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"Dashuai, you can listen to your subordinates once!"

Liu Bao said sadly.

Beside him, a bunch of generals of the Han family army all knelt at the head of the city, and in the middle was the furious Han Shizhong, and behind them, on the Huai River three miles away, boats fluttering with dragons hugging the sun and moon flags were rushing out of the Qingkou along the river, cutting rapidly to the south bank with the help of the turbulent Yellow River, and in the distance there were countless similar boats lined up in a seemingly endless long line, along the Si River or the Yellow River or the canal. Unlike at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Yellow River at this time did not build those waterways to ensure the navigation of the canal, and the main channel of the Huai River did not go through hundreds of years of sediment precipitation and became countless dangerous shoals, the Yellow River water rushing straight into the Huai River can easily push ships across the Huai River, and then enter the canal under the lock under the city of Chuzhou.

This is also the meaning of the existence of Chuzhou City as the heart of the canal.

At this time, a large number of boats had rushed to the south bank, and countless cavalry with red scarves on their chests were rushing out, and they disembarked with them, as well as iron pipes with two wheels lowered with crane arms......

This thing is called a cannon, which is known to the military and civilians of Chuzhou.

These heavy cannons were dragged forward slowly by horses and a large number of soldiers in the mud and sand of the shoals, and the first cannon had even reached less than a mile outside the city of Chuzhou.

On the Huai River, a large ship without sails was erected by the Chinese army, cutting horizontally towards the only pier on the south bank at a faster speed than other ships, although the distance was not clear, but the thing that seemed to be a giant axe erected on the bow deck still indicated the identity of the occupants of this ship.

Yue Yun is here!

The regent of the Great Song Dynasty came.

"Dashuai, this throne was originally Emperor Jingkang's, but the change of Jingkang, Emperor Huizong and Emperor Jingkang were trapped in captivity, the country has no owner, King Kang is pushed by the public to preside over the overall situation, temporarily acting only, Emperor Jingkang should return the throne when he returns, King Kang cruelly killed Emperor Jingkang in order to continue to steal the throne but regardless of brotherhood, the official family raised troops to avenge the murder of his father, we are Song Chen, since we should be the precursor of the king's teacher, how can we resist the heavenly soldiers regardless of obedience and disobedience!"

Immediately afterwards, Liu Bao said righteously.

"Dashuai, the destiny of heaven cannot be violated!"

Wang Quan then shouted.

Then the generals cried out with the same righteousness.

"You dog thieves, have you forgotten the twenty years of kindness of the official family? Have you forgotten the word loyalty? ”

Han Shizhong roared angrily.

"Dashuai, helping Shun to rebel is loyalty, resisting the mandate of heaven is unrighteousness, we are loyal to the Great Song Dynasty instead of being loyal to King Kang, how can we forget the righteousness with King Kang's personal kindness!"

Yue Chao said.

"Good, good, good loyalty!"

Han Shizhong pulled out his sword and shouted: "The old man beheaded you loyals first!" ”

As soon as he finished saying this, a loud noise like thunder suddenly came, and almost at the same time a piercing whistling rushed by, and everyone turned their heads at the same time according to the sound, and saw that the wooden pillar of the city tower next to it instantly splashed fragments, and then the entire pillar broke off from it, and a black ball larger than a fist flew into the city with splashed broken wood, and at the moment when the corner of the city tower collapsed, the ball visible to the naked eye also smashed on the streets of the city, and bounced up and jumped with the broken stone slabs. It happened to hit the leg of a cavalry horse that was rushing here, and the horse's leg broke like a chopstick and fell to the ground screaming.

Everyone on the city wall was excited.

Then at the same time, he turned his head to look at the thirty cannons that were lining up in sequence outside the city.

The prestige of this thing has been mythologized after the collapse of the Sizhou city wall and the defeat of thousands of Jin army cavalry, and at the beginning Yue Lei bombarded Sizhou there were only ten, but now there are a full thirty......

"The Lord Regent has rebelled so far! With the dedication of Chuzhou to the governor of Huai West Road, those who resist the mandate of heaven will be killed! ”

A Red Turban Army officer yelled under the city.

Everyone on the city wall looked at each other.

"Quick, please go down and rest!"

The king roared.

Immediately after that, he jumped up and threw Han Shizhong to the ground, and at the same time, Yue Chao grabbed Han Shizhong's sword, and Liu Bao reached out and pressed Han Shizhong's two legs.

"Da Shuai has drunk too much, why don't you come over and carry Da Shuai down!"

He yelled back.

Those generals rushed up without hesitation, pressed Han Shizhong below under the stunned gaze of the soldiers on the city wall, and began to look for ropes everywhere with a flexible mind, and soon a hemp rope was handed to Liu Bao's hands, who had always cooperated with Cheng Min, who had always been the head of Han Shizhong's own army, and began to tie up their marshal as quickly as possible.

"You dog thieves, you let go of the old man, the old man will kill you, the official, the minister is sorry for you!"

Han Shizhong shouted mournfully.

The 30,000 soldiers of the Han family army around them turned a blind eye, and let their generals tie their marshals into zongzi, many of these soldiers had experienced the Zhenjiang incident and had seen how Yang Feng tore Yan Zongxian alive, they didn't want to fight such a terrifying enemy, so those generals tied up Han Shizhong very much, and raised up in the angry scolding and walked towards the marshal's mansion.

"Open the gates and welcome the regent!"

Wang Quan wiped his sweat and said with relief.

"Also, go and drag that old thing from Hu Fang to chop it first, don't forget to keep the new concubine he took in for me, Mada, Lao Tzu is fed up with this old dog's anger, and today can be regarded as a chance to get angry."

