"No! Now that the soldiers have not been withdrawn outside the city, my mother is here, and it is good to arrive safely, if I am caught by the sergeant of the dog thief, how can I explain to my father! Zhu Wenzheng hurriedly stopped.

"Since Yuan Zhang has sent troops from a poor country, this battle must be a decisive battle! Now that he has led his troops, the siege of Hongdu can be solved in an instant, and it is useless for me to stay here. Besides, as Yuan Zhang's wife, how can I not be by my side at such a juncture? Don't say more, and care about Hongdu! Ah Xiu said.

"Madame is right, Wenzheng, let Madame go!" Su Xinzheng came in with Shouqian in her arms, and when she saw that Ah Xiu was leaving, Wen Zheng didn't follow it, so she persuaded her, "Madame has a strong temperament, and she is a husband and wife in distress with Guogong, if you don't accompany each other at this time, Mrs. Yu will never be able to do it." Besides, I have followed my wife for many years, and I know very well that she is extremely cautious, and she often anticipates things like a god, and she will be fine. ”

Seeing this, Zhu Wenzheng sighed, knowing that he couldn't keep it, so he asked Su Xin to go outside the door and call someone to find Deng Yu to escort Axiu out of the city. Ah Xiu insisted on refusing, Zhu Wenzheng didn't beat Ah Xiu in the end, so he could only listen to her. So Ah Xiu changed his clothes as when he came, said goodbye to Su Xin and Wenzheng, and left Hongdu City from Shuiguan at dusk.

Ah Xiu dived far before he dared to show his head, and continued to move forward gently with breaststroke, and only climbed ashore when he was far away from Chen Youliang's army. After walking a few miles along the waterway overnight, my hair and clothes were almost dry, I saw a dilapidated pier by the water, on which several fishing boats were moored. If there is a boat, there will be people, Ah Xiu thought. Continuing to walk, sure enough, there was a shack not far from the shore, and there seemed to be a candle flame in it.

Ah Xiu knocked on the door, and when the people inside opened the door, Ah Xiu saw that it was a young fisherman couple, so he gave a deep salute, indicating that he wanted to rent a boat to go to Yingtian or Poyang Lake, the couple was full of suspicion, and asked Ah Xiu what his origin was.

When the young man heard this, he and his wife looked at each other, and they were very puzzled, so the man asked again: "Now that Hongdu has been besieged for more than three months, Chen Youliang can't attack the city, so he can only send troops to besiege it." You can't even fly a bird, how do you get out? As he spoke, he grabbed the harpoon and said, "Don't be rhetorical! If you don't explain it, you don't have to leave today! ”

Seeing this, Ah Xiu only bet that this person was a local person who supported Hongdu, and it was a big deal to arrest himself. So his heart was crossed, and his face was straight: "I am the cousin of Zhu Wenzheng, the general of Hongdu, and the city is about to run out of food, so I will go to Poyang Lake to move the rescue soldiers!" ”

The couple couldn't hide their surprise when they heard this, and when they looked at each other, the man actually took the harpoon and said, "Do you have a credential?" Ah Xiu said: "If you don't believe it, just hand me over to the Chen Dog Thief Army to ask for a reward." ”

Seeing Ah Xiu like this, the man hurriedly confessed and said: "Sister, don't be like this, although we are ordinary people, we also understand some truth. Marshal Zhu of Hongdu has always appeased our people, and now that he is Marshal Zhu's sister, of course we have to help you! ”

The young woman also said, "Exactly, except that my boats are not very large, and the wind has been blowing on the lake recently. There are a few horses in the village that were fostered in my house by the army before the siege, but now only my younger brother is guarding at home, and my sister can go on horseback, isn't it faster? ”

Ah Xiu nodded in thanks, and the woman asked her husband to carry a harpoon and send Ah Xiu to the village to fetch the horses.

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Early in the morning of July 19, Ah Xiu rode around the road and rushed to the north of Poyang Lake, and saw from a distance that the lake in the distance was full of boats of all sizes, and the sails were connected.

The lookout sentry saw it and informed Xu Da, Xu Da didn't recognize it at first, Ah Xiu was helpless, scolded him a few words, Xu Da recognized it as the main mother, because he didn't know that she had run away, and thought she was coming with him, so he quickly ordered a boat to pick him up. He also ordered someone to go to the main ship near Songmen in front to inform Zhu Yuanzhang.

Ah Xiu boarded the big boat, and Xu Da saw that her face was gray, and he hurriedly arranged a room for her to freshen up. Ah Xiu finished packing up, and the person who reported the news happened to come back, saying that Zhu Yuanzhang invited Ah Xiu to go over the main ship, and Xu Da took a small boat to see Ah Xiu in person.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard that Ah Xiu was coming, he was anxious, angry and happy. The urgency is that this is about to be a decisive battle, and it is really dangerous for Ah Xiu to come to him; The angry thing is that Ah Xiu not only cut first and then played, but also went to Hongdu for three months, and only occasionally released a carrier pigeon to report safety; The good thing is that Hongdu has not lost so far, most of it is due to Ah Xiu, and now he can finally see Ah Xiu, but he is really excited about his worries.

After Ah Xiu got on the main ship, Zhu Yuanzhang ignored the presence of many generals and went up to hug Ah Xiu to his chest. Seeing this, the generals stepped aside one after another, pretending to be discussing the war.

Ah Xiuteng blushed, and whispered as if he was happy and angry: "Yuanzhang, you let go of me, and the generals are present, what will it be." Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care, he hugged it, as if as soon as he let go, Ah Xiu flew away.

