As a beauty, Kong Sizhen has a habit of always dressing herself up beautifully every time she meets a man, so although she fled from Luoma Lake to Suqian in embarrassment, Kong Sizhen still redressed herself before going to see Chani, and only entered the temporary camp of the Qing army until she resumed her showmanship. In the notorious massacres such as the Ten Days of Yangzhou and the Three Massacres in Jiading, Chani's father Duoduo was the mastermind, and Kong Sizhen's father Kong Youde was an accomplice, and the two families were not only close, but also grasshoppers on a straw - if the anti-Qing restoration of the Ming Dynasty succeeded, it would be strange that the people of their two families would not be chopped into meat sauce by the angry Han army. Therefore, Kong Sizhen attaches great importance to this meeting with Chani, and is bent on getting closer to him and continuing the friendship of the previous generation.

With a towering chest, holding a small Jiangnan red oil umbrella, and facing the greedy and obscene eyes of countless men, Kong Sizhen didn't care all the way through the camp with flattering eyes, and went straight to the main tent of the Chinese army. Hearing that Kong Sizhen has become a coquettish beauty, Chani has already greeted the tent, and when he saw the pink-faced and bewitching Kong Sizhen, Chani's eyes couldn't help but widen several times, and he didn't care about the deputy generals and generals in the big tent, not to mention that Kong Sizhen still had a strong donkey, Zhou Peigong and many warriors who were good at fighting camps, grabbed Kong Sizhen's tender little hands and rubbed them, and pretended to be affectionate and shouted: "Sister, are you really my sister Kong Sizhen?" I am your fourth brother Chani, Chani of Prince Yu's Mansion. ”

"You're Fourth Brother Chani?" Kong Sizhen's pair of apricot kernel eyes showed a surprised expression, and she pouted with red lips like a little girl and shouted: "I'm Sizhen, Fourth Brother Chani, I haven't seen you for fifteen years, you are really getting more and more handsome and mighty." Between the shouts, Kong Sizhen took the initiative to throw himself into the arms of Chani, who was not much more handsome than the chimpanzee - I don't know how Kong Sizhen was embarrassed to praise him for being handsome, and Chani was the first time to meet such an active beauty, and immediately hugged Kong Sizhen tightly in ecstasy, and rubbed Kong Sizhen's crisp chest with his chest, only hating that this was not a place in his heart, otherwise Chani really wanted to correct Kong Sizhen on the spot.

Do you know what it means to have dry firewood meet a fire? At this moment, the dog man and woman of Chani and Kong Sizhen are called dry firewood, and they rub their faces and chests and hug a pillar of incense for a long time, and Chani reluctantly let go of Kong Sizhen, and pulled Kong Sizhen to sit side by side in the middle of the main seat - of course, under the table, you naturally have to touch my hand, I touch your leg, among the people brought by Kong Sizhen, only the donkey and Zhou Peigong have seats, and the others stand behind them. After everyone was seated, Chani rubbed Kong Sizhen's hand under the table and asked, "Sister Sizhen, I heard that you led the fleet into Luoma Lake today and was killed by the water thieves in Luoma Lake, is there such a thing?" ”

"Yes, if it weren't for the officers and soldiers sacrificing their lives to save each other, my sister probably wouldn't have seen the fourth brother." Kong Sizhen pretended to cry bitterly, told the story of the battle of Luoma Lake, and cried at the end: "Fourth brother, you must avenge your little sister, cut those water thieves with thousands of knives, and execute Ling Chi!" ”

"Little sister, don't worry, it's just a gang of water thieves, the fourth brother will definitely break them into pieces, give your sister this bad breath!" Chani said nonchalantly, but his hand went directly into Kong Sizhen's skirt. At this time, Zhou Peigong, who had not spoken, stood up and hugged his fists to Chani and said: "General Chani, please don't despise this gang of water thieves, last night they raided the dock of the Suqian River Defense Camp and burned the ships prepared by our military first, using a strategy to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle. Early this morning at Lake Llama, they again used their familiarity with the boats, the terrain, and the currents to defeat our fleet by a small victory. Judging from these two wars, the water thieves in Llama Lake were skillfully trained and tenacious in battle, and the people behind them were even more brave and strategic, not ordinary people. ”

