Chapter 768 Fierce Battle Ferry

Meng Zexu set fire to the big ship near the ferry, so it was a little unpleasant, in his mind, not only to burn the boat, but it was best to scuttle the boats inside, but unfortunately there were too few people to complete such a huge task. Fortunately, the burned ship could only delay the rebels for a little time, and the rebels wanted to attack Suzhou in the past two days. Now the rebels in Yixing still have the energy to manage Meng Zexu's troops and horses, they are busy fighting fires. Zhao Kai, who had just occupied Yixing, was very happy, he was discussing with Song Jiang Wu Yong and others how to look forward to Suzhou Mansion, and even how to occupy the entire Taihu Lake Basin, but the smoke in the east of the city completely panicked. The courtyard was in a mess, Zhao Kai and Song Jiang and others walked out of the hall, and when they saw the black smoke in the east, their faces were difficult to look at, and Zhao Kai said angrily, "What's going on with this smoke, didn't this king say that he would be strictly guarded?" ”

Zhao Kai is not a fool, looking at the direction of the black smoke, there was an accident at the ferry, Song Jiang had a pair of small eyes gloomy, bowed his hand, and led Wu Yong to the ferry in a hurry, and roughly looked at the situation of the ferry, Song Jiang didn't come up in one breath, and almost didn't suffocate to death. is simply a bastard, of course, he scolded his own people, and instructed no less than twenty times that he must guard the ferry, but he was still handed, and the most ridiculous thing is that he made his family disappear silently. Others were busy fighting the fire, Wu Yong had already gone to find out about the fire, with Wu Yong's cleverness, he quickly found out the problem, as far as he knew, General Li Chengqiang did not have any family named Li Chengwan, it seems that the guards at the ferry were deceived. But Wu Yong can't blame these ferry guards, their status is low. I can't stop it. In the final analysis, military law is not strict. Three orders and five declarations must not mess around, but it is in vain, the military magnates still find various reasons to come to the ferry to pick up goods, in order to fill their pockets, if His Royal Highness King Yun can really be like a mountain of military law, who would dare to mess around? But it's just thinking about it, after all, the prince's army is not as good as the Dingguo Army, and the Dingguo Army is a long-term army. The ropes that have been twisted together for countless times of life and death, they are loyal, they respect each other, and strict military law will only make the Dingguo army invincible. But the prince's army is not good, the prince's army is composed of soldiers and horses from all sides in pursuit of their own interests, there is no loyalty at all, if the military law is strict, I am afraid that the prince's army will not need to be beaten by others, and it will fall apart. Looking at the thick black smoke in the sky, Wu Yong had to ask himself from the bottom of his heart. Is there still a future with Zhao Kai, and what is waiting for the prince army in Suzhou Mansion?

The original plan was to reorganize the army at the same time. Now it can only be put aside, after the government gathering at night, Song Jiang returned to the room with a lonely expression, but before the door was closed, Wu Yong followed and walked in. Seeing Wu Yong's frowning brows, Song Jiang became alert, since he returned to Zhao Kai, the two have tried their best to reduce the number of times they meet, in order to avoid causing Zhao Kai's dissatisfaction, if it is not a big event, Wu Yong does not have to come in person, just find someone to say, since he came, he must have some plans. Closing the door tightly and letting Wu Yong go to the back room, Song Jiang said with a pleasant face, "Strategist, why are you worried?" ”

Wu Yong didn't answer directly, looked at the window, and after making sure that no one was eavesdropping, he lowered his voice and said cautiously, "Brother Song, we can't afford not to consider the current situation, it was very difficult to occupy the Taihu Lake Basin, and now a lot of ships have been burned, which is even more difficult, if Wu is not mistaken, there is no chance of winning this battle at all." Zhao Yougong has experienced a hundred battles, and his strategy is outstanding, it is impossible for him not to know what is the most important, if he completely abandons Yangzhou, ignores the Zhao Gou army near Changzhou, the army enters Suzhou from Wuxi to the south, and then makes a team of soldiers and horses to defeat Danyang and Liyang, we will be trapped near Taihu Lake, and when the time comes, it is not us who really have to plan, but Zhao Yougong. ”

Song Jiang was shocked when he heard this, and then shook his head again, "Is the military advisor worrying about the sky?" Then Zhao Yougong is afraid that he doesn't have this courage, Yangzhou is rich and prosperous, no less than Suzhou, Zhao will give up Yangzhou? "It's not surprising that Song Jiang has this question, because if he were Song Jiang, he would never give up Yangzhou, because Yangzhou is too rich, and he can do a lot of things by relying on Yangzhou.

