Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 592: Invincible Under the Second Rank

Nangong Xian had met Yue Ruyan before when he was in Jiangnan. He bowed to Yue Ruyan and said respectfully, "I will rely on General Yue for this trip."

Yue Ruyan politely responded: "You are my senior, so I will have to listen to you on this trip."

Nangong Xian is Nangong Ru's biological father. It's okay for Chen Mo to order him around, but it's not okay for her to treat Nangong Xian like a subordinate.

After the two exchanged a few polite words, Chen Mo said, "I will have the Suzaku Guard allocate five red-coated cannons and a hundred shells to you. Take them with you when you set out later."

Hearing this, Nangong Xian's eyes lit up. He had previously learned from the military reports that the red cannon played a major role in helping Duke Anguo destroy Jin Xia's Eastern Army.

Now that the Fish Scale Guard has this item to help him, and with the support of General Yue, he is very confident that he can defeat King Huai.

"Also, I have something else for you to do." Chen Mo walked to the side.

Nangong Xian understood that this was a private explanation, so he hurriedly followed.

In the back hall of the yamen, in an empty corridor.

"I have asked Zuo Lianglun to go to Yuzhou to mobilize troops, so I order you to draw out a battalion from the Yulin Guard and ride on the Yulin Guard's warships to the south bank of Qingzhou to pick up the troops coming from Yuzhou." Chen Mo said in a deep voice.

Nangong Xian was shocked to find that there were soldiers coming to help.

The troops coming from Yuzhou boarded the ship at Qingzhou and landed on the north bank of Fengzhou.

In this way, the Yulin Guards could fight the Huai Army head-on in Yi County, while the troops coming from Yuzhou could sneak up behind.

This is to torture Prince Huai to death.

Nangong Xian frowned, thinking that this was probably the reason why Chen Mo called him aside.
Suddenly, Nangong Xian felt that this matter was a little difficult to handle. Although Prince Huai was Chen Mo's enemy, the relationship between the two of them was somewhat complicated.

"What's wrong?" Chen Mo said.

"Nothing." Nangong Xian bowed solemnly: "I understand."

"What's the situation in Jiangnan?" After explaining the situation, Chen Mo asked about Jiangnan.

Nangong Xian told the story of Jiangnan, and then suddenly thought of something and said, "Duke Anguo, when I was interrogating those spies, I learned one thing, that is, the assassin who assassinated you at that time, Zhihua, her real name was Huaying.

She also has a younger brother. According to the spies, the King of Huai used her younger brother as a bargaining chip to control Huaying. Before Huaying assassinated the Duke of Anguo, they told Huaying that no matter whether the assassination plan failed or not, they would release Huaying's younger brother.

But in fact, Huaying's brother had died a long time ago, and he committed suicide, because he also knew that as long as he lived, his sister would never escape the fate of being a pawn. In order not to be a burden to Huaying, his brother chose to commit suicide. "

After saying this, Nangong Xian sighed and said, "If the dead Huaying saw her brother in the underworld, I wonder what she would think. She would probably regret her original decision."

Hearing this, Chen Mo opened his mouth, was silent for a while, and then said "Hmm."

The war in He County was urgent, so Chen Mo did not talk much with Nangong Xian. After explaining everything, he and Xia Zhining separated from Nangong Xian, Yue Ruyan and the others, one going to He County and the other to Yi County.

……

He County.

The beacon fire was lit, and the city walls of He County looked dilapidated.

The day after the Chen army stationed in He County retreated to Xiongmen County, the coalition forces of King Chong and Lu Sheng captured He County.

They also knew that Xiongmen County was different from He County and was an important town, so they did not attack rashly for three consecutive days, but instead discussed countermeasures.

This time they attacked Huaizhou under the banner of the imperial court and regarded themselves as the righteous side.

Therefore, after taking over He County, they did not rob or persecute the people in the city. Instead, they spent three consecutive days spreading ideological education to the people in the city and said that they came to rescue them.

In the lobby of He County government office.

Gongsun Yan sat high up, with the coalition's generals on his left and a group of staff like Diwu Fusheng on his right.

Gongsun Yan was not wearing armor at the moment, but ordinary clothes. He tapped the table in front of him with his fingers. The fifth Fusheng, who was the first person on the right, stood up and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty's spies in Huainan reported that Chen Mo has arrived in Huaizhou with less than 3,000 soldiers and horses. He met with the Fish Scale Guards led by Nangong Xian..."

Prince Huai has been doing business in Huaizhou for many years, and he still has some spies of his own left.

Diwu Fusheng took a breath and continued, "According to the spies in Huainan, the Fish Scale Guards led by Nangong Xian separated from Chen Mo in Huainan and headed towards Yi County, while Chen Mo brought thousands of soldiers from Linzhou and came towards us.

