Chapter 656: Praying Mantis Catches Cicadas

Shen Luoyan wore a high bun with green silk like a man, and wore a golden purple and gold crown of the regent of Wu State. He was wearing a delicate and ornate purple leather armor, and a scarlet scarlet scarlet coat was draped over his shoulders. A sparkling jade belt was tied around her waist, and on one side hung a Han Dynasty waist-cinching eight-sided sword full of ancient style, and the bright red sword spikes continued to jump and shake as her pair of deerskin boots stepped on the floor step by step, which was eye-catching.

As soon as she jumped into the conference hall, Chen Dang, Jiang Yanchao, Li Baiyao, Sun Shihan, Chen Dangren, Xu Lingyan, Liu Ziyi and others stood up and saluted, and she returned the salute one by one. Finally, he walked to the top of the hall and sat down, and nodded with his eyes and Du Fuwei, Shan Xiongxin, and Li Zitong, who were only in the second place in the hall.

Du Fuwei was dressed in bright light armor, and he sat in the first place on the lower left of Shen Luoyan, which was the closest to the princess, and also showed that his status in the current Wu Kingdom was only below Shen Luoyan. And in the position on the right, this position has always been occupied by Li Zitong, but today it is sitting by Shan Xiongxin. Li Zitong, the marshal of the South Vietnamese Army, was subservient to him. And Xu Lingyan, the princess's original descendants, sat farther away. As for Sun Shihan and Chen Dangren, the generals who once stood in the line, they were even more at the bottom at this time.

In addition to the worried generals such as Sun Shihan and Chen Dangren, there was also Chen Dang, a general who suffered a big defeat in Jiujiang, at the end. At this time, he had already lost half of the prestige of the regent general, lowered his head, knelt beside the hall door, and didn't even dare to breathe a sigh.

The other generals also took their seats. In addition to the generals of the various armies, there are those present. There are also many nobles and officials who escaped from the counties of Jiangdong and Jiankang City, these people were originally going to flee to Jianghan, but they encountered a large army that came back on the way, so naturally no one mentioned going to Jianghan anymore, and all stayed in the barracks.

Chen Dang cautiously looked at the ministers in the hall, and sighed secretly in his heart. As the base camp of Wu State, Jiangdong has actually become such a situation at this time, and there are so many people left in the entire imperial court gathered here, even if the counterattack is really successful this time, I am afraid that Wu Guo will be angry and injured. However, at this time, he didn't have the heart to pay attention to the situation of Wu Guosu. What he is most worried about now is his net worth and how long he can keep his head. The princess had previously asked him and Jiang Yanchao and others to lead the soldiers and horses of the five counties of Jiujiang to capture Jian'an, cut off the back road of the Baiyue army, and pursue the Baiyue army from behind. However, they were shocked by the bloody slaughter of the local soldiers next to Zhejiang, and carefully avoided the battle along the way. Didn't dare to really catch up. Lost Jiujiang first, and then didn't complete the task assigned by the princess, he felt that he might have to lie down and go out for a while.

"General Chen, your Jiujiang City is really beautifully guarded. 5,000 people guarded Jiujiang, but it was actually broken by Hu Hai's 3,000 people in just one hour. It's a long insight to say this. Wang Xiongdan, the general of the Huainan Army, smiled at Chen Dang behind him, his tone was indescribably cheerful, full of schadenfreude. Ximen Junyi, another general of the Huainan Army beside him, also smiled: "Yes, yes, if it weren't for General Chen Dang who lost Jiujiang." We won't rush back as soon as we arrive in the city. Otherwise, maybe Xiangyang City has already been captured by our Huainan army! What do you say about this, spending millions of dollars and food, mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops, and finally killing Jiangxia, but before the battle started, he had to return in a hurry. Not to mention the merits of the laborers, now the entire Jiangdong has almost been lost. ”

Shame on your mother, Chen Dang didn't dare to have the slightest anger on his face, but in his heart, he had already greeted the family members of the generals of the Huainan Army. Although Hu Hai had 3,000 men, he captured Jiujiang City, which was defended by 5,000 men. But is Jiujiang City an ordinary city? The city was originally automatically let out by Chen Jun, and the time was in a hurry, and he hadn't even come to clear and sweep away the hidden piles left by Chen Jun. What's more, the combat effectiveness of the Northern Chen Army has always been stronger than that of the Southern Chen Army, which is a well-known thing. Chen Dang's heart was bitter. Even the army of more than 100,000 troops of Lao Wu couldn't stop Chen's 30,000 horses, not to mention that he was fighting against 3,000 with 5,000. Deal with Chen Jun. Without double or triple the number of troops, it is simply difficult to fight. …,

Among the generals, Shan Xiongxin was relatively gentle, he looked at Chen Dang and decomposed for him and said: "Although General Chen Dang lost Jiujiang, he still retains half of the soldiers and horses. Although Chen Jun only has 3,000 soldiers and horses, Hu Hai is a veteran general in Chen's army, not to mention that Xu Shiji is even more resourceful, when I was in the Central Plains with him, he was also a well-known figure. General Chen Dang can still retreat with his whole body against two North Chen Meng, which is already good. Too much harshness will not help. ”

Although Shan Xiongxin bluntly said that he was not as good as Hu Hai and Xu Shiji, Chen Dang still had to admit this favor, and said with a wry smile: "Thank you for the unit handsome, compared with Hu Hai and Xu Shiji, the last general is indeed inferior." ”

Shen Luoyan sat on it and watched the generals below stand on each other's hills and attack each other, but they didn't participate. After the generals had been arguing for a while, she gently tapped on the table a few times, and the hall suddenly fell silent.

