Xie An has been standing on the bow of the Beifu Navy, looking at the Jiankang City in the distance with the darkness and flashing firelight, where there is the national weapon of the Jin Dynasty for a hundred years, where there is the long-cherished wish of the people of the Central Plains to avoid the war and Hulu, where there is the talk and dreams of the famous people of the family, and there is also the glory of Wang Xie Gongtian, but unfortunately all this came to an end tonight. Perhaps from tonight onwards, the Sima clan will no longer be the object of admiration and reverence of the people of the world, because they have really fallen, and there are many famous people of the family who will be buried together. Although most of his family ran out, there were still many brothers, colleagues and friends, most of whom were trapped in Jiankang City, and there was little luck. They are all vines attached to the big tree of the Jin Chamber, and when the big tree falls, they are rightfully implicated.

Xie An rubbed his astringent eyes, and no longer looked at the Jiankang City, which could not be seen, only to find that in the dark night that was about to dawn, there were countless hazy and heavy ship shadows around. Since there was no moonlight tonight, Xie An couldn't see how many Beifu Navy sailors were around here. Yan Shi, the leading general of the Beifu Water Division, met with him, and after arranging the living conditions of the Son of Heaven, the Queen Mother and others, there was no one, and it was too late to ask. After all, it is still an extraordinary period, the war is critical, and Xie An and the others are not familiar with him, so it is naturally difficult to talk.

"Anshi, what do you think about this?" Wang Biaozhi walked out of the cabin, and it seemed that Xie An was not the only one who couldn't sleep tonight.

"It happened suddenly, and I was confused, but think about it. It's not easy. Xie An shook his head and said, at this time, he couldn't see anything strange, and guessed that it was not Xie An when he guessed the inside story.

"First Fan Liu rebelled, then Sun Tai and Lu Wei made an incident, and finally Huan Mi and others rebelled, one link after another. In addition, the Shouchun Yuan family, all of them made trouble together after the death of Huan Xuanwu Gong, so it seems that things will not be so coincidental, there is only one possibility! Xie An flatly speculated.

"Someone is behind it! Otherwise, it wouldn't be so thoughtful. Wang Biaozhi also saw that one or two were coming.

"It's the ground. Brother Shuwu, if there is no one in the center to agitate and plan, how can Wudoumi, the Huan family, and the Yuan family be linked together. echo each other and launch such a shocking disaster. Xie Anlang said with his hands lowered and his head lowered.

"An Shi, then who do you think will be behind this?" Wang Biaozhi asked.

"Shuwu, didn't you already know it in your heart? How many people in the world can have such ability, such courage, and such means? Xie An replied gloomily.

"An Shi, I'm just unwilling, I can't think of this prince of Beifu who we haven't paid attention to. can actually have such a means, the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs and even the world are played by him. Wang Biaozhi said hatefully.

"We all underestimated this North Town. At that time, Mr. Managa was full of praise for it. Admired, now it seems that this is really the case, this person's eyes, thoughts and methods are really embarrassing to Anshi. I'm afraid he started planning more than ten years ago for today's things. Xie An said as he looked at the darkness and the shadow of the ship in the distance.

"You mean ......," Wang Biaozhi was startled. But he soon changed his face and said: "This person's scheming is really deep. I couldn't bear to make a move until the death of Emperor Xian and Duke Huan Xuanwu, and as soon as I made a move, I couldn't deal with it. ”

"It is rumored that he is like a god in his army. Invincible, invincible. Seeing it today, the good defenders in the art of war are hidden under the nine lands, and the good attackers move above the nine heavens, no wonder they can complete the work of the western expedition, take Guanlong lightly, recover Liangzhou, and break through the Northern Yan. ”

Wang Biaozhi did not answer, Xie An admired Zeng Huadi, gritted his teeth and said there: "Huan Xuanwu Gong is alive, and the court and the central government are forced by his power, all of them are awe-inspiring orders, as long as there is any rash move in the north, as long as Huan Gong raises his arms and shouts, Jiangzuo will gather under his banner, and there is nothing to be done in the north." Now that the national mourning has just passed, Duke Huan has abandoned the world, the court is unstable, and we have not yet taken over the military power of soldiers and horses, so we have taken the opportunity to make chaos, it is really a good plan, a good plan, and now there is an excuse to go south, and even the people who have betrayed the crime have been found, not only can the court be taken in one fell swoop, but even the Huan family can't run, why didn't I know that this person was so vicious! ”

