On the sparkling Taihu Lake, a fleet of 100 shipwrenders is speeding south, this flotilla is composed of medium-sized warships of 500 stones, carrying 3,000 soldiers, led by Zhou Meng, the general of the navy tiger Benlang, because they are all swordsman boats, so the ships appear to be very slender, can sail in a small river channel one zhang wide, and the thirty soldiers on each boat are oarsmen, paddling with short oars, so that the ships can sail fast. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

This fleet entered Taihu Lake from Wuxi, and their target was not Wuxian County, but Wucheng County to the south of Taihu Lake.

The ultimate goal of this fleet was the Qiantang River, and they had to enter the Qiantang River first to cut off the retreat of Meng Haigong's army.

There are two waterways from Wuxi County to Qiantang River, one is the Jiangnan Canal, the end point of the Jiangnan Canal is the Qiantang River, because the Jiangnan Canal must pass through Wu County, then it will lose its secrecy, so they can only choose the second waterway, from Wuxi County into Taihu Lake, bypassing Wu County.

Of course, there is no river leading to the Qiantang River from Taihu Lake, but from Taihu Lake, you can enter the Jiangnan Canal and sail to Yuhang County to enter the Qiantang River.

On the official map, there are only two waterways connecting Taihu Lake to the Jiangnan Canal, one is in Wuxi County, and the other is the Wusong River close to Wu County, but if they sail from the Wusong River into the Jiangnan Canal, they will inevitably be discovered by Meng Haigong's army, and Meng Haigong is likely to change his strategy and retreat to Xuancheng County to the west, and it makes no sense for them to go to the Qiantang River to cut off the back road of Meng Haigong's army.

Therefore, the fleet had to find a third channel to connect to the Jiangnan Canal, and the map of the water network of Wu County given to them by Jiang Yuanchao, the former county commander of Wu County, played a huge role at this time.

There are at least four small rivers south of Wu County on the map that connect Taihu Lake and the Jiangnan Canal, but the first three rivers are too narrow to drive a 500-stone meandering boat, and only the fourth river, called Wujia River, connects Wucheng County and Jiaxing County, and directly flows into the Jiangnan Canal in Jiaxing County.

In the evening, the fleet finally arrived at Wucheng County, which was later known as Huzhou, which belonged to Wu County and was an extremely important grain producing place in the south of Taihu Lake.

The fleet searched along the lakeshore for the entrance to the Wujia River, but with at least dozens of small rivers flowing into the lake along the coast of Wucheng County, it was not easy to find the entrance to the Wujia River, which is only two zhang wide.

At this time, the sunset shines obliquely on the Taihu Lake, making the Taihu Lake sparkling, as if the lake has ignited an endless purple red flame, making the lake and the distant sky merge into one, which is particularly gorgeous and magnificent.

Zhou Meng didn't have the heart to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the lake, seeing that it was getting dark, they had to find the estuary before dark, he was very anxious, the fleet slowed down, Zhou Meng took the map, carefully observed the reference on the shore, on the map, there should be a lake temple close to the estuary, that is the sign he was looking for.

"General, isn't it there!" A soldier shouted as he pointed to a small temple in the distance.

The small temple is very hidden, blocked by a person-high barren grass, only one roof is exposed, the roof is on both sides of the cornices, black tiles and yellow walls, it is the appearance of a temple, and at this time, Zhou Meng also saw that there is an estuary covered by aquatic shrubs next to the small temple, Zhou Meng was overjoyed, and immediately gave a thumbs up to the soldier and praised: "Reward ten dollars!" ”

The fleet sailed into the shore, the whole picture of the house was presented, it was indeed a dilapidated small temple, and at this time, Zhou Meng also saw the difference of this estuary, other estuaries are water flowing into Taihu Lake, but this estuary is the opposite, Taihu Lake water flows into the river, the soldiers draw their knives to cut down the bushes, and a two-zhang wide river channel is presented in front of them.

It's this river, Zhou Meng immediately ordered: "Enter the river!" ”

As night fell, the long fleet of Sui troops sailed into the Wujia River and gradually disappeared into the depths of the river.

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About two miles away from the Sui army camp, there was a small village called Jiang Dun Village, there were about seventy or eighty families in the village, almost every family was surnamed Jiang, and in the afternoon, the arrival of an army of 2,000 people broke the tranquility of the small village.

Zhang Xuan ordered the army to wait outside the village, he took a dozen personal soldiers into the village, and there was a mansion covering an area of 20 acres at the easternmost end of the village, with a courtyard wall as high as one zhang, white walls and black tiles, vermilion lacquer gates, and two stone pixiu at the door, representing the extraordinary identity of the owner of this mansion.

