The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Only the Li family and his son knew the relatively detailed plan of the Ming army's entire battle plan, and the various Ming armies were stationed in various places after their arrival, so only high-level officials in Yunnan knew the details.

The result is that frontline generals such as Xian Gui and others can only know half of it, but not the details.

Therefore, when Li Chengliang gave up the line and had to hold on to Lujiang City for a month, it was natural for people to think that Ming army reinforcements would arrive within a month.

Now, Xian Laosan told Hanba all the military information of the Ming army that he learned from Xian Gui, which naturally made him think of this section.

After that, the two people talked quietly for a while, mainly Hanba asked and Xian Laosan answered.

No matter how detailed the matter was, Hanba asked all the questions he could think of, and finally understood the situation of the Ming army in Lujiang and Baoshan.

Although Xian Laosan couldn't answer everything, he said everything he knew.

"This news is very important. I will go back and tell the King of Burma immediately, and I will definitely give your eldest brother a lot of rewards.

As for what to do next, it depends on the wishes of the Burmese King. We will meet again at this place tomorrow. "

In the end, Hanba just said this to the third person on the line.

"It's easy to say, my eldest brother has basically controlled the city, and those who are disobedient have been sent to guard the north and south gates.

We will see when the Burmese King comes to the city. We will ensure that the Burmese King will take over Lujiang City smoothly. "

Xian Laosan said somewhat flatteringly.

Since he was going to join the Burmese side, he had just arrived, so he naturally had to be more attentive to the Burmese king's subordinates.

Speaking of which, the attitudes of the two of them have been completely reversed now. In the past, when he went to meet these toasts with Lao San, he was always praised highly by them.

Especially those chieftains from the Xuanwei Division outside Yunnan have a more respectful attitude.

Now, it's your turn to be arrogant and respectful to them.

To be honest, I still feel very embarrassed doing it.

But the situation is greater than the popularity. Myanmar is now powerful, especially if they catch their advantage, they will have to do it.

"Well, I will bring your words to the king. The most important thing is to ensure the safety of the ships on the Lujiang River.

Our army of more than 100,000 will arrive soon and we will need a large number of ships to transport it across the river.

It's definitely too late to build a ship at short notice, so you know. "

Hanba also enjoyed receiving flattery from Han officials. Well, he had flattered them before.

But since he followed the Burmese king into the Ming Dynasty, the remaining Han people have been very attentive to him.

"Don't worry, my eldest brother will send his soldiers to the riverside to guard the ships. There will definitely be no mistakes."

Xian Laosan hurriedly smiled and said.

Lujiang City has its back against the Lujiang River, so Xian Gui naturally knew what the Burmese army was planning.

In order to arrive at the foot of Baoshan City unexpectedly, there must be a large number of ferries as a means of transportation to quickly transport the Burmese army across the river.

This is actually the value of his line in front of the Burmese King.

Knowing the importance of ships, Xian Gui naturally took it seriously and sent his cronies to the riverside to guard the more than 20 ships.

There is actually a group of boats on the other side of the river, but now those boats are not under the jurisdiction of Lujiang City. Instead, they are assigned to people from Baoshan, and a temporary camp has been set up on the other side of the river.

But it doesn't matter, he has plenty of ways to seize these ships.

One is to send people directly across the river to rob them, and the other is to wait for the military supplies from the other side to come over and then seize the ships.

Anyway, as long as their affairs are kept secret, the Ming army on the other side will not find out.

Soon, the two people separated, one returned to the city, and the other returned to the Burmese army camp not far away.

During this period, the two military camps of the Myanmar Army were very quiet.

Knowing that the Ming army in Tengchong was defeated, the Burmese king commanded the army and was rushing here. Although the two generals here also wanted to try to attack Lujiang City again, they gave Lujiang City to the Burmese King when he arrived. Unfortunately, they Still a little scared.

After all, the two armies outside the city are not direct descendants of the Burmese king. They are two chieftains dependent on the Burmese king. They are all their own soldiers, and one of them will die.

Then, Hanba, who was under the command of the Burmese king, suddenly arrived here in advance and refused to allow them to attack Lujiang City, saying that the Burmese king had already considered everything.

Well, that's fine, they can preserve their strength.

It's not that they don't want to contribute, it's that the Burmese king doesn't let them show their loyalty.

Hanba returned to his tent in the Burmese army camp and rested directly. He would have to greet the Burmese king when he arrived tomorrow.

When Xian Laosan returned to the city, he met his elder brother directly and told him everything about his connection with Hanba.

"Then you can go there tomorrow afternoon and see what King Burma arranges.

