"The King of Nanping is here. There is a riot in the city at night. A certain guardian king is going north. You don't open the city gate. Could it be that you are with the rebels!"
In the light of the fire, Sun Guangxian stood high on the carriage, holding a sword in one hand and grabbing Gao Baorong's arm with the other. He stood tall and tall, his body covered in blood. The sword in his hand obviously took many lives.
Although Sun Guangxian was troubled in his affairs and was not liked by Luo Youdu, there was no doubt that he had the courage of a scholar.
In his early years, in order to collect writing materials, he interacted with local Taoist priests and bandits and powerful gentry in the East Valley of Fengcheng City.
In addition to his excellent swordsmanship, he also relies on his extraordinary courage.
At this moment, he was holding a sword and looked majestic under the firelight.
The city guard general Yang Qing was Li Jingwei's confidant and had been notified by Li Jingwei. However, he did not inform the soldiers of the situation before the time came. Originally, they planned to say that there was someone treason in the city and seal the four gates tightly.
But now that Gao Baorong is right in front of us, we can't say to the soldiers that we are going to rebel in this temporary emergency, right?
At this time, I was also panicked.
Asking Yang Qing to directly attack Gao Baorong and Sun Guangxian, he did not dare to do so. He could only say: "The city gate is closed. If the king wants to go out, please wait for his subordinates to consult the commander..."
Before he finished speaking, an arrow flew into the air and pierced his throat.
Before arriving at the city gate, Sun Guangxian had already discussed with Gao Zhixun that if the city gate did not open, he would directly shoot the guard and force the city to open.
Gao Congyi's imperial army was right behind them, and they had no time to delay.
Life and death depend on this.
Sun Guangxian raised his sword again and shouted: "If you don't open the door again, you will be guilty of treason!"
Their superior was shot dead on the spot, and with the king Gao Baorong in front of them again, the remaining soldiers couldn't bear the charge of rebellion and hurriedly opened the city gate.
At this time, the pursuers behind him had arrived, and a burst of crossbow bolts were fired.
There was endless wailing behind them, and a powerful crossbow fired on the carriage, making a "duh" sound.
Sun Guangxian's face turned pale and he said: "Your Majesty, get in the car quickly."
He pushed Gao Baorong, waved his whip wildly and ran forward.
None of the servants he summoned were wearing armor, so there was no way they could be opponents of the imperial army.
In other words, the hundred men under Gao Zhixun have some fighting ability, but they are outnumbered. How long can they hold on?
Sun Guangxian didn't care whether his own men could catch up, so he drove his carriage to the north and fled north. As long as he brought Gao Baorong to Xiangzhou, everything would be safe.
Even if Gao Congyi had great courage, he would not dare to send troops into the territory of Zhou Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, the situation is urgent now. We should go north immediately to Kaifeng to ask Emperor Guo for help and ask him to send out rebels to defeat the rebels!"
Sun Guangxian said righteously, he had already thought that history books would record his heroic savior's behavior today in this way.
Thinking of Luo Youdu's "three words, cross" sarcasm, he was a little dismissive.
"King?"
Seeing no response from the carriage, Sun Guangxian called out and looked back strangely, only to see his king leaning against the back wall of the carriage in a strange posture, a crossbow arrow passing through the back of his head, and blood flowing out.
A beach.
Sun Guangxian turned his head dullly, and suddenly remembered that he seemed to have pushed him.
The crossbow bolt that penetrated the carriage and his own push were equal to...
Sun Guangxian's face was distorted, Your Majesty, you want me to kill him?
No, it was Gao Congyi. It was Gao Congyi who shot the king.
It must be like this, it must be!
Definitely is!
Sun Guangxian was so stunned that he brainwashed himself over and over again.
He stopped the carriage, took Gao Baorong off the wall of the carriage, lay flat on his back, held him in his arms, and cried sadly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
Gao Zhixun urged his horse to come closer, and when he saw Gao Baorong, who had been dead for a long time, he stood stunned on the spot.
