Qiang Jin Jiu - Chap 104

Lei Changming is from Chazhou. He used to do darts in his early years. During Yongyi’s year, his younger sister was accepted by the commander of the Duanzhou Defence Forces as a small concubine, and he was quite favored in the command house. Therefore, he had a good life and entered the casino. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Chief Commander Duanzhou was not a long lover. He disgusted his sister within a few years. No one paid off the debts he owed, so he had to come out and do darts again.

At the end of Yongyi, Lei Changming picked up the dart of the Yan Family in Hezhou. In order to keep Yan’s younger son Yan Heru on the road, he spared his life to fight with the Tatars, and he got Yan’s blue eyes. After Xiande was defeated in the middle of the year, he began to recruit troops with the help of Yan’s money, launched a mutiny in the Duanzhou defensive camp, killed the commander-in-chief assigned by the court at that time, and completely reduced to Duanzhou bandits.

Lei Changming initially had only thousands of people, but with the negative arrangements of the court after the defeat, Zhongbo has not slowed down in the heavy hit. More and more people have become gangsters from ordinary people, and he has gradually become the end State dominates. To this day, his soldiers and horses have far exceeded the number of garrison troops in various states in Bo.

“Six months ago, Lei Changming was in Duanzhou and Tunzhou with a total of more than 14,000 people.” Zhou Gui raised his sleeve and pointed Xiao Chi to the map. “He uses Luoshan between Duan and Tunzhou as a guide. The base camp established its own bandit den. When the court rebuilt the Dengzhou garrison, it tried to encircle Luoshan, but returned several times without success, so no one stopped it. ”

Xiao Chiye tied his arms, leaned halfway on the table, looked at the map, and said, “He came to Cizhou with 40,000 people, and Luoshan must still leave enough soldiers and guards. From this point of view, at least There are 60,000 soldiers and horses. This is the number of garrison troops in the two counties of Qidong. ”

Although Xiao Chiye did not have any blame, he still made Zhou Gui feel ashamed. Because the six states of China and Bo are under the jurisdiction of regular state capitals, they actually watched the gangster family dominated for six years, forming a scale comparable to that of the regular army.

“Although the adults have no contact with Duan and Dun, there are usually field officials who go to handle the case at the health center.” Kong Ling sat on the chair and said, “In just six months, he has gathered so many people. We No wind was heard. ”

“Houye,” Zhou Gui said earnestly, “I thought about it before, Lei Changming was no more than 10,000 people, besieging him was only a matter of months, but now he has 40,000 horses heading straight to Cizhou. Ten thousand people, I ’m afraid it ’s dangerous!

It is better to find someone to go north immediately and tell Xiao Fangxu the news.

Xiao Chiye fastened his arm restraint, but did not speak. Zhou Gui also wanted to persuade, but Kong Ling noticed something else from Xiao Chiye’s silence. With the action of Feng Cha, he pressed Zhou Gui’s arm, and Zhou Gui swallowed it back.

“Adult and Mr. Cheng Feng don’t have to panic,” Shen Zechuan was sitting in another chair, still reading the post, “Lei Changming’s 40,000 people also had to eat, but he couldn’t do anything. The logistics must carry sufficient rations. In order to support him across thousands of miles to fight against us in Cizhou. Moreover … ”

Shen Zechuan’s look appeared strange.

“This post may not be accurate.”

“Why do you know this?” Zhou Gui quickly approached, and looked at the post. “This is an urgent report sent by the officials from Cizhou to Dunzhou to deal with the bandit case. How could it be inaccurate?” What about? ”

“He didn’t see Lei Changming’s 40,000 horses with his own eyes,” Shen Zechuan pondered. “It was too hasty to believe Lei Changming’s words based on the traces of the stove. I suspect that Lei Changming already knew that the embargo was in Cizhou. That ’s why the banner of 40,000 people was set, and we just wanted us to mess up. ”

“That’s right,” Xiao Chiye said, “If he had 40,000 people, it would be easier to fight. The cost of the protracted war is amazing. He is even more constrained than us.”

“But he still has the support of the Yan Family in Hezhou,” Zhou Gui said anxiously. “He was able to reach this scale because of the support of the Yan Family. Hezhou has a river channel that leads directly to the Juerxi Granary and wants to provide him with follow-up Forage is very simple. ”

“Adult is confused,” Shen Zechuan laughed suddenly. “If Lei Changming still has Yan’s full support behind him, what is he so anxious to come to Cizhou to do? Do you forget, he came to Cizhou for food.”

“He came once a year ago, and visited again after a few months.” Xiao Chiye said, “not only shows that he is likely to fall out with Yan, but also shows that his old base in Luoshan is not enough for him to eat. He is to the east of the Chashi River, and the cavalry soldiers on the edge are more predatory than him. He is helpless and can only come to Cizhou repeatedly for food. ”

“Then why didn’t he come early and late, and have to wait until the embargo arrived in Cizhou?” Kong Ling walked around the table, walking two steps slowly, and said, “Houye arrived in Cizhou, and it did no good to him.”

