Linque

Chapter 193 War (Part [-])

On the third day of June in the 11th year of Xuanxi, in Jixia, the Lanjiang plague was rampant for more than a month. Corpses floated for thousands of miles from the five counties in Nanjiang to the north city of Yinghai.

Jing Wang Lingyi used this as an excuse to point out that today's society is against morality and immorality, so that the sky has brought disasters to Kyushu. He also used the celestial phenomenon of "white rainbow piercing the sun, Taibai Jingtian" as the name of the celestial phenomenon, and formally raised troops in Jiangjin City, Wanzhou. Headed by the Fang clan of Cangwu in Zhouzhou, the Zhou clan of Dingkang in Changzhou, and the Lianyan Jiang clan in Wanzhou, half of the aristocratic families in Yunchang and Wanzhou were secretly followers.

The next day, Jiang Di, the admiral of the left division of the East China Sea Navy, responded to King Jing's call and brazenly raised his troops against Yinghai City, starting the first battle of the rebellion.Afterwards, King Jing Chen Bing joined forces on the border of Zhongzhou and fought with the Zhongzhou garrison led by Shuo'an Marquis Gu Zheng.

At the same time, the thirteen troops of Beidi invaded the northern border, and the Shuozhou iron cavalry was fully equipped to meet the enemy; along the southeast coast, Nanyang Zeguo attacked Yichong at night, and confronted the Changzhou garrison.

All of a sudden, half of Kyushu was ignited inside and outside, and the hearts of the people all over the world were fluctuating and panicked.

The report of the battle pond spread to the imperial capital urgently within eight hundred miles.Everyone in the court expressed their opinions in public with indignation, but it is not known how many of them were really scolding and how many of them were pretending to be false.

At this juncture, the emperor was still as calm as before, dispatching troops in an orderly manner, ordering the garrison in Zhongzhou to fight calmly, refusing to respect the king in the south of the Lanjiang River, and ordering the government of Yingguo to take charge of the battle in Changzhou, and the three armies were at their disposal.

All the ministers couldn't figure out the emperor's plan, but they all knew that King Jing was coming. Right now, there was a plague in Yinghai, and the twelve cities in the south of the Yangtze River were in chaos.Although not many aristocratic families stand in line to respect the king with great fanfare, except for the Yuyang Han family, there are very few who take the initiative to reinforce Yinghai.

There was a plague in Yinghai City, and there were military incidents outside. Jiang Di led the left division of the water army to attack from the south, and the Dingkang Zhou family surrounded them from the north.The East China Sea Navy can't count on it. Changzhou's elite garrison is fighting against the Nanyang people in Yichong.The emperor had full trust in Yingguo's mansion, but the Yinghaisu family could not take care of themselves now, and let them preside over the battle in Changzhou. Changzhou was afraid that things would get worse.

The civil and military officials looked at the emperor's calm and composed appearance, but judging by his military deployment, it seemed that he was completely unprepared and put on airs.

The discussion of the Xuanzheng Palace ended at the end of the time, and all the ministers dispersed in worry or indignation. The Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and all the generals in Beijing, large and small, stayed and continued to discuss the war in the side hall.

It was at this time that Ling Qi, the leader of the Son of Heaven's Shadow Guard, and Xie Chu, the head of the Hall of Martial Arts, came to meet the saint. Seeing that they came together, the emperor temporarily left the table and summoned the two of them alone in the study room of the apse.

Xie Chu's eyebrows were twisted into a pattern of Sichuan characters, and he presented a volume of ancient books and a written prescription with a dignified expression. Ling Ye took it and looked at it twice, pinched the prescription and asked, "How sure are you?"

Xie Chu shook his head, and said truthfully: "At most [-]%, the Gu art is not the martial arts faction of Kyushu. I led people to browse for a long time in the Hall of Martial Heroes and Wenqu Pavilion, and drew up this prescription, but there was still not enough. grasp."

Ling Ye stared at the ancient book for a long time, stretched out his hand and pressed the four inconspicuous characters in the ancient book, sighed softly, and said, "Fifty percent is still too little, the trip to Lushui seems to be God's will."

Although Ling Ye sent Chu Heng's letter to Wu Xinghai, and made a reciprocal deal with Jing Xueli, Dayin and Nanxi are thousands of miles away, and it will take some time to come and go. Received a reply letter from Jing Xueli about how to undo Gu.

