Li Siye had left Nanyang at this time, and came to the vicinity of Jingmen by boat from the Han River, and the conquest of Xiangyang City made Hanzhong and Jingxiang connected, and Zang Xiyan, who was stationed in Hanzhong, received Li Siye's instructions and sent a large number of soldiers to cut down a large number of trees in the hinterland of the Qinling Mountains in the upper reaches of the Han River, and tied them into wooden rafts to go down the Han River.

At the same time, Li Siye recruited all the shipwrights and craftsmen from Luoyang to Xiangyang, processed and transformed wooden rafts into large ships, and dragged the basalt cannons onto the ships in turn. This is exactly the sharpening of the knife and the woodcutter, and the waterway boat is comparable to the highway.

The Flying Tiger Cavalry, the vanguard of his army, was already less than sixty miles away from Jiangcheng, slowing down and waiting for the troops and ships in the rear to carry their baggage.

In fact, he stepped up his efforts to go south like this, but he was actually competing for time with Guo Ziyi, and now the envoy of Jingxiang Festival is still Helan Jinming. Although Guo Ziyi had escaped, he had to go to Jiankang first to get permission from the emperor's decree before he could quickly return to Jiangcheng and take the military power from Helan Jinming.

Needless to say, this is another pot of the system, with Guo Ziyi's prestige, it could have been cut first and then played, but this is not as simple as killing people, and seizing power without the emperor's order is equivalent to rebellion in a serious way. A cautious person like Guo Ziyi would never take such a risk in such a tense situation.

After Guo Ziyi arrived in Jiangcheng, he was welcomed into the city by Helan Jinming and hosted a banquet with wine and food.

When Lao Guo saw this sumptuous cup and plate and greasy mutton, he couldn't help but think of Zhang Xun and the others who resisted tenaciously with an empty stomach in Xiangyang City, how could his face be better. It's just that because of his identity and qi cultivation kung fu, he didn't have a seizure.

The eldest grandson Quanxu is not as good-tempered as him, staring at the copper bell-like eyes, throwing the wine cup in his hand to the ground, and directly pointing at Helan Jinming's face and scolding: "Fifty thousand soldiers are starving in Xiangyang City, and they have to fight hard to kill the enemy, how many people are starving to the ground!" You people are spending all day drinking and singing in the rear, how can you eat? ”

Helan Jinming's face turned pale suddenly, and he stood up and argued: "It's not right for General Changsun to speak like this, wasn't I in a hurry when Xiangyang was besieged, as soon as this official took over as the envoy of Jingxiang Festival, he personally led the army to recover Jingmen, and led the troops to fight a decisive battle with the rebels besieging Xiangyang." But you also know the soldiers in the south, they can't beat the iron cavalry in the north at all, and it's not my fault that they are defeated and retreated! ”

"Fart, it's clear that you are afraid of the enemy and avoid the enemy, you said that you lost the battle, how many men and horses did you lose? Three thousand, two thousand? ”

Helan Jin really didn't have the cheekiness to say the casualties, he captured Jingmen and then retreated, with a total of less than 500 casualties, and the so-called war was just a formality. His actions are certainly to be despised, but the shrewdness of this man is that you can find no evidence of his inaction, and at most blame a leader for his incompetence.

"That's it!" Guo Ziyi dropped the wine bottle heavily on the desk, slowed down his tone and said, "Now that the enemy is present, you can't quarrel anymore." ”

After saying that, he turned around and brushed his sleeves away, and the eldest grandson Quanxu glared at Helan Jinming viciously, and also left the banquet behind Ling Gong.

Helan Jinming followed behind their buttocks hypocritically, licked his face and said with a smile: "Ling Gong, I have already cleaned up the house next to the Yellow Crane Tower, please let Ling Gong rest a lot." ”

After the two of them walked away, Helan Jinming restrained his smile and showed a disdainful look: "What a thing!" ”

This Guo Ziyi and the eldest grandson Quanxu glared at him before they took charge of the army, once they let them control the Jianghuai soldiers, wouldn't they hang themselves on the city wall?

He immediately beckoned to the tooth generals beside him: "Send some capable people to monitor Guo Ziyi, don't let him get close to Daxu, and stop people who want to see him." ”

"Guo Ziyi entered the city with 3,000 soldiers, in case they use force against us, the brothers are afraid that it will be difficult to resist."

