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Long Zhaorui was determined to give it a go, and immediately repaired the book to Lu Zheng in person, and the letter naturally prayed for Lu Zheng in every way, which can be said to be sincere.

Lu Zheng has always had a good relationship with him, and when he was in the capital, Lu Zheng was even considered to be a member of the Qi Dynasty. Long Zhaorui is a smart man, and he is not shy about telling Lu Zheng about his predicament and difficulties, although he has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, but the supply of soldiers and horses is difficult, and life is tight.

In this case, he did not dare to resist the decree in any case, so the southern expedition was inevitable, and in the letter, Long Zhaorui prayed that Lu Zheng could prepare grain and grass for him in the south of the Yangtze River, so as to ensure the success of his southern expedition. In the reply, Lu Zheng said that he would definitely give money and food support, and urged Long Zhaorui to go south quickly, because the Nanfu Army in Jiangnan was newly established, and its combat strength was not good, and it was difficult to withstand the pressure of the enemy on all sides.

Long Zhaorui received Lu Zheng's reply, laughed, and said to the strategists: "Lu Zheng's son is indeed a rare talent, but it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and now the lack of soldiers in Jiangnan is the biggest dilemma." The tens of thousands of horses in his hands did not dare to leave Jiangnan at all, not even Jinling!

Ladies and gentlemen, how vast do you think the land south of the Yangtze River is? Jiangnan and Jiangnan are three provinces, and the Nanfu army is only a lonely city in Jinling, as long as we cooperate with the outside and take Jinling in one fell swoop, it will be a big deal! ”

Long Zhaorui was full of ambition, and the people below all echoed, and the atmosphere was peaceful, just at this time, one of the strategists stepped forward, looking at this person's short figure, rosacea, lame, and his appearance was really not good, but this person was a member of the Zuo family, named Zuo Mingyue.

Zuo Mingyue said: "Your Highness, I have been thinking about this matter every day for the past few days, and I feel that His Highness may not have thought about this matter. Lu Zheng is cunning and wise, how can he not see through His Highness's plan to drive away the wolf and devour the tiger? It is very likely that Lu Zheng wants to trick His Highness into going to Jiangnan, so as to seize His Highness's soldiers, so that His Highness is afraid of his treacherous scheme! ”

As soon as Zuo Mingyue said this, Long Zhaorui broke out in a cold sweat, and Zhang Pinghua on the side sneered and said: "Mr. Zuo is really alarmist, Lu Zheng only has tens of thousands of recruits from Nanfu in his hands, how can he be an enemy of His Highness?" Also, this time we are the internal and external cooperation, the Chen family has already reversed, with them as the internal response, is it possible that we can't break through the city of Jinling after the internal and external attacks? ”

Zuo Mingyue sneered: "Mr. Zhang is scheming, but Mr. Don't forget the old story of Zhou Yu and Huang Gai of the Three Kingdoms, the nobles of Jiangnan are in the same spirit, and the Chen family is very likely to surrender!" ”

Zhang Pinghua laughed and said, "Mr. Zuo, it's really funny to say this!" I won't refute you with this, just one point, even if Chen Jianai surrenders by fraud, I can immediately distinguish the truth from the false when the time comes, is it possible that Mr. Lu Zheng dares to take the initiative to attack us?

His Royal Highness the King of Qi is going south to quell the rebellion by holy order, if Lu Zheng takes the initiative to attack, is he sure that he can win this battle? Even if he can win, it will hurt both sides, with Lu Zheng's resourcefulness and calculation, will he do this kind of thing?

Jiangnan now relies on the Nanfu Army, if the Nanfu Army suffers heavy losses, Jiangnan will no longer be in danger to defend, the Liaodong Army and the Northwest Army are all jackals, they cross the Jiangnan and go south, Jiangnan will inevitably fall! ”

Zhang Pinghua talked eloquently, sorted out all the things, and I have to say that he was polite and courteous, and it was also in line with common sense. In addition, Zuo Mingyue is not good-looking, but he is very arrogant, relying on his own background in the Zuo family in the capital, and he doesn't deal with his colleagues very much.

