Between the two counties of Yuzhang and Linchuan, the confluence of three rivers is already the fringe area of Jiangzhou's prosperity, and then to the south is mostly barren mountains and ravines, and the population is sparse. The remnants of Wang Shu's army are stationed here, the camp fence set up in a hurry is simple and distorted, the soldiers look panicked in the meantime, and there are personal soldiers patrolling through the camp from time to time, and the soldiers are strictly forbidden to leave the tent and wander outside.

Around the big tent of the Chinese army in the barracks, there are hundreds of soldiers in the array, with complete armor and shields, bows and knives, and the water of the entire big tent is impassable. In the open space outside the big tent, there were still a few generals, looking tired and anxious, and frequently looked at the big tent not far away.

Inside the big tent, more than a dozen soldiers stood on both sides of the tent door, breathing and concentrating, almost silent, only their eyes were burning. On the straw mat in front of the tent, Wang Yunzhi held the scabbard in his arms, his head rested on his head, and the cuirass was unloaded aside, when the armor was still draped on his body, his eyes were half-closed and half-closed, and his short beard under his jaw trembled softly with the sound of breathing.

Suddenly, there was an undetectable murmur from the tent, and the breathing of the soldiers froze, and Wang Yunzhi also turned over suddenly, and after a brief confusion, he rushed into the inner tent: "Have you woken up?" ”

"What time is it?"

Wang Shu was half-lying on the marching couch, his face still had a thick tiredness, and his body writhed, and his limbs and bones were like iron cables running through the pain. This pain made him can't help but moan again, but his mind is clearer, he raised his hand to push away the soldiers who wanted to step forward to help, his eyes fell on his son, the corners of his mouth trembled slightly, and he still couldn't laugh after all: "It's hard for my son." ”

"It's past the end of the day!"

Wang Yun stepped forward, put the sword horizontally in front of the couch, carefully wrapped his arms around his father to help him up, and then reached out to take the decoction that had been warm on the small stove, blew away the hot air and served it to his father's mouth, and whispered: "Let the king take care of his body first, don't worry about military affairs, he has his own generals and generals to share the labor." ”

Wang Shu reluctantly took a sip of the bitter decoction, and the hot juice ran down his throat, as if there was really a medicinal power permeating the pain in his limbs. He closed his eyes and reminisced for a while, and then a self-deprecating smile appeared on his face: "The old illness is no longer useful, if it wasn't for my son sacrificing his life to save him, last night's camp would have been killed......

The corners of Wang Yunzhi's mouth trembled, but his throat was like a broken cuff, and he couldn't make any sound, just lowered his head and offered medicine.

"How many of the routs came back last night?"

After drinking a few sips of the decoction, Wang Shu gradually felt that his pain was slightly relieved, and then asked again.

"Two have returned to ......"

Wang Yunzhi's tone was slightly hoarse, and he did not tell the truth. Last night, the Jingzhou army, which was still stationed in Jianchang in the original intelligence, suddenly appeared outside the Yuzhang camp and launched a night attack, which directly caused a large-scale camp roar, and when the chaos occurred, Wang Yunzhi only had time to lead the elite cronies to rescue his father, all the way south, and recruited some soldiers along the way.

After settling down after crossing the river, the inventory of the headquarters was originally more than 8,000 people, but now there are only more than 3,000 left, and except for the elite more than 1,000 of their own troops, the rest are all routs who have no fighting spirit. Originally, there were still a few partial divisions that came in at night, but as the situation gradually became clear after dawn, they all used their own excuses to lead their troops away.

Wang Shu just chuckled when he heard this, and now it doesn't matter what his answer is. In the past nearly a month, accidents have occurred one after another, and a large number of Jiangzhou people have fled, which has caused the people of Jiangzhou to be extremely confused. His forceful repression only resulted in a larger exodus.

The direct consequence of the flight of a large number of local families was that Wang Shu lost control of Jiangzhou as a whole in a very short period of time, and the government decree was completely paralyzed. The decree didn't work, so he did half the work when he gathered the soldiers in Jiangzhou, and it took more than half a month to only gather the soldiers from the tuns around Yuzhang.

At this time, the Jingzhou army had already settled in Xunyang and completely stood firm, and began to come south with great momentum, putting on a sweeping momentum. At the same time, Shen Chong of Dongyangzhou crossed the border into Poyang, directly crushing the nearly 10,000 new troops that Wang Yunzhi had gathered in Poyang!

From the beginning, the defeat was already doomed! The other party has been planning for a long time, reacted in a timely manner, cooperated tacitly, and hit him repeatedly to give him a chance to breathe!

Just give him three months...... No, in a month's time, as long as Wang Yunzhi's new army training is completed, he can stand firm in Poyang and block the Dongyang army, Tao Kan will not dare to go south so quickly, he will have a calm time and opportunity to organize a counterattack here in Yuzhang!

