After the baptism of war, Anqing finally regained its prosperity, shops opened, merchants flocked to the streets, and the streets were full of people running with grain.

"Lao Wang, the adults are leaving, aren't you going to send them off!" An old man running for the government said to an old man pushing a cart of grain on the side of the road.

"Your Excellency wants to go? Which adult is leaving? Whether it's Hao Dudu or Master Yu, which one goes, I have to send it! Lao Wang stopped the car, wiped a handful of sweat, and asked with concern.

"Lord Yu and Hao Dudu, both have to go!" Lao Wu was well-informed and whispered to Lao Wang.

"What?" Lao Wang's eyes widened in surprise, "The two adults are leaving, who are you entrusting the people of our city to?" No, you can't let them go! He said firmly.

Lao Wang didn't care much, threw away his grain truck, and teamed up with Lao Wu to go straight to the mansion in a hurry. From her point of view, even if she can't leave both adults behind, it can be regarded as the hope of the people of Anqing!

In front of the Yamen of the Taishou Mansion in Anqing Mansion, there were crowds of people, surrounded by the people who came to see them off, and the sound of the people crying could be heard for several miles, and many people were crying and complaining, and they had not yet completely come out of the trauma of the war.

"Hao Dudu is benevolent and righteous, there has always been only the imperial court to collect taxes, how can there be parents and officials who distribute food for the people!"

"Governor Hongen, the dog shot and wounded your guard, and you actually forgave him from dying!"

"O parents of the Governors!"

Hao Ren was surrounded by the guards of the Chinese army, dressed in silver-white fish scale armor, with a snow-white satin horse in his crotch, slowly walking out of the city along the street, he smiled, enjoyed the voice of the people, and frequently hugged his fists to the people on both sides of the road: "Guozuo thank you Anqing for your send-off, now get rid of the chaos in Huainan, forgive Guozuo can not stay for a long time, wait for the world to be calm, Guozuo will meet with Anqing's father again." ”

An old man knelt down in front of Hao Ren in the way, pulled a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child, and said with tears in his eyes: "The old man has nothing to repay the governor Hongen, please take the dog away and let him serve the governor!" ”

Hao Ren dislikes this kind of kneeling etiquette the most, now there is an old man kneeling on the ground, it is simply killing him, he quickly rolled the saddle and fell off the horse, and helped the old man up: "Guozuo thank you for your kindness, this baby is still too young, please let him stay by your side, and do his filial piety for a few more years!" ”

The old man wiped a handful of tears and said: "The governor is sympathetic to the people, it is really Hongen's parents, then leave Lord Yu Que to govern the place, if so, the old man is willing to die for the whole family for the governor!" ”

As soon as the old man said this, the people on the side of the road were in an uproar, knelt down halfway, and said with tears in their eyes: "Please leave Master Yu behind!" ”

"This ......" left a remnant? How could Hao Ren leave Yu Que in Anqing? Hao Renzhen didn't know how to answer.

Yu Que and Hao Ren walked side by side, seeing that the etiquette that should belong to them was taken by Hao Ren, and Hao Ren took it away, it was not a taste in his heart, and seeing that Anqing's father had not forgotten his goodness, he was quite relieved in his heart, and said with tears in his fists:

"Yu is grateful for Anqing's fathers and elders for a deep affection, and is also grateful to Anqing's fathers for fighting for Yu Que in the past, and now, Qingfeng Army Hao Dudu Governor has sent the old and steady Shi Nai'an to serve as Anqing Taishou, and the dog is a minister, and he also stayed as the prefect of Anqing, Yu went to Shouzhou here, but there is a big thing to do with 'merit in the present and benefit in the future', please Anqing father, don't keep it anymore!"

Hao Ren also knew that Yu Que's influence in Anqing could not be completely eliminated at once, and a Tang Wu person, sitting in Huainan, could win the hearts of the people in Anqing, and Yu Que did it. However, Hao Ren faintly felt that Yu Que had stolen the limelight he should have, and he was quite unhappy in his heart, but he was helpless.

The will of the people can not be violated!

Anqing's father and elder saw that one of the two adults couldn't keep it, and most of them retreated, and there were still many people who followed the army and sent them all the way to the city gate.

Hao Ren and Zhang Poyu, the Chinese army who stayed in Anqing, Geng Zaicheng, the right sentry cavalry, Yu Dechen, the prefect of Anqing, and Shi Nai'an, the Taishou of Anqing, said goodbye one by one, and gave some advice.

On the first road, with the left army Wanhu Fu Youde as the main general, and the left sentinel ranger Qianhu Hu Dahai, go to Qianshan, Yuexi, Tongcheng, Shucheng, go around in a circle, and return to Luzhou.

