The battle of Shunshui ended earlier than that of Caohe, not because the battle here began earlier, but because the strength of the two sides here was even more disparate.

In the initial plan, more than a thousand Dajiang Gangmen would be ambushed here. Under the leadership of their gang leader Fan Tianjiao, they cooperated with Shen Keng on the ship and could take down more than ten large ships at the lowest cost. However, Ding Yunhai's prudence later made their plan fail, and they could only use dangerous moves to intercept and kill on the Caohe River.

After sending all the small boats at hand to ship silver and food, there were only six or seven hundred people from the Dajiang Gang who crossed here. Then, just when they thought they were about to succeed and became the largest gang in Jiangnan, the sudden sound of killing from all sides shocked their dreams.

Thousands of government troops surrounded each other, without too much persuasion, and launched a raid. Hundreds of rockets shot into the water. The burning flames swallowed all the buildings in the ferry in a short time, forcing the Dajiang Gangs who were hiding it to escape in a hurry, and then were surrounded and killed by the government troops who had been waiting outside.

In front of nearly twenty times the official army, the resistance of these hundreds of gangs of the river gang was quickly extinguished without even splashing. When the bravest hundred people were killed by arrows, spears, and quick swords, blood was splashed on the spot, the mentality of others, including the leader of the gang Fan Tianjiao, collapsed on the spot and could only kneel down and beg for surrender.

It took only more than half an hour from the start of the attack to the end of the battle, and the casualties of the official army were so small that they could be ignored.

However, the face of the chief general Yuan Yingjie who came forward to the newspaper was not at all proud. Instead, he was a little annoyed and uneasy. He immediately mentioned Fan Tianjiao and other thieves who were tied up in front of him: "Tell me, where are your accomplices?"

The powerful aura and direct questioning made Fan Tianjiao, a rich man in the world, scared him so much that he dared not excuse himself. He said tremblingly: "What... what accomplices, our brothers from Dajiang Gang are already here except for the river to intercept the silver ship."

"I mean to cooperate with you and set up this plan for you." Yuan Yingjie's face became even more gloomy, and a stronger feeling of uneasiness filled his entire chest. His hands were already holding the hilt of the sword. As long as the other party denies it or pretends to be stupid, he will definitely teach him a lesson.

In order to eliminate the last hidden dangers in Jiangnan this time, he, the newly appointed general of the Jiangnan army, drew out the most elite troops under his command. Not only did he cross the nearly 10,000 troops here, but also arranged around many places along the Caohe River that could become battlefields, as well as hundreds and thousands of troops.

Yes, the government has indeed guessed that these bandits who pretended to be in charge of taxes, but they have never been able to determine where they really took action. So with the idea of ​​foolproof, Yuan Yingjie used all the troops under his command and almost emptied the defenders in Jinling.

It was not until earlier today that he found out the whereabouts of the thieves who were constantly gathering in Shunshui through some spies, and then quickly gathered the surrounding troops and fully encircled the small Caohe ferry.

However, it was not until the battle ended in a crushing manner that all the people from the Dajiang Gang were arrested that Yuan Yingjie was surprised to find that the enemy was much weaker than he had imagined. He only needed to transfer a battalion of troops nearby to completely wipe out the hundreds of troops, and the mobilization of the other tens of thousands of troops became useless.

And this is just the second. With his intuition as a general who led troops for many years, after discovering the weakness of the enemy here, a more terrifying thought arose from the bottom of his heart. This terrible thought made him dare not think further and think about the possibility.

Fan Tianjiao's body was also trembling violently. At this time, he finally thought of the fatal possibility: "Luo... the people of the Luotian Cult have plotted against us... No wonder they are so generous that they are willing to hand over all the money and food to us for disposal. It turns out that they expected that we would be exposed."

Just this gritting sentence made Yuan Yingjie feel like he was hit by five thunder. Some people around him with flexible minds instantly lost their smiles, replaced by deep fear.

Luo Tian Sect, it is indeed these ghostly guys who are planning and promoting today's incident behind their backs!

Yuan Yingjie took a breath, so he mobilized troops from all over the south of the Yangtze River to lay out a net of heaven and earth here in order to uproot the remaining bandits of the Luotian Sect.

After seeing the great turmoil caused by the Luotian Sect a few months ago, none of the officials in Jiangnan did not want to completely eradicate them, and none of them dared to underestimate them again. So even though the Luotian Sect now seems to have been severely damaged, even the two most important elders have been killed, and their heads are still hanging from the top of Jinling City, for the sake of caution, the Jiangnan government still used all its strength.

But now, a fact is in front of Yuan Yingjie and the others. None of the Luotian Cult thieves who imagined that they might cause a great threat had appeared. He attacked with all his strength, and only hit a small Dajiang Gang. Moreover, they were only used by Luotian Cult, the other party's real purpose...

