"Your Highness, you must not. There are still many major issues in the Chu State that need to be decided by Your Highness. How can Your Highness stay in Jinling City!"

The atmosphere in the main hall was frozen for a while, and Sima Hao shouted anxiously.

"Rareless! This is also the place where you make noise!" As soon as Sima Hao's voice fell, Qian Dafu immediately scolded him sternly.

Sima Hao was shocked. At this time, he realized that the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom was in front of him. Because he lived in Lin'an for many years, he had no respect for the royal family.

Xiao Ming's eyes narrowed slightly. He naturally saw that Sima Hao had no sense of awe for him. It was better to see him than to hear him. Now he finally understood the position of the royal family in the eyes of these Jiangnan heroes.

People like Sima Hao who have a sensitive political sense will ignore respect for the royal family because of their habits. What will happen to other wealthy families?

Now he felt more and more how correct it was to let the Jiangnan tyrants and merchants attack each other. As long as their influence disappeared, the royal influence could control the South.

Li Chuyuan, who was kneeling on the ground, was secretly happy to see this. This time he finally saw Sima Hao being defeated.

Xiao Ming snorted softly, and he said nakedly: "I have heard of the reputation of your Sima family, but remember that whether it is Jiangnan or Jiangbei, you are all people of the Great Yu Kingdom. The royal family can also get it back."

Sima Hao looked gloomy, but he still forced a smile. He said, "Your Majesty, I am just in a hurry. After all, the country cannot be without a king for a day, and this vassal state cannot be without a king for a day."

"Isn't Li Chuyuan the King of Chu? The place where he is is your royal court. If you are willing to stay in Jinling City, I will agree."

Sima Hao was suffocated. Li Chuyuan had long been the card in his hand. Now that the card was seized by Xiao Ming for two words in three years, he was really unwilling to accept it, but he also understood that he was no longer able to argue.

So he said: "Yes, the emperor, but Lin'an is busy with government affairs, so the subordinates cannot stay."

Xiao Ming nodded, and at this time he said to Li Chuyuan: "The merchant council colluded with barbarians and bewitched the people and caused trouble to the people. This is a traitor. Today, I will take the royal army to attack him."

"Thank you, the emperor." Li Chuyuan breathed a sigh of relief. Now he has finally escaped.

After deciding on this matter, Li Chuyuan asked Sima Hao to go back first, and instructed Sima Hao to provide convenience for the royal army after returning to Lin'an.

Sima Hao sneered in his heart, but agreed in his mouth. For him, he would not provide even a grain of food for the royal army.

Watching Sima Hao leave, Li Chuyuan's face turned gloomy at this time. He turned to look at Xiao Ming and said sadly: "The father resented me and hated me, and did not believe me. The Sima family is ambitious and determined to control me, and the Cao family wants to destroy me. The Chu State does not have a place where I, Li Chuyuan, are. It's really a pity and sad."

Xiao Ming heard this and said, "You don't have to underestimate yourself. The accumulated problems of Chu State are not a day's cold. Even if there is no merchant parliament, you will end up in this way."

Li Chuyuan sighed slightly, and said, "I have nothing to ask for now. I just hope to be able to achieve glory and prosperity for the rest of my life."

"What's the problem? I have prepared a large mansion for you in Qingzhou. You will definitely like it when you see it." Xiao Ming smiled.

It is useful to keep Li Chuyuan. After all, the Li family still has an influence on the people. Only Li Chuyuan is there. He can play this card at any time, and he will have no choice but to play it if he dies.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Chuyuan said sincerely. He believed in Xiao Ming because the third prince still lives well in Bashu.

Xiao Ming was able to be so kind to the rebellious third prince, and he believed that he would keep his promises to himself.

There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, and Xiao Ming asked Li Chuyuan to go back and rest, and just leave the rest to him.

After Li Chuyuan left, Qian Dafu sighed: "The emperor's name of kindness spread all over the world, and Li Chuyuan also sincerely surrendered, but it's a pity that the old King of Chu did not see through it."

"He was smart but was mistaken for intelligence. If he had woken up early, why would he end up like this?" Xiao Ming said angrily. Now the situation in Jiangnan was caused by the King of Chu.

After saying a few words to Qian Dafu, Xiao Ming drafted an imperial edict and sent it to the Jinling camp. He ordered Lu Fei to cross the Yangtze River south immediately and attack Songjiang and Jiaxing.

After receiving Xiao Ming's order in the Jinling Camp, Lu Fei immediately ordered his troops and generals, and went to Songjiang with him, Luo Xin, and went to Jiaxing with him.

On the dock, the Qingzhou Navy's warships had been resupplied. The two of them each led 20,000 people to board the ship and headed down the Yangtze River to the sea, landing near Songjiang and Jiaxing from the sea.

After a night march, Lu Fei landed in the eastern part of Songjiang in the morning of the next day. On the boat, the soldiers packed rations for three days in their combat backpacks and then disembarked one after another.

"Songjiang is less than a day away, and these rations are enough. After all, the warships are parked on the sea, so we can get supplies at any time."

Lu Fei pointed to the landing location on the map and the location of Songjiang City.

He was surrounded by the commanders of the First and Second Divisions, one was called Fangzicheng and the other was Guo Ming.

"There are 40,000 soldiers from the Parliament of Merchants in Songjiang City. According to the information of the Secret Guards, they all use old flintlock guns provided by France, and they have seventy-two artillery pieces, all of which are traditional city guard cannons, with a range similar to that of the first-generation artillery in Qingzhou." said Fangzicheng.

Guo Ming frowned and said, "These artillery can still pose a threat to us, and the straggler line can come in handy."

"Well, that's right. This time, our first life, Hu Ben was equipped with a Falcon breech rifle. Don't embarrass me. I only give you two days. We must send Songjiang City to me south."

"Yes, the commander." Fangzicheng and Guo Ming shouted loudly, and they didn't want to lose to Luo Xin's people.

After saying that, the two led their troops to Songjiang City. In half a day, they saw Songjiang City standing on the plain.

At the same time, the parliamentary army in Songjiang City also saw this army.

"General, look, the outfit of this army is really strange!" said a general on the city wall.

The person in charge of guarding Songjiang City was Yao Hongtao, the old general of the old King of Chu. Under the temptation of the merchant council, he chose to betray the king after his death.

Under the attack of Li Chuyuan's army, he repelled Li Chuyuan's army's attack several times with his training new army.

However, when he saw this army clearly, the wind and clouds on his face disappeared, he said in surprise: "Oh, this is the northern army, it's not wrong. Although they wear helmets, their military uniforms are still the same." Yao Hongtao said.

He once followed the King of Chu to reconnaise the deployment of Jinling City and met the army in the north.
Chapter completed!