Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was very happy to see that Zhou Fa Shang had come to surrender, and gave preferential treatment, worshiping Kaifu, Shunzhou Thorn History, Fenggui Yi County Gong, and Yi Qianhu. and gave five good horses, five prostitutes, five hundred pieces of colour, and gold belts.

At the same time, Nan Chen killed Zhou Fashang's clansmen in the Southern Dynasty, from his brother Zhou Fa Seng down, and since then Zhou Fashang and Nan Chen have formed a grudge against the sky, plus the Northern Zhou Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty has always been generous to him, he is also the same as that Wang Yu, became the vanguard of the destruction of Chen, guarding the front line near Shunzhou near Jiangling, and the Xiangzhou Zhuyuan of the Chen Dynasty back and forth to attack and kill.

In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Fan Meng, the general of the Chen Dynasty, led an army to cross the river and go on a northern expedition, the purpose of which was to eliminate Zhou Fashang, a traitor, but Zhou Fashang first sent a subordinate to deceive Fan Meng, and lied to him that Zhou Fashang's subordinates were not doing well in the Northern Dynasty.

So Fan Meng believed this, as far as the army went deep into the Shunzhou area, Zhou Fashang first sent weak soldiers to challenge, pretending to be invincible in the water battle, fleeing towards Shunzhou City, and also arranged some soldiers to surrender in front of the formation, Fan Meng did not know what the plan was, led all the troops to land and pursue, and Zhou Fashang lured the enemy into the preset area, ambushed the troops, beheaded and tailed Fan Meng's army, and hit hard.

Fan Meng's army was defeated and fled to the riverside, but found that the original fleet left on the river bank had already been seized by those soldiers who had surrendered fraudulently and replaced it with the banner of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, so the whole army collapsed, Fan Meng grabbed a small boat alone before fleeing back to the south bank, and most of the more than 20,000 Nanchen elites surrendered.

Although Zhou Fashang won a big victory in this battle, within a year, Yang Jian became prime minister. Monopoly of power. Sima Wei, who was the governor of Jingzhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty at the time, eliminated difficulties. Out of loyalty to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, or jealousy of his childhood friend Yang Jian, he raised troops against Yang Jian, echoing the Xiangzhou governor Chi Yuan. After Yang Jian eliminated Wei Chi Hui, Sima Xiao knew that Lu Dao was not an opponent, and fled south to Nan Chen, and before leaving, he also sent his generals to besiege Shunzhou City, where Zhou Fashang was located.

At that time, Zhou Fashang's main forces were stationed on the riverbank to guard against Chen Guo, and there were few troops in the city. Unable to hold on, he had to escape from Shunzhou with a few cronies, and the uncle and more than 300 people in the city were all captured by Sima Xiaonan, who dedicated all these people to the Chen Dynasty as a meeting gift, and these people also worked as slaves in the Chen State for ten years and suffered a lot.

Probably Yang Jian also felt a little sorry for Zhou Fashang, so he gave him a generous pension afterwards, moved Hengzhou to take charge of the military affairs of the four states, and changed the title of Duke of Qianjun to 2,000 households. Later, he specially summoned Zhou Fashang when he was visiting Luoyang, and gave Jin Tian a pair of wine bells. Cai 500 paragraphs, 15 good horses, 300 slaves and maids, to advocate one, saying that the world wants to know Yang Jian's favor of this hero who has made great contributions to Sui.

From then on, Zhou Fashang worked even more desperately for the Sui Dynasty, and also accepted Yang Jian's secret decree to serve as the governor of Huangzhou, allowing him to pass through the south of the Yangtze River and observe the movements of the Southern Dynasty.

During the Sui Dynasty's battle to destroy Southern Chen, Zhou Fashang served under Yang Jun's command, led 30,000 troops of the Zhou Division into Fankou, conquered the Chengzhou of the Chen Dynasty and captured the assassin Shi Xiongmenchao, and then held on to the Lujiang River with Zhou Luoyu, a good general of Southern Chen, and failed to form a breakthrough.

It was not until after Chen's death that Zhou Fashang as Wei Huan's reinforcements, led 3,500 Huangzhou soldiers, the second batch entered Lingnan, passing through Guizhou, the western part of Lingnan, along the way, Nan Chen's defenders either surrendered, or were beheaded by Zhou Fashang's army, until they reached Guizhou, and came to meet Mrs. Xian's division, only to return triumphantly, and it was precisely because this army left Lingnan that Wang Zhongxuan and others dared to launch a rebellion.

In the following years, Zhou Fashang was secretly guarded by Yang Jian, transferred back to Daxing, and served as a guard in the palace with his own official position, isolating him from his old department.

