The first thousand and forty-eight chapters send troops across the river
The soldiers arrested a man who had put on women's clothing. Although he had applied makeup, the unshaved beard on his thin face gave him away.
The soldiers grabbed Liu Pi in front of Guo Song and reported to Guo Song: "This man is among a group of palace ladies. One of the palace ladies reported him and said that he is Liu Pi."
Wu Hongyun, the magistrate of Jiangling County, whispered to Guo Song: "Your Highness, this person is Liu Pi!"
Liu Pi was frightened and frightened. He guessed that the person in front of him was the King of Jin. He quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "I am willing to be your highness's slave. I beg your highness to spare my life!"
Guo Song shook his head, "You had a chance to survive, but you gave up. Since you decided to resist, you should bear the consequences. I will leave you with a whole body, drag him down, and hang this person!"
"Your Highness, spare your life!"
"Your Highness, spare your life... Woo! Woo!"
Liu Pi's wild shouting suddenly stopped, his mouth was blocked, the soldiers dragged him down, and soon strangled him to death with a rope. His two sons also died in the rebellion.
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At this time, the navy commander Luo Ziyu hurried forward with a general. He knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Your Highness, Jingzhou navy deputy general Zhang Kecheng killed the commander Liu Xiang and led 5,000 navy troops and hundreds of ships.
The warships return!"
Guo Song was overjoyed. He valued naval forces and warships the most now. This was not just as simple as attacking Quanzhou, but also involved many of his lofty ambitions in the future.
"Where is General Zhang?"
Zhang Kecheng stepped forward quickly, knelt down on one knee and said, "General Hun Yao's young general Zhang Kecheng is here to see His Highness the Regent!"
He never admitted that he was Liu Pi's subordinate. Guo Song understood what he was thinking, so he nodded and said: "General, you have endured the humiliation and burden until now. You are wronged!"
Zhang Kecheng's nose felt sore and tears almost fell. He choked with sobs and said: "Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness. The young general is willing to do your best for Your Highness."
"I believe there will be a chance for the general to show his ambitions!"
Zhang Kecheng is not yet forty years old and is in the prime of life. Ten years later, he led a hundred thousand naval troops to land on Honshu, Japan. Emperor Huanwu surrendered. Zhang Kecheng was named Ning Guogong by the emperor Guo Song, a champion general. His life also reached this point.
It’s the pinnacle, which I won’t mention later.
It was getting daylight, and Zhang Yun also escorted thousands of fleeing enemy troops back to Jiangling City. These were the soldiers who defended the city last night. They opened the south city gate and escaped. After running for more than ten miles, they were intercepted by a group of soldiers led by Zhang Yun.
Ten thousand troops intercepted and all surrendered.
The Prince's Mansion of Jiangling County has been cleaned up, and Guo Song is inspecting the warehouse in the Prince's Mansion. When he was in Chengdu, he discovered that Huo Xianming's wealth had decreased a lot, there was no gold and silver, and only the money was left in the Baoyuan Cabinet. According to the treasure
Yuan Aiqifang said that the gold and silver had been secretly sent away by Huo Xianming, and their whereabouts were unknown. Guo Song suspected that Huo Xianming had sent the gold and silver to his nephew Liu Pi first.
Now it has been confirmed that a large number of wooden boxes belonging to Huo Xianming were found in the underground warehouse of Jiangling County Prince's Mansion, which were filled with gold and silver. It was initially estimated that the gold was 500,000 taels and the silver was around 3 million taels. This is equivalent to Baoyuan
The store's accounts are reconciled.
Guo Song stood on the castle and watched from a distance as the soldiers carried out large wooden boxes from the cellar. At this time, the marching Sima Lu Zhan hurriedly walked in, followed by several soldiers and a young man in white.
He was holding two cages in his hands, and inside were two homing pigeons.
"Your Highness, the pigeon slave has been found!"
Lu Zhan pointed at the young man behind him and said: "This kid is the pigeon slave. He was so scared that he hid last night. I just found him. He is responsible for the management of Liu Pi's pigeons."
The young man quickly knelt down and kowtowed. Seeing that he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, Guo Song asked, "Are the two carrier pigeons in your hand specially given to Ma Sui?"
"Yes, they are two carrier pigeons sent by Ma Sui at the beginning of the year. One is sent to Baling County and the other is sent to Changsha County."
Guo Song nodded and said to Lu Zhan: "Immediately write two letters asking for help in the name of Liu Pi and send them to Baling and Changsha at the same time."
"I understand the humble position!"
Lu Zhan bowed and hurried away with the young man.
After the Jin army captured Jiangling County, they blocked the news. They laid a trap and waited for Ma Sui to be caught.
Guo Song immediately ordered: "Order the cargo ship to speed up the transportation of the war horses!"
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On the river, two hundred large ships transported boatloads of war horses from the north bank of the Yangtze River to the south bank. Thirty thousand war horses boarded the ships from the pier on the north bank of Jiangling and took a straight line to Jiangling City on the other side. The voyage was very short. This kind of water transportation was almost impossible for the war horses.
