He Qianjue was stunned, he glanced at his brother, He Qianlun also felt incredible, it was actually the Empress Dowager's decree, but their surprise was only for a moment, He Qianjue immediately ordered: "Quickly put the incense case to receive the order!" ”

The Empress Dowager gave him an order, which was a big deal anyway, and in his memory, it seemed that the former Empress Dowager rarely gave an order.

After a while, several eunuchs came to the big tent of the Chinese army under the guidance of the sergeants, and the eunuch was Luo Zhongguo, the former head of the imperial study of Huangfu Xuande, who went to Jiangning Mansion last time to give Huangfu no Jin decree, and was left in Chuzhou, he held the scroll of the holy decree in his arms, walked quickly to the big tent, and said loudly: "The Empress Dowager has a decree, and the chief manager of Chen Liu, He Qianjue, receives the decree!" ”

He Qianjue knelt down in front of the incense case, "He Qianjue accepted the order of the Empress Dowager." ”

Luo Zhongguo unfolded the edict and read aloud: "Chen Liu's chief He Qianjue, after the famous family, generations are loyal and good to Daning, the pillars of the country, today there is a big chaos, soldiers are rising, relatives usurp power, the vassal king is not good, Daning Sheji is bleak, the people are miserable, the mourning family is in Chuzhou, with Daning in his heart, he is not sad, I hope that General He Qianjue will be loyal and righteous, set aside the chaos, and return Daning Langlang Qiankun, in order to comfort the hope of the mourning family, he Qianjue is specially awarded the Duke of Liang Guo, the general of the hussars, and the Shangzhu State, and his brother He Qianlun is the Duke of Chenliu County and the general of Yunlu, The He family is loyal and righteous, and it is a special honor, and I admire this! ”

Next to He Qianlun didn't expect that he actually had his own share, he also hurriedly knelt down to listen to the order, He Qianjue only felt that his nose was a little sour, he kowtowed three times, and said with tears: "Minister He Qianjue respects the teachings of the Empress Dowager and serves the Daning Dynasty!" ”

"Chenhe Qianlun Xie Empress Dowager Longen!"

The two brothers stood up and took the decree, which had the jade seal and gold seal of the Empress Dowager on it, and the Empress Dowager actually called the He family loyal and good for generations, what an honor, He Qianjue was moved in his heart, and asked: "May I ask if the Empress Dowager is in good health in Chuzhou?" ”

Luo Zhongguo hurriedly said: "The ancestor is in good health and in a good mood, but she is sad that her children and grandchildren are unfilial and fratricidal, she hopes that this situation will end as soon as possible, and Daning will be unified to give the world a way to live." ”

He Qianjue sighed, this was not what he wanted, he hurriedly ordered his own soldiers, "Please ask Father-in-law Luo to go to the side tent to rest, so that he can be entertained!" ”

Luo Zhongguo led two of his subordinates to go down with his own soldiers, He Qianjue returned to the big tent, he carefully read the holy decree, and then asked his brother, "What do you think?" ”

He Qianlun knew in his heart that the jade seal and the golden seal were true, but I am afraid that this will came from Dongjun, and it was Huangfu Wujin who gave the decree for the Empress Dowager, otherwise how would the Empress Dowager know that he was also in the camp, but he was crowned the Duke of Chenliu County, and his heart was also quite moved, and he had the heart of loyalty to Huangfu Wujin, and he didn't say anything, so he said to his brother: "In fact, the situation is obvious, the will says that the relatives usurp power, it is said that the Shen family, the vassal king is not Lun, it is the king of Qi, and the orthodox only Luo Jing and the grandson of Jin An are orthodox in the world, but the emperor is too suspicious. The reuse of the mediocre and incompetent Yang Sheng led to two defeats in Jinzhou and Yuzhou, and the elite soldiers were lost, Luo Jing pointed out that it could be broken, and there was no meaning, since the Empress Dowager issued an order, in fact, she hoped that the eldest brother could assist the emperor Fu Wujin, in order to protect the future of the He family, eldest brother, I think it is feasible. ”

He Qianjue pondered for a moment, and he gradually understood in his heart that this was Huangfu Wujin in the name of the Empress Dowager to seal him, give him a step, first descend to the King of Qi, and then descend to the King of Liang, this reputation is not good, in the name of the Empress Dowager to recruit him, it will also block the mouth of the world, he is also very grateful in his heart, and named him the Duke of Liang, the Hussar General, and the Shangzhu State, which really treats him well.

