The defeat of the Luo Family Army along the coast seemed a bit easy and simple, but this simplicity was based on being caught off guard and the strong combat effectiveness of the Iron Armored Army soldiers. No one would have thought that the Iron Armored Army would cross the Yangtze River in such a weird but more domineering way, like a demon coming out of the ground and start massacring those terrified Luo Family Army soldiers.
If the Luo family's army had prepared themselves, they would not necessarily lose so badly if they gathered ballista arrays to defend.
A few days ago, the scouts reported to Luo Tu that the Iron Armored Army on the other side had piled up boulders on the bank, but even so, Luo Tu did not expect that those boulders were used to increase weight. He thought it was prepared for catapult vehicles, and he specially ordered the scouts to check whether there were a large number of catapult vehicles gathered on the other side.
The 15,000 Iron Armored Army lost hundreds of people crossing the river, and then there were no casualties. General Luo's defeat spread like a plague from the very beginning, and the soldiers of Luo's army who lost their fighting spirit in an instant did not suffer much, because they ran faster than the soldiers of the Iron Armored Army. Tens of thousands of people guarded the south bank of the Yangtze River, but the number of dead was actually only five or six thousand.
The heavy iron armor limits the speed of the armored army, and there is no room for speed while ensuring absolute defense. However, the light armored infantry of Luo's army turned around and ran away after losing their weapons, and the iron armored army could not pursue them.
Yang Jian didn't intend to pursue either.
Mosa led troops to overturn and burn down the camp of the Luo family army on the bank, and Yang Zhong led his troops to demolish almost half of the water village. The large group of people marathoned a landing area. Thousands of sails crossed the river. In one day and one night, more than 150,000 Sui troops crossed the Yangtze River. From this day on, it seems that the situation of the Sui Dynasty suddenly changed.
Before this day, it seemed that the rebel forces from all sides were always attacking. Even the God Bless Emperor Yang Yi Yujia did not have such a devastating offensive. This is a signal that the court has changed from passive to active. Of course, this signal does not mean permanent.
No one knows what will happen tomorrow.
As the captain who escorted Xu Xiaogong and Liu Enjing said, there are Gao Kaitai, Wang Yiqu, and Jin Shixiong in the northwest. The Iron Armored Army invaded the south of the Yangtze River, and Gao Kaitai Wang Yiqu took advantage of it. It is reasonable for Jin Shixiong to send troops to Gyeonggi-do to relieve the pressure on the Jin family. Now most of the troops that the imperial court can mobilize are in the hands of Yang Jian. The tens of thousands of soldiers in the camp on the north bank of the Yangtze River are Yang Jian's reserve team, and it is impossible to get out of touch with Yang Jian's troops.
Therefore, no one knows how long the horn of counterattack will sound.
Luo Family Army Camp
After returning from Tonggu Academy, Luo Tu was in a good mood, but today's defeat made his good mood disappear. Li Qingfeng, who claimed to be the janitor of the academy but actually inherited the position of dean, taught him the Heaven Swallowing Kung Fu. When Zhan Zhetian was unprepared, he absorbed half of Zhan Zhetian's cultivation, and his realm greatly improved.
He could guess why Li Qingfeng made such an arrangement, the first was to win him over and achieve the goal of cooperation between the Academy and Luo Jiajun. Second, Zhan Zhetian must have violated the interests of some people in Tonggu Academy, so Tonggu Academy decided to get rid of him. But they would not waste such a great practitioner, so from the moment Luo Tu walked into the gate of the academy, Li Qingfeng made such a decision.
As for why the academy wanted to get rid of Zhan Zhetian, is there any point
Ever since he witnessed the battle between Luo Yao and Tiejia General, Luo Tu understood a truth, even if he knew how to lead an army, he couldn't stop the great practitioner from killing him. prison. When he understood this truth, he suddenly thought of the person named Fang Jie, and was surprised to find that the young man seemed to have understood this truth a long time ago.
Perhaps it was because Luo Tu had been under Luo Yao's wing for too long, so he was not as thorough as Fang Xie, who fought hard from the jungle of the jungle by himself.
Luo Tu knew that his time was running out, General Iron Armor led the army to the south in person, if he was defeated, Tongu Academy would lose interest in him, because he was no longer useful.
