As soon as the sky dawned the next day, Princess Zhaohua and her entourage changed to the warship of the inland river division in Quanzhou and headed for Beijing. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 At the same time, in the port of Quanzhou, a merchant ship set sail and sailed towards Hongkou Baoqing of the Ming Dynasty, carrying Ning Zefeng, the eldest son of the Ning family, and his family and Xiang Lian, the deputy envoy of the ghost shadow of the Qi State, escorted by Luo Hong with fifty eagle falcons.

Ning Zefeng's family was able to make the trip under Ning Zhiwen's pleading.

The thing is obvious, Ning Zeyuan has returned, and he will definitely not be able to tolerate this brother who once put himself to death, and the brother Yan is on the wall, which makes Ning Zhiwen, who is already getting old, unable to accept it at all. However, Ning Zeyuan now has a supporter, and his waist is straight, and he can't resist him at all. He wants to kill Ning Zefeng, sometimes with excuses and opportunities, Ning Zhiwen believes that as long as Ning Zeyuan is willing, those killers from Daming will easily kill Ning Zefeng's family.

Although Ning Zefeng is evil, he is his son after all, and of course, those grandchildren. Ning Zhiwen didn't want to see that kind of tragedy.

He made a deal with Min Ruoxi. When Ning Zeyuan returned, it was when he became the patriarch of the Ning clan, and he handed over all the power of the Ning clan to Ning Zeyuan without reservation. His condition was that Min Ruoxi would send Ning Zefeng's family to the capital of Daming Yue, so that he could live the life of an ordinary rich man.

As long as Ning Zefeng went to Shangjing City and had Min Ruoxi's promise, no matter how developed Ning Zeyuan was in the future, it would be impossible and not dare to kill his brother's family.

Ning Zhiwen was in the port of Quanzhou, looking at the distant merchant ships, tears streaming down his face, he knew very well that in his life, he was afraid that he would never have the opportunity to see his eldest son again.

But for the sake of the Ning clan, he had no choice. Not to mention that Ning Zeyuan already has the strength to grasp the power of the Ning family, just the Ming Dynasty's Haice made Ning Zhiwen's heart pound. If you can be above board the sea, why be a pirate secretly, and if the Ming Dynasty's Haice is successful, and Ning, as a pioneer, will definitely go down in history.

The pattern of the second son is finally more open than the eldest one, and his luck is also better.

After all, he is already old, and this world is the world of young people after all.

"Master, go back!" Beside him, the chief steward Huang Hai said softly.

"Eventually, I will grow old and my heart will soften." Ning Zhiwen wiped the tears from his face, "Chief Steward, let's prepare immediately when we go back, prepare ships, weapons, gather brothers, and let's go to Jinghu." ”

"Yes. Well? Huang Hai was stunned, "Master, isn't it an old slave?" ”

Ning Zhiwen smiled: "The big steward, the boss is useless, the second is in a life-threatening toss, he is now an official of the Ming Dynasty, the big tomorrow, the chest is all over the world, the current situation in the world is controlled by this great tomorrow, if he can always be so wise, then, it is not a dream to dominate the world." Therefore, in the future, if my Ning clan wants to gain a foothold in the territory of this Son of Heaven, how can I rely on the second child alone? ”

"Sir, do you want to go down in person?" The Yellow Sea was a little dumbfounded.

"Fight this old bone, let's fight again!" Ning Zhiwen glanced around, and said softly: "Da Ming, the Son of Heaven, must rule the world, but the so-called Maritime Trade Department of the second child, in this process, I am afraid that the role it plays is limited, and what can be done is probably only to make money through sea trade, and then when the troop carrier attacks Chu Haijiang, how much credit can it have?" ”

"What do you mean?" Huang Hai asked.

"My old bones are still a little famous, this time my Ning clan will take half of the elite of the family and go to Jinghu to assist Cheng Gong! The remaining half is left for the second child. Ning Zhiwen said.

"But what does this have to do with the second son?"

Ning Zhiwen laughed: "The big steward, the big steward, you used to be known as a cunning fox, now, of course, I want to brush up my fame, make meritorious contributions, and mix a pivotal official in the Chu State, then when the Ming Dynasty wants to pass through the Chu State in the coming day, I will respond to it, this is the credit of the Ning family, I am old, these merits will eventually be added to the second child." ”

"The old man thinks long-term, this is indeed the truth." Huang Hai thought for a while, "Even if Da Ming doesn't succeed in the future, the second son still has a way out." ”

Ning Zhiwen sighed: "Originally, I wanted the boss to do this, but unfortunately, he is no longer trusted by the Ming Dynasty, and he is already incompatible with the second child." To be able to save his life is also my ultimate. Let's go, let's go! Even though it will be difficult to see them in the future, I know that they are still alive after all. ”

The two old men, slightly bent, walked side by side, and those who did not know their past could not imagine the majesty of these two people on the sea back then.

