Zhuoying

After Pu Songcai was buried, Pu Cheng left home and lived in the Mongolian Pavilion.There used to be a jade shop in his house, and all the treasures of Pu Songcai were buried in it, but this was unworthy, and he didn't keep it in the end.

Rong Yang ran across the street, the snow was thick, he pushed open the door of the Mongolian Pavilion, and slipped on the road.The velvet hat fell off, and he didn't care to help it, and ran into the courtyard, where Su Zhou and Shaozhen were sitting on the porch to settle accounts.

"Pu Cheng, have you seen Pu Cheng?" Rong Yang gasped for tears, and he said, "I got up this morning and gave me a white stone, and lied to me that my father was looking for me. I..." He choked up: "When I came back he was gone."

Su Zhou got up and went to the room where Pu Cheng lived.There was nothing missing in the room, and there was a money bag on the table, which contained Pu Cheng's last silver taels.But the person just disappeared. They searched all the streets and alleys, including Pu Songcai's grave, but they couldn't find Pu Cheng.

There is only one stone left, the stone in the stream in front of the academy.The worn-out Bairun wore a red rope and tied it to Rongyang's wrist, as if tying up the dream of a young Qiu in the past.

When Zhong You received the letter, he was already on his way to Xu Hang.This letter has been turbulent for many days, and he can distinguish the handwriting, which should be written by Su Zhou.Guessing that Pu Cheng was going to Jingzhen, he immediately wrote a letter on his lap and delivered it to Jingzhen.Meng Chen is currently in Jingzhen, maybe he can be caught.

At this time, the streets of Jiangtang were full of people who escaped from Xu Hang, the waterways were crowded, and the Shangmeng and Zhong's family were in trouble, no one wanted to bear the blame of the maritime merchants.The Zhong family threw the smoke millet piled up in the warehouse to the north quickly, before Zuo Kaizhi came, and wanted to earn this one last time.

In addition to checking the number of millet in and out of Zhong's house, Zhong You has been following up on the original private goods.In his private travel in the corner of Jiangtang, he finally found some clues.

A batch of fish and herbs were also included in the private goods that were first released.But the final whereabouts of the fish and spices are still vague, and I can't figure it out from Jiangtang.

The smoking ban has come from the north, Zhong You no longer has to guard the Jiangtang, he has to go to Xuhang.Regarding the speculation about the inner ghost, he only revealed to Hou Ke.

The road to Xuhang is not easy, because there are almost no boats to go there.Zhong You followed the ship heading for Xu Hangtong's military resources. He was in a hurry on the road, and when he arrived at Xu Hang, he vomited in the dark.

Zhong Xie was already waiting, and when he saw him get off the boat, he hurriedly handed him water to rinse his mouth.Zhong You pressed too hard, only to realize that Xu Hang had already collapsed in half.

"It exploded last night." Zhong Xie squatted on the ground and drew a picture for Zhong You. "We can't go to the east. Haiyi built a wall and brought twelve beds of crossbows. We can't get through. White Gull." He said to himself There is a heavy stroke here, "I suspect that Xu Hang is hiding an internal response."

Zhong You wiped the water and said, "How do you say?"

"The gunpowder was not buried in advance, but it was designed to blow up hard according to the movement of the Qingping army." Zhong Xie threw the stone, lowered his head and scratched the back of his neck, then raised his head and said, "Chunjing is hurting people Looking for gunpowder, a team of 20 people, half of them died last night."

Zhong You lowered his eyes to stare at the picture. He stared at the picture for a while, then suddenly asked: "Where are the soldiers from the Xuhang Mansion? The Qingping Army came to reinforce them, and they can't retreat. Where are they all?"

"Half escaped, most of the rest are useless to smoke millet." When Zhong Xie arrived in Xuhang, he was promoted to the position of Qingping's deputy commander and deputy envoy.The deputy envoy who was supposed to arrive was late, and he was promoted to the forefront by leapfrogging.After a few days, he almost broke his leg.He continued: "I can't mobilize the soldiers of the Xuhang Mansion, and the capital has not given a commander in chief at all. With [-] Qingping troops alone, even if they push Haiyi out, they can't catch up with the boat. While the situation is still under control, I begged the Shanyin Army to circle the sea from behind, but the Holy Majesty refused."

"The Holy Majesty does not allow it because of fear." Zhong You pointed out to Zhong Xie, "You think Xu Hang has internal support, but the capital may not have it. The Shanyin Army is in the middle, in front of the capital, and is the predecessor of the Jingwei Division. Aiding Jing, Nanneng Zhihang, less than [-] urgently needed, of course we should not wave it lightly. What's more, the Shanyin army has lived inland for a long time, so it is really risky to let them board the ship."

"Internal response." Zhong Xie and Zhong You looked at each other, and gradually frowned, "You suspect..."

