The hand rises, the knife falls, the head flies...
The head of Anbang Yan, a powerful figure who had been in power for more than ten years, left his body forever and flew in the air for a distance before falling heavily.
At the same time that An Bangyan's head fell to the ground, a more bloody killing began among his troops. When Song Si Yin Xian made a false surrender plan, he had already made two preparations. Of course, the first step was to defeat Zhu Youjian at the Chishui River, protect Shuixi, and regain Shuidong. Even if the war cannot be successfully ended, the current chaos can continue.
As long as the chaos in She and An continues, Song Siyin will have the opportunity to sell She and An at a good price - the price of a hereditary official with thousands of households in Xiangjiang is really too low. Song Siyin's conscience can't bear it, so he has to increase the price!
The other plan was of course to betray An Bangyan, An Wugong and his son, and She Chongming!
If An Bangyan is no match for Zhu Youjian even if he crosses the border, then a hereditary official with thousands of households in Xiangjiang is better than the massacre of his family!
Song Siyin is a rebel! Moreover, he is still a big rebel. Not one of them dies, but a whole bunch of them die. Even if they were killed according to Yang Yinglong's standards, Song Siyin's own group would still have to be killed by the court.
Song Siyin didn't want to be wiped out by others, he had to work hard to save himself!
Therefore, before the Chishui River Battle began, Song Siyin was prepared for a fight with An Bangyan. He secretly summoned three to four hundred warriors from the clan and asked them to follow him to An Bangyan's central army. He also ordered them to prepare sharp swords and be ready for a fight at any time.
After beheading An Bangyan with one knife, Song Siyin shouted loudly: "What are you waiting for, son of the Song family? Kill! Kill everyone named An!"
The Shuixian clan has been a chieftain king for more than a thousand years. Although his strength has never been strong, his foundation is deep. An Bangyan is also the "Fourth Elder" who has been in power for many years. Are there any righteous men under him who are willing to die for him? If it is not cut off in time, Song Siyin will have to live in fear even if he goes to Xiangjiang.
An Bangyan also had many dead soldiers of the An family around him, but they never expected that the patriarch of the Shuidong Song family, who was on the same front as An Bangyan, would suddenly rebel and chop off his elder with a knife!
So they were all frightened all of a sudden. They even forgot to draw their swords and went forward to avenge the great elder. It was not until Song's dead soldiers came to kill them that they realized and raised their swords to fight.
A bloody battle began in An Bangyan's army in the blink of an eye.
At the same time that Anbangyan's head fell to the ground, the Zhangqian army on the south bank of the Chishui River also launched an attack on the chieftain army, which was bombarded by 24 kilograms of wooden pallet shells and was thrown into chaos.
The power of the 24-pound wooden shells is certainly not small, but after all, there are only six black pot cannons that fire them, and the rate of fire is also slow, so they cannot hit many shells at all. In addition, the wooden tube fuse used in this kind of explosive shell is not particularly reliable, so only about half of the shells can explode. Therefore, not too many chieftain soldiers were actually killed by explosive bombs.
It's just that the scene of "divine lightning descending from the sky" looked too scary, and the Shuixi side was relatively isolated. I had never seen powerful firearms. When I heard the thunder and saw the light of fire, I thought the army had invited gods to release it. Thunder!
There are gods in the Ming Dynasty, so how can we fight this war?
Therefore, under a single blow from the officers and soldiers, the over 10,000 chieftain soldiers on the battlefield on the south bank of the Chishui River were immediately defeated.
However, the defeated Shuixi Chieftain Army and She Chongming's Yongning Chieftain Army were unable to evacuate the battlefield quickly. This was because the road on the south bank of the Chishui River was narrow, and the combined forces of An, She, and Song were too numerous to come. More than 50,000 people! There was no way that an army of more than 50,000 people could all be put into the battlefield at the ferry on the south bank of the Chishui River at once, so An Bangyan could only divide the troops into several groups and let them take turns. The troops who did not have their turn to go into battle blocked the road south of the battlefield.
If An Bangyan was still there, he could give orders, but he could organize the troops to retreat in an orderly manner. But now that An Bangyan is dead, the An family army is leaderless. The troops retreating in front collide with the troops blocking the road behind, and they become a mess.
In addition, the Shuidong Song family's army was also placed in the rear by An Bangyan - Chishuiwei was close to Yongning in She Chongming and far away from the Song family's Shuidong. So they went into battle as reinforcements, and of course there was no reason to lead the battle.
