Hearing this voice, Grandma Shu and Ms. Cui both turned around and saw a young inspector with a beard on his chin. He was wearing a standard leather armor and had a three-line mark on his arm. He followed them on the boat and asked the boss of the boat for advice. Say, this is a sergeant.
"Greetings, sir." Lin Zifu hurriedly stepped forward, cupped his fists and cupped his hands, and introduced:
"These two are the mother and aunt of Mr. Li, the Tongzhi of Anren, and the aunt of Li Sanlang. We heard that the war in Yugan has subsided, so we returned to our hometown to help the villagers restore their homes and build their country."
These eight words were written in large letters on the wall of the pier's ticket gate. Everyone saw them as soon as they got off the boat. Lin Zifu was smart and used them ready-made. As expected, Inspector Chen's face became more smiley. .
"Welcome, welcome, Mr. Li and the eldest son decided to stay and share the joys and sorrows with the common people during the war. We also admire them.
Madams, please wait a moment. I have called a carriage for you. The luggage will be sent to your house immediately after customs clearance. Please leave two or three family members to assist. Madams, wait for the carriage to arrive and get the entry permit. Entering the city in one step. "
As soon as Inspector Chen finished speaking, he saw two four-wheeled carriages "rumbling" along the gravel road. The coachman and driver in the front seat were all dressed in gray cloth and wore hats on their heads.
The driver pulled the reins with both hands and shouted "Uh-", and the two horses with bird feathers on their foreheads stood firmly. Then the driver reached out and pulled a pole next to the seat, and the whole car made a "squeak" sound. The car swayed and stopped moving.
Li Qin from behind said in surprise: "This car has brakes?"
"Hey, young master, you are so knowledgeable, you actually know the brakes?" the driver said with a smile. At this time, the driver jumped down from above and directed Lin Zifu and others to put their small luggage into a small door at the back of the carriage.
"This is Li Sanlang's aunt's family. You must be careful!" Inspector Chen said.
"Oh, that's no wonder, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" The driver hurriedly bowed on the seat and raised the brim of his hat with his fingers: "Madam, don't worry, I will definitely walk fast and steady, let you see How useful is our carriage!"
Grandma Shu was confused and looked at Inspector Chen. He immediately stepped forward and explained softly with a smile: "Half of the shares in our Yugan Carriage Shop belong to the Li family, so he said so."
Grandma Shu felt happy after hearing this and looked back at Mrs. Cui. At this time, the coachman opened the carriage door and asked them to get in. Grandma Shu looked inside and saw two rows of seats with cowhide seat cushions.
The coachman asked her to sit in the main seat in the back, with Cui on one side and Li Qin on the other, who was looking at her in wonder.
Inspector Chen came over and told the fourth young master attentively that he could take off the sword from his waist and hang it on the hook on the carriage board, so that he could sit more comfortably.
Three maids sat opposite. The coachman closed the door, closed the handbrake and returned to the seat next to the driver. Then people outside shouted, the car creaked, swayed slightly, and started walking.
Li Qin felt Shu's nervousness and said with a smile: "Mom, don't be too nervous. Look at how fast it goes and how steady it is. You can't go wrong with what the third brother makes!" Kanshu La
"Do you know what Saburo did at this time? How do you know what the brakes are?" Ms. Cui was curious.
"When the third brother and Sanlang Chen were discussing making a carriage, I saw him drawing pictures nearby.
He said that he should install a brake pad, made of wood or leather. When he needs to stop, he should apply the handbrake and press it against the wheel hub. The wheel will be blocked and cannot rotate, and the car will stop. Li Qin said with some pride.
Nanguan was full of new military camps. A brave maid asked the coachman and found out that a large number of officers and soldiers from Poyang were going south. This was prepared by the county for their camping. The two of them were filled with joy.
As we entered the south gate, we found that people on both sides were busy. Everyone was so happy that I didn’t know what they were enjoying. Li Qin noticed something strange first, looked out from the car door towards the road and said "Huh".
"What?" Ms. Cui asked quickly.
"Mom, aunt, didn't you think the car was bumpy along the way? It seemed like there were no rocks underneath. I just looked over and saw that there really weren't. The road was full of sand!" Li Qin said.
"No wonder, what's the mystery behind this?"
Grandma Shu smiled bitterly: "How come it seems like I have been away for several years after being away for a few months, and when I come back, I am even unfamiliar with the place where I live?"
