Shenjie visited Yuting Town at night and not only found out the enemy's situation, but also found two apprentices that Lin Baotong had secretly accepted, and got a lot of valuable information from them.
But he did not return from the enemy tower at No. 1 West (circular in the northwest corner) as agreed. Suo Tiangang, the hero of the trial, found out that Liao Huazi had sent people out of the camp, so he followed him quietly, so where did the sentry go, what did he see, and He knew all the paths he took.
"It seems that Polygonatum must have heard Tie Dao tell him about Nancheng's weak defense. He was running out of rations and his morale was low. He was anxious, so he was moved."
Han An held up his palms and smiled: "It seems that this time it is his turn to shout: I have been fooled by Li Sanlang again!" Everyone laughed after hearing this.
"Eager to destroy the city and change morale, this is indeed his weakness!" Li Dan told everyone: "Only by seizing the weakness and hitting hard, can he be indulgent or merciful to the enemy?" Then he turned to Shen Jie:
"The news brought back by Hero Judge is very important. At least we know a few things: the enemy's morale is low, and even the generals are beginning to feel war-weary.
So if we let him suffer another big loss in this battle at the South Gate, will their internal voices of retreat become public? "
Shen Jie nodded and said, "It's very possible! Now everyone is still embarrassed, and the direct lineage forces such as Jiuguozi account for the majority. Others dare to be angry and dare not speak out. But it will be hard to say if we lose another game."
"Sir, didn't you say that the officers and soldiers can cooperate in our actions? Should we talk to Poyang and make an appointment to act together?" Master Ba asked softly.
He was still a little worried. Even if he won, it would only frustrate the opponent and not annihilate them. Then there would still be a lot of enemies left. The regiment training is enough to defend the city, but it might be possible to fight in the field.
"That's right!" Li Dan nodded, then turned to Zhao Jingzi: "I'll write a letter and ask Zhou Qin to send Hot Wheels No. 1 to Poyang immediately!"
Chen Sanwen trial-produced a wide-bodied animal-powered waterwheel boat. The boat was made of about 200 materials (the displacement was close to fifty tons calculated using the method of the previous life). The widest part of the middle part was one foot four feet and five feet eight feet long.
It is slightly wider and shorter than the navy's river patrol boat. It has a pointed head and narrow tail, and a sloping flat bottom, which has both wave-breaking ability and inland river navigability.
On the two floors of the poop, there are one driver, one helmsman (responsible for the direction and the clutch for forward, turning, and retreating) and one pilot (i.e., captain), two pole hands (for poles, sails and lookouts), and two donkeys (can replace).
The principle is similar to the donkey-pulled mill in the north. The left and right wheels of the waterwheel are driven by gears, and the speed is four times that of an ordinary single-person fishing boat!
The first trial sailing shocked Zhou Qin, an old expert on the water. After getting off the boat, he sat on the shore for a long time before sighing and saying, This is like Nezha stepping on the Hot Wheels. From then on, this type of boat has its own unique style. Nickname - Hot Wheels Type A.
A total of four ships were built, mainly used for short-distance transportation of supplies and messengers. Zhou Qin dispatched one each to Leijiawan, Santang Town, Baimadu and Pipa Lake as Li Dan said, for official purposes only.
Because it is so fast, even the fastest warship of the lake bandits cannot catch up with it, so the ship is equipped with no other weapons except knives, spears, shields and crossbows for personal defense.
As he was talking, Li Biao came in, raised a folded piece of paper in his hand and said loudly: "Sir, the Gaojiawan Inspection Department has come to report that the enemy Mao Taigong's headquarters suddenly moved this morning. In addition to hundreds of people left behind, The rest of the group left camp and headed west!"
"Ha!" Zhao Jingzi clapped his hands: "I bet that this is Liao Huazi concentrating his troops. He feels that he is short of manpower!"
Li Dan walked to the door, called Lu Jiu in, and asked him: "If Liao Huazi asks Mao Taigong to lead the main force elsewhere, and a few people continue to watch the movements of Leijiawan, which leader do you think is most likely to stay and lead the team?"
Lu Jiu opened his mouth and thought: "That might be a Han Bazi!"
"Who is Han Bazi?" No one has heard of this person.
"He is the leader of Dushan Jialingzhou, with only 200 men under his command. It seems that his original name was Qin Han. He committed a crime and was exiled to the Fujian Army Guard, so everyone called him Han Bazi.
