Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 784
As the climate gradually becomes colder, the water volume of Huai River and its tributaries has declined to varying degrees, and Yingshui is no exception.However, although the current has dropped, the basic navigation can still be maintained, but even so, there are still not too many boats navigating in the waterway.

The news of the war in Huainan has already spread to the north. At this time, the people in southern Henan have already known that the 10,000+ Shi Jilong army of Jie State was defeated by the Huainan Wangshi in the first battle.At the same time, Shi Le, the Lord Zhao of Xiangguo, Hebei, died, and news of the chaos in the country had already spread.Therefore, there are many people in the southern part of Henan who are panic-stricken, not knowing what kind of chaotic world they will face next.Of course, this is just a concern of the good family, and some Qiang Liang with hidden ambitions are already ready to move.

At this time, there was a nearly dry reed on the bank of a narrow stream in Yingshui, and hundreds of people gathered in the reed.These people were dressed in rags, some only had a few pieces of dirty linen to wrap their bodies, and some wore military robes that were full of holes and gaps, and whose styles could no longer be identified.

Among them was a burly middle-aged man, with a slightly sunken pocket on his head, and a hemp rope-tied armor hanging on his chest and back.It's just that the craftsmanship of this piece of armor is not good enough, even the armor pieces are of different sizes and styles, I don't know how to put them together, the armor pieces are strung together in a mess, and several vital parts are broken due to the mismatch of the nail pieces. exposed.If there is really any fighting, if you believe that this armor has any protective power, you will definitely die an ugly death.

But even so, the owner of this armor still stands out from the group of people, quite heroic, so it can be seen that he must be a leader.

This group of people hid in the reeds, their behavior was already suspicious, and there was a fierce look in their eyebrows, so they looked unkind.

Suddenly, there was the sound of hurried footsteps in the reeds, and the expressions of the group of people suddenly became tense. Even if the leader pulled out the ring-shoudao that was wrapped in layers of linen and had gaps in the blade, everyone else also Each armed with a battle stand, there is no lack of swords and other iron weapons, all distributed to the burly and strong in the team, as for the others, it refers to the distribution of some bamboo spears and wooden sticks.But even so, everyone's eyes are wide open, and they are all full of arrogance.

The sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer, and then there were a few abrupt cries of waterfowl, as if it was an agreed signal, and everyone relaxed after hearing it.Immediately, two strong men with the same stooped back pushed away those withered reeds and appeared in front of everyone, with excited and nervous expressions on their faces: "There is a boat coming here..."

When everyone heard this, they all looked delighted, and the leader in armor waved his arm and said in a loud voice: "Quickly set it up!"

Then this group of people became active immediately, some pulled out hemp ropes, some carried bamboo and wood water barriers, rafts, etc., and headed towards Yingshui. It turned out that they were a group of bandits who robbed along the river.

At this time, the leader asked the two scouts about the various things. When talking about these, the two people who came to report the news faltered a bit, except that they could tell that the other party only had two small ships. Couldn't tell much more useful information.

This is no wonder to them. Although the sewers are dry now, the narrowest part is still seven to eight feet wide. These thieves don't even have boats, so they need to arrange in advance to stop those boats on the water.There were a few boats crossing the border before, and the two scouts waited for the other side to get a closer look, but when they came back to report the news, it was too late to stop the other party from passing by, and there was no chance of looting.

So this time, they learned a lot from the pitfalls. When they saw the ship coming from the upper reaches, they quickly returned to report.

"What a fool! Don't you know that one person waits and sees and the other returns?"

The leader unceremoniously kicked the two of them, and someone beside him persuaded: "Brother, calm down, why do you have to be too cautious when you do such a thing! Earlier, dozens of Duling scarface thieves robbed the county. Li Dazong has all the money and food, and now it is a large village with nearly a thousand people. Since our brothers follow brother, we have the courage to risk our lives for the future!"