"Jinling is in danger!"

Finally, after a palpitations, a general screamed, and then everyone showed panic and looked at Yuan Yingjie: "General..."

Yuan Yingjie's eyes flashed, and he finally ordered decisively: "Leave a thousand soldiers and horses to guard here, waiting for the arrival of other soldiers and horses. Everyone else, follow me to set out overnight and return to Jinling quickly!"

Today, except for a few garrison troops, Jinling is almost an empty city. Once it encounters the long-planned attack by Luo Tian Cult, I am afraid that this most important city in Jiangnan, the strong city that can be firmly defended in the previous rebellion, will fall into the hands of the rebellion.

Not to mention how much impact such an important city would have on the entire Jiangnan military and civilians and the entire Dayue court, the safety of the high-ranking officials and powerful people in the city alone was not something that Yuan Yingjie could bear.

So at this time, he wished he could not bear the wings and then lead his troops back to Jinling to support him. However, the vast army of thousands of troops was obviously more difficult than he thought to return to Jinling City hundreds of miles away.

The only hope they had was that the Luo Tian Sect, who had lost its important leader, was not so fast in action.

But can everything really work as they wish?

...

Let's turn the time back a little bit. At dusk, the sky is not completely dark, Jinling City.

The upcoming dark night did not make Jinling City silent. Instead, after lighting the lights in the tramways of restaurants everywhere, this famous city in Jiangnan became more beautiful and lively. Some rich men and men all went on horses, cars, socializing, and having fun.

Compared with the bustling city, the city gate is much quieter. Seeing that the sky was dark, the soldiers guarding the city had begun to urge the last people who had not entered and left the city gate, and planned to close the city gate.

At this moment, a team of more than 100 people came quickly. They all described it as tough, and they even wore long swords that were most conducive to cavalry rushing. From a distance, they brought a murderous aura, which made the defenders on the city and under the city nervous and held the weapons in their hands tightly.

"Who?" Seeing that the other party was constantly approaching, an army general immediately raised his weapons and asked loudly. At the same time, dozens of crossbows with strings were also raised and pointed at the entire team of horses.

It was not until this time that the horse team stopped, but the black-faced man in the lead frowned with dissatisfaction: "I am Xue Chao, the governor of Xuanying in Changzhou. I am now ordered to come to Jinling to guard the garrison. We brothers drove out hundreds of miles in two days just to quickly enter the city. What is the reason for you to obstruct me like this?"

"A general is an elite from Changzhou?" The general guarding the city looked at the knights with some doubts, "Why have I never heard of any military orders to transfer troops into Jinling before?"

"What is your identity? How can you, the young guards in the city, know about such important things?" Xue Chao immediately rebuked, "If you dare to stop us from entering the city again, delay military confidentiality, be careful of your head."

Under such threats, many defenders in the city were a little vague, half of the bows and crossbows hung down, and some subordinates even looked at the general of the defending city: "General Zhou, why not let them enter the city first..."

"No." General Zhou shook his head, "Defending the city is our responsibility. Now the troops in the city are empty, so there is no way to make any mistakes. You two, then go to the governor's office to report to see if these guys are really transferred by Lord Wen." He is careful and responsible enough.

At that moment, the two subordinates who were pointed at by him agreed and turned around and wanted to go downstairs. At the same time, the others also wanted to close the city gate in front of the elite cavalry at General Zhou's instructions.

Seeing this, a trace of murderous intent suddenly flashed in Xue Chao's eyes. He pressed his hand on his waist and pulled out a small piece of the knife. Seeing this, the cavalry behind him also clamped the horses under his crotch and were about to rush forward.

At this moment, an official in the city ahead led his men to strode, and stopped two soldiers who had just come down to the city and wanted to report to the city, and shouted to the defenders on the city: "Zhou Mo, what are you doing? Who told you to make your own decisions to stop General Xue from entering the city?"

"Mr. Zhang..." When Zhou Mo and other military generals saw the visiting, they bowed and bowed, but the other party ignored them at all and waved their hands: "Don't you open the city gate and let General Xue and the others come in? During this period, our Jinling City Defense must still need their full help."

Since it was the adults in the city who spoke, Zhou Mo and others dared not insist on it anymore. They immediately opened the almost closed city gate again and let Xue Chao and more than a hundred cavalry enter Jinling.

It was not until then that Zhou Mo brought some subordinates down from the city and apologized to others: "General Xue, I offended you just now. I really don't know you will come. I have the responsibility to defend the city, so I have to be careful."

Xue Chao also smiled at this time: "It's easy to say, General Zhou is willing to do his best, I admire him."
Chapter completed!