On the shore of Taihu Lake, under the willow tree, on the recliner, a straw hat covered Hou Xuanyan's face, and he was sleeping soundly.

The fresh melons and fruits covered with gauze around him show that his life in the past few days has been rare and comfortable since the crossing. Except, of course, for Xia Yunyi's noise pollution.

It has been seven days since he came to Taihu Lake, and he has spent these seven days in Xia Yunyi's roar.

Now what he admires most is Wu Zhikui, such a man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, who is sprayed by a thin scholar and washes his face with spit every day, and he can still be happy. With such psychological quality, being a general is really condescending.

The water vapor on Taihu Lake is dense, and the water vapor steaming up under the scorching sun is visible to the naked eye. The breeze blew, and it carried a wave of heat, which made people sweat all over. Hou Xuanyan was not sleeping soundly, and suddenly a dog barked in his ears, and he knew that Xu Yuanbao was coming.

He closed his eyes and slapped to his side, just slapping Xu Yuanbao's chubby hand.

"Stealing? Don't look at who Lao Tzu is, can you steal it? ”

Xu Yuanbao was not annoyed, took a piece of melon with a smile, and said while eating: "Da Shao, Lao Xia and Xiao Xia let you go to the big tent, saying that there is something important to discuss." ”

Hou Xuan played a carp to fight up, stood up, threw away the straw hat in his hand, and said, "Are you finally going to fight?" ”

Along the way, the officers and soldiers I met all looked at Hou Xuanyan with reverence, as if they were looking at some treasure.

The reason why there is such treatment is not only because Hou Xuanyan is a loyal martyr, but more importantly... He has money.

On the third day of coming here, Hou Xuanyan and his two subordinates borrowed a car and went out. Everyone thought that the three of them were afraid of being surrounded and suppressed by the Qing soldiers and fled, but who knew that they would come back a day later. And pulled back a cart of gold, silver and jewelry, a whole cart.

In order to escape for his life, the savings of Wu Lao, the richest man in Jiading, were hidden by them in the ancient temple. Just take it back, otherwise there is no money and no soldiers, even after the martyrs, where does the right to speak in the barracks where the remnants of the army are defeated.

As soon as he came in, the people in the tent stood up, and Wu Zhikui stepped forward to hold his hand and shouted, "Brother Hou, you are finally here, please take a seat." ”

Hou Xuanyan could see at a glance that the atmosphere was not right, and this group of grandsons wanted to beat me for money.

Sure enough, there was no cover-up at all, Xia Wanchun spoke: "Brother Hou, we are preparing to capture Suzhou, but we are suffering from the lack of weapons of the soldiers, the armor is not complete, the grain and grass are not enough, and the equipment is not enough..."

"What's the point?" Hou Xuanyan looked stunned, this is preparing a suicide attack?

"Ahem." Xia Yunyi coughed dryly, stood up and was about to speak, Hou Xuanyan was most afraid of this, for fear that he would wash his face with saliva, and hurriedly said: "You can't fight Suzhou, you have to outwit it." I know you want me to pay for the military. But to be honest, fighting a war is the most expensive, and my little silver is enough to do anything else, but fighting a war is a drop in the bucket. ”

Wu Zhikui nodded, as the chief soldier, he knew that Hou Xuan's speech was right.

Suddenly, a voice sounded in the tent: "The national disaster is at the head..."

Xia Yunyi opened his mouth, Hou Xuanyan's heart was not good, he was about to start!

Hou Xuanyan's volume increased a few notches in vain, and he shouted sharply: "The national disaster is at the head!" We must be brave and strategic, otherwise we will bury the anti-Qing forces in vain, make the enemies happy, and let the hope of restoring the mountains and rivers of Daming become despair! ”

Xia Yunyi has been in Taihu Lake these days, spraying invincible opponents all over the world, and no one dares to argue with him. Today, Hou Xuan played this voice, and he was stunned.

