After Zhu Gaoxu and Qiu Fu defeated Li Jinglong's army of more than 100,000 troops with 4,000 cavalry, Zhu Di led a large group of troops and set up a ten-mile company camp outside Jinan City. [] Battle of Zhengba Village in Peking and Baigou River in Hebei
During the battle, Li Jinglong had a total of 800,000 troops. It is estimated that no more than 300,000 troops can still be put into battle in an organized manner. Moreover, the commander fled and the leading generals fought on their own. It can be said that Zhu Di's strategic purpose has been perfectly achieved.
He set up camp under the city of Jinan, summoned the generals, and the only thing they discussed was whether to attack Jinan.
Everyone knows the difficulties of attacking Jinan. First, the Yan army did not fight many sieges and lacked siege equipment; second, the force was still limited compared to the imperial court, and it would be difficult to divide the troops to defend it after defeating it; third, although Li Jinglong escaped,
However, Ping Baoer, Wu Jie and other generals are still there, and their troops and horses have not suffered much losses. They are likely to form a counter-encirclement against the Yan army surrounding Jinan, or cut off their retreat.
However, there are also some generals who believe that Li Jinglong was defeated first with an army of 500,000 and then with an army of 600,000. His Highness has the qualifications to compete with the imperial court and can no longer attack cities and plunder territories as before.
We should expand our territory step by step and expand our sphere of influence. Without enough territory, we will not have enough money and food to recruit troops and horses, and our power will never be able to expand. How can we talk about attacking Nanjing, punishing traitors, and clearing the emperor's side?
This opinion finally moved Zhu Di, who decided to fight another tough battle to capture Jinan City after two great field victories. As a result, the Yan army outside Jinan City immediately mobilized and began building siege equipment intensively in preparation for attacking Jinan.
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In Jinan City, Xia Xun searched for two days, but still couldn't find the girl who resembled Xie Yufei, which made Xia Xun hesitant and worried. He suspected that he might have missed it, and he was worried that it was indeed Peng Ziqi and Xie Yufei who were concerned about him.
So both of them came from Shuangyu Island to find him. Although one of them knew martial arts and the other was considered a lake, the war was now in chaos, which was really worrying.
For him, the leader of King Yan's secret agents, he was originally just one of his subordinates who manipulated Duke Cao Guo and even the hundreds of thousands of troops under Cao Guo Duke's command, but now he is no different from an ordinary refugee.
Sleeping on the street and eating at roadside stalls are useless. What should the two girls, Peng Ziqi and Xie Yufei, do?
At three o'clock in the morning, Xia Xun, who was worried and exhausted from searching in the city, suddenly saw a steamed bun shop in front of him. The business of this shop was particularly prosperous, and there was a long queue of people buying steamed buns. Xia Xun was surprised to realize that it was almost noon, and he felt vaguely
Feeling a little hungry, he touched the money hidden in his waist and walked over.
A big man buying steamed buns yelled angrily: "Damn it, shopkeeper Mo, you are too shady. Yesterday you paid one bun for one, and today it has gone up to two. Do you do this business?"
?Why don’t you go and grab it?”
The steamed bun shop owner with two mustaches laughed heartily: "Xu Laosan, you can't blame me for this. You don't even look at the steamed buns in my drawers. Can you make it in time to sell them? Buy them.
There are so many people making steamed buns, but there’s nothing I can do about it. You’re from the city, and you have a pot and a steamer at home. If you want to eat it but it’s too expensive, then make it yourself.”
"Damn it, Yan's army besieged the city, but it made you, a bun seller, tremble. I wanted to save trouble, but forget it, I won't buy it, let's go home and steam it ourselves!" The diner cursed and walked away.
Xia Xun stood there, listening to these words. He was stunned for a moment, suddenly shivered with intelligence, and immediately turned around and walked away hurriedly.
He had been looking for Xie Yufei for the past two days, and he didn't think much about it. When he heard the conversation between the two people, he suddenly remembered that the King of Yan had been trapped in Jinan for months. It had only been a few days.
The price of steamed buns has doubled. As time goes by, what will be the price of food in the city?
Xia Xun didn't have much money with him. Now that he had entered Jinan City by accident, he had to plan for his own survival first. If the Yan army besieged Jinan for several months, he would eventually kill the top spy of the Yan army.
The leader starved to death in the city... This result is too funny, right?
Xia Xun hurried to a rice and grain store. Fortunately, no one was rushing to buy food at this time. Perhaps ordinary people were not aware of the seriousness of this problem, or they were optimistic that it would take only a few days.
The siege of Jinan could be relieved by the imperial army, so even if I had money, I was reluctant to spend it all to buy the food that had started to rise in price.
Xia Xun spent all his money and wanted to exchange it all for grain. Unexpectedly, the owner of the rice grain shop was reluctant to sell it, hoping that the price of grain would continue to rise due to the siege of Yan's army. Xia Xun only bought one bag of grain and carried it with him.
The food went to the street, but he began to worry about how to store it. He had no place to live in the city and was sleeping on the streets these days.
After thinking carefully for a long time, Xia Xun suddenly remembered the Qiuzi Cave in Changchun Temple, which was said to have been Qiu Chuji's secret cultivation cave. The last time he came to Jinan on a mission from the imperial court to suppress the White Lotus cult bandits, Niu Buye and others had
Hiding there, Xia Xun used a trick to lure Wang Jingangnu to bring him here. This was the only place Xia Xun could think of to hide.
