Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 698 Array Slash
Yang Yizhong led 5,000 imperial guards out of the city and lined up in battle array. He shouted, "You were once citizens of Song, but now you have established your own country. It's fine if you don't care about our old friendship, but how dare you invade the Song Dynasty?"

"Zhao Zhen was enthroned by the Emperor of the Zhao family, but he invaded the Zhao family's empire. How dare he be called "Little Mengchang" when he is so disloyal and unrighteous?"

Lu Junyi was furious when he heard this, and shouted, "Zhao Gou's accession to the throne was not legitimate, and you are also claiming to be the ruler of a place. How dare you speak so shamelessly here?"

He looked around at the generals and asked, "Who can kill this thief for the king?"

Zhang Kui, who had been waiting for a long time, heard the sound and rode out with his sword in hand. Yang Yizhong saw him and laughed, "Zhang Kui, you are just a martial arts expert, yet you dare to be so arrogant."

Zhang Kui scolded him, "Yang Yizhong, you have made friends with the treacherous thieves Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan, and you have made friends with the eunuchs Kang Lu and Lan Gui. You are just another Wang Yuan. Everyone knows your nickname [髯颍]."

Yang Yizhong was furious when he heard this, and rode out on his horse, aiming straight at Zhang Kui with his spear in his hand.

After fighting for more than 20 rounds, Zhang Kui was running out of energy. Lu Junyi, who was watching the fight, saw this and was afraid that Zhang Kui would be killed. He looked unhappy and shouted, "Don't be so arrogant, [Bearded Eunuch]! I will fight you."

Zhang Kui took advantage of the opportunity and rode away.

Yang Yizhong did not chase him, but instead shouted, "Lu Junyi, you are a wealthy man, but you don't want to be a rich man, but you want to be with a country boy."

Lu Junyi was furious when he heard this and said, "How dare you insult my Liang State again and again!"

After that, he rushed out with a horse and a gun.
Yang Yizhong didn't take Lu Junyi seriously, so he took him in and fought with him, four arms running wildly, eight horses' hooves stirring up chaos. In the dust and murderous aura, the two men fought back and forth, circling left and right, and fought for more than fifty rounds, but neither won or lost.

Although Yang Yizhong was good at flattering and flattering Zhao Gou, and had recently made friends with the new prime minister Qin Hui, he was a skilled warrior. After fighting for a long time today, he was unable to take down Lu Junyi, which made him feel ashamed.

For a while, there were roars.

The golden unicorn spear in Lu Junyi's hand never left Yang Yizhong's heart. Yang Yizhong also displayed his life's skills, with murderous aura flying. The spear came and the spear was blocked, and the spear went and the spear was met. The two of them exerted their divine power, going back and forth, tumbling and rolling, and fought for more than forty rounds.

Both sides cheered secretly. In the shadow of the clouds and the sound of drums and horns, one could see silver light flashing and golden colors swirling. The two had been fighting for more than a hundred rounds, but there was still no winner.

Suddenly, a white light flashed, and Yang Yizhong's spear flew out. Lu Junyi let Yang Yizhong's spear pierce him, and he immediately turned sideways, and the spear passed through Lu Junyi's left armpit. Lu Junyi stabbed Yang Yizhong with his right hand, and the spear in Yang Yizhong's hand was clamped by Lu Junyi, and he couldn't withdraw it for a while. It was too late to dodge, and he was hit by a spear in the throat and fell off his horse.

Wu Yong saw this from behind and ordered someone to fire a salvo of signal cannon, which flew up and kept ringing for a long time.

The Black Whirlwind Li Kui, who had been waiting for a long time, Deng Yuanjue, the Eight-Armed Nezha Xiang Chong, the Flying Monkey King Li Gun, Han Bolun, who had no name, Li Gui, the White Whirlwind, Zhang Chi, Ba Zeng, Ji Guang, Lu Duo, and the surrendered generals Wang Junfu and Zhang Kui all rushed over.

How could the 5,300 imperial guards of Song State be a match for them? A few big beasts led the charge and killed them like chopping melons and vegetables. Less than a thousand of the 5,000 soldiers retreated to Changxi County.

On the top of the city wall, Yang Yi's general Wu Xi hurriedly ordered the soldiers on the city wall to bring down the golden juice, pestle and ash bottles. Seeing this, Lu Junyi called for the troops to retreat and prepared to bombard the city with artillery fire.

