Due to the failure of the quarry rock pontoon bridge, Cao Bin could only cross the river in Dangtu with a large ship carrying soldiers and weapons of war, which was far from the efficiency of the old nose. It wasn't until after the Spring Festival that Cao Bin launched an attack. Liang Zhen was the vanguard, and repeatedly defeated the Divine Guard Army near Jiangning Town. The Divine Guard Army suffered successive defeats, lost its troops, and had no choice but to retreat to the Qinhuai River and defend it according to the Qinhuai River.

However, Liang Zhen met his opponent at the Qinhuai River. Lingbo Du Yu Hou and Lu Jiang were deployed along the river to take advantage of the water army, and constantly crossed the river to harass, Liang Zhen suffered a few small defeats, so he divided his troops along the Qinhuai River as a warning. Lu Jiang gathered superior forces and ate several battalions of Liang Zhen on the west bank of the Qinhuai River.

Cao Bin sent Hao Shourong to attack with a water army, Lu Jiang relied on the Qinhuai water gate, and Hao Shourong fought a water battle, did not fall into the wind, fought until dark, Hao Shourong was unable to break through the Qinhuai water gate, and returned in vain, but Lu Jiang had already prepared a fire boat on the shore, and took advantage of the darkness to attack with a dead man driving a fire boat, although in the end it did not cause major losses to Hao Shourong, but several thousand stone ships were burned, and they could not be dispatched for a while.

However, Lu Jiang's outstanding performance made Huangfu Jixun extremely unhappy. All the armies are defeated, and your Lu Jiang's good news is spread frequently, so where will the face of the generals of the Divine Guard Army go? Huangfu Jixun felt that this would not work, and it seemed that he could only do both.

The first management is to find an internal servant. Huangfu Jixun made a bloody investment, and gave Li Yu's two edicts Xu Yuanyu and Diao Yin 10,000 yuan each (that is, about 10,000 taels of silver), as long as it was bad news about the military situation, these two edicts would not show Li Yu. The second thing to do, of course, is to find a reason to send Lu Jiang away.

Saying that on the Runzhou side, Liu Cheng sat and watched the Song Army's Yangzhou Army Ma Zhong's headquarters set up a military base at the West Gate, and the two main and deputy commanders of the right wing of the Runzhou Army came to ask for battle.

Liu Cheng didn't want to fight, and replied: "If you can't win, then Runzhou City is likely to be lost!" I have asked His Majesty to send reinforcements. It's still necessary to wait for reinforcements to come before making plans. ”

The left wing of the Runzhou Army was mainly the guards brought by Liu Cheng, and the fighting spirit was limited. But the right wing is all local soldiers and horses in Runzhou, and the mind of defending the land and protecting the people is still quite heavy. It's just that Liu Cheng is unwilling to fight, and the thinking within the Runzhou Army is not unified.

And when Liu Cheng's letter for help arrived in Jinling, Huangfu Jixun knew about it. Huangfu Jixun invited Yu Yan, Ma Xinren, Ma Chengjun and other generals of the Divine Guard, and said that Liu Cheng asked for help, but everyone was silent. Huangfu Jixun said that he wanted to make a suggestion to His Majesty, with Lu Jiang as the commander, went to help Chengzhou, and asked the generals for their opinions. The generals just didn't say anything. Obviously, let everyone go to Runzhou to help, that is absolutely impossible; But Lu Jiang was in Qinhuaihe, after all, he also helped everyone greatly share the pressure of the Song army, and transferring him away would also have advantages and disadvantages for everyone.

Huangfu Jixun snorted coldly: "Your Majesty asked, if you have different opinions, you can recommend yourself as the general of Runzhou." Otherwise, don't blame everyone for not being emotional. ”

Huangfu Jixun handed over the fold, and sure enough, no one objected.

Lu Jiang received Li Yu and was ordered to stay for the Zhaowu Army, and led 8,000 troops to aid Runzhou. Lu Jiang didn't know why, but with Li Yu's encouragement, he just rushed to Runzhou.

When Lu Jiang arrived in Runzhou, he did not enter the city, but only set up camp at the south gate. Previously, after the Yangzhou Army and Ma Zhong Department built a military base outside the east gate of Runzhou, they frequently provoked, but Liu Cheng just closed the east gate and did not come out. After Lu Jiang came to help, the Tang and Song Dynasty forces inside and outside Runzhou City were transferred, and Ma Zhongbu did not dare to attack the city again, but sent a probe every ten days to see the progress of Ding Deyu's attack on Changzhou.

