Li Yan is right, it is not them who should be in a hurry, but the thieves in the city, the generals are anxious for fear of being in vain, and the thieves in the city are finding that the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable to them.

Especially the thief Cheng Niandong has become an ant on a hot pot at this time, and he is on the verge of collapse.

His recent premonition is very smart, for example, last night the officers and soldiers launched the first wave of attack in his expectations, but it was unexpectedly ferocious, I thought it was just a tentative move, but I didn't expect the officers and soldiers to fully besiege the city and attack the four gates together, so that he couldn't determine where the main attack point was for a while, so that he was in a hurry and almost collapsed, if it weren't for the thick walls of Anqingcheng and the blessing of the urn city, last night's battle was really fierce and auspicious, it seems that he is still a little too confident, at this time Cheng Niandong suddenly woke up, he did not have much experience in defending the city, What I am best at is guerrilla warfare in the mountains and forests!

Although Cheng Niandong struggled to boost morale, he could also see that both morale and popular sentiment were in danger, and the propaganda tactics of attacking the hearts of the officers and soldiers in the past two days had worked, and in addition to the siege of the city last night, it completely broke down the psychological defense line of some people.

Cheng Niandong began to be afraid, what he was afraid of was not the destruction of the city by the officers and soldiers, but the civil strife he was afraid of, but the fact that he didn't know when his head would be chopped off by someone he couldn't even dream of.

He began to dare not go down to the city, eating and sleeping in the city, and no one was allowed to approach while sleeping...... Even so, he was still nervous, he didn't know how long he could hold out, what he was looking forward to most now was the news of Bai Wang, had he defeated the officers and soldiers on the other side, or was he really defeated by the officers and soldiers on the other side......

If it defeated the officers and soldiers on the other side, why didn't there be any movement in these besieged cities under the city...... Cheng Niandong had a faint feeling of being very bad in his heart, but he didn't want to think about it, because he didn't dare to face that reality, if Bai Wang really lost him, what should he do......

But just when he didn't know where to go, a new situation appeared, the thief army watching from the head of the south city found a strange situation, since Anqing was besieged by the riverside, there are always people on the other side of the river who are snooping, the thief army knows that it is their own people, it was sent by Bai Wang to inquire about the news, but the river is blocked by the officers and soldiers, they can't come or dare not come.

But this evening, when they went on a routine observation, they found that there was a fight on the other side...... Or a unilateral massacre, where a group of cavalry chased and killed those people everywhere.

Cheng Niandong hurried over, holding a clairvoyant mirror to observe for a long time, but he couldn't be sure what was going on, although the city was far away, less than two miles apart, but it was a rainy day today, and the vision was not good, so he could only see it roughly.

But soon he saw a fishing boat on the opposite bank, and four people in Chuanshan were unexpectedly tied up by the officers and soldiers who were ambushed on the riverside and escorted to the camp in the east of the city.

Cheng Niandong suddenly sat on the ground with weak legs.

It's all over the calf!

The soldiers on the left and right were puzzled, and hurriedly asked him what was wrong, but Cheng Niandong sat on the ground with his eyes paralyzed and shook his head silently, at this moment, he suddenly heard the commotion under the city, and everyone was shocked to look around, but saw hundreds of cavalry officers and soldiers rushing to the city and shouting: Chizhou has been broken, Bai Wang has been captured and killed, and there is no chance to wait until you surrender...... Hundreds of horsemen shouted around the city, and the thieves in the city looked at each other, and the officers and soldiers had said these words a few days ago, and they were skeptical at that time, but at this time, such a big shouting seemed to be mostly true......

Cheng Niandong didn't get up, covering his face with his hands and trembling lightly: "It's over, it's over......"

"General, maybe the officers and soldiers deliberately deceived our ......" There was a confidant to persuade him, Cheng Niandong just shook his head and said nothing.

"Bai Wang has been awarded the head, Cheng Niandong, you have descended as soon as possible, don't dream about it......" The officers and soldiers outside the city were still shouting: "Tomorrow Bai Wang's head can be transmitted, wait for three days, and if you don't descend after three days, you will break the ......city."

At dusk, the rain suddenly fell again, Chang Yu looked at the fishing boats rowing on the river under the pergola of the ferry, looked around and sighed softly: "It's getting dark and getting early."

"Overseer, tomorrow will be the beginning of autumn" Li Muxian whispered behind him, Chang Yu was stunned: "It's the beginning of autumn?" So fast! ”

"No, it's going to be the Mid-Autumn Festival in another month" Li Muxian smashed his mouth: "You can eat moon cakes."

Mid-Autumn ...... Chang Yu looked at the fishing boat on the river getting closer and closer, Chen Suole on the bow of the boat was drenched but happily waving his hands to say hello, and the guards on the shore cheered and responded like a warrior who welcomed the triumphant return.

"It's raining heavily and it's getting dark, do you want to leave tonight?" Li Muxian asked, Chang Yu turned his head to see that the village on the side of the road was dark and empty.

