Three hundred and twentieth chapters capture the king
Chen Qing did not intend to sink the enemy's main ship. He planned to capture Xu Yun and hand it over to Li Gang. This was an explanation to avoid Li Gang saying that he killed innocent people indiscriminately. These civil servants had a strong sense of morality, and these navy soldiers were massacred in Wuhu.
When we arrived at the county seat, they stopped condemning it.
In Chen Qing's view, the moment the four thousand Mingzhou naval troops entered Wuhu County, their fate was already sealed. The laws of the imperial court and the ethics of civil servants had nothing to do with him. He, Chen Qing, had to do justice for heaven.
The two warships were getting closer and closer on the river. Xu Yun gritted his teeth and shouted: "Sink him!"
His warship weighed 3,000 dan, but the opponent's warship weighed 5,000 dan. Obviously he was going to be sunk, but he was also going to hit the other side seriously.
At this time, one hundred and fifty soldiers on Chen Qing's ship were ready, holding large shields and short spears, preparing for a fierce battle with the opponent.
The opponent's strength was about a hundred soldiers, which was only slightly inferior to the Song army. But if Chen Qing participated in the battle, it would be completely different.
When the two ships were still ten feet away, the Song army's ship veered slightly to the right. They collided head-on and passed each other side by side. Li Shihong shouted and hooked the side of the other side's ship with an iron hook.
Chen Qing shouted sharply: "Kill him!"
One hundred and fifty soldiers with short spears and large shields jumped onto the other side's ship one after another. Hundreds of soldiers from the other side also shouted and wielded their swords to kill. A fierce battle broke out between the two sides on the two large ships.
But Chen Qing was more concerned about the opponent's general Xu Yun. He did not use gunpowder and kerosene to fight, but adopted the most primitive pirate style of fighting just to capture Xu Yun.
After searching around, Chen Qing finally saw the opponent's general, a middle-aged man wearing armor and holding a broadsword, who was fighting fiercely with Li Shihong. His martial arts skills were very high and he was able to defeat Li Shihong steadily.
"Let me do it!"
Chen Qing waved Fang Tian's painted halberd and blocked the opponent's sword. Li Shihong took the opportunity to retreat and got rid of the opponent's fatal sword.
"Who are you?"
Xu Yun couldn't help being surprised when he saw that the other party broke his deadly serial knife so easily.
"Are you Xu Yun, the commander of the navy in Mingzhou?" Chen Qing asked rhetorically.
"I am Xu Yun, who are you?"
Chen Qing smiled lightly and said, "I'm Chen Qing of the Western Army!"
Xu Yun's pupils suddenly shrank into a line. He really didn't expect that he would meet the world-famous Chen Qing here, and it was actually a water battle.
He suddenly laughed and said, "If I take your head, can I get a reward of 100,000 yuan?"
"That's right, you can still grant ten thousand households, and maybe you can replace Liu Yu as emperor." Chen Qing's eyes were full of sarcasm.
Xu Yun suddenly became angry. Without saying a word, he slashed at Chen Qing's neck with a sharp knife. Chen Qing swung his halberd and struck it. The halberd was extremely powerful. The two weapons collided head-on. All he heard was "Dang!"
There was a loud noise, Xu Yun yelled, his arms seemed to be broken, and the big knife flew out.
The huge force made Xu Yun take two steps back and sit down on the deck. Before he could get up, Chen Qing's halberd tip was pressed against his throat and he said coldly: "If you move again, I'll cut off your neck!"
Several soldiers rushed forward, pushed Xu Yun down, tied him up, blocked his mouth with a cloth, covered his head with a black bag, and took him off the cabin.
At this time, Chen Qing went on a killing spree and massacred the soldiers on the boat. Xu Yun was captured, but his men had no chance of survival. They were all killed. Even the dozen soldiers who jumped into the river were killed.
Random arrows killed him in the river.
In the distance, there was a sea of fire on the river, and there were constant explosions. The Song Army's vehicles and ships, which had an absolute advantage, formed an overwhelming situation against sixteen warships. In less than an hour, the last warship sank to the bottom of the river, and the water surface
There were floating corpses, and no one could escape.
Xu Yun's dream of glory and wealth was finally shattered. Although the Song army had the advantage in this water battle, it also paid the price of eight vehicles and ships being sunk and more than 400 people killed.
Chen Qing immediately ordered Zheng Ping to lead fifty chariots and ships to the north along the Han River, and must capture the forty warships heading north to Xiangyang.
After the remaining warships disembarked Chen Qing and five thousand soldiers near Cangcheng in Hanyang, the fleet crossed the river to Jiangxia. There was no more warship on the north bank of the Yangtze River.
Chen Qing led 5,000 soldiers to join 10,000 cavalry at Shijie Town, about 30 miles northeast of Hanyang County. The army rested on the spot, and Chen Qing sent scouts to find ways to contact Hanyang City.
At noon, Li Gang hurried to the head of Dongcheng, and Dongcheng guard Sun Zhi presented a letter of arrows to Li Gang.
