There is a three-story restaurant in the middle of Jingzhoumen Street in Xiangyang, which is called Jingzhou Restaurant. It ranks among the top five in Xiangyang City. Because of the instability of the war, the original owner always wanted to transfer it, and some people wanted to take it over, but
Can't agree on price.
This time the puppet Qi invaded Jingxiang on a large scale, and the clouds of war shrouded the land of Jingxiang. The original owner had to sell it at half the price. Not long ago, he finally sold it for 3,000 guan.
The person who bought this restaurant was naturally Hu Yanlei. He had sneaked into Xiangyang with more than a dozen of his men, and later sent his master and apprentice Feng Shaoyou to Changshou County to investigate news about Yingzhou.
Hu Yanlei not only bought this restaurant with gold, but also bought the Hanshui Inn, which is about three miles away, and the Wolong Carriage and Horse Shop in the south of the city. The reason why he bought the three restaurants was also out of consideration for the three caves of the cunning rabbit. The restaurant and the inn
It became Hu Yanlei’s intelligence center.
However, the chariot route is relatively hidden and is their retreat.
The small courtyard where Hu Yanlei rented is in the alley diagonally opposite the restaurant, very close.
Of course, after the war is over, restaurants, inns and carriage shops will not be unsold and will become military assets of Chen Qing’s army.
At noon that day, Hu Yanlei came to the restaurant to have dinner as usual. The owner of the restaurant, Lao Xie, gave him a wink. This old Xie is called Xie Ming. He is about fifty years old. His son is the captain of Chen Qingjun, and he himself
He opened a tavern at home and was spotted by Hu Yanlei, so he became a member of the Second Scout Battalion.
Hu Yanlei understood and went directly to the shopkeeper's room in the backyard. After a while, Lao Xie walked in quickly. He looked outside and immediately closed the door.
Hu Yanlei smiled and said: "Lao Xie, do you have any news?"
"Just now three generals of the Puppet Qi Army came over for a drink. They mentioned that they seemed to be testing a boat in East Lake tonight, and then I asked Xiaosi to go to East Lake to deliver food and take a look at what's going on?"
East Lake is located in the east of the city, close to the city wall. It is a long and narrow lake with a small area of only a few dozen acres. It is surrounded by farmers' vegetable fields. Generally, few people go there. Now that the weather is cold, there is no going there.
‘Boat’ is definitely a sensitive word, so shopkeeper Lao Xie immediately paid attention to it.
Hu Yanlei is also interested and actually wants to test the ship. Is there any ship in Xiangyang?
"Shopkeeper!" Someone shouted outside, it was the bartender Xiao Si who was back.
Lao Xie quickly opened the door and let Xiao Si in. Xiao Si unexpectedly saw Hu Yanlei, scratched his head and said, "The commander is here too!"
Hu Yanlei glared at him fiercely, and Xiaosi was so frightened that he quickly changed his words, "It turns out the proprietor is here too!"
"If you dare to make a mistake again, I will definitely transfer you."
"I don't dare anymore!"
"Tell me! What's going on over there at East Lake?"
"Thousands of troops came to the East Lake and set up a large tent to surround the East Lake. The farmers who grew vegetables nearby said that they were no longer allowed to grow vegetables and it was designated as a military area. Anyone who dared to go there would be killed."
"What's happening in East Lake, have you seen it?"
Xiao Si shook his head, "Soldiers are standing guard in a dense manner and no one is allowed to approach. I don't know what is happening in the lake?"
Hu Yanlei thought for a moment and smiled: "I will donate some incense money to Hongfu Temple, and I will stay in the temple tonight."
"What a plan!"
Lao Xie gave a thumbs up. Hongfu Temple is about two miles away from East Lake. There is a prayer tower in the temple. It is the second tallest building in Xiangyang City, second only to the Beicheng Tower. Although there is a Zhuge Mountain near Beicheng with a Jiajia Tower on the mountain.
Lengta can overlook the whole city. Unfortunately, it is too far away to see the situation of East Lake clearly.
That night, Hu Yanlei donated 50 pieces of incense money to Hongfu Temple, saying that today was the anniversary of his grandfather's death, and he wanted to stay one night upstairs to pray for his grandfather.
For the sake of fifty guan incense money, not just one night, but ten nights is fine.
Hu Yanlei entered the tower that night with his quilt and two followers.
Two followers were standing guard below, and Hu Yanlei came to the top of the tower alone, where he could indeed see everything happening in East Lake.