After the leader heard this, he also said bitterly: "That's the reason! We hid too deep in the mountains before, and it was too late to know that the Jie bandits were defeated. If we could grab some weapons early, why should we be in Yingying now?" The water is dangerous. I will grab some supplies later, and the brothers will keep some of them, and the rest will be used as gifts. We will choose a strong household to contribute to us, and we will all have a way forward in the future! Shi Shilong of the Jie Kingdom is just a miscellaneous Hu Muyang, servant girl, how can we strong men of the Jin family be willing to fall behind!"

Hearing the leader's words, the murderers couldn't help but become more excited, and moved more quickly, and soon waded through the water and erected a barrier on the narrow river.That leader was not lacking in strategy. He led twenty or thirty fierce thieves to stand on the river and wait for the target. The rest were running around in the reeds, creating a lot of momentum. At first glance, it looked like a large formation of hundreds of people. battle.

Soon, a target appeared on the river to the north, and two small ships were going down the river one after the other.Seeing that the boat was not too big, the leader's eyes lit up. Even if such two small boats were full of people, they could at most be a hundred or less.Even if there are not many supplies, just grabbing two ships is a great gain!

The bandit saw the boat here, and naturally the bandit was also found on the boat, the speed of the boat slowed down slightly, the leader feared that the target would retreat and run away, so he ordered the people around him to rush up.And the boat didn't intend to stop after a pause, but speeded up.

The leader couldn't help being overjoyed when he saw this, he held the handle of the knife with both hands, his arms were trembling slightly with excitement, as they approached each other, he saw a flag hanging on the bow of a small boat in front of him, and the pattern on the flag was vaguely familiar , frowning and thinking for a while, his face suddenly changed: "Back, back! That, that is the boat of Huainan Neishifu!"

When the group of thieves heard the roar, they all paled in fright, and before they even had time to put their poles on the shore, they jumped into the river and swam desperately to the shore.The leader was no exception, but because of the many iron armor pieces on his body, his figure was not lacking in heaviness. He gradually fell behind the group of thieves. landed before the two ships approached.

After landing, the bandits rolled and rushed into the reeds, shaking with fear.Fortunately, the two ships did not stop to pursue and sailed directly on the river.Some bandits who fell behind saw that there were only more than 20 people standing on the boat. After being terrified, they couldn't help but feel a little regretful: "If we really fight to go up, we may not be able to kill people and seize the boat! If we kill them clean, no one will know that we did it." ..."

"Silence!"

The leader's face changed drastically when he heard the words, and he rushed forward to cover his companion's mouth and nose, and looked nervously at the two ships that had gone far away, as if he was still worried that he would be heard by the people on board, and waited until the ships drifted away , then raised his eyebrows and punched his companion a few times: "You are so tired of living! The Huainan Army is full of gods with strange skills, and the 10 people in the Jie Kingdom have been chased and killed by them all the way!"

"That's right! A few Huainan cavalry came to beg for food from a family in Yingshang earlier. The owner of the family was greedy for people and used war horses, and ordered the villagers to kill the soldiers. It was considered a secret, but within a day, When the Huainan army came, the entire Zhuangzi was trampled to the ground, and all households within dozens of miles around were charged with crimes..."

"If those Huainan people weren't so brave, how come the people in the county didn't dare to approach Yingshui, so they gave us a chance to pick them up?"

A crowd of people chattered, all talking about the deeds of the Huainan Army in rumors, the more they talked, the more frightened they became, the leader also felt that it was too dangerous to stay near the Yingshui River where Huainan boats often came and went, so he went Leading the crowd to wander in the countryside that is far away from Yingshui.

At this moment, in the cabin of one of the two ships that just passed by, there were several people sitting around, and one of the generals in uniform was Tian Jing, who went north to meet Qian Feng who had returned.Since Qian Feng's identity is too delicate, it is not appropriate to welcome him back with great fanfare.But it doesn't mean that Shen Zhezi doesn't pay attention to it. In addition to sending Tian Jing, his disciple and confidant, there are dozens of elite Longxi soldiers of the Shen family on two ships.

