Wangjiang County is under the jurisdiction of Anqing Prefecture. A few dozen miles southwest of Dongliu County is a small city of similar size. It was occupied by the Baiwang tribe a few months ago and dozens of bandits were stationed there. They have fun in the city every day. There was nothing to do, and they didn't even know that Anqing was besieged, so when the vanguard led by Liu Wenbing and Liu Liangzuo arrived at the city at dusk, the city was unprepared and even thought that friendly troops had returned.
Without wasting a single soldier, Wangjiang County was returned to the hands of the officers and soldiers. This made Liu Wenbing extremely happy. You must know that this was his first achievement since going south!
Although ants are small, they are still meat!
Liu Liangzuo didn't care at all for this kind of ant legs, and he only wanted to curry favor with Liu Wenbing before standing aside and leaving the opportunity to him. Of course, although Liu Wenbing had no combat experience, the emperor's personal guards under his command were not vegetarians. They had followed Huang Degong in his early years. In suppressing bandits, a few months ago, he followed the young eunuch to fight everywhere and made great contributions. He has rich combat experience and is very powerful.
After capturing Wangjiang County that night, Liu Wenbing ordered his troops to reorganize. They planned to send troops across the river to recapture Pengze early the next morning. Unexpectedly, when the pioneers were still on the way the next day, a scout came to report that Pengze had been recaptured. .
Er Liu asked in shock and learned that it was the young eunuch's personal guards who had broken into the city early this morning. The two of them were horrified. They had thousands of soldiers and horses, while others only had a few dozen!
This made Liu Wenbing, who was originally a little proud, look very embarrassed.
Meat like ant legs can only bring temporary joy. If you travel thousands of miles south to get such a small amount of joy, people will laugh at you, so Liu Wenbing decided to get a decent piece of meat no matter what, De'an!
In this case, let's go straight to Hukou County. Liu Wenbing suggested that Liu Zeqing would only follow his lead, so he ordered his troops to go quickly.
Hukou County is at the intersection of Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River. This place already belongs to Jiujiang Prefecture, and it is less than a hundred miles away from Jiujiang. In the mountains just south of Jiujiang Linjiang is Bai Wang's hometown, De'an County. Bai Wang originally crossed Poyang Lake from De'an to the capital. Chang County, then all the way north along the east bank of Poyang Lake to Hukou County, and then expedition north along the Yangtze River.
Although Peng Ze on the other side was captured by the little eunuch's personal guards, there were only a few dozen of them and they could not go too deep, and the army at the rear was still in Chizhou. Therefore, there was no one who wanted to compete with him for meat now, so we must make good use of this. The opportunity goes to De'an. As for Liu Liangzuo, he has already made a contribution. In order to please himself, he will not attack but will assist.
So the two made a detailed plan to seize Hukou County and fight back along the route the rebels took out of the mountains. As for why the rebels took a long way out of the mountains in the first place, the prisoners gave an explanation:
Due south of De'an is the big town of Nanchang, due west is a deep mountain, due east is Poyang Lake, and just across the deep mountain is Jiujiang. If they want to go out to the mountains for the Northern Expedition, they cannot go directly north because the mountains on the west side of Poyang Lake are too deep and dangerous, and the road is difficult to travel. Moreover, the exit from the mountain pass is too close to Jiujiang and the risk is too great.
So he crossed the river east and sent troops from the east bank of Poyang Lake to secretly conduct the Northern Expedition.
"If you go to De'an from the west bank of Poyang Lake, will you have to pass through Mount Lu?" Liu Wenbing was very interested. The prisoner seemed to understand his thoughts: "The official said it is right. There is a big waterfall in Mount Lu, in Nankang Prefecture. In Xingzi County, it is said that a great poet who wrote poems for the emperor came there and wrote a poem, which immediately made Lushan Waterfall famous..."
Liu Wenbing smiled and looked at Liu Liangzuo and said: "If we divide our troops into two groups, General Liu will go to the east bank of Poyang Lake and capture Duchang. I will go to the west bank into the mountains and go to Xingzi County (now Lushan City). Look at the waterfall. Is it really flowing down three thousand feet? And is the Luo Xing Dun (for which Xingzi County is named) really a star stone dropped from the sky..."
"The Marquis fights elegantly and enjoys the scenery. Okay, let's do as you said. Let's divide our troops and meet at Lu'an. However, I can accompany the Marquis to Xingzi County to have a look."
Liu Liangzuo did not object. He could just send out any of his troops under the strong generals Ruyun. The reason why he wanted to go with Liu Wenbing was of course to hug him. In addition, he was not too worried about Liu Wenbing. After all, this noble man had nothing to do. Combat experience, but De'an is the home ground of the bandit army. Zuo Liangyu and Lu Daqi suffered a lot of losses at the beginning. Although Bai Wang is dead now, he still has one of his subordinates sitting in the mountains, in case he takes the initiative to attack the ambush. , it is definitely not something that this inexperienced stupid young man can stop.
