Chapter 173: Blockade of the River

"Lord Wang, Yu Wenhua has been cowering in the city and refusing to come out, and his subordinates have no choice." Cheng Biting Jin had a helpless expression, it had been two days since he fought with Yuwen Chengji, the two joined forces to fight a draw with Yuwen Chengji, and then Cheng Biting Jin shamelessly sent an army to cover up, Yuwen Chengji could only hide back in the city, and then refused to come out no matter how he scolded.

"Okay, it's been hard for you in the past two days, let's go back and rest first, there will be no war for the time being in the next few days, and after a while, I want him to come and beg me not to fight! Go back and digest the gains from fighting Yuwen Chengji, maybe you can go to the next level! He knew about the fight between Cheng Biting Jin and Su Dingfang and Yuwen Chengji that day, and he didn't immediately let Cheng Biting Jin comprehend, after all, Cheng Biting Jin and Yuwen Chengdu are not at the same level, he was afraid that Cheng Biting Jin would not be able to accept it for a while or that he would have a shadow in his heart, so he let Cheng Biting Jin continue to go to the city to call for war, and after he scolded and calmed down, he might be able to better comprehend.

"Yes!" After that battle, Cheng Yanjin knew the gap between himself and the top generals, and he was eager to improve himself.

Yang Yong's arrangement also has his reason, after calling the formation for a few days, people have long been used to it, and there will be no more effect, and now that they don't call the formation all of a sudden, then they will definitely feel strange, and they will definitely guess randomly, so that they will not have a moment of relaxation, and let them be nervous all the time.

In the morning, Yang Jian received news from Xu Shiji, saying that he had led the sailors to the mouth of the Yangtze River, because if he wanted to break into the inland river, he would definitely be blocked by the Cao Yun envoy, so it would not have the effect of surprise. So he decided to wait until after nightfall before entering the river, because he was not familiar with the route and did not dare to sail too close to the shore, so he was delayed at sea for some time, so he had to hurry up now.

Jiangdu City

"Master, the old slave has inquired clearly, the army in the city has been moving frequently in the past few days, and no one is allowed to enter or leave the city, not even within a hundred steps of the city gate, and there seems to be a situation outside the city; There are also old and small people who have inquired about the cleaning of the city has also had results, some ministers who are dissatisfied with Yu culture and practices have been arrested by Yu culture, some are forced to throw themselves into Yu culture, and some people who are unwilling to go with the same stream have been killed, and the people of the clan have basically been killed, but King Qin Xiao was not killed! His Majesty's palace still did not move, and no one was allowed to approach, but according to people nearby, one night they heard shouts of killing near the palace, but that night there were shouts of killing in the city, and they were not sure if it was from the direction of the palace. A person who looked like a housekeeper in Pei Ju's mansion reported to Pei Ju about the inquiry.

"Oh? Unexpectedly, Yu Wenhua was still bent on going his own way, and he actually poisoned the clan, it seems that he can't wait. Pei Ju heard that the clan that followed Yang Guang to Jiangdu was basically slaughtered, and he felt a little unbearable in his heart, Yu Wenhua and such a practice had lost people's hearts.

"It seems that Your Majesty should be under house arrest by Yu Wenhua, and the frequent movement of the army may be to prepare for the abolition of the emperor, once he wants to usurp the throne, there must be people who are not afraid of death to jump out to stop him and use the army to suppress it. Of course, it is also possible that there is a situation outside the city. Don't act rashly when you contact other ministers, don't get involved in right and wrong until the situation is completely clear, and do everything you can to find out the true intentions of Yu Wenhua and the mobilization of the army! Pei Ju instructed the man.

Beyond the mouth of the Yangtze River, a fleet was quietly moored at sea, without any signs, and the occasional appearance of one or two people on the deck indicated that the fleet was not a ghost fleet.

"My lord, a message from Feihong." A general in the captain's room sent a piece of news to Xu Shiji.

