Liyang, a slapped land on the left bank of the Liujia River in Nandu Town, Qianshan, is less than three miles in size, but it is forced to squeeze more than 1,000 people.

In the evening, the wind picked up, and it didn't take long for it to rain.

As soon as this wind and rain blows, these soldiers from all the provinces in the southern capital who are surrounded in Liujiahe can be frozen enough.

In addition to the local villagers who put ducks in this place, they built a duck shed on the shore, and as far as the eye can see, it is slippery, except for the reeds or reeds, there is no place to hide from the rain, so they can only be randomly grouped together, and the reeds around them are broken and blocked on the head, just this, it is only a psychological comfort. Some soldiers couldn't stand the cold, so they found out the fire fold and wanted to light the reeds, but it was in vain to point and go.

"I knew earlier, I wouldn't have come to kill him!"

A soldier in Yingchengbo's Mansion regretted that his intestines were blue, and he scolded and threw the fire gun in his hand into the river.

On this rainy day, the fire rope is wet, and this fire gun is worse than a fucking fire stick.

Another soldier who was holding his knees and was there shouted: "It's okay to throw it, it's hard to carry." ”

"Thank God, if it doesn't rain, we can still talk here?" It was the soldiers of the Marquis of Longping who stood up patting their butts, and the people of their Marquis Longping Mansion suffered the greatest losses, and now I am afraid that there are only about a dozen left.

The surrounding soldiers did not squeak when they heard what the soldiers of the Marquis of Longping said, because it was the steep wind and rain that forced the pursuit of the Wei eunuchs' soldiers and horses, otherwise how could they still have their lives to run to this place.

"I don't know if Master Hou wants to evacuate? It's really not a success... Come down. The soldiers of Yingcheng Bofu, who threw the fire guns into the river, looked at the two grass huts not far ahead.

Master Hou, they're inside.

When everyone heard this, they all looked at the hut, and many of them secretly reached out to feel if the silver ingots in their bosoms had fallen off.

………

The duck shed where Lingbi Hou and Dong Ningbo Bo rested was set up by the local people to watch the ducks.

In addition to the mines, there are many ducks in Liyang, and there are more than 100,000 ducks transported to the south every year.

It's a pity that Master Hou and they didn't come at the right time, and the ducks were also "green and yellow", otherwise they could eat two fresh fat ducks.

The duck shed is made of wood and grass, which is very simple, and there are no duck herders in winter, so the grass on the top is blowing a lot, and many places are leaking, but compared to the soldiers outside, this shed is better than the soldiers.

Hou Ye Tang sat on the edge of the shed, spread some hay on the ground, and sat down casually, staring blankly at the wind and rain outside.

Master Hou is heartbroken, and he can't be injured anymore, and I'm afraid he won't be able to recover if he doesn't have time.

Uncle Jiao's leg was injured, not by beating, but by falling. The two nephews carried him on the wooden bed where the duck herder slept on his face, too.

"Big brother, I'll go find something to eat."

Jiao Chengyuan whispered, and rummaged in the duck shed, but he didn't find anything to eat, but there were a few bags of bran to feed the ducks.

But is that thing for human consumption?

"With such heavy rain, the enemy's firearms and artillery can't be used, so I'm afraid they won't attack." It was Lu Dading, the general of the Lingbi Marquis Mansion, who was the commander of the patrol camp.

"He Eunuch Wei won't come to beat us, but we can't just stay here. We have to send someone back to Nandu to ask for help quickly, or the rain will stop, and we will all be finished! Jiao Chengye looked at his uncle worriedly.

Lu Dading smiled bitterly: "Ye Gongzi, the road to the southern capital has been given a card by the people of Eunuch Wei, and the people who report the news can't get out, so how can there be rescuers." ”

"Huh? …”

Jiao Chengye's face paled.

Uncle Jiao also sighed, and raised his eyes to look at Tang Houye: "Old Tang, you can give me an idea." ”

Tang Hou Ye didn't seem to hear it, Uncle Jiao called him again, Fang reacted, but then hesitated for a moment, and then he was very calm and calm: "Don't go to ask for help, let's surrender." ”

"Surrender?"

