In Jiangling, the thunder continued, and the attacking and defensive sides continued to throw thunder, and the fire, smoke and sound produced by its explosion made the entire battlefield as if shrouded in a storm. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The attacking side was the Zhou army, the defending side was the Liang army and the Zhou army, and there were trebuchets and thunderbolts on both sides, so the attack and defense around Jiangling City had been in a state of parity.

Liang was a vassal of Zhou, and Zhou had a Jiangling governor's office in Jiangling, and its garrison had dual duties, one was to protect Jiangling, and the other was to monitor the Liang monarchs and ministers.

Cui Hongdu, the marshal of the Xiangxi Road march, led the army to attack Jiangjin, and then the troops came to the city of Jiangling, and after the failure of the attack, he shot out countless silk books into the city, and identified himself in the book, claiming that he was ordered by the imperial court to crusade against the traitor Yu Wenliang and his son, and let the monarchs and ministers of Liang perform the duties of the vassal state to assist the officials and troops in the rebellion.

The Zhou army defending the city claimed that Cui Hongdu outside the city voted for Chen Guo because the enemy army was forward to earn Jiangling, and seeing the infighting between the two Zhou armies, the monarchs and ministers of Liang who were caught in the middle could only be silent.

Since the outbreak of the Hou Jing Rebellion, the national fortunes of the Liang State have been broken, and it has been breathing for a long time, it is nothing more than a snort from the Yangren, the Jiangling Governor is a person from the Yuwen clan, and Cui Hongdu is a person from the Yuchi clan, and now the two families have nothing to do with the Lanling Xiao clan, whoever wins, who is their suzerain.

In the palace, Emperor Xiao Cong of Liang listened to the continuous thunder in the distance and was a little helpless, he was greeting the Empress Dowager Zhang at this time, Zhang has been unwell recently and needs to recuperate, but the movement outside is so loud, I don't know when it will stop.

Empress Dowager Zhang was not in good spirits, Xiao Cong stayed for a while and then retired, Empress Dowager Zhang was his mother-in-law and not his biological mother, so there was always some estrangement.

If the greeting is too long, it will be criticized for being inconsiderate, as the so-called dilemma, Xiao Cong, who was already upset, can only act according to etiquette.

The children of the Xiao family in Lanling, of course, must act in a famous manner, but Liang Guo is now in the waning mountains, Xiao Cong sighs every time he thinks of this, and his grandfather and father's mood back then is now really felt.

The decline of the country's fortunes, in addition to blaming the damn Hou Jing, they have to blame them for the internal strife in Xiao Liangzong, otherwise it will not be taken advantage of by outsiders, and now seeing the outbreak of internal strife in the Zhou Kingdom, Xiao Cong doesn't know how to describe his feelings.

If it were more than ten years ago, Xiao Cong, who was still young and vigorous at that time, might have thought of fishing in troubled waters to make Liang Guo rise again, but when he succeeded to the throne and learned about the real status quo of the country, he only felt that everything was irreparable.

How long Liang's national glory can last is a question, let alone a resurgence.

So for Xiao Cong, now there is a day and a day, even if the Liang State really perishes, but the Lanling Xiao clan still exists, it is still a high gate, and it is a high gate known for literature.

Perhaps, he, the king of the dead country, will finally be able to unload his burden, and as a disciple of the gate lord, he will be able to make ink with other scholars and talents.

Xiao Cong saw very clearly that Chen Guoye was already declining, and the world was about to be unified, so no matter who won between the Wei Chi clan and the Yuwen clan, the victor would not allow the small Liang kingdom to continue to exist.

But the Liang State has long been a vassal of the Zhou State, so if the country really perishes, he will not be as unlucky as Gao Wei, the queen of Qi, as long as he does not act too high-profile, it is no problem to be a rich man, then it is really a good choice to indulge in the mountains and rivers at that time.

Or go to the school club to be the editor-in-chief?