No impact.
At the same time, on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River in Changsha County, 10,000 troops were ready to go. The veteran general Ma Sui was riding on the black horse of a sacred horse, looking deeply at the west bank. Just an hour ago, he received a call from Liu Pi.
According to the pigeon letter asking for help, tens of thousands of Jin troops crossed the Yangtze River to attack Jiangling. Liu Pi was willing to offer 100,000 guan of money and 200,000 shi of grain as a reward for his support.
In fact, even if Liu Pi did not give him money or food, Ma Sui would send troops to rescue Liu Pi, not only because he and Liu Pi had reached a military mutual assistance contract, but more importantly, he and Liu Pi had a close relationship. After Liu Pi was finished, he would be far away from him.
Destruction is not far away. Guo and Song have basically unified the south of the Yangtze River, and it is impossible to leave a nail in their hands.
If it was twenty years ago, Ma Sui might have surrendered to the court, but now he is over sixty years old, old and stubborn, and it is difficult for him to listen to other people's advice on matters he believes in.
The root cause was his dislike of Guo Song. Although a new court was established in Chang'an and the Queen Mother was also in Chang'an, Ma Sui believed that Guo Song was a thief. He was never willing to serve such a person, let alone submit to him.
It was this stubbornness that made him either refuse or ignore the Queen Mother's several invitations to join the court.
At this time, a soldier rushed to report, "To the old general, the pontoon bridge has been built!"
Ma Sui nodded, turned around and said to a soldier: "Inform General Meng of Huarong County and order him to advance troops simultaneously!"
"Follow the order!"
After joining the army, he bowed and returned to the county town to send pigeon messages.
Ma Sui waved his sword and ordered: "Let the army set off!"
Ten thousand troops stepped onto the pontoon bridge and marched toward the other side of the Xiangjiang River...
At the same time, another 10,000-strong army, led by General Meng Jisi, set out from Huarong County and headed toward Jiangling City along the south bank of the Yangtze River.
On a low hill on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River, a group of scout cavalry looked at the large army crossing the Xiangjiang River from a distance. When the army set foot on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River, the scout cavalry team immediately turned their horses and galloped away in the northwest direction.
It takes about five days to travel from Changsha County to Jiangling City, but it only takes two days to travel from Huarong County to Jiangling. Ma Sui was also mainly worried that he was too far away and would not be able to rescue him in time, so he divided his troops into two groups. The Huarong County army could take the lead.
Arrive at Gangneung.
But this is also risky. It is mainly easy to be defeated by the enemy forces one by one. Of course, the premise is that the Jin army knows their plan, and their plan is only known to five senior military officials. Even Liu Pi did not know that he had arranged a plan in Huarong County.
An army.
Precisely because he acted secretly, Ma Sui was not worried that the Jin army would know his plan. Ma Sui could see through the enemy's troop formations in his life, but he could not see through people's hearts.
His trust in He Quan finally brought him to his end...
The cavalry general Yang Miao led an army of 20,000 people from Jiangxia and sailed toward Baling County in hundreds of large ships. They arrived in Baling County at night. The army quickly assembled after landing ashore, and then headed toward Baling County under the leadership of Yang Miao.
Head north to Baling County.
Jiang Xin has been under a lot of pressure these days. According to the plan he discussed with He Quan, he arranged for more than a dozen of his subordinates to take turns on duty at the top of Beicheng, paying attention to the signals from the innkeeper.
At the first watch, Jiang Xin, who was sleeping soundly, was woken up by a follower, "General, there is a signal outside the city!"
Jiang Xin sat up immediately. He estimated that there would be news in the next two days, so he didn't take off his sleeping clothes. He put on his shoes and ran towards the city.
We could clearly see from the top of the city that three fires were lit in the wilderness a mile away. However, it did not mean that we should open the city immediately after the signal was lit. This was not the plan. He Quan should be the one to open the city gate. This was
He Quan insisted.
Jiang Xin immediately asked his men to light three fires. He was about to inform He Quan, but he did not expect that He Quan had already arrived in a hurry. He also received a report from his men and knew that the army from Jiangxia had arrived, so he hurried over.
"General He, would you like to open the city gate now?"
Jiang Xin looked at He Quan with stern eyes. Now was the critical moment of the test. If He Quan turned against him, her life would be at risk.
In fact, Jiang Xin was also very wary of He Quan. He ordered his men to pay attention to the mobilization of He Quan's troops. If He Quan regretted or deceived himself, he would secretly mobilize his troops and prepare to ambush the Jin army.
But He Quan did not mobilize the army, which means that until now, everything has been carried out according to the original plan.
He Quan nodded slowly and ordered: "Open the city gate!"
The city gate slowly opened, the suspension bridge was lowered, and Jiang Xin ordered the soldiers to wave torches. After a while, 20,000 troops appeared at the city gate, and under the leadership of General Yang Miao, they marched into the city in a mighty manner.