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Chapter 656 Mantis Catching Cicadas

The fallen goose wore a high bun like a man, wearing a golden purple gold crown of the Regent of Wu. She was wearing a delicate and gorgeous purple leather armor and a scarlet cloak on her shoulders. A bright jade belt was tied around her waist, and an ancient Han Dynasty waist-closing eight-sided sword hung by the side. The bright red sword spears kept jumping and shaking as her deer leather boots stepped on the floor step by step, striking eyes.

As soon as she jumped into the conference hall, Chen Dang, Jiang Yanchao, Li Baiyao, Sun Shihan, Chen Dangren, Xu Lingyan, Liu Ziyi and others stood up and saluted. She greeted her one by one. Finally, she walked to the upper part of the hall and sat down. Her eyes were Du Fuwei, Shan Xiongxin and Li Zitong, who were the second most in the hall, nodded.

Du Fuwei was wearing bright light armor and sat in the first place in the lower left of Shen Luoyan. This position was closest to the princess, which also showed that his status in the current Wu Kingdom was only below Shen Luoyan. In the right position, this position that had always been occupied by Li Zitong was sitting today by Shan Xiongxin. Li Zitong, the marshal of the South Vietnam Army, was below him. Xu Lingyan's original direct generals sat further. As for Sun Shihan and Chen Dangren, the generals who had missed the team, were even at the last seat at this time.

In addition to Sun Shihan who was nervous, Chen Dangren and other generals, the last one was Chen Dang, a general who suffered a great defeat in Jiujiang. At this time, he had no longer had the majesty of the direct general of the Regent. He lowered his head and knelt beside the hall door, not even daring to let out a breath of vigor.

The other generals also sat down according to their own positions. In addition to the generals of each army, there were many nobles and officials who escaped from the counties in Jiangdong and Jiankang City. These people were originally going to flee to Jianghan, but they encountered a large army that was killed on the way, so naturally no one mentioned going to Jianghan again, and they all stayed in the military camp.

Chen Dang carefully looked at the ministers in the hall with his eyes, sighing in his heart. As the base camp of Wu, Jiangdong had become such a situation at this time, and only so many people were left in the entire court. Even if the counterattack was successful this time, I am afraid that Wu would be very angry and injured. However, at this time he had no intention of paying attention to the situation in the late Wu Kingdom. What he was most worried about now was how long his life and Xiang Shang's head could be saved. The princess had asked him and Jiang Yanchao and others to lead the troops of the five counties of Jiujiang to capture Jian'an, cut off the Baiyue Army's retreat, and chase the Baiyue Army from behind. However, they were shocked by the bloody killing of the local soldiers beside Zhejiang, and they were careful to avoid the battle along the way. They did not dare to really chase after him. They threw Jiujiang first, and then failed to complete the task assigned by the princess. He felt that he might have to lie down and go out in a while.

"General Chen, your Jiujiang City is really beautiful. Five thousand people guarding Jiujiang, but it was actually captured by Hu Hai and 3,000 people in just one hour. This skill is really great." Wang Xiongdan, the general of the Huainan Army, smiled at Chen Dang behind him, with a smile on his face, and his tone was filled with gloating feelings. Ximen Junyi, the other Huainan Army general next to him, also smiled and said, "Yes, yes, if General Chen Dang had not lost Jiujiang, we would not have hurriedly returned as soon as we arrived at Mianyang City. Otherwise, maybe Xiangyang City had been captured by our Huainan Army! What do you think this is? It consumed millions of dollars and grain and mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to reach Jiangxia. Before the battle started, he had to return in a hurry. The hard-working army had made every contribution, and now the entire Jiangdong has almost been lost."

To lose your mother, Chen Dang dared not have any anger on his face, but he had already greeted all the female relatives of the Huainan generals' homes. Although Hu Hai captured Jiujiang City, which he guarded by 5,000 people, was Jiujiang City an ordinary city? The city was automatically given up by Chen Jun. Time flies, and he has not yet had time to clear and sweep away the inner stakes left by Chen Jun. What's more, the combat power of the Northern Chen Jun has always been stronger than that of the Southern Chen Jun, which is a public knowledge. Chen Dang felt bitter in his heart. Even the more than 100,000 troops of the Old King of Wu could not stop Chen Jun's 30,000 troops, not to mention that he used five thousand to three thousand to deal with Chen Jun. Without twice or three times the strength of the troops, it is difficult to fight against.

Among the generals, Shan Xiongxin was quite gentle. He looked at Chen Dang and broke it up for him: "Although General Chen Dang lost Jiujiang, he still retained half of the troops. Although Chen's army only had three thousand troops, Hu Hai was a veteran general in Chen's army, not to mention Xu Shiji was even more resourceful. When I was in the Central Plains with him, he was also a famous figure. It was already good that General Chen Dang could escape unstoppably when he met two powerful generals in the Northern Chen. Too much blame would be useless."

Although Shan Xiongxin bluntly stated that he was not as good as Hu Hai and Xu Shiji, Chen Dang still had to accept this favor and said with a wry smile: "Thank you, unit coach, compared with Hu Hai and Xu Shiji, the last one is indeed inferior to that."

Shen Luoyan sat on the top and watched the generals below stand on the hill and attack each other, but did not participate. After the generals quarreled for a while, she gently knocked on the table a few times, and the hall suddenly became quiet.

