Chapter 1211 There are still masters

Chapter 1211 There are still masters

Chapter 1211 There are still masters
Du Yi quickly opened the city gate and let in hundreds of defeated soldiers from Shan Wei's army.

Everyone was still in shock and sighed.

"Why did Qian Feng rebel?" Du Yi asked in surprise.

An arrow was stuck in Shan Wei's armor, but luckily it didn't hurt inside. After taking off the armor, he gulped down a big mouthful of water and sighed, "This guy is sick."

Du Yi wanted to laugh, but held it back.

"Is it Qian Feng who rebelled alone or the entire Qian family?" Du Yi asked again.

However, he quickly shook his head and laughed. The time was still short and the Qian family had no time to react. Qian Feng was just rebelling on his own.

Shan Wei was right, this guy was sick.

When he was still under Wang Dun's command, there were rumors that Qian Feng repeatedly advised Wang Dun to rebel, but Wang Chuzhong refused because of national hatred and family feuds and was determined to fight against Emperor Liang.

After Wang Dun's death, some members of the shogunate followed Tao Kan, some returned to their hometowns, and some became officials elsewhere.

Because Wang Dun was so loyal to the emperor and patriotic, his assistants in the court all had good prospects.

Qian Feng did not even have a family background, he was just a local tyrant in Wuxing. His clan member Qian Kui had a history of rebellion, but he still got the position of Jianye Magistrate - Sima Rui first sent 5,000 Huainan soldiers north, but after their entire army was wiped out in Shangdang, he sent Qian Kui to lead the soldiers from the Wuxing nobles north to fight the Huns. Kui was afraid to move forward, and finally rebelled under strict orders and was suppressed.

But he actually rebelled.

Du Yi was very angry. He was not angry because Qian Feng was rebelling, but because this guy clearly did not contact his family, or contacted but did not have time to send a message back, and then he jumped out impatiently. Isn't this courting death?
Shan Wei figured this out on the way and said, "I have sent someone to report to the East City. There are imperial guards on the banks of the Huai River. If Qian Feng goes north, he will definitely run into them head-on."

"Your Excellency is right." Du Yi said perfunctorily, his brain already working rapidly.

Should we find an opportunity to go outside the city and gather our own troops?

Jianye was like this. There were seven guard armies (actually three armies) with a total of 16,000 infantry and cavalry. The five colonel camps (actually three camps) had 4,000 infantry and cavalry, and the two guards of the Eastern Palace had another 4,000. These 24,000 infantry and cavalry were the absolute core military force in Jianye. Today, there are only 17,000 left in Jianye, most of whom were the children of the people who moved south from Qing, Xu, Yan and Yu. They have been trained for many years and have a certain combat effectiveness.

In addition to this core military force are the private soldiers of ministers, generals, and high-ranking nobles.

For example, Xiyang King Sima Ying had only one thousand infantry and one hundred cavalry, who were supported by the imperial court. Together they numbered several thousand, and their combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the imperial guards. Most of them were just there for ceremonial purposes to scare off bandits.

Qian Feng has only a thousand soldiers. Even if they are brave and daring to fight, it is likely that he will find it difficult to clash with the imperial guards.

As for the Daliang Heavenly Soldiers——

Du Yi carefully recalled the information he had received. It seemed that a group of people had landed this morning, but it was unclear whether anyone had landed in the second half of the night. They did not seem to have many ships, otherwise the first batch of people who landed would not be so small. He made a broad guess that the Liang army cavalry that had rushed into Jiangnan would only be around 300.

The river surface has probably been blocked.

Just because you were allowed to land due to negligence doesn't mean that you won't be able to make up for it. Although the navy of Shitoucheng cannot compare with the navy of Jingkou, Liyang and Jingzhou, it is not difficult to abandon some unimportant sections of the river, gather all of them around what the people call "Wuma Ferry" to patrol and block the river.

After the afternoon, the Liang army in Jiangbei would probably not be able to reinforce Jiangnan.

Thinking of this, Du Yi's enthusiasm was once again dampened. He wanted to wait and see. It would be best if someone else took the lead first, and he would wait and see before deciding whether to follow.

