There are only ten fishing boats, each of which can only carry twenty people, so how to transport two thousand people across the river is a very simple brain teaser, and the answer is to transport it in ten times.

At night, on the river about 30 miles west of Huaiyin Water Village, ten fishing boats were shuttling back and forth, transporting boatloads of soldiers to the other side of the Huai River, and they were busy until noon the next day, when dozens of fishermen were exhausted and finally transported 2,000 soldiers across the Huai River.

The two thousand soldiers were the elite of the Great Qin army, led by the former army commander Qiu Jingzhong himself, and he did not rush into action, but led the army to hide in a forest.

As night fell, Qiu Jingzhong led 2,000 troops to Huaiyin Water Village.

At the time of the two watches, they arrived outside the water village, through the fence, they could see the big tents in the fence, the water village also has a gate on the shore, there are lanterns hanging in front of the gate, the lights are bright at night, only to see the gate closed, there are two soldiers standing guard in the gate, in fact, there should be eight people, the other six people are secretly sleeping, only two are yawning and chatting.

Qiu Jingzhong waved his hand, and several soldiers with high martial arts skills climbed over the fences on both sides, and they slowly approached the two sentries, one pounced and pressed the sentry, and then killed with a knife.

The other sleeping soldiers were also dealt with one by one, and at this time, the door was slowly opened.

Qiu Jingzhong waved his long sword, "Kill it!" ”

With a shout, the two thousand soldiers rushed towards the camp a hundred paces away, and they rushed into the camp and slaughtered every big tent, and the screams in the barracks suddenly resounded by the river.

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The day was getting brighter, the battle was over, most of the two thousand Southern Tang troops were killed, and the remaining more than 500 people were escorted to Qiu Jingzhong, Qiu Jingzhong waved his hand and said without pity: "All beheaded!" ”

More than 500 soldiers were dragged down, and the cries shook the sky, and the enemy soldiers did not have any; Mercy cut off his head with a single sword, and all the captured soldiers were killed, and not a single one of the two thousand soldiers was left alive.

Qiu Jingzhong's army then pretended to be the two thousand garrisons, as if nothing had happened.

In just two days, 50,000 troops stationed in Sizhou and Xuzhou rushed to the north bank of the Huai River, and at this time, more than 200 ships on the south bank sailed to the north bank and began to transport 50,000 troops across the Huai River.

The 50,000 army crossed the Huai River in one day, the army rested a little, and as soon as the day dawned, the 50,000 army was led by Liu Sigu and Qiu Jingzhong, and quickly killed in the direction of Yangzhou.

Liu Sigu made a bet, he was betting that his army could take Yangzhou before Wang Shao, so he gave a death order, within four days, the army must arrive in Yangzhou.

The army marched along the Jiangnan Canal, which was laden with more than 200 boats carrying them across the Huai River.

They went all the way south, all the way like a bamboo, successively occupied Huaiyin County, Shanyang County, Anyi County and Gaoyou County, along the way the garrisons surrendered one after another, four days later, Zhu Zhu's army arrived in Yangzhou Jiangdu.

Yangzhou city was in chaos, Jie Du made Chen Shaoyou go to Chengdu to meet the new monarch, by the long history Song Wen in charge of Yangzhou affairs, he was sent to Wang Shao stationed in Liuhe County for help, on the other hand, abandon the sub-city, to defend Luocheng.

Jiangdu City is composed of two cities, one is called Zicheng, located on Shugang, relatively small, the circumference is only ten miles, the government and military offices are all in the sub-city, the other is called Luocheng, it is a commercial city, the circumference is nearly fifty miles, there are dense neighborhoods distributed in it, and the permanent population is more than one million.

A straight avenue was built between Zicheng and Luocheng, called Guangling Avenue, which was ten miles long, and the shops on both sides of the avenue were dense, and the prosperity was abnormal.

The news of the killing of Zhu Zhu's army made the Jiangdu City rumorful, and all the merchants withdrew to the city and the shops were closed, and the sub-city was too small to be able to hold it, and Song Wen also gave up the sub-city, and he personally led 5,000 troops to the city to defend it.

The enemy army finally came and lined up neatly in the wilderness outside the city, which made Song Wen a little stunned, why only 10,000 troops, why did Zhu Jun only send 10,000 troops to attack Yangzhou?

Zhou Wenlong, the general next to him, said: "It should be that the other party has no boats to cross the Huai River, so he only sent 10,000 troops to attack Yangzhou." ”

It seems to make a lot of sense, but even if the other party only has 10,000 troops, he doesn't dare to take it lightly, he only hopes that Wang Shao's army can be faster and rush back to Jiangdu City before the other party launches officially.

Liu Sigu was not impatient, he was patiently waiting for the night to fall again.

In a marching tent, Liu Sigu said to the generals Qiu Jingzhong and Xue Lun: "The Son of Heaven has handed over the command to me, and the two generals should listen to my orders and must not disobey!" ”

The two bowed together, "Follow the orders of the military advisor!" ”

Liu Sigu said slowly: "Yangzhou is rich, Jiangdu City is even richer, I know that many of your subordinates want to enter the city and loot it, but I said ugly things in front, whoever dares to set troops to rob Jiangdu, I will behead him all over the house, not a single soldier is left, all of them will be beheaded, I Liu Sigu will do what he says!" ”

The two of them had their eyelids jumping, they had never heard such cruel words from a military advisor.