Tian Jing was a little embarrassed when he encountered minor disturbances on the road before. Although he didn't know the identity of Qian Feng, the appearance of the son-in-law's careful instructions before leaving made him see that Mr. Qian, who was sitting across from him, was highly valued by the landlord.I didn't expect to be harassed by a group of low-level thieves on the way home. If I wasn't worried about some dangerous ambush on the shore or something, I really had to rush up and kill these thieves to vent my anger.

"When we arrive at the front water camp later, ask who is the commander of the garrison? How can we allow those thieves to approach the Yingshui main road? We need to thoroughly investigate where the thieves came from, and whether they are in charge!"

Now Tian Jing is also the sole leader of the Huainan Army, and he is also a son-in-law's son-in-law. When he gives an order, the subordinates naturally dare not neglect and respectfully accept orders.

After giving instructions to his subordinates, Tian Jingcai turned his head and apologized to Qian Feng with no lack of apology: "It really made me laugh. The slave army fled, Henan collapsed, and bandits swarmed up. Although Master Wang has already entered the country, but at this moment, I only want to be careful. Keeping the main road, we haven't gone deep into the area yet, because there is such an intrusion, most of them will enter later, and the chaos will be eliminated."

Qian Feng smiled slightly after hearing the words, and said: "This is the normal state of the world. Right now Yingshang is still peaceful. As for Heluo, it has already become a boiling soup. Everyone knows that the energy of the Jie country is exhausted, and the arrogant will naturally gather together." Roaring up. The son-in-law defeated the slave army. He is unparalleled in this world. He is able to spare no effort and advance cautiously, not to be greedy for short-term merits. These outstanding people are the masters. In the future, the Huainan group of braves will surely gallop in China to obtain great achievements !"

While speaking, the boat has already sailed into a water camp wharf.Although the Huainan army has not entered the territory of southern Henan in a large scale, important water arteries like Yingshui have also been fortified along the way to monitor the place.Of course, due to the lack of resources, even the garrison cannot maintain a large scale. The water camp here has only more than [-] soldiers, but it is responsible for monitoring the surrounding counties and townships.

After receiving the talisman order from the ship, the Bingwei rushed up to greet him and ordered someone to deliver food and soup.After hearing the soldiers on the ship talk about what happened on the previous journey, and seeing Tian Jing's expression is not good, the soldier was not lacking in anxiety. After sending him away with good words, he summoned more than ten soldiers and said in a bad tone: "Tell Zuo Jin Every family in the county and township, let them gather people before noon tomorrow, and then sweep the countryside. If there is any excuse to cover up, tell them that I will come to the town to ask for help!"

So in the next few days, this piece of countryside fell into chaos.People from Bijizhuang, Wubi and clan households in the county, formed a brigade of nearly 2000 people to sweep through the mountains and fields. At least four or five gangs of thieves were swept out, and their leaders were directly killed on the spot. Or flee elsewhere.

Whether they were in charge of the suppression or the ones being encircled and suppressed, they were all bewildered. They didn't understand who provoked the evil star of the Huainan Army.Some of the bandits who were mopped up had a lot of connections with their hometowns, and even had extremely close interests.But even so, the Huainan Army sent out an order that those Xiangzong could only cut off their wrists by strong men.Otherwise, if Huainan reinforcements are really attracted to focus on clearing this place, everyone will have a hard time.

Leaving aside the chaos here, when Qian Feng and his party arrived at Yingkou, Shen Zhezi had already traveled here secretly and waited for a long time.

When we meet each other, we have too many things to talk about.Seeing that the young man in the past has not only grown up, but has become the commander in chief of thousands of troops, and has just won a victory that shocked the world, the corners of Qian Feng's lips twitched for a moment, but he didn't know How to express the emotions surging in my heart.

"It's really hard work uncle!"

Shen Zhezi strode forward, reached out and grabbed Qian Feng's wrist, his eyes were full of joy.Before he got the exact news from Qian Feng, he was really worried that he might disappear in Beidi and never return. If that happened, not only would he not be able to explain to his father, but he would also feel very sad in his heart. Feel sorry.

