Naturally, it's the pirates of the Mountain Sect!

When Xu You pacified Xuzhou and prepared to go north to Qingzhou, he learned that the battle on the Jingkou side was unsuccessful, so he sent people to Minghai to inform Shanzong to immediately reorganize the army for battle, and at the same time asked Zhan Wenjun to send all the newly built sea dragon boats from Zhao Xin's shipyard to Minghai to familiarize him with the control in advance. After more than ten days, he prepared enough armor, food and grass, left Minghai, and stopped at Huzhuzhou near the mouth of the Yangtze River.

After receiving Guo Mian's letter, when Jiangning decided to elect the new emperor and Xu You returned to Beijing to meet An Xiulin, he ordered the autumn equinox to rush to Hu Shuzhou with the token.

Sending troops is a major event, and tokens alone are not enough evidence, so it is necessary to meet with Shanzong in person on the autumn equinox. The two of them are old in Qiantang, have a deep relationship, and took Xu You's token, Shanzong no longer has any doubts, and immediately mobilized more than 13,000 people from the department, and they went up the river.

And Zuoqiu Sijin and the autumn equinox walked together, and the autumn equinox went to Hu Tuzhou, but she went south to Wu County to meet Gu Yun, only saying that Xu You Zhao appeased the Ming pirates, gave the banner of the Youdu Army, and was proficient in water warfare, and could be a surprise soldier to help Zhang Huai. With the friendship between Gu Yun and Xu You, coupled with the secret letter of the King of Linchuan in Zuoqiu Sijin's hand, even if it is a Ming pirate, he can also be trusted, Gu Yun immediately sent an official letter to the counties, allowing the Ming pirates to pass through the cities along the coast of Yangzhou, such as Haiyang, Nansha, Licheng, etc., they can supply on the spot.

Yangzhou is not short of materials, what is lacking is a good soldier!

So when Shanzong led the Ming pirates, oh no, it should be called the Youdu Army, in front of the desperate Pingjiang army, many soldiers who didn't even frown to death were so excited that they almost cried.

There is no more suspense in the battle!

If it weren't for Zu Xiao's invention of such a water warfare artifact as the sea dragon boat, the Pingjiang Army would not have been able to hold out for so long, and it would have been impossible to inflict such serious losses on the Chinese army's naval division. But the Youdu army crisscrossed the sea and was invincible, and its combat effectiveness was stronger than that of the Chinese army's naval divisions who only trained and practiced in the Xuanwu Pool, and it was equipped with 50 sea dragon boats that were enough to decide the battle situation, and it was full of sharpness.

On the contrary, the Chinese army fought hard day and night, and then weakened and exhausted, and the soldiers were exhausted, and the beating rod, which was the most important water warfare equipment, was destroyed by nearly ninety percent, and there were not many arrows. Xiao Yushu hurriedly ordered more than a dozen fighting ships on the periphery to intercept them, but they were shot at the same time by dozens of Youdu Army, and they instantly turned into powder. Then it rushed directly into the battlefield, and the bow of each sea dragon boat was equipped with a sharp iron tip shaped like a ploughshare, which was several times more destructive than the angle of attack commonly used by the Chinese naval divisions.

This is not an ending that tactics and stratagems can change, with the Youdu Army's flexible boat skills comparable to that of the little grandmaster, the Chinese army of Xiu was dizzy, and was taken advantage of by the Pingjiang Army to counterattack, attacking inside and outside, only lasted for half an hour, and finally the army was defeated like a mountain.

Chasing and killing the fleeing ships is the housekeeping skill of the Youdu Army, sometimes urgent and sometimes slow, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, like a pack of wolves hunting, and like a tiger eating alone, which has taught the Pingjiang Army a vivid lesson. Nearly 20,000 Chinese troops were killed, captured and surrendered in the rout, and Xiao Yushu escaped back to Jinling with more than 1,000 guards.

In the battle of Liangshanzhou, the two sides invested thousands of ships and hundreds of thousands of troops, and fought fiercely for one day and one night, which was the largest water battle since the state of Chu. Xiao Yushu, with his prestige and the bones of tens of thousands of parts of the Chinese army, created Zhang Huai's road to becoming a famous general and the comet-like rise of Shanzong.

There are talented people in the country, Xiao Yushu is to Zhang Huai, Shen Du is to Tan Xiaozu, this rebellion, as if completing the handover of the old and the new in a sense, there is a providence in the underworld, and the mystery is inexplicable.

