Chapter 50 Return to Jiankang

Fangzhou Mountain, the current Jiuhua Mountain, got its name because one side is steep and looks like the bottom of an overturned ship. In ancient feng shui, the mountain elephant overturned the boat, which was an auspicious symbol.

Because of this, Huan Xuan has moved his palace to Fuzhou Mountain and asked Tiansong Laodao to do it for him and ask Tianbing Tian general to repel the attack of the Beifu army.

Huan Xuan is really a hemp claw now. The whole army of Jiangbei camp has been destroyed, and all states and counties no longer obey his dispatch. If Zhoushan can no longer be defended, he has no choice but to flee back to his hometown.

In fact, he is well aware of the current situation, and it is almost impossible to turn the table, but it is like a person who is about to drown, but he will never let go of something that can be grasped.

Yin Zhongwen, his once trusted brother-in-law, evaporated when he personally conquered Zhoushan. On the contrary, Bian Fanzhi, who was beaten into the cold palace, always followed him to make suggestions, which gave a little comfort to his uneasy heart.

It is said that Tiansong Laodao is indeed very resourceful. Under his platoon, Liu Yu's people attacked the mountain several times and were all beaten back. However, when it comes to a comprehensive counterattack, not to mention that Tiansong thinks it won't work, even Huan Xuan himself doesn't have the courage.

This is also a very strange confrontation.

There are less than 50,000 horses in the north of the mountain and hundreds of thousands of troops in Huanxuan on the mountain. This situation has lasted for more than ten days.

In the Beifu Army Camp, Liu Yu looked up at the Huan Army Camp with a sneer, and his face was full of disdain. Behind him stood He Wuji and Liu Muzhi respectively.

"Mshal, if we don't go out of the army again, Jiankang may fall into the hands of Liu Yi"

Originally, He Wuji had a good relationship with Liu Yi, but since Meng Chang died, he began to hate Liu Yi. The fool could see what was going on. Meng Chang's death was too unfair.

Liu Yu smiled and said, "Why don't Jiankang give it to him? Our main goal is to save Your Majesty

Liu Muzhi frowned and said, "Marshal, is that Taoist priest reliable? According to the people who came out of Jiankang, Huan Xuan's powerful subordinate Bian Fanzhi once led 3,000 people to send His Majesty out of the city, saying that he was going to send him to Xunyang, but he returned in just two days. I'm afraid it's not right!"

Liu Yu shook his head: "Tian Song's words may not be fully believed, but the news has been sent back from Xunyang. Your Majesty is indeed imprisoned in Xunyang. As long as we keep an eye on Huan Xuan, we will definitely save Your Majesty."

Speaking of this, he turned his head and said to He Wuji, "How about that person named Lu Qiang? Can you fight for it?"

Although Liu Yu and Liu Yi are both surnamed Liu, they are not from a family. Of course, Liu Yi has a lot of intentions, but Liu Yu has been on guard against him for a long time. Whether it is Guangling City or Liu Yi's camp, they have Liu Yu's eyeliner, so all kinds of things that happened in Liu Yi's camp have already reported to Liu Yu's desk.

"This person can't be bought, but as far as I know, Meng Chang valued him very much, and he is also very grateful to Meng Chang. If he knows the real cause of Meng Chang's death, I guess he will know what to do without us."

Although He Wuji and Lu Qiang are not real friends, they know Lu Qiang very well. I'm afraid this is what they mean by cherishing each other.

Liu Yu nodded and smiled, "Some people said that he was the first arrow of the Beifu Army. Originally, I didn't believe it, but after he abolished the children of the Lu family, I believed it, but I don't know when such a good general will come to our army?"

As soon as Liu Yu's words fell, a burst of rapid footsteps sounded, and then he heard a personal soldier behind him say: "Report the general, Jiangbei urgent letter"

Liu Yu and others turned around and saw a soldier kneeling on the ground with a secret newspaper in his hand.

