Chapter Seventy-Five: The Soldiers Are Strong
After a while, a golden gate appeared in the sky within the Qiankun Qi Diagram. The door slowly opened, flashing countless thunderbolts, and Zhang Shuwu stepped out of it and came to the ground.
As soon as Zhang Shuwu saw Liu Chengzhi, he bowed his head and said: "Thank you for the trust of the young master, after the master's mention, Shuwu already knows everything that happened, and I hope that only the young master will look forward!"
Liu Chengzhi hurriedly helped him up and said, "Brother Shuwu, those who don't know are not guilty, but the most important thing at the moment is to solve the danger of the City Lord's Mansion being besieged!"
When Zhang Shuwu heard this, he was shocked and said: "I have been cultivating with my master for many years, and the situation has been delayed, is the City Lord's Mansion still besieged?"
Liu Chengzhi was stunned when he heard this, but he immediately reacted and said: "General Shuwu, don't be surprised, that Yu Yidao senior has become a god, he took you to practice for a year, in fact, the outside world has only passed a stick of incense!"
When Zhang Shuwu heard this, he immediately understood, and said: "This is very good, young master, let's go out together to quell the rebellion!"
The two of them slowly walked out of the Qiankun Diagram, and then came to the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.
At this time, Zhang Shuwu's troops had already surrounded the city lord's mansion, and they were negotiating with Cheng Zhijun under the leadership of an adjutant general.
When the two sides were arguing, Liu Chengzhi and Zhang Shuwu suddenly appeared in front of them.
Zhang Shuwu led the troops generously on weekdays, so he was very loved by the officers and soldiers. When the lieutenant generals saw Zhang Shuwu, they hurriedly bowed to him and said, "City Lord, I heard that you were under house arrest by Liu Chengzhi, so we came over to ask for an explanation, and we were relieved to see that you were safe and sound!"
Zhang Shuwu laughed and said: "Where is house arrest, the young master is learning martial arts with me, a little time has passed, but it makes the brothers worried!"
"Young master..."Several lieutenant generals were stunned for a moment, you must know that Zhang Shuwu is strong in martial arts, and his eyes are too high on weekdays, and he only obeys Li Longxun, the actual controller of Jiangnan Province, in his life, and calls him the lord.
However, at this time, calling Liu Chengzhi the young master, then there is no doubt that there is no loyalty to Li Longxun.
One of the lieutenants stood up abruptly and shouted, "Zhang Shuwu, the lord treats you well on weekdays, and now you want to surrender to the thieves?"
Zhang Shuwu frowned and said: "I, Zhang Shuwu, am not planning for myself, Li Longxun is confused, and now he has become a war machine, and the sage said, 'Stop fighting for martial arts', everyone follow me to follow the young master to end this troubled world!"
The adjutant general was Li Longxun's cronies, who had been sent to monitor Zhang Shuwu's side, and when he saw the situation developing like this, he couldn't help but be furious, and slammed his palm at Zhang Shuwu's chest.
Zhang Shuwu didn't dodge or dodge, and his palm hit his chest. I saw Zhang Shuwu's chest suddenly concave and firmly sucked that palm.
The lieutenant only felt that the true qi in his body was surging towards Zhang Shuwu's chest rapidly, and he couldn't help but be shocked and wanted to withdraw his palm.
However, his palm seemed to have taken root, how could he move it?
The adjutant hurriedly said, "General Zhang spares his life!"
Although Zhang Shuwu looks rough on the outside, he is actually a soft-hearted person, and when he saw him begging for mercy, he unloaded the strength of his chest.
The adjutant felt the suction on Zhang Shuwu's chest suddenly unloaded, and he was suddenly pulled back by the force he had just pulled back, and suddenly "puffed" and sat on the ground all of a sudden, his whole body weak and paralyzed.
The rest of the adjutant saw that Zhang Shuwu was so brave, and that they were quite favored by Zhang Shuwu on weekdays, and at this time they suddenly had the intention of surrendering, and hurriedly said: "We only have General Zhang's horse first, and we will return to the young master in the future!"