Ah Xiu Yuguang saw Xu Da and Liu Bowen holding back a smile, and even felt that the roots of his ears were hot, and his heart was pounding, so he desperately broke away from Zhu Yuanzhang's arm, stomped his feet and whispered: "It's all an old person, it's so boring to be such a child!" Now it's right to ask you how to deal with the enemy! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang saw Ah Xiu say this, and saw her red ears again, knowing that she was very shy, he also laughed embarrassedly twice, and hurriedly asked people to take the map, pointed it out to Ah Xiu, and said: "Now our ship is here, and Chen Youliang's ship is gathering on this line to move this way." ”

When Ah Xiu remembered it, he saw that the shores of the lake in many places had retreated a lot due to drought, and after thinking about it, he asked Zhu Yuanzhang: "What is the depth of the water in this lake?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang replied: "Now the water level at this end of us is deep and smooth, and the water level on Chen Youliang's side is shallow, and there are many reefs. ”

Ah Xiu said with a smile: "No, I saw the lake shrinking due to drought for days, and I was worried that our ships would be damaged and run aground." When I came, I saw the fleet of the Chen army, probably because I was afraid of running aground, and the formation was very dense. In the end, Yuan Zhang and Xu Da Bowen and they should discuss. ”

Ah Xiu thought to himself: I have said all the important things, the shrinkage of the lake has no effect on a ship like ours that is not too big, Chen Youliang's giant ship may not be, if you are smart, you will seize the opportunity, defeat the enemy with one move, and beat him all over the ground to find teeth, haha!

The speaker is intentional, and he naturally has a heart when he listens, Zhu Yuanzhang is sensitive to realize that Ah Xiu's words this time are the same as when he reminded himself that Zhu Wen was in Hongdu, and Zhu Yuanzhang was secretly grateful to Ah Xiu for his secret support and allocation.

So Zhu Yuanzhang walked to everyone's side and said: "Berwyn, now that Chen Youliang's warships are gathering, when do you think it's better to start a war?" When Liu Bowen heard the question of himself, he replied: "In Berwyn's humble opinion, it is better to line up the battle on the 21st tomorrow and start the war on the 21st." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Who can be a pioneer?" Liu Bowen said: "It has to be Xu Da!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "It's very much to my liking!" This battle must be Xu Da. So I'd like to ask Berwyn to arrange it. So he gave the order to go, and the whole formation was waiting for a battle.

On the night of the 20th, on the eve of the war, Zhu Yuanzhang did not share a room with A Xiu, and before the war, ordinary men were not close to women. Ah Xiu had insomnia, so he walked to the deck of the ship and looked at Chen Youliang's fleet in the dark night opposite, and was distracted.

Liu Bowen said that the war will start tomorrow, it seems that I can't sleep tonight, since I crossed back, it has been so many years, those wonderful battles in the history books, I have tried to watch as much as possible, the defense of Hongdu, I also participated, as a tourist in this era, how much can I do?

Ah Xiu thought like this, staring at the lights on the opposite ship, and suddenly, she realized something: why are the lights of the enemy ship so high?! Wrong! It's boat height! In this way, once a war breaks out, when the ships of both sides cross each other, won't there be no angle of attack at all?! Did Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen think of it? Did Xu Da think of it?

No way! The more Ah Xiu thought about it, the more angry he became, and he was about to turn around and ask Zhu Yuanzhang, but he bumped into a person! Ah Xiu was startled, let out a low snort, and took a closer look, but it was Xu Da.

Xu Da was also taken aback, and hurriedly apologized: "I saw someone here, and I was about to step forward, but unexpectedly, Mrs. turned around." What is the madame anxious about? ”

Ah Xiu thought about it, so he asked you directly, so he asked him: "I just saw that the enemy ship is very high from the water, so once you fight in close combat, I don't know how the general plans to deal with the enemy?" ”

Xu Da was stunned for a moment, and replied with a smile: "Don't hide it from Mrs., Xu Da also came out of the boat for this reason." Xu Da doesn't have any good methods, I don't know what Mrs. thinks? ”

A Xiuxin said: "Okay, you Xu Da, are you a fox?" You lied to me two years ago, and now you're coming again? On the other hand, he smiled quietly: "Is the general testing me again like before?" ”

Xu Da's face showed embarrassment when he heard this, and he apologized: "Madam misunderstood, I really didn't think of a way in the boat, so I came out to take a look." Madame, if you have any way, please give me some advice. ”

Ah Xiu sighed and said, "I thought General Xu was a hero who spoke up, and he was also a hero who stood up to the sky when the sky fell, but I didn't expect you to be so cautious about telling the truth." In my opinion, the big war is imminent, so you don't have to be so careful, just say it. He added: "Well, let me tell you directly, how many guns do your sergeants have?" ”

Xu Da was shocked when he heard this, and his face showed a look of horror, although the sky was dark, Ah Xiu still noticed it: "How?" I want you to get close to an enemy ship, first climb onto the ship with a rope, and then attack the enemy sergeant with a gun and bow. What's wrong? ”

Xu Da's suspicion was even worse, so he could only force his composure and asked, "Is Madam talking about the fire gun?" Xu Da had never heard of the word "gun". ”

Ah Xiu became suspicious and asked, "Isn't that thing that shoots the enemy with gunpowder called a musket?" ”

Xu Da replied: "Mrs. Hui, I don't know how Mrs. came up with such a strange name, but according to Mrs. Hui's description, it looks like a fire gun." ”