Liu Guangshi was once snubbed by the imperial court because his father Liu Yanqing participated in the rebellion of his relatives in Jiangnan, but Zong Ze looked at him differently and has been reusing and promoting him, after Zong Ze's army retreated to Jianghuai, Zong Ze ordered him to lead 10,000 troops to defend Sizhou.

After Zong Ze unfortunately died of illness in Chuzhou, who would command the 80,000 in his hands became the focus of contention between Zhao Gou, the son of heaven, and Zhao Ji, the emperor of the emperor, who initially wanted Han Shizhong to take over, but Zhao Ji resolutely objected, believing that Han Shizhong had too many troops in his hands, which was not conducive to the control of the imperial court.

In the end, the father and son reached a compromise and divided the 80,000 army into two, the 40,000 army was handed over to Commander Yue Fei and went to Jingxiang to defend the town, and the other 40,000 troops Zhao Ji gave Liu Guangshi, and promoted him to the capital and became an independent army, which made Liu Guangshi reused again, holding 50,000 heavy troops, and the official worship of the general and the Huaidong defense envoy, all of whom were under control, and became a local official, responsible for guarding the first line of Sizhou, Chuzhou, Taizhou and Tongzhou.

Liu Guangshi received a letter from Li Yanqing and Emperor Zhao Ji almost at the same time, which made him hesitate for two days, emotionally, of course, he was biased towards Emperor Zhao Ji, who single-handedly promoted him, but as an important minister of the court, he also opposed the Emperor Taishang to launch a palace coup, especially when the life and death of the official family were uncertain, he was afraid that he would take a wrong step and become a historical sinner.

However, Liu Guangshi finally decided to send troops to attack Li Yanqing, he had no choice, his two sons were in the capital, and they were in the hands of Zhao Ji, so that he did not dare to disobey.

Liu Guangshi didn't dare to respond to Zhao Ji publicly, this was his bottom line, he couldn't stand in line openly, so he used a flying pigeon to tell Zhao Ji that he would secretly send troops to attack Li Yanqing from behind.

Liu Guangshi did not take the whole army on board, he left 20,000 troops to continue to defend Sizhou and Chuzhou, and he led 30,000 troops to Taizhou.

30,000 troops assembled in Luxu Town, Liu Guangshi stood on a high place and looked at the other side of the Yangtze River, there was a black line in the distance, the river in this area was nearly twenty miles long, the waves were vast, Liu Guangshi's heart was heavy, he knew that all states in the world remained neutral, and he did not want to be involved in this palace coup, only he waded into this troubled water without hesitation.

He felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly, but his son was in the hands of Zhao Ji, and he couldn't do it if he didn't send troops.

"Hurry up and ask, has the ship arrived?" Liu Guangshi asked loudly.

The ships on the Yangtze River are on the south bank, this is the rule of the imperial court, the south bank does not send ships to respond, he can only transfer ships from the Huai River to the south, which is why he has not crossed the river for a long time.

In a moment, a lieutenant general rushed to report, "Qi Yu Dutong, the ship has arrived!" ”

Liu Guangshi looked back and saw dozens of big ships coming along the Tai River, and he immediately ordered: "The First Army is ready to cross the river!" ”

The 5,000 men of the First Army were ready, they did not board the Yangtze River, but boarded the Taishui in Luxu Town, and then the fleet sailed directly into the Yangtze River, half an hour later, all the 5,000 troops got on the boats, and 35 large ships loaded with soldiers began to sail towards the other side of the Yangtze River.

"Dutong, I heard a news that Han Shizhong also secretly sent 30,000 troops south."

The person who reported the situation was the deputy general Du Lin, who had just returned from escorting the boat from the Huai River, so he couldn't wait to report the news to Liu Guangshi.

Liu Guangshi was stunned, "How can they have a boat to cross the river?" ”

Du Lin sighed and said, "Don't you understand it?" It must be the other side of the river to send a boat across the river to respond. ”

Liu Guangshi was silent for a moment, it turned out that Han Shizhong supported Li Yanqing, but it was no wonder that Han Shizhong was originally Li Yanqing's general, and it was normal for him to support Li Yanqing.

Of the three major armies in the Jianghuai region, only Cao Sheng, the defense envoy along the Yangtze River, openly supported Li Yanqing, and Liu Guangshi and Han Shizhong remained neutral on the surface, but in fact, they secretly sent troops.

"Look, what kind of fleet is that?" A soldier suddenly pointed to the river and shouted.

Liu Guangshi also saw it, and a fleet suddenly appeared on the river, there were as many as fifty or sixty ships, lined up on the river, and the black dragon flag of the Song army on the yellow background was hung on the boat, Liu Guangshi was shocked in his heart, there was no navy on the Yangtze River! Where did this troll army come from?

