After being reborn, I became a scumbag and his aunt

Chapter 426 Ghost Face General (Part [-])
The shopkeeper's reply, "General Fu led [-] soldiers and horses to stand by near Cizhou. He has been investigating the news. He said that there seems to be another army mobilization near Cizhou. Maybe the prince secretly mobilized troops from nearby states."

Zhao Chen said, "General Ghost Face."

The shopkeeper was puzzled, "Ghost-faced general? Your Highness has also heard this rumor? I heard that his face was like a ghost, and he raised his sword and entered the enemy's formation as if he had entered no one's territory. He broke the Xiliang Army's so-called indestructible Nine Palaces and Bagua Formation. The humble staff thought it was fabricated by everyone.”

Zhao Chen shook his head slowly, "It's not a fabrication."

He not only heard about it, but also got his help.After the failed peace negotiations in the previous world, he was able to lead the Northwest Army to repel the Xiliang Army, thanks to the help of General Ghost Face.

At that time, the Northwest Army had very few soldiers and horses left. Most of them were mobilized from the Liangchuan Camp, the Dingbei Army and the Southwest Army, but they still managed to support them.

At that time, Xiliang had already occupied several states in the northwest, and the northwest gate of Dazhou was opened.And the occupied state capital provided the Xiliang army with a steady stream of food and grass, so that they had no worries and were like a tiger with wings added.

At that time, the northwest of the Great Zhou Dynasty was like a river breaking its embankment, with Xiliang troops pouring in everywhere, making it impossible to guard against.Hundreds of thousands of iron hooves from Xiliang easily drove straight in, threatening the capital.

This is a war of annihilation.

Just when the last barrier, Liang Chuan, was about to fall, General Ghost Face appeared.

As in the legend, he was dressed in black armor and had a face like a ghost. He led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to stop the Xiliang army outside Liangchuan City.

During the one-year difficult battle with Xiliang, the ghost-faced general appeared several times, and then disappeared without a sound, never showing his true face.

If it was he who came, then Cizhou could not be safe.

The shopkeeper said with a smile, "Nine out of ten he will be the prince. Besides Lu Xiaoshen general, who else can have such abilities."

Zhao Chen knew it wasn't.

It is rumored that the ghost-faced general is Lu Bing, but when the ghost-faced general helped him in the previous life, Lu Bing had already been beheaded, so it couldn't be him.

He thought about all the capable and famous generals of the Great Zhou, and ruled them out one by one, but he never guessed who this person was.

He once suspected it was Zhao Chengyuan, but he sent someone to investigate Zhao Chengyuan's whereabouts, but found that it was impossible.Zhao Chengyuan stayed in the capital for a while after the Anling Marquis Mansion was destroyed, and then returned to Jinzhou, never leaving for half a step.Officials from the Jinzhou government and even spies from the Prince's government can testify.

Zhao Chen said, "The son just went to Cizhou, so it's impossible to move so quickly. Send someone to investigate, but don't conflict with him."

He paused, "If General Fu meets the opponent's soldiers and horses, let him show his son's name."

The shopkeeper clapped his hands and said with a smile, "This is a good trick. If he is the prince, he will naturally expose General Fu. If he is not, then General Fu's identity as a soldier will be covered up."

The crown prince established this private army a year ago, and set up this stronghold in the border town to inquire about Xiliang.He secretly guessed in his heart that the emperor is now in his prime, but the crown prince is already in his twenties, and he may have decades to wait until the end of the emperor's birthday.I'm afraid the crown prince can't wait any longer, he wants to imitate the emperor back then?

He didn't know until today that the crown prince's move was so subtle, and by using this battle to completely control the Northwest Army, the power in the crown prince's hands would be unmatched.

Zhao Chen stared at him, as if he could see through his thoughts, "I asked you to do it, you just need to do it well, and you can't miss a single step. What I want is the stability of Da Zhou."

