At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the competition for the deer in the world

Chapter 150 Jiangshan Road, Noisy Drum

Siyang City finally ushered in its new owner.

The post-war casualty statistics were almost negligible, which made Cheng De very happy.

In addition to being happy, Cheng De personally took people to investigate the situation of grain storage in Siyang City.

However, to Cheng De's disappointment, there was not much food in Siyang City, only [-] shi.

Fortunately, he seized some firecrackers and cannons in the Siyang City Arsenal.

After that, he felt very tired for a while, and decided to rest in Wanhu Mansion.

As for the servants in the mansion, they were all dismissed by him.

Just when he was about to turn off the lights and go to sleep, Li Xiaoci asked to see him, and Cheng De met Li Xiaoci in the lobby of Wanhu Mansion.

The smile on Li Xiaoci's face was extremely bright.

At this moment, in Cheng De's eyes: Li Xiaoci is tall and big, with a thick back and a thick waist, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a straight nose, and a thick black beard, showing a bit of a hero.

Cheng De: "Why are you smiling so happily?"

Li Xiaoci: "Report to the general, the subordinates have already cut off the head of Dalu Huachi in Siyang City."

Seeing Li Xiaoci's smiling face, Cheng De was startled.

It turned out that he was here to invite credit.

Cheng De thought for a while, then said: "Remember this credit first, and reward it together after defeating the Yuan army."

Li Xiaoci nodded: "General, what should we do next?"

When Cheng De heard Li Xiaoci's question, he replied without any hesitation: "The next step is to close the city of Siyang. After that, I will lead the army to attack Suqian. After taking Suqian, I will attack Qingjiang and Qinghe again." , get rid of one by surprise. The attack on Suqian must be done quickly, and only in this way can the siege of Huai'an city be solved."

Li Xiaoci fell into deep thought after hearing this.

"General, if we take Siyang City now, the Yuan army will know sooner or later. What I'm thinking is, why not directly attack Suqian City before the Yuan army has reacted?" Li Xiaoci suddenly looked at Cheng Germany.

Cheng De was silent for a while, then sighed softly: "Why don't I know what you said? It's just that after taking Siyang City, our Sizhou Army soldiers are very tired. Besides, it won't be long before dawn, soldiers We are exhausted. If we insist on attacking Suqian City at this time, I am afraid that there will be a lot of casualties. In my opinion, let the soldiers recharge their batteries for the time being, and then attack Suqian City at night when it gets dark tomorrow. alright."

Li Xiaoci was silent.

"By the way, Li Xiaoci, you follow my order. The defenders on the walls of the four city gates should not change the flags of the Sizhou army. At the same time, let them wear the armor of the Yuan army." Cheng De added.

Li Xiaoci's eyes brightened, "What is the general's intention this time?"

Cheng De saw Li Xiaoci's bright eyes and the appearance of humbly asking for advice, he couldn't help feeling very relieved, and he didn't hide his secrets: "The main reason for doing this is to plan ahead. According to my inference, most of the Yuan army's food and grass should be in the Xuzhou is hoarding. If grain is transported to Huai'an City, Siyang City must be the place they must pass through."

"What I'm thinking is, if someone transporting grain happens to pass by Siyang City, if we sneak attack them, then rob them of the grain, and then contact Zhang Yu from Hongze City, and ship the grain back to Hongze City. Isn’t it very good? Of course, it depends on whether the Yuan Dynasty’s grain transportation team has passed here in the past few days? Logically speaking, it should have passed here in the past few days. I also checked the grain registration of Wanhu Mansion before.”

"The existing [-] shi of grain in Siyang City was previously recorded as only [-] shi, but after Tuotuo came out, it became [-] shi. Moreover, although there are only a few words in the registration booklet, according to it A lot of information has also been deduced.”

"I can be sure that the grain transportation route of the Yuan army is from Xuzhou-Pizhou-Suqian-Siyang-Qinghe-Qingjiang. Because this route is the fastest and the most economical and labor-saving. The battlefield changes rapidly. , Tuotuo will definitely choose this route."

Hearing Cheng De's words, Li Xiaoci kept nodding aside.

"Actually, there is another purpose, which is to deceive people and confuse the Yuan army. It would be great if the Yuan army discovered that Siyang City was occupied by our Sizhou army later. In this case, our Sizhou army will have more There is a lot of room for development. If there is enough time, I am not satisfied with just winning one Suqian city."

"If it's possible, take it together with Pizhou City and Xuzhou City. That would be the best."

"It's just that I'm afraid things won't go as we thought."

