That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 855

After the First Battle of Dongting Lake, the three camps of Jundao, Nanhu, and Tieshan were all in the hands of Xiao Jin, and Xiao Jin mobilized another five thousand soldiers, all of whom were elite soldiers of his own. Flying, even a martial arts master who can jump up to Zhang Xu, in addition, he also carries nearly a hundred thunder arrows made by Taoist real people. Blessed by the Fire Talisman and the Gathering Wind Talisman, it is launched with a crossbow machine, with a range of [-] steps. After hitting the target, it is like a ground fire triggering a sky thunder. Even the best bluestone is blown to pieces. It can be called a siege weapon. The biggest weapon.

When Xiao Jin led his troops to the city of Jiangling, the five thousand soldiers, led by Shangguan Tan, approached Jiangling City.

For a moment, there was a lot of panic in Jiangling City, and people panicked.Although Jiangling Mansion is one of the three major towns in Huzhou, and it experienced several wars during the ten years of competition, in recent decades, there has been no war in Huzhou. Apart from the five imperial guards, how many soldiers stationed there have experienced wars? fight?Just standing on the top of the city and watching from a distance, the extremely elite [-] armored soldiers made these city guards fearful, and they dared not even take half a step out of the city.

There was a middle-aged scribe visiting the city.

Li Qingyu.

Even if the Jiangling Li family is placed among the many wealthy families in the world, it is still considered to be the first class, and it can even be ranked in the top three in Jiangnan.This year Mrs. Murong personally wrote a new version of the family commentary, which replaced the old version of Mr. Hengqu Zhang Zai’s family commentary decades ago. In it, she commented on the world’s aristocratic families. The Xiao family of Qitian family, the Yan family of Houjian Wan, Xiao Jin of Wei State, and the Lin family of Grassland, regardless of their prosperity or decline, are not included in this book.

And because Mutangzhi has established himself as king, the Northeast Mu clan is not included in this review.

Therefore, it was judged that the Murong family won the first place, and there was a Ye family who was in charge of the real person who was in second place. Jiang Zuo Xie's family still included Tanhua in the bag, and the Gongsun family and Zhang family who were originally ranked fourth and fifth were already dead in name only. , was removed from the family evaluation, and the Li family of Jiangling and the Shangguan family ranked fourth and fifth respectively.

In addition, in the family review, there is also a separate main reviewer, which has not been ranked, but just listed. Murong Xuan, Ye Daoqi, Xie Suqing, Li Qingyu, Shangguan Yun and others are all on the list.

People who are really at the top don't really care about the so-called family reviews and family chief reviews, but those aristocratic families with a slightly lower ranking, those so-called celebrities and Confucians, have a much worse structure, and only focus on the rankings. If the ranking can be raised to a higher level, or if one's name appears in the main review, one must be ecstatic.On the contrary, it will be like bereavement, or even beating one's chest and feet.

As for Li Qingyu, he was not among these people. In the past few years when he was in charge of the Li family, his skills have become more and more sophisticated, which is no longer what it used to be.

Li Qingyu only took one look, and he could see that these soldiers were definitely veterans of many battles. Li Qingyu looked left and right, and saw that most of the soldiers and generals were pale. How could such soldiers stop Wei's tiger and wolf army?

The guard of Jiangling City who was standing beside him forced himself to remain calm, and said: "Mr. Li, the enemy army has only [-] people, and they don't carry sharp siege weapons. The reinforcements arrived, and the siege of Jiangling was lifted."

Regarding the guard's statement, Li Qingyu was noncommittal.Under Mrs. Murong's call, the major Jiangnan families have formed an alliance and elected Li Qingyu as the leader of the alliance, trying to exchange the huge Jiangnan for a "peaceful world".

According to the Taoist plan, Jiangnan is one of the four divisions of the world, and belongs to Wei Wang Xiaojin.The Jiangnan family wanted to give Xiao Jin help, not icing on the cake, so it was best for Xiao Jin to be beaten in front of Jiangling, the "back house of the Li family", and then he, a local landlord, would come forward to offer the city and sell it like this The weight of human affection is enough.Just like Sapphire back then, when the central capital offered the city in exchange for a 50-year-old Gekui, no matter how you look at it, it was a steady profit.

Because of this, Li Qingyu personally sat in Jiangling as the lord of all the families in the south of the Yangtze River, observed the situation, and chose the most suitable time to donate Jiangling Mansion.

At that time, they will be Xiao Jin's heroes who ruled Jiangnan. The world will be divided into four parts. In order to win people's hearts, Xiao Jin, who is far from being the master of the world, must not do what the emperors of the past did. Instead, he must treat these heroes well. .So, Jiangnan is still the Jiangnan of their aristocratic families.

Li Qingyu on the top of the city was gloomy, while Shangguan Tan outside the city was looking at this important town in Huzhou where Zhang Jiangling, the first prime minister of the Great Zheng, was born. He looked away and asked Shangguan Qiushui next to him: "I heard that you have been to Jiangling before. Fu, how do you feel?"

Shangguan Qiushui, who is a woman but dressed in a man's attire, said: "One of the three major towns in Huzhou, although it was attacked by the Red Scarf Army at the time, it was a matter of Dazheng's reign, and now it is Daqi's. The world is over, so naturally it’s not the same.”

Shangguan Tan stood with his hands behind his back, and said slowly: "Passing the Jiangling Mansion, there are Liangxiang. These two cities are the real priority. They can be called the gates of the entire southeast half. Whether it is the post-construction army back then, they will fight for the throne in ten years. Regardless of Shi Xiaoyu's Northwest Army, they have worked hard on these two cities."

Shangguan Qiushui smiled lightly. Since there were only two brothers and sisters, he didn't pay too much attention to etiquette, and asked with a smile, "Third brother thinks that Jiangling City is within easy reach?"

Shangguan Tan said noncommittally: "This Jiangnan war, apart from the water battle in Dongting, [-] miles away, the other battles were fought not with military strength, but with people's hearts."

Speaking of this, Shangguan Tan paused for a moment, lowered his voice slightly and said, "Second brother sent back news that those Jiangnan families have been persuaded by Mrs. Murong, and they will help us when necessary..."

Shangguan Tan didn't finish his sentence, the brother and sister knew it well.

Shangguan Qiushui was suddenly worried, and said in a deep voice: "Speaking of people's hearts, it is no longer what it used to be. The aristocratic family's control over the people is not as good as before. Today's people only recognize the imperial court. , the three towns of Huzhou could not be defeated, giving Yu Kuang a chance to breathe, and Wei Guo’s army was going on an expedition across the sea, and the situation in the south of the Yangtze River was complicated.”

Shangguan Tan knew what his sister meant, but this was something the King of Wei had already decided, so he could only follow through.

He also knew why Xiao Jin wanted to take Jiangnan without bloodshed, at least not to shed too much blood, because Jiangnan is rich and rich, Xiao Jin wants to compete in the world, and what Xiao Jin needs is a prosperous Jiangnan as a stable rear, not a scarred one. Kong's Jiangnan asked him to sew and mend.

Shangguan Tan raised his hand, stopped what Shangguan Qiushui was about to say, and said without doubt: "So we must take down Jiangling City, even if I and those Jiangnan families die here."

Shangguan Qiushui sighed and stopped talking.

The autumn of the 23rd year of Taiping was destined to be an eventful autumn, and at the same time, it was also a troubled autumn when people began to die.

No one expected that the chaotic world would come so quickly, as if yesterday could whitewash the scene of peace in the world, but today the cloak of the prosperous and prosperous world was torn off. The violent collapse of the world was beyond everyone's expectations.

(End of this chapter)