Liu Chengzhi observed carefully and found that Zhang Shuwu was really angry at this time, and his skills were broad but not mixed, and he had indeed improved to a new realm.
Since then, the Ganzhou City Rebellion ended, Zhuzhou City and Ganzhou City were connected into a line, behind Guang'an City, Liu Chengzhi sat on two cities, and Liu Chengzhi took out the original soldiers in Mianzhou City, recruited troops in Ganzhou City, and found that the combat power of Ganzhou soldiers was really amazing. Since then, the new troops of the Yunli Army have begun to assemble, and the number of soldiers has reached 300,000. At this time, only five states remained in the eight states in the south of the Yangtze River, and they were still in the hands of Li Longxun.
After March, the weather was already winter, Liu Chengzhi planned to take advantage of the cold weather at this time, Li Longxun was defenseless, and began to march towards Jinling and defeat Li Longxun in one fell swoop.
After another half a month, Liu Chengzhi went down to Sanzhou again, and a controversy broke out in Li Longxun's court.
Zhang Hengyi, the squire of the military department, came out and said: "My lord, according to the battle report sent from the front, the bandits in Zhuzhou and Ganzhou are the remnants of Liu Chengzhi's troops who broke through. It is said that they are planning an attack on Jinling!"
The ministers on both sides were shocked and began to discuss.
Zhang Hengyi paused, and then said: "Lord Zhao Hongsheng, the secretary of the military department, had expected this matter for a long time, so he has always refused to send troops to rescue Lord Chen! At present, we have less than 200,000 soldiers, and all the generals are on the front line in Mianzhou, and the interior is empty. It's just that I don't know what kind of way Lord Shangguan can break the enemy?"
Prime Minister Shangguan Yuan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and said: "My lord, my subordinates didn't know that there would be such a result!"
Li Longxun's face turned pale and he didn't say a word.
Shangguan Yuan continued: "Although Liu Chengzhi has connected the five states, Jinling and Zhenjiang are separated from Ganzhou, Zhuzhou and other places by a Yangjiang River, as long as we blow up the bridges on the river one by one, the Yangjiang River is several miles wide, and there is a Jiangyang fortress at the narrowest point, I think it can withstand at least half a year." ”
Li Longxun's face was slightly gentle, he waved his hand, and said, "At this time, it should be arranged as soon as possible, but it is not a cure, what other suggestions does Zhong Aiqing have?"
Zhang Hengyi said: "The minister is willing to lead 150,000 troops, garrison the river bank, and protect the foundation of my Jiangnan!"
Li Longxun glanced at him, his heart warmed, and said, "Zhang Aiqing, if you have any other requirements, just put it forward!"
Zhang Hengyi said: "The lord treats me very well, I hope God bless me Jiangnan!"
After another four days, Liu Chengzhi led the troops to the Yangjiang River, which was in early spring, the river thawed, the river was turbulent, and the north bank could not be seen from the south of the bank.
Liu Chengzhi sent several spies to reconnoiter the riverside, and found that the six pontoon bridges on the river were all blown up by Li Longxun, and it was impossible to cross the river at all, and he tried to send people to find boats to cross the river, but before Li Longxun's troops retreated, they destroyed all the fishing villages on the riverbank, and all the boats were burned, and he couldn't help but feel depressed.
Liu Chengzhi found Zhang Shuwu, Liu Yan, Li Xiuqi and Li Chunxian to discuss the next offensive direction.
Li Chunxian said: "Young master, at this time, six of the eight states in the south of the Yangtze River have fallen into my hands, so it is better for us to use Yangjiang as the limit, kill a horse pistol, and contact Lord Xiang Wuji Xiang to attack Chen Shiingshen from the rear." ”
Liu Chengzhi frowned and did not say a word.
Li Xiuqi already knew what Liu Chengzhi was worried about, and said: "Liu Xingshen currently has a strong army, and the defense of Guang'an granary is good. ”
Liu Chengzhi said: "What Xiu Qi said is very true, the battle with Li Longxun has been postponed for a year, and Geshu Wuji is eyeing the tiger, and in the long run, I am only afraid that the snipe and the clam will compete and the fisherman will benefit." ”