"The merits and demerits should not be discussed after this battle." Shen Luoyan's voice was not high, but when her gaze swept over everyone, all the generals felt a coercion, and under this coercion, the generals sat down one after another. "Now, let's start working on the next step of the plan. Ladies and gentlemen, are all armies in place now? ”

Chen Dang was the first to get up and go out of the ranks, he saluted respectfully to the regent and said: "Report to Her Royal Highness the Princess Regent, the last general and General Jiang and other troops of 22,000 men and horses, along the way to collect the noble armies and town garrisons of Jian'an, Yuhang and other counties, and now a total of 35,000 men and horses have been sequeled. At present, the whole army of 35,000 men and horses has reached the designated Jiulong Mountain, and has recovered the four cities of Changshu, Jiangyin, Wuxi, and Jinling. Our actions are very secretive, so far, Chen Jun has not discovered the movements of our army, and the canal, Taihu Lake, Songjiang, and several major landing ports on the south bank of the Yangtze River estuary have all been controlled by our troops. ”

"Regent Hongfu! God willing, as a result, the easternmost direction of Biling and Wu County has been recaptured and occupied by our army, and the passage for Chen's army to flee east has been cut off by us. ‘

"35,000 men blocked the easternmost side, which could not only prevent the Northern Chen army from escaping eastward at that time, but also prevent the Northern Chen army from landing reinforcements from the sea at that time."

Jiang Yanchao over there even said loudly: "It's a pity that I didn't meet the sweeping soldiers and horses of Bei Chen going south this time, otherwise we could have solved them first." ”

Shen Luoyan was obviously a little disappointed with Chen Dang and Jiang Yanchao, who lost Jiujiang so easily last time, and didn't care how he boasted at this time, he just said lightly: "What about the soldiers and horses of the other marshals?" But it's all in place? ”

Sun Shihan and Chen Guoren also hurriedly came out at this time: "Report to Your Highness, the last general has arrived in Xuancheng County two days ago." If it weren't for His Highness's order for me to hide my whereabouts and suspend the operation, our department would have launched an attack on the quarry. Now, according to the order of His Royal Highness, 50,000 horses and horses are secretly stationed in the Jingting Mountain of Xuancheng, more than 100 miles southeast of Dangtu City, and our department has recovered the three cities in the southwest of Jingxian County, Xuancheng and Sui'an, and the passages in the southwest of the quarrying have been secretly cut off. ”

Shen Luoyan nodded, turned his head to Du Fuwei and said, "What about the three handsomes?" ”

Shan Xiongxin said lightly: "Our department has all arrived at Lishui near Quarry and Jiankang, and we can launch a counterattack at any time!" ”

"Our troops have all arrived in Qu'a, as long as His Royal Highness gives an order, we can recapture the important town of Jingkou in half a day!" Li Zitong also said confidently.

"I, the officers and men of the Huainan Army, have arrived at the point of secretly moving to Jurong, and the whole army is ready to fight!" Duvowe Road.

Shen Luoyan got up and stood in front of the large Jiangdong military defense map hanging on the screen to watch carefully. After a while, he nodded with satisfaction and said: "Okay, 35,000 people under Chen Dang and Jiang Yanchao are stationed in Jiulong Mountain, and they are stationed in the four cities of Changshu, Wuxi, Jiangyin, and Jinling. Block the passage southeast of Jiankang and prevent the landing of reinforcements from the Chen army that may arrive from the sea! ”…,

"The two generals Sun Shihan and Chen Guoren led 50,000 horses to garrison Jingting Mountain, guarding Yicheng, Jingxian, and Sui'an, blocking the southwest road of Jiankang to prevent the Northern Chen army from escaping from the southwest after the defeat."

"The unit marshal led the Zhennan Army to attack quarrying from Lishui, Marshal Du Fuwei led the Huainan Army to attack Jiankang from Jurong, and Marshal Li Zitong led the South Vietnamese Army to attack Jingkou from Qu'a. The main palace led the headquarters of the base camp to garrison Tianmu Mountain in Yuhang, ready to respond to all directions at any time, and was responsible for clearing all the Chen troops who were out of the encirclement. ”

"All the ministries are ready, Jiankang City is currently in danger, and the city can be broken overnight. Therefore, later the generals will return to their headquarters army, and at the time of the third watch tonight, our 300,000 army will be divided into six divisions, and the Huainan Army, the Zhennan Army, and the South Vietnamese Army will attack Quarry, Jiankang, and Jingkou. The remaining three divisions are responsible for blockading and encircling all the Chen troops in the northeast of the Yangtze River, and must completely annihilate all the Chen troops in the south in one battle. ”

Shen Luoyan's tone carried a strong confidence in it, and he paused and said: "Everyone, this battle is related to millions of people in my Wu country, and this battle must be won and not defeated. Remember, the most important thing at the beginning of this battle is to recapture the two major ferries of Quarry and Jingkou as quickly as possible, as long as we capture the two major ferries, then the Northern Chen army will be completely surrounded by us. As long as you capture the two ferries, this battle will be won! ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, ninety percent of all the Chen troops on the Huaisi front line have crossed the Yangtze River, as long as this battle is won, we will be able to counterattack the northern expedition of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop, and we will be able to capture dozens of counties in Huaisi without much effort. This is a godsend, and we must not miss it! ”

"Victory! Win! The generals shouted in unison.

Shen Luoyan was also surging for a while, and it was a complete failure to go out of Jianghan, but this crisis in Jiangdong made her find a great opportunity. She risked losing Jiankang, laid out such a big situation, the victory was already in hand, seeing that she was about to defeat the tens of thousands of troops of Beichen in one fell swoop, and she could counterattack the Northern Expedition in one fell swoop, how could she not be excited, she really hoped that the moment would come sooner, and she hoped to see Chen Kefu's reaction at that time! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )