Iron Dynasty

Your Highness, it is absolutely impossible. There are many important matters in the Chu country that need to be ruled by His Highness. How can His Highness stay in Jinling City!

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

Presumptuous! This is also the place where you make loud noises! As soon as Sima Hao's voice fell, Qian Dafu immediately scolded him severely.

Sima Hao was instantly shocked, and then he realized that the emperor in front of him was the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom, and because he lived in Lin'an all the year round, he had no respect for the royal family.

Xiao Ming's eyes narrowed slightly. He naturally saw that Sima Hao had no reverence for him. Hearing is worse than seeing. Now he finally understands the status of the royal family in the eyes of these Jiangnan nobles.

A politically sensitive person like Sima Hao would ignore the respect for the royal family because of his habit, so what would happen to the other aristocrats?

Now he feels more and more how right it is for the Jiangnan nobles and the merchant council to attack each other, as long as their influence disappears, the royal influence can control the south.

Li Chuyuan, who was kneeling on the ground, was delighted when he saw this, this time he finally saw Sima Hao collapsed.

Xiao Ming snorted softly, and he said nakedly: I have heard about the reputation of your Sima family, but you should remember that, whether it is Jiangnan or Jiangbei, you are all citizens of the Great Yu Kingdom, the royal family. It is given to you, and the royal family can also take it back.

Sima Hao's expression was gloomy, but he forced a smile. He said, Your Majesty, I'm just in a hurry. After all, a country cannot live without a monarch, and this vassal state cannot live without a vassal king.

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 suffocated, Li Chuyuan had long been the card in his hand, and now this card was taken by Xiao Ming in two words in three years, he was really unwilling, but he also understood that he was powerless to argue now.

So he said, Yes, Your Majesty, but since Lin'an is busy with government affairs, the lower officials cannot stay.

Xiao Ming nodded, and he said to Li Chuyuan at this time: The merchant council colluded with the barbarians and deceived the people, and the one who caused the trouble was the chaotic ministers and thieves. Today, I will take the king to attack them.

Thank you, Emperor Longen. Li Chuyuan breathed a sigh of relief, and now he is finally out of danger.

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

Sima Hao sneered in his heart, but his mouth was full of promise. 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 time, he turned to look at Xiao Ming, and said sadly: Father, the king resents me, hates me, and doesn't believe me, Sima's ambition is full of ambition to control me, and Cao Cao The family wants to destroy me even more, but this country of Chu has no place for me, Li Chuyuan, which is really deplorable and sad.

Xiao Ming heard the words and said: You don't have to belittle yourself. The accumulated evils of the Chu country are not cold in one day. Even if there is no merchant council, you will end up in the same way when you inherit the throne.

Li Chuyuan sighed slightly, and he said: I have nothing to ask for now, I only hope that I can be rich and rich in the rest of my life.

What's so difficult about this? I have prepared a large mansion 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. Only Li Chuyuan is there. He can play this card at any time.

Thank you, Your Majesty. Li Chuyuan said sincerely, he believed in Xiao Ming, because the third prince was still alive and well in Bashu.

Xiao Mingneng had such kindness to the rebellious Third Prince, and he believed that he would keep his promise to himself.

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

After Li Chuyuan left, Qian Dafu said with emotion: The name of the emperor's kindness spread all over the world, and Li Chuyuan also sincerely joined, but it's a pity that the old king of Chu didn't see it through.

He was clever but was mistaken by cleverness. If he woke up early, why would he end up like this? Xiao Ming said angrily, the situation in Jiangnan is now caused by the king of Chu.

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

Jinling Camp, after receiving Xiao Ming's order, Lu Fei immediately ordered his troops, and he and Luo Xin went to Songjiang alone and Jiaxing alone.

On the dock, the Qingzhou Navy's warships have been resupplied. The two of them each led 20,000 horses to board the ship along the Yangtze River and landed near Songjiang and Jiaxing from the sea.

Marching overnight, Lu Fei landed in the east of Songjiang early the next morning. On the boat, the soldiers put three-day rations in their combat backpacks and 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 pointed to the landing site on the map and the location of Songjiang City.

By his side are the commanders of the first and second divisions, one is Fangfangcheng and the other is Guo Ming.

A total of 40,000 merchants' council soldiers are stationed in Songjiang City. According to the information of the secret guard, they use old flintlock guns provided by France, and they have 72 artillery pieces, all of which are traditional city defense guns. Qingzhou's first-generation artillery is similar. Fangcheng said.

Guo Ming frowned and said, These artillery pieces can still pose a threat to us, and the skirmish line can come in handy.

Well, that's right. This time, our first generation of Hu Ben is equipped with a falcon breech rifle. Don't embarrass me. I only give you two days. You must give me Songjiang City to go south.

Yes, commander. Fang Fangcheng and Guo Ming shouted loudly, and they didn't want to lose to Luo Xin's people.

After all, the two led their men and horses towards Songjiang City, and in 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.

Look, general, this army's dress is really strange! said a general on the city wall.

The person responsible for guarding Songjiang City was Yao Hongtao, the old general of the old King of Chu. Under the temptation of the merchants council's money, he chose to betray after the death of the King of Chu.

Under the attack of Li Chuyuan's army, he repulsed the attack of Li Chuyuan's army several times with the new army he trained.

However, when he saw the army clearly, the calmness on his face disappeared, and he said in surprise: Oh, this is the army of the north, you can't go wrong, although they wear helmets, their uniforms are still the same. Yao Hongtao said.

He once followed the King of Chu to scout the deployment of Jinling City and knew the army in the north.

The soldiers were a little flustered when they heard the words. They all knew the news of the Northern Army's victory over the barbarians. Can they resist them now?