Chapter 982 Crossing the River

Zhong Qing’s meaning is very obvious, that is, she hopes to use Li Fengniang’s power to put pressure on the court and support the Ministry of War to dispatch troops to Jinan Prefecture.

Although in the royal family, whether it is because of the death of Concubine Huang, the current emperor Zhao Dun, the current emperor Zhao Xing, who is already terminally ill in Gushan, or the queen Li Fengniang, who seems to have monopoly in power, cannot completely decide the current court.

The existence of Han Tuozhou and Shi Miyuan has completely fallen into the hands of the two of them. The only one who can compete with it is Ye Qing, who is in the north and is being attacked by Jin and Xia.

If Ye Qing fails in the north, the entire Song court will truly become the court of Han Tuozhou and Shi Miyuan. Although this is also quite beneficial to their imperial power checks and balances, they will still have to face the threat of war from the Jin people.

So as long as Ye Qing exists in the north for one day, the entire Lin'an court can be regarded as a real comfortable life.

Li Fengniang also knew this. She didn't know what Ye Qing's existence in the north was, but at least for her, Li Fengniang, she would always be a trusted backer and support, so that the powerful ministers could bully their "orphans and widows" in the court.

After all, Qian Xiangzu, the Minister of War, was a close minister promoted by her Li Fengniang. Even when she was still in the Prince's Mansion, Qian Xiangzu was already a regular visitor in the Prince's Mansion. Now she is also advising to send troops to support Ye Qing, instead of relying on Ye Qing alone to resist the Jin Dynasty.

It was just because Han and Shi and the other two were now powerful, so Qian Xiangzu and Meng Gong were still a little light in the court. Almost all the words spoken by Han and Shi and the other two were immediately refuted.

After receiving a solemn sentence from Li Fengniang: This palace needs to think a little more, Zhong Qing left the palace.

Liang Xing drove the carriage and turned to Zhong Qing in the carriage and said, "The matter between Zhao Yanbian cannot be waived. The Imperial City Office found nearly 10,000 taels of silver from its mansion, plus some rare treasures such as antiques, calligraphy and paintings..."

"Zhao Yanbian's corruption charge has long been unable to escape. Even Shi Miyuan wants to protect him. But I am worried that he should be careful when he bribed officials on Huainan Road. Although He Chong is trusted by Ye Qing, he is not very harmonious with Xiao Zhen on Huainan Road. He still needs to be careful. At the critical moment, he is in case this person accidentally surrenders to Shi Miyuan. After all, Zhao Ruyu had once wooed him at the beginning, and Ye Qing could threaten He Chong with this matter. Since Shi Miyuan can do it," Zhong Qing has been much more mature than before. Now he is a beautiful snake with extremely meticulous thoughts and more clever methods.

"Tao Qian has discussed with Meng Gong, and now he is only the Ministry of Justice. Although the Censorate will participate in stopping it, there are also Han Tuozhou's people, so I guess Han Tuozhou will never miss this opportunity to suppress Shi Miyuan." Liang Xing nodded and said in agreement.

"It's better to be careful. As for Li Lifang, the Ministry of Justice, this person now likes to enjoy himself. With the support of the queen, he has no intention of participating in the dispute between Han and Shi. Although he has a close relationship with his husband, it is because they have had a grudge between them, so they must be careful." Zhong Qing frowned and said.

Li Lifang is the person she cannot see through the most. Now as the Minister of Justice and the Queen's younger brother, this person has always given people a feeling of being alone. Not only can he be able to get along with Han Tuozhou and Shi Miyuan, but Ye Qing now trusts him quite a lot, which makes Zhong Qing a little worried and even doubts whether Li Lifang is a yellow bird sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fighting.

Because of the dark clouds and undercurrents in Lin'an City, some people hope Ye Qing will be defeated, and naturally some people hope Ye Qing can continue to win.

But no matter what, although Han Tuozhou, Shi Miyuan, or Li Fengniang, each has its own thoughts, there is one thing that is undoubtedly that no one wants Ye Qing to usher in the Jin people's advance towards other roads in the Song court after his defeat.

After a night of open and secret struggles, you attacked and defended, on the morning of June 29, the fourth year of Shaoxi, the Qi Shilie Gods slaves on the northeast road of Chenbinghe finally sounded the horn to cross the river and fight the Song army.

The whimpering horn sounded along with the first ray of sunshine in the morning, and at the same time, the birds that had originally lived around them seemed to smell danger, flapping their wings among the woods and soaring into the sky, escaping from this area.

After a night of temptations between small troops, the fresh air began to be filled with a strong atmosphere of war. The tense feeling of the war was about to break out made the troops on both sides of the Taiwan Strait run to their own positions at the first time.

