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Chapter 47: The Yangzhou Army Arrives

A brand new military camp in Lujiang’s capital, outside Shu County, has been built.

When ordinary people look at it, they can only see it neatly and neatly. There is nothing special. If an expert sees it, they will definitely know that the army that has set up camp must be a skilled military force.

Its vast area is far beyond the reach of the soldiers and horses in front of him.

Yes, at present, this army is only stationed in four corners of the barracks, with only five or six tents placed in a wide central military position. It should be the commander of this army who is temporarily living, waiting for the arrival of the army.

From all sides, the entire barracks were surrounded by straight and tall fences. In the fence, a tall sentry tower stood not far away. There was at least one sentry on each sentry tower.

Next to the fence are the discharged Luzhai and Jima. Deep trenches were dug out around the outside to guard against the enemy's sneak attacks. Only two wide exits in the front and back of the camp were left. Now they have been blocked by Luzhai, and it is impossible for anyone to drive in.

The camp was stationed in the first part of the Jiangdong Army's trapping camp led by Gao Shun.

The entire army consists of one hundred rangers, two hundred long and short spearmen, three hundred crossbowmen, and four hundred swords and shields, and a total of one thousand horses.

However, it is now impossible to make up a square formation of a thousand. Yesterday's battle was just one short hour, but nearly a hundred people were killed and killed.

Gao Shun kept his cold and hard face, looked at the neatly arranged soldiers in front of him, thinking about the war that had happened in the past two days.

"Although the speed of the journey was delayed and the drill was carried out for half a day, the hundreds of miles of Shu County could not withstand the delay. It was dragged outside Shu County at noon yesterday."

"These civil servants who were scholars really didn't know how to fight, but they didn't even encounter an ambush along the way. Although my troops were also moving forward step by step, they were not afraid of their ambush. But the combat level of these people was too poor.

They did not realize it until the camp came outside Shu County. It seemed that their comfortable life had been too long, and even the regular basic scouts were not sent out."

"Our army just arrived and started camping, but they relied on their large number of people and sent at least 2,000 troops to defeat my camp in one fell swoop. It was a group of guys who were overestimating their ability.

Just looking at the generals who were in charge of their troops, some of them looked like a mighty general, but unfortunately they were a silver-like wax gun head! They couldn't even make a rush to the battlefield, and they dared to come to fight me in a single fight. Maybe they were too tired of living, so they came to seek death!"

Back to the Lujiang Prefect's Mansion at noon yesterday, Lu Jia was standing in front of the prefect Lu Kang and saying something excitedly.

Originally, the uncle and nephew were sitting and drinking tea in the hall, enjoying a moment of leisure to handle busy official duties in the morning, and chatting about some family gossip.

The guards on duty came in and reported: "Report! Lord Prefect, Wang Yi, the captain of the city gate of the city guard, came to report that there were a hundred thousand urgent matters to meet him!"

The uncle and nephew who were sitting upright above couldn't help but wonder! What urgent things would be for this Captain Wang who was guarding the city gate?

Looking at each other, Lu Kang nodded. Lu Jia nodded when he saw him and said, "Let him come in!"

The captain Wang Yi came into the door and knelt down in the hall, reporting nervously: "Sir, a unit appeared outside the city, with a thousand people. However, no one came to inform us of the purpose of the visit. The subordinates looked at their banner, as if they were from the Yangzhou army. And because their actions were enemies but not friends, the subordinates had already ordered the city gate to close without authorization and rushed to the prefect's office to report the news! Please also ask the prefect to sue!"

There was a crisp sound when Lu Kang's teacup was smashed on the floor made of bluestone. His old face had completely changed color and he sat there in a daze.

He murmured, "I'm here, I'm here! I've thought of it for a long time that Yuan Gonglu would definitely not give up. Unexpectedly, it came so quickly! He was so bold and arrogant to attack the imperial officials? Do he really dare to rebel?"