Hearing this, Xie An was also relieved in his heart. Now that the Son of Heaven, the Queen Mother, and more than a dozen ministers, including herself, are on the ships of Beifu, it is not so easy to go down. In this turmoil, Sun Tai and Lu Wei were born as lowly scholars, hated the Gaomen family to the core, and killed the officials and celebrities in the land of Sanwu to the point of bleeding; Huan Mi originally had a lot of opinions about many ministers in the court, and the imperial court relied on these courtiers to confront the powerful Huan Wen, and now the Huan family rebels have invaded Jiankang, and those ministers who do not agree with the Huan family are not dead and have no place to be buried; And after the counterinsurgency was completed, because Huan Mi, Huan Xi, and Huan Ji were the masterminds of the rebels, how could Huan Chong, Huan Huo, Huan Shiqian and others get out of the rebellion if they didn't participate in the rebellion? In order to give an explanation to the people of the world, can Huan Chong and others have any other way out than to resign?

A poisonous strategy, as soon as the net came down, it almost cleaned up and down the Jiangzuo court, inside and out, and when the Beifu became the ruler of Jiangzuo, it was a smooth thing, and no one in the court dared to have the strength to confront the Beifu.

Just as Xie An and Wang Biaozhi sighed at each other on the bow of the ship, the sky began to slowly brighten. I saw a round of red morning sun jumping out of the river water on the horizon, rising in the red morning glow, sprinkling endless light to the earth.

Xie An and Wang Biaozhi watched intently as the morning sun rose in the river, and a new day began, but where is the tomorrow of Dajin?

At this time, there was a commotion on the ship, and then there were neat and hurried footsteps, Xie An and Wang Biaozhi turned their eyes to see, it turned out that the sailors on the ship ran to the deck, and then knelt on the deck one after another, facing the north, while muttering something, while kowtowing respectfully, and some sailors stood aside, not daring to come out, for fear of affecting others.

After a while, the sailors kneeling there had finished the whole ritual, and then they got up and started to get busy with the other sailors. With the busy figure of the sailor. Xie An and Wang Biaozhi carefully looked at the ship of the Beifu Naval Division where they were riding.

The ship was thirty or forty zhang long and four or five zhang wide, and the deck was very flat, but there were three towering wooden poles on it, which looked very thick, and I am afraid that it would be difficult for a person to hold it. A gray-white cloth hangs from the wooden pole. But now they were rolled together and tied to a horizontal wooden pole. Xie An and Wang Biaozhi found themselves standing on a tall building, echoing the front and back of the tall building at the stern of the ship. The tall buildings are all made of wood, with stamped walls and a row of archery openings. There are nearly ten wooden shelves around the perimeter, which are covered with oilcloth, and it is impossible to see what they are.

Xie An mustered up the courage to look out, and found that the tall building was several feet high from the water, a bit like standing on a city tower, and he also found that there was a ridge in front of the bow of the ship. It stretched diagonally all the way to the bottom of the water, and it seemed to be covered with iron sheets.

At this time, Xie An suddenly felt that Wang Biaozhi was pulling the placket of his lichen, and couldn't help but turn his head. I saw that Wang Biao's face was solemn and gloomy, but his hand pointed to the river outside the boat.

Xie An followed his gesture and looked over, only to see that the river surface that was slowly dissipating the mist suddenly appeared completely in front of him, and hundreds of ships were actually moored densely on the river. The slender hulls are neatly and orderly arranged on the surface of the river, and the oars on both sides of the hull are silently stretched out in the water. Traces of water are drawn in the flowing river, but the boats all look the same. But they are all smaller than those of Xie An and others.

"There is such a majestic sailor in Beifu? No wonder I was able to disarm my Jiangzuo Shui Master last night. Xie An nodded and said, Jiangzuo's five thousand sailors said that it was not much, and it was not too much, but they were all disarmed by the Beifu at once, which made Xie An and the others very puzzled. Beifu is located in the Northland. It is understandable that there are more elite soldiers to shoot down. How did he come up with a powerful sailor, after all, for Xie An and other important ministers in Jiankang City. The Beifu Navy in Ningbo, Jingkou and other ports is just a literal thing, and they don't know what it actually is, no matter how many ships in the Beidi can be compared with the Jiangzuo Naval Division, which is good at water warfare? Seeing it today, Xie An finally understood.

"There is such a sailor, why don't you go to quell the rebellion, but you first think about handing over the imperial court sailor's ground weapon, what is the intention of Zeng Xuping in this northern mansion?" Wang Biaozhi said angrily.

What kind of intentions, don't you know very well in your hearts? Xie An said secretly in his heart.

