On the morning of the same day, dozens of orders for the transfer of troops issued by the Governor's Office of the Metropolitan Government of Chuzhou were sent to the military offices in Jiangdong and Jiangxi in the form of expedited military orders, demanding that the troops of the prefectures in various localities should rush to Jiangning Mansion to assemble within four days at the latest, and that all the principal and deputy generals should be beheaded if they arrived one day late.

For a time, the military situation in Chuzhou was surging, the military orders were like mountains, and the military governments in various places did not dare to slack off when they received the order to transfer troops, so they packed up their troops and horses in a hurry, set off overnight, and rushed to Jiangning Mansion.

Although Huangfu Wujin had tried his best to block the news, the matter was too big, and the purge of the Shen family was leaked through various channels, and the first person to get the news was Huangfu Yingjun.

Huangfu Yingjun is the grandson of Huangfu Yibiao, who fought with Wujin in Baifu Restaurant that year, and was provoked by Shen Qiwu to besiege the palace of Lanling County, and was finally removed from all official positions and demoted to commoners.

However, at this time, the emperor was no longer the reckless son of the royal family in the past, and after several setbacks, he also quickly matured and became stable.

Because he told Huangfu Xuande about his grandfather's secret collusion with the prince, he was favored by Huangfu Xuande, and named him the general of Chuzhou Xiuyiwei and the general of Guangling, and not long ago he was named the governor of Huainan, directly commanding the 80,000 army in the north of the Jiangbei in Chuzhou.

The general manager is not the same as the general, the general is also called the small section of the envoy, which is divided by the number of commanders of the army, the commander of the army is higher than 100,000, called the section of the envoy, less than 100,000 is called the commander, it is the direct leader of the general, whether wartime or non-wartime, the government soldiers of Chuzhou Jiangbei are under his direct command, which is equivalent to changing the military system of Chuzhou Jiangbei, no longer under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

The purpose of Huangfu Xuande's arrangement is obvious, that is, to use Huangfu Yingjun to contain Huangfu Wujin's naval army, and Huangfu Yingjun also knows this, not long ago, Chen Zhi brought him the emperor's secret decree, if there is an emergency in Chuzhou, he can send troops to Jiangning Mansion at any time, and ask him to immediately contact Yin Han Shunyi of Jiangning Mansion.

Unlike in the past, he could not command the government soldiers, now he has been promoted to the governor of Huainan, and has been fully able to command the 80,000 troops in Jiangbei, after learning of the Jiangning incident, Huangfu Yingjun immediately realized that the emergency that the emperor said had occurred, and he immediately reacted, on the one hand, mobilized the army to concentrate in Jiangdu, on the other hand, urgently sent people to contact Han Shunyi, and at the same time, urgently sent a letter to the emperor to report the incident in Chuzhou.

In the Jiangdu Canal, a fleet of 300 flat-bottomed three-masted boats was ready to go, and this kind of boats had a large carrying capacity, and each ship could carry an average of 50 heavily armed soldiers, and the first batch of 10,000 soldiers from the four military offices in Shuyang County had already boarded the ships.

It is not far from the Jiangdu Canal to the Yangtze River, you can reach the Yangtze River in two hours, and then cross the river in one hour, of course, this is just a travel plan for ordinary people, and for an army that is ready to attack Jiangning Mansion, it is not so simple, the key is whether they can break through the blockade line of the Chuzhou naval army.

The main general who commanded this 10,000-strong army was surnamed Yan, called Yan Heng, who was originally the captain of the first military government in Shuyang, and now he has been promoted to Shuyang general, becoming one of the four generals under Huangfu Yingjun.

Yan Heng is a typical soldier, in his early forties, from a military family, he has been in the army for twenty-five years, he doesn't have too many thoughts in his head, he knows that obeying military orders now is the only thing he needs to do, although he knows that the road ahead is not safe, he has no choice, he can only obey the handsome orders of the emperor.

He stood on the bow of a thousand-stone ship, burly, like a black tower in the river wind, patiently waiting for the emperor's handsome order.

At this time, a war horse galloped over, ran to the canal to restrain the war horse, and immediately reported that the messenger raised the arrow and shouted from afar: "General Yan, the chief manager orders you to send troops immediately!" ”

Yan Heng nodded slowly, he waved his hand, and resolutely gave an order, "Send troops!" ”

The drums of the troops rumbled, and the boatmen untied the ropes, pulled up the sails, supported the big boat with pennies, and drove slowly southward, Yan Heng's heart was full of worries, I don't know how the war on Huangfu's handsome side is going?

Huangfu Yingjun was not in the Jiangdu City at this time, he led 20,000 Guangling troops to the north bank of the Yangtze River early in the morning, and the [***] county on the north bank of the Yangtze River also belonged to the jurisdiction of Jiangning Prefecture, and there was a naval army of nearly 4,000 people in the county, that is, Jiangning Naval Mansion.

Huangfu is handsome and Yan Heng, who was born in the military, has a completely different way of thinking, his mind is full of calculations, he knows better than anyone else that the army in his hands may not be the opponent of Huangfu Wujin, the Chuzhou naval army is rampant in the rivers and seas, if they cross the river with all their strength, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties.

But if he doesn't make a gesture, I'm afraid the emperor won't spare him, the emperor ordered him to contain Huangfu Wujin, now Jiangnan has been in chaos, and he didn't move, of course he couldn't explain, so he thought about it repeatedly, and decided to let the Shuyang army be the vanguard, to show the posture for him, but he personally led the troops to attack the Jiangning Water Army Mansion located in Jiangbei and occupy [***] County, so that he could guarantee a big victory, as for Yan Heng's life or death, it was a matter of Yan Heng's own command.

