Yang Ming came out of Luoyang, it was by land, there was no way, the ships were all transferred by Yang Guang, and he could only march on two legs.

One waterway and one land, naturally passing by.

Li Jing had already fought with Zhang Xiu's rebels in Ruyin County, and the disparity in strength between the two sides was too great, Zhang Xiu didn't even have a chance to escape, and more than 20,000 people under his command were wiped out on the north bank of the Huai River.

The meaning of the annihilation of the whole army does not mean that all of them are dead, the team is scattered, and the number is gone, that is, the whole army is annihilated.

Then, Li Jing forcibly crossed the Huai River at night, led the left and right guards of the East Palace, and collided head-on with Zhang Shan'an under Du Fuwei in Huainan County.

Zhang Shan'an is a rebel army under Du Fuwei who has been staying north of the Yangtze River from beginning to end.

Now that Du Fuwei has withdrawn, Zhang Shan'an occupies three of the four counties west of Jiangdu, and he poured out this time to deal with Yu Zhongwen, who was stationed in Zhongli County, the barrier west of Jiangdu.

The rebels in the south are frantically crossing the river, and Jiangdu can only be evacuated temporarily, so Yu Zhongwen of Zhongli County is arranged to prevent Zhang Shan'an from harassing Jiangdu.

But Yu Zhongwen didn't expect Li Jing to come so quickly.

"In this way, Zhang Xiu is finished," Guanguo Gongtian Shishi said: "The pharmacist has come too timely, if we can defeat Zhang Shan'an here, we don't actually have to evacuate Jiangdu." ”

Mai Tiezhu nodded and said: "Xiangyang Sailor is also on the way back, Shandong Zhang Xutuo Shi Huaiyi, there is a prince in the direction of Luoyang, we can completely defend Jiangdu and compress the battlefield in the Jianghuai area, if we retreat north into Shandong, there is no danger to defend, it is better to be a sitting tiger, and solve the matter in Jiangdu." ”

Yu Zhongwen said with a solemn face: "This is the momentum of a decisive battle, I don't dare to make up my mind, once defeated, Jiangnan will not be able to take it back, I will ask Yu Wenshu, but General Mai please quickly lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to support Li Jing, remember, if you can fight, you will fight, if you can't fight, you will retreat, we need to preserve our strength now." ”

On the side of Huainan County, Zhang Shan'an fought with Li Jing without reservation, he felt that he would not lose, because behind his ass, there was a steady stream of troops who had crossed the river, and they couldn't help Li Jing, the lone army that came from the expedition.

In the direction of Lujiang County, the Kanling Division, which received the news, was also marching north to support Zhang Shan'an, with a total of 35,000 people.

The boats are limited, so the progress of Du Fuwei and Feng An's army is slow, and they did not build a pontoon bridge, because the waters of the Yangtze River here are too wide, and there are several miles, or even more than ten miles, and the flow of the Yangtze River close to the mouth of the sea will wash away the pontoon bridge.

The battle on the Jiangdu City side was in full swing, and the most elite left and right Yiwei were not vegetarians, and they firmly stuck to the riverbank defense line and beat back a wave of rebels.

Cai Ju's Wuya fleet was the busiest, and he needed to run back and forth on the Yangtze River, ramming those small ferries, but he had too few ships in his hands, but even so, it greatly delayed the rebels' crossing speed.

This is a five-tooth fleet, which has sunk more than 200 small boats in more than ten days, and its record is not unimpressive.

The big ship can't catch up with the small boat, Cai Ju is busy fighting fires everywhere, unable to form a blockade, if the main force of the Xiangyang Navy Division is there, form a water defense line in the waters of the Yangtze River on the south bank of Jiangdu, and the rebels don't want to ferry from here.

This is the importance of the water division, the equipment of your 100,000 army is not as valuable as the Xiangyang water division, do you think this money is all spent in vain?

Yu Wenshu sat in Jiangdu and received the news of coming to protect his children.

"I can't let him retreat, he will die, and I will die in Wu County," Yu Wenshu said to the herald: "Tell Laihu'er that our army has no way to retreat, let him hold out for a while longer, and the navy will return to help, all the way downstream, and he will definitely be able to come after another five days." ”

Originally, Jiangdu's operational deployment was to be withdrawn, but news came from Shandong, Zhang Xutuo and Shi Huaiyi were desperately rushing here, and Li Jing had also entered Jiangnan, indicating that the prince was also about to arrive.

Then in this situation, Yuwenshu will not withdraw.

The key is actually in Xiangyang Sailor.

Wu County is Suzhou, Laihu'er has long been unable to bear it, Wan Zan died in battle, Guan Chong took refuge in Lin Shihong, and Xu Wanche's contact has also been cut off by the rebels, and now what the other party is, he doesn't know, there is only one Liu Yuanjin left, and he withdrew to Changshu County, there is only a naval dock here, or a very shabby kind.

There are less than 20,000 troops left, and it will take time to withdraw to the sea ships, and Laihu'er has been insisting, and he hopes to wait for good news from Jiangdu.

Don't expect Chen Ling's navy, he has only sailors and no soldiers, empty shells.

"Father, withdraw, if you don't withdraw, it'll be too late," the eldest son admonished.

Liu Yuanjin was also in the lobby at this time, and said: "Chief Administrator, if you are not willing to fight again, Lin Shihong has already won most of Wu County, and if we don't leave, we won't be able to leave." ”

Fei Qingnu was silent, in his place, whatever Lai Hu'er said, he just did it, and he would never disobey.

