readx; The confrontation at the salt dock ended with Yuan Jingyao surrendering, he had to surrender, he could have a difficult choice because of the kindness of King Wu, but his soldiers, his junior officers, had no worries, and in the case of not surrendering or dying, they all chose to save their lives, and as the northernmost group of soldiers laid down their arms, raised their hands and shouted surrender, thousands of soldiers finally collapsed. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

They laid down their weapons one after another, and concentrated in the open space in the north according to the instructions of the Northern Tang Army, ten and hundred, hundreds and thousands, Yuan Jingyao shouted continuously, without any effect, when he pulled out his sword and killed two people, it instead provoked a larger-scale wave of surrender, and the herd effect was rapidly amplified, one person put down his arms, and drove three or four people around him to lay down their weapons, four thousand people surrendered more than three thousand six hundred people, and it collapsed in an instant, Yuan Jingyao looked around, there were less than four hundred people left, the general trend was gone, so he had to sigh and order: "Put down your arms, Surrender! ”

In the end, the four hundred soldiers laid down their weapons, but the Northern Tang Army remained motionless, maintaining the highest state of combat readiness, and would be killed at any time at the slightest movement.

Even Yuan Jingyao, who was slightly unconvinced, had to secretly sigh that the Anxi army was as strong as a rock, and he was so calm that even all the soldiers surrendered, they turned a blind eye, this battle, he was convinced, unless he gave up the salt dock and fled, otherwise he would definitely lose whether he was on the ground or on the water.

Yuan Jingyao took off his battle robe, went naked, ordered someone to tie himself up, knelt in front of the army, and shouted: "Yuan Jingyao, the criminal general, is willing to surrender!" ”

In the distance, Li Baozhen heard the shout, and the corners of his lips burst out coldly with two words: "Surrender!" ”

Before and after the Northern Tang cavalry slowly moved closer to Yuan Jingyao's surrender army, more than 4,000 people knelt on the ground, and a team of cavalry's cold horse hooves stepped past them, separating the more than 4,000 people from the weapons on the ground, and then the 4,000 soldiers were lined up in a team of 100 people, and several surrendered soldiers were found to still have short blades, and they were immediately stabbed to death by the Northern Tang cavalry mercilessly.....

The cold wind was cold, the night was deep, and the teams of surrendered soldiers were taken away and disappeared into the night, Yuan Jingyao knelt on the ground, his upper body had been frozen to blue and purple, shivering, he lowered his head and said nothing.

Li Baozhen slowly urged the horse to come to him, stared at him, and after a while, he slowly asked, "If you surrender, what about your family in Danyang?" ”

"King Wu doesn't dare to kill people."

"What if the son of King Wu wants to kill your family?"

Yuan Jingyao felt a sad cry in his heart, he forgot Li Yi, the son of King Wu, King Wu was soft-hearted and would not be ruthless to the family of the defecting general, but Li Yi, the son of King Wu, King of Xiangcheng, was ruthless, killed people without blinking, surrendered by himself, I am afraid that his family will be difficult to protect.

He gritted his teeth and said, "If the family is not protected, the humble will marry again." ”

"Humph!" Li Baozhen sneered and said: "I will not accept your surrender, I will declare you a prisoner of war and release you afterwards, as for whether your family can be saved, you pray to the heavens!" ”

Without waiting for Yuan Jingyao to speak, Li Baozhen waved his hand and said, "Take it away!" ”

Several soldiers escorted Yuan Jingyao down, and at this time, an officer next to him said in a low voice: "General Li, I heard that this Yuan Jingyao is good at water warfare, and he is exactly the talent that our army needs, why not use him?" ”

Li Baozhen shook his head and said: "This person's wife is the wife and sister of Li Chengshi, a heavy general of Eastern Wu, Li Lan will definitely not kill her, his wife is in the hands of Li Lan, Li Lan has always been kind to him, from this time he surrendered it can be seen that he was finally forced to surrender, once he used him to lead the army, he will definitely take refuge in return, so we have suffered heavy losses, and ruined the general's plan for the southern expedition, so he must not be used." ”

"Then why not kill him?"

