The waves on the Yangtze River were turbulent, a bright moon was reflected on the river surface and was crushed by the waves into thousands of silver snakes dancing, on top of them, the warships of the Chen Army's sailors were crossing the river, and their target was Xiyang City on the north bank.

Because the north wind is blowing now, the warships have all collected their sails and are rowed by sailors, and each ship has dozens of people as prize winners, so it moves quite fast, and it looks like centipedes floating on the water and moving forward quickly.

The upper reaches of the north bank lead to the turbulent water flow on the river bank in the southern suburbs of Xiyang City, so it is not easy to dock boats on this river bank on weekdays, but it is only not easy, not impossible.

Compared with the three-legged cat's boating skills of the northerners, the sailors of the Southern Dynasties have been the overlords of the Yangtze River for hundreds of years, and the Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, and now Chen of the Southern Dynasties have all relied on the sailors to stop the Northern Dynasty army north of the Yangtze River.

The northerners can play all kinds of tricks on horseback, and the southerners are not far behind, mooring on the bank of the river with turbulent currents, which is difficult for the veterans of the Southern Naval Army who have accumulated years, they have been begging for a living on the boat since their grandfather's grandfather's generation, and the fishermen find the tricky work for them.

In the forward warship, a man dressed in mink fur stood on the bow of the ship facing the cold north wind, and he stood like this, raising his eyes to look at the dark Xiyang City in front of him.

They were in the middle of the river, about a mile away from the north bank, Xiyang City was dark in the moonlight, but there seemed to be a faint light at the south gate, a soldier on the mast shouted downward, and then a general ran forward to say:

"King, there's a signal over there in Xiyang City."

The man didn't turn around when he heard this, but asked, "It can't be that you're looking away, right?" ”

"No, the people who look at it are night owls, and their eyes can see more clearly at night than during the day, and one of the seven lanterns is not less."

"Good. Very good. The man turned to look at the general. Full speed ahead and land as soon as possible. Don't delay! ”

Under the moonlight, the man's face was wearing an iron mask, and he couldn't see his true face, there were few generals who fought with masks in these years, so the famous general Gao Changgong of Lanling was one of them, but he had been dead for eight years, and there was no iron-faced general in the world.

The man in the iron mask walked into the cabin, the brazier was very warm, and the waiting attendant immediately stepped forward to take the big coat down, and the man sat straight on the couch and brought the warm wine.

"If you drink and make a mistake, you can just drink warm water." The man waved his hand to change the water, and another person held a glass mirror. After taking off his mask, he picked up the glass mirror and looked at the hideous face in the mirror, and laughed:

"Yuwenwen, it's so hard to wait for you!"

Chen Shuling looked at his strange and familiar face in the mirror, his eyes were full of madness, since he was disfigured by Yuwen Wen in Jiangling, he did not forget to repay his body in the other way, and after waiting for nearly half a year, he finally looked forward to the time of revenge.

Jiangjin Shu was burned, the Chen army besieging Jiangling could no longer wait, and afterwards had no choice but to withdraw the army, the commander of the Chen army who led the Northern Expedition to Liang this time, Chen Shuling, the king of Shixing, as the general of the defeated army, was destroyed again, and could no longer compete for the throne of Da Chen.

I thought that when the class returned to the dynasty after taking Jiangling, he could launch a palace mutiny with the army in his hand, kick out the crown prince Chen Shubao in one fell swoop, and then let his father abdicate and make way for Xian, all of which seemed to be realized after taking Jiangling, but was stirred up by Yuwenwen.

His cheek was injured by the other party with a hidden weapon when Yuwen Wen led the troops to attack Jiang Jinshu, this injury will make his face stiff at most, but the wound will not leave too much scar, but the next day when he was rescuing Jiangling Chen Army, he was ambushed by Yuwen Wen halfway, and the arrow hit in the face completely ruined his original upright appearance.

It was a wound that could never be recovered, and Chen Shuling put on a mask and lived like a mouse that could not see the light. In this world, except for his father and princess, anyone who sees his true face will involuntarily avoid his eyes.

The courtiers would not serve a prince who could not even show his face as the emperor, not to mention that Chen Shuling had been defeated, and even the generals would not support him. All of this is due to Yu Wenwen, it is he who ruined his future, it is he who ruined his ambitions, Chen Shuling originally wanted to ascend the throne and become emperor, but also to take the Chen army to the Northern Expedition to unify the Central Plains and reign in the world.

As soon as Chen Shuling thought of this, his fists couldn't help clenching, and he almost knocked over the desk, but he still held back, there was a volume of holy decrees on the case, which was sent by the eunuch this morning, and the other party sent it to Wuchang from Jiankang day and night five days ago, which was very simple, that is, let Chen Shuling rush back to Jiankang immediately, because now Chen Guotianzi, his father, wants to see him.

"Father" Chen Shuling looked at the holy decree and fell into the gods, his father Chen Ji is the current Emperor of Chen State, and now he is bedridden, unlike the previous times, Chen Ji is terminally ill this time, it is impossible to get better, and it is also expected to control the dragon Bintian.

Chen Ji is seriously ill, the crown prince Chen Shubao and all the princes are serving in front of the royal bed, except for the second son Chen Shuling, among the princes of Chen State, except for the prince Chen Shubao, the king of Shixing, Chen Shuling is the most favored by Chen Ji, so this absent second son has always been Chen Ji's heart disease.

Chen Shuling knew that his father urged him to go back, but he must not leave, since he learned in October that the enemy Yu Wenwen had come to Bazhou to take up the post of assassin, he rushed to Wuchang County, Chen State, across the river in Bazhou, to plan revenge.

