Chapter 118 Chapter 118
Luo Shen was accompanying A's family in Jingkou. It was several months in a blink of an eye. On this day, Lu called her to her and said, "Ami, your mother should be about to give birth, and Gao Gong is going to quell the rebellion again. Everything is fine in the A's family. You don't have to keep me around anymore. Go back earlier and serve your mother, so I can feel at ease."
Ah my mother's birth date should be at the end of this month. Luo Shen has been thinking about this for the past few days and was about to find an opportunity to explain it to Lu. She didn't expect that before she could speak, she thought of it first and asked herself to go back. She was very moved. She agreed and said, "Ah family, why not go to Jiankang with me, how about it?"
Lu smiled and said, "There is Taiping in Jingkou, the A family will not go there to cause trouble for you. You can go back by yourself. When the eldest princess has given birth, remember to send a letter to the A family."
The Tianshi Sect chaos started from the Three Wus. In a short period of time, it swept across the hinterland of Jiangnan. It is said that there were hundreds of thousands of chaos.
Since the founding of the Dayu Kingdom, although civil strife has been constant, such momentum has been unprecedented.
As the capital of Jiankang, the terrain is flat and there is no danger to be taken in the surrounding area. In order to prevent the chaos of the sect and the chaos of Jiankang, Gao Qiao sent Gao Yin to lead troops to station in Piling, Qu'a, Jurong and other places in the southeast of Jiankang to build a tight triangular military defense line to block the possibility of chaos of the sect and the chaos of the sect and the capital.
Jingkou is not only within this military line, but also as the most important ferry crossing that has always been used to connect Jiangbei and Jiankang. Recently, Gao Qiao has frequently dispatched troops from Guangling to respond to rebellions from various places. Here, Gao Qiao also stationed an army of about 500 people to protect the ferry crossing. In addition, Jingkouling and Li Mu have driven away the forces of the Tianshi Cult here. So now, although it is already earth-shaking, it is still very peaceful. In the streets and alleys, except that people can hear the public talking about the chaos in religion everywhere, life is the same as before.
Luo Shen didn't force it. It was just that the chaos outside was just considered. Before leaving, he specially summoned the deputy general of Guangling, named Fan Wang, who was stationed here under his father's order, and gave it a message. Fan Wang naturally agreed. Luo Shen was relieved. The next morning, he said goodbye to Lu and A Ting. Under Fan Cheng's escort, he boarded the ship and returned to Jiankang.
Jingkou is downstream of Jiankang, and the return journey is a boat against the current. In addition, the wind direction is not good today. Although the sailors row with all their might, they are not walking fast. At the end of a day, they only took dozens of miles of water. At this level, it would take at least six or seven days to reach Jiankang.
Luo Shen knew that his father was not in Jiankang now, and his mother was about to give birth again. He was worried and wanted to arrive earlier. In the next few days, he sailed before dawn, and the sails fell off after dark. After walking for two days, the wind direction improved and he finally accelerated. He sailed for another day. Halfway through the journey, the waterway seemed to be blocked. The ship in front was slower and slower, gradually accumulated, and finally stopped completely and could not move forward at all.
Above the river, all kinds of blocked ships were filled with large and small. An army was being transferred to pass by on the shore, and the messengers riding horses kept going back and forth, shuttled through the atmosphere, and the atmosphere seemed very unusual.
The boatmen around came to the bow and inquire with each other. Some people said that news came from the front that the Jiangdao was cut off by the army. Except for the canal ships, all the other ships were not allowed to be released, and they immediately turned around and left.
These ships were mostly merchant ships loaded with cargo. They came from the upstream for many days and saw that they could arrive in Jiankang in less than two days. When they suddenly learned about the news, they were in an uproar and extremely dissatisfied. Some were scolding, some were paused, and some were discussing the inside story they had just inquired about. It is said that the court army could not defeat the Tianshi Sect. Those people had the body of immortals who passed through the walls and were invulnerable to swords and guns. They were about to attack Jiankang, so they blocked the road and did not allow access. So they cursed the court army's incompetence.
Luo Shen was anxious and beat Fan Cheng to the shore to ask what was going on. Not long after, he heard a sound of horse hooves coming from the shore.
Luo Shen looked out from the cabin window and saw Jiankang on the shore, and galloped towards the place where a marching army was all covered with helmets and armor. The man in front of him turned out to be Gao Yin.
Gao Yin had been stationed in Guangling before. A month ago, due to the riot of the Tianshi, he led his troops to cross the river from Guangling. When he passed Jingkou, he had met Luo Shen briefly, but he did not expect that he would meet him here again at this moment.
