Emperor Liang couldn't be such a tyrant, so he didn't care about that anymore. He shouted angrily, "Okay, let Xie Yu make amends for his crime. I hope he can seize this opportunity!"

Emperor Liang made the final decision. Yan Que wanted to say something, but when he saw Emperor Liang's look, he shut up. He could only watch Lin Xie lose the chance to redress his wrongdoing step by step.

Although the general to lead the troops has been selected, it is still a troublesome matter to decide where to withdraw the troops from.

The court officials discussed for several days and finally decided to mobilize 30,000 Jinling city guards, led by Xie Yu, to march south. With the assistance of the Jiangxia navy, they marched towards the Kingdom of Yue.

At the same time, in order to make up for the shortage of troops, Emperor Liang authorized Xie Yu to recruit soldiers from prefectures, counties and prefectures in Jiangdong to assist him in the battle.

After receiving the order, Xie Yu immediately sent his trusted followers to take the token to various counties in the south of the Yangtze River to mobilize troops to gather in Xiangzhou.

Within a month, Xiangzhou had gathered about 50,000 soldiers and horses, plus 20,000 naval forces and 30,000 city guards, a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses.

After Xie Yu briefly trained the 100,000 soldiers and horses, he led the army across the Yangtze River and headed towards Yuhang.

The reason why he chose this place was that Yuhang had no strategic location to defend, unlike the other defense lines of Yue State which were all steep passes and not suitable for the deployment of a large army.

Secondly, only by attacking from here can the Jiangxia navy cooperate in the attack. If it is changed to another place, it will be equivalent to dividing the troops into two routes, which is too dangerous.

After the Battle of Meiling, Xie Yu had a subconscious resistance to dividing his troops. He was killed twice after dividing his troops, which made him a little scared.

Moreover, by opening a gap from Yuhang Town, the army could quickly cross the Qiantang River and approach Kuaiji City. The newly established Yue State would also lose its granary, and as for other places, they would be able to be taken sooner or later.

He, Xie Yu, needs to quickly win a victory to prove himself and stabilize the morale of the army. 39288486.

Chapter 76: Battle of Yuhang!

On the eve of the war, Lin Shu met Wang Yue on Kuaiji Mountain. Neither of them brought many followers, and they were accompanied by the old county magistrate Xu Hong.

Wang Yue saw that although Lin Shu was still as unrestrained as before, his eyebrows had become a little worried. He waited for Lin Shu to sit down, poured him a cup of tea, and then said with some regret, "It has been more than half a year since we parted at Meiling last year. Marshal, how are you these days?"

Lin Xie took the tea, took a sip, then put down the cup and said, "My father and I both regret it a little. If we had listened to your advice earlier, our Lin family could at least be the overlord of a region like Uncle Mu."

Wang Yue's mind moved. Lin Shu seemed to have the idea of ​​establishing a territory. He combined it with Xu Hong's suggestion and asked tentatively, "Does the young commander value the fertile land of Lingnan?"

Lin Shu nodded and said seriously, "Brother Wang, I won't hide it from you. If the Lin family was as powerful as Uncle Mu's family, my uncle the emperor would definitely not be the first to attack the Lin family."

Wang Yue knew it was too late to say anything, and he did not give up Jiang Dong's idea to Lin Shu, so he changed the subject and said, "Young Marshal, I wonder how confident you are in dealing with Xie Yu this time. You have already figured out the next step?"

Lin Shu also had no intention of usurping the throne. Wang Yue's current achievements were achieved step by step by Wang Yue. Although he made use of the Red Flame Army, it was his father Lin Xie who gave Wang Yue the command seal, and Wang Yue also had the right to find a way out for the Red Flame Army.

He sighed and said with disdain, "Then Xie Yu thought that you only relied on the 30,000 Red Flame Army, and the rest were just trash, so he was so confident. As long as we attack from both sides, it will be easy to defeat him."

When Lin Shu said this, he suddenly looked at Wang Yue and said with emotion, "Brother Wang, I have to say that you are really lucky!"

Wang Yue met Lin Shu's envious gaze and asked doubtfully, "What does this mean?"

Lin Shu shook his head and said helplessly, "You know that Nanchu originally intended to invade Lingnan in the near future. I have already received the traces of Nanchu's troop deployment from Langya Pavilion. At least they didn't expect you to take the first step. They are ready to watch the fire from the other side of the river. After we win or lose, they will decide whether to go south or north."

