"Grandma, what can I do?" Wang Tian quietly came to Wang Dao in Wuyi Lane and asked.

Director Wang ignored him. Although his son did not have disheveled hair today, his clothes were solemn, and his signature hippie smile disappeared.

Before people feel the drastic changes, it is difficult to have that sense of urgency and it is difficult to take the initiative to change.

Wang Tian sat next to his father for a while, feeling it was boring, so he got up and went to the front again.

The situation is in critical condition, and many of the Prime Minister's shogunate's assistants moved directly to Wuyi Lane to work on the spot.

After Wang Tian came, everyone bowed. After the ceremony, they were busy with their own work, either discussing the situation of war, discussing the family, or discussing the matters of grain and equipment.

"Why haven't Liu Chao gone south yet?"

"The troops in Moling, Danyang and other places are not yet ready, maybe they want to join forces before leaving."

"How many people can Zhou Zha mobilize?"

"I see that at most ten thousand people are, Zhou's family is not as good as before. Yixing has repeatedly investigated and left the house many people. The Zhou family's children are not in harmony, and ten thousand people are at the top of the sky, maybe only a few thousand."

"It seems that Mr. Liu should be able to win, but he doesn't know how long it will take to delay."

"When will Xuancheng soldiers be dispatched?"

"The King of Langya refused to mobilize Xuancheng's troops and said he wanted to be on guard against the Liang thieves."

"Is King Langya in Wuhu? What are he doing in Xuancheng? He also took away three thousand imperial guards, and Jianye's troops were insufficient."

"Now Jianye has only two thousand right guards, four thousand three school guards, and one left and right guards in the East Palace."

"Don't think about the Right Guard Imperial Army. Those two thousand people went to Wumadu. This time, the soldiers led by Xiangyang King Fan. He is said to be the one who knows the soldiers. "It is said that it is just. I think there are not many members of the royal family who can fight."

Wang Tian listened silently, without interrupting. He couldn't interfere, because he had never done any serious business in the past. Others don't trust you and are not familiar with you. How could he rashly talk to you about military and national affairs? It's almost the same to talk about the wind, flowers, snow and moon.

After sitting for half an hour, Wang Tian sighed inwardly, feeling that he was really redundant. He went there, let alone help, it would be good not to cause trouble, so he left sadly.

After wandering around for a while, Wang Tian was about to go out, but he met his cousin, Wang Xizhi, a friend of Kuaiji.

"Yi Shao?"

"Sure?"

Both of them were a little surprised.

"What's the matter with Mr. Yi?" Wang Tian was bored, and grabbed Wang Xizhi and asked.

Wang Xizhi hesitated and said, "The King of Kuaiji wanted to lead troops to guard Wuma Ferry again. After waiting, he changed to the King of Xiangyang.

So I sent me to ask if it means the Prime Minister?"

"Don't ask." Wang Tian said, "In the confusing performance of his 9th night on the 19th night, no one will let him continue to lead the troops. The choice of King Xiangyang is the Queen of the Mountain, and my father agreed."

"So that's it." Wang Xizhi bowed and prepared to turn around and leave directly.

"Don't leave." Wang Tian held him back and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Your Highness is planning to go to the country to recruit a group of soldiers to build mail. "You are the only one?" Wang Tian looked at his subordinate and asked.

I haven't heard of Wang Yishao's talent. Recruiting soldiers is not a trivial matter, nor is it decent. Can he do it?

"My uncle will send some people to go with me." Wang Xizhi said this, chuckled and said, "I got this job that was originally Wang Shu."

Wang Tian was speechless.

After Wang Xizhi's mourning period expired, he married the daughter of the Grand Marshal Liu Kun, the champion general, and the sister of the Linhuai prefect Liu Zun as his wife. If Liu Kun helped him, it would be more suitable than Wang Shu.

However, it is outrageous that Brother Cong and Wang Shu competed for so long.

Just because my father (Dao Wang) praised Wang Shu several times in public, he felt uncomfortable in his brother. One was Gongcao and the other was a friend, but the relationship was very bad, which really made people wonder what to say.

Just at the end of last year, because some people said that Wang Shu had the ability to do things, he was appointed as Gongcao. Wang Xizhi had no ability, so he could only be a friend of the king and play with the King of Kuaiji.

My brother felt uncomfortable after hearing this, and he ridiculed Wang Shu for not being free and easy enough and did not have the style of a native.

Anyway, the two are competing.

"Since Young Master Yi is going to recruit soldiers, then go quickly. I eavesdropped on the spot and the left and right guards of the imperial guards were sent out.

Now Taicheng has only 4,000 soldiers from the East Palace and the two guards of the East City, and there are 4,000 infantry and cavalry in the Stone City, except for that." Wang Tian said, "It's good to recruit soldiers. If something happened to Langya Country, it's better to recruit some soldiers."

"No wonder there are mostly servants from high-gate rooms standing guard on the street." Wang Xizhi said in surprise: "So that's it."

Judging from Brother Cong’s reaction, Wang Tian suddenly regained some confidence.

Wang Xizhi had a big disadvantage, that is, he could not see what was behind the things, his cognition was mostly superficial, and he had no ability to go into politics. His talents were probably all about calligraphy, and other aspects were messy.

"How do you go to Kuaiji? Could you go through Jincheng? What's wrong there?" Wang Tian suddenly thought of something and asked.

