The person coming here is not the Wuzhong you thought. That guy has not left Beijing since he was on wedding leave. Now he is sitting in the Dongchang Yamen. Even if Chang Yu sent him here, he would have to travel thousands of miles away and would have to travel for half a month. He couldn't come so quickly.
It was Kuang Ren who came.
A month ago, Zhou Yuji and Shi Kefa left Taiyuan to inspect the border town. Chang Yu also gave Kuang Ren a leave to go home to visit his relatives, and then hurriedly returned all the way from Luliang to Pingyang Mansion when they met Li Yan and others who were also leaving.
Then he asked Chang Yu where he had gone.
No one knew that Zhu Cixiang was adding fuel to the fire by saying that he was going to perform a near-death mission. Kuang Ren was one of Chang Yu's three bodyguard commanders and was extremely loyal to Chang Yu. After hearing this, he was worried and went
After asking Li Yan carefully, he found out that Li Yan didn't hide anything from him and told him. Kuang Ren chased him all the way down and arrived at Longmen Village with Chang Yu.
Kuang Ren is an expert in archery and feels a little safer having him to help him. All the relatives and attendants were very happy. Chang Yu was also moved to see him coming alone: "Have you found any of your family members?"
"Thanks to you, I found it." Kuang Ren couldn't hide the joy on his face: "My parents are still here, and my brother and sister-in-law just hugged the big fat boy."
"It's good that you are all here. Congratulations." Chang Yu and a group of personal attendants congratulated him and dragged him into the room to talk. Zhang Xian followed behind and raised his eyebrows. He saw some problems again. This young man was obviously
The leader of this group of people, but the person who just came called him an adult. In Dongchang, the only person who can be called an adult is at least a big stall owner!
Good guy, it seems that someone who can become a big stall owner at such a young age must have some ability. No wonder he has a great aura despite his youth. Dongchang is really talented. It is said that the chief eunuch of Dongchang is also a young man.
Li Yan's troops traveled thousands of miles south and north with Chang Yu, and some of the soldiers had seen Chang Yu. However, Zhang Xian and others, who were subordinate to Ye Bushou, had been out scouting the enemy for many years and rarely returned to the base camp, but they didn't know Chang Yu. Although he had good eyesight.
However, he could never guess that the young man in front of him was the big boss of Dongchang, because he had the same thinking as most people. How could a high-ranking eunuch get involved in danger, and it was such a danger that he would have a narrow escape from death?
Is he sick?
Yes, Chang Yu is really sick, the kind of disease that will make life worse than death if he doesn't find some stimulation.
Kuang Ren hadn't eaten yet. When he got to the house, he picked up some leftovers and ate them randomly. Chang Yu introduced Zhang Xian to him. After the two said hello, Zhang Xian excused himself and left for a while. Knowing that there was something going on between them.
There is something to say.
In fact, there is nothing secret. Chang Yu asked Kuang Ren some questions about returning home. It didn’t take many twists and turns, but the result was gratifying. Although Kuang Ren explained it to everyone in one stroke, his eyes were still warm.
, some people secretly wiped away tears. Everyone can relate to the mentality of searching for relatives. There are too many joys and sorrows in troubled times.
"Looking at how promising you are, my uncle and aunt must be very happy." Chen Ruxin smiled, and Kuang Ren lowered his head and smiled sheepishly: "Hey, I am not very promising, but I am more promising than in previous years. In previous years, I was not so promising.
I don’t have any money to give to my family, so this time I left all the salary and reward money to my parents, brother and sister-in-law, and let them build houses and buy land.”
"Oh, let me go. That uncle and aunt will not become the big landlords in your village. Oh no, they must be the richest man in Luliang!" Everyone booed, and Kuang Ren scratched his head: "It's not that exaggerated."
Chang Yu has always been very generous to the direct soldiers around him. He is generously rewarded for any meritorious service, and as the commander, Kuang Ren's salary is not low. In addition, he has a lot of money from various silver rewards. He himself does not like gambling, so he does not like gambling.
To say he has saved several hundred taels, and to say he is the richest man in the city is an exaggeration, but in an ordinary village he is indeed a big landowner.
"Have you never thought about bringing your two elders to live in the capital? With your current ability, it is not difficult to buy a house in the capital. It is also possible to buy some land. If not, you can go to Tongzhou." Chang Yu was listening to them joking next to him.
In one sentence, Kuang Ren smiled bitterly: "I told my father the same thing. Even if I don't live in the capital, Tongzhou immigrants now don't have to spend money on homesteads and fields. It's also close to the capital. It's convenient for me to fulfill my filial piety nearby. But my parents
I don’t want to, saying that the capital is too far away, and I’m afraid I won’t be able to return to my hometown after being separated by thousands of mountains and rivers. No matter how nice it is outside, it can’t compare to the three thatched cottages at home.”
