Jingkou.

This is a famous ferry, and the northern end of the Jiangnan Canal that also communicates with Yuhang is also here.

Cheng Yaojin and Pei Xingyan were both unfamiliar with their first partner. Cheng Yaojin would rather partner with Qin Qiong, Shan Xiongxin or Su Dingfang. He didn't understand why Luo Cheng appointed a partner with Pei Xingyan. In fact, in his heart, he was still a little alienated from the disciples of the Guanlong generals like Pei Xingyan.

Along the way, neither of them communicated much.

Fortunately, Luo Cheng had a confession, and the two partnered with Cheng Yaojin as the main general and Pei as the deputy general, which made Cheng Xinshi a little more comforted. Otherwise, he, a thirty-year-old man, would have been too shameless to listen to the command of a teenager.

The river is surging and the night breeze is blowing.

They crossed the river at night, and everything went very smoothly. The Jianghuai sailors drove boats and allowed them to cross the Yangtze River smoothly. At an important ferry such as Jingkou, the rebels actually sent only a thousand people to guard it.

And it is still shrunk in Yanling County.

After jumping ashore and stepping on the solid land, Cheng Yaojin breathed a sigh of relief.

Since we have crossed the river, no one can stop them.

The Jianghuai navy was left to occupy the ferry. Cheng Yaojin and Pei Xingyan tacitly led the infantry and cavalry to continue their advance and headed straight to Yanling County.

When they arrived at the city, the city was dark and slept soundly, and they didn't know that the royal army of the court had already killed the river.

The city gate is closed.

Pei Xingyan snorted, "Prepare a knife ladder!"

Setting a knife ladder is also a technical job. When you touch the city, you can insert the horizontal knife into the city wall and insert a knife ladder on the city wall.

Most city walls are made of rammed earth. As long as the defenders are not careful, there is no problem with setting up a knife ladder.

This is usually the skill of scouts or meticulous artists, but Pei Xingyan was also proficient. He led a team of people to touch the city directly, quietly all the way.

"General, can it work?" a subordinate asked Cheng Yaojin.

"It should be possible. No one is allowed to drop my pants later. Just wait for the signal there to be together, so we will kill him. Do you understand?"

"Don't worry, we will never give General Pei a comparison."

Some time has been long.

When the city gate finally opened slowly, less than half an hour had passed. When the city gate opened, the torch swayed.

Cheng Yaojin sighed, "I didn't expect Pei Yuanqing is really capable, go ahead!"

The rebels in Yanling City were still sleeping soundly, but the official army had already poured into the city, and several other gates were blocked, and a turtle was caught in a jar.

When many rebels were pressed against their throats by their swords, they were still confused and confused about what was going on. If Luo Cheng had not ordered that the people were not allowed to be killed indiscriminately and surrendered, these people would have probably become the heads of the officials' military to seek merit from the waist.

"Brother Yuanqing, no rebels escaped. We only suffered dozens of casualties, so we took Yanling City and Jingkou Ferry and surrendered and captured 1,000 rebels. Thanks to me, you personally led your subordinates into the city to open the city gate."

Pei Yuanqing said uneasy, "A mere thousand rebels were just a group of peasants and pawns before, so they were not considered soldiers. Such a small county town has nothing to show off even if it is broken."

Cheng Yaojin nodded, "Yes, such a small town, there is really no praise for thousands of rebels. You said, why don't our brothers go to Danyang, there will be tens of thousands of rebels, and Zhu Xie, an important rebel figure, if he can defeat the rebels and capture Zhu thief alive, it will be a great achievement."

Pei Yuanqing was stunned for a moment, not expecting that Cheng Yaojin was so bold.

"But the military order given to us by the Grand Marshal is to capture Jingkou."

"The military order is that way, but isn't this plan unable to keep up with the changes? We had a mission to occupy Jingkou before, but didn't we take Yanling down? Now Jingkou, Yanling is in hand, so we can take Danyang by the way. Anyway, the thief didn't know that we had crossed the river, so we could catch him off guard."

"Isn't this good?" Although Pei Yuanqing said this, he was also moved.

"Let's hand over Jingkou and Yanling City to the Jianghuai soldiers to defend. We will kill 6,000 infantry and cavalry to Danyang to make a great contribution."

"Okay, go!"

Cheng Yaojin patted Pei Yuanqing on the shoulder, "This is a good brother and a good partner. If you don't go today, I will definitely not be able to partner with you in the future."

