After leaving Anqing City, Zheng Mengfan did not return to the merchant ship, but went straight to the navy to inform Li Mengshen of Shi Kefa's attitude.

Since the establishment of the Yangtze River Navy, it has never been so passive. Li Mengshen was almost furious and wished he could immediately advance westward and smash Anqing City into a mess.

"Damn it, I'm bluffing, don't you just want Zhang Gongwei to enter the city? Even if I try to go to the Military and Justice Department, I will expose Dog Ri's plan..."

Li Mengshen pointed at the sky and painted the earth and cursed. This scolding made Zheng Mengfan feel awe-inspiring and thought to himself that Li Mengshen's external minister was rude, but he saw through Shi Kefa's plan at first glance. No wonder Lin Chunhong gave him more than 10,000 people and dozens of centipede ships with confidence. It seems that no one in Jingzhou should be underestimated.

Zheng Mengfan didn't know why Lin Chunhong and Shi Kefa fought, and even less knew what the two sides would have had a fight. Out of the instinct of merchants seeking profit and stability, he advised: "General Li, if the artillery fire between Anqing and Shi Kefa is approaching each other, there will be no room for maneuver between Governor Lin and the court. What's more, once Zhang Gongwei enters the city, Anqing has sufficient troops, which is unsurprising what impact it will have on Governor Lin."

Li Mengshen said: "Today's affairs are like I blocking a villain on the road and preventing him from passing by. As a result, another group of people blocked the road at my doorstep. Boss Zheng said, should I continue to stop this villain, or should I clean up the evil thief at my doorstep first?"

Zheng Mengfan suddenly realized that, indeed, preventing Zhang Gongwei from entering the city, including bullying people, Shi Kefa Suojiang was bullied by others, and in terms of reason, Shi Kefa Suojiang should first solve the problem of Shi Kefa Suojiang.

However, Zheng Mengfan was still worried about Li Mengshen’s head-on conflict with An Qing, and continued to persuade: “This matter involves major issues, please think twice.”

Li Mengshen sneered: "The Suojiang incident is equivalent to hitting the navy in the mouth. How can we bear it anymore?"

After saying that, Li Mengshen ignored Zheng Mengfan's advice and immediately ordered the navy to advance westward and go upstream with great momentum.

Hearing that Li Mengshen had withdrawn the navy and was rushing to Anqing City, Shi Kefa was not surprised but happy, and ordered: "Immediately inform the Marquis of Longping to quickly go back to the river and enter Neihu Lake. The opportunity is fleeting, so hurry..."

Seeing the messenger running out of the governor's yamen like flying, Shi Kefa smiled at Du Yinxi, "I once heard that I was planning and winning a thousand miles away. I also heard that I was defeated without fighting. How could I expect Li Mengshen to return to the army without fighting?"

Du Yinxi smiled bitterly and said, "How could the adults say so mysteriously? At the beginning, Yinxi also underestimated Li Mengshen? In fact, Li Mengshen returned to his army because of the momentum. Between preventing Longping Hou and keeping the Yangtze River channel open, Li Mengshen would definitely choose the latter. There is no doubt about this."

Shi Kefa was overjoyed and said, "Open plot! This is the real open plot! Mr. is a great talent who uses his power!"

Du Yinxi was quite embarrassed and had to change the topic and reminded: "Li Mengshen will return to the army in an instant. Please ask the adults to test the cannon as planned and then set off the merchant ship to pass!"

"That's...that's...no matter..." Shi Kefa answered repeatedly.

With Shi Kefa's order, the artillery soldiers in Anqing City pushed out 32 red-clothed cannons and barely set off forty or fifty cannons into the Yangtze River, splashing waves after wave, scaring nearby merchant ships and residents.

The artillery fired into the Yangtze River one after another, and Shi Kefa's heart was bleeding. It took almost five or six large circles to fire a shell, and dozens of cannons were fired casually, and hundreds of large circles were drifted.

As he thought about it, Shi Kefa suddenly silenced: "A Pili Army fired four or five thousand shells in a quarter of an hour, wouldn't it cost more than 20,000 great circles?"

The more Shi Kefa thought about it, the more he became, the more he was afraid. He finally drove away this terrifying fact and ordered the dispatch of a sentry ship, and announced that the test gun was over, and all ships were free to pass.

Let’s talk about Tian Chuyun leading the army, making great efforts and embarking on land to Anqing with great might. When he arrived in Susong County, he received a military order from Li Mengshen. Li Mengshen said that the Yangtze River should not be blocked for a day, and the navy will allow Zhang Gongwei to enter the city and Miaoli will open the Yangtze River waterway. In view of the urgent situation, he cannot ask for orders, so please forgive me.

After seeing it, Tian Chuyun sighed, handed Li Mengshen’s report to Liu Weidong, and ordered: “Create it, it seems that Shi Kefa is a sober person and can be regarded as a strong enemy.”

Liu Weidong served as the military and political department, and was in charge of the Military Law Department. Reporting military orders was the only thing he had to do. He took Li Mengshen's report and asked: "Does the military law review need to be initiated?"

Tian Chuyun shook his head and said, "No need. Li Mengshen did the right thing, keeping the Yangtze River channel unobstructed is the top priority..."

As he was talking, he suddenly found a horse and reported: The Yangtze River Navy rushed to the west, and Zhang Gongwei took the opportunity to enter Neihu. The navy was still more than twenty miles away from Anqing City. After Shi Kefa tested the cannon, he ordered all ships to pass.

Liu Weidong suddenly changed his face and said coldly: "Master General, although Li Mengshen has the right to decide the battle at the last minute, after he gave up preventing Zhang Gongwei from entering the city, Shi Kefa immediately released the Yangtze River channel. This shows that Li Mengshen's army was purely unnecessary to advance westward, and also caused Zhang Gongwei to enter Neihu. According to military law, Li Mengshen should be punished!"

Tian Chuyun was silent for a while and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Liu, please make a clerk. If Li Mengshen does not let Zhang Gongwei enter Neihu, how could Shi Kefa let the ship pass?"

Liu Weidong frowned and pondered for a long time before he realized it. He said ashamed: "Fortunately, the general is very careful, otherwise his subordinates would have missed the big thing!"

Tian Chuyun said: "It's just that Shi Kefa is too cunning... This time the army was probably not as easy as expected. I'm telling the three armies to be careful and not to fall into Shi Kefa's plan!"

"promise!"

...

Tian Chuyun rode on the horse, surrounded by the guards behind him. At present, the guards have become independent army, and the commander of the army is Ning Dian, who is directly under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office. The guards are not large in scale. Except for Lin Chunhong owning a guard camp alone, the commander of the camp like Tian Chuyun and Lin Chunyi are equipped with guard posts. All the guards are meritorious martyrs, with excellent martial arts skills, and loyal to the Jingzhou Group.

The goal of the Guards was very clear, which was to ensure the safety of the general. And the most important thing was that Tian Chuyun and Lin Chunyi could not command the Guards at all. Therefore, although all Guards were cavalry, when they rushed to Yingshan County for emergency assistance, Tian Chuyun had no idea to shoot the Guards at that time.

When Tian Chuyun thought of thirty-two red cannons entering the city, Anqing had nearly 20,000 troops, and he felt worried. Anqing was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and Shi Kefa slowly got back his disadvantages, and both sides were in a strategic balance.

This is probably very difficult for the governor who is used to suppressing people with power.
Chapter completed!