The north is the time when the ice and snow are biting cold, but on both sides of the Qingjiang River, it is much warmer than the north. Although the river was cold, it was calm, so that the soldiers of the Dragon Guard, who were not accustomed to boat and water battles, could finally stand firmly on the deck. Long Xingrong was pleasantly surprised when he saw it, and he completely forgot all the instructions that Niu Tianci had given him. He summoned the generals to discuss and set the direction of the attack in Wuzhou. This section of the river is relatively narrow, and the water is dry in winter, and the water flow is gentle, which is suitable for crossing the river.

Long Xingrong commanded a water battle for the first time, and the Long Wei army was all northern soldiers, and there were no generals who were familiar with water warfare. At this time, because the Liaozhou Navy Division's garrison was blocked by sea ice, the sailor warships could not leave the port, so they could only wait until the beginning of spring next year to enter Qingjiang to assist Long Xingrong in the battle. However, Long Xingrong believed that the opportunity could not be lost, and he must immediately launch an attack on Jiangnan. Therefore, despite the opposition of the generals, he ordered the crossing of the river in the early morning of the fifth day of November.

In the early morning of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the Long Wei army boarded the boat one after another, and the fishing boats full of sails were full of Long Wei soldiers and rowed towards Wuzhou on the other side. The journey was very smooth, and the fleet quickly crossed more than half of the waterway, and saw that it was getting closer and closer to the opposite shore. The boats that didn't want to rush ahead stopped one after another at this time, and they quickly turned their bows and collided with the fishing boats next to them. It was as if a huge hand was holding them underwater, and this strange scene frightened the soldiers on the ship and on board.

The fishing boats, which were driven by the wind, could not dodge and crashed into the fishing boats in front of them one after another, and the soldiers on the boat, who were unstable, fell into the water one after another. The icy river instantly froze people unconscious, and the heavy armor and weapons on the soldiers' bodies gave them no chance to struggle out of the water, and sank to the bottom of the river like stones.

The soldiers who did not fall into the water quickly salvaged their brother who had fallen into the water, and after a soldier with blue lips and frozen lips was fished up, he trembled and said: "The water is full of dark piles -- all -- all iron chains." ”

The captain who led the team didn't know what to do at this time, but the old fisherman was experienced, and shouted: "Drop the sail and row back." ”

But it was too late, and by this time countless small boats were coming down the river, and the boats were emitting flames and black smoke. The boats were fast, crashing into the chaotic flotilla one by one. The smoke of the fire instantly ignited the immobile fleet, and Long Xingrong, who was standing on the high ground on the north bank, shouted anxiously: "Come back, come back, go and save them." ”

Another fleet quickly rushed to the place where the fire was rising, this time there were not many soldiers on board, and the main thing was to save people. Before this fleet approached, it was stopped by a large fleet of sailors going downstream. This naval division is not the Great Yan Naval Division, and the warships used are mostly small and medium-sized, and this naval division is merciless as soon as it is killed, and the rescue fleet is either overturned or covered by a dense rain of arrows. The soldiers on the ship either rolled over and fell into the water, or fell in a rain of arrows screaming. In less than two hours, there was no longer a single boat of the Dragon Guard on the river.

At this time, the sailors were close together, clustering a large warship and gradually approaching the north shore, and Long Xingrong immediately ordered a ballista bombardment. But the other side stopped out of range and lowered a small boat with a white flag and rowed towards the north shore.

When the boat approached, one of the captured captains of the Dragon Guard and several soldiers came to Long Xingrong with a letter and knelt on the ground.

"Your Highness, the last general is incompetent, this battle is completely annihilated, and the enemy commander will ask the last general to bring a letter to His Highness."

