Jiangzhou Prefecture Zhihukou, the study in the backyard of the state government, the king of Changsha and Chen Shujian, the assassin of Jiangzhou, sat on the couch in a daze, he looked at the grass and trees outside the window with his eyes blank, and the entourage around him stood without saying a word.

The food on the dining table was no longer hot, and Chen Shujian didn't taste a single bite from the moment he brought it in.

Three days ago, in the early hours of the morning, he was called up, and although he was a little annoyed, he was distraught when he learned of the emergency military situation: something had happened to the Cisse Mountain.

In the early hours of the morning, the beacon fire ignited in Xisai Mountain, and the beacon sui relayed the military information all the way to the downstream Jiangzhou Huangkou, although the specific situation was not known, but the people who learned the news were all heartbroken: the Zhou army was coming.

Who else can there be, the Zhou army in Jiangbei has been shrinking back and not triggering for a while, with the five continents in the river and Yanji in the south of the Yangtze River, the Zhou army can go down the river at any time to attack Xisai Mountain, which is not too far away.

"It's all autumn harvest and it doesn't stop, don't you have to harvest rice?" Chen Shujian muttered to himself, and the entourage on the side wanted to say something when they saw this, but when they saw his pale face, they continued to bow their heads and remain silent.

Chen Shujian was very annoying, in May, as the commander of the army, he led the troops westward, and then the days got worse and worse, the Zhengrongzhou water battle was defeated, the Zhou army came and went freely in Wuchang, and attacked along the river to pull out many Chen army beacon sentry forts, in this robbery-style combat mode, Chen Guo suffered a lot of losses, but there was no way to take the Zhou army.

Not only that, Chen Guo's use of troops against Jiangbei ended in a fiasco, and the way to attack Jiangbei Jinzhou was not under Chen Shujian's control, but the soldiers and horses that attacked Qichang in Qizhou Prefecture in Jiangbei were sent by him, and the result was still a fiasco.

The Zhou army entrenched in the five continents in the river to hold the Yangtze River waterway, and occupied Yanji in the south of the Yangtze River as a stronghold, Chen Shujian sent soldiers and horses to attack Yanji, but the teeth were broken and could not be gnawed.

The situation in Yingzhou was eroded, and a series of defeats made the coach Chen Shujian's face gloomy, and the imperial court transferred him to Jiangzhou to do assassination to get rid of Yingzhou's military affairs, but not long after taking office, Zhou Jun came again.

The target chosen was actually Xisai Mountain, where the land and water army was stationed, and Chen Shujian felt that his performance was too poor for the other party to look down on, and he thought that he was a fish belly, so he bullied him vigorously.

In the early hours of the morning, he did not dare to delay when he got an urgent report, and hurried to the state government to convene the generals to discuss the matter, first of all, to strengthen the city defense to prevent enemy troops from attacking the city or anyone to make trouble, and secondly, to send an order to let the water village strengthen its defense, and the large and small warships were ready for war.

Then it is to mobilize reinforcements, in order to prevent the Zhou army from encircling the point and ambushing in the middle of the road, Chen Shujian and the generals discussed and decided to wait for the reinforcements to set off again after dawn.

That is, it shouldn't be, as usual, Chen Shujian won't worry, although he is not a famous general, he has also led soldiers, according to common sense, this should be reassuring, but now it is different.

Zhou Fashang, Chen Shujian's enemy, this warlike Erlang is now wandering in Jiangbei, this person is colluding with that snake-like one-legged bronze man Yu Wenwen, anything can happen.

Zhou Fashang was the adjutant of Chen Shuling, the king of Shixing, and Chen Shuling, who ranked second among the princes, and Chen Shujian, who ranked fourth, were mortal enemies.

He sued his father that Zhou Fashang rebelled, so Zhou Dalang Zhou Fashang was imprisoned and finally died, and Zhou Fashang defected to the Northern Dynasty with his family, and the glory and wealth of the Zhou family in the Southern Dynasty disappeared.