Li Xiaoci seemed to have suddenly realized, nodded and said: "The general said so, I, Li Xiaoci, understand."

Cheng De glanced at Li Xiaoci: "It's very late now, you go back and have a good rest, there is a night battle waiting for us tomorrow, we must recharge our batteries."

Li Xiaoci bowed towards Cheng De and said: "This subordinate will leave!"

After seeing Li Xiaoci leave, Cheng De turned off the light and fell asleep.

After Cheng De fell asleep, Feng Guoyong and Deng Youde in Huai'an City couldn't fall asleep for a moment, and they didn't feel sleepy at all.

Feng Guoyong, Deng Youde, Zhou Dexing, and Zhang Qi were all sitting around a desk, all silent and not speaking.

On the desk is a map of the territory of the Yuan Dynasty.

No one spoke all the time, and the whole room seemed a little depressed.

Feng Guoyong was the first to break the current situation: "Everyone, tell me, next, how should our [-] Sizhou Army in Huai'an City defend Huai'an City?"

After Feng Guoyong finished speaking, Deng Youde answered immediately: "Yesterday, under the fierce attack of the Yuan army, we had a total of 9000 troops, and only [-] people remained. This battle was the most tragic one that Deng Youde has ever experienced. Said In the end, our Sizhou Army does not have an advantage in numbers.”

"As for how to defend Huai'an City, I think that a group of people should be recruited in Huai'an City to serve as soldiers of the Sizhou Army to make up for the sharp drop in soldiers of the Sizhou Army. In this way, Huai'an City can be defended longer."

After Deng Youde finished speaking, he set his eyes on Feng Guoyong.

Zhou Dexing and Zhang Qi also looked at Feng Guoyong.

Seeing this, Feng Guoyong knew that he had to speak.

"Is there any news from the general?" Feng Guoyong asked.

Everyone shook their heads.

Now the entire city of Huai'an is completely surrounded by the Yuan army, and no news can get out, and naturally it can't get in.

Feng Guoyong's eyes darkened, and he took a deep breath and said, "What Deng Pianjiang said just now is indeed quite reasonable. The Yuan army captured Qingjiang City and Qinghe City before and slaughtered them. We can let Jueshengwei Spread this to every corner of Huai'an City, and tell the people that if the Yuan army breaks through Huai'an City, the Yuan army will massacre the city. This will arouse the blood of the people in Huai'an City. At the same time, our Sizhou army will also swear to the death to share with Huai'an City To survive or die, we must reveal our determination. Only in this way will the people of Huai’an City trust us and be willing to fight the enemy with us.”

As soon as Feng Guoyong finished speaking, Deng Youde continued the topic: "Leave me the matter of contacting Jueshengwei, and I promise to let everyone in Huai'an City know."

Feng Guoyong nodded, and turned his attention to the map of the territory of the Yuan Dynasty on the desk: "Last night, we were lucky enough to repel the Yuan army. But you should have discovered that the Yuan army still has at least [-] troops that have not been dispatched. I was thinking, it is impossible for the [-] army to disappear for no reason, do you think it is possible that the [-] army went to hold the general back."

Zhou Dexing's complexion changed, he looked at Feng Guoyong and said, "General Feng, you mean that the Yuan army has already dispatched a hundred thousand troops, which prevented our general from coming to support?"

Feng Guoyong: "That's right. This is my speculation. However, I guess there should be no problem with my speculation."

Deng Youde: "General Feng's inference, I think it is likely to be the case. If I were Tuotuo, I would definitely send a general to block our general on the only way from Hongze City to Huai'an City. Moreover, the Tuotuo sent General, your ability should be quite high, maybe it is Ru Zhongbai who got rid of his subordinates, as for Bo Timur, he only has the courage of a man, and he has no strategy."

Zhang Qi: "In this case, we can only defend Huai'an City by ourselves. It may be difficult for the general!"

All the people present were silent after hearing the words.

"Then let's do this first! Everyone should take a good rest. After a big battle, everyone is very tired. When you have enough energy, you will be able to better prevent the Yuan army from attacking the city tomorrow." Feng Guoyong said suddenly.

"Yes!" The rest of the audience responded one after another.

Those who couldn't sleep with Feng Guoyong, Deng Youde and others in Huai'an City were the Yuan army outside the east gate of Hongze City.

At this time, they all greeted the Sizhou Army in Hongze City in their hearts, at least eighteen generations of ancestors.

The thunder and rain of the Sizhou Army in Hongze City tormented them all night, and they couldn't sleep peacefully.

