In the late stage, Du Ling couldn't stop it, especially the oil bombs, which fell on the deck, and he swore not to stop if he didn't burn a big hole for you. The most important thing is that the soldiers of the Yangtze River Naval Division will not extinguish the fierce fire oil at all. I just started to put out the fire with water, but the fire became even bigger, and even because the water was splashed on people, although the ignition would not burn people to death, it would not burn people to death, but at least it would burn people to a point that was not light or serious. Seeing this situation, Suo could only watch the deck burn a hole. The blow to morale is even greater, as if watching others wave knives to look at themselves, but they still have to stand in a good position and can't move.

In the face of such a situation, even if the Yangtze River Naval Division fought bravely under the command of Du Ling, it still could not change the general trend. After half a day of fighting, the Yangtze River sailors either sank or were captured, or they were avatars. Only Du Ling's flagship ship was still struggling, and the eight-bow crossbow on the deck, which made Dengzhou sailors jealous, was also burned to the point that only a pile of black charcoal remained, and it could be vaguely seen that it was a bed crossbow, but it was impossible to distinguish which kind of bed crossbow it was. Now there are only two trebuchets on the entire ship, a bed crossbow and more than 100 crossbowmen are resisting stubbornly.

"Go over with the banner, let Wang Jian send someone to persuade him to surrender! I can't imagine that there are such heroes in Wu Yue's army! At this point, he is still struggling tenaciously, and the tenacity of his surname is rare in the world! Li Cunhuan sighed.

The sentry on one side immediately waved the flag and issued a flag order to convey Li Cunhuan's order.

"Temple...... Your Highness, go down! Wang Maozhang said in horror, and his tone couldn't help but bring a bit of pleading. After Li Cunhuan heard this, he didn't know whether to be angry with Wang Maozhang or laugh at Wang Maozhang's fear.

"Go down! Look at you like this, where else do you have the appearance of commanding 10,000 generals, you have become a bear! Li Cunhuan scolded with a smile.

Wang Maozhang smiled, did not refute, moved down a little bit, once probably saw too much below, frightened hands and feet slipped, almost fell order, fortunately there is a rope bolted, there are soldiers below to control the pulley, but it is a false alarm. In the end, Li Cunhuan personally half-supported Wang Maozhang, and Wang Maozhang came down.

Wang Maozhang looked at the mast with palpitations, and panted: "Fortunately, it finally came down!" ”

When Li Cunhuan heard this, he shook his head angrily, walked to the bow of the boat and asked, "How is Wang Jian's persuasion over there?" ”

"Refuse to surrender! Does Your Highness want to sink him? Zhu Jilong shook his head and asked.

"It's really a hard bone, go over the flag, let Wang Jian not sink him, this king will go and see it himself." Li Cunhuan said with interest.

When Zhu Jilong heard this, a trace of hesitation flashed on his face, and he said, "Your Highness, this is ...... Isn't that good? It's just a state thorn history! Besides, it's still a defeated general! ”

Li Cunhuan smiled and was noncommittal to Zhu Jilong's words. Li Cunhuan, of course, he would not just appreciate Du Ling and personally persuade him to surrender. There are three main reasons.

The first aspect, although over the years, Jinyiwei has successively transmitted a lot of information about Huainan and Wu Yue in Huainan. But on paper, it will only end up with Zhao Kuo. With the surrender of Du Ling, plus Wang Maozhang from Huainan, although he doesn't know Huainan and Wu Yue well, it is much better, and it is no longer a paper battle.

On the other hand, Du Ling was familiar with the combat methods of Wu Yue's navy, and the phrase 'knowing each other and knowing oneself, and not being defeated in a hundred battles' was not uttered by Sun Tzu.

And the last aspect, Li Cunhuan's water division lacks talents who are familiar with the navy, and now the three are in command, Han Mengyin is a monk halfway, and he will definitely not be able to practice kung fu, but Li Cunhuan has no one here, only 'laissez-faire'. Zheng Zilong is the tallest of the short people, although he is still growing, but he is not yet a single general, that is, he bullied the remnants of Baekje and Silla. Wang Jian is a talent, but Li Cunhuan is wary of him, this guy in history is Goryeo Taizu, he is definitely an ambitious person, who knows if he will rebel. In addition, the hearts of those who are not of my race must be different, and there is still some truth in this. Therefore, Li Cunhuan hopes that there will be a general of the navy who can restrain Wang Jian, so that Wang Jianjian will have someone to contend with after the rebellion, and Wang Jianjian will have some scruples before the rebellion, and Wang Jian will be more assured to use by Li Cunhuan.