On the second road, with 15,000 selected by Li Zongke, the marshal of the Anqing Army, and the right army of the Governor's Mansion to guard the thousands of households of the Shan Hu Division, along the north bank of the Yangtze River, go to Zongyang and Wuwei, and the Governor's Mansion is a third of the water army of Jiao Lushuai, who is a thousand households in the Governor's Mansion, and guards on the water.

The third road, led by Hao Ren himself, the governor's mansion Su Wei Qianhu Wu Liujiu, deputy Qianhu Futong, the navy Wan Hu Yu Tonghai and two-thirds of the sailors, went up the river, went to Wangjiang and Susong, turned back, left a hundred small and medium-sized boats in Anqing to assist in the defense, the army went down the river, and went straight to Hezhou.

The three road armies all took the pre-selected Anqing surrender officials, took over the prefecture and county, Lujiang and Feixi, and were occupied by Li Pusheng and Tu Danjun one step earlier, Jiangbei had no large-scale enemy army, and the three-way army basically did not encounter resistance, and the prefectures and counties that passed through were all pacified, and the territory west of Chaohu on the two roads of Anqing and Luzhou was all incorporated into the territory of the Qingfeng army.

Zhang Polu as the head of the Anqing army, plus the right sentry rangers thousand households, a total strength of 6,000 people, there are many people who are unwilling to go away with Li Zongke, the Anqing garrison is about 20,000, and all the artillery and catapults left by Hao Ren are thousands of households, Anqing City is under the dual governance of Shi Nai'an and Yu Dechen, Anqing's military strength should not be underestimated, and when it meets a big enemy, with Anqing's military strength, it is not a problem to hold for a month or two.

Hao Ren was in charge of the naval army, down the river, guarding several miles away, shouting and killing, the sound of artillery, endlessly, obviously, there was a big battle in front, and the battle was quite fierce.

The navy army hurriedly accelerated forward, and only six or seven miles away did they see the outline of the battlefield clearly.

Under the city of Chizhou on the south bank of the Yangtze River, a large number of red turban troops, shouting and attacking the city, the defenders of the city, artillery, catapults, bows and crossbows came down together, the red turban army suffered heavy casualties, and they followed one after another, aiding the city, and it was a tragic offensive and defensive battle.

"Governor, the Red Turban Army is attacking the city, let's help!" Yu Tonghai said excitedly.

"I don't know the flag of the other party's Red Turban Army, and it is easy to cause misunderstanding if I attack rashly, so I should send someone to take a look!" Hao Ren looked into the distance.

While speaking, seven or eight small boats were like offline arrows, heading straight to the center of the river, and on the small boat, there were seventy or eighty Red Turban Army soldiers standing in strict order, and on the boat at the head, Chen Youliang, Zhang Bixian, Zhang Dingbian and others were surrounded by a general. The general, aged about forty years old, was born quite mighty, carrying a pair of treasure knives on both ribs, and on the banner of the Chinese army, the word "Zhao" was very eye-catching.

That general was the Tianwan general who insisted near Chizhou - Shuangdao Zhao Pusheng.

Chen Youliang scattered Zhao Pusheng in the east, Zhao Pusheng and Hao Ren echoed each other, supervised and attacked Chizhou, Chen Youliang did not need to climb the deep mountains and old forests to find it, as long as he passed by the river, he could contact Zhao Pusheng.

Hao Ren parked the big ship in the middle of the river, and the Shouzhou lowered the ladder and picked up Zhao Pusheng on the big ship.

"Zhao Pingzhang (Zhao Pusheng Tianwan regime was named the provincial Pingzhang) loyalty, righteousness and bravery, the name is known in Jiangnan, and now the overseer is attacking Chizhou, and the military is quite mighty!" Hao Ren complimented.

When Zhao Pusheng was in his heyday, he once occupied Chizhou, crossed the river from Chizhou, attacked Anqing, in the Mengyuan counterattack, he even lost Chizhou, and now there are 10,000 people, in the periphery of Chizhou in the south of the Yangtze River, I heard that Hao Ren captured Anqing, the defenders of Chizhou wavered, and took the opportunity to supervise the troops to storm Chizhou, but Chizhou was well guarded, Zhao Pusheng's troops were thin, and it was difficult to win for a while.

"Hao Dudu won a hundred battles, Anqing, Yuque, the army is strong, how dare Zhao Mouren compare with the governor, now Zhao's army has moved to Chizhou, and it can't be attacked for a long time, I beg the governor, I wish me a helping hand with the water army, Zhao is grateful!" Zhao Pusheng said in a deep voice.

Hao Renxin said: "I don't have much friendship, with Zhao Pusheng's words, I want to help him fight Chizhou?" What benefits do I get? He thought to himself, not knowing whether to help or not.

(To be continued.) )