Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 295 Defense
"Your Majesty, please speak. I am all ears."

"Yes." King Poyang looked at Zhu Xiuyuan, and he seemed to be more and more satisfied as he looked, with a look of approval in his eyes: "This king received an urgent order from the court this morning, ordering me to personally lead an army of [-], prepare for war, and rush to To put down the rebellion in Shaozhou, we must start today without making any mistakes."

"Your Majesty has worked hard to put down the rebellion for the country, and I admire you very much!"

"But once I leave, Jiangzhou will be in danger!" King Poyang changed his tone and felt a little overwhelmed.

"Your Majesty, you can go with peace of mind. There are still [-] state soldiers in Jiangzhou. They should be able to protect the safety of the whole country."

"Not enough, far from enough!"

King Poyang denied it, shook his head and said: "The King of Shaozhou is cunning and good at fighting, and colludes with the Yan State. There is no guarantee that he will not break through the siege and use Jiangzhou to escape from the Yan State."

"The soldiers led by the rebels are all brave and skilled warriors. Among the three kingdoms of Liang, Chen and Yan, they are at least as good as the elite divisions of the Yan Kingdom..."

"It's not that my own prestige is destroyed by the ambition of others. Although the soldiers under my command can be called elite, there is still a gap between them and the soldiers under the command of King Shaozhou..."

"If the King of Shaozhou really takes advantage of Jiangzhou to escape from Yan State, then Jiangzhou will be in danger. A mere five hundred state soldiers can't do anything. Jiangzhou will be in danger by then."

"What's more... this king is still worried that the country of Yan will take advantage of the turmoil in our country and send troops south..."

"Your Majesty, the northern border of the Yan Kingdom is also harassed by Beiyuan. They shouldn't be sending their troops south, right?"

King Poyang stared at Zhu Xiuyuan and snorted coldly: "The Yan people are cunning and we have to guard against them. If everyone thinks that Yan State will not send troops south, then wouldn't Yan State be able to attack me unprepared?"

"Um...this..." Zhu Xiuyuan was speechless, but after thinking about it carefully, it made sense, "Then according to the prince's wishes, how should I, Jiangzhou, respond?"

King Poyang walked back and forth in the Chinese army's tent. He only saw the clanging armor and heard hunting in cloaks.

"Let's do this. I will allocate two thousand generals to your command. If you are in danger, you will not be defeated in one attack. Although there are fifty thousand soldiers in the Jiangzhou camp, the imperial court has issued a strict order. You cannot be assigned. All of them must be taken. Take him to Shaozhou. However, the general is my private soldier, so it should be no problem if I give you two thousand."

"My lord!"

Zhu Xiuyuan was so shocked that he opened his mouth. Two thousand generals. King Poyang gave him command without saying a word?
"There are only five thousand generals in the prince's palace. They are the guarantee for the prince to go into battle to kill the enemy. Is it... too much to allocate two thousand to the official at once? According to the official, five hundred is enough."

In the military system of the Chen State, generals were private soldiers, and their salaries and wages were all provided by private individuals.

Due to various reasons, the combat effectiveness of generals is generally better than that of ordinary soldiers.

Because on the battlefield, the main task of the general is to protect the life of the general.

Therefore, King Poyang was really generous and gave out two thousand generals at once, which really caught Zhu Xiuyuan unexpectedly and off guard.

"Hey..." King Poyang waved his hand, "Although the [-] soldiers of my king are not as good as those under the command of the Shaozhou king, I am confident... two thousand generals will only be two thousand, so this is settled!"

Facing such a "heroic" King of Poyang, Zhu Xiuyuan could not refute for a while.

"But my lord, the lower official is young and frivolous, and his position is humble, how can he command these two thousand generals? Why not let the lower official's father-in-law lead, what does the lord think?"

"No, I have a hunch that if Jiangzhou really encounters a crisis this time, the only person who can make Jiangzhou stand firm is you, my nephew! This matter does not need to be discussed further, it is settled!"