They were afraid that the Sizhou army would rush out of the city in the next moment.

Although they have a large number of people, but this kind of mood is unavoidable.

Because the movements of the Sizhou Army in Hongze City were so realistic that they dared not be careless.

However, they waited for a long time, but they did not see the guard of the east gate of Hongze City leading the troops out.

At this moment, they were all yawning constantly, looking very tired.

Behind them is Ru Zhongbai's big tent of the Chinese army.

Ru Zhongbai's big tent was brightly lit, and at this moment, he felt extremely unhappy.

He thought that the Sizhou Army from Hongze City would come to fight them, but he was greatly disappointed.

It was just a trick of the Sizhou army.

He began to have some bad premonitions in his heart.

He wanted to confirm whether Cheng De was still in Hongze City.

In order to confirm this, he sent 1 people to search nearby villages, intending to arrest people from a village, and lead Cheng De as before.

However, the 1 people he sent out searched all the nearby villages, but found that there was no one in those villages.

The villages are deserted.

This made Ru Zhongbai realize that the people in those villages might have heard some news and ran away early.

Or be transferred by someone.

Thinking of this, Ru Zhongbai's mood became even worse, his face was as gloomy as water.

"No, I'm going to storm Hongze City tomorrow to see if Cheng De is in the city. If not, then I'll send someone to send a message to the Prime Minister to be careful about Cheng De." Ru Zhongbai murmured and threw himself at The Hongze City marked on the Dayuan Territory Map on the desk exudes a deep cold light.

suddenly.

Outside the big tent, Wu Tuchi, his most trusted confidant, suddenly asked to see him.

After Ru Zhongbai let Wu Tuchi enter the big tent, as soon as Wu Tuchi saw Ru Zhongbai, he saluted and said, "My lord, I will catch a messenger from the Sizhou Army nearby."

Ru Zhongbai's eyes lit up immediately, "What about the Sizhou army messenger?"

Wu Tuchi was silent for a while, before he opened his mouth and said: "After the Sizhou army messenger was arrested, he bit his tongue and killed himself on the spot. It's too late for us to stop it."

"What? What are the people below doing?" Ru Zhongbai said angrily.

Utuchi: "My lord, I found a letter from the messenger."

Ru Zhongbai: "Where are the letters?"

Wu Tuchi took out a sealed letter from his pocket and handed it to Ru Zhongbai.

After Ru Zhongbai opened the letter, there were 1 question marks in his mind.

"Are you sure you found this letter?" Ru Zhongbai looked at Wutu Equator with a dark face.

Wutuchi's eyes showed doubts, and he looked towards the letter. After reading it, Wutuchi was instantly stunned.

"What kind of symbol is this?" Wutuchi's eyes widened.

"These are Arabic numerals. Fortunately, I have seen them before. However, I don't know what this string of Arabic numerals means." Ru Zhongbai's words were full of powerlessness.

This string of numbers is exactly: "11 59 76 81 62 77 101 103 118"

At this time, Yao Guangxiao and Liu Chongwu in Gaoyou City also received this letter.

The moment Yao Guangxiao saw the letter, he calmly took out a wooden box.

This is a locked wooden box.

After Yao Guangxiao opened the wooden box, he took out a thick book from it.

This book is "Sizhou Law".

Yao Guangxiao looked at the page number of "Sizhou Law" and began to decipher the string of numbers.

After deciphering, the result is as follows: "Zhang Shicheng wants to attack Gaoyou City."

Immediately, Yao Guangxiao looked at Liu Chongwu and said, "The letter was sent from Yancheng. It should be from either Xu Yingjie or Liu Ren."

"Xu Yingjie and Liu Ren, Jueshengwei has checked them?" Liu Chongwu asked Yao Guangxiao.

"Jueshengwei has checked, and more than once, and finally after analysis, the two of them did not betray the general. Our people contacted the two of them, and we can confirm this matter. Moreover, they are now on Zhang Shicheng's side, and they are both high-ranking Especially Xu Yingjie, who also served as the right minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty." Yao Guangxiao did not hide anything from Liu Chongwu, and told him what he knew.

Liu Chongwu: "In this case, Yao Jijiu, how should we guard against that Zhang Shicheng's attack?"

Yao Guangxiao pondered for a while: "Gaoyou City is now taller and stronger than before. In addition, there are enough soldiers and food in Gaoyou City. Even if Zhang Shicheng comes to attack, we are more than enough to defend Gaoyou City. There is no need to worry about it." Zhang Shicheng is coming to attack."

