Chapter 157: The Great River Fights
From the outbreak of the run on Donglai Money Village and Baifu Money Bank, Liu Sijun realized that the problem was serious, and they encountered Qi Ruifu's counterattack.
The joint strangulation of Qi Ruifu by Donglai Commercial Bank and Baifu Commercial Bank was reached by the Nanshan faction and the Emperor Fu of Qi half a month ago, with the aim of causing Qi Ruifu to suffer heavy losses and greatly reduce the tax payment, so that the tax payment of the two of them could also be reduced to a minimum, and at the same time, Qi Ruifu's commercial share could also be seized.
Although Qi Ruifu has stores in all counties across the country, the Nanshan faction and the king of Qi finally chose Chuzhou as the target, not only Chuzhou is far away from the capital and has little impact, but more importantly, Chuzhou is Qi Ruifu's stronghold, and nearly sixty percent of Qi Ruifu's profits come from Chuzhou, which is quick to start in Chuzhou, and can hit Qi Ruifu hard.
They finally targeted the lucrative and easy to attack Qian Zhuang, and the places chose Jiangning County and Weiyang County, one is the center of Chuzhou, and the other is the most economically developed county, as long as Qi Ruifu is defeated in these two counties, it will quickly spread to other counties in Chuzhou, according to the division of labor, the Nanshan faction is in charge of Weiyang County, and the King of Qi is in charge of Jiangning County, and the two sides act together, so after the order of the household department to adjust the tax and silver arrived in Weiyang County, Baifu Commercial Bank took the lead in launching a run in Weiyang County, followed by Jiangning County randomly moved.
But they also know that Qi Ruifu has experienced more than two hundred years of vicissitudes, it is not so easy to be defeated by one blow, it will also fight back, these Baifu and Donglai are prepared, they have formulated a series of follow-up attack strategies, including plotting against the Qi family from the inside, obtaining the anti-counterfeiting secret of Qi Dafu's silver ticket, and also using the power of Jiangning Mansion to Qi Ruifu, and even preparing to frame Qi Ruifu for colluding with the Phoenix Society and so on.
For Qi Ruifu's counterattack, the measure they were ready to take was to let the Jiangning Mansion detain the main backbone of the Qi family under the pretext of colluding with the Phoenix Society.
Baifu and Donglai's plan was very thorough, but they were wrong about the timing of Qi Ruifu's counterattack, they thought that the Qi family must have been in a hurry to save themselves at the beginning of the attack, and there was no time to fight back, and it was not possible to carry out a weak counterattack until the end, and the general trend was gone at that time.
The attack plan was jointly formulated by the Nanshan faction and the King of Qi, and Liu Sijun was the executor of the plan, and he carried it out completely and faithfully, but he never expected that the plan could not compare to the changes, and Qi Ruifu had the full support of Huangfu Wujin.
Due to the strong intervention of Huangfu Wujin, Qi Ruifu adopted a preemptive strategy, which was like lighting a fire to burn other people's haystacks, but he didn't expect a gust of wind to blow, but Mars set fire to his own haystacks first.
And Huangfu Wujin mobilized all his resources, Meihuawei, Chuzhou Water Army, and Jin'an Hui, so that King Qi's plan had not yet begun to be implemented, and he was in chaos first.
The repeated calls for help made Liu Sijun anxious, he only had more than a dozen Qi King guards in his hands, and there was no army, so there was no way to start, at this time, he could only ask the embroidered guards for help.
The pigeon letter was sent out early in the morning, but for more than an hour, the embroidered clothes guard still did not move, Liu Sijun was so anxious that he yelled: "Send the pigeon letter again!" ”
At this moment, one of his subordinates rushed in, panting and reporting: "My lord, the Yangtze River is closed.... The embroidered clothes guard can't cross the river. ”
"What!"
Liu Sijun grabbed his subordinates by the neck and said viciously: "Why? ”
"The obedient Chuzhou Navy is arresting the Phoenix Society sentry boat, and since last night, the river has been banned from navigating, and all the ferries are parked at the pier, and they don't dare to go to sea."
Beads of sweat oozed from Liu Sijun's forehead, he understood, first the plum blossom guard, and then the Chuzhou navy, everything was the emperor's fu, and all their back roads were cut off, this was obviously his premeditation, King Qi's plans were all seen through by him, when did he become so smart?
Liu Sijun felt that there was nothing to be done, at this time, his subordinate, the middle-aged man gave him a plan: "Huangfu Wujin first arrived in Jiangning Mansion, he has not yet fully controlled the navy, I heard that Yang Shaoyou, the captain of Jiangning Navy, is the younger brother of Yang Song, the former deputy governor of the navy, and is the person of Shen Guo's uncle, you might as well go to Shen Yuan and ask Yang Shaoyou's navy to carry embroidered clothes and guards across the river, Huangfu Wujin does not dare to attack his own people no matter what." ”
This is really the only way, Liu Sijun is like a drowning man who has found a life-saving straw, and he immediately set off to find Shen Yuan.
....... This time, the plum blossom guard and the embroidered guard were stationed in Chu, Qi, and Youzhou, and Huangfu Xuande was very aware of the contradictions between the two internal guard armies for decades, and they often fought in the capital, and when they got to the locality, they clashed, and no one could stop it, which would cause serious consequences.
Therefore, Huangfu Xuande formulated the principle of stationing in different counties of the same county, that is, Meihuawei and Xiuyiwei can be stationed in the same county, but not in the same county, according to this principle, Neiwei Pavilion Lao Jiangyan will be stationed in the big camp of the two guards in Chuzhou, Meihuawei is stationed in Jiangning County on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and Xiuyiwei is stationed in the north bank of the Yangtze River in [***] County, the two guards face each other across the river, their branches will also be bounded by the Yangtze River, and the embroidered guards will be distributed in the counties of Chuzhou north of the Yangtze River, and Meihuawei is distributed in the counties of Chuzhou south of the Yangtze River, Jiang Yan's deployment plan was approved by Emperor Xuande.
