Chapter 1283: The transmission of information is blocked
After the merchant ship lowered its sails and stopped, it jumped from the side of the clipper to a group of clear soldiers.
"Where did you come from, where did you go?" A leading Qing soldier asked casually as he stabbed and carried bags of goods on a merchant ship.
The captain of the boat greeted him with a group of boatmen, and said with a smile: "Master Jun, the small one is a good people, who came from Beizhili and was entrusted by the owner to transport this batch of goods to Wusong ......." ”
"Don't you know that there is a battle on the Yangtze River?" The leading Qing soldier squinted and threatened, "Don't you see that there are no boats on this river?" It's really a money-hungry thing! ”
"Yes, yes......." The boat boss said with a smile, "Isn't there a few people in the family who have to feed, wait for the rice to go to the pot...... The military master raised his hand and let the little ones go. ”
As he spoke, the boat boss quietly stretched out his hand and stuffed a purse of silver into the leading Qing soldiers, which felt so heavy!
The leading Qing soldier suddenly smiled, shook it in his hand, and scolded with a smile: "It's really interesting?" ”
"That's, that's." The boat boss smiled.
"Gotta ...... Count you lucky to meet me who is so easy to talk to, otherwise...... Look at the shore, full of fools who don't know whether to live or die. ”
The captain of the boat hurriedly thanked him: "No wonder I met a magpie when I went out, and I was able to meet a nobleman, it turned out that this should be on the military master." ”
This flattery made the leading Qing Bing happy, and he kicked his foot on the goods casually, "Go, go...... Get out of here. ”
After speaking, he led his men to reflexively cross the side of the ship.
The boss of the ship couldn't help but wipe his sweat, glanced at the crew around him, and was about to set anchor and start the ship.
But at this time, another fast boat full of Qing soldiers came from the shore, and the one standing in the bow was obviously a leader.
"Don't sail!"
When the leading Qing soldiers heard this, they immediately shrank back.
The captain of the ship was startled, and hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Master Jun, what's the matter?" ”
The leading soldier had a cold face, threw the silver he had just received back into the arms of the boat boss, and said coldly: "You ...... It's a mess. ”
After speaking, he shouted at the Qing soldiers beside him: "It's all up to you." ”
The Qing soldiers rushed up and pinned the ship's boss and crew to the deck.
At this time, the later clipper approached, and the leader of the bow of the ship brought a dozen Qing soldiers onto the merchant ship.
"Have you checked it out?"
The leading Qing soldiers hurriedly met him and said, "Lord Chen, I have checked it, and I have not seen any abnormal ......." ”
With a "snap", the leader slapped him hard, and knocked the leading Qing soldier fan to the ground, "I think about fighting the autumn wind all day long, if you let go of a fine work, your whole family will die!" ”
After saying that, the leader ordered, "Search carefully!" ”
In front and behind, fifty or sixty Qing soldiers suddenly wried and searched like wolves.
The captain of the ship asked with a frightened face: "This general, the little ones are ordinary people...... ”
"Ordinary people?" The leader sneered, "Ordinary people dare to go south at this time? Look at the river, are there any boats going south? ”
"The small one is waiting for the rice to go to the pot......
"Phew, what about the ghosts, there are ordinary people who seek death like this?" The leader ignored the captain and shouted, "Look at him...... I searched carefully with my eyes wide open, and if I missed one, go back and wait for death! ”
The ship's boss was in a cold sweat, and at this time, suddenly a Qing soldier shouted from behind the cabin, "Lord Chen, is there a ...... Belch. ”
The voice was cut off suddenly, followed by the sound of fighting.
The leader of the Qing soldiers reacted quickly and shouted: "Take the spies!" ”
At this time, the boss of the ship who was pressed on the deck suddenly shouted: "Hengzhi is a death, fight!" ”
Then he burst into flames, threw a soldier to the ground, and scuffled.
A few boatmen brought by the captain of the boat immediately fought with the Qing soldiers.
The leader of the Qing soldiers smiled strangely, "It's really a spy...... Kill! ”
A moment later, all the people on the three merchant ships were killed, and more than 20 corpses floated on the river, which looked even more miserable and pathetic.
At this time, in the grove on the east bank of the river, a man in his twenties was already in tears, "Dad...... Elder brother...... You will protect me in heaven, and you will send the news back! ”
……。
Song An heard that Wu Zheng had come to Huai'an, and he was so anxious that he rushed to Wusong from Hangzhou Mansion.
And crossed the river overnight and rushed to Taixing.
At this time, Taixing and Taizhou had been captured by the enemy, and more than 800 Taizhou guards defending the city fought to the last man, and the whole army was wiped out.
Fortunately, this time, this Manqi army did not slaughter the city, not that they found it out and showed kindness, but that their goal was to cut off the retreat of Taizhou Wei.
In other words, only 2,000 people remained in the city, and the main force of the enemy's cavalry immediately advanced to Rugao and Tongzhou in the east.
Song An, with the assistance of the local governor Lin Wei's dark pile, finally entered the city and settled down.
"Big stall ......." A Changlin Wei choked up before he could say anything, "Eighty brothers in Taixing City...... There are only seven of us left. ”
Song An said coldly: "How did they die?" How did you survive? ”
"Eight hundred Taixing guards are guarding the city, and the troops are insufficient, so the stall leader led us to the city to support, and fought a bloody battle...... The whole army is gone! ”
"How did you survive?"
"Seeing that the stall couldn't hold on, it happened that seven of us and the others were wounded, so they ordered us to retreat to the city and hide in the houses...... The head of the stall didn't want all Taixing Changlin Wei to die. ”
Song An looked at the more or less injuries on the seven people, and couldn't help sighing, Changlinwei had insufficient manpower in Jiangbei, and Taixing City was still more manpower because of Taizhou Wei in the north, but there were eighty people, and after the first battle, there were only seven people.
"Is there any news from the north?"
"Since three days ago, there has been no news...... According to the public, the enemy has blocked the land and waterway from the Yanzhou capital. ”
Song An frowned and said, "What about Lin Wei, the director of Taizhou, Xinghua, and Baoying...... No news coming either? ”
"Nope. The enemy's cavalry blocked the passages, and the messenger was afraid that he would not be able to cross. ”
Song Ci'an thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "You guys clean up and go north with me." ”
A Chang Lin Wei, whose injured leg was still oozing blood, hurriedly said: "At this time, the head of the big stall is going north, and I am afraid that I will not be able to pass the blockade of the Qing army." ”
Song An raised his eyebrows and said: "If you can't get by, you have to get by, the prince is trapped in Huai'an, how can I sit back and watch as Chang Linwei?" The First Army is already preparing to cross the river, and if the coast is blocked by enemy cavalry, the casualties of our army will be very large, which will affect the relief of the siege for the prince...... In addition, Lin Wei, the director of the Taizhou, Xinghua, and Baoying branches, did not know what the current situation was, and asked me to personally go to investigate the situation....... ”
Speaking of this, Song An frowned and said, "You...... It is possible to stay. ”
I didn't want that person to stand up, and said loudly: "Even the prince and the stall head are heading north, how dare you shrink back from your humble position...... Please take me with you, once you are in danger, your humble duties will not drag you down! ”
When Song An heard this, he was a little moved, he took a long breath, and said with his jaw bowed: "It's okay...... Count you in. ”