At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 801 The Battle of Hongze Lake
After defeating Shen Faxing and Du Fuwei, Li Zitong successfully took control of Jiangdu. Soon after, he proclaimed himself emperor, the country was named Wu, established Yuan Mingzheng, and made Cui Shiyao queen.

Cui Shiyao was born in the Cui family of Qinghe, that is, Cui Shirou's cousin, who was arranged by the family to have a blind date with Gao Bufan, but this eldest sister was arrogant and looked down on Gao Bufan, a "unintentional" horse-raising boy, so she ran away on the day of the blind date After going there, they also called Li Zitong and others to intercept him halfway, trying to teach Gao Bufan a lesson, but this boy who raises horses and dawdles is so powerful, and in turn beat them all to the ground.

Later, Gao Bufan's officialdom became bigger and bigger, but Cui Shiyao was expelled from the family for assassinating Yang Guang. Her cousin Cui Shirou kindly took her in, but she was so jealous because she saw her cousin marrying Gao Bufan, she even made a move. Framed Gao Bufan's crazy act of molesting her, trying to force Gao Bufan to marry her in order to achieve the goal of returning to the family. Fortunately, Gao Bufan was clever and thwarted Cui Shiyao's plot, otherwise he would not be cleared by jumping into the Yellow River.

From then on, Cui Shiyao was completely kicked out of the family. At this time, her old lover Li Zitong approached her. This woman believed the temptation of "Li Shi is the emperor", and finally chose to follow Li Zitong, dreaming of becoming a queen in the future, and then Returning to the family with a proud face, she trampled down all those who had wronged her, including the blind Gao Changqing, and her cousin Cui Shirou who "pretended" to be kind and weak.

Well, now Li Zitong has indeed made a fortune, with more than [-] soldiers, occupying several counties, and became the emperor of Wu State, and her Cui Shiyao also became the queen as she wished, but the gold content of this queen is still far away , because the land of Qi State is dozens of times larger than that of Wu State, with strong soldiers and horses, and a large population. Compared with Qi State, Wu State is just a small vassal state, so she, the queen of Wu State, is not as good as Cui Shirou, the Qi State concubine.

Therefore, Cui Shiyao was still far from satisfied, and encouraged her husband Li Zitong to attack the city and plunder the land to expand his territory and strength. Excited, as if he had personally slapped Gao Changqing in the face.

Cui Shiyao was nervous and excited when she learned that Gao Changqing was going to fight in person, and couldn't sleep for several nights, but she fell asleep during her afternoon nap today, and she also had a very hateful dream. She dreamed that Qi Jun was beaten by Wu Jun Even Gao Changqing was captured, knelt down in front of her and begged for mercy, and flatteringly licked the soles of her feet, then she woke up with a smug smile.

"Why did the queen laugh in her dream?"

Cui Shiyao opened her eyes and found that her husband Li Zitong was looking at her suspiciously. She couldn't help being a little startled, and hurriedly said: "The concubine dreamed of a happy thing, so she laughed. When did the emperor come? It made me jump." !"

Although Li Zitong is tolerant and open-minded on the surface, he is suspicious by nature, and he will take revenge, so he asked calmly: "Oh, what is the empress dreaming about so happy, tell me to make me happy too."

Cui Shiyao was originally a big-breasted and brainless person, and Li Zitong had been pampering him all the time, so he said what he saw in his dream without any scruples. chill.

Cui Shiyao didn't know it yet, she smiled triumphantly: "Your Majesty also thinks it's funny, right? Gao Changqing is so powerful, if he ended up like that, he really deserves it, God has eyes!"

Li Zitong smiled and said: "The Queen's dream is good, it is a good omen. According to the report from the spies, Gao Changqing has arrived in Pengcheng a few days ago. I will beat him to death, then capture him and castrate him, and send him to the palace to serve the Queen." how?"

Cui Shiyao's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly: "That's a good thing, this concubine just repays the humiliation I suffered in the past."

"Bitch, you still miss Gao Changqing even if you dare." Li Zitong sneered in his heart, threw Cui Shiyao onto the bed, and then pressed down hard, venting out the evil fire in his heart with all his strength, as if stabbing Cui Shiyao one by one. Like Gao Bufan.

Li Zitong is a man who will take revenge. He intercepted Gao Bufan on the way before, but he was repaired by the latter. At that time, he held a grudge. Later, when he assassinated Yang Guang on the dragon boat in the canal, he was also destroyed by Gao Bufan. After being chased and killed by Gao Bufan, he hated Gao Bufan even more. Now seeing his woman "never forget" Gao Bufan, she was naturally very angry, and vented her anger with an extremely violent intrusion, even though Cui Shiyao screamed and begged for mercy He also turned a deaf ear, and did not leave Yong'an Palace until after the incident.

The layout of Jiangdu Palace is similar to that of Luoyang, and the names of the palaces are also copied from Luoyang Palace, so there is also Yong'an Palace in Jiangdu Palace, which is dedicated to the empress.Let's say that Li Zitong returned to Qianyang Hall in front and summoned his courtiers to discuss countermeasures.