"Mr. Lang is in a high position, and he won a big victory. I trouble you to meet him personally. Feng is really ashamed!"

What Qian Feng said was ashamed, or because he failed to return to Huainan in time to pass back the latest news from Xiangguo in time.It is true that they traveled day and night after leaving Xiangguo, but they still underestimated the turmoil caused by Shi Le's death in the Northland. As the news spread back, the situation in the Northland collapsed almost instantly, and strong men gathered everywhere. The roar was chaotic, which seriously hindered the journey.

Along the way, Qian Feng was also eager to return home, lest he would be one step behind, causing Lang Jun to be unable to make a correct judgment because he did not have accurate information, thus delaying the important event.After walking all the way to Yingshang and hearing the news of Shihu's defeat and escape, his hanging heart finally fell to the ground.

"Uncle and I, why bother to talk about these things. Earlier Xin Shili sent a message that my uncle would still stay in the Northland. I was deeply worried about my uncle, and I was afraid that I would fail my painstaking efforts. Now that the situation is underway, I can finally come to see my uncle without any regrets."

As Shen Zhezi said, he led Qian Feng onto an inconspicuous boat.He did not disturb the garrison soldiers during this trip.

After boarding the ship, Qian Feng calmed down a bit, and then talked about Xin Bin's experience in Xiang Kingdom after he left and the chaos in Jie Kingdom now.

After listening to Qian Feng, the person involved in the incident, explain the specific cause of Shi Le's death, Shen Zhezi was also full of emotions, and felt a sense of pleasure in creating history, and then sighed: "Shi Shilong, although he is a man of violence in the world, he is the chief murderer. But he has just died, and the Northland is full of wars, so it can be seen that he is indeed closely related to the world, and he can be called a hero among the fierce people."

Qian Feng also nodded slightly after hearing the words, but looked at Shen Zhezi with joy in the blink of an eye, and lowered his tone slightly after getting closer: "On the way home, Yan Mu once sighed, but I think it is quite in line with the Tao. Jie State established a decree, and there are many rumors of traitors and sycophants, claiming that the five virtues of Jie State inherited Zhongjin and thus got water virtue. Yan Mu said with a smile that false fate cannot last long, and evil words cannot be suppressed. Chaos, evils dance together. In this world, there are those who thrive on water. Once they appear in this world, the evils will be eradicated, and all falsehoods will be destroyed! Langjun Nanxiang Lingxiu was conceived, and he was born with water..."

When Shen Zhezi heard this, seeing Qian Feng's mysterious and excited expression, he was speechless for a while.He is well aware of Qian Feng's background, and he must not regard him as a good person, just like his father.In the south, he participated in conspiracy, and in the north, he helped to kill the king. For this kind of rebellion, it can be said that he loves it from the bottom of his heart.

However, he still underestimated the enthusiasm of a rebellious person like Qian Feng for this kind of thing. After a long separation, he had just reunited for less than an hour, and he started to instigate himself to stand on his own feet again!
Shen Zhezi doesn't really believe in the so-called "five virtues are always a set of pictures and symbols", but there is no doubt that this set of sayings has its own deep mass foundation and persuasive power.The Western Jin and Zhong Dynasties were derived from gold. If it is based on the successor to the Jin Dynasty, the next dynasty will naturally be the virtue of water.

Before that, Liu Yuan and Liu Yuanhai, the Huns, wanted to inherit the Han unification, so the title of the country was Han, which was inherited from Huode.As a result, the inheritance of the Han Dynasty was really unstable, and his relatives rebelled. Jin Zhun, a foreign relative who was born in the Huns, became a loyal soldier of the Jin family and killed all the descendants of the Liu family.Later, Liu Yaoping ascended the throne in disorder, and heard people say that the country was inherited from the Jin Dynasty, and that Huo De could not correspond to the Jin De of the Jin Dynasty, and should be continued with water, so the name of the country was changed to Zhao, because the Zhao family came from Tianshui.

