The Jiangnan crisis, Jiangnan was in a stormy situation overnight, and everyone in the court of Jinling fell into an extremely panicked situation.

Prime Minister Lu Shanchang suggested to Emperor Xinde, asking Emperor Xinde to be able to govern the dynasty at the moment of social crisis, but Emperor Xinde shirked his illness and needed to recuperate and rest, and the court was even more surprised for a while.

Then the Imperial History Observatory supervised the Imperial History King and asked Emperor Xinde to write to him, saying that the difficulties in Jiangnan began when there were people in Jiangnan who collaborated with the enemy, and the Prime Minister Duan Tanglin and the King of Huainan and the King of Lingnan all colluded, wanting to change the dynasty of Dakang, and asked His Majesty to punish him severely.

Emperor Xinde was furious and ordered the Criminal Department to arrest Duan Tanglin in prison, and the next day Duan Tanglin was exiled to Canzhou and served as Sima of Chuzhou.

Then the Duan family's power in the court was all purged, and the imperial court in Jiangnan changed color overnight, and several forces that were about to challenge Lu Zheng were hit hard, without the Duan family and the Zuo family, who would dare to challenge the majesty of the Lu family in Jiangnan?

The Lu family took advantage of this crisis to clean up the court and eliminate all kinds of noise. The reason why Emperor Xinde cooperated with the Lu family was that the situation was pressing, and he had to give in.

After all, the Lu family does not have a rebellious heart at present, and in comparison, Sun Chongwen of Huainan Province and Bai Jingzhong of Lingnan Province have already claimed the king. Cao Weiming of Lianghe regarded the imperial family as a slave servant, and beat and humiliated Prince Dakang at every turn, this kind of thing stimulated the royal family and Emperor Xinde.

Now the safety of Jiangnan is related to the last hope of Dakang, even if it is Emperor Xinde, who is keen on playing with conspiracy and tricks, he has to put the treasure on Lu Zheng, so many years, Lu Zheng has not let him down, this time he firmly believes that Lu Zheng will not let him down.

In the face of the flanking attack on the north and south sides, Lu Zheng personally led his troops to respond to the enemy, and the main force was stationed on the first line of Chenzhou, which was two hundred miles away from the Huai River, abandoning the natural danger of the Huai River and defending on the first line of Chenzhou.

Hearing that Lu Zheng did not fortify on the other side at all, he couldn't help but sneer, and his confidence jumped up, he immediately organized to cross the river, and the army crossed the Huai River.

Sun Chongwen waved his troops to Qingmaji, and his pioneer general was surnamed Sima Mingda, Sima Da was Sun Chongwen's brother-in-law, who was not very old, brave and unusual, and was a standard military general with a simple mind and developed limbs.

The general of the Jiangnan side is Zhao Yunlong, this person was originally a person from Lianghe, after Cao Weiming's rebellion, most of the people of the Zhao family were killed, Lu Zheng took action to protect Zhao Yunlong and accepted him as the Lu family's family, this time, he gave Zhao Wenlong a partial general, let him lead 3,000 people to deal with Sun Chongwen.

Zhao Yunlong rushed up and led three thousand military horses and Sima Da to fight for a day, the two sides were inseparable, Sun Chongwen heard about the battle in front, and immediately led the follow-up soldiers and horses to follow.

Zhao Yunlong was defeated and quickly retreated, Sun Chongwen ordered Sima Da to quickly pursue, Sima Da was a brave and ruthless master, this time he served as a pioneer, and his heart was thinking about more merits, because Sun Chongwen promised him that after taking the capital, Sun Chongwen would be called the emperor and ascend the throne, and then he Sima Da would inevitably be crowned the king of the opposite sex.

Calling the king and the marquis is a matter of glory to the ancestors, how can Sima Da not be excited about it? So he bravely used his life to chase Zhao Yunlong to the death, and he couldn't wait to chase directly to Jinling before he gave up.

From Qingmaji, all the way to the Sky Cliff, there were immediately left and right to persuade Zhao Yunlong, let him be careful, the Sky Cliff is dangerous, and he must guard against the enemy's ambush.

Sima Dacai ignored these and was bent on raising troops to pursue, but was stopped by Sima who was temporarily dispatched by Sun Chongwen, and the strategists around Sun Chongwen also proposed that there might be enemy ambushes on the Sky Cliff, and it was best for the vanguard army and the army to go hand in hand, so as to ensure that there was no danger.

Sima Da was depressed in his heart, waited for a few hours, Sun Chongwen's army rushed over from behind, the army passed through the skyscraper cliff together, and there was a flat river in front of him, Sima Da ran to Sun Chongwen's military tent angrily, made a lot of noise, and shouted:

"Which bastard said there was an ambush at the Sky Cliff? Bullshit ambush, Lao Tzu has already said that Lu Zheng Xiao'er has few soldiers in his hands, most of them have to stay in the capital, and the soldiers and horses that can be used at most are 20,000 people!

