It only took half a day for Hou Xuanyan to find out about the family background of the wealthy family in Suzhou.

"That old man Gu is virtuous, gray-haired, old and strong. His third daughter-in-law is as tender as a peeled onion heart, and a pinch is a handful of water. Hey, these two guys..."

Hou Xuanyan looked at the little soldier who was spitting and excited, and threw a golden bean with his hand.

"Let's go down." Although the soldier hadn't finished speaking, he picked up the gold and withdrew with a smirk on his face.

A small soldier opened the tent and happened to see this scene, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "My lord, General Wu Yi is here, please come to the tent to discuss." ”

"Oh? General Wu is here, go. ”

Wu Yi has a boat and soldiers in his hands, and he is more handy than his own 10,000 people, hiding in Taihu Lake. Later, he went to make a banquet for his brother, was betrayed, and was captured and beheaded on the spot.

Wu Zhikui greeted him and introduced Hou Xuanyan: "This is Wu Risheng Wu Yi, this is the eldest son of Hou Yuzeng in Jiading, Hou Xuanyan." ”

When Wu Yi heard this, he said: "It turned out that after the martyrs, he was disrespectful and disrespectful." ”

Wu Yi has a white face and beard, medium stature, although he was once Shi Kefa's staff, but he is a little heavier. It is no wonder that many heroes can be restrained in Taihu Lake, and the Shuibo Liangshan at the end of the Ming Dynasty is staged.

Hou Xuanyan went straight to the point and said: "Presumably, the two generals of Wu have already passed the gas, and this time the generals are invited to come, not for anything else, but for Suzhou City." ”

Wu Yi looked embarrassed and hesitated: "Suzhou is a big city, and it was sacrificed to the Qing court by traitors at the beginning, if it is taken by force, it is not easy. ”

Hou Xuanyan said with a smile: "I can't hide it, I already have a plan to take Suzhou, but I just want the general to cooperate." ”

"If Brother Hou can really take Suzhou, Wu and his subordinates will never give up, but they don't know where to go?"

Such a character, with soldiers in his hands and having fought so many battles, naturally will not easily listen to the words of a scholar and gamble the lives of the whole army.

Hou Xuanyan turned around, pointed to Wujiang County on the map in the tent, and said: "You don't need the general to spend a single soldier, the general only needs to take the men and horses of his headquarters to feint Wujiang County." After the defenders of Suzhou came out, the general could lead his troops back and retreat to Taihu Lake. ”

Wu Yi's eyes lit up and said, "Do you want to transfer the tiger away from the mountain?" Then he darkened and said: "Xuanyan, this plan is difficult to succeed, there are not only Jiangning Governor Tu Guobao in Suzhou City, but also the soldiers and horses of Wu Shengzhao, the governor of Wu Song. Just one Wujiang County is not enough for them to fall out of the nest. ”

"Haha, General Wu only needs to act according to the plan, I have another plan to take Suzhou."

Wu Yi secretly thought about it, and said in his heart, I will do what you say, and there is no loss anyway. If Suzhou can really be taken, the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang will be revitalized.

Although Wu Zhikui and others didn't believe in Hou Xuanyan very much, they had no choice but to have money in his hands. The whole army pointed to him for the purchase of military rations, which also made them willing to listen to him once. Of course, this is based on Hou Xuanyan's current move, and it has not damaged their troops, if they were allowed to attack Suzhou, I am afraid they would have been detained by them a long time ago.

"Xuan Yan, what kind of plan do you have, can you always talk about it now?" Xia Yunyi looked forward to it, and he was really willing to believe in Hou Xuan's performance, from beginning to end, I am afraid that he was the only one.

The others also pricked up their ears, and their hearts felt like monkeys scratching.

"Hehe, this is a plan, it's easy to say..."

...

At night, the city of Suzhou is pitch black and the streets are empty.

Now that the army is in chaos, the Qing army has just occupied Suzhou, and the people are still waiting.