Xiao Cong was taken aback by his sudden idea, his half-brother Xiao Yu is now studying in Xiyang, Huangzhou, and his uncle Zhang Ke is the editor-in-chief of the study club in Xiyang, and there are endless books to read every day, Xiao Cong is really a little envious of this.

Envy is envy, that idea is actually impossible to realize, Xiao Cong knows that the school club is the property of his cheap brother-in-law Yuwen Wen, if the Yuwen clan is defeated, not to mention the school club, even his half-sister Xiao Jiuniang is afraid that she will be unlucky.

Back then, Xiao Jiuniang ran prostituously and became Yuwenwen's concubine, such an ugly act was a loss of Xiao's face, and the family unfortunately had such a woman, and she should have severed the relationship from now on and never interacted again, but Yuwenwen, as the Zhou clan, had an unusual identity and status, and her mother's family could only admit it silently.

Although Xiao Cong was extremely dissatisfied with his sister's lewdness, he was really envious of his half-brother Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu studied in Huangzhou Prefecture, and now there are many famous scholars who teach in the classroom, and the publishing industry in the city is also very prosperous, which has become a place that many readers yearn for.

Talking and laughing with all the famous scholars, and then there are endless books to read every day, and even books can be published, this kind of life is really good for Xiao Cong.

The premise is that the Yuwen clan can win, but according to the comparison of strength, I am afraid that it will be very difficult for the Yuwen clan to win.

So I'll just be a rich man with nothing to do, right? ’

Xiao Cong thought so, and looked at the scenery in the garden blankly, Cui Hongdu came too quickly, and the monarchs and ministers of Liang State did not go out of the city to take refuge as 'customary', so they could only wait for the battle in the palace in the city to decide the winner.

I don't know how long it took, Xiao Cong felt that something was wrong, but he didn't find anything wrong, and finally realized that the thunder was gone, and it seemed that the surroundings were quiet all of a sudden.

After about half an hour, Xiao Cong received good news: the enemy army besieging Jiangling had withdrawn its troops.

"Collected troops?"

"Back to the official's house, the enemy army has indeed collected troops, I think it is because it is too late today, so I collected my troops and returned to the camp, and will fight again in the next day."

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In the middle of the night, the loquat temple in the eastern suburbs of Jiangling, outside the temple is now the location of Cui Hongdu's camp.

The tide of the war had changed so fast that the original plan was no longer feasible and the troops had to be withdrawn immediately.

Loquat Temple is located in the east of Gangneung, about 15 miles away from each other, and the reason why he led his army to station here was to command the army to attack Gangneung, and secondly, to take into account Gangjin in the southeast.

Jiangjin is an important place on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and it is also the garrison of Cui Hongdu's naval army, once it falls, it means that there is a huge hidden danger on the flank of the army besieging Jiangling, unless the city can be broken as soon as possible, otherwise the army must be withdrawn.

This is contrary to Cui Hongdu's original intention, so he led the army to be stationed in the Loquat Temple to take care of both the east and the west, but the current threat in Jiangjin mainly comes from the river, and it is necessary to rely on the navy to defeat the enemy army, and now, the navy army has been wiped out in the battle of public security.

The mighty fleet when setting sail from Jiangjin only escaped back with some clippers in the end, and the main warships were all finished, with countless casualties, although Cui Hongdu knew that the naval army in Shannan was very powerful, but he didn't expect it to be so powerful.

Before serving as the marshal of the Xiangxi Road march and attacking the state of Chen, Cui Hongdu was the governor of Xinzhou, which is located in the upper reaches of Gangneung, and has prospered in water transportation since ancient times, and there are many experienced boatmen, all of whom are very good naval backbones.

The Shudi naval army in Xinzhou and further upstream did not dare to say that they were very capable of fighting, but they were not wasted, so Cui Hongdu dared to take the initiative to let the naval army go to the public security and fight against the invading Jiangnan West Road marching naval army.

With the advantage of the upstream, the water war can at least be evenly matched, as long as the opponent's water army is repulsed, your own water army can help defend the public security, what is the result?