Lu Kang's tall but thin body was trembling slightly, but no one knew whether he was angry or afraid.

However, Lu Jia, who was the next leader, looked at Lu Kang without saying a long time, and looked at Lu Kang, the increasingly old patriarch, more contemptuous of him: "Class leader - he is old after all! He can no longer see the spirit and heroic spirit of the past in him."

Lu Jia said, "Person Wang, you did a good job! You didn't give these bandits an opportunity to take advantage of! The prefect will reward you. But now the enemy has come to the door, what good strategies do you have to get away from the enemy!"

When Wang Yi heard Lu Jia's words, he recognized that the person who spoke was the confidant of Lord Taishou, Bo Lu Jia, the current head of the prefect's office.

I was overjoyed and thought: "Sure enough, this time I came to report the news. Now when I reward you with me in the future, I will be the first county magistrate of Lujiang who has been vacant for a long time.

Ding Shan was busy arranging the soldiers to defend the city. I didn’t know that those thousand enemy soldiers must be just the enemy’s vanguard! It’s impossible to attack the city immediately, just close the city gate and prevent them from coming in!

I have no brains but still want to compete with me for the position. When I get to the position in the future, I must do these ungrateful guys. Don’t they know that the most important thing is to flatter Shangguan. Is showing my face in front of Shangguan the only way to stand out?"

When Lu Kang heard Lu Jia's question, he realized that he had lost his composure! He calmed down his mood of being shocked and a little confused when he first heard about the enemy situation.

He coughed gently, concealed his embarrassment, and asked, "Yes, Wang Yi, do you have any plans to get rid of the enemy?"

When Wang Yi heard the prefect ask, he was even more surprised and quickly answered confidently: "Two lords, my subordinates think that the enemy is only a thousand newcomers. As long as you give them two thousand people, you will definitely be able to wipe them out of the city."

Lu Jia's eyes lit up after hearing his words, yes! The military book also said that the enemy's troops will be exhausted and weak when they are not stable. When they are not yet stable, they will take advantage of the situation to attack him. This is a good way of fighting! When he looks back, he looks hesitant and doesn't know how to make a decision.

Lu Jia knew his uncle's hesitation and quickly bowed and persuaded him radically: "Uncle! My nephew also thought that what Wang Ziwei said was reasonable! If Wang Yi could bring two thousand strong soldiers, he could take advantage of the arrival of the Yangzhou army and not yet firmly established his foothold and catch them off guard with absolute superior forces! Just defeat him, of course, it is best to destroy them and these soldiers to give them a warning!"

"In this way, we will surely defeat the enemy's sharp edge!"

Lu Kang lifted his old and swollen eyelids and looked at his subordinates and nephew who were actively seeking a fight.

But he thought to himself: "You two are both big-name people. Don't you know the danger of fighting? War will kill people. Wang Yi is eager to make achievements as a general, which is understandable. Lu Jia is becoming more and more ambitious. Humph! Seeing that my old man is about to die, are you eager to make achievements and seize power?"

"He is a threat to Ji'er. It's a pity that Ji'er is too young, otherwise why would I make you so arrogant? It's better to let you fight. If you win, I have the right command! If you lose, I will naturally have a reason to use you to sacrifice the flag! But I think my Lujiang elite soldiers have always been well-trained, so how could they be defeated by the Yangzhou army? I'm really worried!"

Lu Kang had a gloomy face, looking at the two people who were anxious to make a decision, thought for a while and finally said, "Okay! Wang Yi, I will give you two thousand elite soldiers, Lu Jiazhubo is the military supervisor, and go out of the city to defeat this Yangzhou enemy who dares to challenge!

As long as you can defeat them in this first battle, you two will be a great achievement! When I come back, I will definitely reward you on the merits!"

After saying that, he waved his hand and asked the two to go to the schoolyard to order troops.
Chapter completed!
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