I went to the riverside to wait in the morning. My family should be back tomorrow. As long as they cross the river and enter the city, my heart will be at peace. "

On the Lujiang City side, Xian Gui was not worried about anything going wrong, but he was a little worried about Jia Xiao, who had escaped from Baoshan, fearing that his trip would be insured by the Ming army.

In that case, it would be dangerous.

In the early morning of the next day, as the sun had just shed a ray of sunshine and the earth had just regained its vitality, a group of carriages were seen outside the Ming army camp on the east bank of the Lu family, rushing towards the dock in a panic.

"Stop, whoever you are, if you get closer, you'll shoot."

This is the time when people are most likely to get sleepy, so when the convoy was still far away, the night watch army didn't notice it.

However, as the motorcade approached, the sound of wheels grinding against the ground could not be concealed, wouldn't it wake people up?

During this period, as long as the people and convoys came from the other side of the river, the only ones going from here to the other side were the migrant workers from the army who provided baggage for Lujiang City.

But when you come to this motorcade, although the carriage looks a little dirty, you can tell at a glance that it belongs to a wealthy family. You shouldn't come here at this time.

"We are the family members of Master Xian of Lujiang City. We were besieged by gangsters on the road. Please quickly give way to the officer and help us block the gangsters behind us. Master Xian will be very grateful."

This convoy is exactly the Xianfu convoy that set off from Baoshan City yesterday, but most of the seven or eight carriages leaving the city have been abandoned. They are all the property that Xiangui has plundered over the years.

The convoy went well at first, but after bypassing Baoshan City and re-entering the road, it was chased by a Ming army.

This Ming army is extremely powerful, and they keep saying that they want to capture the rebel general Xian Gui's family and hold them accountable. If it weren't for the desperate resistance of the soldiers and servants of Xian Mansion, they would have been captured by the opponent long ago.

But even so, the losses of those guards were extremely heavy.

There was no other choice but to abandon those external possessions such as money and let the servants risk their lives to protect three carriages carrying family members as they rushed towards Lujiang City, arranging servants to cut off the rear from time to time along the way.

After running all night, we are exhausted, and we have been frightened all night. It is naturally very sad.

Fortunately, I finally escaped to the river.

It seemed that as long as they boarded the boat and crossed the river, they would be safe.

Taking advantage of the fact that the pursuers behind them had not been killed and the Ming army in front was still unclear about the situation, they fabricated such lies in an attempt to deceive the Ming army guards here.

The reaction of the other party was just as they expected. It was heard that the family members who were guarding Lujiang City on the other side were besieged by gangsters. The Ming army immediately relaxed their vigilance and let them pass.

Naturally, the carriage was marked with the Xian Mansion, and it also carried tokens such as Xian Gui's post. It was easy to deceive the guarding Ming army.

"I wonder where the villain is now and how many there are there? We can also report it to the general and send people to hunt down the villain."

The rotating general flag guarding the dock also walked to the carriage and asked the Xianfu family.

"More than ten miles east of here, there are dozens of people on the other side. Please make it easier for me, sir, and arrange two boats for us to take us across the river."

The servant who led the team walked up to the general flag, and while answering his questions, he took out a piece of silver from his arms and put it quietly into the general flag's hand.

"It's easy to talk about."

Now that they only had seven pieces of silver, the general flag was all smiles. He immediately called a small flag to lead them to the river and arranged a boat to take them across the river.

After taking a look at the three carriages guarded by eight servants, there were indeed blood stains on the carriages. Five or six of the servants were also injured. It was impossible to believe that they had been intercepted and killed.

Here, people were arranged to send people from the Xianfu to the river, while the general flag quickly ran towards the military camp in the distance.

There were gangsters intercepting, killing, and robbing people more than ten miles away from the dock. Normally it would not be a big deal, but the situation was different now. It was the time of national war.

Moreover, the people who were intercepted this time were the family members of the guard on the opposite side of the city. If there was no sign from here and the news spread, it would be difficult for the line guard to explain.

The leader of this camp is a guerrilla sent by Baoshan City. He leads four to five hundred men to garrison here. It is also a surveillance of Lujiang City across the river.

Normally, I look after the ferry, and when military supplies arrive, I also arrange for ships to pick them up across the river. This is actually a very relaxing job.

At this time, the guerrilla general was still sleeping in the military tent. He was awakened by the general flag and found out about this.

"Dozens of people?"

The guerrilla general did not doubt the story of the Xianfu family members at all. Some time ago, the Xianfu family on the other side of the river transported a lot of things across the river. Although they have not been there these days, it is not surprising that the Xianfu family members appeared on the other side of the river.

"Come here, tell Zhou Baihu and Wang Baihu to come over."

The guerrilla shouted and ordered to the soldiers outside the tent.