Because he had made great achievements in fighting the Japanese pirates, his commander made a small flag to help him escape the crime.
Nine years ago, the commander was falsely accused for unknown reasons and committed suicide in anger.
Han Bazi led more than twenty people to kill the man who falsely accused the commander, and was sentenced to thirty years in prison by the government.
He volunteered to dig in the mines and his sentence was reduced to fifteen years. Then for some reason he was spotted by an official, who transferred him to the iron smelting workshop as a foreman.
The official was transferred to Wuyuan and he was brought with him. The next year, he was unlucky enough to have a mining accident, and the official was killed, and it was said that he was responsible.
Han Bazi couldn't explain clearly, so he had to flee and entered the lake as soon as he went back and forth. "
After hearing this, everyone said, "How could there be such an unlucky person in the world?" Han An looked at Li Dan and said half-jokingly:
"Despite this, it can be seen that he still has some abilities. Otherwise, how could he always be promoted by his superiors? It's a pity that his numerology is ominous and he seems to have violated the boss's taboos, so he had to end up in this situation."
Li Dan did not continue the topic. He walked back and forth twice, stood still in front of Lu Jiu and asked, "How is this person? How is he doing? Does Ah Jiu understand him?"
"This man is not friendly with anyone, just indifferent. But the two hundred people under him are all selected good men, and they never do anything randomly." Lu Jiu said:
"Perhaps because they were both in the army, he occasionally chats with the humble position (Lu Jiu is getting a very good salary now. That's why he calls himself the humble position), but rarely talks to others.
Oh, there is another strange thing. This man has never been close to women, but he doesn’t know why? "
"Then why do you conclude that Mao Tai will keep him?"
"It's safe." Lu Jiu said: "One of the seven leaders was killed in the battle. Excluding Taigong Mao himself, he is the most stable person among the remaining five. The rest are either impatient or foolhardy, and they are not suitable people anyway. .”
Everyone laughed and said they didn't expect Ah Jiu to be able to look at people, which made Lu Jiu embarrassed, blushing and giggling.
"Okay, I understand." Li Dan asked Lu Jiu to continue to guard the door, and then said:
"I don't think we need to worry too much in Leijiawan. According to what Ajiu said just now, if Han Bazi is really left behind, he has no enterprising spirit and most likely won't act rashly.
Mr. Ba just mentioned the officers and soldiers in Poyang. I think there is an obstacle for the officers and soldiers to go south. Dong Qi's Lake Bandits of about a thousand people are still blocking the way. How can we break through this road?
I'm afraid I'll have to ask Zhao Tongzhi for his opinion. After saying that, he gave an order to Zhao Jingzi:
"The decisive battle is coming, notify the West City Wall, and their seven catapults will begin to be dismantled and sent to Pengzemen for concentration.
Starting tonight, one-third of Hongsheng's team will rest as normal, and two-thirds will be on guard duty in the city. "This is to allow the men on the west city wall to get enough sleep so that they can be ready to reinforce the south city at any time."
After the meeting, Li Dan sat down to write a letter. He needed to sort out his thoughts. Just as I started writing, I heard someone talking in the yard, and then Shenjie appeared at the door with an excited look on his face: "Everyone is inspecting, Brother Iron Knife is back!"
"oh?"
Li Dan just stood up, and Li Tiedao was already at the door: "Sir, we don't have much time. I'm afraid I have to leave quickly after I finish speaking." Then he told Liao Huazi to send people to explore the south of the city and decided to launch an attack on the south city at midnight on the fourth day. Again.
"At that time, the Gao Can tribe will bluff under the northeastern section of the city to attract our army's attention.
Liao Huazi arranged for various Huxi tribes to join Tao Shou at Liyuzui, and led them to attack Shuimen. Liao Huazi's main force, led by Jiucaozi, attacked Nanguan. After Li Tiedao finished speaking, he took out an oilcloth bag from his arms:
"This is a letter written by Liaohuazi to various departments in Huxi. Your Excellency, please read it."
Li Dan took the letter and put it on the table and opened the oilcloth, but Li Dan did not touch it. Instead, he asked him: "Did you know that he also transferred some of the manpower from Leijiawan?"
"I know, I was in the house when Liao Huazi said this." Li Tiedao wiped his beard: "But he didn't ask Taigong Mao to go to Yuting Town, but ordered him to go to Jiucaozi Camp.