When he said these words today, everyone only thought that he was grandstanding and wanted to attract the attention of King Qi, so everyone had a bad impression of him first.

Zuo Mingyue was refuted by Zhang Pinghua like this, and he sneered at himself: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi is a hero, but it seems that these strategists are corpses and vegetarians, you will definitely harm the King of Qi, and His Royal Highness will definitely miss the opportunity!" ”

Zuo Mingyue's words hit everyone, and for a while, all the strategists fought back, all of them were filled with righteous indignation, Long Zhaorui was still a little vigilant at first, but when such a scene appeared in front of him, the vigilance in his heart also disappeared. Immediately, he immediately issued a military order, ordering the whole army to go straight to Jiangnan.

Since Long Zhaorui led the troops to the expedition, the troops on his hand at that time were close to 100,000, of which 20,000 Jin Wuwei he thought he was not sure to control, so he cleverly designed and let Su Zhi be cannon fodder, so as to concoct the so-called drama of King Qi's defeat in Shandong.

In fact, the loss of troops in his hands was not large, the elite was still there, he had always survived in Huainan Province and Shandong, and after a period of development, the troops in his hands were not weakened in the slightest, but had a tendency to increase more and more.

Long Zhaorui looked at his 80,000 Ma Haohao soup heading south, and couldn't help but say to the strategists around him: "We are elite soldiers, trapped in the land of Hezhou is really useless, Jiangnan is the stage for us to display our talents!" ”

Zhang Pinghua immediately said: "Hezhou is too small, and Shandong is not big enough, if Your Highness can enter Jiangnan, these 80,000 horses can become 800,000 in a few years, and then Your Highness will be able to conquer the world!" ”

Long Zhaorui raised the whip in his hand, laughed, and said: "Okay, take your good words, today we will fight directly against the Huai River, and cross the river tomorrow to approach Jiangnan!" ”

Long Zhaorui let the army resist the Huai River in one day, and the boats south of the Huai River ferry Jiangnan had already been prepared, and a hundred big ships were prepared for Long Zhaorui, and he could ferry 20,000 people at a time.

After crossing the river smoothly, after arriving in the south of the Yangtze River, all Long Zhaorui saw was the people welcoming him, and the officials of the local prefectures and counties respectfully saw it, wherever Long Zhaorui went, everywhere was beating gongs and drums, and he was happy, at first Long Zhaorui was worried that there might be an ambush everywhere, and even Lu Zheng might use his means, but after the army walked in the south of the Yangtze River for three days, the army arrived in Yangzhou. Long Zhaorui's mood was completely relaxed!

Yangzhou City, prosperous, Long Zhaorui camped the army outside the city, and took his own guards into the city to visit, looking at the prosperity of the south of the Yangtze River, looking at the undefended situation of Yangzhou City soldiers, he sighed in his heart, and said to the people around:

"Jiangnan is good, it's just gold everywhere, such a beautiful Jiangnan has no defense against the outside world, if I don't take Jiangnan, if I let the thieves of Liaodong take it, or let the Northwest Army take it, it will be a disaster for the people, a disaster for the community!"

The people around him echoed for a while, and at this time, Chen Zhiwen of the Chen family came to meet again, and the guests and hosts of the two sides met again, Chen Zhiwen asked Long Zhaorui: "Your Highness, have you been smooth all the way?" ”

Long Zhaorui nodded and said: "This trip is going well, I don't know if we can break Jinling in one fell swoop, is the Chen family ready?" ”

Chen Zhiwen said: "Your Highness, rest assured, the Chen family has secretly assembled troops at Liuhe Wharf, and the prince only needs to attack separately from the water and land, and the waterway is advanced, and enter the Liuhe Wharf to approach Jinling." By land, Jiangning, this place is Lu Zheng's lair, and he has 20,000 soldiers and horses to guard here. After taking Jiangning, His Royal Highness can drive straight in, and my Chen family will respond with lightning speed, and Jinling will definitely be able to take it! ”