Lai Hu'er frowned and said: "I think something is wrong, several encounters, Lin Shihong attacked very hard, but after arriving in Changshu, he stopped attacking, as if he deliberately let me live." ”

Lai Kai was surprised: "How can my father be so delusional? Your identity, any rebel is eager to kill and then kill quickly, how can you let us go? ”

"Maybe he doesn't want to fight to the death with us," Fei Qingnu said: "Now south of the Yangtze River, our army has no stronghold, Lin Shihong may not want to consume it on us, he and the master are at odds with each other, fight us, his losses are not small, if he really wants to fight to the death with me, if he suffers too many casualties, there is a possibility of being swallowed up by the master of the exercise." ”

Lai Hu'er said: "This idea of yours is possible in normal times, but not now, as for what Lin Shihong is thinking, I can't guess, since he doesn't move, we don't move, if he comes to attack with all his strength, we will retreat, after all, our army is the only imperial army on the south bank of the Yangtze River, once it is withdrawn, the morale is exhausted, and it will not be easy to come back." ”

Why didn't Lin Shihong fight, there are many reasons, it is too difficult to come to Hu'er, and his loss is indeed too great, but the main reason is that he doesn't want to kill Laihu'er.

Because Laihu'er's status is too noble, if he kills the other party in Wu County, if the situation takes a turn for the worse in the future, he will not even have a chance to join the imperial court.

Even if you can't kill Laihu'er, let him escape, after surrendering to the imperial court in the future, Laihu'er will kill him, so the best way is not to fight, leaving you a way to escape.

Lai Hu'er actually knew about it a long time ago, because he received a letter sent by Lin Shihong, but he didn't tell anyone, and he hid it from his son.

Otherwise, can you not withdraw from Laihu'er? It's almost gone.

Lin Shihong is the most capable of leaving a way back for himself among the rebels, which is related to his own personality and Xiao Shilian flickering in his ears every day.

What did Siu Shilian say? Give him an example, in the second year when Lao Chen was just destroyed by the Great Sui, the entire Jiangnan was completely reversed, but as a result, Yang Su used it for less than half a year, and he gave you peace again.

The rebel leader at that time was Xiao Shilian's younger brother, Xiao Shiluo, could he not know? He knows the whole process better than anyone else.

In the final analysis, Jiangnan has no danger to defend, and the only reliance is the Yangtze River, and the old Chen can be destroyed in two months when he has half of the control of the Yangtze River, and the current rebels have no control over the Yangtze River at all.

Xiao Mo also told Lin Shihong that the Xiangyang Navy would definitely be saved, so when the Navy rushed back, those who crossed the river and those who did not cross the river would be treated.

The navy will completely blockade the Yangtze River, and there will be no way to pass through it, and the past will become a lone army, and there will be no second way except for fighting with the officers and soldiers.

Lin Shihong is a person who is very receptive to other people's opinions, and he believes it, so when Wu Jun attacked Laihu'er, he also kept delaying, otherwise Laihu'er would have been destroyed by him a long time ago.

Procrastination is to avoid crossing the river north, in fact, to avoid putting yourself in danger.

"That Wan Zan is also a good man, I'd rather die than surrender, I gave him a chance, you also saw it," In the room, Lin Shihong and Xiao Shilian whispered.

Xiao Shilian said with a smile: "Although Guan Chong has descended, this person is by no means credible, and his remnants of more than 6,000 people must be scattered and distributed everywhere." ”

"It's not easy to do," Lin Shihong said: "Just attached, I will seize his military power, this person will have a change, I know this person can't believe it, but now he can't help but disobey me, first the court and then me, he has no way back, except listen to me, what else can he do?" ”

Or are you smart, there are several back roads, Xiao Shilian said with a smile: "Wan Chan surrendered to the prince, and was entrusted with a heavy responsibility afterwards, and he didn't dare to be embarrassed to protect his son. ”

Lin Shihong nodded: "Do you think the navy will definitely come?" ”

In fact, he also knew in his heart that the Xiangyang Navy would definitely come back, after all, the emperor had run away, the Jiangdu was surrounded, and it was impossible not to come back, but he was like this, looking ahead and looking backwards, he had no opinion, but fortunately, others listened to it.

"I will definitely come back, the general believe it or not, the prince is on the way here, and he will arrive in Jiangdu in a few days," Xiao Shilian said:

"In this current situation, only the prince can save it, and the prince must be saved, just because as soon as he arrives, all the soldiers and horses will have the backbone, and they will no longer fight separately, and they will work together, Du Fuwei is in danger, if you can attach the land south of the Yangtze River, it is possible to be crowned king."

Xiao Shilian started PUA again.

"Huh~~~~~" Lin Shihong said with a smile: "I don't have such great ambitions, the uprising is also the brothers under my command can't eat, I take everyone to find a way to live, I am a squire, my family has hundreds of acres of thin fields, if it weren't for the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, I wouldn't have raised troops." ”

I didn't have ambition before, that was before, but now I'm awesome, and my ambition will naturally rise.

The reason why Xiao Shilian fooled Lin Shihong so much was to induce the other party to fight back when Du Fuwei, Feng Ang and others were defeated, if Lin Shihong really had that kind of vision and courage, don't say it, he could be crowned king.

There is no precedent for the Great Sui to be crowned a king with a different surname, but before the Great Sui, there were a lot.

Besides, I can change your surname. (End of chapter)