Wang Yue knew that Lin Shu would not joke about this. He then realized that Nan Chu was too quiet.

Wang Yue looked at Lin Shu's wise expression and knew that he only needed to follow along in this battle, so he no longer cared about it. He changed the subject and asked curiously, "Young Marshal, are you going there because you want to be closer to Princess Nihuang?"

Lin Shu just took a sip of water, but was choked by Wang Yue's blunt words. He coughed several times before retorting, "Brother Wang, you are overthinking. As long as the cases of my Lin family are not resolved, the princess and I will not be able to get married. Instead of worrying about this, you might as well think about how to take over Jiangdong during this battle."

Xu Hong understood what Wang Yue meant, which was to let Lin Shu go directly to Prince Mu's Mansion to marry Nihuang. If the marriage was successful, they could combine the strength of the two families and ask Emperor Liang to give an explanation.

This was a good idea, but he also understood that Lin Shu, who was so proud, would not rely on the power of a woman at this time.

Wang Yue also understood this, so he could only discuss with Lin Shu what the two of them would be responsible for after defeating Xie Yu.

After all, the troops on both sides have never trained together. If they march in the same direction, there will be trouble. It is better for both sides to divide the work so that there will not be chaos when fighting.

After Lin Shu and Wang Yue discussed it, they felt that the attack direction of Xie Yu's army was no different from what they had predicted, so you should put more energy into monitoring the movements of the Jiangxia navy.

Lin Shu felt that if the Jiangxia navy attacked Yuhang or went straight to Kuaiji, it would be troublesome for the Yue army.

After all, apart from the 60,000 troops based on the Red Flame Army, the rest of the Yue State were new recruits.

Once they are aware of the interference of other factors, their power on the battlefield will be much smaller.

It just so happened that Lin Shu's 30,000-strong army was in the mountainous area east of Danyang, and could cooperate with the Yue navy to ambush the Jiangxia navy in that area.

In order to ensure the safety of this operation, Lin Shu also sent his deputy general Nie Feng's younger brother Nie Yi to the Yue Navy to help command the navy's operations.

Nie Yi is different from Nie Feng. This kid has been playing with water since he was a child and is very proficient in naval battles. He used to be a captain in the Xuzhou Navy. When he heard that his brother was in need of people, he joined over without hesitation.

Wang Yue now had soldiers but no generals, and the naval general who was abducted was also transferred to the naval camp.

After all, in Wang Yue's opinion, the economic pillar of Yue State will still rely on sea transportation. Without a large navy to escort it, it will be difficult to keep this purse.

Just when Wang Yue was considering whether to call back some people for this battle, someone brought a pillow to Nie Yi just as she was feeling sleepy.

Now that Lin Shu and he had a common enemy, he was certainly not afraid of anything going wrong, so he simply reused Nie Yi.

Lin Shu was very happy about Wang Yue's behavior. He felt that Wang Yue still trusted him and did not harbor any suspicion because of the transfer of the Chiyan Army after the war.

He felt that Wang Yue was so righteous, and he couldn't let Wang Yue suffer any loss, so he prepared to fight this battle well and mobilized all the resources he could.

Therefore, when the Jiangxia navy appeared on the coast of Wujun, the 20,000 navy of Yue State had already ambushed nearby. They launched a surprise attack while the Jiangxia navy was replenishing supplies in Wujun, and cooperated with the catapults on the shore. In less than an hour's battle, they wiped out the Jiangxia navy.

When the Jiangxia navy was destroyed, Xie Yu also encountered trouble. He arrived in Yuhang on the agreed date, but was shocked to find that Wang Yue had deployed 50,000 troops in the small town of Yuhang.

Is this crazy?

Don’t you want the other territories?

In his opinion, even with 50,000 defenders, the advantage is still on his side!

Moreover, Xie Yu felt that although most of his army were county soldiers with low combat effectiveness, they were still stronger than the peasant army just formed by Wang Yue.

However, in order to prepare for a battle, he once again mobilized a group of county soldiers from the various counties in Jiangdong, and gathered a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses. He used 30,000 elite Jinling City Guards as the central army and 60,000 county soldiers as the front and rear armies, and then prepared to attack.

Xie Yu had a good idea. He would first use the county soldiers to consume the elite troops of Yue State, and then use the well-rested city guards to break through the defense line and clean up the mess. The rear army only had to hold steady.

What Xie Yu didn't expect was that he mobilized soldiers from the surrounding counties to come to Yuhang, which actually gave Lin Shu, who was seeking revenge, an opportunity.

