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Chapter 853 Both jade and stone are destroyed
Bian Jing, Tianlao.

Gu Yankai, who had been tortured with various instruments, no longer had the dignity and dignity of an old marquis. He was unkempt and thrown into the prison like a piece of trash. This made the children of the Gu family in the prison rush over to support him. The heartbroken Gu Tingwei kept calling out for his old father, "Father? Father?"

"Evil creature! You evil creature! You have caused so much suffering to my Gu family!" Gu Yankai, who was already in poor health, could not withstand such brutal torture. When he heard the word "father", he immediately hallucinated that it was for Su Ning.

"Father, I'm Tingwei!" Gu Tingwei naturally understood that his father was confused, and hurriedly explained with tears and snot.

"Tingwei, my son!" Gu Yankai finally became a little more sober, then raised his hand tremblingly and stroked his youngest son's face with difficulty.

"Father, it's me! I am your Tingwei." Feeling his father's trembling right hand, Gu Tingwei was in extreme pain at this moment.

"My son! Remember! As long as the Gu family can escape from the prison by chance, you must kill that evil creature Gu Tingye. My Gu family and this evil son Gu Tingye will never reconcile." Then Gu Yankai spoke out word by word in a hoarse voice, revealing his deep hatred for Su Ning.

"Father, my second brother will never rebel against the court, because he has no reason to do so!" Gu Tingwei, who has been Su Ning's little follower since he was a child, could never accept his second brother's rebellion.

"Silly child! Gu Tingye is taking revenge on our entire Gu family. He wants the entire Gu family to be buried with him." At this time, Gu Yankai had figured out everything. In order to resist the entire Gu family, Suning chose to perish together with him.

"Ah? No way! My second brother is the legitimate son of the Gu family, and my eldest brother's health is not good. It is certain that my second brother will inherit the title of Marquis in the future. Why are you so pessimistic?"

"My son! You don't understand! I asked your fourth uncle and fifth uncle to go to Yangzhou to take over the Bai family's business. Maybe that evil son Gu Tingye couldn't bear it, so he deliberately raised the flag of rebellion so that the government would punish our entire Gu family." Gu Yankai didn't think there was anything wrong with seizing his son's property, but he didn't expect that his second son would be so tyrannical.

"what"

Gu Tingwei, who was only six or seven years old, had no idea about the complexity between adults. He thought that it was just the superficial love between father and son and the harmony and happiness. It was not until this moment that he realized at such a young age that all the beautiful things were illusions. Thinking of his dear second brother who treated him like a brother, Gu Tingwei hugged his father in his arms and burst into tears.

Gu Yankai thought that his youngest son was worried about his injuries, and he was deeply moved and hugged his youngest son with difficulty. Gu Yankai, who was beaten all over by his second son, finally felt a little comforted. This rare and pure scene of father and son seeing each other was so funny in the eyes of the eldest brother Gu Tingyu. Because Gu Tingyu, who had been sick since childhood, hated his father and his stepmother Bai, and naturally he had not enjoyed his father's arms for a long time.

"Father, do you think we still have a chance to escape?" Gu Tingyu coughed violently for a long time before suddenly looking at his father who was crying beside him and asked.

"Hey! Tingyu, the three branches of our Gu family are completely finished." Although Gu Yankai was unwilling to admit it, their Gu family was indeed finished.

"No! We still have a chance."

"what?"

"As long as Gu Tingye can succeed in Yangzhou, then..."

"How is it possible! Gu Tingye, a greasy-haired fool, can really withstand the imperial court's battle-hardened army?"

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Yangzhou, the prefectural government office, has now become Su Ning's office. At this moment, Su Ning looked at the former Yangzhou prefect in front of him with surprise and said, "Wang Zhizhou, I really didn't expect that the first person to surrender to me would be you."

"Commander-in-chief, I have no hope of promotion in this lifetime, so I might as well follow you and give it a try." Although the transfer order for Wang Zhizhou had come down a long time ago, he had been hesitating and didn't want to go to the barren land. Unexpectedly, he was so lucky to be captured by the Ningyuan army.

