Duan Shao raised his eyebrows, his eyes glowed, and he said excitedly: "There is a fire in Huize City, have you seen it with your own eyes?" ”

The man said, "The little one has been staring at the inside of the city from outside the south of the city, and after a while, he saw a raging fire suddenly rise in the city, and from the outside of the city you can see that the fire is soaring into the sky, and the night sky is red." Little was convinced that there was a fire in the city, and immediately returned with a horse to report it. ”

Although Duan Shao tried his best to control his emotions, he still couldn't hide his excitement between his eyebrows, and said to Shen Tuluo: "Governor Dadu, the grain burning is successful, and we are hopeful of recovering the country." ”

Shen Tuluo said cautiously: "Your Highness, this person only saw it outside the city, and did not enter the city, nor did he see it with his own eyes, it was the fire in the granary of Huize, whether the granary was burned, we are not completely sure." ”

Duan Shao nodded and said, "Yes, you have to be sure." ”

"If those ninjas succeed, they will be immediately withdrawn from the city." Shen Tuluo said: "When they come back, we can know if it is successful." ”

"It makes sense." Although it is not completely confirmed, Duan Shao knows very well in his heart that he can see the fire in the city outside the city, the ferocity of the fire can be imagined, if it is an ordinary fire, it is impossible to see it outside the city, only the grain and grass full of grain and straw will be so ferocious, those ninjas have completed the task nine times out of ten, they are in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Governor, let's not drink a drop of wine these days, the palace is a little hungry now, how about drinking two glasses together?" ”

Shen Tuluo was cautious, and at this time, Wu Zi was not completely sure that the mission was successful, but seeing Duan Shao's excitement, it was not easy to shake the prince's mood, and said with a smile: "There is a fine wine given by the emperor in the cabin, which has always been stored in the bilge, and the minister immediately ordered someone to take it." ”

The warship where Shen Tuluo was located was the first battleship of the Eastern Qi Naval Division, which was very large and the main cabin was also very spacious.

There are two jars of wine on the table, but the appetizers are very simple, now the sailors are short of food, morale is unstable, and the soldiers are still not full, if at this time, His Royal Highness the prince has good wine and good food, and the soldiers under his hands know that they will inevitably be dissatisfied.

After two glasses of wine, the smile on Duan Shao's face became even stronger, and he said with a smile: "Dadu Governor, I can't imagine that the cicada secret forbearance can make such a contribution to my Daqi, and after the restoration of the country, the palace will really reward them." After a pause, he said, "But the hero of the first merit is still Mr. Mo!" ”

Shen Tuluo said: "Although Mo Ying has become a disciple of the East China Sea, since he is a disciple of the Shen family, no matter where he goes, when the country is in trouble, he must stand up." ”

"Mr. Mo studied under the national teacher, and his ability is naturally outstanding." Duan Shao said: "Actually, this palace sometimes thinks that if the national teacher makes a move and stabs the little emperor of Chu to death with a sword, Chu will inevitably ......!" Before he could finish speaking, Shen Tuluo immediately interrupted: "Your Highness, you can't have such a heart. It is not difficult for the national teacher to assassinate the emperor of Chu, but once this precedent is set, the consequences are unimaginable, and the first victim is His Royal Highness. The Beigong Liancheng of the Chu State is also a great grandmaster, and once the national teacher makes a move, Beigong Liancheng will inevitably follow. ”

Duan Shao smiled and said, "This palace is just casually talking. ”

"Moying is far away from the island to protect the country, this is already quite dangerous, but the covenant of Longshan back then was not limited

The disciples of the grandmaster do not get involved in earthly matters. Shen Tu Luo Zhengse said: "The minister is only worried now, if there is also a successor in Beigong, whether he will also be involved because of this." ”

"He has a descendant?"

"Nobody knows." Shen Tuluo shook his head and said: "Beigong Liancheng hides his head and tail, no one knows where he goes, let alone what he has done all these years, if there is really a sudden appearance of his heir, the minister will not be surprised." It's just that I've gotten to where I am now, and Moying has to go out of the mountain, which has already taken a risk. ”

Duan Shao bowed his head slightly and asked, "Yes, I haven't seen Mr. Mo for the past few days, where is he?" ”

"Your Highness, when it's time to appear, he will naturally appear." Shen Tuluo said: "Don't let too many people know that he has left the mountain, the soldiers under his command only think that those flying cicadas are raised by His Royal Highness, and they don't know that their master is Mo Ying." ”

Duan Shao said: "Yes, let's .....!" Before he could finish speaking, he heard a voice from outside the cabin: "Grand Duke, there is a signal on the shore." ”

Shen Tuluo and Duan Shao got up at the same time, walked to the window, looked at the south bank, and when they saw a signal from the shore, Duan Shao said happily: "It should be that the cicada secret forbearance has returned." He commanded, "Let them come!" ”

The two of them got out of the cabin, and soon a small boat carrying four ninjas boarded the warship, these ninjas were all dressed in black and masked, the cicada secret ninja has always been dressed like this, looking very mysterious, and no one has ever seen their faces, Duan Shao stepped forward quickly and asked in a deep voice, "Have you completed the task?" ”