Coming to the front line, Li Cunhuan couldn't help but admire Du Ling a little more in his heart. Although death is terrible, there are still a certain number of people who are not afraid of death in this world. But when Du Ling reached the current situation, he was still directing the flagship to attack tenaciously, thinking that he would drag the bottom even if he died, even if he couldn't pull the bottom, he would build an extra hole on his ship, and let Li Cunhuan spend a little more money. In the face of such a tenacious person, it is really rare in the world. Wang Jian is also quite helpless, of course, the most important thing is that Li Cunhuan is coming to persuade him to surrender, you can't sink him, right?

"Send someone up and take him captive!" Li Cunhuan also saw that Du Ling was not easy to persuade to surrender, and the surname Suo came to be hard, and then to the soft.

After receiving Li Cunhuan's order, the Dengzhou Sailor, who had been very aggrieved, immediately pounced on him like a wolf, as if he hadn't eaten for a month. The iron cable shoots hard, locking the opponent's flagship first. Otherwise, give that slap a few times, and you will not die or be disabled. The army landed from the stern and bow.

"I'd rather die than surrender!" Du Ling took the lead in charging in front with a horizontal knife, but unfortunately until now, his soldiers were exhausted, not to mention, their morale was already very low, if it wasn't for Du Ling's hard support, I am afraid they would have surrendered long ago. After all, surrounded by nearly thirty warships, where are you going? There is no way to go to the sky, there is no way to enter the earth, even if you have just begun to hold the determination to die rather than surrender, after a long time, people's survival instinct has also appeared, and it has become a slogan to die rather than surrender.

As soon as he made contact, Du Ling was knocked over on the deck and captured alive, and his soldiers had already laid down their arms and surrendered.

Li Cunhuan ordered the flagship to lean over, and after walking to Du Ling's flagship, Li Cunhuan was amazed, this was already dilapidated enough to be scrapped, but Du Ling still refused to give up. I have to admire the tenacity of his heart.

Seeing Li Cunhuan coming, Wang Jianli walked over with a fart, waved his hand behind his back, and roared majestically: "Bring it!" ”

It is estimated that Wang Jian's hand has just been waved, and the two soldiers under his command immediately came to Li Cunhuan's side with a man with a cloak and a disheveled head. You don't need to ask to know that it's Du Ling, if Wang Jian doesn't even have such a little sense of proportion in doing things, it is better to jump into the sea to feed the fish.

"You're Du Ling?" Li Cunhuan asked.

"A certain line does not change its name! Don't change your surname! A certain family is Du Ling, if you want to kill, kill it, don't talk so much nonsense! Du Ling raised his head and said viciously.

Only then did Li Cunhuan see Du Ling's appearance and face turned yellow, like a piece of yellow paper, and the two eyebrows were like a 'eight' figure, anyone who saw Du Ling's eyebrows at first glance would think that he was either dead or unlucky. However, unlike the sad eyebrows, Du Ling's eyes are very bright, and the person has a firm feeling, which matches Du Ling's surname.

"Du Tengyun, don't you know the old man?" Wang Maozhang on the side said with a smile.

When Du Ling heard this, he frowned, stared at Wang Maozhang for a while, and said, "Wang Maozhang!" I didn't expect it to be you! Hey, why is Lu Longjun here this time, could it be ......?"

Speaking of this, Du Ling's face changed greatly, when Wang Maozhang was under Yang Xingmi, he was a famous brave general, and he was not determined to be the first in every battle, as an old opponent, Wu Yue's general was also familiar with Wang Maozhang. Naturally, he also knew that Wang Maozhang was recovered by Li Cunhuan, but Wang Maozhang was an infantry general, and if Li Cunhuan used Wang Maozhang, that is to say......

Li Cunhuan looked at Du Ling's changing face with interest, he admired Du Ling more and more, just by virtue of Wang Maozhang's appearance, he had already guessed his purpose this time.

