Yuchihu did not fall asleep. He was still looking south on the city wall. Although a battle of annihilation broke out fifteen miles away, he could not see or hear it. The distance was too far, and it was night again. Yuchihu could not see anything.
Known.
He was not worried about Yu Chiqing being defeated by Zeng Jinghai. After all, Yu Chiqing brought twice as many troops as the enemy. In any case, Zeng Jinghai's navy was no match.
Yuchihu was worried that his brother would leave with anger, and he would take the opportunity to plunder Panyu County. There were many Western merchants in Panyu County and had accumulated a lot of wealth. Yuchiqing had said more than once that these people should be confiscated.
The wealth will bring some benefits to the soldiers who have followed them for many years.
Now that I think about it, Yuchiqing went there with an army of 5,000 people who had been with the Yuchi family for many years. I am afraid that the brothers had planned for a long time to take the opportunity to plunder Panyu City.
Yuchi Hu was very angry, but he had nothing to do. If he didn't let his brothers vent, he would probably cause other big troubles sooner or later. If that didn't work, he would just sacrifice these foreign merchants!
"General, look!"
A soldier pointed to the south and shouted: "There are fires over there, it seems to be in Panyu County!"
Yuchihu also saw it. There was a huge fire in the distance, and the direction was Panyu County.
"Damn bastard!"
Yuchihu was so angry that he gritted his teeth. Needless to say, Yuchiqing began to plunder the city.
Not long after, a group of soldiers appeared under the city. The leader was a general named Li Jinman. Yuchihu knew him.
"What happened?" Yuchihu asked on the top of the city.
"The second general sent troops to plunder Panyu County, burning, killing and raping everywhere. General Huang couldn't stop it. I beg the general to stop it!"
"Where is Zeng Jinghai's army?" Yuchi Hu asked strangely.
"They came to rob ships. They robbed more than a dozen thousands-stone warships in Jinan Bay and left. The second general didn't catch up, so he vented his anger in the county town and said he would kill all the cannibals and Persians."
It turns out that Zeng Jinghai came to rob the ship. Why did he come here out of nowhere?
But thinking about his brother's wanton behavior, Yuchi Hu felt a headache. If he just wanted to rob a few merchants, he would be the one to do it. But sending troops all over the city to rape, burn, and kill was absolutely not allowed.
He called his personal captain and handed him his gold medal, "You lead a group of brothers to Panyu County and tell the second general to stop immediately. If he doesn't listen, you can directly seize his military power and kidnap him."
Come back and see me!"
"Follow the order!"
The captain took the gold medal and ran down to the city to mobilize troops. At this time, General Li Jinman shouted: "General, I have many brothers who were injured by the second general. They are bleeding. Can we go into the city to heal our brothers?"
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Yuchi Hu had no doubts and immediately ordered: "Open the city gate and let them enter the city to heal!"
The south city gate slowly opened, the suspension bridge creaked and creaked, and before the guardsmen came out, Li Jinman's men swarmed into the city.
Yuchi Hu suddenly felt that something was wrong. There were too many soldiers. He only saw one or two hundred people in the darkness just now. How come there were two or three thousand people who rushed in?
"Stop!" Yuchihu shouted.
But no one listened to him, and a large number of soldiers continued to come, at least five to six thousand people, and there were many generals on horseback in the darkness.
"No, I fell into a trap!"
Yuchihu shouted, "Close the city gate quickly!"
But it was too late, shouts of killing suddenly arose in the city, and a soldier ran over and said: "It's the enemy, they are coming to kill us in the city, brothers can't resist it, general, leave quickly!"
Yuchihu turned around and ran to the north of the city, but after only a dozen steps, hundreds of soldiers rushed to the top of the city and blocked his front. Yuchihu was panicked, so he turned around and ran southward, but he was also attacked from the south.
Thousands of people blocked his way.
Yuchi Hu was cornered for a moment. At this time, dozens of soldiers came to kill him instantly and held him back with their spears. The leader was none other than Li Jinman.
"Li Jinman, I treat you well, why do you want to rebel?" Yuchihu stared at Li Jinman with fire in his eyes.
Li Jinman shook his head, "Yuchihu, haven't you seen it yet? This is the imperial army coming. I am a Tang official, so I am naturally loyal to the imperial court."
"ah!"
Hearing that it was the imperial army, Yuchi Hu was stunned.
More than a dozen soldiers swarmed forward, pressed Yuchi Hu down, and tied him up tightly.
"Li Jinman, where is my brother?" Yuchi Hu shouted as he was pushed to the ground.
"He was surrounded by thirty thousand imperial troops and was killed."
Yuchi Hu closed his eyes in pain. He had counted everything, except for the imperial army. It could be said that he was born at the wrong time, and the Yuchi family was destined to die!
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It was getting daylight, and Huang Jixiang was also taken to Nanhai County in a prison car. Another captured general led 5,000 soldiers pretending to be reinforcements and tricked him into opening the city gate. The soldiers swarmed in and arrested Huang Jixiang.