"In this way, you go to Dongjun for me, and tell Huangfu Wujin, I am willing to listen to any dispatch from him, my only condition is that before the unification of the world, maintain my military power, and after the unification of the world, I am willing to hand over the military power to him and be a civil official."

He Qianjue is a Confucian general, he understands the most important thing to support the merit, but the soldiers will die.

That night, He Qianlun went to Dongjun with his brother's letter of allegiance and expressed his allegiance to Huangfu Wujin, and the 50,000 troops of Liang County were willing to obey Huangfu Wujin's dispatch.

．．．．．．．．． Xingyang County is located in the south of the Yellow River, since ancient times is the grain storage and transportation center of the Central Plains, during the Warring States Period, the Wei State dug a chasm, from Xingyang to divert the Yellow River water to the southeast, and Huaishui, Surabaya, Jishui, Rushui and so on, so that Xingyang extends in all directions, and the grain of all counties in the Central Plains converges in Xingyang.

After Huang Fuheng ascended the throne in Luojing, he also continued to transfer grain from Xingyang, before the Qi army occupied Xingyang, there were four million stone grain in the Xingyang granary, and Huang Fuheng successively transferred 500,000 stones, and finally the Qi army got 3.5 million stone grain, becoming the largest supply place for the Qi army.

At present, the 250,000 troops of the Qi army are besieging Luojing, and 30,000 heavy troops are stationed in Xingyang, commanded by the general Luo Qiyu, Luo Qiyu is the younger brother of the princess and the only son of Luo Wei, so he will not let him attack Luojing with arrows, so he appointed him as the commander of the rear army, and led 30,000 troops to garrison the granary of Xingyang.

At this time in the chasm, densely parked hundreds of warships, most of them are Qianshi warships, these are Qizhou warships, Qizhou naval army is mainly offshore defense, but also to take into account the Daqing River, so most of the warships are small, mainly Qianshi, this time the king of Qi westward expedition, almost mobilized all the warships of the Qizhou naval army, along the Yellow River westward, mainly to transport grain and other military supplies, after occupying Xingyang County, the king of Qi ordered the ships to transport Xingyang grain to Luojing, hundreds of big ships gathered on the chasm river.

At this time, night has fallen, Xingyang Wharf is full of grain sacks, it seems very quiet, the dock workers have gone home, only a few miles away dozens of large grain cellars stand in the night.

At night, a fleet of twenty thousand stone ships slowly sailed to Xingyang Wharf, the big ships were hung with Qi army flags, Qi soldiers could be seen walking on each boat, and the stern also had a white paint number, all the details showed that this fleet was a Qi army warship, the number was not huge, and it was not eye-catching.

When there were still twenty miles away from Xingyang Wharf, they were stopped by a lock on the river, and several interrogating soldiers took a small boat to check forward, looked at the paperwork, and there was no problem, so the first lieutenant casually asked: "Where did you come from?" ”

A bearded officer walked out of the big ship at the head, and said in an urn with a Qi County accent: "Luo Jing came here, they are all their own brothers, do you still want to fight the autumn wind?" ”

There was a sarcasm in his words, which meant that these interrogating soldiers used the excuse of interrogation, but in fact they were extorting the incoming and outgoing ships, and the interrogating soldiers blushed, and the captain was annoyed and angry: "What is the autumn wind, Lao Tzu check normally, stop the boat, we have to check!" ”

