Hao 13 Anqing and his entourage, within a day, arrived at the city of Anqing. encountered many problems along the way, which made Hao Shisan even more determined that it was right to send Yu Que's family back.

On the way, except for the first group of passing bandits, whether they met other bandits or the Yuan army, as long as they were escorting Yu Que's family, and whether they were hostile Red Turban Army or Red Horse Exploration Army who rebelled against the imperial court, they all gave way and let them go. Of course, sometimes you need to poke out the red horse, and sometimes you need to show the signboard of the Red Turban Army.

Besides, the city wall of Anqing, more than two zhang higher than the city wall of Luzhou, is one of the large-scale projects of Yuque town guarding Anqing, the city wall is two feet higher than six feet, and with the advantage of the Yangtze River and Jiangyang, the Yangtze River water is led around the city, and three water trenches are dug.

One leads from the Zongyangmen Bridge to Jixian Gate, and converges in Duantang; One leads to the Qingshui Gate from Tong'an Bridge, turns to Taiping Temple from Banqiao Lane, goes around the Bagua Gate and the South Gate to the east, and converges with the long trench of Zongyang Gate; One leads to the clear water stream to the outer moat from the convenient bridge, and reaches the Duantang Lake in the north.

The three long trenches provided a large area of land for Anqing, and the soldiers and civilians in Anqing City, relying on the reclamation, were completely self-sufficient, and also provided a large number of low-lying and muddy rice fields for Anqing City, creating great difficulties for the siege army.

Yu Que, who is worthy of being one of the "Three Sages of Luyang", Wen, can get off the horse to govern the people, compile history books, martial arts, can get on the horse and wield swords and guns, which is not comparable to the general privileged right list Jinshi, the real one is: fart in the nest - can be Wen and Wu (cover). (Note 1)

Hao Shisan attaches great importance to Anqing, a city of strategic significance and great significance, and Yu Que naturally has such a strategic vision.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Zeng Guofan, who broke the Red Turban Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom entrenched in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, took the strategic advantage of occupying Anqing first and going down the Yangtze River, first breaking Nanjing, and then Suzhou, and exterminating Hong Xiuquan's Red Turban Army.

Historically, Chen Youliang, who was born in fishing, also did this out of strategic considerations, and fought in Anqing to break Zhu Yuanzhang, who was entrenched in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, but Chen Youliang didn't expect that Kang Mao was unreliable and deceived him.

Hao Shisan's consideration was to occupy Anqing City and drink the Yangtze River, form a strong enough navy, and increase his attack radius.

Upward, you can send troops to Huguang, Huguang is rich in grain, but also can provide a large number of high-quality patients, Guangxi soldiers, is famous in history.

Downward, with the advantage of terrain, oppression of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, no matter who occupies Jiqing (Nanjing) in the end, is under the oppression of his own forces, and the rich coastal Suzhou and Hangzhou are also under control.

With a ruthless heart, the ship can also go out of the mouth of the Yangtze River into the sea, beat Dongying to the east, cut Goryeo to the north, and fight Annam, Champang, Sriwijaya in the south, and the Delhi Sultanate, which is rich in famous swords.

However, with the current strength and Anqing's city defense, Hao Shisan can only think about it casually now.

Not to mention that the Anfeng Red Turban Army does not have a plank to go into the water now, weigh the gap between Hao Shisan and Anqing Yu Que, if the strength of the two is compared on the scale, Yu Que can pout him to the sky.

Moreover, the outskirts of Anqing are all muddy rice fields, which are not suitable for attacking from land at all. Fighting, it can only be from the river, with the water army as the main attack, and the infantry on the road to assist the attack.

Everything in Anqing City was enough to shock Hao Shisan.

Yu Que refused to give up, for fear that what Hao Shisan saw was not enough to shock him, and it was not enough for Hao Shisan to retreat, and he intended to show off his muscles, and placed tens of thousands of troops outside the city in a row, which was spectacular.

Hao Shisan's 300 men and horses, compared with others, the gap is obvious, but it is only the gap between nine cows and one hair.

But it's useless to put these people away, it's just like a two-person fight, and the people behind are shouting and cheering.

Yu Que was dressed in a purple streamer-like quality grandson robe, wearing a hat, a palm-wide jade belt around his waist, and only took two followers and walked out of the military formation.

He didn't know what the purpose of Hao Shisan's trip was, and he couldn't guess Hao Shisan. He doesn't have any friendship with Hao Thirteen, Hao Thirteen came all the way, will he come here specifically to return his family? There must be some intrigue in it.