Wu Yong sighed from the bottom of his heart, maybe this is where Brother Song is not as good as Zhao Yougong, sometimes Brother Song's courage is still too small, and the pattern is not as good as Zhao Yougong. That Zhao Yougong from a wasted son, after thousands of hardships and dangers, countless lives and deaths, step by step from nothing to today's power, he has enjoyed nothing, but also enjoyed the infinite scenery, so he is not afraid of losing, no matter how much he loses, can it be worse than being in Beijing and being ridiculed by others? Zhao's confidence is too strong, and this confidence is accumulated over a long period of victory. If there are two choices now, one is to keep Yangzhou, but Zhao Gou and Zhao Kai will cause trouble in Jiangnan, and the other option is to give up Yangzhou and seize the opportunity to completely solve Zhao Kai's big trouble. I believe that Zhao Yougong will not hesitate to choose the latter, because he is confident enough to give up Yangzhou and retake Yangzhou. It's a pity that Brother Song can't do it, the benefits he got are too difficult to give up, he wants to hold on to his power too much, and the fact that he killed Yan Po is enough to show the hesitation in his heart. In terms of pattern, Zhao Yougong sees the world, and Brother Song looks at the winning side, and the pattern is a big difference.

"No, Brother Song, Zhao Yougong will definitely give up Yangzhou, this is one of the few opportunities for him to completely cut off Zhao Kai, if he lets this opportunity slip away, he will not be the invincible Zhao Yougong. So, brother, we have to plan early, don't follow Zhao Kai to a dead end" Wu Yong looked at Song Jiang seriously, and the candles in the room were flickering, shining on Song Jiang's unwilling face. Are you going to make a living again? Is he Song Jiang born to run around, why did he have to be defeated as soon as he met Zhao Yougong?

Of course Song Jiang was unwilling, he couldn't wait to swallow Zhao Yougong in one bite, unwilling to return, but he still wouldn't doubt Wu Yong's judgment, "Huh, how should I deal with it?" ”

"Brother rest assured, Wu has his own good strategy, from the current point of view, only the defense in the south is weak, before the expedition tomorrow, my brother will ask His Highness for his life and lead the army to attack Huzhou. With His Royal Highness's character, he will definitely not refuse. Huzhou is located at the southern end of Taihu Lake, if His Royal Highness has an advantage in attacking Suzhou, we can cooperate with all our efforts to attack Huzhou. If the situation changes. You can also take advantage of the fact that the Dingguo Army is too late to react. Go south to Hangzhou, as long as you enter Hangzhou, there will be no hope for the Dingguo army to besiege us again. ”

Wu Yong's words are the best way at the moment, because the three directions of the northeast and west have been controlled by the Dingguo army, and only the south, because of Zhao Gou's reasons, the soldiers and horses of Suzhou Prefecture have gathered to the north, and there is little resistance to fleeing south. But the only bad thing is to flee south, and it will be far away from the capital and no longer be able to stir up the storm. Song Jiang thought about it for a moment, then nodded heavily, and then a knock on the door made both of them nervous.

"General Song, there is a person outside the courtyard who claims to be General Qin Ming's family, and he has something important to see you!" When the soldier's voice fell, the two people in the house looked at each other, and after seeing Wu Yong nodding, Song Jiang walked over and opened the door. Whispered, "Let him in." ”

Soon after. The person who delivered the letter came to the house, Song Jiang took a closer look and it was indeed Qin Ming's person, the man bowed his hand, and said with a panicked face, "Brother Song, General Qin asked the last general to inform him that Hua Rong had surrendered to the Dingguo army, and now he is going south to Suzhou Mansion with the Dingguo army, General Qin is afraid that Hua Rong will use some tricks and kill Brother Song, so he is in a hurry to let the last general come." ”

Hua Rong surrendered to the Dingguo Army? Song Jiang has been busy fighting in various places for several days, from Haozhou to Yixing, it can be said that he is non-stop, and he really doesn't know much about Hua Rong's affairs, but he just thinks that Hua Rong was defeated and captured. After the messenger left, Song Jiang still looked dumbfounded, hearing that Hua Rong betrayed was tantamount to a thunderbolt from a sunny day, if there was anyone around him who would not betray him, it must be Li Kui and Hua Rong, but now, Li Kui was killed by Hu Sanniang's woman, and Hua Rong also fell. How so? Brother Hua Rong is not a person who is afraid of death, Zhao's methods can't threaten him at all, and he has trusted Hua Rong for many years, why did he betray? Song Jiang suddenly seemed to be much older, and the whole person was stupid and stupid, muttering to himself, "No, it must be fake, how could Brother Huarong leave me?" It must be a trick by someone Zhao, it must be."