In the end, Shi Le was not happy, he also wanted to inherit Jin De!Therefore, this pair of old enemies unanimously used "Zhao" as their country name, in order to cater to Jin Shengshui's theory of fate.

But in fact, this kind of prophecy is not a rigorous system in itself, but it is left to be used by those in power.With the long-term turmoil in the Central Plains, all the Hus wanted to respond to the destiny, and finally came up with a superstition such as the so-called order of the Five Hus, and even compiled the order of the rise of the Five Hus.

Later, when Fujian was defeated in Feishui in the former Qin Dynasty, the generals rebelled one after another. Yao Chang of the Qiang tribe forced Fu Jian to abdicate. As a result, Fu Jian still retorted plausibly: "The order of the five Hus has no name for Ru Qiang. It is against the sky and it is ominous. It will last for a long time! "

It can be seen that feudal superstition kills people. Why didn't Fu Jian count his fingers when he said this, but the Di clan followed the order of the five Hus, and how many years did it last?
Although Shen Zhezi doesn't believe in this, but born in this era, he has more or less contact and understanding.In short, what Qian Feng said is that Liu Yao and Shi Le are all pseudonyms, and he should be the one who truly inherited the virtue of water. He was born in Jiangdong Water Village, and his surname contains water, which is simply adding water to water!
Seeing Qian Feng's earnest eyes, Shen Zhezi could only laugh dryly, and said: "We still have to think long-term, long-term... Now it's only possible to defeat the enemy, and I dare not call it a virtue!"

When Qian Feng heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but this kind of matter can't be negotiated hastily. Since Shen Zhezi didn't want to talk more, he didn't want to worry about it anymore.After returning to Shouchun Town, he first told Shen Zhezi all the things he knew about the Northland for future reference.After learning that Shen Chong is now sitting in the capital, he said that he would go to the capital, and by the way, he would take the newly married lady from Beidi back to his hometown to have a look.

Seeing that Qian Feng was so eager, Shen Zhezi knew that this guy must have no kindness in his eagerness to see his father, but right now Shouchun is the focus of attention from the north and the south, and there are so many people, it is not suitable to keep Qian Feng here, so So he ordered someone to escort him across the river to the capital, and sent someone to send a letter to his father by the way, warning him not to be impulsive, and to respond to the prophecy Shui De in a hurry.

Qian Feng’s set of superstitious theories aside, the many information about the Jie country brought back by him is of great significance to Shen Zhezi. At the very least, it can be confirmed that the civil strife in Jie country is now severe, and it is impossible to spare more troops. Southern Henan.Without the external interference of the Jie Kingdom, many plans for southern Henan can be planned calmly. Although there are many local forces breeding and entrenched, there is really no big storm in front of the Huainan Army.

At the same time, the latest news came from Pengcheng, and the content of the news was not very good.Shihu had indeed retreated back to Pengcheng. Although the Huainan Army had dispatched the main force of the cavalry, the generals of the Xuzhou Army were fighting for success. Because they did not have a complete order to cooperate, the various ministries rushed to attack Pengcheng, but the slave army defeated them separately. Opportunity.

Although Shihu's army collapsed, it had divided [-] troops to garrison Pengcheng earlier, and later organized some defeated troops. The overall army strength was still more than [-].The subsequent armies pursued all the way to Lanling, but they were eventually escaped by him, but the tens of thousands of soldiers also confessed to nearly half of them during the retreat.

Another news from Shen Yun was that when Shi Hu was retreating, he took away Shi Le's son Nanyang Wang Shi Hui who was in town.After hearing the news, Shen Zhezi couldn't help but be amused. It seems that Shi Le's sons are lucky. One throne is not enough, so everyone discussed and took turns.

　Only then did I realize that it was the double monthly ticket again, and I really didn’t have the confidence to ask for a ticket. I waited until the end of May to have a good attitude, adjust the status, restore the update, and then seriously ask for a ticket. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)