The car stopped at the door, and immediately Lin Zifu got out of the car behind and called the door. The surprised left-behind family members immediately ran out, and someone hurried to the inner house to inform the eldest mistress.
The coachman had already gotten off, trotted to the door, opened the handbrake, and put down the step ladder. The maids got down first and then helped the masters out of the car one after another.
"Amitabha, I'm finally home! I didn't expect it to be so fast. We boarded the boat from Hongdu this morning, and now we're standing at the door of our house. It's unbelievable. It's so fast!" Grandma Shu said, patting her chest.
"Sister, does it feel a bit like a dream?" Aunt Cui said jokingly.
Just as he was talking, the eldest mistress Wang appeared at the gate with the support of the maids: "Mom, aunt, fourth uncle, why are you back? Didn't you send someone to tell me first?" she asked in surprise and joy.
"Hey, why did you come out? Go back quickly! How can you see people like this? If you have fetal force, it will be my fault!" Grandma Shu hurriedly asked someone to wait for her to return to the house and said:
"What do we have when we go back to our own home? If we are not outsiders, why bother with all the troops? I'll ask the housekeeper to come and arrange the arrangements. I won't do anything for you." After saying that, he turned around and called Lin Zifu, asking him to order everyone to return to their respective houses, and then asked, "The carriage is still there. What?"
"Still here, waiting to unload the luggage and pay the bill before leaving. What orders does grandma have?" Lin Zifu asked.
Grandma Shu was standing in the yard and was about to speak when she saw Li Qin jumping in: "Mom, I've asked everything!"
"What did you ask?"
"The coachman said that after the war, there would be little work for the migrant workers, so the third brother gave the county an idea to replace the pavement of several main streets. The bottom was made of pebbles taken from the river, from large to small, and then the river was paved on top. There are three layers of sand, from coarse to fine, so there are no bumps like a stone road when driving on it.”
The little guy asked clearly and spoke clearly. Shushi was very happy.
Aunt Cui said softly: "Sister, Sanlang is going to build a road from Poyang and Yugan to Yingtan in Anren. It is said that bonds will be issued. If this is the road, who wouldn't want to go? The bonds will definitely appreciate in value!"
"Well, let's ask the master carefully when he comes back. He is on that committee and should know more than us."
Before she finished speaking, she heard a commotion on the street. The sound was getting louder and louder from far away, which made both Grandma Shu and Aunt Cui change their expressions. "My mother, it's not like we just came back and the thieves came again, right?"
"No, no," a left-behind boy quickly comforted with a smile: "What if the thieves come? There are still Yang Qianhu in this city!"
"Yang Qianhu?"
"Oh, it's the Yang Baihu who was in trouble and was taken in by Sanlang. He has been promoted to Qianhu for his merits in defending the city, and is now in charge of the city's garrison." After the waiter introduced, he added: "Two grandma, please wait a moment. The villain went to the door to see what happened."
After saying that, he turned around and ran to the street. When he saw people everywhere, he felt relieved. Then he grabbed someone and asked, "Tang Hulu, why are you so happy?"
"You don't know?" Tang Hulu turned around and said, "Hey, Xiaoqi, congratulations, congratulations!"
"Uh, we're both happy." Xiao Qi was puzzled: "It's just this joy...?"
"You really don't know?" Tang Hulu grinned: "Gu Da led the Tuanlian Temporary Brigade to recapture Jinxian last night, and the invading bandits have been wiped out. The fast horse that reported victory just now shouted to enter the county government office Went, you said this isn’t a great joy?”
However, in fact, the battle of Jinxian was not as smooth and hearty as the people thought.
The south bank of Xinjiang River has two major characteristics: the terrain is broken and rivers and swamps are everywhere. The so-called fragmented terrain means that it does not have complete mountains, hills, or plains, but only small patches, scattered together.
Then, due to the need for drainage of water systems, dense rivers, swamps and various water moors, ponds, and lakes were formed. From Qinglan Lake, Junshan Lake, Hongyuan Lake to Yangfang Lake, Yaogang Lake, Chenjia Lake... there are too many for outsiders to remember.
This is also one of the reasons why Ilchiko hesitated not to continue the attack after defeating Jinxian, because when he looked around, there were all kinds of water, which made it difficult for him to continue attacking.
This man from the southern mountains was a little confused and couldn't find his direction.
However, if there are local people to help, the situation will be much better. When he was dozing off, someone handed him a pillow. The Huxi leader named Bai Yan sent someone to contact him. He said that he had 5,000 men and could send troops to help. The condition was that he would help him kill the leaf wind in Qinglan Lake and make Qinglan Lake himself. The master of Arashi Lake.
