Yangzhou.

"The Deputy Marshal of the World of the Song Dynasty, the Governor-General of Gongtian Law, the Minister of Implementation of the Implementation of the Four Routes of Jiangnan, Jinghu, Liangzhe, Fujian, Liangguang and Chuanxia, ​​was awarded the Sword of Shangfang, and Wang Yue, the King of Zhongshan County, was ordered to be ordered. All civil and military officials in various places followed their orders. Those who violated the law will be decreed first from the second rank and then reported to him, and the approval will be given to him..."

Liu Qi held the imperial edict to recite Wang Yue his string of stinky and long titles and power.

Wang Yue sat upright on the back seat.

Behind the twelve invincible generals were lined up, with their guns pointing to Yangzhou City. Giant shells were piled up next to these cannons, and the gunners stood solemnly on both sides.

Behind are the soldiers lined up.

The light infantry of an entire infantry army was ready for battle, with spears like forests and flags like clouds. The cavalry on both wings were also fully armed. Because the next time was in Jiangnan, especially in Guangdong and Guangxi, there were many mountain passes along the way, so the chariots and infantry were definitely not good. That thing could not marches on ancient roads such as Meiling, let alone entering Fujian and even eastern Sichuan, so they could only go to light infantry and cavalry.

This is enough.

In fact, Wang Yue does not think there will be large-scale wars along the way.

Some local officials may choose to resist to the death irrationally, but real large-scale resistance is impossible, so this trip is likely to be a small-scale security war, and a light infantry army is enough. Besides, this is just following him. In fact, on the entire front from east to west, more than 100,000 troops were heading south. At this time, it is estimated that the Western Route Army was already forcing the Xiangyang defenders to surrender. Yang Zaixing from Zhenzhou should have been preparing to cross the river. He is a symbolic armed parade here, with the purpose of forcing all regions to express his opinions. Once the Yangzhou defenders refuse to surrender, it will take less than two days to surround the city.

"Where is the Yangzhou Prefecture? Why don't you come out and welcome the King of Zhongshan!"

Liu Qi shouted at the end.

There was silence across the street.

This is the core fortress of the Zhenjiang imperial court in Jiangbei.

The last time Yang Zaixing and other troops stopped at the city of Yangzhou.

Therefore, there were also 50,000 elite troops from the Zhenjiang court, all of which were well-equipped. The three-eyed guns and large guns were even said to have amplified large guns, which had reached the real artillery level. Under Wang Yue's pressure, the already developed industry and commerce in Jiangsu and Zhejiang really showed their strength.

However, this is of no use.

Because there are still many poor people in the city waiting for exciting moments.

"one!"

Wang Yue raised a finger.

A divine powerless general cannon behind him suddenly roared, and then a huge shell roared by, instantly hitting the Yangzhou city wall. Although the bricks were covered with bricks to protect it to the greatest extent, the result of the 50 kilograms of granite hitting at a speed of nearly 300 meters per second still caused the bricks to collapse.

After all, it's just a layer of hard shell on the outside, but this hard shell is not indestructible after all.

"two!"

Wang Yue raised his second finger again.

The next moment, another cannon opened fire, and the shell was slightly higher, just hitting the city tower. Although the Yangzhou city tower was also made of bricks, it collapsed half of the area under this huge power.

"three!"

Wang Yue raised his third finger.

The third cannon opened fire, but at the moment of fire, the city gate opened, and the shell was obviously lowered and landed on the slowly lowered suspension bridge. The entire suspension bridge was immediately crushed to pieces. The shells passing through the suspension bridge hit the top of the city gate hole, and a group of dressed officials walked out of the inside, almost hit by the broken bricks and shell fragments falling above their heads, standing in the door hole like petrified, looking at everything falling in front of them as if they were frightened.

"Don't fire the fire, the subordinate governor Yangzhou Prefecture, welcome the King of Zhongshan!"

Then one of them screamed.

Xu Fen was originally the governor of Yangzhou Prefecture. His co-prime minister was granted by a great painter. He did not recognize it in Kaifeng's court. Before, Zhao Huan's order was to temporarily restore their old positions if they surrendered.

So now he can only be the prefect of Yangzhou.

The shelling stopped.

Xu Fen and his party came over quickly and saluted Wang Yue helplessly.

"Master Xu, you have such a great official power!"

Wang Yue held the teacup and said with a classic face.

"The king forgives his crime. The old official is old and has poor legs and feet, and walks slowly. He has failed to leave the city to greet the king in time."

Xu Fen said while wiping his sweat.

"Why are you an official if you don't have any legs and feet? Go home to retire. I will report to you. Prefect Xu is from Fujian. He also happened to go back to tell the officials in Fuzhou that when I arrive in Fuzhou, they will not go slower, otherwise I will be very dissatisfied."

Wang Yue said to Xu Fen, who was actually not yet fifty.

"Uh, I'll give the order to honor the official."

Said a lot of sadness.

Of course, this is not a bad thing for him, which means that Wang Yue will not settle him. By the way, he is one of the core of the great painter's court. He has been worried about this issue before. If you return to Fuzhou for retirement, you should go back to Fuzhou for retirement. In the future, he will be ashamed to join the court.