"The merits and demerits must be discussed after this battle." Shen Luoyan's voice was not high, but when her eyes swept over everyone, the generals felt a sense of pressure. Under this pressure, the generals were sitting one after another. "Now, let's start discussing the next action plan. Everyone, can all the troops arrive in their seats now?"

Chen Dang was the first to stand up and leave the list. He saluted respectfully to the Regent and said, "Report to His Highness, Princess Regent, the last general and General Jiang and other troops, and the noble armed forces and urban guards of Jian'an, Yuhang and other counties along the way. Now a total of 35,000 troops have been sequeled. At present, the entire army has reached the designated Jiulong Mountain and has recovered the four cities of Changshu, Jiangyin, Wuxi and Jinling. Our actions are very secret. So far, the Chen army has not discovered the movements of our army. The canal, Taihu Lake, Songjiang, and the several major landing ports on the south bank of the Yangtze River estuary have been controlled by our army."

"Regent Hong Fu! God bless you, in this way, the easternmost direction of Piling and Wujun have been reclaimed and occupied by our army, and the passage for Chen's army to escape from the east has been cut off by us."

"Thirty-five thousand people blocked the easternmost part, which not only prevented the Northern Chen army from fleeing eastward at that time, but also prevented the Northern Chen army from landing on the sea to reinforce."

Jiang Yanchao on the other side even shouted loudly: "It's a pity that I didn't meet the sweeping troops from Beichen to the south this time, otherwise they could be solved first."

Shen Luoyan was obviously disappointed with Chen Dang, Jiang Yanchao and others. He lost Jiujiang so easily last time. No matter how he said he was boasting, he just said lightly: "Where are the other marshals' soldiers? Are they all in place?"

Sun Shihan and Chen Guoren also hurriedly set out: "Report to Your Highness, the last general has arrived in Xuancheng County two days ago. If it weren't for Your Highness' order to ask us to suspend the secret whereabouts and move, our troops would have launched an attack on Caishi. Now, according to Your Highness's military order, 50,000 troops were secretly stationed in the Jingting Mountain of Xuancheng, more than 100 miles southeast of Dangtu City, and our troops have recovered the three southwest cities of Caishi, Xuancheng and Sui'an, and secretly cut off the channels of Caishi in the southwest."

Chen Luoyan nodded, turned to Du Fuwei and said, "Where are the three great men?"

Shan Xiongxin said lightly: "Our troops have all arrived in Lishui near Caishi and Jiankang, and can launch a counterattack at any time!"

"Our troops have all arrived in Qu'a. With the order from Your Highness, you can regain the important town of Jingkou in half a day!" Li Zitong also said confidently.

"My Huainan army soldiers have arrived in secret to Jurong, and the whole army is waiting for battle!" Du Fuwei said.

Chen Luoyan stood up and stood in front of the large Jiangdong military defense map hanging on the screen to watch carefully. After a moment, nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, Chen Dang and Jiang Yanchao's troops were stationed in Jiulong Mountain, and were stationed in the four cities of Changshu, Wuxi, Jiangyin and Jinling. Block the passage in the southeast of Jiankang and prevent the Chen army from landing if the reinforcements that could arrive from the sea!"

"The two generals Sun Shihan and Chen Guoren led 50,000 troops to guard Jingting Mountain, and divided them to guard Yicheng, Jingxian and Sui'an, blocking the southwest roads of Jiankang to prevent the Northern Chen army from escaping from the southwest after defeat."

"The General General led the Zhennan Army to attack Caishi from Lishui, Marshal Du Fuwei led the Huainan Army to attack Jiankang from Jurong, and Marshal Li Zitong led the Nanyue Army to attack Jingkou from Qua. The Palace led the headquarters of the headquarters to guard Tianmu Mountain in Yuhang, ready to respond to all directions at any time and be responsible for clearing out all Chen troops that were protruding and surrounding the encirclement."

"All divisions are ready, Jiankang City is now in danger, and the city can be broken every once in a while. Therefore, the generals will return to their headquarters' army later. At the third update tonight, our 300,000 troops will be divided into six divisions, Huainan Army, Zhennan Army, and Nanyue Army, attack Caishi, Jiankang and Jingkou. The other three divisions are responsible for blocking and encircling all Chen troops in northeastern Jiang, and must wipe out all the Chen troops in the south in one battle."

Chen Luoyan's tone was filled with a strong sense of confidence, and she paused: "Everyone, this battle is related to the millions of people of our Wu Kingdom. This battle is acceptable to win but not defeat. Remember, the most important thing in the beginning of this battle is to regain the two major ferries and Jingkou at the fastest speed. As long as we capture the two major ferries, the Beichen army will be completely surrounded by us. As long as we capture the two ferries, we will definitely win this battle!"

"Everyone, 90% of all the Chen army on the Huai and Si line have crossed the Yangtze River. As long as we win this battle, we can counterattack the Yangtze River and fight the northern expedition in one fell swoop, and we can seize dozens of counties in Huai and Si without any effort. This is a good opportunity given by God and will never be missed!"

"I will win! I will win!" The generals yelled in unison.

Chen Luoyan was also very excited for a moment. She had a complete failure in his post in Jianghan, but this Jiangdong crisis made her find a great opportunity. She risked losing Jiankang and set up such a big situation. Victory was already in control. Seeing that she was about to defeat tens of thousands of troops in Beichen in one fell swoop and able to counterattack the Northern Expedition in one fell swoop, how could she not be so excited? She really hoped that she would arrive earlier at that moment, and hoped to see Chen Kefu's reaction at that time with her own eyes!

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