Seeing the Liang army withdrawing back to the camp, Wu Xi on the city wall breathed a sigh of relief. At night, Wu Xi quietly opened the north gate and led 5,000 imperial guards out of the city quietly, fleeing towards Liangzhe Road.

On the second day, Lu Junyi deployed troops to besiege Changxi and take over the entire territory of Fuzhou. Before the soldiers were ready to set up their formations and the artillery was not yet adjusted, they saw that Changxi County had opened the city gates and several gentry had people driving pigs and sheep out of the city.

Lu Junyi had these people brought in for questioning, and learned that Wu Xi had fled without a fight. Only a few old and weak imperial guards were left in the city, and the rest of the soldiers had all retreated.

Li Kui, who was standing by, heard this and cursed, "What a coward! Fortunately, I killed him easily yesterday."

Wu Yong said, "It's a pity that we are all infantrymen. I'm afraid we can't catch up. Fortunately, we have taken Fuzhou. But we have to ask the Southern Song Dynasty to find out our details."

Lu Junyi said, "There is still some time left. Further north is the Rui'an Prefecture of Liangzhe Road. The four counties of Yongjia, Pingyang, Rui'an, and Yueqing are all along the coast. How about having Brother Ruan Xiaoqi take a group of infantry and sweep from the nearest Pingyang?"

Wu Yong heard this and nodded, saying, "We know a lot about the world of [Southern Song Zhao Gou]. Although it is called a country, there are many bandits in the country and there are also struggles for power in the court. Now, while the country is in turmoil, we are going to occupy its territory to strengthen ourselves."

"The commander can personally lead the army north, both by land and sea, and take advantage of the fact that [Southern Song Zhao Gou] is not focused on dealing with us, to occupy Rui'an Prefecture, erode its land, and weaken its power."

At that moment, Lu Junyi left 3,000 soldiers to Wu Yong and stationed them in Changxi County, and the rest of the troops were divided into two groups and attacked Rui'an Prefecture.

At the same time, Zhu Wu's army in the southernmost part had already captured Zhangzhou. Zhu Wu left Zhang Heng, the "ship fire", to lead the navy in Longyan. With the cooperation of the prefect Song Ye and others, Zhu Wu led the "sad door god" Bao Xu and "saimengben" Yan Shude, and led the elite troops to cross the mountains and rivers and enter Tingzhou, which Liu Zhengyan had not yet completely surrendered.

In Tingzhou, the situation had long been different. Since the invasion of Liang State, Wang Desheng, the Tingzhou commander appointed by Liu Zhengyan, had gotten rid of Chen Zhifang, the governor of Tingzhou, and led his troops back to Shaowu Army.

Now, Chen Zhifang led his troops to recapture Ninghua and Qingliu counties, and Tingzhou has returned to the control of the imperial court.

However, due to the court's tacit attitude towards Miao and Liu's occupation of Fujian Road, as well as the fact that the country was full of bandits and pirates, the prefect Chen Zhifang was extremely disappointed with Zhao Gou's court.

When Zhu Wu, Song Ye and others came to Shanghang from Longyan, all the young and strong men had been transferred to Ninghua to resist Liu Zhengyan's army. Shanghang and Wuping did not dare to resist and opened the city to surrender.

When Zhu Wu got the news, he ordered Bao Xu, the "God of Death", and Jiao Ting, the "Faceless", to lead two thousand elite soldiers, board the collected boats, and head straight for Changting along the Yingjiang River, with Wu Yong following behind.

Changting was indeed completely unprepared and was easily occupied by Bao Xu and Jiao Ting.

Song Ye, the governor of Zhangzhou, saw that Zhu Wu occupied three counties, so he volunteered to go to Ninghua to persuade Chen Zhifang to surrender.

Zhu Wu asked, "Song Zhizhou, what kind of person is Chen Zhifang? Are you sure about him?"

After hearing this, Song Ye said, "Military advisor, don't worry about what Chen Zhifang thinks. Changting, Shanghang, and Wuping counties are now in the hands of Liang State, and Chen Zhifang's troops will have no desire to fight. Even if he doesn't want to surrender, his soldiers will flee back to their hometowns."

(End of this chapter)