20,000 troops have entered [***] county, mighty and mighty on the official road marching rapidly, the emperor is handsome and handsome, driving in front of the team, on both sides of the official road is a large area of farmland, winter wheat has been drawn, the whole field is green, many farmers working in the fields have stood up, looking at this huge army in surprise, this kind of large-scale march is they have never seen, even the previous naval training is not so spectacular.

When there were still five miles away from the naval camp, a spy rushed back to report: "Report to the chief, the naval camp is empty, and there is not a single soldier." ”

"What about the ships?"

"Back to the chief, all the military ships are gone, only a dozen dilapidated ships, and nearby villagers say that the navy went to sea for a drill a few months ago and never returned."

Huangfu Yingjun secretly thought, if he retreats now, I am afraid that some people will say that he is not sympathetic to the soldiers, and it is difficult to explain to the emperor that Yan Heng is sent to death, it is better to stay for one night, look for ships everywhere, and it is another matter to not be able to cross the river, he immediately ordered: "The army accelerates and occupies the water barracks!" ”

The army accelerated and ran, wanting to run to the empty water camp five miles away, and at the same time Huangfu Yingjun sent a thousand people and fifty teams to search for ships on the north bank of the Yangtze River and prepare to cross the river.

But in fact, Huangfu Yingjun had long known that he had no boat to cross the river at all, he just went to make a gesture and give the emperor an explanation.

．．．．．．． In the afternoon, the 10,000 Shuyang army led by Yan Heng finally entered the Yangtze River with 300 boats, the wind on the river was very strong, the southeast wind prevailed, the wind and waves on the river were very large, making it particularly difficult for the fleet to cross the river, these boats were all small boats of 300 stones, usually used to transport grain, the heavy grain was pressed on the boat, and the driving was relatively stable, but now it was full of soldiers, and the hull seemed to be a little floating, up and down in the big waves, so that the soldiers on the boat were miserable, many soldiers vomited one after another, and even the boatman couldn't stand it, They complained that the soldiers were sent to their deaths.

"You stupid birds, you still want to fight the navy, do you know how many warships there are on the south bank? Thousands of large military ships, all of them are 3,000 stone or 5,000 stone ships, and a few big ships can knock you all over and feed the fish, and I have been burdened by you. ”

The boatmen kept complaining, and the more the soldiers listened, the more frightened they became, and many soldiers scolded, "Damn, why don't the Jiangdu soldiers fight, let these landlubbers go to death!" ”

"Hey! This is obviously Huangfu handsome bullying General Yan to be honest, that guy is cunning! I heard that he went to fight the Jiangning Water Military Mansion. ”

"Fart!"

The boatman laughed rudely, "The Jiangning Navy Mansion went to sea a few months ago, and it is an empty camp there, what are you fighting to coax you!" ”

The soldiers yelled, "Bastard! We don't fight. ”

But no matter how angry he was, no matter how much he scolded, the boat had reached the middle of the river, and at that moment, a boatman pointed into the distance and shouted: "Not good! The trolls are coming. ”

Everyone looked eastward, almost everyone's heart seemed to sink to the bottom of the river, only to see that there was a big black pressure on the river, there were thousands of them, when the big ship approached, many soldiers screamed in horror, only to see that the big ship headed by the big boat was like a black mountain, huge, in front of it, their small boat was like a cockroach, extremely small!

"It's the 'mountain boat' here!" The boatmen wailed one after another, "That's the mother ship of the Chuzhou Navy Army, we are doomed." ”

The desperation of the boatmen made the soldiers on the three hundred flat-bottomed boats feel as if the end had come.

Huangfu Wujin looked coldly at this self-defeating army on the river, just because they also wanted to occupy Jiangning Mansion?

Zhou Xin next to him recognized this army, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, this is the Shuyang Army, their main general Yan Heng is quite upright, he fights well, he has always obeyed military orders, and it is estimated that he was transferred by Huangfu Yingjun to fight in the front." ”

"Humph! Bluffing, Huangfu is handsome but a timid mouse, he just wants to give Huangfu Xuande an explanation. ”

He immediately commanded left and right, "Pass my orders and prepare for battle!" ”

Zhou Xin was shocked, he had a good relationship with Yan Heng, how could he watch Yan Heng die, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, please let me persuade him, I will definitely let him surrender to His Highness." ”

Wu Jin glanced at him, "Changshi, didn't you say that this person has always obeyed military orders, and he is willing to surrender?" ”

"Your Highness, lend me Shang Fang's sword, I can convince him!"

"Yes!"

Wu Jin agreed, untied Shang Fang's sword and handed it to him, "If he refuses to surrender, I will use him to test my artillery today!" ”

The naval warships changed their formation, divided into two teams, and intercepted the 300 boats in front and rear, forming a huge boat water alley, surrounding the 10,000 Shuyang troops in the middle.

Yan Heng was also frightened, they were in the army, they had never had experience in water warfare, and they had never experienced the formation of water warfare, but the large array of warships in front of him shocked him for a while, the tall warships were like hills intercepting them on the river, they could only look up to each other, it seemed so small, especially the huge warship in the middle, it gave him a feeling of despair, if on land, he could still fight, but in the big river, they only had a dead end!

(To be continued)