"Wang Maozhang, I can't imagine that you have become the vanguard of Li Cunhuan's calamity to his hometown! Who are you (looking at Li Cunhuan)? Zhou Dewei? Or Ge Congzhou! Du Ling looked at Li Cunhuan coldly.

Li Cunhuan smiled: "I'm no one, just one, um!" Lobbyists! ”

"I ......" Du Ling took a deep breath and was about to give Li Cunhuan a mouthful of thick phlegm. Wang Maozhang's hands were quick, and he kicked Du Ling's face, spitting out a mouthful of thick phlegm mixed with blood.

Li Cunhuan couldn't help but take two steps back, too fierce, this is thick phlegm, there is an infectious disease, and at this moment, the thick phlegm spits on himself, I am afraid that he will be disgusted for a long time.

When Zhu Jilong saw it, his face changed greatly, his heart palpitated, and he hurriedly blocked in front of Li Cunhuan, although the thick phlegm was not harmful, but it was a great insult to spit on Li Cunhuan. Their guards don't have a good face. Thinking of this, Zhu Jilong cast a grateful look at Wang Maozhang, if it weren't for Wang Maozhang, he would have not met anyone during this time.

Li Cunhuan was not angry, stretched out his hand to push Zhu Jilong away, walked over, personally helped Du Ling up, and said, "Brother Tai, why are you doing this?" You see how happy you are spitting thick phlegm, but when it comes to me, your family in Changzhou is unlucky. I'm not afraid to tell you, there are almost 50,000 soldiers and horses coming this time, and it should be possible to hit your hometown! At that time, I dug your ancestral grave, don't say that I lack yin virtue. History tells the world that a momentary pleasure is a lifetime of pain! ”

"You!" Du Ling was angry and annoyed by Li Cunhuan's words, and he couldn't cry or laugh for a while.

Wang Maozhang and Zhu Jilong, who were behind Li Cunhuan, also showed strange expressions, and they couldn't laugh or cry in their hearts.

Li Cunhuan said: "Look how good it is now! To put it simply, I admire you, and I will not promise you a high-ranking official. ”

Wang Maozhang and Zhu Jilong, who were behind them, heard this, and their faces became even more strange. Is there such a persuasion to others?

Li Cunhuan continued: "Because I believe in your ability, what I promised to that, what is it, is it because you surrendered to me?" Is that a reward for betraying the Lord? ”

Du Ling's face was no stranger than Wang Maozhang and Zhu Jilong, and he said in a deep voice: "What are you talking nonsense, who are you?" ”

"No, Li Cunhuan!" Li Cunhuan said with a smile.

Du Ling stared at the witty beautiful man in front of him with wide eyes, and muttered, "Isn't it?" Li Cunhuan is so young? ”

"Twenty-nine, just past the December birthday." Li Cunhuan said with a smile.

Du Ling shook his head and sneered: "That's it, it doesn't matter if you are Li Cunhuan or not, or if you are twenty-nine years old or ninety-two years old." Why did a certain family surrender to you? Jieshuai (Qian Biao) treats a certain family like a brother! ”

"Because it's the general trend!" Li Cunhuan's face turned pale and said solemnly.

"The general trend!?" Du Ling sneered: "Although King Qin came in person, how many soldiers and horses can come from the sea?" The army of nearly 50,000 you just mentioned, according to a certain family, is only 20,000 people. What can such a partial division do? Huainan's 200,000 troops were still helpless against Wu Yue. Does Your Highness think that a partial division can conquer Wu Yue? ”

Li Cunhuan shook his head and said, "This king has always believed that it is okay to deceive enemies, but it is absolutely impossible to deceive friends. Since this king wants to persuade you to surrender, he will naturally treat you as a friend, and he will not deceive you. ”

Du Ling snorted coldly, expressing his disdain and distrust of Li Cunhuan.

Li Cunhuan didn't say much, facts speak louder than words, and ordered the soldiers who were pressing Du Ling on both sides: "Untie up!" Well, let's come in person! ”

"Your Highness!" Zhu Jilong and Wang Maozhang hurriedly persuaded, "Don't do it! Your Highness! "As for the reason, Du Ling dared to spit out thick phlegm when he was helped just now, and after he was untied, what did he do, think about it with his toes, and he knew that it would not be any better.