There is another alternative strategy, the Er Fei Medicine Sect.

The entanglement between the first emperor and the imperial concubine Huiyuan was buried in the imperial mausoleum along with the death of the first emperor.The matter of Yan Zhefei's ambush for Chu Heng was in Lushui that day, and Ye Jianwei said he would deal with it.Lishan has an old relationship with Yaozong, Yan Zhefei is the orphan of Erfei, Jinlan when she was a child, Ye Jianwei has complicated emotions towards her, and will not be able to kill her unless she dies.Ling Ye didn't need to trouble Yan Zhefei, but he was a little hesitant about the alternative strategy of Er Fei Medicine Sect.

Back then, the Erfei Medicine School was slaughtered by the first emperor, and the records were destroyed twice later, and all traces of Erfei and the Guihai clan were erased.Ling Ye can only learn about this period of the past from the secret files sealed by the Shadow Guard of the Son of Heaven, and the right and wrong between them cannot be clearly explained by a junior who has never experienced it himself.

The first emperor nodded and agreed to Zhong Fang's Zhou family's slaughter of the Erfei Medicine Sect, perhaps he was indeed cruel and ruthless.But one thing must be affirmed that the first emperor was right - the evil medicine "Suhui" must perish, and should never have existed.Guihai Wenjing reproduced the witch medicine "Suhui" by mistake, so he is not the only one who suffers?

It may be a good deal to let everything about Erfei be completely buried with the death of the late emperor.It was just that when Ling Ye was looking for Chu Heng in the Lushui Cemetery that day, he glanced at the name on the tombstone of the Qingnang Pavilion Master—Ming Yuan.Lushui is the former site of Er Fei after the name change. Although the soul of this little uncle who was very important to Chu Heng, brother and father died, he returned to his hometown, but he could not be crowned with his original surname "Gui Hai".Even the tragedy of Chu Heng's mother, Ji Wusu, may have something to do with Medicine Sect.

... This alternative is to give Ying Hai and Er Fei another chance.

If Yan Zhefei knew it in his heart, he would understand that this achievement should be recorded in the national history, and he would rectify the name of the erased Erfei Medicine Sect.

Ling Ye sighed softly, took out a letter from the small compartment under the imperial case, handed it to Ling Qi, and said, "You go to Guangling Lushui and see Yan Zhefei, the sooner you do it, the better."

Ling Qi accepted the order.

Ling Ye lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, then tilted his head and asked, "Where is Duke Ying, Su Que?"

"Calculating the days and distance, it should not be far from Changzhou."

Ling Ye said "hmm": "Contact the shadow guard who went to the Northwest Silk Road to meet him, and tell Su Que not to leave Ningzhou in a hurry. There should be someone waiting to intercept and kill at the border of Ningchang. Just in case In case, Chu Heng passed through Yichong."

Xie Chu: "The person King Jing sent to intercept Duke Ying is most likely Fang Hongzhen, Martial Venerable Cangwu."

Ling Ye nodded, with a flash of coldness in his eyes.

"That's right." His eyes seemed to be filled with a pool of quiet water, and he said solemnly without changing his expression, "Let the shadow guard watch Chu Heng, and don't let him get hurt easily."

Seeing the strangeness, Ling Qi accepted his orders and left calmly.Xie Chu, who was next to him, almost rolled his eyes to the sky—Chu Heng, a kid, never dared to appear in front of him since he exposed his identity in front of him. Xie Chu blocked him several times but failed to catch anyone , that's all.Zhong Pinghou's mansion is extremely low-key on Dongjun's matter, and Xie Chu is not good at publicizing it with great fanfare, anyway, there is no rush to settle accounts.When Chu Heng came back from Changzhou, he had plenty of time, so he might not find a chance.

Xie Chu was thinking about how to catch Chu Heng in the Hall of Martial Ying, when Ling Ye ordered again: "Let the later Ningzhou garrison Chen Bing Huai Ze, Ying Hai is easy to defend and difficult to attack, tell Su Lang that as long as he can hold his ground, he will However, you can temporarily retreat if necessary, and you are not in a hurry to take down Jiang Di. I want to see who is standing behind Jiang Di. How many of the grass on the wall watching the fire across the bank of the twelve cities in the south of the Yangtze River are real fire watchers, and how many have already seen the fire? Get on Ling Yi's boat."

