827 to death

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"I inquired with someone, and I heard that the Li family was involved in the attack on Lu Guogong, so they would be arrested."

Shen Pengfei said.

"Impossible, the Li family must have been framed.

And most of the targets are not the Li family, but Engong. ”

Luo Yulan is very smart, she roughly guessed the cattiness.

"No, we have to send someone to send this news out of the city, tell Engong, and let him find a way."

Luo Yulan said a little anxiously.

"But, Alain, now that the city gate is under martial law, we are only allowed to enter, not to go out, and we cannot send people out of the city."

"We don't need to go out of town, I have my own way."

After Luo Yulan finished speaking, she wrote a note on a piece of paper, handed it to Shen Pengfei, and said, "Husband, just give this note to Du Jian, the deputy general of the North City Gate." ”

"Give it to Du Jian? So Du Jian is Engong's person? ”

"Well, if you pass the news to him, there will naturally be a way to get it out of the city."

"Okay, I'll do it."

"Be careful."

In fact, even if Luo Yulan didn't inform Du Jian, Du Jian would still get the news, and there were a lot of secret agents of the White Dragon Army Intelligence Bureau in Jinling City.

Just when the Lu family was in Jinling City and arrested all the Li family members, Lu Yuanqing also received news from Chunhua Town.

"Waste, it's all a bunch of waste, there are so many of you, you even let Lu Xiangsheng run away, what's the use of you."

Lu Yuanqing looked at the three men in front of him, was furious, and threw the teacup in his hand to the ground.

There were three men standing below, all of whom had their heads bowed at this time, and they didn't dare to breathe.

"Tell me, what the hell is going on?"

After a while, Lu Yuanqing's mood calmed down a little, sat back in his seat, looked at the three subordinates below coldly, and said.

"Back to my lord, it's really not that we don't help.

Originally, I, the two generals Wu and Wei, had already led people to surround the small guard that protected Lu Xiangsheng in the courtyard of Han Qingyuan in Chunhua Town.

At that time, they were completely turtles in an urn, and soon we could kill them.

However, at this time, Li Zixiao's general Qi Wei suddenly led 10,000 soldiers to kill from the west of the town.

The two generals Wu and Wei were killed by surprise and were defeated. ”

Wan Yan stood up at this time, with a bitter look on his face, and said to Lu Yuanqing.

He was the leader of the black-clad masked bandits in Chunhua Town before.

There were two people standing next to him, that is, Wu Laohu and Wei Yuanhai, two generals who had besieged Lu Xiangsheng with him before, but were quickly defeated by the three thousand White Dragon Army led by Qi Wei in Chunhua Town.

The three men had a total of more than 6,000 soldiers and horses, but they failed to kill Lu Xiangsheng, who was besieged in Hanfu in Chunhua Town, and was seriously injured and unconscious.

Instead, Qi Wei led three thousand white dragon soldiers, and it only took less than half an hour to defeat all three of them and let them flee in embarrassment.

This made them feel extremely ashamed at the same time as they were angry.

Therefore, in order to prevent being heavily punished by Lu Yuanqing, the three of them got together when they returned to Jinling, and the three reached a consensus.

The three of them directly exaggerated the three thousand White Dragon soldiers led by Qi Wei to 10,000.

The opponent is outnumbered, and they are defeated and retreated, which makes sense.

"Ten thousand horses? Qi Wei led the army across the river? ”

After hearing Wan Yan's words, Lu Yuanqing suddenly stood up from his seat again, his eyes widened, and he exclaimed.

"My lord, what General Wan said is true!

In Chunhua Town, we were attacked by tens of thousands of 'White Snake Army', and we had to withdraw after fighting hard for half a day.

Only then did Qi Wei's villain save Lu Xiangsheng, but Lu Xiangsheng was already seriously injured, and it was uncertain whether he could survive it. ”

Wu Laohu, who was next to him, also glanced at Wan Yan at this time, stepped forward, and said to Lu Yuanqing.

At this time, Lu Yuanqing's expression was solemn and fell into deep thought.

Compared with Lu Xiangsheng, who was seriously injured and dying at this time, Qi Wei's 10,000 white dragon soldiers who appeared in the south made him feel even more threatened.

After all, they attacked Lu Xiangsheng this time, leaving Lu Xiangsheng seriously injured and dying, although the ending was not very satisfying.

But at least, Lu Xiangsheng, who was seriously injured and dying at this time, could no longer carry out the New Deal reform, and their goal could be regarded as achieved.

And the new big trouble they are facing in front of them is to prevent Jiangbei Weihong's 50,000 White Dragon Army from crossing the river and entering Jinling.

