Chapter 32: The Meteorology of the Son of Heaven

(Strive for renewal, ask for red tickets)

After the rain, the twilight was dark, and dozens of horses galloped up to the mound two or three miles away on the west side to observe this side.

It was only regarded as the enemy's sentry reconnaissance, and more than a dozen cavalry scouts galloped out of the camp to be on guard, staring at it from afar, and there was no intention to chase and shoot at the enemy sentry in the mud of the four fields.

Liu An'er wore a red tasseled battle hat, a gray and fluffy rain cover, and a faint scar on his face, which made his somewhat handsome face more heroic.

Sun Gongzi hatefully inserted the horse chopping knife into the soil, and his Xuanhua axe was knocked down when he attacked the village four days ago, so he couldn't find the axe weapon to take advantage of for a while, so he could only use the horse chopping knife again.

Sun Gongzi's weapon used to be used earlier is the chopping knife, Liu Miaozhen's chopping knife is still taught by him, since he lost the knife with Liu Miaozhen, he hated to abandon the chopping knife, and now he uses the chopping knife, only to feel that it is still easy to chop the horse.

"Where is this camp?" Sun Gongzi took a sip and stared at Liu Miaozhen, the girl in the red jacket, "You said that the city wall of Yancheng County is as strong as this camp wall?" I don't know how to do it like this, it's only been more than ten days, and now they have even excavated the moat, do they really want to build another city in this Shukou? ”

Liu Miaozhen ignored Sun Zhuzi's complaints, the Jiangdong Left Army was able to build the Jiangdong Left Army as strong as a walled city in more than ten days, which is precisely the embodiment of the logistics strength of the Jiangdong Left Army, which is not at all the level she can hope to achieve at this time, glanced sideways at her brother, and said: "I'm afraid it's hard to fight!" Looking at the information from the luxury family, I think that Tan Zong, the fox of the East China Sea, is mostly his pseudonym, he can fight, and he is as cunning as a fox, this nail is not easy to pull! ”

Chen Hansan was silent.

Earlier, when the various commanders were electing war zones, he took a fancy to the fact that Yi and Shu were located in fertile plains, had not been subjected to war for many years, and were close to Cao Dao, so it was most advantageous to raise grain, and even if the war was lost, he would go south to Huai'an, east to Qingzhou, or north to Tai'an, and there were many choices, so he took the initiative to ask to come and fight Shuyang.

The 5,000 elites of the Jiangdong Left Army suddenly pierced into Shukou like a nail, and the responsibility of defending the battle was naturally borne by Chen Hansan. Chen Hansan had 20,000 elite soldiers between Shuyi, and Sun Zhuang also gathered all the soldiers and horses to help attack, and fought six times, but he failed to shake the camp of the Jiangdong Left Army in Shukou at all, and even the more he fought, the more he made the Shukou camp of the Jiangdong Left Army strong and difficult to bite, what face could Chen Hansan have?

Fortunately, the Jiangdong Left Army was famous for its strength, and Liu An'er and the other Qu Shuai did not look down on him or blame him for this, and Chen Hansan felt better. No matter how slippery he is like a rabbit, he always needs some face.

"Let's go," Liu An'er saw the situation of the Shukou camp of the Jiangdong Left Army, went down to the mound, and the horse called for the guards to lead, he sighed as he walked: "Two years ago, we planned to rob the Qin family's fleet in Hongzepu, but that night we were caught off guard by the sudden burning beacon fire, and we were forced to start at Luoyang Lake in advance. Although he reluctantly hijacked the Qin family's fleet in the end, Lin Bin, who entered Luoyang Lake with the Qin family's fleet, escaped calmly. In that battle, this East China Sea Fox was impressive! ”

Liu An'er decided that Tan Zong, the fox of the East China Sea, was Lin Bin's pseudonym, and at this time, the luxury family and Xiao Baiming and others who took refuge in the luxury family had been able to confirm that before Lin Tie made his career, Changshan Daokou secretly colluded with him.