Long Xingrong opened the letter, only to see that the letter was written by a dragon and a snake: A letter to His Royal Highness Prince Dayan. I, the people of Jiangnan, have always been law-abiding, regard Dayan as their mother and His Majesty as their father. The hard work of the people of Jiangnan from generation to generation has made Jiangnan a land of prosperity and a land of fish and rice. Jiangnan taxes account for more than sixty percent of the total taxes of Dayan, and the people of Jiangnan have never been ashamed of Dayan and Sheji, but why were they killed by Wang Shi when they were fleeing the plague, aren't the people of Jiangnan the people of Dayan? Today, the once rich Jiangnan is dilapidated and withered, and there are more than one out of ten people, all thanks to today's gifts. Since the people of Jiangnan are not regarded as the people of the Great Swallow today, then the people of Jiangnan do not have to regard the people of Jiangnan as the father of the monarch. From then on, Jiangnan is the Jiangnan of the people of Jiangnan, and it has nothing to do with Dayan. If Dayan dares to attack Jiangnan, the people of Jiangnan will swear to resist it. Please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to tell Emperor Dayan that if you want Jiangnan to return to Dayan, you will show the bearing of a benevolent monarch and bow down to the people of Jiangnan to apologize. If not, the people of Jiangnan will never return to Yan. Jiangnan Wuzhou Wang Murong Feng.

Long Xingrong looked at the letter with anger and remorse, angry that the thief was so arrogant and wanted the king of a country to kneel down to apologize to the poor people. Remorseful is that if he insisted on persuading his father, he would not have gotten to the point where he is now, and the good Dayan was divided into two. Now the people of Jiangnan have turned their backs, and the people hate the court. It seems that if you want to recover the land south of the Yangtze River, there are still big battles and bad battles.

"Who is Murong Feng?"

"This person's ancestral home is Wuzhou, he studied in Guozijian, and his family is a local family in Wuzhou. During the plague epidemic, he fled to Jiangbei to avoid the plague, but was beheaded by the son of the army. Murong Feng then returned to Wuzhou, killed officials and rebelled and called himself the king of Wuzhou, and his strength is currently second only to the puppet Yue Prefecture Governor's Mansion. Jiangnan anti-thieves call it the iron lock Hengjiang, which means that this person is outstanding and ruthless in dealing with enemies, often putting his opponents in a situation where they can't go up and down. It can be seen that this person is a very powerful character among the anti-thieves, and it is said that the Yuezhou Governor's Mansion is easily unwilling to offend him. ”

Long Xingrong looked at the big battle ship with clairvoyance, and saw a person standing on the bow of the ship, with a silver helmet and silver armor, a snow-white battle robe, and a snow-white cloak. This person is about twenty-two or three years old, and his face is like a full moon, and his eyebrows are clear. If it weren't for the heavy anger between his eyebrows, he could really be regarded as a beautiful son.

Murong Feng also looked at Long Xingrong with clairvoyance at this time.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, we meet again. His Royal Highness is still the same in the Yan Wangfu, but it is a pity that the king and His Royal Highness are already hostile parties. I think that when I listened to Niu Shuai's Pingrong strategy with His Royal Highness the Prince in the Yanwang Mansion, how radiant the prince was, and how much the king admired His Royal Highness. This king originally wanted to join the prince's command and make contributions to serve Dayan with Niu Shuai, but your emperor Lao Tzu is not kind, and my whole family is ruined thanks to him, and this revenge is not avenged as a seven-foot man. Your Highness, this king will one day kill the capital, and then we will fight again. ”

"Order, the army returns to the camp."

The war drums sounded, the Wuzhou army slowly retreated to the south bank, and Long Xingrong was about to lead the army back to the camp when he saw Peach Blossom running over in a hurry.

"Your Highness, the big thing is not good, and the northwest is reversed. This time, it was the northwest Ganzhou and Shaanzhou Jiedu envoys who jointly rebelled, and now the northwest has all fallen into the hands of the thieves except for Jinping and Jinping. His Majesty ordered the Dragon Guard Army to quickly return to the division and garrison Jinyang, preparing to deal with the attack of the anti-thieves. ”

"What the hell is going on, are those who hold the country's money also have bad intentions? The order was given, the whole army returned to Jinyang, and Peach Blossom returned to Beijing with Gu to meet his father. ”

In fact, it is not only the envoys of the two states of Gansu and Shaanxi, but also the envoys of the festivals in the northwest who are not taking advantage of this opportunity to fight against each other, grab land and population, and strengthen their own strength. Why did you come to strengthen yourself, but you don't want to be able to be the king and hegemon one day, you have the final say.

Long Xingrong rushed back to Fengtian angrily, and the first thing he said when he saw Emperor Suzheng was to suggest that he take back the military power and hand it over to himself, and all the generals in the court would let them go home to retire. It should be said that Long Xingrong's move was a bit arbitrary, but after all, he was still young and had never experienced such a test before, so it is understandable to say this. But Emperor Su Zheng thought so, and even Zuo Servant Li Ke and others praised the prince Long Xingrong for his courage and knowledge, and the suggestions put forward were the best way now.

