"I think back to Gong Jin's time, when Xiao Qiao got married for the first time and was completely wiped out."
I probably only remember this. When I read it out, Jiang Caiwei on the left nodded and listened. Only Li Dawan on the right made the scenery look bad.
"Xiao Qiao is married? This guy named Gong Jin has been reduced to ashes?"
"Eat your melon seeds." Xu Mu was speechless.
This time, the two ladies came with the baggage train. They were near the danger of the river and would return to Fufeng City later. They came and went in a hurry, so it was time to ease their thoughts.
"My boss, we've sent people to pile the lumber that we brought in at the official warehouse in the south of the city." Chen Sheng, like a butler, started shouting from a distance.
Seeing only Brother Sheng's empty sleeve, Xu Mu felt a little uncomfortable.
"Brother Sheng, have a bowl of hot tea."
"My boss, there are still logs piled up in Fufeng City, and the roads are muddy on rainy days. I'm afraid I'll miss the time. I'll have a drink with my boss next time."
Chen Sheng's eyes looked towards the river, and finally there was a hint of unfulfilled silence. He hesitated for a long time, and finally summoned up the courage to speak.
"My boss, if you are short of manpower someday, don't forget that I, Chen Sheng, can still hold a sword."
Xu Mu clasped his fists.
Jiang Caiwei and Li Dawan also held up umbrellas, took small steps, looked back at Xu Mu for a few times, then entered the rain curtain, and slowly disappeared from sight with the rumble of the motorcade.
Withdrawing his gaze, Xu Mu turned to the other side.
In the open space under the curtain of rain, Yu Wenzheng was sharpening his gun before the battle, training more than 2,000 newly recruited people from Bailu County.
Most of them were boatmen and boatmen who lived on river water. When they heard that there was military pay, they immediately enlisted in the army.
"There are enemy troops in Muyunzhou. They will come up the river, burn my home, and humiliate my wife and children. If a seven-foot man dare not carry a three-foot sword to protect his family and country, he will be like a pig or a dog."
"Raise your bow and shoot down the grass target two hundred paces away!"
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Xu Mu sat down in silence. Outside the simple wooden pavilion, the wind and rain continued. On the far river bank, Wei Feng was leading people to fill up the river sand and fill the dike that had been overflowed by the river.
The most dangerous thing in the county near the river is the river flood that breaks out in the rainy season. If we are not careful, half of Bailu County may be flooded before Chen Changqing comes to attack.
Someone approaches.
Si Hu, who was picking the cow's nose, suddenly pulled his hand and stood up hastily. When he saw the appearance of the person coming, he sat down again in dismay.
Li Zhiqiu was dressed in white, and his eyes seemed a little tired. When he entered the wooden pavilion, he first poured a bowl of hot tea and drank it by himself.
"Master Li, thank you for your hard work." Xu Mu turned around and handed over his hand.
Li Zhiqiu sighed and sat down.
"The two nearby gangs of river bandits were wiped out by you and me. The warships we obtained, including those that needed to be repaired, were only more than 200, and the number of people on them was less than 10,000."
"Including the drafted awnings and small river boats, there are only a hundred -"
Li Zhiqiu stopped talking, raised his head, and looked at Xu Mu with burning eyes.
"I just want to ask, does the little boss have any good ideas?"
Including the boats, there are only more than 10,000 soldiers who can enter the river. How are we going to fight this water battle? Moreover, boats like these cannot even be equipped with racket poles. After all, if the racket poles are installed, the weight will be uneven and the risk of capsizing is very high.
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"With Chen Changqing's momentum and the charge of the battleship, he will definitely want to engage in a boarding battle." Seeing that Xu Mu did not speak, Li Zhiqiu added with a wry smile.
The boarding battle is a hand-to-hand battle on the water. After the two ships get close, they hit the sticks hard and fight with swords.
"Master Li, is the plan of the fire boat really impossible?"
"The building boat clearing the way is covered with animal skins and cannot start a fire in a short period of time. My dear boss, you and I both know that the only thing that can take advantage of this water battle is a fire. But what will happen to this fire?
