"I think back to Gong Jin's time, when Xiao Qiao got married for the first time and was completely wiped out."
I probably only remember this. When I read it out, Jiang Caiwei on the left nodded and listened. Only Li Dawan on the right ruins the scenery.
"Xiao Qiao is married? Is this guy named Gong Jin reduced to ashes?"
"Eat your melon seeds." Xu Mu was speechless.
This time, the two ladies came with the baggage train. They were near the danger of the river and would have to return to Fufeng City later. Come and go in a hurry, it’s time to relieve my longing.
"My boss, we've sent people to pile the lumber that we've brought in at the official warehouse in the south of the city." Chen Sheng, like a butler, started shouting from a distance.
Seeing only Brother Sheng's empty sleeve, Xu Mu felt a little uncomfortable.
"Brother Sheng, have a bowl of hot tea."
"My boss, there are still logs piled up in Fu Feng City, and the roads are muddy on rainy days. I'm afraid I'll miss the time. I'll have a drink with my boss next time."
Chen Sheng's eyes looked towards Jiang Mian, and finally there was a hint of unfulfilled silence. He hesitated for a long time, and finally summoned up the courage to speak.
"My boss, if you are short of manpower someday, don't forget that I, Chen Sheng, can still hold a sword."
Xu Mu clasped his fists.
Jiang Caiwei and Li Dawan also held up umbrellas, took small steps, looked back at Xu Mu for a few times, then entered the rain curtain, and slowly disappeared from sight with the rumble of the motorcade.
Withdrawing his gaze, Xu Mu turned to the other side.
In the open space under the rain, Yu Wenzheng was sharpening his guns in front of the battle, training more than 2,000 newly recruited people from Bailu County.
Most of them were boatmen and boatmen who lived on river water. When they heard that there was military pay, they immediately enlisted in the army.
"There are enemy troops in Muyunzhou. They will come up the river, burn my home, and humiliate my wife and children. If a seven-foot man dare not carry a three-foot sword to protect his family and country, he will be like a pig or a dog."
"Raise your bow and shoot down the grass target two hundred paces away!"
…
Xu Mu sat down silently. Outside the simple wooden pavilion, the wind and rain continued. On the river bank in the distance, Wei Feng was leading people, loading river sand to fill the dike that had been overflowed by the river.
In the county near the river, the most dangerous thing is the river flood that breaks out in the rainy season. If we are not careful, half of Bailu County will be flooded before Chen Changqing can attack.
Someone approaches.
Si Hu, who was picking the cow's nose, suddenly pulled his hand and stood up hastily. When he saw the appearance of the visitor, he sat down again in dismay.
Li Zhiqiu was dressed in white, and his eyes seemed a little tired. After entering the wooden pavilion, he poured a bowl of hot tea and drank it by himself.
"Master Li, thank you for your hard work." Xu Mu turned around and handed over his hand.
Li Zhiqiu sighed and sat down.
"The two nearby gangs of river bandits have been destroyed by you and me. The warships obtained, including those that need to be repaired, are only more than 200. The number of people on board is less than 10,000."
"Including the drafted awnings and small river boats, there are only a hundred -"
Li Zhiqiu stopped speaking, raised his head, and looked at Xu Mu with burning eyes.
"I just want to ask, does the little boss have any good ideas?"
Including small boats, there are only more than 10,000 soldiers who can enter the river. How are we going to fight this water battle? Moreover, boats like these cannot even be equipped with a racket pole. After all, if the racket pole is installed, the weight will be uneven and the risk of capsizing is very high.
"With Chen Changqing's momentum and the charge of the battleship, he will definitely want to engage in a boarding battle." Seeing Xu Mu did not speak, Li Zhiqiu added with a wry smile.
Boarding battle is a hand-to-hand battle on the water. After the two ships got close, they smashed their rackets and fought with swords.
"Master Li, the plan of the fire boat is really not feasible."
