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After marching for more than ten days in a row, the team marched to the south bank of the Huaihe River near Xuyi to camp.

Xuyi is located in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River, especially on the south bank of the Huaihe River. Several rivers meet, and the opposite bank is an endless swamp. In summer, it looks lush and full of lotus ponds.

As dusk approached, Liu Yishou stood on the bank of the Huaihe River watching the beautiful scenery.The setting sun sinks into the river, red like flames.Yang Jiang stood beside him, thought for a while and then asked: "General Yu and others attacked Huainan before and offended many people. Why did no one come out to stop us marching along the Huai River this time?"

Good question!

Not to mention Hu Luxian, Yang Zhong and Yang Xiuzhi also listened to Liu Yishou's explanation.

"Hu Luxian, shoot that bird down for me!"

Liu Yishou suddenly pointed to the wild ducks flying in the sky and said.Wild ducks don't fly high, but they don't fly too slowly, which makes it difficult to shoot.Without further ado, Hu Luxian shot the bow and arrow in one go, and the wild duck was murdered as soon as it flew ashore!

"There is an inner taste of Iron Blood Pill!"

Liu Yishou watched the setting sun shine on Hu Luxian's body, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, "For roast duck tonight, you take the biggest portion!"

"Ah Lang, you haven't answered my question yet!"

Yang Jiang stomped her feet in dissatisfaction and said.

Liu Yishou waved his hands and said with a smile: "The rules in the south are not the same as those in the north. The family in the north is self-protected with Wubao, and there are many private troops under its command. In the south, there is no Wubao, only Shanshu. kind of stuff.

Well, you're one of those gigantic farmsteads.

There is no shortage of food and use in the mountain villa, and there is no takeaway.Due to the long period of peace, the servants in the villa have been neglected in training.Some people know that they are not strong enough to be our thunderbolt, so naturally they will not fool around. "

Liu Yishou said with disdain.He had figured out the situation on the road a long time ago. The banks of the Huaihe River were not the core areas of powerful aristocratic families. The core of the Southern Dynasty lay in the "Three Wu" area.

The two Huaihe Rivers are just a buffer zone, a place to dispatch the unlucky family members who have lost their power.

The last time Yu Jin and the others swept Huainan, they stopped at Xuyi and did not continue eastward.If it goes further to the east, it is likely to cause Liang Guo's "stress reaction", and the situation will be worse at that time.

Yang Jiang nodded half-understood, but Yang Zhong said thoughtfully: "The place we passed before, except for Lan Qin who guarded Zhongli, the rest were mediocre people. With Xiao Yan's customs clearance document, Lan Qin is naturally a Will not embarrass us.

But this Xuyi prefect... seems to have a good reputation. "

Yang Zhong didn't make it too clear, but he expressed the general situation clearly.Of course, he didn't believe that Liu Yishou would be completely ignorant, and everyone knew that this guy always planned before acting.It would be reckless not to inquire about any ghosts and ghosts on the road.

"Yes, according to the general situation, there will always be some people who don't open their eyes and come to us, asking for a lot of money, and won't let us go if we don't pay..."

Liu Yishou's tone was rather disappointed, as if he felt sorry that no one jumped out and was slapped in the face.

As if to test his idea, the soldiers brought a small official in a green robe out of Xuyi City to negotiate.As soon as this man saw Liu Yishou, he said arrogantly, "Pay a million dollars and I'll let you pass."

When he saw Yang Jiang, he seemed to be amazed by the beauty of the other party.Then he pointed to Yang Jiang and said, "It's okay to hand her over, it's worth 90 yuan, and you only need to pay [-] yuan."

Liu Yishou and the others looked at each other in blank dismay. They had seen provocations before, but they had never seen such direct, formulaic provocations. The provocations were very untechnical!

"Do you know how much I spent on her?"

Liu Yishou pointed to Yangjiang, looked at the green-robed official from Xuyi City with eyes like a fool and asked.

how much is it?

This man came here on a routine basis, and asking the other party to hand over a woman was just a temporary idea on his mind, anyway, Liu Yishou and others couldn't possibly agree.How much this girl is worth, he really hasn't thought about it.

"It's nothing else. I gave her father several million dollars! Now it's only [-] dollars. Do you think I'm stupid? If you don't give all the money, don't think about taking it away."