The shouts of killing came one after another. As more and more ships on the river surface also made the killing aura become stronger. An involuntary tension made many soldiers in the army on both sides tremble all over, and even their eyes were a little dull and confused. They followed their companions around them onto the ferry, or ran to the place where the bed crossbow and catapulted cart were shaking.

Wang Chong and Xie Lun, who had not closed their eyes all night, had a hoarse voice and red eyes. He commanded the infantry at the top of his lungs and began to rush to the catapult carts. The black defenders were waiting for the battle behind the bed and crossbows. The black defenders were like crows flying out of the forest just now. The collision sounds of armor, waist knives and crossbows sounded numb at this moment.

The tension and suffocation before the war made the soldiers who had never been on the battlefield, and their minds were blank. The generals were shouting, mechanically making preparations for everything in front of the standing.

Although there were only more than 20,000 black defensive troops, once they were all unfolded, they also gave people a murderous aura. With the heads of the team, the officers, generals, and other soldiers who were in charge of their duties, the more powerful Jin people on the opposite side had already begun to step onto the ferry, holding a strong shield on their heads, and began to cross the river with the boiling shouts of killing.

"The cavalry is ready to kill the enemy..." Xu Han stepped on the horse's back, tightened the spear in his hand, looked at the flat road ahead and pointed directly to the bank of the Yellow River. On both sides, he was dissatisfied with the dense catapult carts and bed crossbows.

The nearly two thousand cavalrymen behind him shouted with murderous intent as Xu Han shouted like thunder on the ground: Kill! Kill! Kill!

Wang Chong, who was commanding the crossbow and the catapult, was standing on the platform at this moment, with the flag in his hand roaring in the wind, and his red eyes staring at the surface of the Jin people crossing the river. The originally gentle river surface, as the ferry began to move, waving layers of waves, as if they were boiling by the tension, were constantly churning.

"Let me go!" Wang Chong didn't even know what he was shouting, but even so, the flag in his hand was still swung down sharply at the first time.

As the flag pointed directly below, arrows roaring by his ears immediately came from his ears, and stones as big as human heads made a sound that made people's hair stand up and break through the air. The originally gray sky seemed to be blocked by a layer of black clouds in an instant, falling towards the river with a sharp whistling sound.

The spectacular scene of almost hundreds of ferries crossing the river was instantly suppressed by huge rocks and arrows roaring above the head. The Jin soldiers holding a strong shield heard the sound of breaking through the air above their heads. When they wanted to check, they felt that it suddenly became dark in front of them. In the sky, countless flying stones and arrows were rushing towards them.

There was no reaction at all. The soldier holding the shield felt his arms numb, and then a biting pain just surged into his heart. His head, wearing a helmet, was hit by stones falling from the sky, and instantly fell from the ferry into the river.

The crackling sound followed the waves of stones, and arrows fell from the top of the head. Nearly a hundred ferry boats seemed to be trapped in the strong wind and waves. The surrounding river water splashed huge waves, and the sharp arrows pierced straight down, piercing through their shoulders into the ferry.

The screams on the river surface instantly formed a whole. One after another, many golden soldiers, facing the ruthless stones and arrows above their heads, even without any injuries, in order to survive, they jumped up and plunged into the river.

However, as the body just entered the water, the back was immediately hit by a heavy object. The huge impact force made the golden soldier choke into his mouth as soon as he opened his mouth. After only a few struggles, he sank straight to the bottom of the river.

At the same time, the catapults, crossbows and other equipment prepared by the Jin people on the other side also appeared densely packed stones like locusts and arrows above their heads. When arrows appeared, they began to attack the Song people on the opposite side.

For a while in the sky, you can see the collision between stones and stones in the air from time to time, and then fall to the ferry below, making the already dense stones and arrows in the sky more dense.

Qi Shilie's god slaves closed their lips and watched the ferry shaking on the river surface one by one. Wanyan Xiang, who had already followed the first wave of troops to cross the river, jumped off the ferry and climbed toward the embankment.

"No one can take a step back and continue to board the boat and cross the river!" Qi Shilie's Gods slave looked at the crowded soldiers on the shore and shouted with frown.

The soldiers who were responsible for supervising and supervising the battle on the battlefield also followed the orders of the slaves of the gods of Qi Shilie, forcing the soldiers who had originally retreated to the embankment to continue on board the ship. Even Wanyan Xiang and Wanyan Zonghao had jumped off the ferry, it was impossible for them to escape to the embankment for a while at the crowded ferry.

As the first wave of attacks by the Song people on the opposite side finally stopped, the sky finally returned to tranquility under the rising sun. Before the ships on the river could cross the river, they were shot and killed by a close-range crossbow, and then fell into the river, causing the bright blood to flash on the turbid river surface.
Chapter completed!