He Xiaomi was reporting the situation of the fruit building to Li Zicheng, everything was normal, but he didn't expect Li Zicheng to snort suddenly, his face was solemn, his eyes were full of anger, and he thought that he had made a mistake, and he was thinking about it, but he saw that Li Zicheng had already put down the urgent item in his hand, and shouted in a low voice: "Immediately send Li Baihu to see!" ”

"Yes, sir!" He Xiaomi realized that there must be something wrong with the urgency, so without saying a word, he turned around and walked out of the study.

Li Guo was having dinner, and when he heard Li Zicheng's urgent move, he immediately put down the bowl and chopsticks, and trotted to the official office.

Li Zicheng frowned at the anxious part, and when he saw Li Guo, he didn't say anything, just raised his hand and pointed to the chair opposite, signaling him to sit on his own.

Li Guo saw that Li Zicheng was thinking hard, he didn't dare to disturb, but he sat down opposite, picked up the tea on the table and poured two sips.

After about a bag of cigarettes, Li Zicheng put away the urgent item and said slowly: "Double happiness, how are the soldiers training?" How is the riding? ”

"My lord, the soldiers can gallop on horseback, even if they go to the battlefield, it's no problem," Li Guo's eyebrows moved, "My lord, is there a combat mission?" Hit whom, Mongols? ”

"The Mongols are hiding in his mother's belly, where can I find the Mongols?" Li Zicheng smiled slightly, "It's a few local people who are making trouble!" ”

"Turen?" Li Guo didn't understand, the natives had always surrendered, and he had never heard of their mutiny, "My lord, is there a riot among the natives!" ”

Li Zicheng handed over the urgent item on the table, "Double happiness, take a look for yourself!" ”

Li Guo took the urgent mail, and before he finished reading it, he slammed his fist on the square table, "These birds and native people, can they still be reversed?" ”

"Double happiness, don't be impatient!" Li Zicheng knew Li Guo's frizzy temperament, and he was used to dancing with his hands and feet, and warned: "Let's read it first!" ”

Li Guo picked up the urgent item again, and read it patiently, "My lord, do you want to do it to the natives?" My subordinates are always on standby! ”

"Whether you want to do it or not, it depends on the situation, but you must suppress the momentum of the natives, otherwise they will have trouble in the future!" Li Zicheng continued: "Go back immediately, prepare dry food and water, have breakfast at three o'clock tomorrow, and start crossing the river at midnight." ”

After Li Guo left, Li Zicheng went through the whole thing in his mind twice, and then fell asleep.

At three o'clock, the soldiers in Li Guo's camp began to be agitated, there were only more than 100 soldiers, not to mention chaos, the firefighters had already prepared the meal, one for each person, and lined up to receive it.

At the same time, the soldiers were eating breakfast in the back office, Li Zicheng occupied a table, but He Xiaomi came to report: "My lord, the ship is ready, a total of twelve small boats, each small boat can carry four people and four horses, and three trips back and forth can be loaded!" ”

"Have you chosen a dock?"

"Lord Hui, a simple wharf was originally built on the south bank of Huangshui, although there is no wharf on the north bank, but ships can go upriver from Beichuan, and there is a tidal flat two miles away, which can be used as a temporary wharf!"

"Well, that's good, millet, you can also eat some breakfast, there is still a long way to catch up in the morning!"

"Yes, sir!" He Xiaomi was not polite, reached out and took a steamed bun from the table, took a big bite, and poured himself another cup of tea.

At the end of the day, the soldiers were all concentrated in the north of Xining City, where was the Zhaoguan Wharf on the south bank of Huangshui, and twelve small boats were already waiting on the wharf, but the wharf was too small for these ships to be used at the same time, and only four boats could carry soldiers at most at a time.

Li Guo's soldiers were already lined up in four long lines on the dock, mixed with men and horses, and Li Zicheng took his own soldiers behind the rear hall of the team.

The first batch of 12 small boats could transport 48 people, and Li Guo rushed to the front to get on the first four small boats to carry people.

Li Zicheng scolded with a smile from afar: "This Li Guo is already a hundred household officials, and he is still a ranger!" "But after the soldiers landed, they needed the command of the officer, and they didn't stop him.

The four small boats carrying Li Guo slowly left the dock without stopping, and went directly to the opposite shore, and the small boats that had stayed on the side of the pier were moved to the center of the dock to facilitate the soldiers to board the boats.

Li Zicheng looked at the small boat that was gradually moving away, and at the soldiers who were boarding the ship in an orderly manner on the dock, and there was a feeling in his heart that a large army was going out to fight, but the army he dispatched this time was only more than 100 people, and it was still far from the real "big army".

The first four ships to leave the dock had long since moved away from the Zhaoguan pier, and gradually only a few small black dots remained, which merged into a small dot until they disappeared into the rolling eastward waves.

Li Zicheng chuckled in his heart, although he knew that there was no enemy on the other side, but the soldiers suddenly disappeared from sight, and he was still a little uncomfortable, so he could only hope that those ships would come back soon.

He was bored, so he had to look at Xining City behind him, although he had been in the city for some days, he had never taken a good look at the first military city he owned, let alone admired it from the periphery.

The tall city wall blocks almost all the buildings in the city, only the colorful city gate tower on the north city gate, under the illumination of the morning sun, emits a dazzling brilliance, just like a young woman dancing, showing off her style, and attracting customers from all over the world, which forms a sharp contrast with the stability and thickness of the mud black city wall.