Some readers may wonder that since they are only twenty miles apart, they can communicate by pigeon mail. Wouldn't it be faster?
Because the incident happened at night, the pigeons were night-blind and unable to fly, so there was a miscommunication twice. The Jin army took advantage of this and first besieged the city for reinforcements, and then deceived the city from both ends, so as not to worry that they would not be fooled.
The battle in the city of Nanhai County has ended. Nearly 6,000 soldiers have all surrendered. Yuchi Hu and a dozen other generals have been captured, as well as the new general manager Li Xiao, who has only been in office for less than half a month. He has also become a prisoner.
Kang Bao immediately ordered General Zhao Wen, led by surrendered general Li Jinman, to lead 3,000 soldiers to Huaiji County to arrest the Yuchi family.
Li Yang also rushed to Nanhai County and saw the head of his brother Li Yu, which had been turned into a toilet by Yu Chiqing. He burst into tears and drew his sword to chop Yuchiqing's head into pieces. He went to kill Yuchihu again, but was killed by Kang.
Paul stopped him.
"Yu Chihu deserves to die, but there is no rush now. After his family is liberated, he will be beheaded at Caishikou without leaving any further trouble."
Li Yang gritted his teeth and said: "I heard that Yu Chiqing has two sons. Please give his two sons to me. I will kill them myself!"
Kang Bao saw that his mind was overwhelmed by hatred, so he stopped trying to persuade him and nodded: "Yes, but don't torture them, just kill them!"
"Thank you, General!"
"Then your brother Li Xiao, what are you going to do?"
Li Yang was silent for a moment and said: "He colluded with traitors to kill his brother and seize the throne. He is no longer my brother. I don't care about him. General, please deal with it according to the opinions of His Highness the King of Jin!"
Kang Bao said calmly: "The King of Jin's opinion is to give him a glass of poisonous wine."
"I agree!"
Li Yang felt a little intolerable at first, but when he thought of him colluding with Yuchi Hu and killing his own brother, the family affection in Li Yang's heart disappeared and only hatred remained in his heart.
Kang Bao immediately arranged for someone to take care of Li Yang, and then went to the palace warehouse to check the money and food situation.
There are three official warehouses in Nanhai County, one outside the city and two inside the city. The warehouse outside the city stores bulk goods such as wood, salt, cotton wool, etc., while of the two warehouses inside the city, one is a grain warehouse located in the north of the city, which contains
There are more than 800,000 gu of grain stored in it, and the other is a money bank. There are various gold, silver, jewelry and copper coins in the money bank, which are worth more than 5 million gu.
These wealth were the accumulation of business taxes and taxes over the years. Li Si never transported them to the Southern Tang Dynasty court. However, although there was a lot of wealth and food, this was Lingnan after all, and wealth could only be accumulated and not spent much.
Kang Bao needed to arrange the Liu family's return fleet to transport the food and wealth accumulated in Lingnan back to Hekou Port.
In the afternoon, Kang Baolai, accompanied by Zeng Jinghai, arrived at Jinan Bay. Jinan Bay is located in the east of Panyu County. It is a bay sunken into the land. It covers an area of 1,200 hectares and the entrance is only a hundred feet wide. Here is the official
The place where the ships are sealed is nicknamed the Ship Tomb by the people of Nanhai County. There are more than 800 official ships of various kinds, including more than 500 war ships and more than 300 large-scale ships. This is the afterglow of the prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty.
This was also an important reason why Guo Song was eager to seize Lingnan. Guangzhou had a large number of ships. Obtaining these ships could shorten the court's shipbuilding time by at least twenty years.
There are about 300 warships of more than one thousand stone in Guangzhou, most of which are in Nanhai County. There are 200 two-thousand-stone and three-thousand-stone warships in Jihai Bay, and there are fifty warships in Xinhui and Bao'an each.
Zeng Jinghai, the navy general who accompanied Kang Bao, said: “In the past, the government also conducted overseas trade. In the thirteenth year of the Dali calendar, a fleet of two hundred ships encountered a storm in the South China Sea. All the ships sank, and the crew and crew members died.
There were more than 10,000 merchants. This disaster alarmed the imperial court. The emperor issued a decree prohibiting official ships from going to sea until the incident was fully investigated. This ban has been strictly enforced by the Municipal Shipping Department. However, after many years of investigation, there was no result, and official ships never went to sea.
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"Didn't the Municipal Shipping Department cancel it later?" Kangbao asked.
"The Shipping Department has been abolished, but King Zhao is not very keen on overseas trade. To restart these sea-going ships will not only cost a lot of money to repair, but also recruit tens of thousands of sailors. King Zhao still can't make up his mind."
"How much will it cost to repair?" Kangbao asked.
Zeng Jinghai shook his head, "I'm not sure about this, I have to ask the manager for details!"
Kang Bao immediately ordered people to find the steward of Jiwan.