Danyang County City, Jiangning.

Jiangning was the former Jinling. After the Sui army captured Jinling, the capital of Nanchen, it demolished Jinling City. Later, Danyang County was established here, and a city was rebuilt at a glance next to the old site.

The new city is Jiangning City.

It is only a hundred miles from Jingkou to Jiangning.

Since ancient times, Jinling has been the center of the capital during the separatist rule of the south. However, because Jinling is close to the Yangtze River, if you want to separatist the south, you must rely on the Yangtze River defense line.

But defending the river must guard Huai. Only by occupying Huainan or even Huainbei can the northern defense line of Jinling be considered safe. If the Huainhe River defense line is lost, Jinling will be in danger. If the entire Jiangbei is lost, then Jinling will be even more dangerous.

When you only guard one Yangtze River, you must ensure the safety of Jingkou and Dangtu, the left and right ferry crossings, otherwise you will be gone if you break through one place.

Unfortunately, the rebels did not pay much attention to this, or in other words, the rebels had not captured Jiangning City, so they did not pay much attention to it after occupying Jingkou.

They arranged a thousand men near Jingkou, but these thousand men did not even serve as a warning, and they were taken to the blame.

The six thousand infantry and cavalry were all one man and two horses, and the infantry also had a mount and a pack horse. The maneuvering speed was very fast. Especially from Jingkou to Jiangning, the road was very flat. It happened to be autumn, and the sky was high and the clouds were light. There was no continuous rainy season, and there was no skyrocketing river water blocking the road.

It only took one day.

The two generals Cheng Pei marched 120 miles and arrived in Jiangning.

At this time, the rebels had been besieging Jiangning for nearly two months, but they could not be captured for a long time.

The rebels were also a little lazy. Under the city of Jiangning, the barracks were continuous, and the rebels were coming and going, very casually.

Cheng Yaojin Pei Xingyan led 6,000 infantry and cavalry to arrive. Without a stop, he immediately took advantage of his surprise and launched a strong attack on the rebel camp.

Six thousand infantry and cavalry, although the soldiers were far less than 50,000 rebels.

But all officials and soldiers had horses, and six thousand infantry and cavalry were completely used as six thousand cavalrymen.

When the six thousand cavalry charge, the momentum is not something that the rebels lacking in cavalry can resist.

Almost at a lightning speed, the two generals Cheng Pei had already defeated Zhu Xie's main force.

When Zhu Xie, the left servant of the Eastern Wu, saw it, quickly fled into another camp, hoping to recruit defeated troops to defend and counterattack.

They fled behind the camp and shot with bows and arrows, hoping that this move would work. Unfortunately, they were not facing the weak county soldiers from the Three Wus, but the soldiers of the Baizhan Beidu who returned from Liaodong.

Take action and take advantage of the victory and attack fiercely.

Pei Xingyan even took an arrow and jumped over the barrier and took the lead in rushing into the enemy camp.

One horse after another rushed in, and the last little hope of the rebels was shattered.

Zhu Xie was caught up in the camp by Pei Xingyan and stabbed to death with a spear.

The entire rebel army was defeated, and six thousand officials rushed to fight for one day.

In the end, only thousands of rebels were able to escape, and the rest were killed and captured by the two generals Cheng Pei and the defenders who came out of Jiangning City.

When Cheng Yaojin sent the envoy back to report the victory to arrive at Jingkou, Luo Cheng had just led the army to land.

Two good news were almost delivered.

Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji sent a quick and urgent victory, "I have already captured Wu County, captured Liu Yuanjin and his all the officials of the pseudo-government alive, and surrendered to 5,000 pseudo-Wu imperial guards, and a great victory!"

Cheng Yaojin and Pei Xingyan's good news were only one step later. "The attack of a hundred miles, and the rebels Zhu Xie defeated 50,000 troops under the city of Jiangning, and killed more than 3,000 rebels, and surrendered more than 40,000 prisoners. A great victory!"

After reading the two good news, Luo Cheng couldn't help but raise his right hand.

"The whole army stopped advancing!"

"Master, but the striker had an accident?" Yu Juluo asked.

"Well, accident, big accident, General Xu of Shan had already captured Wu County, captured Liu Yuanjin alive, and captured all the officials of the pseudo-Wu Dynasty and the imperial guards in one place. General Pei of Cheng and Pei also raided Jiangning for a hundred miles, killed Zhu Xie, and defeated his 50,000 rebels."
Chapter completed!