Ten days later, the Ning clan formed a fleet, guarded by Quanzhou County, and galloped straight to Jinghu, that is, on that day, the 30,000 elite eastern border army led by Cheng Wuben retreated all the way to Jinghu without stopping, as expected by the Ming Dynasty, Cheng Wuben did not make any stop in the eastern border county, and withdrew directly to Jinghu County.

As soon as he arrived at the Cheng Wuben of Jinghu County, he saw the Ning fleet composed of hundreds of warships and those elite Ning family soldiers, and he was immediately excited.

And just when Cheng Wuben began to build the second line of defense of Dachu in Jinghu, in the territory of Qi State, a lone army had already reached a desperate situation.

In Shangqiu County, Jiang Tao rode his horse and stood on a gentle slope, looking around, and there were less than 2,000 cavalry left around him. Even they were scarred one by one, and their armor was shattered. And a few miles away from them, three directions were already surrounded by the county corps of the Qi State, and in the other direction, Zhou Jiyun, the general of the Qi State who had been following them.

Jiang Tao may be the only one in this team who is not injured, in fact, as a weak scholar, in addition to making a battle plan in advance, when fighting, he is always at the core of the team, wrapped in the most elite cavalry, running wild with the brigade.

It's already February, the ice and snow are melting, everything is recovering, this cavalry, since the lone army has penetrated deep into the territory of Qi, it has been a whole month, a month, they have crossed the four counties of Qi, so that these four counties are all soldiers, the wind is loud, these four counties have to recruit a large number of county soldiers to come to chase and intercept.

The consequence of requisitioning a large number of county soldiers is that they no longer have enough strength to provide food and materials for the hundreds of thousands of Qi troops in Luzhou, and now, they are unable to take care of themselves.

Jiang Tao's purpose of the operation was very clear, that is, to create chaos, kill and injure, and destroy the place everywhere he passed. Driving out the people, burning houses, destroying crops, in the eyes of the Qi people, they are evil grinders who do all kinds of evil.

But Jiang Tao had to do this, he wanted to let the war potential of the Qi State decline all the way, and let them not have enough strength to continue to attack the Chu State even if they destroyed the main force of the Chu State in Luzhou. Fighting a war requires money, countless food, materials, and labor. The more he destroys, the less strength there will be in these places to support the Qi State to launch a larger-scale war of annihilation. And he now knows that there are two other Chu armies that are also doing the same thing as him, that is, An Ruhai, the general of the Western Army, and Wuteng, the Shou Wu Teng of Xinning County.

With 10,000 cavalry, Jiang Tao was unscrupulous in the four counties, and his natural tactical command art was reflected to the greatest extent in the flexible and mobile cavalry operations. also let Zhou Jiyun, who had been chasing him, eat ashes for a whole month.

But there is always an end. For a month, Zhou Jiyun slowly figured out Jiang Tao's tactics, narrowed the space for Jiang Tao's tactics to maneuver little by little, and finally surrounded Jiang Tao in Shangqiu.

Jiang Tao was even thinner, and his whole person almost became a skeleton, and there seemed to be only a skeleton wrapped in skin on his face, only those eyes were still shining.

Looking at the soldiers of Qi who were slowly approaching with war drums beating war drums in the distance, he coughed lightly, stretched out his hand like a ghost claw, he covered his mouth, and when he put down his hand, there was red blood in his palm, and his health was seriously damaged by the life of a month of horses not leaving the saddle.

But what does it matter? Today, it's all over.

He raised his head and looked in the direction of Chang'an, Shangqiu, which was still five hundred miles away from Chang'an. After a while, he turned his head, looked at the brothers under his command who were like Hanako, and laughed in a hoarse voice: "It's a pity that we didn't see the city wall of Chang'an after all. However, it is enough for this. ”

The remaining 2,000 cavalrymen all laughed loudly, "Enough is enough, General!" ”

Jiang Tao pointed to the county soldiers who were approaching, and said loudly: "These people, but pig and dog ears, killing them can't increase the glory of you and me." The body was slightly sideways, pointing to the cavalry under the command of Zhou Jiyun who was standing still in the other direction, "There, it is the elite of the Qi country, you and I, the heroes of Great Chu, when they die in the hands of the elite, how can they not be in the hands of pigs and dogs, brothers, yes or no?" ”

He was answered by the swords and spears raised in the air by all the cavalrymen, and the roar of thunder.

"Kill!"

"Go, brothers! Go to Da Chu and do your last strength. Jiang Tao pointed at Zhou Jiyun's Senran Iron Rider and shouted sharply. The next moment, two thousand cavalry shouted, drove their horses, and rushed towards Zhou Jiyun's army.

Jiang Tao did not charge with them, today, he did not want to be a burden to his brothers, and today, he no longer needed the protection of others. He rode his horse and stood on the hill, holding high the broken Great Chu Feng Banner in his hand.