"Reorganize the troops. Take out all the valuables in the treasury, distribute rewards, and boost the morale of the troops. Then go to the nearby big families to collect servants and soldiers, and incorporate them into the army." After a short rest, Shan Wei sighed and said, "Captain Li died in the battle. Hongzhi, you take care of this matter. I will lead the troops first--"

Shan Wei took a look and said, "I'll take the soldiers who were originally stationed in the county town with me. You should organize them well."

After saying this, he assembled five hundred soldiers and marched out of the north gate amid the sound of drums.

At this time, at the entrance of Wuyi Lane, the battle was extremely fierce.

Qian Feng stood on the roof of a private house, and was so angry that he jumped up and down and cursed, and even broke the tiles.

He assembled more than a thousand soldiers and instigated some local gangs on the way. The total force exceeded fifteen thousand, but he was unable to do anything about the five hundred county soldiers who were guarding Wuyi Lane.

You know, after he raised his army in the manor outside the city, he rushed to Wuyi Lane immediately. He launched a sneak attack and defeated the stupid Shan Wei halfway. He still remained true to his original intention and wanted to teach those scoundrels in Wuyi Lane a lesson, but in the end he couldn't even get in!

If they continue like this, the imperial guards will probably come, and Shan Wei, the big fool, will probably come to reinforce. Qian Feng thought about it, and finally sighed and said, "Set fire, set fire to the Lord!"

After giving the order, he quickly came down from the roof, rode on a horse, and said, "After setting the fire, we will retreat."

"Uncle, we caught the thief from the Zhou family in Yixing." A rider came galloping from not far away, pointing at the dozen or so people staggering behind him and shouted.

When Qian Feng heard this, his eyes widened with anger, and he immediately dismounted from his horse and said, "You thieves, kill them all!"

Upon hearing this, the soldiers rushed forward and slaughtered more than a dozen elderly, weak, women and children of the Zhou family.

Qian Feng was still not satisfied, so he went forward and hacked at the corpse until he was stopped by his nephew Qian Shou.

"Uncle, let's go quickly. There will be plenty of opportunities for revenge in the future." Qian Shou advised.

Qian Feng came back to his senses and no longer hesitated: "Let's go to Jiangcheng County. Move quickly and don't let anyone react."

More than a thousand people then fled eastward in a chaotic manner.

They set fires along the way, making the southeastern part of Jianye a chaotic place.

Shan Wei followed behind, putting out the fire and chasing, but gradually lost sight of them...

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To the east of Jianye City, a cavalry unit quietly left the battlefield and headed east.

The military supervisor Sun Song had a stern face, which did not look very good.

He was the last group of people to cross the river this morning, and he asked to do so.

If he doesn't come, that rough man Pugu Zhongchen will come in person.

There was no other way. Qiu Xiaozhong, the commander-in-chief of the Huangjia Camp, was already in the south of the Yangtze River. It was obviously inappropriate for Pugu Zhongchen to come again. So he, the temporary military supervisor who did not even have an official position, had to cross the river - of course, not having an official position was also a reason.

The number of people crossing to the south bank in batches was beyond imagination, as many as 400 people. After the battle last night and this morning, more than 40 people had been killed. Qiu Xiaozhong was more rational. He found that fighting in the city of Jianye with many houses was really disadvantageous, so after charging and fighting, he began to lead his men to retreat eastward.

The Jin army seemed to be afraid as well, so they only set up fortifications along the streets, advancing slowly and clearing the enemy step by step. This gave them ample time to evacuate, and they even loaded the looted property and important captured prisoners - such as members of the Sima clan - onto ox carts and headed east.

Sun Song was the vanguard.

Qiu Xiaozhong believed his words unconditionally and gave him 150 riders. Each of them rode two horses and moved forward quickly. Their goal was -

At the end of the Shen period, one hundred and fifty riders had crossed the entire Jiangcheng County and arrived at its northern part. A city was already in sight in the distance.

I don’t know if he didn’t receive the message or what, but Jincheng is still celebrating the festival…

However, they reacted quickly. When they saw the cavalry coming from afar, they immediately sent people to rebuke them and also sent someone to report to the palace.

The palace was also in a festive mood, and after searching for a long time, only the doctor Shi Zhen was still on duty.

After hearing the news, Shi Zhen immediately left the city to prepare for negotiations.

He only selected a hundred soldiers because there were no more.

