Although the wild flowers bloom in spring, it is only comfortable if the sun shines high, and the rainy ones are still cold.

On the 27th day of the first lunar month, it rained by the river.

The rain was not heavy, but the Ming army huddled in Guazhou Ferry was in great pain. Even though Zheng Hongkui sent people to bring a large number of tents from the sea boat for the Ming army to camp, the wind and rain were on the riverside, which one could withstand it?

The situation of not leaving without fighting has lasted for five days. The more sincerity the Huai Army released, the more determined the Supervisor Shi Kefa would rather die than pass.

It really became a dead knot, and Lu Si couldn't solve it, either Shi Kefa's aides and Zheng Hongkui.

Both sides of Ming and Huai were at a loss.

Tens of thousands of people stay and survive, all depends on one person!

Lu Si, who was so damn, could only make his last effort. He personally picked up a pen and wrote a letter to Shi Kefa. In the letter, he no longer persuaded him to cross the south, but directly persuaded him to surrender. The end of the letter was even more intimidating, saying that if Shi Gong was stubborn, the Dashun King's Army would add swords and swords, and Shi Gong would not be able to cross the south by then!

This is so soft that it is hard.

But Lu Si knew that this letter of persuasion would not have any effect at all, because the other party was Shi Kefa.

But he had to try again, because the Huai Army could no longer spend time with Shi Kefa in Guazhou.

Two days ago, Zuo Pan'an was ordered to lead a battalion of troops to reinforce Yizhen. Four days ago, Cao Yuan also led the horse team westward to follow the remaining troops of Xiao Yuan's camp.

Now Lu Si can use more than 4,000 troops and more than 1,000 surrendered troops. Although the troops are less, they are still in an advantage over the Ming army. Even if the Huai army, as the victorious side, was affected by Jiang Yu, they are by no means comparable to the Ming army in the encirclement.

But, you can't delay any more.

If you drag on it, I am afraid that the Huai Army will complain about him and Lu Si.

This time, Shi Kefa turned against his attitude of not seeing each other a few days ago and wrote a reply letter entitled "The Book of Lu Wenzong of the Reunion".

In the letter, Shi Kefa scolded the "Huaiyang Rebellion Group headed by Lu Wenzong" in a fierce tone, and asked Lu Wenzong and other rebels to exorcise the anger of the heavens.

Not to mention surrender, there is no idea of ​​negotiation.

After writing this reply, Shi Kefa may have realized that his current situation is not good. After the thief leader was unable to persuade him to surrender, he probably would have sent troops to attack, so he wrote two more letters.

A book was given to his mother's wife, and a letter was given to his aide Ying Tingji.

The previous book did not say anything fiercely, and only said that he was a thief in Huaiyang, so please do not worry about it.

The second book is more like a suicide note and a summary of his life. The general content is that Shi Kefa, who has been in his life, vowed to serve the court to the death, and has irreconcilable with the thieves... Now that he cannot win or fight in Guazhou, he should die here to repay His Majesty's kindness for his master's grace and his teacher Zuo Gong's teachings.

"But he started his family and was lonely and cold. He has worked for more than ten years. Your Majesty has never known me. However, he used me as the Ministry of War for the Capital. If he continues to die loyally, he will be in trouble with the country!"

After leaving two final letters, Shi Kefa no longer told the generals and his staff that he wore a straw raincoat and held a sword. As long as the guerrilla Ye Mingshui stood with him, he said, "If the thief arrives, he will use a long sword to put my neck on it, so that I will not fall into the thief's hand."

He also said: "After my death, if there are loyal and righteous people, I should be buried in Meihua Ridge, Yangzhou and look north."

After receiving Shi Kefa's reply, Lu Si knew that his good intentions were difficult to accept by Shi Kefa, so he gritted his teeth and ordered the general attack.

There is no way, even if Shi Kefa dies in Guazhou and Nanming replaces people to take charge of the overall situation, he can't help but fight.

At this time, Zheng Yuanxun, a Jinshi of Yangzhou, gave an idea, and was still trying to persuade him to surrender, but not to persuade him to surrender, but to surrender the Ming army trapped at the ferry.

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In fact, there was no confrontation between the two armies of Huai and Ming dynasties at all, and there were no trenches in front of the two armies. The Ming army built some reeds on the riverside and piled them in front of the ferry, and then built some wooden fences from the ship, and deployed them at will.

The rain fell in the early morning, not heavy, but it never stopped.

After the "Defense Line", the Ming army wore a straw raincoat and sat in groups in the wind and rain, and they felt indescribable now.

If you are trapped, there are sea boats on the river that can pick them up.

If you are not trapped, trapped at the ferry, and unable to fight or leave, what's the matter?

After a few days, no matter how high Shi Gong's reputation was, the Ming army could not help but complain. Even the officers complained privately that Shi Gong was too pedantic and did not take the lives of the soldiers seriously. Some even said that Shi Gong was just for his own reputation and did not care about the lives of the officers and soldiers.

In short, there are all things to say, and there is also food and drink. If even food and drink are broken, wouldn't you know if anyone in the Ming army would have the idea of ​​tied Shi Gong to "sacrifice for the thief".

Despite the raincoat, the drizzle still rushed into my neck. The Ming army everywhere was in agony, and the most common thing they said about each other was complaining.

"Okay, let's say less. Didn't you see Shi Gong sitting in the wind and rain?" Cao Yanhu, the general secretary, stopped his subordinates from complaining, shook the rain on his body and sighed.

After hearing this, everyone was silent.

If it weren't for the fact that the supervisor would have only worn a straw raincoat and not a ship in the sea, he would have been frozen in the wind and rain, and he would have been afraid that people would have dispersed long ago.

Suddenly, a young Ming army lifted the musket in his hand, took out the fire note and started blowing it.

The person next to him looked at it and couldn't help but curse: "Sunny monkey, I'm stupid, why are you doing with a gun? Can this gun be used?"

"The thief is here!"

The young man pointed at the figures coming from opposite sides and shouted, and looked carefully at the rain in his musket room, so where could he still be able to fight.

"Come here, come here, it's a problem? Why don't you put the gun down for me!"

Cao Yanhu held up and looked out of the reed pile. Sure enough, several bandit soldiers were touching their place, but the other party did not hold weapons.

The others also stood up, but no one took the weapon, just looked at the bandits who came over curiously.

An older soldier even knocked on the young man who was holding a musket and cursed: "If you dare to release the gun, I will slash you with one knife!"

The young soldier asked his companion to say this and was so scared that he threw the musket that could not be shot in his hands on the ground.

The bandits who came over saw the Ming army poking their heads out to look at them, waved their hands, and rushed over without saying a word, then flipped over the reed pile, without any fear that these officers and soldiers would take action.

"Brothers, do you smoke?"

The bandits led by the army were not young. While slapped the rain on their heads, they took out a bag of tobacco leaves from their arms.

"Can I get two people together."

Cao Yanhu took the tobacco leaf bag, pinched it and put it in his tobacco pipe, and asked someone for a fire broker and started smoking.
Chapter completed!