Chapter 9 The Big Wedding

Defeated, Xiao Xian was completely defeated. In only three hours, his dynasty hegemony disappeared between the blue water and blue sky of Dongting Lake.

Xiao Liangjun's advantage in numbers and the deterrence of thunder and arrows have long disappeared. Fighting spirit, the rear Liang army is not good; generals, the rear Liang army is not good; soldiers, the rear Liang army is not good; weapons, the rear Liang army is not good enough. In contrast, the victory or defeat is self-evident.

The two armies were on Dongting Lake. As soon as the ship collided, Xiao Xian's "giant ship" was like super-large tofu, which was smashed and rotten. In addition to Yunyi's downwind rocket, the sailors on the back Liang army ship threw themselves into the lake, burning and screaming. It was all kinds of things in the world. Later, the Liang army was beheaded and drowned countless times, and the biggest resistance that could stop Yunyi from unifying the south of the Yangtze River was finally hanged.

Seeing this, Xiao Xian had no fighting spirit and immediately ordered people to retreat. As the saying goes, he also chased the poor. The ship on Yunyi's side was much faster than the warships of Xiao Liang's army. He fell to the ground and killed them, and captured more than 200 warships. Xiao Xian was left with only 7,000 loyal soldiers beside him. He tried his best to protect them and fled back to the city of Baling in panic. Yun Yi will give Xiao Xian a chance to escape back to the land of Lingnan, and immediately surround Baling.

Xiao Xian's generals Yang Junmao and Zheng Wenxiu went out of the city to fight to the death. Unfortunately, 7,000 to 40,000, the difference was too far. The Divine Arrow Army won the battle and captured more than 4,000 armored soldiers. Yunyi, who won, not only did not make a strong attack, but retreated for 30 miles, which greatly won the favor of the Baling military and civilians.

Then the three Yunyi brothers thought about it all night and wrote a "Book to the People of Baling". Tens of thousands of movable characters were printed and spread into Baling City through hot air balloons, completely smashing the stubborn resistance of Xiao Xian and the people of Baling.

Xiao Xian saw that it was isolated inside and outside, there were no reinforcements outside, and it was difficult to support in the city. There was no way out, so he opened the door and surrendered to Yunyi. Yunyi led the army into the city. According to the promise of the Letter to the People of Baling, the order was serious, and Qiu did not commit any crime.

In order to win the heart of the rear Liang soldiers, Yun Yi is far-sighted, generous, not greedy for treasure, and appeased and promoted according to their own talents. His approach was quite popular, so the land of Jianghan ruled by Xiao Xian also looked forward to the wind. The destruction of Xiao Xian made Yun Yi a population of nearly one million, with more than 400 ships and countless small boats. Yunyi implements a professional military system, which must require the path of an elite division. Otherwise, no matter how much money Yunyi has, he can't afford to raise too much army, so he only reorganized the 80,000 troops of the rear Liang Dynasty. Because the southern generals are good at water warfare, they have a total of 60,000 troops and 20,000 troops. In this way, the number of soldiers under Yunyi's command has reached 300,000.

Within a month, put out Xiao Xian, which caused a sensation in the world and shocked all directions. In this battle, Yunyi's power increased greatly. Go down to the Jiujiang River in the east, control the south of the Yangtze River; go to the Three Gorges in the west, connect Ba Shu; go to Jiaozhi in the south, look at Qionghai, go north to Luoyang, and win the Central Plains.

The world is full of wind and clouds from our generation, and China is not idle.

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Nine days later, on the eighth day of October, Shengong City, Yunyi got married.

At the highest place of the divine bow city, the four corners of the divine arrow platform are ten feet high and ten feet long standing on the agarwood. The giant wood holds up the happy curtain to cover the sky. On the happy curtain, the happy curtain is written: The combination of heaven, the couple of immortals.

Under the happy curtain, on the wide divine arrow platform, there are four entrances to the platform. On the side of the entrance, the outside of the divine arrow platform, are all surrounded by countless square tables. There are countless rare flavors and ancient wines on the table. There are soldiers, county magistrate, merchants, craftsmen, farmers, and all kinds of people or crowds. , or scattered, eating and drinking, talking, clinking glasses and drinking...

Walk through the periphery and step into the inner layer of the divine arrow platform. The inner layer is different from the outer layer. The inner layer is more than a hundred feet wide, and the tables and chairs are arranged like stars, and the wine table is covered with generals and politicians.

"... Yang Junmao, Zheng Wenxiu... Wen Shihong, Feng Han... Cloud one, cloud two... Luo Fang, Wu Yan... Liang Zhi, Pei Renji... Dong Fang, Liu Zongdao... Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong... Xu Shiji, Bu Tianzhi... Shen Luoyan, Li Jing..." Walking all the way, looking at the names on the tables on both sides, he finally came to the center of the Arrow Platform.

You can only see a high altar three feet high and ten feet round in the center. I found that the names I had read before were all the top military, political and court figures in the row. At this moment, they are surrounding the high altar and don't know the internal situation. Only smell:

"One worship of heaven and earth!"

"Second visit to Gaotang!"

"Fare to each other!"

"Gift!"

There is no "sent to the bridal chamber" below, and then everyone sat on their own seats.