"I have no evidence." Zhong You wiped the dust on his fingertips, stood up on his knees, looked at the ruins of Xuhang, and said softly, "Ruchen, I just feel that he is by my side."

There was no snow in Xuhang, and it was cold and rainy for several days.The heavy rain is beneficial to the Qingping Army.Because the rain and the ground are wet, the gunpowder is not flammable.Zhou Pu screened out more than half of the decision makers. Zhong You disagreed with this move. However, he has no official position, so he can only propose, not make decisions.But Zhou Pu's move soon showed its usefulness.The decision-making circle was closed, and the actions of the Qingping Army were only foreseen in a small area. The other party seemed to have no definite information, and the burying point of the gunpowder gradually lost its accuracy.

The torrential rain was pouring, and the Qingping Army took advantage of the rain to attack the Haiyi wall from both sides.The reason why he couldn't face it was because of the deterrence of the bed crossbow. This kind of crossbow with a range of a thousand steps and arrows as thick as a gun is amazingly lethal, and even iron armor and hard armor can't resist it.

Both Zhou Pu and Zhong Xie were going to supervise the army, and Zhong You braved the rain to go to the rear station.Nowadays, all the letters and letters must pass through the post station and be sent by the Qingping army.

Zhong You didn't touch the letter, he just asked the postman: "Are there any boats going to and from Jiangtang recently?"

"It's not in the record, but now the boats are mixed, and many unmarked boats are crowded at the dock. If you want to find the letter, you have to go to the dock to see for yourself."

Zhong You thanked him, and then rushed to the pier.This is the place at the back of Xu Hang, and all the people who failed to escape are here.As Zhong You walked along, the roads and alleys were full of people with their families.The torrential rain was so intense that many people had nowhere to hide in the rain.

Zhong You stepped over the human legs and found that the boats docked at the moment were pressing against the door, and there was no one there.He raised his hand to block the rain, followed the rail, and began to quickly check the boat-shaped mark.

If the inside and outside should be connected, people in the inland must get the fastest news from Xu Hang.Kyoto, Sanyin, and Jingzhou are all immobilized now, only Jiangtang, which is close to Xuhang, is the time when the fugitives are chaotic and prone to accidents.If Jiangtang blocked them in the next wave, Xu Hang's Qingping army would be cut off from the backup and surrounded.

This is a good opportunity, Zhong You guessed that the other party would not let go of this opportunity, so they would definitely get in touch with each other more closely to ensure that any troubles of Xu Hang were under control.

But most of these ships are merchant ships and civilian ships, old and new, with many markings.

Suddenly someone rushed out in the rain from behind and asked loudly, "What are you doing! The boat is under fire right now, so don't sail!"

Zhong You's heart moved, he ran over, and shouted in the rain: "Do you want to pick up the goods? Will this ship pick up the goods after the beating!"

The man stared at Zhong You in the rain, dragged him to the eaves of an alley, and said, "Yansu? You don't even send me any!"

"Others." Zhong You was drenched all over, and he took out a stack of semi-wet letters from his sleeve, "Sound transmission to the family, can you deliver it?"

The man took it and flipped through it, "Where to send it? I won't go too far away."

"Near." Zhong You twisted the water, "Qingping?"

"It's so far away, you need to add money." The man gestured with his fingers to indicate the thickness of the letter, "There are so many letters, and it will cost a lot of money to go to Jiangtang. It's not easy to come and go at this moment. We also put our heads on our trouser belts when we carry things. It's always enough." Ben. How much do you give?"

Zhong You asked back: "There are many people running to Jiangtang, do you take them with you? If you can take them, you won't deliver the letter."

"No." The man pushed the letter back to him, "That's not possible. The Qingping army is also investigating people at the moment, and the communication is not possible. Jiangtang is also in chaos, and the letters sent out will definitely reach people's hands."

"That's it." Zhong You said, "I just didn't want to go through the Qingping Army, so I came here."

"Then don't worry." The man didn't want to say more, he just asked him: "How much money do you give?"

"Give me the number."

The man reported the number, Zhong You touched his sleeve, and immediately apologized, "Unfortunately, I didn't bring enough money. Are you going to leave now, let me go back and get the money? It's easy to say, as long as you don't Checked by the Qingping Army—is it possible?"

"That's what I ate." The man said, "Shangmeng, right? There are a lot of picklings down there, and it's about tobacco, so it's necessary not to go through the Qingping Army. You leave it to us to walk on the water, and make sure everything is safe."

"Send it often?" Zhong You smiled: "Jiangtang has a lot of letters."

"It's more than other places. There's no way, Jiangtang is close, and there are many people running past."

"Ah." Zhong You cupped his hands, "Then just wait a moment, and come back soon."

The alley had already been crowded by people, and the man pointed him to the back, and he could still get out by making a big circle.Zhong You walked along the alley, which was narrow at first, and there were many people lying down.The people behind are all smokers, each of them slumped at the foot of the wall, looking half dead.

