In the evening, on the south bank of the Yangtze River, Wang Zhi, the commander of the Liang army, woke up from his dream. Last October, the king's army marched north and fought against the Northern Lu in Hanshan. At that time, Wang Zhi led the guards of the East Palace to participate in the war and experienced a great defeat in person.

The commander Xiao Yuanming, who attacked, and many generals, were defeated and captured after the slums. Wang Zhi's troops fought and retreated, and rushed south with the defeated army.

I finally escaped from the hunt for the enemy cavalry, but since then, I have often had nightmares.

Now, after just a nap, I started a nightmare again, dreaming of the Battle of Hanshan. Although I woke up, the sound of drums and horns in the dream seemed to be still lingering in my ears.

Seeing the sun set in the west, Wang Zhi felt that he was still in shock. Hou Jing had already captured Liyang on the other side and could cross the river at any time. His duty was to defend quarry.

Caishi is a must-fight place for military strategists. As long as the Caishijin River is guarded, the rebels will not be able to land in Jiangnan.

But can we defend it? Most of our subordinates are naval troops, and land battles seem to be impossible.

Wang Zhi couldn't help but ask himself the importance of quarrying. Of course he knew that since Jin Dynasty, every time the military front pointed to Jiankang, quarrying was a must-pass place.

Not to mention the distance, just talk about the time when my uncle raised an army from Yongzhou and the army went downstream by boat, landing in quarry, attacking Jiankang, and then replaced Qi with Liang.

Wang Zhi is the nephew of today. He was born into the Wang family of Langya. He has nine brothers and is all famous today.

He was very literary, and he went to and from the palace and the East Palace to visit the emperor and the prince, and was a guest at the throne. He danced and wrote poems and essays, and wrote poems and essays.

Wang Zhi was the emperor and the prince trusted him. As an assistant to Chunfang, he was in charge of the guardian of the Eastern Palace. He also had important positions and could be called the pillar of the country.

He only leads troops to fight, but he doesn't have much experience. Although he can bend his bow and shoots, he just shoots with others. Don't even say he goes to the battlefield to kill the enemy, he can't even ride a horse.

After all, for the children of the Wang family of Langya, the vulgar behavior of riding a horse is too insulting.

Besides, not being able to ride a horse does not mean that you can't take troops. Xie Xuan, a famous general in the Jin Dynasty, was a descendant of a noble family, and he also trained a strong army and a Northern Palace soldiers to win battles.

But when the war really started, Wang Zhi felt unsure: What if Hou Jing’s rebels crossed the river and attacked?

The more Wang Zhi thought about it, the more worried he felt that there were too few three thousand soldiers in his hands, so he couldn't help but curse the slander Zhu Yi.

Previously, Hou Jing attacked Qiaozhou, succeeded in attacking Liyang in the south, and began to collect ships, as if preparing to cross the river.

When the news reached Jiankang, the Minister of the Capital, Yang Kan, made a suggestion, asking the emperor to send King Shaoling to lead a large army to attack Shouyang, block its nest, and disrupt its military morale.

At the same time, troops were sent to strengthen quarrying defense and beware of Hou Jing's crossing the river.

In this way, Hou Jing's rebels would not be able to advance or retreat, and the morale of the army would inevitably be in chaos, and then they would be like a turtle in a jar and allowed to be dealt with by the court.

However, Zhu Yi said that Hou Jing could not cross the river. The emperor was confused by him and did not listen to Yang Kan's advice and did not send reinforcements to Caishi in time.

Now, Wang Zhi, who was guarding the quarry with the navy, was anxious. As long as there was a little movement on the river, he thought that Hou Jing's rebels were traveling south by boat and were about to dock.

Once the opponent crosses the river to attack, Wang Zhi believes that he can't stop it at all, and he may not have the luck of the Battle of Hanshan and can escape...

As he thought about it, Wang Zhi's back was wet with sweat. The envoy had already reported that the emperor had transferred General Chen Xin of Yunqi to lead troops to change defense and quarrying, and he was transferred to Danyang Yin.

The date for the agreed defense change was this afternoon, but Chen Xin was late.

Caishi is not far from Jiankang. Now that the military situation is urgent, Wang Zhi feels that Chen Xin's troops should not lose their time.

However, the other party will definitely come today, it is just one or two later, so...

It was because the other party lost his time and he was not here, it was because I disobeyed the military order and withdrew without authorization!

Besides, I transferred to Danyang Yin and took office within a deadline, so...

It was Chen Xin who missed the deadline, but I can't miss the deadline for office!

Wang Zhi had made up his plan and ordered his subordinates to retreat to Jiankang and leave immediately because he didn't want to stay here anymore and was frightened.

The general was stunned when he heard this: "Qiu! Now that General Chen has not arrived yet, we withdraw our troops, and no one will guard Caishi."

"No need to say more! Withdraw the troops immediately!" Wang Zhi almost roared. He didn't want to stay here for even a moment. "General Chen's troops will arrive later. How can he say that Caishi is unguarded?"