On the night when Zhang Huai launched an attack on Xiao Yushu, Tan Xiaozu led 50,000 elite soldiers to attack Moling County south of Jinling by land.

Stone City and Chapu are in a corner, the terrain is dangerous, if you want to overcome a thousand difficulties, it is better to give up the waterway and attack Moling directly from Xinting along the land route. So Xu You offered a plan, Xue Xuanmo only led 3,000 people to bluff, Chen ships lined up camps, surrounded the rivers, placed more flags, beat drums and cheers, and then took an overwhelming advantage with the main force to occupy Moling, and then captured Yuecheng and Danyang County in the southern suburbs of Jinling, and fought a decisive battle with the Chinese army on the banks of the Qinhuai River.

Tantai Douxing objected: "This plan is too risky, once Cao Shu sees through it and goes to war with the stated coalition army, Xue Xuanmo's 3,000 people will be destroyed, Xinting will not be guaranteed, and our army's back road will be completely cut off." And there are 20,000 defenders stationed in Moling, the city is fortified, if it can't be overcome overnight, Cao Shu chases over, and the defenders are flanked before and after, our army will be defeated. ”

Xu You retorted: "Cao Shu is as timid as a mouse, he only seeks no fault, he does not seek merit, and his statement is not a general, the night is dark and the wind is high, the water is deep and the waves are urgent, they will never dare to go out of the city to fight." If the general of Shantai is suspicious, he can lead 5,000 people to ambush outside the Moling City, from Xinting to Moling, you must pass through the narrow mountain road between Yuantou Mountain and Jubao Mountain, if Cao Shu dares to chase, it is just broken by the general.

Tantai Douxing said angrily: "There are 80,000 male soldiers under Cao Shu's command, how can I break them with 5,000 people?" The hussar general is brave and invincible, why don't the generals be this ambush? ”

Xu You smiled: "If the general is afraid, I can ambush him!" ”

Seeing that the two sides were arguing, Xie Xiwen frowned and said: "The monarch is in front of the discussion, express his own opinions, and the two generals must not be rude." General Shantai's worries are also reasonable, but if he does not rely on the hussar general, can General Shantai have other clever ways to break the current deadlock? ”

"This ......" Yutai Douxing was speechless, and after a while, he said angrily: "Please give me 30,000 people, if you don't conquer Stone City in five days, I will come to see you!" ”

Wei Buqu sneered and said, "It's okay for the general's head to be gone, but 30,000 sharp soldiers can't be sent to death with you." The stones are dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the clever plan of the hussar general is more to my liking than the broken bones I encountered in Stone Town. Where is there a war that is not dangerous? If you don't dare, please choose another brave man to ambush the soldiers......"

Tantai Douxing was furious and said, "How dare I? Okay, just rely on the hussar general, I am willing to lead 5,000 people to break the queen, and I will make it difficult for Cao Shu to move an inch! ”

Xu You and Xie Xiwen glanced at each other, and they both saw the smiles in each other's eyes. Please don't be as good as the radical general, the Taitai Douxing is brave and good at fighting, and he can be sure that nothing goes wrong after he breaks it.

Tan Xiaozu said in a deep voice: "General Wei is going to have a decisive battle with Xiao Yushu tonight, we can only take a risk, the main force will go out of Moling, attract the Chinese army in Jinling and have no time to look east, and the Pingjiang army echoes each other from afar." This is the general trend, whether you want to make it or not, you must resolutely implement it! ”

Xue Xuanmo and Tantai Douxing immediately agreed, and An Xiulin swept over everyone and said, "Okay, since everyone has no objections, go and prepare now, and when the time comes, the whole army will be pulled out tonight!" ”

After leaving the house, Xu You asked Xue Xuanmo to accompany him, and said: "The general is carrying a heavy responsibility this time, and it is also the most dangerous, please be careful." If Cao Shu really goes out of the city, you can avoid it without a fight, retreat to Bailuzhou, and give priority to preserving your strength. ”

Xue Xuanmo and other characters immediately understood the intimacy in Xu You's words, whether it was false to preserve his strength, and it was true to save his life. He wondered in his heart, it is said that he has no friendship with this henchman of the day, and he can't take care of himself, so why did he come?

Of course, he couldn't have imagined that Xu You would have a good impression because of the fact that he hugged the corpse and cried bitterly on the day Guo Mian died!