Uncle Jiao and everyone in the shed were stunned.

"Yes, surrender, there is no other way." Tang Hou Ye affirmed again, looking at his expression, he made a decision after thinking about it for a long time.

"Old Tang, we're here to kill him Eunuch Wei! … This is going to descend on him, can he, Eunuch Wei, let us go? "Uncle Jiao hopes that Marquis Tang will think twice.

"Don't worry, he Wei Gelding won't dare to kill us!"

Tang Hou Ye had already thought about this, he got up slowly, and said to Uncle Jiao: "Far water can't quench the thirst of the near, pointing to the soldiers of the Southern Capital to save us, I'm afraid we have already gone down the ghost gate." Don't think about those useless things, save your life first! ”

"There's no other way?"

Uncle Jiao's face was bitter, he knew that Lao Tang's opinion was right, but it was a shame for a second-class marquis and a third-class uncle to surrender to a eunuch.

Tang Houye glanced at him and shook his head: "Even if the Nandu can still send troops to rescue us, we still have to guard for two or three days, how many people do we have now?" … The weapons are almost lost, but there are thousands of eunuchs in Wei, and when the time comes, what will we do to stop them? If it's really a critical time, will it be me, the marquis, to kill the enemy or you, the uncle, to kill the enemy? ”

"Me"

Uncle Jiao coughed lightly, his courage is not fake, and it is not false to be good at using a big knife, but the big knife is not heavy. Moreover, his leg is injured, and he will not be able to run, let alone kill the enemy.

"Master Hou, or the end will desperately protect you and Uncle Ye from breaking through!"

Lu Dading also stood up, as the general of the Lingbi Hou Mansion, it was his bounden duty to protect the life of the Hou Ye and maintain the dignity of the Hou Mansion.

"Ben Hou has made up his mind, you can send someone to talk to Wei Eunuch."

Tang Houye waved his hand, the chance of breaking through was very slim, and he would not risk his life. Where there is life, there is hope. As long as he Tang Guozuo can save his life, he still has the account with Eunuch Wei.

……….

Wei Gonggong's "command post" was in a small village two or three miles on the right bank of the Liujia River, and the owner was a local Lizheng.

Fortunately, the officers and soldiers did not harass the village, but only asked him to vacate the house for the town guard father-in-law to rest, which relieved Li Zheng. The old couple took their daughter-in-law to work for a while and cleaned up the house. After Father-in-law Wei came, he was quite satisfied, and asked someone to reward him with two taels of silver, which made the old couple excited for a while.

The daughter-in-law there was in her early thirties, and she didn't know that Gonggong Wei was a eunuch, but she saw this official looking at her, and her face was suddenly slightly red, but she didn't dodge, and there was a bit of spring in her eyes.

Father-in-law Wei shuddered at that time: Eldest sister, we are very familiar, but we are not strong...

It was windy and rainy outside, and all the battalions stopped attacking, only surround the remnants of the Lingbi Marquis on the left bank of the Liujia River.

In this regard, the nobles of Fengcheng expressed their puzzlement, thinking that Lao Tang should be given the final blow to achieve the purpose of launching everyone into the water together.

He couldn't wait to see Lao Tang and Lao Jiao in embarrassment.

"A duck can't fly."

Gonggong Wei replied to the nobles of Fengcheng like this, and then saw Song Sibao sneak into the kitchen with two ducks, and his face was cold on the spot.

"Where did the ducks come from!"

Song Sibao hurriedly said: "Father-in-law, don't worry, the small ones have given money, and the ones who have given money." ”

"I gave you money,"

The father-in-law's face softened at this time, not only to Song Sibao, but also to the left and right entourage, he said: "Not taking a stitch from the people is a repeated request of our family, and this is true for the next, and even more so for ourselves." Only when we do this, can the people support us, and if we get the support of the people, our imperial army will live up to the name of the Son of Heaven's pro-army..."

After finishing speaking, he specially instructed Song Sibao: "Pick out the duck intestines for us, cut them and mix them with salt, we love to eat this... Oh, it's baked with miso and braised it. ”

When the duck in the pot was just cooked, the news of Lingbi Hou's surrender came.