The torrential rain was like a torrent, and in the distance, thunder and lightning were still rolling in the low dark clouds.

The brigade of the Great Vietnamese Army was rolling forward on the muddy roads in the thunderstorms common in the Lingnan area. The soldiers were exhausted to the extreme, and they fell step by step in the thunderstorm, barely moving forward with their weapons. The generals rode on short, thin horses, treading muddy water and waving their whips, driving the exhausted soldiers to speed up.

On both sides of the road, there were all discarded belongings, including the clothes of the common people, bronze and iron ware of various shapes, silk and cotton cloth, all kinds of spices and tea, fine porcelain and lacquerware, and all kinds of miscellaneous things. After the Great Vietnamese Army invaded the Song Realm, they robbed the loot along the way.

Now, in order to accelerate the advance towards Guangzhou, all of them were abandoned under the order of Li Qiande, the son of Dayue.

Guangzhou, the former capital of Emperor Wu of Nanyue, is more than 200 miles away! When you arrive in Guangzhou, what kind of good things can't be grabbed? Who cares about this mess?

While ordering the troops to abandon all unnecessary materials and advance lightly, Li Qiande also issued an order: Attack Guangzhou and not seal the sword for three days! Let your subordinates burn and loot. Even if Guangzhou is snatched into a blank slate......

The inspired Da Yue army marched desperately, even if they attacked the Quang Nam West Road and came from attacking cities and plundering land along the way, except for fighting and marching, they had not rested for more than a month, and now they are gritting their teeth and insisting on marching.

Ahead is the prosperous and wealthy city of Guangzhou!

As long as the city of Guangzhou is taken, the Great Yue Kingdom will be completely strong and become a heavenly kingdom that is enough to compete with the Song Kingdom......

Li Qiande and his civil and military ministers were also in a mixed mood of exhaustion and excitement at this time.

The old emperor, who is almost 50 years old this year, although he marched on horseback all the way, and there were people holding umbrellas to protect him from the rain, his physical strength was also overdrawn and approached the limit. But he still brace himself and hold on!

Because it went so smoothly all the way! Lianke Yongzhou, Qinzhou, Lianzhou, Huazhou, Gaozhou, and Kangzhou have now invaded the territory of Zhaoqing Prefecture, and Guangzhou Prefecture is in front of you!

In just over a month, his army had broken through six state cities, not counting the victories of his younger brother Li Chongde on the North Road. I guess Li Chongde should be approaching Guizhou City now, right? Guangzhou and Guizhou will soon become the territory of Dayue Kingdom!

Li Gande has a feeling of living in a dream these days. Although he always knew that the Guangnan West Road and Guangnan East Road in the Song Dynasty were empty and unprepared, and there was no country defense, but he didn't expect it to be so empty!

As long as you work harder, Guangzhou City can be won......

Of course, the journey has been well undergone. He was not without a little suspicion, so he left 5,000 men in Qinzhou City, 3,000 men and horses in Lianzhou City, 2,500 elite soldiers in Huazhou, 2,500 soldiers in Gaozhou, and 2,000 people in Kangzhou. In addition, Li Chongde also left 5,000 defenders in Yongzhou.

In other words, the road led by Li Qiande alone left 15,000 people to guard the back road.

In addition, more than 5,000 people were killed, wounded or sick during the march.

Now there are less than 30,000 people who are still marching with Li Gande.

These 30,000 people resting on the battlefield in the north may not be nothing, and the Great Song Dynasty claims to have 800,000 forbidden troops!

But in Lingnan, it should be all the way to Guangzhou City, right?

The three-horse scout staggered from the front on the muddy road, and when he arrived in front of Li Qiande, he turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and played: "Your Majesty, the four gates of the Zhaoqing Mansion City in front are closed, but they have sent rewarded gentry and merchants, with dozens of cattle and dozens of carts of wine and food, to block in front of the army, saying that they are ordered to come to the labor army. ”

"What?" Li Qiande was stunned, what is the situation? Zhaoqing Fucheng wants to surrender? That's great!

"Your Majesty, it must be the Song people of Zhaoqing Mansion who are afraid of my Great Yue Heavenly Soldiers and want to take refuge in my Great Heavenly Empire!"

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, my Dayue General can capture Zhaoqing Mansion without blood!"

"Your Majesty, since Zhaoqing Mansion has surrendered, it means that Guangzhou is an empty city! I will cross the heavenly soldiers, and I will enter the city of Guangzhou in the near future! ”

"Dayue will be prosperous, Your Majesty's merits will go down in history!"

"Hahaha......"

Li Qiande raised his head and laughed, the analysis of the ministers around him was not wrong at all. The Song people who encountered the city before either defended it or abandoned it, and no one surrendered yet. Not to mention the officials, even the local tyrants and inferior gentry have nothing to surrender.

This shows that Guangzhou, which is close at hand, must be empty and unprepared, and it is simply not enough to withstand its own 30,000 troops. Therefore, the Song officials and gentry in Zhaoqing Mansion have lost confidence, and in order to protect themselves, they can only surrender to the Great Yue Kingdom.

Li Qiande asked: "Where are those Song gentlemen and merchants?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, those Song gentry and merchants are now staying in Huanggang Town, which is less than 20 miles away from Zhaoqing Mansion, waiting for the holy car."

"Huanggang Town......" Li Qiande nodded and said with a smile: "Emperor's Harbor!" Good name. The three armies were ordered to be stationed in Huanggang Town today, rest for half a day, give wine and meat, have a full meal, and then go to Zhaoqing Mansion tomorrow. ”

"Whoa!"

