Chapter 143: Dark Moon and High Wind (please vote)
The place where the Huaihe River and the Haohe River meet is called Linhuaiguan.
Because the Huaihe River and the Haohe River are both suffering from poor drainage and slow flow, a large amount of river water remains on this section of the river. At the same time, sediment is deposited and the river bed becomes higher and higher.
And because it is close to the county seat, the government has been raising the river embankment, so the river embankment is getting higher and higher.
As a result, over time, the river bed, river surface, and embankments were all higher than the ground, turning it into a suspended lake above the ground.
At this time, the night was dark and windy, and dozens of boats of different sizes sailed quietly on the river. They were more than a thousand red scarf troops led by Protector Lei.
They will meet up with Protector Cao's people on the embankment, and then dig up the embankment as quickly as possible!
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Hu Fuzhuang.
"Good boy, eat slowly, there is plenty." The old lady poured Zhu Zhen a glass of water distressedly, patted his back and said, "Why do you want to eat?"
"Your Highness, your father...my father asked you to practice, is he just asking you to beg for food?" Hu Taigong was also puzzled.
"Humph, no..." Zhu Zhen sobbed while eating the meat pie:
"My father first let us farm, but then he thought my life was too dull and had people robbed my food. He forced us to perform on the streets, but in the end, people from the Mingjiao took a fancy to us and took us away.
They were forced to join the religion again. I escaped to report the news..."
After hearing this, Mrs. Hu was so distressed that she wiped away tears. "My poor baby, what kind of sin has this caused..."
"Damn it, you've done harm to my daughter, and then to my grandson!" Hu Taigong was so angry that his beard was crooked, and he didn't forget to ask the most critical question:
"By the way. Where are your royal brothers?"
"Oh, right, right!" Lao Liu secretly scolded himself for being unreliable. He was so busy complaining about his hunger that he almost forgot about the real thing. He swallowed hard the meatloaf in his mouth, beat his chest and asked:
"No more gossip. First tell me, has my father arrived in Fengyang?"
"We're here, we arrived yesterday. Your uncles went to escort us," Taigong Hu replied.
"Does grandpa know whether my father and my eldest brother will be staying in Zhongdu or the imperial mausoleum tonight?" Zhu Zhen asked.
"The imperial mausoleum." Hu Taigong replied: "Tomorrow is an auspicious time to worship the ancestors. This is not a secret."
"Ah!" Zhu Zhen's face suddenly changed. He was no longer in the mood to eat or drink. He rolled up two meat patties and stuffed them into his arms, stood up and said:
"Grandpa, quickly gather all the servants and follow me! Oh, yes, we must quickly inform Fengyang Guards, the county government and the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion. The Mingjiao will destroy the dikes tonight and flood Linhuai County!"
He burped and continued: "There are also imperial mausoleums..."
"Ah?" Hu Taigong was startled. He suddenly switched from a kind old man to a murderous state and said: "You didn't tell me earlier!"
"How could I have known that I was here by such a coincidence..." Zhu Zhen said depressedly.
"Housekeeper Hu, did you hear that? Ring the bell quickly!" Hu Taigong shouted loudly.
"Here! The old boss!" Butler Hu clasped his fists and his title changed.
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‘Dang, dong, dong…’ the alarm bell sounded throughout Hu Mansion.
After a while, Zhuangzi began to boil.
That is to say, during the tea time, more than two hundred men in the village gathered in the courtyard with guns and knives, horses and stirrups.
Taigong Hu, who was seventy years old, also went into battle. He wore patinated willow leaf armor, a faded gilt belt tightly tied around his waist, and a bald lock helmet under his arm. He walked calmly to the eaves of the corridor.
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All the men in the village knew that the willow leaf armor and chain helmet worn by the old village owner were seized from a Mongolian household when he was the king of the mountain, and he has been wearing them since then when he was fighting in the north and south.
But by now, I haven't had sex for almost ten years.
Now, when they saw that the old village owner was wearing the old armor again, they knew that a big battle was definitely going to happen!
The men in Hufuzhuang were all excited and gearing up. They had been holding it in for too long.
Taking advantage of the gathering time, the old lady took the maid to give Zhu Zhen a simple grooming, and then put him into a small armor... which was used by his second uncle when he was a child.
His Royal Highness the King of Chu finally took on a human form, followed his grandfather, and appeared in front of everyone.
The old man first introduced Zhu Zhen's identity solemnly. The male from the Hu family looked at him and immediately became affectionate.
Not because of his status as a prince, but because he is the eldest lady’s son!
Not bothering to let them chat, the old man briefly introduced the situation, and then said in a deep voice: "My sons, you have the responsibility to defend your homeland and protect your land. You must not let those people succeed!"
"Here!" everyone responded in unison.
"People are at the dike! Let's go!" the old lady shouted decisively.
Butler Hu quickly brought two horses, first helped His Royal Highness King Chu get on the horse, and then helped the old lady get on.
"Your Highness, the sword has no eyes, you should wait in the manor." Butler Hu advised earnestly.
"No!" Zhu Zhen said with a tight face: "My brothers are still in their hands, I must save them!"
"Well, you are responsible. You are worthy of being my grandson, Hu Da Bangchui!" Hu Taigong praised him: "Come on, let's set off!"
"Let's go!" Zhu Zhen also shouted loudly.
The door of Hu Mansion opened slowly, and the torches were blazing.
More than ten cavalrymen came out first, followed by more than two hundred servants who looked like wolves and tigers, and rushed towards Linhuaiguan.
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At the Linhuaiguan embankment section, Protector Lei and Protector Cao finally connected.
"Have all the people watching the embankment been dealt with?" Protector Lei asked.
"Don't worry, everything has been taken care of." Protector Cao nodded and asked, "How many people are here?"
"More than a thousand." Guardian Lei pointed at the dark river behind him and said: "Our large force is on the river a few miles away. The Chaohu Navy is further away in Garden Lake, waiting for us to succeed here.
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"Okay, let's do it quickly, time waits for no one." Protector Cao nodded, not wanting to waste a second.
Protector Lei's men unloaded the bundles of iron picks, shovels, and shovels from the ship. Then the two men picked up the tools and immediately started digging.
"Fuck, why are you so strong?"
"The soil was compacted as if it were stone." All the believers were surprised, obviously underestimating the difficulty of this work.
"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and dig!" Protector Cao shouted: "Just dig at the beginning!"
"Alas." The people below started digging.
Amidst the sound of ping-ping-pong-pong-pong-pong, Protector Cao asked Protector Lei in a low voice: "Tiger, didn't King Ming say he would come in person?"
"He said he was coming, but he had a bad stomach at the moment. He had a bowel movement dozens of times a day and couldn't stand firmly, so he couldn't come." Protector Lei said.
"Alas..." Protector Cao sighed.
"What's wrong? What's the matter?" Protector Lei asked.
"I have something important to report to him." Protector Cao hesitated for a moment, then said truthfully: "We made a mistake before. Those five brothers are most likely not the sons of Zhang Shicheng and Gao Qi at all! They are the sons of Zhu Yuanzhang!"
"Ah?" Lei Huhu's jaw dropped in shock. "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"I just investigated it just now, and I haven't had time to report it yet!" Protector Cao said helplessly: "The prince came to find them, and I only found out about this secret through an official who helped find someone."
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