The rain fell slowly. Chang Yu was sitting in the tea shop at the entrance of the village, blowing the wind and listening to the rain, watching the flickering fire at the top of Anqing City in the distance. Li Muxian was playing with a turtle shell next to him and was deducing something. Not far away, he kissed
The guards were warming up the fire and chatting. The talkative Tie Hanhan was helping to roast the game before he left. He was bragging about how good his craftsmanship was and his saliva was almost dripping on the meat. Wuzhong pulled him aside in disgust, but this guy hurriedly
They gathered around again and said, "Brother, you are so strong. You are stronger than the cow in the rich man Zhang's family. Did you know that the cow in the rich man Zhang's family was also snatched away by thieves..."
The sound of wind, rain and play filled this small riverside village. Chang Yu looked around and smiled, feeling very relieved. He liked this feeling very much, it was very warm.
There were shouts and shouts from the river bank. The guards who were still laughing and playing immediately gathered more people and surrounded Chang Yu in the middle. The other group went straight to the river bank.
After a while, a group of people came laughing and joking. It was Li Yan who sent someone some pickled horse meat. It turned out that he saw a fire and rain on the other side, so he guessed that Chang Yu had not left, so he sent someone to deliver it.
Here comes the meat.
"Putting aside talents and talents, Li Yan really has a way of doing things." Li Muxian curled his lips, shook his head and clicked his tongue incessantly. Wuzhong let out a laugh: "If the little governor is so fond of him, something will happen to him."
"Look at how sour you two are," Qiao Sanxiu joked in a low voice, causing Chen Wangting's guards to laugh.
Chang Yu liked wild game but disliked pickled meat, so he gave it to his bodyguard. Tie Hanhan also volunteered to be the best at stir-frying pickled meat... He took the initiative to go to the kitchen to wash the pots and light the fire... This made Chang Yu feel very dizzy and summoned him: "Brother
, you can leave before it’s too early!”
"Where are you going? My family is from this village. Why are we going? It would be great to chat with you for a while..." Tiehanhan was talking when he suddenly heard the faint sound of cannons in the distance. Everyone was startled and looked towards the other side.
I saw that the fire there had become much bigger, not only on the city but also outside the city.
Li Yan attacks the city again!
"We just attacked last night and are attacking again tonight. Could it be that we are just showing off to the little governor?" Wu Zhong frowned and whispered in a low voice. Li Muchian rolled his eyes at him: "If Li Yan was as shallow as you, he would have died on the battlefield countless times." Wu
Zhong Da angrily punched him, but Qiao Sanxiu next to him reached out to grab him and persuaded him before giving up.
Chang Yu naturally knew that Li Yan was not putting on a show for himself, but putting pressure on the thieves in the city, so he asked the meat-givers: "Who are the thieves in the city?"
"Back to Lord Governor, according to the prisoners, I heard that the thief general in the city is named Cheng Niandong..." Several people talked a lot about the siege of the city during this period, including how Li Yan besieged the city without attacking, and how he wrote letters to persuade him to surrender and put pressure on him.
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Chang Yu nodded slightly. There was no historical data about Cheng Niandong, but Wang Tizhong once said that he was also a strong general under Bai Wang and was extremely loyal.
But when fighting, you are afraid of encountering such die-hard loyalists. If the two armies confront each other in the wilderness, it will be over. It doesn’t matter whether you are loyal or not, but at this time, the opponent defending the city will not surrender easily, and you will suffer great losses if you attack hard.
casualties!
Chang Yu couldn't accept big losses, even if it took time, he would be willing to reduce the losses. After all, Daming only had this little money left now. After all the fighting, how could he go to Xi'an to fight Li Zicheng in a one-on-one fight or group fight against the murderer king in the southwest?
So he did not hesitate to let Li Yan lead his army to besiege the city. Li Yan's siege for two consecutive days was not as simple as applying pressure. After thinking about it, he thought about it and asked: "Who was the main attacker last night?".
Liu Zeqing Liu Zongbing.
Chang Yu said oh, with a smile on his lips.
It was dark and rainy across the river, and everyone stood there for a while but couldn't see the ugly Yinmao Lai. Then they went back to the teahouse to eat meat and drink soup. Those who sent the meat wanted to go back to the other side. Chang Yu told them to tell Li Yan
A group of people will be stationed in this village tomorrow to relay cross-strait intelligence.