Liu Chongwu: "Zhang Shicheng came to attack Gaoyou City, then, in Yancheng, do we need to communicate with General Li Pian of Jianhu City, so that he can cooperate in attacking Yancheng?"

Yao Guangxiao looked at Liu Chongwu's eyes with a little more surprise: "I didn't expect that you would think of this level, which was beyond my expectation. Li Pian of Jianhu City naturally wants to contact, since Zhang Shicheng wants to attack us Gaoyou City, then it is naturally possible for us to attack Zhang Shicheng. Perhaps, with the cooperation of Xu Yingjie or Liu Ren, this Yancheng may soon fall into the hands of our Sizhou Army."

Liu Chongwu nodded in agreement: "Yao Jijiu makes sense."

Yao Guangxiao smiled without saying a word.

Then, Yao Guangxiao turned his gaze to the direction of Huai'an City, the territory map of the Yuan Dynasty on the desk.

I don't know, what is the situation in Huai'an City now?
Also, where is the general now?
At this moment, Cheng De is naturally dreaming of meeting Duke Zhou.

Time passed imperceptibly.

The east is white, and the windows are brightened.

In the morning, it began to rain.

After Cheng De woke up, he stood by the window and looked towards the sky outside.

The torrential rain poured down, and dark clouds covered the entire city of Siyang.

Also in the heavy rain, a team came out from Suqian City.

This team, they braved the heavy rain, escorted food and grass, and came to Siyang City.

The entire team has a total of 5000 people.

Everyone is wearing the battle armor of the Yuan Dynasty, and they are all pushing the cart, walking slowly in the rain.

Their faces are very stern, and judging from their body shapes, they are all burly men.

Moreover, their eyes were full of murderous intent.

If you look carefully, you will find that this group of people are the best of the best.

Riding on a tall horse is a tall and handsome man.

This person is called Cui Ying.

Cui Ying is the fifth grandson of Cui Weiqing, the prime minister of the Goryeo Dynasty. His father corrected Cui Yuanzhi for Si Xian.

Cui Ying joined the army in her early years and became a palace guard because of her meritorious service against Japanese pirates in Yang Guangdao. She participated in the suppression of the Zhao Rixin Rebellion and met King Gongmin.

In March of the 12th year of Zhizheng, he was transferred to the Jianghuai region of the Central Plains by the Yuan Dynasty, the suzerain country, to participate in the suppression of the peasant uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

And the person he was ordered to suppress the peasant uprising this time was obviously the peasant uprising army of Sizhou Army Cheng De.

However, since he participated in the elimination of Sesame Lee with Tuotuo, he was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Tuotuo because of his outstanding performance on the battlefield and was appreciated by Tuotuo.

The important task of escorting food and grass naturally fell on Cui Ying.

Cui Ying looked through the heavy rain, looked up at the sky, and there was a gloomy look in her eyes.

The rain was obviously too heavy.

The task of escorting food and grass has a time limit.

Judging from the situation, the heavy rain obviously made the escort time longer.

This is why he still insists on moving forward in the rain.

The time limit is up, if the grain and grass are not delivered to the front line.

Then, what awaits him will be the punishment from Prime Minister Tuotuo - beheading.

He remembered that the deadline was only one day away.

He must transport the grain and grass to Qingjiang City before noon tomorrow.

The next city is Siyang City.

There, with the cooperation of the guard of Siyang City, it should be possible to deliver the grain and grass to the front line as soon as possible.

Siyang City is not far away, so Qingjiang City and Qinghe City will not be far away either.

Thinking of this, Cui Ying breathed a sigh of relief.

Time passed quickly.

"General, five miles ahead will be Siyang City. Do we need to go to Siyang City to escape the rain?" asked the soldier beside Cui Ying.

After Cui Ying pondered for a while, "No, right now, we need to transport the food and grass of the army to Qingjiang City as soon as possible. At that time, let the brothers go to Dadu Yunyi Garden to relax for a few days. All the expenses of the brothers will be taken care of by me."

The soldiers heard the words, their eyes brightened: "General, is it the Yunyi Garden that most nobles often go to? Although I have never been there, I have heard that the cost there is not low, and it costs a lot of money for one night, and there All women are juicy."

Cui Ying: "Yeah. It's that Yunyiyuan. You pass on my order and convey my meaning to the brothers."

"Follow the order!" The soldiers immediately left in a hurry and went to the back of the team, regardless of the pouring rain on their heads.

Watching the backs of the soldiers, Cui Ying withdrew her gaze and continued to lead the army.

(End of this chapter)