Even though the sky is snowing heavily, the Yongji Canal construction site is still a hot scene. Hundreds of thousands of men and women fought on the huge construction site, including many families of all ages.

In order to alleviate the increasingly fierce social conflict, more landless farmers can survive in this cold winter. Yu Wenhua had to continue to recommend the whole family to the canal construction site, so that they could exchange work for food, so that more and more people were working on the construction site, and the estimated number of workers had already exceeded the estimate. Fortunately, this has also accelerated the progress of the project, and Ma Shumou is also happy to see it succeed.

There are more women and more children on the construction site, and there is laughter and laughter everywhere. Ma Shumou and Li Chun took off 10 meters into the air every day under the protection of the guards, commanding the drivers below to drive through the construction site, and constantly giving orders to the people below through the iron horn. Everywhere they went, they could startle a cheer below, and the children looked at this behemoth monster in the air with an expectant expression, dancing with their hands.

"Daddy, don't look at it, transport the soil away, quickly." A woman shoveled dirt into a large frame on a wheelbarrow with a shovel in her hand, and shouted for her husband to get to work.

"Okay!" When the husband heard this, he quickly withdrew his eyes looking at the sky, and hurriedly pushed the car full of dirt to the designated place, and a boy about 10 years old pulled hard in front of the car to help his father carry the earth.

On the entire construction site, there are too many scenes of such family work. They take care of each other, never lazy, and work in full swing.

It's just that there are more than a dozen people in the crowd who are working absent-mindedly, with wandering eyes and looking left and right. When the command balloon is in the air, he always grits his teeth and watches. These people are the dead generals of the noble family who were dug up for digging the ancestral grave because of the canal. They came into the construction site in groups of three or five, with hidden short blades, in order to see the opportunity to carry out the stab. It's just that what they couldn't have imagined was that Ma Shumou, the chief engineer of the project, and Li Chun, the technical director, never came in a crowd, and only issued orders in the hanging baskets floating in the sky every day, so that these dead soldiers had no way to start.

The sky is gradually darkening, indicating that the busy day is coming to an end, with the sound of "bell ---" in the sky, today's working hours are over.

The people packed up their tools, beckoned their fellow villagers, bad wives and to rush back to their sheds and construction site canteens to rest and eat.

The busy construction site gradually quieted down, but a few black figures took advantage of the chaos to hide in the ditch on the side. When the Jin army guards who were inspecting the construction site passed by, these people took advantage of the night to run quickly into the distance.

The main hall of the palace of the king of Jinan.

"What? Isn't there a chance to kill with one click? Gao Keren asked with a gloomy face and extreme dissatisfaction.

"My lord, I don't want to die, but I don't have a chance to get close! That Uncle Ma and Li Chun always give orders in mid-air every day, but there are always 100 elite guards guarding below, and there is nothing we can do! The dead soldiers of the Gao family, who had sneaked back from the canal construction site, knelt on the ground and appealed.

"Gao Tong sentenced, it seems that the assassination will not work, and we have to find another way to stop the opening of the canal." Tang Bi said with half-squinted triangular eyes on the head of the case.

"Hey! Useless things, go down! Gao Keren saw Tang Bi say so, so he had to give up.

"Fujun, only now can we send troops to attack Weicheng and Liyang. Those two places originally belonged to my Shandong territory, so it would not be considered a rebellion to attack them. Gao Keren suggested fiercely, his ancestral hall and ancestral tomb were not spared in the ditch, and they were all destroyed, which made Gao Keren, who represented the Gao family, extremely hated Yang Guang, the king of Jin, Ma Shumou, etc., and hated him so much that he wanted to eat his flesh before he could relieve his hatred.

"This government asked you to contact Bohai Li Zitong, how is the progress?" Tang Bi grabbed three locks of mustache and squinted at Gao Keren and asked.

"Don't worry, Li Bohai has already had something to say, just wait for me to send troops across the river in Jinan, and he will raise troops to echo and attack Weicheng from the flank."

"Good! Now it is the middle of winter, the Yellow River has been frozen for several days, and after a few days, the ice is solid, and the government can send troops. The noble families who lived in Jinan also asked Mr. Gao to appease as much as possible, and the government promised them that they would definitely do it. ”

"Yes, Lord Fujun." After Gao Keren listened to Tang Bi's words, his mood suddenly eased, and he thought to himself, he had finally waited for Tang Bi's words, and he had to give an explanation to his family.

At this time, the Chinese military officer outside came to report that Tang Bi's old friend had come to visit, and Tang Bi couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly asked the Chinese officer to bring the visitor into the marshal's mansion.

A moment later, a person walked in behind the Chinese army, and saw that this person was 8 feet tall, wearing a Fan Yang hat, carrying a homespun cloth package, and wearing a green coat. Coming to the middle of the Shuai Mansion, this person took off his hood, shook off the snow on his body, and raised his head to look at Tang Bi above the head.

