At dawn, Chang Yu got up. When Lian Xin helped him wash up and then combed his hair, Gao Jie and others had finished cleaning up and were waiting for him in the lobby.
Breakfast was eggs and vegetable porridge, which was very delicious. As soon as they finished eating, Lu Zhenfei came over in a hurry. His eyes were red. Chang Yu asked with concern: "Have you had a nap?"
"I slept for an hour." Lu Zhenfei smiled bitterly. Yesterday, he personally took charge of the army's crossing of the river. He did not return home to rest until the crossing was completed in the early morning. At dawn this day, he hurriedly got up to accompany Chang Yu and his party to visit the mausoleum.
The Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum is more than ten miles south of the city. Because of Chang Yu's special status and the presence of generals such as Gao Jie, the scale is not small and the rules cannot be messed up. He went to the Imperial Mausoleum to pay homage in a step-by-step manner accompanied by local Yamen officials.
After Lao Zhu took over the world, he did two things in Fengyang. He built the imperial mausoleum and built the central capital. The imperial mausoleum also had a city wall. It was good at preventing thieves and theft, but it was a pity that he destroyed Fengyang city for Zhang Xianzhong in the eighth year of Chongzhen.
Destroyed by the times, there are ruins and overgrown weeds everywhere, and it is extremely desolate to the eye. After all, the whole country is in a precarious state, and there are not a few graves left to care about.
What’s interesting is that digging ancestral graves was popular in wars in the past. When Zhang Xianzhong attacked Fengyang, the imperial mausoleum of the old Zhu family was filled with smoke. Li Zicheng specially sent people to Xuyi to dig ancestral tombs. When Emperor Chongzhen found out, he also dug up Li Zicheng’s ancestral graves.
I heard that Chiang Kai-shek also did this kind of thing back then, but I don’t know whether it’s true or not.
Fortunately, the Zhongdu Imperial City, which was once built together with the imperial mausoleums, was turned into an unfinished building and later turned into a high-walled imperial prison. However, it became a life-saving straw for many people when Zhang Xianzhong attacked Fengyang.
Although Zhang Xianzhong captured Fengyang City, he was unable to break into Fengyang High Wall Prison, where local officials, eunuchs and royal criminals escaped.
The process of visiting the mausoleum was cumbersome, and it was nearly noon when I sat down to follow a step-by-step process.
After finishing, Chang Yu did not return to the city, but said goodbye to Lu Zhenfei and other officials at the imperial mausoleum. Gao Jie and his three troops had all crossed the river in the early morning, and they also rested for a long time. The south was urgent and they immediately headed south.
"The thieves are powerful. If the governor can be of use, I will not hesitate to go through fire and water." Lu Zhenfei wanted to fight. Chang Yu thought for a moment: "The war is about to happen and many people can't avoid it. Governor Lu actually
You have to go up against the wind, and I am very moved. In this case, I will give you a bright future."
Lu Zhenfei was startled: "I don't know what the Lord Governor means."
Chang Yu smiled slightly: "You should deal with the matter at hand first and then go south. If the thieves are eliminated in this battle, Ma Shiying's vacant position will be yours."
"Thank you, Lord Governor, for your support." Lu Zhenfei was a little surprised, and he was also a little surprised. He had heard rumors about too many young eunuchs, including the fact that anyone who joined forces with them to defend against the enemy, no matter whether they were civil servants or military generals, as long as they did not die in battle,
Will be promoted later.
It's just that promotion is not the most important thing to him. He is also one of the small number of people who are upright in their hearts and take it as their duty to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country.
For him, it would be good if he could kill the enemy and put an end to chaos so that he could share his worries.
Lu Zhenfei returned to Fengyang to explain the matter, and Chang Yu said goodbye to Gao Jie and the others: "You will go straight through the city to Wuhu and try to enter the country within three days. I will go to Nanjing first."
"Swaggering through the market? Does the governor mean for us to be more powerful and get the upper hand?" The three of them are all veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time.
"Yes, the soldiers and horses have not yet arrived. No matter whether Wuhu is in the hands of thieves at this time, but hearing the mighty army will definitely be frightened, they will either abandon the city or rush for reinforcements. No matter how they deal with it, their military morale will be disturbed." Chang Chang
Yu smiled slightly, this is actually an old routine in ancient wars. You can brag about millions by sending 10,000 or 20,000 troops, but you have to scare the opponent to death first. Not to mention, Li Zicheng’s Eastern Expedition a few months ago was also known as
Millions, but in fact there were only more than 60,000 soldiers and horses, but some officials in the city were frightened by the news and made plans to surrender early, and even went out of the city to welcome the city dozens of miles away.
This is what is called focusing on the heart.
"Then we will call out the 200,000 troops. Anyway, the main troops behind us are moving southward one after another. It is difficult to determine whether it is true or false even in detail." Liu Zeqing laughed and said, "Scare them first."