Xia Xun rushed to Changchun Temple with the food on his shoulders, only to find that the gate was closed tightly, with two government seals crossed on it.
Because the Xianghuo Taoist priest of Changchun Temple was also a White Lotus believer and was arrested by the government at that time, the Taoist temple was sealed. Xia Xun did not move the door, but went straight to the backyard, transported the food over the wall, and hid it carefully
, and then went to the second grain and rice shop to continue buying grain. Of course, he did not forget to buy a few jars of pickles.
After all this work was done, Xia Xun sat down on the dusty steps in the backyard of Changchun Temple. Thinking about his current behavior, he was just like a gray mouse. It was really beyond his control that things had developed to this point.
He didn't know whether Xie Yufei was in Jinan City or not, and what the current situation was like. There was no news from him in the first two days, so King Yan might not be in a hurry. It was possible that he lost contact for a while due to the chaos of war, but there was still no news from him after so long.
According to the news, King Yan must have thought that something had happened to him, and they didn't know if they would change his original arrangements.
Originally, he was the director of King Yan's "MI6", capable of calling the wind and rain, with vast magical powers. But now, he is just an ordinary refugee. All he can do is to use the advantage of a prophetic time traveler to store up for himself.
Some life-saving food is so embarrassing.
And all this is because of her.
Thank you, you...you stinky girl, are you here?
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In Dong's Mansion on Furong Street, there is a pole in front of the door, which is a sign of being a Jinshi.
The master of the Dong family is a master of civil affairs.
At this moment, a group of people gathered around the horse-drawing post not far from the door.
Dong Han Mr. Dong came out of the house and saw many passers-by and refugees crowded not far from the door. He frowned unhappily and said, "What's going on? Why are all these fleeing people crowding in front of my house? Go there.
Go and drive them away!"
Dong Han gave an order, and several evil slaves rushed over immediately, pushing and shoving people away: "Go away, go away, what are you doing around our door? Get out of here, or I will hit you with a stick if you don't leave."
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"Eh? Wait, wait!"
As soon as the crowd was blown away, they suddenly saw a girl kneeling on the ground and crying in pain. Although the girl was kneeling on the ground and her appearance was unclear, she had a slender waist and curvy hips, and a glossy black hair that could be seen in person.
His eyes lit up, Mr. Dong quickly called his servant and walked forward quickly.
There was a corpse lying on the ground. It was an old man. There were several rags wrapped around his waist and ribs, and there were faint blood stains. It was not known whether he died of illness or serious injuries. The woman knelt in front of the old man, sobbing.
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When Dong Han saw the dead man, he frowned in disgust at first, and then said to the girl in a friendly manner: "Little lady, why are you crying here?"
The girl didn't even raise her head. When someone asked, she lowered her head and sobbed: "This little girl from Texas fled to the city with her father. Her father died of an injury and she had no money to bury her, so she cried and was sad. A kind-hearted uncle who was passing by.
, who can pay for the little girl to take care of the funeral of her late father? The little girl is willing to sell herself, to be a slave, a maid, a concubine, and to serve as she pleases."
"Oh? She is a filial daughter. She raised her head and called me Young Master."
The girl sobbed and slowly raised her head. Dong Han took a breath of air, his eyes widened, and his whole body seemed to be immobilized and could no longer move. As the saying goes, if you are not fine, you will be green; if you are not pretty,
Pretty, dressed in filial piety. If a daughter wears white clothes, she will look particularly handsome, and this girl's appearance is even more beautiful, with her curved eyebrows, handsome eyes, and charming little mouth. She is dressed plainly, with pear blossoms in the rain
…
"How much?"
Dong Han was stunned for a long time, then blurted out and asked.
The girl seemed to be embarrassed by him, she lowered her head slightly, and said quietly: "The slave family sells itself, what else do you need money for? As long as the master provides the necessary things for the funeral, the slave family... will be the master's."
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When Dong Han heard this, his bones felt light, and he was almost floated into the sky by the breeze blowing along the street. He stared at the girl's pink neck, which was slightly exposed because she lowered her head.
It was crystal clear, with faintly visible green veins and soft lines. It was so beautiful that it made people want to take a bite. He immediately swallowed his saliva and forced himself to keep his mind clear. He chuckled and said: "Then..., I have to give you a price."
Is that okay?"
The girl said: "The slave family also knows that the Yan army besieged the city and there was nowhere to bury people. The government also stipulated that the dead must be cremated. My father died, so he had to be cremated. But this coffin had to be bought, and he couldn't be burned naked.
Furthermore, we need to ask a monk to give him salvation, and if we figure it out, one hundred strings... is enough."
"Make, make!"
Dong Han could not wait to pay the money immediately, hold this charming and charming little lady in his arms, and rub her into his body to warm her up. With the war going on, the Ming Dynasty's treasure banknotes have depreciated in value. Now, a hundred guan banknotes are roughly worth
I can only buy something worth seventy-five guan before the war. For such a small amount of money, I can buy such a beauty. I have to laugh in my dreams. Look at this little lady's frown, straight waist, thin neck and straight back. She is obviously a virgin who keeps her virginity.
, I found a treasure!
Dong Han immediately said: "Little lady, don't be anxious, wait, wait, I will go back to the house to get the money right away. Hey, you few slaves, be careful, be careful, this is my decision
The person who died!"
Dong Han said, and then rushed back to the house dancing. The girl still lowered her head and wiped her tears with her sleeves. No one saw the hint of a sinister smile that lightly passed by her lips. Although it was a sinister smile, it was cute...
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