I have 800,000 private soldiers. The emperor forces me to hand over military power?

"Dragon City's internal guards are investigating the case. No one else is allowed to act rashly!"

In the night, the roars of the people coming on horseback were like bursts of life-demanding chants from demons in hell, which made the king of Zhongshan, Su Muchen, the rebel deputy general Fan Bao, and all the royal servants and rebel soldiers present, panic. My heart immediately rose to my throat, and my mind exploded with a buzzing sound.

At this point, Su Muchen didn't even have the time or thought to figure out why the Dragon City internal guard, who had been teased to shame by him during the day and returned without success, appeared on the official road outside the Guangling Port pier late at night;

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The first reaction in my mind is: hurry up, it’s important to save your life!

Qiang——

The next moment, there was only a clear sound of drawing a sword.

Fan Bao, the rebel deputy general who was standing next to him and came to receive supplies, drew his sword and said sternly: "Escort——"

Clang, Clang, Clang——

Immediately afterwards, countless sounds of drawing swords rang out one after another. The accompanying rebel guards drew their swords one after another, reflexively forming a line of protection around Zhongshan King Su Muchen and deputy general Fan Bao.

Fan Bao said anxiously: "Your Majesty, no, the matter has been exposed!"

"My lord, hurry up and get on the boat. I'm here to hold off the inner guards of the Dragon City of the Tang Dynasty. Leave quickly. It's too late if it's too late!"

"General Fan, take care!"

When life and death were at stake, Su Muchen, the king of Zhongshan, was not one to hesitate. He immediately called on his palace servants and ran towards the nearest merchant ship.

As soon as he arrived on the deck, he immediately ordered: "Quick, lift the anchor, raise the sail, and set sail!"

Soon, the sound of sailing horns was heard in Guangling Port, and dozens of merchant ships began to nervously weigh anchors and raise sails, trying to sail the merchant ships into the Yangtze River channel before the Dragon City inner guards encircled them.

Wuwuwu, Wuwuwu——

At this moment, bursts of piercing horn sounds sounded on the waterway outside Guangling Port.

Immediately afterwards, the captain of the ship hurried to the deck to report: "Your Majesty, it's bad, the river channel out of the port is blocked by the warships of the Tang Dynasty's naval fleet!"

"What did you say?"

Su Muchen tensed up and almost fainted.

With the help of the bright moonlight, Su Muchen, who was standing on the bow deck of the ship, looked in the direction of the horn sound, and sure enough he saw several naval warships with tall hulls and scarlet flags of the Tang Dynasty hanging on the masts.

The next moment, there was a flash of fire on the side of the Tang Navy warship.

Immediately afterwards, there was a "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" sound of breaking wind.

Boom, boom, boom!

Immediately, cannonballs exploded on the river surface of Guangling Port, stirring up countless water jets.

As soon as the red cannon mounted on the naval warship fired, the captain, first mate, and sailors on the dozens of merchant ships that were busy anchoring, setting sail, and setting sail in Guangling Port suddenly stopped what they were doing and looked at them in horror. The naval warships lying sideways outside the mouth of the river entering the channel did not dare to make any further moves.

Just now, the naval fleet fired a salvo of red-coated cannons. The shells all landed outside the merchant ships, drawing an arc on the river. It looked more like the red-coated cannons drawn by the navy officers and soldiers who suddenly rebelled. a cordon;

The meaning could not be more obvious. If the merchant ships in the port continue to disobey the warning and dare to cross the cordon, then the next salvo of the red cannons on the navy warships will not fall on the river. Instead, it will hit the hull and deck of the merchant ship!

"My lord, what should I do?"

The frightened captain asked the Zhongshan King Su Muchen on the deck for his opinion anxiously, and said: "The navy officers and soldiers are firing cannons to warn us. If we insist on setting sail, they will bombard our fleet!"

"What are you afraid of? I'll run into you!"

Before Su Muchen could say anything, the anxious palace steward immediately said: "I ordered the caravan ships to collide with each other. I don't believe that they won't be able to clear a path!"

"Why are you still standing there? You're going to hit us with your boat!"

However, the captain did not pay attention to the roar of the palace steward, but said with despair to Zhongshan Wang Su Muchen, who was still in shock and had not yet recovered: "Your Majesty, the merchant ships of the caravan, regardless of their size, The tonnage and hull armor are no match for the naval fleet warships;"

"Your Majesty, we can't leave!"

puff--

As soon as the captain finished speaking, Su Muchen, the mountain king who was in a dazed state, suddenly spurted out a mouthful of old blood. His eyes went black and he fainted. The bow deck suddenly fell into panic.

In the panic, the merchant ship's originally raised sails and stowed anchor were lowered again.

A moment later, the other merchant ships in the port followed suit, lowered their sails and anchors, and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty Navy fleet that had blocked the channel into the river mouth.

Under the moonlight, small boats were put into the water one after another from the main warships of the Datang Navy fleet. Countless naval officers and soldiers wearing armor and swords came through the waves under the moonlight and quickly controlled all the Zhongshan Prince's caravan ships on the river. .

Late at night.

Su Muchen, the king of Zhongshan, was awakened from a coma by being splashed with cold river water.

When he opened his eyes, before he could even curse, several familiar faces appeared in front of him, staring at him with half-smiling smiles.

The leader was none other than Lu Jiang, the newly appointed deputy commander of the Dragon City Internal Guard. Standing beside him were Jiang Xiao, the Minister of Household Affairs of the Tang Dynasty, and Tang Ziyi, the deputy commander of the Navy of the Tang Dynasty.

Lu Jiang smiled and said, "Your Highness, what a coincidence, we meet again!"

As he spoke, Lu Jiang pointed to the fully loaded merchant ships in the port and continued, "Your Highness is very generous. He just raised and donated 200,000 shi of grain to the court during the day for the court to use to suppress the rebellion;"

"In less than one night, he raised another 300,000 shi of grain for the court to load on the ship, as well as 200,000 taels of silver and refined salt. If the emperor knew that Your Highness had such good intentions, he would be moved beyond words;"

"What do you think, Your Highness?"

Su Muchen's face was pale and his heart was dead.

Lu Jiang said again, "It's just that, Your Majesty, you have to leave your name behind when you do good things. You have prepared so many food and supplies for the court. You should at least inform me and Lord Jiang;"

"You see, in order for the food and supplies raised by Your Majesty to be smoothly transported by water to Jinling City, I invited Lord Tang to come and dispatched 12 naval fleets to escort along the way, for fear that some bad guys would interfere and take the food and supplies raised by Your Majesty for the court to the Goguryeo Peninsula to support the rebels;"

"Don't you think so, Your Majesty!"

Hahaha!

As Lu Jiang spoke, he couldn't help laughing.

Looking at the Zhongshan King Su Muchen, who was limp on the bow deck like a drowned dog, he smiled and said: "Come here, notify the caravan to set sail for Jinling City;"

"I will personally escort the prince to meet the emperor!"

"I have received your order!"

A moment later, the ships loaded with grain, gold and silver in Guangling Port set sail again, heading for Jinling City!