Yue Fei took the urgent military intelligence report and saw that it was from Niu Gao.
He reconstructed the fierce battle for Ezhou between the old army of the Yue family and the remnants of the Song Dynasty in Ezhou from the words of Miao Miao in the military intelligence report.
The military base of the Song Dynasty was an administrative division at the same level as the state, and both were managed at the road level.
But in the eleventh year of Shaoxing, which was the first year of Emperor Yue of the Han Empire, in order to regain military power and control the emerging class of generals in the anti-golden war, many military towns were assigned to states for management and control.
Hanyang Military Town is one of them.
Most of the officers and soldiers stationed in Hanyang Military Town were from the "Yue Fei Clan", and Niu Gao was the one with the highest position.
On the other side of Hanyang Military Town is Jiangxia City, where the Ezhou government is located.
On the same day, the prefect Wang Yan received a secret order from the Song Dynasty court to secretly arrest Niu Gao and a propaganda envoy sent by Yue Fei to deliver the edict.
The difference between the two was no more than Three hours.
Obviously, the Xuanfu envoy could run several days faster than the official postmen of the Song Dynasty.
On that day, Wang Yan showed his attitude by killing the Xuanfu envoy sent by Yue Fei without much thought.
But he regretted it after killing him.
It was not that he regretted raising the banner to challenge King Yue Qin.
Wang Yan's original intention was not for the Song Dynasty.
He knew that he could not protect King Qin of Song Dynasty on his own.
However, if he could capture Hanyang Military Town, he would still have the strength to separate one side under the banner of King Qin.
No matter what dynasty or dynasty he would be in the future, , the territory in your hands is the capital that makes you a prince.
Although the chief officer of Hanyang Military Town is controlled by Wang Yan, this is only in name.
If the Song Dynasty still exists, Wang Yan himself can still command the Hanyang military town, but now the Song Dynasty court is gone.
So now if we want to truly control Hanyang Military Town, we must get rid of Niu Gao and his trusted generals.
When he and his staff were discussing how to deal with Niu Gao, the staff suggested that he lure Niu Gao to Jiangxia and kill him.
This was what he regretted.
If he had not expressed his attitude before and had not killed Yue Fei's people, it would have been much easier to deal with it first and then deceive Niu Gao.
But now, it may not be that easy.
Across the river, Niu Gao also received Yue Fei's secret order.
In fact, even without this secret order, Niu Gao would have taken action after learning about the Lin'an mutiny.
But in this secret order, Yue Fei told Niu Gao not to rush to express his position and take action, but to find a good time before taking action.
Otherwise, even if Ezhou is captured, the Hanyang military town will suffer heavy casualties.
At the same time, he also told him to beware of Wang Yan's plans.
So Niu Gao did not publicly express his position or raise the banner of supporting the Han, but only respectfully sent a letter to Wang Yan, saying that he still respected the prefect's orders.
Wang Yan received Niu Gao's letter and wondered whether this Niu Gao was really not of the same mind as Yue Fei and wanted to cling to him.
In the end, a few words from his staff dispelled his illusions.
No matter what Niu Gao's true thoughts were, at such a critical moment , any illusion is fatal.
The staff also offered him a plan.
In order to make Niu Gao believe that Wang Yan regarded him as one of his own, they could express their willingness to marry Niu Gao and marry Niu Gao's daughter.
On the wedding day, Niu Gao will definitely come to Jiangxia City, and he and his trusted generals will be killed.
When Niu Gao saw the betrothal gift sent by Wang Yan, he also thought of using the wedding to launch a mutiny, so he happily accepted the betrothal gift and agreed to the marriage.
Then he sent a secret message telling Yue Fei that he was ready to seize Ezhou.
At this time, both Niu Gao and Wang Yan wanted to use this fake wedding to kill each other with one blow, but neither of them expected that the other party also had hidden murderous intentions at this wedding.
On the day of the wedding, more than ten colorful boats were moored at the Junzhen Pier in Hanyang to welcome the bride.
Amid the noisy suona and drum music, a flotilla of red and colorful wedding boats came across the river.
After a ceremony, a sedan chair was sent into the cabin, and the fleet to receive the bride, the color ship that carried the bride's gifts, and some of the warships responsible for escorting were assembled together and sailed towards Jiangxia City on the other side of the river.
As soon as the fleet left Hanyang Military Town, a bloody killing began in the camp.
Those generals who were inclined to the former Song Dynasty and the "sand" that had seeped in from Ezhou over the past year were caught off guard one by one and beheaded on the spot.
Then the entire military town quickly went into martial law, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.
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In Jiangxia City, a large number of soldiers from Hanyang Military Town had sneaked into the city in various identities in advance and now began to gather secretly.
They are 300 of the 500 old soldiers in the military town, and the other 200 will enter the Jiangxia City Palace as members of the wedding party.
In addition, there is an army of two thousand people crossing the Yangtze River from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and marching non-stop towards Jiangxia City.
In the palace on the other side, the rooms on both sides of the hall were filled with swordsmen and axemen, and the alleys and streets on both sides of the palace were filled with soldiers and soldiers.
The number of Song soldiers at the city head of Jiangxia was many times greater than usual.
At the same time, martial law was imposed on the entire city on the pretext of the wedding of the prefect's son, and no idlers were allowed to enter or exit the city gates.
Wang Yan's eldest son, Wang Xin, greeted the bride at the gate of the palace with a smile on his face.
No one knew that his new wedding clothes concealed soft armor and weapons.
After the bride got off the sedan, according to etiquette, he took Niu Gao's daughter's hand and walked toward the hall, followed by the bride's father Niu Gao.
Wang Yan and his wife were waiting for them there.
He was nervous and excited at the same time.
Of course he didn't notice that the bride's hands were rough and her steps were not as long as that of a woman.
After Niu Gao entered the hall, he found that only Wang Yan was sitting at the head of the hall, and his wife was not seen.
When Wang Yan saw that Niu Gao had entered the hall, a strange smile appeared on his face, he threw the tea cup to the ground and shouted "do it" Then, Wang Yan saw his son collapse while holding his bleeding neck, and the bearded "bride" leisurely had a sharp blade in her hand.
As soon as he exclaimed "Xin'er", the "bride" ran towards him with a blade.
This bride is not Niu Gao's daughter, but his son Niu Tong.
A large number of swordsmen and axemen poured out from both sides.
The two hundred old soldiers who followed Niu Gao into the mansion quickly drew their weapons, bows and crossbows from their sedan chairs and gift boxes, and charged into the hall.
Niu Gao already had the iron whip in his hand, and he smashed the Tianling Gai of several swordsmen and axemen in succession.
He was about to rush towards Wang Yan, but was stopped by a large number of swordsmen and axemen who rushed out.
Niu Gao's double whips danced into a ball, smashing the Ezhou saber and axe-hands around, but there were too many people on the other side, and one after another fell to the ground.
Niu Tong beside Niu Gao was also blocked.
Fortunately, after a moment, two hundred old Beiwei soldiers came in.
Under the fierce swords of Beiwei soldiers, the Ezhou soldiers fell to the ground like harvested sugar cane.
Wang Yan saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly found a way to escape to the inner hall.
Niu Gao was not willing to let him go so easily.
He smashed the head of an Ezhou soldier with his whip and chased after him.
At this time, in the courtyard, the local dignitaries, merchants and celebrities from Ezhou who came to attend the wedding were trampled on each other, causing numerous deaths and injuries.
Not only inside the courtyard, but also outside the palace, the sound of killing began to boom.
The whole Jiangxia City was like a pot of boiling hot porridge
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