"I'm afraid that the dog has already entered Nanchang at the moment, right?"

Wang Shu looked sideways to the north, and what he saw was only a corner of the tent, and his tone was full of confusion.

In the whole matter, he was not curious about Yuzhou Yuyi's blockade of Dajiang, nor was he curious about Shen Chong's sudden attack on Poyang. The most puzzling thing for him is, why is Tao Kan so aggressive to the south? This is not the old dog's style of doing things.

This time, the three towns jointly attacked, and Wang Shu of Dongyangzhou and Yuzhou were not surprised. Shen Chong himself is accustomed to rebellion, and Yuzhou Yu Yi is not a Chinese person, if it were not for the full help of Wu Zhong's raccoon dog, it would be almost impossible to be a Fang Bo. Now he has long been reduced to a raccoon dog's minions, unable to stand on his own.

Among the three towns, the relationship between Jingjiang is the most tense, and Jingzhou is also the strongest. But in fact, instead of seeing Jingzhou as a threat, Tao Kan's own existence was a guarantee for Wang Shu to consolidate his position. Not to mention that the existence of Jiangzhou itself is to clamp down on Jingzhou, in addition to Wang Shu in the current situation, there is no very good candidate to effectively balance Tao Kan!

However, it was precisely because of this miscalculation that Wang Shu did not pay enough attention to the loophole of Xunyang, so that the Jingzhou army could drive straight into it and deal him a fatal blow!

Even now, Wang Shu still can't guess where Tao Kan's motives are. Could it be that just because of that rumor of killing the king, Tao Kan wanted to put himself to death? That dog is old and cunning, if he really has such a loyal backbone, I am afraid that he will die decades ago!

If it weren't for this, could it be that Tao Kan would be naïve enough to think that if he got rid of himself, he would be able to take Jiangzhou into his arms? He is not afraid that he will be too late and become the target of everyone in Jiangdong who wants to put it to death and hurry up? Even their Wang family is difficult to maintain such a grand state for a long time, how dare this dog do such extravagant thoughts!

Wang Shuzheng closed his eyes and groaned, when suddenly a wave of adverse qi churned in his chest, causing him to cough again and again, and then his sick body convulsed in pain, his face was extremely pale, and the whole person almost rolled off the bed.

"Father's ......"

Seeing this, Wang Yunzhi hurriedly pounced on him, clapping his hands and caressing his father's trembling back.

"It's okay, it's okay......"

After coughing for a long time, Wang Shu relaxed slightly, but his breathing became more disordered, he grabbed his son's wrist with his backhand, and laughed miserably: "In the current situation, what do you think you need to do to resolve this misfortune?" ”

Wang Yunzhi has been exhausted recently, and he has no time to think about this question, and when he heard his father's question, he didn't know how to answer for a while, and only after a long silence did he say: "Now there are still thousands of people in the department, and there is no lack of strength to fight. It is advisable to enter Linchuan, take his money and grain, convene the people of Luling and other counties, and confront Jingzhou across the river. At that time, Taiwan must have also received retribution, and issued an edict of reprimand, and its momentum will collapse by itself, and it will inevitably lose its ground. And then gather the crowd to attack, and you will be able to shame before you go! ”

After Wang Shu heard this, he couldn't help laughing, not because of how clever his son's strategy was, but because he saw that his son's fighting spirit had not collapsed until now, but this laughter turned a little sad in the end: "What if there is no news in Taichung?" ”

"How so? Taibao he ......"

Wang Yunzhi said quickly after hearing this, and then saw that there was no lack of gray in his father's eyes, and his heart sank suddenly.

Wang Shu took out a letter from himself, which was the Taibao letter he received when he was still in Yuzhang earlier, he had read this letter many times, and the content had already been memorized, but recently he still couldn't help but look back at it from time to time, but no matter how many times he read it, he felt frightened. In particular, the large ink stains that were scribbled off on the letterhead, as well as the word "self-degree" at the end, made him feel shocked!

Wang Yunzhi took the letter from his father's hand and hurriedly glanced at it, his face had become extremely gloomy, and his teeth were clenched: "Self-control? What a self-degree! In the middle of the Taibao period of time, the person who was relied on was never the protection of the family's voice, but the mind of everything from the outside! Such unreasonable words hurt ......"

"What if I say, 'This is not slanderous, but the Father has really done it?'

Wang Shu looked at his son and said leisurely.

When Wang Yunzhi heard this, his shoulders were already shocked, and his eyes were full of disbelief: "Father, father, ......"

