Chapter 309: The Battle of Jiangzhou
After a long while, Liu Guangshi suddenly laughed.
"What is the general laughing at?" Wang Boyan said in surprise.
"Lord Wang, I'm afraid that your message is wrong!" Liu Guangshi said.
"My message can't be wrong!" Wang Boyan said.
"I, Liu Guangshi, am also a general of the imperial court, why haven't I gotten any news?" Liu Guangshi said.
He had just said this, when suddenly there was another sound of an annunciation outside, and then he saw several soldiers enter the tent.
The soldiers immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Liu Guangshi.
"Sima Chong, Yang Rui, why are you?" Seeing these people, Liu Guangshi's face once again showed a surprised expression!
It turned out that these people were all subordinates of the Liu family, but they had been ordered to stay in Lin'an City and be responsible for protecting the safety of the Liu family! But now, they actually came to the area of Dongting Lake in Yueyang?
"General, something is wrong! There was a mutiny in Lin'an City, and all the imperial camps in Jiangnan participated in the rebellion! Now that they have conquered the palace, His Majesty is under their control. The soldier named Sima Chong, who was about forty years old, knelt on the ground and said in fear.
"What! It turned out to be true! "Liu Guangshi stayed there again!
He didn't see that Sima Chong, Yang Rui and the others were bowing their heads at the moment, but they all had weird smiles on their faces! They have already been bribed by the intelligence department, and they came here to tell Liu Guangshi about the Lin'an mutiny! In fact, the Lin'an Mutiny has only taken more than ten days now, and there are thousands of miles from Lin'an to here, with the ancient traffic conditions, it is impossible for them to arrive at Dongting Lake so quickly, everything is just arranged in advance!
Liu Guangshi was shocked at this moment, and soon, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead!
He absolutely cannot tolerate a mutiny, especially any danger to Zhao Gou!
The reason why he was able to obtain his current status and glory is inextricably linked with Zhao Gou! It is precisely because he took refuge in Zhao Gou early and has the merit of protecting Zhao Gou that he won the important task of Zhao Gou. Even after the defeat in Guanshan, he was still reused by Zhao Gou, and now through recruitment, he still has an army of more than 100,000 under his command.
Everything about him comes from Zhao Gou, so he can't tolerate Zhao Gou's accident.
"Big things are not good! It seems that I must return to Lin'an and rescue Your Majesty! Liu Guangshi said.
"General, I don't know if the mutiny is true or not! There was always some doubt in the heart of the lowly office. Li Qiong frowned.
He is the number one general under Liu Guangshi, although the force is average, but quite resourceful. For some reason, he felt that Wang Boyan and those soldiers of the Liu family came together, and there was always something strange in them.
As soon as Li Qiong's words were finished, there was another sound of reporting outside, and a few soldiers walked in.
These soldiers all looked like dusty soldiers, and they were not wearing the military uniforms of the Liu family's army, but the military uniforms of the Jiangnan Imperial Camp.
"Are you also here to report the news of the Lin'an mutiny?" Liu Guangshi immediately asked.
"Yes! We were ordered by our lords to stay in the Jiangnan imperial camp, and Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan in the Jiangnan imperial camp brazenly launched a mutiny, and they actually imprisoned Your Majesty and forced Your Majesty to abdicate! A soldier said.
After Liu Guangshi heard this, he was even more restless.
"General, wait a little longer!" Li Qiong said.
Liu Guangshi nodded.
For a whole night, Liu Guangshi didn't sleep, and in just one night, four waves of people arrived, all of which reported the news of the Lin'an mutiny!
At this time, Liu Guangshi no longer had any doubts, even Li Qiong felt that the possibility of mutiny was extremely high.
"Quick! Gather the army immediately, and we will return to Lin'an to rescue Your Majesty!" When the sky was dark, Liu Guangshi could no longer bear it, and said now.
"General, how many soldiers and horses are gathered?" Li Qiong said.
"Of course, gather all the soldiers and horses!" Liu Guangshi said.
"But what about the bandits in Dongting Lake?" Li Qiong said.
"Is Your Majesty important, or is the bandit trouble in Dongting Lake important?" Liu Guangshi shouted.
"However, we have already suppressed the bandits, and it is only a matter of time before they are eliminated! If they all evacuate now, the bandits will become serious again! General, the Jiangnan Imperial Camp is only twenty or thirty thousand soldiers and horses, and we only need to lead half of the army to quell the rebellion! Li Qiong said.
"No, we must bring all the soldiers and horses back! The rebels may have occupied Lin'an City, they have the advantage of the city wall, and it is impossible to defeat Lin'an City without soldiers and horses several times their size. Liu Guangshi said.
"This ......" Li Qiong hesitated for a while, but still nodded.
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It was still raining heavily in the sky, and at this time, the sound of war drums came from the Liu family's army.
Many of the soldiers were asleep, and when they heard the sound, they just covered their heads with quilts, and few people went out at all.
At this moment, a group of generals rushed into the soldiers' tents, and they beat the soldiers who were still sleeping with whips.
"Get up! Hurry up! ”
Finally, a soldier couldn't stand the beating and got out of bed.
Gradually, more and more soldiers got up, yawning and dressing, and talking about it.
"What the hell is going on? It's not yet dawn, and we are all called! ”
"Did those bandits in Dongting Lake come out?"
