The Grandmaster Strategist - Chapter 212

[Chapter 45 1 Seeing each other]

When the princess heard that Zhe was ill, she requested an order to visit him in the south, and Emperor Yong agreed to bring Zhaohua County Lord and Duke An Guo to Xuzhou to attend the illness.

Zhe was about to recover from his illness, and the imperial censor came to advise him. With Zhe overseeing the army, the princess was not allowed to leave the capital. Emperor Yong stayed in the middle without asking questions.

—— “The History of Chu in the Southern Dynasties Jiang Suiyun Biography”

In the late spring of April, Fang Fei is approaching, and the trees are green, which is a good season in the world, but the post road from Zhongli to Shouchun is bleak and deserted.

Suddenly, the sound of hoofs was thundering in the distance, and crows flew in shock, but the two armies were fighting in the wilderness. One was the flag of the Chu army flying cavalry camp, and the other was the Yong army cavalry in black clothes and black armor. The two armies strangled each other. , The battle is in full swing, and if you look carefully, it is Yong Jun who has the upper hand.

From February of the eleventh year of Dayong Longsheng, Dayong launched a fierce attack again. This time, several armies marched together. Qin Yong attacked Ba County, Changsun Ji attacked Jiangling, Jingchi attacked Zhongli, and Pei Yun attacked Sizhou. Continuing, reborn from the past, but Nan Chu lost Lu Can, the first person in the military, and the battlefields almost went their own ways.

It’s okay elsewhere. Huaixi is the most critical. Shi Guan is dead. Cai Qun, the new commander, can be mediocre. The main force of Yong’s army fought.

Although the flying cavalry battalion is elite, there are only less than 10,000 cavalry soldiers. Now that they have lost their leaders Lu Yun and Shi Yujin, it is even more difficult to win against the Dayong iron cavalry that once traversed the northern border. It only took two months. Losing most of their strength, Zhongli fell in mid-March, but the Flying Cavalry Battalion was ordered to hinder Yong’s advance, and the losses became more and more heavy.

The cavalry that is fighting against the flying cavalry battalion is not an ordinary cavalry battalion. In Dayong, black clothes and black armor are not worn by ordinary sergeants. This cavalry is the personal army of Li Lin, the king of Jia County, and Emperor Yong personally allowed to use black armor. A, this time the Yong army attacked Huaixi, and Li Lin was the vanguard general of the Yong army.

In fact, in the eighth year of Longsheng, when Li Xian was supervising Jiangnan, Li Lin came to the south with his father and was a military apprentice in the army, but although he really wanted to go to the battlefield and wanted to confront Lu Yun, he was rejected by Li Xian. Now, to use Li Xian’s original words, could it be that there is no one in our Dayong? Let this little baby of you go into battle to kill the enemy, and the generals in the army have a look of approval when they hear it, which makes Li Lin very depressed. , can only secretly slander, didn’t the royal uncle and father king both go into battle when they were teenagers to kill the enemy?

It was not until this spring that Li Lin, who had turned fifteen years old, finally got permission from King Qi to lead the army, and his uncle Li Zhi even decreed to allow his own troops to wear black armor to show his honor.

Although Li Lin was playing for the first time, he had been in the army for many years, and after just a few rounds, Jing Chi let him be the vanguard.

It’s a pity that Lu Yun is no longer in Zhongli, and even Shi Yujin, a young general in the Huaixi Army who is said to be better than Lu Yun, has disappeared without a trace.

Without haste or slow, he drove the battle formation, chased behind the flying cavalry battalion, strangled the cavalry behind the flying cavalry battalion, and resolved the several counterattacks of the flying cavalry battalion one by one. .

Upon seeing this, Yong Jun stretched out his wings and wanted to surround the Chu army. After the battle formation was completed, Li Linti rode his horse into battle and said with a loud laugh: “This king has always heard that the flying cavalry camp is good at fighting, but today it seems that it is not as famous as it is. When we meet, you still surrender your weapons, for the sake of your general Lu Yunlu, this king will treat you kindly.”

Seeing this arrogant young general in black, the flying cavalry battalion was filled with righteous indignation, but they fought alone, and the enemy was an iron cavalry with a hundred battles. Although this young general spoke arrogantly, he commanded the battle like an arm and a finger, and he was handy. , his heart was full of death, and the leading general was about to respond when suddenly a cold and pleasant voice came from the wind: “Who said that the flying cavalry camp is not worthy of its name, so let me Shi Yujin teach you a thing or two.” The flying cavalry camp heard the sound. He was almost stunned. If Yong Jun attacked at this time, he would definitely be caught off guard, but the main general of Yong Jun was also stunned, and he did not expect to order an attack.

