As the saying goes, "The cold in spring will kill young people!"
Although after such a long period of food supply, everyone in the group training is no longer as skinny as when they first entered the camp, but getting up so early on such a cold day still makes people miss the warmth of the bed.
Qin Lie looked at the soldiers on the deck who had just gotten up and washed up. He turned to Zhou Bi and said, "We are about to reach Nicha River in Wuwei Prefecture. Not far ahead is Tuqiaohe Town. Let everyone wash up and then enter the cabin. , you are not allowed to come out again without my order!"
Zhou Bi winked at the flag bearer, who had two red and green flags, the red flag went up and down twice, and the green flag left and right once.
As soon as the flag was sent out, a loud noise was heard from the nearby ship.
The soldiers hurriedly washed up and quickly got into the cabin.
Qin Lie nodded with satisfaction: "It's already a ban, but it's still far from it. The young master's letter is right. These soldiers have not licked the blood with their sword heads. After all, they are still guys who are worthless and useless!"
Two days ago, the imperial court's decree and Xu He's letter were sent to the camp at the same time.
Also accompanying him was a Qian Shi from Yangzhou Wei named Sun. It was said that he had an old relationship with Xu He and was very polite when they met.
When he took out the transfer order from the Ministry of War, Qin Lie didn't take it seriously at all. He only looked at the transfer order and threw it on the table.
Just when he was thinking about how to delay it, he didn't expect that the person from the Ministry of War also brought a letter from Xu He.
With Xu He's letter, things will be easier to handle.
When the messenger from the Ministry of War saw the attitude of these soldiers towards the official documents from the Ministry of War, he thought he would waste his words. Unexpectedly, the official documents from the Ministry of War were not even as useful as a letter from Mr. Xu.
After the group saw off the messenger, under Sun Qianshi's surprised eyes, they completed preparations for departure in just two hours, and soon boarded the Yangzhou Guard's flat-bottomed sand barge for transporting troops.
In fact, most of these ships are mostly used along the coasts of Songjiang and Shandong. On inland routes, only a small amount of such offshore ships are used on inland routes, unless they are the imperial canals.
These ships were specially transferred by Xu Song from Shandong to Yangzhou for their use.
Because after Zhang Jingxian took up the post of Huining Chi Taibing Road, he organized soldiers and horses to strictly block the Yangtze River waterway, and also harassed the rebels in Tuqiao River several times.
However, the losses of the bandits in Tuqiao River were not very great. Because these people's boats were small, they could not fight against the official ships, so they changed their strategy and no longer blocked the Yangtze River. Instead, they hid in the river on the north bank, using the narrow waterway and using bows and arrows on the bank. to support the fleet on the river.
Zhang Jingxian did not dare to go deep into the inland river because he did not have enough troops and had to be constantly on guard against enemies in Hefei.
As a result, the officers and soldiers did not dare to go to the inland river activities near Tuqiao River, and the rebels did not dare to enter the river openly.
Both sides actually unanimously guarded their own one-third of an acre of land, waiting for the situation to change.
However, although these Tuqiaohe rebels did not dare to enter the Yangtze River blatantly, they would still harass the river surface indiscriminately.
Nichahe Town, where Qin Lie and others are located, is actually a large town on the riverside in the south of Wuwei Prefecture. It is only more than thirty miles away from Tuqiao River. It can be said that it is already close to the anti-thief outpost. The scope of exploration is over.
That's why he told everyone not to leave the cabin again.
Sun Qianshi, who heard the commotion, hurried out before twisting up his official robe: "Zaihen, what's going on? Is something wrong?"
Zaiyun is Qin Lie's name, and this name was given to him by Xu He.
Fierce, fierce fire.
Daya said: "Zi burnt Zai Lie."
Qin Lie is now a battalion officer and often interacts with outsiders. It is impossible to do without a character. Therefore, at Qin Lie's request, Xu He helped him give him the character "Zaiyun". Naturally, he hoped that he would retain that kind of character. A state of aggression like fire.
Because of Xu He's relationship, Qin Lie was very polite to Sun Qianshi. He cupped his hands and said: "The fleet will soon cross the Tuqiao River. In order to prevent the rebels from spying, I ordered everyone to enter the cabin. .”
After saying that, he looked at Sun Qianshi!
Sun Qianshi followed his gaze and looked at his official robe, and said with a smile: "Don't be so nervous, right? Didn't you say that the thieves have been driven to the inland river? At most, we should be careful when entering the inland river!"
"If we don't go along the inland river, we'll go upstream on the Yangtze River!"
Sun Qianshi was dumbfounded: "No, didn't we agree to walk through the muddy river?"
Qin Lie was too lazy to explain, stopped talking, and turned to look at the river!
Seeing this, Zhou Bi hurriedly smiled and said: "Master Sun, what General Qin is saying is that the goal of taking the inland river is too big and the intention is too obvious. Although the Yangtze River goes upstream, there are more ships coming and going. Even if the thieves find out, they will mistakenly think that It’s a grain-carrying ship for the imperial court!”
The Nicha River mentioned by Sun Qianshi is a large river that originates from Lujiang River and Huangpi Lake and flows eastward until it merges into the Yangtze River in Nichahe Town.
If you mark the key points of the strategy designed by Xu He on the map, you can find it.
In fact, Hefei, Lengshuiguan and Lujiang are a straight line from south to north!
Lengshuiguan is right between Hefei and Lujiang.
The other pincer of the pincer offensive is the Wuwei Prefecture line where the Nicha River merges into the Yangtze River in the east.
The Tuqiao River where the rebel navy was stationed was between the Lujiang River and Wuwei Prefecture.
Therefore, Nicha River is connected with the inland river near Tuqiao River.
The route that Qin Lie and the others planned before was to reach Nichahe Town from the Yangtze River, then go west along the Nichahe River, directly to Huangpi Lake, then go north through the Lujiang River, and finally arrive at Lengshuiguan.
But yesterday, when Daozi led his men to explore the road ahead, they discovered that the thieves also had spies on the Nicha River. They were obviously frightened by the Wuwei Prefecture garrison arranged by Zhang Jingxian, so they were very alert.
Therefore, Qin Lie made temporary arrangements to change the marching route.
Fortunately, the ships arranged by Xu Song were grain-carrying cannons, otherwise it would have been difficult to conceal the truth!
After breakfast, each ship disguised itself as required and then continued sailing westward...
Tuqiao River.
A landlord's house, several people were sitting in the main hall of the house.
At the main seat, a middle-aged man with gray hair and a swarthy face smiled and said to the next young man: "I have heard for a long time that Mr. Zili is good at music and loves opera, especially the Yiyang tune in Nanxi Opera. He has studied it deeply." Na!"
The young man smiled slightly and said: "It's just a little hobby in my spare time, it's nothing!"
The middle-aged man said: "Although I am a vulgar and unliterate person, I still like Kunqiu, one of the four major styles of Southern Opera!"
After the middle-aged man finished speaking, a young man opposite Mr. Zili said with a smile: "Dad, this family has a local opera troupe. Mr. Zili just arrived. Let's let the troupe help him while we take care of him at noon. ?”
When the middle-aged man heard this, he was overjoyed and said: "This is a good idea. I just want to discuss Southern Opera with your husband!"
The man named Mr. Zili changed his face slightly when he heard this. Just when he was about to refuse, someone suddenly rushed in.
"Boss, the brothers on the river reported that there is a imperial watercraft heading west and passing our section of the river!"