Tang Bi felt déjà vu when he first saw him, but he couldn't remember who this person was for a while, and he couldn't stop muttering: "You, you, you are ---"

"Tang Shibo, after more than a year, the little nephew Xuangan asked Shibo for peace." I saw that this person threw away Fan Yang's chestnut, and it was a big gift to hug his fists and bow down.

"Huh! Who should I be, it is you! Xuan Ganxian's nephew, your father has always been good? Why did you come here? Tang Bi finally recognized the ranger man under the steps, and it turned out to be Yang Xuangan, the eldest son of his friend Yang Su, the king of Yue. When he was an official in the capital, he interacted with the Yue Wangfu a lot, so he naturally recognized the eldest son of the Yue Wang. It's just that Yang Xuan's sense has changed too much, how could Tang Bi have thought that the original personable prince of the palace is now dressed as a heroic man with a dark face.

"Meng Shibo is worried, my father is in good health, and my little nephew has come from afar to discuss with Shibo, please retreat."

"Hmmm! Qualcomm sentenced you to step back first, this person is the old friend of this government. Tang Bi saw that Yang Xuangan's expression was serious, as if he had something important to discuss, so he beckoned the others in the Shuai Mansion to avoid it.

"Virtuous nephew, this is not a place to speak, come with this mansion." After seeing everyone withdraw, Tang Bi beckoned Yang Xuangan to follow him to the back hall study to talk.

After three turns and two downs, the two entered a secluded study in the back hall, and after the maid in the house served refreshments, they closed the door and discussed.

"Uncle Shi, the little nephew came to ask first, did you receive a letter from my father the day before yesterday?" Yang Xuangan asked in a low voice.

"Since the letter from the Duke of Yue has been received, the government has arranged everything according to the instructions in the letter, and the army can be sent after the river is frozen firm."

"So good! Li Zitong of Bohai and Wang Shichong of Luoyang have all received letters from my father and promised to send troops. The little nephew came to visit Shibo, and also intended to raise 50,000 troops to cooperate with Shibo to capture Weicheng and Liyang. ”

"Recently, I heard that Xian's nephew was under Wang Shichong's door and got a cottage in his Red Peach Mountain, but this time he used troops to represent the king of Luoyang?"

"No, Luoyang Wang Shibo attacked Luokou City the day before yesterday and succeeded, but when he took advantage of the victory to attack Wagang Mountain, he was defeated and returned, losing tens of thousands of men and horses, and this time it could only be used to involve the people and horses of the King of Jin. The little nephew Red Peach Mountain 50,000 soldiers and horses, swore to send troops to cooperate with Shibo to attack the Jin army, when Shibo attacked Weicheng and Liyang, the little nephew Qi soldiers went straight to Neihuang County, although they could not kill a few Jin troops, but they could disperse the people who Yang Guang dug the canal, destroy its channel, and make him unable to open the canal again. Hehe! ”

"Good! The virtuous nephew's plan is wonderful, if it succeeds, it will be no less than the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of horses in this mansion. It was decided that 100,000 horses and horses would attack Weicheng within 5 days, and 50,000 would attack Liyang. Tang Bi got up happily and said.

With this in mind, the little nephew returned overnight. But please don't leak the news, the little nephew is a secret soldier along the way. Yang Xuangan smiled slyly after speaking.

"Hehehehehe! One light and one dark, the virtuous nephew's words are reasonable, and the house has written it down. Tang Bi and the others laughed.

After sending Yang Xuangan away, Tang Bi asked the general Chu De to send Xizuo to the bank of the Yellow River to check the freezing situation on the river, and at the same time sent people to Liyang and Weicheng to investigate the news.

Although the Shanyang City of Jianghuai in the south has entered winter at this time, it is not like the north that is already icy and snowy. The wet and cold weather still makes people hide at home and don't want to go out, and the whole Shanyang City is a little deserted.

On this day, a fast horse galloped to the north gate, and the person on the horse did not speak, but took out an identity tag from his arms and shook it in front of the eyes of the defending soldiers. Seeing this, the colonel of the city gate guard hurriedly ordered his men to open the city gate.

After the fast horse entered the city, it galloped all the way to the gate of the Shuai Mansion set up by Du Fuwei in Shanyang City. Turned over and dismounted, slapped the knocker of the door of the Shuai Mansion a few times, and then went directly into the door and went straight into the front hall of the Shuai Mansion.

"Du Qianhu, this is a secret letter from the lord to you." The person who sent the letter was no stranger to Duvoway, but seemed to be an acquaintance.

"He Baihu has a hard time, you have come here in person, come to the guest room to wash in hot water." As soon as Du Fuwei saw that the person who sent the letter was He Yong, the most powerful officer of the 100 households under Li Taizhi of the Shandong Military Intelligence Department, he knew the importance of this secret letter in his hand. He Yong, the official of the hundred households, is also the current thrifty envoy of the military intelligence department of the lord's cronies, and he is also the younger brother of He Chong, the official of the thousand households in Tuyuhun and Hexi. This is the brother of the No. 3 person in the MIA, and Du Fuwei does not dare to be contemptuous.