"Two adults, news has come from Jiankang." Liu Kang ran over from the side and bowed his hand to Xie and Wang. He seemed to be familiar with the affairs of the ship, and as soon as he got on the ship, he said hello and disappeared, and then he would come out of nowhere.

"What the hell is going on in Jiankang City?" Wang Biaozhi immediately asked.

"Huan Mi and others have mastered the whole city of Jiankang, and at dawn they coerced hundreds of ministers to support the establishment of King Huiji to ascend the throne and claim the title of emperor, and then Huan Mi proclaimed himself the King of Chu, Dazai, Da Sima, and the governor of the Chinese and foreign military, Huan Xi proclaimed himself Huainan Gong, Tai Lieutenant, and the general of the leading army, and the military of Yu, Jing, Jiang, and Ningzhou, and led the Jingzhou pastoral, and Huan Ji proclaimed himself Wu Guogong, Taibao, and the general of the Zhonghu Army, and all supervised the military of Yang, Xu, Guangzhou, and Jiaozhou, and led Yangzhou pastor."

"What?" Wang Biaozhi was stunned, but Xie An was desolate in his heart, he didn't care about Huan's secret uncle and nephew, Mu Monkey and crown, self-acting and self-directing, he was sad and sad that Jiang Zuo had three emperors at one time, and they were all authentic Sima royal family, what did such a big joke make people in the world think? Since Huan Wen abolished his power, the prestige of the Jin family has plummeted, and now there are three emperors standing side by side, and the prestige of the Great Jin Emperor has disappeared.

"What about the loss in the city? Is there any news from Wendu? Xie An turned to ask him about the issues he was more concerned about.

"The one hundred and twenty families below the minister of the city, Shangshu Shangshu Wang Yun, and Shangshu Zuocheng Wang Ya all went to the country, and the Zhongshu ordered Lord Wang to die in front of the Huiji Wangfu in the chaos army, and the one hundred and sixty-two people below his son Wang Baoguo died in the chaos army." Liu Kang said angrily.

"Brother Wendu!" Xie An and Wang Biaozhi couldn't help but burst into tears, crying out in pain, while Liu Kang stood solemnly on the side, silent.

After a while, Xie An and Wang Biaozhi held back their grief, and one of Wang Biao grabbed Liu Kang's hand and said, "May I ask what happened to Wendu?" ”

Liu Kang hesitated for a moment before replying: "I have asked my friends in Jiankang City to pack up the remains of Lord Zhongshu Ling and his family, and now they will be temporarily placed in a hidden courtyard, and they will be able to be buried when Jingnan Yunkai opens." ”

"Thank you!" Wang Biaozhi and Xie An bowed to Liu Kang with tears.

"What about Xi Jingxing (Xi Chao) and Wang Yuanlin (Wang)?" Xie An then asked.

"Lord Xi and Lord Wang heard that the rebels had entered the city. He fled with his family and the people into the mountains outside the city, and now he should be on his way to Guyidi. Liu Kang continued to answer.

Xie An glanced at Liu Kang deeply, and slowly spoke: "Mr. Liu, you are the strategist of Beifu, right?" ”

Liu Kang was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and arched his hand: "It's really worthy of An Shi Xiangguo." In this case, it is useless to hide the small ones. The small is Dongguan Juren, the ancestor of Yongjia during the national disaster lived in Jingkou, and his father was the main book of the county. The small one is not talented, and now he is the counselor of the Military Intelligence Department of the Privy Council of the Northern Prefecture. ”

Xie An and Wang Biaozhi glanced at each other. There was a shock in my heart, and sure enough.

Xie An, Wang Biaozhi protected the Son of Heaven, and the Queen Mother stayed on the Beifu Navy ship for ten days, and during these ten days, Huan Mi passed the edict to Xiangyang Di Huan Huo, Huan Shiqian of Guangling, Huan Shixiu of Xunyang, and Liu Bo of Xuyi in the name of the pseudo-emperor-Sima Daozi of Huiji. He wanted them to admit that they were the new regime, but unfortunately there was no response. Huan Chong mobilized 20,000 soldiers and horses, stationed in Maoshan, with Sun and Lu rebels in the south, and his brothers and nephews in the north.