On the night of the operation, Mao Taigong had to occupy three bridges on the river bank to prevent people from Mianshan from attacking his siege team. "
After hearing these words, Li Dan was already sure that Liao Huazi was going to fight the battle in Nancheng with all his strength, instead of simply attacking the city gate.
"Hmph, he wants to capture the south city wall, and then cooperate inside and outside to capture Yufeng Gate (East Gate)." Zhao Jingzi and others
The people were summoned again, and after listening to Shen Jie's briefing, he made this judgment, which was consistent with Li Dan's opinion.
"He can come whenever he wants. We'll prepare a surprise for him inside and outside the south city wall!"
After discussing with everyone, Li Tiedao immediately set off for Santangzhai with orders. He was ordered to transfer most of Zhou Qin's navy back to Yugan to join the battle, and then go north to cut off all the ferries at Yuting Town on the Buhe River.
At the same time, Song Qian led Liu Qi and Liu En to immediately destroy Yangfang Village. That is the nest of Liaohuazi's niece and son-in-law, Lu Jiutang. Previously, he was afraid of alerting his opponents, so he did not touch it. Now is the time!
After destroying Yangfang Village, Song Qian and Liu Qiyao rushed to Ludu Port to cut off Liaohuazi's passage back north.
Hot Wheels No. 1 was responsible for sending the black flag messenger from Donghe and rushed to Poyang City with Li Dan's letter. After receiving the reply, he ordered the boat to return by this boat.
Lu Jiu then took the Hot Wheels No. 1 north with a secret mission. On the way, he disembarked at Gubu Ferry, put on his livestock and headed straight for Leijiawan.
Xie San'er, who had just reported to the staff headquarters, took another order to go to Yangbu via Baima Ferry. He was responsible for dispatching two sentries from Crab King's Fifth Band and twenty postmen from Baima Post to secretly ambush Woniu Mountain outside Nanguan. To prepare for a blow from behind when defeating the enemy.
Ganglang Mountain is said to be the place where Yue Wumu surrendered General Yu Hualong. Li Dan's memory of it in his previous life was the national war between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang, but the story never happened in this life, and Kanglang Mountain is still called Ganglang Mountain.
At the beginning of the founding of this dynasty, almost all the wars took place in today's southern and northern Zhili. It was not until the Zhao family made Jinling its capital that the two families fought in Guazhou.
Unfortunately, Chen Youliang suffered a stroke during the battle and died soon after. Two sons, Chen Shan and Chen Li, fought for the throne, forming two political regimes, the Southern Han Dynasty and the Northern Han Dynasty. The powerful Chen family had been fighting among themselves for three years, which greatly damaged their vitality.
Chen Youbo and Chen Youzhi persuaded their nephew Chen Li, who had retreated to Nanchang, to surrender to the emperor. Later, the army defeated Chen Shan in Jiujiang and invaded Wuchang. The Chen regime was completely destroyed.
The slight impact from the military disaster is an important reason why Jiangxi South Road is currently considered a first-class wealthy place.
Ganlang Mountain is neither big nor small. Its area is equivalent to three and a half times the size of the Forbidden City in Beijing that Li Dan saw in his previous life. The terrain is slightly lower in the north and higher in the south. It is an island running north to south, with the highest point about eight feet above the water level.
In the past, when it was used as the nest of Polygonum japonica, more than 3,000 people and their 2,000 family members gathered here, but now it is different. There are only 300 old and weak people left behind, and all the strong ones followed them to Lion Rock.
This morning, a veteran guarding the dock woke up from his nap holding his knife in his arms. The successor hadn't arrived yet, so he got up impatiently and prepared to go back and tell this guy to get up.
Suddenly he saw something faintly behind the gauze-like mist on the lake. Did he think he was dazzled or hadn't woken up yet? He rubbed his eyes vigorously, but saw nothing.
"Hey, mom, you're not even fifty yet, why are your eyesight so blurry?" He turned around and walked back.
After walking a few steps, he stopped hesitantly and turned around slowly. Behind the mist, a large ship with a weight of five hundred materials appeared. The man above shouted something, but the guard didn't hear it clearly.
He walked along the boardwalk toward the ship, feeling scared and confused.
Several people jumped off the boat, and at first glance they were young men with strong skills, and they were veterans on the water. They ignored the idiot at all and just straightened and tightened the cables dropped from above, and then tied them to the pillars one by one.