Originally, the Langya State consisted of only one county, Linyi, with more than a thousand households. Soldiers could only be recruited from among the common people, that is, they were hereditary soldiers.

It's the New Year now, where are you going to recruit soldiers?
At the end of last year, the imperial court said that it would transfer Huaide County to the Langya Kingdom, and cede Jinling Township of Jiangcheng County and Langya Township of the neighboring Jurong County (a newly established overseas Chinese township) to Huaide County. That is, Huaide County would be transformed from a virtual entity into a real one, becoming another overseas Chinese county under the Langya Kingdom - this was a phased result of the household and land inspection.

But it has not yet been implemented.

The Langya Kingdom now has only a few hundred royal palace guards, led by the doctor-in-chief Shi Zhen.

After leaving the city, Shi Zhen looked up and was stunned.

"Shi Zhen." Sun Song rode forward and shouted.

Shi Zhen narrowed his eyes, confirmed it again, and said in a lost voice: "You are not the grandson of the Huainan Yang Family Manor--"

"Sun Song." Sun Song replied while waving his hand.

The cavalry rushed forward and rushed into the city through the wide-open gate.

"Hey, you guys..." Shi Zhen was a little confused.

Screams could be heard one after another in the city.

Shi Zhen reacted and shouted, "Sun Song, don't do it! The palace guards are all Shi's followers, they can be persuaded."

After shouting, he ordered the hundred guards behind him to put down their swords and guns.

The guards looked at the hundreds of cavalrymen surrounding them from afar, and after some hesitation, they put away their swords, guns, bows and shields, but did not surrender.

Sun Song didn't take it seriously. After getting off his horse, he quickly walked up to Shi Zhen and explained the situation to him in a low voice.

Shi Zhen was stunned and asked repeatedly: "You want to die? You want to die?"

Sun Song sighed and said, "Now that things have come to this, what else can we do? We can't go back to Wumadu. We can only go east to Jincheng and see if we can find an opportunity to cross north."

Jincheng (roughly located at the junction of present-day Qixia District and Baohua Town, Jurong) was built by the Eastern Wu Dynasty to control the Yangtze River. There was a ferry nearby, called "Jiangcheng Ferry", also known as "Puzhoujin".

Jincheng is on Puzhou, which was originally a sandbar in the river, but now it is almost connected to the land and only the old name remains.

Hearing that Sun Song and the others were going to run away, Shi Zhen's eyes widened in disbelief and he said, "General Sun, do you know how much Sun Quan and Sun Hao valued Jincheng? They often stayed in this city when they went east for inspections or hunting. With Jincheng in hand, why would they run away?"

"But there are no soldiers." Sun Song sighed: "Only two or three hundred cavalry, can't shake Jianye."

This is a practical problem. How can we defend a city without soldiers?
Shi Zhen sighed and hesitated, unable to make a decision.

It would be a pity to lose such a good place to stay.

After thinking it over, he asked tentatively, "Does the military supervisor know if there are any noble families near Jianye who are interested in Daliang?"

"What do you know?" Sun Song also asked tentatively.

Your mother's maid! It's already this time, and you still don't tell the truth. Shi Zhen was a little helpless and could only say: "I recognize the two people, they are the nephew of the Imperial Censor Xiong Yuan and the Secretary Xiong Minghu."

Sun Song was silent for a moment, then said, "I recognize Taipu Yang Wei."

After they finished speaking, the two of them stared at each other.

These three people seemed to be of little use. Were they really willing to contribute the money, food, and soldiers from their own estates under such circumstances? Besides, it was still unclear whether the Xiong uncle and nephew had an estate. Jianye was full of poor officials.

"Let's go back to the city first." Shi Zhen said, "Can we contact Jiangbei?"

"It's a bit difficult." Sun Song sighed, "It's possible to ferry a few boats back at night, but it depends on luck. If we are caught by the navy, we will die without a burial place. Are there any boats in Jincheng?"

"Yes." Shi Zhen said, "Can Tangyi on the other side of the river provide support?"

"It's hard to say..."

The two voices gradually faded away.

A moment later, the gate of Jincheng closed heavily, as if nothing had happened.

But in fact, less than a day had passed since the ninth night of the first lunar month, and Jianye was already in chaos.

(End of this chapter)