After nightfall, the heavy rain gradually stopped, but the sky was still very dark, and the sky was still dark and long-lasting.

Liu Juntao led an army of 8,000 troops stationed in Guting Town, fortunately, there are houses in the town to shelter from the rain, and the young and strong guards can not hide in the tent to hide from the rain, and can have a good rest.

At the same time, all the 10,000 thieves stationed in Guting Town were annihilated, and all the bodies were buried on the spot by the escort team, and the captured baggage was also counted.

At this time, Liu Juntao, Liu Zi'an, and Zhang Xiaojun came to the bank of the Yellow River in their robes, looking at the surging Yellow River, the three of them felt a sense of vicissitudes in their hearts, after all, individuals are too small in front of nature, and the majestic power of the Yellow River makes the three of them have a trembling feeling.

"Mr. Lian, now that the thieves in Yanzhou Mansion have been leveled, the thief leader can estimate that he will be arrested by local governments soon, and we must also think about entering Xuzhou."

Liu Zi'an said in a deep voice, and Zhang Xiaojun next to him also nodded, looking eager to try.

Liu Juntao sighed and said, "It's difficult! Now that the water level of the Yellow River is rising, it is not easy for 8,000 people to cross the river! I can't risk my brothers' lives. ”

Liu Zi'an and Zhang Xiaojun glanced at each other, both of them were worried that they would delay the fighter because of this, but what Liu Juntao said was reasonable, so he could only be anxious and had nothing to say.

The three of them were dull for a while, and Liu Juntao said, "Brother Zi'an, find a way to let the brothers from the exploration department cross the river and inquire about the situation over there of Ye Zongliu." ”

Liu Zi'an pondered for a moment and said, "No problem, but it will take some time." ”

"Time is not an issue!"

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "Anyway, our brigade can't cross the Yellow River now. ”

Liu Zi'an arranged for men to cross the Yellow River from a relatively gentle place downstream on the same day, while Liu Juntao led 8,000 men and horses to continue to stay in Guting Town, patiently waiting for Liu Zi'an to send back the news.

Eight days later, Liu Juntao never saw Liu Zi'an send back the news, and he was also a little irritable in his heart, after all, every day that passed, Ye Zongliu and the Xu family had one more day of preparation time, and then the escort team would be more dangerous when they went south.

In the past few days, Liu Juntao has to go to the bank of the Yellow River every day to take a look, only to see that the water level of the Yellow River is still rising, without the slightest downward trend, and his heart can't help but be more anxious.

On this day, Liu Juntao stood on the bank of the Yellow River as usual, staring at the surging Yellow River quietly, not knowing what he was thinking.

At this time, Chang Hongdao walked over with a few young men and said, "Mr. Lian, Minister Liu has sent back news!" ”

Liu Juntao let out a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said, "Go!" Go back and say! ”

Guting Town.

Liu Zi'an sent a subordinate leader to send a secret letter back, and he himself came later, rushing to Guting Town.

Liu Juntao opened the secret letter and only looked at it for a while, then laughed, and said to Zhang Xiaojun, Gao Ran, and Zhou Zongsheng beside him: "Haha! Ye Zongliu, a dog thief, deserves to be defeated! ”

After speaking, Liu Juntao handed the secret letter to Zhang Xiaojun, Gao Ran, and Zhou Zongsheng to pass it on.

The three of them saw that the secret letter read: "The water level of the Yellow River has skyrocketed, and the people near the river embankment in Xuzhou have evacuated, and the rest have been captured and plundered by Ye Zongliu." The day before yesterday, the thief Ye Zongliu mobilized 50,000 thieves and thieves to resist the embankment of the Yellow River after all! ”

Gao Ran asked a little puzzled: "Mr. Lian, then Ye Zongliu only took such a short time to pull up 50,000 thieves, and I don't know how many thieves are still left at the mouth of the old nest Jingoukou, why are you still so happy?" ”

Zhou Zongsheng and Zhang Xiaojun were thoughtful and did not speak.

