Abatai took off the hat on his head, fanned the wind and said: "Lord Xu, Mr. Lin, the soldiers under my command are used to the bitter cold places outside the pass, and they have been on the sea ship for such a long time, I am afraid that they will have to rest for a few more days before they can fight!" Can you postpone the incident for a day or two? ”

Lin Heshui and Xu Hecheng glanced at each other and said with a smile: "General, please rest assured, we already have a clever plan, and the elite soldiers under your command can rest for at least half a month, is this enough?" ”

"So long?" Abatai was taken aback, it turned out that although Liu Cheng had reserved seven or eight more days for going south by sea, he didn't expect that there would be unforeseen storms and clouds, and the wind direction was quite unfavorable when he went south, so it was more than ten days later than expected, so the rest time originally given to the southbound army was not enough. If Liu Cheng's strategy is to succeed www.biquge.info there must be a premise, that is, the north and the south are launched at the same time, so that the Ming army cannot take care of each other, and there was no telegraph and telephone at that time, and the only way is to formulate a strict plan in advance to coordinate the actions of the various armies and ensure that the actions of the various armies distributed in a vast battlefield of more than 1,000 kilometers are coordinated. Abatai also knew how powerful it was, so he didn't dare to ask for more, only dared to ask for an extra day or two, after all, with the technical conditions at that time, even if the Ming army in the north and south was two or three days away, it would not be able to be notified, and it would not be considered a missed date.

"It's okay!" Lin Heshui said with a smile: "The general should have heard the story of the Hongmen Banquet, right?" ”

August 15, Mid-Autumn Festival, Nanjing, Wuyi Lane.

When the moon is in the sky, the place where the princes and nobles of the past lived has long since lost its original atmosphere, and the moonlight is sprinkled on the eaves wall, revealing the damage above. A flat boat slid across the Qinhuai River not far away, and there was a fierce sound of pipa from the boat, which was lined with the secluded and dilapidated Wuyi Lane, adding a bit of sparseness.

"Good, good, good, a ten-sided ambush, if it is really worthy of being a heroine among women, although it is just a pipa, it seems to have 100,000 armor soldiers!" A young man in the boat praised him, and saw that he looked no more than twenty-six or seventeen years old, with a handsome appearance, with tears on his face, dressed in green clothes, sitting cross-legged on a bed, holding a jade ruyi in his right hand, and kneeling in his left hand sat a beautiful girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, looking at him with admiration. On the other side of him, Liu Ru had just put down the pipa, and Chen Zilong, who was sitting on the side, handed Liu Ru a handkerchief to him, and smiled at the scholar: "Bijiang said that it was funny, who on the Qinhuai River didn't know that if the pipa was the first Xiao Wan next to you." ”

The scholar waved the jade Ruyi, and smiled nonchalantly: "If it is another song, Xiao Wan is naturally not bad." But this ten-sided ambush is also known as "Chu Han", which is about the battle of Xiaxia, where Han Xin used the technique of ten-sided ambush to defeat the overlord and force him to kill himself in Wujiang. We just listened to the pipa music, and at the beginning I felt that when the two armies were in a decisive battle, the sound moved the heavens and the earth, and the tiled house was like a fall. Slowly and observingly, there are golden sounds, drums, swords, swords, and the sound of people and horses, but there is no sound. For a long time, those who have grievances and are difficult to understand are Chu singing; The sad and strong one, for the generous voice of King Xiang's sad song, farewell to the sound of concubines, trapped in Daze, there is the sound of chasing horses. to Wujiang. There is a sound of the king of Xiang killing himself, and Yu Qi tramples on the sound of the king of Xiang. The one who hears it starts with struggle, but when he is angry, he ends up crying and there is no way to do it. This is close to the truth, how can it be within Xiaowan's reach? ”

As soon as the scholar finished speaking, the beautiful girl on the side also nodded, and said to Liu Ru: "What the husband said is right, Xiao Wan thought that her pipa was good, but today I listened to Sister Liu's ten-sided ambush, and I knew that there is such a magic skill in the world, and I asked Sister Liu to give me advice!" ”

Liu Ru had already wiped her hands clean at this time, she obviously liked the girl very much, and said with a slight smile: "What Mao Gongzi said is right, in fact, I played this ten-sided ambush well, if I played other tunes, it wouldn't be successful." I don't dare to point out, but then again, I have a little experience in this ten-sided ambush! ”

