Chapter 215: The New Tiger Army Surrenders to King Jin
Su Chen, the governor of Liangjiang, made the decision that his Liangjiang new army must defect before the battle. He only hesitated for a moment before deciding to surrender to the Dragon City army of Jin King Chen Huaian.
At this time, he had no time to worry about the safety of Wu Sanjia and the current emperor.
Self-protection is the only way out.
Su Chen said solemnly: "General Lu, I have decided to lead the 50,000 Liang Jiang New Army under my command to surrender to the King of Jin, and join forces with Longcheng Jingnan's troops inside and outside to kill the traitor Qin Ruhui together!"
"Your Excellency, Lord Governor!"
Lieutenant General Lu Jiang immediately expressed his position to Su Chen with his hands and fists.
Um!
Su Chen nodded, and then ordered: "General Lu, before His Royal Highness King Jin's Longcheng Navy fleet arrives at the city, I will immediately write a letter, and the general will personally drive a small boat and send it to Longcheng Navy overnight. ”
Lu Jiang straightened his back and said firmly: "Sir, for the sake of the future of the 50,000 taels of Jiang New Army soldiers, I am willing to go!"
Seeing this, Su Chen stopped talking and patted Lu Jiang's shoulder meaningfully.
Later, Su Chen instructed Lu Jiang to grind ink for him, while he himself picked up a brush and wrote on rice paper, writing vigorously.
After a while, a "Letter to the King of Jin" with the ink still wet appeared on the paper.
Su Chen handed the letter to the deputy general Lu Jiang and said seriously: "General Lu, the lives and future of this officer and the 50,000 liang Jiang new army are all in the hands of the general!"
"Please rest assured, sir, I will definitely live up to the trust entrusted by you and the 50,000 Liangjiang New Army soldiers with this trip!"
With that said, Lu Jiang once again cupped his hands and said goodbye to Su Chen: "My lord, I will be leaving soon!"
"General Lu, take care!"
Soon, Lu Jiang, the deputy general of the Liangjiang New Army, and the ardent hope of Su Chen, the governor of Liangjiang, disappeared alone in a small boat on the vast river.
Su Chen, who was in the Liangjiang New Army camp, seemed to hear the lonely and long sound of the night watch coming from Jinling City.
The third watch is here!
At the same time, inside the Huben New Army camp on the north bank of the Yangtze River.
Tang Ziyi, the deputy general who acted as the general, was awakened from his sleep by his own soldiers.
"Vice General, something serious has happened!"
"The general died in Jiangyin yesterday. The King of the Four Seas, Fang Tianyao, took Emperor Lingwu and the Queen Mother Su hostage, and raised his troops to surrender to the Dragon City rebel navy fleet!"
"What?"
Lieutenant General Tang Ziyi, who had been disturbed by Qingmeng, was about to get angry at the commander of his own soldiers.
However, the shocking news brought by the latter was like a bolt from the blue, giving Tang Ziyi a blow in the head and causing him to wake up instantly.
Tang Ziyi didn't even bother to put on his clothes. He rushed to the commander of the soldiers in two steps. He grabbed his clothes and asked with bull's eyes: "Is this news serious?"
The commander of the soldiers said: "Reporting to the deputy general, the news is absolutely true. It was brought back by the general's soldiers who just escaped from the Jiangyin Naval Base Camp!"
With that said, the soldier commander shouted sternly outside the tent: "Bring the people up!"
While he was talking, a wet and exhausted member of the Huben New Army Youyu Houjun Baihu was supported by two soldiers, one on the left and one on the right, to the deputy general Tang Ziyi.
This Yu Hou Jun Baihu held his breath, knelt down beside Tang Ziyi, and said with tears: "Deputy General, General, General, he died for his country!"
It turned out that this person was one of the hundreds of Yuhou soldiers who accompanied Wu Sanjia on his expedition to Jiangyin to welcome back the Holy Emperor.