The wealthy families in Suzhou City are even more closed, and no one wants to attract attention. Especially in the past two days, I don't know where the rumors came from that the governor Tu Guobao wanted to kill the Suzhou gentry in order to control Jiangnan. For a time, the city was full of wind and rain, and everyone in Suzhou was in danger.

The ten-day massacre in Yangzhou City, regardless of whether you are a wealthy family or an ordinary person, they will kill men when they see them, and they will prostitute themselves when they see women. Suzhou Yangzhou has been the two richest cities in the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times, and there are often contacts between each other, and the gentry of Suzhou rarely have no industry in Yangzhou.

The inner courtyard of Gu's mansion was brightly lit, and Gu Youde gathered the men in his family here.

In his arms, it was his third son who gave birth to his grandson, who was held in Gu Youde's arms, and he was the most favored.

"Dad, are we really going to shave our hair?"

The second son, Gu Shou, is a scholar, the most motivated, and he was selected as a talent at a very young age. It's just that the world was in turmoil later, and I didn't worry about letting him go to the imperial examination, otherwise it would be okay to raise people and jinshi. After studying for decades, he naturally refused to shave his hair and become obedient, but the pressure from the family was too great, and he didn't have the courage to resist.

"The Manchu Qing Dynasty is powerful, we are under the eaves, we can't help but bow our heads."

The eldest son, Gu Shouye, is a businessman, and most of the family's property is taken care of by him, and he said: "Dad is right, second brother, you didn't go to Yangzhou, the miserable image is simply unbearable." If it weren't for your eldest brother who escaped quickly, and the nursing home at home desperately protected me to escape, our brothers would not have been able to see each other a long time ago. ”

"That's it, tomorrow I will sacrifice my ancestors, shave my hair and change clothes!"

At the same time, in the backyard boys' residences, a figure in a night suit stepped over the wall.

Touching a small dark room, he gently woke up the Gu Mansion handyman lying on the bed.

The handyman was so shocked that he was about to scream and be covered by his lips. "Xiao Hei, it's me, I'm Da Zhuang."

"Big Brother? How are you? Haven't you redeemed yourself and returned to your homeland? ”

It turned out that they were fellow villagers, because their families were flooded, and they fled to Suzhou to sell themselves as Gufu miscellaneous laborers. Later, Da Zhuang was unwilling to be a slave, saved money to redeem himself, and then defected to the anti-Qing township soldiers and was adopted by Wu Zhikui.

Xiao Hei lit the oil lamp and took a closer look, and sure enough, it was his own hair and big hair.

"What do you think this is?" Da Zhuang threw down a black package, and the little black palm lamp stepped forward to take a look, and suddenly his breath was short, and blood ran through the top of his head.

"Great. Brother Zhuang, where did you get so much gold, are you developed? ”

"It's not that I'm developed, it's you who is developed, do you want it?"

...

The sky was slightly bright, a fast horse drove into Suzhou, and in the prefect's yamen, Jiangning Governor Tu Guobao sat in the hall and asked, "What's the matter, speak slowly." ”

"My lord! Wu Yi, a thief from Taihu Lake, led his troops to besiege Wujiang County, and we will not be able to hold on. This time, Wu Yi poured out of the nest, and the county Cheng Zhang asked the little one to come for help, and I hope that the adult will send reinforcements as soon as possible. ”

Tu Guobao slapped his palms and said angrily: "This group of thieves is too deceitful! When the Manchurians were in the beginning, they shrank in Taihu Lake as turtles, and as soon as the Manchurians left, they came out to attack the county seat, not taking us seriously. ”

Wu Shengzhao, the commander of Wusong, got up and said: "Lord Governor, don't be angry, this group of thieves is hiding in Taihu Lake, and it is difficult for us to start." This time, it happened to take advantage of them to come out and exterminate them in one fell swoop, which was also a great achievement. Xia Guan is willing to lead his troops to gallop to Wujiang to eliminate the thieves. ”