Yu Zhilong agreed very much when he heard this, and then said to Sun Xing: "Go to Liu Tianwang, tonight after the end of the day, our department will cross the river to disturb the enemy, please Liu Tianwang and the second shift to all departments, so as not to cause trouble." ”

Sun Xingying said: "No! ”

"Remember, don't go here to kill the enemy. Disturb it, confuse it, but also. The enemy army is too strong to go deeper, so be cautious! Yu Zhilong earnestly warned Qian Zheng and Luo Cheng.

"The army chooses four hundred archers to quietly go to the shore, and when the matter is done, they can cover for you; Bring this bed crossbow with you and try it out. Zhao Shi consulted Yu Zhilongdao.

Yu Zhilong nodded. He thought for a moment and then said, "Bring some oil and rockets, it's better to set fire to the camp or destroy some of its grain and grass!" ”

Qian Zheng and Luo Cheng took the order and left. Sun Xing watched the two leave, and couldn't help asking: "The former general asks for battle, why doesn't the general allow it?" ”

Yu Zhilong replied: "You are strong-willed, bent on fighting, for the sake of heroism, venting anger, you will break into the camp, and you will not be able to return unless you kill the general and capture the flag!" Although Captain Qian also wants to fight, he is more wise, thinks more before each battle, and has a backhand, sees that things are not harmonious, and also knows that the situation is good, and he will accept it when he sees it, and then Luo Cheng will assist him, and he can deal with it if there is danger. This battle does not seek to kill the enemy, but to frustrate the enemy's spirit, although he is not as brave as you, so you can rest assured that he will go. ”

Zhao Shi sighed slightly: "It's a pity that there is no big ship in the city, and we can't carry more people and horses to cross, otherwise with the wisdom of Qian Zheng and the courage of Luo Cheng, how will the results of the battle really wait and see?" ”

Since the fall of Linqu, Yidu Road quickly collected the large and small ships of the whole territory of the Mihe River, and when Liu Zhengfeng and others began to collect later, they only barely collected more than 60 ships of all sizes, but they were immediately attacked by the Yuan army at night and burned most of them, and there were only a dozen ships that could be used. Because there were too few ships to carry the army, Liu Zhengfeng and others' hopes of crossing the river to the east to attack Weizhou were basically disappointed.

However, it is still possible to harass the Yuan army on the other side with a small number of men.

The battle of Linqu, although it did not have much impact on the abdomen or even the east and west roads of Shandong, the news of the defeat of the Yuan army was still transmitted from the Tang newspaper to the surrounding Fu roads in turn.

At this time, about 500 miles west of Linqu, there was a county, named Surabaya, and I also learned the battle report.

Surabaya, Yuan belongs to Yanzhou, Jining Road, to the second year of the Yuan merged into Qufu. In the spring of the third year of the Yuan Dynasty, Jinchuan County was placed in the west of Sicheng. In the winter of the same year, Jinchuan County was abolished and Surabaya County was replaced, which was still subordinate to Yanzhou

The name of Surabaya originates from the Sihe River, Surabaya is adjacent to Qufu, the hometown of the sage in the west, the study of Confucianism is quite prosperous, there is a town in the east of Surabaya, and the famous spring forest. There are many clear springs in the spring forest, and it is named because there are many springs like forests, which is worthy of the name.

There are seventy-two springs in the spring forest, dozens of large springs, and many small springs. The spring water flows day and night, the water is clear and muddy, if it encounters the summer heavy rain downpour, the amount of water is even more like a mountain waterfall, unstoppable.

In the past, it was rumored that in the face of the endless spring water, Kong Qiu once sighed that "the deceased is like a husband, reluctant to give up day and night".

There is Shenggong Mountain in the northeast of Sibei County, and it is rumored that Confucius and his disciples once gave lectures here, so it is called Shenggong Mountain. The strange rocks in the mountains are lined up vertically and horizontally, and they are famous for their strangeness, danger and show.

Quanlin has a celebrity Zhong You, the word Zi Road, a person who is resolute and upright, has courage and many talents, is close to filial piety, Confucius travels eastward, sees the heart of joy, and accepts him as a disciple. Zhong You traveled around the world with Confucius, driving cars and guards for him, and Confucius often praised: Zilu is brave, and he is happy when he hears it.

At this moment, in a courtyard on the west side of Quanlin Town, which covers an area of no more than two acres, a young man in soapy clothes is sitting comfortably under a plane tree that needs to be hugged with both hands, holding a scroll and reading silently.

