The grain ship of the Sui army was slowly forced to stop, Lu Zushang was very excited, waved his halberd, and shouted: "Board the ship and arrest people!" ”

At this time, Liu Fangzhi, the deputy general next to him, persuaded him in a low voice: "Why is General Lu bothering to make trouble for himself?" If the grain ship of the Sui army is captured, it will inevitably be retaliated against by the Sui army, and Nanjun will be troubled. ”

Lu Zushang was furious and glared at Liu Fangzhi fiercely, "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will sacrifice your head to the flag!" ”

Liu Fangzhi is about 30 years old, and he is also a general of Xiao Liang, a native of Jiangling, who has been in the army for more than ten years, and has deep experience in the Jingxiang area.

Liu Fangzhi was also enraged, he took two steps back, glared angrily at Lu Zushang, Lu Zushang snorted, pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword, and said coldly: "Are you trying to set up for the enemy?" ”

Liu Fangzhi's face was red and white, he knew that he was at a loss, and he was afraid that if he said one more word, he would be killed by Lu Zushang, so he had to swallow it, bowed down and said: "Don't dare to be humble!" ”

"Humph! Forgive me and don't dare. ”

Lu Zushang's eyes turned back to the Sui boat, and found that the Sui boat was heading towards the south bank, and couldn't help shouting: "Intercept the fleet, don't allow them to dock!" ”

Hundreds of warships sailed towards the Sui army's grain ships in unison, and the arrows fired in unison, shè towards the Sui army's fleet.

There were 1,000 Sui soldiers on the Sui army grain ship, with an average of ten soldiers per ship, and the leader of the general was named Yuan Song, who was also an experienced veteran, and he was on the first big ship.

When he heard that there was an interception by the Tang army in front, he immediately ordered the fleet to dock and set fire on the mast to issue a jǐng notice to the ships behind.

More than 100 grain ships were about 20 miles at the end of the river, and in the darkness, a fiery fire was unusually clear on the surface of the river, which was the first ship in front of it to send out a jǐng report. The boats behind rushed to the shore.

This chapter is a hand-beaten fight)

They had a smooth journey and did not use the eagle. But at this critical juncture. Yuan Song found the eagle cage, in the dark, the eagle's eyes flashed with sharp cold light, just when Yuan Song opened the iron cage, he was pecked by the eagle's beak, and the back of his hand suddenly flowed blood.

Yuan Song couldn't care about bloodshed. He grabbed the letter eagle, slipped a roll of paper into the letter box on the eagle's leg, and rushed out of the cabin. With a wave of his hand, he threw the eagle into the sky, and the eagle spread its wings and soared. Circle a few times and fly to the east.

Yuan Song's heart was put down, and at this time, there was already a shout of killing on the river, and the boats behind were approaching the south bank one after another, while dozens of big ships in front were intercepted by Tang Jun ships. Unable to dock.

Countless Sui soldiers jumped into the water and swam to the south bank a mile away, and the Tang soldiers rushed to the bow of the boat to release arrows, and the dense arrows shè towards the Sui soldiers in the river.

Yuan Song rushed to the stern, but the hull shook violently, he stumbled, almost fell, the bow of the ship was hit by a Tang army warship, dozens of Tang soldiers rushed to the first boat, brandishing horizontal knives and shouting: "Everyone kneel!" ”

The ship's boss and more than a dozen crew members fell to their knees in fright, and a Tang general spotted Yuan Song, pointed at him and shouted, "Catch him!" ”

More than a dozen Tang soldiers swung their swords and pounced here, and Yuan Song had already rushed to the stern of the boat, picked up a piece of driftwood in his hand, and jumped into the river......

The news of the attack on the grain ships of the Sui army by the Tang army's naval division in the Jiangling section spread to Xiangyang and Jiangxia at a rapid speed, although in this incident, the Sui army lost 20,000 stone of grain and 200,000 quintals of hay, and nearly 300 Sui soldiers were captured or killed, the losses were not very heavy.

But in Jingxiang, where the war was cloudy, this incident was like a spark bursting into a gasoline barrel, leading the Jingxiang war to Gangneung first.

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At this time, it was the fifth day of Yang Yuanqing's entry into Jiangxia City, and tens of thousands of people had just unloaded the grain and supplies carried by five hundred sea ships, and Yang Yuanqing had appointed a number of Jiangxia officials such as Taishou and Changshi to relieve Wei Yunqi from heavy government affairs and concentrate on military affairs.

In the past few days, Yang Yuanqing has been busy receiving officials from various counties in the south who have rushed to pay allegiance, Changsha County, Baling County, Wuling County, Yichūn County, Yuanyang County and other local officials, from Taishou to the county order, more than 100 people have come to meet the King of Chu.

In the palace of Jiangxia City, Yang Yuanqing was in the reception hall to meet Xiao Yanqi, the Taishou of Changsha County, and Han Lu, the chief of Changsha County, Xiao Yanqi also said that he also had a relationship with Yang Yuanqing in Dunhuang, he was the younger brother of Xiao Yinyin, the head of the Xiao family in Dunhuang, and also the uncle of Xiao Yuanqing's henchman Xiao Jin, after returning to Jiangling from Dunhuang, he was appointed as the Taishou of Changsha County by Xiao Milling.

After the Tang Dynasty captured Jingxiang, it was also for the sake of stabilizing the south, except for a few core counties to reappoint officials, the officials of the surrounding counties were not replaced, to the Tang Dynasty's surprise, as soon as the Sui army arrived in Jiangxia, these officials rushed to express their allegiance.