“Because Han Jin is in the hands of the embargo,” Shen Zechuan closed the post and said, “He can survive this long because of Yan’s help. He is parting ways with Yan now. If he wants to continue to occupy the top of the mountain, he must Seek new help. He is a gangster. The more people under his hand, the more trouble he can eat from other places. However, Zhongbo is barren and he can only dig the mountain. He can only seize the opportunity and he can make his mark. That is, he was on the right boat when he had three turns in life. He had soldiers, and Zhongbo was short of soldiers, but he had no way to happen, and he just happened to take the prohibited army to pass through Izhou. If he can defeat the prohibited army and rescue Han Jin, he can Ba Du reported meritorious service and sought the position of military attache at Zhongbo through the Han family. ”

“He did have a good idea, and wanted to transform himself into a serious official.” Zhou Gui did not hesitate, lamely, “Ignore the people of Cizhou at all!”

“This is just guessing, you still have to deal with this person first to get a clearer picture.” Xiao Chiye hung his wolf-knife and told Zhou Gui, “Zizhou leans away from the north and Lei Changming cannot cross the border. Later, we could n’t besiege us. The adult immediately asked someone to block the gate, and even the dog hole had to be blocked. He had three teachings and nine out of household registration under his hands.

“Is this Houye going to face the city?” Kong Ling was embarrassed. “The city walls of Cizhou are old, I’m afraid I can’t resist the impact of Lei Changming.”

“The forbidden army can’t stay in the city,” Xiao Chiye held his knife, showing his teeth slightly. “I bet you, Lei Changming decided not to charge my soldiers directly, this is where he was afraid . ”

***

Xiao Chiye and Shen Zechuan inspected the city walls at dusk, both of them carrying knives, running side by side on the city walls.

“The last repair of this city wall is still a matter of Yongyi years.” Shen Zechuan tried to push the wall stack, and the earth and mud eroded by the wind and rain fell to the ground.

“Zhou Gui is also poor, and he has been anxious to solve the problem of eating in recent years. Naturally, he has no time to take care of the defense in the city.” Into the city. ”

Zhou Gui wanted to seek support from the north, Xiao Chiye knew this, but he refused to open the mouth. He will be able to return to Libei immediately, but what to do with the 20,000 embargoes he has brought is a matter he has not yet discussed with his father and brother. He knew that from the North Rail Riding, such a complete team would not be able to quickly accept the embargo-the two armies were already expected to experience very difficult running-in. At this point, he asked for support. If Xiao Fangxu really came, then Xiao Chiye had no chance to return to the north.

This battle was his first battle home, he must win, he must win by himself.

The setting sun on the horizon spreads red, half of the sky is red. The houses in the city are row by row, the smoke is soaring, and the voices are noisy and lively. Shen Zechuan lowered his hands to cover Xiao Chiye’s heart, and the two stood squatting and looked down.

“Lei Changming is a capable person,” said Shen Zechuan, “but it is up to you whether he is a bandit or a heroic man.”

“In a troubled world, there is a hero,” Xiao Chiye put his arm on his lap and slowly stood up. “I will take the overlord bow.”

He stood here, like a lush tree in the evening light, and a mountain standing in front of the city wall. Shen Zechuan watched as the shackles gradually disappeared, Xiao Chiye was ready to go, he should be sharp in this chaotic situation.

“Wait back to Libei,” Shen Zechuan looked at him. “The prince should find that you are tall again.”

“I saw him higher than him last time,” Xiao Chiye laughed. “When I was a kid, my father felt like a towering tree. He put me on my shoulder and lied to me that I could touch the clouds. He also wanted to sit on his father’s On the shoulder, but he had already gone to school at that time, and felt that he was a brother. In order to be dignified and stable, he never opened a mouth to his father, just watching me sitting would be happy. ”

Shen Zechuan also laughed. He looked back to the sky and said, “Everyone said that Shizi looks like a princess.”

“Two or three points,” Xiao Chiye’s eyes reflected the sky, “It just doesn’t look like my father like me. In fact, my brother was very distressed. When my father retired to the palace, he was only a teenager. It is difficult to find a way out in those wolf-like men. At first, what he was most ridiculed for was that he was not like Dad. He didn’t have a good enough physique. He once told Zhao Hui … ”

Xiao Chiye looked calm and quiet. He seemed to remember that day and fell into a kind of sadness inexplicably. He turned around and held Shen Zechuan’s hand and rolled his throat several times before he said, “It’s weird that we are brothers. I envy the elder brother’s stability and also his calmness. I always thought so,” If I ’ll be born a few years earlier. ”Then I ’m the elder brother and the son, and I can go as fast as I can without leaving the northern half step. But one day, he returned home with an injury and watched me bow and shoot arrows in the courtyard. Say ‘I envy Ah Ye’ to Zhaohui. ”

“I thought neither my father nor my elder brother would hurt, nor would they fall. They bleed without tears. But on the day he got married, he was drunk, so the stable man took the hand of his grandmother carefully, as if he had expected it. In the future, his eyes turned red to Dasao. He regarded his family as a treasure, and he would be scared. ”

“I have no place better than my big brother. If I really want to say, I just occupied the good physique given by my father.” Xiao Chiye clenched Shen Zechuan, “I didn’t understand why he had red eyes in front of Dazhen, now I understand.”