At this time, another officer came out of the cabin, stopped the bearded, and arched his hand: "It's not easy for everyone, don't you just eat for the sake of mixed food?" My brother spoke freely, and I apologized to some of his brothers on his behalf. ”

Seeing that he listened politely, the lieutenant was a little angry, but he was a little unwilling to let it go like this, so he laughed dryly and said: "Luojing is the capital of wealth in the world, you have made a lot of money!" ”

The officer understood what he meant, so he made a gesture, and the soldier took a cloth bag from the cabin and threw it to them, and the officer laughed and said, "It's a little meaning, brothers, take it to a drink!" ”

The burden was heavy, at least two hundred taels of silver, the captain immediately smiled and squinted, and waved his hand, "Open the gate!" ”

The big wooden pole that barrages the river slowly opened, and the small boat of the inventory also returned to the shore, and the fleet set sail and sailed to the Xingyang wharf, the bearded officer looked at the back of the captain of the inspection and snorted, "What do you do with their silver, and the lock will pass as soon as the cannon bombards it, who are you afraid of?" ”

This fleet is naturally dressed as a Chuzhou Navy Army, coming to Xingyang to carry out secret missions, and the officer headed by it is called Huang Zhiyuan, who is a captain of the Chuzhou Navy Army, and the bearded officer is his deputy general.

Huang Zhiyuan glared at the lieutenant general fiercely, "Is our mission to blow up the lock?" Tongue-in-cheek like you, what to do if they get on board and find artillery? If the task fails, who will be responsible, I haven't settled accounts with you yet, you have a reason first! ”

The bearded lieutenant didn't dare to say anything, and Huang Zhiyuan didn't have the heart to care about him, and after passing the lock, it meant that they were about to arrive at Xingyang Wharf.

The fleet lined up on the chasm river, an hour later, only three miles away from the Xingyang wharf, at this time the river began to appear Qizhou naval ships, one after another, densely moored on the shore, the river in this area is very wide, there are twenty zhang, almost all the Qizhou ships are concentrated here to transport grain, the fleet is speeding on the river, from time to time there are civilian boats passing by them, every soldier began to become serious, there is obvious nervousness in their eyes, their goal is not a granary miles away, There were 30,000 troops on that side who were heavily defended, and they couldn't get through, and their goal was more than 400 large ships on the river, completely destroying the Qi army's transports.

The flotilla finally approached the wharf, and at this time the twenty large ships of the flotilla had dispersed and stretched away, stretching from one mile to three miles, and the three big ships approached the wharf, where more than 20 thousand-stone warships were moored, and the windows on the walls of the three large ships had been opened, and the muzzle of a black hole poked out of the cabin.

When the time came, there was no one on the dock, Huang Zhiyuan looked at the dense ships more than ten zhang away, and he resolutely gave the order to shell, "Fire!" ”

The huge thunder of the artillery bombardment suddenly sounded on the river, twenty military ships, two hundred guns at the same time, one by one the shells pierced the wall of the ship, exploded in the hull, flames burst out, broken wood splashed, the ship cracked, and then caused a fire, one after another the military ships were blown to pieces, began to sink rapidly, many sailors and soldiers on board, some were killed, some fell into the water, swam ashore in horror, screaming and crying and running towards the barracks, Luo Qiyu was awakened from his dream by the explosion, he pushed away the woman next to him, ran out of the big tent, and was stunned, I saw the fire on the river a few miles away, and the fire stretched for several miles, and more than 400 large ships were engulfed in the flames.

More than 30,000 soldiers witnessed the fire, but not a single one dared to put it out, and the loud explosions and the descriptions of the sailors who fled back frightened them.

More than 400 warships disappeared from the river, filled with debris and debris, and the artillery bombarded it for a full hour, and gradually calmed down, and after another quarter of an hour, several thunderous explosions were heard at the locks twenty miles away, and then there was complete silence.

(To be continued)