As expected, Li Chongjin sent a famous post several times and wanted to visit Yun Mansion, but he was told that Master Yun went out to inspect the business and would not return to the mansion in the short term.

Li Chongjin paced anxiously in the study, looking at the edict of the new emperor's enthronement sent by Bianjing on the bookcase, announcing that he had been sent to Beijing for a while, and could not be delayed any longer.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Kuangyin dared to rebel and become the emperor, he was very unwilling in his heart, he was also the pillar general of the Zhou State in the past, why could he be the emperor, but he had to bow down to the minister!

He originally wanted to win the support of the Yun family, so that he would have a better chance of winning by raising troops. Unexpectedly, the Yun family gave him Tai Chi, seeing that all parties were not well prepared, and he couldn't wait any longer, he had to make a decision as soon as possible.

"Go! Send someone again, be sure to find out where Yunbo City is? And whether it is Yun Bocheng or Miss Yun Family, as long as you see it, you will be tied up! Li Chongjin had a gloomy face and yelled at his subordinates.

"Yes!" The guards had to hurry to do it.

For three days in a row, he sent people to spy on Yunfu every night.

Li Chongjin got up early every morning and got the news that no one had returned, and there were dozens of people, and there was no news of them, and they did not know whether they were alive or dead.

I felt extremely surprised in my heart, I have been stationed in Yangzhou for many years, and I think I still know Yunfu relatively well, which is the home of a wealthy businessman.

Usually, Yunfu also scolded him, often sent gold and silver, antiques, and beauties, and he had been to Yunfu many times in the past, but he didn't find anything strange. That Yunbo City is also a powerless businessman, but why haven't several groups of people who attacked Yunfu at night come back?

The more I thought about it, the more wrong it became, and I couldn't bear it anymore, so I slapped the table and ordered: "Order a thousand soldiers and horses, and immediately surround Yunfu." ”

Li Chongjin arrived at the gate of Yunfu with his soldiers and horses.

The door is closed.

"Surround me, and no one is allowed to let go." Li Chongjin ordered loudly.

"Yes!" The soldiers listened to the order, and soon Yunfu was surrounded by water.

With such a big movement, Yunfu didn't see anyone coming out, and there was no doorman.

An adjutant went up to knock on the door, and as soon as he pushed it hard, it was pushed open and not locked.

Li Chongjin felt strange in his heart, but he still waved his hand, and the team rushed in.

After half a ring, someone came out to report, "My lord, the cloud mansion is empty, and no one has been found." ”

"Huh?" He jumped off his horse and strode into the Cloud Mansion.

Usually come to Yunfu is full of bends and eight rounds, although there are housekeepers or servants of Yunfu to lead the way, I still feel dizzy, I can't tell the direction, if no one leads me can not find the way at all, at that time I thought that Yunfu was too big so so.

But today it is very strange that I feel that the road is very clear, and the east-west direction is clear. Although the place is very large, I walked directly to the main house and did not get lost.

There was no one anywhere. As far as he knew, there were hundreds of people in this Cloud Mansion, and all of a sudden they all disappeared and became an empty mansion.

He was anxious and angry, and ordered: "Search for me, search the whole house." Send more people to search the whole city, and all the people of Yunfu will be arrested when they see it. And I took all the valuable things in this house with me. ”

So the officers and soldiers thoroughly searched and abducted Yunfu.

After tossing for two days, none of the people in Yunfu were caught, but a lot of gold and silver treasures were collected.

Li Chongjin felt a little comforted, and found the armory workshop that he had been asking for, although he only found some ordinary weapons, but there were a lot of them, and they were exactly what he needed, so he was busy with the matter of raising troops, so he didn't have the extra heart to manage the Yun family again.

The above table pretended to support the new emperor Zhao Kuangyin, and privately sent people to actively unite with other scattered separatist forces.

Soon after, taking advantage of the initial establishment of the new dynasty of the Great Song Dynasty, the foundation was not stable, and Li Chongjin rebelled.

The opposition forces from all sides united and gathered in Yangzhou, with Li Chongjin as the leader, and the momentum was fierce for a while, which should not be underestimated.

Yangzhou is the largest city and economic center after the capital city of Bianjing.

Water and land transportation are very important military points.