"Good! Tell all the soldiers to make food, rest well, and enter the river after nightfall! Also, pay attention to whether there are any merchant ships passing by, and if there are any, they will be stopped and allowed to go after nightfall! Xu Shiji looked at the note in his hand, there was only one sentence on it, "After nightfall, please rest assured that it will be navigated!" When Xu Shiji saw this sentence, the last stone in his heart fell to the ground, he knew the meaning of this sentence, since they were relieved to navigate, it proved that the patrol soldiers of Caoyun had been taken care of, and they could be unimpeded tonight. He had to admire Yang Jun, it was not so easy to solve such a long section of the river patrol soldiers, unless there was a holy decree, it was obvious that they did not have it, even if there were people, they would not necessarily cooperate, so Yang Jun dared to ensure that it was unimpeded, how much ability did it take? In the past, Zhai Rang still wanted to go against Yang Jun, but it was really beyond his strength.

Since there is no river "police" to block, Xu Shiji is also relieved, but now the ships are parked in the offshore sea closer to the land, although the people on the land can not find it, but now it is the Sui Dynasty, there is no strict sea ban, so what fishing boats, merchant ships can still pass on the sea, for the sake of safety, once a ship is found, it must be intercepted.

The sky gradually darkened, in late autumn, the weather was relatively clear, the sky was full of stars, and the warships slowly approached the mouth of the inland river, and there was no light on the ships, under the reflection of the dim starlight, it was really like a ghost ship. In order to prevent the target from being exposed, Xu Shiji ordered that the lights should not be lit, and sent someone to raise a bonfire on the shore as a guide early, so he was not afraid of not finding the entrance.

How, as the news said, there was no obstruction, the autumn water was small, although it was against the current, but the speed of the improved ship was not slow, and it drove upstream with full horsepower!

"Lord Wang, it's late at night, let's go to sleep first." Zhou Han looked at Yang Xuan, who was still waiting at the desk, and said.

"Wait a little longer, calculate the time, Mao Gong should also arrive, otherwise what this king has done will be in vain." Yang Jin insisted on waiting for Xu Shiji to send someone over, and what he did for Xu Shiji's army was to shoot the people who were diving to control the generals who patrolled the river, so that the entire river would be in a state of no patrol tonight.

Zhou Han knew Yang Jun's stubbornness, and he had to do what he said, since he followed Yang Jun, he knew what kind of person could be called a master. He didn't bother Yang Jun anymore, just stayed outside and did his job.

The lights in the tent flickered on and off, just like Yang Yun's heart, which was quite unsettled.

"Lord Wang, General Xu has sent someone!" I don't know how long it took, Zhou Han walked into the tent again, and this time he came with good news.

"Bring it in!" Yang said eagerly.

"Subordinates, see the prince, this is General Xu's letter to the prince!" The person who came handed Xu Shiji's letter to Yang Yong.

"Good! It's hard work, go and rest first, and I'll have to let you go back to deliver the news later! Yang Jun patted the man, and the man was almost moved to tears.

"Okay, it's not too early, go back and tell General Xu, just say that you don't need to be suspicious, you don't suspect people, you don't have to be suspicious, everything is up to him!"

"I'm in charge of everything?!" Xu Shiji muttered and repeated this sentence, he couldn't believe that Yang Jun could believe in him so much, although he would not accept the order of the monarch outside, but it was only a thing, if the king ordered the withdrawal of the army, it would have to be executed, but now everything is up to him, then the entire army will be completely handed over to him, can he not sigh. Of course, Yang Jun also has his reasons for doing this, after all, he can't control himself if he is too far away, and he doesn't want to repeat Waterloo, of course, Xu Shiji is not the kind of person who can stage Waterloo, and delegating power is the best choice.

"Raise the flag! Light up the lights! Blockade the river! "Xu Shiji's series of orders have been issued, since he is here, then he will make a high-profile return, let the world see the Qingzhou Sailor, and let the world know that Qingzhou is not only invincible in foot, but also one of the best!

The silent river is illuminated by the sudden lights of the fleet!