Chapter 146 Picking the word up
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The canal flowed smoothly and the boat was not fast. Sun Chuanting did not struggle with it. But what made him depressed was that he could never find a chance to rescue him. By the afternoon, he had approached Yangzhou City.
“Oh ~~”
Sun Chuanting sighed. He originally planned to send a water ghost to sneak into the canal and rob the Fu Wang and his son, but obviously he had no hope.
"If you want to cross the river to attack Yangzhou? The bandits have not yet established a stable foothold, and there may be still a chance."
A subordinate asked, probing his head.
Sun Chuanting showed hesitation. Although the generals made some sense, he did not have much confidence. What's more important is how to cross the canal? He marched on the west side of the canal to separate from the revolutionary army.
"Stand up the army, look!"
At this moment, someone suddenly exclaimed!
Sun Chuanting turned around and saw that there were dense troops across the river, lined up in neat formations and walked towards the river bank, with red cannons mixed in between.
"Cross!"
Sun Chuanting turned his head and shouted.
The Beijing camp immediately set up a formation. Although it was separated by the river, the shells were enough to fly over the river.
In a moment, the revolutionary army paused one mile from the river bank, and a cavalry rushed out, calling out loudly by the river: "But Sun Chuanting passes?"
Sun Chuanting waved.
A cavalry in the Beijing camp also rushed to the shore and said sternly: "The army is here, why don't you surrender?"
The man from the Revolutionary Army said loudly: "The commander-in-chief is busy and it is not convenient to come to see him, but he brought three words to Sun Zhengjun. First, Nanjing Yangzhou is good neighbors, and both sides are not allowed to do anything to do. Second, the commander-in-chief is kind and continues to transport grain. Any passerby pays 10% of the tax. Third, the commander-in-chief promises that he will intercept the letters from the north for Sun Zhengjun and submit them to Nanjing without giving any orders!"
Sun Chuanting was shocked!
First and second, although arrogant, it did not come to his expectations. The key is the third point, intercepting the will of the northern court for him. What does this mean? The news exchanges were cut off, and Chongzhen's orders were not given to him, which was like cutting off contact with Beijing, which imply that he had his troops to stand up!
In fact, it is impossible to completely block the news. If the court order does not go through the canal, he can go to Huguang. The main reason is that a seed of self-reliance was planted in his heart and let his subordinates develop ideas. Li Xin's intentions are vicious!
The four words "separation of the vassal states" appeared in Sun Chuanting's mind, and the knuckles were also instinctively held tightly. He wanted to drive this idea out of his mind, but Chongzhen's actions appeared clearly one by one.
In the ninth year of Chongzhen, he volunteered to be the governor of Shaanxi and established an army in Yulin, called the Qin army. Heishui Valley, Ziwu Valley, and fought fiercely with Gao Yingxiang for four days and nights. He defeated Gao Yingxiang, captured Gao Yingxiang alive, and sent him to Beijing to execute him.
In ten years, he defeated the thieves, the Holy World King, the Melon-Back King, and the Flying Wings, and the King of Heaven was able to be peaceful in Weinan.
In the eleventh year, he defeated the bandits, Zhu Tianxing and Huntianxing, and then with Hong Chengchou, he severely injured Li Zicheng in Nanyuan, Tongguan. Li Zicheng was forced to flee to Shangluo Mountain. At this point, the bandits in Shaanxi were almost eliminated. The Ming army was in a good situation, but because they failed to take off Li Zicheng's head, it made Chongzhen unhappy. Yang Sichang was also in trouble. Gao Qi sneaked into greed and was trapped in prison. During the two years of squatting in the imperial prison, Xiong Wencan and Yang Sichang repeatedly lost to Zhang Xianzhong. One was arrested and returned to Beijing to execute him, and the other died of illness in Shashi. Li Zicheng also rekindled and opened up the situation in Henan. He had hundreds of thousands of troops, and the bandits were almost uncontrollable.
From Sun Chuanting's perspective, it can basically be seen that the Ming Dynasty was already sick and in a wasteland. So should I be buried with Chongzhen?
As soon as this idea came out, Sun Chuanting was startled and shook his head violently, but he couldn't suppress it. He thought of the late Han Dynasty, the late Tang Dynasty, and the late Ming Dynasty, and the late Ming Dynasty, and he would probably repeat it. He was slandering the court and escorting troops and relied on his own. Maybe he could consider it?
Sun Chuanting was a Jinshi of Wanli and did not want to be a traitor, but Chongzhen was mean and polite, and the fate of Yuan Chonghuan, Sun Yuanhua and others was disappointed. He was moved and his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty was shaken. He felt that in this chaotic era, it might be a good choice to observe the world based on Jinling.
‘No, I cannot betray the emperor. This thief is vicious and will capture him alive and offer him a captive!’
Sun Chuanting took a deep breath and secretly reminded himself.
In fact, it was not only Sun Chuanting, but also some generals started to think, their eyes flashed, and the atmosphere was inexplicably strange.
Sun Chuanting's expression suddenly returned to normal, and he glanced at him with a sharp eye and snorted: "The thief is rampant, our army is tired from afar. Let him be proud for a few days. Let's go and compete with him again the next day!"