"What are you? Dare to teach me a lesson? After being taught a lesson in front of a woman, Chani was furious, and saw that Zhou Peigong was dressed in cloth, not like a person with a meritorious official position, so he shouted angrily: "Come on, push this poor scholar out and cut it down." ”

"Fourth brother, slow down." Kong Sizhen hurriedly stopped Chani, stroked Chani's arm and said softly: "Fourth brother, although this Mr. Zhou Peigong Zhou has no official position, he not only has a good article, but also knows the art of war and strategy, and is a rare talent. If it is not peaceful today, the court is using people's tactics, and the little sister is trying to recommend him to the court, please ask the elder brother to look at the younger sister's face, how about sparing his life? ”

Saying that, Kong Sizhen habitually pressed her chest on Chani's arm, Chani was already fascinated by her, and when she heard this, she immediately waved to the soldier who had already pressed Zhou Peigong to the ground: "Okay, for Sizhen's sake, just spare him this time." Kong Sizhen threw a wink at Chani, and said in a flattering voice: "Fourth brother, now you want to crusade against the water thieves in Luoma Lake, and hunt down and kill the great thief Chen Jinnan of the Heaven and Earth Society, but the boat was thrown clean by Weng Wotu's waste, and he doesn't know the terrain of Luoma Lake. ”

"Okay, just listen to Sister Sizhen." The self-righteous Chani was dazed by Kong Sizhen's ecstasy soup, and asked Zhou Peigong shamelessly, "Zhou Peigong, now that this general is going to attack Luoma Lake and lacks ships, what are your clever plans, come quickly, if you say it well, this general will definitely be rewarded." ”

"Thank you, general, but please also ask the general to borrow a map, so that the grass people can explain the strategy to the general." Zhou Peigong pointed to the Luoma Lake hanging in the big tent of the Chinese army, and said respectfully. Chani waved his hand in agreement, and Zhou Peigong bowed down and walked to the map, pointed to the map and said: "General, Sigege, please see, this Luoma Lake is east of the Maling Mountains, north of the Linyi River, west of the canal, south to the Suqian waterway, although it extends in all directions, but if the water thieves want to escape, there is only one waterway to go in Suqian." Because the rivers of the water thieves going north are scarce, it is where my Daqing iron cavalry comes in, and the water thieves will not be stupid enough to go north to die; To the east are the mountains and the land, and my Great Green Battalion can easily subdue them; Although it is a canal to the west, the canal is narrow, which is not conducive to the water thieves who are good at water warfare, and the canal is the lifeblood of my Qing Dynasty, and it is tightly guarded. But the Suqian waterway is different, this waterway is only guarded by a Suqian River defense battalion, as long as this line of defense is broken, the water thieves can enter the Huanghuai waterway, the rivers and lakes in this area are dense, our Qing army is invincible, whether the water thieves go south to Hongze or take the Yellow River to the sea, it is easy. Therefore, the grass people had only advised Sigege to let the general's army assemble in Suqian, in order to block the water bandits' southward escape route, although the water thieves raided Suqian to temporarily break the blockade line, but it also proved that they were ready to escape from this waterway. ”

"It makes sense, as long as we stay in the house, the brigade of water thieves will not be able to escape." Chani nodded in agreement, and then asked: "But the great thief Chen Jinnan has already fled into the lake, if he escapes alone after putting on makeup, even if we break the Llama Lake, we will only complete half of the orders of the military headquarters." ”

"General rest assured." Zhou Peigong smiled and said with a smile: "The so-called thief also has a way, that hypocrite Chen Jinnan was taken in by the Llama Lake thieves in desperation, if he abandons the Llama Lake thieves and escapes alone, then what do the people of the world think of him?" Therefore, the grass people can conclude that Chen Jinnan will definitely flee with the Luoma Lake Water Thieves Brigade, and will not abandon them. And according to the grass people's understanding, those Llama Lake water thieves are not a group of ordinary bandits wandering around, and there are also a large number of family members in the transfer and escape, which gives us an opportunity. ”

"The analysis is good, but how should the battle be fought? Especially the ships used by our army, how to solve it? Chani asked. Zhou Peigong smiled again, and then his face showed a vicious color, and said viciously: "Before going to Luoma Lake, the grass people have asked Sigege to send a scout horse to Luoma Lake to investigate the news, and the gang of water thieves in Luoma Lake have released rumors to intimidate the ignorant fishermen in order not to fund our Qing army nearby, and coaxed them to collect all the boats and hide in more than 30 islands in the lake. These two armies are fighting, who cares about those stupid people? ”

