I transmigrated to ancient times and became a king with a title equal to mine.

Ji Fangkui finally captured the capital city. Song Liang's tens of thousands of imperial guards were all on the city walls, ready to defend against any attempt to attack the capital.

Meanwhile, Long Guobiao and Lin Shan's troops rushed to the capital after receiving orders.

Like two sharp arrows, they pierced straight into the camps of the two main forces of the fake king outside Kyoto, and a fierce encounter ensued.

At dusk, news of the false king's death in battle reached them. Seeing the situation was dire, Long Yunxi's loyal followers immediately retreated to the north.

Long Guobiao was concerned about the safety of the capital, so he only sent a small number of cavalry to chase the two enemy forces into the desert region.

At the same time, Ji Fangkui ordered his personal guards to widely publicize the evidence of the false king's crimes and the ins and outs of the real and false kings throughout the streets and alleys of the capital.

Half a month later, King Zhen, accompanied by his seventh son Long Yingshan, entered the capital and returned to the Qianning Palace, which he had not visited for many years...

Prince Lingjiang, Long Yingshan, returned to the capital and assumed the post of Marshal of the Kyoto Garrison.

The fiefdom of the King of Lingjiang was taken back by the King and given to the King of the South, Longbin.

Long Bin petitioned King Long Yunfu to withdraw the Long family army to the Ruyin line on the north bank of the Huai River, returning both banks of the Yellow River to the imperial court.

Song Zhonglin was transferred to Guangling and appointed as the Prefect of Yangzhou and the Grand Marshal of the Eastern Front of the Long Family Army.

Lin Shan's troops withdrew from Jeju and were transferred to Jiuzi, where he was appointed governor.

Ji Fangkui was promoted to Prefect of Huaiyang and Marshal of the Northern Front of the Long Family Army, stationed on both banks of the Huai River.

Ji Fangkui played an indispensable role in the Battle of Kyoto. He not only demonstrated outstanding military talent and unwavering determination, but also exemplified true loyalty and responsibility through his actions.

King Long Yunfu wanted to keep Ji Fangkui by his side and offered him a title as bait, but Ji Fangkui declined.

"I was born a soldier of the King of the South, and I will die a ghost of the King of the South."

Long Yunfu had no choice but to give up.

After Kyoto stabilized, Yu Hongtao resigned from his post and returned to his hometown on the grounds of old age and poor health. His hometown was in the territory of the Prince of Langya, and his family had all been moved to his hometown before King Long Yunfu returned to the capital.

After settling his family in, Yu Hongtao took his three sons directly to report to Long Bin.

Yu Hongtao's three sons were all generals. The eldest son, Yu Youmin, served as the Prefect of Ruxu; the second son, Yu Youren, served as the Prefect of Taiping; and the third son, Yu Youwen, served as the Lieutenant General of Taizishan Military Garrison.

At this point, Long Bin, the King of the South, had finally completed the initial accumulation of his hegemonic ambitions and was beginning to show his potential.

Long Bin divided his fiefdom in Jiangbei into three prefectures: Lishui Prefecture, Guangling Prefecture, and Huaiyang Prefecture, all of which were placed under the administration of Prime Minister Wu Yizhi, with Ma Gui assisting him.

He himself led Lu Yuan across the river and stayed in the newly established Taiping Prefecture.

Taiping Prefecture was located between Danyang and Jiuzi, a land of plenty. At this time, Stone City had been captured by Cao Mengsheng, Danyang Prefecture was abolished, and Jinye County was established, which was a place specializing in iron smelting and metallurgy.

Stone City was a major metallurgical center of the Dongjiang Kingdom. It took Cao Mengsheng half a year to conquer it. He then moved Danyang County to Stone City and stationed his central army camp there.

This is a crucial step for King Longbin of the South in his attempt to seize the three thousand miles of land in the Eastern River Kingdom.

In order to manage Stone City well, Long Bin named it Ningjiang.

He persuaded his father-in-law, Yao Biao, to resign from his position as the county magistrate of Wu State, and then bestowed upon him the titles of Marquis of Ningjiang and Prefect of Ningjiang.

In early summer of that year, the Minnan Kingdom suddenly launched an attack on the southern Zhejiang region of the Dongjiang Kingdom.

This was a scheme secretly devised by Long Bin and the King of Minnan. The two secretly planned to divide the land of Dongjiang Kingdom: Zhejiang and Jiangxi, with whoever occupied it first owning it.

Upon receiving the cannons sold by the Southern King, the people of Fujian eagerly launched the Southern Zhejiang Campaign.