"I heard that yesterday (the 19th day of the first lunar month) Zhao Yin led his troops to attack Jincheng fiercely. When the war was at its peak, many people suddenly collapsed. General Zhao was overjoyed and was about to increase the offensive, but he broke the city in one fell swoop, but was defeated by the Liang thieves." Wang Xizhi said.

"Oh? How did you lose?" Wang Tian asked.

"According to the King of Kuaiji, the bandits of Liang used 200 cavalry to break into the formation. The soldiers of the siege were in a state of exhaustion and were defeated. The formation was destroyed.

After trampling on the river, no less than a thousand people died. The camps lost their morale and retreated back to Henan." Wang Xizhi said, "It's a pity that it's just a little bit."

Wang Tian also felt it was a pity.

It is normal for some Liang thieves to be dispersed. They don’t have many of them to fight. If hundreds of cavalry had not been brave enough, they might not even dare to defend Jincheng. Now it’s not good, so they will be motivated.

"Remember to you-" Wang Xizhi thought for a while and said, "I'll take care of my uncle very much, I'll leave."

"Young Master Yi walked slowly." Wang Tian sent the person outside the gate and went back.

*******

Puzhoujin on the 20th day of the first lunar month is relatively calm.

At noon, more than ten ships appeared on the river north of the sandbank.

Soon after, a small boat slowly approached, floating and sinking in the river.

The bow of the ship stands by the wind. It is the general of the Left Army of Jin, who supervises the Jianye River Military Zhou.

His hair was completely white, and it was obvious that his family was killed and heartbroken.

The only comfort was probably that his offspring was not completely dead, because one of them was studying outside and was lucky enough to live a life.

After several days of sadness, Zhou gradually calmed down and seriously implemented the Prime Minister's military order.

He actually didn't have many troops on hand, more than 3,000 men and more than 100 ships.

Patroling the river surface is a hard work. After all, the wind is really strong, the waves are not small, and sometimes there will be snow. If it weren't for the Yangtze River, the water surface might have been frozen.

However, it is better to patrol the river than to fight ashore.

Last night, he sent hundreds of people to the ashore and tried to attack Jincheng, but failed and lost more than 200 people. The soldiers under him stopped doing it, saying that this was Sun Quan's special construction of a city blockade that blocked the river. The strong attack suffered a lot and that their navy should not do this work.

Zhao Yin, who was south of Jincheng, was also scolding Zhou for not understanding the attack on both sides.

When they fight to the death, you don’t come. When they retreat, you come again, and you will be like a spy from Liang State.

In a word, the Navy and the Army did not cooperate.

Of course, this is not someone's fault. It is never easy to split and attack, let alone these Jianye Navy and the Imperial Army who have not been familiar with the battle formation for a long time, but it is annoying in the end.

Speaking of spies, Zhou has also heard about some things recently.

Because Shi Zhen was proven to be a spy from the Liang Dynasty, many officials in the Langya Kingdom were suspected, including Langya Prime Minister Zhuge Yi and Lieutenant Kong Tan, even though they had fought with the Liang army.

What's more, because the battle was not very smooth, he began to blame the crime, saying that the Chen family of Yingchuan, the Shi family of Bohai, who was highly employed by King Langya, and the Shi family of Bohai, secretly communicated with the north. Even Shi Guipin was vaguely criticized, saying that she was holding a grudge for King Langya's failure to become the emperor, and on the condition of paying tribute to the Liang Kingdom and severing all the land in Jiangbei, begging Liang to enter Jianye and help King Langya ascend the throne to the emperor.

The news is outrageous, and a discerning person will know it is fake when he hears it, but he can't resist anyone's belief.

Especially the clerks of Queen Shan, Du Yi, the governor of Danyang County, criticized the most fiercely, almost saying that Shi Guipin, King Langya, and Zhuge Hui were traitors, so he should be punished.

Zhou was very helpless and even more sad. Why were there people like Du Yi, who were all fighting against other people? He forgot what the late emperor said about "being compassion for the country"?

It’s fine if Shi Guipin, but Zhuge Hui can move lightly? Compared to Jingzhou’s overall surrender, the chaos in Jianyou’s current situation is nothing.

Thinking of this, he sighed a long time.

His wife and children were killed by Qian Fenggou thief, but he still had to work with these people. I really don’t know if it’s worth it.

There was a sound of strokes behind me.

Zhou turned around and saw a man standing on the bow of the boat, waving to him: "Brother!"

When Zhou Dingqing saw that he was his third brother, Zhou Zan, the military officer of the Prime Minister's Office.

The ship approached quickly, and Zhou Zan seized the opportunity and came to Zhou's ship.

"Brother, Silong ran away." Zhou Zan whispered.

"Silong" is Zhou Dan, the son of Zhou, who was an eighth-rank official in the court. He was not valued on weekdays and did not follow Zhou.

Brothers Zhou Zan are in contact.

To be more precise, most of the people in the Zhou clan of Yixing did not interact with them very much. Only a small number of people were jealous of Wang Dao's power and wanted to obtain official positions through Zhou's path.

"Why don't you stop him? He dares to run away, but he wants to follow the thief, and he can be killed immediately." When his cousin ran away, Zhou Kou was furious and Hong looked at Zhou Zan.

Zhou Zan dared not speak out.

Zhou glared at him fiercely and said, "That's all?"
To be continued...