Li Cunhuan shook his head and said: "Mencius said a sentence, and I guess you don't understand Wen Crepe's words, which means that the monarch regards his subordinates as his siblings, and his subordinates regard the monarch as his heart. The king regards his subordinates as dogs and horses, his subordinates regard the monarch as the people, the monarch regards his subordinates as grass mustard, and his subordinates regard the monarch as an enemy. And Du Ling is a loyal and righteous man, how this king treats him now, he knows in his heart, not to serve this king is another matter, but he will not do things that will take revenge! ”

Du Ling, who was going to fight with Li Cunhuan after loosening the tie, heard Li Cunhuan's words. Du Ling couldn't help but sigh faintly in his heart, naturally he couldn't help but be a little proud, being treated like this by Li Cunhuan, who had already dominated the north, even if it was a festival envoy, I am afraid that he would be proud, and he would be said to be Du Ling.

After untying Du Ling, Li Cunhuan didn't seem to avoid Du Ling, walked in front of Du Ling, and sold his back to Du Ling. Du Ling looked at Li Cunhuan's back with complicated eyes, and after half a sound, he sighed faintly in his heart and followed behind Li Cunhuan. When I came to the bow of the ship, I saw that countless warships had been anchored near the seashore, and seven or eight sea falcon ships were cruising in the nearby waters on guard. It was as if the sky was overwhelmed with boats landing on the beach.

There were also smaller boats that carried soldiers to the beach, and the soldiers slipped a rope to the sea. However, the sea water here is just chest-high, and I am not afraid that the landlubbers under Li Cunhuan's command will be drowned. As soon as the soldiers came ashore, they went to the nearby woods to cut down trees, found a suitable place near the beach, and built a small pier. The ships carrying the horses were moored up and lowered, while the grooms came down with the horses.

Li Cunhuan didn't speak, just watched quietly. Thankfully, the place is open and flat. In just half a day, the 30,000-strong army had arrived on land, and a simple camp had been set up. Li Cunhuan turned his head to look at Du Ling and asked, "General Du has also been in the army for many years, and the general can also estimate how many soldiers and horses there are in it." With the sailors on board, this king can deceive the general! ”

If Li Cunhuan persuades Du Ling's high-ranking officials to surrender, or uses torture and intimidation, Du Ling is not afraid. I'm afraid that Li Cunhuan looks like he's righteous, and he wants to trust him. It really made Du Ling smile bitterly, just like what Li Cunhuan said before. The king treats his subordinates as he treats them. Not to mention a captive who has lost control and freedom over his own life and death.

Du Ling sighed faintly and said, "Your Highness is true to his word, and he will treat a certain family...... Ay! But the handsome ......"

Li Cunhuan shook his head, stretched out his hand to interrupt Du Ling's words, and did not call General Du anymore, but called Du Ling's words to show affection, and said: "Tengyun, victory does not have to be a large number of people, and now it is estimated that Qian Biao can't imagine that tens of thousands of troops are actually coming from the sea." Now the place where this king landed should be Xiuzhou (Shanghai) seaside, about 800 miles away from Hangzhou. Can Hangzhou react? Could it be that Tengyun lived for a dying man? This is the general trend of this king. ”

Du Ling pursed his lips tightly and silently questioned Li Cunhuan.

Li Cunhuan knew that the local people were very affectionate at this time, and most of the parties since ancient times were the township party. Li Cunhuan started from this aspect. "Tengyun, besides, you also understand that there is no problem in hitting Hangzhou. But there must be something that doesn't go well, and I'm afraid that the war will spread to the whole of Hangzhou. This king is going to play a tattered Hangzhou, and even Wu Yue, although he is not very happy, I am afraid that Tengyun will also be sad for the villagers, why bother to suffer Wu Yue for one person? ”

When Du Ling heard this, he was silent for a long time, and sighed: "That's it! That's it! A certain family is willing to surrender, but I just hope that His Royal Highness can restrain the soldiers and horses as much as possible and kill less in Wuyue. ”

"It's nature!" Li Cunhuan smiled with a smile.

"Come on, bring the map!" Li Cunhuan immediately beckoned behind him.