At noon, the sun was shining, and the dappled sunlight cast under the tree through the branches and the yellowing pages, and a few warm and bright spots of light fell on the young man, warm and intoxicating. Smelling the faint fragrance of book ink, this person flipped through the scrolls from time to time, and took a sip of the incense around him from time to time.

The young man sat cross-legged, and under his seat was a cushion made of cattails.

A small yellow clay stove was beside him, with firewood burning under the stove and a purple clay teapot the size of a gourd on it.

There was a sound of footsteps, and with the sound of a "squeak" door opening, a person outside the courtyard strode in.

"Han Sheng, I just learned about the Tang report, the official army was defeated in Linqu!"

The young man who was reading was shocked when he heard this, closed the scroll, and placed it on a low table next to the mat, on which there was also a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and an unfinished mountain of ink was placed on it horizontally.

"Liren, why are you here? What does Tang Bao say? ”

The young man who came in was wrapped in a scarf around his head, a brown robe, a water hyacinth tied around his waist, and a pair of muddy socks with clogs on his feet. "You really expected it! The officers and troops were defeated and returned home! ”

Kong Ying hurriedly got up to greet him and invited him to sit beside him. Take another teacup and pour him a cup of tea. The young man named Liren was also not polite, lifted his placket, except for the clogs, and sat cross-legged on the pouch mat. Untie the water hyacinth casually, the water hyacinth is empty, and it must be to drink all the water in the gourd on the road.

"Brother Liren has worked hard, please take a break!" Kong Yingdao, since Linqu and Tian Lie parted, he has no news, the Yuan army will block all the official roads leading to Linqu, strictly prohibit all salt grain, cloth, iron tools, etc. By the way, even the communication was cut off.

"Early this morning, I went to the county to visit the county Yin, just in time for the Yidu Road to hand over the Tang newspaper, although the language is unknown, but the Yidu Road self-undertaking to suppress the unfavorable, the loss of nearly half of the officers and soldiers, because the Shuntian thieves stick to the city and do not come out, and take advantage of the unpreparedness of the officers and soldiers, out of the city to attack and kill, damage grain and grass, soldiers and horses are very many, as a last resort, the officers and soldiers temporarily retreat, first block the thoroughfares everywhere, in order to wait for the opportunity."

Meng Liren took a sip and slowly recalled.

"Brother Meng, have you ever seen the seizure and beheading?" This young man's surname is Meng Mingchang, he is self-reliant, and he is a close friend of Kong Ying. Knowing that Kong Ying cared about the Linqu war, he had been staying in the county for the past few days, going to the county office early every day to inquire about the news, and finally learned about the Tang newspaper distributed by Yidu Road today, so he immediately returned to Quanlin.

"The Tang newspaper only mentioned that there were at least more than 10,000 thieves, saying that there were no less than 20,000 or 30,000 thieves, and there were 4,000 people on sharp horses. Meng Chang remembered quite well, and almost memorized all the Tang newspapers, and at this time he slowly said word by word.

Kong Ying frowned, and after hearing Meng Chang's words, he asked, "Is there any talk of seizing the head of the thief?" ”

"I didn't mention it!"

"In this way, the official army suffered a big loss and had to retreat back to the city, and now a decent thief capital has not been captured, which can only show that the defeat of the official army is very miserable!"

Meng Changshu gave a thumbs up and praised: "I am also discussing with Han Sheng!" ”

Seeing that Meng Chang's forehead was sweating and his back was wet, Kong Ying asked, "Brother Liren came all the way from Surabaya on foot?" ”

"Yes, yes. Three days ago, I stayed in Surabaya City, this morning I heard a station red urgent report, knowing that it might be news from the east, hurriedly went to the county office, only to learn the news of the Tang newspaper, so I traveled all the way, rushed to report to you. "Meng Chang and Kong Ying's family background is similar, they are both distant relatives and side branches, the children of the family are thin, the family is poor, because after relying on Confucius and Meng, there is a little care in the clan, and the Yuan court has money and food rewards, so they can avoid the labor of farming, and can enter the school for free.

Because his family was poor, he had no horses to go in and out, so he traveled all the way on foot.

Kong Ying was moved in his heart, knowing that he was thirsty, so he poured tea for him several times, Meng Chang was thirsty, and drank a pot to suppress the hunger and thirst in his stomach.

Kong Ying changed the tea leaves and added water to the pot. Re-set the stove, picked up a puff fan beside him and fanned it gently, and the open flame in the furnace rose in a moment, and gradually heard the sound of boiling water in the pot.