Emperor Xiang Lizong of Dongjiang immediately dispatched his second son, Xiang Wuwei, to lead a six-month-long battle against the Minnan Kingdom forces at Xiaju, located at the foot of Wuyi Mountain. This battle is known as the Battle of Jujiang.

The Battle of Jujiang tied up half of the Dongjiang Kingdom's forces in the southern Zhejiang region, leaving the Minnan Kingdom in a difficult position.

Xiang Lizong was filled with fear and unease, because beside him lay the unpredictable and ferocious beast, Da Xia Yi Zi Bi Shang Wang Longbin.

Xiang Lizong was worried that Long Bin would take the opportunity to attack him, so he dared not use the troops stationed along the Jiangcheng line.

Nevertheless, Cao Mengsheng suddenly divided his forces into five routes: one with provisions and reserves, and four routes, each with 20,000 troops and over a hundred cannons, to attack Qixia, Jiangcheng, Dantu, and Zhufang.

In an instant, the battlefield, stretching two hundred miles east of Zijin Mountain, was filled with the booming of cannons and the sounds of battle.

When Emperor Xiang Lizong of Dongjiang Kingdom received the report, Qixia and Jiangcheng had already fallen.

At the same time, Song Zhonglin's troops dispatched 10,000 soldiers from Haiyang Prefecture to cross the Jiupai River and seize the pufferfish island in the middle of the river, where they set up sixteen long-range cannons.

The long-range cannon is a new type of cannon developed by Long Bin, with a range of more than 20 miles.

Early that morning, sixteen long-range cannons bombarded the south bank, providing cover for two hundred warships crossing the Jiupai River.

The fall of the south bank of the Jiupai River means that Dantu and Zhufang, important towns of the Dongjiang Kingdom, are now surrounded by the Southern King Longbin.

In three days, the Southern King's army occupied Dantu, Zhufang, Qixia, and Jiangcheng.

The Emperor of Dongjiang Kingdom realized that things were going badly. On the one hand, he mobilized troops to stop the Southern King's army from continuing its eastward advance; on the other hand, he sent his Left Chancellor, Zhu Fangchun, as an envoy to the Minnan Kingdom to seek peace.

After capturing Dantu and other places, Long Bin ordered Yu Youren, the prefect of Taiping, to lead 60,000 troops eastward in three routes as commander-in-chief of the southern army. They successively occupied the three cities of Pingling, Jianping, and Yuanling, and then quickly captured Gucheng County in northwestern Zhejiang.

Yu Youren led 40,000 troops, eyeing the capital of Dongjiang Kingdom, Wucheng, with predatory intent.

In about two months, Long Bin swallowed up twelve cities on the western border of Dongjiang Kingdom, and much of the land was lost. Xiang Lizong panicked.

King Longbin of the South was in a good mood today. He issued an order for the front-line troops to reorganize for a month and sent Ma Gui across the river to be in charge of the allocation of administrative personnel to the newly occupied cities.

Ma Gui suggested establishing Dantu Prefecture to govern Jiangcheng, Zhufang, Dantu, Pingling, as well as Yangxian and Yunyang, which were being prepared for attack.

Long Bin accepted the proposal and urgently transferred Ji Fangming across the river to serve as the prefect of Dantu County.

The Long family army of King Long Bin of the South captured twelve cities of Dongjiang Kingdom without disarming their troops. They were less than 500 li away from the capital of Dongjiang Kingdom, which made Emperor Xiang Lizong of Dongjiang Kingdom feel uneasy.

If we don't quickly suppress Long Bin's offensive speed, he will soon reach the capital of Dongjiang Kingdom, Wucheng.

Xiang Lizong urgently mobilized more than 100 brave and capable generals, vowing to recapture the twelve cities.

Dongjiang is a land renowned for its martial arts; most of the world's famous warriors and war gods originated from Dongjiang.

Since Xiang Lizong mobilized the entire nation to fight the Long family army, although he failed to reclaim the lost territory in six days, he inflicted a terrible defeat on the Long family army, resulting in the deaths and injuries of dozens of Long family generals, and even the commander-in-chief Cao Mengsheng was seriously injured and unable to recover.

In a critical moment, Long Bin ordered the sixth young master of the Ning family to fight.

As a result, the six young masters fought for five days and were defeated in every battle.

Fortunately, Ji Fangming and Yu Youren arrived in time, otherwise the Sixth Young Master would have been in danger.

In a short time, the Long family army's morale plummeted.

Long Bin decided to personally lead the battle, but his ministers all tried to dissuade him.