Since there are dozens of criminals, the number of officers and soldiers sent out will naturally be indispensable. Two hundred households with more than a hundred people will go there, which is several times the number of criminals. Naturally, they are sure to win.

The hundred households had already made a decision in their hearts, and they were not slow in their movements. They quickly dressed and left the camp.

Far away outside the camp, a plume of smoke rose, and a group of cavalry rode towards the dock.

"Kuaaaaaaa"

The sound of horse hooves hitting the ground can be heard from a long distance.

"Where did the cavalry come from?"

Hearing the sound, the guerrilla immediately looked eastward. Unfortunately, he could only see the dust flying but not the cavalry.

This is wartime, so if there is a cavalry team, you have to be vigilant.

While the guerrilla called his men to assemble, he ran to the camp fence and looked out.

At this time, on the pier behind him, several servants of the Xian Mansion protected the Xian Gui family who got off the carriage, and hurriedly boarded a big boat.

"Hurry up and sail the boat to take us to the other side."

The leading servant threw another ingot of silver to the boat boss and urged them to sail.

As for the somewhat panicked Ming army on the shore, they could still take care of them.

Of course they knew the identity of the pursuers. After being overtaken, if he had not overturned a carriage in desperation, scattering the gold and silver on the carriage and diverting the attention of the pursuers, they would have Where can I run here?

Along the way, when he was about to be overtaken, he abandoned a carriage and scattered the belongings on the carriage all over the ground. Otherwise, how could he have escaped here.

Sure enough, the boatman propped up the boat pole, and the big boat slowly left the dock and headed towards the other side of the river. The sound of horse hooves gradually became clearer.

Soon, a large group of Ming troops rushed to the dock, but the big ship had already reached the center of the river.

"Come back, come back quickly."

Hearing the shouts of the Ming army across the river, the servant just winked at the other few people, and several guards stood beside the boatman.

"Sir, this."

The old boatman who was holding the pole behind the boat heard the shouts of the Ming army on the shore and looked at him hesitantly.

"Ignore them, send us across the river, and this ingot of silver is yours."

While speaking, the servant took out another ingot of silver from his arms, which looked like it was five taels.

The old boatman knew something was wrong, and looked back at his colleagues in front of him. He saw that the servants standing beside them all had their hands on the hilts of their knives.

The old boatman had no doubt that even if he issued a warning at this time, his fellows might not react before they were chopped down by the servants.

Although he didn't know what happened, it seemed that these people were being hunted by the officers and soldiers, but for his own safety at this time, he could only follow their wishes.

Soon, the big ship passed the center of the river and gradually approached the opposite dock.

"Major General, we really didn't know that they were going to arrest the fugitives. They took the post from the Lujiang City garrison, Lord Xian, saying that they were from the Xian Mansion, so it was difficult for us to stop them."

At this time, the guerrilla general was on the shore, with sweat on his forehead, explaining the situation.

Now he knew that the people in the carriage were the rebels' families being hunted by the government troops, which scared him half to death.

The major general was naturally Li Ruzhang, who was only about fifteen or sixteen years old at this time. After a night of pursuit, his face was also full of fatigue.

Of course, he knew that before receiving the news of the rebellion in Lujiang City, the nearby Ming army would definitely give face to Xian Gui. After all, he was a garrison, equivalent to a deputy general, and there were several people in the vicinity who had higher official positions than him.

It was just a show to force Xian Gui to rebel earlier, and it was not really to arrest all his family members.

But he didn't expect that the people from Xianfu actually brought several carts of treasures with them. The most hateful thing was that they scattered them along the way, which took them a lot of effort to clean up.

Of course, those carts of treasures were all collected by his Li family, which was considered an unexpected fortune.

"Listen, it has been confirmed that the opposite side Xiangui colluded with Myanmar to make trouble."

"What?"

Li Ruzhang's words scared the guerrilla general half to death.

The opposite side has already betrayed the country, so if they come over, wouldn't it be

I dare not think about it, I dare not think about it at all.

"Then, young general, should we burn the dock and destroy these ships immediately or what should we do?"

The guerrilla general hurriedly asked for advice. According to his thinking, since Xiangui surrendered to the enemy, shouldn't we destroy all the ships immediately?

Without the ships, it would be difficult for the enemy to cross the river quickly.

His job would be gone, could he retreat back to Baoshan City?

With the protection of the city wall, he could sleep more peacefully.

However, to his disappointment, Li Ruzhang ordered: "No, you just hold on to the dock.

If the other side attacks, you must defend the ferry with all your strength and not retreat a single step."

Li Ruzhang rode his horse and walked slowly on the dock, looking across the river and said.