The wind in late June is not very cool. Even in the morning and evening, the wind is a little bit hot. The cicada seems not to know that people are irritated by its song, but it is still singing hard and tirelessly. The war north of the Yellow River is still going on.
While the fighting was in full swing, Huazhou, which had just been captured by the Han army, seemed particularly peaceful. The people of Huazhou were not massacred by the Han soldiers, and there were no soldiers to harass them. Of course, a large number of die-hard resisters in Huazhou City did not come out.
He was unexpectedly beheaded at the city gate, including hundreds of scoundrels who took advantage of the chaos to rob people and insult women.
Huazhou is close to the Daqing River. There is even a city gate that opens on the edge of the Daqing River. You can directly enter Huazhou City from the waterway. It is also called the Water Village. On that day, the Han army was the first to break through the water gate and enter Huazhou.
City. When Pei Zhan left Huazhou, he told Li Hong, the defender of Huazhou, that the water stronghold was the top priority of defense and that he must guard it tightly and not be careless. Li Hong also followed Pei Zhan's advice.
The order was carried out, but what he didn't expect was that the Han army's navy was so powerful. Although the Han army did not have huge warships at this time, they had the best sailors. Those Han army sailors were as nimble as fish,
Pushing the boat under the water all the way to the water village gate, there were dozens of powerful gunpowder packets on the boat.
The water gate of Shuizhai was blown to pieces, and the Han army swarmed in in small boats. This powerful firearm shocked the defending Zhou army. They had never seen anything so powerful, the rising flames and the huge
The explosion frightened them into silence.
After capturing Huazhou, half of the Zhou army's retreat route to the north was blocked. If the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Ding'an Army led by Pei Zhan wanted to return to Kaifeng, they would have to walk hundreds of miles more. And on these hundreds of miles,
The Han army had plenty of opportunities to set up ambushes.
The water of Daqing River is introduced into Huazhou City by a Renggong River called Fuyuan Canal. Fuyuan Canal opens a fork in the east of Huazhou City and fills an artificial lake called Chunfeng Lake. This lake was used by Zhou Shizong when Chai Rong went north.
At that time, the county governor of Huazhou specially called migrant workers to dig it out. Chunfeng Lake was previously a dead lake. The water looked yellow and dirty, but there was a pond of lotus growing very vigorously in this dirty lake. This lake
A palace was built beside the lake. Although the scale is not very large, the architectural style is very pleasing. After cleaning up the lake, the scenery of Chunfeng Lake became very beautiful, with weeping willows on both sides swaying gently in the wind, and wild flowers blooming on the green grass.
enchanting.
The end of June is a good time for lotus flowers to bloom. When people praise the lotus flower, they always say that it is not stained by the mud. In fact, if you think about it conversely, if there is no mud, the lotus flower may not be able to bloom so brilliantly.
Under the weeping willow tree by the lake, there is a man wearing a big straw hat, leaning on a deck chair to rest under the shade of the tree. There is a fishing rod next to the deck chair, and it is still shaking there. Apparently, it has been fishing for a long time.
A fish bit the hook, but the man didn't seem to see it at all, leaning back in his chair and dozing off.
Although the morning wind did not take away a bit of the heat, it could still make people feel a rare coolness. The sky always gets bright very early in summer, and the sun always does its duty without sleepiness. Because of the hot weather
, the Han army was resting in Huazhou, and there would be no major military operations in the near future, so after a certain Ling got up to practice at around four o'clock in the morning, he found a fishing rod and asked someone to put a deck chair under the willow tree.
Start fishing comfortably.
But, judging from his appearance, he didn't seem to care much about whether he could catch fish.
Liu Ling lived in the emperor's palace by Chunfeng Lake. This place seemed to be the most suitable place for him to live in Huazhou. Chai Rong was an emperor on horseback. He reigned for six years, half of which was spent fighting in various places.
He was busy conquering the Han, Liao, Tang, and Shu. And what is certain is that almost every personal expedition he made brought vast land and a lot of wealth to the Zhou Dynasty. Of course,
In addition to conquering the Han Dynasty, his last personal expedition during his lifetime was to conquer the Liao Dynasty. He could be said to have won consecutive battles. Of course, it also laid the foundation for his serious illness. The expedition against the Tang Dynasty captured the land of the fourteen states of the Southern Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop.
The land area of the Southern Tang Dynasty was reduced by one-third. The conquest of Shu took away four wealthy states of Shu. It can be said that if Chai Rong had lived a few more years, with his talents and the great Zhou Dynasty,
With such strong military force, Liu Ling never had any chance to display his ambitions.
It is undeniable that because the Northern Han Dynasty's national power was too weak and Liu Ling had some concerns before, relatively speaking, Chai Rong had a much greater chance of unifying the Central Plains. Of course, this is just a hypothesis.
The scenery of Chunfeng Lake is good, and Liu Ling is in a good mood.
The secret spies of the Supervisory Council have sent news from the north. Pei Zhan divided his troops into two groups and sent General Qu Sheng to lead an army of 100,000 troops back south to prepare to return to Kaifeng. This is definitely a good thing for the Han army.
The news came. Pei Zhan divided his 400,000 troops into two groups. He personally commanded the army and continued to besiege Jizhou. Qu Sheng returned to Kaifeng. It seemed that he had taken care of both sides, but in fact, he could not take care of both sides.