King Poyang was really busy. He "sent" Zhu Xiuyuan away with a few words, and then continued to review the official documents.

Zhu Xiuyuan, under the leadership of a deputy general, "received" two thousand generals.

When Zhu Xiuyuan came, only Yan Dashan was with him.When we returned to the city, there were already two thousand generals from the royal family, wearing silver helmets and silver armor, and the torrent was rolling in. It was very spectacular walking on the road.

Seeing the two thousand generals flying into the sky, Zhu Xiuyuan was so excited that he rubbed his hands together and whispered: "It would be great if these two thousand generals belonged to me!"

Zhu Xiuyuan was not the only one who was rubbing his hands in excitement, but also Yan Dashan.

He smiled like a maniac and said: "My benefactor, if my benefactor wants to train his generals in the future, I can help."

Boom!
Zhu Xiuyuan knocked on Yan Dashan's forehead and cursed with a smile: "What are you daydreaming about? Generals cannot be owned by ordinary people, only kings, marquises and uncles deserve to have them! Your benefactor, I am just a little Sima, or a civil servant. Where did the general come from?"

Yan Dashan covered his forehead, feeling aggrieved. Didn't you daydream first, and then you came to scold him...

……

It is said that Zhu Xiuyuan led two thousand generals back to the city, but everyone's jaws were really shocked.

Since these two thousand generals only took orders from Zhu Xiuyuan, Zhu Xiuyuan directly surpassed Dong Cheng and the prince and became the first person to talk about defense matters.

Dong Cheng naturally had no objection. Instead, he asked the entire yamen to cooperate with Zhu Xiuyuan. Five hundred state soldiers, three squads of yamen servants, etc. were all under Zhu Xiuyuan's command.

And His Royal Highness...

Dong Cheng and Zhu Xiuyuan tried hard to persuade the prince to return to Beijing as soon as possible, but the prince refused to agree and insisted on staying in Jiangzhou.

He said that he wanted to complete the test that his father had set for him, so he couldn't live up to his mother and concubine's high expectations for him.

However, the prince also knows what he is made of. When it comes to the defense of Jiangzhou, he never gives any advice and only watches from the sidelines...

Later he understood that this might be the reason why his mother-in-law asked him to come to Zhu Xiuyuan, because the defense of Jiangzhou arranged by Zhu Xiuyuan was an eye-opener for the prince...

As for Liu Wencai, Prince Zhenze, Zhu Xiuyuan also advised him to leave Jiangzhou temporarily and hide out for a while. It would not be too late to come back after the situation stabilized.

But Liu Wencai refused to leave.

He even led his three hundred generals from Prince Zhenze's family to find a small job under Zhu Xiuyuan and participate in the entire plan of Jiangzhou's defense...

Of course, before starting the grand plan of Jiangzhou defense, Zhu Xiuyuan held a "mobilization meeting" in the back hall of the yamen.

"According to what the prince said, the king of Shaozhou is cunning and colludes with the Yan State. He is very likely to break through the defense line and escape from the Yan State through Jiangzhou, because our Jiangzhou is the closest to the Yan State and is connected by waterways. If If the King of Shaozhou wants to escape from Yan State, it must be me, Jiangzhou!"

"Another point is that the prince is also worried that the Yan State may take advantage of the civil strife in Chen State to send troops south to attack the borders of Chen State..."

"Wait, virtuous son-in-law." Dong Cheng was full of doubts, "Then the country of Yan was also harassed by the Northern Yuan Dynasty and couldn't take care of itself. How could it send troops south and invade the border of our country of Chen?"

"Yes……"

"Yes……"

"Father-in-law, gentlemen, although what happened to the Yan State sounds absurd, it is not impossible. If we all think it is impossible, then wouldn't it be possible for the Yan State to take advantage of me? The Yan people are cunning, and there is no guarantee that they will end up with the North. Yuan is a gangster, we need to make more plans."

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