The lake was brightly lit, and dozens of small boats were filled with soldiers. There was a large boat in the middle of the lake. Hu Yanlei recognized the large boat. It was a painted boat teahouse, parked on the Qinghe River. A very distinctive boat-shaped teahouse was raped by the army.
Enlisted.
The boat was moving slowly, and boats from all directions were besieging it. They threw black objects onto the boat one after another, and then threw a few torches, and the boat burst into flames.
Hu Yanlei suddenly realized that what they threw up must be clay pots of kerosene. These guys were practicing siege of warships.
You don’t need to ask Hu Yanlei to know that the Puppet Qi’s target must be the Song Army’s warships in the Han River.
He opened his eyes wide and carefully observed every detail of the boat in the lake.
Since the armistice between the two armies, many places occupied by the puppet Qi army have temporarily relaxed control, but Xiangyang still maintains a state of high tension. Dong Xian established a strict system, and the city gates were only opened for an hour every morning
, and it is limited to the West Gate, allowing farmers outside the city to come in to sell vegetables. When entering the city, they must receive a sign and hand it back when leaving the city. Anyone who violates the rules and fails to hand in the sign, or fails to leave the city in time, will be severely punished.
The same goes for leaving the city. If you want to leave the city temporarily, you must apply to the government. If you have a good reason to leave the city, you must pay a deposit as well as a famous person in the city as a guarantee. In order to receive two exit cards, one will be given to the defenders when you leave the city, and the other will be given to the defenders when you leave the city.
Take one with you, and you must come back before the city gate closes, otherwise it will be considered as fleeing, and the deposit will be confiscated, and the guarantor will be implicated.
Early the next morning, the shopkeeper Lao Xie submitted an application to the county government for going out of the city to purchase ingredients. The reason was very good, and there was a famous gentleman as a guarantee. After the county government collected a deposit of 20 yuan, he readily issued an out-of-city sign to the restaurant.
, can be used for two months, but the premise must be that every time you leave the city, you must return to the city in time, otherwise you will be caught by the military and you will bear the consequences.
The shopkeeper Lao Xie and the bartender Xiaosi drove a donkey cart out of the city. They were going to buy fish. There were no fishing boats or fishermen in Hanshui River, but there were people fishing in Tanxi Lake, and there was a small village there.
More than half an hour later, Lao Xie and the two bought hundreds of kilograms of fresh fish and came back smiling. They handed in the exit sign at the city gate and took back the exit sign. Next time, they can use the two exit signs to buy vegetables and sake outside the city.
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At night, two vehicles and ships rumbled across the Han River. There were not many vehicles and ships at night, and only a dozen patrolled the river to prevent the puppet Qi army from building pontoons overnight. Most of the ships were moored around Yuliangzhou, an island in the middle of the Han River.
A large military camp was also built on the island, and eight thousand soldiers were stationed in the military camp.
Five thousand of the eight thousand soldiers were originally prisoners of war from Yang Yao's army. Chen Qing used them to trample and maneuver the vehicles and ships. One vehicle and ship required fifty people, and one hundred vehicles and ships had exactly five thousand people. But now these five thousand prisoners of war have been
Reorganized into the Song Army, they took turns patrolling the Han River. Niu Gao trained them during the rest of the time and trained them to become qualified soldiers of the Chen Family Army.
But tonight all training has stopped, all soldiers are in their respective positions, and all three thousand official Song troops are on board, waiting to face the night sneak attack.
Hu Yanlei set up a point by Tanxi Lake. Two of his men were stationed there, using fishing as a cover. Lao Xie told him the information in the city, and then the two men outside the city passed the information on.
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The original intention of setting up an intelligence point outside the city was to prevent Xinying from being discovered by soldiers in the city. Unexpectedly, it was now suitable to restrict the request to leave the city. As long as the shopkeeper Lao Xie pretended to come outside the city to buy food, the intelligence was sent out.
Niu Gao got the news from them that the puppet Qi army would use small boats to attack patrol vehicles and ships at night during these two days.
Time gradually arrived at one o'clock, when a group of vehicles and boats were patrolling to the west, dozens of small boats silently sailed into the Han River from the Cao River connecting Xiangyang City and the Han River.
They quickly sailed towards Yuliangzhou along the south bank of the Han River, but they didn't know that just as they left the Caohe River, the mouth of the Caohe River was blocked by several large fishing boats coming from the opposite bank, and the retreat of dozens of small boats was blocked.
