On the ninth day of September, night.

At the beginning of the day, on the Yangtze River outside Jinling City, dozens of large ships were quietly docked on the shore.

At the west gate of Jinling, a huge horse team quietly went out of the city, and in the carriage, Li Yu poked his head out of the window and silently looked at the Jinling City that was gradually moving away.

He has decided to move the capital to Jiangzhou.

In addition to the members of the royal family and hundreds of civil and military officials, there were 30,000 forbidden troops and 20,000 Jiangyin troops.

These 50,000 troops and horses were Li Yu's last support, and they would protect the young emperor from reaching Jiangzhou safely, while also ensuring the stability of imperial power and preventing the emperor from being controlled by the self-respecting Jiedu envoys.

Originally, a minister persuaded Li Yu to dedicate Jinling City to Zhao Kuangyin or Lu Yuan before leaving, but Li Yu did not accept it, he hoped that the two sides would fight for the head of the blood, and both sides would be defeated, so that he could get out of his heart.

After arriving in Jiangzhou, he decided to stabilize the situation as quickly as possible, strike the war with all parties, and recuperate.

After recovering his strength, he will reorganize his troops and horses, and he may have a chance to recapture Jinling in the future.

The horse team traveled all the way to the big ship prepared on the bank of the river, and soon the fleet carrying all the high-ranking officials of the Tang State slowly moved towards Jiangzhou.

A few hours later, the fleet crossed Hezhou safely, and after a few more hours, the fleet entered the waters of Chizhou.

Li Yu was a little nervous, this was the last obstacle, as long as he passed Chizhou, the plan would be successful.

He stood up, put on a yellow cloak, and walked to the bow deck, but it was too dark to see the river.

Looking up at the bright moon, Li Yu sighed, these days, the burden of the country's survival has been on his shoulders, making his already thin shoulders look even more sluggish.

……

Dozens of miles away, Lu Weiyi suddenly sat up from the bed: "Is it the Zhou State Army?" ”

"It's not certain yet." Xie Rang replied that he had just received a report from his subordinates that a fleet had appeared in the waters of Chizhou, so he immediately rushed into Lu Weiyi's bedroom to report.

Lu Weiyi stood up and got dressed neatly.

When he arrived at the port, the morning sun had already risen and the river was faintly visible.

"How's it going?" He asked Jia Wu.

"The scout reported that it looked like a Tang State naval army, and the Zhou State fleet in the port on the other side did not dispatch." Jia Wu replied.

The width of the Yangtze River is not too wide, standing on the south bank, you can see the situation on the north bank, as long as the Zhou fleet moves, the scouts on the Chizhou side can see clearly.

The reason why the Yangtze River is called a natural hazard is not because of its width, but because there are too few ports for large troops to land.

For example, Zhao Kuangyin's navy in Hezhou is only ten miles away from the opposite bank, but there is no landing point on the opposite bank, and the navy must first walk dozens of miles upstream before landing at Jiujiang Port in Chizhou.

In the process, enough Chizhou flotilla sailed out of port and intercepted upstream.

Lu Weiyi clenched his fists tightly, always feeling a little weird, how could the Tang State Navy suddenly come over? It can't be Zhou Guo's trick.

"How far is the Tang fleet from us?" He asked.

"We'll see it in another hour."

Lu Weiyi ordered loudly: "Let the soldiers all get on the boat and be ready to intercept at any time." ”

At this moment, a scout galloped in the distance.

"Report! Report! Report! "Far away, the scouts just kept shouting.

When he got closer, he turned over and dismounted, almost falling to the ground, Xie Rang quickly walked over and helped him up, and asked urgently, "What's the situation?" ”

The scout gasped and said, "It's moving, the Zhou State Navy is out...... It's moving! ”

"Order, the navy will leave the port and intercept the Zhou navy!" Lu Weiyi said loudly.

"Wait!"

Lu Weiyi turned his head to look, and it was Xu Da who spoke, he looked at the scout and asked, "Is the Zhou fleet in front of or behind the Tang fleet?" ”

"Back!"

Xu Da's back was cold, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Jie Shuai, the situation is a little bad, the Zhou State Navy should want to use the Tang State Navy to break through the blockade." ”

Lu Weiyi will also come over at this moment, yes, if you intercept it now, you will encounter the Tang Navy first.

Could it be that Tang and Zhou have formed an alliance? He was very uneasy.

"How did the Tang Navy react?" He asked the scout.

"After the Zhou State Navy was dispatched, the Tang State Navy sped up."

Xu Da hurriedly said: "Jie Shuai, I understand, there must be Tang Emperor Li Yu in the Tang Army, and he wants to move the capital and flee to the south!" ”

"This bastard, you're killing me." Lu Weiyi was greatly annoyed.