The Ming army continued to march downward until they gradually emerged from sight.
Li Xin and others were observing the Jingying in the backyard, and Erju smiled: "Commander-in-Chief, Sun Chuanting is probably moved."
Li Xin shook his head and said, "The world's general trend is changing rapidly, one step behind, one step behind, Sun Baigu was imprisoned for two years, and things have changed. Even if he has ambitions, it is difficult to recover. He thought he could have a decent opponent, but unfortunately... Sun Baigu is unbearable to be an enemy. Alas, the cold is so cold that it is the loneliest!"
Huimei rolled her eyes and said, "Young Master Li, you are so disgusting. Since you are disdainful to Sun Chuanting, why don't you take advantage of the Beijing camp to fight for the expedition and defeat it in one fell swoop, and maybe you can still capture Nanjing while you are victorious."
Shuangxi snorted from the side: "Sun Chuanting has been enemies of the King of Chuang and is heavily in debt. Isn't this obvious? He wants to keep Sun Chuanting against the King of Chuang in the future, and he will lose one more strong enemy."
Li Xin laughed and said, "Li Shuangxi, you are too obsessed with Gao Li Chuang. I have never regarded Li Chuang as an opponent. The reason I keep Sun Chuanting is that he takes too big steps and is easy to pull the eggs. Yangzhou is still a mess, so he has no energy to take care of Nanjing. Secondly, Sun Baigu is a man who is impatient and harsh, and Chongzhen sets a deadline. Whether it is to support troops to protect himself or cross the river to suppress me, he will inevitably collect a large amount of money and grain in a short time. The gentry in Nanjing is complaining, and Sun Baigu is gradually losing his heart. In the future, I will attack Nanjing and the gentry in the city will welcome me together."
Gao Yigong and others exchanged horror eyes secretly. As Sun Chuanting's old opponents, they knew that Li Xin's evaluation of Sun Chuanting was extremely pertinent. Nanjing would probably be damaged by Sun Chuanting. At that time, Li Xin took action to clean up the mess. It would be possible that he would hit Nanjing without a single shot and an ammunition!
Such a person is so terrible!
Even Gao Yigong secretly turned his mind to attack Li Xin even if he tried his best to do so, but he suddenly had the idea of attacking Li Xin. However, this idea flashed and was suppressed by him. After all, Li Xin was also a master, and there was a high probability that he would miss a single attack. Moreover, the personal guards around Li Xin always looked at him and others with vigilant gazes intentionally or unintentionally.
Huiying seemed to have thought of something and asked: "Mr. Li, how do you evaluate the King of Chuang?"
Li Xin asked: "Listen to the truth or to lie?"
"Of course it's the truth!"
Huiying said without hesitation.
Li Xin reminded: "The truth often hurts people!"
Huiying said dissatisfiedly: "It's better not to listen to lies, so talk quickly."
Li Xin said lightly: "Li Chuang is short-sighted and has little mercy. He can share hardships but cannot share wealth and honor. He is not a person who can achieve great things. Miss Huiying, I still say the same old saying, please stay with Zhang Nai and Huimei."
This was a bare-hearted provocation. Shuangxi was furious: "The surname of Li is the king of Chuang, Renyi, no one in the world knows. You little fucking the king of Chuang!"
"Oh? Then I'll wait and see!"
Li Xin smiled and waved his hand: "Go back!"
The group returned to Yangzhou, and the high school master deliberately put it aside, and said to Huiying: "We have been here for some time. Huiying, when are you going to talk to the person named Li?"
"Uncle Yigong!"
Huiying's instinctive disgust and does not follow the Tao.
Shuangxi also hurriedly said, "Uncle Yigong, why not accompany Huiying to find the person surnamed Li and make it clear to him. I don't believe it. He won't sell the money he gave him. It's just that he deliberately made things difficult for Huiying when he saw that we were urgently using it."
Gao Yigong narrowed his eyes and waved his hand and said, "It is the meaning of King Chuang. If you pass by, if something goes wrong, how can you explain to King Chuang? Don't worry, that kid dare not do anything to Huiying."
"Uncle Yigong, the person named Li is a lewd embryo. I can't let Huiying get rid of him!"
Shuangxi said anxiously.
Gao Yigong looked at Huiying.
Huiying was very dissatisfied with Gao Yigong. She felt sorry for Shuangxi and did not want him to fall deeper and deeper. So she gritted her teeth and said, "Brother Shuangxi, I have always treated you as my own brother. I thank you for caring for me, but the great cause of the King of Breaking is the most important thing. For the King of Breaking, I am willing to give everything. Don't say anything, and don't resent Uncle Yigong. I volunteered to find Mr. Li."
"Huiying, what did you say? Do you treat me as your brother?"
Shuangxi looked at Huiying blankly as if she was hit by her head.
Huiying took the initiative and shouted, "Yes, I have always regarded you as my brother. Let's set your name today. Uncle Yigong, Zhang Nai and Huimei testify that we have a Jinlan together. I am not suitable for you. You will definitely have a better wife!"
Chapter completed!