"Probably not! Besides, those bandits don't have decent weapons in their hands, so they are not vulnerable at all! The generals didn't say that the bandits were coming! ”
Finally, all the soldiers came outside, and at this time they got the news that there was a mutiny in Lin'an!
After hearing the news of the Lin'an mutiny, the faces of these soldiers also showed anxious expressions.
Originally, Liu's army was an important part of the Western Army, and most of the soldiers came from the northwest, but during the Battle of Guanshan, Liu's army suffered heavy losses, and then Liu's army recruited new soldiers in Jiangnan, and a large part of them came from Lin'an! Therefore, when they heard that there was a mutiny in Lin'an, those soldiers in Lin'an also began to be anxious!
After more than an hour, Liu Jiajun finally completed the whole team, and now 150,000 Liu Jiajun headed towards the east.
Along the way, the speed of the Liu family's army was extremely fast!
They braved the rain to move forward, and after dark, Liu Guangshi actually ordered the army to continue to advance!
Soon, there was a voice of complaining in the army for a while!
The pace of the march of the army is also getting slower.
However, Liu Guangshi was anxious, for fear that Zhao Gou would have an accident, so he still did not let the army stop and rest.
By the next morning, he still wouldn't let the soldiers rest.
At dusk the next day, Liu Guangshi still wanted to let the army move forward, but all the more than 100,000 troops stopped, and no one was willing to continue on the road! Liu Guangshi had no choice but to let the army stop and rest.
So Liu Jiajun just stopped and walked forward, this speed is not very fast, far less than the rapid march of the soldiers and horses of Guanshan, but for Liu Jiajun, this is already an emergency march that has never appeared!
"May Your Majesty be safe and sound!" On the evening of the seventh day of the third month, the army rested again.
Liu Guangshi was still anxious at the moment.
It's been almost ten days now, and they've covered less than half the distance!
If you want to rush to Lin'an, I am afraid that it will take more than half a month.
Liu Guangshi really couldn't wait, he even wanted to rush to Lin'an City by himself to see how Zhao Gou's situation was going first.
"General, it's been so hard for the soldiers to travel these days! Jiangzhou is ahead, let the soldiers go there for a day! Li Qiong came to Liu Guangshi's side and said.
"Your Majesty is in danger, how can you stay now?" Liu Guangshi frowned.
"General, don't you feel that the speed of the soldiers is getting slower and slower? The soldiers are already getting more and more impatient in their hearts! Now only by cheering them up can we continue the march! General, let the soldiers enter Jiangzhou City! Once there, let the soldiers relax! After that, along the way, we will indulge the soldiers while marching, and the speed will be even faster than now! Li Qiong said.
"Indulge the soldiers?" Liu Guangshi was stunned.
"Not bad! Let the soldiers loot, and everything they loot belongs to them, so that the morale of the soldiers will be boosted, and the speed of the march will naturally be much faster! Li Qiong said.
"Great idea!" Liu Guangshi nodded immediately.
The tradition of the Western Army back then was like this, as long as it was a war, soldiers were allowed to loot, and Liu Jiajun also came over like this, so there was no psychological burden on robbing Liu Guangshi.
"General, tell the soldiers the news now! Then let the soldiers go to Jiangzhou overnight! Li Qiong said.
"Good!" Liu Guangshi nodded again.
At that moment, Liu Guangshi immediately ordered someone to pass on the news, and suddenly there were bursts of cheers in the Liu family's army.
It only took half an hour for Liu Jiajun to set out again, and this time the speed was really fast.
On the eighth day of the first month of March, when the sky was dark, they came to Jiangzhou, which was the location of Jiujiang in later generations.
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Seeing the Jiangzhou city wall in front of them, the faces of the soldiers of the Liu family army showed excited smiles.
They're much faster than before.
Soon, they came to the city of Jiangzhou.
After arriving here, they found that the city gate of Jiangzhou was actually closed!
In this era, the order of ordinary armies is too poor, so if an army is observed in the distance, whether it is an official or a thief, the city gate will be closed immediately!
When Liu Jiajun appeared just now, the smoke and dust brought by more than 100,000 people were not trivial, and Jiujiang City had already noticed it, so the city gate was closed early.
"Open the gates quickly! We are Liu Jiajun's subordinates, and we are ordered by Liu Jiajun to go to Lin'an City! ”
"Open the door!"
"Open the door for Lao Tzu!"
Suddenly, the soldiers of the Liu family army below let out a burst of scolding sounds.
On the wall of Jiangzhou stood dozens of soldiers defending the city, and at this moment, these soldiers guarding the city were panicked, frightened in their hearts, and did not know what to do.
"Open the gates quickly! Otherwise, we're going to attack the city! At this moment, Liu Guangshi's voice came out of the army.
He is a congenital master, and his voice is far away, unusually clear.
However, the Jiangzhou soldiers above were still unmoved, and just stood on the city wall in horror.
"Someone! Get ready for the siege! Liu Guangshi sneered.
At that moment, Liu Jiajun made preparations for the siege of the city!
At this time, the gate of Jiangzhou slowly opened!
"Haha! These lowly things have finally opened the gates of the city! Walk! Rush in and let you have enough fun today! Liu Guangshi laughed.
At that moment, I saw more than 100,000 soldiers of the Liu family army swarming towards the city gate, passing through the city gate and entering the city of Jiangzhou.
Liu Guangshi and Li Qiong had also passed through the city gate at this moment and went forward.