After sending He Yong away, Du Fuwei hurriedly called Fu Gongshi and several other confidants to come over to discuss together.

"Brother Gongshixian, brothers, the lord's letter said that Tang Bi would attack Weicheng and Liyang in the near future, and the lord concluded that Qin Qiong and others, who are now stationed in Fei County, Langya County, will definitely turn their backs on Tang Bi and gather people to make trouble. Ordered me to go out to Linyi City in secret, seize the three cities of Feixian, Mengyin and Yinan, and go north to Dong'an and Xintai to threaten Tang Bi's back. What do you think, brothers? Du Fuwei went straight to the point and put things on the bright side, and listened to the opinions of his generals, especially Fu Gongshi.

"Brother Du, Gongshi has long heard that a group of green forest heroes have infiltrated Fei County, he and Qin Qiong were originally a gang of thieves, and it is inevitable to take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble. The people in the Langya area are scarce, the products are not abundant, and it is not a place to create a foundation. After he waited for the incident, the next step would be to advance to the Central Plains and expand his momentum. Here, Rencheng, the capital of Lu County, Tang Bi's strength is weak, and he must be the target of this gang of thieves. Fu Gongshi stood in front of the map hanging on the wall and pointed to the location of Ren Cheng and said, and everyone nodded in approval when they heard it.

"Brother Gongshi, do you mean that when he goes out to attack Ren City, I will lurk outside Linyi City and take advantage of the situation to sneak attack Fei County and other places?"

"This is natural, Qin Qiong's biggest problem now is that there are few soldiers, and if he goes to attack Rencheng, he will inevitably take away most of the troops, and I will send two bold brothers with 3 or 5 hundred people to infiltrate Feixian County, hehe!" Fu Gongshi didn't finish speaking, just smiled and threw the thin stick in his hand on the table.

"My lord, this work of sneaking into the city to do things will be handed over to the third brother, and it is enough for me to bring 300 skilled brothers to the Fei County, who is not too big." The third child, Chen Liu'er, got up with a big grin and asked for his life.

"Good! Just do what Gongshi Xiandi planned. The official will gather 20,000 horses tomorrow from the small road to ambush in the mountains outside Linyi City, the third, fourth, and fifth will follow the official, and the sixth will stay with Gongshi Xiandi to guard this Shanyang City. Third, you go to the army and select 300 good brothers to prepare. ”

"Brother Du, what a big game the lord has set up! I have a huge territory in Jianghuai and Langya County, although there are many soldiers but few generals, it is better to ask the lord to secretly transfer some generals over, so didn't Lord Li Taizhi get the support of the lord? My brother Gongyou is alone in Xuzhou, and the guard also seems a little thin. Fu Gongshi proposed, he had already seen that the great turmoil set off by the lord would lead to the integration of the forces of the feudal lords and towns, and the time would come when they would attack each other.

"Hmmm! The virtuous brother is reasonable, I heard that there are many outstanding young and middle-aged generals in the Luzhou Royal Lecture Hall. Many were sent to Jizhou, Zezhou, and Donglai. It's just that I don't belong to the lord's name here, I don't know if those young heroes can come? Later, the official will write a letter explaining the situation, and ask Lord He Yong, who sent the letter, to help the official bring it to Master Li Taizhi, and in any case, I will have to get a few generals to come and help me. Du Fuwei also felt that his own strength was insufficient, so he couldn't care about anything else, and planned to ask his friend Li Taizhi of Shandong Qianhu to help him bring a message to the lord.

When the deliberation was over, they all went back to the barracks and prepared to go.

On the official road leading from Fanyang City to Hejian Mansion, a large group of white-horse cavalry was galloping south in the wind and snow. It was General Xue Wanche who led this cavalry, and this time he led 40,000 Baimayi cavalry from the battalion to the south to support Wei Cheng because of the order of the lord Yang Er.

"General, there will be one more hour to enter the boundary of Hejian Mansion." An adjutant general ran to Xue Wanche's side and reminded.

"Good! Rest overnight in Hejian Mansion today, and go tomorrow. The official is also going to meet Lord Yuwen, and he --- to the front.

Before dark, Xue Wanche and his entourage finally entered the Hejian Mansion, and after settling down and camping, Xue Wanche led the deputy general into the Hejian Mansion in a hurry to see the Hejian Assassin Shiyu Culture.

Seeing Xue Wanche and a few people walking into the mansion, Yu Wenhua hurriedly got up to greet him and shouted, "General Xue is coming so fast!" I thought that I would be able to see the general at least tomorrow at noon, but I didn't want to have arrived at my Hejian Mansion, and the people had settled down? ”

"My lord, the military situation is urgent, Xue doesn't dare to delay, my 40,000 soldiers of the White Horse Battalion are now camped outside the city, rest for one night, and tomorrow I will go south to Weicheng."

"General Xue, don't worry, listen to what this official says, you come to see ---" After saying that, Yu Wenhua and Xue Wanche stepped forward to the large map hanging on the screen.