It was noon, and the weather was unbearably hot.

Officers and soldiers on the banks of the Qingtong River are still crossing the river one after another, and all shady places on both sides of the river are crowded with soldiers chatting or eating.

Those who know how to swim in the lake to the east, and the landlubbers play in the shallow water of the lake, because the weather is too hot.

Compared with the mountains, it is much cooler, but there are too many mosquitoes in the mountains and there is no food to satisfy hunger, yesterday those fleeing into the mountains of the rout army stayed up all night and could no longer hold on, and came out to surrender, only one morning there were more than 400 thieves out of the mountain to surrender.

Responsible for the surrender is Chang Yanling, he is different from Chang Yu's cold-blooded thirst for killing, but Wen Yan comforted those surrendered soldiers, one does not kill prisoners, and the other is not forced to join the army, but let them return to their hometowns to farm, in addition to even let those thieves who voluntarily surrendered return to the mountains to surrender those who are unwilling or dare not surrender, and promised to recruit ten people to reward one or two silver, mobilizing the enthusiasm of hundreds of captives and returning to the mountains to surrender.

In this regard, Zhao Zilong and others watched coldly and even said coldly: "Everyone in the world knows that the master of the East Factory killed the prisoners, why did the Marquis Chang deceive these soldiers, and where else can you pay for the silver" Zhu Guobi felt that Chang Yanling was an open trick to assassinate and trap him.

Chang Yanling sighed: "The trouble of the rout of the army is fierce and the tiger, if these thieves do not descend in the mountains to gather a crowd to harm the people in the township, over time, one of them accidentally makes them bigger and becomes Bai Wang and others or even thieves, so it is better to recruit them out of the mountain as a precaution, as for the governor's side, the marquis will persuade him, and the reward is Changfu's what."

"Lord Chang's wish is good, but I'm afraid it may not be effective, not to mention anything else, that eunuch can listen to the persuasion for his own use?" Zhu Guobi sneered.

Chang Yanling said lightly: "If Ben Hou speaks, Lord Governor will give some face."

Zhao Zilong and Zhu Guobi were stunned, and suddenly felt embarrassed, thinking about it carefully, the little eunuch has always respected Chang Yanling, and he didn't want to fake his colors to them, just like yesterday's war, he actually called him by his name and threatened them with military law, which made them quite faceless.

Chang Yu's energy is different from ordinary people, only squinted for a while and got up after having lunch with a few relatives and then rode out of the city, the mountain road has long been smoothed as before, the logistics troops are transporting grain and grass and baggage to the Qingtong River in large carts and small bags, the shady place of the mountain road is crowded with resting soldiers chatting and gossiping, seeing more than ten horses flashing by, someone sighed: "It seems to be a person from Dongchang, could it be that little overseer, have you seen it?" ”

"I've seen him before, to be honest, he's really young, but his momentum is very strong, especially the eyes, they are like knives, you don't dare to look at him......" someone said exaggeratedly.

Bypassing the foot of the mountain, Chang Yu saw the Qingtong River crowded, the figures of officers and soldiers wandering everywhere, nearly 100 rafts on the river surface were ferrying back and forth, there were thousands of soldiers waiting to cross the river on the riverside, and the lake and river in the distance were full of human heads like dumplings.

"Lord Overseer" At this time, someone shouted, Chang Yu turned his head to look and saw Wu Sangui and Ma Ke walking from the shade of the tree not far away, so he beat his horse and left.

"Look at this speed, you have to cross all the people until it gets dark, if you want food, grass and baggage, you have to be early in the morning, the last general now regrets that he didn't take advantage of the victory last night, and this delay gives Bai Wang enough time to arrange the second line of defense, and at that time at least a vanguard should be sent to harass the enemy" Wu Sangui frowned.

Chang Yu shook his head lightly: "Otherwise, the tired soldiers are too much to use, not to mention that our late-night march is too risky, it is useless to send few pioneers, why take risks if we can break the enemy and defeat the enemy, since we have lost the opportunity, we will not rush to march, and it will not be too late to kill the soldiers when they recover their strength."

"It's only like this now" Wu Sangui nodded, Chang Yu suddenly thought of something: "What did you just say about the second line of defense of the thief army?" ”

Ma Ke took over the conversation: "I chatted with Wang Tizhong before noon, and he said that there is a big lake in the north of Chizhou called Pingtian Lake, which connects Qunqun Lake to the east and the Yangtze River in the west, which completely blocks Chizhou and is a natural barrier."

Ah, Chang Yu was stunned: "It's impossible to block it all and there is not even a road, how did Bai Wang's people and horses come over."

"Yes" Ma Ke continued: "There is a road between the west side of Pingtian Lake and the Yangtze River, but the narrowest part is less than 100 meters, at this time it is the flood season, the water of the river and lake is soaring, I am afraid that it is only a few tens of meters feasible, Wang Tizhong believes that Bai Wang will set up a card here, and may even dig a road to connect the rivers and lakes to block us with water!" ”

, Chang Yu couldn't help but scold, it's really irritating that there are many mountains and rivers here, although the thieves can cover the attack with the artillery of the Shenji Battalion across the water, but the lack of boat ferry at hand is a big loss, and he feels that Bai Wang has eaten a trench and grown wise, and must think of a way to deal with his artillery attack, all in all, the road to the south is becoming more and more difficult.

