"Everyone, please listen to me!" Yuan Fa, the head of the Yuan family who was the official minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the first noble family in the south of the Yangtze River, shouted loudly, "Now the Sui army in the south is the largest family, and the guardian is a famous general in the world. I think we Why not surrender? With our status in Jiangnan, even if we enter the Sui Dynasty, we will have a good career!"
"No!"
Xie Zong, the head of the Xie family in the south of the Yangtze River and an official worshipper of the Shangshu Ling, said in a deep voice: "I heard that Yang Gao appointed Zhang Juzheng as the envoy of Qingtian in Jiangdu, and under him he measured the land. Anyone who embezzled land will be beheaded in public. Do you want to do this? Think it through!"
As soon as Xie Zong said these words, the Jiangnan nobles who had been a little moved after hearing Yuan Fa's words all backed down. Everyone in the palace knew very well that in troubled times and soaring prices, farmers would not be able to keep their fields in the end, and These nobles took the opportunity to acquire land at low prices, bribed officials, and took advantage of their power to make profits by not registering the land purchased at low prices.
And now the policies implemented by Yang Gao have undoubtedly cut off their wealth. As the saying goes, judging people's money is like killing their parents, so when Xie Zong mentioned this matter, even Yuan Fa shut his mouth.
"It's just that the guardians are committing crimes in large numbers now. What should we do?" Zhang Kun, the head of the Zhang family in the south of the Yangtze River and Shangshu Zuopushe, asked cautiously.
"Master Zhang, are you too cautious?" Xie Zong's son, General Xie Xiong of Wuwei, said loudly, "We have a hundred thousand troops in Jinling City, why are we afraid of coming to protect the old thief?"
"That's right!" Shen Jian, the head of the Shen family in Jiangnan, who was stationed in the country, also said loudly: "Although Lai Hu'er has a distinguished reputation, he is already over fifty this year. What is there to fear about an old man?"
"Hmph, Master Shen has such a loud tone!" General Zuo Xiaowei Yuan Xing, who has always been at odds with Shen Jian, said with a sinister smile, "If I remember correctly, Master Shen led his army to attack you Shen Jian a few months ago. Shen Faxing, the rebellious member of the family, was defeated in the end and lost tens of thousands of troops. Mr. Shen couldn't even deal with the bastard son of your Shen family, so where did he get the confidence to challenge the world-famous Lai Huer? "
Shen Jian was furious when he heard this, his neck turned red and he shouted: "Yuan Xing, what do you mean?"
Yuan Xing curled his lips, "General Shen, you better understand what I mean!"
"General Shen, calm down! General Shen, calm down!" Seeing that Shen Jian had the faint urge to fall out, Yuan Fa and Xie Zong hurriedly persuaded Shen Jian to calm him down.
"I think so!" said Lu Qiu, the head of the Lu family and the general of the Youwu Guard who was known as a strategist among the Jiangnan nobles: "Be prepared with both hands. On the one hand, we will gather the main force to fight a few battles with Lai Huer, and on the other hand, we will send We went to find Sui Emperor Yang Gao and told him that as long as he deposes Zhang Juzheng, the Qingtian envoy, and stops Qingtian, we will submit to him!"
"Okay, let's do it!"
Lu Qiu's suggestion was recognized by everyone. After confirming the policy, these people did not salute Chen Shen who was sitting on the dragon throne, and left the Golden Palace in groups.
Chen Shen looked at this group of daring ministers with a livid face, and suddenly snorted, "You guys think you can stop these idiots from protecting your children, and you still want to negotiate with Yang Gao? The Yang family Why is the world in such chaos? If it wasn’t because of you guys, how could Yang Gao still let you wantonly exploit the people?"
As he spoke, Chen Shen stood up from the dragon chair angrily and said worriedly: "It seems that the so-called Nan Chen is just the moon in the water and the flower in the mirror. With these guys in the corpse position and eating nothing, Nan Chen will undoubtedly die. I’m still waiting to find another way out!”
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Lai Hu'er led the 50,000-strong navy all the way north, and met the Nanchen Navy heading down the river from Jinling City on a narrow road.
Boom, boom, boom! ! !
The rumbling war drums sounded. Shen Jian, the commander-in-chief of the Nanchen Navy and the Shangzhu Kingdom, wearing a golden helmet, golden armor, and a red robe on his shoulders, loudly ordered on the handsome ship: "Shen Lun, Lu Kan, you two will lead ten thousand men." The army goes to test the strength of the Sui army!"
"yes!"
Shen Lun and Lu Kan, two members of the noble clan, bowed down to accept the order and flew towards the Sui army in a battleship.
In the Sui army's forward department, Zheng Chenggong stood calmly on the deck, looking at the approaching Nanchen Navy. He waved his command flag and loudly ordered: "Fire the arrows!"
咻咻咻~
Thousands of arrows were fired from the Sui army's warships, and the Nanchen Navy was unable to lift its head.
"Don't be afraid, charge me, charge forward, and knock over the Sui army's warship!"
Shen Lun drew his sword in his hand and roared at the top of his lungs. Suddenly, a crossbow arrow shot in front of Shen Lun like an electric attack. Shen Lun's martial arts was mediocre, how could he avoid the crossbow arrow that came so fast?
There was a scream, and the crossbow hit his chest, shooting him straight out and nailing him to the wall of the ship. He was dead before his eyes!
"Quick, get out!"
Lu Kan on the side saw Shen Lun who was shot to death by an arrow, his face turned pale with fear, he huddled under the giant shield like a mouse, and ordered a retreat in panic.
Lu Kan gave the order, and the main ship he was on immediately turned around and left. The other warships that were still charging forward under the rain of arrows saw that the main ship had left the battlefield, and they also turned around and evacuated backwards.
"Command, General Lu Kan, the lieutenant general, is afraid of the enemy and avoids fighting, disrupting the morale of the army. Let me behead him in public!"
In the charge just now, except for General Shen Lun who was unfortunately shot to death, only a few hundred soldiers and horses were lost. However, Lu Kan was frightened by Shen Lun's death and immediately withdrew, which greatly reduced the morale of the Nanchen Army.
After Shen Jian asked about the reason, he became furious and immediately ordered his men to take down Lu Kan's sacrificial flag.
"Send the order to beat the drums, march the whole army, and defeat the Sui army for me!"
Although Shen Jian killed Lu Kan, the bad influence caused by him has not dissipated. Shen Jian knew that if he went up in batches to test the strength of the Sui army like just now, the morale of the entire army would drop below zero in less than two times.
So he adopted a desperate strategy and used the entire army to attack, hoping to take advantage of the opportunity to restore the morale of his own army.
The flags were waving, and the rumble of war drums was like thunder.
The sound of sailors' trumpets, trumpets, drums, and the sound of hitting the water converged into a vigorous attack horn.
Sixty thousand troops and nearly a thousand warships simultaneously attacked the enemy fleet in the southwest.
Aboard the Sui army's commanding ship, Lai Hu'er looked coldly at Nanchen Navy, who was pressing up like ants. He shook his head disdainfully, "It's a mantis trying to use its arms as a chariot. It's just looking for death! Send an order to Zheng Chenggong to fight head-on. Lai Zheng, you lead three thousand elite troops." The navy drove around in small boats to the rear wing of Chen's army to respond to our army, and used cameras to cut off their retreat!"