Chen Zhiwen paused again when he said this, and said: "This time His Royal Highness the King of Qi is really a good blessing, in the Jinling Imperial Court, the Lu family is hated, His Majesty is also suspicious of the Lu family, Lu Zheng wanted to enter the Bauhinia Palace several times and was refused, at this moment, he was thinking about how to ease the relationship with His Majesty, and just ignored our actions, so, please also ask His Royal Highness the King of Qi to be fast, we will take Jinling in one go, and the big thing can be decided!" ”

Chen Zhiwen's words made Long Zhaorui's heart flutter, and he laughed and said, "Okay! Very good, since this is the case, we will start tonight, divide the army by land and water, I will take the land army straight to Jiangning, General Sun is the general of the waterway, use the fast boat to go through the canal into the big river, go straight to Liuhe, and when we reach Liuhe and Chen's army, we will attack Jinling together! ”

Long Zhaorui said that he would do it, and immediately the army suddenly turned around and went straight to Jinling.

This battle Long Zhaorui personally led an army of 60,000 to attack Jiangning, the soldiers have not yet arrived in Jiangning, the sky has darkened, Zhang Pinghua proposed to him, saying that the army raided Jiangning, concealment is the first priority, so at night when the riverside is operated, first, it is convenient to get water, and secondly, the location of the canal is low, so that the whereabouts of the army can be hidden!

Long Zhaorui accepted Zhang Pinghua's proposal and ordered the army to camp in the canal, and that night, he slept in a daze until about midnight, Long Zhaorui suddenly heard a loud noise outside the tent, he quickly sat up and shouted: "What's the noise outside? ”

The guards came to report: "Back to Your Highness, the water of the canal suddenly swelled at night, and the rolling torrent rushed in, several battalions of military villages were flooded, and the tent was already in chaos!" ”

Long Zhaorui was shocked and shouted: "It's the dry season now, and there has been no moon in Jiangnan for half a month, so why is there a flood?" There must be a deception in this, quick, quick, give me armor, order the battalions to prepare immediately, there may be an enemy attack! ”

Long Zhaorui had just put on his armor, and he heard the sound of a horn not far away, and the torches in the distance rushed to the sky, and it seemed that there were soldiers all over the mountains and fields who were killed here, and in the dark night, the sound of killing shook the sky.

Long Zhaorui's Hezhou army has just been flooded, the casualties are not counted, the key is that the fear caused to people is too great, the soldiers have not come to their senses, the enemy attack is coming, this time the two armies encounter, how can they stop?

Long Zhaorui personally led thousands of people to resist, but the opponent came like the wind, and the arrows opened the way, the key is that the Hezhou army could not see at night in the dark night, and could only flee by running around, the army was chaotic, Long Zhaorui completely lost control, and could only be coerced by the army to flee to Yangzhou, escaped for thirty or forty miles, the sky gradually brightened, Long Zhaorui immediately gathered the army, more than half of the 60,000 horses were killed and wounded, and the rest was only 30,000 horses!

Long Zhaorui woke up from a dream at this moment, and shouted: "This king has fallen for Lu Zheng's child!" Lu Zheng is this fang, the traitor of the country, he does not think of quelling the rebellion against Lingnan, but kills the king, such a traitor, I will kill him! ”

Long Zhaorui scolded loudly, but the group of strategists who usually slipped around him were nowhere to be seen, and Zhang Pinghua did not escape with the army and disappeared.

At that time, a person shouted: "Your Highness, don't panic, the matter has come to this point, we can only immediately gather the remnants of the army, quickly capture Yangzhou, rely on Yangzhou and then ask Lu Zheng for the crime, and seek justice from the imperial court!"

