The strong wind and rain made people tremble, but the same situation happened across a mountain. When Chang Yu took shelter in Lai'an County to take shelter from the rain, he didn't know that there were several mountains across the mountain pass in Luzhou Prefecture to the west. Gao Jie and others led
The cavalry also encountered heavy rain.
It is said that after Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing separated from Chang Yu outside Fengyang City, they immediately raised their troops and marched quickly southward through Dingyuan County together with Lu Zhenfei. The three of them were eager to make contributions. The terrain was flat and not hilly. Although there were many people and horses, the march was extremely difficult.
Soon, when Chang Yu arrived in Lai'an County, they arrived in Luzhou Prefecture, only dozens of miles away from Hefei, but they encountered heavy rain.
This made Gao Jie and the other three irritated. There was no place for nearly ten thousand people to take shelter from the rain. They could only seek shelter in the woods near the mountains, but they were inevitably drenched. After a day and night of rushing, the people and horses were tired and cold. It was difficult to even light a fire on this heavy rain day.
Difficulties arose, so what Chang Yu was most worried about happened, and the military morale became exhausted and complaints abounded.
It is inevitable that people will have all kinds of complaints and anger when they are in trouble. Gao Jie and the other three are veteran soldiers. They knew that the soldiers at this time could not be stimulated or harsh, so they ordered people to light a fire and slaughter them under the cliff.
One horse cooked soup to warm the soldiers, and the three of them, wearing coir raincoats, walked among the soldiers, chatting and laughing, and finally put down the flame.
It was already raining, but the rain was getting lighter but not stopping. Gao Jie, Lu Zhenfei and others huddled under a rock and gathered around a bonfire, all frowning and not fighting. Raining during the march was bad for the morale of the troops and affected their progress. There were still hundreds of people heading to Wuhu.
Could it be that the rebel army has captured the city by now?
"We have to go southeast from here and pass between Hanshan and Chaohu counties. There are many hills between the two counties. Not to mention the speed, it will take a lot of time to go around. Now that it is raining, it will only delay it even more.
"After a long time, after passing Hanshan, we will reach Wuhu on the other side of the river. No matter whether the rebel army breaks the city or not, I'm afraid they won't let us cross the river easily." Lu Zhenfei was very familiar with the geography of this area, and he drew a branch on the ground.
Cross out.
Everyone frowned, and Liu Zeqing added fuel to the fire: "In addition, there is also how to solve the problem of food and grass supply."
The three men were all cavalry. In order not to delay their journey, they set out from Xuzhou with light equipment and only carried a small amount of dry food. In the past few days, they had traveled nearly a thousand miles at high speed. The food and grass were at the bottom, so they replenished some at Fengyang Mansion the day before yesterday.
For the sake of Chang Yu's face, Lu Zhenfei almost emptied his family's money, but after all, there are tens of thousands of mouths, and this ration can only last for five days at most, which means that he will probably be hungry when he reaches the Yangtze River.
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Several people looked around and their eyes rested on Gao Jie.
"What the hell are you staring at me for? How can I pull out the grain?" Gao Jie raised his hand angrily and pointed at Liu Liangzuo: "Huama Liu, don't pretend to be stupid, Luzhou Prefecture is yours
In this territory, you have to deal with all matters of food and grass, both public and private."
There is nothing wrong with Gao Jie's words. Huama Liu went south from Beijing all the way to eat and drink. He first borrowed a little from Huang Degong and then went to Jinan to feed Liu Zeqing. From Xuzhou, he borrowed Gao Jie's all the way here. Besides, Gao Jie and Liu Ze
In addition to being self-sufficient in food and grass, Chang Yu also donated a lot of food under Chang Yu's hard and soft tactics.
Liu Liangzuo was very shrewd and kept silent all the way, trying to get through. Even now that Gao Jie had pointed him out, he still wanted to cheat: "Boss, I, Liu Liangzuo, don't have a big business like yours. You can make money by guarding one side, but I
In the past two years in Luzhou Prefecture, I have only been on duty to suppress bandits. Today I am in Tongcheng, tomorrow I am Lujiang, and the day after tomorrow I am Shucheng. I am so busy running around that I can’t even find a place to warm my buttocks. How do I get rich? I just talk about it with all my thousands of mouths.
I’m half full, so where’s the extra?”
This makes sense. Liu Zeqing and Huang Degong have been busy fighting with Zhang Xianzhong around Luzhou Prefecture in the past two years. They are really not like Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing who sit on one side and run their family business. But then again, fighting and getting rich are fundamentally contradictory.
, and even the more he hits, the harder he gets.'
This is how Liu Liangzuo made his fortune. If he didn't actively plunder money during the war, he would not be the first to steal. He had done this kind of thing for a long time. Although he did not have a fixed base, it did not affect his fortune at all. Others did not know this.
Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing knew him very well, and they gave him a look of disdain: "Hua Ma Liu, don't forget our previous vow to advance and retreat together. Besides, you don't have to provide this food and grass for nothing. When the rear supplies it, I will do it myself."
You pay back what you use, and the young governor is not a deadbeat."
Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing are now interested in Chang Yu, and their words have changed from the disrespectful manner in the past.
"But I really don't have it!" Liu Liangzuo knew that he couldn't escape: "You two brothers know clearly what I am like, Huama Liu. Do you think I can leave my family's money here when I go north?" Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing looked at each other.
