The river is surging, and it is endlessly spent day and night.

A light boat was rising upstream, and King Ren Xu Chang stood at the head of the boat, his face looking a little ugly. He had already seen the banners waving on the other side of the shore, with a spear like a forest, full of solemn and murderous aura.

Half a year ago, the King of Chu in the northwest had officially proclaimed himself emperor, the country was named Da Chu, and the capital was established in Wuping.

Everyone in the world knows that Wuping is just a temporary capital, and it will not take long to move back to Luo'anjing. Looking at the world, the Northwest Army, which entered the pass from the northwest like a tiger or wolf, has become the iron horse army that is not to compete with today. In less than two years, the Chu State took Liaodong first and even forced King Goryeo to surrender to Chu State.

After that, the Chu army took Hebei directly, and now the north is under the control of Chu. Pei Ji, the prime minister of Chu, led a army and continued to move south from Hebei to capture Luo'an. The Emperor of Chu led another army to march to Jinling in person.

The current situation is already incomparable to two years ago.

In the past two years, although the Chu army has fought outside, it has not neglected the management of internal affairs. After Chu Huan ascended the throne, he held imperial examinations and recruited poor scholars. No matter his background, he was talented and knowledgeable, he could serve the country. He also opened up a wide range of ideas, improved the status and treatment of craftsmen, selected talents without any restrictions, recruited people's strengths, reduced taxes, actively restored people's livelihood, and developed business. This made the southern half of the world, which was disrupted by Tianmendao, even a hell that everyone shouted and beat.

Countless people tried their best to escape from the south and rushed towards the north. There were many capable people with real talents. Seeing that the people in the north gradually settled down, they even defected to Chu and were willing to serve their lives.

With a new dynasty and a new atmosphere, the Chu State, which has half the wall, is already booming.

There were many civil and military officials of the State of Chu, and many of the ministers who served the Qin Empire back then were taken over by the Emperor of Chu without any grudges.

The state of Chu was becoming stronger and stronger, while his opponents were declining.

King Ren Xu Chang was guarding Jinling and was once strong. Tianmen Taoists attacked Jinling. King Ren was in good command and defeated Tianmen Tao for a while, and even made Tianmen Tao not dare to attack Jinling for a time. But strangely, since half a year ago, Tianmen Tao began to attack Jinling crazily. Jinling Road almost fought everywhere. Moreover, Tianmen Tao seemed to have a deep hatred with Jinling. Regardless of death and injury, it mobilized a large number of living forces to rush to Jinling crazily. He even didn't care about the troops and horses that Pei Ji went south, causing Jinling to gradually fall into a desperate situation, while Pei Ji's troops rushed in.

Xu Chang really couldn't figure it out. Pei Ji's Chu army was very fierce in offensive and took the initiative to attack Tianmendao, but Tianmendao only sent limited troops to resist. The Jinling soldiers were guarding Jinling and never attacked Tianmendao. However, these people surrounded themselves like madmen. He really didn't understand, are the people in Tianmendao's minds getting into the water?

This reminded him of the scene when the Chu army attacked Hebei. After the Chu army conquered Liaodong, it sent a small group of troops to test Hebei. The Hebei army had tens of thousands of people, with a large amount of arable land, and was not short of food and grass, and was enough to compete with the Chu army for a while. When the Hebei army was about to fight against the Chu army and wanted to fight against the Chu army, Tianmen Road suddenly appeared in southern Hebei, gathered heavy troops, and attacked Hebei Road frantically.

That was after Xu Chang defeated the Tianmen Dao. Xu Chang was very proud at that time and thought that Tianmen Dao lacked food and grass, and hunger was everywhere. Hebei was the time of autumn harvest, so it was natural to invade Hebei to grab food and grass.

The Hebei Army and Tianmen Road have since fallen into a tough battle, and both sides have suffered heavy losses. At that time, the Chu State suddenly gathered heavy troops and entered Hebei since then. The Hebei Army was defeated thousands of miles away, and the Tianmen Road also scattered. The world's granary, Hebei Road, fell into the hands of Chu State. Xu Chang was surprised, and Tianmen Road made a comeback and rushed to Jinling.

The fall of Hebei Road was related to the attack on Hebei by Tianmen Road. Chu State had half of the northern territory. Among all the forces, it was originally the biggest enemy of Tianmen Road, but Tianmen Road rarely seemed to confront the Chu army head-on. The battle of Hebei helped the Chu army a lot.

Of course, the State of Chu has the strength to swallow Hebei, but if it were not for Tianmen Dao to penetrate a single strait, it would take at least a year and a half. These times could have made Xu Chang breathe a sigh of relief.

Unfortunately, it took less than two months for the Chu State to completely include Hebei in the territory.

Now, Jinling has encountered the same situation. Half a year ago, the Chu army began to camp on the other side of the Qiong River, but the troops were weak, so Xu Chang didn't care about it. Then Tianmen Dao attacked Jinling crazily, and Xu Chang suffered losses. When he looked back, the Chu State actually gathered a large number of troops on the banks of the Qiong River, and the Emperor of Chu actually led the army to fight in person.

In the past few months, the Chu army has ships descended to the river every now and then. In a short period of time, there were fifty or sixty Chu army warships on the Qiong River.

Jinling was tired of dealing with Tianmen Dao and had no chance to breathe. There was not much left in Jinling's storage of food. Jinling had already fallen under the crazy offensive of Tianmen Dao.

Xu Chang knew that the Chu army would launch an offensive from behind at any time. Once the Chu army began to send troops, Jinling would definitely fall into the hands of Chu like Hebei.