The God of Luo immediately left the cabin to greet him.
Gao Yin stopped his horse on the shore and turned over.
The people on the nearby ship saw a young officer with a seemingly high status coming from the shore with a grim face and stalked towards the big ship. They guessed that the waterway in front should have been cut off by his order. They were very dissatisfied and did not dare to protest loudly, so they pointed at him and whispered.
Gao Yin ignored him and went straight onto Luoshen's ship. When the brother and sister met, they didn't have time to greet each other. Luoshen immediately asked, "Brother, my mother is about to give birth. I want to go back to Jiankang. When I am here today, why don't you let the passage before?"
"My uncle thought you were still in Jingkou. The day before yesterday, he asked me to send someone to send you a message, asking you to stay there for the time being and not go back to Jiankang for now."
Gao Yin answered the question that was not right.
"What happened?" Luo Shen remembered the army that had just passed by on the shore, and then the boatman's discussion, and his heart suddenly rose.
"Is it really that the Tianshi Sect is going to call him?"
Gao Yin shook his head with a serious expression.
"It's not the Tianshi Sect. It's more troublesome than the Tianshi Sect. Xu Mi rebelled. In an extraordinary period, I have ordered all 6 waters leading to Jiankang to be closed and not allowed to pass!"
Luo Shen was surprised: "What? Xu Mi also rebelled?"
Gao Yin nodded: "The news a few days ago. Xu Mi gathered several groups of people, no less than 100,000. He was from the two directions of the upstream and Xuancheng, west and south, and at the same time, soldiers were coming to Jiankang..."
He paused and frowned.
"There is no terrain that Jiankang can rely on, and the Tianshi Sect is too rampant, which is a huge constraint. My uncle is afraid that if there is any change, he will ask me to send you a message and not return to Jiankang first, so he stays in Jingkou. Jingkou is under Jiankang, and now it is safer than Jiankang. If there are any changes in the future, it will be convenient to send you across the river to Guangling to avoid chaos."
If I were just surprised just now, then at this moment, when I heard from my brother what my father had made for me, Luo Shen was already extremely shocked.
The Guangling Army was stationed in Jiangbei, facing Beixia, and was responsible for defending the gateway to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It was impossible to transfer all its troops across the river.
The hundreds of thousands of Tianshi Sects who were surging everywhere were already a little embarrassed. Now, the more 100,000 people were well-trained Xu Mi rebels who had experienced the battlefield. There is no doubt that the situation has become worse.
No wonder my father didn't let him go back to Jiankang.
"Where is my mother? Is everything OK?"
Luo Shen's face was slightly pale and he asked immediately.
"No matter how fast the rebels are, they will not be able to come so soon. As soon as my uncle got the news, he was on his way back to Jiankang. He went back to settle the city defense and arranged for his aunt. Uncle would take care of her. Don't worry, go back first. You send Fan Wang on my behalf and ask him to be more careful. I will send some people here, and Fan Cheng will take you back to Jingkou with you."
Luo Shen was stunned for a moment, and remembered Gao Yin's hurried look just now, and it was obvious that he had emergency military affairs.
She looked at the boats on the riverside in front of her that were so accumulated that they could not see at first sight, and knew that if the situation was not really serious, her father would never have made such arrangements for her.
My mother will definitely make arrangements.
Just like Brother A said, at an extraordinary moment, if she doesn't listen and force herself back, it might become a burden.
"I understand, I'll go back to Jingkou now."
Seeing that she agreed to go back, Gao Yin breathed a sigh of relief and comforted him: "Uncle thought so, but he was just to prevent problems before it happened. Sister Ah, don't worry too much."
Luo Shen nodded. Seeing him getting ashore, he called a deputy general, ordered a team of troops and handed it to Fan Cheng, and gave it some advice.
"Brother, my husband! You ask Aye to send him a message quickly! He knows that Jiankang is in an urgent situation and will definitely lead troops back to help Aye!"
Luo Shen leaned out and shouted at Gao Yin on the shore.
Gao Yin turned his head and nodded.
"Also, there is a Qin Tower next to Qinhuai, where there is a woman named Lu Niang! If something happens to Jiankang, brother remember to ask someone to protect her!"
Gao Yin was stunned, but didn't ask much, and just brushed Luo Shen's hand, saying that he had written it down, signaling her to go back to the cabin, then got on the horse and took the people away.
Just as he rushed over a moment ago, he left in a hurry. Soon, the figures of his group of people disappeared at the end of the river bank.
Luo Shen suppressed his chaotic mood and asked Fan Cheng to make a move and go back to Jingkou.