"Oh? Wang Zhizhou isn't worried that our Ningyuan Army will be wiped out by the Song Army?" Thinking that everyone was talking about the Ningyuan Army not being able to withstand the first wave of attacks from the Song Army, Su Ning became even more curious about Wang Zhizhou's choice.

"Commander-in-chief, others say that you succeeded by luck in the sneak attack, but I believe that your action was a well-thought-out action." In fact, when the case of the three major salt merchants occurred, Wang Zhizhou began to pay attention to Suning's actions, and naturally he was well aware of Suning's rapid development in Yangzhou.

"Oh?"

"Sir, I believe you must be aware that our Song Dynasty has a tradition of particularly liking to recruit people. Small rebels will be given a small official position, and big rebels will be given a big official position."

"Hmm?" Su Ning, who was sipping tea, was suddenly stunned by surprise. He didn't expect that the Magistrate Wang in front of him was so smart. No wonder he could climb to the position of the lord of a state.

"Sir, as long as our Ningyuan Army can withstand the first wave of attacks, the Liao Dynasty and the Western Xia will definitely not turn a blind eye. The Emperor of the Song Dynasty and the ministers will definitely come to negotiate with us. That will be a great opportunity for our Ningyuan Army." Seeing Su Ning's astonishment and surprise at this time, Wang Zhizhou became more and more excited. Naturally, he wanted to rejuvenate his second spring in his official career.

"Haha, it seems that with the assistance of Wang Zhizhou, my Ningyuan Army will be invincible in the future." At this time, Su Ning did not refute Wang Zhizhou. Except for the fact that he underestimated his true ambitions, the rest of his arguments were basically the same.

"I don't deserve it! As long as you are willing to use me, I will do my best until my death." Seeing that he had passed this fantastic interview, the old official Wang Zhizhou became excited.

"Well, Wang Zhizhou, the next task of persuading the officials and clerks in Yangzhou to surrender will be handed over to you." After all, most people are not as aware of the current situation as Wang Zhizhou, but instead stubbornly confront Suning.

"Yes! My Lord, I will definitely complete this task."

"Well, go down and do your work!"

"Yes! Sir."

After the former prefect Wang Zhixin left, Su Ning hugged the maid next to him and kissed her hard on the red lips. "Hualan, do you think what this prefect Wang said is right?"

"Ah? Hualan doesn't know." Sheng Hualan, who was suddenly attacked by Suning, cried out, then responded in a low voice with a blushing face and a beating heart.

"Haha, Wang Zhixin is right, but not entirely! He underestimates my ambition, and my first goal is to be crowned a prince."

"Ah" Sheng Hualan looked at the man in front of her in horror, and suddenly felt that this man was really crazy.

"Hualan, when I successfully obtain the title of king, I will definitely make you my concubine."

"Ah? Thank you, sir." Sheng Hualan looked at Su Ning with a pale face and forced a smile.

"Hualan, don't be afraid! I will soon take you to witness the moment when a miracle happens." Su Ning knew that Sheng Hualan would not believe it, so he directly picked up the bright and charming Sheng Hualan and walked into the bedroom.

If you want to successfully taste the fruits of victory, "creating a great cause" is indispensable, just like the later emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty, who kept giving birth to sons after raising the flag of rebellion. As a younger generation, Suning naturally cannot be inferior to his predecessors, so he is ready to create a country by his own strength.

The first army to arrive in Yangzhou to quell the rebellion was naturally the Jiangning Navy. Some time ago, before the emperor issued an edict, they had already taken the initiative to carefully come to Yangzhou to test the waters. However, after being taught a lesson several times in a row by the Ningyuan Army's tough guys, the Jiangning Navy had to learn its lesson and could only stare at the Ningyuan Army's navy in Yangzhou from afar.