It turns out that the origin of this man and woman in the boat is not small, the man's surname is impostor, the word is in Xinjiang, Taizhou Rugao people's family, one of the four princes in the late Ming Dynasty, the girl next to him is surnamed Dong Xiaowan, who was originally a famous prostitute in Qinhuai, and has been accepted by him as a concubine at this time. Mao Xiang and Chen Zilong are inextricably intertwined, he is merry by nature, living in the southern capital on weekdays, haunting the Qinhuai River, this time Chen Zilong and Liu Ru came to Nanjing to have something, and the four of them made an appointment to travel the Qinhuai River at night. Although Dong Xiaowan was only sixteen years old at the time, she was extremely talented in the pipa, and she was taught by a famous teacher since she was a child, and her skills were extraordinary, and she was often proud of it. ”

Liu Ru saw that although Dong Xiaowan was young, she was beautiful, and she loved it very much, so she smiled and said: "Actually, it's nothing, then again, I owe it to Mr. Cheng Er that I can play this song at this level!" ”

"Mr. Cheng Er? Isn't there a famous pianist, the little sister is lonely and unheard of, but she has never heard of it? ”

"Where!" Seeing that Dong Xiaowan had misunderstood, Liu Ru couldn't help but shake his head and smiled: "This person doesn't know anything about pipa, and he's a businessman." ”

Hearing Liu say this, Mao Xiang was also aroused by curiosity, and asked, "Then what does this Mr. Cheng Er have to do with this pipa song?" ”

"I don't know that this person has done a lot of business, and he has a lot of friends with Governor Xu of Yangzhou. Once I was invited by him to go to Yangzhou, it happened that the governor of Yangzhou Xu was hunting outside the city, and I also went with him. When hunting, the horse made Lu was fast, and the bow was like a thunderbolt, vertical and horizontal, like on the battlefield. I have a feeling on the side, when I returned, I took the pipa as a plug song, and the strong men under his command made harmony with the beard, and got this situation, and felt it, so that I could play this "Ambush on All Sides"! ”

"I see, no wonder I just heard the sound of fighting in the pipa!" Mao Xiang turned around and smiled at Dong Xiaowan: "Xiaowan, today's defeat is not a crime of war!" ”

While talking and laughing, Mao Xiang suddenly felt that the boat was shaking, and the speed seemed to have slowed down, he was slightly stunned, and shouted to the outside world: "Ah Cheng, where is it, why did the boat suddenly slow down?" ”

"Tell Childe!" A young man dressed as a domestic servant came in from outside the cabin and bowed to Mao Xiang and Chen Zilong: "Tell the two sons, there is Wuding Bridge in front, and there are soldiers guarding it, don't let us pass?" ”

"Wuding Bridge, isn't that the old courtyard in the past? Why is there a military guard? Mao Xiang was stunned when he heard this, no wonder he was so surprised, this old courtyard and even refers to the Ming Dynasty Nanjing Wuding Bridge and a piece of area between the banknote street, at that time people called it Quzhong, also called it the old courtyard, prostitutes row upon row, than the house to live, is Mao Xiang on weekdays wandering and frolicking. It was strange that there were soldiers guarding it all of a sudden.

"Let's go out and have a look first!" Chen Zilong stood up and walked out of the cabin, Liu Ru hurriedly got up to follow, the two came to the deck, only to see a stone bridge about dozens of steps away, with dozens of torches lit on it, illuminated as if it was day, the bridge was full of sergeants, and the fire shone on the iron armor and weapons on their bodies, reflecting a breathtaking cold light.

"Hey, where did this Qiu Ba come from, to do such a bad thing, this is the suave place of Nanjing, in fact, they can get involved in these rough blanks?" Mao Xiang's voice came from behind him, obviously he had already come out of the cabin, and saw that the soldiers on the bridge even pointed their bird guns at the flower boat under the bridge, which frightened the female singers in the flower boat and let out terrifying screams, which made him even more indignant: "Ah Cheng, you go and inquire which soldier it is, I will go to Master Shi early tomorrow morning to impeach them and teach them a good lesson." "The Shi people in his mouth are the Nanjing Liudu Military Department at that time Shangshu Shi Kefa, this person was also born in Donglin, Mao Xiang was famous in Jiangnan when he was young, and he published a collection of poems when he was nearly fourteen years old, and Dong Qichang, the literary boss at that time, regarded him as Wang Bo, and the Mao family was a famous family in Jiangnan, with many talents, if he found Shi Kefa, he would never sell his face.

