"What should I think? We were on a good march, but we were ambushed in advance. Where did the swords and guns in the chaos come from? Who can mobilize so many weapons in Chizhou? Now that the general is alone, why can't I think more?" Gong

Qi Xia asked three questions in a row, and he was ready to relinquish Wu Tingjun's military power.

In principle, Gong Qixia does not have this authority, but now it is wartime, and he is the highest-ranking person in Chizhou City. If there is any abnormal movement in Wu Ting, he can kill it first and then report it, and no one can find fault.

"How does the general know? The swords and guns of the rebels are much sharper than those under the general's command." Wu Tingjun felt that he was wronged. He was the most powerful general in Chizhou, but this matter really had nothing to do with him.

Chizhou's garrison was only a second- and third-line army, and its equipment was all discarded by the Southern Tang Dynasty's Forbidden Army, while the equipment used by the rebels was all provided by the Zhongyong Army, so the gap was naturally huge.

"That's nonsense, General Wu. Prepare to go to Jiangning to explain to His Majesty." Gong Qixia waved his sleeves. He was sure that Wu Tingjun would be defeated. As long as he was captured, no one in Chizhou City would dare to fight with him.

Go against it.

"Master Gong, the general did not collude with the rebellious people. This is nonsense. If there is no decree from the imperial court, it is difficult to obey the order!" Wu Tingjun is not a fool, how could he be frightened by Gong Qixia? There is also someone behind him

His backer, Ni Yuanjing, the military governor of Ningguo, was his uncle.

"How presumptuous. Now you are the biggest suspect. If I don't arrest you, I will let you escort the body of Lord Shangshu and explain it to the court. I will be extra honorable to you. If you don't know what's good and what's wrong, don't blame me.

Don't show mercy." Gong Qixia has been prepared for a long time. Now in the governor's office, all the people he can mobilize have been fully prepared. Not to mention the three squadrons of government officials and various police officers, even the strongest among the jailers have been mobilized.

Listen to orders.

"I want to see how merciless you are!" Wu Tingjun directly drew out his sword, and the six accompanying soldiers did the same.

Ah Jiu immediately stepped forward, protected Gong Qixia, and stepped back.

"Come here, capture this traitor who is colluding with the people!" Gong Qixia shouted loudly.

Wu Tingjun hesitated for a moment and wanted to capture Gong Qixia, but doing so would inevitably lead to the following mistakes, leaving no room for change.

But with this hesitation, there was no room for a comeback.

Several people suddenly emerged from behind Gong Qixia to protect him. At this time, dozens of people had appeared at the gate behind Wu Tingjun, all holding swords and guns, and they were surrounding Wu Tingjun step by step.

If it were in an open space, Wu Ting would be able to fight out with full confidence relying on the soldiers around him, but now in this place, whether he was going forward or retreating, the road was blocked.

"Okay, I am willing to go to Jiangning!" Wu Tingjun threw the long knife on the ground. Instead of losing his life here in vain, it is better to go to Jiangning. Gong Qixia has no evidence, and he did not collude with the rebellious people.

"Okay, I will arrange the coffins for the two adults, and we will set off in an hour without any delay. After a while, I will write a handwritten letter, and General Wu will bring it to the court and present it to Your Majesty. In it, I will explain the current situation of Chizhou and my plans.

Worry." Gong Qixia was a little surprised. In his original plan, Wu Ting couldn't stand such injustice and was determined to fight to the death, so that he could follow the trend and kill him directly.

But now there is no chance to take action. If he insists on killing Wu Tingjun, he will be at risk of being exposed. With his control over everyone in the yamen, it is too risky to do so.

An hour later, when the convoy slowly left Chizhou City, Gong Qixia immediately ordered the city gates to be closed tightly. No one was allowed to leave the city without his order. The reason was naturally to prevent the rebels. At the same time, he sent an order to all counties to strictly guard against the rebels and prevent the rebels from entering the county.

Gong Qixia did this, nominally to prevent rioters, but it provided convenience to the rioters. During his tenure, he traveled across the countryside without any hindrance.

The rain gradually stopped,

But there is no intention of clearing up. I don’t know when it will continue to rain.

