The west wind rises, blowing away the dark clouds, and the moonlight falls coldly.

Under the city of Wujiang, the fireworks are mottled, and when the wind passes, it is even more bizarre.

In the midst of the fishy mush, there were piles of corpses, among which there were many seriously injured and undead, who had spent their last lives, squirming and struggling, wailing and screaming, drifting endlessly, as if they were singing an elegy for themselves.

Three or four thousand water robbers left their lives on the battlefield, and those unmanned ships were also stranded and floating on the embankment, so that Liu Xiuli, who had arrived with troops, could only move the landing site to the north.

The landing of the regular army was orderly, and the short and clear orders were constantly sounded, but all the soldiers were silent, except for the sound of the clash of armor and the sound of swift and powerful footsteps, there was basically no other noise, showing extraordinary training.

Liu Xiuli's boat had not yet docked, he stood on the top of the ship, watching the performance of his army, showing a satisfied and smug smile.

He turned his head and looked at the gray-robed scribe beside him, "Brother Jianzhang, can I compare to the Northland Warrior?"

Cui Jianzhang twisted his beard and smiled to hide the disdain in his eyes, "The difference is similar, the difference is similar, Brother Xiuli is so literary and martial, but he can't be of great use, it's really the princes of the Southern Dynasty who have no eyes, and after they reach the northern country, they will definitely be able to show their abilities."

"In the past five years, I have poured all my heart and soul into military training, but unfortunately before the time is ripe, I made a sudden move, which is really not worth it!" Liu Xiuli sighed.

"If you lose your horse, you don't know if it's a blessing." Cui Jianzhang smiled indifferently and comforted, "Taihu Lake is like the gateway to Lin'an, Brother Xiuli controls here, if you wait until the Great Khan's soldiers arrive, you can indeed do miraculous feats, but the premise is that the defense line along the river of the Southern Dynasty is defeated, at that time, it can actually be said that the overall situation has been decided, and the role played by Brother Xiuli is not critical, but if you give a good opportunity today, as long as you can capture and kill the prince of the Southern Kingdom, it will be a monstrous achievement."

Liu Xiuli's eyes were puzzled, "Is this Yan King really so important?"

Cui Jianzhang nodded, "There really is, not to mention that he is the most legitimate heir to the throne of the Southern Dynasty, just from his words and deeds in Lin'an, he is indeed very wealthy, both civil and military are not a big deal, but his heart is decisive, the city is far-reaching, several times the Manchu Dynasty civil and military in the palm of the hand, the previous time and the Ningmen change, many forces worked together to set up a killing game, he was obviously in a Jedi, but in the end, not only turned the tables against the trend, but also buried the opponent with a backhand, and even broke the tradition of the Southern Dynasty not to kill the doctor easily, It can be seen that it never sticks to the rules. Moreover, he has repeatedly said that he has been cheering up, and he has not hidden his ambition to restore the Central Plains, if he is in power, the Southern Dynasty will have earth-shaking changes. Our Mongolian kingdom is sweeping in all directions, and it is bound to dominate the world, and the king of Yan is probably the biggest variable hindering this process.

Originally, Cui Jianzhang, as the person in charge of the secret spy, had been lurking in Lin'an for several years, and escaped from Lin'an in a hurry more than a month ago, and his subordinates were all lost, so he could only hide in Liu Xiuli's army, so as to escape the pursuit of the Imperial City Division.

When he knew that King Yan was in Wujiang County, he kept instigating Liu Xiuli to attack him, but Liu Xiuli had his own considerations, he wanted wealth and power, not sacrificing himself to contribute to others, where would he agree, that is, he was sure that his family had attracted the attention of King Yan, and he had to make a desperate bet.

Liu Xiuli's original plan was to let Shui Kou do the dirty work, and then he would kill Shui Kou on the surface to avenge King Yan, so that not only could he eliminate the hidden danger, but maybe he could also get a credit.

If Shui Kou is useless, then send his own troops and work together to capture Wujiang, and then slaughter the city, and if the operation is good, he can also put the blame on Shui Kou.

Who the hell knows that before he arrived, the battle under the city had already ended, and the five thousand water robbers either died or fled, which was equivalent to the annihilation of the entire army, which was really outrageous.

Now, the Liu family has no way to retreat, and it is impossible for Da Song to stay any longer, so he can only run away to save his life.

However, Liu Xiuli and his father thought differently, he didn't want to go to any bird country, but if he wanted to go north, he naturally had to bring enough meeting gifts.

Coupled with Cui Jianzhang's instigation, he decided to capture or kill King Yan at all costs.

"Brother Jianzhang, do you think that King Yan has already fled?"

Cui Jianzhang shook his head,

"I can guarantee that he didn't escape."

"Why are you so sure? Why didn't he run away when he had plenty of time?"

"From his previous actions, I know that this person is extremely confident and arrogant, and he likes to take risks, since he can defeat five thousand water robbers, then he will definitely not take your thousands of soldiers and horses in his eyes, after all, the weakness and incompetence of the local forbidden army in the Great Song Dynasty are well known."

Liu Xiuli smiled, "Hehe, this is the best, when he has seen the combat power under my command, it will be too late to regret it."

He has long regarded the soldiers and horses under his command as capital, and others rely on his army to make a fortune, but he secretly invested the money of the Liu family in turn, and even several times the military expenses allocated by the imperial court.