At the beginning of the boiling sound of water, Kong Ying added a trace of white salt to the pot, and soon held a pair of bamboo chopsticks into the pot and slowly stirred, and after the water boiled again, it began to sprinkle tea leaves inward; When the water boiled, the water vapor in the pot rose and the water waves surged, and Kong Ying used a wooden spoon to fill the top white foam and discarded it. Continue to cook with fire, later, take three purple mud bowls and put them on a wooden tray, hold the pot and pour it, fill it in turn, and the remaining half pot of water is not used. Then cover the bowl with a lid to bring out its fragrance.

The three bowls were served, Kong Ying held the support in both hands, and asked Meng Chang to be in front of him.

Meng Chang said with a smile: "When you are thirsty, like a cow chewing a peony, you don't know the taste, but now you have to taste it!" ”

Kong Yington said: "Please ask Brother Liren for advice." ”

"Don't dare to advise, it's true to come over and ask for a cup of tea!" Meng Changxi smiled, sat down, took three bowls of tea one by one, and drank them slowly. Drink and stop, close your eyes and savor.

After tasting the three bowls, Meng Chang opened his eyes and took a long breath. Said: "The water is clear and sweet, and it should be a spring in the stone." Brother Confucius's method of boiling tea is more exquisite, drinking it is like a spring breeze, and the heart is relaxed. ”

"There was a teacher who said that on the mountain, in the river, and under the well. Its mountains and rivers, milk springs, and stone ponds are overflowing. And the water is clear and sweet and clean, now this water is pure white, Brother Hansheng, this water is not a clear spring on the mountain? ”

Kong Ying said happily: "Brother Liren is really my confidant!" This water is taken from the clear spring on the mountain, I take the urn to sheng, and then put the mountain stone in the urn and raise it for three days, today the itchy hand will give it a try. ”

"Hansheng's craftsmanship is becoming more and more sophisticated, and he will be able to create a precedent in the future!"

"The preparation of group tea is cumbersome and fine, the cost is high, and it is not available to the public, and the former Luling Weng said: where twenty cakes weigh one catty, it is worth two taels of gold, and gold can be there and tea is not easy to obtain. I'm just taking the will of the ancestors and doing the simple way. Kong Ying said disapplausively.

"The world is known as the Yangtze River water, Mengding Mountain tea, Brother Hansheng's craftsmanship is not allowed to the front, although the technique is simplified, but it is good at tea rhyme, and Liren is not as good as it!"

Kong Ying smiled slightly: "But the leisure game ear, what avenue is there to speak of, Liren praised it." Hansheng deeply felt the warmth of his brother, so he prepared coarse tea ears. See laugh, see laugh. ”

Surabaya is not less than 30 miles away from the spring forest, and Meng Chang can come close to noon, indicating that he left as soon as he got the content of the Tang newspaper this morning.

Meng Chang drank it all three times, and let out a hearty breath, just now he was sitting, tasting tea, it was a respect for Kong Ying, and now that the tea is gone, Meng Chang simply stretched his legs forward and changed to Keiju. Although the main seat is dignified and solemn, it is not in line with Meng Chang's temperament, and the etiquette has been exhausted, so he should act with enthusiasm.

Meng Chang pounded his sore legs and kneaded them vigorously for a while. Watching Kong Ying clean up the tea set and teapot again, replace the tea leaves, add water to the fire, and come again one by one step by step, he sighed: "As the king said, Linqu won the battle, how to wait and see in the future!" ”

Kong Ying was no stranger to Meng Chang's actions, and while fiddling, he calmed the excitement in his heart, and said slowly: "As soon as I talked about it that day, the younger brother felt that Yu Zhilong was ambitious and unreasonable. The difficulty is not only to fight bravely, but also to be coarse and reasonable, and to have many opinions on Confucianism, Taoism and miscellaneous families, not like sour Confucianism, more exaggerated and clear-mouthed, and the taste is like chewing wax. The big truth talks about a mule cart, and there is no feasible strategy at all, and it is boring and tight! ”

"The inscriptions and notices issued by Linqu are indeed interesting, the abolition of the nationality is really very pleasant, and then divide the land of the powerful to the head of the Qian, no wonder it will win the hearts of the people and serve the dead?" Meng Chang said loudly, "The silverfish of the country only know how to squeeze bones and suck blood, and now the family is ruined and killed is also the way it should be, it is not a pity!" ”

"However, Tang reported that all the powerful and rich inside and outside the city were slaughtered, I don't know if it is true? If so, it would be too much. Kong Ying frowned slightly.

"The troubled times are like anger, and too much blood is inevitable, isn't Han Sheng now thinking about going to Linqu?"