Du Ling understood what Li Cunhuan meant, shook his head and said, "This is not necessary, a certain family will draw it for His Highness here!" With that, he picked up a piece of charcoal from the side, and drew a map on the deck, which was not much worse than the map sent by the brocade guard. Li Cunhuan knew that he had really picked up a treasure this time.

"About sixty miles away, it is the town of Shanghai, and there are only about 100 people in this place. Your Highness can take this place and rest here. There are two paths to go at this point. Du Ling pointed to a point on the map, slowly stroked, and said in a deep voice: "From here, along the Songjiang River, you can go directly to Jiaxing, the seat of Xiuzhou Governance." But it took a big turn. But the good thing is that Shanghai Town is a place where fishermen live, and there are many boats. There is also Qinglong Town, about 80 miles away from Shanghai Town, where Xiuzhou's famous grass market is located, and there are many ships. Set off by boat, you can reach Jiaxing! Straight into Xiuzhou's henchmen. ”

(Note: Grass market, a private market set up by the private people.) ）

Speaking of this, Du Ling paused, his fingertips returned to the starting point of Shanghai Town, drew a new route, and said in a deep voice: "The other is to Jiaxing by land, the advantage is that the distance is short, only about 200 miles away, but on the way to pass through Huating County, although the county seat is dilapidated, but in the end it is a county office." If you hit it, it will take a lot of time. A certain family thinks that the Songjiang waterway should be taken, except for Shanghai Town and Qinglong Town, there are only some small villages along the way, and there are no obstacles. After conquering Jiaxing, Xiuzhou's other Huating and Haiyan counties, even if they do not look at the wind, will abandon the city and flee. ”

Speaking of this, Du Ling paused and asked, "I don't know how much food His Highness brought this time?" ”

"Now it's just about three days of grain left, Huainan is rich, and the space for sea ships is limited, this king has long planned to collect grain from the people, of course, for small households, this king will collect grain with one hand and pay the bill with one hand, and large households will make IOUs!" Li Cunhuan was also not taboo that Du Ling had just surrendered, so he inquired about major events in the army and explained straight to the point.

Du Ling nodded and said: "This is something that a certain family thinks about the same, after all, His Highness's sea ships are only one hundred and seventy, excluding frigates, the number of ships is even smaller." Naturally, there can't be too much food. In order to capture Jiaxing more smoothly, an elite army of soldiers and horses can be selected to go to Songjiang, and the rest of the army will swagger by land, and attack the west with a good voice. Jiaxing is an important fulcrum in western Zhejiang, is Changzhou, Suzhou grain transportation to Hangzhou, are the Grand Canal line, and Jiaxing is on the side of the Grand Canal, it can be said that Jiaxing is broken, Changzhou, Suzhou soldiers and horses can not go south, and the granary in Jiaxing city has no less than 500,000 stone of grain. And because of the special geographical relationship, there are many grain merchants in Jiaxing, and the hoarding of grain is no less than 1.5 million stones! ”

Thinking of 3.5 million grains, if some are collected in various parts of Xiuzhou, 2.5 million stone grains should not be a problem. A soldier needs five liters of food a day to come and maintain combat effectiveness. Ten liters and one bucket, ten buckets and one stone, in other words, five million stone of grain is enough to support Li Cunhuan's 50,000 troops to fight for a little more than a month, minus the transportation consumption on the road, how about a month. How not to make Li Cunhuan's heart bloom, although Wuyue and Huainan are rich, Li Cunhuan knows that as long as the landing is not successful, there is no problem in terms of food, but if the food shortage is not solved for a day, Li Cunhuan will not be at ease for a day.

Wang Maozhang asked on the side: "Your Highness, the last general is willing to lead his troops to Songjiang!" If you don't take Jiaxing, Your Highness will cut off the head of the last general! ”

Du Ling hesitated for a moment, stood up, and said to Li Cunhuan: "A certain family is also willing to go to Jiaxing!" ”

Li Cunhuan could see that Du Ling was a little reluctant, nor reluctant, and said to Du Ling: "Tengyun has been fighting for a long time today, and it has been hard, you will take three thousand elite soldiers in this battle, and go on the road lightly!" The king led a large army slowly. Wang Jian. ”

"The last general!" Wang Jianjian walked in front of Li Cunhuan and bowed his hand.