The soldiers of the flying cavalry battalion were silent for a few breaths, and then cheered loudly,

The battle formation was divided like a tide. A young general with a white horse and a silver spear rode calmly across the battle formation. He was mighty, handsome and majestic. He knew that he was a veteran general, and beside him was a beautiful eleven- or twelve-year-old girl in plain clothes, riding a jujube red horse to follow him. The girl was holding a baby in her arms. She was even a little embarrassed, but she had a calm bearing, bright eyes, and a sweet smile, just like a young lady in spring.

This pair of golden boys and girls also appeared on the battlefield, how could it not be astonishing.

The young general’s icy eyes glanced at Li Lin coldly, and said, “It’s just that you are so outspoken that you dare to ask the flying cavalry camp to come down?”

Li Lin looked at the young general with bright eyes, his eyes were full of admiration, and he said in his heart, no wonder this person’s reputation is still higher than Lu Yun, he really is Nan Chu Junjie, and the idea of winning is born in his heart, he stepped forward and said: “Is your Excellency Major General Shi Yujinshi? If the Major General thinks that this king is wrong, can he dare to fight this king?”

As soon as this remark came out, the guards around Li Lin were in an uproar. Most of them were warriors personally selected and promoted by Li Lin. They were loyal to the King of Jiajun, not to mention that they received the strict orders of the Prince and King Qi. The King of Jiajun was involved in danger, and Shi Yujin was a well-known young brave general in the Chu army. He once killed the general of the Yongjun army. Over the years, he was even more famous in Huaixi. If the King of Jiajun had any shortcomings, he would not be able to atone for his crimes. But it was Li Lin himself who proposed the duel, and there was no excuse to stop the decisive battle, so before Shi Yujin agreed, several guardsmen rushed on their horses and shouted: “If you want to confront the prince, go first. Let’s talk about this.”

Li Lin watched the guards rush up, furious, but inconvenient to scold them, so as not to weaken the morale of his own side, I saw Shi Yujin burst into laughter, took off the silver spear in front of the saddle to meet, and the soldiers of the flying cavalry battalion all issued Chang Xiao cheered, not at all feeling that Shi Yujin would be in danger of being outnumbered. When the two horses crossed each other, the silver spear was moving like a shadow of a pear blossom, and there was a lot of snow, but after more than ten rounds, the few Yong Jun pro- Wei had already been forced to retreat by her, and two of them were shot, making it difficult to fight again. Although these people were all elite soldiers, they were dwarfed by Shi Yujin’s tempered silver spear.

The soldiers of the flying cavalry battalion cheered loudly when they saw this. Li Linyi frowned and was about to step forward, but a girl’s silver bell-like laughter came from his ear. He moved in his heart and stared at it, but he saw that it was the one who was walking with Shi Yujin. The commoner girl who came was applauding loudly, looking at Shi Yujin with admiration in front of the two armies.

Just now, Li Lin only noticed Shi Yujin and turned a blind eye to this girl, but at this moment he felt that his mind was blank, and he only saw the girl’s beautiful and celestial appearance.

At this moment, the baby in the girl’s arms cried out loudly. The girl patted the baby’s swaddling clothes familiarly, and said crisply, “Bao’er is hungry, hurry up and repel them.”

Shi Yujin frowned and said sternly: “Leave a few people to protect Mei Er, and you all come with me.” After that, he charged up with his gun, and behind her, the soldiers of the flying cavalry battalion were shouting and shouting, and the formation was scattered at first. , but less than a hundred paces away, it is already like one person, thousands of people form a formation, rushing like thunder.

Seeing that the enemy’s morale was like a rainbow, Li Lin retracted his thoughts that had already been flying out of the sky, shouted as if venting his anger, and raised his lance to lead the army to fight. For some reason, he was very angry. He has long been fascinated by the general, Lu Yun is his old acquaintance, Shi Yujin is the son of Shi Guan, and Lu Yun is married to the daughter of Shi Guan. Everyone knows the story of escaping from Shouchun. If you think about it this way, this girl must be Lu Mei. The two of them are both relatives and have all kinds of kindness. Angry.

As for the baby in Lu Mei’s arms, it shouldn’t matter if you think about it, Li Lin has already automatically omitted him.