After five years of operation, the 11th Commander of Xiongjie, which he directly under him, was not only fully staffed, but also fully armed, extremely strict in training, and had quite strong combat effectiveness.

At this time, a car and ship approached Liu Xiuli's building boat, Liu Xiuren hurriedly crossed the boat, came to the upper floor of the building boat and asked, "Such a big matter, why don't you discuss with me and act on your own!?"

"Without further ado, and I have consulted with my father......

After Liu Xiuyi explained carefully, he said, "It's useless to talk about anything else now, Weizhen Weitang and they have already taken the first step, and they can go to sea at noon tomorrow, and I have already informed my father that I should be preparing for the evacuation of the whole family at this time, so you go home and go to sea with your father."

Liu Xiuren was also helpless after hearing this, but he still didn't understand Liu Xiuyi's behavior, "Then what's the use of killing King Yan now!? It's just a waste of time for you to attack Wujiang, so it's better to just go down the Wusong River and get out of danger as soon as possible."

"Our family left such a large piece of foundation and fled in a panic, there are too many things to lose, we have to take something else with us......" Liu Xiuyi had no choice but to explain his plans and inventory again.

Liu Xiuren thought for a while and nodded, "You are also reasonable, I am afraid it will be difficult to let these soldiers follow us to a foreign country, rather than abandon it in vain, it is better to use it, and it will not be in vain for our family to spend so much money and food." By the way, how many soldiers did you bring out this time?"

"Four thousand, hehe, the so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days, using soldiers for a while." Liu Xiuyi said proudly.

Liu Xiuren was surprised, "Four thousand? How could Li Zhizhou agree? He's got to blame."

The officials in Anji Prefecture were fed with the Liu family's money, but when it came to the military, they definitely didn't dare to go too far.

Liu Xiuyi said, "Because the children of Li Zhizhou and Xiao Tong sentenced several people, when they were playing by the lake by boat, they were unfortunately taken away by the water bandits, do you think they are not in a hurry? If I had brought less, they would not have been. It's also thanks to Brother Jianzhang's plan that this clever plan is possible."

Liu Xiuren didn't know Cui Jianzhang's true identity before, but now he was impressed by him, and said politely, "Mr. is resourceful, disrespectful and disrespectful, and my Liu family will rely more on Mr. in the future, please don't give up on Mr."

Cui Jianzhang returned the salute and said in a cozy manner, "Governor Liu is polite, in the future, we will be ministers in the same hall, and we should take care of each other, if we successfully capture and kill King Yan, and go to the north with this great achievement, the power of the Liu family will definitely be much higher than that of the lower ones, and Cui will have to rely on the support of the virtuous brothers at that time."

"Haha, borrowing Mr.'s auspicious words, the Liu family will never dare to forget Mr.'s recommendation at that time!" Liu Xiuren seemed to be sad at this time, and began to look forward to a better future.

Liu Xiuyi glanced at the shore and saw that most of the soldiers had already boarded, "Let's go ashore first, I want to see how capable this Yan King is, and whether he can turn the little Wujiang into an impregnable wall."

Once ashore, they walked south along the embankment and saw a scene of hell on earth beneath the western wall.

Liu Xiuyi originally thought that the water invaders were too wasteful, and it was not too unusual to not be able to capture Wujiang, and most of them were scattered and fled after suffering losses.

But on the battlefield in front of me, I am afraid that there are no less than 3,000 corpses, which is really terrifying!

This meant that the combat effectiveness of the defenders exceeded his expectations by more than ten times, and as a result, the faces of several people became ugly.

Cui Jianzhang's eyes were full of disbelief, "Looking at this situation, there are definitely more than three hundred troops in the city, and they dare to go out of the city to fight back." Fun Cabinet

"I'm afraid this city won't be easy to fight, so we'll have to plan carefully." Liu Xiuren's face was also full of solemnity.

Liu Xiuyi, an old soldier, can naturally see some clues from the battlefield situation, and he also has a new assessment of the strength of the defenders.

Immediately, he sent troops in all four directions of Wujiang City, first surrounded the city, and ordered to speed up the unloading and assembly of siege equipment.

He came prepared, and the regular army attacking the city naturally would not blindly use human lives to pile up, and he couldn't transport complex and cumbersome rushing cars and ladders, but there were still bed ballistae and stone cannons.

Not long after, two soldiers escorted an embarrassed person to Liu Xiuyi.

"Fang Tang? You're still alive, Xuan Hyuk!?"

"I'm afraid that Commander Xuan is more than lucky......

Fang Tang ran one step ahead of Xuan He, and cleverly hid in the dark, successfully escaped Chang Geng's pursuit, originally he wanted to leave, but thinking that his family was still in the hands of the Liu family, he hid on the boat, and waited until Liu Xiuli's army landed before he dared to appear.

Subsequently, he told the story of the previous war as it was, and Liu Xiuli and the others had more and more headaches when they heard it.

"A firearm sharper than a thunderbolt? Fenghua Army? King Yan personally led his troops to fight back?"

One news after another, Liu Xiuli's brows tightened more and more, and then he ordered the soldiers to dismantle the Shui Kou ship and use it to make big shields and row cars.

Considering that the siege at night was even more unfavorable for his side, and that it was only a little more than an hour before dawn, he planned to simply wait until after dawn before launching an attack.

Zhao Mengqi at the head of the city watched the movements of the rebels, and gradually sensed Liu Xiuli's intentions, so he arranged for some people to be on duty, and the rest rested in place.