Liu Yishou said pretending to be dissatisfied.Yang Jiang stared and poked his arm, Liu Yishou shook his head slightly at her.

The green-robed official laughed angrily at Liu Yishou.He sneered with his nostrils upturned and said:

"My family's prefect Yu told everyone that he had four things:

The fish and turtles in the water are gone, the roe and deer in the mountains are gone, the rice and grain in the fields are gone, and the people in the village are gone.

Only he eats you up, no one can ever take money from him.That's all I'm going to say, if I don't give money, I won't be able to get through Xuyi. "

Putting down a word coldly, the green-robed official walked away.Except for Liu Yishou, everyone present was filled with righteous indignation.

"Yu Hong, a native of Xiangyang. He is eight feet long, fair-skinned and beautiful. He is good at battle and is brave in battle. He has been engaged in many conquests and often served as the frontier of the army. He is Xiao Yan's confidant.

It's just that this man is extravagant, indulges in rewards, has more than a hundred concubines, is rich in gold and emeralds, and plays with chariots and horses. They are all poor for a while, Xiao Yan doesn't like it.

In short, this person feels that life is short, and it is useless to keep the money, and it is enough to search for it after spending it. "Liu Yishou explained it as if he knew Yu Hong well.

Yang Zhong suddenly felt like a clown, what he wanted to say just now was not as detailed as Liu Yishou.

"Yu Hong is different from those tyrants from aristocratic families. He doesn't think about what will happen in the future, anyway, he just wants to be happy now. My lord, you should be more cautious, we have no chance of winning with such a person, just bypass Xuyi."

Yang Zhong suggested calmly.

Liu Yishou raised his chin, pretended to think for a moment, looked at Yang Zhong and asked, "General Yang thinks, why does Yu Hong want to embarrass me on purpose? He doesn't seem to have any plan to attack us, does he?"

Dogs that can bite people don't bark, Yu Hong grins his teeth like this, and even got involved in the drama of begging for concubines, of course he didn't want to rob them openly.

Yu Hong just wanted to tell everyone: Did you see that Liu Yishou, who was walking sideways in Huainan, had to hide when he saw me.But if there is a real fight, Liu Yishou has Xiao Yan's customs clearance documents here, how can Yu Hong go to Xiao Yan's side to file a complaint?

"The farther east we go, the fewer the villages of self-cultivating farmers, and the bigger the villas of powerful families. Xuyi is a dividing line. If we go further east, the scenery will be completely different from Huainan.

Yu Hong is making a move now, it may not be Yu Hong who is making the move alone, it is very likely that he took advantage of some people and deliberately embarrassed us. "

Liu Yishou said with a solemn expression.

The current situation is obvious, Xuyi is an important town in Liang Guo, a border town node.Yu Hong has a lot of soldiers and horses in his hands, if he really wants to do something, invite Liu Yishou and others to enter the city, and then do it again, the result will be twice the result with half the effort.There's absolutely no need to jump out and pretend to be X like a dude.

"My lord, Xuyi is a big city. Although our soldiers and horses are elite, our numbers are too small. It would be unwise to attack the city."

Yang Zhong persuaded.

Go up to attack and plan, and go down to attack the city.Going to attack the city after being provoked by others is obviously inferior.

Yang Zhong didn't believe that Liu Yishou couldn't see it.

In fact, it is not impossible to detour from Xuyi's waterway, and it will not waste much time.But as a man, sometimes face is even more important than life.If you are ashamed this time, then go to Jiankang to pay homage to Xiao Yan's birthday, God knows how much more humiliation is waiting for you?

Even the compromise this time will cause a chain reaction, making those aristocratic families who have suffered from Liu Yishou's side before unite to make troubles.This group of people are fierce and timid, and forget their lives when they see small gains. Maybe if you take a step back, the other party will really want to move forward ten steps!

"In Yuhong Yurou Township, the ground is scraped three feet away, as many people are there in his warehouse, as many people who are exploited and oppressed are weeping and crying.

I think there are too many people who hate him around Xuyi, right? "

Liu Yishou crossed his arms, looked around the crowd and asked, "What do you think?"

The answer is obvious. Yu Hong is so extravagant that he doesn't even think about what will happen to him after his death. He only thinks that life is too short to enjoy himself in time.His basic necessities of life are all according to the highest standard.