"You can't kill him for the time being, killing him will chill the surrender of other Southern Tang generals."

"General Li Gaojian!"

The generals gave a thumbs up and praised, Li Baozhen smiled, pointed to the water village in the distance with his sword and asked, "Is there any movement in the water village?" ”

Just a soldier came to report: "Report to the general, the officers and soldiers of Shuizhai are willing to surrender, please include the general!" ”

"Order them to lay down their arms and go ashore so that they can accept surrender."

Soon, in the light of a hunting fire, a group of soldiers raised their hands, disembarked and surrendered, at this time, a small boat docked, Yangzhou Sima Li milled ashore, stepped forward to Li Baozhen and smiled: "Congratulations to General Li for his bloodless and bloody seizure of the salt wharf." ”

Li Baozhen returned the salute and smiled: "I don't know what the situation of the troops stationed on Hudu Island is?" ”

"I have just asked, there were originally 2,000 troops stationed on Hutuo Island, but now all of them have been withdrawn, and only a few hundred fishermen remain, and there is no garrison on the island."

"Very good, I want to ask Li Sima to go to the island to investigate carefully, the stakes are very high, please ask Li Sima Mo to refuse."

"General Li has an order, I dare not obey, I will go to the island overnight, and the aftermath of Yangang can also be handled by me, General Li, please return to Jiangdu."

"Then I'll leave everything to Sima Li!"

Li Baozhen led the army to escort the prisoners of war back to Jiangdu, Li Mo ordered 500 people to guard Yangang, and he led 300 people across the river to Hutuo Island.

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Three days later, due to the loss of contact with Gangyan, the army in Jiangnan immediately realized that something had happened to the Yuan Jingyao army in Yangang, and the atmosphere in Jiangnan gradually became tense, and Li Lan, the king of Wu, issued an order to order the troops of eastern and western Zhejiang to assemble along the Yangtze River, 2,000 warships, 120,000 troops deployed on the river west of Jiangning, and nearly 100 fine workers disguised as businessmen to infiltrate Jiangbei and spy on Jiangbei intelligence.

Li Lan's Xinwu Palace, located in Suzhou, but his temporary camp was in Dantu County, Runzhou at this time, on the bank of the Yangtze River, was a dense group of camp tents, in the middle of the camp there was a huge wool tent inlaid with gold wire, here is Li Lan's royal tent.

As in history, Li Lan's secession did not get the support of the local government, he had deliberately tried the possibility of ascending the throne in Jiangnan, and created public opinion that the sky would descend and the saint would come out, but it was unanimously opposed by dozens of local important ministers such as Hangzhou Taishou Han Rong, Suzhou Taishou Li Xiyan, Changzhou Taishou Wei Huangshang, Runzhou Taishou Yan Jingzhi, etc., Li Lan had no choice but to surrender to Li Heng of the Southern Tang Dynasty as his younger brother, and was crowned by Li Heng as an observer of Huainan Province and Jiangnan Dongdao, the governor of Yangzhou, and the generalissimo of the Eastern Route Army.

Although Li Lan did not get the support of the local government, he still used the salt and iron rights given to him by Li Longji at the beginning, monopolized the salt fields in the Jianghuai area, used the salt sales to obtain huge profits, and used the salt profits to recruit troops and horses, build warships, and take the armor of the Yangzhou military treasury, in just one and a half years, he recruited an army of more than 100,000 people, and then Li Li killed Yan Jingzhi, the Taishou of Runzhou, who opposed him the most, and seized the two million Shicao grain stored in Runzhou by the imperial court.