I don't know how long it took, He Xiaomi suddenly shouted excitedly, "My lord, it's back, the ship is back!" ”

Li Zicheng followed He Xiaomi's fingers, looked forward, and sure enough, he saw a small black dot on the surface of the river, the black dot was getting bigger and bigger, and in the blink of an eye, it suddenly split into four, and he was startled: "Is it a split-guided warhead?" Then he laughed, and it turned out that the four small boats that had left the dock first had returned.

"Xiaomi, how long does it take to go back and forth?"

"My lord, my subordinates have estimated that the time for a pillar of incense has passed, but the ship has not yet docked, and if it waits for the shore, I am afraid it will take time for a bag of cigarettes!"

Without a pocket watch, there is no way to know the exact time, to delay for more than an hour, I don't know what Du Youheng is in a hurry, but it is useless to be in a hurry, the boat has played a limit carrying function, and the soldiers can not swim through the water, even if they swim, they may not be able to catch up with the speed of the boat.

At the end of the hour, Li Zicheng finally boarded the boat, this last batch, the number was already insufficient, in order to increase the speed, all the boats were in action, but they were not fully loaded.

Li Zicheng and He Xiaomi, as well as a personal soldier, three people and three horses on the same boat.

Leaving the shore only seven or eight feet, there was a sudden undercurrent upstream, the hull shook violently, and the bow of the ship was also washed downwind, and the old man did not force the ship to cross it, but followed the water trend, so that the bow pointed to the right front of the downstream, which stabilized the hull.

In this way, the trajectory of the boat will inevitably be rowed in a semicircle, and the distance increased out of thin air is many times, and Li Zicheng understands why the boat takes so much time to go back and forth.

The boat gradually entered the center of the river, Li Zicheng originally wanted to see the vast appearance of the Huang Hookah, but unfortunately today is a sunny day, the sun has already penetrated the fog on the water, only the water rushing down from the upstream, bringing up a thin mist, if there is nothing.

When you reach the mouth of the Beichuan River, you are already heading north against the water, but the water surface of Beichuan is narrower, the wind and waves are small, and the speed of the water flow is significantly slowed down.

There was no wharf at the mouth of the Beichuan River, and the boat traveled for about two miles, and a wide tidal flat appeared on the left bank in front of it, almost extending to the center of the river, and on the bank of the tidal flat, a large number of cavalry had already gathered, and Li Guo was staying at the very edge of the tidal flat at this time, preparing to receive Li Zicheng's landing.

When approaching the tidal flat, the old man paddled a few oars, "Sit down, the old man is going to speed up!" "The speed of the boat increased significantly and it headed straight for the tidal flats.

The bottom of the boat hit the tidal flat, and the hull of the boat jerked upward, and it glided on the tidal flat for five or six feet before it stopped, and at this time most of the hull was embedded in the tidal flat, and the small boat did not move at all.

Li Zicheng squatted down, trying to lower his center of gravity, but when the boat was tilted, he still stumbled backwards and almost fell.

He Xiaomi was furious, "You old man, how do you row a boat?" Looking for death? He stretched out his hand to help Li Zicheng and slowly got off the boat.

The old man was scolded, and he didn't dare to talk back, so he bowed and explained: "Little Lao'er doesn't know that adults are not used to small boats, so I really damn it, but it is very stable to stop the boat like this, and it is much more convenient for people and horses to get off the boat." ”

Li Zicheng pushed the boat, but it was steady, and said with a smile: "Xiaomi, the old man did the right thing, so steady, when the war horse gets off the boat, it is much more convenient!" ”

At this time, Li Guo had already greeted him from the tidal flat, "My lord, the crossing of the river is quite smooth, right?" ”

"Smooth, smooth," Li Zicheng walked up the river embankment quickly, and saw that Li Guo's soldiers were all on their horses, and they were ready to fight one by one, "Double happiness, how is it, are the brothers ready to attack?" ”

"My lord, the brothers are ready to go at any time," Li Guo saw that Li Zicheng's personal soldiers were still lagging behind, so he said: "My lord, if you don't belong to the subordinates first, it's good to arrive a moment earlier, my lord has a little rest, the brothers have just gotten off the boat, and they should still be a little dizzy." ”

"No need, let's go together," Li Zicheng turned back to He Xiaomi: "Whole the army, set off immediately." ”

"Yes, sir!" He Xiaomi made a move, turned over and got on the horse, and the pro-soldiers behind him jumped on the horse, lifted the stiffness, and did it in one go, and the movements were quite neat, which made Li Guo stunned, and the pro-soldiers who were listless just now, only a gesture from He Mi, immediately revealed their true faces, it seems that their subordinates, training is far from enough.

Li Zicheng also turned over and got on his horse, glanced at the soldiers, and only spit out two words: "Go!" ”

"Let's go!" He Xiaomi repeated the military order loudly.

"Da da da......" Several rushing streams suddenly appeared on the west bank of Beichuan, and the dust raised by the horse's hooves rushed straight into the air.

After galloping for more than an hour, it should be close to fifty miles, and Li Guo sent a message from the front: There is a large group of people in front, it is estimated that it is Du Youheng and them.

Li Zicheng urged the war horse and quickly overtook the soldiers around him, "Xiaomi, let's go, go to the front and have a look!" ”

When he caught up with Li Guo, it was only two or three miles away from the crowd in front, Li Zicheng was surprised to find that there was not a group of people in front, but two groups, and there seemed to be a conflict, and he saw a person being pushed to the ground from a distance, a little farther away, and he couldn't see who it was.

"Let's go, take a closer look!"

Li Zicheng urged the war horse again and sped up his speed, and He Xiaomi and Li Guo followed closely by his side.

Finally saw it clearly, Li Zicheng was suddenly angry, the person who was pushed down just now was Du Youheng who he sent to relocate the people, at this time he was lying on the ground, and he was still with a knife on his neck.