Steel Dynasty - Chapter 879

[Chapter 877 Songjiang City]

“Your Highness, you must not do it. There are still many important matters in Chu State that need your Highness to decide. How can Your Highness stay in Jinling City!”

The atmosphere in the main hall was stagnant for a while, and Sima Hao shouted urgently.

“Presumptuous! This is also where you make a lot of noise!” As soon as Sima Hao’s voice fell, Qian Dafu immediately reprimanded him sternly.

Sima Hao was suddenly shocked. At this time, he realized that the person in front of him was the emperor of the Chongqing Kingdom. Since he had lived in Lin’an all year round, he had no respect for the royal family at all.

Xiao Ming’s eyes narrowed slightly. He naturally saw that Sima Hao had no respect for him. What he heard was worse than what he saw. Now he finally understood the status of the royal family in the eyes of these Jiangnan wealthy families.

If a person with a sensitive political sense like Sima Hao neglected to respect the royal family due to habit, what would happen to other wealthy families?

Now he felt more and more how right it was to let the Jiangnan wealthy families and the merchant council attack each other. As long as their influence disappeared, the royal influence could control the south.

Li Chuyuan, who was kneeling on the ground, was secretly happy when he saw this. This time he finally saw Sima Hao deflated.

Xiao Ming snorted softly and said nakedly: “I have heard about the reputation of your Sima family for a long time, but please remember that no matter it is Jiangnan or Jiangbei, you are all citizens of the Great Yu Kingdom. The royal family The royal family can also take back what was given to you.”

Sima Hao looked gloomy, but he still forced a smile and said: “Your Majesty, I am just in a hurry. After all, a country cannot live without a king for a day. We can’t live without a vassal.”

“Isn’t Li Chuyuan the King of Chu? The place where he is is your royal court. If you are willing to stay in Jinling City, I will agree.”

Sima Hao said, Li Chuyuan has already been. The card in his hand was now taken away by Xiao Ming’s three years and two words. He was really unwilling to give in, but he also understood that he was no longer able to argue.

So he said: “Yes, Your Majesty, but Lin’an is busy with government affairs, so I can’t stay as a low-ranking official.”

Xiao Ming nodded, and he said to Li Chuyuan at this time: “The merchant council colluded with the barbarians, deceived the people, and caused trouble for one side. He is a traitor, and I will lead the royal army to attack him today. “

Thank you, Your Majesty.” Li Chuyuan breathed a sigh of relief, now that he was finally out of danger.

After deciding the matter, Li Chuyuan asked Sima Hao to go back first, and asked Sima Hao to provide convenience for the royal army after returning to Lin’an.

Sima Hao sneered in his heart, but he promised with all his heart. For him, he would not provide even a grain of food for the royal army.

Watching Sima Hao leave, Li Chuyuan’s face turned gloomy at this moment. He turned to look at Xiao Ming and said sadly: “My father hates me and doesn’t believe me. Sima is very ambitious and wants to control me, and Cao Cao My family even wants to destroy me. There is no place for me, Li Chuyuan, in this Chu country. It’s really sad and sad.”

Xiao Ming heard this and said, “You don’t have to belittle yourself. Without the Merchant Council, you will end up like this when you inherit the throne in the future.”

Li Chuyuan sighed slightly and said, “I have nothing to ask for now, I just want to be prosperous and wealthy in the rest of my life.”

“What’s so difficult about this?” I have prepared a big house for you in Qingzhou. You will definitely like it when you see it.” Xiao Ming smiled.

It is still useful to keep Li Chuyuan. After all, the Li family still has influence on the people. As long as Li Chuyuan is here, he can play this card at any time. If he dies, he will have nothing to play.

“Thank you, Your Majesty.” Li Chuyuan said sincerely. He believed in Xiao Ming because the third prince was still living well in Bashu.

Xiao Ming could be so kind to the rebellious third prince, and he believed that he would keep his promise to himself.

With a smile on his face, Xiao Ming asked Li Chuyuan to go back and rest, and leave the rest to him.

After Li Chuyuan left, Qian Dafu said with emotion: “The emperor’s reputation for kindness spread throughout the world, and Li Chuyuan also sincerely joined him, but it’s a pity that the old King Chu didn’t see it through.”

“He was smart but was misled by his cleverness. If he had woken up early, Why should we end up like this?” Xiao Ming said angrily, the current situation in Jiangnan was caused by the King of Chu.

After casually chatting with Qian Dafu, Xiao Ming drafted an imperial edict and sent it to the Jinling camp. He ordered Lu Fei to immediately cross the Yangtze River south and attack Songjiang and Jiaxing.

At the Jinling Camp, after receiving Xiao Ming’s order, Lu Fei immediately ordered his troops and generals, and he and Luo Xin headed to Songjiang and Jiaxing.

On the pier, the warships of the Qingzhou Navy had been resupplied. The two men each led 20,000 troops to board the ship and sailed along the Yangtze River, landing near Songjiang and Jiaxing from the sea.

After marching all night, Lu Fei landed in the east of Songjiang early the next morning. On the ship, the soldiers loaded three days’ rations into their combat backpacks and then disembarked one after another.

“Songjiang is less than a day’s journey from here. These rations are enough. After all, the battleship is parked at sea and we can get supplies at any time.”

Lu Fei said, pointing to the landing site and the location of Songjiang City on the map.

Next to him are the commanders of the first and second divisions, one named Fang Fangcheng and the other Guo Ming.

“There are a total of 40,000 merchant council soldiers stationed in Songjiang City. According to the secret guard’s information, they use old flintlock guns provided by France. They have 72 artillery pieces, all of which are traditional city defense cannons with a range of Qingzhou’s first-generation artillery is similar,” Fangfangcheng said.

Guo Ming frowned and said: “These artillery can still pose a threat to us, and the skirmisher line can come in handy.”

“Well, that’s right. This time our Huben First Generation was the first to equip the Falcon .

Breech-loading rifles, don’t embarrass me. I only give you two days to send Songjiang City south. “

“Yes, Commander,” Fang Fangcheng and Guo Ming shouted. They didn’t want to lose to Luo either. People who believe.

After that, the two men led their troops towards Songjiang City. Within half a day, they saw Songjiang City standing on the plain.

At the same time, the parliamentary army in Songjiang City also saw this army.

“General, look, this army is dressed really strangely!” said a general on the wall.

The person responsible for guarding Songjiang City was Yao Hongtao, the old general of the old Chu King. Under the temptation of money from the Merchant Council, he chose to betray after the death of King Chu.

Under the attack of Li Chuyuan’s army, he repelled the attacks of Li Chuyuan’s army several times with the help of the new army he trained.

But when he saw the army clearly, the calmness on his face disappeared, and he said in surprise: “Oh no, this is the army from the north, it’s unmistakable. Although they wear helmets, their uniforms are still the same. Yao Hongtao said.

He once followed the King of Chu to reconnoiter the deployment of Jinling City and got to know the army in the north.

The soldiers suddenly panicked when they heard this. They all knew the news about the Northern Army’s victory over the barbarians. Can they resist them now?

(End of chapter)