Qiao County.
Shangguan Qingcheng stood on the turret of the barracks, looking towards the direction of the official road outside the barracks, his snow-white face was expressionless. There are troops marching on the official road, the armored torrents are like dragons and rivers, the sun is covered by flags, and smoke and dust are billowing.
That's Liu Zhijun's part.
Of course Shangguan Qingcheng knew that Liu Zhijun was one of the top generals under Li Maozhen's command.
If Zhao Bingkun and Zhao Nianci represent the highest level of military generals, then Liu Zhijun is the pinnacle of Li Maozhen's direct line of generals. This person has been fighting with Li Maozhen for many years, not only is he an absolute veteran in terms of qualifications, but also rarely matched in terms of record.
The place Liu Zhijun is going to attack is Suzhou in the south of Wuning.
Capturing Suzhou, controlling the key points of the Huaihe River, cutting off the Wu army's food road, and isolating the Wu army's connection with Huainan are the most important tasks in completing the plan to gather and wipe out the Wu army in Wuning.
Originally, Shangguan Qingcheng should have led the Spike Army to attack Suzhou.
Now, she can only watch Liu Zhijun's army walk past the barracks in front of the barracks. Although she didn't have any expression on her face, the few trusted generals behind her all gritted their teeth, full of resentment.
"General, the great achievement of capturing Suzhou and cutting off the retreat of the Wu army should have been ours, why should we give it to these thieves!"
"Yes, General, the general can't figure it out!"
"General, can you tell King An?"
Faced with the generals' complaints, Shangguan Qingcheng acted as if he hadn't heard it, and didn't answer a word.
She just said at the end: "There are always battles. When you need to use you, just don't let His Highness down."
After hearing her words, the generals shouted even louder.
"Where is there a battle? There is Zhao Nianci on the north road, and Liu Zhijun on the south road. Only after they succeed in the frontal attack will they cooperate with the Gunzhou side to launch a full-scale offensive. "
"Yes, General, our Spike Army has always fought tough battles and made extraordinary achievements!"
"Without a real challenge from a strong enemy, even if you have military merits, it's too small, and it's not enough for us to share..."
The generals were discussing fiercely, as if they were going to mutiny. However, Shangguan Qingcheng always had a calm face, and did not intend to appease everyone's emotions at all.
Not long after, several riders came from the north and went straight to the gate of Daying.
"It's His Royal Highness's messenger!"
"Could it be that there is a new military order that requires us to fight?"
When the generals saw the rider entering the gate, they couldn't help having some kind of fantasy.
Shangguan Qingcheng walked down the turret without saying a word, and led the generals to the tent of the Chinese army.
Soon, the messenger entered the account with the military order.
"King An has an order: Zhao Nianci defeated Xiao County, ordered Shangguan Qingcheng to lead the Spike Army, and rushed to Songzhou immediately after seeing this order, preparing to attack Dangshan..."
Hearing the envoy's words, the generals cheered up immediately, and when Shangguan Qingcheng took over the military order, they laughed and discussed.
"As I said a long time ago, our general has the trust and reliance of His Royal Highness the most. How could it be possible to fight such an important battle against Wuning without our Spike Army?"
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"That bitch Zhao Nianci defeated Xiao County? Haha, I already knew she couldn't do it! No, the general has to take us to teach her how to fight!"
"..."
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A few days later, the second vanguard army, composed of the Spike Army as the core, marched from Songzhou to Dangshan.
Last time, Zhao Nianci led the Hezhong Army as the vanguard. He originally planned to station there after the capture of Dangshan and Xiaoxian, and defend the bridgehead for the subsequent army to conquer Xuzhou. After Zhao Nianci was defeated, the army that had already been dispatched had to retreat.
This time, Shangguan Qingcheng led the army, except for the 30,000 soldiers of the Spike Army, the main force of the previous army had to mobilize some elites to supplement the vanguard army. The supplementary army, except for a part of the Pinglu Army, is mainly composed of the Tianping Army and the Zhongwu Army, with a strength of not less than 200,000.
Xue Wei of the Tianping Army is a veteran who fought with the Pinglu Army. After several battles, the Tianping Army is naturally an elite. In contrast, the Zhongwu Army was a bit worse. When the Shu Army attacked before, they withdrew after defending for a day or two. However, during the Huangchao Rebellion, the Zhongwu Army also fought with Li Ye, and their background was not bad.
Apart from Xue Wei and Zhou Mingrui, there was one other person who followed Shangguan Qingcheng on horseback.
Zhao Nianci.
Her current status is that of a pawn under Shangguan Qingcheng's command, and she has no military position at all. The role given to her in the army is that of Shangguan Qingcheng's personal soldier. She has to be completely driven by Shangguan Qingcheng, not to mention, but also to protect Shangguan Qingcheng's comprehensiveness. If Shangguan Qingcheng makes any mistakes, she will be the first to lose her head.
This is the so-called pawn.
Shangguan Qingcheng has always been reticent, and Xue Wei has long been familiar with him, so now he is chatting with Zhou Mingrui about the battle situation, occasionally asking Shangguan Qingcheng, whether their judgment is right or not. In this way, Zhao Nianci became an outsider, as if he was indeed regarded as a pawn, instead of being that military genius.
This made Zhao Nianci have a gloomy face all the way, as ugly as he could be.
That's all, because Zhou Mingrui was not close to Li Ye, he always flattered the Pinglu Army intentionally or unintentionally in his words, and when it was implemented in the current battle, he couldn't help but sneer at Zhao Nianci who was defeated by Xiao County.