At this time, in the big tent, Li Lan was worried about pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, he was extremely worried in his heart, not only because of the loss of Yangang and Jiangyang, but also because he received the news that Yangzhou City was recruiting a large number of soldiers and mobilizing ships, what was Li Qing'an going to do? Li Lan had a hunch that it was very likely that Li Qingan was going to attack him, if that was the case, then what should he do?

There are some of Li Lan's henchmen and advisers standing in the big tent, his personal staff Li Bai sits under the tent, Li Bai is responsible for drafting orders for Li Lan, all orders issued by Li Lan are recorded by Li Bai, and polished and issued, Li Bai has been in service for a year, quite respected by Li Lan, and he has a lot of suggestions for Li Lan, Li Lan can also listen to seven points, at least the attitude is very respectful, often say to people, Taibai's words, is a golden and jade good words!

This gave Li Bai a sense of achievement, he had been seeking a career for more than ten years, always wanting to be able to give full play to his ambitions, but Li Longji only worshipped him as a celebrity, and did not give him half a chance to display his talents, and finally gave him money to return to his hometown and drove him out of the capital, which caused him a great setback.

The year before last, Li Bai wrote to his friend Wang Changling, wanting to seek a position in Anxi, but Wang Changling had no news, I don't know if he didn't receive his letter, or Li Qing'an didn't give him a chance, so Li Bai was disheartened, revisited Jiangnan, and lived in seclusion in Jiangnan until he was invited out by Li Lan three times to visit the thatched house.

It is precisely because of this unprecedented sense of accomplishment that Li Bai is loyal to Li Lan and assists him wholeheartedly.

In addition to Li Bai in the big tent, there are three Li Lan's henchmen and strategists, Xue Di, Li Taiqing and Cai Yao, these three people encouraged Li Lan to ascend the throne, and created a heavenly phase for him, persuaded the local government to support, is Li Lan's right-hand man, among which Xue Bi is in charge of money and grain, Cai Yao is in charge of salt and iron, and Li Taiqing is responsible for giving him advice, at this time, the three of them saw that Li Lan was worried, so they exchanged glances, Li Taiqing stepped forward and persuaded: "Your Highness don't worry, even if Li Qing'an has the heart of attacking south, but we have the Yangtze River, and there are 100,000 soldiers and 1,000 warships, Li Qing'an is a northerner, and he doesn't know about water warfare, so as long as we guard the Yangtze River and cruise in the river, Li Qing'an will hardly have a chance to win. ”

Xue Biao next to him also persuaded: "The war in Hebei is not settled, Li Qing'an can only take advantage of the winter to attack Jiangnan, as long as we persist until the beginning of spring, the war in Hebei will start again, Li Qing'an has to retreat, His Royal Highness does not have to worry, the time and place are favorable, it is not conducive to Li Qing'an, he hastily attacked Jiangnan, and he will definitely be defeated." ”

Although the three of them took turns to persuade Li Lan, Li Lan was always worried, he sighed and said: "In the summer, I had the heart to attack Jingxiang with all my strength, and the imperial brother was also willing to send troops to help, but I didn't make up my mind at that time, if I could fight ruthlessly at that time, now I have been connected with the imperial brother, and I can retreat west to Shuzhong, why worry about being afraid here?" ”

"Father is so ambitious when he speaks!"

A majestic voice suddenly came from the mouth of the big tent, and I saw a young and heroic general walking into the big tent quickly, this person is Li Lan's son, Li Yi, the king of Xiangcheng, Li Yi is only nineteen years old this year, he is burly and majestic, and he is eight feet tall, so that a gilded phoenix tail knife weighing one hundred and fifty pounds, a six-stone cloud-piercing bow, one hundred shots and one hundred hits, known as the first fierce general in the south of the Yangtze River.