Above the east seat are the top figures in the world today, or their representatives, including: Yun Yi, Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling, Li Shimin, Du Fuwei, Liu Heiyu, Song Lu and Yang Gongqing.

On the west table are all famous beauties or sisters, including Shang Xiuxun, Shi Qingxuan, Song Yuzhi, Wan Wan, Shi Feixuan, Shang Xiufang, Li Xiuning and Susu.

There is a prince group in the east and a beauty party in the west.

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When the ship arrived in Yangzhou, Xu Ziling looked at the sea-facing trade port, which was still in the morning fog. He was full of feelings. He seemed to be a prodigal son who left his hometown. After thousands of rivers and mountains and disasters, he finally returned to the starting point.

Xingrong next to him sighed: "In terms of national trade, Yangzhou has always been the top of our Yangzhou. At present, the Baling Gang has been integrated by Yi Shuai, and our Zhuhua Gang has become the largest gang in the south. But after going around, he still has to move the rudder back to Yangzhou, which is why Shao Lingzhou sells Li Zitong's accounts so much.

"No wonder that people's hands are broken and people's mouths are short." Xu Ziling said. When it comes to Yizhou, it reminds him of some things that happened after his brother Yun Yi's wedding and sent Shi Qingxuan back to Chengdu.

"Yang" refers to Yangzhou, and "Yi" refers to Yizhou. The Yangzhou River is in the south and other Luoyang in the Central Plains. It is the water and land hub of Tonghui. Especially in terms of waterways, it is located at the intersection of the canal and the Yangtze River, and the sea coast of the Yangtze River. Its geographical superiority can be ic. In terms of land, Yangzhou is a post road station from Shandong in the east to Sichuan in the west and Yanhuguang in the south. All aspects combine to make Yangzhou a hub of sea, land and river, and the center of north-south land and water transit.

In those years, Emperor Yang was killed by the rebels led by Yu Culture. Du Fuwei's Jianghuai army came a step late and watched Li Zitong capture the most important city in the south, which was indeed a chess difference. If you want to take Jiangdu, you have to surround Yangzhou. Du Fuwei knows that there is no way to get Li Zitong by relying on him alone, so he can only cooperate with Shen Faxing, whom he despises very much. What he value is the naval division fleet with the Haisha Gang as the main force. The Haisha Gang has rich experience in maritime combat, so Han Gaitian, the leader of the Haisha Gang, has Receiving the importance of Shen Faxing.

Thousands of willows on the street, and the sun reflects the two-fold city! Xu Ziling looked at Luocheng, 80 miles in a radius, and recalled the precious childhood of the three brothers who struggled and struggled here. They visited the old place again, and the personnel were completely wrong. Returning to Yangzhou is like returning to a dream that is long but will never be forgotten. No matter inside or outside the city, there are shocking traces of the war everywhere. The collapsed and damaged city walls, all kinds of charred and abandoned siege tools, sunken warships, dark blood stains on the road, abandoned houses after the fire, decadent tiles can be seen everywhere, and the river is full of devastation.

Gui Xiliang said, "For more than a year, it has been a stop. Jiangdu San faces the river and sea, and the port is deep. Moreover, Li Zitong has a heavy army in another big town, Zhong Li, and from time to time sneaks up the besieged enemies from the waterway. Therefore, Du Fuwei and Shen Lun have to retreat every time they attack the city in turn. Reorganize your life so that you can recover your vitality, otherwise how can Li Zitong survive to this day?

Xu Ziling secretly admired his two brothers in his heart. Kou Zhong and Yun Yi asked him to sneak to Jiangdu first. On the one hand, they opened up the inner response of Jiangdu. On the other hand, he saw that although Du Shen's two armies were allies, they were always suspicious and difficult for them to come to Jiangdu to carry out a plan of alienation. At that time, Kou Zhong would send troops from Donghai County to destroy them. After falling to Shen Faxing, Du Fuwei was bound to see death and not be saved. That is, Yun Yi had destroyed Lin Shihong from the waterway, and the young commander-in-chief sailor, and the Zhuhua Gang responded to the inside and outside. He took Jiangdu without any effort. Du Fuwei could only look at Jiang Xing and sighed, and what was waiting for him was a way to surrender.

Xu Ziling, Gui Xiliang and Xing Rong were familiar with the bamboo gang brothers in the crowd. When they passed Liu Lane, the most famous flower street in Yangzhou, Xingrong came to Xu Ziling's ear and said, "Mrs. Yuling reopened the Tianxiang Tower, and now she has become the most famous brothel in Yangzhou. Tianxiang Shuangjue is the two most famous talented women in the south, waiting for idle people. It's not easy to see them. Let me show you tonight!"

"This is more appropriate for you to say to Kou Zhong and Yun Yi!" Xu Ziling is serious. Thinking of the girls whose three brothers could only YY Tianxianglou most of the time, now Kou Zhong and Yunyi have become the level of princes in the world, sighing that it is not the same as before. Looking around at the winding streets, recalling the situation of the three people who fled for their lives after the failure of stealing, they didn't know what to say for a moment.

PS: The wonderful events that happened during the wedding of Yun Yi and Shang Xiuxun will be described in detail in the following chapters.