Hou Xuanyan saw that he was stunned, and hurriedly said: "You give me this opportunity, I will take Suzhou without blood." ”

The eyes of all the people in the tent were suddenly focused on him. Take Suzhou? Bloodless? A few adjutants exchanged heads and pointed at each other, the young man was very energetic, why did he go crazy, what a pity.

Only Xia Yunyi looked forward to it and asked, "What is the best plan for Xuan Yan?" In his bones, he looked down on military generals, believing that only a literati like him should command the army if he had the talent to go through the heavens and the earth. Hou Xuanyan is a scholar, and he is well-rooted, and after being loyal to the martyrs, he is his own person in his eyes.

"Give me three days, and you'll know then."

Xia Yunyi looked hesitant and asked, "Xuanyan has a good plan to break the city, why wait for three days?" ”

Hou Xuanyan looked unfathomable, put his hands behind his back, and said proudly: "Zhuge Zhoulang has a strategy to burn 800 miles, can you see them everywhere? In these three days, I also asked General Wu to give orders to go down and let the soldiers cooperate with me. ”

Wu Zhikui is also not sure if this Jiading orphan is reliable, but the situation has been so erosive that he can only be a dead horse and a live horse doctor. Anyway, it is much better to let him toss for three days than to go to Suzhou City to die en masse.

"First of all, send someone to contact Wu Yi on Taihu Lake and ask him to raise troops together."

Wu Zhikui nodded and said, "Yes, this move is not bad, we have already sent someone." ”

Wu Yi was originally a Jinshi, and followed Shi Kefa as a staff member, after Shi Kefa died, he went to Taihu Lake to raise troops to resist the Qing Dynasty, and now he is quite popular.

"Find me all the soldiers from Suzhou in the battalion."

Wu Zhikui made a look, and his adjutant got up and went out to give orders. Hou Xuanyan watched coldly, and sure enough, although Wu Zhikui was "washed face" by Xia Yunyi every day, he was still the backbone and absolute leader of this army.

After a while, the adjutant entered the tent, hugged his fists and said, "Suzhou and nearby prefectures and counties have all gathered outside the tent." ”

Everyone's eyes looked at Hou Xuanyan again, who whispered to Hong Yixun, then got up and said, "Let's go, go out and have a look." ”

When the tent was opened, hundreds of people had gathered, looking at the commanders with blank expressions.

Hong Yixun came to the front with a box, opened it and saw that it was all gold.

The sound of spitting suddenly sounded in the crowd, Hou Xuanyan chuckled lightly, and said loudly: "You are all from Suzhou, and the characters in Suzhou City should have heard of it." Who knows that the trivial matters in the homes of the famous gentry in Suzhou City, no matter what the trivial matter, have gold to take. ”

The crowd suddenly exploded, and the news of buying a wealthy family with gold?

"I'll come first! I'll come first! ”

"I know a lot, let me say!"

...

Hou Xuanyan waved his hand, and when everyone saw that the God of Wealth waved his hand, they were busy quieting down.

"Come into my tent and come one by one. General Wu, order people to stay outside my tent and let them come one by one in order. ”

Hou Xuanyan looked relaxed and walked into his tent humming a minor tune.

He may not be as good as Wu Zhikui in commanding troops, not as good as Xia Wanchun in poetry, and not as good as Xia Yunyi in shouting slogans. But there is one thing, he is better than everyone in the world, he is familiar with the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

The Manchurian retreat north was a big trick for Dolgon, but unfortunately no one in history seized this great opportunity. Nowadays in Suzhou, people from all walks of life have different aspirations, and the traitor team is not monolithic. There are those who dislike the small officials given by the Qing court, those who are unwilling to shave their hair and be obedient, and those who surrender and are ready to fight back.

Suzhou and Hangzhou, in the eyes of Hou Xuanyan, are like two coquettish little girls, who are holding small handkerchiefs and flattering at Master Hou.

"Da Shao, come and play."