The gradually rising water level is like a beast that will come out of the gate at any time to devour anyone it chooses.

Li Congshan waited day and night, but he failed to get the news he wanted. Instead, he got a lot of bad news.

"What's going on? What do you do for food?" Li Congshan was angry, how could he defeat his elite with just a few rioters, and even Kong Ju joined in.

"Your Majesty, Gong Qixia, the governor of Chizhou, has ordered guard general Wu Tingjun to escort Kong Shangshu's body to Jiangning. It is estimated that it will arrive in the afternoon." Yan Xu sighed, the weather was not good, it was raining constantly, and he didn't know how long he could last.

"Wu Tingjun, he is the guard general of Chizhou. After he leaves, who will be responsible for exterminating the rebels?" Li Congshan thought, this is nothing weird. They expect you to suppress the bandits. How come they escorted the corpse to Jiangning.

"It is said that the governor Gong Qixia has ordered the city gates to be closed and guarded to prevent the rebels from entering the city." Yan Xu also felt that this was a bit too much. It was raining, how could the rebels attack the city? There were no siege equipment.

You can't climb up this way.

"It's just, I don't know what it means. Isn't this just allowing the chaotic people to do evil? If Chizhou is in chaos, won't Shezhou be attacked from both sides? Do I need to explain this truth to myself?" Shezhou now is a powder keg. Once the weather improves, it will be attacked at any time.

A war may break out, and the existence of the rebels will definitely put a damper on the Southern Tang Army.

Even if they don't disturb the city, just disturbing the logistics outside is enough for them to drink a pot.

"Then, why don't we send an order to the Xin'an Army and ask them to exterminate the rebels? This can be regarded as training." Yan Xu had no idea. The key is that the water level has not dropped yet. What should we do now?

"No, the army cannot move lightly to give the other side an opportunity. Let's wait until Wu Tingjun arrives and ask about the situation before we make any calculations." Li Congshan refused. The soldiers and horses in Shezhou could not move at all. Their only purpose was

One, that is to target Lin Zhaoqing to death.

"Well, this flood discharge thing..." Yan Xu felt that he was in a state of distress now. If there was another flood, there would be nothing he could do to save the day.

In Muzhou City, Sun Yu squeezed the note in his hand. It was the news that had just come from Chizhou. Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner as he expected.

"Come here, send this letter to Quanzhou and give it to Song Wumian." Sun Yu smelled a hint of war, and it was time for him to make other preparations.

As early as last year, after learning that the Song Army was heading south to cross the Yangtze River, Sun Yu started to build a fleet that could cross the Yangtze River. In addition to the previously captured small flat-bottomed ships of South Vietnam, he also designed another type of warship.

This kind of warship that can cross the Yangtze River still adopts a small flat-bottomed design, with an overall displacement of about 3,000 tons. It is considered a behemoth. Unlike other river warships, which have to accommodate a large number of personnel and materials, this kind of warship is equipped with eight cannons and is equipped with

A small number of gunners and supplies to reduce the load.

In this way, the part of the battleship that floats on the water is very high, and it can easily cruise on the river. And if it goes on a long sea voyage, as long as it carries more supplies, the stability can be improved.

This kind of large warship was built at the shipyards in Quanzhou and Daliuqiu Island. The first batch of eight ships has been launched. If the wood for building such large ships were not in short supply, the current shipyards could start construction on eleven ships at the same time.

At the same time, a number of flat-bottomed ships with a displacement of about 1,000 tons were built in Hangzhou Bay. There were only two guns on the ship, one at the front and the other at the stern. They were also equipped with a large number of combat personnel to guard the large warships.

At present, the entire navy has more than 80 ships that can operate freely in the Yangtze River, including 32 large warships with a displacement of more than 2,000 tons. The ships, regardless of size, have all been modified to be able to carry artillery, but the artillery

The difference in caliber is quite large, much worse than that of specially built new warships.

Compared with Sun Yu's command, Li Congshan was in dire straits. He had just sent Wu Tingjun to Ningguo Jiedushi to mobilize more troops and horses to quell the chaos, and then he received an urgent call from 800 miles away. After all, there was a flood.