"The building boat clearing the way is covered with animal skins and cannot start a fire in a short period of time. My dear boss, you and I both know that the only thing that can take advantage of this water war is a fire. But what will happen to this fire? Only by burning can you be able to burn, this is the key.”
Xu Mu frowned.
Gong Jin used to feign surrender, but he was so stupid? With Chen Changqing's temperament, even if he sends ten generals to surrender, he will kill every one of them.
There is a deep hatred that can never be resolved in eight lifetimes.
The three shield ships built by the Wei family were his last resort. But the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the three small chess pieces will have no effect if they are not careful.
"Time is running out."
In the pavilion, Xu Mu and Li Zhiqiu suddenly stood up and stood side by side, looking at the rain curtain outside.
"General Xu."
At this time, Yu Wen, who was practicing, hurried over.
"Mu Yunzhou's edict against rebellion."
"wet?"
"Borrowing the wind, we put them in dry gourds and floated them along the river. At least... there were hundreds of them, and many people picked them up."
Xu Mu frowned, took the edict from Yu Wen's hand, opened it and saw that there was no surprise in the content.
It was nothing more than obeying the emperor's imperial edict and raising millions of soldiers to fight against this traitorous criminal. He also asked the three kings of Shuzhou to mobilize their troops to attack Bailu County from all sides.
"There is no need to worry about the three kings of Shu for the time being." Li Zhiqiu looked at it and said in a serious voice, "It's still what I said before. Chen Changqing is known as a million soldiers, but combined, it's just Muyun Prefecture, Cangzhou, and the The Jiang bandits who had been summoned to peace were defeated, numbering about 200,000 in number."
"But the edict against rebellion should be widely distributed throughout the world."
"The one-eyed dog is very confident." After tearing the edict into pieces, Xu Mu was about to reach out, but Si Hu hurriedly ran to the other side.
After being stunned for a moment, Xu Mu threw the shredded paper into the rain.
"One-eyed dog? That's a good nickname. If you hire an assassin and blind one of his eyes, he will probably hate you to the core and will die for eight lifetimes." Li Zhiqiu was also a little amused.
"It's a pity that he wasn't stabbed to death."
"My dear boss, have you ever thought about why a brave man suddenly wanted to tell the world and bring an army to Shuzhou to fight against rebellion?"
"First, you and I are weak, like fish waiting to be slaughtered on a knife. Second, he wants to take advantage of the opportunity to occupy Shuzhou. Third, Chen Changqing is not satisfied with holding the emperor hostage, he wants to be the emperor."
"It's reasonable and well-founded." Li Zhiqiu's face was slightly astringent, "The times create heroes, and more often than not, they create tycoons. But in this world, if you want to be safe and secure, it is useless to have too many tycoons."
"Thousands of miles of mountains and rivers will become thousands of miles of smoke again."
Xu Mu stood silently.
…
It also rained in the inner city.
Chang Shiro frowned after taking over Zhao Wen's request for rebellion.
"Zhongde, what do you think?"
"Chen Changqing's ambition is obvious."
"Yuan An, this fool, was held hostage, and he behaved like a stupid man." Chang Shiro tore Zhao Wen into pieces, "It is said to be a million soldiers and nearly ten thousand warships. How can the little master beat him?"
The old counselor at the side pondered for a while, "Given Mu Yunzhou's military strength, which is about 200,000 troops, there should be less than 10,000 warships. However, for the little master, it is indeed It’s a huge number.”
Changshiro hesitated for a long time before retying his robe.
"Zhongde, I want to save the little boss."
The old counselor shook his head, "My lord, after we mobilized troops to the Hezhou border in the inner city area. Even with the newly recruited new troops, our strength is only 70,000. In addition, although the inner city is close to Jijiang River, But there are no warships, and even if there were, there would be no way to reach the Xiangjiang River by water."
"Does it mean that we have to fight bloody battles with a dried gourd on our back? But to prepare for a rainy day, my lord really needs to build a warship."
Changshiro obviously didn't listen to the second half of the sentence. After tying his robe, he slowly stood up and took only a few steps before letting out a deep sigh that filled the whole room.
