Emperor Guangwu landed on the land of Anqing and couldn't help but sigh: "The Yangtze River is blocked here, and Wu and Chu are the first states to divide the border. If we seize this place, Luzhou and Fengyang will no longer have any danger to defend!"
The Taifu Ding Kuichu on the side heard this and hurriedly flattered him: "Your Majesty, Anqing was in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and was the location of the ancient Anhui Kingdom. From here, I can control the throats of the whole Anhui Province. You are the real dragon emperor, and you have to be favored by God to achieve such success.
Crossing the river".
Among the courtiers of Emperor Guangwu, Ding Kuichu was actually not as good at flattering as Ma Huanxi and Sun Jinding. However, most later generations think that Ding Kuichu was the number one flatterer in the Guangwu Dynasty. Mainly because he compiled a "History of the Ming Dynasty", which is absolutely accurate.
The emperor sung his praises for his virtuous deeds, and the classics have been passed down forever, but most of the flattering deeds of Ma and Sun have not been preserved in writing.
"Hahaha", Ding Kuichu enjoyed the photo of Zhu Hengjia so much that he couldn't help laughing loudly.
"Your Majesty, Anqing is a strong city in the world. We should take advantage of the situation to attack it quickly. If it is too late, there will be changes," Zheng Feng advised.
Zhu Hengjia's expression condensed, "What Zheng Qing said is true. Send an order to the three armies to gallop forward and not give the enemy a chance to breathe!"
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"In Futai, the Ming army landed at Huaining Port, and General Liang was killed."
After hearing the military report, Li Ripeng, the governor of Qingcaojiang River, couldn't help but feel the sky was dark and the earth was dark. He suppressed the fear in his heart and organized his sergeants to go to the city to defend.
He was actually prepared for the attack by the Ming army. A month ago, a letter "Emperor Guangwu Fengtian Called the Captives from Heaven" was circulated everywhere north of the Yangtze River. Although he didn't know whether it was true or not, he still raised his vigilance and strengthened his
Anqing Jiangfang. Unfortunately, the main force was transferred to Yangzhou by Doni. How could a mere 20,000 troops defeat the more than 100,000 Ming army tigers and wolves?
"Alas! Just do your best and obey fate." Li Ripeng lamented and ordered the people to be recruited to defend the city.
"There is an order from Futai that all men from every household aged between 16 and 50 should go to the city to help guard the city. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed." The officials beat the gongs and spread the news of Li Ripeng's orders.
The streets and alleys of Huaining City.
The gong was beating loudly, but little did they know that the sound of the gong was a reminder of life.
In the Luo Jiao nunnery in Huaining City, Lu Wenye heard the sound of gongs and perked up. He said to Liu Zheng, Weng Changxian and Zhang Xizhu: "The imperial army has arrived at Anqing City. Everyone is following me, pretending to be ordinary people guarding the city.
At the west city gate, Pan Hu and dozens of religious Green Camp brothers responded. Let’s seize the city gate and let the heavenly soldiers enter the city."
"I will obey the old official's order," more than a thousand Luo Jiao believers followed Lu Wenye and swarmed toward the west gate.
In order to encourage his followers, Lu Wenye recited a verse: "The four elements have no self, and the five aggregates are originally empty. Putting your head on the white blade is like cutting off the spring breeze." This verse is powerful, and beheading is like the spring breeze blowing on the face.
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"There is no self in the four great elements, and the five aggregates are originally empty. When facing a white blade, it is like cutting off the spring breeze." The believers chanted along and ran to the west gate while chanting. Strange to say, as soon as they read these verses, they immediately lost their fear.
, the effect is exactly the same as when the Boxers shouted "invulnerability" to kill foreigners.
Arriving at the west gate, dozens of Green Camp soldiers including Pan Hu, who secretly joined the religion, had been waiting for a long time.
"Stop, what do you do?"
The gatekeeper asked the general manager.
"Boss Zhang, these are the people recruited by Futai to help defend the city," Pan Hu said to the boss with a bow and a nod, and secretly winked at Lu Wenye.
"Take people to form a group of ten people for these people and bring them up to the city wall. Don't bother crowding in the city gate," the general named Zhang shouted.