Xie Chu's heart trembled, he immediately nodded and said yes, and said: "Yishan Academy has already gone to the Changzhou garrison camp, just waiting for an opportunity to make a move. Jiang Di will not dare to delay too long, he must capture Ying Hai as soon as possible Su Lang is the defender of the city now. If he can't even take down this young man, what chance does Jiang Di have when the veteran Ying Guogong arrives and takes over the battle in Changzhou? The more Su Lang can hold on now, Jiang Di became more and more anxious, and in the end, he was bound to seek support from the allied families in the Twelve Cities in the South of the Yangtze River."

Ling Ye nodded slightly, tapped the desk twice with his fingers, and said nothing.

……

A few days later, Changzhou, Yinghai.

The appearance of Yan Zhefei, the lord of Qianyong Realm, ushered in a new turning point for this city trapped by the Gu epidemic.

Not long after, Ye Jianwei, the leader of the Eastern Capital, brought a group of people to Yinghai, and sent Yan Zhefei a helper, along with Ling Qi, the leader of the shadow guard of the Son of Heaven!

Under Su Lang's instruction, the movement in Yinghai City soon spread to the East Sea Navy Zuo Division camp dozens of miles away.

Jiang Di, the interim chief admiral of the navy, finally couldn't sit still.

A series of two Mahayana realms came to Yinghai. At this juncture, why not do what he thought.

The soldiers below went in without knowing it, but Jiang Di always knew that Yinghai's epidemic was not an ordinary disease. He was still able to hold his breath when someone came from the imperial capital's imperial hospital before, because he was convinced that this was not something that the imperial physician could solve.But whether Lishan, the benchmark of martial arts, and Ye Jianwei and Yan Zhefei, two Mahayana realms, will also be helpless against Gu Dao, Jiang Di is not sure.

What made him even more flustered was that Ye Jianwei and Ling Qi had already left together this morning, and there was also news that the epidemic had been eased from Yinghai.

For a long time, Jiang Di led the army to besiege Yinghai. During this period, there were small disturbances, but no major battles.He didn't plan to attack by force at the beginning, and the occasional confrontation was just a strategy for exhausting troops.

The plague was rampant in the northern city of Yinghai, and the government of Yingguo was helpless. It was only a matter of time before the epidemic got out of control.In extreme times, no matter how profound Ying Hai's background is, he and Jiang Di cannot afford to spend it.Originally, Jiang Di only had to wait for a time when the plague broke out completely in the city, and then he could capture the city effortlessly.

But now that the accident has happened, we can't wait any longer.Some time ago, scouts came to report that Duke Ying Su Que was already on his way back, and it would be too late if he didn't make a move.

At night, the whole army of the left division of the Donghai Navy was dispatched, and artillery fire raided the gate of Yinghai Nancheng.

Su Lang and a group of generals were prepared and responded immediately.

The vanguard camp is out, the flags are surging, this battle is destined to be tragic.

The two sides fired rockets at each other, and there was almost no gap between them. The screams were covered by the artillery fire one after another, and the blood flowed into a stream from the city to the city.Whether it was Yinghai City or the left division of the Donghai Navy who was besieging the city, the sky was full of flames and flesh and blood flew everywhere.

Fighting from nightfall to the dawn of the next day, Yinghai City was exhausted, and Jiang Di also suffered heavy losses, so he had to temporarily retreat with his troops.

There were corpses lying in front of the city, blood flowed like rivers, even if the enemy retreated, no one dared to relax completely, the generals including Su Lang didn't close their eyes, and re-discussed and arranged the city defense deployment.

At that time, the left division camp of the East China Sea Navy.

Jiang Di waited for a long time, and finally received the order to respect the king from Jiang Jincheng's secret guard.

Of course he knew that once Ying Hairang got a chance to breathe, the one who couldn't breathe would become him.However, the opponent has troops transferred from Nanshan and Huai Ze, and the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. With the strength of the left division of the Donghai Navy, it will not be able to win for a while.