Because of this, he was angry.
"My lord, what should I do?"
Duan Bianbao asked eagerly.
Since Duan Bianxiong's death, his whole person has changed. He hated the imperial court more than anyone else. He once swore to avenge Duan Bianxiong by tearing up that armored general into pieces.
"Don't call me little prince!"
For some unknown reason, Luo Tu suddenly roared furiously. Duan Bianbao's face changed, and he didn't react for a while. Ye Jinnan who was standing beside him quietly gave him a hand, then took a step forward and said, "My lord, now the enemy has camped on the south bank of the river, and with that armored army around, we have little chance of winning if we fight head-on. Do you think it's time to retreat temporarily to get out of the way of the enemy's sharp edge?"
He removed the small letter from the address he gave to Luo Tu, and Luo Tu really didn't continue to get angry.
"Where to retreat? Where to retreat?"
After calming down his anger, Luo Tu asked. At this moment, his heart was a little confused. He knew that Ye Jinnan was the most calm among Luo Yao's ten heroes, so he chose to throw the question back.
"Subordinates think..."
Ye Jinnan walked to the map, pointed and said, "Let's retreat here!"
Luo Tu looked at Ye Jinnan's fingers, and his eyes immediately changed: "Yes, we can only retreat! We retreat to preserve our strength. As long as I still have soldiers in my hand, those people in Jiangnan will still be inseparable." Me. And retreating there is the bottom line for those people, they will not allow the court troops to attack that place."
Ye Jinnan's finger touched the location of Tonggu Academy.
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Peicheng
There are thirteen big cities in Nanyan, four in the north of Dali, the northernmost are Fengping and Qingyuan, and the south of these two cities is Peicheng, and the south of Peicheng is Jin'an, and it is less than four hundred miles away from Jin'an It is Dali City. Peicheng is a large city that gradually expanded after the establishment of the Shang Kingdom. Before that, Peicheng was just a small county.
The reason for turning this place into a majestic city is because Peicheng is the place where the royal family of the Shang Dynasty flourished. The ancestral residence of the Murong family is still intact in Peicheng. Regardless of whether the current Nanyan Emperor Murong Shame is real or fake, he must ensure that he attaches great importance to the ancestral house.
The strength of Peicheng is the largest among the four northern cities. After the founding of Nanyan, Murong Hui designated Peicheng as the northern capital, second only to Dali in terms of political status. Since it is the second imperial capital, there are all kinds of yamen institutions here, but when the emperor is not here, there are not many people staying in these yamen.
Bai Kaishan, the lord of Peicheng, is sixty years old, younger than Zhu Chentian, but of the same seniority. The status of the Bai family in Nanyan is almost the same as that of the Zhu family, especially in the south of Dali, the power of the Bai family is even greater than that of the Zhu family. Speaking of the various forces in Nanyan, the Zhu family is the largest among them, followed by the Zhou family, then the Bai family, and the Chen family, the Ning family, and the Zhao family who are less powerful... The emperor of Nanyan is Murong Yes, but this emperor is very aggrieved, the only surname that is reused is Murong Yongduo, and he still gives the surname.
With such diverse forces and such a chaotic situation, what the emperor Murong shame did was actually very unsteady. In Dali, the emperor's order is the emperor's order. After leaving Dali, the value of the emperor's life depends on the mood of those city lords.
Especially Bai Kaishan, as the city lord who stayed behind in the northern capital, he thought he had a higher status than other city lords. Except for Feng Ping and Zhu Chengtian, he looked down on other city lords. When dealing with Zhengnan, he always called him a low-school junior, and he looked down on Ning Hao, the lord of Jin'an City, even more.
The City Lord's Mansion is located not far from the Peicheng Imperial Palace. The scale of the Peicheng Imperial Palace is actually not too large. Although Peicheng's status was very high when it was still a big merchant country, it has a symbolic meaning as the ancestral land of the Murong family. It is bigger, and its strategic position is not large. After the demise of the great merchants, Murong shamefully usurped the throne. In order not to make people doubt his orthodox throne, he decreed to promote Peicheng to the northern capital.
