Tao Kan set up hundreds of mines in the river, and after igniting them one after another, they burst open, causing great damage to the surrounding Jin ships, not to mention the small boats such as the boats, the waves can capsize, even if the Mengchong fighting ship or even the building ship, close to it, the ship's side may also be broken, resulting in a leak that is difficult to seal in a short time.

- This can be regarded as Peng Xiao's work, after his repeated experiments, the explosive power of black powder has been greatly enhanced, and under Pei Gai's instructions, incendiary and explosive charges are clearly distinguished.

As a result, the boats of the Jin army were damaged and even capsized one after another in the thunderous and tremor. What's worse is that the minefield is basically fixed, but the Jin fleet is advancing, so it gradually explodes from the head of the formation to the center of the array, and in the end, even Wang Dun's ship was not spared.

Wang Chuzhong promptly ordered the ship to be released and stopped, and the queue was reorganized, but when the fleet was sailing down the water, it was not something that you could stop immediately if you wanted to. As a result, the front army was defeated, the Chinese army came to a sudden stop, and the rear army collided with the generals, causing the array to be even more chaotic. For a moment, the boats overturned, tilted, collided, and were in chaos, and the sailors jumped into the water one after another with exclamations, hoping to swim ashore and escape from this inexplicable place of death.

Fortunately, the number of mines is limited after all, and the number of Jin ships is huge, even if all of them explode smoothly, and one mine bombs one ship, it is impossible to distribute them all—of course, for those small boats, a thunder often blows up, and several boats capsize within a few zhang of the periphery—if Wang Dun is given enough time, he should be able to regroup his army, although it will suffer great damage and not collapse.

Is it just that Tao Kan will give him enough time?

Tao Shixing had already made preparations, and calculated the time, he made the small part continue to fight against Shen Chong, and the main force turned around, set sail and swayed, and sailed upstream, just when the "thunder" had died down, and the Jin ship was in chaos. It stands to reason that sailing against the current, the combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of the enemy who sails along the current, but the problem is that the boat is overturned, even if it is not damaged, it is busy in a mess.

What's more, until this point, Jin Bing still couldn't figure out what was going on. They had never even heard of gunpowder weapons—some of the generals might have had some numbers through intelligence from the north—but when they heard the thunder, the ship was shaken, and they all thought it was the power of the gods, and they were basically all frightened.

As a result, the Jin army was defeated, and Wang Dun was almost not spared - he was on a building ship, turned around, and was forced to change ships with Qian Feng and others, so he used his own damaged ship as a shield, escaped in embarrassment, and ran back to Wuchang in one go. Wang Ying's position was higher than that of his father, and the ship he was riding was damaged by a mine, and the big slap on the Chinese ship directly smashed the bow of the ship, but it capsized and fell into the water, and was captured by the Chinese soldiers.

As for his lieutenant general, who is also his brother-in-law Zheng Tang, he was injured and fell into the river and was not able to catch it alive......

Tao Kan broke the main force of the enemy, then returned to the division and fought Shen Chong again. At this time, the news of the defeat of Wuchang and Chai Sangzhou divisions also came, which led to a great decline in the morale of Wuhu and the lack of fighting spirit.

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At this time, the soldiers and horses of the central and western roads of the Chinese Dynasty had already advanced by land and water, conquered Shaxian, and approached Wuchang. In Wuchang City, there were three shocks a day, and it was not until Wang Dun returned that the people's hearts were a little more stable.

Wang Dun sent people to see the movement of the Chinese army, and reported that the sails covered the sky and the flags covered the sun, and there were no less than 50,000 people. Wang Dun inspected the soldiers and horses inside and outside Wuchang, and there were less than 300 warships and more than 10,000 foot soldiers left......