Just when Xie Yu had reorganized his troops and was preparing to attack Yuhang, he did not expect that Lin Shu had already captured Wujun and led the Red Flame Army to quietly appear behind the army. Taking advantage of the slackness of the rear army's defense, he decisively led the army to launch a sneak attack from the rear.

Although the Jinling city guards were very powerful among Xie Yu's 100,000-strong army, their teammates were just recruited from various counties. The command and dispatch of the army was very slow, and once the rear army was attacked by surprise, the entire army fell into chaos.

Wang Yue saw this opportunity and immediately led his elite troops to attack the county soldiers head-on, cooperating with Lin Shu to attack from both sides. 39288638.

Chapter 77: Southern Chu raises troops!

The county soldiers under Xie Yu's command were all big shots from each county. They had never seen such ferocious soldiers before. They were defeated at just a single encounter, and their formation became extremely chaotic.

Xie Yu's original plan was to guard against the current situation. If there was chaos in the front, the central army could be used as supervisors to prevent the main army from being in chaos.

But now even the rear army was in chaos, the central army was being entangled and could not play any role at all, and the entire army was in chaos.

After all, Xie Yu was the commander of the Western Border Army. When he discovered that someone was attacking the camp from the rear, he deliberately checked the situation of the battle between the two armies.

When he discovered that the two armies were advancing at an abnormally fast speed, he realized something was wrong. These were most likely the Red Flame Army!

In the world today, only the Red Flame Army has such strength and courage.

Xie Yu knew that the 100,000-strong army he had temporarily formed was simply unable to stop the surprise attack by the elite Red Flame Army. If he did not make a decision soon, his entire army might be wiped out this time.

Thinking of his feud with the Chiyan Army, he no longer cared about the county soldiers and without hesitation fled to the southwest with only 30,000 city guards.

When the county soldiers who were temporarily recruited saw that the three army commanders had all fled, they immediately lost their will to fight. However, their disorganized formation also blocked the Chiyan Army and gave Xie Yu some time to escape.

In fact, Xie Yu made the right decision. Under normal circumstances, he would stop while he was ahead and start gathering the surrendered soldiers. There were 50,000 county soldiers at that time. It would take a lot of time to gather them all.

Unfortunately, he met Lin Shu, a vengeful general and the young commander of the Red Flame Army who hated him to the core!

Although Wang Yue was busy gathering the surrendered soldiers, seizing money, food and territory, and quickly sent troops to occupy Wujun, Danyang and other places, Lin Shu was still pursuing Xie Yu relentlessly.

However, although Lin Shu's desperate pursuit caused Xie Yu to be unable to take care of the counties in Jiangdong, he was also destined to pay a price.

When Lin Shu led the cavalry to charge to the outskirts of Nanling City, he was shot in the left shoulder by an arrow that came from some unknown corner. If he had not been skilled in archery and horse riding, and had not been riding a fine horse, he might have fallen off his horse.

For Lin Shu's safety, Nie Feng, who followed behind, stopped the Red Flame Army cavalry and waited for the infantry to join them.

Fortunately, Xie Yu didn't know all this. He had already withdrawn all the soldiers from the two counties of Xuancheng and Nanling. He thought that he could not withstand the pursuit, so he crossed the river in a hurry without even entering the city.

Nie Feng was originally considering retreating and waiting for Wang Yue's army to arrive, but when he saw this situation, he entered Nanling without a fight and hurriedly looked for a doctor in the city to treat Lin Shu.

Xie Yu still missed such a great opportunity. Although Lin Shu was somewhat unwilling to accept it, by the time his wounds were healed, the Daliang navy was already on high alert at the riverside, and he had completely lost the opportunity.

Wang Yue was busy clearing out the fleeing Daliang soldiers and occupying some passes and counties. For a while, he had no way to deal with Xie Yu on the other side of the river. At this point in the war, it entered a stalemate.

The State of Yue originally had only an army of 100,000, with an additional 50,000 newly recruited soldiers. However, the territory was expanding too quickly, so he had to send all these newly recruited soldiers.

At the same time, many of the 50,000 to 60,000 surrendered soldiers, who were from nearby counties, were also recruited by Wang Yue and prepared for screening.

Fortunately, the supplies collected on the battlefield were sufficient, and we gained a lot of benefits in this war, so we don’t have to worry about the soldiers’ lack of weapons.