"At that time, people often compared the military generals under King Qi with the Confucian Confucian generals under Gao Pian, saying that the two were equal. The former focused on frontal fighting, and had extraordinary abilities whether it was battles or city defenses, while the latter Pay attention to strategy and calculation, and it is rumored that a true Confucianist will be able to strategize and win a thousand miles."
Zhou Mingrui let out a chuckle, and continued: "But in my opinion, there seems to be a clear difference between fighting head-on and strategizing. Otherwise, Dangshan would not be in the hands of Wu Jun right now. What do you think of Xue Shuai?"
Xue Wei smiled and said: "Who is stronger between King Qi and King Wu, and who is stronger between military strategists and Confucianism. I only know that compared with King An's trilogy, neither Buddhism nor Taoism is worth mentioning. Since If Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are side by side, it is naturally similar."
"Exactly." Zhou Mingrui nodded repeatedly, "If not, there would be no such thing as us attacking Dangshan, haha!"
Hearing this kind of insinuation that the military strategist and King Qi are incompetent, so as to highlight the extraordinary strength of King An's trilogy, flattering Shangguan Qingcheng, and flattering Li Ye, Zhao Nianci wished to cut his ears off.
But she still can't refute, who said that Xiao County's defeat was caused by her own
She doesn't have any right to speak now, forcing sophistry will only bring more heart-pounding ridicule, so she can only endure these humiliations silently.
During the break at noon, Zhao Nianci couldn't wait to turn the horse's head, wanting to stay away from Shangguan Qingcheng and others, so as not to hear Xue Wei and Zhou Mingrui's noise - even if it was just a moment of peace.
However, she hadn't taken two steps before she heard a scolding voice: "Zhao Nianci, where are you going? The general is about to take a rest, see you? As a general's pawn, why don't you go and deliver dry food and water?"
That was one of Shangguan Qingcheng's personal soldiers.
The team is in charge, there are no more than 20 soldiers under its command, and now it is even yelling at Zhao Nianci.
Zhao Nianci turned his head and stared at the young captain, his eyes were full of murderous arrogance.
The captain was not afraid of her eyes, and sneered: "Why, do you think you can do the next thing? If you have the guts, try it and see if the military law will allow you! If you don't have the guts, go and serve General, don't stand in the way!"
Zhao Nianci was so angry that his face was red and his ears were red, his chest heaved violently.
In the end, she chose to serve Shangguan Qingcheng.
She may not be afraid of death, but if she is killed by military law, not to mention that her death is not worth it, and the military family will lose face if it is spread out.
She can only and must endure the humiliation.
After she turned around, she heard the cynicism of the young team: "As the leader of the army, he lost 200,000 soldiers and fled back alone. How dare he still want to be arrogant!"
When Zhao Nianci heard these harsh words, she paused, clenched her fists and bowed her head silently.
Tears welled up in two lines.
She reached out to wipe away the tears on her cheeks, gritted her teeth to get some dry food and water, and buried herself in the place where Shangguan Qingcheng was resting.
"Sit down."
Shangguan Qingcheng took the rations from Zhao Nianci, "Tell me about the situation of Dangshan and Wu Jun."
Zhao Nianci did not sit down, but stood beside Shangguan Qingcheng like a stone sculpture, and said in a blunt tone: "The defeated general, what can I say."
Shangguan Qingcheng unscrewed the plug of the water bag, drank two sips of water, and handed the bag to the other party, "I said when I was in Qiao County, it doesn't matter to me how you fight in Dangshan, as long as I don't let me give it to you." Clean up the mess."
The proud appearance of Zhao Nianci in the military tent at that time flashed in her mind, compared with the distraught Zhao Nianci in front of her, it is naturally a world of difference, like two different people.
Shangguan Qingcheng continued: "Now that the military order is in hand, I have to close this mess. If I can't win this battle, I must win. It's not for you, but for the two hundred thousand soldiers who died, and for the overall situation of the war. Therefore, you must To cooperate."
Two hundred thousand soldiers... Zhao Nianci took the water bag, gritted his teeth, looked up at Shangguan Qingcheng, and said word by word: "Wu's army's combat power is not very outstanding, only Sun Ru... There are few people in this world who can compare to this person's talent!"
"Oh? Tell me more specifically."
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After a while, Shangguan Qingcheng took a look at Zhao Nianci, "So, do you think Wu Jun knows that I am leading the army to attack, and with Sun Ru's disposition and talent, how will he fight?"
Zhao Nianci thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "Wu's infantry is not strong, but the navy is strong. The only possibility for him to keep Dangshan is to defend Dangshan to the death, relying on the strong city defense to consume our army's strength. At the same time, dispatch the navy to infiltrate the upper reaches of Sishui River. , harassing our military supply road!"
After hearing this, Shangguan Qingcheng immediately shook his head: "No."
"No?" Zhao Nianci was startled, "Sun Ru is not like this, what else can I do?"
Shangguan Qingcheng said calmly: "If other generals went to battle, Sun Ru might have acted like this, but this time I was the one who led the army to Dangshan."
When it came to the last two words, although Shangguan Qingcheng's tone did not change, he was full of confidence and domineering throughout his life.
"So what if it's you? Will he be afraid of you?" Zhao Nianci laughed.
Shangguan Qingcheng's tone is still straightforward, which shows that she feels that she is expressing an unquestionable fact, "He will."