"The hussar general underestimated Xue, I'm not afraid of death...... What's more, if I don't fight to the death, Cao Shu will take the new pavilion and put the main army in a dangerous situation, and after the battle, the general will also cut off my head to give an explanation to the soldiers who died. Rather than die under military law, how can you die in battle? ”

"The virtual is real, the real is virtual, I am not letting you run away from the enemy, but this pretending to lure the enemy deeper, but it makes Cao Shu feel deceitful, and he does not dare to attack Xinting rashly, so as to buy time for the main army to conquer Moling."

Xue Xuanmo thought about it, what Xu You said was reasonable, and said: "The last general is bold, the general said that Cao Shu didn't dare to go out of the city, but how sure is it?" ”

Xu You said with a smile: "Cao Shu is cunning and timid, and it's okay to fight a good battle, but if the enemy and us are evenly matched, he will first seek stability, and then win, he will only use regular soldiers and not strange soldiers, I am at least ninety percent sure that he will not dare to go out of the city!" ”

Xue Xuanmo nodded, saluted Xu You with a fist, and said heartily: "That being the case, I don't have to worry about dying tonight." Wait for tomorrow Jinling City to meet again, I ask the general to drink! ”

"Okay, don't get drunk!"

Seeing Xue Xuanmo go away, Xu You returned to his residence and sat down on his knees. His heart is not as sure as it seems on the surface, Cao Shu is timid, but An Xiuming is a short-tempered person, if he learns that Xue Xuanmo led the army to provoke, maybe he will directly issue an order for Cao Shu to go out of the city to fight.

At this time, he was eager to miss He Wei and Zhu Zhi, both of whom were unique strategists and should be able to provide him with better strategies. It's a pity that He Wei stayed in the Cuiyu Army to assist Zuo Yan in stabilizing the situation of Qing and Xu, while Zhu Zhi went to Liangzhou after meeting the King of Jiangxia when the Jingzhou army passed through Xunyang.

Xu You probably guessed Zhu Zhi's plan, but he felt that it was too unbelievable, if it was really as he guessed, Zhu Zhi had already laid out the chess game to this day almost many years ago.

Such a means, not to mention him, even He Wei can't compare!

That night, Tan Xiaozu led the army to attack Moling, Xue Xuanmo led the army to besiege Chapu, and there was only an empty city left in Xinting. The Moling garrison and many people have the same idea, they think that the Jingzhou army will never dare to attack the city when Xinting is facing the huge pressure of Cao Shu, the night guard is lax, the patrol soldiers are sleeping in the hidden soldier hole on the city wall, and the three small grandmasters of Xu You, Qingming, and Zhu Wuchen climbed to the head of the city with a hundred people's death squad, and held the position to the death, and then opened the city gate after the follow-up soldiers landed in the city, and when Tan Xiaozu entered the city, the victory or defeat was a foregone conclusion.

The Moling guards and the 20,000 people in the department all surrendered, and Tan Xiaozu did not stop and led an army of 70,000 to Yuecheng. There were only 2,000 people in Yuecheng, and when they saw the countless heads outside the city, their souls were scattered, and they surrendered without a fight.

And Cao Shu was really as Xu You expected, frightened by Xue Xuanmo's bluff, and closed the door all night. When it was dawn, he received the news of the loss of Moling and the fall of Yuecheng and Danyang County, and he was so frightened that he didn't even want Cha Pulei, and even forgot to inform Shicheng of the statement, and fled back to Jinling with tens of thousands of twists and turns.

The statement learned that it was noon when Cao Shu escaped, and he originally wanted to resist stubbornly according to the stone sky, but learned that Xiao Yushu was defeated by Zhang Huai, and the Pingjiang army had arrived at Xuanwu Lake. Xue Xuanmo only brought 3,000 men, and his reputation was greatly enhanced, and he asked An Linlin for his will to show him to the public on the grounds that he was the main leader of the Jinling Rebellion, and the rest were exonerated from the public.

Cao Shu fled back to Jinling, was An Xiuming pulled out the imperial knife in court and cut off his head, Xiao Yushu was much smarter, after returning to Beijing, he lived in the Sili Captain's Mansion, and took refuge under the wing of Xiao Xunqi, An Xiuming had no choice but to do it, so he ordered Wei Jing, Zhang Chu and others to stick along the Huai River tree fence, but all the men in the city fled, leaving only women and children, all of whom were arrested as servants.

On September 17, south of Taicheng, Tan Xiaozu Chen Bing was in Zhuque Hang; To the west of Taicheng, Xue Xuanmo and Chen soldiers are in Zhugedu; To the north of Taicheng, Zhang Huai and Chen soldiers were in Zhoushan.

Surrounded on three sides, An Xiuming's puppet dynasty officially sounded the horn of destruction!