Chapter 9 Iron Locks
The Lingnan Du clan was originally just a first-class aristocratic family in the Great Zhou Dynasty. The sphere of influence only radiated to the Lingnan province of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It can be called a wealthy family, but it is not outstanding in the Chengtian Continent! Until 50 years ago, Du Qianyang, the new master of the Lingnan Du clan, who was in the prime of life, rose strongly above the court.
Du Qianyang was appointed as the commander of the Lingnan Naval Division, and led the 50,000 naval divisions of the Lingtuo River.
At the beginning of his tenure, the Lingnan Naval Division was all stragglers, and there were not enough soldiers, so they would not be registered! Du Qianyang overcame all difficulties, borrowed the prestige of the new head of the family, and the strength of the entire Du family to create the "Huayi Naval Division" in Hushan Port!
In the thirty-seventh year of Hua'an of the Great Zhou Dynasty, a dispute broke out between Zhou and Chu in Fu'an County. Du Qianyang waved the Lingtuo River, broke the famous general of the Southern Chu Naval Division three times in Junzhou, and followed the "Lingyang Ship Group" of Wang Chu Yushu, which shocked the sky!
Later, Du Qianyang relied on his elite soldiers and began to divide the three southern provinces. The major forces have all avoided its edge. As a result, the Du family embarked on the road of super gate valves, and gradually stepped onto the big stage of the Chengtian Continent!
Seeing the rise of the Du family unstoppable. The imperial court had no choice but to issue an edict to crown Du Qianyang as the "King of Southern Zhou", and to conquer Lingnan, intending to drag the Du family's forces back to Lingnan Province!
Who Cheng wanted Du Qianyang to be a generation of strange masters, and in the name of "King of the South", he expanded greatly. In the past few decades, countless aristocratic sects and Jianghu sects that have stirred up trouble in the south have turned into dust under the command of Du Qianyang's soldiers!
The Wan Qian family was originally the first gate valve in Juan Province, and it was one of the top forces in the south, because of the dispute over the Central Port, and the Du family was at odds. For decades, the two families have clashed countless times openly and secretly, and both sides have their own gains and losses, and they have become mortal enemies!
The Wan Qi family is an old aristocrat in the Chengtian Continent, and has been divided here more than 2,000 years ago. After the turmoil of the Nine Emperors, the Spring and Autumn Dynasty still stood tall! It was precisely because of this that the accumulated illness of some of the great nobles within the Wan Qi family was also extremely serious. The mentality of the whole clan to forge ahead is very weak.
On the contrary, the Du family is thriving and forging ahead under the leadership of Du Qianyang. Under the advantages of the other, the confrontation between the two families has gradually changed from the original evenly matched to the gradual suppression of the Wan Qi family by the Du family. For more than ten years, the Wan Qi family gradually lost the strength to compete with the Du family.
Three years ago, Wan Qixun, the current head of the Wan Qian family, who had been fighting with Du Qianyang for decades, died, and the Wan Qian family almost collapsed in an instant.
Wan Qixun gave birth to a son and a daughter, the eldest son Wan Qihu died early, * Wan Qifeng Wu withstood internal and external troubles, with the support of some elders of the family, through brutal and bloody suppression, and finally ascended to the position of head of the family. After Wan Qi Fengwu sat firmly in the position of the head of the family, he was determined to reform and wanted to sweep away the legacy of the previous generation. How can I accumulate a lot of hard work, I have more than enough heart but not enough strength!
Du Qianyang also did not give up the blow to the Wan Qian family, an old rival who was no longer able to compete with him, and used poison schemes in the government and the opposition. The intention is to complete his plan to enter Juan Province by eliminating the Wan Qi family, a giant family.
At the end of last year, Du Qianyang and Hu An Governor Fu Jing Xingyao and the patriarch of the Zuo family, the second largest family in Juan Province, Zuo Zi'an, the prince of Lingyu County, jointly signed a letter to impeach the Wan Qian family and the Southern Chu royal family for private grants, intending to defect to the enemy and commit treason!
It is no secret that all the top sects in the Chengtian Continent, the Super Gate Valve are all related to the royal families of the Five Kingdoms! Even the Du family himself does not dare to guarantee absolute loyalty to the Great Zhou Imperial Family!
However, since it was jointly impeached by three feudal officials, the imperial court could not ignore it. Therefore, Emperor Li Hong appointed Jin Zi, the right deputy capital of Wutai, to become the minister of the Qin Mission, and went south to Lingyu County, Juan Province, to take charge of the case of "Wan Qi's rebellion".
When Jin Zicheng came to Juan, it didn't take long for him to collude with Du Qianyang and others, and he wrote a book declaring that the Wan Qian family was indeed rebellious!
Emperor Li Hong knew that this case was very boring, but he was forced by pressure and had no choice but to order the round-up of Wan Qi's family!
Unlike the people at the bottom, all the top forces know that the Wan Qi family, which has been declared rebellious, may not really be guilty, and the few feudal officials who impeached the Wan Qi family are not necessarily loyal ministers and good generals. It's just that the Wan Qi family has completely lost this tug-of-war that has lasted for decades!