In order to reassure the soldiers, land was allocated to their families on the day they joined the army, which immediately stabilized the morale of the army.

The new soldiers, with the land as their responsibility, can become fearless for the sake of the land after being tempered in one or two wars, although they cannot become elite troops like the Red Flame Army.

Therefore, what Yue State needs most now is time to digest the new territory and reorganize its troops. After all, this time the action of swallowing an elephant is a bit too big, and if it is not handled properly, it will be eaten to death if it is not careful.

Moreover, the land of Wu and Yue was originally surrounded by enemies on three sides, and defense was required everywhere. Although the Yue army seemed to have a lot of troops, it did not have enough generals, and if it only defended, it would still be insufficient.

To make matters worse, Lin Shu was unable to kill Xie Yu for revenge this time. Although he was injured, he still insisted on carrying out his next plan.

The old Red Flame Army members he borrowed from Wang Yue numbered more than 20,000, which was equivalent to the Red Flame Army members rescued by Wang Yue, and all of them were taken away by Lin Shu.

In addition, the navy of Yue State was needed to escort them, which made the troops in Wang Yue's hands look large in number, but in fact they were only one-third of the apparent number, and their combat effectiveness was pitifully low.

If Yue fought with Daliang again at this time, the outcome would depend entirely on fate.

After all, the Yue State had a large number of troops, and Daliang did not have that many troops to mobilize at once.

Fortunately, this battle was won so beautifully that neither Southern Chu nor Daliang knew the true situation of Yue State, and neither Daliang nor Southern Chu had any intention of testing it first.

Especially the counties and prefectures in Daliang surrounding the State of Yue, had to be on high alert even at night to guard against sneak attacks from the State of Yue.

However, this vigilance did not last long, as Daliang's attention was attracted by a new battle.

In the summer of the 24th year of Zhenping,

Nanchu Palace.

Ever since receiving the letter of questioning from Emperor Liang, the court of Southern Chu has had more than one quarrel.

Of course, the reason for their quarrel was to choose which direction to retaliate and to prevent Emperor Liang from looking down on Nan Chu.

Although they, Nan Chu, needed to send protons to save their lives in the past, they have now stood up!

On this day, during the court meeting, the Emperor of Southern Chu put down the memorial in his hand and said to his ministers in a very serious tone, "The war between Yue and Daliang has ended, but you are still arguing. You must make a decision today! Go south or go north!"

Yuwen Hao was the first to step out of the line and saluted the Emperor of Chu, then he said solemnly, "Father, the battle between Yue and Daliang ended with Daliang's defeat. The Baiye army stationed in Shaoling County has set out to the north. Daliang's Lingnan is isolated and helpless. Our God-given opportunity has come."

After hearing this, Yuwen Lin immediately stepped out and retorted, "No, Your Majesty, although Daliang has lost the land of Wuyue, the army led by Bai Ye has just set out to the north. Judging from their signs of mobilizing troops, they may move south at any time.

Moreover, the Yunnan Shogunate is our number one enemy. If we attack Lingnan, Prince Mu’s Palace will definitely go to rescue us.

Therefore, I think it is not easy for us to move troops to Daliang now. I think it is better to take advantage of the situation and capture the land of Wuyue."

Chapter 78: Rebellion in Lingnan!

After listening to Yuwenlin's analysis, Yuwenhao snorted coldly and said with disdain, "Prince Sheng, have you lost your courage because you were a hostage in Daliang? You are not even as courageous as that kid Wang Yue!

During the battle of Wang Yuemeiling, he led the retired soldiers to rescue the sick thousands of miles away, which was a show of loyalty and righteousness.

He was ordered to lead the remaining Red Flame Army in a time of crisis and defeat Xie Yu's Western Border Army. This shows both courage and strategy!

But you, just want to take advantage of others!

You don't even think about it. Wang Yue dared to seize the two weeks of Daliang with only 30,000 wounded soldiers. He swallowed up Wu Yue in a short time, won a place to settle down for his subordinates, and had already won the hearts of the people.

That tiny place actually has no less than 200,000 soldiers and horses gathered there. No matter where you attack from, you will have to fight a tough battle, not to mention that you have the advantage of geographical location.

Some of the scouts we sent to Wu and Yue defected simply for the sake of land, leaving us without any spies. How can you let the army attack?

Moreover, when it comes to marching and fighting, do you really think that Wang Yue is easy to bully?

Even though Xie Yu had been active in the northwest of Daliang for so long, he had been defeated by Wang Yue several times?

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