"Thank you, Your Highness, my sister has not been in good health in recent months and rarely goes out, but the Xiao family has developed rapidly, and it is already the number one family in Jiangling, and she is very willing to serve His Highness."

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "Dunhuang Xiao is the meritorious family of the Great Sui, I took away from Dunhuang eighteen scribes, there are three children of the Xiao family, and now they are the backbone of the Great Sui, I have always been very grateful to the head of the Xiao family, and after taking Jiangling, I will definitely visit the door to thank the deceased." ”

Yang Yuanqing's attention moved Xiao Yanqi's heart, but he understood what Yang Yuanqing said, I am afraid that he wanted the Xiao family to serve when attacking Jiangling, so he hurriedly bowed down and said: "The Xiao family will definitely do their best to help His Highness." ”

Yang Yuanqing saw that he was quite alert, so he nodded with a smile, turned his gaze to Changshi Han Lu, and asked, "What does Han Changshi think?" ”

Han Lu is a native of Changsha County, he seems a little restrained, and after entering the house, he didn't say a word, and when he saw Yang Yuanqing ask him, he was so nervous that he stammered: "Humble duty...... No...... What an idea. ”

Yang Yuanqing saw that he was quite nervous, so he smiled, "I believe that Han Changshi must be good at clerical, I am looking forward to taking a look at Han Changshi's writing, so that I can understand the customs and customs of Changsha." ”

Han Lu was grateful in his heart, and hurriedly said: "I must write a note for my humble position, and I will send it as soon as possible."

Yang Yuanqing also wanted to ask about the situation in Changsha County again, and at this moment, there was a report outside the door, "Your Highness, there is military information!" ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded to the two with a smile, got up and walked to the door, a personal soldier handed the eagle letter to Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing opened the paper scroll and looked at it, and his face sank suddenly......

In the meeting hall, Xie Yingdeng and Lai Hong lowered their heads, standing in front of Yang Yuanqing and did not dare to say anything, this was the first time Yang Yuanqing came to Jiangxia to be angry.

"Is that what you do?"

Yang Yuanqing slapped the table and scolded the two of them angrily: "I know that there is a Tang Army Navy in Jiangling County, but I only sent a thousand people to escort the fleet, what do you think, isn't this sending sheep into the tiger's mouth?" ”

Xie Yingdeng and Lai Hong trembled with fear, Xie Yingdeng explained in a low voice: "Because I am only sending supplies, I don't want to occupy too many troops, I am afraid that Jiangxia will not have enough troops, and we only have three hundred warships, and we must consider transporting troops across the river, so we must leave two hundred big ships, and the other boat leader told me that I can pass through Jiangling at night and will not be discovered, so I believed his words." ”

"Believe his word?"

Yang Yuanqing sneered repeatedly: "You are a dignified governor of Jiangnan West Province, General Youwuwei, you actually believe the words of a boatman, and you are a general of a hundred battles!" ”

Xie Yingdeng knelt down on one knee, "I am willing to bear all the responsibilities of my humble duties." ”

Lai Hongya knelt down on one knee and asked for sin: "This matter is also responsible, please punish Your Highness!" ”

At this time, Wei Yunqi next to him persuaded Yang Yuanqing: "Your Highness, they do have a hard time, they don't dare to disperse their forces too much, they can only use risky tactics, I heard that the Tang army has also increased 70,000 troops to Xiangyang, and the Tang army in Xiangyang has reached 150,000 people, at this time, General Xie does not dare to act rashly." ”

Yang Yuanqing remembered Li Shimin's battle of the Central Plains at this time, because he did not have the right to transfer troops, he was commanded by Li Yuan of Chang'an like a puppet, and now Xie Yingdeng should be the same, although he gave Wei Yunqi a certain amount of power, but he did not dare to make too major decisions, thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing's anger also disappeared a little, so he waved his hand, "Get up!" ”

Yang Yuanqing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, he glanced back at Xie Yingdeng, and asked him, "If you have the right to transfer troops, what are you going to do?" ”

Xie Yingdeng said in a deep voice: "The lowly government will transfer the Du Fuwei army to Jiangxia County, and then we will concentrate our forces to sweep the Jingxiang ships so that we have an absolute advantage on the water, and then replace the cavalry of Yiling County with ordinary soldiers, and use the water surface advantage and cavalry advantage to fight a decisive battle with the Tang army." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded slowly, and said to Wei Yunqi: "Pass the order!" Let Du Fuwei's army immediately retreat south to Jiangxia County. ”

Wei Yunqing understood what Yang Yuanqing meant, not only to accept Xie Yingdeng's suggestion, but also to withdraw the Sui army to the south of the Yangtze River and use the water advantage to launch an attack on the Tang army.

He immediately stood up and saluted, "Obey your duty!" ”……

Three days later, a group of Sui troops withdrew from the south of Yong'an County and crossed the Yangtze River by boat and concentrated on Jiangxia, while at the same time, 500 ships of the Sui army left Jiangxia County with 30,000 Sui infantry and 10,000 cavalry, and sailed towards Jiangling City in Nanxian County......

Just two days after the Jiangling grain ship incident, Xiangyang City also received an urgent report from Lu Zushang, and Li Xiaogong also realized that this grain ship incident was very likely to attract the Sui Dynasty army, and he immediately sent Chai Shao to lead an army of 50,000 to the south to support Jiangling City.

Jiangling City Stormy Meeting, a Sui and Tang Dynasty War triggered by the Sui Army Grain Ship Incident, is about to break out in Jiangling City, which also opened the prelude to the Sui and Tang dynasties fighting for Jingxiang.

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