Then Chang Yu called Wang Tizhong to ask carefully, and everyone was silent for a long time, feeling a deep headache: "Do you think Bai Wang has suffered the loss of the Shenji Camp twice, what method will he use to deal with us?" ”。

"The range of the stone thrower and the bow and arrow is far less than that of the artillery of the Shenji Battalion, and it is no different to use these to deal with the mantis blocking car."

"Let's not bother thinking if we can't guess now" Chang Yu twisted his neck: "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and when he arrives, we will see what tricks he plays, if you can beat him twice, you can beat him for the third time!" Everyone burst into laughter and said some other gossip, Chang Yu was about to go to Chang Yanling to chat, when he suddenly heard a noise not far away, but when he looked up, it was Li Muxian and a few relatives who were arguing in the shade of the trees with Tu Yuan and a few people over there, and there were many soldiers around to watch the excitement.

Just now, he and Wu Sangui were discussing in the shade of a tree, Chen Wangting, Qiao Sanxiu and other relatives were nearby, why are you arguing over there now, Chang Yu was curious and walked there, Wu Sangui and the others followed without fear of big things.

"My lord, Tu Yuan wants to test his kung fu with the Chen family brothers, and now they are betting over there" Li Muxian, who was far away, trotted forward and whispered when he saw Chang Yu and the others coming, Chang Yu raised his eyebrows: "Good ones are going to test kung fu?" ”

"I don't know the specifics, it seems that Tu Yuan's irresponsible remarks to the Chen brothers behind his back reached the ears of the two brothers, and then he had to compete" Li Muxian said casually, and the corners of Chang Yu's mouth flashed with a smile: "It won't be you who picked it up in the middle."

"No, no, no, the poor road won't make trouble for no reason, it's just a word in the middle, hehe" Li Muxian smiled very cunningly, Chang Yu really knew him too well, so he said: "How much have you played?" ”

"Not much, one hundred taels!"

"I'm rubbing, you're so rich" Chang Yu exclaimed exaggeratedly, Li Muxian was very nervous: "Shhh ”

And, Chang Yu rolled his eyes: "Then who are you betting on?" ”

"Yes, of course...... Tu Yuan! Li Muxian smiled, Chang Yu glanced at him: "The Chen family brothers have superb martial arts skills, they are all first-class players in the rivers and lakes, Tu Yuan is not too powerful, you dare to put all your net worth on him, you are not a bull's nose, you are a bull!" ”

"Hehe, why do adults tease the poor, why don't you know."

Chang Yu laughed, turned to Wu Sangui and the others: "How about they compete in martial arts, let's bet on a lottery and play a few games to help the fun?" ”

How can there be a soldier who doesn't like to gamble, everyone applauded when they heard it, and they came to the front in a blink of an eye while speaking, Tu Yuan saw Chang Yu coming, and hurriedly took a step forward: "My lord, we are just playing, you won't use the military law to punish us."

Chang Yu laughed: "Have you ever seen this governor disappointed" As soon as the words fell, the surrounding soldiers cheered, and those in the distance also rushed to see the situation, and thousands of people surrounded them in a short time.

"Duke, who are you holding?" Tu Yuan saw that there were more and more people, and he became more and more excited: "Today, I will compete with the two brothers of the Chen family, and I will continue to fight alone!" ”

"This governor ......" Chang Yu looked at Tu Yuan, who was shouting in a circle with his bare arms, and then looked at the Chen family brothers who were calm and relaxed: "Charge the Chen family brothers!" ”

"Duke, do you think I'm going to lose?" Tu Yuan felt very upset when he was insulted, Chang Yu laughed: "I don't care which of you loses or who wins, just to help the next lottery."

The two brothers couldn't hide their joy, walked up to Chang Yu and bowed down to thank him: "My subordinates won't embarrass the governor."

"It's just playing, it doesn't matter if you win or lose" Chang Yu smiled slightly: "This governor will press a thousand taels of silver!" The four suddenly exclaimed in surprise, a thousand taels of silver was too much for an ordinary soldier.

With him throwing bricks and attracting jade, Wu Sangui and other generals also bet one after another, and even Chang Yanling followed, in his opinion, Chang Yu's move was to have fun with the soldiers, and this atmosphere was very good.

"I also bet a thousand taels" Wu Zhong lazily squeezed into the crowd with a knife: "Tu Yuan, buddy top you!" As he spoke, he looked at Chang Yu with some disdain at the corner of his mouth.

Chang Yu grabbed the straw hat on his head and smashed it at him: "Do you have a thousand taels, empty gloves white wolf!" Everyone burst into laughter, and Wu Zhong turned sideways to avoid it with an embarrassed expression: "Tu Yuan, it's not that the buddy doesn't top it, it's really that the silver has been fined, and the buddy has five taels on top of you!" ”

"Just have a heart" Tu Yuan hugged his fists at him and laughed loudly, and said to the Chen brothers: "Whoever goes up first, or goes together."

Call...... When the onlookers heard him say this, they immediately burst into a commotion.

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opened a new book, "The Son of Heaven Linxuan Cihou Yin" book friends helped to order a collection to rush down the popularity, it doesn't matter if you look at it or not. Opening a new book does not affect the little eunuch to continue to fight for the Ming Dynasty.