Liu Bao said to his subordinate officers.

The latter perked up, hurriedly waved his hand to a group of soldiers, rushed down the city and went straight to the Huaidong Consulate General, went to copy the home of Hu Fang, the commander of Huaidong, and robbed his concubine by the way, while the generals of the Han family army who stayed on the city wall quickly commanded the soldiers to open the gate of Chuzhou, and greeted them with a drum band, and Yang Feng rode a tall horse and arrived at the city of Chuzhou under the escort of a large number of cavalry.

"The last general will meet the regent!"

"The last general, Liu Bao, meets the regent!"

……

All the generals bowed down in front of his horses and said.

"The generals are flat, the generals and my father are all old friends, and they are also the elders of this king, so there is no need to be polite, where is Uncle Han?"

Yang Feng sat upright and immediately asked.

"Back to the regent, Han Gong is old and frail, and he is already sick in bed because the weather suddenly turned cold."

Yue Chao said.

"In this way, the king will go to greet him later, Uncle Han is too old to lead the army, who is in charge of the Han family's army? The governor of Huaixi Road can not be vacant, this king has said before that Huainan Road borders the Jin State, and the non-Han army cannot sit in the town, I don't know if the generals have been selected. ”

Yang Feng said.

The four generals looked at each other.

Obviously, this is the kind of thing that has to be done without compromise.

"In that case, the king will appoint."

Yang Feng looked at them with a smile.

"Then General Yue, we are all surnamed Yue's family, and this king will follow his own interests."

Then he said.

Liu Bao, Wang Quan, and Cheng Min were indeed very capable of fighting at first, Cheng Min can even be said to be the champion of the three armies, but after the officials became bigger, they were quickly abolished, and they all had bad deeds, Liu Bao was later killed by Wei Sheng, and Yan Liang's southern invasion of the royal power was about to collapse, and even Zhao Gou was so angry that he wanted to kill him, and only Yue Chao could maintain some combat effectiveness in the later stage, after all, Huaixi relied on the Jin State, or it was better to find a reliable governor.

Since he is all selfish, the others naturally dare not say anything, and as a military group, the governor is just a leader, and each general has his own soldiers, not that it is really so good, so the governor of Huainan West Road was quickly appointed, Yang Feng directly stamped on horseback, and the 30,000 horses of the Han family army were handed over to Yue Chao as commander.

"The Han family's army has moved to Huaixi, and Governor Yue will set off on a certain day!"

After Yang Feng finished speaking, he went straight into the city.

"Who is this?"

After entering Chuzhou, he happened to see a group of soldiers dragging a civilian official with a blue nose and swollen face on the street and beating him violently, so he immediately asked.

"Back to the regent, this person is Hu Fang, the commander of Huaidong appointed by Zhao Gou, and this person is Zhao Gou's confidant, who tried in vain to resist the mandate of heaven, and the last general will take him."

Liu Bao said.

"If it's the traitor, let's cut it off!"

Yang Feng said casually.

Immediately after he urged the horse to gallop over, Liu Bao behind him made a look, the officer behind Hu Fang immediately raised the knife and fell, and the head of General Hu rolled to the ground, and as the head of others fell, Yang Feng officially ended the battle of Chuzhou, and in the whole process, a cannonball was fired, a war horse was injured, and a Huaidong general was killed, and then it can be said that the north gate of the Southern Song Dynasty opened to him.

After staying in Chuzhou for two days, all the accompanying ships entered the canal, the Luan of His Majesty Emperor Xiangxing of the Great Song Dynasty arrived in Chuzhou, and accepted the worship of the military and people of Chuzhou, the demeanor of the official family immediately convinced the military and people of Chuzhou, and even Han Shizhong, who was sick in bed, had to worship the official family with illness, and then was named Taibao, and the king of Tongyi County stayed in the court to assist the government. On the same day that Han Shizhong worshiped the new monarch, the garrison stationed in front of the Xuyi Emperor commanded Wang De to rebel, and led all the generals under his command to Chuzhou to worship the new monarch, and then Wang De was named the governor of Jinghu South Road, and the other officials were the same, and by the order of the regent and Yue Chao, the governor of Huainan West Road, joined forces to attack Haozhou in the west.

However, before this army could set off, Yang Yizhong, the defender of Haozhou, who knew that the general situation had gone, led his army south to Chuzhou.

It was also on this day that the Ezhou Imperial Front stationed all the armies to control Niu Gao, Xu Qing and others led the troops to raise the banner of rebellion, and besieged Liu Qi in the marshal's mansion, Liu Qi was defeated and finally captured, and then Niu Gao commanded 20,000 Yuejia troops down the river to attack Jiangzhou as the governor of Jinghu North Road, and Yao Zheng, the general of the Yuejia army, led 10,000 elites to attack Gwangju in the east. The situation in the Southern Song Dynasty can be said to have changed overnight, almost half of the army in the entire Southern Song Dynasty quickly joined the rebel camp, especially the Han army and the Yuejia army with the strongest combat effectiveness in the Southern Song Dynasty, it can be said that the strength comparison between the two sides was reversed all of a sudden, if the original rebel army only had the advantage of Yang Feng, then even if there is no Yang Feng now, then Emperor Xiangxing also has more than fifty percent hope to enter Lin'an.

Of course, Zhao Gou still has hope, after all, he still has the Yangtze River natural danger, even if the Yue family army joins the rebellion, as long as he can't pass Jiankang, his Lin'an will be safe after all.

But that hope was doomed.