Chang Yu is not a god, but also a common man who wants to eat and drink Lazar, at this time he was pouting in a farmland not far from the shore market, and after a while, he was bitten a few big bags on his buttocks, and when he was cursing these ubiquitous mosquitoes, he heard a broken gong and scolded: "That splash skin, why don't you run away from the old lady's vegetable field."

Chang Yu looked up in shock, and saw a woman not far away pointing at him and scolding.

Although he is cheeky, but this is ...... Suddenly, his face was red, but his mouth was still stiff: "Isn't it right to give you fertilizer on the vegetable field?"

"It's up to you, test your mother, don't run away with your turtle grandson" The woman picked up the branch and rushed over, Chang Yu had never seen this kind ......of scene, he ran away with his pants and legs, and when the guards in the distance saw this, they rushed to call the woman......

Mom sells batches...... The dignified overseer of the East Factory was chased and ran with his pants! Chang Yu by the canal scolded while washing his hands, and turned around sharply to see Wu Zhong squeezing his eyebrows and laughing in a low voice, and suddenly became angry again: "Today's matter, as long as it spreads, this governor will kill people and destroy his mouth."

Li Muxian and the others hurriedly held back their laughter and looked around: "What's the matter, did something happen today?" ”

"It's nothing, isn't it going to rain again" Chen Wangting and others also started to perform. ……

Xuzhou, one of the ancient Kyushu states in China, because Peng Zu was enclosed here, also known as Peng Zu, is the hometown of the famous emperor, there are nine dynasties of the emperor Xuzhou said, there is Peng Zu's homeland, Liu Bang's hometown, Xiang Yu's hometown is called, in addition to the fact that all dynasties must fight for the place, the strategic location and its importance, at this time belongs to the south of Zhili, is one of the four Zhili prefectures under its jurisdiction of the fourteen prefectures.

As an important town in Jiangbei, Xuzhou has always been relied on by the imperial court, when the great warlord Gao Jie sat here, a few months ago he was ordered to go north to King Qin, and now on the way to triumph.

But Chang Yu went to Xuzhou one step ahead of him.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal turns around and goes east more than ten miles north of Xuzhou, and goes straight east to Pizhou through Suqian to continue south, but Chang Yu has to get off the boat if he wants to go to Xuzhou City.

As an important town through the Grand Canal, Xuzhou Wharf is also amazing, even at dusk, the shore is full of people and boats on the water.

Looking at the rows of cargo ships on the shore, Chang Yu said proudly: "There must be our grain here."

As early as 10 days ago, Octopus's grain ship had been notified to pass through Xuzhou and be on standby, and asked people to prepare for the construction of a grain and grass base near the wharf, which should have been carried out step by step.

On the shore, Chang Yu went to a tea shed to rest in a hurry, and he went to inquire if there were any soldiers and horses passing by recently.

"Yes, yes, yes, hundreds of cavalry came from the north the day before yesterday, and they fought against the Jiaolong Gang like a fierce god, and then fought with the heroes of Shahu Mountain............ Tut-tut, the so-called strong dragon does not suppress the head snake on the ground, I have been running in the canal for so many years, I have never seen an officer and soldier so good, and in just a few days, I have offended all the forces on the ground."

Forehead...... The situation was speechless, Lao Jiu and his brothers in the black wolf camp all ate gunpowder to grow muscles, and the ground snake just didn't mess with them, he didn't like others, if he provoked them...... Ay.

"What do you mean by winning the egg?" He was a little confused.

"It's very arrogant, very domineering, and it means that it can be lifted" Wu Zhong didn't know when he walked over.

Guo Ren smiled, is that good, which of the fourth battalion of the East Factory is not a winner: "Dare to ask the fellow, where did those winning eggs go?" ”

"Stationed in Luotai Village in the west, I heard that we have to negotiate with Shahushan and the Jiaolong Gang in the past two days, hey, what are you doing?"

"Oh, we're with those guys," Guo Ren said and smiled, and the people in the tea shed were stunned and speechless.

