The wind and rain were fierce, making people tremble, and the same encounter was encountered across the mountain, Chang Yu did not know that the cavalry led by Gao Jie and others also suffered heavy rain when he took shelter from the rain in Lai'an County.

It is said that after Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing separated from Chang Yu outside Fengyang City, they immediately raised troops and marched quickly with Lu Zhenfei through Dingyuan County all the way south, the three of them made meritorious contributions and the terrain was flat and hilly, although there were many people and horses, they marched very fast, and when Chang Yu arrived in Lai'an County, they arrived in Luzhou Prefecture, only dozens of miles away from Hefei but suffered heavy rain.

This made Gao Jie and the three of them irritable, how could nearly 10,000 people and horses have such a place to shelter from the rain, they could only find the woods on the side of the mountain to take shelter, but they inevitably became drenched in the soup chicken, and the people and horses were tired and cold all day and night, and even making a fire was a problem on this rainy day, so what Chang Yu was most worried about happened, and the army was so tired that he complained.

People will always have all kinds of complaints and anger in the predicament, this kind of thing is impossible to avoid, Gao Jie and the three are veterans of the army, knowing that the soldiers at this time can not be stimulated or harsh, so they let people make a fire under the cliff and slaughter a horse to cook soup to warm up the soldiers, the three of them walked to the soldiers in their robes to talk and laugh, and finally pressed the flame.

The sky is already hey, the rain is getting smaller but not more, Gao Jie, Lu Zhenfei and others are crowded under a cliff and stone around the bonfire all frowning without fighting, the march is not conducive to the army's heart and affects the foot, there are still hundreds of miles to Wuhu, will it be that the thief army has beaten the city.

"Let's go southeast from Hanshan and Chaohu between the two counties, between the two counties are hilly, not to mention the impact of the speed, but also to go around and around, it is necessary to delay a lot of effort, now the rain is only afraid of delaying longer, after Hanshan to the other side of the river is Wuhu, no matter whether the thief army breaks the city or not, I am afraid that it will not be easy for us to cross the river" Lu Zhenfei is particularly familiar with the geography of this area, and he took a branch and paddled around on the ground.

Everyone frowned, and Liu Zeqing added fuel to the fire again: "In addition, there is also how to solve the supply of grain and grass."

The three of them are all cavalry, in order not to delay the journey from Xuzhou when they set off lightly, only carrying a little dry food, these days the horse has been whipped up for nearly a thousand miles, the grain and grass have bottomed out, and the day before yesterday in Fengyang Mansion to replenish some, this is still for Chang Yu's face, Lu Zhenfei almost took out all the family funds, but after all, it is tens of thousands of mouths, and this ration is enough for five days at most, that is to say, it should be hungry when it comes to the Yangtze River.

Several people looked at it and stopped at Gao Jie.

"What the hell are you staring at me, how can I pull out the grain" Gao Jie raised his hand angrily and pointed at Liu Liangzuo: "Huama Liu, don't pretend to be stupid, Luzhou Mansion is your territory, and you have to solve the matter of grain and grass in public and private."

There is nothing wrong with Gao Jie's words, Hua Ma Liu went all the way south from Beijing to eat and drink mixed and beat the autumn breeze first, first borrowed a little Huang Degong, and then supported to Jinan to rub rice Liu Zeqing, and from Xuzhou to Gao Jie's all the way here, besides, Gao Jie and Liu Ze cleared the grain and grass self-sufficiency, and then Chang Yu's soft and hard pit and deceived them also donated a lot of food.

Liu Liangzuo is very shrewd and silently all the way and intends to pass the test in the dark, even if he is now picked out by Gao Jie, he still wants to play tricks: "Two brothers, I am not as big as you, you are guarding one side of the oil and water, but I have only listened to the bandits in Luzhou Mansion in the past two years, today Tongcheng, Ming'er Lujiang, the day after tomorrow Shucheng, busy running and breaking legs without a place to warm my buttocks, what to make a fortune, I only care about half full of 10,000 mouths, where is it redundant."

This also makes sense, Liu Zeqing and Huang Degong have been busy fighting with Zhang Xianzhong around Luzhou Mansion in the past two years, and they are really not like Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing who sit on one side to run the family business, but then again, fighting and getting rich are fundamentally contradictory, and even the more they fight, the more ruthless they become. ’

Liu Liangzuo is such a fortune, he doesn't actively plunder the first place in the war, he doesn't steal and rob openly, this kind of thing is much older, although he has no fixed base, but it does not affect him to make a fortune at all, others don't know about this, Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing have a thorough understanding of him, and the two directly shook off a disdainful look: "Huama Liu, don't forget our previous oath to advance and retreat together, and besides, this grain and grass is not for you to provide in vain, and when the rear is supplied, you will use as much as you want, and the little overseer is not a person who pays the bill."

Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing are now very often entangled in interests, and their words have changed from the disrespectful in the past.