"Nandi" was surrounded by a crowd, and more than a dozen horses rode along the marching ranks of the army, running and giving orders.

The Da Yue army, which was about to tire into dogs after continuous combat marches, finally got a rare opportunity to rest and recuperate, and could also be rewarded with wine and meat, which was naturally cheered by the three armies.

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Huanggang Town is located on the edge of the Xijiang River and was originally a fairly prosperous town.

Zhaoqing Mansion was originally known as Duanzhou, and Zhao Ji's Duanwang is the meaning of the king of Duanzhou, but it is only a false seal. After Zhao Ji ascended the throne, he first changed the name of Duanzhou to Xingqing Army, and then in the year when Zhao Ji was praised as Emperor Genghis, he issued an order to promote Xingqing Army to Zhaoqing Mansion.

Since the Tang Dynasty, Duanzhou has been the origin of the famous inkstone. The town of Huanggang originated from a river port on the edge of the Xijiang River, which has been the main road for the export of inkstones since ancient times. Therefore, there are many merchants in the town who operate Duan inkstone, and over the years, they have accumulated a lot of wealth. Therefore, the town is full of magnificent and luxurious brick houses, and there are many shops along the street. However, most of the merchants in the town have already slipped away. When Li Qiande's army arrived, there were only a few dozen men dressed as merchants, trembling and carrying gifts.

These businessmen all come from a family, the Huang family, the richest man in Zhaoqing. The "Huang" of Huanggang Town is from their family! The industry in the town, as well as the large area of land around the town, are all the property of the Huang family.

There are so many industries that they are reluctant to give up, so much so that it is normal to fall into the water and become a traitor...... Merchants! There is no integrity to speak of!

Li Qiande didn't mean to look down on traitors, because he was also Han and a businessman...... His family was a businessman in Anhai County, Quanzhou, and the founding ancestor Li Gongyun went to Annan with his father to do business when he was a child. When he grew up, he did not inherit his father's business, but went out of the Li Dynasty before the office, and he has been the former commander of the Zuo Qinwei Palace, and he also married the daughter of the founding emperor of the Li Dynasty as his wife. Later, he usurped the throne and became the emperor, and opened the Li Dynasty.

So after seeing the patriarch of the Huang family in Zhaoqing, Huang Decai, who had a dough face, saw that he looked so frightened that he was sweating like pulp, and comforted him with a few words, and rewarded him with an official position by the way.

After settling down in the spacious Huang family's mansion, Li Qiande smiled and asked in Chinese (Fujian dialect): "How is Zhaoqing Mansion?" Do you want to surrender or fight? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the prefects and officials of Zhaoqing Mansion have long been scared away, and there are no soldiers and horses in the city. Of course, we will prepare the money, wine, and food of the army, and we will never disappoint the Great Yue Heavenly Soldiers......"

"Ran away......" Li Qiande took the rice wine that had just been heated and tried poisoned from the hands of an accompanying eunuch, and took a big sip, "What about the situation in Guangzhou?" How many soldiers and horses are there? ”

"Your Majesty, Guangzhou is not as big as Zhaoqing, it is a big place." Huang Decai said, "Although there are not many serious forbidden troops, there are warships under the jurisdiction of the Guangzhou City Shipping Division to garrison, and there are many evil businessmen who run the sea, all of whom are armed forces. So I was able to piece together a few thousand people......"

Thousands? Hehe, I have an army of 30,000, and I am afraid of thousands of Song people?

Li Qiande pondered for a while, and said with a smile: "I don't want to embarrass the merchants in Guangzhou, and I, the Taizu of the Li Dynasty, are also the sons of merchants...... Therefore, Li Chao has always treated Chinese businessmen preferentially. Huang Qing, you go to Guangzhou and tell the maritime merchants in Guangzhou that if they are willing to submit to the Li Dynasty, I can reward them with official positions and reduce their taxes. ”

"Okay, Xiao Di will leave for Guangzhou tonight to deliver a decree for His Majesty! There will definitely be people who will take refuge in my Dayue Heavenly Empire! Huang Decai nodded again and again, "That Zhaoqing Mansion ......"

Li Gande said with a smile: "I will restrain the soldiers, and I will not plunder the Zhaoqing Mansion if I don't plunder the Heavenly Soldiers...... Tomorrow, let the gentry in the city bring me money, food, and wine. ”

Hearing this, Huang Decai bowed to Li Qiande gratefully, calling him "the Emperor of the Southern Heavens", and Li Gande also laughed, which was really unpleasant!

Even if Zhaoqing Mansion is won! Guangzhou doesn't seem to be difficult to capture, isn't he Li Qiande the Emperor of the Southern Heavens?

On this night, Li Qiande, the emperor of the Southern Heavens, slept beautifully in Huanggang Town, dreaming of dominating the Southern Heavens. Most of the officers and soldiers of his army of 30,000 also fell asleep after enjoying wine and meat.

After so many days of fighting, they are so tired and tired!

Of course, there are still some Da Vietnamese soldiers who are distributed around Huanggang Town on this rainy night. Although it seems a bit redundant, Li Gande is strict in governing the army, and he will not fail to take precautions against the enemy in front of him.

But the wind and rain are too strong this night, who will come to sneak attack at this time? And the Song army is not vulnerable at all, even if it comes to a sneak attack, it will probably be sent to death, right?

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