Xie Rang said anxiously: "Jie Shuai, then what should we do now?" ”

Lu Weiyi was silent, and now he had two choices, either to hold on to the port or to retreat to Chizhou. After thinking about it, he decided that it would be safer to retreat to Chizhou.

But before that, he decided to wait, maybe something would happen, maybe the Tang army and the Zhou army would fight.

An hour later, he was disappointed, and the Zhou navy drove the Tang navy like a duck.

When the big ship of the Tang State Navy appeared in his sight, Lu Weiyi gave two orders, retreating to Chizhou, and asking for help from Wu State!

……

Jiujiang Port in Chizhou, Zhao Kuangyin saw the last ship transporting war horses ashore, and completely relieved, with this powerful cavalry, he was confident that he would take the territory of Tang as his own in a very short time.

Then they will solve the southern countries one by one and fight a decisive battle with the Liao State.

At this time, a scout came to report that Jinling had been occupied by Meng Xiao, a general of the Wu State.

"It looks like we're still a step slower." Zhao Pu said with some regret.

When Zhao Kuangyin found that the Tang navy appeared in the waters of Hezhou, Zhao Pu concluded that the Tang State intended to move the capital, and he immediately suggested that Zhao Kuangyin send troops to Jinling, and at the same time use the Tang navy to land in Chizhou.

"It doesn't matter." Zhao Kuangyin waved his hand: "We can still take it back." ”

Saying that, he looked at Wang Quanbin behind him and said with a smile: "Quanbin, you lost to Wu Guoren before, and the opportunity for revenge has come." ”

Wang Quanbin said in a deep voice: "Judging from the strength of the Wu army's water warfare, their land battle should not be too weak, and they will go all out in the end." ”

Zhao Kuangyin smiled slightly, Wang Quanbin's biggest advantage is that he will never underestimate the enemy, and many enemies are defeated by him.

Just when Zhao Kuangyin's army attacked Chizhou, a bad news cast a shadow on his heart, and when Wang Xianqi's army, which he sent to occupy Jinling, returned to Yangzhou, he met Wu Guo's naval army on the Yangtze River, and Wang Xianqi's army was defeated again.

This is the third time that Zhou Jun has lost to Wu Jun on the water.

……

Outside Jinling City.

Han Xizai and Xu Shilian waited patiently at the city gate.

While in Hangzhou, after Han Xizai told Lu Yuan of the plan to dedicate Jinling, he was secretly escorted back to the Tang Kingdom by Lu Yuan.

When Tang Emperor Li Yu left the West Gate with hundreds of civil and military officials, he and Xu Shilian slipped out of the convoy.

Soon a man rode up to the two and said, "Sir, the fleet has departed." ”

Han Xizai nodded, and walked towards the city with Xu Shilian, returning to the mansion to rest. According to the plan, Wu Jun will only arrive tomorrow.

In the early morning of the next day, the two rode in a carriage to the east gate, and Han Xizai lifted the curtain and looked down the street.

Judging from the appearance, Jinling City is as usual.

Even in many yamen, some low-level officials and officials are still busy, they don't know that they have been abandoned by the high-level of the Tang State.

However, there are still more carriages and horses in the city than usual, and some well-informed wealthy businessmen have learned that Jinling is about to change hands and have begun to quietly transfer their industries.

In the entire Jinling City, Han Xizai's official position is currently the highest, and he came to the city wall of the East Gate, ready to act according to the plan.

To his surprise, there were still more than 100 officers and soldiers stationed here.

Perhaps Li Yu was afraid that after all the people were withdrawn, the people would be suspicious and chaotic.

The supreme general on the city wall knew Han Xizai, walked over quickly, bowed down and said, "Lord Shizhong." ”

Han Xizai nodded, did not speak, and quietly looked out of the city. Although the general was a little puzzled, he didn't dare to ask more.

Soon, there were people on the official road who rushed towards the city gate, shouting: "The Wu army is coming, the Wu army is coming!" ”

The general was taken aback, thinking of Han Xizai's behavior, and said in astonishment: "Lord Shizhong, could it really be the Wu army attacking?"

"Yes." Han Hee-jae nodded.

"Please also tell Your Majesty quickly and send soldiers over to defend the city!" The general said eagerly.

"Can't you see it? His Majesty had already dedicated Jinling to the state of Wu, and now he has moved the capital to Jiangzhou. ”

The general was so stunned that he couldn't say a word.

"What are you doing in a daze, let the soldiers open the city gates." Xu Shilian reprimanded.

The general nodded, and now he can only listen to the orders of Han Xizai and Xu Shilian.

Soon, Meng Xiao's army appeared in view.

Han Xizai and Xu Shilian personally greeted the city gate and led the army into the city.