Everyone applauded.
Chang Yu had another conversation with a few people, then said goodbye and headed south. Nearly four hundred horsemen stared at the scorching sun and galloped. They ran for dozens of miles and stopped temporarily when they encountered a large town.
The people in the town had seen the soldiers and horses and did not dare to stand and watch from a distance. The officers and soldiers also harassed each other and kept their peace.
Kuang Ren inquired from the villagers and told Chang Yu that twenty miles ahead was the mountain road. After passing the mountain, he entered An County. Further south was the Yangtze River and Nanjing on the other side.
Chang Yu exclaimed, and suddenly realized that this town named Jiashan was the Mingguang City in later generations. He couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly. After all the changes, who could have known how prosperous this place would be four hundred years later.
The weather was hot, and the soldiers rested under the shade of a tree to drink and replenish dry food for their horses. Chang Yu raised his head and looked at the sun. The sun at two or three o'clock in the afternoon was the most scorching and could easily peel off a layer of skin.
Wuzhong was teasing Chang Bian under an old locust tree: "Call me Dad, and I'll give you this cake to eat."
Changben people are extremely tall and have a huge appetite. They have to eat three to five portions of an ordinary person in one meal, which is staggering. Not only do they have a huge appetite, but they also eat very quickly. After finishing their own, they will stare at others.
He just stared at me without opening his mouth, and if he met someone who was soft-hearted, he would give some to him.
But he always wanted to be like a bottomless pit that couldn't be filled. Chang Yu was worried that the baby had some kind of stomach problem. He was really afraid that the food would make his stomach full, so he didn't allow others to share food with him. He was very curious about how he could eat enough if he had such a big appetite.
No wonder he became as thin as a bamboo pole.
Although Chang Bian is mute, he can hear. Wu Zhong thought of ways to tease him all the way, which made him a little scared, but he couldn't resist his appetite. He stared at the big cake and screamed something.
Wuzhong enjoyed it very much. He grinned in response and threw the cake over. Chang Bian took a few mouthfuls and devoured it all.
"You responded so readily. Did you know he wasn't calling you grandson?" Li Muchian came over and smiled. Wuzhong was stunned for a moment. He stood up and went to catch Chang Bian: "Tell me, what on earth did you call me?"
"
But he was pulled back by Li Mu: "Why do you always have to deal with a mute? Didn't you hear what the little governor warned you?"
As soon as Wu Zhong heard this, he looked towards Chang Yu who was not far away, and saw Chang Yu's eyes averted. He immediately squatted down again and secretly waved to Chang Bian: "Mute, come here and let's chat.
where are you from?"
"Aren't you talking nonsense? The person we met in Fuliji was from Sucheng." Li Muxian rolled his eyes, and Wu Zhong said: "Who the hell said that the person we met in Sucheng was from Sucheng?"
Yes, he also met us in Sucheng, so are we from Sucheng? Even if we are from Sucheng, Sucheng is so big, you know where he is from."
Uh... Li Muxian was so dizzy that he shook his head with a wry smile and was about to leave. Even if he said a few more words this time, he would get angry, but he saw Chang Bian suddenly kneel on the ground, kowtow a few times like Guanyin with both hands, and point to the sky.
.Like answering Wuzhong’s question.
"What do you mean, which Guanyin Village or Bodhisattva Village are you from?" Wu Zhong frowned.
The mute shook his head vigorously, kowtowed and spread his hands like a bird flying. The onlookers were confused and they all guessed what the mute was expressing, even Chang Yu was attracted.
"The mute may be a native of Fuliji. Fuliji is named after Mount Li in the north and Talisman grass in the south. The water and grass there are lush and the swamps are full of pheasants. The local residents caught and fed them, and gradually evolved into a distant and near place.
The famous Fuli Chicken, this is also the origin of the name Fuli Ji Roast Chicken. You see it looks like a flying bird, which actually refers to a pheasant." Chang Yu guessed, and everyone nodded.
"Otherwise" Li Muchian shook his head and walked to the mute: "Are you in the same place as Queen Ma?"
Uh-huh, the mute nodded vigorously, with a smile on his face, and everyone was stunned.
Chang Yu even slapped his forehead. How could he have forgotten that Zhu Yuanzhang's Queen Ma was from Sucheng, later known as Xinfeng Village, Jiagou Town, and she passed nearby when going south from Xuzhou.
It turns out that the mute kowtow means the queen, and the flying bird shape means the phoenix in the sky.
"It seems that this mute is quite smart," Wuzhong said with a smile while holding his chin.
"So, it's really possible that he was calling you grandson just now, and you were very happy as a result." Li Muchian chuckled softly, and Wuzhong was furious: "I called you great grandson, he called you gray grandson..."
Everyone laughed, and watching the two bickering was a pastime when they were bored.