"Master Hou, should we leave now?"

Chen Mingsheng walked to the river to persuade the Marquis of Xinchang to leave this matter of right and wrong; The top priority is that they still find a way to return to Yueyang first, otherwise, they will be a tiger falling in Pingyang and a dragon trapped in the shallows, and they will not be able to exert all their abilities.

At this time, Han Qian is not in Yanling, and no one will stop them for the time being, but when Han Qian's grandson comes back, it is difficult to say whether he will change his hexagram.

Xinchang Hou Li Pu saw that Chen Mingsheng was leading his subordinates, and only then did he find a few lame horses that had been discarded by Han Qian, and he was full of bitterness and asked, "Go, how to go?" ”

If they want to return to Yueyang, they will either go up the Yangtze River by water, or cross the mountains and mountains between Xuanshe through Ningguo, and then borrow the road from Hongzhou and Yuanzhou, and go back to Yueyang by land through Hengzhou.

If they take the waterway, they and more than 100 guards, whether they are looking for a large ship with a load of more than 2,000 stones, or a number of medium-sized ships, it is not easy to be in chaos now, and once they enter the waterway of the Yangtze River, the target is very large, and it is easy to become the target of attack.

Besides, there are more than 100 people under their guards, but none of them can steer and control the sail mast, unless Yue Yang sends a boat to pick it up, otherwise, how will the waterway go?

If they take the land route, only rely on a few lame horses, more than 2,000 miles of mountains and rivers, they have to go to the donkey year and the horse month to get to Yueyang?

Although Li Pu was also worried that Han Qian would turn his face and deny people, they wanted to get a boat now, or if they wanted to get enough horses, they still had to wait for Han Qian to come back, or they would go directly to Danyang to negotiate with Han Qian.

When Li Pu and Chen Mingsheng were in a dilemma, Xiao Dahu and Shi Ji rushed back with people and some horses to evacuate the women and children, and also brought back the news that it only took half an hour to severely damage the defenders and capture Danyang City.

Xinchang Hou Li Pu did not have the slightest excitement in his heart.

In his opinion, it is not very difficult to take Danyang City while the defenders are unprepared, the key is that they have now stabbed the Chuzhou army fiercely, how to resist the crazy revenge of the Chuzhou army next?

However, hearing that Xiao Dahu and Shi Ji sent people to disperse, mobilizing the old and weak, women and children to retreat to Maoshan after lunch, Xinchang Hou Li Pu was even more shocked, and shouted in his heart: Han Qian, you horse and horse, you took Danyang City so hard, and completely provoked the Chuzhou army to be angry, but you want to withdraw to Maoshan?

If you had decided to take so many old and weak women and children to evacuate to Maoshan Mountain, what kind of madness did you have to sneak attack Danyang?

Xinchang Marquis Li Pu's heart was in a state of confusion, and he couldn't guess what Han Qian's plans were, but Chen Mingsheng was full of greed for Xiao Dahu and Shi Ji's more than 200 sturdy war horses they brought back in the afternoon, thinking that they were more than 100 elites, and if they could have more than 200 healthy horses, it would be easy to return to Yueyang by land.

However, Chen Mingsheng ran over with his subordinates to grab the horse, but was bombarded back by Xiao Dahu and Shi Ji with people.

Xiao Dahu and Shi Ji are both bold and bloody men, who are willing to be fugitives for their parents and relatives, and do not hesitate to flee back to Jinling for the sake of their parents and relatives, where can they be afraid of Xinchanghou, Li Pu, and Chen Mingsheng, who have been clearly deprived of military power by Han Qian?

What's more, after taking Danyang City in the early morning, the two of them and their subordinates were still excited in their hearts, their blood was not cold, and under the emotion, they hated Li Pu and Chen Mingsheng's incompetence even more.

In the end, Chen Mingsheng saw that the situation might get out of control, so he first withdrew with his subordinates to the house at the end of the port.

Shi Ji and Xiao Dahu are also unforgiving guys, not to mention that Han Qian has not clearly ordered Li Pu and Chen Mingsheng to leave, and at the moment he arranged for people to block the house where Li Pu and Chen Mingsheng retreated.

Shi Ji and Xiao Dahu brought back more than 200 people in the first batch to organize women and children to evacuate to Maoshan, but fortunately, in the past three days, Han Qian had rectified the remnants of the army, and selected two or three thousand healthy women to form a women's battalion.

Otherwise, just to protect nearly 50,000 old and weak women and children, the 3,000 remnants of the soldiers would not have to think about doing anything.

Although it was not difficult to break through the blockade of more than 200 healthy women, Xinchang Marquis Li Pu and Chen Mingsheng were worried that after the situation got out of control, it would only make their way back to Yueyang more difficult, so for the time being, they were patiently waiting for Han Qian's return.

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When the sunset covered the clear sky, Han Qian had just crossed the pontoon bridge of the Xipu River, he held the reins, looked back at the fields behind him and the Danyang City that had just been extinguished after a day of fire, the embers were not extinguished, and at this time there were intermittent black smoke rising from the city.

"I thought Yang Yuanyan was so powerful, if he dared to send two thousand elite horsemen to intersperse at this time, we would be ugly today!" Kong Xirong's injury was not serious, but a hole was pierced in his thigh, and he could only honestly sit in the carriage and retreat west with the team.

"You haven't had enough of a shot in the thigh, you take care of your injuries first, and then you will have a chance to charge." Han Qian said with a smile.

