In the south suburbs of Qujiang City, hundreds of cavalry were approaching the city from the official road to the south. The defenders outside the city saw this and quickly came out to investigate. People sent several cavalry to meet him. After a while, the defenders were released. Tianlai Novel

When a defender saw the team about to enter the city, he asked in confusion: "Hey, the banner of the envoy Dai from Gaozhou was not said to go to Panyu, Guangzhou before, why did he run to Qujiang?"

The veteran who was in charge of the investigation just now hummed: "It's done."

"After finishing the business? Is the envoy of Guangzhou coming to Qujiang?"

"Here I'm here, right in the team."

"This is not possible. I just saw a high-ranking official. It should be Dai Envoy, but how could the others look like a high-ranking official?"

The veteran didn't say anything and led the people to the village. After walking a few steps, he suddenly asked the soldier: "Did you smell the blood just now?"

"Smell, what's weird about this?"

"I think I will follow the head of Chen to Qujiang with Dai."

"ah?"

The soldiers were shocked when they heard this: The Chen envoy in Guangzhou was a royal family of the Chen State. How could they kill him? Didn’t it be said that the governor of the king sent the Dai envoy from Gaozhou to invite the Chen envoy to Qujiang to discuss matters...

"This... Could it be that the Governor wants..."

"Don't mess around. What do we do when we are soldiers?" the veteran hummed, "So, no matter who fights with you next, you have many scruples. Don't rush forward stupidly. If you should run, you should hide. If you should surrender, you should surrender. If you should surrender, your life will be yours!"

The soldiers were silent when they heard this. Since the Zhou army captured Jiangzhou, war was about to ignite in Hengzhou, Lingnan East. They were worried and didn't know what would happen next.

If the high-ranking officials surrender, there is no need to fight. After life, there is no risk. But will Zhou Jun be domineering when he comes? This is the most worrying issue for the locals.

So it is best not to let the Zhou army come over, so there will be war.

But can we fight a war? Jiangzhou is so big, and the opponent took only one month to capture it. Can Lingnan withstand it?

The soldiers had no knowledge and wanted to save their lives and their families. They were afraid that the war would be fought, but they could not win, so it would be better not to fight.

Or when the battle was dark, the high officials surrendered again, so the unlucky ones were the soldiers who died in the battle.

This is not a random thought. When the news of the fall of Jiangzhou reached Donghengzhou, the governor of the prince who was in charge of Qujiang summoned the governors of various states and led troops to gather in Donghengzhou to keep Zhou soldiers out.

It seems that this is a fight, but the Governor Wang sent someone to invite the Guangzhou Governor Chen to envoy Chen for some reason to surround Guangzhou's prefecture in Panyu. It is said that it is a "misunderstanding".

If the other party really brought Chen Envoy back, it seems that the Governor of the Prince might be planning to surrender, so he cut off the Chen royal family first?

Then why mobilize the army to Dayu Ridge? What exactly is this to do?

The soldiers couldn't figure it out and thought it was the veteran who said it was reasonable: No matter who he fought with, it was important to save his life first, and not to die, leaving the whole family with no support and ending up with a family that was destroyed.

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Qujiang City, the Grand Governor's Office, Gaozhou Governor Dai Zhilie got off the horse, carried a wooden box, walked in under the guidance of the guards of the Governor's Office, and turned to the conference hall, but saw that the discussion had already begun inside.

"Grandmaster! The subordinate has brought Chen Fangqing's head to him, please check it!"

The wooden box was held at the desk of the letter and put it in. When the Grand Governor Wang Meng looked at the head of the wooden box, which was pickled with lime, with no expression on his face.

The head of the Guangzhou governor, Chen Fangqing, the Marquis of Linru, was well preserved. Although his face was pale, his eyes were not closed. It was easy to tell that it was Chen Fangqing himself. Just before Dai Zhilie came in, the prefect of Qingyuan Zeng Xiaoyuan had brought the head of the governor of Xihengzhou and Chen Boxin.

"It's indeed Chen Fangqing's head...Governor Dai, have the Guangzhou garrison transferred?"

"Return to the Grand Governor, the Guangzhou garrison will arrive in Qujiang tomorrow."