Even if he sets up an ambush with 20,000 people, it will be a dead end in the Sky Cliff, hehe, you cowards, you are not enough to succeed and more than to lose, and you will miss the fighter! ”

He paused, pointed to the front with his finger, and said, "Look at the front, from here to Chenzhou, it's all a flat river, how can Lu Zheng'er set up an ambush?" How to set up an ambush? ”

Sima Da scolded all the time, scolding a group of strategists with red faces, and they were incapable of speaking, Sun Chongwen stood up to relieve the strategists and said: "Okay, Dazi, you lead the army to the front to kill, the cavalry rushed up, took Chen Zhou in one go, and captured Lu Zheng alive!" ”

He smiled coldly and said: "Lu Zheng, who is known as the world's first talent, is really difficult to live up to under his reputation, Lu Zheng, this kid, I will destroy it, and let the people of the world see the strength of our Huainan Army, haha!" ”

Sun Chongwen was extremely proud, there was Chenzhou in front of him, the scouts came to report that Lu Zheng's soldiers were guarding the front line of Chenzhou, and Lu Zheng still had a few soldiers and horses? Look at your Huainan army, the soldiers are strong and strong!

Sima Da received encouragement, and immediately ordered 30,000 troops to open the road in front of him, and went straight to Chenzhou, at this time it was already late, and he didn't care about it, and ordered the cavalry to march day and night, pointing to the morning to come to Chenzhou City.

In the middle of the night, when he suddenly heard the sound of "lala" in front of him, Sima in the army leaned over and said: "General, I feel that the situation is a little wrong, I faintly seem to be able to smell the smell of earth, is there an enemy ambush?" ”

Sima Da slapped him over, directly fanned the marching Sima off his horse, and said angrily: "Ignorant child, you dare to shake Lao Tzu's military heart, where can there be any ambush in this place where Ma Pingchuan is?" ”

Before he could finish speaking, the screams of the soldiers in front of him sounded, and someone shouted: "Oh no, no, there is water flooding ahead!" ”

Sima Da was stunned, he immediately wanted to ride the horse forward to see what was going on, then he felt that the horse under the crotch did not listen to the greeting, and immediately looked down and saw that the water had flooded over, almost to the position of the horse's belly, for a while he couldn't help but change his expression, and said: "Someone in front of the river embankment, retreat, let's retreat!" ”

Sima Da led almost all the cavalry this time, the flood flooded, more than half of the mounts were submerged in the water, to escape will inevitably splash in the water, once the horse is frightened, it will be jumping in the water, for a time the army is in chaos.

There are countless people who have fallen from horses, once they fall from the horse, they will be flooded, even if they are water-free people, the world is full of horses and people, and most of them will be trampled to death by horses.

This scene made Sima Da's heart break, he desperately retreated, until he withdrew four or five miles away, the water gradually became shallow, he looked around him, there were only a few horses left, for a while he couldn't help but be angry, thinking that tens of thousands of soldiers and horses suffered such a big defeat this time, he almost fell off the horse in the dark.

It's miserable, it's really miserable, he stayed up until dawn, and then looked at the official road in front of him turned out to be Zeguo, and the people and horses drowned in Zeguo looked at it at a glance, shocking, and people didn't dare to look at it directly.

He immediately asked Sima Guan under his command to count the men and horses who had escaped, and after the three men and horses were counted, there were 8,000 remnants left, and before the battle was fought, two-thirds of the soldiers were lost, and this defeat was unbearable to look at directly.

"Lu Zheng'er, treacherous! Is...... Burst! Sima Da was so angry that he vomited blood. It turns out that although there is no dangerous place to defend in the Jiangnan Plain, the water network in the south of the Yangtze River is developed, but it is also full of traps.

This time, Lu Zheng chose to do the place is the depression of the official road, directly breaking the Huai River embankment, and the water will be poured into the depression in an instant, about ten miles long, four or five miles wide A depression, all of which have become Zeguo, it looks like a green expanse, such a large area is flooded, not to mention 30,000 horses, even if it is 100,000 horses, it is inevitable that bad luck will be avoided!

Sun Chongwen camped and rested at night, had a lot of sweet dreams all night, and immediately asked the scout about the situation in Chenzhou when he woke up in the morning, but suddenly heard the bad news that his brother-in-law almost drowned.