"It's the governor of Yangzhou, Xu Hecheng!" Liu Ruyi's voice trembled a little, as if he was suffering from the cold, Chen Zilong glanced at Liu Ruyi, and found that the other party's state was very strange, as if he had seen something terrible, he held Liu Ruyi's right hand and said in a low voice: "If so, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Are you sure?" Mao Xiang looked at the sergeants on the bridge curiously, but he couldn't see anything from a distance: "But don't be mistaken, otherwise it won't be good to wronged people in Master Shi tomorrow!" ”

"You can't go wrong!" Liu Ru said in a low voice: "You see what they wear on their heads, it looks like a hat, but in fact, it is made of iron, just like the scarfs worn by our soldiers. The Japanese Ding likes it, and there is a team of Japanese Ding under the command of Lord Xu, who is good at spears and birds, and is the only one in the south, and it can't be wrong! ”

While talking, the presumptuous servant had already inquired back, it turned out that Xu Hecheng, the governor of Yangzhou, had laid down the Leng Xiang Building in front of him, and invited the officials of Nanjing to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival, and those sergeants were Xu Hecheng's personal soldiers, cutting off the river in front, so as not to disturb them to enjoy the moon from the flower boats.

"If so, it's really good eyesight!" Mao Xiang gave Liu Ru a thumbs up, but he was still a little indignant: "This Xu Hecheng is so vigorous, and a governor is so big on the Qinhuai River!" I can't sue you there, but I can write a letter to Uncle Hou Shi in Beijing, I look good with you! ”

Just when he was indignant, Liu Ru suddenly shouted to the boatman on the side: "Turn around, turn around immediately!" ”

"If so, what's wrong with you!" Chen Zilong was taken aback by Liu Ru's appearance, he and Liu Ru had been friends for many years, and he had never seen each other lose their temper like this. He hurriedly stretched out his hand to support Liu Rushi, and said in a low voice: "If so, aren't you feeling unwell?" ”

"I'm in good health!" Liu Ru's face was pale, and her eyes were full of fear: "Zilong, haven't you seen it yet?" Xu Hecheng is going to open a Hongmen banquet and wipe out all the left-behind officials in Nanjing! This person is Liu Cheng's right-hand man, since he has done it, Liu Cheng must have done it in the north, and the Ming Dynasty is over! ”

Du Gu walked onto the stone bridge, and his cold gaze swept over the group of Japanese soldiers standing on the bridge, the arquebuses of these Japanese soldiers had been medicated, but the fire rope was not lit, but the more than 20 torches tied to the stone railing on the bridge behind them were burning, and lighting was only a matter of breathing. There were already more than a dozen boats blocked on the river under the bridge, and a few people dressed as scholars on several flower boats were shouting and cursing at the Japanese soldiers on the bridge. Seeing all this, the corners of Du Gu's mouth turned up, a sneer appeared, and he scolded in a low voice: "I don't know what is dead or alive, and let you be proud for another night!" ”

"General Du!" Yuji Yamada hurried up to meet him, at this time he had already completed becoming a young man, sufficient nutrition and a lot of exercise made him grow very strong, wearing a pair of Western iron armor called "Nanban" style by the Japanese, kneeling down on one knee four or five steps away from Dugu: "I don't know if the honor is coming, please forgive me for the rudeness!" ”

Du Gu waved his hand impatiently: "Get up, Yuji, don't engage in these false manners at this time!" How's it going? What about Yoshida? Why are there so many people here? I remember that there were more than 800 people on your Yoshida team, right? ”

"In the alley!" Yuji Yamada pointed to the alleys shrouded in darkness on both sides of the strait: "Uncle Yoshida thinks that if he lists all the people and horses, it will attract the attention of others, but it is not beautiful, so he asked me to lead fifty people to wait at the bridge, and the rest are hidden in the alleys and houses on both sides of the strait, and act at the opportunity!" ”

"Hmm!" Du Gu looked at the alleys on both sides of the strait and asked, "Is there a way to get in touch?" ”

"General, please look!" Yuji Yamada picked up a torch, walked to the highest point of the stone arch bridge, jumped on the railing, and turned the torch three times, and soon two flames also rose in the alleys on both sides, and also turned three times.

"Good, good!" Du Gu nodded with satisfaction: "Yuji, you guys are guarding here, even an ant can't let him go tonight, understand?" ”

Yuji Yamada lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "General Du, please rest assured, if you have a heavy trust, Yuji will naturally do his duty as a samurai!" ”

Leng Xiang upstairs sang and danced, and almost all the officials above the fifth grade in Nanjing Liudu were here. As the host of this banquet, Xu Hecheng sat in the middle, and on his right hand was Shi Kefa, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department. This de facto highest official in the capital was not yet forty at this time, with a pair of bright eyes on his thin face, and he was smiling and said to Xu Hecheng: "Brother Xu, have you heard that the imperial court will be of other important use to you?" ”

"Another reuse?" At this time, Xu Hecheng was full of concerns, and he couldn't help but be startled by Shi Kefa's words: "There is such a thing? ”