Everyone nodded in agreement. People, when they were young, they yearned for the outside world, but after middle age, they became more and more homesick. The two or three rooms at home can never be replaced by the skyscrapers outside.
There are only four words in "Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots", but they express the nostalgia of countless wanderers over thousands of years.
After another conversation, as the night got darker, Zhang Xian walked in and cupped his hands with Chang Yu: "Everyone, please rest first. I'll take you across the river tomorrow."
Chang Yu smiled: "It doesn't matter tomorrow, we can leave at any time."
Zhang Xian shook his head: "The deeper the night, the more difficult it is to go there. If you want to go fastest, you have to go very early in the morning. You'd better rest and recharge your batteries, because there may be a fight at any time after crossing the river."
"You said that, I can't sleep even more." Chang Yu stood up and stretched his muscles: "I feel uncomfortable without killing people for a few days." All the relatives and waiters are used to him doing this, and he is indeed telling the truth, but Mr. Zhang
After hearing this, I couldn't help but tremble. The people in Dongchang are really perverted! They are murderers.
"The other side is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire. You want to kill people, but there are more people who want to kill you." Zhang Xian smiled: "Since I can't sleep, I will chatter for a while." He picked up the small wooden stick on the ground.
He started rowing: "On the other side of Hejin is a huge mountain. It's not easy to take a detour through the mountains because of the heavy snow. Don't even think about pretending to be hunters. It's all a bad trick on our part. Over there
Kill any hunter you see."
He said and walked diagonally across from Hejin County; "At the foot of this mountain is Hancheng County. There are at least a thousand bandit soldiers stationed there. I don't know who the bandit generals are. From Hancheng, we go southwest into the plains. This is Heyang.
(Today's Heyang County) is directly between Puzhou and Hejin County on our side, and the blockade is the strictest there, because no matter where we cross the river from, we always have to go west through Heyang territory to enter Xi'an. The bandits are there
There is also heavy defense here. Further west from Heyang is Chengcheng County, with unknown troops stationed there. A few dozen miles west of Chengcheng County is Beiluo River. To the west of the river is the boundary between Baishui County and Pucheng County.
To the west are Sanyuan, Fuping, Gaoling County, etc. that belong to Xi'an Prefecture." At this point, Zhang Xian sighed: "The deepest place our detectives have stopped at is Beiluo River. They have not even entered the boundaries of Baishui and Pucheng. Those Sanyuan outside Xi'an.
, Gaoling, even more... I can only watch from a distance."
Li Zicheng built the Central China Plain into a copper wall and an iron wall that tightly wrapped the city of Xi'an. Chang Yu frowned, took the wooden stick from Zhang Xian's hand and scratched it on the ground. The counties that Zhang Xian just mentioned are all
The northern and central part of the Central China Plain, and the southern part along the Huashan Mountains from east to west, Tongguan (in the Ming Dynasty, Tongguan Guard was subordinate to the Chinese Military Governor's Office, and the county was not established until the fifth year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty), Huayin (belonging to Huazhou, Xi'an Prefecture, Huayin)
The prefecture governs Suohua County, now Huazhou District. Tongguan Guards set up 28 forts, villages, villages, etc. in its territory) Weinan (originally under Huazhou, later directly under Xi'an Prefecture) Lintong.
Then we arrived in Xi'an.
It's the closest from Tongguan to Xi'an, but you have to pass through four prefectures and counties with dangerous terrain along the way. Each city is close to mountains and rivers, and one man can guard the pass and ten thousand men can't get through it. Although there are no dangerous mountains and rivers in the Central China Plain, it can be large or small.
More than a dozen prefectures, counties, and cities supplemented each other and formed a watertight firepower network. Moreover, the distance was far away and it was extremely difficult to break through this firepower network and reach the city of Xi'an in one fell swoop.
Although Chang Yu and Li Yan initially agreed to feign an attack from both wings and attack from the middle, that is, from the middle line of the Central China Plain to the gates of Xi'an City, the specific implementation has not been finalized yet because more information is needed.
For example, the troop deployment of the bandit army includes the commanders of each firepower network.
Intelligence has always been the most important factor in determining the outcome of a battle.
But this time Li Zicheng blocked it very tightly.
So this time Chang Yu came not only to satisfy his adventurous mentality, but also to get first-hand information. Only after he has gone through it and seen it, can he feel at ease and know how to formulate the most realistic offensive strategy.
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