When he heard that Wu Yue's army was defeated in Changzhou, Ding Deyu was killed, Qian Weizhi was captured, and only more than 10,000 remnants fled back to Suzhou, Ma Zhong almost didn't believe his ears.

People who can't believe their ears also include Qian Yu, the lord of Wu Yue.

However, the envoys of the Zhongwu Jiedu and the left and right direct armies all commanded the people sent by the envoys, and the content of what they said was very different. That is, Qian Weizhi was captured, Ding Deyu was killed, and the Shangzhi army commanded Du Pu to be trapped in the city, life and death are unknown, and the 50,000 army only fled back with less than 15,000 people.

Wu Yue's army was defeated, and he gave an explanation to Zhao Kuangyin, the emperor of the Song State, anyway, but Qian Weizhi was captured, and I don't know what the situation was. Qian Yu was much more interested in this nephew than his eldest son, and urgently ordered his younger brother, Zhongwu Jiedu, to make Qian Hongyi contact Changzhou Yu Wancheng and ask for a ransom.

The ransom of people naturally cannot be delayed, and when Changzhou sends the captives to Jinling, then everything will be over. Therefore, as soon as the war in Changzhou City was extinguished, Li Congyi and Yu Wancheng had just arrived in Wuxi, and the envoy sent by Qian Hongyi came with a gift list.

Gift list cloud: painted gold and silver incense master, fragrant deer phoenix crane peacock, treasure costume fit, buckle gold porcelain everything, Wu Yi silk thousand horses.

Li Congyi looked at this gift list, and thought to himself that this was not a gift that was going to be given to Zhao Kuangyin to celebrate the destruction of the Southern Tang Dynasty, so he would use it to redeem people first. The first few treasures on the gift list are not easy to estimate, but each one is worth 10,000 taels is not a problem, and the entire gift list is worth 50,000 taels, which is not a problem.

"One hundred thousand taels, regardless of silver or copper. Pay the money with one hand and hand over the person. Li Congyi smiled and directly doubled the asking price. It's useless to keep Qian Weizhi, you have to eat and drink well, since Qian Yu is so anxious and wants to redeem people, then satisfy him.

Li Congyi doesn't want those luxury things, as long as the money, Yu Wancheng, Jiang Xiangming and others naturally have nothing to say. Changzhou, as the front line of the confrontation between Wu and Tang, was naturally not polite to the lord of Wu Yue, and everyone was happy if he could blackmail a handful of money.

Tang Puze, Zheng Deshui and others rushed to Wuxi to see Li Congyi. Changzhou Dongcheng was beaten to pieces, and Xuanzhou Construction naturally had to join the reconstruction work. There were no major losses in Wuxi County, but the countryside of Wuxi County was ruined by the crossing of Wu Yue's army, especially in order not to be caught, a large number of young and strong people fled, but fortunately, it coincided with winter, and the impact on rural production was still controllable.

At this time, Xuanzhou Construction will carry out the construction of large-scale projects with work for relief, which can naturally play a role in quickly stabilizing people's hearts. Changzhou is located in the plain, so naturally there is no need to build a reservoir like Xuanzhou, but the dredging and excavation of various irrigation canals or various large and small artificial rivers is the top priority. In addition, the construction of barracks for the field army also needs to be carried out immediately.

The first division was to be used in Runzhou, and the second division returned to Xuanzhou for training. The deterrent power of the garrison was insufficient, so Li Congyi formed the third division of the Xuanzhou recruits who were stepping up their training and pulled them from Xuanzhou. After several months of basic training, the Third Division was also decent at this time, and there was no shortage of main weapons, but what was lacking was war horses, mules and horses. However, around Taihu Lake, as long as civilian ships are recruited in advance, the field army has a very strong projection ability, which is enough to deter the Wu Yue army.

After thinking about it, Li Congyi simply abandoned the skin of Ning Guojun and formed the First Army with three divisions, with himself as the commander. The first division had Cui Feihu as the commander, and the third division had Wu Feixing as the commander. Cui Feihu, as the first military general of the old army to serve Li Congyi, not to mention that his tactical literacy is good, and the performance of his troops this time is also eye-catching. Everyone was not surprised by this result, and when Cui Feihu and Wu Feixing led the main force to attack, they laid the groundwork.

