There were tanks in the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 441 Killing Zhu Meng ([-])

There is an imperial decree in Jiangning City.

A secret decree that has not yet been officially announced.

The content of the secret decree was already informed to Li Chu by King Su Zhao Shu long after the decree was drafted.The content is the imperial court's decree to dismiss Zhu Xi and dispatch the Western Army to the south of the Yangtze River.Due to some reasons, this imperial edict was not made public after it arrived in Jiangning, but it was still in the hands of the angel who sent the order.

This angel is still in Jiangning City.

This imperial decree has caused great harm to Li Chu now, and he must not be allowed to spread, at least not allowed to appear in Jiangnan in a short period of time.

Tongzhou, here at the naval base.

All sailors are on combat readiness.

The five battleships Dingyuan, Yangwei, and Express are all fully manned and ready to go out to fight at any time. There are only basic driving soldiers left on the sixteen sandships, and everything else has been cleared out. Waiting for Li Chu's order.

Express five battleships, except for the 37MM Hotchkiss gun on the SF Express, the other four warships do not have any long-range offensive weapons.

For this reason, Li Chu customized five bed crossbows and installed them on the five express warships, temporarily acting as auxiliary firepower for long-range attacks.The bed crossbow is easy to learn, and it is easy for everyone to learn and quickly master the operation method.

About an hour later, Lu Junyi called Li Chu a satellite phone, informing him that the imperial decree to dismiss Fang La had been obtained.

Got it?
Very good!
This was what Li Chu was waiting for. As soon as the imperial edict was received, Li Chu immediately boarded the Dingyuan and ordered the East China Sea Fleet to leave the port. Except for the soldiers on these fleet ships, the remaining nearly [-] navy troops stayed at the naval base to protect the navy. The safety of the military port and Zheng He's treasure ship.

Wang Delin also boarded the Dingyuan with Li Chu and stood behind Li Chu.

This imperial edict has been obtained, and Li Chu no longer has any temporary worries.

Shan Yuqian was responsible for those who stole the imperial decree.

This Shan Yuqian was originally in Ruzhou, and the two brothers Su Qing and Su Mu recommended him after they took refuge in Li Chu. Li Chu transferred this Shan Yuqian to Shi Tianyi's subordinates to be in charge of intelligence work.Before Fang La's rebellion, Shi Tianyi had recruited many intelligence personnel in Jiangnan, responsible for collecting information about Jiangnan.

Li Xuanneng retreated from Jiande safely, and it was also secretly transferred by these intelligence personnel.

There are also intelligence personnel from the Qilin Army in Jiangning City.

"General, are you planning to make it public?"

The East China Sea Fleet had already left the harbor and was turning around the coastline towards the Yangtze River Estuary. On the Dingyuan, Wang Delin asked Li Chu.

"Things are changing too fast, everything is unknown, so let's take it step by step."

The fleet bypassed Chongming Island and entered the estuary of the Yangtze River. Some fishing boats, cargo ships and sea boats can be seen entering the sea at any time at the estuary. These ships were terrified and frightened when they saw the East China Sea Fleet approaching here. Immediately gave way to allow the East China Sea Fleet to enter the Yangtze River.

"Iron, an ironclad ship."

An old fisherman tremblingly pointed at the East China Sea Fleet passing by with one hand, his face full of shock.

The fleet entered the Yangtze River and sailed upstream to Jiangning.

In order to avoid unnecessary troubles, in addition to the flag of the Qilin Army, the battleship also hung the flag of the Great Song Dynasty. Ships encountered along the way avoided one after another. No one dared to provoke them, and these lucky boats, building boats and the like also immediately docked to escape.

On the satellite phone, Li Chu kept in touch with Lu Junyi.

Xuanhua Town is located on the other side of Jiangning. This place has been controlled by Lu Junyi, and the news has been blocked. Now Jiangning still doesn't know what happened on the other side.

According to the information passed by Xiao Zuo, Jiangning is now full of singing and dancing. Since Fang La was executed, there will be no threat to Jiangnan.

Let's be lively, the more lively the better.

When it got dark, Li Chu's East China Sea Fleet arrived at Dantu County.

The fleet temporarily landed in Dantu County to repair and rest, and set off again in the early hours of the night, and arrived at Xuanhua Town at Yinshi. At this time, the sky had just dawned, and a hundred thousand troops were already on standby at the ferry of Xuanhua Town.

Li Chu asked the sixteen sand boats following the fleet to come over. This time, the sixteen sand boats were brought here for the [-] Qilin army to cross the river.

The width of the Yangtze River between Xuanhua Town and Jiangning is 1000 meters wide at its narrowest point, and [-] meters wide at its widest point!

Ten thousand meters!

The Yangtze River itself is not so wide, but next to Xuanhua Town, there is a Hanoi Lake. This inner lake is formed by the long-term erosion of the river, and it has become a Hanoi Lake. Nowadays, sand ships and warships are docked here and the inner lake. Jiang Ning couldn't see anything happening here.

Today's date is the seventh day of June!
On the seventh day of June, a shell blasted away the quiet morning of Jiangning City.

A day of turmoil and noise in Jiangning City has been kicked off!
As the school site solid bullet hit the city wall of the North Gate of Jiangning, it was accompanied by a salvo of four 305mm Krupp breech-loading guns, and the shells fell on the city wall of the North Gate of Jiangning. The north gate city wall, which had not been repaired for decades, did not have the slightest defensive effect under the 305-caliber artillery. The entire city wall was completely blasted, and a huge hole was blasted open.

The sound of these huge cannons woke up the people who were still sleeping in the city.

The cannonball hit the city wall, and the huge explosion was like an earthquake. The people only felt like an earthquake shook the mountains.

The officers and soldiers of the Jiangning city defense looked at the several huge fireballs coming from the north with confused faces. Before they could see clearly, these fireballs fell on the city wall, and even one fell on an open area in the city. The cannonball exploded, and a few officers and soldiers patrolling the north wall were unlucky and were immediately thrown into the air within the range of a cannonball explosion.

State government office.

Zhu Mian was still asleep with his concubine in his arms, the sound of the cannon immediately woke him up, and before he could recover, there were four more loud explosions, and Zhu Mian got up and ran to the city immediately in shock, and saw the north gate There were bursts of explosions from time to time, accompanied by a slight earthquake, and he immediately called the guards to ask what happened.

The guard who was asked didn't know how to answer for a while.

At this moment, all the people in the city woke up from their sleep, and ran to the street to look around to find out what happened.

After two rounds of main artillery bombardment, Li Chu asked the artillery bombardment to be temporarily suspended. Behind the Dingyuan, the sand boats carrying the soldiers of the Qilin Army across the river also came close. He was escorted under the cover of Jiangning to the ferry of Jiangning.

(End of this chapter)