This feud is endless, Chen Shujian is not afraid that Zhou Fashang will come to seek revenge, but since he led the army westward in May, the danger has become greater and greater after arriving at the boundary of Yingzhou, he has found out clearly, Zhou Fashang, as the head of Zhou's naval army, commanded the Zhou army to defeat the official army in Parrot Continent and Zhengrong Continent.

Think about the battle of Zhengrongzhou, when he almost led the rear team into Zhou Fashang's army, and if he was unfortunately captured, he would have died a miserable death.

In all fairness, according to his identity, even if he is captured, he has no worries about his life, Zhou Fashang is just a rebel general living in the Northern Dynasty, even if he wants to kill him, he doesn't dare to kill him, but with that Yuwen Wen's support, it's different.

Chen Shuling, the king of Shixing, was captured, Yuwenwen said that he would kill him, and he was no exception when he was captured, because Yuwenwen had already colluded with Zhou Fashang, and the fiasco of the officials and troops under Qichang City was the work of these two people.

The Zhou army that attacked Xin Cai was also sent by these two people, and this time the Zhou army attacked Xisai Mountain, maybe these two people were doing ghosts, and the target might also include him Chen Shujian.

Chen Shujian's uneasiness became more and more serious when he thought about this, and carefully recalled the arrangements made in the past three days, and was relieved to judge that the mouth was solid, not only that, but he remembered that there were three iron cables across the river in Xisai Mountain, and the guards were also cautious people, so it should not be a big problem.

Sooner or later, the Jiangbei Zhou army will make a comeback, this is a conclusion that everyone has already set, so the countermeasure has been formulated: hold on and wait for the strength of the naval army to recover before counterattacking.

Whether it is Xiakou or Wuchang, or Jiangzhou Prefecture, the new warships are being prepared, the newly recruited naval soldiers are training, and in a few months they will be able to compete for control of the Yangtze River, and the days when the Zhou army can come and go freely will no longer be there.

Unable to cross the Yangtze River moat, the Zhou army would not be able to cross the river to attack and harass, and the crops in various parts of Yingzhou could also be sown with peace of mind, and the heavy logistical pressure of the garrison would be reduced, so for the southern invasion of the Zhou army after the autumn harvest, the generals of the Chen army were ready.

In fact, he was prepared in advance, so after Chen Shujian calmed down, he felt that Xisai Mountain would be safe and sound, with the Hengjiang Iron Cable, the Zhou army could not directly attack the naval camp, and the naval army stationed in Xisaishan was not weak, enough to repel the attacking Zhou naval army.

There is no need to worry about Lu Zhai, the camp between the two mountains is impregnable, and the Zhou army will either attack from the west by land, or defeat the naval army to land and attack from the east, anyway, it is not easy to attack from that side.

Xisai Mountain is about two hundred miles away from the water and land, of course, Yangxin will be closer, about one hundred and twenty or thirty miles, and the arrival of Yangxin reinforcements in Xisai Mountain is three days at the latest, plus the Jiangzhou reinforcements that arrived later, Chen Shujian felt that Xisai Mountain must be fine.

There is also the Weiyuan Kou, which is more than 20 miles to the east, and there are thousands of garrisons there, Chen Shujian feels that it will not be a problem to defend it for a few days, but he is still worried in his heart, and he always feels that something will happen.

The only possibility is to attack the east and the west, of course, the Zhou army is not attacking Wuchang in the west, it is not the Huangkou in the east, so Chen Shujian has been restless for the past few days, and he is worried that the enemy Zhou Fashang will lead the troops to raid and kill him, and he is even worried to the point that he doesn't think about tea and dinner.

Chen Shujian adjusted his mood, let people come in and take down the food to heat it so that he could eat, he walked out of the study and came to the courtyard to breathe, looking at the red, green and green flowers and plants, his mood just improved, but he saw a few crows falling on the roof.

It was not a good sign to meet crows, and the entourage saw that Chen Shujian's mood instantly deteriorated and hurriedly drove the crows away, but those crows flew off the roof but did not leave, circling around the yard in the sky and croaking constantly.