The shopkeeper's expression was awe-inspiring, he put away his speculation, and said respectfully, "I obey my orders!"

Zhao Chen said softly, "Back off."

The shopkeeper bowed and retreated.

Zhao Chen drank half a jug of wine with side dishes, and just about to raise his hand to pour more wine, Wei Xiao took the jug away, raised his head and poured down the half jug of wine.

Zhao Chen looked at him with heavy eyebrows.Wei Xiao has always kept his duty, and is rarely so bold.

Because Wei Xiao has to stay awake at all times, he has never drank alcohol.After a while, his face turned red.

He hugged the jug, and looked at Zhao Chen with red eyes, "The prince is still wounded, and he is still drinking soup and medicine, so he can't drink alcohol. If you ruin your body like this, I'm afraid you won't be able to return to the capital!"

Zhao Chen shook the wine glass in his hand.

He is flustered.

For more than a month, he didn't dare to relax, he felt that he was going to be unable to hold on.He drank to relax himself.

No one knows what the final direction of this war is, and what its failure means.

"Okay, stop drinking."

Zhao Chen got up, dragged his heavy body and walked away slowly.

Wei Xiaohong looked at the prince's almost collapsed shoulders, hugged the flagon in his arms even tighter, and quickly followed.

Zhao Chen returned to the barracks and went straight to the general's camp.

An Linghou was standing in front of the sand table, frowning tightly.

Although he is not a very talented person, he is extremely diligent and will not slack off military affairs just because his son supports the sky.

An Linghou came out a few steps to greet him, and bowed his hands in salute.

"I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince went to the city to drink." He could smell the alcohol on the Prince's body while speaking, and he said with concern, "Your Highness is injured now, so you should drink less."

"Lonely knows."

Zhao Chen paced to the sand table, which was the sand table of the entire northwest border, it was huge, and there were mountains and towns on it.

He pointed to a place and said, "The prince is here now, right?"

There was a flash of astonishment in An Linghou's eyes, "Why did Your Highness say that?"

Zhao Chen said in a low voice, "Now more than [-] Xiliang troops are outside the pass, but the prince has been away for three days and has not returned, so there must be more urgent military affairs than this."

He pointed to several mountains, "Here, here, are all mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Only Cizhou, the terrain is flat and wide, and the city wall stretches for more than ten miles. Did Xiliang have a large army to fight over? Cizhou has [-] soldiers Ma, I'm afraid Xiliang is several times stronger than him?"

Marquis Anling cupped his hands in admiration, "Your Highness's analysis is very good. I just received the urgent report from Cizhou. There is a large army approaching Cizhou from Xiliang. I'm afraid there is already a fight."

He frowned worriedly, "At this critical moment, I don't know what to do... I am going to discuss with His Highness how many soldiers and horses to send to reinforce. Also, who should lead the troops?"

Although his words were perfunctory to the prince, the worry in his heart was true, and it was true that he wanted to send troops.What is the use of Lu Bing going to Cizhou alone without a single soldier?No matter how good a leader is, facing such a disparity in the number of enemies and us, it may be difficult to deal with it.

Zhao Chen stared at him, "There are less than [-] soldiers and horses in the border city, and there are more than [-] Xiliang troops outside the city. How much does An Linghou think it is appropriate to withdraw? The border city has already left the prince, the chief general, who do you plan to withdraw? "

Although the defeat in the previous life was mainly due to the fact that the Northwest Army had too few soldiers and horses, but the entire Northwest Army was supported by the prince alone, and it was inevitable that he would lose sight of the other. I am afraid that this was also an important reason for the defeat.

No wonder Mr. Lu always regretted that his eldest son and second son died in battle at a young age, and in the end he had no choice but to let the youngest son who stayed in Beijing to "remain seedlings" inherit the title.His youngest son didn't inherit half of the style of a general. He was obsessed with poetry and books all day long, and he was determined to enter the Imperial Academy.

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(End of this chapter)