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "Don't just stare at the tens of thousands of thieves in Ye Zongliu's hands, didn't Minister Liu say in the secret letter, the water level of the Yellow River has risen sharply!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xiaojun suddenly realized, and said excitedly: "The water level of the Yellow River has risen sharply!" Ye Zongliu led the troops to the left of the Yellow River embankment! ”

Zhou Zongsheng also said with a smile: "And the people near the left side of the Yellow River embankment have been emptied!" ”

After listening to everyone's words, Gao Ran also understood, and said with a smile: "Then let's have a flooded Seventh Army!" ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

After Liu Juntao laughed for a while, he said fiercely: "Ye Zongliu's crime is extremely evil, this time I will let him feed the fish and shrimp!" ”

A few days later, Liu Zi'an hurried back to Guting Town.

"Mr. Lian, I'm back!"

Liu Juntao asked, "What are the new movements of the thieves in Ye Zongliu's department?" ”

"On the way back, I received news that Ye Zongliu had led 50,000 thieves to Huling City on the south bank of the Yellow River, twelve miles away from the Yellow River embankment!"

"Good!"

Liu Juntao was so excited that he slapped the table and stood up, and said, "Pass the order!" All the troops set off immediately! I want Ye Zong to die without a place to be buried! ”

Before Liu Zi'an rushed back, Liu Juntao had already made a battle plan, and Zhang Xiaojun, Gao Ran, and Zhou Zongsheng were all assigned tasks.

At this time, with Liu Juntao's order, Zhang Xiaojun, Gao Ran, and Zhou Zongsheng each led their young men to leave Guting Town and set off separately.

Liu Zi'an saw that all the young men and women were up, so he asked, "Mr. Lian, how can we fight this battle?" ”

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "We don't need to fight this battle, this time let God accept Ye Zongliu!" ”

Just when Liu Juntao commanded the various units of the Yushan Town Escort Team to start action, Xu Zhaohui, the head of the Xu family, was also ready for a big battle.

At this time, the 15,000 men and horses of the Xu family had already built Qulipu into a "castle", and had hoarded a lot of baggage and military equipment, ready to resist the guards of Yushan Town.

And the 30,000 miners who let Xu Zhaohui regard it as the last capital are also ready, Xu Zhaohui equipped these miners with thousands of sets of armor accumulated by the Xu family over the years, and selected 5,000 people from them, all equipped with armor and spears, and arranged them in the old house of the Xu family in Xiao County.

The remaining 25,000 miners were deployed around Xiao County, ready to fight the final battle with the Yushan Town Guards.

At this time, when the news came that Ye Zongliu had reorganized his army of 50,000 troops and went north to the Yellow River embankment, Xu Zhaohui was suddenly frightened, his face was bloodless, he screamed loudly, stood up suddenly, slammed a purple clay pot in his hand to the ground, and scolded loudly: "Ye Zongliu, this bastard, is he in such a hurry to die!" ”

Xu Zhaohui has lived in Xuzhou for half his life, is a native of Xuzhou, full of awe of the Yellow River, which has to be flooded almost every year, and is even more afraid of the Yellow River embankment, which will burst every few years!

At this time, it has been raining heavily for about a month, the water level of the Yellow River is rising, and the Yellow River embankment may burst at any time.

Xu Zhaohui walked around the room angrily, shouted loudly and called a henchman, and said, "Go to the Yellow River embankment immediately!" Tell Ye Zongliu to withdraw with his men and horses immediately, and stay in Jingoukou Wubao to guard. Tell him Ye Zongliu, if you want to die, don't bother my Xu family! ”

Seeing that Xu Zhao would be so irritable, the henchman was already trembling with fear, nodded hurriedly, turned around and ran away.

President Xu Zhao sighed and muttered, "Why did my Xu family have such a burden as Ye Zongliu?" God is going to kill me! ”

At this time, Xu Zhaohui knew in his heart that it would take at least nearly ten days to rush from Xiao County to the Yellow River embankment to find Ye Zongliu's subordinates!

With these ten days, not only will the Yellow River embankment burst at any time, but even Liu Juntao will dig the embankment if he learns the news.

In any case, the people of Ye Zongliu's department are all dead, and once Ye Zong's people are defeated, the Xu family will not have a few days to live.

Xu Zhaohui still understands the truth of cold lips and teeth, otherwise he would not have vigorously supported several batches of baggage for Ye Zong when the Xu family was already unable to make ends meet.

The henchmen sent out by Xu Zhaohui quickly rushed out of Xiao County and rushed in the direction of the Yellow River embankment.

Xu Zhaohui stood on the top of the city and looked north, only to see that the sky in the distance was still cloudy, and a rainstorm was coming, and the rain for so many days still did not stop.

"God bless my Xu family!"