Yesterday, the Shouzhou army had 20,000 elites, and under the cover of the naval division of the Louchuan army, they crossed the river from Chuzhou in the north and stationed at the Changchun Palace at the foot of the mountain at the western foot of Baohua Mountain, so that the number of soldiers and horses in the Anning Palace east of Jinling City increased to more than 50,000 again.

Han Qian chose to raid Danyang City today, mainly because he took advantage of the momentum of Shouzhou's soldiers and horses to quickly disrupt it, so that Yang Yuanpu and Wang Wenqian were suspicious and did not dare to act rashly.

But even so, it is extremely dangerous.

Kong Xirong just had to charge into battle, but Han Qian needed to consider more factors, and it was only after their main force withdrew to the west bank of the Xipu River that the hanging stone in their hearts could be regarded as temporarily landing, but even so, they had to withdraw to Maoshan tonight, and they could not stay in Yanling any longer.

Yanling is only eighty miles away from Dantu, and it is less than sixty miles away from the forward camp of the Chuzhou army in Jingshan Nunnery.

No matter how sluggish Yang Yuanyan and Wang Wenqian are, they should also know that he has arrived in Jinling at this time, and when they come to their senses, whether the Chuzhou elite cavalry comes out of Dantu or Jingshan Nunnery, it only takes half a day to attack Yanling.

As a town, although there are one or two thousand families gathered to live, it is denser than the population of an ordinary county town, and the houses are lined up one after another, but there is no protection of the wall, and it cannot withstand the impact of the cavalry, so it is not a place that can be defended.

At this time, Shi Ji rushed over from the direction of Yanlingbu to report the retreat of the women and children after they arrived at Yanlingbu in the afternoon.

Hearing Shi Ji say that Xinchang Hou Li Pu and Chen Mingsheng had tried to take the horse but were beaten back, Han Qian just smiled and said, "Ignore them, let them go—you hurry up and withdraw the last group of men and horses to Maoshan, and you can sleep more or less for a few days to sleep peacefully......

Han Qian didn't want to pay attention to Li Pu and Chen Mingsheng, and ordered the house arrest of Li Pu and others to be lifted, but Li Pu and Chen Mingsheng did not leave immediately, but surrounded by more than a dozen people, they quickly found Han Qian directly.

"Hou Ye Li also came over to say goodbye to me?" Han Qian held the horsewhip in his hand, leaned over the horse's back and squinted at Li Pu, and asked.

"Sue your mother!" Chen Mingsheng scolded in his heart.

Not only did they have no horses at this time, but they didn't even have food rations for more than 100 people to last for three or five days, and even after today's horse dispute, Shi Ji and Xiao Dahu also cut off their food.

So many of them were locked up in the courtyard all day long, without food, hungry, and waited until now, Han Qian led three or four thousand remnants of soldiers back.

Li Pu looked at the soldiers and horses behind Han Qian, and did not mean to enter Yanling Port, but went directly to the direction of Maoshan Mountain, it seems that Shi Ji and Xiao Dahu said that it was true to guard Maoshan after they came back, but this was also the place he couldn't figure out the most.

Since Han Qian had already decided to lead his women and children to retreat to Maoshan Mountain, why did he raid Danyang City, and why did he have to sting and anger Yang Yuanyan, the evil Jiao?

Isn't that redundant? Is it madness?

Seeing Han Qian's lazy expression, as if he had returned from an outing, Li Pu's chest seemed to be stuffed with a ball of thorny grass, which was indescribably uncomfortable, and stared at Han Qian sternly and asked:

"You are arrogant in advocating an attack on the Chuzhou army and breaking the alliance between the two families, do you know the consequences? Do you want Yueyang to be the enemy of Anning Palace and Chuzhou at the same time? ”

Han Qian glanced at Li Pu and asked rhetorically:

"Or else?"

Li Pu suppressed the anger in his heart and said: "If you want to protect forty or fifty thousand old and weak women and children, it's not that there is no other way to think about it, even if you lead forty or fifty thousand old and weak women and children to withdraw to Maoshan Mountain, there is no need to be an enemy with the Chuzhou army at this time, and the Chuzhou soldiers and horses will not do anything to you before they decide with the Anning Palace." You went to attack Danyang City today, captured Danyang City and ransacked it, but you have no intention of sticking to it, you are nothing more than venting your hatred against Chuzhou and taking revenge for yourself. ”

In the face of Li Pu's accusations and doubts, Han Qian just smiled.

No one would have thought how tragic Jinling would be after being besieged, and probably no one would have figured out why he had torn his face with Chuzhou like a mantis arm at this time, right?

Even if Shen Yang and Yang Yuanpu came over, it would be difficult for Han Qian to explain his motive for attacking Danyang City today, and of course he didn't want to waste his lips and tongue on Li Pu, so he just said lightly:

"Hou Ye Li, it's not fair for you to say this, Hou Ye Li, you are still standing here with no hair damaged, which hatred do I vent, and which revenge do I take?"

"You ......" Xinchang Marquis Li Pu didn't expect Han Qian to also bring up his father's torture, and said with a stiff neck, "I'm going to stay and see how you clean up this mess!" ”

"Hou Ye Li wants to stay, Han Qian naturally doesn't dare to stop him, but if the incident before noon happens again, Hugh will blame me Han for being ruthless in military law." Han Qian said.

Chen Mingsheng's nose on the side was crooked, Han Qian really had to have a little bit of awe of Fadu, where would he do something to encourage the generals to mutiny and forcibly seize military power?