The guards of the Overwatch Council are distributed around Chunfeng Lake. Although Liu Ling can't see anyone around him, Chunfeng Lake has been controlled. On one side of the palace, Liu Ling's Shura camp is stationed, and three miles away from the palace is the Shura camp.
Another barracks was a massacre of heavy armor.
In the past few days, the guards of the Overwatch Council have killed no less than a hundred assassins. This shows how angry His Royal Highness the King of Zhou in the north is. No less than three groups of assassins sneaked into the Chunfeng Lake Palace, but they were killed by the guards of the Overwatch Council.
They deliberately let the dogs in. It is always better to fight dogs behind closed doors. Liu Ling just laughed at Pei Zhan's crazy but almost joking approach. His letter would definitely kill King Pei Zhan of Zhou.
His lungs were blown. Pei Zhan sent an assassin to assassinate him. He made a helpless choice because he couldn't think of a way to deal with Liu Ling.
If there is an organization or a force in this era that can send people to avoid the defense of the Supervisory Council, then there is no doubt that the Tiger Guard under the original Yongxing Army Jiedu Commander Xie Jun is the only one. The Tiger Guard's battle
Liu Ling had witnessed it with his own eyes. Fortunately, the number of Tiger Guards was not large. Fortunately, in the Battle of Yaozhou, the entire Tiger Guard army was wiped out. The Tiger Guards were well-trained elite soldiers trained by Xie Jun himself, and they could truly be called
One against a hundred elite soldiers.
Pei Zhan obviously does not have such an amazing team in his hands.
The reason why those assassins were able to enter the palace was entirely because of Liu Ling's order. He felt that we must give people a little hope. If they couldn't even get close to the Chunfeng Lake Palace, how would the next batch of assassins come? To let Pei
The assassins who fight feel that there is a chance, so that they can come and kill a group of people. This is called seduction, seducing until death.
The assassins around the Overwatch Council did not come to trouble Pei Zhan. Instead, Pei Zhan came to trouble Liu Ling. In fact, this was a very childish thing. However, Pei Zhan didn't know that the strength of the Han Overwatch Council would be so terrifying. Liu Ling
Beside Ling, there are two of the strongest men in the Twelve Golden Clothes of the Overwatch Council, the Nie brothers. With these two around, the assassins sent by Pei Zhan will always be helpless.
Zhou Yunbing, the stall owner from the fourth place, pushed Zhao Da in the wheelchair to Liu Ling's side, and Chen Ziyu, the stall owner from the third place, came with him.
After the three people saluted Liu Ling, who was taking a nap, they stood aside respectfully. Liu Ling took off the straw hat covering his face, and then nuzzled at Chen Ziyu. Chen Ziyu's face turned red and he left immediately.
He walked behind Liu Ling, bent down, and massaged his shoulders with soft and white hands.
"Where are you?"
Liu Ling snorted comfortably and asked with her eyes closed.
He asked where he was, not who was there, but Zhao Da and the other three knew who the prince was asking about, and one of their responsibilities of the Supervisory Yuan was to inquire about information. In this world, this
In this era, there is absolutely no organization that can compare with the Oversight Yuan. Liu Ling's emphasis on intelligence far exceeds that of people of this era.
"General Qu Sheng of the Ding'an Army led his army south more than ten days ago and has now arrived in Mingzhou."
Liu Ling nodded and said: "It's still far away. The Ding'an Army won't be able to reach the north bank of the Yellow River in a few months. It's just a good time for the soldiers to rest. They have been marching and fighting for several months, and the soldiers are also tired. That matter,
How was the check?"
Chen Ziyu continued: "There are not many spies from the three offices of the Supervisory Yuan in the state capitals north of the Yellow River in the Zhou Kingdom, and most of them are still in Jizhou. Jizhou is besieged, and the spies from the three offices cannot get out.
The spies sent out this time have begun to contact the Ding'an Army returning south, but the time is still short and they cannot find out the exact information. I have given the spies a death order. Within ten days, Zhou must be captured.
Find out clearly the truth and falsehood of the army!"
Liu Ling hummed and asked casually: "Who did you send?"
Chen Ziyu paused for a moment, secretly glanced at Liu Ling's face and then said cautiously: "It's Si Quan'er."
Liu Ling's expression was stifled for a moment, then she nodded and said, "She does things very safely."
Zhou Yunbing said: "My subordinates have arranged ten excellent assassins to protect her. There will be no danger this time."
Liu Ling asked: "Why don't you have guards everywhere?"
Zhou Yunbing replied: "There are only sixty guards from all over this time. These days... Zhou Jun's assassins are too rampant, and my subordinates dare not send guards to leave. Although the Chunfeng Lake Palace is not big, it has over a hundred acres."
, sixty guards are already very thin."
He answered truthfully.
Liu Ling smiled and said: "Even if those assassins appear in front of me, can they still hurt me?"
He could say this, but Zhao Da and Zhou Yunbing would never dare to do so.
"You are responsible for the safety of the palace, and it is also your business to arrange the personnel. But there is one thing. If something happens to Si Quan'er in the north, I will hold you accountable."
Liu Ling sat up straight and looked at the fish that was biting the hook. It was still struggling hard, moving the fishing rod up and down, but could not get rid of the hook. The hook had already caught the mouth, unless
Death, otherwise it cannot be liberated.
"Do you think this little curved hook caught a big fish or a small fish?" (To be continued)
