Let's say that after Meng Crow and his party got rid of the Wei army, they went directly to the sea, and wandered on the sea for more than a month to the mouth of the Sanjiang River, where they met Zhu Asan's subordinates.

As soon as Meng Crow introduced it, everyone also recognized Meng Crow who had fought with Li Xiaofei, so they hurriedly replenished fresh water and supplies for them to continue to go south.

"I also plan to stay here for a while longer, rest well before leaving, I have money on the ship, rest assured that I will not eat my brothers in vain" Meng Crow was frightened on the ship and refused to get on the ship again.

Gao Jie, who stayed at the mouth of the Sanjiang River, pulled Meng Crow and pointed into the distance, "The Wei army has begun to assemble thirty miles away, if you stay, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave when you want to!" ”

"Eh, I'm not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, so I'll stay and defend the city with you, and you send a few people to send the women and children back!" As he spoke, Meng Crow picked up a bamboo helmet and put it on

"Brother Meng, you have to think about it, the reinforcements will arrive in a month!" Gao Jie said earnestly

"Don't worry, I'm Meng Crow!" After saying that, Meng Crow went to the dock and waved at the boat

"Gui Niang! Sister Lanzhi, you take the children and continue to walk south, and I will stay and help defend the city! ”

Gui Niang shook her head and waved her hands on the boat, but the boat had already anchored, so she had to cry goodbye to Meng Crow.

Thirty-eight days later, the ship finally arrived at the Panyu wharf, and the thirty escorted soldiers took two women and two children to Li Xiaofei's house.

When the four of them appeared in front of Li Xiaofei, Li Xiaofei and Murong Qing were stunned, and they stood for a long time before they reacted

Li Xiaofei thought he was dreaming, so he quickly pinched his arm, patted Hongrui's forehead again, and then rubbed Murong Qing's eyes

Hongrui couldn't cry anymore and hugged Li Youran, "I thought I'd never see you again, my baby!" Murong Qing also followed and hugged Li Youran and cried

Niu Lanzhi in the back also cried, "Master Li, Lao Xiang wrote you a letter before leaving, and now I will hand over the letter to you!" ”

Niu Lanzhi took out a piece of silk cloth from his arms, and many crooked words were written on the silk cloth, Li Xiaofei looked at it, and the letter entrusted Xiang Xiaoyu's wife and son to Li Xiaofei, and then the changes in Xiangyang City, his last wish was to let Li Xiaofei fight for the children of the poor family in the world and defeat Cui Ju, the old fox of the family.

The last sentence of the letter reads, "What kind of prince will Xiang Ning? Li Xiaofei should fight for the world's cold people! Xiang Xiaoyu is unique! ”

Li Xiaofei thought about himself, he is now taking refuge in the Chen family, the first family in Lingnan, but now he has handed over such a big wish to Xiaoyu to him, isn't it a big joke?

Suddenly, Li Xiaofei remembered that this letter had to be sent to Chen Hongyi as soon as possible, he couldn't send someone, he had to go by himself, his last wish was secondary, the key was that the situation in the world had changed greatly.

So after settling Niu Lanzhi Guiniang and Xiang Yongle, Li Xiaofei went to Chen Hongyi's mansion overnight.

Chen Hongyi read the letter and nodded, "You can do what you want, it just so happens that my three guard commanders are also here, you show them the letter, the old man doesn't care about your business, the old man went to say hello to Chen Wenxian overnight!" ”

After that, Chen Hongyi went out and took an ox cart to Chen Wen's mansion.

Li Xiaofei took the letter and read it again, and then looked at Zhou Dapeng, Tian Erzhuang, and Zhu Asan beside him, hoping to get their support.

Li Xiaofei handed the letter to Zhou Dapeng with both hands, let them read it together, and asked the opinions of the three of them.