Liu Yu took the secret report and opened it directly in front of He Wuji and Liu Muzhi. After reading it, he laughed and handed the letter to He Wuji.

"Liu Yi is going to cross the river, and it's time for us to move"

Liu Muzhi also smiled and said, "The general has seen that Huan Xuan's back road has been copied, and he will definitely flee along the river. At that time, we can follow and then take the opportunity to rescue His Majesty."

"Haha..."

Liu Yu couldn't help laughing. He appreciated Liu Muzhi's wisdom very much, but some words still couldn't let him know, such as holding the emperor in his hands, what should he do next? The emperor should be given an official position and so on...

Of course, the emperor is an idiot. Doesn't he have the final say on what official position he wants?

In a Taoist temple on Fuzhou Mountain, Tiansong is meditating and meditating.

Since fighting with Zhao Xiu, his internal injury has not healed. He knows that if Zhao Xiu hadn't resisted the pursuers for the abandoned emperor, he would not have been the opponent of this old eunuch.

Regarding the news that the Abandoned Emperor had escaped, he and Huan Xuan also adopted a silent way.

Everyone knows that now the Abandoned Emperor is a veritable trump card. Whoever owns him has the capital of the emperor and even gets everything he wants.

It's a pity that Tiansong didn't catch the Abandoned Emperor in the mountain, but he didn't gain anything. At least he knew that the Abandoned Emperor was not a real idiot.

Tiansong has the same ambition as Liu Yu, and he has already seen the decline of Huan Xuan. The reason why he stayed here is just to increase some capital to bargain with Liu Yu.

"Master, a letter from Jiangbei, Liu Yi is going to cross the river"

A ghostly figure appeared behind Tiansong. After saying this, he disappeared in a blink of an eye, as if from the future.

Liu Yi wants to cross the river, which means that Liu Yu's general attack is about to begin, so why stay here? It seems that it's time to meet Liu Yi. Brother Huan Xuan, just ask for more blessings! The Taoist priest will not accompany him.

Taoist priests are also human beings, especially an ambitious Taoist priest, who understands that eggs cannot be put in one basket.

Northern people are good at horses, and southerners are good at boating.

It is not that horses cannot be raised in the south, but that the rivers and lakes in the south are vertical and horizontal, which is not suitable for large-scale horse breeding at all.

It is precisely because of the development of the water system that Jiangnan's shipbuilding is also very developed.

In order to successfully cross the river and create a peak power of Mount Tai, Liu Yi mobilized nearly a thousand large and small ships and killed them to the south of the Yangtze River in the sound of the horn of the expedition.

Thousands of sails are standing, and the drums are rumbling.

Liu Yizhi sat proudly on the largest handsome boat and looked at the approaching south bank, and suddenly felt like he was king over the world.

No wonder everyone wants to be an emperor! This feels really good.

Lu Qiang stood beside Liu Yi and looked at the approaching embankment and the looming wall in the distance. His heart was also full of mixed feelings.

He really didn't expect that he could return to this place so soon, and he also came back with a posture of restoring the Jin room.

If Huan Xuan knew he was in this team, what would he think? All the eyes have to fall off!

Lu Qiang suddenly remembered another thing and turned to Liu Yi and said, "Marshal, I heard that Huan Xuan sent Xunyang from the emperor. After we captured Jiankang, are we going to welcome your majesty?"

It feels strange to say yourself in front of others.

Liu Yi smiled and said, "What's the hurry? There are so many royal families in Jiankang City, and there are also civil and military officials. Don't worry about this moment."

After listening to Liu Yi's words, Lu Qiang's heart couldn't help sinking. As expected, he did not boldly expose his identity. These guys were not well-hearted!

Although he was dissatisfied with Lu Qiang's actions, Liu Yi still relied on Lu Qiang at present. After the army landed, the first arrow was given to Lu Qiang and ordered him to lead 5,000 people to kill Jiankang quickly.