"You lead the soldiers and horses to guard the south, that is the direction of the Qiantang River, Qian Biao's attention, be careful, this king let Zheng Zilong defend with you, you are the master, Zheng Zilong is the auxiliary!" In order to prevent Qian Biao from disturbing the back road, Li Cunhuan did not hesitate to give Wang Jian weight.

Wang Jian excitedly replied: "The last general will definitely let Qian Biao not be able to get rid of the sea with one soldier!" ”

Listening to Wang Jian's meaning, he still wanted to block the Qiantang River, Li Cunhuan didn't pay attention to it, he was not familiar with the water war, instead of pointing fingers, it was better to let Wang Jian do it.

Li Cunhuan then asked Zhu Jilong to inform Han Mengyin, so that Han Mengyin could be stationed in the Yangtze River on the one hand, and on the other hand, he would act in the middle to prevent problems on Wang Jian's side. Then he ordered the cavalry to line up and make a mighty appearance, with the infantry following behind, and did not hide the appearance of Lu Longjun's army on the land south of the Yangtze River.

In fact, Li Cunhuan couldn't hide it, he and Du Ling fought at sea for a long time, and the beacon tower was also lit, and Qian Biao probably knew that there was an invasion. But if you know, you will know, and you will have time to deploy troops.

Dispatching troops is not so simple as issuing an order for the army to be transferred. If you transfer out the army, naturally there is a vacancy in that defense area, and you have to transfer another army to make up for it. Even if you don't send troops to make up for it, you have to consider how many troops and horses you have to transfer, and you can't leave 1,000 people to garrison a place that was barely held by 3,000 people. Who knows if that guy will send someone to take a bite, this guy has always been ambitious. Even if Yang Xingmi's orders are not necessarily obeyed.

…… Hangzhou Jiedu Embassy ......

Cheng and his face panicked all the way into the backyard, this place is also known as the Dragon Palace, along the way to see the poor luxury extravagant, the beam carved Rui beast, the big pillar painted fairy, the railing carving, the wall painted landscape. The carved human and animal eyes are inlaid with pearls, and the bodies are pasted with gold, silver and copper. The plants along the way are even more exotic flowers and plants, and even precious corals can be seen in a few plates placed on the corridor for decoration. At that time, the people called Qian Biao the King of the Sea Dragon, and the place where he lived was the Dragon Palace, which showed its luxury.

However, Cheng Ji did not have the slightest intention of stopping and appreciating carefully, and he didn't even owe a glance at the murals that Cheng He thought he never got tired of seeing. Seeing Cheng Ji like this, the servant also knew that something big was wrong, and someone hurriedly went to report Qian Biao.

Qian Biao also felt that something big was wrong when he heard this, so he hurriedly put on his clogs and walked out, just in time for Cheng Ji, who came in a hurry from the camp.

"Hongji (Cheng Ji Zi), what happened?" Qian Biao was not polite when he saw Cheng Ji, and asked straight to the point. In fact, the relationship between the two does not need to be polite. Cheng Ji is not to mention Qian Biao's mastermind, but also Qian Biao's sons and daughters, and the two have a very good relationship.

"Lu Longbing is here! landed in Xiuzhou, Du Ling led the Yangtze River Naval Division to meet the attack, but it is estimated that there will be less luck! Cheng Ji said with a gloomy face.

"What? How did Li Cunhuan's soldiers and horses come to Wu Yuelai! When Qian Biao heard this, his face changed greatly.

"I came by boat!" Cheng Ji replied.

Qian Biao couldn't care about how Lu Longjun crossed the sea, and asked, "How many soldiers and horses are here?" Who commands the army? ”

"I don't know, Xiuzhou Assassin sent someone to report urgently, the situation is not detailed, but it is said that there is no less than 10,000 troops, overwhelming, and there are cavalry in front of the road, no less than seven or eight thousand people!" When Cheng Ji said this, his voice couldn't help but tremble a little.

This is seven or eight thousand cavalry, and the 200,000 troops of Huainan, which is closer to the north, are only five thousand cavalry. Needless to say, Qian Biao is here.

(To be continued)