Sun Guangxian looked at Gao Zhixun and said: "The king was killed by traitors."
Gao Zhixun ignored this nonsense and said in a trembling voice: "Then what should we do?"
Sun Guangxian's eyes were firm and he said resolutely: "Go to Xiangzhou, ask for reinforcements, and avenge the king."
The city of Jiangling was in turmoil. With the most important Gao Baorong dead, Gao Congyi had no way out.
Before, I planned to force Gao Baorong to give way and perform a wave of regular operations, but now I can only bite the bullet and do it myself.
Anyone who disobeys will be killed!
Kill until everyone surrenders.
Just when Gao Congyi was about to raise the butcher's knife, he got a piece of news.
The Zhou army entered the city.
Facing the Zhou army approaching the city, Li Jingwei did not have any impulse this time. He directly ordered the army to open the city to meet the Zhou army, took the initiative to hand over all the equipment, and cooperated with the Zhou army to control the four gates of Jiangling.
Surrender cleanly.
While controlling the four gates of Jiangling, Hou Zhang personally led his troops to besiege the Nanping Palace.
The situation was over, Gao Congyi did not want to be captured and humiliated, so he directly set fire to the Nanping Palace and shouted: "How can I, the Nanping royal family, be a prisoner of the rank and file?"
With Gao Congyi's self-immolation, Jiangling came under the control of the Zhou Dynasty.
Although there were minor changes in the process, Dazhou still did not lose a single soldier.
Luo Youdu directly asked Sun Guangxian to talk about surrendering to Guizhou and Xiazhou.
Gui and Xiazhou were just two small states located in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River. They had no power or intention to resist, so they surrendered directly.
Especially with the arrival of the navy led by Lin Renzhao, Nanping was even less able to stir up any trouble.
The Nanping royal family also had a whimsical plan to make Gao Baorong's son Gao Jichong the king of Nanping.
Luo Youdu didn't even think about it and said directly: "If you can't decide, go to the officials to discuss the matter yourself."
With a wave of his hand, he packed up all the members of the Gao family and shipped them to Kaifeng Mansion.
In this life, this group of people will never want to return to Jiangling.
The news that Zhou Dynasty occupied Jiangling first reached Wuping.
The current independent ruler of Wuping is Zhou Xingfeng.
Originally, the military envoy of Wuping was Wang Kui. Wang Kui was ordered by Guo Rong to go to the Southern Tang Dynasty. However, due to slander from his subordinates, he forced Pan Shusi, the Yuezhou regiment training envoy, to rebel, and he was killed by Pan Shusi.
Pan Shusi knew that he could not convince the crowd, so he sent generals from Langzhou to Tanzhou to welcome Zhou Xingfeng, and he returned to Yuezhou.
After Zhou Xingfeng took over the Wuping Army, he used a trick to get rid of Pan Shusi, and also obtained the territories of Wang Kui and Pan Shusi. He held Lang, Tan, Heng, Li, Yue, Dao, Yong, Shao, and Chen.
, the strength of forty counties in ten states has been greatly improved.
However, Zhou Xingfeng knew that he was no match for the Great Zhou Dynasty, so he wisely sent an envoy to Guo Rong, expressing his willingness to surrender.
Guo Rong had no intention of regaining Jingnan at the moment, so he appointed him the governor of Langzhou, the governor of Wuping Army, the military governor of Wu'an, Jingjiang and other armies, and the captain of the inspection school, which recognized his separatist rule over the land of Jingnan.
Zhou Xingfeng had some thoughts about Nanping, especially after Nanping was disgusted by Guo Rong because of Nanping's inability to send troops, so he had strange thoughts.
Gangneung's geographical location is so attractive, with boats from the south and horses from the north, and a thoroughfare to seven provinces.
Not to mention its military status, it connects the four commercial channels of Bashu, Jiangnan, Central Plains and Jingnan, which is enough to make a lot of money.