"It's not a shame that you don't have to look at your father like that. Remember, where there is a great plan, it will be done by all. Where there are one or two achievements, it is by no means the work of one person. To do what the Father does is nothing but to do what many people want to do but dare not do. At this point, you have to learn more from the little raccoon dog of the Shen family. Don't look up to people for everything, and rely on people for everything, and the proportions of it are enough to measure ...... a lifetime."

Wang Shu grabbed his son's wrist, and was about to continue, when suddenly there was a commotion outside the big tent.

Wang Yunzhi's face changed suddenly after hearing this, and with a wave of his hand, several personal soldiers stepped forward to protect Wang Shu, and he quickly got up, and the armor was already neatly draped in the action, and he hurriedly walked out of the big tent.

Wang Shu was half-lying on the couch, his eyebrows shrunk, and he didn't seem to be vigilant because of the commotion outside the tent, but regretted that the gossip of his father and son was interrupted.

After half an hour, Wang Yunzhi hurriedly walked in from outside the tent, holding a long strip of cloth full of handwriting in his hand, handed it to his father after entering the account, and said astringently: "The light boat on the other side of the river shot first, and now it has spread all over the army, and I can't afford to collect ......it."

Wang Shu took the strip of cloth and lowered his head to look at it, and his eyes were already flashing: "This is to put my father and son to death!" ”

The content on the cloth is very simple, but it is written that Wang Shu, the assassin of Jiangzhou, cannot settle the people and calm the land, and the Taige directive summons him to leave office and return to the capital. Jingzhou Thorn Shi Tao Kan Ding Chao meritorious, temporarily in charge of Jiangzhou.

"It's certainly not true, the dog is cheating!"

Seeing that his father's face turned pale, Wang Yunzhi hurriedly said: "Father is less worried, I will immediately gather all the people to go south to Linchuan, please ask my father to be patient for the time being, and wait until Linchuan to do a long-term ......."

"Deep ......"

Seeing that his son was about to leave, Wang Shu opened his mouth to call, the corners of his mouth twitched for a moment, and then he said in a deep voice: "Remember the current state of mind, don't lose anything in the future." ”

Wang Yunzhi was stunned, then nodded, and then hurriedly left the account.

Wang Shu listened attentively to his son's footsteps gradually moving away, and after a long while, he beckoned to the guard: "Give me the knife." ”

"Make the ......"

When the guards heard this, they knelt on the ground in a hurry, but when they saw Wang Shu's eyes turn sharp, they untied their sabers and presented them with both hands.

"Tell my son, Linchuan doesn't have to go, send my father back to the capital later, the dog doesn't dare to harm, and the raccoon dog doesn't dare to harm ......"

Wang Shu stretched out his fingers, rubbed the blade, and after finishing speaking, the knife turned and brushed across his neck!

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"The king is dead? How did he die? ”

Upon learning of Wang Shu's death, Shen Chong was still on his way from Poyang to Yuzhang.

The one who came to report the news was Tao Kan's Pei Rongzhi, seeing Shen Chong's eyebrows frowning and a look of displeasure, he hurriedly lowered his head and said: "Five days ago in the south of Yuzhang County, it is said that he was injured in the chaos and died, and his son Wang Yunzhi temporarily took charge of his subordinates, raised a message to the captain, begging to make way for the funeral......"

Shen Chong pondered for a long time after hearing this, and then said: "Tao Gong is gullible to what his son said? Why don't you take the opportunity to sweep the southern counties? ”

When Pei Rongzhi heard this, his face suddenly became embarrassed, this is really not easy to say, do you want to question Wang Yunzhi for joking with his Lao Tzu's life? Do you want to cut off the head to convey the three armies?

Seeing that Pei Rongzhi was silent, Shen Chong also felt a slight gaffe. It's really too depressed, I didn't expect Wang Shu to die so simply, the original plan should be that the Wang family and his son will resist stubbornly, and turn around the southern counties, he can also take the opportunity to follow behind for a while longer, and take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle.

As a result, it's good now, he has just finished rectifying Poyang here, but Wang Shu is actually dead there, what excuse is there to gallop south and chase after him? After all, nominally, the whole of Jiangzhou was still Tao Kan's post-war interests.

After thinking about it for a long time, Shen Chong was unwilling to turn back to Poyang after all, and held back for a long time before saying: "The current rebellion in Jiangzhou has really hurt too much, and people like Wang Chuming want to be elected and hate the southwest. No wonder Yuzhang Yang Peng Zu rushed into the county and begged me to help. Since Tao Gong has entered the town, he must have settled the chaos. But I was also invited by Yang Pengzu, and it was not good to return before I arrived, and I should return to the town as a gift. ”

You might as well just say you didn't get enough!

After Pei Rongzhi heard this, he already had a secret slander in his heart, and glanced at the poor sheep Dan who was squatting in the prisoner car in the personal army behind Shen Chong, and said in his heart This is the so-called courtesy.