Only by burning can you burn it, this is the key."
Xu Mu frowned.
Gong Jin used to fake surrender back then. How could he cheat? With Chen Changqing's temperament, even if he sent ten surrender generals, he would stab them all.
I have a deep hatred that I will never be able to resolve for eight lifetimes.
The three shield ships built by the Wei family were his last resort. But the battlefield was changing rapidly, and the three small chess pieces would have no effect if they were not careful.
"Time is running out."
In the pavilion, Xu Mu and Li Zhiqiu suddenly stood up and stood side by side, looking at the rain curtain outside.
"General Xu."
At this time, Yu Wen, who was practicing, hurried over.
"Muyunzhou's edict against rebellion."
"wet?"
"Borrowing the wind, we put them in dry gourds and floated them along the river. At least... there were hundreds of them, and many people picked them up."
Xu Mu frowned, took the edict from Yu Wen's hand, opened it and saw that there was no surprise in the content.
It was nothing more than obeying the emperor's imperial edict and raising millions of soldiers to fight against this traitorous criminal. He also asked the three kings of Shuzhou to mobilize their troops to attack Bailu County from all sides.
"There is no need to worry about the three kings in Shu for the time being." Li Zhiqiu looked at it and said in a serious voice, "It's still what I said before. Chen Changqing is known as a million soldiers, but combined, it's just Muyunzhou, Cangzhou, and the
The Jiang bandits who had been recruited for peace were defeated, numbering about two hundred thousand in number."
"But the edict against rebellion should be widely distributed throughout the world."
"The one-eyed dog is very confident." After tearing the edict into pieces, Xu Mu was about to reach out, but Si Hu hurriedly ran to the other side.
After being stunned for a moment, Xu Mu threw the shredded paper into the rain.
"One-eyed dog? That's a good nickname. If you hire an assassin and blind one of his eyes, he will probably hate you to the core and will die for eight lifetimes." Li Zhiqiu was also a little amused.
"It's a pity that I didn't stab him to death."
"My little boss, have you ever thought about why a brave man suddenly wanted to tell the world and bring an army to Shuzhou to fight against rebellion?"
"First, you and I are weak, like fish waiting to be slaughtered on a knife. Second, he wants to take advantage of the opportunity to occupy Shuzhou. Third, Chen Changqing is not satisfied with holding the emperor hostage, he wants to be the emperor."
"It's reasonable and well-founded." Li Zhiqiu's face turned slightly astringent, "The times create heroes, and more often than not, they create tycoons. But in this world, if you want to be safe and secure, it is useless to have too many tycoons."
"Thousands of miles of mountains and rivers will become thousands of miles of smoke."
Xu Mu stood silently.
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It also rained in the inner city.
Taking over Zhao Wen's request for rebellion, Chang Shiro frowned.
"Zhongde, what do you think?"
"Chen Changqing's ambition has become obvious."
"Yuan An, this fool, was kidnapped, and he behaved like a stupid man." Chang Shilang tore Zhao Wen into pieces, "It is said to be a million soldiers and nearly ten thousand warships. How can this little boss fight?"
The old counselor at the side pondered for a while, "Given Mu Yunzhou's military strength, which is about 200,000 troops, there should be less than 10,000 warships. However, for the small master, it is indeed
It’s a huge number.”
Changshiro looked hesitant, and after a long time, he tied his robe again.
"Zhongde, I want to save my little boss."
The old counselor shook his head, "My lord, after we mobilized troops to the Hezhou border in the inner city area, even if we include the newly recruited new troops, our number of troops is only 70,000. In addition, although the inner city is close to Jijiang River,
But there are no warships, and even if there were, there would be no way to reach the Xiangjiang River by water."
"Does it mean that we have to fight bloody battles with a dried gourd on our back? But to prepare for a rainy day, my lord really needs to build a warship."
Changshiro obviously didn't listen to the second half of the sentence. After tying his robe, he slowly stood up and took only a few steps before letting out a deep sigh that filled the whole room.