"Xuanfu Envoy, this is a letter from Chen Dutong!"
Li Gang hurriedly opened the letter and read it from top to bottom. The content in the letter immediately made him overjoyed. Chen Qing annihilated Kong Yanzhou's 20,000 troops in Jiangling, destroyed the enemy's fleet, and captured the commander of Mingzhou who surrendered to the puppet Qi army.
Xu Yun is now leading 15,000 people in Shijie Town, thirty miles northeast.
Li Gang's deputy general Xie Qian smiled and said: "Chen Qing's 15,000 troops have arrived at Shijie Town, and the siege of Hanyang will not be long!"
Xie Qian was appointed as the governor of Jingnan Town and was in charge of the capital. He was the first general around Li Gang. After all, Li Gang was a civilian official. His general command was okay, but his specific leadership of troops in battle was much worse. Tens of thousands of troops were all led by Xie Qian.
Actual leadership.
Jie Qian led the army to defeat the many sieges of the puppet Qi army.
Xie Qian pondered for a moment and said: "Envoy Xuanfu, the puppet Qi army did not attack the city today. They should also know that Chen Dutong is coming."
Li Gang also thought this was the reason. He knew that the puppet Qi army was very afraid of Chen Qing's cavalry. Now that Chen Qing led the cavalry to fight back, how long can Dong Xian hold on?
"I am now considering whether to send troops to fight with Chen Qing and defeat him!"
"Is it Chen Dutong's request?"
Li Gang nodded, "He hopes that I will give him 10,000 elite troops so that he can form a formation and engage in a decisive battle with the enemy. What do you think of Jie Dutong's opinion?"
Jie Qian thought for a while and said: "We still have 23,000 troops now. We can give him the spare 10,000 troops. With 13,000 men in humble positions, we can completely defend Hanyang City."
Li Gang was afraid that Jie Qian would be overly concerned and refused to agree to divide his troops. Unexpectedly, he agreed immediately. He was overjoyed and said quickly: "If we can win the battle to defend Hanyang this time, I will definitely report to the imperial court the great contribution that Jie has made in guarding Hanyang City."
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"Thank you very much, Ambassador Xuanfu. I'm afraid it's not just Wei Chen who deserves the credit."
"Of course I know that Deputy Capital Commander Liu Hongdao held firm to Cangcheng and Zhe Yanzhi was able to provide logistical support. These are all contributions made jointly by everyone and I will not forget them."
At this time, the deputy envoy Zhe Yanzhi hurried over, cupping his fists and saying, "Envoy Xuanfu is looking for me?"
Zhe Yanzhi previously served as Hunan's pacification envoy, responsible for suppressing Yang Yao. However, due to his bad relationship with Wang Xie, the governor of the capital, and constant internal strife, the bandit suppression failed. Wang Xie was demoted, and Zhe Yanzhi was changed to the deputy envoy of Huguang Xuanfu.
, together with Xie Qian, became Li Gang's right-hand man.
The current reserve army of 10,000 is trained and led by Orihiko.
Li Gang said to him: "Chen Qing has arrived. He is preparing to fight the enemy, but his strength is slightly insufficient. He would like to ask me to send 10,000 troops to support him."
Zhe Yanzhi said quickly: "I am willing to lead the troops there!"
Li Gang winked at Xie Qian, and Xie Qian left knowingly.
Li Gang walked to the top of the city and questioned Zheyan for a while: "Actually, I don't want you to lead the army. Your official position is higher than that of Chen Qing. I'm afraid you won't be able to accept his command. However, this army is trained and led by you. You are the most important."
Knowing them, I am afraid that Chen Qing will not be able to command this army, which will affect the decisive battle, and I will be embarrassed if I lose the deputy envoy."
Zhe Yanzhi is not only the deputy envoy of Huguang Xuanfu, but also a direct bachelor from the third-grade Longtuge. He is also a famous general in the world. Chen Qing is not only lower in official position than him, but also a rising star in fame. It will definitely not work for Zhe Yanzhi to command Chen Qing.
But Li Gang felt it was inappropriate to let Chen Qing direct Zhe Yan to confront him, so he was in a dilemma.
Zhe Yanzhi smiled slightly and said: "Actually, it's not that Chen Qing's commanding position is low. The two of us are fighting together, and it's just me who cooperates with him. The Xuanfu envoy doesn't have to worry too much. Besides, I've heard of Chen Qing's illustrious reputation for a long time.
, it is also an honor for me to be able to fight side by side with him."
"I am deeply gratified that Deputy Envoy Zhe thinks this way, so be it! I will appoint you as the envoy of the Han Dynasty again, the governor of the town, the commander of the Hanyang army, and the command of 10,000 Hanyang troops to cooperate with Chen Qing in fighting."
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[The cold is not over yet. I worked too hard yesterday and posted four chapters. My body really can’t bear it anymore. Rong Laogao will take a little rest today and post two chapters. 】