A soldier turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and knocked on the knocker, and in a moment, the door creaked open, revealing an old face, and he saw more than a dozen soldiers outside, and couldn't help but be angry, "My master has said that he will not serve you!" ”

After that, 'Bang! The door was closed, this was the first time Zhang Xuan had eaten a closed door, the soldiers were furious, and they were about to step forward to kick the door, but Zhang Xuan stopped them and said loudly: "Boss, we are the Sui army, not Meng Haigong's army!" ”

He knew that the old man must have thought that they were Meng Haigong's army, and it also showed that Meng Haigong often sent people to harass them.

At this time, the door opened again, and the old man said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I thought you were sent by Butcher Meng, and you were rude just now." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled: "Don't blame those who don't know, please inform your master for me." ”

The old man looked the young general in front of him up and down, "May I ask who the general is?" ”

"You just said Jaang Hyun is visiting?"

"Wait a minute!"

The old man didn't react, turned around and walked towards the inner courtyard, saying 'Zhang Xuan!\' in his mouth, but he had just taken two steps, stopped suddenly, and looked back at Zhang Xuan in horror, "You are.... King Qi ..... Jang Hyun? ”

"Exactly!"

The old man was so frightened that his legs weakened, he fell to his knees and kowtowed, "The villain has eyes and no beads, and he collided with His Highness, begging His Highness to forgive the villain's sins!" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled and excused himself, "I just said, don't blame those who don't know, don't blame yourself, go and report to your master for me." ”

At this moment, a clear voice came from the courtyard, "Lao Zhong, who is it!" ”

The old man hurriedly got up and said, "Master.... Be.... His Royal Highness King Qi has come down. ”

There was a sound of 'ah!\' from the courtyard, and I saw a thin old man walking out quickly, it was Jiang Yuanchao, the county of Wujun, who knew Zhang Xuan, and hurriedly bowed down to salute, "Weichen Jiang Yuanchao see His Royal Highness King Qi!" ”

"Jiang Juncheng knows me?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

"Weichen was the Shaoqing of Dali Temple a few years ago, and I met His Royal Highness in the capital."

"I see, I came abruptly and disturbed Jiang Juncheng."

"Where! Where! Your Highness, please come into the house. ”

Zhang Xuan happily walked into the mansion and sat down in the lobby, Jiang Yuanchao hurriedly ordered the old servant to serve tea, Zhang Xuan smiled and said: "I came to visit Jiang Juncheng, first of all, I want to thank Juncheng for providing us with the map. ”

Jiang Yuanchao laughed, "It seems that I didn't see the wrong person, that little merchant brother is the Sui Army scout." ”

Zhang Xuan asked with some curiosity: "How did Jiang Juncheng see through his identity, where did he show up?" ”

"That scout brother behaved very well, there was no flaw, and he didn't show his voice when he asked about the news, he was a very good scout, I didn't see through it at first, I really thought he was a merchant, and it wasn't until I said goodbye later that I suddenly thought of his loopholes."

"What is it?"

"Actually, His Highness should also know that all the people in Piling County were arrested by Meng Qi Ghost in Wuxi County a month ago, but this merchant said that he only came to Wu County from Biling County a few days ago to make a living, how could it be? It was only later that I realized that he had been quietly inquiring, and that I had concluded that he was a Sui scout, so I gave him the map. ”

Zhang Xuan laughed, "Sure enough, he is not an ordinary person, he has the consciousness of officialdom, no wonder he will be seen through, and only Jiang Juncheng can do it." ”

Jiang Yuanchao hurriedly said: "I have a good impression of that little merchant brother, and I just ask His Highness not to blame him for being exposed." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled, "He has made a great contribution to getting the map, and he has provided information about Jiang Juncheng, and he has the hope of being promoted from brigade commander to captain." ”

After pondering for a while, Zhang Xuan said sincerely: "I came to visit Jiang Juncheng today, and I also want to talk to Jiang Juncheng about how to govern Wu County?" ”

Danyang County, Wu County and Huiji County represent three different cultures in Jiangnan, and they are also the center of the three major forces in Jiangnan.

Jiang Yuanchao smiled slightly, "Didn't Your Highness do a good job in Wuxi County?" The people of Wu County heard that Meng Qi Ghost and his army were killed by His Royal Highness, and every household closed their doors to celebrate, and even Weichen drank bitterly, believing that when His Royal Highness entered Wu County, every household would definitely burn incense and kneel to welcome His Highness. ”

Zhang Xuan smiled: "I'm worried that killing too many people will go against the peace of heaven." ”

"Definitely!"

Jiang Yuanchao shook his head, "Eliminating evil is to promote good, eliminating evil is inexhaustible, and it is the good father and elder who will suffer in the end, I don't think that His Highness's slaughter of evil is against the peace of heaven, the way of heaven, the loss is more than enough to make up for the deficiency, Meng Qi's army is too evil, people and gods are angry, His Royal Highness's actions are really for the heavens." (To be continued.) )