Zhou Dapeng frowned, "The Northern Expedition is justified, and you can start the Northern Expedition immediately." But to the eldest brother's last wish,

To tell the truth, aren't we now dependent on the family? This Xiang Lord's last wish is contrary to our reality! ”

Li Xiaofei looked at Tian Erzhuang again, and Tian Erzhuang smiled, "Whether it's the Northern Expedition or the last wish, I think there is a chance to come true, but not now!" Our top priority now is to recruit soldiers and horses to prepare food and grass supplies! ”

Li Xiaofei felt that Zhu Asan's answer should be similar, but Zhu Asan spoke first, "There is no problem with the Northern Expedition." As for the matter of the last wish, there is no conflict between clinging to the family now and fighting for a place for the world's poor people in the future! Now, the power of the family has been hit by a lot less than before. The strongest are the Cui family and the Chen family, the Cui family is already the public enemy of the world, and it won't last long. The Chen family has been in the South China Sea for a long time, and they don't have the ability to grasp the world, and now they don't have such talents! Therefore, the wish of the Lord can be fulfilled in our hands! ”

Li Xiaofei's eyes lit up, he couldn't imagine that this strong man was so delicate, and Li Xiaofei himself didn't expect this analysis.

"Third Brother Zhu, it seems that you are really condescending to be the commander of this water division, and he is a great general every day to be worthy of your knowledge!"

Zhou Dapeng and Tian Erzhuang also looked at Zhu Asan, "Third brother!" My brothers are really not as good as you, and I will have to rely on you for guidance in the future! ”

"Master Li and the two brothers laughed, I just stayed by Old Lord Chen's side a little more time and learned a little bit of skin," Zhu Asan laughed

Li Xiaofei suddenly remembered Shen Delai, Shen De had followed Chen Hongyi for decades, so he asked, "How is Shen De's knowledge compared to Zhu Sange?" ”

The faces of the three of them changed, and Zhou Dapeng shook his head, "I'm not as good as Wen, and even worse than Wu!" ”

Tian Erzhuang nodded, "Shen De's martial arts, the four of us are not opponents together, his resourcefulness, I'm afraid he is about to catch up with Old Prince Chen, not we can catch up!" ”

"Shen De, I can't compare, it seems that the actual city government is very deep, otherwise how could I hide the sky and change to Cui Ju back then!" Zhu Asan also shook his head

"It seems that when we meet this person in the north, we have to be very careful!"

"This person may not be willing to live under others for long! Cui Ju will definitely turn his face with him in the future! Zhu Asan said with a smile

"By the way, is the bereaved family of the eldest brother sent to the Yiyangzhuang according to the old practice in the army, or?" Li Xiaofei looked at the three of them

Zhou Dapeng knew that Li Xiaofei didn't want to treat the bereaved family members of the deceased lightly, and he didn't want to break the rules of the South China Sea, "Since Brother Xiang is not Chen Jiajun's person, he naturally doesn't have to follow Chen Jiajun's rules!" You don't have to go to Yiyangzhuang, you just need to find a place for them to live in the local area! ”

"I understand, I'll keep it in my house for the time being, anyway, I'm going to go on an expedition with a few brothers soon!"

"Master Li, all the soldiers of Nanhai County together are less than 20,000, only 18,754 people, excluding the various passes and cities guarding Nanhai County, and excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled, there are about 5,000 people who can be used." Tian Erzhuang looked at Li Xiaofei

"Five thousand? Will it be a little less? Li Xiaofei felt that 5,000 people were too small compared to the army of tens of thousands in the north.

"By the way, the sailors of the South China Sea are not among the 5,000 people, because they themselves are fishermen and merchants mixed with sailors, and when they encounter the enemy, they are soldiers, if they have goods, they are merchants, and if they cast nets, they are fishermen," Zhu Asan hurriedly added

"Can the road opened by Brother Zhou to the west allow our army to enter Yizhou?" Li Xiaofei felt that it was best to attack with three soldiers and horses to have a better chance of winning, at least to find Liu Jian first.

Zhou Dapeng shook his head, "The situation is very bad, although the road to the west is open, but it is too difficult to walk, and there are cattle and horses in many places."