Jiang Di called his cronies, and handed over King Jing's warrant together with the letterhead: "Send it to Jindu, and hand it over to Murui Hesi of Changzhou Prefecture, and tell him that time is urgent, Duke Ying Su Que will arrive in Yinghai in a few days, Let the Changzhou garrison be quick."

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Jiang Di's urgency is not without reason, a thousand troops are easy to get and a commander is hard to find, and one person can be worth a thousand troops. Although this is a bit exaggerated, the arrival of Su Que, Duke of Ying, will definitely shake the current Changzhou war situation.

Anyone who can be called "handsome" in the three armies is a person who is as good as Dinghai Shenzhen. No matter the prestige, experience, or ability, Jiang Di, the admiral of the left division of the navy, can't compare with it. What's more, Su Que himself comes from a family in Changzhou. , The reputation in the East China Sea Navy is not bad.

Five years ago, King Jing's eldest brother, King Qi, started a rebellion and was annihilated by Duke Ying himself.Now that the current situation has changed, it is the same time to raise the flag to rebel, and it is the turn to respect the king. For these rebellious officials and thieves who follow, facing Ying Guogong, there will inevitably be a kind of panic of "history repeating itself" deep in their hearts.

It is taboo to shake the morale of the army.

Jiang Di understood this point, and of course King Jing would not ignore it.

A role like Ying Guogong Su Que, to use an inappropriate word, is a "double-edged sword".He is like a reassurance stone, he can make Ying Hai feel confident and morale cohesive before he arrives on the road.Then if there is positive, there must be negative. If Su Que dies halfway, or dies by the enemy, then the morale of the army will be scattered and flustered, and Ying Hai may not be able to stabilize a young son like Su Lang.

Just like when King Qi assassinated Gu Chongshan, governor of Shuozhou, the eldest son Gu Yanshi at that time was more famous in the army than Su Lang is now, but at that time, if it wasn't for Gu Yanshi's grandfather, the old Zhen Guogong who was over sixty years old Gu Han once again puts on his armor, the current commander of the Shuozhou cavalry will never be named Gu again!

Now the old Duke Su Huai is ill, Su Lang has only himself, if Duke Ying Su Que dies, Ying Hai will almost collapse.

Although King Jing's army does not have such a handsome "Dinghaishenzhen", he has a knife that can cut off Dinghaishenzhen!

——Cangwu Martial Venerable Fang Hongzhen, the prestige in the southern half of Dayin is only worse than Su Que in the army.He is King Jing's most solid reliance, and he has also reassured the hearts of many people who followed King Jing and rebelled in the three prefectures of Yunchang and Wan.

This invincible Mahayana is now waiting on the border of Changzhou with a knife, waiting for the "Dinghai Shenzhen" to offer his head.

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Late at night, Ningzhou.

Duke Ying Su Que, who came from the Silk Road in the northwest of Jingzhou, arrived at the border of Ningchang smoothly under the escort of the emperor's shadow guard who went to meet him.

It was dusk, and they did not cross the border directly to rest at the station less than a hundred miles away.Instead, the Shadow Guard of the Son of Heaven led Su Que to detour to the temporary station of the Ningzhou garrison in a different direction from the post station.

The deputy general of the governor of Ningzhou received a secret order from the imperial capital early in the morning, and personally brought two people to the gate to welcome Duke Ying in in a low-key manner.

As soon as he stepped into the camp, Su Que saw a person standing in front of the long case, with a smile in his eyes, and his eyes met his own.

Su Que remembered him, His Majesty's servant Mo, a disciple of the Zhongli Chu family, and a senior brother of Ye Xinghui, the young master of Lishan Mountain.

On March [-]th, the Patriarch of Sifang of Kyushu came to Beijing to report on his duties. In front of Zichen Hall in the imperial capital, Martial Venerable Fang Hongzhen of Cangwu suddenly tried to test this young man in full view, but in front of Mahayana, he never even frowned.

At that time, Su Que felt that this young man named Chu Heng was not like what he had shown in the Hall of Martial Heroes all the time. On the contrary, it was possible that he had an unusual background.

as predicted--

"Duke." Chu Heng smiled slightly, and raised his hand to salute Su Que as a junior, "Ji Wuyue is here at Lishan Mountain, and I am here to welcome you according to His Majesty's order."