There were naturally many merchant ships and passenger vessels traveling on the canal. Now that everyone was blocked in the waterway, they all came out curiously to watch the Ningyuan Army's iron lumps. Seeing that the Ningyuan Navy did not rebuke or drive them away, they became more and more emboldened. They even hoped that the Jiangning Navy would attack the Ningyuan Navy again, so that they could witness the spectacular sight of the iron lumps colliding with ships again. "Oh! Why are the Jiangning Navy of the Song Dynasty so cowardly?"

"Who says not? He usually shows off in front of us merchant ships, but when he sees a tough guy, he immediately cowers."

"Hey! Where did this Ningyuan Army come from?"

"I don't know! They are different from other rebels. They didn't issue any proclamations to the world. They just quietly took control of the entire Yangzhou city and the river."

"Yeah! It's so confusing. I feel like I'm a rebellious Song Dynasty soldier."

Soon, Liao Wenjun, deputy commander of the Palace Front Division, led a 50,000-man army to Yangzhou via the river. They immediately disembarked from the riverside and surrounded the entire city. Liao Wenjun rode forward with his deputy general and shouted to the Ningyuan troops on guard on the Yangzhou city wall, "I am Liao Wenjun, deputy commander of the Palace Front Division. Let that traitor Gu Tingye come out and answer!"

"Uncle Liao, we meet again." At this time, Suning, wearing armor, slowly walked forward, and then looked at the old acquaintance below with a smile on his face.

"Evil creature! It's really you! Are you crazy?" Seeing the familiar smiling face on the city gate tower, Liao Wenjun was furious at this time.

"Uncle Liao, I wonder if the entire Gu family in Bian Jing has been executed?" Not caring about Liao Wenjun's rebuke and cursing, Su Ning was more concerned about whether the entire Gu family has been executed.

"What? Evil creature! So you were planning to fight to the death from the very beginning?" At this time, Liao Wenjun finally understood Su Ning's intention. From the beginning, he wanted to perish together with the Gu family, but this trick was vicious and effective.

"Haha, Uncle Liao, I won't be in a desperate situation with the Gu family. I am still very confident that I can defeat you."

"Humph! How shameless! Well, today I will show you the might of my Song army."

"Haha, Uncle Liao, I'll wait for you here."

"furious!"

Then Suning left the city gate tower, and the Song army outside the city also launched the first wave of tentative attacks. At this time, the deputy general of the Song army looked at the furious Liao Wenjun and persuaded him, "General, we have traveled all the way to Yangzhou. Shouldn't we let the soldiers rest first and then consider how to attack the rebels tomorrow?"

"Hmph! This group of rebels are just a bunch of salt farmers who know nothing. They can be defeated with just one attack from the Song army. Why bother with so much trouble? Besides, His Majesty and the ministers are still waiting for our good news in Bian Jing." Liao Wenjun rejected the deputy general's proposal without even thinking, because in his opinion, the rebels in Yangzhou City were nothing but a bunch of losers.

"Yes! General, then let the Huang Camp give it a try?" Seeing that Liao Wenjun, the commander-in-chief, was so determined, the deputy general could only find another way to persuade him.

"No need! Order the front army to attack directly." Liao Wenjun waved his hand and rejected the deputy general's proposal again. He wanted to capture the hateful Suning as soon as possible and then whip him to death.

"Huh?" The deputy general looked at Liao Wenjun in astonishment, realizing that the commander was annoyed by Suning's actions. He could only accept the order with a wry smile and walked away. "Yes, General."

As the flag bearers waved the small flags back and forth rhythmically, the vanguard of the Song army moved slowly, and then a tsunami-like shout of killing rang out, as if the entire land of Yangzhou was shaking. Even the merchant ships and Jiangning navy on the distant river were looking forward to it.

At this moment, an expressionless Ningyuan Army officer appeared on the gate tower of Yangzhou City and shouted into a military walkie-talkie, "Fire!"

After this person shouted "Fire", the sound of "Fire" was repeated by other people all around. Countless shells slid out from the barrels, drawing beautiful white tails in the air, and fell directly on the heads of the Song army and exploded. There was no way to distinguish between the front army, the middle army and the rear army.