He Chong persuaded him: "You can't do anything. Today, the Ming Dynasty is still embarrassed to stop the Chinese from coming east, so why not regroup and save Jiankang? If Jiankang falls, then the Ming Duke will lose his righteousness, and the soldiers will not have the will to fight, and when the time comes, the King of Jin will order an envoy to release the soldiers, how can the Ming Duke deal with himself? It is better to surrender to China, or the Chinese lord Gu Nianming Gong Qinghua dignitary, the son-in-law of Emperor Wu of the former dynasty, once calmed Jiangnan for the country, and was willing to treat him kindly......"

Qian Feng scolded on the side: "We are all Jin ministers, why do you say 'the previous dynasty'?!" ”

He Chong also pointed at Qian Feng and shouted: "Jin has already been Zenhua, how can it not be the previous dynasty?" The general trend of the world was originally clear, and it was all you and other ignorant people who were greedy for power, hoping to get lucky, but they were trapped in this difficult place! Now thousands of sails to the east, stop the defeat of a hundred oars, you are a staff officer, you are not ashamed, do you still want to live in the world? ! ”

Qian Feng was furious, so he wanted to draw his sword to cut He Chong, but was persuaded by Wang Dun, saying: "The second way also loves me, so why blame it?" "After all, He Chong is the grandson of Shangshu and Guanglu Doctor He Zhen, and his family background is much more prominent than Qian Feng, so how can he watch Qian Feng kill He Chong? No matter how much I trust Qian Shiyi, I have to talk about being a gentleman.

But he then said to He Chong: "Since I am determined to reject China, how can I give up halfway?" Pei should be my junior, and I can't bow my knees to him. So he worked hard, regrouped his troops and horses, and stuck to Wuchang to resist the Chinese division.

The Chinese army advanced by land and water, and the main general was Lu Yan. According to the original plan, after the convergence of the Western and Central Route Armies, Lu Yan will be commanded by Zhen Sui, wait for Wuchang to be broken, sail upstream, and then be controlled by Tao Kan - no way, Zhen Sui's name is always above Lu Yan, if Lu He is here, or he can still fight with Zhen Sui, Lu Yan can't suppress the barbarian at all.

It's just that Zhen Sui went to Jiangnan to fight Ying Zhan, and Lu Yan gained the right to command, and he went all the way to Wuchang. The boat division arrived first, Wang Dun came by boat, attacked against the current, defeated the Chinese army, and burned more than 60 warships, including a company - after all, the fleet that came out of Bazhong was not as good as the defeated Jin division in terms of quantity, and the quality of sailors was far inferior, and most importantly, there was no capable general who could command the fleet to fight.

Lu Yan was furious when he heard the report, and immediately killed two school officers to correct military law, and then ordered the boat to retreat to Shaxian, he advanced the infantry army from the south of the Yangtze River, and ordered Yao Yizhong to detour the cavalry from the north of the Jiangbei and wade from the west of Jichun, and the two roads encircled Wuchang.

There is Laishan in the northwest of Wuchang, and there is Exian in the southwest, which is horned with the county seat, and Wang Dun divides his troops to guard. After four days of fierce fighting between the two sides, Lu Yan first captured Laishan, that is, launched rockets from the mountain into the city of Wuchang, forcing Wang Dun to hold on behind closed doors; On another three days, he responded with Yao Yizhong's troops and conquered Exian.

If the two dangers are lost, Wuchang City is like a turtle in an urn - if it is not backed by the Yangtze River, the boat master can still respond, and it is estimated that it will break itself without fighting. But Wang Dun was not an incompetent general, so he relied on the help of the boat master to defend the city, and Lu Yan was unexpectedly difficult to overcome.

Soon after, Zhen Sui defeated Ying Zhan, sent back the barbarians, and also came to Wuchang, and was furious when he heard the news, saying: "Lu Yan is so helpful, can't he even take such a guard?" He immediately ordered the soldiers to cut wood to make rafts, piled them with firewood and grass, and lit a large area to float on the river near Wuchang, but Wang Dun's strict vigilance also prevented the raft from making achievements. The war in the middle reaches has fallen into a stalemate.