The strategists stepped forward to persuade him, and he said angrily: "Sima Da, a reckless person, it is really a crime that deserves death, and this king wants to ask him!" ”

Sun Chongwen waved his hand and looked around and said, "What are you still doing in a daze?" Immediately order our troops, and we will go and ask for help! ”

Sun Chongwen was furious, and the army quickly pulled out, rushed forward, and rushed to Chenzhou. Sun Chongwen is really angry, this time he took out all the power of Huainan to press the bottom of the box, he is going to do a big job and destroy Jiangnan! Well, now that the battle has not started, he has lost the cavalry first, and these cavalry are all the family funds he has accumulated for more than ten years!

His heart was dripping blood, so he couldn't wait to urge the army to rush forward, and the army marched for a long time, when he suddenly heard a big commotion in front of him, then heard the sound of overwhelming water, and then another big flood, drowning countless troops!

It turned out that on the way from Sun Chongwen's camping place to Sima Da's flooding, Lu Zheng also prepared a trap. He deliberately did not set off on the first day, but only took action against Sima Da at the place of the second trap, and he had considered the situation today.

When Sun Chongwen heard that Sima Da was flooded, he must have been anxious to rescue, according to the normal thinking of ordinary people, he would not have thought that there was still a trap in the middle of the two armies, so Lu Zheng took advantage of this blind spot in his thinking to take advantage of the chaos to break the embankment. Sun Chongwen fell into the trap again, because it was daytime, and the losses caused by the flooding could not be compared with the night, but this wave of flooding also caused Sun Chongwen to lose as many as seven or eight thousand people!

What's more important is to frustrate the morale of Sun Chongwen's army, originally they were arrogant soldiers and fierce generals, but after arriving in Jiangnan, they pointed to capture Jinling with one drum and establish immortal achievements!

Now it's okay, two successive floods, first drowned twenty or thirty thousand horses, and the so-called 100,000 troops are still tens of thousands?

Another point, that is, the flood flooded the army, and at the same time cut the army, taking advantage of the cutting effort, several generals under Lu Zheng, Zhao Yunlong, Chen Lizhong, and Wang Wenbing each led thousands of cavalry from the sky to harvest lives. The cavalry on the plains was nothing short of a slaughtering machine.

Infantry against cavalry generally needs to ensure the integrity of the formation, and it is necessary to have a strict formation to make up for the shortcomings. But now that the army is flooded, the people's hearts are scattered, the army is cut off, and the command is not smooth, and the cavalry is falling from the sky at this time, it is simply a massacre.

Sun Chongwen never dreamed that there would be such a powerful cavalry in the Nanfu army, and in the face of the surging cavalry, he completely lost his fighting spirit, and his only thought was to escape!

The main general fled, where did the other soldiers still have a heart to fight, this battle Huainan army was defeated, it was unbearable to witness.

Sun Chongwen retreated to the Sky Cliff before he stopped the rout, he gathered the remaining remnants of the army, and found that only half of his 100,000 soldiers and horses were missing!

With only 40,000 soldiers and horses, how could he fight with Lu Zheng's cavalry on the endless plain? At this time, Sun Chongwen became a rabbit that was chased, and the invincible Huainan Dao military horse was killed in only ten days in the south of the Yangtze River.

In a panic, Sun Chongwen set up camp, and the strategist Tang Xun suggested: "Lord Wang, it is best for us to change from the same to change. Take a break for now!

The crisis in the south of the Yangtze River is not only our Huainan First Road Army, the 150,000 Lingnan Army is also forced from the south at this time, and more importantly, the Shandong Liaodong Iron Cavalry has gone south, and when it arrives in Xuzhou, it should be able to force over soon, Jiangnan is now a piece of fat, we will stabilize it first, and then slowly figure it out, there is still a chance! ”

Sun Chongwen let out a long sigh, at this moment, his ambition had been worn out by more than half! I think that when he sent troops from Huainan, his heart was so high at that time, and his heart was to sweep across the south of the Yangtze River and occupy the land of Jinling's strong imperial spirit, so as to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes to pacify all the thieves from all walks of life in Dakang, and the country changed hands, and his grandson surname should also be the master of the country!

However, now it is only more than ten days, he has been hit by this slap in the face, and half of the accumulation of more than ten years has been ruined, he knows that he has really been sitting in Huainan Province all these years and watching the sky, Lu Zheng, the world's first talent, can become a minister of Dakang at such a young age, and grasp the political and military affairs of Jiangnan, how can he be an ordinary and easy person?

In comparison, where is he, Sun Chongwen, the opponent of others? I have to say that Sun Chongwen has now gone to the other extreme, he was too inflated and confident before, but now he is like a frightened bird, and he has completely lost the courage to compete in the world.

Of course, Sun Chongwen's insistence could not be out, and camping quietly was really the only way, Lu Zheng asked the scouts to check around, and did not find a fighter, so he let Zhao Yunlong guard Chenzhou, while he himself led his troops south and went to the front line of Ruzhou to deal with Bai Jingzhong......