"Boom!" "Boom" "Boom".
As the sound of artillery explosions like a landslide came, 50,000 Song soldiers were directly wiped out like a dragon turning over. The panicked Song soldiers, as if they had been punished by heaven, could only run around like headless flies. However, the flying sand and broken limbs made them even more terrified. They had no other thoughts in their minds except escaping. At this time, Liao Wenjun and the deputy general were completely confused. They never thought that the real idiot would be themselves.

Fortunately, the artillery fire from the Yangzhou city gate tower soon stopped. Just when the Song army below the city finally breathed a sigh of relief, the earth-shaking shouts of the Ningyuan army suddenly rang out from all sides, "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Kneel down and I won't kill you!" Soon the shouts of killing turned into "Kneel down and I won't kill you", because there was no Song army that dared to resist.

"Kneel down and don't kill!"

"Kneel down and don't kill!"

At this time, the Song army, which had completely lost its fighting spirit, dropped their weapons and knelt down to surrender, while the Ningyuan army soldiers, who were salt farmers a few days ago, became excited. They really felt the joy and comfort of emancipated serfs singing. Then they began to quickly clean up the battlefield outside Yangzhou City. At this time, Liao Wenjun and the deputy general had been escorted to Suning.

"Kneel down!" The Ningyuan Army soldiers shouted at Liao Wenjun and the deputy general to kneel down.

"Forget it! General Liao is my uncle after all." Suning stopped the Ningyuan Army soldiers from doing so. After all, they were all old acquaintances in Bian Jing.

"Bah! Traitor!" Liao Wenjun, who had just looked distraught, started cursing when he saw the smiling Su Ning.

"Uncle Liao, facing the attack of your Song army, how long do you think I can hold on?" Not paying any attention to Liao Wenjun's cursing and glaring, Su Ning asked a meaningful question in return.

"Hmph! I believe that His Majesty and the other ministers will dispatch troops soon. Gu Tingye, you little boy, just wait to be killed!" The furious Liao Wenjun's face naturally froze suddenly, and then he threatened Su Ning in a timid manner.

"Haha, Uncle Liao, are you still daydreaming here? How many 50,000 troops does the Song Dynasty still have? Do you really dare to withdraw troops from the border to the south?" At this time, Suning still ruthlessly exposed the weakness of the Zhao Song Dynasty. How could they have the strength to form a large army to encircle themselves? You know, the Song Dynasty is now in an embarrassing situation of being attacked from all sides.

"You" Liao Wenjun, whose true identity was ruthlessly exposed by Suning, once again looked at Suning in front of him with a fierce look. If looks could really kill, then Liao Wenjun would have torn Suning into pieces.

"Take them away! Let the two of you wake up." Su Ningke was not interested in humiliating a loser, so he ordered the Ningyuan Army soldiers beside him to detain the man.

"Yes! Commander!"

At this time, all the merchants and passers-by on the river were looking forward to it. Soon the news came that the Ningyuan Army had wiped out 50,000 Song troops. Naturally, these merchants widened their eyes in shock. They did not expect that it was over with just a few thunderclaps. They could not help but look at the Ningyuan Army in front of them with fear on their faces.

"The commander of the Ningyuan Army in Jiangning Prefecture has issued an order! All passing ships must pay a customs duty of one tenth." Then the Ningyuan Army began to post notices and preach loudly.

"What?" Upon hearing the latest announcement from the Ningyuan Army, the passing merchants were all furious.

It's a pity that they didn't want to follow the fate of the 50,000 Song troops, so they all paid the huge taxes obediently. Fortunately, after paying the taxes, they were allowed to pass by the Ningyuan Army. Almost every merchant ship paid a tax of one tenth. The congestion in the past few days had allowed the Ningyuan Army to grasp the situation of the cargo on all the ships, and it was impossible for them to conceal the value of the goods.

"Oh! The world is in chaos." A sigh came from somewhere, as if expressing the thoughts of everyone at the moment.

(End of this chapter)