After everyone had eaten and drank, they saw that the rain was not stopping, so Chang Yu decided to spend the night here. The guards rested in the surrounding houses centered on the tea shop where he was. Of course, there were light and dark sentries everywhere in the village.
Tiehanhan had eaten and drank enough, but he still wanted to talk to everyone. On normal days, it would be okay to have him around and everyone would be happy, but at this time, Chen Wangting was worried that he would pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger, so it was always inappropriate to leave him here.
So he was driven away.
It rained heavily that night, but Chang Yu slept very soundly. He liked to listen to the rain while sleeping. The sound of the rain made him relax. He slept like this until midnight. When he got up to pee, he found that the rain had stopped, and there was no rain on the other side.
I noticed the movement and looked around. Everything was so quiet.
The guards on duty were changing their shifts, but Chang Yu lost his sleep and walked slowly to the riverside. Song Luoshu and Qiao Sanxiu quickly followed him: "Master, be careful when you step down."
The ferry was dark, but the surging river could be vaguely seen. Chang Yu looked around and suddenly asked the two people behind him: "What do you think people are doing in this life?"
Song Luoshu turned to look at Qiao Sanxiu.
Qiao Sanxiu touched his forehead and frowned: "Fame and fortune?"
Chang Yu shook his head: "Maybe everyone has different pursuits, but I think it's for a sense of accomplishment."
Sense of accomplishment? The two of them were a little confused, but they didn't ask when Chang Yu didn't speak.
At the dawn of day, Chang Yu and his entourage got up early, washed themselves briefly, then got on their horses and left. Tie Hanhan chased after them. I cooked a pot of wild vegetable soup that was so delicious that I didn't want to drink it before leaving...
What responded to him was the sound of horse hooves getting further away.
The road was very muddy, and everyone let their horses slowly walk along the river for several miles. It was bright and dark, but it was a cloudy day with rolling clouds and it could rain at any time.
Tie Hanhan was right. After everyone walked along the river for several miles, the Yangtze River made a 90-degree turn towards the south. It was difficult to walk on the river bank, so they had to stay away from the river bank. However, they found that there were really big lakes and swamps all over here, and it was possible to do so.
, there is only more than a hundred meters in the middle to walk. Fortunately, Chang Yu has long been accustomed to this kind of terrain.
Unexpectedly, after walking a few miles, everyone couldn't help but frown. The bigger place in the middle of the rivers and lakes on both sides was actually full of hills and ravines. They knew that they had reached the very difficult mountain road that Tie Hanhan said.
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It was indeed difficult to walk. The mountain road was originally bumpy, slippery after the rain, and the hills were overgrown with trees. Kuang Ren was worried about an accident, so he sent more than ten riders ahead.
However, it is surprising that there are countless small and large villages along this hilly area that is dozens of miles long, and most of the villagers live and work in peace and contentment. However, after thinking about it, I guessed that Bai Wang broke through the lake mouth when he came out of De'an, and Peng
The two counties of Ze and Ze adopted a gentle policy at that time, not plundering the people, nor robbing the people. It was not until Chang Yu sent troops from Nanjing to break through Wuhu that the rebel army began to coerce the people to serve as cannon fodder because of the shortage of troops. However, it obviously did not affect this place.
As it approached noon, it began to drizzle again. Chang Yu and his entourage dismounted their horses to rest in a large village on the roadside, and asked the villagers to borrow a large pot to boil water for a drink.
The villagers didn't know whether they were officers and soldiers or rebels. Anyway, they were not that afraid and even chatted a few words. This made Chang Yu feel deeply that the rebels were not completely unpopular with the people, otherwise they wouldn't have such a big market.
Everyone had a hasty meal. Kuang Ren asked the villagers for directions and learned that this place was only more than twenty miles away from Dongliu County (today's Dongliu Town). He was alert and ordered his guards to enter a state of combat readiness, but Chang Yu disagreed.
Looking at the peaceful appearance of the local people, you can tell that the rebel army in front is paralyzed. They definitely don't know that Chizhou City has been lost and Baiwang has been defeated. Maybe they don't even know that Anqing is besieged.