At this time, there were more than 200 large and small warships on the big river north of Jiangning Province, which patrolled and cruised on the big river, blocking the river, and no merchant ships or ferries were allowed to appear on the river.
Among the many ships, a behemoth stands in it, it is like a sea giant, a small clipper is like ants clustered around it, this is its first official voyage, on its high mast, there is a golden black unicorn flag, in addition to a triangular red yellow dragon flag, the golden black unicorn flag is the symbol of the naval governor, the big ship it hangs is the flagship of the fleet, and the triangular red yellow dragon flag is the symbol of the king, if the dragon flag with a black edge, it means that the prince is coming.
This is the ship of Huangfu Wujin, in front of his ship, three medium-sized warships are arranged in a zigzag shape, and on the left and right and behind his ship, there are also three medium-sized warships of 2,000 stones, a total of thirteen warships are in a diamond-shaped formation, which is closely guarded by the giants, and there are forty-eight small clippers interspersed in the formation, which are extremely important in the water war in the river, and they can effectively prevent the explosion of water ghosts.
At this moment, Wu Jin was standing at the front of the big ship, staring at the white and endless river, and he was patiently waiting for the target to appear.
He has not left the naval camp since last night, although blocking the river and not allowing embroidered clothes to cross to the south is an important part of his strategy, but he focuses on the naval army, not only for this reason, but also for a deeper purpose.
Du Wei Zhou Yanbao slowly stepped forward, stared into the distance and said, "Dudu, will he come?" ”
Wu Jin said lightly: "I'm seventy percent sure, he should come." ”
He turned around and smiled again and asked, "I want to ask you, how much authority does General Jiang Ning have?" ”
"Does the governor refer to General Jiang Ning, the general of the embroidered guard, Wu Huaming?"
"Yes, I am concurrently serving as the deputy governor of the navy, and he is concurrently serving as the general of Jiangning, I want to know, what position is he, the general of Jiangning?"
Zhou Yanbao thought for a while and said, "What do you say?" In some important prefectures and counties, there are general positions, such as the Donghai General of Donghai County, the Guangling General of Guangling County, and the Jiangning General of Jiangning Prefecture, this kind of general is nominally the commander of several military government soldiers in a county, but in fact each military government is directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, only in the event of war, the Ministry of War will authorize the generals of each county, so that they become the chief military officer, commanding the army of one or several counties, but this position has no power in peacetime, and is generally concurrently held by the military captain, like General Jiangning of Wu Huaming, He did not concurrently serve as a military commander, so he could not be compared with the general's naval governor at all. ”
Wu Jin couldn't help but laugh when he heard him say something funny, and at this time, the lookout soldier shouted from the mast, "Fleet, there is a fleet ahead!" ”
I saw a row of black spots faintly appearing on the river, and about 20 ships were coming towards the south bank riding the wind and waves.
"Sure enough!"
Zhou Yanbao sighed softly, "Why don't you know what to do?" ”
Wu Jin sneered, "It's not that he doesn't know what to do, he is ordered by Shen Yuan, he doesn't dare not come, if he doesn't come, it means that he will give in to me, and Uncle Shen will not spare him." ”
Wu Jin immediately ordered: "Pass my military order, prepare to divide and surround!" ”
Flags waved on the masts, the iron anchors of all the warships were raised, the sails were spread out into the spurs, and more than two hundred warships slowly started.
........ The person Wu Jin is waiting for is Yang Shaoyou, the lieutenant of the Jiangning Navy Mansion, Yang Shaoyou is about 40 years old this year, is the younger brother of Yang Song, the former deputy governor of the Chuzhou Navy Army, and has been in the army for nearly 20 years, two years ago, he was transferred to Chuzhou from the post of deputy commander of the Jingzhou Navy and served as the captain of the Jiangning Navy Mansion, the Jingzhou Navy is half a level lower than the Chuzhou Navy Army, and he was transferred to the Jiangning Navy Army.
According to the normal promotion practice, his brother Yang Song will take over the post of deputy governor of the Chuzhou Navy after the expiration of his term, and the purpose of Uncle Shen Guo's transfer is also to let him take over, but the emperor broke the convention and appointed a young royal family to serve as the deputy governor of the navy, which made Yang Shaoyou's heart extremely lost, if he was not transferred to Chuzhou, he would have now been promoted to the commander of the Jingzhou Navy.
Resentment and disappointment were intertwined in his heart, especially the arrival of Huangfu Wujin the day before yesterday, which deeply stimulated him, making him angry and irrational, and he could not sleep for both nights.
He had just received Shen Yuan's order to fly pigeons, ordering him to transport two thousand embroidered guards across the river, so he did not hesitate to order the ship, although the new governor Huangfu Wujin had issued a military order, not allowing his military government to send troops, but he wanted to provoke Huangfu Wujin's military order, he wanted to let the Chuzhou navy know that he Yang Shaoyou was Shen Guo's uncle's person, and did not accept the military order of the Liang Wang family.
Twenty-five big ships carrying two thousand embroidered guards sailed towards the south bank, Yang Shaoyou stood at the bow of the ship, squinting at the Tiger Ben giant in the distance, he sneered, and ordered: "Full speed forward, march to the south bank!" ”
He didn't believe that Huangfu Wujin really dared to order the sinking of a warship full of embroidered guards, if he dared to do so, the emperor would not tolerate him, and the people of the world would not tolerate him.
(To be continued)