Guo Ren continued to ask: "Inquire about it, what are the Jiaolong Gang and Shahu Mountain doing, and why are those Shengren Eggs fighting with him?" ”

The person who spoke looked left and right: "The Jiaolong Gang is in Xuzhou, and the Shahu Mountain is in this area, as long as you pass through this boundary, whether you go on land or in the water, you will be filial to the two of them, otherwise you will not be able to move an inch, understand, they are the head snakes of the ground, this is not just by the victory of the eggs can hang the platform, that is, if the officers and soldiers just cross the road, it doesn't matter, but if you want to do something, then worship the dock and abide by the rules."

Guo Ren frowned when he heard this: "Fellow, listen to your words, those victorious eggs clashed with these local snakes because of stubble?" ”

"It's not," the fellow glared, "I heard that for a merchant on this water......

Guo Ren already knew it in his heart, and glanced back at Chang Yu, but saw that he seemed to have a smile on his face, and asked Li Muxian next to him: "Does the saying that a strong dragon does not suppress the head snake work in the rivers and lakes?" ”

"It depends on whether it's a dragon or a group of dragons" Li Muxian smiled, and his eyes glared at him: "It won't work in me."

Chang Yu ignored her, and then smiled: "Who is the biggest snake in Xuzhou?" ”

The crowd laughed.

That's naturally Gao Jie!

Luotai Village is a small village close to the west bank of the canal, Chang Yu and his entourage asked the direction and rode there, and naturally there were few discussions about them in the tea shed.

The summer night was extremely hot, Chang Yu was still sweating with his arms open, and the lotus heart in the car couldn't bear the stuffiness and drilled out: "Master, I want to ride a horse" Su Jing rode to the side of the car and stretched out his hand to carry her to an empty horse, and everyone who watched cheered.

"This Xuzhou is mostly plains, and there is no danger to defend, why has it become a battleground for soldiers?" Li Muxian muttered boredly, Chang Yu glanced at him: "And it's also a famous Yellow River flooding area, it is flooded at every turn, I don't understand why its strategic location is so important, right?" ”

"Isn't it" Li Muxian scratched his head, and Chen Wangting next to him teased him: "Isn't the Taoist chief omniscient?" ”

"Master Chen, why did you learn from that guy badly" Li Muxian rolled his eyes, and everyone laughed.

"Have you ever heard a sentence that the guard will guard Huai, and the guard will guard Xu?" Chang Yu thought for a moment and said.

Li Muxian shook his head.

"That long man has ever heard Bai Juyi's "Sauvignon Blanc", which has a sentence: Bianshui flows, Surabaya flows, flows to Guazhou Gudutou. Wu Shan nodded.

Li Muxian's face flushed: "Poor Dao is only a shallow learner, I have heard it, but I don't understand what it has to do with this?" ”

The relationship is big, Chang Yu smiled slightly, the two sentences are summed up in a nutshell, Xuzhou is not important for the topography but the geographical location, its waterway runs through the north and south is an important water supply hub of the Grand Canal, and at the same time it is a land transportation hub, Pengcheng and Xiapi control the landing communication line, the north can go up to the Yellow River, the south can go down to the Jianghuai, and the west can enter the Central Plains,

The north and south of the Huai River are collectively referred to as the two Huai, and in the two Huai areas in the southeast of Shandong, they are often the battlefields of the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River.

In history, there have been many confrontations between the north and the south, where this is the case, the Jianghuai region is usually occupied by the Jiangnan regime, and the Huaibei is often pocketed by the Central Plains regime, and both sides of the Huai River are the main battlefields of the tug-of-war between the north and the south regimes, and Xuzhou is the first to bear the brunt and become an important town that both sides must take.

Once the Huai River is broken through in the south, it must go north to take Xuzhou and settle the two Huai first. Xuzhou can take the Central Plains in the west and Shandong in the north, and Xiang Yu did this.

Lü Meng said that Xuzhou is "Xu and Luojiao", and Wang Xuanmo, a famous general of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, also said that "Pengcheng must be both land and water", and whoever controls Xuzhou will control the hub of the Yellow River in the north, the Huai River in the south, and the Central Plains in the west......

Chang Yu talked eloquently, everyone who listened was amazed, Li Muxian boasted that he knew everything, but seeing that this little eunuch could quote scriptures when he opened his mouth, he was surprised and convinced, and secretly claimed to be surprised, what is his origin?

"What people, stop!"

At this moment, there was a shouting sound from the front, and it turned out that he had arrived in the village unconsciously.

"My own people" shouted tenaciously: "The little overseer has arrived, let Lao Jiu get out!" ”

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