He was in a state of great anxiety, and just as his life was hanging on the line, the State of Chu sent an envoy to send a letter from the Emperor of Chu, which was concise and concise. As long as Xu Chang surrendered, he could ensure the family's safety and wealth for the rest of his life.

As Jinling City was about to fall, Xu Chang knew that he had no choice but to cross the river and claim to Emperor Chu.

After the ship docked, Xu Chang reported his home and was immediately taken to the Chu army camp. When he passed by the camp, he saw the well-equipped and powerful Chu soldiers, which seemed to be full of horses. Xu Chang knew that with his own strength, it was simply vulnerable to the Chu army.

Emperor Chu's tent was not as magnificent as Xu Chang thought, very ordinary and even a little simple. When he was taken into the tent, he saw that the Chu army was prepared for it. The civil servants and generals on both sides looked at him. Looking from a distance, behind a answer was a man wearing black armor. Xu Chang thought to himself whether this was Emperor Chu?

He tried his best to calm down and seemed calm. He went forward and bowed, "Jinling Ren King Xu Chang..."

"Bold!" A general next to him shouted coldly: "When will the emperor sign you king? How dare you be king in front of the emperor?"

Xu Chang was stunned, but heard Emperor Chu say, "Are you here to surrender or to issue a letter of war?"

Xu Chang's body was shocked, and realized something, and fell to the ground: "Xu Chang paid homage to His Majesty the Emperor, and was willing to surrender to the Great Chu and be loyal to the Emperor!"

Emperor Chu got up, holding a horse whip in his hand, and walked slowly over. He heard Emperor Chu say, "Raise your head!"

Xu Chang looked up and realized that Emperor Chu was much younger than he thought. Emperor Chu had a slight smile on his face, and the horse whip in his hand gently tapped Xu Chang's shoulder twice before laughing: "You are here in time. If you come three days later, you will not have another chance."

"I am afraid!" Xu Chang lowered his head.

"Come here, take Xu Chang down to have a meal, and you must have a good hospitality." Emperor Chu ordered: "After the meal, return to your city, my troops will immediately cross the river, and join forces inside and outside to encircle and annihilate the bandits of Tianmen Road in Jinling!"

Xu Chang hurriedly bowed his head and thanked him. When Xu Chang retreated, Chu Huan looked at one of them and smiled and said, "Ximen Beloved, Jinling is about to be obtained, and then we will take Luoan directly. Who would I, Pei Guoxiang, come to Luoan first?"

Ximen's beloved Qing was naturally Ximen Yi, and laughed and said, "Your Majesty, you have made a bet with the Prime Minister. If anyone loses, you have to drink three jars of wine in public. I am very frank and said frankly that the emperor's alcohol tolerance is mediocre, and if he continues to drink three jars of wine, I am afraid he can't hold on. So in order to let Pei Guo share the worries of the emperor, we must attack Luo'an first."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present burst into laughter.

"I know I have a bad alcohol tolerance, so I keep you all by my side." Chu Huan laughed and said, "With you following me to fight, the Prime Minister will definitely not be his opponent." He stretched and said, "Three days later, cross the river and landed on the shore, everyone will prepare."

After everyone stepped back, Chu Huan reached out and pulled someone next to him, held her in her arms, and sat down on her legs. The man was dressed in men's clothes, but he was beautiful and plump in shape. He was Su Linlang.

Linlang was hugged by Chu Huan, his face flushed, and he said anxiously: "Emperor...!"

"Don't call me the emperor." Chu Huan immediately raised his hand to cover Linlang's little mouth and pressed it into her ear and said, "How many times have I told you that when there is no one, what should you call me?"

"Huan...Brother Huan..."

Chu Huan smiled, felt the softness on Linlang's buttocks, and said softly: "Do you know why I asked you to come here now? You are my chief supervisor and the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. The Jinling Crane is within your reach. You have to help me clean up the grain in the Jinling Crane. Although there are not much grain left in the Jinling Crane, there are still some foods left in the end. Only when the grain is controlled in our hands can Xu Chang bow his head and obey the orders."

"At this point, he dared not be disobedient." Linlang's breasts were held by Chu Huan, his face flushed, and he whispered: "Brother Huan, you asked me to be the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Are there many people talking about gossip? I will definitely be a female family member in the harem...!"

"Who said that women cannot be officials?" Chu Huan said: "You have not done very well in the past two years. Although some people find it strange, many people still praise you for being outstanding. Do it first, and when you don't want to do it one day, I will find someone else to replace you. Isn't Mei Niang also a woman? The Prime Minister has taken her away from me and insisted on her leading troops south together, so no one can talk about it."

Linlang said: "Mei Niang has been in Hebei before. When the Prime Minister leads troops to attack Hebei, Mei Niang can help."

"Mei Niang can help, of course you can help too." Chu Huan smiled, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Linlang, do you know what the purpose of letting you practice in the Ministry of Revenue?"

Linlang shook his head and said, "I don't know, what's wrong?"

Chu Huan raised his hand and gently scraped Linlang's nose, saying, "It has been half a year since I ascended the throne. Ximen Shangshu and others have privately advised me many times. Dragon and phoenixes are auspicious, and it should be the queen. I thought about it for a long time, and what they said is right. According to the current situation, Luo An should be able to take down Luo An within half a year. After moving the capital to Luo An, I am already ready to establish the queen."

Linlang looked solemn and asked, "The emperor is going to establish the queen? Then... are you going to establish Sister Su Niang?"
Chapter completed!