"Don't think I'm pitiful to the people, things are not so simple, the fundamental reason is that we can't support an army of 300,000, so the Son of Heaven decided to seize Yangzhou, and the capture of Yangzhou is not to kill chickens and take eggs, but to raise Yangzhou, a chicken that can only lay golden eggs, and provide us with a steady stream of military expenses.

Therefore, whoever wants to loot Yangzhou is the enemy of the Son of Heaven, and I hope that the two of you will convey this point and carry out my military orders unequivocally! ”

Only then did the two of them understand, and hurriedly said, "We will resolutely carry out the order!" ”

"Go ahead! Tonight to seize Yangzhou, Wang Shao's family will arrange it. ”

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When night came, the lights were still bright on the north city tower, and 10,000 enemy troops were outside the north city gate, so the city defenders were basically stationed in the north city.

There were only a few soldiers at the other city gates, and in the night, the general Xue Lun led 10,000 troops to quietly approach the west city gate, they waited patiently, and at the time of the two watches, a shout of killing suddenly broke out in the west city.

A thousand of the inner soldiers who had previously infiltrated the Jiangdu City attacked, and there were only two hundred soldiers on the west gate, which were not enemy opponents at all, and they were quickly killed, and the soldiers in the city opened the west gate.

Xue Lun was overjoyed, and waved his hand and said, "Kill into the city!" ”

10,000 soldiers rushed into Jiangdu City, and at this time, Qiu Jingzhong led the army to Xicheng, and he also led 10,000 troops into Jiangdu City.

Song Wen saw that the city was broken, and in order not to hurt the people, he ordered the whole army to lay down their weapons and surrender.

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On the official road west of Yangzhou, the general Wang Shao led 10,000 troops to the Jiangdu City in a hurry, Wang Shao received a message from the flying pigeons in the city, an army attacked Jiangdu, the number was about 10,000, and asked him to immediately return to support Jiangdu.

Wang Shao's wife, children and mother are all in Jiangdu City, once Jiangdu falls, what will happen to his wife and children? He couldn't imagine that Wang Shao was so anxious that he was like crazy, and kept drinking orders to speed up the march.

Most of the soldiers also have their families in Jiangdu, and they are also on fire and run towards Jiangdu City without their lives.

Two days later, the army gradually arrived at Jiangdu City, which was still thirty miles away from Jiangdu City, and it was here that the team suddenly stopped advancing, and a black army appeared in front, followed by enemy armies in the back, on the left and on the right, and anyone with a little experience could see that this was not 10,000 people, but at least 40,000 troops, and they entered the encirclement of the enemy army.

Wang Shao was so anxious that he shouted: "Immediately form a formation!" ”

But the soldiers were exhausted by the forced march for two days and two nights without rest, and many of them had difficulty moving with lead in their legs.

An adjutant general said to Wang Shao: "General, the brothers are so tired that they can't walk, if they fight, they will not be the enemy's opponent at all, and they can only be slaughtered!" ”

Wang Shao glanced back at the soldiers, and sure enough, many soldiers were kneeling on the ground, so tired that they were panting, even the soldiers who were standing were bent over, their hands pressed on their thighs, and their eyes were closed in pain, which made him a little overwhelmed, the number of people was much smaller than that of the other party, and he was physically exhausted, what to do with the enemy?

At this time, a cavalryman ran in the distance, threw an object far away, and then ran away, and a soldier ran to pick up the throwing object, ran back and presented it to Wang Shao, which was a wooden sword with a note on it.

Wang Shao recognized the wooden sword at a glance, it was the wooden sword he had sharpened for his seven-year-old son, it was his son's beloved thing, his heart suddenly sank into the abyss, he took off the letter tied to the sword and looked at it carefully.

'I am Liu Sigu, the military division of the Great Qin State, General Wang Shao respectfully inspires, Yangzhou is the Southern Tang Dynasty monarch personally promised, ceded to the Great Qin State, there is a national seal as evidence, the Great Qin Army takes Yangzhou, it is a reasonable and legitimate move, at present, the Southern Tang Dynasty eunuch dictatorship, treacherous rampant, the monarch is mediocre, has shown the appearance of the last dynasty, General Wang Shao is brave and wise, the future is immeasurable, why long inhabited rotten wood?

My army entered the city, there was no crime in the autumn, the general's wife, children and mother were all treated, looking at the general's pity for his wife and children, cherishing the sergeant, don't make senseless resistance, causing the tragedy of family destruction and death, is this what a loving mother, a wife, and a weak son want? ’

After reading the letter, Wang Shao looked back at the soldiers, all the soldiers were frightened, the morale of the army was shaken, and the morale was gone, although he did not want to surrender to Zhu Jun, but the situation forced him to do so, and he couldn't help himself.

Wang Shao had to sigh, "Pass my order, the whole army will lay down their arms and surrender!" ”

The last 10,000 troops of Yangzhou finally surrendered to Zhu Zhu, and so far, Yangzhou, which was rich in the world, was acquired by Zhu Zhu, and the financial lifeline of the Southern Tang Dynasty was completely cut off.