They can't go up, and the supply of food and grass for the brigade can't be guaranteed at all! Moreover, there are too many poisonous snakes and beasts, and there are often mountain collapses and flash floods, which is really unsatisfactory. ”

Zhu Asan saw Li Xiaofei's thoughts, "Actually, it is good to advance by land and water, we have already laid down the Sanjiangkou, and the first batch of 500 reinforcements has already rushed to reinforce, we will bring 3,000 people and 50 ships this time, as long as we firmly gain a foothold in Sanjiangkou, the Wei army's brigade will not dare to go south easily!" ”

"It seems that the three elder brothers have already prepared everything, but I, a fool, are still in the dark" Li Xiaofei has already understood now, Chen Hongyi has already secretly arranged many things, otherwise the three of them would not know so clearly about this route and troops.

"The old prince said that he didn't want to go on the Northern Expedition, but in fact, he was looking at the map every day, and he wanted to send Brother Zhou to the west because he wanted to make a surprise attack, and it was also his handiwork to let the third brother go to fight Sanjiangkou. It's just that he's really old and can't charge anymore. Tian Erzhuang explained to Li Xiaofei

"The three of us have followed the old prince back for the past few years, and we have often been training soldiers, although there are few soldiers in the South China Sea, but they are all agile men who dare to fight, 5,000 foot soldiers, 3,000 sailors, and 8,000 children are enough to sweep the south of the Yangtze River!" Zhu Asan also said

"Five thousand foot soldiers, but unfortunately there are no cavalry, if there are cavalry, we can cross the Yangtze River and continue northward in the future!" Li Xiaofei sighed

"If you don't have a horse, it doesn't mean you can't ride a horse, but of our five thousand people, one thousand of us are the best cavalry of Daliang, as well as eight hundred archers, three hundred halberders, six hundred swords and shields, six hundred axes, eight hundred spears, six hundred dead men in the city, and three hundred diggers. In three days, we will be able to summon and let Master Lee see and see."

The four of them were talking, Chen Hongyi came back with Chen Wen, the four of them got up to greet each other, Chen Hongyi waved his hand, "There is not much time, the four of you just need to gather the soldiers, and the grain and grass will be supplied by our Chen family!" Chen Wen supplied 2,000 people, I supplied 2,000 people, Chen Yuanzhi supplied 4,000 people, and the rest of the families each provided supplies for 100 to 200 people. ”

This is a large expense, the daily food and drink of 5,000 people, plus the consumption of people transporting grain and grass, a total of tens of thousands of expenses are all pressed on the Chen family and the entire Nanhai County.

"Old Lord Chen, if you occupy Jiangnan in the future, you won't need to supply grain and grass in the South China Sea, this road is too far!" Li Xiaofei said

"The grain must be sent from the South China Sea, and if it is too far, it will be converted into money and cloth for you, and you can raise a part of the grain and grass by yourself!" The old man personally sat in the rear and supplied you, and you must not wantonly collect grain in the newly occupied city, and if there was a civil uprising, the Northern Expedition would be ruined! Chen Hongyi touched his beard and continued

"We are holding the banner of righteousness to hang the people and fight crimes, if we are the same as Cui Ju and them, why can the people of the world support us?"

"Remember the teachings of Old Prince Chen!"

Chen Hongyi glared at Li Xiaofei and said, "Hmm", the word Hmm dragged on for a long time

"Grandchildren remember their grandfather's teachings, and they will definitely work together with the three eldest brothers and the soldiers of each battalion to complete the great cause of the Northern Expedition!"

Chen Hongyi smiled at this time, "Okay, good grandson!" Remember, those 600 dead soldiers who climbed the city can not use it as much as possible, they are all hard-working people! ”

Li Xiaofei was a little puzzled, but he still agreed, "Grandson, remember, it's better not to die if you die!" ”

Chen Hongyi looked at Zhu Asan, and Zhu Asan understood and explained to Li Xiaofei, "These 600 people are all sent to the army from the people who fled from other places to the South China Sea and were taken in by the old prince Chen, because the old prince has a life-saving grace for them, so their family sent a man to the army to be a dead soldier, their training is a deadly tactic, the combat power is amazing, and the patience is amazing, so don't waste it until the critical moment." They are human too! ”