"General, please see, the terrain of Luoma Lake is complex, and the enemy is outnumbered, which is conducive to the interspersed detours of the water thieves, and it is actually very difficult for our army to find the main force of the water thieves for a decisive battle." Zhou Peigong continued: "But the water thieves will collect the fishermen on the island, our army will not need to spend effort and time to find the main force of the water thieves, our army only needs to concentrate its forces, in addition to the main island where the water thieves are located, Guanchang Island, attack the islands in the lake in turn, and kill the enemy fishermen, those water thieves and nearby fishermen communicate marriages, and many families are hidden on the island, they must be rescued, and the main force of our army can take the opportunity to fight a decisive battle with it, and it will definitely be a big victory." ”

"Brilliant plan!" Chani and Kong Sizhen applauded together, and Chani laughed and said: "Yes, yes, good idea, those barbarian men who collaborated with the enemy have been killed, and their heads can be taken to the military department to ask for merit, as for those women...... Wha. "Killing good and risking is the specialty of the Chani army, as soon as Chani said this, the full tent will suddenly laugh lewdly, although Kong Sizhen is a woman, but she also laughed without scruples, and the long legs under the table have already been placed between Chani's legs to rub.

"Mr. Zhou, you haven't said how to get the boat, come up with another good idea for us." After discovering that Zhou Peigong was very angry with himself, Chani's attitude was much better, and he asked eagerly. Zhou Peigong smiled very easily and said: "The general doesn't have to worry, this Suqian is connected to the canal from north to south, the Yellow River from east to west, and the water transportation is developed, so it is a place where there are a lot of ships coming and going." The general was willing to take risks for my Qing Dynasty's life and death, so wouldn't those merchants and fishermen who came and go sacrifice a little and lend their ships to the general? ”

"Great idea!" Unlike Weng Wotu, who was unwilling to forcibly requisition civilian ships, Chani Ke would not care about the lives of the merchants and people, and immediately stood up and shouted: "Pass on the general's order, the whole army will block the canal and the Yellow River, and all the passing ships will be requisitioned for military use except for official ships, and they will be returned after the war!" Be sure to have enough ships to carry 6,000 troops by tomorrow evening! ”

"General, the ships that can carry six thousand troops are not enough, and the general needs to levy more." Zhou Peigong arched his hand again and said: "In order to prevent the water thieves from escaping south by boat, the general needs to ...... the ships of the expedition so and so, so that the general can completely block the water thieves and catch turtles in the urn!" ”

"Brilliant plan!" Chani praised again, and shouted at the generals, "Don't you hear clearly? Go and do what Mr. Zhou wants, whoever dares to make a mistake again, Weng Wotu will be his end! ”

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As soon as Zhou Peigong's bad idea for Chani was promulgated, Chani's 6,000-strong army immediately took action, first blocking the north-south waterways and various wharves, and then intercepting the large and small civilian ships coming and going from the south to the north. There were many outstanding soldiers of the Qing Dynasty who carried on the excellent traditions of their predecessors and plundered merchants with large amounts of gold and silver...... Hehe, these Qiu Eight Masters will not be polite. For a while, the Suqian waterway was in chaos, the crying and shouting shook the sky, and the people were devastated.

The movement here in Suqian, only in the evening of the same day, there were Luoma Lake bandits who listened to the movement and flew to Guanchang Island, but because Wu Yuanming suddenly proposed to leave Luoma Lake, Guanchang Island was also in chaos at the moment, Liu Haozi, Hong Dashan, Cai Dezhong and Gu Yanwu and others almost all gathered inside and outside Wu Yuanming's room, and tried their best to dissuade Wu Yuanming, who was already packing his luggage and preparing to leave, Zheng Xin, who had always thought that Wu Yuanming had left Luoma Lake because he was angry with her, cried like a tearful person, and regretted her rude actions very much. When the news came, everyone on Guanchang Island was shocked, and they rushed to the courtyard outside Wu Yuanming's house, and shouted loudly to the room: "Brother Wu, the big thing is not good, the Tartar army has arrived in Suqian, and they are about to kill the people on the spot." ”

"What? So fast? The leaders who were dissuading Wu Yuanming in the room were all shocked and discolored, Hong Dashan hurriedly opened the door and asked the spies, "How many Tartars have come?" From that direction? ”

