Eastern Jin Invincible Iron Army

Chapter 72 Unrecognizable
If Sima Yu is the smartest person in the entire Sima clan, then Sima Xi is the most intelligent person in the entire Sima clan.Sima Xi, the king of Wuling, is the fourth son of Emperor Jin and Yuan, and his name is Uncle Dao.Sima Shao, the emperor of Jin and Ming Dynasty, and Sima Yu's half-brother, Sima Xi was adopted at first to his uncle and uncle Wuling King Sima Zhe as his heir. In the eighth year of Xiankang (318), Sima Yan, Emperor Cheng of the Jin Dynasty, was critically ill. Sima Xi, his sixth younger brother Sima Yu, king of Kuaiji, and Yu Bing, supervisor of Zhongshu, served as ministers of Gu Ming to assist the government. General, Kaifu Yitong Third Division, Secretary Supervisor and other important positions.

Sima Xi has no literary talent, but he likes to train soldiers.In particular, Lian is the most elite Imperial Guard in the Eastern Jin Dynasty with more than [-] heavy steps.Even the great Sima Huanwen was very afraid of him, and later forced Sima Yu to give Sima Xi the death. Of course, Sima Yu was more stubborn and refused to agree.

At this time, Huan Wen's power was far less than that of Peerless after the three subsequent Northern Expeditions, so Sima Xi was also leading the most elite Central Guard Army in the Eastern Jin Dynasty at this time.After Sima Xi passed the mansion, he saw Sima Yu was so angry that he even smashed the study to pieces, destroying many precious belongings.

Sima Xi said: "Sixth Brother, look, what a good thing this is, enough to arm an army of soldiers. It's a pity, you have ruined such a good thing too!"

Sima Yu said: "The surname Sima will no longer be in this world. No matter how good things are, what use will they be to you and my brother?"

"How do you say that?" Sima Xi asked in confusion, "Sixth brother, what major event happened in court?"

Sima Yu was a little annoyed when he saw Sima Xi's bewildered look. Sima Xi was the secretary supervisor's boss. The function of the secretary supervisor was similar to that of the National Library and the Office of the State Council in later generations. State affairs, no matter big or small, could not escape the secretary. the eyes of the prisoner.Fortunately, Sima Xi didn't even know anything.

No, the secretary must not be handed over to Sima Xi anymore.Sima Yu said: "The Empress Dowager has an errand for you, don't mess it up!"

"What is it?" Sima Xi had always been bold, but he was only afraid of Chu Suanzi, as long as he looked at Chu Suanzi, Sima Xi would feel out of his mind.

"The champion general Mao Husheng has been killed, the Linhuai army has been completely annihilated, and Linhuai County has also been occupied by a group of unknown people!" Sima Yu said: "Tomorrow morning, you will have someone lead the Central Guard army northward. Sweep away this group of bastards who dare to break the ground. You also keep your hands, I still have to judge who is behind the scenes!"

"Sixth brother, don't worry!" Sima Xi slapped his chest loudly: "Your fourth brother may not be able to do other things well. This march and ambush is absolutely fine. If I am really asked to lead the Northern Expedition, don't say it." Recovering Luoyang will drive all Hu species out of the Central Plains!"

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At the Tian Family Army camp on the north bank of the Huai River, an undercurrent began to turn into a turbulent current.Long Zhi is a very smart person, he understood what Chen Ying said after a little thought.Some people don't want Tian Bao to surrender to the dead army.

Long Ye, Du Fang, Zhao Yanfu, and Zhang Yaozong secretly discussed together.

Long Zhi said: "If we want to surrender to the dead army, I'm afraid Commander Tian will not agree."

Zhao Yanfu said: "Our Shuai Tian is very angry, he is not willing to be driven by others!"

"It's better to have a chicken head than to be a cow queen!" Du Fang said, "If I were Tian Shuai, I'm afraid I wouldn't want to be a sixth-rank captain."