Zhong You turned this alley and passed through a narrow opening.The rain was heavy, and the water accumulated loudly under the eaves.He bent down to pass, but suddenly he was hit by a horizontal stick in the back of his knee, his back was pushed, and he rolled into the narrow opening with a slam.The road was dark, and someone quickly pressed Zhong You's back, put on a hood, tied him up firmly, picked him up and slid down the alley.

Zhong You was kicked on the back a few times, knocked on the shoulder, and rolled in his stomach.His eyes were covered in darkness, and he couldn't see the direction. He only caught a glimpse of flustered eyes flashing by in the blink of an eye.

In the rain, Zhong Xie was bombarded by Haiyi's projectiles and overturned the watchtower.What's going on in the front can't be seen at all in the heavy rain.He climbed up to the platform, and his vision was covered by rain.

"Big drum!" Zhong Xie yelled desperately, "Raise the big drum! Beat the drum and give orders!"

"No." Zhou Pu shouted from below: "It's raining too much! I can't hear you marching! Ruchen, retreat! Order to retreat!"

The blue veins on Zhong Xie's forehead suddenly jumped, where did Haiyi get the military funds?Their heavy attack weapons surpassed the Qingping Army by a few steps!In this heavy rain, the Qingping Army's arrows couldn't shoot through it at all, but the opponent's bed crossbow could easily pierce through thousands of steps and kill several people!

But he is not reconciled!

The previous march has already rushed to the wall, missed this rain, and I don't know how long it will take to wait for the next one.The rain blocked them as well as Hai Yi, arrows couldn't shoot out, and the single-top robes could only be thrown randomly.

Zhong Xie squatted down to dodge the boulders thrown by the single-tipped cannon whistling overhead.The broken wall at the back collapsed with a bang, the power was terrifying, and it was originally a heavy weapon used to attack the city.

"Retreat!" Zhou Pu lay on the edge of the stage and said angrily, "I can't fight anymore! If there is no rear command in the front march, people will die!"

Zhong Xie's chest heaved violently, he spit and cursed, and was about to give an order.But it was too late, the barbed caltrops laid by Haiyi blocked the return journey of the former march, which made it impossible for the front to receive it.The two sides rushed forward abruptly, and the outflank that was originally conceived was not catchable at all. Instead, the opponent cut off the center line and hit the head hard.Bricks, who had been prepared for a long time, smashed down from the wall and hit people's shoulders, which could break bones.

"Retreat..." Zhou Pu heard the screaming sound, ran a few steps forward under the flying gravel, and shouted like crazy: "The Xiangkou army retreats! Don't come forward! Don't go forward—"

There was a sudden explosion under the broken alley, and the ruins collapsed again, and half of them were buried in the blink of an eye, ready to support the front march from the abandoned alley!

Heavy rain, pounding on the bones.

Zhou Pu hugged his head and squatted down in pain.Zhong Xie saw the broken limbs splashed by the sound of the explosion, he took a step back suddenly, his eyes were sore.

Haiyi had been prepared for a long time, and this surprise attack was more like a door-to-door slaughter.With this vote, nearly ten thousand Qingping soldiers were sent in.

The sharp whistle soared to the sky, it was Haiyi who wanted to break through the wall and take advantage of the situation to attack.The battlefield has not yet opened, and the battle still has to continue.Half of the advancing Qingping army was lost, and before the sword could be pulled out, people died under the heavy weapons.

The rain was pouring down and the sky was thundering.

Blood trickled out of the collapsed ruins, dripping viscous and vivid into the mud ditch.

Zhong Xie felt a sharp pain in his chest, and he waved his hand, "Reserve army, prevent—"

Suddenly there was a "click" sound from behind.

Immediately after the steel-forged arrow blew through the heavy rain, the cold light flickered, pierced through the raindrops, and nailed straight into the wall of Hai Yi's forehead!

"Forward."

The young man's voice was very calm, his arms were raised steadily, and the crossbow was crossed. The hooks in the crossbow were crisply changing the steel arrows. In an instant, the steel arrows shot again.

Shi Yu looked at the mountain with his single eyes, the raindrops dripped down from his eyelashes, and he didn't blink.Estimating the shooting range, constantly adjusting the shooting, the rhythm of the knife hanging under the index finger is very regular.

The reserve army was led by people brought by Shi Yu. These rough and rascal Mongolian merchants who were usually mixed on the ship, once they set up their crossbows, each of them was trained in an orderly manner.

This is Meng Chen's treasure at the bottom of the box.

When Shi Yu passed by Zhong Xie, he didn't take his eyes off his eyes. The steel arrow still remained. He precisely pierced the heads of others in the dense "click" and at the same time asked Zhong Xie very indifferently.

"Where is sir?"