These lake bandits can't take their eyes off the surface of the water. They are all typical frogs in the well! This is what Lian Daxiang thinks. He can see from Liaohuazi that none of these people can achieve anything big.
Although I don't like it, there are five thousand hands after all. If we can all turn around and help defeat the remnants of the army in the west, it should be no problem!
Lian Daxiang not only wants to seize Jinxian, he also wants to get Tieguanfang and persuade Luohan Village to submit, so that he can have full strength to stand in the south of Hongdu. As for whether it can further threaten Nanchang County, it depends on the opportunity.
Yang Xing's order to himself was to occupy Jinxian and get in touch with the heroes in the lake. It would be better to make the entire Huxi surrender. In this way, all the officers and soldiers of Nanchang Prefecture would be watched to death and they would be unable to move.
Yi Zhixiang is smart and has his own brain. It's already risky enough to lead two thousand men northward. If you take them to hang out under the nose of Nanchang Mansion, it will be like a skinny man shouting in front of a strong man: "Come on, you can beat me to death!" He doesn't want to do that! "Do" this way.
To carry out Yang Xing's orders, some clever methods must be used. For example, if we get Li Du's Tieguanfang and organize the prisoners and apprentices, we should be able to get about 1,500 people.
For example, by persuading Luohan Village to surrender, it is possible that he will have another 1,500 people, so that he can train 5,000 strong soldiers. Even if the army comes to suppress them, they can still fight with this number.
Lian Daxiang grew up in a blacksmithing factory and was already familiar with the art of blacksmithing. With this ability, he believed that any ironworker could convince him. He had such confidence.
But on the other hand, this well-known Yizhi Xiang has a slight inferiority complex. Lian Daxiang had never met his parents and grew up with the same family. He called the owner uncle since he was a child, and his surname was derived from that owner.
But that "aunt" was very bad to him. Even if his uncle was gentler to her, she would curse him for a long time. At the age of ten, Lian Daxiang was urged by his aunt to send him to be an apprentice.
When he was fifteen years old, during the Japanese War, his master and senior brothers were all killed in the army. Lian Daxiang broke the bloody path with a forging hammer and turned defeat into victory. The surprised President Qian of the Wei Institute took him in, and Lian Daxiang became an ironworker at the Chongwu Institute in Quanzhou and began to work as an official.
A few years ago, a violent fight broke out in Chongwu over a land dispute. When trying to persuade a settlement, thousands of households were threatened by angry soldiers from both factions and died accidentally.
Lian Daxiang was furious after hearing the news, and rushed into the crowd to repay the kindness of Qianhu. As a result, 27 people, including one Baihu and two sentry commanders, were killed and more than 30 people were injured. The armed fight was suppressed, but Lian Daxiang was arrested because both parties jointly accused him of instigating and killing people.
Fortunately, the guards above were not completely confused. After reviewing the case, Lian Daxiang was sent to the mines to serve in the mines for ten years on the grounds of excessive casualties due to excessive measures to assist in suppressing the rebellion. It was not an unreasonable injustice to him.
Unfortunately, Lian Daxiang met Yang He at the mine, and soon became a confidant, and helped a lot when the Yang family launched an army. When Yang He defeated Pucheng, it was Lian Daxiang who assisted Yang Xing in cutting off the rear.
Not only did they not suffer another defeat, they actually planned counterattacks several times, forcing the officers and soldiers to stop their pursuit. this credit
It should be said that this person is not only Kongwu, but also a bit clever. Unfortunately, he is not very literate. He is always a bit embarrassed in front of Feng Zicai, Yan Yan and Wang Zhen, who are also the "Four Heavenly Kings" under Yang He, and are often criticized. They sneered privately.
For this reason, he is more willing to work under Yang Xing, who has more common topics. But recently he noticed some changes.
One after another, Yang Xing was very dissatisfied with the fact that some of his subordinates were defecting to the government. These people defected to Meigang. It was obvious that there were still people on the road to help him.
Lian Daxiang also had a hard time defending himself, but the crime of lax control could not be escaped.
So Yang Xing asked him to take 2,000 people to the north to join the Xian Dynasty. In name, he was holding back the officers and soldiers of Nanchang Prefecture.
These two thousand "elites" of different kinds made Lian Daxiang's heart tremble.
They are just a group of strong men without training or restraint. They are all strong and fierce people, but what is the use of being in the battle formation?