The two armies had not yet handed over, but they saw the flying cavalry battalion turn sharply to the left. Li Lin was startled, the flying cavalry battalion had already rushed into the left flank of the Yong army. Where is Shi Yujin’s opponent, not to mention that today’s Shi Yujin is a little less impulsive, a little more calm, rushing from left to right, and in less than a moment, he has the upper hand, but Li Lin made a decisive decision, immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army, and marched on his own. Back in the direction of Zhongli.

Although the flying cavalry battalion was victorious, it was weak after all, so Shi Yujin did not lead the pursuit.

When the Yong army retreated, the soldiers of the flying cavalry battalion surrounded Shi Yujin and cheered, congratulating their respected major generals for returning to the army, and leading them to defeat the Yong army’s forwards, washing away the humiliation of losing streak of consecutive battles.

However, Shi Yujin looked nervous, so she immediately went to meet Lu Mei, took the baby in her hand, and visited her before she felt relieved.

Lu Mei complained: “Sister-in-law, the benefactor said that you should take good care of yourself. It’s best not to fight for a year, but you won’t listen. What if you get sick again?”

Shi Yujin smiled and said, “Yes, I know I’m wrong, I won’t dare next time.”

At this time, all the generals in the flying cavalry camp stepped forward and said: “Major General, why don’t you stay in the army and don’t leave, let’s help you take back the military power of Huaixi, so as not to suffer from the cowardice of Cai Qun’s thieves.”

Shi Yujin said sadly: “Now that Yujin is a convict of the imperial court, how can he lead the army to fight again? This time I just passed by here, and I will take Meier to Nanmin soon. I think I can no longer fight side by side with the princes.”

Everyone was dejected when they heard it, but they also knew that what Shi Yujin said was the right thing to do. If they really did that, wouldn’t they be committing chaos, but if the flying cavalry battalion continued like this, it would be ruined, and they hated the Nanchu court very much. After killing Lu Can, one of them said: “Instead of dying here in vain, why don’t we protect the major general and go to Nanmin.” As soon as this statement came out, there were many responses, even Shi Yujin felt that the journey to Nanmin must be There are many difficulties and dangers, but if there are some handy personal protection, it is much better.

Thinking of the fact that the Flying Cavalry Camp is the direct line of the Lu family, it must be difficult for them to be squeezed out now.

Shi Yujin is like a raging fire, and has long hated the Southern Chu court, and has no will to defend the Sheji, so he said: “If you want to go, just follow me, we will go south in batches, so as not to disturb the traitor’s confidant. Yes, go to Huaidong to join Yang Can’s army, and don’t die here.”

After the discussion with the remaining 4,000 flying cavalry battalions, some of them were still thinking about the crisis in Huainan. About 2,500 people decided to go to Huaidong. They were no longer subject to Cai Qun’s restraint, and more than 1,000 people were already disheartened. They agreed to disperse to the south and go to Nanmin to serve the Lu family.

Shi Yujin’s appearance is not very concealed, and it has already alerted all the Huaixi Army units, but everyone cares about the kindness of Lu Can and Shi Guan. Shi Yujin is a former compatriot, and they all help each other secretly, and some of Shi Guan’s former military confidants have no intention of it anymore. During the war, he also gave up his military membership and went to Nanmin with Shi Yujin.

By the time Cai Qun noticed something, the elites of the Huaixi Army had already gone to twenty-three out of ten.

Shi Yujin’s actions did not take into account the overall situation. She just used her temperament and did not raise troops to take revenge, which was very rare.

It’s just that the strength of the Huaixi army was greatly damaged, and Cai Qun was a mediocre generation.

Such a situation was not something that Lu Can could have expected during his lifetime. If Shi Guan did not die, the situation in Huaixi would definitely not have eroded to this point. Even if Shi Yujin abandoned the army and left, there would not be many people who would go with him.

Naturally, Li Lin didn’t know what was going to happen next, so he just returned to Zhongli in a dejected manner, full of resentment in his heart. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the bottom of the city, he saw the city gate open wide, and a young man in green came out to greet him. As soon as Li Lin saw this man , couldn’t help laughing and said, “Brother Huo, why are you here?” Jumping off the horse and galloping to meet him, the young man also hurried out of the crowd, and the two exchanged arms, both very happy.

Li Lin handed over the general affairs to the lieutenant, and dragged Huo Cong into the city by himself, asking as he walked, “Isn’t Brother Huo sitting in Chuzhou with the emperor, why did he come to Zhongli to see me, and why would the emperor let him go? Take your right-hand man?”

Huo Cong said with a smile: “I was just arranging some documents with His Royal Highness. How can I talk about arms? Today is His Highness Hearing that the Prince of the County is leading the army, he is uneasy and ordered me to escort a batch of food and grass to Zhongli, by the way. I came to see you, and told you to be careful, not to take life and death lightly.”

