"Good, great! Rare, rare! Zhao Qi danced with his hands, "Zhao, Yue, and Han Sanjun actually beat the Liao thief back. He handed over the prelude to Deng Su with the prelude to the army he was holding, his face was full of surprise, "Ezhou has no worries, and Cao Shumi's troops are imminent, and they can't give them a time to come back." ”

"Obey." Deng Su bowed and said, he quickly glanced at the report, and was taken aback, "Send troops today?" ”

"Yes!" Zhao Qi stretched out his hand to pick up the Son of Heaven Sword from the table, hung the scabbard on his belt, and looked quite heroic in the mirror, Zhao Qi nodded with satisfaction. "Ezhou is empty, just around the corner, Aiqing will also go with me," he patted Deng Su's shoulder, as if Ezhou City had surrendered to his feet, "Zhao Xingde is a general, if possible, Aiqing can persuade him to submit, I will not hesitate to reward." After Zhao Qi finished speaking, without waiting for Deng Su to agree, he opened the door of the palace and walked out.

There was already a team of royal guards waiting outside, all of them had already put on their armor, escorted Zhao Qi in the middle, and walked all the way to the imperial chariot. Deng Su had been following behind the imperial chariot with his head down, and the sky was shining, and he couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly. If Ezhou is attached to the imperial front, the unification of the Central Plains is just around the corner. Chen Dong and Zhao Xingde's strength must be preserved as much as possible in order to contain Cao Di and Liu Yanqing, as well as ......, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong and other martial artists. Your Majesty may be tolerant, Deng Su raised his head and looked at the back of the royal chariot.

The 50,000-strong army had been waiting for a long time, and as soon as the imperial chariot arrived in the army, he set out.

The boats and boats on the water are connected, the chariots and horses on the shore are Xiao Xiao, and the soldiers and horses are connected one after another, and they can't see the head to the south and the tail to the north. The army of Xiangyang is mostly the elite soldiers that the imperial court has accumulated for a long time, the clothes and armor of the soldiers are distinct, holding bows, crossbows, knives and guns in a queue, on both sides of the marching procession, the people drive the cart with the army, the car carries the foot armor, bundles of arrows, etc., more grain and grass and other military supplies are carried down the river by the naval warship, the flag covers the sun, the war horse neighs, the gongs and drums are noisy. The dust was flying, and more than a dozen horsemen escorted the messenger of the decree, persuading the rebel ministers of Ezhou not to resist stubbornly, and surrendered the true dragon emperor early.

"Cao escorted the royal driver to the expedition, and the important task of Xiangyang was entrusted to Liu Xianggong."

Cao Di was dressed in a military uniform and arched his hand radiantly. Unexpectedly, the juniors in Ezhou were still competitive, and they repelled the Liao Thief East Route Army. Cao Di surrounded by the generals of the Xijing camp, these days, Cao Di transferred the elite of Xijing to Xiangyang, overwhelming the southeast camp in terms of strength, he is also the national abbot, although Liu Yanqing is a festival envoy, but he is profitable, less decisive, in this case, it is completely impossible to compete with it.

"Where, where," Liu Yanqing was less fierce than Cao Di, but he couldn't see the big belly when he sat on the horse. His face was solemn, and he didn't see any dissatisfaction, but solemnly arched his hand and said, "The Liao thieves are powerful and cunning by nature, after Cao Xianggong captured Ezhou, he will be a teacher as soon as possible and work together to resist the Liao thieves." His words showed weakness, but in fact, they reassured Cao Di's heart.

"Liu Xianggong rest assured," Cao Di said with a smile: "Ezhou has no power to resist, and Dashi, the thief, is cunning and suspicious, and when he comes back to his senses, the army has already won the class." "The secrecy of this battle was done very well, and there were only seven or eight people who really knew the inside story in advance, including Zhao Qi and Liu Yanqing. Since Cao Di took over as a privy envoy and escorted the holy car to Xiangyang, he has been calling for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and recovering Bianliang, training soldiers and preparing grain and grass for military supplies. Now the army suddenly turned around and went south, taking advantage of the emptiness of Ezhou's troops, and taking advantage of the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai to level the Ezhou rebels in one fell swoop, there is indeed a great certainty.

"Liu Xianggong only needs to work together with Cao," Cao Di pointed at the army with a horsewhip and laughed loudly, "Commanding these 100,000 tigers, the chaos in the south, the Khitan in the north, and the great achievements of Zhongxing are just around the corner!" ”

The two marshals were stationed on the high slope, looking down on tens of thousands of troops from under their feet, and even the Huangluo umbrella was among them, and their spirits couldn't help but be extremely high-spirited, Liu Yanqing looked at the Huangluo umbrella, and couldn't help but feel a little pity for the young man, Cao Di now has 50,000 tigers in his hand, and he rejects the generals by virtue of his status as a national ruler, doesn't he want to go further? Liu Yanqing couldn't help but feel a sudden slap in his heart.

Cao Di has a name for governing the army, and he must fool his ears and eyes and make him like a child, so that he can bow down and obey his orders and go to the soup and ignore it. In the army that went south, many soldiers were ignorant and only knew how to obey orders, but the sudden change from the northern expedition to the south still made many people feel strange.