"At least six thousand! It was from the direction of Xuzhou, and the leader of the team was Chani, the chief soldier of Xuzhou who was a Tartar! The spy replied, sweating profusely. Everyone's eyes turned to Wu Yuanming, who had a gloomy face, and Hong Dashan said anxiously: "Brother Wu, the army of the Tartars is coming soon, what should we do to prepare for the enemy, you can quickly get an idea." ”

Wu Yuanming was embarrassed for a while, there were many old acquaintances among the enemies, and the Mu Wangfu that was delayed was also on the road to Luoma Lake, Wu Yuanming could expose his identity at any time, once this important secret was revealed, these anti-Qing righteous people on Guanchang Island would definitely break his body into pieces, even if he escaped the butcher's knife of the anti-Qing righteous soldiers, the Qing court would inevitably hunt down and kill the whole country, Wu Yuanming, who crossed the river, was too late to escape, how to find that important person? How can you recruit talents for your father in Jiangnan? Therefore, Wu Yuanming still hesitated and refused to agree, but muttered: "You ask Chief Helmsman Chen, he has been on the battlefield for a long time, and there must be a way to retreat from the enemy." ”

"The poison in Mr. Chen's helm has been deeply rooted in his heart, and if he continues to delay, he will have to worry about his life, at this moment he is exercising his skills to drive away the poison, and he will not be out of the customs until tonight." Cai Dezhong said profusely: "And even if the chief helmsman leaves the customs at the scheduled time, he will not be able to move within three or four days, his energy will be exhausted, and he will not be able to command the battle." ”

"Brother Wu, you ...... You are a man, you are a man! Liu Haozi was so angry by Wu Yuanming's attitude that he wanted to scold his mother, but considering his friendship with Wu Yuanming, Liu Haozi still swallowed the words that were about to be scolded back into his stomach and stomped on the ground to vent. This can't blame Liu Haozi and others for putting this heavy burden on Wu Yuanming's shoulders, but there are no outstanding generals on Luoma Lake, Hong Dashanyuan is only a hundred households in the army, although he can train but can't use soldiers, and his ability to command such a big battle is somewhat insufficient; Liu Haozi and Cai Dezhong and others are just fierce generals who charge into battle, and they are not handsome; Although Gu Yanwu and others are full of poetry and books, they are only political talents, and asking them to lead troops is tantamount to pushing the army to the precipice. Only Wu Yuanming has obtained the true biography of Yao Qisheng, and has a knowledge that exceeds the ordinary number of hundreds of years, and has the ability to lead the troops to fight, plus Wu Yuanming won two battles in a row with fewer victories, so everyone in Luoma Lake regards Wu Yuanming as a matter of course as the main general, even if it is Chen Jinnan, I am afraid that he does not have such prestige.

"Brother Wu, what are your scruples?" Gu Yanwu and the others saw Wu Yuanming's hesitation, so they said to Wu Yuanming: "If you have any difficulties, even if you say it clearly, if we can solve it for you, then we will definitely not shirk." ”

"Well, no one can help me." Wu Yuanming sighed and shook Mu Meng's hand, Mu Meng understood Wu Yuanming's distress, so he whispered: "Mr. Gu, Brother Liu, I can testify to Brother Wu, he really has to go, don't force him." "The words spoken by the county lord of Mu Wangfu still have a bit of weight, Gu Yanwu and the others are sure of it, and they will not urge Wu Yuanming anymore. At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the courtyard, and everyone couldn't help but be taken aback, and shouted one after another: "Chief Helmsman Chen, your poison hasn't been expelled yet, why are you here now?" It turned out that the person who appeared in the courtyard turned out to be Chen Jinnan, who was supposed to be detoxified behind closed doors.

Chen Jinnan, who was pale, was carried into the courtyard by Zheng Xue, followed by Zheng Xin, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying, Wu Yuanming didn't dare to put up a stand at this moment, so he hurriedly went out of the room in person to help Chen Jinnan into the room with Zheng Xue, and sat down side by side, Wu Yuanming said with a bitter face: "Chief Helmsman Chen, you are highly poisonous, and you don't use your skills in the room to drive away the poison, why did you come to me?" ”

"If I don't come, Brother Wu is afraid that he will have to leave." Chen Jinnan said calmly, and stretched out his palm to Zheng Xin, Zheng Xin took out a flat cloth bag from his arms for a long time and handed it to Chen Jinnan, Chen Jinnan handed it to Wu Yuanming with both hands, Wu Yuanming was confused and took it through the cloth bag and touched it, and found that Zheng Xin snatched the gold medal over there. Wu Yuanming's heart was shocked again, and his heart was finished, Chen Jinnan is not as coaxing as Zheng Xin's little girl, should he have seen through my identity?