"Let's have dinner first, if the rain stops, let's leave, the rain is not over, let's spend the night here" As soon as Chang Yu's words fell, he heard a scolding in the distance, and soon a few guards pressed a middle-aged man and walked over: "Dugong, this person said that it was a nearby farmer" Chang Yu glanced at it and concluded that this person was not a thief, and his expression and temperament were honest, so the villagers asked him: "Which village are you from, why are you running when it's dark?" ”

"I'm from this Dadukou Village," the man suddenly asked with a look of fear: "Master, are you officers and soldiers?" ”

Hey, Chang Yu chuckled: "How can you tell that we are officers and soldiers...... Before the words fell, the man cheered: "Hey, sure enough, it's officers and soldiers, someone saw you kill those thieves before, and said that the officers and soldiers are coming...... They were so timid that they let me come and take a sneak peek, but I didn't know that I was arrested by the military master as soon as I arrived," the man's face was gone, and the fear just now.

This person is still a chatterbox, chattering non-stop, everyone also understood, he was originally a villager of Dadu Village, and later Bai Wang led his troops to flee to the south of the mountains to hide after hearing the wind in the village, at first I heard that the thief army did not disturb the people very much, and they all came back to continue their lives and did calm for a while, but the good times did not last long, after Chang Yu led his troops along the Jiangxi to advance, Bai Wang began to wrap up cannon fodder from Anqing support, and there were few people in the village.

During this period of time, the mountain was calm again, and it was rumored that the officers and soldiers on the other side of the river surrounded Anqing City, and the people hiding in the mountains looked forward to the officers and soldiers to beat the thieves away as soon as possible, and they would send people out of the mountains every day to inquire about the news, and it happened that a few people were fishing on the lake today and saw Chang Yu's personal guards kill those thieves, and the news spread to the mountains and the refugees blew up, I am not sure that the officers and soldiers are coming, or they are fighting in the nest, so they sent this bold guy out to peep, but who knows that the East Factory is not comparable to those thieves, and it is related to Chang Yu's safety, Every time I set up camp, I set up light and dark sentries several miles away, and I directly arrested this guy.

"Fishing on the lake? Where did the lake come from" Chang Yu was stunned, and the man stretched out his hand to the south and pointed: "This piece under our feet belongs to the river beach, and the back of the village is six or seven miles south of the lake, Shengjin Lake, and the big lake is a mountain to the south, so we are hiding ......in the mountain."

"You are very familiar with the terrain around here" Chang Yule looked at this guy like an iron man and had an inexplicable good impression of the officers and soldiers, his face was blue when he was first caught, and now he is fearless and nagging.

"I used to be a merchant, and I've been to all the towns and villages around here," he said, and pointed into the distance: "From here, go west for seven or eight miles, and the Yangtze River will turn and go south...... The road over there is very difficult to walk, one side is the Yangtze River and the other side is Shengjin Lake, and the place in the middle is still full of mountains, and it is difficult to walk all mountain roads...... But there are a lot of villages over there, but I guess there are no one anymore now......"

This guy couldn't stop as soon as he spoke, but he pointed out the nearby terrain, everyone looked at each other and smiled, and Chang Yu asked again: "Have you ever been to Dongliu County (now Dongliu Town)?" ”

"Of course, I've been there, I've walked along the river, and after that section of the mountain road, it's Dongliu County, and I've not only been to Dongliu County but also to Zhide County (after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Dongliu County and Zhide County merged into Dongzhi County)...... In the southeast of Dongliu County...... I still went with my father when I was a child...... ）。

The sky is getting darker and darker, the rain is getting heavier and heavier, Tie Hanhan is also chatting more and more energetically, asking what to say, not asking and not listening, Chang Yu has never seen such a person who can talk about everything, you can give you a few words, you ask him how to knock down Anqing City, he said that he will get hundreds of cannons around the bombardment, and it will be successful......

Chang Yu gave him some broken silver and asked him to go back early, the family in the province was worried, but this thing said that it was not easy to go and talk for a while, Chang Yu had nothing to talk to him, so he went to the side and drew the map on the ground with Li Muxian, this guy actually looked at it and understood it: "You are not right, Pengze County is in the southwest of Dongliu County, not due west......" Saying that, he snatched the wooden stick in Chang Yu's hand and pulled it up on the ground, Chang Yu was shocked: "You still know Hukou County?" “

Tie Hanhan pouted: "I have been to Jiujiang, I have been to Jiujiang when I was young, I drove a big car with others, and I have walked through land and waterways ......."

Oh, I'll go, live map! Chang Yu immediately became interested in this guy: "How about being a guide for us, there is silver!" Tie Hanhan shook his head: "Those counties to the west are occupied by the thief army, and it is very dangerous, if I don't go, I won't go to give any amount of silver."

Good fellow, he still spares his life like this.

"Then you can give me a good map, and I will give you a silver reward if I draw it" Li Muxian interjected, Tie Hanhan pouted and said: "What is there to draw here, from here along the Yangtze River to the west for a few miles, and then along the Yangtze River to turn around and go south for another thirty or forty miles, you will arrive at Dongliu County, and then go straight along the river to the southwest to Pengze County, the opposite bank is Wangjiang County, and then southwest is Hukou County...... Then I went to Jiujiang, these counties are all near the river, what kind of map do you need, just go down the river......"

Belch...... Chang Yu and Li Muxian glanced at each other, and suddenly felt that they were Tie Hanhan.