A ninja stepped forward and knelt down on one knee: "Burn down the granary and complete the mission!" ”

"Good!" Duan Shao clapped his hands and said, "You guys did a good job, hahaha..... Governor, now it seems that we really need to have a few drinks. ”

Shen Tuluo glanced at it, but asked calmly: "You are a group of five people on a mission, why are only the four of you coming back?" Where else is one more? ”

"When we retreated, we were chased and killed by the officers and soldiers in the city, and the leader of Danf was hit by an arrow, and he himself led those pursuers away." The ninja said, "The leader should stay in the city for the time being to recuperate from his injuries, and by the way, he will inquire about the information, recover from his injuries, and return immediately." ”

After the task of burning the grain was completed, Duan Shao didn't really care about whether the cicada was damaged or not, but at this time, he still asked pretendedly, "Is he seriously injured?" Do you want to send someone to the rescue? ”

"The injury is not serious, just a leg injury and immobility." The ninja said: "The leader is good at concealing his whereabouts, and the pursuers can't help him." ”

Duan Shao said with a smile: "This is very good. If you have made great achievements, you will naturally have a great reward when you turn back, so go down and rest first. Waving his hand to signal the cicada secret ninja to retreat, after the four ninjas retreated, Duan Shaocai said: "Metropolitan Governor, it's done, we can rest assured." The granary of Huize City was burned, and the news will spread soon, if the court of Chu State learns of this news, it will inevitably be chaotic, and we can contact the people of Chu State in a few days and let them withdraw their troops from Linzi. Feeling that there was hope for the restoration of the country, he stretched his waist and said: "The Metropolitan Governor has not rested for a few days, now we can sleep well and nourish our spirits, we still have many things to do." ”

When Shen Tuluo learned that the granary was indeed destroyed, his expression also stretched a lot, and he smiled: "Your Highness is really affected these days, the day is almost dawn, Your Highness should rest early." ”

Duan Shao and

Instead of resting on the big ship, I went to another inconspicuous ship.

The Eastern Qi Naval Division had dozens of warships, but they were divided into three, except for one to guard the estuary in the eastern part of Huaishui, and the other two were cruising in Huaishui.

After the defeat of the East China Sea Division, the East Qi Water Division had no opponents on the water, and even if they divided their troops, no water army could pose a threat to them.

The sailors under the command of Shen Tuluo had two main warships, a dozen or so small warships, and a total of more than 2,000 sailors.

Duan Shao's resting place every night was different, and he took turns resting on more than a dozen ordinary warships, just to make it impossible for people to figure out where he was.

After the excitement, there was a wave of tiredness coming up, it was only an hour before dawn, lying in the cabin, although the fatigue was not reduced, but still couldn't sleep, but in his heart he was already thinking about the next negotiation with the Chu State.

Holding the lifeblood of the Qinhuai Army, Duan Shao didn't want to just let the Chu State withdraw its troops, even if there were not many conditions to get in the end, but once the negotiations began, it was naturally a lion's mouth at the beginning, which was related to the life and death of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Chu State, and directly affected whether the Chu State could compete with the Northern Han Dynasty in the future, Duan Shao believed that the Chu State should make huge concessions.

In a daze, he suddenly heard an exclamation from outside, Duan Shao sat up suddenly, heard the messy footsteps on the deck, knew that something was wrong, and didn't care about putting on his coat, rushed out of the inner cabin, saw the figure outside the cabin shaking, and was about to ask, when he suddenly felt the bright and unusual light in the corner of his eye, turned his head to look over, and his face changed suddenly.

I saw a fire not far away, and two warships were on fire.

Duan Shao was shocked, rushed to the side of the boat, put his hands on the side of the boat, and opened his eyes wide.

At this moment, the sky was just dawning, the two warships were wrapped in fire, and on the burning warship, there was a shout, and even saw that someone had jumped from the boat into the river, Duan Shao trembled, turned around, and there were already dozens of sailors behind him, all of them with big swords out of their sheaths, but they could only watch the fire over there devouring the warship.

"What the hell is going on?" Duan Shao roared.

"Your Highness, those two ships suddenly caught fire, and ..... And it burned extremely fast, and in just a moment, it was engulfed by fire. Duan Shao was behind a guard. The guard also had a look of shock on his face.

"Get closer, put out the fire." Duan Shao waved his hand and said, "That..... Is that a grain ship? ”

The Eastern Qi Navy Division had two special ships to store grain in the cabin, and Duan Shao didn't care about how many sailors were burned to death on the ship at this time, and what he immediately thought of was the safety of the grain ship.

There are more than ten warships around the main warship, the appearance is roughly the same, although Duan Shao knows that there are two warships specially used to store grain, but he is not sure which two, at the moment it is exactly two ships on fire, what he is most afraid of now is that the two grain ships are destroyed.

Once the grain ship was destroyed, the food of the Eastern Qi Naval Division would be cut off in an instant, and the 2,000 officers and soldiers would start starving from today.

At this moment, there were already several warships approaching the burning ships, obviously trying to get close to the past to put out the fire, but the fire was too fierce, if the two burning ships were really grain ships, I am afraid it would be too late to rescue the food at this moment.

(End of chapter)