"Don't be afraid of this, he doesn't have the emperor's order in his body, and using force in Jiangcheng is tantamount to chaos, I just borrowed the hand of Father-in-law Yu to participate in him."

"What if he crosses the river?"

Helan Jinming thought for a while: "People are the kings of Fenyang County, so naturally they can go wherever they want, and we don't have to care about it." ”

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Guo Ziyi left Helan Jinming's mansion and said to the eldest grandson Quanxu who followed behind: "You shouldn't have clashed with Helan Jinming just now, this will only make him more jealous of us. Now that the relationship between the two sides is deadlocked, Helan Jinming will inevitably treat it negatively, and now I can only go south to Jiankang to see Your Majesty, so that I can justifiably grasp the military power and send troops to rescue Xiangyang, alas, I just don't know if it's too late. ”

While the two were talking, suddenly a fast horse came running from a distance, and immediately a messenger with three feathers on his back. The messenger came from the direction of Jingmen, and shouted loudly while riding his horse: "Flash away, Xiangyang is lost, and the Yong army is approaching Jingmen!" ”

Guo Ziyi was grief-stricken, holding his chest and staggering, the eldest grandson Quanxu hurriedly stepped forward to support him and comforted: "Ling Gong Mo should be too sad, General Zhang Xun died well, and today's plan is to hold Jiangcheng so as to live up to his sacrifice." ”

Guo Linggong held back his heart and said sadly: "The fierce battle of Xiangyang only delayed the Yongjun army for a year, and it did not weaken the opponent's strength. His Majesty will evenly spread his forces to defend the Yangtze River, how can he resist the opponent's concentration of superior strong troops to attack the city one by one. Now the 70,000 soldiers in Jiangcheng have not been in battle, and if they want to resist a strong enemy, they must transfer reinforcements from elsewhere. It seems that I must go to Jiankang and ask His Majesty to send reinforcements. ”

He repeatedly instructed the eldest grandson Quanxu to say: "You lead your guards to stay in Jiangcheng, in case the Yongjun army quickly captures Jingmen, you will assist Helan Jinming to defend the city, remember, whether it is persuasion or threat, you must let Helan Jinming insist on defending Jiangcheng, and you must persist until I lead the reinforcements to come." ”

The eldest grandson Quanxu is a well-known man, and even when he made a promise: "Please rest assured, as long as I am here, Jiangcheng will not be broken by thieves." ”

He naturally has full confidence when he says this, and in the more than a year that he has participated in the defense of Xiangyang, he has learned the tactics of defending the city from Guo Ziyi and Zhang Xun, and can command the soldiers and horses to block a city wall alone. After experiencing the tragedy of the Battle of Xiangyang, it is not easy to defend the city in other places, and it is not easy to hold on for one to two months.

Guo Ziyi took a part of his entourage with confidence and requisitioned a large boat down the Yangtze River to Jiankang.

The big boat went down the river, passed through Anqing and passed through Quarry Rock, and finally arrived at the Swallow Rock Wharf. After Guo Ziyi left the ship and landed, he quickly entered Jiankang City.

As the only remaining county king of the Tang Dynasty, Guo Ziyi has the right to go directly to the court. However, his deeds were soon known to the eunuch Yu Chaoen, and the eunuch quickly came up with countermeasures.

He instructed Zhou Hao, the imperial historian, to impeach Guo Ziyi, accusing him of escaping and causing the fall of Xiangyang. This can already be regarded as the first complaint of the wicked. In fact, what is the situation in Xiangyang, everyone who understands it knows in their hearts that a city has been besieged for a whole year without supplies, and it should have changed hands a long time ago.

However, Yu Chaoen had a lot of power in Jiankang, and few people in the court raised objections, and Emperor Li Yu ignored the backlog of impeachment and went to the palace gate to greet Guo Ziyi in person.

He took Guo Ziyi's hand and walked into the hall, and his words were very kind: "Ling Gongshi went to Xiangyang to hold on for more than a year, which made me very worried in my heart, and I hope you can leave as soon as possible." Last night, I dreamed that there was a golden rooster crowing in the west, and waking up and ordering someone to divinate should be a good omen, but I didn't expect that today it was fulfilled on Ling Gong's body. ”