Sun Gongzi said: "This dog's day, male thieves and female prostitutes, are no different from us!" ”

Liu Miaozhen glared at him, her mouth was open, and she didn't scold her family for male thieves and prostitutes.

Sun Gongzi smiled and said: "The little white face surnamed Qin later suspected that the suddenly burning beacon fire was made by Lin Tie, but you don't believe it, now that I think about it, the little white face surnamed Qin really has two brushes." An Shuai, the red-jacketed girl doesn't have a husband yet, I think the surname Qin is suitable! ”

Liu Miaozhen will not be embarrassed to twist and pinch like an ordinary woman, and she doesn't care that Sun Gongzi has taught her knife skills, and she will smash it with a bowl-sized fist. Liu Miaozhen punched extremely fast, and Sun Gongzi's short waist was not able to resist the strength, and he took a punch on the shoulder.

Liu An'er also cares about her sister's marriage, but her sister is a little lacking in appearance, but her vision is extremely high, and ordinary men can't get into her eyes at all. In the past, when Qin Zitan came to contact on behalf of the luxury family, he was close, but unless Qin Zitan joined here, he was reluctant to marry his sister to Dongmin, and killed the luxury family in a bloody battle.

At this time, Sun Gongzi pretended to be confused and brought up the old things, and Liu An'er was also happy, so the worries in his heart were lightened, and he didn't follow his sister's jokes, and said: "The Jiangdong Left Army wants to guard against both sides, and the luxury family wants us to go south to respond, but we are blocked in Shukou, and we should also ask the luxury family to share the pressure for us in the East China Sea......"

"Going to a luxury house now?" Sun Gongzi asked, full of displeasure, "The person surnamed Qin helped the luxury family to be a lobbyist, and he didn't have any good intentions......

"What's this," Liu An'er said with a smile, "Isn't the luxury family also frustrated in the hands of the Jiangdong Left Army in the East China Sea, it is very difficult for us to pull out this nail, let the luxury family share the pressure, there is no shame, and there is no intention of asking for it...... We are all from a bitter background, and we still have to rely on ourselves in the end, but it does not prevent us from uniting others to borrow from each other. ”

Sun Gongzi was silent, did not agree or oppose, the Jiangdong Left Army established a defense line in Shengsi to prepare for the power of the luxury family in eastern Zhejiang, and Shengsi also fought, which could make it difficult for Lin to take care of both the head and the tail.

"Lin Jian was able to respond to Yue Lengqiu's retreat to the south before, but he didn't do it, and the gap between him and Yue Lengqiu will not be fake," Liu An'er said again, "As far as the current situation is concerned, Han San can block the Jiangdong Left Army from continuing to move north here, then we will fight Xuzhou." This rainy day, there are disadvantages and advantages, and after Xuzhou, our situation in Huaisi will be alive...... In the past two years, in order to raise food to feed so many people, we have turned to war everywhere, and some evil things have to be done, I think it is possible that in the future, we will gain a foothold in Huaisi, and we must change our bad habits, especially for those who are from the same background as us, we must treat them differently from landlords and officials, and do not make everyone an enemy. ”

Sun Gongzi agreed in a muffled voice, since it was decided to attack Xuzhou, he would transport more grain from Yuntiguan to the northwest.

The river was controlled by the Jiangdong Left Army, and it was difficult to raise mules, horses, and livestock, and in the case of mutual penetration of scouts and outposts, people were used to transport grain in carts, and 500 bales of grain could be transported to the sky in a day. Thinking of this, Sun Gongzi couldn't wait to pull Lin Jian out and smoke before he was relieved, and he said in an urn voice: "Did you attack Haizhou first?" ”

Haizhou is located in the north of Yunti Pass, and is a coastal county in the northeasternmost corner of Jiangdong County.

Shuyang had four or five thousand soldiers and horses withdrawn from Suyu, and the camp of the Jiangdong Left Army in Shukou was more than 40 miles away from Shuyang City, so they could not let go of Shuyang, but it would not be too difficult to attack Haizhou, a small city 200 miles away.