The return journey was flowing very quickly. Within two days, the boat returned to Jingkou.
Before Jingkou and Luoshen left, they looked no different. Except for the hundreds of defenders near the Jun Ferry, looking from the boat to the shore, the scene was peaceful and there was no feeling of any tension at all.
The boat gradually landed, and the God of Luo was about to get ashore when suddenly, he heard someone calling him loudly on the shore.
The visitor was a close follower of Fan Wang. When the God of Luo summoned Fan Wang that day, this person was there, so he recognized him.
The man rushed to the dock in one breath. Before the ship could stop, he jumped onto the bow of the ship and knelt down at the God of Luo, saying that General Fan was having something to look for her, and had sent someone to chase her last night, but she didn't expect that she would come back by herself today.
It turned out that last night, Fan Wang received a letter saying that someone was going to be unfavorable to Mrs. Li, asking to be more careful. There was no more to say or sign the letter. The sender handed over the letter and left at that time. Fan Wang was confused for a moment, not only did he know what the details were, but also who wanted to be unfavorable to the old lady, but after receiving a warning, he immediately sent troops to guard the Li family first, and then sent someone to Jiankang overnight to pass the news to Luoshen.
Luo Shen's heart skipped a beat.
Her first reaction was that Xu Mi wanted to threaten Li Mu with the A family. She immediately got ashore and hurried to her home. When she saw Lu, she was relieved when she saw her safe and sound. Then she summoned Fan Wang and Jing to meet Gao Yin on the road. When she learned that Xu Mi had raised an army to rebel a few days ago, she turned to Fan Wang and Gao Yin's order to guard the ferry.
Fan Wang, Jing Shuling, Fan Cheng and others hurriedly left to deploy a response.
Luo Shen and Lu discussed it and decided to move to the manor. The portal there is solid and the area is large. Even if there is something wrong, there is room for relocation.
All the Lu family agreed. So on that day, the things were packed up, and the people and others lived in. After that, in addition to arranging guards day and night, Fan Cheng, who was from the army, also led his men to dig trenches around the manor and lay down rocks just in case.
After temporarily settled down, Luo Shen began to wait anxiously.
Although her brother's words made her feel worried that day, she subconsciously still hoped that those were just father's concerns.
As the capital of the Dayu region since its southern transit, Jiankang has now developed to more than 40 miles each from east to west, south to north. The city is solemn and the palace is magnificent. There are more than 200,000 households in the city, densely populated, warm mountains and soft water, and it is also the place where she grew up and lived since she was born.
She really didn't want to see that it was now ruthlessly destroyed by the fire of war.
But bad news came soon. From the continuous Guangling Army's southern diversion recently, we can also guess how huge my father is facing now.
In just over ten days, the army from Jingzhou advanced east along the Yangtze River and successively captured Dongting and Xiakou, which were short of defenders, and has now been pushed to Wuchang County.
The Wuchang County Governor was Gao Qiao's disciple. He is now leading the county soldiers and is still struggling to defend the city through the strong city.
The rebels from Xuancheng, located downstream, which was closer to Jiankang, took advantage of the crazy rebellion of the Tianshi Sect and waited for an opportunity to pounce on Jiankang. In just ten days, they reached the Liyang area.
If Liyang City is broken and the rebels are unobstructed, they will be able to reach Jiankang in less than seven or eight days.
Jiankang is in danger.
Gao Qiao had already transferred all the available troops from Guangling, leaving only 20,000 troops. He was led by Gao Yun and barely resisted the soldiers of Northern Xia.
Faced with the fierce Xuancheng rebels, he had to shrink the front line and give up the suppression of the Tianshi Sect in some counties and counties, and ordered Gao Yin to defend the triangular defense line southeast of Jiankang, and not to lose any mistakes. He put all the remaining troops into Liyang.
Gao Qiao personally rushed to Liyang and took charge of the command. He defeated the Xuancheng rebels in a bloody battle. The rebels were beaten to death and retreated hundreds of miles in one breath. He did not dare to invade easily. After discussion, he decided to wait for the arrival of the upstream army and attack Jiankang together.
In this battle, Gao Qiao sent a large army to take charge from Jiankang. The purpose was to completely destroy the arrogance of the Xuancheng rebels, so that the rebels would not dare to act rashly in a short period of time, so that they could get a temporary respite in the midst of this dense and rainy battle.
With the goal achieved, he left the defenders and ordered his subordinates to firmly defend Liyang, without any rest. That night, he rushed to Jiankang again overnight.
There are many things waiting for him in Jiankang City.
Chapter completed!