And this batch of Song family troops who were placed behind the chieftain's army, now also received orders from Song Siyin, suddenly defected and turned against their former comrades.
The soldiers of the Anshe family have been stunned by the "sky thunder", and they have also encountered enemies whose combat power exceeds their imagination. They have also been stabbed severely by their original allies, and they have been attacked from both sides. Even the commander-in-chief of the three armies has asked If someone cuts off his head, why should he still be shaved? The battlefield by the Chishui River quickly turned into a slaughterhouse!
As more and more Zhangqian troops and "imperial relatives" crossed the Chishui River to join the battle, the killing efficiency also increased, and the resistance of the Anshe family also increased with Anbangyan's sons An Wugong and She Chongming. The culprit died one after another in the rebel army and collapsed completely.
By the evening of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the gunfire, shouts of death, screams, the sound of clashing weapons and the roar of artillery finally gradually subsided, and the battle on the Chishui River had reached its end.
The heads of An Bangyan, She Chongming, and An Wugong were also sent to Zhu Youjian.
"Long live my lord, I'm so lucky to have fulfilled my destiny and finally killed the thief An Bangyan. This is An Bangyan's head!"
An Bangyan's head was placed on a tray, held by Song Siyin, the "Thousand Households in Xiangjiang", and presented to Emperor Zhu.
"Hahaha..." Zhu Youjian laughed loudly, his eyes swept across his tent, taking in the expressions of a group of royal relatives, and then his tone became serious, " The two thieves She and An have been wreaking havoc for ten years, destroying millions of people in our Ming Dynasty. They have also ruined the good country of Tianfu, and they have also tortured the people to the point of poverty and poverty. Now the subordinates have been appointed, but the chief culprit has not been killed! I want to do my best to eliminate evil, You are all relatives of the Ming Dynasty. You should work hard to kill the thieves! I will return to Yongning to sit in command and wait for the success of your victory over Shuixi!
Anyone who secures a position and is honored by the society will be rewarded with tens of thousands of gold, made an earl, and given an iron scroll of elixirs (giving an iron scroll means it can be hereditary)! "
Ten thousand gold is just ten thousand taels of silver, which is not a big reward to a group of chieftains, and the earl is nothing to these chieftains who have territory and troops.
But who dares not to work hard at this time?
Hurry up and kill the two chief culprits and send away the evil star Zhu Youjian!
Everyone responded loudly: "I will definitely kill the thief bravely!"
Zhu Youjian looked at Song Siyin again, nodded and said: "You Shuidong Song family don't have to continue to get involved! I will fulfill my promise and allow you to rehabilitate yourself. I will grant you the Thousand Households of Xiangjiang Island in Xin'an County, Guangfu. Song Dynasty Qianhu, go back and clean up, and take your people to Guangdong as soon as possible!"
Song Siyin sighed in his heart: In this life, no, for generations to come, I will never be able to return to Shuidong, Guizhou... I will never see the beautiful mountains and rivers of Guizhou again, nor the surging waves of the Wujiang River. , from now on I can only see the sea on Xiangjiang Island!
Even though Song Siyin was reluctant in every possible way, he had no choice but to kowtow and thank him and accept the title of Lord of Xiangjiang Island.
Seeing Song Siyin thanking him, Zhu Youjian was also satisfied. Because Song Siyin and Ma Xianglin moved the town, it actually set a precedent for the Ming Dynasty to transfer the title of Tusi vassal town.
At the same time, Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu, was transferred to the throne of Qin, setting a precedent for the transfer of vassal titles.
Of course, both the Tusi vassal towns and the vassal kings could be transferred to feudal lords in the early Ming Dynasty. However, it was only later that the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty declined, and there was no way to deal with these local Tusi emperors.
If Zhu Youjian wants to lead the Ming Dynasty to overcome the coming disaster, he must move the feudal kings, chieftains, and feudal towns below.
Because every transfer is a redistribution of interests. For example, after the King of Shu enters the Qin Dynasty, the large area of land owned by the King of Shu can be returned to the hands of the Ming Dynasty. And all the farms in the Qin Prince's Mansion will not be transferred to the King of Shu who has moved over... Will the problem of the vassal kings occupying the land be greatly alleviated?
As for the benefits of moving chieftains and feudal towns, they are even greater!
In the future, we will have to rely on this hand to open new territories!