"As for this Yangzhou..."

Wang Yue looked behind him.

The officials behind Xu Fen closed their mouths and stood there honestly.

"Who is this?"

Wang Yue looked at one of them and said with a familiar look.

"Li Guang, the former deputy of the lawsuit."

The latter said.

"I said it looks familiar. You will be the acting governor of Yangzhou first. I will ask the Ministry of Personnel to appoint it again."

Wang Yue said.

He was a member of the title of the emperor, let alone an agent, or appointing it directly. However, the prefect of the Song Dynasty was originally just a dispatcher, and whether it was a proxy or appointing it directly, they were all the same. They were all based on the palace and pavilion scholars, and were appointed by these officials of the emperor's nature. Although Li Guang was also a resister, and even was Chen Go's main assistant at the time, his ability should be considered to be relatively strong among the civil officials in the south. This time Wang Yue went south to resolve the issue peacefully, so he should try his best to show his leniency.

The core figures of the great painter's court tried to send them home for retirement.

These people are not very traitors and evil. After all, they are forced by him. If it weren't for him, they wouldn't be interested in interfering with the big painter's father and son.

It would be too much to confiscate the family again.

Similarly, local officials from all over the country should try to maintain their original duties first.

In order to maintain order to the greatest extent, he had no one to change. Even now, the cadre team was very nervous in the area he controlled was only in his own control area, so he could not send extra to the south. Next, the most important thing in the south was to divide the land. As long as the land was divided, you could cultivate new talents on the spot. Then use these new talents familiar with the situation in the south to gradually replace these old ones, and finally complete the elimination of these old Confucian scholars, so that the Song Dynasty could fully enter a new era.

But now there is no such condition.

Li Guang did not refuse either. He was the one who presided over the city. Before that, he was Quan Bangyan, who assisted in military affairs in Yangzhou.

But the latter itself is the pacifier of Jingdong East Road.

According to the emperor's imperial edict, the surrendered people were in charge of their original positions. Of course, Quan Bangyan could not be in Yangzhou, and it was impossible to go to Jingdong East Road. So at this time, he was already angry and took his whole family to nowhere to go. It is said that he was preparing to find a secluded place in Sichuan and never ask about the world from now on.

Anyway, he refused to go back to his hometown in Hejian.

The land of his hometown has been divided, and all militias were transformed into militias. When he returned, he could only become a militia. However, there was no problem with wealth in the second half of his life. In short, he disappeared into the vast sea of ​​people. In fact, there are many people like him. After all, there are still many people who maintain their pride and are ashamed to accept humiliated surrender. They would rather hide in the mountains and forests from now on, pursue their poetry and distance.

"All the troops in the city came out to pay their weapons. Those who were willing to go home paid for one year's military pay. Those who were willing to continue to serve in the army went to Chuzhou to accept reorganization. Officials from other places each presided over their duties and cooperated with the Qingzhang team to investigate the land in Yangzhou to prepare for the implementation of the Public Land Law. All summer taxes will be exempted this year, and local needs will be temporarily paid by the court."

Wang Yue said immediately.

In fact, Yangzhou does not need to pay extra money for the court, because in order to maintain defense, various parts of Jiangnan had already hoarded countless money and grain in this city. These were all from the court, or were sealed by him. If he continued to move south, it would really require the court to bear the short-term needs of the place. In addition, the previous consumption of the Northern Expedition, the Song Dynasty this year was huge financial gap, and it was entirely dependent on bank loans. This was also an important reason why Wang Yue used all means and even plundered the local rich man in stock market crashes.

But this is still not enough.

You can be more generous in Yangzhou, or even in Zhenjiang, but after the overall situation is decided, you have to search your home appropriately.

In this way, Wang Yue successfully took Yangzhou, and then he entered the city amid cheers.

On the same day, Liu Yanqing and his son from Chuzhou surrendered to Yang Zaixing's troops, and then contributed two million yuan at Yang Zaixing's suggestion in exchange for Wang Yue's lenient treatment. However, all the official positions of their father and son were gone, and they have gone as ordinary people since then. However, they will definitely not return to northern Shaanxi. The Liu family father and son have also had a lot of industries in Jiangnan in recent years. In fact, most of the clans have arrived in the south, and they will live in the south from then on.

There is no need for them to kill them.

Although he was a general who escaped, he had been in Kaifeng until the city was broken in history, and he did not surrender to the Jurchens in the end. Even if he was killed while running away, he would have died in battle.

Compared to those who directly surrendered to the Jurchens and then led the way, the father and son finally defended the bottom line, even Liu Guangshi, after Fan Zhixu was defeated by Qianqiu Town, he would rather take his subordinates to risk the war zone than take the opportunity to surrender to the Jurchens. The escaped general is indeed despicable, but the escaped general is not a traitor after all. Since he has reached this point, there is no need to kill them all. Of course, this is definitely not because they handed over two million yuan of property.

It was also on this day that Nie Chang surrendered to Yang Weizhong's troops in Xiangyang.
Chapter completed!