As soon as he received the holy decree, Du Qianyang immediately sent his right-hand man, Shi Qunyong, the commander of Lingnan Wei, to lead the three armies of Ma Bugong with a total of 130,000 soldiers and horses, together with a fleet of 7,000 sailors, to enter Juan Province to assist Hu An to supervise Jing Xingyao to encircle and suppress the Wan Qian family.
A hundred-legged insect, although it is dead, it is not stiff! Wan Qi Fengwu, as the helmsman of the old nobles of the Chengtian Continent, did not sit still because of a holy decree. Under unprecedented pressure, she caged the remaining strength of the Wan Qi family after the heavy blow, and chiseled through the 90,000 allied forces of Shi Qunyong and Jing Xing Yaobu in the west of Lingyu County, and broke through!
Wan Qi Fengwu led the hundreds of private troops left after the family broke through, together with a number of masters in the family, to protect the women and children in the family, the old and weak, and escaped from Lingyu County. Take the estuary of the mountain and river, from the Yanling Canal such as the Junyang River, and flee to Sanjiang County. intends to rely on the protection of the Great River Alliance for the Sanjiangkou to clean up the remnants in that trading capital and regroup to avenge the past!
Du Qianyang never expected that the Wan Qi family, which had long been weakened, would escape from Shi Qunyong and Jing Xingyao after dying and struggling! By the time he received the tip, Wan Qian Fengwu had already led the remnants of the Wan Qi family across the estuary of the mountains and rivers.
In order to intercept Wan Qi Fengwu and prevent the remnants of the Wan Qi family from escaping to Sanjiangkou. In desperation, Du Qianyang had to personally lead a fleet of "Chinese sailors" to enter the Junyang River through the Jing River, a tributary of the Lingtuo River, and pursued it for several days before intercepting Wan Qifeng Dance on the river near Sanjiang County.
Du Qianyang also knew that Sanjiang County was a place of trade between various countries, and it was a taboo to use swords and soldiers here in vain! Since the founding of the Dajiang League more than 800 years ago, there has never been a precedent for officers and soldiers to come here to arrest people. That would be used as a demonstration by other forces, and Du Qianyang has not yet swelled to this point!
He was very glad that the Wan Qi family's ship had not yet officially entered the territory of Sanjiang County! Once the ship sailed into the Sanjiang border port, even if he and the Wan Qian family's ship were close at hand, they would not dare to make a move at will.
Rao is like this, Du Qianyang is still planning to make a quick decision, because this place belongs to the Eastern Regions, and at the same time, it is the sphere of influence of the Great River Alliance. He drove his troops here, as if he ignored the sovereignty of the two major forces! It is not a good choice to offend these two powerful "neighbors" at the same time!
But I didn't expect Wan Qi Fengwu to lead Wan Qi Yu to kill in the west, so difficult. The ship of the Wan Qi family is like a dragon playing in the water on the river, and it is easy to swim!
Du Qianyang frowned tightly, and stood on the bow of the "Ice Cockroach" with his hands. This vehicle is more than 100 zhang long, and the width of the board is more than 30 chapters long, and it is the top ship of the "Huayi Naval Division". From a few decades ago, this "Ice Mitch" was his flagship. I don't know how many times the combat readiness inside has been changed, but the hull has been used to this day!
There are big difficulties, and small conveniences. Helplessly watching the small ship of the Wan Qi family flying all over the river, like a small shrimp scattered around, obviously small and pitiful, but people can't speak!
Seeing the master's sad face, there was nothing he could do. The deputy general standing beside Du Qianyang stepped forward and suggested beside him: "Your Highness, I don't know how long it will take to fight like this." I think...... Let's shoot!"
"Bastard!"
The deputy general didn't expect that Du Qianyang not only did not accept his suggestion, but scolded him coldly. Helpless, he had to look at Shi Du Xuanzhang, the head of the Nanwang Mansion who was standing on the other side of Du Qianyang.
"If you use gunboats at this time, no matter whether you win or lose, your Highness will lose face!"
Du Xuanzhang saw the eyes handed to him by the deputy general, but he also shook his head and said.
"Pass the order: go all out to attack the ship and strive to capture it alive! If you can't take the woman from Wan Qi's family within a stick of incense, all the officers and generals of each ship will be dismissed, and the officers below the rank of general will be engaged in military law!"
Du Qianyang had lost the last patience! He stared at the river with burning eyes, and coldly gave orders to the guards behind him.
"Yes!"
The guard took the order and bowed his head and said yes.
Just as he had just left the cabin to give orders, a general ran into the cabin from the outside. The partial general came to Du Qianyang's side and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, a ship approached our boat and was stopped by us, and the owner of the ship said that he wanted to see you!"
"At this time, what will you see?"
Du Qianyang turned his head and shouted angrily at the face of the partial general.
Looking at Du Qianyang's cold and majestic face, full of anger, it seemed that he would be beheaded by the sword if he said another word. The body unconsciously shuddered!
However, thinking of the young man's indifferent sonorous voice just now, this partial general had to muster up his courage again and said to Du Qianyang:
He ..... him and said, "You ...... If you don't see him, let me tell you that his name is ...... Ye Mengchu!"