"Brother, didn't you say to fight back to Bianliang?" Shi Ke said with a sad face, "Why did you go south again?" ”

"Silence," Rui Laoqi whispered, "Be careful that people listen to you, and cure you for the crime of shaking the morale of the army." ”

These two people are fellow villagers in Henan, and Wang Yan was recruited into the army when he was in square law, but his family is still in Henan. After Cao Di arrived in Xiangyang, he selected the elite from the southeast camp to form a Flying Tiger Army, and the two were selected again. Thinking that their family was still uncertain, Shi Ke and Rui Laoqi sighed, drooping their heads all the way, their hearts were at a loss, and they only followed the army to the south. It's a long journey, I don't know when I'm going to be a head, I don't know when I'll be able to return to my hometown, and I don't have to be a lonely ghost in a foreign land.

The 800-mile waterway from Xiangyang to Ezhou seems to be farther than Jiangzhou to Ezhou, but the help of the sailor is indispensable for the use of troops in the southeast. From Xiangyang, the division went down the Han River, while Jiangzhou returned to Ezhou to help Ezhou, and the speed of the ship was very different. Therefore, even if the Zhenguo Army and the Baoyi Army in Jiangzhou returned to help immediately after the war, they would not be able to rush to Ezhou in time. According to the careful investigation, scholars like Chen Dong have done their best to repel the Eastern Route Army of Liao, and now those who remain in Ezhou are just some state and county battalions that have no combat ability. Cao Di sent out with an army of 50,000, one was that the lion fought the rabbit with all his strength, and the other was also to run the good life of Ezhou.

The Xiangyang army went south along the Han River, advancing by land and water, the momentum was extremely huge, most of the prefectures and counties passed through along the way, most of them surrendered to the wind, and very few of them were forced to close their doors, and Cao Di only left a small number of soldiers and horses to watch, and led the army to Ezhou at full speed. More than ten days later, the striker arrived in the north of Ezhou, however, the flag officer did not bring the news of the victory, but the opposite.

"What? Sailor gunboats blocking the river? Cao Di rode on his horse and shouted, "But four or five boats, can you stop my tens of thousands of troops?" He stared at the flag officer, if it weren't for the pioneer general Meng Weinai's confidant, he would almost think that this was perfunctory. He has been in charge of the army for a long time, and his body is extraordinary, and this flag officer can't stand it, and he can't defend himself, so he only lies on the ground and blindly pleads guilty.

"Alright, get up." Cao Di calmed down and hummed, "Tell me, what's going on?" ”

"Marshal Qi, the gunboats that help the rebels are different from the ordinary sailors and warships, the iron barrel cannons are arranged under the side side of the ship, there are two or three layers of cannon holes, and there are dozens of iron barrel cannons on a ship, and the ships on both sides take turns to fire cannons, and the ships are strong and powerful. Although there were many ships in the vanguard naval division, they could not match it, and General Meng could only occupy Hanyang first, but even the garrison in Hanyang City was bombarded by enemy ships day and night, and General Meng had no choice but to withdraw from Hanyang. ”

"What?" Cao Di shouted, "How many enemy troops are there?" Can't even Hanyang be captured? ”

"No, it's not ......," the flag officer still explained, "Hanyang is still in the hands of our army, but the enemy ships keep bombarding it, and the soldiers are suffering a lot of damage in the city, so General Meng left a group of soldiers and horses to defend the city, and most of the men withdrew from Hanyang and camped outside the range of the enemy ships' artillery." ”

"What kind of artillery fire, it's so powerful......" Cao Di gasped, his brows furrowed as never before.

............

On the river between Hanyang and Ezhou, three "strange" gunboats lined up, and the other gunboats of the Ezhou Naval Division guarded around the gunboats to prevent the warships of the Xiangyang Naval Division from ramming and setting fire to them. The gunboat had a flag hanging on its mast, and it was a blue unicorn between the white mountains and black waters.

"Haven't the enemy shown yet?"

The sound of "da", "da" and "da" sounded on the deck, and the sailors and gunners couldn't help but get nervous, and one prosthetic leg stepped firmly on the deck. Originally, the sailors had some words about him dragging his stump leg on the boat, but the disability on the leg did not prevent him from resisting the wind and waves at sea, nor did it prevent him from being in charge of the first gunboat of the Han army.

"These gray grandsons value their lives very expensively, and they can't wait to get into the hole and run to the edge of the sky. No wonder Liaogou went south, hundreds of thousands of people were not enough to stuff their teeth, and even the emperor Laozi was lost to Liaogou. The cannon shouted, and a vulgar laugh erupted around him. There are also more than 100 large and small ships in the vanguard of the Xiangyang/Sailor Division, and it is really difficult to deal with them if they are desperate to respond to the battle with the technique of ramming and attacking. But they haven't done so yet, which is why the Han army sailors have been able to calm down.

Listening to the rude words of his subordinates, Tong Yunjie frowned and reprimanded: "Be careful, don't be careless." This is an errand ordered by Mr. Zhao, if it is messed up, Lao Tzu will have no face to see people, you all jump into the sea one by one to feed the fish. He said that it was not a joke to feed the fish, the Han army sailors punished the traitors, threw them into the ice cave cage in winter, and tied their hands and feet and threw them into the sea water to feed the fish in summer. When the soldiers heard this, their hearts sank, and they hurriedly agreed.

Tong Yunjie nodded, after inspecting this deck, he looked at Diao Dou on the mast, this was the only place on the whole ship that was inconvenient for him to go, and the scout on Diao Dou made a gesture to indicate that the reinforcements on the other side had not yet arrived. Tong Yunjie's heart was a little wider, dragging the wooden leg, "da", "da", "da", "da" to inspect the second deck. Tong Yunjie's body had a gloomy aura, and when he went, the sailors on the upper deck breathed a sigh of relief, and the pressure on his body suddenly relaxed, and no one wanted to anger this one-legged ruler, and was punished to the bottom of the dark all year round.