, yes, this guy has such a bad character and reputation and has no fixed base. The accumulated belongings will naturally be taken wherever he goes, which means they are all with the main force in the rear. From this, it can be inferred that there should not be much food and grass reserves in his possessions.
, after all, no one can travel thousands of miles to fight with a grain depot. It is speculated that there should be a lot of cash in this stock.
The guess is correct. Liu Liangzuo just had a lot of cash. As for food and grass, he would go wherever he went to ask for them. If he didn't give them, he would steal them or rob them.
"After such a big circle, you still have nothing to lose." Gao Jie snorted coldly, and Liu Zeqing also had a bad look on his face. Seeing this, Liu quickly said: "There is a way, there is a way."
"If you fart, hurry up," Gao Jie said impatiently.
"If Governor Ma is still alive, we can get food from Luzhou Mansion with just a word from him, but...so we have to rely on ourselves for this matter." Huama Liu Zheng was interrupted by Gao Jie: "You
What the hell do you want to say to let that person named Ma come back to life?"
Huama Liu then rushed to the topic: "I have been fighting in Luzhou Prefecture for more than two years and still have some face. Furthermore, although Governor Lu is the Governor of Fengyang, the Governor-General also said the day before yesterday that he would be recommended as Governor of Lufeng...
...So the two of us went to Luzhou Prefecture to borrow food. If you two feel that the journey is far away, then we can borrow food while we continue south to pass Chaohu and Hanshan. If they don't borrow it, huh, huh."
"Why, you won't be able to steal it if they don't want to lend it to you." Gao Jie half-smiled but Huama Liu glanced at Lu Zhenfei and chuckled, "That's not possible, we are not thieves."
Moreover, Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing rolled their eyes, neither of them knew who they were talking to or what they were talking about.
Lu Zhenfei was an upright man, and had heard about the bad deeds of the three people in front of him for a long time. He was too lazy to listen to their plain talk and said: "We can give General Liu's suggestion a try. We are only a few dozen miles away from Luzhou Prefecture to the west. I and Governor Zhang
We have good friends and are willing to go together."
The three of them were overjoyed when they heard this: "If Governor Zhang is in Luzhou, this will definitely happen. After all, Wuhu is also under his jurisdiction. We will send troops to help him suppress the bandits. He can't let us go hungry."
Why do you say that? Wuhu belongs to Taiping Prefecture, how could it be under the jurisdiction of Luzhou Prefecture? Because they are all under the jurisdiction of one government office, which is the Governor of Anqing, also called the Governor of Anlu. It was first established in the tenth year of Chongzhen. The scope of jurisdiction at that time was quite large.
It even included Henan, Hunan, Jiangxi and other places. However, in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, it was reduced to the four prefectures of Anqing, Luzhou, Taiping and Chizhou. The first governor of this yamen was Shi Kefa, who had just left Anlu.
Zhang Liang was promoted to deputy military envoy.
The governor's office was originally in Anqing, but Anqing had fallen into the hands of the bandits at this time. There was no news of Zhang Liang's surrender or death, so he was most likely in Luzhou Prefecture, and Lu Zhenfei vaguely remembered that Ma Shiying was in Fengyang
Zhang Liang was also mentioned when he was taking refuge. Thinking about it, he couldn't just run away with his hands full. He had to leave a scapegoat to take the blame, and this person might be Zhang Liang. In addition, Zhang Liang was an upright and upright man.
When the bandit army invaded, it was impossible for him to run away like Ma Shiying did.
So the four people discussed it briefly and decided to go to Luzhou Prefecture. In addition to preparing food and fodder, they also wanted to understand the military situation. The bandit army moved down the river with overwhelming force. Although it mainly advanced along the east bank, Anqing was not still prepared on the west bank of the Yangtze River.
Have they broken the city together? At this time, the vanguard of the rebel army has reached the territory of Wuhu on the other side. Who knows that there is no one on the west bank? Maybe Chaohu and Hanshan in front have been captured. In addition, the battle across the river is also
We need the full assistance of the local government.
After a while, Lu Zhenfei and Liu Liangzuo led half a hundred fast horses and headed for Luzhou Prefecture in the rain.
When you disappeared into the dark night and the rain, Liu Zeqing sneered. This flower horse Liu is more cunning than imagined. If he goes to borrow food successfully, he will not only have to pay a piece of money but also make a contribution. If not, he will not be able to spit out a grain.
Mi, in fact, is an old and cunning person who never gets rid of a dime.
Gao Jie disagreed: "He is an iron rooster. We brothers can't pluck out a single hair. I hope someone can pull it out." He looked at Liu Zeqing with a half-smile but said, "Which of us is not an iron rooster? Now we have been plucked out."
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Liu Zeqi was startled, then laughed loudly: "It's different, it's different! I made a deal with Lord Governor, which is different from you. I can't go into details at this time. You will understand in the future. But you, let me see
Mr. Du Gong didn’t pluck your hair very much, so there is no need for you to complain and complain in front of me.”
It is indeed different. Not only do you have to have your hair plucked, but also your head. Seeing Liu Zeqing taking the opportunity to be complacent in the dream of the little eunuch drawing a pie for him, Gao Jie sneered in his heart, but he said, I can't have sex with Liu Zeqing.
Brother, your family has a big business, but I can't do it. I only have such a small fortune..."