Song Jiang didn't want to believe it, but Wu Yong had to keep his senses, Hua Rong had no news since he went to Yingshang County, even if he was defeated and captured, it was impossible for Hua Rong not to send the news, it seems that what Qin Ming said is only nine times out of ten true. Hua Rong really surrendered to the national army, it sounds so incredible, but it is so natural, Brother Song feels that everything is impossible, it is because he is in the deep mountains and does not know his face. Hua Rong's betrayal has already laid the root of the bane, and when Brother Song personally came up with the idea to kill Fang Ling on Qingfeng Mountain, he should have thought of today. Hua Rong is not Qin Ming, he is a bright and upright husband, if there is revenge, he will revenge, and if he has kindness, he will repay it. Got up and patted Song Jiang on the shoulder, Wu Yong said lightly, "Brother, Hua Rong has surrendered, as for why he surrendered, you must know very well in your heart that you have been hiding from him for many years will always be pierced." A certain person once said that Wang Ying was unreliable, but you just didn't listen, and gave Hu Sanniang to him. ”

Wu Yong is Wu Yong, he has already guessed a rough idea just by guessing, there are only a few people who know the details of the matter of Qingfeng Mountain back then, if anyone leaks it, it must be Wang Ying. Regardless of scheming or force, Wang Ying has never been Hu Sanniang's opponent, when Hu Sanniang married Wang Ying, he tried his best to oppose it, but Brother Song didn't listen. Song Jiang could hear that Wu Yong was a little resentful, but Song Jiang didn't blame him too much, because this matter was indeed his fault, and he should have left Hu Sanniang by his side to take strict precautions, causing this woman to cause such a big disaster.

Hua Rong's betrayal hit Song Jiang's confidence even more, so he had already strengthened his determination to flee south, and now he no longer had the mind to confront the Dingguo Army head-on, his confidence collapsed, and he couldn't win no matter how he fought.

On the sixth day of September in the first year of Taikang, Gao Pet led 5,000 foot soldiers, set out from Zhenzhou, attacked Liyang in the west of Yixing, Liyang defenders surrendered without a fight, on the same day, Yang Zaixing commanded more than 15,000 troops to attack Danyang, the battle lasted for four hours, the defenders of Danyang could not withstand the crazy attack of the Dingguo army, abandoned the city and fled, and were strangled by the cavalry waiting outside the city. On the sixth night of the first month of September, Han Shizhong's figure appeared in Wuxi County, and Li Bao's sailors also entered Taihu Lake from the diversion river and docked at the Suzhou ferry. Zhao Gou has no other choice, he can go down to Yangzhou City without a fight, why should he go to Suzhou to fight for life and death? Since Zhao Kai doesn't treat him Zhao Gou as a brother, why should he stick a hot face to a cold ass? On the morning of the seventh day of the first month of September, Zhao Gou contracted his troops, set off from Changzhou, and fought all the way to Yangzhou City.

The beautiful Taihu Lake, like a blue mirror, reflects the Suzhou garden, flowers, birds, insects and fish, dotted with the surrounding scenery, and the breeze blows from the lake, causing layers of ripples. The war was about to break out, and Zhao Yougong also rushed from Zhenzhou to Mandala Villa. Regardless of whether Mrs. Wang wants to or not, Mandala Villa has now become the commander camp of the Dingguo Army. Walking among the dense camellias, Wang Yuyan was dressed in white, like a fairy, Zhao Yougong stood aside and looked at the beauty in his eyes, which caused the beauty to be coquettish for a while, "Your Highness, why do you look at people like this, I have never seen a person like you." ”

"Hehe, did you see it now? Yu Yan, your ability to raise flowers is getting better and better, and our garden will be handed over to you in the future! "His Royal Highness Zhao flirted with Mrs. Wang, laughing at the flowers, which really annoyed Mrs. Wang, Mandala Villa never entertains men, this kid is good, not only lived in by himself, but also overbearingly regarded the entire villa as a handsome account, which is simply unreasonable. Madame Wang is very domineering, but she is not so domineering as to dare to compete with the regent. Back then, this kid came to the villa to pretend to be crazy and stupid, why didn't he see that he would have today's achievements? Hey, I gradually thought of my own experience, and I don't know if Yu Yan is good or bad with him, it seems that there are more women around Zhao than the one who has no conscience.

Taihu Yixing, Zhao Kai gathered civil and military, ready to attack Suzhou, at this time Zhao Kai did not know that Zhao Yougong had entered Suzhou, if he knew, he would definitely give up the plan to attack Suzhou. After all the arrangements were made, Song Jiang asked for orders, "Your Highness, Huzhou is located on a key road, and Song is willing to lead the troops to conquer Huzhou and lay a rear base for His Highness!" (To be continued......)