"Yes", Pan Hu responded, ready to go forward, he pulled out the knife fiercely, turned around and swung it, it was such a sharp knife! The boss' head flew three feet away.
"A vacuum hometown, no biological parents", Lu Wenye roared like a tiger and chopped down a soldier.
"A vacuum hometown, no biological parents", the believers shouted, killed the stragglers, and opened the west city gate.
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"This Anqing is worthy of being a fortified city in the world. The city is high and the pond is deep. I'm afraid it's not easy to get down." Zhu Hengjia put down his telescope and sighed leisurely, "Has the fort been built?"
"Your Majesty, the fort has been constructed," Yixing Bo Zhao Yong reported.
"Yeah." Zhu Hengjia was about to give the order to fire when he suddenly heard shouts of killing coming from the city.
"Creak, creak", the heavy west city gate actually opened.
"What's going on? Are my eyes dim?"
I was confused, but I heard the shouts of killing getting louder and louder. In any case, it was clear that no enemy had opened the city gate, and the attacking party did not dare to enter. Humph, I am not Sima Yi, and you, Li Ripeng, can never do it.
Zhuge Liang!
"Order Li Mingzhong to enter the city quickly," Zhu Hengjia issued the military order, and then added, "Instruct all armies to keep their distance and enter the city in batches to prevent fraud."
Li Mingzhong's generals Chen Shangchuan, Deng Yao, and Yang Yandi led their troops in batches. Hao Shangjiu, Hao Yongzhong, Li Laiheng, Wang Guoxi, Zhang Chengwu, and Sun Guangwei followed Li Mingzhong's troops.
"Young man Lu Wenye, lead your martyrs to seize the gate and dedicate the city to welcome the King." Lu Wenye shouted, and led the Luo Jiao followers to kneel on the roadside to welcome the Ming army.
Generals Chen Shangchuan, Deng Yao, and Yang Yandi were in a hurry to enter the city to make military exploits and had no time to pay attention to him. Li Mingzhong nodded politely to him as a reward, and went back to the city to command the battle.
Lu Wenye was feeling annoyed when another black-faced military general arrived. He was majestic and must be a high official! He was refreshed and shouted again: "Young man Lu Wenye, lead your righteous soldiers to seize the gate and dedicate the city to welcome Master Wang." p>
The person coming was Hao Shangjiu, the Marquis of Xintai. When he saw him blocking the road, he shouted hurriedly: "Little boy, get out of the way quickly. Don't delay me from killing the enemy." After saying that, he galloped in.
Even among more than a dozen generals, not a single person paid attention to him.
Lu Wenye was dejected and his shouts became much lower. "Young man Lu Wenye, lead your righteous soldiers to seize the gate and dedicate the city to welcome the king." The more he shouted, the more boring he became.
Suddenly, a big flag came up, higher than the other flags, and embroidered with a golden dragon with teeth and claws on it. In front of the flag, there was a wonderful horse! It was snow-white without any mottled colors. There was an old man sitting on the horse.
Nothing unusual, just wearing a dragon robe.
Dragon robe!
Lu Wenye's eyes widened.
"Are you the righteous man who killed the captives and sacrificed the city? What is your name?"
The old man's voice was gentle but not angry, full of the dignity of a superior.
Even though Lu Wenye was so sharp-tongued and so bold that he called the emperor "the emperor" in private, but when he saw the emperor's face, he was so frightened that he peeed, knelt on the ground and couldn't even speak, "Fuck,
Cao, Cao people Lu Wenye led the crowd to rebel, no, to act righteously. Seize the city gate to meet the king's army.
Zhu Hengjia was happy, and his voice became softer again, "Pingshen! Don't be afraid, Yishi Lu, I'm not a tiger, I won't eat you. You just killed the captives and captured the city, what a hero! Why did you become less courageous after seeing me?
Already? Hahaha!"
Seeing that the emperor was very kind, Lu Wen was convinced that his sharp tongue was back, "Your Majesty is the real dragon emperor, and the common people are frightened by the dragon's power and can't help but panic."
Zhu Hengjia looked at this young man carefully. He was dignified and handsome, which made people quite fond of him. After thinking about it, he made it clear in his message that those who killed captives and came to surrender out of righteousness would be awarded an official title. This was the first time since the Northern Expedition that he had
The first righteous person who responds to his righteousness should be given an official title so that he can play the role of a horse's bones worth a thousand pieces of gold.