Taking Haizhou, not only does there have grain in Haizhou City, but also a large-scale transportation of grain from Yunti Pass to the west can also avoid the front cavalry of the Jiangdong Left Army.

"I'm going to fight Haizhou!" The red-jacketed girl said that after she defeated Weishan County in the north of Xuzhou, she pressed the elite of her department to the outside of Xuzhou and gave Jining to Ge Ping's Heavenly Jacket Army to defend.

Liu An'er had little confidence in Ge Ping's Heavenly Jacket Army, and transferred Wu Shiyi's troops to guard Weishan County, so that the elite of their department would be concentrated on the periphery of Xuzhou City. Drawing troops from the periphery of Xuzhou to fight Haizhou, even if it is a cavalry, it will be delayed on the road for five or six days, Liu An'er hesitated a little, thinking that maybe it will not be too difficult to fight Xuzhou, and Haizhou is littoral, Jiangdong Left Army has big ships that can support Haizhou in a short time, if Haizhou cannot be defeated in one day, the plan is likely to be lost......

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Xuzhou, on the bank of Surabaya, is the key to the north and the gateway to the south.

Tao Chun went to Jiangning, but sent someone to sneak back from the bandits' blockade to inform Lin Lian's attitude, Yue Lengqiu was not surprised. If Lin Lian Shuangshuang accepted the dispatch as he deserved, Yue Lengqiu still wanted to think about whether there was any fraud in it.

Standing outside the city wall, the surging Surabaya flows through the west of the city, the bandits' camps are one after another, the deep trenches dug out almost surround Xuzhou, and the excavated soil is also built into a rammed earth breast wall.

Liu An'er, who was born as a general of the border army, is much sharper than other bandits, and the signs of the past few days are becoming more and more obvious that they are preparing for a strong attack, not only building ladders and rushing cars, but also craftsmen are building stone-throwing crossbows.

The fall of Haozhou is really a huge loss.

Haozhou was originally the station of the Changhuai Army, and it was also the concentration of the ordnance workshops of the two Huai armies, Liu An'er conquered Haozhou a year ago, not only killed the commander Zuo Shangrong and destroyed the Changhuai Army, making him the most famous among the bandits, but also allowing him to get many ordnance craftsmen from Haozhou.

Xuzhou City is the place where the king of Chu took the domain, itself is a big city in the Central Plains, a famous city, the city wall is built more solid than other cities in the land of Jianghuai, Yue Lengqiu is not afraid of the indiscriminate bombardment of the stone crossbow, what really worries him is that he sees a bandit running to the Yanshan embankment in the northwest corner of Xuzhou to do tricks.

If the bandits broke open the Yanshan embankment and released the water of the Surabaya River to irrigate Xuzhou City, it would be really troublesome.

Yue Lengqiu had to divide his troops to defend Linyi, Shuyang and other cities, coupled with the previous loss of troops, his troops in Xuzhou City were only 18,000 people, and there were 200,000 bandits on the periphery of Xuzhou City, and then the siege of the city was also decent, which was really a headache.

At this time, a celebrity bandit approached the city, Yue Lengqiu looked strange, and he didn't let the soldiers shoot him, wanting to see what he was doing. Seeing the bandit under the city take off the big bow behind his back and draw the arrow, Yue Lengqiu was startled, flashed back, and waited for the arrow to "swish" from in front of him, and landed on the wall, Yue Lengqiu found that it was a letter arrow with a broken pole, and the letter was tied to the arrow shaft and sent.

The guards picked up the arrows and handed them over, Yue Lengqiu opened them and saw that it was actually a letter of persuasion, he smiled coldly, and didn't say anything, so he threw the letter of surrender off the city, and didn't let the left and right shoot arrows, so that the messenger went back safely, and said secretly: The rogue who is not in the climate will also come to recruit my dignified governor of Dayue, and wait until you have the weather of the Son of Heaven......