Bazhou was originally the land of Chen State, and two years ago it was captured by Yu Wenliang, the governor of Anzhou of Zhou State, and the local wealthy families of Bazhou had already taken refuge in Zhou State at that time, so Chen Shuling thought that he would have to wait a long time to find someone who was willing to cooperate with him, but God blessed that Yu Wenwen himself died and forced people to live.

Yuwen Wen's new official took office three fires to burn Haoqiang and big households complained, he just found someone from Wuchang County, crossed the river to find some old relationships, and easily found someone who was willing to cooperate, and he could only make a small fuss, but the other party didn't know how to restrain and was anxious to make a move on Tian, one of the powerful people in the realm of Xiyang City, which was a godsend.

The soldiers of Bazhou Prefecture are weak, and last year it was because of the military strategy of the Tian and Lu families that they blocked the Chen army that went north, and now these two families will no longer help defend the city, and there are people in the city to respond, so Yu Wenwen thinks that it is delusional to hold the army he brought.

"My lord, this was delivered from the shore just now." The attendant cautiously reminded him, Chen Shuling heard what the other party said, and then shifted his gaze to a wooden box on the case, he took out a key from his arms, opened the wooden box, and took out a letter from it.

It was delivered before his ship left the shore, and he could probably guess what was written in it, so he didn't take it to heart, but ordered the ship to set off and urge the navy to go north, and now there was still a moment before he landed, so he had time to read the contents.

Then Chen Shuling read the letter by candlelight and then burned it to ashes, the content of the letter was unexpectedly sent by Jiankang's allies, his father's condition had deteriorated and he had lost his breath in the past few days, and the other party asked him to rush back immediately to have a Jedi counterattack.

The crown prince and the princes are all sick at the sickbed, and that is also the best time for him to get close to the crown prince, as long as he fights to kill the prince when his father dies or is seriously ill and cannot speak, he will control the city for a moment with the dead, and then promise the generals high-ranking officials Houlu, it is not without hope to ascend to the throne.

If it was changed to July ago, he would definitely choose to fight hard, because his father died, and the crown prince ascended the throne, then no one would protect him, and then his fate would be about being deprived of real power and locked up in a yard somewhere in Jiankang as a caged bird to be slaughtered, but now he doesn't care about this anymore.

If you can't torture and kill Yu Wenwen with your own hands, even if you become an emperor, you can't be happy, and after thinking about it for months, seeing that your wish is about to come true, there is nothing that can stop him from taking revenge.

A person entered the cabin and reported to him that the striker had landed, Chen Shuling heard the words and asked people to help him put on armor, and after the whole body was draped, he pressed the knife and walked out of the cabin, only to see that his ship was close to the north shore.

Not far from the shore, there is a string of lanterns hanging on the south gate of Xiyang City, and there is no light on the tower, according to the signal agreed in advance, which means that the progress is going smoothly and can be landed, Chen Shuling ordered the elite who have landed on the shore to control the city gate and the vicinity of the river bank to confirm that there is no ambush, and then the large army immediately landed.

Although someone is doing internal response, he doesn't want to trust it completely, since the other party can betray Yu Wenwen, then as long as the price is right, then it is possible to betray him, after waiting for several months, he will finally kill the enemy, so Chen Shuling will never let go of any details that may lead to failure.

The river is turbulent, Chen Jun's naval division warship on the river, relying on the sailors to row hard to maintain the position relative to the shore still, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, it is said that at this time everyone should be at home to reunite with their relatives instead of preparing to fight, but Shangguan has already ordered that no one dares to disobey, and has already issued a heavy reward, and no one dares to say more.

The sailors who only worked hard to row the boat had a consistent amount of money per person, the ordinary soldiers who went ashore to fight twice, the elite soldiers who fought four times, and the 'opening fee' was unexpectedly large, and unlike in the past, all of them were paid in full to everyone before departure.

The reward is also very high: 1,000 guan for capturing Zhou Guobazhou assassin Shi Yuwen Wen alive, if it is beheaded or shot, it will be 600 guan, and as long as Yuwen Wen's family can be captured, including his oldest child who is no more than half a year old, there is also a reward.

After waiting for a while, the elite of Chen Jun's first landing sent a signal that everything was normal, and Chen Shuling immediately ordered the army to land, and after a while, he finally set foot on the land of Jiangbei and went to the city gate surrounded by guards.

"King! The last general, Tian Yuansheng, met the king! Tian Yuansheng came to him alone and bowed with his fists in front of him, "It's been two years, and the soldiers and civilians of Bazhou have finally waited for Wang Shi to land!" ”

Chen Shuling nodded and motioned for him to calm down, and then asked where the others were, Tian Yuansheng said with a smile on his face that the rest of the people were leading their respective tribes to set fire to muddy the water in the city, as if to confirm what he said, Chen Shuling saw through the door hole that there were several places in the city lit up by fire.

"The king, Yuwen Wen has hundreds of guards in the mansion, he thought that this would keep the family safe, but he never thought that the king was clever enough to bring thousands of royal masters to ask for the guilt!"

"What about Tian?"

"They have attacked the West Gate to attract the attention of the defenders, and have sent people to ambush outside the North Gate to prevent Yuwen Wen from escaping."

"What about Yuwen Wen's garrison outside the east of the city?"

"The Lu clan has sent clan soldiers to besiege the military camp."

"Very well, you lead the way ahead." Chen Shuling grinned, the fire burning in the city reflected his white teeth, "The whole army is attacking Yuwen Wen's mansion, and after half an hour, I will see Yu Wenwen kneeling in front of me!" (To be continued.) )