However, at this time, Tao Kan had already led the fleet to approach Jiankang, and Shen Chong desperately refused, but the number of ships was outnumbered, and when it was downstream, he couldn't resist it at all. In the end, he was forced to take a small boat, fled east to Dantu ashore, and then led dozens of soldiers to flee back to his hometown Wuxing.

Deng Yue was left alone, and was blocked by Tao Kan's sailors, first broke through Bailuzhou, and recompressed in Stone City. Immediately, the sailors sent the Jiangbei Chinese army to the south bank one after another.

When the news came, Yu Liang also wanted to send Sima Rui south to Wuxing and go to Shen Chong, but Sima Rui said: "The general trend has gone, why let Lone suffer from this bumpy rush and the burden of the death of the rivers and lakes?" And how can Shen Shiju be a credible person?! It just so happened that the envoy of the Chinese Dynasty also arrived, and it was Liu Kui and Liu Dalian, who fled from Jiankang in embarrassment, he patted his chest and promised that he would never hurt Sima Rui's family, Sima Rui said: "Dalian is my old official, and he will never deceive me." At this point, he was bound by himself, and led Wang Dao, Zhou Yi and others to surrender.

Yu Liang didn't want to obey, and planned to run away alone, Liu Kui sent someone to comfort him, saying: "Yuan Gui used to be lenient and indulgent, so that my brother Zhigong has clearly told me, then I will have to repay Yuan Gui and not make him guilty - if Yuan Gui goes, I can't do anything." Yu Liang followed behind Sima Rui and Wang Dao and went to Huaying together.

Tao Kan abandoned the boat and landed on the shore, and immediately went out to greet him, personally untied Sima Rui's shackles, and said: "King Wei, there is no minister today; And although the king refused to resist the river, he was actually coerced by Xiaoxiao, which was not his intention. Sima Rui sobbed and said: "I really miss Tao Gong's kindness......"

He also understood that if the commander of the Chinese army was not Tao Kan, but the northerners—especially the northern generals who were from a humble background, did not know their names before, and followed Pei Cai to become famous—most of them would have entered Jiankang City directly as soon as they landed on the shore, and would not have sent Liu Dalian to persuade him to surrender first.

When Tao Kanyan talked about "Xiaoxiao", Director Wang, Yu Liang and others did not dare to raise their heads, and their faces were ashamed. Immediately, Tao Kan looked left and right and asked, "Since King Wu Xing (Sima Chong) is here, why don't you see the concubine?" Without waiting for Sima Rui to answer, he hurriedly said: "Yes, I should go to the concubine in person." ”

Before leaving, we discussed how to deal with the people in Jiangnan, and Pei Gai's meaning was very clear: "What the southerners Ren Qing did, the northerners should be sent to Luoyang and disposed of by me." "He doesn't plan to slaughter more, especially Wang Dao and others can barely be regarded as talents who can be appointed as counties and counties, it's a pity to kill; As long as all the overseas Chinese are retained to the Central Plains, and they are not allowed to return to their hometowns and choose other places to resettle, it is tantamount to digging up their roots, and can they form a major force again, thus affecting the national economy and people's livelihood?

From then on, there is only the king of Taiyuan, and there is no king of Langya.

As for the southerners, it mainly refers to the wealthy clans in the south of the Yangtze River, and the roots are not very easy to dig, so they can only prevent them from seizing the land vacated after the overseas Chinese return to the north, and then plan to weaken them slowly. If you treat the southerners too harshly, I am afraid that the situation in the Jiangnan region will be unstable for a long time, and even the hatred between the north and the south - it is useless for you to patronize the common people, the common people are too easy to be coerced by local tycoons.

However, Tao Shixing himself is a southerner, so whether he is out of public interest or out of personal revenge, he wants to pick some wealthy families to come out to show his prestige, Pei should be happy to see it.