Gao Changqing has a great reputation. Not only is his personal martial arts extremely high, but he is also good at leading troops and fighting.

"Yin Qian, when will Du Fuwei and Shen Faxing's reinforcements arrive?" Li Zitong asked majestically while sitting on the throne.

Yin Qian is Li Zitong's Minister of Taichang Temple, responsible for contacting Du Fuwei and Shen Faxing. The last time the three parties joined forces to besiege Pei Renji, it was also this Yin Qian who was responsible for leading the line.

Yin Qian came out and said: "The minister has sent people to urge him several times, but Du Fuwei and Shen Faxing both said that they would send troops soon, but they have not acted for a long time. I'm afraid they have their own ghosts."

Li Zitong's complexion darkened, and he said with a sneer: "Du Fuwei and Shen Faxing, these two old foxes, are really treacherous and cunning. They just want me to fight with the Qi army first, and we will lose both. Jiangdu, bah, they are really short-sighted people, they don't even think about it, if the state of Wu perishes, they will be the next to suffer, no matter what, the mud can't support the wall, these two guys can't count on it, wait until I defeat it Qi Jun, free your hands to deal with them."

Hey, since defeating Qi's famous general Pei Xingyan, Li Zitong has obviously started to swell up a bit. Not only him, but also the soldiers under his command obviously have this mentality. In their view, the Qi army is nothing more than that.

Li Baiyao, Li Zitong's national supervisor, said with a smile: "I heard that Gao Changqing also led a navy to come this time, and they are stationed in Weishan Lake. I don't know if they can fight."

Li Zitong sneered, the infantry and cavalry of the Qi army may be powerful, but how can the navy compare with the Jianghuai army? The navy under his command has more than a thousand warships, and the sergeants are all familiar with water warfare. Dare to fight water battles, just give away the head.

"LobeTone is listening." Li Zitong snorted coldly.

Le Baitong strode out from the queue of generals and said, "The last general is here."

Li Zitong ordered: "I order you to be the commander of the navy's march. If the Qi army's navy comes to attack, it will be destroyed immediately!"

Le Baitong laughed grimly: "The last general has an order to teach the Qi army to come and go."

"Li Baiyao listens to the order." Li Zitong ordered again.

"The minister is here!" Li Baiyao said as he stepped out of the shift.

Li Zitong said coldly: "From now on, you will be in charge of guarding Jiangdu City. I will personally lead the troops to meet Gao Changqing for a while, and kill him to show him how powerful I am!"

"Your Majesty is leading the decree, the Emperor is mighty!" Li Baiyao flattered, and other ministers in the court also flattered like a tide, shouting in unison: "The Emperor is wise, the Emperor is mighty, and the Emperor is victorious!"

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Hongze Lake is the fourth largest freshwater lake in my country. It is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Huaihe River. It is located on a plain with a vast water surface and is suitable for water warfare. There have been many wars in history. Every time the dynasty changes, it is inevitable to compete for the Jianghuai area. Have a fight.

On April 28th of the first year of Tianbao, Yu Chigong led the navy of the Qi army to set off from Weishan Lake, went south along the canal, and went straight to Hongze Lake.

Wu Jun's navy has thousands of large and small warships, lined up densely on the lake, with flags unfurled, swords and guns like a forest, very majestic, very scary to look at.

The warships of the Qi army are obviously much less, only about [-] bows, but there are more large ships, and they are well-organized and well-organized. , forming a combat unit, with a total of twenty giant ships, that is, twenty combat units.

At this time, the twenty giant ships of the Qi army were divided into two rows on the lake, with ten giant ships in each row, separated by a certain distance from each other. They are all four-story, and the other eighteen bows are three-story, and the two bows of the fourth floor are the flagships. There are two large flags flying on the mast, one side is embroidered with the majestic "Qi" character, and the other side is Yuchi Gong's. flag.

Le Botong, the general manager of the Wu State Navy, was a little contemptuous at first, but when he saw the tight battle formation of the Qi State Navy, his expression changed slightly, but in order to boost morale, he still pretended to be disdainful: "It's only three The four hundred boats are more than half less than ours, and such a small number of people dare to take the initiative to attack and come to our territory to challenge, it is really life-or-death."

At this time, Yuchi Gong was standing on one of the main battleships holding the Turtle-backed Tuolong Spear, fully clothed, motionless like an iron tower.

Gao Bufan attached great importance to the navy. When he was in Youzhou, he ordered Cui Jiuling to be in charge of building the shipyard in Bohai Bay. Later, he took over the counties in Shandong and took over the Donglai shipyard in the Sui Dynasty. Now a few years have passed, and the results are remarkable. Yes, the navy led by Yu Chigong is built by Donglai Shipyard. In addition to the traditional guns, each giant ship is equipped with two new artillery pieces, and the flagship is equipped with four .

Of course, this is the first time that the navy of the Qi Army has used a new weapon such as artillery in actual combat, and the actual effect has to be verified in actual combat.

At this time, the sky was dark, and the sky over Hongze Lake was covered with battle clouds, and the battle between the two sides was imminent.

(End of this chapter)