Chen Shuling turned his head and left, and just after walking a few steps, he saw several people running over in a hurry, saying that there was an urgent military information coming back from Xisai Mountain, and when he heard that people were in the front yard, he immediately walked quickly to the front yard.

"How's it going?" Chen Shuling asked, seeing the dejected appearance of the three people in front of him, an ominous premonition rose in his heart, and sure enough, the next answer made him like a lightning strike: Xisai Mountain was lost.

This news made everyone present stunned, tens of thousands of water and land soldiers and horses were stationed in Xisai Mountain, how could the well-defended water and land villages be taken by the Zhou army in a short time, many people couldn't believe their ears.

"When did the Zhou army capture Mount Xisai?" Someone asked, and the person who came said that it was the Zhou army that attacked down the river in the early morning of that day, and conquered the water and land villages as soon as dawn dawned.

"So fast!" Many people were amazed.

"Could it be that there is a mole who responds!" Chen Shujian gritted his teeth and asked, he had been stationed in Xisai Mountain for a period of time, and he didn't think that Zhou Jun could take Xixi Mountain with a fierce attack alone, and only the mole would make it easy for the other party to succeed.

The three people who came back to report the news were all dressed in military uniforms, and the leader was a herald sent by the Jiangzhou reinforcements to reinforce Xisai Mountain, and the other two were survivors of the Xisai Mountain garrison.

In the early morning of that day, the Zhou army went down the river to attack Xisai Mountain, and when passing through the Huangshiji River, the garrison lit a fire in time to warn them, and the Xisai Mountain garrison immediately sounded the horn to warn after receiving the warning, and the sailors quickly drove the boat to attack.

The Zhou army was extremely fast, and I don't know what method was used, and the three Hengjiang iron cables pulled by Xisai Mountain were instantly broken, and they were blocked when the Chen army's warship had just time to leave the water village.

"They built a wall of vehicles and boats to block the warships in the water, and then they set them on fire while the wind was blowing," one soldier said, with trepidation.

The Chen army's warships were squeezed into a pile and then 'burned the ship', together with the shore of the water village were turned into a sea of fire, the Zhou army took advantage of the situation to land and chase the rout to attack the Lu Village, and there were strange soldiers from the north end of the Lu Village Xisai Mountain Wall slope down, the internal and external attack under the Lu Village lost and the defenders killed themselves.

"Down the slope" Chen Shuling muttered to himself, his body was unstable for a while, and he didn't fall down because of the support of others, he knew that the north end was the steep slope of Xisai Mountain, and no one could safely come down from the mountain, but Zhou Jun did it.

The important place of Xisai Mountain was over, and it was originally thought that the garrison would be able to hold out until the reinforcements arrived, but it was easily broken through the camp by the Zhou army, and there was no doubt that the whole army was destroyed with a large number of warships stationed there.

"After the Zhou army broke the village, all the prisoners were loaded on the ship, and I waited for a few to escape easily by taking advantage of the chaos, and later escaped with reinforcements." The soldiers talked about their escape adventures, but Chen Shujian couldn't listen anymore.

Xisai Mountain is finished, tens of thousands of troops suffered heavy casualties, the naval warships were lost, and the surviving soldiers were all taken to Jiangbei without exception.

The mountains of grain and grass were gone, and the camp was flattened, just like Wuchang that was taken care of by the Zhou army, leaving nothing but corpses all over the ground.

Not only that, but the Huangshiji camp in the northwest of Xisai Mountain was also breached subsequently, and the same was taken away alive, and the camp was destroyed, leaving corpses and ruins all over the ground.

Chen Shujian only felt that he wanted to cry without tears, he had been transferred to Jiangzhou Assassin History, Xisai Mountain was not the defense of Jiangzhou, so it was not his main responsibility to lose it, but as Chen Guozong's family, seeing such a fiasco of the official army, his heart was already faintly painful.

Seeing that Chen Shujian was depressed, the herald wanted to say something, and after a moment of struggle, he mustered up the courage to say: "The king envoy, the enemy's commander-in-chief, it is the one-legged bronze man who left a message, saying that he asked the envoy to open it himself" (to be continued.) )