It happened that Zhao Rui's side was short of manpower, so he directly lined Meng He to Yingzhou to be the city guard, so Meng He took Zhao Rui's soldiers to Yingzhou.

Meng He's heart is still very complicated, originally he was sent by the Yuan Dynasty court to supervise the war, but he was almost killed, not to mention, but now he has become the side against the Yuan Dynasty.

Later, the small cities along the river surrendered one after another, and Zhao Rui did not fight a tough battle next.

In this way, after a few days, it turned out to be Chuzhou, a big city in the easternmost part of the Yangtze River.

Zhao Rui once hit the Yuan army hard here, and when he thought about it, it was like the next day.

At this time, the city of Chuzhou was besieged by the Yuan army, and the Song army resisted extremely hard.

When Zhao Rui's big ship appeared, both sides stopped, and they actually sent envoys on board the ship as soon as possible.

It was the envoy of the Song Dynasty who arrived first, or that set of rhetoric, begging Zhao Rui to help the Song Dynasty retreat from the enemy.

The envoy of the Yuan Dynasty hoped that Zhao Rui would not interfere, because this was a grudge between the Yuan Dynasty and the Song Dynasty.

Because the two envoys visited Zhao Rui together, when they begged Zhao Rui, the two of them also glared angrily and almost started to move.

Zhao Rui waved his hand and said lightly: "I don't care if you fight, but I can't watch the people suffer from the persecution of the war, in this way, or Chuzhou City will belong to me, so you don't have to fight anymore, how about it?" ”

Forehead......

The envoys on both sides froze.

The Yuan Dynasty also wanted to advance south after taking Chuzhou, while the Song Dynasty was really embarrassed because of the ownership of the city.

They Song Dynasty wanted Zhao Rui to help, but it didn't mean that the entire city would be given to him!

So the envoys of both sides hesitated, and at the same time they didn't dare to say hard words, for fear of offending Zhao Rui again, so they said that they would go back to discuss and discuss.

In this way, after Zhao Rui arrived, the two parties stopped fighting, and they were urgently discussing how to respond to Zhao Rui's request.

Zhao Rui was not in a hurry, fishing on the boat every day, waiting for their decision.

The Yuan Dynasty got a lot of news and felt that Zhao Rui's warship was invincible, so he withdrew from the battlefield in the afternoon of the same day.

But the city guard of Chuzhou City at this time has changed, and Wang Wei is a veteran, who is considered to be the same as Jia Yidao, but this person's temper is very stubborn.

Listening to Zhao Rui's request, he directly said that it was impossible to give the city away, unless he stepped on his corpse!

Zhao Rui sneered at the envoy of the Song Dynasty who came to the money, what the hell, the Yuan army is gone now, he actually came to do this.

Zhao Rui said to the envoy dissatisfied: "Go back and tell your home city guard, if he doesn't follow the agreement, then I don't mind razing Chuzhou to the ground!" ”

When the messenger heard this, he was greatly astonished, and hurried back to report it.

Wang Wei listened, slapped the armrest of the chair heavily, blew his beard and glared: "When I led the troops to fight, Zhao Rui's ignorant child had not yet been born, what was razed to the ground, it was really a fool's dream, no matter what, let him come, no matter how many people he comes, I will call him back!" ”

The envoy said incredulously: "My lord, do you want to think about it again, Zhao Rui has artillery over there!" ”

"Heh, it's not like I haven't seen artillery, I don't know how many shells I dodged back then!"

As soon as the envoy heard this, he knew that Wang Wei was outdated, and now Zhao Rui's artillery could land and explode, which was a well-known thing, why didn't he know?

So the envoy wanted to explain the matter again, but Wang Wei ruthlessly interrupted him when he opened a word.

"Shut up, babbling, why do you want to disturb the morale of the army? Tell you, you can roll now, you don't need you here anymore! ”

Forehead......

The messenger was also angry when he heard this, thinking that when Wang Wei used himself, he had all kinds of good words, and now he decided to fight Zhao Rui, but let himself get out quickly!

What the is this, relying on the old to sell and buy, for the old disrespectful!

However, the envoy also sneered: "Then, I will first wish Lord Wang Wei a victory!" Hahaha~"

The messenger smiled and walked away.

Hum!

Nonsense, of course I won this battle!

Looking at the back of the envoy, Wang Wei couldn't help but roll his eyes, thinking about what he wanted him to do with such a fictitious position, it was better to dismiss him directly and go home quickly, and it was the right way to get more silver taels to fill the military expenses!

Zhao Rui didn't have any pre-war tension at this time, and similarly, his soldiers didn't, and they even held a barbecue party, which made the atmosphere on the ship very warm.

The deck was wooden, and it was not difficult for Zhao Rui, he laid a thin iron on the deck, and even if the flames were raging on it, the deck could not be damaged.

Because Chuzhou couldn't go, Zhao Rui arranged for people to go to the neighboring county town to make a big purchase.

At this time, most of the soldiers ate pork, but Zhao Rui couldn't stand it, so he asked someone to buy more than a dozen live sheep directly, and they were killed and slaughtered on the boat, and they were very happy to eat.

Some soldiers have nothing to do and catch a lot of fish from the river, and the cook on the boat specializes in baking cakes and boiling fish soup.

The scallion pancake is so thin and large, you can feel its crispiness when you hold it in your hand, and then you can sandwich it with roast lamb, clench it tightly with your hand, and take a bite, which is simply evocative.