Even when the Lu family was organizing forces to fully guard against Wei Hong's 50,000 army on the Jiangpu side of Jiangbei, he didn't expect that Qi Wei's 10,000 army in the south had already crossed the Yangtze River.

"By the way, Lujiang Mansion has fallen into the hands of Li Zixiao, and most of Qi Wei's 10,000 horses came from Lujiang Mansion and landed in the Wuhu area.

It's a bit of a problem now. Lu Yuanqing frowned.

Wan Yan, Wu Laohu, and Wei Yuanhai below, looked at Lu Yuanqing, who was frowning at this time and had a solemn expression, and they all said nothing.

Lu Yuanqing successfully confused him because of the false information provided by the three of them.

But at this time, they said that in order to save their lives, the three of them did not dare to tell the truth, and they all lowered their heads and remained silent.

"This time the three of you are not doing well, I will make a note of it for you, and now the three of you will immediately return to your respective stations and gather all your men and horses.

Then, with Wan Yan as the commander and the two of you as the deputy generals, immediately go south to Wuhu to meet Qi Wei's 10,000 horses, and be sure to block them south of Dangtu.

I will send an order to the prefect of Taiping Province to assist you. ”

After thinking for a while, Lu Yuanqing did not punish the three of them, but asked the three of them to lead their troops south to stop Qi Wei.

"Ahh

Wan Yan and the others were also dumbfounded, they didn't expect Lu Yuanqing to let the three of them lead their troops south to fight Qi Wei.

In the previous battle in Chunhua Town, the shock given to them by the musketeers under Qi Wei was too great, and the three of Wan Yan told the truth, they really didn't want to meet Qi Wei again.

"What? You don't want to. ”

Lu Yuanqing's gaze cooled.

"No, no, my lord, we are willing, this time we will definitely be guilty of meritorious service and be ashamed."

Hearing Lu Yuanqing's unkind tone, Wan Yan immediately reacted and hurriedly responded.

At this time, the three of them were already guilty, how could they dare to disobey Lu Yuanqing's order, that was not looking for death!

But after receiving Lu Yuanqing's order, Wan Yan, Wu Laohu, and Wei Yuanhai glanced at each other, their eyes full of bitterness.

"Go down and set out as soon as possible."

"Yes, sir."

After the three of them left Lu Yuanqing's mansion, Wan Yan smiled bitterly and clenched his fists and said to Wu Laohu and Wei Yuanhai: "Two generals, this official has to rely on the great help of the two generals this time. ”

"Lord Wan is polite, the three of us are now grasshoppers on the same rope, and we can only help each other in the same boat."

"That Qi Wei is not easy to deal with." Wei Yuanhai said in a deep voice.

"Damn, who said it wasn't, but the adults have already ordered it, and we have to obey!"

Wu Laohu was reluctant in his heart, and said irritablely.

The battle of Chunhua Town brought him too much psychological shadow.

The two thousand men and horses under his command were killed by Qi Wei in less than two incense sticks, which made him more and more jealous while being angry and unwilling.

"The two generals don't have to worry too much, before in Chunhua Town, Qi Wei led the army to kill, their firearms are really sharp, we didn't have any precautions in advance, so we suffered a big loss.

But this time, the three of us will command all the horses and horses, and the army will be in one place, and the strength will exceed 13,000 people.

And Qi Wei doesn't have 10,000 people in his hands at all, at most only three or four thousand, and we have an absolute advantage in troops.

In addition, we have already seen the power of their firearms, let's think about it carefully, we will definitely be able to find a way to restrain it, and it will not be difficult to defeat Qi Wei. ”

Wan Yan suddenly spoke.

"Oh? Do you have this confidence? That would be great.

Without further ado, we'll have to go back and gather our men.

A day later, let's meet at the Jiufeng Pavilion in the south of the city, how about it? Wei Yuanhai said.

"Okay, that's it."

Immediately, the three of them returned to their respective stations, gathered all the horses under their command, and prepared to go south to deal with Qi Wei.

………………………

At the same time, fighting broke out on the river more than 20 miles downstream to the east of Jinling.

Wei Hong's fleet transferred from Yangzhou Port was attacked by more than 20 imperial warships sent by Lu Da'an on the lower reaches of Jinling.

Immediately, from Yangzhou Port, the fifteen White Dragon Army naval warships responsible for escorting this fleet immediately launched a counterattack, and the two sides launched a fierce battle on the river.

Thundered!

A cannon rang out on the wide river, and some smashed into the river and exploded, raising a column of water that rushed to the sky.

The warships on the side of the White Dragon Army and the warships on the side of the imperial court bombarded each other.

"It's all aimed at Lao Tzu! Fire! ”

A White Dragon Admiral stood on the deck and yelled at the gunners.