So he led the team and set off to the foot of the sand ridge. He found an open area and couldn't leave. He wanted to train his troops first! After ten days of fierce training and beheading more than sixty people, Lian Daxiang felt more at ease and continued to move forward with his team.
This is why Yang Xing wonders why there is no news about Yi Zhihua after setting off. However, even though ten days of training only allowed these people to learn to obey orders, listen to gongs and drums, and read flags, they were still far from being able to fight in battle formations and provide mobile support!
Lian Daxiang himself knew this, so when the team arrived at Jinxian City, they waved flags and shouted but did not actually attack the city. He led the team with a feint shot and headed west to Maoerling, where he lurked.
We all know the rest of the story. On the first day when Jinxian let down his guard and opened the city gate, he picked out more than twenty desperadoes dressed as monks, Taoist priests, porters, etc., and sneaked into the city through different gates. Then they gathered in Nancheng.
He led his entire army to attack overnight and arrived outside the South Gate, and organized three hundred warriors to board the city. As a result, the South Gate was captured by a double attack from both inside and outside. But although the city was destroyed, he himself also suffered casualties of 300 people, which cost a lot.
Lian Daxiang, who has been in the war for a long time, naturally knows how to chase the enemy when he is poor. He can barely defend the city with his own strength, so how can he take the risk of pursuing it again?
So he took back everyone and hid in the city. Even the big families who fled out of the north gate just watched them escape.
Next, he stepped up contact with the powerful locals in Huxi and sent people to Luohan Village to recruit surrender. He also sent people to check Li Du's Tieguanfang, but did not rush to intervene because he was relatively confident in convincing these people. However, he never expected that Yu Gan's group training in Maple Harbor in the east would come so quickly!
Looking back after being captured, he felt that he was too eager for quick success.
Also because he was really unsure about guarding Jinxian with less than two thousand people, so when he heard that the white geese in Huxi were willing to surrender, and after killing Zhi Feng, they joined forces with him to attack Buffalo Ridge. In addition, Zhi Feng's wealth was divided between both sides. half.
Not only can they join forces to attack the remnants of the official army, but at the same time, through robbery, they can gain some sweetness from these guys who are already screaming due to their restraints. No matter how much Lian Daxiang thought about it, he felt that this deal was not bad.
So he gathered a thousand people to go to the appointment. But it never occurred to me that bandits and officers and soldiers are not the same family, but it cannot be said that bandits and regiment training cannot collude. They invaded Zifeng's camp, but the camp was empty. Then Zifeng and Tuanlian ambushed everywhere.
Lian Daxiang retreated while fighting, and when he encountered the big white goose "coming to rescue him", he was dragged to the ground by the opponent's fishing net.
With the Jinxian camp who was familiar with the situation leading the way, the Jinxian garrison with only 500 people left and without its leader could not resist it anyway.
The team training under the command of Liu Hongsheng did not stay in vain. They trained day and night in Yang Dayi's hands, especially the skill of climbing the city wall with a grappling hook that Li Dan had long admired.
The rebel Jiang Bin was never caught, but his skills were very useful.
Liu Hongsheng is not very talented, but he is scheming and quick to learn anything. Li Dan and Yang Dayi have said what they want. He wants Liu Hongsheng to become a special force with special skills, but they must start by winning every battle. study.
The attack on Taixian was a trial, and it only took Liu Hongsheng's troops less than half a quarter of an hour to open the city gate, which was even shorter than the time it took Lian Daxiang to cooperate with internal and external forces last time.
In addition to the troops in the county seat, the Jiangshan Army that occupied Jinxian also had an army stationed in Zhanggong Town to defend the direction of Buffalo Ridge.
When the officers and soldiers received the news from Yu Liang (Yu Bao), the adults of Baihu thought it was false news. Unexpectedly, after hearing about the great victory at Qinglan Lake, he hurriedly ordered all his troops and horses to rush to Zhanggong Town. The opponent was caught off guard and was killed and defeated.
The officers and soldiers chased to Maoerling and happened to encounter the troops led by Gu Da. Dong Hou used it to surround the remaining enemy troops. Gu Da politely asked the army to pick up Jinxian, and told the other party that Tuanlian's mission was to go south to Fuzhou, and that it was the army's job to recover Jinxian.
The hundred households were overjoyed. After thanking him, they led their troops to Jinxian. Gu Daze led the temporary brigade south along the Fuhe River and met at Lidu and Zhou Qin's water camp.
