Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

Only half a day later,

News came again from Guiyang prison.

Because of the Yao people's rebellion there,

The puppet Chu government troops went to suppress them.

With its interior forces largely depleted,

Han Chinese miners took the opportunity to rebel.

Guiyang County had four large silver mines.

There are also many small silver mines.

There were twenty to thirty thousand silversmiths and miners combined!

Zhong Xiang could only pray that the Ming armies in Hubei and Jiangxi would not send troops.

After he quelled the rebellion in the south,

There is still room for everything to turn around.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, a messenger has arrived from the north!"

Upon hearing this, Zhong Xiang

I had a bad feeling about it.

He forced himself to remain calm and opened the military intelligence documents.

He glanced at it and put it down, muttering to himself:

"It's over, the tide has turned."

Under the protection of the Ming Dynasty navy,

The Ming army in Hubei dispatched tens of thousands of troops southward.

at the same time,

The Ming army in Jiangxi also crossed mountains and valleys.

They are currently attacking Liling and Chaling.

Zhong Xiang led his personal army south.

If we don't hurry back...

Their retreat might be cut off by the Ming army in Jiangxi.

Zhong Xiang looked up at the sky.

The body swayed.

I felt utterly hopeless.

He was not afraid of those ethnic minority rebellions.

Being besieged by the Ming army was within his expectations.

But the Han Chinese people in the southern states,

They even joined the rebellion.

It was like stabbing Zhong Xiang in the heart with a knife.

.....

He failed the imperial examinations three times.

He also passed the military examination and became a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations).

Li Gong, who had led troops in battle for many years,

He is only forty-two years old.

Xing'an County has been completely besieged.

Craftsmen are building siege equipment.

It's only a matter of time before the city falls.

Li Gong, however, seemed somewhat depressed.

He desperately wanted to die for the Song Dynasty.

But for the sake of his family and followers

They had no choice but to submit to the Ming Dynasty.

"My lord, the prefect appointed by the imperial court has arrived."

What is he doing here?

"They said it was to reward the troops."

Li Gong was observing the enemy's city defenses.

I heard that the prefect personally came to the front lines to encourage the troops.

Reluctantly, he turned back to the main camp to receive them.

In order to appease Li Gong,

Guangxi has not yet established a provincial governor.

He was still appointed as the military commissioner.

However, a Guilin Prefecture was established.

Not only includes Guizhou,

Quanzhou, which is located on Jinghu Road, was also included.

The first prefect of Guilin was Yang Bangyi.

He could be considered Zhao Yuan's contemporary.

However, Yang Bangyi did not pass the imperial examination.

Instead, it was through the selection of graduating students from the Imperial Academy.

Regardless, as long as they were Jinshi graduates of the fifth year of the Zhenghe era,

They were very popular in the new Ming Dynasty.

After all, he was born in the same year as the Crown Prince!

"Greetings, Li Jinglue!"

Yang Bangyi adopted a very humble attitude.

Although he and Li Gong are the same age,

However, Li Gong held a high position and had extensive experience.

Li Gong returned the greeting, saying, "Prefect Yang, you've had a long journey."

"Please come and sit in my tent."

Yang Bangyi, however, presented a wooden box:

"This is a gift bestowed by His Majesty,"

"Please accept this, Li Jinglue."

Li Gong could only turn north and bow.

He paid his respects to the emperor from afar.

Then carefully take it with both hands.

Yang Bangyi smiled and said, "The strategy can be opened as you see fit."

Li Gong curiously pulled open the lid.

Inside is a monocular telescope.

He had never seen this thing before.

I thought it was some kind of clever little object to play with.

Yang Bangyi reminded him, "This thing can extend or retract in length."

“To manage and then move on to an even smaller section,”

"Keep your eyes open and look to the future."

"If the scenery is blurry, adjust its length."

According to Yang Bangyi, Li Gong

Using the telescope in complete confusion.

After a moment, Li Gong said excitedly:

"This is a divine object,"

"A thousand miles of scenery are vividly presented before my eyes."

"Why worry that we cannot wipe out all the bandits in the world?"

Yang Bangyi smiled and said, "This was specially commissioned by His Majesty for the craftsmen to make for the governor."

Li Gong turned to face north again and said sincerely:

"The Emperor's great kindness is beyond my ability to repay,"

"We must fight to the death and destroy that false Chu!"

"These are the blueprints for the Pingyi Cannon,"

"Two or three people can operate the catapult."

Yang Bangyi then took out the blueprints for the trebuchet.

Guangxi is really too remote.

I've never even heard of a telescope.

They didn't even manage to get their hands on a round of cannons.

Li Gong was skeptical about the Huihui cannon.

We decided to have a craftsman build one to test its effectiveness.

Yang Bangyi, fearing to displease him, spoke softly and gently:

"Your Majesty knows that the General has a grudge against Cao Cheng,"

"We used to serve different masters, but now we are all generals and commanders of the Ming Dynasty..."

"No need to say anything more,"

Li Gong interrupted,

"I won't make things difficult for him anymore,"

"But I don't want to join forces with him either."

"I will advance north along the Ling Canal to attack Quanzhou,"

"He crossed the mountains to attack Daozhou,"

"Let's see who takes Yongzhou first."

"Anyway, from now on, we'll keep to ourselves!"

Chapter 1894 Pincer Attack from North and South

"His magnanimity is truly admirable."

Yang Bangyi praised him verbally,

But I was a little unhappy.