The fifteen warships on the side of the White Dragon Army, in terms of tonnage, were actually not advantageous compared to the twenty-three imperial warships on the opposite side.

After all, the fifteen White Dragon Army naval warships escorting these fleets in Yangzhou were all old warships eliminated from the two fleets of Luyuan and Hongsheng.

Those large and new warships had long been led by Lu Yuan and Hong Sheng to go to sea, and at this time, one was fighting and the other was guarding the Ryukyus.

Like these warships left behind in the major ports of Jiangbei, they are all old warships.

However, even these old warships eliminated by the White Dragon Army Naval Fleet are basically the same as those warships of the imperial court in terms of tonnage, and they will not be much weaker.

In the Ming Dynasty over the years, there has been basically no development of the naval division, and these more than 20 warships are basically the only warships that Lu Da'an can handle.

Although the tonnage of the warships is about the same on both sides, the quality of the guns on both sides is a world of difference.

On these warships of the imperial court, the old artillery used was still decades old, not to mention that it was big and heavy, and the power was far less than that of the artillery on the side of the White Dragon Army, and it was accurate to hit.

What's more, the shells they use are still solid iron bullets, and the new explosive shells used by the White Dragon Army are more than an era ahead of them!

Therefore, after the two sides fought, they were evenly matched at first, but as the two fleets got closer and closer, the battle became one-sided.

The artillery of the White Dragon Army is getting more and more accurate, and one after another the imperial warships were shot.

Moreover, once hit by the new explosive bomb on the side of the White Dragon Army, the damage to their wooden hull will be extremely serious.

In addition, the shrapnel fired in four directions after the explosive bomb exploded could greatly kill and injure the gunners on the imperial warships.

The sound of artillery on the Yangtze River continued for half a day before it gradually subsided.

Twenty-three menacing imperial warships were finally sunk by fifteen White Dragon Army warships, six were captured, and the rest fled in embarrassment.

On the side of the White Dragon Army, only four ships were damaged, and none of them were sunk, which can be described as a big victory.

Without the hindrance of the imperial warships, the more than 50 ships in Yangzhou were able to continue to sail up the river smoothly and arrived at the Jiangpu wharf in the early morning of the second day.

"General, the fleet has arrived."

After Wei Hong got the news, he immediately ordered: "Gather the soldiers and cross the river tomorrow." ”

Compared with Wei Hong's happy mood, in Jinling City at this time, Lu Da'an was not in a good mood.

Because just last night, he received the news that the twenty-three warships sent out to block the White Dragon Army fleet returned with a crushing defeat, and could not stop the Yangzhou fleet from continuing to go up the river.

"My lord, according to the news just came, the fleet from Yangzhou has arrived at Jiangpu Wharf this morning.

With these more than 50 big ships, Wei Hong's 50,000 troops on the north bank of the river can easily cross the river, and we have to think of a way. ”

An official said anxiously.

"What can be done, what this official sent out is already the strongest sailor of the imperial court on the Yangtze River, and they have all been defeated.

Is there any way to stop people from crossing the river? Lu Daan said angrily.

"My lord, it seems that it is unlikely that he wants to use force to prevent Wei Hong from leading his army across the river.

Thankfully, now that the Li family has been captured by us, it's time to use this card. ”

"Well, that's the only way to do it."

Lu Da'an's old face also calmed down again, and nodded in response.

"You immediately send someone across the river and send a letter to Wei Hong, telling him that the day he dares to lead the army across the river is the time when the Li family is buried.

And let him tell Li Zixiao that he should immediately come down and withdraw the army and go back, and the old man could ensure that the Li family was safe.

Don't tell the old man that he is not there, his little tricks can fool others, but he can't fool the old man.

The old man could conclude that the kid had already quietly returned from overseas, and now he was hiding behind the scenes to command. ”

Lu Daan sneered and said.

"Yes, my lord, my subordinates will send someone across the river to send a message to Wei Hong."

At this time, Wei Hong, who was in Jiangpu, didn't know the news.

After the intelligence officers of the White Dragon Army Intelligence Bureau in Jinling City sent the news of the arrest of the Li family, they were directly sent to Zhang Fugui in Kaifeng, not to Wei Hong.

In this way, Zhang Fugui, who was far away in Kaifeng at this time, first knew about the situation, and then immediately reported it to Li Zixiao.

"Lu Da'an, you are looking for death, do you want Ben Hou to destroy the entire Lu family?"

When Li Zixiao learned the news from Zhang Fugui, his face was indifferent, and his voice did not have the slightest emotion, and he said.

Zhang Fugui stood below, listening to Li Zixiao's words full of murderous intent, and sighed in his heart, Lu Da'an died.

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