He also wants to enjoy what the Xiao family enjoys, and even the Xiao family can't enjoy it, so he is even more diligent in pursuing it! "Four Great Fishes" is famous far and wide, even people like Yang Zhong who have been around Chen Qingzhi have heard of it.

"Look, are the four things that Yu Hong said are human words?"

Liu Yishou asked with emotion.

"The ancient sages said that the tyranny is fiercer than the tiger. In the north, I have seen a lot of people who are as greedy as wolves. They stretch out their hands to die in the coffin. Man, I really haven't seen it before."

Yang Xiuzhi echoed Liu Yishou and said something.

"Xuyi City has a city wall, but there are no farms or villas around it. To deal with Yu Hong, there is no need to attack Xuyi City. In that case, Xiao Yan will feel uncomfortable, and we can't justify it."

There are countless refugees who escaped from the farm in Liang State. In history, the reason why Chen Baxian, Wang Lin, and Wang Sengbian were able to make a fortune so easily has a lot to do with Liang State's easy recruitment of soldiers and the large number of refugees.

Since there are many fugitives, of course there are many bandits who occupy the mountain as king.It is common for the private army to clash with these refugee teams. There are a lot of such news on Zhu Yi's desk every year.

As long as they don't attack Xuyi City, Liu Yishou can make noise outside the city and no one will care.If you really want to get to the bottom of it, everything is "rebellion by bandits". What does it have to do with Xiao Yan's son-in-law, Liu Dudu, who guards Shouyang?

However, if Xuyi City is attacked, the nature of the whole matter will change!

"In the vicinity of Xuyi, I don't think we can count the number of people who want Yu Hong to die. Yuhong's farm and villa must be the largest and most magnificent in the vicinity of Xuyi, and there are also the most gold and silver treasures in it.

Now that the Xuyi people have suffered from Yuhong for a long time, we might as well liberate the servants and tenants in Yuhong Farm and the villa, open the treasury, and distribute weapons and food to them.

Let this fire burn, wouldn't it look good? "

Liu Yishou had a cold smile on his face, and he had a different kind of charm.Rebellious and uninhibited, but also so chic!

"But my lord, Yu Hong has a lot of elite soldiers, how can these servants and tenants be the opponents of those elite soldiers?"

Yang Zhong said with a wry smile, feeling that Liu Yishou was too whimsical.

"No, no, you're totally wrong, wrong."

Liu Yishou shook his head, pointed at Yang Zhong's generous shoulder and said, "The bandits who don't know where came from attacked Yu Hong's farm, and then Yu Hong searched the village on weekdays, making people angry. All the tenants in his farm They all hoped that he would die soon, so they looted from the thieves everywhere.

What does all of this have to do with us?

Yu Hong died in civil unrest, he deserved what he deserved, and Yu Hong's suppression of civil unrest was only the result of his usual crimes, and he deserved it.With such disgrace, the prefect can't continue to be the prefect, right?

Whether Yu Hong wins or loses is his own business.We were just innocent passers-by in Xuyi who went to Jiankang to pay homage to Xiao Yan's birthday, and witnessed the whole incident.

It's just watching the fun with the villagers and taking a little step forward.

Whether it's Yu Hong or the rioters, we don't know each other! "

Liu Yishou showed his innocence, and he spread out his hands and concluded: "It's really sad for those who hear it, and tears for those who see it. Prefect Yu is too miserable."

Chapter 303

Liu Yishou was a man of action. When he decided to play the big one, he immediately asked Yang Xiuzhi to lead a few soldiers, put on the coarse linen clothes that poor people usually wear, and carry cooked food and wine to explore the surrounding villages.

The commodity economy here is exceptionally weak, and smallholder self-sufficiency prevails.Even if you give money, the locals are not easy to use, and even the source of the money will be traced. It is far less reliable than giving cooked food and wine.

On the other hand, in order to confuse Yu Hong, Liu Yishou personally led his troops to "break through the checkpoint", angrily shouted and cursed in front of the checkpoint set by Yu Hong, and finally "returned angrily".

After finishing these things, Liu Yishou thought quietly in the camp, waiting for Yang Xiuzhi to come back.

Originally, I thought Yang Xiuzhi's journey would be very difficult. After all, Yu Hong is domineering in the local area. It is common for ordinary people to dare not stand up because they are afraid of revenge.

