On 27 June, the 6,000 sailors led by Zhou Fashang, divided into 10 small Wuya warships, approached Luokoucang outside Luoyang along the Tongji Canal. The Wuya battleship was designed by Yang Su in those years, the small battleship has a five-layer structure, more than 80 feet high, six slap rods are set up on the left and right, the front and back are set up, the wooden mast on the ship is tied to a boulder, and the lower part is set up to launch a wheel, which can smash the enemy ship, even if the enemy ship is surrounded on all sides, it can also be a six-pronged attack, and the Goguryeo naval division was defeated in a battle, but there is no way to take the Wuya battleship.

There are still those who are not afraid of death on the other side, twenty warships blocked the way, and the warships on Yang Xuangan's side are all converted from civilian ships, compared to the warships of the Great Sui Naval Division, they are small and flexible. The sailor's lookout found that the opponent's ship was heavily wrapped in heavy and soaked hides, and that the archers on board were all marksmen with a wealth of combat experience.

Zhou Fashang rushed to the bow of the ship when he heard the news, only to see that the opponent's water combat experience was not bad, and he was always fighting with himself for the upper hand, but the difference between the volume of the two different types of warships was too large, Zhou Fashang estimated that even if the opponent occupied the upper hand, it would only increase his own casualties by less than one percent, so he ordered: "Bite the other party tightly, don't care about the upper and lower winds, and sink the opponent if necessary." ”

After more than half an hour of competition, Yang Xuangan's naval army had no way to retreat, so it could only line up for a decisive battle, and the ships on both sides were swinging away; Suddenly, a gust of wind blew from the other party, and Zhou Fashang suddenly felt that something was wrong, only to see that Yang Xuangan's sailor had already launched an attack. Under the cover of the archers, the warships actually came downstream, and when the ships approached, Zhou Fashang and the lookout post saw the abnormality, and a very strange device stretched out from the bow of the other party's ship, all of which were the heads of lions, tigers, leopards and wolves cast in copper and iron, with their mouths wide open in the sun, shining.

The enemy ship rushed into a distance of forty meters, the smoke rose, the sound was like thunder, and the beast's mouth immediately spewed out flames, directly or freely falling into the ships of the Sui army, and suddenly ignited a raging fire; The officers and men of the naval division hurriedly mobilized the ships, but found that the beast heads on the opposing ship could actually change the angle, and every two enemy ships bit a Wuya battleship, desperately breathing fire, and even ignored the collision tendency of the Wuya battleship.

The Great Sui Navy Division had never encountered such a scene, one by one frightened, at the beginning there were also some officers and soldiers to fight the fire, when a boat burned halfway, the Sui officers and soldiers could no longer care about anything else, and jumped into the water one after another, ready to swim to escape; I saw more boats coming from the shore, and only those who were originally captives were saved, or they were shot and killed. Li Zixiong, who commanded the rebel sailors, stood on the bow of a warship and laughed loudly, but as soon as he saw the beast head of the warship, he took the initiative to ask for help, and this battle will definitely be famous all over the world.

Zhou Fashang's ship was protected among them, and they were all the most experienced veterans, but just like that, they still caught fire after turning around, and were chased by three enemy ships for more than two hours, until the whole ship was reduced to ashes. Zhou Fashang was heartbroken, refused the opportunity to abandon the ship to escape, and chose to commit suicide, Zhou Fashang's body was sent to Li Zixiong's boat by personal guards, asking to be sent back to Jiangdong. Yang Xuangan sent Zhou Fashang's body into Luoyang City, and when the news came out, Luoyang shook and Chang'an shook.

The sailor was from Jiangzuo, and it was a force that Yang Xuangan could not interfere with, but it was broken by Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong, who had never fought a water battle, and the famous general Zhou Fashang committed suicide after being defeated. So what can those government troops who may be infiltrated by Yang Xuangan fight against Yang Xuangan? The morale of the Sui army in Luoyang dropped to the freezing point, and the officials of the harem and the six departments began to move to Hanoi.

Chang'an's Shangshutai sat and talked endlessly every day for this, Luoyang Fan Zigai's troops were still stronger than Yang Xuangan, Li Hun's right Xiaowei and Qi King Yang Xuan's prince Zongwei each had 20,000 veterans who had experienced a hundred battles, and Yang Hao, the king of Qin, the commander of Heyang, Yang Qing, the king of Xingyang, and Zheng Yuanshou, the county guard of Wencheng who was guarding Xiangcheng, each had tens of thousands of elites, plus a variety of other soldiers, a total of 100,000 people, and there was only one reason why they did not dare to fight, that is, they were afraid that their respective armies had been bought by Yang Xuangan, and there would be a large-scale mutiny when facing the war.