As long as we still have soldiers and horses in our hands, Lu Zheng'er will throw a mouse bogey! ”

When Long Zhaorui saw that the person who spoke was Zuo Mingyue, he immediately rolled off his horse, knelt in front of Zuo Mingyue and cried, "Mr. Zuo, Long Zhaorui hates to listen to your warning and suffer this defeat!" ”

Zuo Mingyue helped him up and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Qi, immediately gather the soldiers to attack Yangzhou!" ”

Long Zhaorui forced the spirit to regroup, the deserters were gathered, a total of 35,000 people barely got 35,000 people, Long Zhaorui personally led these more than 30,000 people and horses to Yangzhou, Yangzhou four gates were closed, the city was not as defenseless as yesterday, but planted a flag, on which the word "willow" was written.

A young general stood proudly at the head of the city and said, "Your Royal Highness the King of Qi, I have been waiting for you here for a long time on the orders of the Grand Governor!" The Metropolitan Governor said that this road is not passable, and he asked His Highness to take another way! ”

Long Zhaorui was furious and said, "Huangkou Xiaoer, who are you?" ”

The young general said: "My surname is Liu Mingsong, a nameless person, and I can't enter the eyes of His Royal Highness!" ”

Long Zhaorui snorted and said, "Since you are a nobody, why do you still have to speak wildly? Today, I will capture Yangzhou City, step on your city gates, and let you know what the following crimes should be committed! ”

Long Zhaorui immediately ordered the siege of the city, he thought that the defense of Yangzhou City was nothing more than this, who knew that the young general gave an order, the wooden rolling stones above the city head, the arrows and crossbows were unmatched, the Hezhou army was newly defeated, and the morale was not high.

Long Zhaorui was so angry that he drew his sword and killed several deserters in a row to stabilize the situation, he was about to organize another attack, when he only heard a cannon sound, the gate of Yangzhou was opened, and Liu Song actually led a group of men and horses out of the city gate.

Look at this biao people, everyone is a war horse under their crotch, all of them are wearing iron armor, and they are actually heavy horses!

Long Zhaorui immediately broke his heart and wanted to make his subordinates retreat, but the other party had already killed him, and in this fight, Long Zhaorui was killed. He could only go north after this defeat, Liu Song did not relax, chased all the way, Long Zhaorui fled to the edge of the Huai River, and all the boats crossing the river were destroyed.

Leaned on the edge of the Huai River and camped, and received news in the evening that after the 20,000 horses led by Sun Chuan arrived in Liuhe, they were all captured, and none of them escaped, and Sun Chuan surrendered to the enemy!

There was also news that the Nanfu army had collected more than 20,000 fugitives from Luohezhou near Yangzhou, and these 20,000 horses were transported to Jinling by Lu Zheng and rushed into the Nanfu army, and the strength of the Nanfu army increased instantly.

When Long Zhaorui received this kind of news, he was so angry that one Buddha was born and the second Buddha ascended to heaven, but he was helpless! At this point, he knew that he was exhausted, and in shame and shame, he raised his sword and was about to wipe his neck, but was stopped by Zuo Mingyue's personal guards, Zuo Mingyue said:

"Your Highness, there is a way to stay in the green mountains without worrying about the lack of firewood, why does Your Highness have to kill yourself when you encounter setbacks? In the current situation in Jiangnan, as long as His Royal Highness retains a useful body, he may not be ineffective! ”

Long Zhaorui's eyes were red and said, "Is it difficult for me to surrender?" Lu Zheng, this thief will spare me? Will my father spare me? ”

"Your Highness, it is an eventful time in the capital now, and there is no one around Your Majesty who can be trusted! After His Royal Highness goes to Jinling, he will be guilty, and His Majesty will definitely not blame you! Now the Lu family in Jiangnan is in charge, but no one is good for a thousand days, no flowers are red for a hundred days, and the Lu family may not be able to govern for a lifetime, as long as His Royal Highness waits patiently, there may not be no opportunities in the future! "Zuo Mingyue Road.

Long Zhaorui smiled miserably and said, "In the future? Is there a future? This king is almost fifty years old! If you haven't achieved anything in the fifties, and you still need to be a prisoner of others, is there a future? ”

Long Zhaorui said this, Zuo Mingyue was speechless, and Long Zhaorui couldn't muster up the courage to commit suicide again after all, and spent the night in Huaishui!