It is in Xuanzhou, downstream of Chizhou.

Although it was still far away from Xuanzhou City, Zheng Yanhua's army was safe and sound, but Li Congshan was still panicked. Both places where he and Sun Yu faced off were unstable at the rear, and the chaos in Chizhou, once they advanced eastward, would threaten the victims of the Xuanzhou disaster.

, the momentum will inevitably be greater.

Sun Yu handled the affairs of his subordinates in an orderly manner. What he had to do was to stabilize the rear and hold back the main force of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

The rebels became more and more powerful, and the Southern Tang court conducted several encirclement and suppression campaigns, but all ended without success. The repeated troop deployments depleted the last trace of Southern Tang's vitality.

"The order was passed, and the general of the auxiliary state, Zheng Yanhua, mobilized all the troops to capture Huzhou as soon as possible. In addition, with Qu Liangji, deputy commander of the Divine Guard Army, as the commander-in-chief, and Xin'an Army Jiedushi Kuang Zhonglei as the deputy, troops were sent to attack She County." Jiang Ning

Above the court, after Li Congshan finished speaking, he felt exhausted. This was his last fight. If he won, he would be able to make a comeback. If he lost, there would be no chance of making a comeback.

"Your Majesty, please think twice!" Yan Xu and other important ministers all tried to dissuade him. The chance of winning was too low to fight like this.

"Everyone, there is nothing we can do. Our money and food will not last for the autumn harvest. Right now, the Chizhou area has been basically cut off by the mob, and the transportation of supplies is not smooth. If we don't take action, we will be defeated without a fight." Li Congshan asked himself,

He made great efforts, but the ending was not what he wanted.

Right now, there is still a chance to give it a try, but if the money and food run out, there will be no chance.

In mid-April of that year, Li Congshan, the leader of the Southern Tang Dynasty, mobilized all his troops to attack Qi. Suddenly, the world was paying attention.

Every move in the south of the Yangtze River was under the control of the Zhao brothers, but they had no way to intervene. The weather had just turned warm and before the Southern Chu Dynasty continued, Xi Shu and the Northern Han Dynasty jumped out again, which was extremely annoying.

"Your Majesty, I think we should win over Lu Guwei, who is stationed in Suzhou, to provide support." Zhao Guangyi entered the palace today because of the affairs in Jiangnan. The two sides are currently facing each other, and a war is about to break out.

If they remain indifferent, it will be difficult for them to intervene once the winner is determined between the two sides.

In Zhao Guangyi's budget, the right path is for both sides to waste each other's strength regardless of victory or defeat.

"Lu Guwei? Is that the old South Vietnamese general? The general of Long March?" Zhao Kuangyin mostly stared at the Northern Han Dynasty and Western Shu. The Southern Chu side was basically cooked by Murong Yanzhao, and it was almost over.

"It's true that Lu Guwei has nearly 50,000 soldiers under his command. In addition, the city of Suzhou is tall and has countless provisions. He is worthy of being a figure. If he can be used by us, he can contain the war in the south of the Yangtze River without losing any soldiers." At present, the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Guangyi also knew the situation. Before the war in Nanchu was completely over, it was impossible to spare the time to take care of Jiangnan.

"I'm not happy about this person!" Zhao Kuangyin rubbed his forehead. He was most annoyed by such a self-respecting guy who completely ignored the life and death of his old master. This is why Qian Liu and the others acted quickly and turned Sun Yu into a rider.

Son-in-law Long Kuai, otherwise this outcome may not be good.

"Your Majesty, my brother is not happy either, but this person is of great value." Zhao Guangyi felt that his brother was too cautious in this matter. He is just an old minister of South Vietnam. From now on, he can just find an idle position in the Song Dynasty.

, just let it fend for itself, and dare to rebel against heaven.

"Okay, let's leave it at that. Send someone to contact you first to see what it means." Zhao Kuangyin had no idea. Last year, he thought that with the withdrawal of troops from Western Shu and the Northern Han Dynasty, they would be able to live a quiet life. Unexpectedly, not long after the beginning of spring,

It started again, and it was endless.
Chapter completed!