In order to recapture Yangzhou, the Song Dynasty encouraged morale, and in order to completely crack down on all the opposing voices in one fell swoop, and establish the imperial prestige of the new dynasty.

A few months later, the newly enthroned Song Emperor Zhao Kuangyin, personally led a large army to attack Yangzhou, and arrived at the outskirts of Yangzhou in a few days, stationed twenty miles west of the city.

He sent people to try to attack the city, but he was repulsed by Li Chongjin for two consecutive days.

Yangzhou City is rich, the city wall is stronger and taller than the general city, and Li Chongjin is well defended, so it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The camp of the Song army, inside the dragon tent.

In the center sat a man in his thirties at the back of the case.

The face is open, the facial features are angular, the long-term military life, the skin is a little dark and rough, the body is tall and mighty, and there is a heroic posture.

Wearing a dragon robe and armor, it is the new emperor of the Song Dynasty - Zhao Kuangyin.

The other person walked around in the account, wearing a black brocade robe, bronze skin, and a handsome face, it was Zhao Guangyi, the third son of Zhao who was newly crowned King of Jin.

He shouted a little impatiently: "If you want your brother's intentions, attack directly, what is there to discuss." ”

A voice next to him said: "Third brother, what you said is very happy, if this was before, our brothers would have been killed a long time ago." Why bother. ”

The person who spoke, seventeen or eighteen years old, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a face like a bright moon, a pair of eyes shining, wearing a golden armor, looking even more handsome and extraordinary, sitting on a chair and drinking tea leisurely

This person is the fourth elder of the Zhao family - Zhao Ting, the king of Wei.

Putting down the teacup, he continued unhurriedly: "But now it's different from the past, the second brother has not been the emperor for a long time, and what we want now is the hearts of the people." It is not difficult to destroy one Li Chongjin, but the difficult thing is to suppress other separatist forces together without harming the people of Yangzhou. ”

Zhao Guangyi heard some truth from what he said, "What you said is also right, but this Li Chongjin has been fighting for many years, and his experience in leading troops to fight is not weaker than ours." I tried twice in a row and didn't get a good deal. I'm afraid that if I delay like this, I will suffer a loss in Yangzhou, which will damage the emperor's prestige. ”

Zhao Kuangyin, who was seated, nodded, "What you said makes sense." Fourth brother, you have a lot of ideas, tell me what you think. ”

Zhao Ting said: "The younger brother thinks that it is necessary to find out the details of Yangzhou City first, and Li Chongjin's defense. At present, we don't know much, so the younger brother wants to bring someone into the city to investigate. ”

"No way!" Zhao Guangyi objected loudly, "If something happens to you, how can you explain it to the queen mother." ”

"Don't my two elder brothers still trust my martial arts?" Zhao Ting asked arrogantly.

"Even if you have been instructed by a master outside the world, your martial arts are a hundred times better than ours. But two fists are hard to beat four hands, and in the chaos of the army, you may not be able to retreat with martial arts. Zhao Guangyi said.

"Your third brother is right, you can't go. You can send people into town, but you can't go. Zhao Kuangyin also vetoed.

Zhao Ting was angry and funny: "The two brothers didn't treat me as a child before. Since I was a child, I followed my second brother to live in the barracks, which battle did I not kill the enemy heroically and did not make meritorious contributions? Have you ever had an accident?"

Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi were speechless, indeed although he was young, he was very powerful, he had a talent since he was a child, he followed Zhao Kuangyin at a young age, he climbed and rolled, he did not receive half a point of preferential treatment, he always rushed to the front, and repeatedly made military exploits.

"It used to be before, but now it's different, you are now His Royal Highness the King of Wei, how can you risk your life again?" Zhao Guangyi shouted, "Our Zhao family has just won the country, and the three brothers can no longer care about life and death like before!" ”

"Brother Huang!" Before Zhao Kuangyin could speak, Zhao Ting stood up first and hugged his fists and said: "Brother Chen is not reckless, he has been sending people to investigate for the past few days, but he has not returned." The martial arts and light skills of the courtiers are the highest in the army. Therefore, the younger brother is the best candidate. ”

Zhao Kuangyin thought about it, and indeed sent a lot of people in the past few days, but they all returned in vain, or did not come back.

The attack on Yangzhou was his first battle after ascending the throne, and he could only win but not lose.