Then the side compartment door opened, the stair was lowered, and a middle-aged man wearing a black cloak stepped down. He looked gloomily behind and then to the front, focusing his gaze on the guard.
The guard slowly moved his gaze to the flag on the top of the sail and saw the terrible word "江". He wanted to run, but his legs felt like lead, and it was too late. The man was striding towards him.
"Gulu," the guard swallowed, knelt down on one leg, closed his eyes, trembling and clasped his fists, and said loudly: "Greetings, respectful, respectful greetings to Alliance Leader Jiang, little man Lang Xian, greetings to Alliance Leader!"
"Oh." Jiangdu was a little surprised. He originally wanted to come over and slash the ground to send the veteran to the west, but unexpectedly he knelt down in front of him. Hey, have some guts! A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Are you the guard here?
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"Yes, yes, I, I, will be on duty for the rest of the night. I don't want to be lucky enough to meet you!"
"Fortunately? Aren't you afraid that I will chop you down?"
"The leader of the alliance is known to be kind to me. I, the villain, have long been interested in defecting. I beg the leader of the alliance to accept me!"
"Okay, then tell me, how many defenders are there in this village, where do they live, and who is leading them?"
"There are three hundred and twenty-seven defenders, but those who have families have gone home to live. There are only more than sixty bachelors living in the fourth and seventh dormitories from the third road above. The leader of the group is called Wu Jia , lives in the fourth house west of Wenchang Temple."
Seeing his fluent answers, Finless Porpoise shrugged in surprise: "Have you been on this island for a long time? You seem to be very familiar with it?"
"Replying to the leader, I was originally the messenger of the big boss. He has been running around on this island for three years and even knows where the cracks in the rocks are. Later, due to his age, he developed a damp and painful leg problem, so..."
When the guard saw that the finless porpoise spoke kindly, his mouth gradually became smoother.
"So that's it." The finless porpoise nodded. At this time, a large number of soldiers jumped out of the boat and rushed past them towards the shore.
Seeing this scene, no matter how stupid the guard was, he could understand what had happened. He bowed his head respectfully: "The leader of the alliance has come to our island to welcome you. Er, do you want to go to the master's house? I will lead the way for you."
"Okay." The finless porpoise took a few steps forward, turned around and asked, "What's your name?"
The guard quickly followed and replied: "Lang Xian. Lang Jun's Lang, Fa Xian's Xian."
"Huh? Are you literate?"
"Replying to the leader, the villain was originally an accountant. He falsely accused him of stealing money, got into a fight with someone, and accidentally beat the guy to death, so he fled into the lake."
Finless Porpoise looked at him again in surprise, nodded and asked, "Tell me, if you follow me, what will you give as a greeting gift?"
Lang Xian was overjoyed and rolled his eyes: "The head of the family, Mrs. Ru, are all on the island..."
"This is nonsense. I've already gone to the island and picked it up like a bag!"
"Uh..., there is a treasury in the headmaster's house..."
"I'll just send someone to find it!"
"Then, the alliance leader probably doesn't know that the boss is doing business outside, and the accounts, bills and deeds of those businesses..."
The finless porpoise stopped and looked back at him: "Can you get these things...?"
"I'm presumptuous, but I haven't gotten married yet. Alas, it's great to have no children! For this, I can do anything for the alliance leader!"
"Hoho, are you waiting for me here?" Finless Porpoise smiled: "Okay, who do you like? Say it and I will ask the brothers to keep it for you, but what if you can't give these things to me after the matter is done? ?」
"You cut me open and throw me into the lake to feed the fish!" Lang Xian said firmly, "I want Liu Ping'er in the third lady's house."
The finless porpoise was startled after hearing the first half of the sentence, and then agreed loudly: "Okay, it's a deal!"
"Wait a minute, what will happen if the villain is handed over to the leader?"
"Don't you have a wife? You and that Ping'er will have a litter of fat cubs."
"But I still want to find a job."
"What errand?"
"The Hongying Tower in Jiujiang is the property of the big boss. I would like to ask for your grace to take over and manage this business for you."
The finless porpoise laughed: "No problem!"
Lang Xian was filled with joy and hurriedly gave guidance from the front: "Alliance leader, please come this way. Normally at this time, the head of the house should not have gotten up yet, and even if someone got up early, they would still be dressing up.
There are no guards at the house. However, the two dozen guards and some servants need to be on guard. As long as they are subdued, the rest will not be a problem... "