"But I really don't!" Liu Liangzuo knew that he couldn't hide: "I can figure out what the two brothers are, do you think I can leave my family here when I go north?" Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing glanced at each other, too, the character and reputation of this goods are so stinky and there is no fixed base, and the accumulated belongings will naturally go wherever they go, which means that they are all on the main side of the rear, so it can also be inferred that the grain and grass reserves in their belongings should not be much, after all, no one can take the grain depot to fight for thousands of miles, and it is speculated that there should be a lot of cash on the side.

The speculation is correct, Liu Liangzuo has a lot of cash, and as for grain and grass, he asks for it wherever he goes, steals it if he doesn't give it, or robs it.

"It's been such a big circle, and you're still an iron with a hair" Gao Jie snorted coldly, Liu Zeqing's face was not good, and when he saw this, Liu hurriedly said: "There is a way, there is a way."

"If there's a fart," Gao Jie said impatiently.

"If Governor Ma is still alive, he can transfer grain from Luzhou Mansion as long as he says a word, but it's just ...... So we have to rely on ourselves for this matter" Huama Liu Zheng was interrupted by Gao Jie: "What the hell do you want to say, let that surnamed Ma come back to life."

Hua Ma Liu then rushed to the topic: "I still have some face in the Luzhou Mansion for more than two years, and although the Governor of Lu is the Governor of Fengyang, the Governor of Luzhou also said the day before yesterday that he will be recommended as the Governor of Lufeng...... So the two of us went to Luzhou Mansion to borrow grain, if the two of them feel that the road is far away, then when we continue to go south through Chaohu Lake and Hanshan, borrow grain by the way, if they don't borrow it, hum, hum"

"What's the matter, if people don't borrow it, you won't be able to rob it" Gao Jie seemed to smile, Huama Liu glanced at Lu Zhenfei and smiled, "Then how can we be, we are not thieves."

Moreover, Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing rolled their eyes, who were with them, and who they didn't know what kind of goods they had.

Lu Zhenfei was an upright person, and he had heard the evil deeds of the three people in front of him for a long time, so he didn't bother to listen to their vernacular and said: "Liu Zongbing's suggestion can be tried, this is only a few dozen miles away from Luzhou Mansion to the west, and this official is friendly with the governor Zhang Liang, and he is willing to go together."

When the three of them heard this, they were overjoyed: "If Governor Zhang is in Luzhou, this matter will be done, after all, Wuhu is also under his jurisdiction, and we will send troops to help him suppress the bandits, and he can't let us go hungry."

Why do you say that, Wuhu belongs to the Taiping Mansion, how can it be under the jurisdiction of the Luzhou Prefecture, because they are all under the jurisdiction of an official office, that is, the Governor of Anqing is also called the Governor of Anlu, which was established in Chongzhen for ten years, and the scope of jurisdiction at that time was large, even including Henan, Hunan, Jiangxi and other places, but in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, it was reduced to Anqing, Luzhou, Taiping, Chizhou Four Mansions, the first governor of this yamen is Shi Kefa, and now it is Zhang Liang who has just been promoted from the deputy envoy of Anlu.

This governor Yamen was originally in Anqing, but at this time Anqing had fallen into the hands of the thief army, and he had not heard the news that Zhang Liang had surrendered to the thief or died, so it was very likely that he was in Luzhou Mansion, and Lu Zhenfei vaguely remembered that Ma Shiying had also mentioned Zhang Liang when he took refuge in Fengyang.

So the four of them have discussed, and decided to go to Luzhou Mansion, in addition to preparing grain and grass to understand the military situation, the thief army along the river is like a broken bamboo, although it is mainly along the east bank of the advance, but Anqing is still ready to break the city on the west bank of the Yangtze River, at this time the vanguard of the thief army has arrived on the other side of Wuhu, who knows that there is no on the west bank, don't worry about the Chaohu Lake and Hanshan in front of it have been taken, in addition to crossing the river The battle also needs the full assistance of the local yamen.

A moment later, Lu Zhenfei and Liu Liangzuo led half a hundred fast horses to Luzhou Mansion in the rain.

When you disappear into the dark night and rain, Liu Zeqing sneered, this flower horse Liu is far more cunning than imagined, if he goes to borrow grain, he not only does not have to take out a penny but also makes a meritorious service, if it doesn't work, it is impossible for him to spit out a grain of rice, it is really cunning and cunning, and he will not pull out a hair.

Gao Jie disagreed: "He is an iron rooster, our brothers can't pull out a single hair, and someone can't pull it out" said and looked at Liu Zeqing with a smile: "Which of our brothers is not an iron rooster, and now he is not being plucked bald."

Liu Zeqi was stunned, and then laughed: "It's different, it's different!" I am making a deal with the Governor, unlike you, it is inconvenient to go into detail at this time, but you will naturally understand in the future. It's you, I see that the Governor hasn't plucked your hair much, you don't need to complain about poverty in front of me."

It's really different, you not only have to be plucked, but you also have to pluck your head, seeing that Liu Zeqing also took the opportunity to be triumphant in the dream of the little eunuch painting him a big cake, Gao Jie sneered in his heart, but he said, I can't compare with Brother Liu, your family has a big business, I can't do it, just ...... family background"