During these ten days. In the vicinity of the stone, the Beifu Navy contained hundreds of escaped officials and celebrities, plus their families numbered in the thousands. All received Jiangbei resettlement. In the past ten days, rumors have spread everywhere, some say that the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother have died; Some say that Huan Mi has stolen the power of the country, and the king of Huiji has become the only Zhengshuo; Some say that Beifu took advantage of the fire to loot and sent troops from Liangzhou, Yizhou and Sizhou to Jingxiang in three ways. Beat the town to guard Xiangyang, and the flowers are falling.

this day. I saw Yan Shi, who hadn't seen him for a few days, come over and said to Xie An and Wang Biao, "Two adults. The subordinates have received orders, and we are now going to the north to the shore. ”

"To the north? Why shore north? There are so many of you, as well as the 5,000 men and horses of the original water division, enough to go to Jiankang to quell the rebellion! Wang Biaozhi shouted, could it be that Beifu only wants to hold the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother hostage, and does not want to calm the chaos at all? In the past ten days, he has been asking Yan Shi to immediately send troops to Jiankang to quell the rebellion, but how dare Yan Shi agree. He only has thousands of sailors under his command, and it is okay to disarm the Jiangzuo Water Division, attacking more than 10,000, or even more rebels, and controlling the entire Jiankang City is a little powerless, because he still has a vote of people guarding the Son of Heaven, the Queen Mother and Jiangbei, which is really difficult, so Yan Shi has been hiding from Wang Biaozhi for more than ten days. "Could it be that the general has arrived in Jiangbei?" Xie An asked with a deep groan.

"Thank you, Lord Xie, that's exactly the case, the latest military report says that the general has arrived on the north shore and is waiting for the ride." Yan Shi reported truthfully.

"Okay, I can't imagine the general's clever plan! The Huan family had just rebelled, and he rushed to Jiangbei, and the time was really just right. Wang Biaozhi sneered.

"When the general of my family received the report of the rebellion of Sun and Lu, he had already asked the court to lead troops to quell the rebellion, but the court did not allow it, and the general just moved to Xuchang to wait and see the situation. Jiankang rebelled, and the general of my family received an urgent report, and immediately led 20,000 soldiers and horses to run south day and night. Lord Wang, please respect yourself! Yan Shi heard Wang Biaozhi ridiculing his own general, if it weren't for Wang Biaozhi's identity, he would have gone up and beaten him up a long time ago, so there was a lot of dissatisfaction in his words.

Wang Biaozhi was about to continue, but was stopped by Xie An. Xie An knew what else Wang Biaozhi wanted to say, Huan Mi rebelled in Jiankang City, but the Beifu Navy was waiting in the river north of the city, which was too coincidental. But what can such a thing be done now? Now that the initiative is all in Beifu's hands, he has a hundred valid reasons to explain why his fleet is waiting in the middle of the river.

When he arrived on the north bank, Xie An saw a bright white light that sparkled his eyes, he knew a little about the military system of Beifu, the white chamber and the black mansion, and a white iron armor in front of him, that was the most elite chamber army in the northern mansion, it seemed that Zeng Hua had invested a lot of money this time. "Chen Zenghua has seen Your Majesty and the Queen Mother!" Zeng Hua's position of Lord was still above Xie An and Wang Biaozhi, so he just bowed his hand to the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother.

"King Qin is exempt!" It was the Empress Dowager Chongde who spoke, the Empress Dowager of the Five Dynasties knew that Jiang Zuo was now in name only, and the life and death of the entire court had been pinched in the hands of this great general, so her words were very polite.

"The Queen Mother, in order to be famous, Your Majesty and the Queen Mother have passed down an edict to give the ministers counter-rebellion." Zeng Hua said unceremoniously.

"Quasi, please Shangshu order Lord Wang and the servant to shoot Xie An to draft an edict, and mourn the family seal." The Empress Dowager Chongde was very straightforward, just glanced at Xie An and Wang Biaozhi, and did not hesitate at all.

Soon, the Son of Heaven and the Empress Dowager Chongde issued an edict to the world, and Zeng Hua, the king of Qin, supervised the Chinese and foreign military affairs, and authorized the conquest of the metropolitan governor, the commander-in-chief of internal and external military affairs, and presided over the suppression of the rebellion.

Zeng Hua ordered Liu Zhen to be the head of the march of the Jiangnan Middle Road, led the army to cross the river, launched an attack on the Jiankang Dihuan secret rebels, and ordered Xu Dang to be the head of the Jiangnan East Road march, and ordered 50,000 Qing, Yanzhou Xiang troops and government soldiers to go straight to Guangling, and first Ping Fan Liu and Yuan Jin rebels; Ordered Zhang Qu to be the head of the march of Jiangnan West Road, take over the defense of Jingxiang, and ordered Xiangyang and Xunyang, requiring Huan Huo and Huan Shixiu to be suspended and retained immediately, maintain local order, and wait for takeover, and ordered Huan Chong to immediately lead the army south and attack the Sun and Lu rebels first.