In addition, the spy also said that after Nangong Xian and Chen Mo separated, a woman who was originally with Chen Mo followed Nangong Xian in the direction of Yi County. Based on the spy's description, I guess that this woman should be Yue Ruyan. "

"It seems that the news is true. The troops that Chen Mo brought to the north are all left at the border of Youzhou. There are still some Jinxia barbarians left in Longyou. I guess Chen Mo doesn't dare to mobilize the troops stationed in Yuzhou. So the troops he can mobilize are not many. Otherwise, he would not have sent the Yulin Guards who came back from Jiangnan to Yi County to defend the King of Huai."

Liang Mu stroked his beard and said, "If I am not guessing, the thousands of soldiers led by Chen Mo should be his personal battalion."

Gongsun Yan nodded and said, "Mr. Liang is right. Chen Mo currently has few troops that can be mobilized, and this is our chance to defeat him.

The Prince of Huai is blocked by the Fish Scale Guards and may not be able to arrive in a short time. Huaizhou depends on us. If we can defeat the main force of the Chen Army led by Chen Mo, we can bring the Prince of Anping into the game."

The Fifth Fusheng below heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly, thought about it carefully, and shook his head: "Although our troops are more than the enemy, the enemy has a weapon with extremely strong lethality. The Jinxia barbarians were also defeated by it. They call this weapon "Strange Thunder". If Chen Mo brings the strange thunder, it will be enough to make up for the difference in military strength between the two sides.

With Chen Mo's strength, it would be extremely difficult for us to defeat the main force he led. Chen Mo is just a monster that is not like a human. He is only 23 years old. Liang Xuan and Jin Xia's Timur are gone. If Chen Mo wants to break through, no one here can stop him."

The Fifth Fusheng didn’t say it too directly.

To put it bluntly, with the arrival of Chen Mo, we are no match at all.

After all, there are still two third-grade warriors in Xiongmen County. Once Chen Mo arrives, there will be three.

And there are only two coalition forces.

How can we be a match for Chen’s army when we don’t have an advantage in terms of military strength?

The people sitting in the lobby were not fools and they understood what Diwu Fusheng wanted to express.

Gong Ruyan rubbed his fingers, looked at Huicheng below, and said, "General Hui, I don't mean to say bad things about Prime Minister Lu, nor do I look down on General Hui. But since we are cooperating, we should go all out. But Prime Minister Lu only sent General Hui here, but he didn't come here himself. Isn't that too insincere?"

Hui Cheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said, "Didn't King Chong come either?"

Gongsun Yan frowned and said, "The prince has important matters to deal with and cannot be away, but the prince has sent out two top-grade warriors, but Lu Xiang did not send any. We have completely torn our relationship with Chen Mo this time. If we lose the battle, Lu Xiang will not feel good either."

"The Prime Minister is also very busy, dealing with the imperial examinations and Xiliang's education. But please rest assured, General Gongsun, the Prime Minister has sent Mr. Luo over, and has also sent an additional 10,000 elite soldiers, which is enough to deal with Chen Mo and the others." Hui Cheng said. "Luo Qingyang?" Liang Mu said.

"Yes, Mr. Luo is the current head of the Luo family and has been a top-grade warrior for many years." Huicheng said.

The Luonan Luo family is one of the seven famous families in the Song Dynasty. Compared with the Liang and Xiao families, the Luo family is relatively low-key.

Of course, this is not because the Luo family wants to keep a low profile, but the Luo family’s strength is indeed weaker than that of the other six major families.

The reason was that in order to break through to become a first-grade warrior, Emperor Taizu used a formation to drain the dragon energy underground in Luonan, causing a great loss of the local innate spiritual energy, which caused the local warriors' training speed to slow down too much. Only now has the dragon energy underground in Luonan gradually recovered.

"But even if he is included, we only have three warriors in the supernatural power realm, which is on par with the opponent. We still do not have the advantage." Liang Mu said.

"Mr. Liang, you don't know that the Prime Minister has a secret method that can temporarily improve his strength. He passed this secret method on to Mr. Luo and me. With Mr. Luo's strength, with the help of this secret method, he can become invincible below the second rank. And with the help of this secret method, I can barely be considered a warrior in the supernatural realm, which is enough to deal with Chen Mo and the others." Hui Cheng said.

"Is there such a secret method in this world?" Liang Mu asked curiously.

Gongsun Yan also became interested and said in a joking tone: "Prime Minister Lu has this secret method. If he shares it with me and Lord Liang, wouldn't we be more confident in dealing with Chen Mo?"

"General Gongsun's words are wrong. No matter what secret method it is, it can't be achieved in one go. It takes a certain amount of time to practice. Chen Mo is coming soon. Even if General Gongsun takes this amount of time, he won't be able to learn it. Moreover, this kind of secret method needs to be taught by Prime Minister Lu in person. I can't make the decision." Hui Cheng said with a smile.