Li Lin said with a smile: “Brother Huang always thinks I haven’t grown up, and thank you Brother Huang for me. By the way, is Rou Lan all right? There is chaos here, don’t let her wander around, if there is any mishap, I’m just afraid that my royal brother is going to die of heartache.”

Huo Cong’s eyes flashed. Since last October, Princess Changle led Rou Lan and Shen’er to Xuzhou to visit Jiang Zhe’s condition. At first Rou Lan was still obediently staying in Xuzhou, but after Jiang Zhe’s condition improved, Rou Lan couldn’t stay there anymore. He often finds a reason to go to Chuzhou to see Prince Li Jun. Everyone knows this, and they all know that Zhaohua County Lord will marry into the royal family sooner or later as a Crown Princess, but Li Lin always insists on not letting go. He refuses to admit that Li Jun and Rou Lan are in love with each other.

It is rare that there is no jealousy in his tone today. Could it be that something has changed.

Thinking of this, Huo Cong deliberately asked Li Lin about the recent battle. After all, Li Lin was outspoken, and it didn’t take long for him to get out of the way, and because he knew that Huo Cong was well-informed, he asked: “Brother Huo, have you heard of it? Regarding the matter of Miss Lu, does she have a marriage?”

Huo Cong almost broke his belly with laughter in secret, knowing that Li Lin had misunderstood the relationship between Shi Yujin and Lu Mei. It was no wonder that the Southern Chu court had always been accustomed to stealing bells. In Yong Jun’s view, whether Shi Yujin is a man or a woman, the most important thing is her ability to fight and fight. Naturally, she will not deliberately spread this matter. Although Li Lin has a distinguished status, he is just an ordinary general. Since he did not expect it at all. In that direction, no one will tell him Shi Yujin’s true identity.

But even so, Huo Cong is not optimistic about Li Lin’s thoughts. Even if Southern Chu is destroyed, the Lu family will not surrender willingly. Pursuing Lu Mei is even more difficult to reach the sky, but after thinking about it, it is better than Li Lin’s heart always tied to Rou Lan, so he endured a smile and said, “Your Highness, you probably don’t know, that Shi Yujin. General Shi is the wife of General Lu Yun and Lu. That baby is the son of General Shi who was born two months ago. The baby name is Bao’er, and he has not yet been named. Miss Lu will take care of you.”

Li Lin only felt ecstasy in his heart. At this moment, he did not think of the humiliation of being defeated by a woman. He just wanted Lu Mei and Shi Yujin not to be lovers, so he had a chance, and he didn’t care how Huo Cong knew. It was so detailed, but he just pulled him and stammered: “Brother Huo, can you help me think of something, I, I really want to marry Lu Mei as my wife.”

Huo Cong looked up and down at Li Lin for a moment, and saw Li Lin’s heart tremble. After a long time, Huo Cong smiled and said, “I will think for you about this matter, but I’m afraid it will be very difficult, you are dignified. King Yongjun, but Miss Lu Mei is the general of Southern Chu, and the hatred of the country and family is in the way. If you don’t have the courage to break the boat, I’m afraid there is no hope.”

Li Lin hurriedly said: “Brother Huo, don’t worry, if the uncle and father stop me, at most I don’t want this title. If the Lu family refuses, I’d rather die in front of them and ask for their understanding.”

Huo Cong said solemnly, “Are you sincerely wanting to marry Miss Lu as your wife?”

Li Lin pointed to the sky and swore to the sun: “If you have two hearts, let Li Lin die under the sword, and there will be no bones left.”

Huo Cong thought to himself, if this happened, it would not only save Li Lin and His Royal Highness the fight, but also ensure the safety of the Lu family in the future. The gentleman would be happy, even the emperor and the king of Qi would not object, but if I’m afraid it will be very difficult to get Lu’s marriage. After thinking about it for a long time, Huo Cong said cruelly: “Don’t worry, Prince Jun, I will definitely try to help you with this matter, but you have to think clearly, I’m afraid it will not last ten or eight years. You don’t want to succeed in the water mill kung fu.”

Li Lindao: “Sincerely, the gold and the stone are open, and this king will never give up.” But he thought to himself, for so long, we must pay attention to someone who will get in first. When I go back, I will ask my father to think of a son, and Huo, although I agreed, but it wasn’t enough, I had to ask my uncle.

At this moment, Li Lin naturally couldn’t imagine how arduous his journey of chasing his wife would be.

[End of this Chapter]