"The Taiwei also knew that Shen made Jun Yuan work hard, so he had already prepared military supplies and escorted him here from the town later. Because I was afraid that you would work hard, I didn't dare to invite. ”

"They are both state affairs, and they are not afraid of hard work. If it weren't for the fact that there were still more than 5,000 chaotic people in Poyang who needed to be pacified, I should have gone south as soon as possible and not let Tao Gong fight alone. Tao Gong was tired from fighting for a long time, how dare he be escorted again. In this way, I ask the Yucang Department, who is temporarily appointed to my department, to accompany me to the south, and I can take it for myself as soon as I have the resources. ”

Shen Chong said as he beckoned to Yu Tiao in the rear, and said: "There is Lao Yu Cangbu who went south to worship Tao Gong, and he also had to tell Tao Gong that the more than 5,000 cross-border thieves have been suppressed and absorbed, so there is no need to worry about this." ”

Yu Tiao came out to receive the order, but he had to sigh in his heart, looking at the word used by people, cross-border thieves, but Jiangzhou does not belong. There are also all incorporated, so don't forget this part when you sacrifice the army. During this period of time, following Shen Chong to do things, he could be regarded as seeing where Shen Zhezi's talent for holding out of water came from in the capital.

Since Tao Kan already had a promise, Shen Chong was no longer in a hurry to go south, and he also understood that he would accept it when he saw it, after all, several commendable tough battles were fought by Jingzhou this time. After he led his troops into Poyang, he basically didn't move much, but he and Yu Yi took advantage of the convenience of water transportation to go up the river and recruit a group of Jiangzhou soldiers in advance.

This is also because Tao Kan really lacks popularity, and a large number of Jiangzhou people are pouring to the east, and there are these villagers shouting, which is really not a white one.

After changing careers and returning to Poyang, Shen Chong met with Yu Yi from the south, and said that Wang Shu had died, and he couldn't help but sigh. Wang Shu died so simply, which was beyond their expectations, and he felt unfinished.

After more than half a month, Yu Tiao, who went south to escort grain and grass supplies, returned, and it seems that Tao Kan has received a lot of money this time, and there is no discount in remuneration. In fact, Shen Chong has no concept of this, Dongyangzhou's resources are only a lot more than Jiangzhou, and it is too troublesome for him to transport them back. The reason why he still blackmailed Tao Kan was mainly to save some capital for his son. He has always known that his son has the obsession of having something to do in the north, so naturally no matter how much money and food he has, it is not too much.

Yu Tiao returned, accompanied by the funeral team of the Wang family. Although they were still antagonistic before, but now that everyone is dead, it is reasonable for everyone to go and pay a look at the remains.

At this time, Wang Shu's department in Jiangzhou had already been disbanded, but the funeral team was still huge, in addition to the nearly 1,000 parts of the Wang family, there were also more than 1,000 escort teams prepared by Tao Kan. There were 2,000 men, all dressed in plain clothing, and they came from the south.

Shen Chong and Yu Yi joined hands to worship, and when they saw Wang Yun, who was kneeling beside the coffin, stepped forward to salute respectfully, Shen Chong whispered to Yu Yi: "This son is fierce and treacherous!" ”

Yu Yi nodded after hearing this, although he and Wang Yunzhi belong to two generations, but in fact, the age gap is not large, and he understands that Wang Yunzhi is extraordinary: "Wang Chuming also took a lot of effort to keep his son. ”

Shen Chong sneered when he heard this, stepped forward and held down the coffin, making a gesture to push it away, but his eyes turned to Wang Yunzhi next to the coffin, but he saw Wang Yunzhi's eyebrows raised, and then he lowered his head and buried his head between his arms, not giving Shen Chong a chance to attack.

Yu Yi gently pulled Shen Chong's clothes belt on the side, and Shen Chong bowed his head slightly and walked out of the mourning hall. Seeing Tao Zhen, who was in charge of the escort, standing on one side, Shen Chong sighed and said, "Do you know where Wang Chuhong's father and son are in Shenjiang?" ”

After hearing this, Tao Zhen hurriedly stood solemnly and replied: "The big ship prepared this time is stable, and there is no danger of sinking the river. ”

"After all, the dog is old and timid, and he has a lot of extravagance!"

Seeing the team slowly moving away, Shen Chong stood beside the road and sighed. Tao Kan sent so many people to escort him, probably because he was worried that he would have bad thoughts. But things have come to this point, is there still room for turnaround? Even if he has the heart, now that Jingzhou is surrounded by it, he has no chance to make a move.

After hearing this, the corners of Yu Yi's mouth couldn't help but grin, and he said in his heart, Do you think that everyone has an excellent son like you, and you can come back in the case of rebellion? Tao Kan is over 70 years old, even if he doesn't worry about his life, he will worry about his death.