It's just that this time Li Guangshi once again rebelled in Guizhou, Wang Shichong and Pei Shiju, who were most familiar with Lingnan, were sent abroad at this time, and Gao Xi remembered the past when Zhou Fashang pacified Guizhou, and promoted him to serve as the deputy head of the Guizhou Road March, as Wang Shiji's deputy, he first went to Donghengzhou in Lingnan and Shixing to recruit troops, and after meeting with Wang Shiji, he went to the front vanguard to quell the rebellion.

Shi Wansui introduced Zhou Fashang's background in one breath, Wang Shicheng was bright in his heart, and said with a smile: "No wonder Marshal Shi wants to say that Zhou Fashang will not necessarily wait for Wang Shiji, this is such a situation, he pacified Guizhou back then, and he has not made military merits for many years, once he is given the opportunity to recruit troops alone as a pioneer this time, how can he not take the great merit alone?" ”

Shi Wansui Ha Luha smiled: "Yes, General Wang, in fact, weren't you and Pei Shilang in the same situation back then, we soldiers have the right to take charge of ourselves and recruit troops on our own, and there is a chance that we will not wait for the army and the commander behind us, this time, since Gao Servant sent this General Zhou directly to Lingnan to recruit troops, in fact, I want to copy the experience of your General Wang back then, and let him make contributions alone." ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Then in that case, why do you want Wang Shiji and Wang Zhuguo to lead an army to follow up in Lingbei?" Let General Zhou do it alone, isn't it over? ”

Shi Wansui glanced up at Zhang Xutuo, Zhang Xutuo understood, and after saluting, he withdrew from the tent, and by the way, the two guards at the door were also far away.

Shi Wansui said in a low voice: "After all, Zhou Fashang is the general of Nan Chen, and his old subordinates and nephews are all over the south, if he is really not restrained, this person will not rule out the possibility of secession and rebellion after arriving in Lingnan, so let him quell the rebellion for the forward, and Wang Shiji will lead the army to monitor the back, so that he does not dare to give birth to two hearts, this is one of them."

Guizhou's Li Guangshi has the possibility of colluding with the neighboring Qianzhong Jiaozhen and the southwestern Jiaozhou Li Fozi, this time that Ren Gui came from Jiaozhou, Li Guangshi has already sent an envoy for help, presumably the Zhenzhen will also send an envoy there, if these three forces collude together, only Zhou Fashang's thousands of Lingnan soldiers may not be able to deal with it, and Wang Shiji's army is also needed as a backing. This is the second one.

Wang Shiji was robbed of his merit by you last time, and this time he was sent to Lingnan as a general, which is a kind of appeasement, even if he was robbed of his merit by Zhou Fashang again, he can't go back directly halfway like last time, at least go to Lingnan armed parade to show the power of the regular army of the Great Sui, it is also necessary, if the situation in the north is not urgent, it is not impossible to destroy the earthquake or Jiaozhou by the way. This is the third. ”

Wang Shichong's heart is bright, Shi Wansui did not say the deeper intention is that Gao Xi let Wang Shiji as the commander this time, it is no longer purely for state affairs as before, but to win over Wang Shiji in the battle for the crown prince, and it is for the same reason that Gao Xi also sent Shi Wansui to Ningzhou, in the case of Yang Su getting farther and farther away from him, only by showing Yang Jian that these Guan Long generals are on his side to support the prince, it is possible to keep Yang Yong, and also to keep his own phase, towards this, It is impossible for Wang Shiji to return again without success this time.

Wang Shichong looked at Shi Wansui, who had a serious face, and also lowered his voice: "In this case, Marshal Shi summoned the last general to come late at night today, what is the important matter to discuss?" Are you going to change the way you play this expedition? ”

A hint of murder flashed in Shi Wansui's eyes: "Yes, if there is no incident in Lingnan, we can follow the original fighting style, mix the troops, and then fight steadily and march all the way with great fanfare." But now it's not good, the soldiers are fast, and then we have to coordinate and consider the relationship between multiple parties so slowly, I'm afraid that when we arrive at the old nest of the planer, maybe Zhou Fashang will also fight there, this guy hasn't fought for eight years, how hungry and thirsty you should imagine. ”

Wang Shichong sighed secretly in his heart, there is nothing in this world that can stop the general's heart of meritorious service, the military general is already enthusiastic, not to mention that there is strategic competition this time, he has experienced several battles, and this time is no exception.

He gritted his teeth, raised his head and said, "Marshal Shi, then we will leave early tomorrow morning." 10,000 Guanzhong troops played the vanguard, and the Shu soldiers let them slow down to ensure logistics, along the way with that Wan Zhiguang, and gave him a share of the most meritorious work, and the troops of the Guanzhong Army must ensure that the elite soldiers are strong. (To be continued......)