"Very good." Wang Meng signaled the assistant to take down the wooden box and let the generals present see it. He also said loudly: "The northern enemy launched a large-scale attack on the south. The emperor ordered his officers to hold the throne, governors Heng, Guang, Jiao, Gui, Wu and other military commanders to gather troops in Lingnan to reinforce Jiangzhou in the north..."

"Guangzhou Governor Chen Fangqing and Xihengzhou Governor Chen Boxin, as a member of the Great Chen royal family, do not want to serve the country at this critical time. My official sent people to urge him many times, but these two people tried every means to shirk responsibility..."

"I have no idea what they are thinking. Maybe it is because they are afraid of the enemy, or maybe they have other plans. However, I am following the emperor's order to lead the army to the north to serve the king. If anyone disobeys the order and refuses to obey, he will be punished with rebellion. Everyone should remember the consequences of these two people!"

After hearing what the Grand Governor said, everyone present naturally had to express their determination: "The lower-ranking officials/the last generals must be the Grand Governor Ma Shixing!"

"The Northern Captains are coming in a fierce southern invasion. I have already found out clearly that the twelve counties of Jiangzhou have all fallen within a month. The commander of the Zhou army is the brutal and bloodthirsty King Yuwen Wen of Xiyang. If this thief leads tigers and wolves into Lingnan, he will definitely suffer the lives!"

"The pioneer of the way has attacked Nankang County, Jiangzhou a few days ago. This official has sent General Deng to lead 5,000 troops to Dayu Ridge to intercept. As long as the Zhou army is blocked on Dayu Ridge, even if they have three heads and six arms, they will not be able to harm our Lingnan Prefectures and County!"

"To be on guard against it, in addition to Dayu Ridge, Shixingcheng has also strengthened its defense... In any case, it is necessary to block the Beilu in Dayu Ridge!"

The level passed around and returned to Wang Meng again. Looking at Chen Fangqing's level, he was not at all uneasy, because the emperor had a secret decree. Once Chen Fangqing appeared, Chen Boxin would have rebelled, so he could be executed first and then report.

A few years ago, Guangzhou Governor Ma Jing refused to obey the imperial orders. The emperor appointed Linru Hou Chen Fangqing as Guangzhou Governor, and he was appointed as Donghengzhou Governor, assisting Chen Fangqing in attacking Ma Jing.

Things went smoothly. Wang Meng easily defeated Ma Jing and escorted him to Jiankang. Wang Meng's next task was to govern the military of the 24 prefectures in Lingnan, monitor the Guangzhou Governor Chen Fangqing, and Xihengzhou Governor Chen Boxin.

Lingnan, especially Guangzhou, has always been a very important territory in all dynasties. All of them are under their command of the royal family or confidant officials. Emperor Wu of Chen State Chen Baxian raised an army in Lingnan and finally laid the foundation for Chen State.

After the establishment of the State of Chen, Lingnan experienced several rebellions and became a heart-wrenching problem for the court.

The former Guangzhou Governor Ma Jing was taken down without following the order. The emperor asked the royal family to serve as the governor to take charge of Lingnan, but in fact he could not believe it, so in the end he would rather believe the capable Wang Meng and let him replace Chen Fangqing as the governor of Guangzhou.

As soon as the appointment edict arrived in Qujiang, news of the northern enemy's large-scale offensives in the south followed one after another. Wang Meng received another edict to lead troops north to serve the king, so the matter of taking over as the governor of Guangzhou was delayed, but the secret edict given to him by the emperor was also very clear:

Linru Hou and Hengyang King will be fine if you obey the command. If you don’t obey the command, you will die!

The Northern Territories captured Jiangzhou and were about to come to Lingnan. Wang Meng summoned the governors of various states to lead troops to gather in Donghengzhou to prepare for war. However, the two did not listen. He had no time to guess the other party's true intentions, nor did he explain that he had no intention of summoning them to Qujiang and there was no intention of harming him.

The enemy was about to kill, and there was no time to rush. Wang Meng quickly cut the mess and directly used the heads of the two royal family members to warn the generals of his command, what would happen if he didn't listen to the dispatching meeting?

Looking around the civil and military officials present, he pressed his sword and stood up: "Tomorrow, all troops will go to Shixing. Those who violate the order will be killed!"
Chapter completed!