"Yang Butang, what do you mean?"


    "Lu Xiangsheng, do you still have me in your eyes?"


    Compared with Lu Xiangsheng''s calm face, Yang Sichang''s face was livid and tore his face directly.


    It''s no wonder Yang Sichang gets angry. Over the past month, he has asked Lu Xiangsheng and sun chuanting to go to the army several times to encircle and suppress the Qin thieves in Nanyang, but both of them have repeatedly shirked it for various reasons.


    This is not the most irritating. The most irritating thing is that Lu Xiangsheng sits with more than 100000 troops and stands still in runing house.


    He was in Xiangyang, but there were only 20000 troops and horses. Nanyang and Xiangyang were close at hand, so he asked Lu Xiangsheng to send 30000 troops and horses to Xiangyang for garrison several times, but Lu Xiangsheng still found a lot of reasons to shirk, that is, he refused to send troops to him.


    Three days ago, when he learned that the Chinese army was going south to attack fan and Gu two cities, plus the group of insiders entrenched in Nanzhang, Yang Sichang couldn''t sit still any longer. He hurried to explain, so he killed runing house overnight.


    "Yang Butang, I have explained repeatedly in the letter that the Qin thieves are no better than other anti thieves. Tens of thousands of thief troops under our command are not only well-equipped, well-trained, but also dare to fight and fight. The military strategy of the thief leader Qin Huan is not under our control. In addition, we have obtained a large number of war horses in Shandong this time. Our strength is not what it used to be. If we fight in a hurry, it will be difficult to predict the victory or defeat.


    Behind the high pool of Xiangyang City, there is the Han River as a barrier. Since ancient times, it has been a hard stone to prevent the northern army from going south. Twenty thousand troops are enough to hold Xiangyang for more than three months. When the thief army''s attack on the city is blocked and the morale drops sharply, our two armies will fight it again. We will get twice the result with half the effort. Why do we have to divide our troops? "


    Lu Xiangsheng''s face darkened.


    He was also angry that Yang Sichang didn''t reinforce the city defense in Xiangyang at this time and the whole army was preparing for war, but came to him for theory.


    If Xiangyang is really in danger, it''s OK, but the fact is that it''s not as stable as Mount Tai, but it can''t be broken easily.


    Xiangyang City is surrounded by the Han River on three sides, and the fan cities on the north bank are horns with each other. Even if millions of troops have enough food and grass in the city and the defenders share a common hatred, they can''t break through.


    So he''s obviously running here for selfish reasons.


    Indeed, as Lu Xiangsheng guessed, for sun chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng, they easily beat and ran away all the anti thieves of Chuanwang and runing house. However, Yang Sichang has done nothing in the past year and has been burned by the eighth king and Cao Cao. Why does he feel embarrassed?


    Of course, Yang Sichang would not think that his ability was inferior to that of sun and Lu, but that there were too few soldiers and horses in his hands and fewer soldiers to fight.


    So knowing that what Lu Xiangsheng said was reasonable, he still didn''t want to stay in Xiangyang, and finally let them make this great contribution.


    At least we should give him some troops so that he can cross the river and take the initiative.


    After all, he is guilty and meritorious this time. His majesty is very dissatisfied with his delay in exterminating the eighth king and Cao Cao.


    So he actually wanted Lu Xiangsheng to take his place in Xiangyang. He came to lead more than 100000 troops of runing house to attack sun chuanting.


    But such words were really hard to say, so he asked Lu Xiangsheng to send troops to him.


    Seeing him say so now, he said in a deep voice: "you speak lightly. When the Qin thieves left Xiangyang, they left a group of people in Nanzhang. Now they have developed to nearly 10000 people, and the Xiangyang garrison is not even 20000. At that time, the thief troops cooperate internally and externally. How can they guard?"


    "Don''t worry, Yang Butang. Our army will advance eastward tomorrow. The Qin thieves will not dare to take away their troops and go south. There are only 20000 thief troops. Even with their insiders, they won''t want to capture Xiangyang."


    Lu Xiangsheng had already found out about the thief army in Nanzhang, so he knew that he was lying with his eyes open, so he waved his hand.


    Yang Sichang was worried when he heard that he was going to March tomorrow.


    However, after Yang Sichang left Beijing, although Chongzhen did not appoint a new minister of the Ministry of war, there was no imperial edict of Chongzhen at this time, and Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the army and horses of the world with the title of minister of the Ministry of war, could not be suppressed.


    In addition, they had some disagreements with each other, so they quarreled red in the face.


    Yang Sichang asked Lu Xiangsheng to either send 50000 troops to him or lead 30000 troops to help defend Xiangyang.


    But Lu Xiangsheng was only willing to give him the anti thief soldiers and horses captured by 30000 prisoners, while Yang Sichang wanted the two town soldiers and horses of Xuanfu Datong. Naturally, he broke up unhappily.


    The reason why they did this is that Lu Xiangsheng wanted to go home and Ding you was filial.


    Lu Xiangsheng is a big filial son. After his mother died, he wrote to Chongzhen several times and asked Ding you to go home to be filial.


    However, at that time, the situation in Xuanfu Datong was just stable and could not be separated from Lu Xiangsheng. Therefore, he wrote a letter nine times and was rejected by Chongzhen.


    Yang Sichang, who was then the Minister of the Ministry of war, thought that Lu Xiangsheng was pretending, and I don''t know what his psychology was. He went ahead in Chongzhen and slandered that Lu Xiangsheng didn''t care about the overall situation, was filial and not loyal.


    Lu Xiangsheng learned about it from the eunuch and mistakenly thought that Yang Sichang prevented him from going home for filial piety.


    So he couldn''t help arranging two sentences, saying that Yang Sichang was unfilial for the son of man, but also pulled others into the water to be an unfilial son.


    Of course, that''s the general meaning.


    Because Yang Sichang was robbed by Chongzhen at that time and did not go home to be filial piety, he was unavoidably disgusted with Lu Xiangsheng''s frequent writing to Ding you. He thought he was satirizing himself. After all, he only wrote once and did not continue to write again.


    Although Yang Sichang had no way to deal with Lu Xiangsheng, he had a good relationship with the supervisor Gao Qiqian. In addition, he was smooth and practical.


    So after some dark box operation, he even attracted half of the generals and was ready to let them lead troops back to Xiangyang with themselves.


    After all, he has been busy in Xiangyang for a month or so. If Xiangyang City loses, it can''t get rid of the relationship.


    the second day.


    Looking at the nearly 50000 troops taken away by Yang Sichang, although Lu Xiangsheng was so angry that he almost vomited blood, he had no way to do so.


    After all, he was the governor of the world''s diligent king, troops and horses. After the tartar withdrew, he had automatically cancelled it, while Yang Sichang was the real Minister of the Ministry of war and the big Sima in charge of the world''s military administration.


    80000 elite border troops were taken away, leaving only 30000, plus 20000 newly recruited recruits and more than 50000 captured anti thieves. Although there are nearly 100000 troops in his hands, Lu Xiangsheng knows that if he marches directly like this, most of them will hit the stone with an egg.


    The spies reported to him everything about the Chinese Army''s joint exercise under Nanyang city that day. Without the 10000 cavalry, they would be able to fight, but now I''m afraid they have no chance of winning.


    Finally, he had to choose to continue to stand still and practice his troops and horses. At the same time, he sent a fast horse to inform sun chuanting that the situation had changed.


    When Lao Sun received the news, the army had just started. Although it was half dead of anger, he could only harden his head and continue to go south, but the marching speed slowed down several times.


    I can''t help it. Even if I don''t go out, I''m afraid there will be countless civil servants impeaching him if I go south again.