This time he took the initiative to attack and lost his family, but it is conceivable that the public security will not be able to keep it, and then Jiang Jin will bear the brunt of it, and then he will have to lead the army back to Xinzhou, and he must immediately withdraw the camp, otherwise he will not be able to leave.

The navy is over, but the soldiers and horses are still there, retreat to Xinzhou, one can hold the gate of Shu, and the other can still restrain Jiangling.

Shinju Prefecture governs the White Emperor City, north of the mountains and south of the Yangtze River, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, early in the morning from the White Emperor City to board the ship, under normal circumstances, you can arrive at Gangneung the next day.

Therefore, as long as he Chen soldiers are in the White Emperor City, Jiangling downstream will be noisy.

The premise is that it can be withdrawn, and when the news of the defeat of the navy came today, Cui Hongdu did not hesitate to order the withdrawal of the army, because the other side is very likely to send troops and horses to land on the other side of the public security and directly attack Jiangjin by land.

In this way, the landing site of the other side is only more than 40 miles away from Jiangjin, and although there is no serious road, it is not impossible to attack at night, and if the enemy really has such a plan, then when they touch Jiangjin, it will probably be exactly the middle of the night.

Cui Hongdu felt that if he was the commander of the enemy army, he would inevitably divide his troops to attack Jiangjin, so he was fully prepared to dig a ditch and set up a village in the east of Jiangjin to prevent the enemy from attacking at night.

It is also necessary to guard against the north of the Loquat Temple, where there is a large lake running east-west, and the enemy troops from the north can take a boat on the north shore of the lake to attack the south shore, and such a battle is not uncommon, the most recent one occurred eight years ago.

At that time, Gongyu Wenwen of Xiyang County led the troops to cross the lake by boat to attack the south shore and set fire to Jiangjin.

Thinking of Yuwenwen, Cui Hongdu thought of his younger brother Cui Hongsheng, he himself was ordered to attack Jiangling, and he could probably guess that his younger brother would move in Jiangzhou, what the specific action was and how it is progressing is unknown, Cui Hongdu can't care so much, so he can only take care of his own affairs first.

The plan has been decided, and the generals are about to disperse, but they hear the noise in the southeast direction, and everyone goes out of the tent to look east, but they see the fire flickering in the sky, and after a while, they have to report urgently, saying that there is an enemy attack in the east direction, and now they have successfully intercepted it for their own garrison.

Cui Hongdu expected a sneak attack by the enemy, so he was not surprised, since the enemy army was attacking 'as scheduled', as long as he shot it away, he would be able to withdraw his troops with peace of mind tomorrow.

"What has just been discussed, it will be implemented immediately, and tomorrow the camp will be pulled out in turn, to..."

Cui Hongdu hadn't finished speaking, but he heard a whistling sound from the west, which sounded so lively, and turned out of the big tent to look west, but saw some fireballs on the horizon soaring into the night sky, and then bloomed brilliant and colorful sparks.

"That's... What's that? ”

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He Ruobi watched the soldiers fiddling with the thing called 'fireworks', and after a while, he saw fireballs rushing into the sky one after another, and then bursting into brilliant sparks, and he didn't know how to describe his mood at this moment.

His men, all wrapped in white cloth, launched a night attack on the enemy camp under the cover of rockets fired by archers, and the 'fireworks' that bloomed in the night sky were a signal to the defenders of the city.

Reinforcements have arrived, out of the city to attack!

Such an unbelievable signal made He Ruobi feel incomprehensible, he had been in battle for a long time, and knew that when he was defending the lonely city, if his own reinforcements suddenly arrived outside the city and flanked the besieging enemy, then he must not stupidly open the door and send troops, because this is very likely to be the enemy's strategy, wanting to win the city gate.

What if it's really reinforcements?

Generally speaking, it is difficult to determine the authenticity of the 'reinforcements' at a long distance in advance, and it is best for the other party to send cavalry to the city and shoot silk books or tokens to check before it is foolproof.

And now, there is a novel signal that can announce the arrival of reinforcements to the defenders in the city from a distance, He Ruobi is located on the riverbank a few miles southwest of Jiangling City, and the 'fireworks' set off by his subordinates can definitely make Jiangling City a few miles away can be seen clearly.