Unexpectedly, before it was dark, Yang Xiuzhi led a dozen local villagers into the camp!

As soon as the other party entered the tent with a smile, Liu Yishou knew that the matter was probably done.

"My lord, the matter is settled. Some villagers volunteered to lead us the way, and the former director was willing to draw us a topographic map. In short, don't worry, my lord. There are many people who support us here, and there is not even a single person who supports Yuhong. .”

When meeting Yang Xiuzhi, he was very excited.To tell the truth, he has never seen people in a certain place unite in one word to deal with the local prefect, and this Yu Hong opened his eyes.

Liu Yishou asked curiously, "Aren't these people afraid of being retaliated by Yu Hong?"

Since ancient times, people have not fought with officials, let alone a lawless official like Yu Hong, who is not afraid?

Yang Xiuzhi thought for a while, and finally concluded: "Probably he is already numb, anyway, he will be killed by Yu Hong sooner or later, why not drag Yu Hong to die together now, that's what it means.

When those people heard that we were going to trouble Yu Hong, they were all very excited. Before I told them what to do, they jumped out one by one.

The subordinates only brought more than a dozen people here, but there are still many people in the village who are willing to help.This Yu Hong, almost everyone hoped that he would die soon.It is indeed not easy to be regarded as such. "

Yang Xiuzhi has seen many bad guys, and there are many bad guys in this world, of all kinds, all kinds of tricks.

But people are multi-faceted and complex. Bad guys also have friends and party members, and even these people are more difficult to deal with if they are in a tighter group.It is indeed rare that Yu Hong offended everyone in the area.

Liu Yishou sighed with emotion: "Water can carry a boat and also capsize it. Yu Hong's future misfortune is purely his own fault, and he can't blame others."

"Master, the area northeast of Xuyi City is Yu Hong's lake villa." Yang Xiuzhi said with emotion.

"One slice? How big?"

Liu Yishou was dumbfounded, and described the location of the area, can you use the word "a piece"?

"The lord probably has no idea. The so-called one piece means that it is all his, and it is so big that he can't tell the difference between the south, the south, and the north. His lake villa is adjacent to a swamp in the north, and there are many fish ponds. Further north, it is beyond the boundary of Northern Yanzhou. I don't know why, it's already dark today, and I can't see anything from the boat.

Why not ask the locals to lead the way after dawn tomorrow, and the small boats enter the reeds from the Huaihe River. Now the various small rivers and ponds there are filled with lotus leaves, and the boat is like going through a maze.

And there is another news that in order to prevent us from attacking Xuyi City, Yu Hong has already reduced his troops, and has transferred a lot of elite soldiers from his lake villa to Xuyi City, it seems that he is waiting for us to attack the city. "

Yang Xiuzhi dropped a blockbuster!

This is definitely what the locals volunteered to say. It is absolutely impossible for Yang Xiuzhi, who does not understand the local situation, to ask about similar things on his own initiative.

"If it's just one or two people, then it is indeed possible that Yu Hong bought them off and came here to deceive us on purpose. But so many people unanimously wish Yu Hong to die, it should be because of the extreme hatred from the bottom of their hearts."

Liu Yishou nodded thoughtfully, making up his mind.

This Yu Hong is the most "easy" one to deal with along the way.Hit one punch to avoid a hundred punches.Sending Yuhong off on the road, his trip to Jiankang this time will be much smoother than expected.

"Let the villagers lead the way tomorrow. Let's pretend to be tourists who have strayed into the lotus pond to see what Yuhong's lake villa is."

Liu Yishou said casually while clenching his fist.

……

Xuyi is a waterway hub, where the Huaihe River is extremely busy, and boats of all sizes on the river are like all kinds of fish, shuttling back and forth endlessly.Liu Yishou ordered Yang Zhong to guard the camp, let Hu Luxian be his personal guard, took Yang Jiang and Yang Xiu with him, and led the way by local villagers who were familiar with the water and the terrain.

The small boat that everyone was in escaped from the Huaihe River into the swamp with dense river network in the northeast of Xuyi, effortlessly and unobtrusively at all.

"Jiangnan is good, and the scenery is familiar to us. At sunrise, the river flowers are more red than fire, and in spring, the river is as green as blue. Can you not remember Jiangnan?"

Liu Yishou looked at the lotus flowers in full bloom on both sides of the boat, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.