Tang Puze came to Changzhou because Li Congyi wanted to issue bonds in Changzhou. Changzhou is on the coast of Taihu Lake, and it is also the land of fish and rice, with the benefit of silkworms, and the wealth is twice that of Xuanzhou. However, the storage situation of Jiangnan Branch and Changzhou Branch is not good. At the same time, Li Congyi also hopes to bind more people to Li Congyi's chariot through the issuance of bonds.

In addition, there are a number of major events, including the unification of the tax system, the abolition of the two yuan and the abolition of money into currency, and the selection of Changzhou officials to inspect Xuanzhou and participate in cadre training courses, which also need to be carried out as soon as possible.

Li Congyi's many tasks were assigned, and various affairs were running, and Yu Wancheng was dumbfounded. In ancient times, the affairs of the local government were not heavy, and the main pressure was on the prefect, and the busiest and most concerned thing in the magistrate was to collect summer grain and autumn taxes, as for the prefect of the prefecture, most of the time was to eat and drink. Li Congyi demanded that the three counties of Wuxi, Jinling, and Jiangyin must cooperate with Xuanzhou Construction as soon as possible to select the irrigation canals to be dredged or expanded, and immediately start work; Wuxi, Jiangyin, and Wujin also had to cooperate in the selection and construction of fixed barracks for the field army. It is also necessary to carry out the reform of the tax system and currency system, and Yu Wancheng can only say that Jiang Guogong's heart is really big.

The Changzhou army and the Ning Guojun joined hands to defeat Wu Yue's army in Changzhou City and expel Wu Yue from Changzhou.

Li Yu felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he still showed joy on his face: "The twentieth brother's trick is to hide from the sky and the sea, and defeat Wu Yuejun, even if he hides me, it is not a big deal." "According to the Li clan, Li Congyi is ranked in the twentieth year, and in public, he has to be ranked according to the clan of the world, and Li Yu will not be called the eighth brother in private. As soon as Li Yu said this, he put down the matter of Ning Guojun leaving the country without permission and merging with the Changzhou army.

Chen Qiao was silent. Beforehand, Li Congyi did things to hide from the world and the sea for the purpose of the campaign, which is understandable, and even Chen Qiao helped cover it up. It's just that the war is over, and the Ning Guojun has also returned to the division with great fanfare, but Changzhou and Xuanzhou have strangely not reported victory to Jinling, which is unreasonable.

"Can you let the Ning Guojun counterattack Taiping?" Seo Hyun asked. Huangfu Jixun used the urgency of the war as an excuse, unless Li Yu personally summoned him, he would not come to the court, and only used Yu Yan and other deputy generals of the gods to be perfunctory.

Lu Yan was about to speak, but Chen Qiao interjected first: "The Ning Guojun and the Changzhou army fought against the Wu Yue army with 30,000 against 50,000, and they won a great victory, but they must also have suffered heavy losses. It will take months to counterattack. ”

Yu Yan also said: "What the privy envoy said is exactly what Lao Cheng said. ”

Chen Qiao said: "Now that Changzhou is safe, why don't you let Jiang Guogong lead the soldiers and horses of Sanzhou for Xuanrun Changjiedu, expel the Song soldiers of Runzhou, and then come to Jinling to participate in the battle." ”

When Li Yu heard this, his face fell.

Zhang Xun retorted: "Now there are only 30,000 Song soldiers in Runzhou, and there are 30,000 Runzhou troops reorganized after Liu Liu, and there are 8,000 soldiers led by General Lu, so there is no need to worry about Runzhou." Seeing Li Yu's brows stretched, Zhang Xun said again: "The secretary of Jiang Guo made Ning Guo's army enter Changzhou, which has his own great merit. Jiang Guogong concealed the sea from the world, so there is no need to inform us and others, but what is the difficulty of writing a letter to Your Majesty? I thought it was ......"

"Zhang Qing doesn't need to say much." Li Yu didn't let Zhang Xun say any more. Li Yu didn't believe that Li Congyi would become the second prince of Hongji, but when he thought of Li Congyi's actions since the beginning of this year, he was indeed more and more incomprehensible. But in this autumn of survival, it's better to be confused about some things.

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