Long Zhi said: "What about us? Are you willing to accompany Tian Shuai to fight the officers and soldiers to the death?"

"That's not a death blow, that's death!" Zhao Yanfu said: "With that kind of crossbow formation, no matter how many people we have, they can't kill them!"

Zhang Yaozong said: "I'm afraid we don't need to fight. We are sleepy too. Our food is not enough for three days. Even if we can save food, we don't have reinforcements, but the court is different. We have dead troops in front of us." , there is the Linhuai army in the west, and the Huaiyin army in the east, and the imperial court's royal division is attacking from three sides, even if we have three heads and six arms, we are not the opponent of the imperial court's army."

Long Zhi said: "Have you ever thought about what would happen if we surrendered with more than [-] Tian family troops?"

Zhao Yanfu asked: "What will happen then?"

"Will...how?" Long Zhi mused, "We don't expect to be a sixth-rank Sima like Feng Lei, but we will be a seventh-rank military marshal at the end, right?"

"That's right, think about it!" Long Zhi continued, "Based on our current troops and horses, it would be best if we could compose two or four songs, or if we couldn't make it, we could also mix up a sixth-rank Sima like Feng Lei. .For the last time, give us a military post!"

Du Fang worried: "But Chen Canjun didn't promise us anything?"

"You don't know, these officials have always been like this, no matter what they say, they are surrounded by clouds and mountains and fog!" Long Zhixian said: "They will never promise lightly, let alone speak clearly. In fact, Chen Canjun's meaning is quite clear. The commander of the dead army has an old grudge with Tian Shuai. He ransacked Tian Shuai's family and exterminated his family. It is estimated that Tian Shuai has offended many people over the years, but he doesn't know it."

Zhao Yanfu said: "Brother Long, what do you mean?"

Long Zhi said fiercely: "We can't stop someone from other fields looking for death, and we can even borrow his head to redefine our promotion path. If we suddenly attack and win the military power of Tian's army, at least You can entrust a seventh-rank military marshal, and if you fail, you can even be a sixth-rank Sima!"

"Seventh Rank Military Marquis!" The eyes of the other three handsome men flashed brightly, and their excitement was beyond words.

"It's done!" Du Fang shouted excitedly: "His mother's, fight to the death of the bold, starve to death the timid, fight!"

"A seventh-rank official is enough to comfort the ancestors!" Zhao Yanfu said: "In these years, his surname Tian has never regarded me as a human being. He beat me when he wanted to, scolded him whenever he wanted to, and treated me like a bull and a horse."

"Isn't it just death anyway?" Zhang Yaozong said: "When a person dies, he will be immortal for thousands of years. Why can't my old Zhang family produce a seventh-rank official?"

Long Zhi said: "Let's just... do this!"

"it is good!"

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The camp of the dead army, the commanding tent of the Chinese army, and a dozen large butter candles illuminated the entire big tent brightly. Gao Jingzong fiddled with Ji Kan's marching map from time to time.The marching maps of this era are quite rough, and Gao Jingzong actually didn't understand what was going on, but he looked at a line in the slanted thorns on the map and said: "Uncle Ji, what does this mean?"

"This is Bianhe."

Ji Kan looked at the cloud in the direction of Gao Jingzong's finger, and suddenly said: "This is the old course of the Bianhe River, even the Wild Wolf Valley is the old course of the Bianhe River, but for some unknown reason, the Bianhe River has changed its course."

"Uncle Ji, do you mean that the Bianhe River can lead to the Wild Wolf Valley?" Gao Jingzong said, "Hey, why aren't these places connected together?"

In later generations, the Huaihe River and Hongze Lake were connected together, but in this era, the Huaihe River is connected by a land that is three fingers wide from Poketang.In fact, Gao Jingzong didn't even think about it. If Huai River and Pofuyong were really connected, how could Tian Bao attack on foot?Instead of coming by boat?

The vicissitudes of history have changed a lot.The river that used to be has long since changed beyond recognition!
(End of this chapter)