Zhou Xingfeng knew that his strength was limited and he could not defeat Meng Shu, the Southern Tang Dynasty, let alone the Great Zhou Dynasty, but there was no reason not to be tempted by this business of just sitting and collecting money.
As soon as there was any change in Nanping, Zhou Xingfeng immediately went north under the banner of killing the emperor of Zhou.
As a result, the intelligence sent out came with the news that Luo Youdu was in Nanping and Jiangling returned to Zhou Dynasty.
"How can this be!"
Zhou Xingfeng's face turned pale.
This time, the trouble was huge. The Jingnan water system was no less than the Jianghuai River south. The Jiangling navy could go south anytime and anywhere to capture any important land it occupied.
"Didn't they return to Kaifeng?"
"Luo Youdu was drinking and having fun with Qian Hongchu in Yangzhou not long ago. How come he captured Jiangling in just a few days?"
An emotion called fear filled my heart.
Nanping just didn't follow Guo Rong's orders and was destroyed in just a few days?
Although he had watched the process of Jiangling's fall in detail more than a dozen times, there was no trace of Luo Youdu.
Zhou Xingfeng, however, did not believe that Luo Youdu took advantage of the situation and took over Jiangling just because he happened to be passing by. He must be the one pushing it.
terrible!!!
"No wonder he is as famous as the Prime Minister!"
week
I also took the white tiger skin with me and sent it to Kaifeng to express my thoughts to Zhou Xingfeng."
That white tiger skin is Zhou Xingfeng's favorite treasure.
Jinling.
The Zhou Dynasty retreated, and Li Jing finally recovered.
Start handling all government affairs after the defeat.
In this year's campaign, the Southern Tang Dynasty suffered heavy losses.
The national treasury is at its bottom, and all the elites in the country are gone.
Without ten years of interest, it would be difficult for them to recover.
But Li Jing was very open-minded. At least his position as the leader of Jiangnan was saved and he no longer had to be a minister of subjugation.
Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he learned that Lin Renzhao's navy stationed in Chaohu suddenly sailed into the Yangtze River. Li Jing was frightened like a frightened bird, thinking that Guo Rong followed the example of Han Emperor Gaozu and betrayed Xiang Yu.
Fortunately, we found that the other party did not send troops to attack Shiji, but went directly up the river to Jiangling.
Then the news came that Jiangling had been occupied by Luo Youdu.
The Great Zhou Dynasty had already captured Huainan, and shared the natural moat of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River with itself. Now it has occupied Jiangling, and controls the geographical advantages of the upper reaches.
There was only one thought in Li Jing's mind: quit. Whoever wants to be the leader of the Jiangnan Kingdom should take over.
At this time, Li Jingsui, the crown prince's younger brother, repeatedly requested to resign as crown prince. Li Jing agreed and appointed Li Hongji, the popular king of Yan, as the crown prince.
However, Guo Rong's consent must be obtained to abdicate the position of State Governor.
Li Jing did not hesitate and directly wrote to Guo Rong to pass the throne to Li Hongji who abdicated.
This still felt not safe enough. Li Jing looked at the civil and military officials and said, "Now that the natural chasm of the Yangtze River is no longer there, how about we move the capital to Hongzhou?"
Meng Shu, royal palace.
Compared to Zhou Xingfeng, Li Jing’s reaction.
Meng Chang became much calmer.
After being forced to surrender by Luo Youdu, Meng Chang endured great pressure and turned his grief and anger into food. His already fat body became stronger and stronger. It was difficult for him to ride a horse and walk alone, and he needed to be carried.
When he learned that Luo Youdu had taken Jiangling, Meng Chang laughed heartlessly and said, "As an enemy of Prime Minister Zhuge, do you think you will live longer?"
Guo Rong had the foresight to leave squandered capital to Meng Chang.
The king of Xishu was really intoxicated, and his life was even more extravagant than before.