Eight days later, Hu Changzhen brought six immortal cultivators to the palace and told Haotian that several immortal masters in the fairyland took turns once every six months to protect the emperor's safety.

Liu Xiong ordered people to arrange for Hu Changzhen and others to live in the palace.

Two days later, Liu Xiong formally appointed Haotian as the general, and at the same time asked Haotian to lead troops to the Wu Kingdom.

On this day, Haotian put on a powerful general's uniform and walked to the general's position under the attention of the soldiers of the three armies and the ministers of the current dynasty, accepting Liu Xiong's title of general.

Although those generals had never seen Haotian, the fact that Haotian destroyed the Du family and assisted Liu Xiong in ascending the throne had long been spread throughout the army. The soldiers worshipped Haotian in addition to worshipping him.

Liu Xiong handed Shang Fang’s sword and Shuai Yin to Haotian and whispered: “Although we are called kings and ministers, you will always be my good brother!”

"You will always be my good brother!" Haotian said, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

The ceremony of capturing the general was completed, and Haotian and Liu Xiong walked off the general's platform. Then Haotian rode a tall maroon war horse. With the joy of Liu Xiong and the ministers, he led 100,000 soldiers to the war as a general.

"General, I wish you success, invincible victory, and invincible attack." Liu Xiong said.

"Don't worry, the emperor, I will do my best to swear to recover the Wu and Wei countries, pacify the world, and restore the Han Dynasty." After Haotian said that, he led the troops and general Chen to start his journey.

"General! General!"

Suddenly, when he heard a sweet woman's voice from behind, Haotian turned around and saw a beautiful young woman, following two maids, holding a set of green clothes in both hands and walking up from the crowd.

"Princess Liu!" Haotian has never seen her again since he met her in the palace a month ago. He thought that Princess Liu had already retreated, but he did not expect that she would come to send her to war now.

"General, please accept this set of pajamas!" Princess Liu blushed slightly, and handed over the clothes with both hands with a smile.

"Princess Xie, I still have a lot of clothes. Please take them back!" Haotian declined.

Princess Liu lowered her head and said nothing.

"General, do you know? This set of pajamas was sewn by our princess.

Our princess has never sewed clothes. In order to give you a set of clothes, we princess has been stabbed in countless ways." A maid next to Princess Liu said unfairly.

Seeing that Princess Liu's eyes were slightly red and she looked adorable, Haotian couldn't help but mutter in his heart: "It's really the hardest to accept the kindness of a beauty!"

In order to ease the atmosphere, Haotian smiled, "Since the princess is full of thought, how dare I refuse?"

When Haotian took the clothes with both hands, a red cloud appeared on Princess Liu's face, "Please take care of yourself, General!"

"Okay! Goodbye Princess!" Haotian nodded to Princess Liu, turned his horse's head and moved forward. He thought to himself: "When I pacify the world, I will say goodbye to Liu Xiong and will not see this Princess Liu again."

"General!" General Chen slapped his horse and chased him and said with a smile: "General, you are so beautiful. You are so lucky. Even Princess Liu has sewed clothes for you by yourself."

Haotian smiled bitterly and said nothing.

"Do you know? I have heard that Princess Liu is the most beautiful among all princesses and princesses. She is charming, but she is also very arrogant.

Many ministers and generals proposed marriages to the fifth emperor, but Princess Liu looked down upon them.

I didn't expect that she had a special liking for you." General Chen did not see Haotian's expression and continued to say flatteringly: "You and Princess Liu are really heroes and beauty!"

"General Chen, don't you have a few military books for me to read? Where are those military books?" Haotian didn't want to talk about Princess Liu's affairs, so he quickly changed the topic and said.

General Chen squinted his eyes and looked at Haotian, thinking that he was shy, and said with a smile: "Those military books are in my luggage. When the army sets up camp, I will personally send them to you."

"Oh good!" Haotian nodded, and discussed the marching and war while riding with General Chen.

Since most local soldiers walk and have to transport food and grass and military supplies, the marching speed is very slow, and they only walk about 60 kilometers a day.

Sixty kilometers can be reached in just one breath for Haotian, but in order to lead the troops, he could only walk slowly, Haotian took advantage of the marching time to read the military books.

During the march, a spy (spy) reported that the Wei army was attacking Jingzhou City and had already broken half of the city. It might take the city in two or three days.