At the same time, he sent another 10,000 army led by his relative Liu Yun to kill Zhoushan from the side, saying that he cooperated with Liu Yu to destroy Huan Xuan's main army. In fact, it is to prevent Liu Yu from fighting for health with him.

In the end, he personally led the rest of the people to surround Jiankang.

The Jiankang City Wall was already in sight, and Lu Qiang took the lead and led 5,000 people to rush straight over.

Feng should guard Jiankang, Huan Xuan's confidant. Since the army of Liu Yi was just spread out on the water, he had sent someone to ask Huan Xuan for help.

But at this time, Huan Xuan was already overwhelmed by himself. Originally, he expected Tiansong to help him, but he found that Tiansong had run away early. After receiving Feng's request for help, Liu Yu's men and horses under the mountain also moved.

How can this be good?

At the critical moment, Huan Xuan, who was not determined to fight, still listened to the persuasion of Bian Fan and fled back to Jingzhou first, wait for the rally, and then fight with Liu Yi and others.

So he jumped on the warship with 3,000 bodyguards and went up to Shuojiang, ready to escape back to Jiangling first.

The emperor has run away. Do these soldiers of Huan Chu still have the intention to fight with Liu Yu? Liu Yu's army collapsed as soon as he touched, and some simply surrendered.

Liu Yu had no intention of competing with Liu Yi for Jiankang, so he sent people to guard the mountain passes and then captured the deserters all over the mountains. At the same time, He Wuji, Zhou Anmu and others were sent to fight against Huan Xuan all the way on the water and kill Xunyang all the way.

Liu Yu and Liu Yi cooperate very well and are busy with each other.

Jiankang has not had much troops, especially after hearing that Huan Xuan had escaped, Feng should also take people from the South Gate to Jingzhou, obviously trying to meet Huan Xuan there.

Seeing that the King of Qin's army had arrived, those loyal ministers who self-proported to endure humiliation immediately organized the officials to open the gate and welcome Liu Yi's army into the city with gongs and drums.

Lu Qiang obviously didn't expect to take down Jiankang so easily. Looking at the gate that had been opened, he hesitated for a moment. Will there be any fraud?

Then I thought that there were 100,000 troops behind him, and Huan Xuan's main force was not in the city. What could he do even if there was an ambush?

Fang Tianji waved: After saying: "Going to the city", he put down the bag. Although he knew that his image had changed greatly now, he was better to be careful.

Ma Haohao, five thousand people, rushed into the city and then quickly occupied all the key points.

Before entering the city, Lu Qiang had strictly ordered soldiers not to harass the people, and those who violated the order would not be forgiven.

Huan Xuan, the emperor, was actually not a few days old, but his arrogance, luxury, labor and money and other evil deeds were deeply hated by the Jiankang people. Therefore, when Lu Qiang led the army into the city, many people spontaneously came to both sides of the road to welcome the army of King Qin.

This is the first time that Lu Qiang has looked at the city with a passer-by mentality.

Jiankang is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River, with convenient transportation and developed water transportation. Since ancient times, it has been a must-have place for soldiers. After the establishment of the capital here in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, many dignitaries who moved south gathered here, bringing great prosperity to the trade here.

There are many shops on both sides of the street, and most of them are luxuriously decorated shops, and few ordinary shops like Guangling or Jingkou.

After the shops, high-rise buildings can be seen everywhere, with red walls and green tiles, flying eaves and carved buildings, all of which show the dignity of the owner.

Lu Qiang heard that there was Sun En's Rebellion before Huan Xuan. It seems that the war did not really burn into the city, so that these exquisite buildings could be preserved.

At this time, Lu Qiang saw a group of officials coming quickly from afar. When he was the first, he actually knew him.

He couldn't help laughing in his heart: "This old man is thick-skinned enough to dare to stay without saying anything, and he dares to bring hundreds of officials. He really doesn't know how to write dead words."