"Brother Wu, the things belong to their original owners, please put them away." Chen Jinnan coughed and paused, then pushed away Zheng Xue, who was beating him on the back, turned to everyone and said, "Heaven and earth will obey orders." ”

"Follow the instructions of the Archbishop." Including Zheng Xue and Zheng Xin, they all stood up to Chen Jinnan's hand, hugged their fists and bowed together, Chen Jinnan pointed at Wu Yuanming and said weakly: "From now on, no matter what the situation is, the Heaven and Earth Association will not hurt a single hair of Wu Yuanming's brothers, and those who violate the order will be severely punished by the rules." ”

"Yes!" Although the people of the Heaven and Earth Congregation were very surprised by Chen Jinnan's order, they still agreed in unison. Most of the other people were also full of suspicion, and said in their hearts What does this mean, could it be that Wu Yuanming and Heaven and Earth will have enmity, so Chen Jinnan gave this order? Only a few people who know the truth understand in their hearts that Chen Jinnan is appeasing Wu Yuanming and uniting all anti-Qing forces. Chen Jinnan turned to Liu Haozi again, and said softly: "Liu Yingying, for the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, in order to resist a strong enemy, I ask you to also give an order, no matter what happens in the future, your team is not allowed to harm Brother Wu at all." Liu Yingying, can you agree? ”

"What did Chief Helmsman Chen say? Brother Wu and I are closer than brothers, if anyone dares to offend him, I am the first to cut that bastard to make Brother Wu angry, how can I hurt him? Liu Haozi shouted loudly. However, when he saw Chen Jinnan's serious face, Liu Haozi still turned his head and shouted to everyone: "The people of Luoma Lake listen to Lao Tzu, from now on, no matter what happens, you have to listen to Brother Wu's words, and you are not allowed to hurt him, if anyone dares to be disobedient, Lao Tzu will slash him with a knife!" ”

"Got it." "Understood." "Listen to Brother Liu, listen to Brother Wu." The answers of the Luoma Lake bandits were uneven, but the enthusiasm in the words was not comparable to that of the people of the Heaven and Earth Society. Chen Jinnan nodded with difficulty, and smiled at Wu Yuanming: "Brother Wu, you don't have any worries now, right?" Whether the alliance of Llama Lake and our Heaven and Earth Society can repel the Tartars is all up to you. ”

Wu Yuanming pondered for a long time, and suddenly took the sweat handkerchief in Mu Meng's hand, covered his face and tied it up behind his head, and then said to the people of Luoma Lake and the Heaven and Earth Society: "Since everyone looks up to me Wu Yuanming, then I, Wu Yuanming, also swear to advance and retreat with all my friends and kill the Tartars together!" But there is one thing I hope you will forgive, because Wu Yuanming has unspeakable hardships, so from now until he kills the Tartars, Wu Yuanming will show his face in case of accidents. ”

"No problem." Everyone agreed, and Liu Haozi hurriedly shouted: "Brother Wu, now that the army of the Tartars has been assembled in Suqian, forcibly requisitioning civilian ships, and will attack Guanchang Island in a day or two, what should we do next, should we fight or withdraw, you can quickly get an idea." ”

"Luoma Lake is relatively narrow, and it is a thorn in the eye of the Tartars, which is not conducive to our army's long-term persistence, and only by turning to Hongze Lake is a long-term solution." Wu Yuanming said in a deep voice: "But if you want to fight Hongze Lake, you must take the Suqian waterway, so our army must first defeat the Tartar army that came to attack and blockade Suqian before it can be transferred safely." ”

"There is a huge disparity in strength between our troops and the Tartar army, how should this battle be fought?" Everyone was more concerned about this, and asked Wu Yuanming one after another. Wu Yuanming gritted his teeth and said: "I will think of a way in the morning, these days are the rainy season of Luoma Lake, and there is a lot of rain, and the Tartar army will definitely not guard against us using fire in the rain, so we will ...... them Burn the tartars with a fire! ”