The two decided happily.
Wu Sangui and Wu Guogui in Chizhou are analyzing the strategic deployment of the young eunuchs, Li Yan in Anqing is planning how to kill Cheng Niandong, Er Liu in Wangjiang is thinking about how to remove the traitor army's lair, and Peng Ze's Chen brothers are killing prisoners in the city to appease the people. , and in the drizzle in the small Dongliu County town, Chang Yu, wearing a raincoat, and Li Muchian were fishing by the river.
He had seldom been so leisurely since the Southern Expedition. The reason why he was able to steal a few days of leisure was mainly because the overall situation was now decided, and all his powerful generals could stand alone.
This gave him a short period of peace and quiet, where he could drink tea, fish and fish, visit people inside and outside the city to investigate people's livelihood, and then patiently wait for news from Zuo Liangyu. As for the suppression of thieves, he was no longer concerned about it. Bai Wang is dead, and the rat nest can't last more than a few days.
Fish are easy to take the bait on rainy days, and after a while the two of them caught more than ten fish, which made the guards around them scream happily: "We can have a feast tonight."
"Master Fang, we see that you have gained weight recently. Are you living too comfortably?" Chang Yu made fun of Li Muchian beside him, who waved his hands repeatedly: "No way, the poor Taoist who traveled thousands of miles to live in the open with the governor has lost several kilograms, hey, take advantage of these few days to make up for it."
Chang Yu curled his lips: "You can do it. When I met the Taoist Priest in Zhending Mansion, he was as skinny as a monkey. Now he is as fat as two monkeys. Taoist Priest, if you continue like this, you are so light." Physical skills are useless, have you ever seen a pig climb a tree?"
Li Muxian stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "I was really hungry at that time and had nothing to eat. It's not like now. Although I live in the open air most of the time, I never lack food... The life is a bit too moist, and I am poor. Daoming'er has to control his diet."
While the two were chatting and laughing, a bodyguard hurried over to tell Wang TiZhong that he was here, which surprised Chang Yu: so fast!
"I guess the person in the king's body who wants to see you the most right now is the Governor. I'm probably more anxious than meeting his father, so I left Lu Daqi and ran over to see you first," Li Muxian joked, causing the guards next to him to laugh non-stop.
"The humble king Ti Zhong kowtows to the Lord Governor." Wang Ti Zhong rode alone and walked a long way away before dismounting and trotting to the riverside behind Chang Yu, half-kneeling and saluting. Chang Yu turned around and saw that his whole body was soaked, and the rainwater flowed down his face from his hair and could not be covered. The look of secret joy on his face.
"Why is General Wang so generous and standing up to speak?"
"Thank you for your humiliation, Lord Governor." Wang Tizhong stood up slowly and looked at the bucket next to him: "Master, I'm lucky today, I caught so many fish."
"That's not as lucky as General Wang. Capturing Bai Wang was a great achievement." Chang Yu smiled slightly, and Wang Tizhong couldn't help but grin: "It's just a fluke, so it's good luck."
Chang Yu smiled and pointed to the hut next to him: "The rain is a bit heavy. General Wang will go there to take shelter from the rain and take a rest. The governor will catch a few more big ones for you to catch the wind and wash away the dust in the evening."
"The rain won't bother me. I'm just here to chat with the Lord Governor and get some good luck." Wang Tizhong is now very good at talking. Li Muchian next to him curled his lips secretly. He didn't feel what he said when he said it himself. Hearing it from others I felt a little nauseous after saying that.
"Then General Wang will tell me how to catch Bai Wang. I heard it's very exciting." Chang Yu picked up the fishing rod as he spoke, and another half-kilogram river carp appeared, which made the guards cheer.
The wind and rain were not as loud as Wang Ti Zhong's voice. He started talking non-stop from the moment he entered the mountain. Chang Yu listened carefully and occasionally asked questions, and Wang Ti Zhong also answered all questions.
"The cliff is more than ten feet high. If you jump off, you will definitely die. When I found their bodies at the bottom of the cliff later, it was really terrible. Yuan Sanzhong should have hit the ground on his head, like a watermelon that exploded and was almost unrecognizable. And Wang Zamao... ...Oh, it’s quite miserable.” Wang Tizhong shook his head as he spoke.
"General Wang was just picking up the leaks, and it was Wang Zamao who did the hard work." Chang Yu laughed, then suddenly frowned: "But why did he fall down so accidentally?"
Wang Tizhong's expression remained unchanged, and he even smiled: "To be honest, I really missed out on my good luck. It was indeed Wang Zamao who discovered it first and chased him down. But Bai Wang suddenly jumped off the cliff, and Wang Zamao suddenly jumped off the cliff. Zamao was next to him and wanted to hold him, but his foot slipped and he fell down..." As he said this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
Chang Yu nodded, this is life!
