come to the door. Jiangzhou was facing a great enemy. Chen Yan still had many things to deal with, so he could not stay here for too long and had to take a boat to return to Zhuangkou.

Of course, although he was the governor of Jiangzhou, the specific affairs were handled by the assistant. The young King Yongjia was more like a military supervisor who supervised Jiangzhou's military and political affairs. After all, those who could serve as the governor of Jiangzhou for many years could only be the royal family and were constantly rotated.

Zhou State launched a large-scale southern offensive. Chen Yan was appointed as the governor of Jiangzhou by his father because he was afraid that the Jiangzhou officials and generals would not be careful to defend the enemy, so he needed to be the governor of Jiangzhou's military. However, this responsibility was too heavy for the young prince.

Chen Yan never had the experience of leaving the town, nor did he handle government and military affairs. The reason why he was appointed as the governor of Jiangzhou was because his father did not believe in other royal families, but only believed in the princes.

The late emperor had forty-two princes. Except for those "Emperor Uncles" who were younger than Chen Yan, there were many people who were adults and had experience in leaving the town. However, Emperor Chen Shubao was wary of these younger brothers, so he would rather let his son who had little experience leave the town.

But Chen Yan knew that his father didn't really believe him, but his second brother had already served as the governor of Yangzhou and could not send others, so he, who was ranked third, was appointed as the governor of Jiangzhou.

He knew that his father Chen Shubao loved Concubine Zhang and also loved Concubine Zhang's two sons, Chen Shen and Chen Zhuang, even deposed the crown prince for this and made Chen Shen the crown prince.

Chen Shubao recently wanted to abolish Empress Shen and make Concubine Zhang the queen, but he gave up because the Zhou Kingdom launched a large-scale southern offense. Chen Yan was not born by Empress Shen, but Empress Shen, as the legitimate mother, was very nice to the princes, so he felt more pessimistic about the future life of his legitimate mother.

Chen Yan had read books and knew that deposing the eldest son and establishing the young man was a way to cause disaster. The current crown prince Chen Shen, although he was not the youngest son, was ranked fourth and third, after Chen Yan, the position of the crown prince, it was not his turn to sit.

Just because his biological mother was favored, he could seize the position of crown prince. Chen Yan knew that his third brother's position in his father's heart was not as good as the fourth brother. Maybe in a few years, in order to avoid threats from the second brother and himself to the crown prince, his father would take away the power that was not much from the hands of the two brothers.

"The king... the old slave is worried... the king rewards the army with money and silk from the treasury. The officials think that the king has bribed the army with a bad intention. Then..."

In the cabin, an elderly servant saw that there was no one around and expressed concern to Chen Yan. In fact, before Chen Yan decided to reward the army today, the servant who had been with him for many years advised him not to act like this, so as not to attract the emperor's suspicion.

"You are right. If you reward the army like this, you will probably be fussed with the fire. When it comes to my father's ears, you may have become a bribe of the army's morale and have ill intentions."

"King! Since you know this, why... why..."

The nearby servant had a bitter face. When he was at the Sangluozhou schoolyard, he hesitated whether he would disobey his orders. However, King Yongjia had already said in public, and this was like water splashed out and could not be collected.

Chen Yan looked at the river outside the porthole and said with a wry smile: "If Jiangzhou cannot be defended, then Jiankang will not be defended. How can there be a complete egg when the nest is destroyed? If the northern enemy defeats Jiankang, everyone else can become an official in the new dynasty, and Chen's family has nowhere to live."

"The war is imminent, and the soldiers are willing to use their lives. When the northern invaders break through the ridge, what's the use of this mountain of money?"

"As long as you can defeat the Northern Invaders and maintain a comprehensive family and country, even if you are captured by your father and sent someone to Jiankang, you will be imprisoned for life and will not regret it!"

Speaking of this, Chen Yan showed a decisive look on his face. He would rather sacrifice his future than save his country and relieve his father's worries. Seeing this, the servant was sad and fell silent in the cabin.

The warship was about to arrive at the entrance of the south bank. At this moment, several fast ships sailed upstream towards the Sangluozhou Water Village. The sound of horns sounded on the ship. These ships were warning the water village: the enemy was attacking.
Chapter completed!