The imperial palace was built after Murong Shame ascended the throne. Nan Yan had limited financial resources, and Murong Shame was only acting as a show, so the scale of the imperial palace built could not be compared with the imperial palace in Yongzhou City. Nor has it been here.
However, according to the rules, the officials of the Six Ministries and the Nine Ministers still had to pretend to go to court every day to listen to Bai Kaishan's lectures. Staying behind in the northern capital, in terms of status, can be regarded as the spokesperson of the emperor.
Around such a person, naturally there is no shortage of a large number of sycophants.
The most prestigious staff member around Bai Kaishan was He Yongzheng, who was originally a professor in a private school, but by chance, he joined Bai Kaishan's family. Because he knew how to please people, his status rose very quickly. Although Bai Kaishan didn't give him any prominent official positions, everyone in Peicheng knew that it was not his wife but He Yongzheng who most influenced Bai Kaishan.
When it was getting dark, the back door of the He Mansion opened, and several foreigners in brocade clothes were welcomed in by the servant, the servant looked outside, and then quickly closed the courtyard door. The one headed by these outsiders is Chen Xiaoru, and at this moment, he is holding a letter written by Zhu Chengtian, the lord of Fengping City, in his hand.
Of course, the letter was fake.
There are many letters between Fu Zhengnan and Zhu Chengtian in Qingyuan City City Lord's Mansion, and Fang Jie's people can imitate Fu Zhengnan's handwriting, so naturally they can also imitate Zhu Chengtian's notes. At this time, Chen Xiaoru's identity was that of Zhu Chengtian's subordinate general.
Before entering the study, Chen Xiaoru stopped, tidied up his clothes, and then went in with the young man. The light in the room was a bit dim, and the lights hadn't been turned on yet. Chen Xiaoru knew that the rules of the big family were very strict, and the time to turn on the lights was always the same. It is dead, and there are restrictions according to the four seasons and weather.
"The low-ranking Feng Pingcheng, don't general Li Weishan, meet your lord!"
Chen Xiaoru bowed deeply, with a humble attitude.
"Are you one of Mr. Zhu's subordinates?"
The person sitting behind the desk spoke in a very low voice, as if he was holding his throat. Chen Xiaoru raised his head and glanced at him with a smile, only to realize that this man named He Yongzheng is actually like this!
It seemed that this guy was only in his twenties, but he was born like a woman, with fair skin and beautiful lips, red lips and white teeth. Although he was a little feminine, he was definitely a beautiful man. It's just that the eyebrows are too thin, the outline of the face is too soft, and the mouth is also small. When talking, he habitually covers his mouth with his cuff. When he looked at people, he didn't look directly at them, but squinted them sideways, but it didn't make people feel impolite, but rather weird... charming.
"yes!"
Chen Xiaoru nodded, and bowed deeply again: "I beg your lord to save me, Feng Ping!"
"oh?"
He Yongzheng was slightly surprised and asked, "What happened to Feng Ping?"
Chen Xiaoru hurriedly handed over the letter with both hands: "This is a letter from my city lord, please read it."
"For me?"
He Yongzheng's tone was obviously a little unbelievable, but also revealing a bit of joy, a bit of complacency and satisfaction. There is no doubt about Zhu Chengtian's status in Nanyan.
"yes!"
Chen Xiaoru hurriedly turned his head and waved: "Bring it up!"
The two subordinates carried a box in and put it on the ground, and then retreated respectfully. Chen Xiaoru walked over and slowly opened the box, and instantly there was a layer of treasure in the room. The box is full of rare treasures. The round and smooth bead on the top exudes a soft white light, and the precious energy comes from this bead.
"My lord, Feng Ping is in danger, please help me!"
Chen Xiaoru said something sincerely, and took a peek at He Yongzheng's face: "The Sui people have surrounded Feng Ping, and I, the general of Feng Ping, fought bloody battles for many days and could not retreat from the enemy. The humble officer finally brought people out to ask for help, which caused great damage. Part of the staff, originally prepared more gifts, lost a lot on the way... "
He Yongzheng was stunned for a moment, then looked at the box of jewels and sighed slightly: "That's really a pity... No, I mean, it's a pity that Feng Ping was besieged and killed so many soldiers..."