But this guy is a bit younger, he looks less than 20 years old, and the official title is too high, so it is not suitable. If the title is too small, I am afraid that others will say that I treat the meritorious officials poorly.
I was in a dilemma, and suddenly I had an idea. I simply asked Lu Wenye directly: "Yishi Lu has made great contributions this time. What official title do you want me to be granted?"
"Professorship?"
Lu Wenye's head was buzzing. Once he became an official, he could marry Sister Sun! Then he kowtowed and said: "The common people are willing to be a boss!"
"Hahaha!"
Zhu Hengjia and his surroundings were overjoyed and laughed. He was just a commander, but a seventh-grade military officer. In the eyes of Lu Yishi, he was a great official, but in the eyes of the emperor and important ministers, it was not worth mentioning.
Emperor Guangwu's impression of Lu Wenye improved by three points. This guy is not bad. He has made such great contributions, but he is not greedy. He only wants to be a boss. The more this happens, the less I can treat him poorly, otherwise there will be no one else in the future.
Are you willing to work hard for me?
Immediately he said: "With the position of general, how can I reward the righteous man for his great contribution to seizing the city? Let's do this. I will confer the righteous man as the guerrilla general of Anqing." Either don't do favors, and do your job. Emperor Guangwu is the best at this, not only
After being appointed an official, he got off his horse and personally helped Lu Wenye up.
Lu Wenye was moved to tears. The ancestral graves of my old Lu family were smoking! It took a lot of virtue to allow the emperor to personally help me get up!
"Report, Li Ripeng, governor of the Puppet Qing Cao River, opened the east gate and escaped." Zhu Hengjia was comforting people when a military report came.
He snorted coldly, in this Northern Expedition, those who surrender will be rewarded heavily, and those who are stubborn will naturally be severely punished. Kill the chicken to scare the monkeys!
"Order Sun Guangwei to lead the cavalry to chase me, either to death or not to live." Emperor Guangwu showed his fierce look.
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"Drive, drive, drive," Li Ripeng clamped the horse's belly tightly and whipped the horse's butt with all his strength.
He was originally a civil servant. Although he had led troops to suppress the rebels, his riding skills were just like that. After riding for a long time, his legs were red and swollen. When he was about to rest, billowing smoke and dust billowed from behind.
"Da da da da da da", Sun Guangwei's cavalry chased him.
In order to catch up with Li Ripeng, Sun Guangwei only led 800 of his fastest soldiers to pursue him.
Li Ripeng's soul was in disarray and he was about to escape, but his horse screamed loudly, foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground.
It turns out that he only knows how to whip the horse with a whip to speed up the speed. But he does not know that the whip, reins, legs, feet, and sounds are actually just channels for communication with the horse. On the surface, whipping the horse with a whip can indeed make the horse excited and run.
You have to go faster. But this kind of excitement caused by fear will make the horse run out of strength and tire out over time.
Sun Guangwei and other professional cavalrymen are much better at equestrian skills than Li Ripeng. From time to time, they personally feed the horses, bathe the horses, catch lice, and pay attention to communicating with the horses. When fighting, the horse and man naturally become one and run very fast. Moreover,
They just use the riding crop to command the horse. For example, if you tap the horse's neck with the riding whip, the horse will know how to turn; if you tap the horse's belly, the horse will automatically know how to accelerate. It's just a light tap, and they won't be willing to whip it hard at all. As they run, the horse will automatically become excited.
This kind of spontaneous excitement can make the horse run fast and for a long time.
"It's bitter! A bad horse misleads its owner!"
Li Ripeng does not blame himself for his poor riding skills, but blames his poor horse.
Seeing that he couldn't run away, the ant still managed to survive and knelt down to ask for surrender, "The sinner Li Ripeng is willing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty!"
The voice was loud and echoed in the wilderness for a long time.
"Are you Li Ripeng?"
"Exactly the sinner".
Sun Guangwei sneered, "The Holy One has decreed that those who want to die should not live." After saying this, he slashed Li Ripeng in two with his long knife.