The generals suddenly became nervous, thinking that they could not be rushed by the Wei army and asked to accelerate the march.

After hearing the spy talk about the Wei army's siege, Haotian said calmly: "Don't be nervous. Even if the marching is accelerated, it will take several days to arrive. At that time, the soldiers are tired and unable to fight with the Wei army. It is better to accumulate energy and destroy them in one fell swoop." "But the city of Jingzhou is solid. If it is captured by the Wei army, it is probably not easy for us to break it."

General Chen said with concern.

"So what if the city is solid? I can break the wall at any time."

Haotian said disapprovingly.

After more than three days of marching, a hundred thousand troops arrived twenty miles away from Jingzhou City. Seeing that it was getting late, Haotian ordered the army to station on the spot, rest well, and attack the city tomorrow. At the same time, he sent spies to learn about the situation in Jingzhou.

The other side of Jingzhou is the State of Wu, so Jingzhou is a must-have city for attacking Wu.

Haotian, General Chen and several senior generals, and the staff discussed plans to attack Jingzhou City the next day in the military tent. The spy came back to report the military situation, "General, the Wei army had captured all the cities in Jingzhou yesterday."

"Hey! I was really the first to get on the way by the Wei army." General Chen shook his head and asked the spy: "How many soldiers and horses do the Wei army have?" "Return to the general, I heard that there are more than 500,000 now!" The spy bowed and responded.

More than 500,000?" General Chen and several staff officers were shocked. More than 500,000 soldiers were more than five times that of their Shu army.

"You retreat first!" Haotian waved to the spy.

"Yes! General!" The spy turned around and left the military tent as soon as he bowed his hand.

"General, my subordinates believe that the Wei army is powerful, the city of Jingzhou is high and dangerous, and our army has only 100,000 troops, so it is difficult to break the city. Therefore, my subordinates believe that people should be sent back to the capital and ask the emperor to send another 300,000 troops to support."

When Haotian saw it, he saw that the person who spoke was Xiao Tong. Before Haotian could speak, another staff member named Ma Bin agreed.

"Staff Secretary Xiao is right. To capture Jingzhou occupied by the Wei army, our army's current military strength is indeed insufficient and we need reinforcements. In addition, I expected that the Wei army would soon cross the river to attack Wu, and our army would be better off retreating for the time being for the time being. When the Wei army crossed the river, it would not only be easy to win, but also pursue the Wei army from behind, causing them to be attacked from both sides." "Staff Secretary Ma's words are reasonable!"

"General, I also agree with the suggestion of General Ma." Haotian saw that two generals agreed with Ma Bin's opinion, and several other generals did not express their opinions, but seemed to nod their heads secretly, while General Chen lowered his head to ponder.

Haotian said seriously: "Everyone, I have ordered the attack on the city tomorrow morning, so you don't have to give any other opinions. Go back and prepare for tomorrow's attack!"

"Yes! General." Although the generals and staff were dissatisfied, they did not dare to obey orders. After all, military orders were like mountains, and disobeying military orders would lead to be beheaded.

Haotian also knew that Ma Bin made sense, but he could win easily with his own abilities, and there was no need to use such troublesome and time-consuming strategies.

After everyone left, General Chen, who was still in the military tent, said to Haotian:

"General, I know that you have great magical skills, but you cannot show off your own courage when leading troops in war. You must consider the safety of the entire army. With our army's 100,000 troops, it is indeed difficult to break through the 500,000 Wei army that is in danger."

Haotian smiled, "General Chen, you only know the art of war, but you don't know enough about my abilities. You will see how I will break through the enemy's city tomorrow."

General Chen did not refute. He knew that Haotian was very powerful and could destroy the Du family, but he had no real idea of ​​Haotian's ability. He could only see a battle tomorrow.

"Also, General Chen, please tell your subordinates to beware of their guards at night. Because the Wei army saw our army tired from afar, they might attack us secretly in the night." Haotian said again. General Chen nodded,

"It seems that the general has read a lot of military books these days."

"Since you are leading troops to fight, you are in danger of the army, how can you not read military books diligently?" Haotian said seriously. "Don't worry, General, the last general will definitely take good precautions." General Chen bowed to Haotian and walked out of the military tent.

(End of this chapter)
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