He couldn't see clearly, so he simply urged the horse to rush up to a mound, and now his vision widened.

Sixty warships and 5,000 sailors led by Ruan's three heroes arrived yesterday, Yangzhou was the territory guarded by Han Shizhong, and Liu Quang Shi must have crossed the river from Taizhou or Tongzhou, but the river surface of Tongzhou was too wide, and the possibility of coming from Taizhou was the greatest, so they waited for the rabbit and waited on the other side of Taizhou.

Looking at the more than 30 ferries on the river, Ruan Xiaoqi was very excited, and whispered to his brother: "Sink them all, fuck them!" ”

Ruan Xiaoer turned his head and glared at his brother, "You forgot what Dutong said?" ”

Li Yanqing repeatedly instructed them that as long as Liu Guangshi did not publicly express his stance on his side, it meant that he was not willing to send troops, so there was no need to kill too hard, just warn, if the warning did not work, and then use the advantage of the warship to capture all the opponents.

The warning is the most important, and the specific warning is up to Ruan Xiaoer to decide.

"Prepare the cannon!"

Immediately there were soldiers who pushed three cannons onto the side of the ship, of course, there were no tubular cannons yet, or catapult cannons, but they would use the water battle earthquake thunder for the first time.

The water war earthshaking thunder is actually a long nail earthshaking thunder to deal with the nest car when defending the city, there are sharp nails on both sides of the earthshaking thunder iron shell, when the skyshaking thunder hits the ship hard, the spikes will penetrate the ship's board and nail it to the ship.

However, there is still a special difference in the water battle Earthquake Thunder, that is, there is a device similar to a snail's shell at the mouth of the arquebus, which will protect the arquebus from being wet by the river.

Ruan Xiaoer's warship headed for the largest ferry, which carried at least 150 soldiers, and the sailors kept shouting: "Go back immediately, or you will be sunk!" ”

But they were answered by a dense barrage of arrows, and several shouting soldiers were unfortunately hit by arrows and fell on the deck.

Ruan Xiaoer was furious and shouted: "Prepare to launch!" ”

The warship and the ferry on the opposite side staggered by, and the two sides were less than thirty paces apart, and only 'Bang! Boom! With two sounds, two earth-shaking thunderbolts shot out at the same time, shooting in a straight line towards the opponent's big ship, hitting the opponent's hull one after another, but one of the sky-shaking thunderbolts did not nail the hull and fell into the river water, while the other sky-shaking thunder nailed to the hull.

Ruan Xiaoer's warship quickly withdrew after launching, and when it was about 50 paces away, it only heard an earth-shattering explosion, debris was scattered everywhere, a thick smoke rose into the air, and the high mast fell down, and the entire ferry was stopped and blown into two parts, and all 150 soldiers fell into the water.

Liu Guangshi, who was checking the situation on the north bank, was suddenly stunned, he had seen the earth-shaking thunder, but he didn't expect that the earth-shaking thunder could also be used on the river.

"Not good!" He shouted, "This is Li Yanqing's warship!" ”

Liu Guangshi immediately shouted, "Let all the ships come back!" ”

"When! While! While! "The withdrawal bell rang on the shore.

In fact, there was no need for Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, the powerful power of the earth-shaking thunder had already frightened the other ferries, and they turned around and headed for the north shore.

But Ruan Xiaoer refused to let go of these ferries, and when Song Jun came ashore, he would sink all these ferries and would not give the other party a chance to cross the river.

The deputy general Du Lin had palpitations, and he whispered to Liu Guangshi: "It's better to leave these ships in the Yangtze River, and simply let the other party sink them all, and we will ask Lin'an Mansion for boat support." ”

Liu Guangshi nodded, this is also a way that is not a way, it is not that he is unwilling to send troops, but that there is no boat to cross the river, so let Zhao Ji send a sea ship from Mingzhou to meet him!

Liu Guangshi also believed that Zhao Ji would not be so stupid to threaten his son, and doing so would only force himself to Li Yanqing.

In the afternoon of the same day, Liu Guangshi withdrew his troops back to Chuzhou, and Ruan Xiaoer immediately set fire to more than 30 ferries, and he sent several more boats to search along the Yangtze River and burn all the hidden boats.

At the same time as Liu Guangshi retreated north, he sent a pigeon letter to Zhao Ji of Lin'an, telling him that his ferry was ambushed by Li Yanqing's warship on the Yangtze River, all the ships were sunk by the opponent's warship, and countless soldiers fell into the water, and it was initially estimated that more than 3,000 people had been killed.

Liu Guangshi immediately asked Zhao Ji to send a Mingzhou sea ship to meet him to cross the river.

At the same time, Liu Guangshi sent a henchman to secretly cross the river in a small boat at night and sent a letter to Ruan Xiaoer, asking him to pay attention to possible sea ships at the mouth of the Yangtze River.