Gongsun Yan knew that the other party was politely declining, and a hint of displeasure flashed across his eyes.

Diwu Fusheng looked at the scene in front of him and sighed in his heart, feeling that this scene seemed familiar.

Although they are cooperating, they are wary of each other.

What's the important matter?

The main reason why Prince Chong did not come in person was that he was worried that once he left, there would be no one in Chongzhou and Lu Sheng would take advantage of the opportunity to occupy it.

The reason why Lu Sheng didn't come was simply because he was worried that once he left, the emptiness in Luonan would cause unrest.

In Luonan, there are still many ministers who are loyal to the emperor.

If Lu Sheng, King Chong and King Huai were to cooperate sincerely, give their all and not suspect each other, there would be six top-grade warriors and more than 200,000 soldiers and horses. How could Chen Mo be their opponent?

But after all, it was not as good as imagined.

At this moment, Diwu Fusheng seemed to have seen a glimpse of the future.

No matter it is Prince Huai, Prince Chong, or Lu Sheng, they will never become the common ruler of the world. Instead, they will become stepping stones for Chen Mo and help Chen Mo reach the top.

Thinking of this, Diwu Fusheng laughed at himself again.

It’s a pity that I even want to revive the fifth one.

But he doesn't even have the most basic vision.

……

Yuzhou.

Shuofei County.

Shuofei County is located in a valley, with high mountains behind it. In order to defend against the Yuezhi first and then the Jinxia, ​​many people in the county had to move away. Later, when the Jinxia barbarians withdrew, they set fire to the city and burned everything.

Now, the only people left in the city are Chen Jun who is stationed there and his family members who have come to keep him company.

In September, the weather was getting hotter and hotter. The engineers were reinforcing the city walls, cutting down trees in the surrounding mountains and fields to use as battering rams for defending the city, and digging trenches in preparation for war.

At this moment, five fast horses came galloping from the official road in the distance, raising a cloud of dust on the road.

Zuo Lianglun, the leader, saw that there were sentries and barricades set up in front of him. In order not to waste time, he quickly took out the troop dispatch token that Chen Mo had given him, raised it high and shouted, "Here is the military token of Duke Anguo. If you see the military token, it's like seeing Duke Anguo. Get out of the way."

The soldiers blocking the road were stunned. When they got closer and saw that the person on the horse was Zuo Lianglun again, they quickly made way and sent someone to go into the city to report to General Li as soon as possible.

Soon, Li Yunzhang came out with the officials and generals in the city.

When Zuo Lianglun saw Li Yunzhang, he raised his token and shouted, "Li Yunzhang, obey my orders," before he even got off his horse.

Li Yunzhang had seen Chen Mo's military token before, and when he saw that the person coming was Zuo Lianglun, he did not doubt it and hurried forward to listen to the order: "General Li Yunzhang obeys your command."

At this time, Zuo Lianglun also came in front of Li Yunzhang, dismounted, and said solemnly: "Duke Anguo ordered Li Yunzhang to lead 2,000 brave guards, 3,000 divine guards, and 2,000 Xianzhen guards, a total of 10,000 troops, to rush to Qingzhou quickly and cross the river to rescue Fengzhou. There must be no mistakes."

After finishing Chen Mo's order, Zuo Lianglun's tone became kinder: "General Li, Huaizhou is in danger, the King of Huai has raided Fengzhou, General Deng died in battle, Fengzhou is also in danger, we have no choice but to withdraw troops from Yuzhou."

Hearing this, Li Yunzhang's face changed. He stopped chatting with Zuo Lianglun and hurried to mobilize troops.

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the other side.

Because they had been traveling non-stop for a whole day and night, on the second night, Chen Mo had to order them to stop and rest.

The personal guards camp set up camp on a mountain range and waited for daybreak to continue their march.

The Personal Guard Battalion is an elite unit in Chen's army that is stronger than the Divine Guards. They obey orders and follow the instructions from their superiors. After setting up camp, they rest seriously without any complaints.

In the makeshift tent, Xia Zhining came in after washing up, wearing a light robe. When she came in, a breeze blew, bringing with it a faint fragrance.

She glanced at Chen Mo who was looking at the map, then knelt on the ground with bedding spread out, and swayed with her buttocks raised high in the light of the fire in the tent.

But until she made the bed, Chen Mo didn't touch him.

"It's getting late, we should rest." Xia Zhining said.

"Well, you go to sleep first, I'll study it some more." Chen Mo said.

Xia Zhining was stunned. Under normal circumstances, Chen Mo would have pounced on her by now, but this time, he didn't move at all.

(End of this chapter)