Long Xingrong was originally angry, but after being praised by Li Ke and his group, he also felt that he was born to be a promising gentleman and a handsome talent. He was full of joy and told Niu Tianci his suggestion. How do you know that Niu Tianci's reply poured a scoop of cold water on Long Xingrong's head, and Tianci severely criticized Long Xingrong's self-asserted actions, and also pointed out that the courtiers are the arms of the monarch, and the monarch only uses his arms reasonably but never self-destructs his arms. Niu Tianci also bluntly pointed out the mistakes of crossing the river in the first battle, and reminded Long Xingrong not to raise troops out of anger, let alone act rashly. Long Xingrong, who originally wanted to share the joy with his eldest brother, immediately became unhappy, and he found Li Ke to express his thoughts and dissatisfaction. Although Long Xingrong is a prince, he is only eighteen or nineteen years old in terms of age, and in modern times, he has just entered the university from high school, and it is the time to have a good face. He originally wanted to complain, but he thought that Li Ke said something that made him tremble.

"Your Highness treats Niu Hou like a brother, and Niu Hou asks His Highness to obey. Minister, may I ask Your Highness, who is the king and who is the minister? ”

"Uncle means that Lone is too dependent on the cow? But what the eldest brother said in the past was right, how could I not listen to him? ”

"Your Highness, Niu Hou is indeed an outstanding talent. But without the help of His Majesty and His Royal Highness, can Niu Hou still have such feats? At least not so fast, so big. In fact, the strategies that Niu Hou said before, His Highness is not impossible to come up with. It's just that His Royal Highness was still young at that time, and he didn't manage the government of the dynasty, so he didn't know much about things in the world. Now His Royal Highness leads an army by himself, and he can be regarded as a young hero who has gone through the battlefield, and there is an occasional failure, and there is no general in the world who does not defeat the battle, it is just the difference between more and less. Niu Hou is indeed too harsh on His Highness, even if it is reasonable, it should take into account the courtesy of the monarch and the minister. When His Royal Highness ascends the throne and becomes emperor in the future, do you hope that every time you say a word, Niu Hou will jump out and find fault? If so, where is Diwei? It is taboo to put the cart before the horse between monarchs and ministers, and many powerful ministers in history did not show their sharpness at the beginning. In the opinion of the ministers, it is time for His Highness to calm down Niu Hou. ”

"I'm afraid it's not appropriate, it's not good to hurt the feelings between brothers."

"Your Highness is afraid that the feelings between the brothers will be hurt, so why don't you give half of Dayan Jiangshan to Niu Hou?"

Long Xingrong stared at Li Ke with wide eyes, to be honest, he has always regarded Niu Tianci as a big brother, and never thought about how he should face Niu Tianci after becoming emperor in the future.

"Your Highness, the king is the king, the minister is the minister, and the minister should take the initiative to bear the responsibility if the king has a mistake. Isn't there a little responsibility for the failure of His Highness to cross the river? His Royal Highness also asked Niu Hou, but how did Niu Hou answer His Highness? Those who are courtiers do not show their strength to the monarch, but make tricks in advance and make irresponsible remarks afterwards, which in itself is a great disrespect, Your Highness thinks twice. ”

"Uncle, what should I do for now?"

"Didn't Your Majesty recruit Niu Hou to return to the court, and when the time comes, His Royal Highness will still treat Niu Hou as always, find an opportunity to have a deep conversation with Niu Hou and see Niu Hou's reaction. According to His Majesty's intentions, I am afraid that the Flying Tiger Legion will be recalled and Niu Hou will be ordered to quell the rebellion. I think it is better for His Highness to invite himself to lead the army to guard the Pingrong Grassland, let Niu Hou lead all the troops and horses to quell the rebellion, and the Flying Tiger Legion will stay in the land of Sizhou, so as not to have other things, I don't know what His Highness thinks? ”

"Uncle, I know that you have always loved me, and you think about me in everything. As much as I don't want to, I know that as the prince of the country, the future emperor, there are times when I have to do the same. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise." (To be continued.) )