Red, blue, green and other colors form a brilliant and colorful firelight, which is basically difficult to imitate, so He Ruobi's heart finally let go.

On that day, the generals of the marching army stationed in Ba and Hunan suddenly learned that the situation had changed greatly, and He Ruobi, who had a special identity, was in an embarrassing situation: many generals were originally from the Shannan Zhou Army and were the old subordinates of the marching marshal Yu Wenming, and only a few people were not, and he was one of them.

The so-called situation has changed greatly, Yu Wenming did not say it explicitly, but anyone with a discerning eye can guess that the contradiction between the Yu Chi clan and the Yu Wen clan has intensified, so there are only two ways in front of He Ruobi: either be loyal to Yu Wenming, or die.

A fool will choose the second one, no matter what he thinks in his heart, at least he must obey Yu Wenming on the surface, but the other party also knows it, so He Ruobi, who is a guest general, must express something, otherwise it will not be good if he is mistaken for to respond to the incident of Wei Chi's family.

How to represent? It's very simple, let his son He Ruohuai follow Yu Wenming to Anlu, that is, to be a hostage.

He Ruohuai is the eldest son of He Ruobi, and he has been fighting with the army since he set out on the expedition, He Ruobi also has the second son He Ruohuai Liang in Guanzhong, he really wants to do something, there is a high probability that his son will die, so it is enough to 'confess his heart'.

Yu Wenming simply let He Ruobi stay in Linxiang and sit in Xiangzhou and Guizhou, but He Ruobi took the initiative to ask for war, he was unwilling to stay in Linxiang and have nothing to do.

No matter who wins or loses, the Yuwen clan needs generals who can win the battle, and He Ruobi has worked hard several times to win an excellent opportunity, that is, to attack the west.

According to the detailed report, the Xiangxi Road marching army besieging Gangneung, the big camp is located on the riverside in the southern suburbs of Gangneung City, and the Chinese army camp of the commander Cui Hongdu, located in the loquat temple between Gangneung and Jiangjin, is for both east and west.

Zhou Fashang led the main force by land and water and attacked the public security, attracting the opponent's naval army to rescue, and then defeated it in a battle, while He Ruobi led the elite troops to the north through the Hudu water on the west side of the public security, and entered the river at the entrance of the Yangtze River - Taipingkou, and crossed the floating river to the north, landing on the north bank of the Yangtze River on the southwest side of Jiangling.

At the same time, a cavalry landed in Jiangbei from the north of Gong'an, and approached Jiangjin at night, and the eastern and western armies attacked at the same time with the help of pocket watches.

The cavalry attacking Jiangjin was a feint, and He Ruobi led the elite soldiers to attack the enemy camp south of Jiangling City in the west, and they were the main force of the night attack, but to break the enemy in one fell swoop, it was necessary to need the defenders in Jiangling City to fight and attack at the same time.

The signal agreed with the defenders is the magical 'fireworks', and if you put five or six rounds in turn, you can make the defenders sure that reinforcements are coming, which is the signal that Yu Wenming has agreed with the governor of Jiangling for a long time, and it will be handed over to He Ruodun, which is a sign of trust.

However, He Ruobi couldn't wait that long, the so-called surprise attack is fast, and since the fangs have been revealed, then bite people quickly.

The elite soldiers floated north on the river, relying on temporary bamboo rafts, unable to carry too many war horses, He Ruobi led a handful of cavalry, riding horses towards the enemy camp, for him, it doesn't matter if the number is smaller, as long as there is a horse lance in his hand, it is enough.

"Blow the horn and let them know that the man-eating tiger is coming!!"

The hustle and bustle gradually rose, the riverside camp was on fire, the city of Gangneung was disturbed, and gradually became agitated, I don't know how long it took, the city gate was opened, and countless torches gathered into a river, rushing towards the camp.

The light of the fire began to spread eastward from the camp, reflecting the banks of the river and half of the sky.