He was dressed in gold helmet and silver armor, his eyes were arrogant, and he was disdainful of his father's regret of not taking Jingxiang, he stepped forward and bowed and said: "If my father is afraid of the Northern Tang Dynasty, you might as well follow me to the riverside to watch me practice, and you can regard the Northern Army as a local chicken and a dog, and my father please follow me." ”

If there is anything else to rely on to fight with the Northern Army, it is his son, Li Lan has a blind trust in his son, and even a little afraid, when he first raised the army, he went to Runzhou to ask for food, but was severely rejected by Yan Jingzhi, who was too guarded by Runzhou, he was embarrassed and angry, and sent troops to attack, Yan Jingzhi led a thousand regiments to train troops to defend Guazhou, it was Li Lan's tiger son, who led 300 people to break through the defense, and killed hundreds of people with a big knife, and beheaded Yan Jingzhi under his banner, and shocked the Jiangnan army.

Li Lan had great trust in his son, and he himself was lame and inconvenient to command the army, so he gradually transferred military power to his son Li Yi, and almost obeyed him militarily.

Since his son wanted to resolutely resist the northern army, Li Luan's fear gradually disappeared, so he nodded and smiled: "Since Hu'er is prepared, I should move forward to take a look!" ”

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Li Lan boarded the royal chaplain carried by 300 men, and under the escort of 3,000 guards, he led a group of civil ministers and military generals to the river.

After a short time, the group came to the Yangtze River, only to see the sparkling waves, and the strong wind on the river, almost blowing Li Lan's Phnom Penh banner overturned.

I saw the warships on the river like clouds, hundreds of big ships lined up in two teams, fighting in the river, one side is the general Li Chengshi, the other is the king of Xiangcheng Li Yi, only to see the drum like thunder, the ships on both sides gradually approached, shouting and killing shook the sky, an old building ship was dressed up as Li Qing'an's handsome ship, a big flag above the mast hunted and flying, on the book 'Anxi Li' three big characters.

I saw more than a dozen clippers quickly surround the handsome boat from all sides, the handsome boat saw that the situation was not good, turned around and wanted to escape, the first one on the bow of the clipper, Li Yi bit a horizontal knife in his mouth, holding a hard bow, I saw him draw out a shovel arrow, open the bow and take the arrow, 'Whoosh! An arrow shot to the ground, the arrow went like a meteor, the big rope in the middle of the mast, the big rope was broken, the sail fell with a bang, attracting a drum sound, even Li Lan couldn't help but smile and applaud, not bad! The tiger is brave and worthy of being the enemy of ten thousand.

Li Yi stood up proudly, he drew another arrow, and another arrow broke Li Qing'an's handsome flag, and the black flag was swept into the air by the wind, and disappeared in an instant.

He resolutely ordered: "Shoot the stone!" ”

Each ship was equipped with a small catapult, and it was a 'Bang Bang!' There was a loud bang, and in an instant, Li Qing'an's handsome boat was beaten to a thousand holes, the river surged in, the big boat struggled a few times, and then sank into the river, and more than a dozen enemy soldiers on board were also captured by the navy.

At this time, a shout broke out in the river: "Li Qing'an has died at the bottom of the river, why don't the northern army surrender early?" ”

I saw that the warships of the Northern Army fled in a hurry, and the Southern Army won a complete victory.......

After a while, Li Yi came ashore triumphantly, bowed to Li Lan, and said with a smile: "Father, how did you see it?" ”

"Yes, your clippers are really sharp. I'm afraid that Li Qingan's Northern Army is not so weak! ”

"Father doesn't know, on the shore, I admit that his army is indeed powerful, but when it comes to the water, his Anxi elites have become drought insects, and the Yangzhou naval army he relies on is just a newly recruited army, lacking training, An Neng and our naval army will be defeated!"

At this time, Li Bai was worried on the side: "What if Li Qing'an's army takes the sea route and copies our back road?" ”

A sentence reminded Li Lan, and he hurriedly said: "Yes! We must not be careless. ”

Li Yi looked up to the sky and laughed, "Father is really confused, where are there sea ships in Jiangbei?" Didn't those boats go into the sea to feed the dragon king? ”

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(To be continued)