In addition, Pei Gai specially took care of Tao Kan and said: "You must not hurt my aunt, you should return her to Luo and meet me." ”

Therefore, after Tao Kan was surrendered, he led the troops into Jiankang City, and ran to the palace of Wuxing as soon as possible to pay homage to the concubine Pei. Pei Shi ordered Pei Ren to come out to block the drive, saying: "Jin is dead, then I am the only old woman, how can I be the worship of Tao Gong?" Tao Kan asked Pei Ren to relay his words, saying: "Mrs. is the aunt of the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven misses Mrs. every day, and even weeps, and his filial piety and ministers also feel the same way." The Son of Heaven has a fate, please ask your wife to cross the river and go to Luo to meet, and your wife will not leave. ”

Pei replied: "I, the wife of the Sima family, should no longer return to my father's family. ”

Tao Kan said: "Today, Sima's family should be escorted to Luoyang, and Sima Chong can't be outside. If the lady returns to her father's family, the minister should prepare a Chinese car, send off the grandmother and grandson, and return to meet the Son of Heaven; If you still claim to be the wife of the Sima family, please hand over Sima Chong. "He didn't dare to say that you should also return north as a prisoner and a family member of a sinner, but he just insisted on Sima Chong.

At this point, Pei's finally stopped being hypocritical, so he summoned Tao Kan to see him, answered a few words casually, and hoped that Tao Kan would treat Sima Rui and others well on the road. After Tao Kan agreed, he immediately got out of the car and sent Liu Kui and Liu Yao to escort Jiankang and others to the north.

Of course, he didn't stuff Sima Rui and even Wang Dao, Yu Liang and others into the car, but the children, dependents, and even slaves and maids of various families, thousands of people set off on the road together, and it was inevitable to cry and shed tears, which made people's noses sour to hear. Sima Rui cried in the car: "It's because I'm not virtuous, and even my subordinates are like this, how can I live in the car again?" He insisted on coming out and walking with others, but Liu Yao asked him: "Your Excellency doesn't want to sit in the car, but wants to find an opportunity to escape?" Sima Rui didn't dare to do anything more.

In advance, Tao Kan asked Sima Rui to write an edict and ordered Deng Yue, Wang Dun and others to lay down their weapons. After Deng Boshan was defeated, he cried loudly, but he had to open Stone Town and lead his troops to surrender. A few days later, the edict entered Wuchang, Wang Chuzhong committed suicide with medicine, and Qian Feng, He Chong and others descended to Zhen Sui.

Zhen Sui accepted He Chong's surrender and escorted him to Luoyang along with his family, but according to Tao Kan's order, Qian Feng was immediately beheaded in front of the army - because it is said that the reason why Wang Dun resisted Wang Shi was all instigated by this Qian Feng. Of course, Wang Dun has his own ideas, and it is impossible for Qian Feng to shake his mind alone, but who called Qian Feng the most favored by him, and once killed Diao Xie and chased Liu Kui? Liu Dalian pleaded with Pei Gai before setting out on the expedition, saying: "The ministers follow the south of the Yangtze River, and there is no other wish, but to invite the clan Qian Feng and Shen Chong." ”

Pei Gai's reply at that time was: "Women and children are not guilty, but what do you mean 'clan'?" Only the heads of the two thieves, I will take them down for Qing to comfort Diao Xuanliang's spirit in the sky. ”

Besides, after Shen Chong fled back to Wuxing, he also planned to gather his family soldiers to defend it, but he was trapped by Wu Xing's Taishou Zhang Mao and Zhang Weikang, and escorted to Jiankang, Tao Kan immediately ordered to be beheaded to show the public.

When Tao Kan was in Jiangnan, because of his humble background, he finally climbed up, and he was the most kind to others, except for hating Wang Dun, he had no enemies in the south, so he only followed Pei Gai's order to kill Qian Feng and Shen Chong, and did not pursue the third person - to be honest, Pei Gai was a little disappointed after hearing about it.

But "the pride of Jiangdong, Mo Qiang Zhou Shen", now that the Zhou family is dead, only the remaining Shen family, which was the Jin carbuncle before, is also afraid of the trouble of the Chinese Dynasty in the future, so Tao Kan ordered Lu and the soldiers to enter Wuxing, and completely copied the Shen family.