Wei Xuangan had another reason for doubts, that is, Yang Chong's question of who Yang Xuangan worshipped as the emperor, Yang Xuangan captured the Shangchun Gate in the north of Luoyang, and swore after the troops were stationed in Shangshu Province: "As a Shangzhu country, my family has a huge amount of gold, and I want nothing when I am rich and expensive." Now I don't care about destroying my family and clan, just to relieve the suspense of the people of the world and save the lives of the people of Limin. ”

Yang Xuangan wants to save the people from fire and water, Wei Xuan doesn't believe it, but at least it proves that Yang Xuangan will not establish himself as the king for a while, so the candidates are Yang Dong, the king of Yue, Yang Xuan, the king of Qi, and Yang Hao, the king of Qin.

Si Li's assassination Shi Pei Caozhi raised another question, what should I do with the more than 2,000 people who stopped Yang Chong? Although Yang Chong was missing, Yuwenkai and Meng Kunpeng were both asking about it, and Hongnong Yang was even dozens of old people lobbying in Chang'an all day long. Pei Caozhi said the results of the interrogation, and more than 200 people were determined to have colluded with Yang Xuangan; More than 700 people were reluctant to go to the Western Regions, clamoring for death or acquittal.

Wei Xuan sneered and said: "If you are willing to go, you will pack up tomorrow, and all of you will set off early the morning after tomorrow, and you will be ordered to take a thousand soldiers to escort you." ”

Pei Caozhi had to say that Wei Xuan was still capable, and Wei Yuanzhao was really a suitable candidate, not only proving to the world that the Son of Heaven had no prejudice and scruples against Yang Yong's family, but also completely dragged Jingzhao Wei's into the water. Wei Yuanzhao is the sister-in-law of Jingzhao Wei's Yun Gongfang, and Wei Xiaokuan's own grandson, if something happens, there will be more than one or two people involved.

Pei Caozhi didn't know that Wei Xuan was suffering now, Pei Ju, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, went to Qinghai quietly, Tuyuhun retreated from the army, and Yu Zhongwen's entry into Gaochang were all planned by Pei Ju, according to Wei Xuan's understanding of Pei Ju, Yang Chong's whereabouts are unknown now, and it is Pei Ju's opportunity to attack Yang Chong's forces. In a word, the affairs of the Western Regions, Chang'an Left-behind Division can't control it, and the rest of the matter depends on the lives of Yang Chong and Pei Ju.

Perhaps because of Jing Ji's thoughts, Wei Yuanzhao did not refuse Pei Caozhi and agreed to lead the team to the expedition; Chang'an was noisy for three days, and the team finally set off as scheduled. Hearing that Meng Kunpeng and Wei Yuanzhao were walking together, and a total of 200 people from Baijiangzhuang and the other courtyard had left Chang'an, Wei Xuan was very curious and asked Zhou Qian: "Meng Kunpeng is gone, who is responsible for Yang Chong's industry in Chang'an?" ”

Zhou Qian smiled bitterly and said: "Yuan raider, Yuan Hao rejected Yu Wenkai's proposal, saying that the marriage between Yuan raider and Yang Chong must be Yang."

Chong or Jiang Fei can come, but Meng Kunpeng still changed all Yang Chong and Jiang Fei's properties in Chang'an according to Yang Chong's original instructions, even the land deeds and the shares of various firms in Chang'an to Yuan Xianren, and when Fengle Building was changed, Yuan Hongzhao also jokingly said to Yuan Xianren that in the future, Yang Chong would marry her, and even the dowry would be paid by Yuan Xianren himself. ”

Zhou Qian said a little sourly, once upon a time, Zhou Ru followed Jiang Fei to show up, and everyone thought that the position of Yuan Raider today was Zhou Ru's, because Yang Chong and his wife were not interested in doing business every day. But for the sake of the interests of the Holy Son of Heaven and the Jiangdong Zhou family, he pursued Yang Chong relentlessly, which finally led to today's results.

This is Yang Chong, even Li Jing's affairs have been prepared, it is impossible not to have arrangements for his own industry, Meng Kunpeng is not looking for Yang Chong now, and is in a hurry to go to the Western Regions, which shows that Yang Chong has a plan, and at the same time, his subordinates have unusual confidence in Yang Chong; It seems that the shops in Taiyuan and other places have been closed, and all the people are said to have gone to the Western Regions. Wei Xuan couldn't guess the evolution of the Yang Chong incident, and in order to completely calculate, he ordered all the remaining Yang case personnel to be executed, and prepared to reinforce Luoyang.

(End of chapter)