At the same time, the fish soup is stewed like milk, and the aroma can be smelled from afar before you can eat it, and when it is served in a bowl, you can add some coriander and chopped green onions, and then put pepper and rice vinegar, which makes people really want to stop.

Zhao Rui's boat was full of joy, but Chuzhou City was still in a state of martial law, especially the officers and soldiers standing guard on the city wall, who had long been twitching their noses and smelling the smell of roast mutton that made people feel appetizing.

There are not many muttons in the Southern Song Dynasty, and there are many sheep breeders in the north.

But the mutton is less meat, so the price is extremely expensive, even in the north where the mutton is abundant, only the Mongolians can afford to eat, and the Song people eat a meal, and it is estimated that they can't bear the high price in their hearts.

Oh, my God!

The soldiers on Prince Zhao Rui's side are too happy!

The guards looked at the firelight on the river from afar, and then smelled the faint smell of meat in the air, and swallowed with envy.

When the day was just dawning, Wang Wei was old and slept less, so he got up early and went to the city wall to prepare for the arrangement.

The river was shrouded in mist, and Wang Wei looked at the warship opposite, but there was no movement at all.

Bastard!

Siege doesn't care about time!

Is this Zhao Rui looking down on people too much?

Wang Wei felt that Zhao Rui didn't care about the war now, which was simply an insult to him.

But what can the big ship do when it is so far away?

By the way, didn't I rob the Yuan Army of two return cannons a few days ago, so let's use them this time!

With the order, the two return cannons were pushed under the city wall, and now the gate of Chuzhou City is open, anyway, there is no enemy now, waiting for Zhao Rui's army to come, and it is too late to close the city gate.

Looking at the warship opposite, there were still no people moving.

Wang Wei smiled coldly and ordered: "Launch the return cannon!" ”

So the officers and soldiers below found a boulder and launched it towards the big boat on the river.

Zhao Rui originally wanted to attack Chuzhou City today, but he ate barbecue last night and drank some wine, coupled with the warmth of the fish soup, which made people very comfortable.

Listening to the lack of movement outside, Zhao Rui felt that the soldiers slept later than himself, so he should let them sleep more.

And it's rare for me to be so quiet, just wake up and go to sleep.

Zhao Rui closed his eyes again, ready to look for Zhou Gong again.

But I faintly heard the sound of falling water not far outside.

Kindness?

Something made a noise.

It's a strange sound, it's definitely not like what nature should have.

Zhao Rui quickly got dressed and went out of the cabin to check the situation.

At this time, Zhao Gong, Jiao Xian, and Xiong Er, as well as the generals, all got dressed and came out to see what was going on.

"Oh, you hear movement too?"

The generals were still looking around at the river, wondering all the time, what, plopping, why didn't it sound now?

Just when everyone was puzzled, two boulders flew over from Chuzhou City opposite!

However, no one on Zhao Rui's side panicked, because the distance and accuracy of the boulder were not online, so there was no need to worry about the boulder causing any damage to the big ship.

"Lord Wang, we haven't done it yet, they are up first, let's give some of the colors of Chuzhou to see!"

Zhao Gong shook his head and proposed to Zhao Rui.

"Okay, then get ready!"

Zhao Rui also smiled helplessly, and after giving the order, he took the loudspeaker-like megaphone and shouted loudly at Chuzhou City.

"Listen to the people of Chuzhou on the other side, I am Zhao Rui, and I will raze Chuzhou to the ground in a while, you should run for your lives! Note that it is razed to the ground and put on your family wealth and the like! ”

After Zhao Rui finished speaking, he put down the microphone and lay on the rattan chair and waited leisurely.

At this time, the people of Chuzhou City were boiling, and they all packed up their things, or disposed of valuable things to pawnshops at a low price, changed them, and then fled from the city with their families.

In fact, who is willing to leave home, but they have all seen Zhao Rui's bravery and the ferocity of his firearms, since he said so, it must be true.

At the same time, they also kept complaining about the city guard Wang Wei, saying that Wang Wei did not bring any benefits to Chuzhou, and always talked about his old qualifications before.

But who of the people listened to him, they only knew that since Wang Wei came, the people's lives have deteriorated a lot, and agricultural products cannot be sold at a price, and he must have manipulated the government to do all this, and he doesn't know how many people he has filled his own pockets from them.

Besides, Zhao Rui wants to attack the city, and he has no way at all, since he can't fight, he won't fight, and the people will suffer with the upside down!

Wang Wei also recruited a lot of soldiers before, and some people who didn't like to join the army were also semi-forced to become soldiers of the Song Dynasty.

Then he has been fighting against the Yuan army, but the food on the side of Chuzhou is abundant, enough to resist the Yuan army for a long time, and many of the soldiers who died during the war were local to Chuzhou.

What's going on, hasn't it all been put into his pocket?

Wang Wei has a very bad impression in the hearts of the people, he can't be an official, and he can't be a man.

No, he heard that the people were going to flee with their wealth, and at this time he knew that he was in a hurry, and arranged a large number of troops to be stationed at various city gates to prevent the people from leaving the city.

After all, it is the time when the war is going on, and it is not possible to recruit young and strong people from the people to fight!

It was really a good thing for him to think about it, but this time the people didn't buy it, and they stormed the city gate one after another, fighting with the officers and soldiers.