......

At night, on the north bank of the Yangtze River, Hou Jing's army camp, several wet soldiers were taken into the tent. They looked at Hou Jing, the commander who was not angry and powerful, and quickly reported:

"Monkey King! We have confirmed again that there is no defense of Jiangnan Caishi!"

"What?" Hou Jing was stunned. The news brought back by the scout was beyond his expectations, and the left and right generals also looked at each other.

"Monkey King! We swam across the river and touched the shore again, but there was no figure in the quarry!"

"Impossible!" Xiahou Huan (called Hou Jing in front of Hou Jing) blurted out, "This must be their plan. Set up an ambush and wait for us to land, and then..."

Xiahou Jian said that the other generals agreed. When the soldiers saw this, they were anxious and showed the branches brought from Jiangnan: "There is no strand in the front of us who crossed the river. This branch was broken by quarry on the south bank!"

"We have looked carefully on the shore. There is indeed no soldier or soldier. If there is any falsehood, I would be punished by ceasing!"

The scouts were swearing, and the generals were surprised. On the side, Hou Jing's assistant, the plot leader Wang Wei frowned and looked at the soldiers.

After thinking for a moment, he looked at a middle-aged general who did not speak, and asked, "Mr. Zhuangfu, in your opinion?"

Zhuang Tie, the governor of Liyang County who surrendered to Hou Jing, saw Wang Wei ask a question and replied with a thorn in his mouth: "I am sure what the official said before..."

"The country has been peaceful for a long time, and people are not accustomed to war. When they hear that the king raises troops, they are shocked inside and outside. Perhaps, if they deal with it inappropriately, the generals sent to guard the quarry are a fool..."

"I think it was because of the king's reputation, and he abandoned his troops and fled, so the soldiers dispersed."

"Scared away?" Hou Jing's expression was a little strange after hearing this conclusion: No matter how incompetent the Southern people are, they don't have the courage to do so?

Could it be that he was cheating and leading me across the river, and then attacking halfway?

But the scouts are all veterans, so they should be able to find out clearly. The idea of ​​quarrying tonight was proposed by Zhuang Tie, probably because they knew the reality of quarrying.

Zhuang Tie's whole family was in Hou Jing's hands, so he felt that Zhuang Tie should be unreasonable to lie, and this time he attacked Liyang was to cross the river and land on Caishi.

Even if Zhuang Tie does not offer any advice, he will have to force his crossing the Yangtze River, because this is the only way to survive.

The more Hou Jing thought about it, the more he felt that the guards on the other side were really scared away, and then looked at Wang Wei.

Seeing Wang Wei nodding to him, Hou Jing made up his mind: "Since that's the case, board the ship immediately and cross the river!"

The generals agreed and took the tent in turn to arrange the troops of their troops to cross the river. Zhuang Tie walked out with a little bit of a slight burly.

Before, when Hou Jing's army was approaching Liyang, Zhuang Tie decided to take advantage of his foothold and launch an attack, so he led his troops to attack at night, but ended up losing the devastating defeat and Liyang was also lost.

As a last resort, he had no choice but to surrender Hou Jing.

Because his whole family was controlled by Hou Jing, in order to save his life and gain the trust of the other party, Zhuang Tie suggested that he cross the river from Liyang immediately and land in Caishi in Jiangnan.

He felt that even if he didn't say it, Hou Jing attacked Liyang just to cross the river and attack Jiankang?

This plan is not unpopular. Once successful, Hou Jing can quickly attack Jiankang, with one blow to death.

However, Zhuang Tie calculated clearly: as early as six or seven days ago, His Majesty sent his nephew, General Wang Zhi of Ningyuan, led 3,000 navy troops to patrol the river surface of the quarry area.

When news of Liyang's loss reached Jiankang, a fool could see that Hou Jing was going to cross the Yangtze River from Liyang and climbing ashore in the quarry, so Wang Zhi would definitely be careful.

Then, the court only needed to increase troops to quarre off, and asked King Shaoling, who was already near Zhongli in Huainan, to lead his army to attack Shouyang. In this way, Hou Jing could not advance or retreat, and the morale of the army would inevitably be in chaos and would collapse without fighting.

At that time, he will find another opportunity to cut Hou Jing off, make a meritorious service and become an official, which is the most appropriate thing.

Zhuang Tie has many connections in the court, so he is not afraid of no one helping him to say good things. Even if he cannot make a contribution, he can save his life. In a few years, he will be able to apply for it again.

Therefore, although the advice he offered sounds good, it is actually a trap. The current quarry has three thousand soldiers of the king, which is enough to stop Hou Jing from crossing the river.

As a result, Caishi actually had no soldiers?

True or fake?

Zhuang Tie was confused. After thinking about it, he felt that it must be Wang Zhi who set up an ambush and led Hou Jing's rebels to the shore, and then annihilated them in one fell swoop.

Right?
Chapter completed!