The warship of the Huben Navy was bombarded by the Longcheng Navy fleet and narrowly escaped, and witnessed the scene of General Wu Sanjia committing suicide in front of the navy camp.
Then, he endured his grief and fled the battlefield, grabbed a fishing boat and headed north along the river to return to the camp. Finally, just as the Longcheng Navy fleet was approaching the city, he brought the news of General Wu Sanjia's death on the battlefield back to the Huben New Army headquarters. In the camp.
Because Zhao Kui, another deputy general of Huben's new army, was stationed at the Huben Navy camp a little further away, the news of General Wu Sanjia's death in battle was reported to deputy general Tang Ziyi, who came from behind.
This Yu Houjun Baihu who was lucky enough to escape returned and witnessed the naval artillery battle outside the Jiangyin Navy camp, and the general committed suicide in Jiangyin;
As well as the scene where King Fang Tianyao of the Four Seas led his troops to surrender and handed over Emperor Lingwu and Queen Mother Su to the officers and soldiers of the Longcheng Navy, all of them were truthfully reported to Lieutenant General Tang Ziyi in detail.
After listening to the report of Baihu, a soldier of the Yu Hou Army, Lieutenant General Tang Ziyi felt his head buzzing and exploded.
He even had no intention of verifying the authenticity of the news.
The first thought that flashed through his mind was that this news must be sealed and his enemy Zhao Kui must not know about it.
Tang Ziyi knew very well that not long after he was promoted to deputy general, his qualifications and prestige in Huben's new army were not as good as Zhao Kui's.
If the news that General Wu Sanjia died in battle spread among the Huben New Army, Zhao Kui would only have to raise his arms and immediately get the response and support of the 250,000 Huben New Army.
This guy is a vengeful person.
Thinking back to the time when he sent a large army to surround him under Jinan City and prepared to kill him, Zhao Kui must have held a grudge.
Previously, under the suppression of General Wu Sanjia, Zhao Kui did not dare to make any extraordinary move.
Now, General Wu Sanjia has died in battle, and if Zhao Kui is allowed to seize the command of Huben's new army in one fell swoop, then Tang Ziyi will only have a dead end waiting for him.
Thinking of this, Tang Ziyi hurriedly asked: "Does anyone else know about the general's death in battle?"
The soldier of Yuhou Army shook his head and said, "Reporting to the deputy general, the Hu Ben navy was defeated in Jiangyin, and only I survived and escaped;"
"I know that this matter is of great importance, so I reported it to the deputy general as soon as possible, and no third person knew it!"
Well!
After getting a satisfactory answer, Tang Ziyi finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You did the right thing!"
"Come on, take this brother of Yuhou Army to rest first!"
"Yes, deputy general!"
The centurion of Yuhou Army seemed to have not realized the coming of danger. Before leaving, he did not forget to say to Tang Ziyi: "Deputy general, the navy warships of Longcheng rebels are equipped with a new weapon;"
"Its power is huge, and its range is far better than our army's catapults and crossbows. I hope the deputy general will make preparations early and avenge the general as soon as possible!"
Tang Ziyi naturally did not answer the centurion, but winked at the commander of his personal soldiers, who immediately understood and followed him out.
After a while, the commander of the personal guards returned to the big tent.
Tang Ziyi asked without raising his head: "Is it done?"
The commander of the personal guards nodded and said: "Reporting to the deputy general, it's done!"
Yes!
Tang Ziyi hesitated for a moment and ordered: "Pass the order down and bury him with honor!"
"Yes, deputy general!"
After thinking for a while, Tang Ziyi added: "At dawn, order the three armies to assemble in the name of the general. During the alert period of the three armies, no one can mobilize a single soldier of the new Tiger Guard Army without the general's handwritten order;"
"In addition, draft a military order in the name of the general to dispatch the Tiger Guard Navy to the north to resist the enemy and stop the Longcheng rebels from the south!"
"Prepare a small boat for this general. This general will personally go to the Longcheng Navy Fleet to meet His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin!"
"I have received the order!"