Hao Shisan is good at stealing the city by taking advantage of the danger of people, Luzhou and Shouzhou are almost bloodless, if you want to rely on 300 people to fight the idea of Anqing, it is purely a dream.

Yu Que is not Timur, nor is it Azonaya, not to mention that the army of Anqing City Defense is as high as 200,000, and there is no need for tens of thousands of elite troops behind him, as long as one or two thousand people rush at a time, these three hundred people are not enough.

Hao Shisan saw that the other party was only three people, and he didn't want to bring many people, so he could only bring two. Of course, the first choice is Monkey Zhang Thirty-one, so who should the other person choose?

"I'm going with the Steward!" Tu Danjun seems to have ironed a lot of his body since he was hammered by Chang Da, but his front teeth are gone. There was some leakage in his speech, and his tone had changed a little.

In front of the two armies, they talked about the momentum of the guard of honor, and it was just a joke to make a person with open teeth and leaky teeth.

"Master Tu Dan swept the formation with me, and let Tu Dan Hu and Zhang Thirty-one go with me!" The sweeping array is also equally important, Hao Shisan handed over the important work to Tu Danjun, but brought his younger brother, how could Master Tu Dan not think that it was because of his own image.

"Meet again Lord Yu!" Hao Thirteen and the two armies were in front of the formation, shook his chest, bowed slightly, and smiled.

"Manager Hao is a fair and honest man, he won't use my family to blackmail me, right? Where's my family! Yu Que Ling was upright, neither humble nor silent, and returned the same courtesy.

"Nope! No! Although I'm not a good person, I can't frame Zhongliang! Cut! Hao Shisan's eyelids rolled, as if his integrity had surpassed Guan Yunchang and Yue Pengju.

He waved his hand, and the two carriages, driven by his family, came to a stop in the heart.

Yu Que's youngest daughter An An was the first to jump down alive, Hao Shisan instinctively owed a little from the horse, wanting to help the child, although he couldn't reach it at all, and comforted him: "Oops! Oops! Slow down, don't fall! This shameless energy, as if An An was his own child.

"Uncle Thirteen, it's okay, I'm already a big child" The child had a smile on his face, and his words were very intimate: "Uncle Thirteen, why are you so good, your words count, you really took me to see my father!" ”

"Uncle Thirteen, don't go, stay in Anqing City with An An!" An An's face was full of childishness, staring at the big ignorant eyes, and his eyes were full of sincerity.

"Uncle wants to enter Anqing City, I'm afraid your father won't welcome me, uncle has to go back to his own house." Hao Shisan gently stroked the child's head and said.

"Uncle, what if I miss you?"

"Oh? Hehe! Hao Shisan didn't expect that a five-year-old child could say such a thing, and said with a smile: "Don't think about your uncle, your uncle is not a good person, and your uncle is a red scarf thief!" ”

After that, Hao Shisan gently patted the child's shoulder, "Go, go back to your father's side!" ”

Yu Que's wife Jiang, concubine Yelu, and five or six underage heirs all said goodbye to Hao Shisan, very respectful and polite, but they really regarded this red scarf thief as a loyal and righteous person, and Yu Que was so angry that his teeth itched, but in front of the child, he couldn't get up anyway.

There is no way, Hao Shisan was born with children, and he also likes children, naturally, children are a little more intimate with him, how can children know what camp issues such as the court and the red turban thief are, it is nothing more than a matter of temper and incompatibility, and who is more patient and tolerant.

Yu Que looked at the group, but the eldest son Yu Dechen was missing, and he had an ominous premonition in his heart: "What about the dog?" ”

Hao Shisan didn't pay any attention to Yu Que's words, but pointed to the person who took off the tie on the car, and the man shouted: "Lord Steward, I opened the door for our Red Turban Army," the man saw Yu Que, and immediately changed his voice to crying: "Master, the old slave was confused for a while, woo!" ”

"You also understand, it's because he opened the door rashly, Madame doesn't know about us, and almost threw himself into the well, how to deal with it, you can decide for yourself!"

"I ask you, what about my eldest son?"

"Oh!" Hao Shisan looked like he had suddenly realized: "I forgot to discuss it with Lord Yu, Dechen, I am going to stay in my army to experience and experience." ”

Yu Que's nose was crooked, the eldest son was taken hostage, and he was said to be so high-sounding, pointing at Hao Shisan's nose "You ......" but couldn't say a word.

"Lord Yu" Hao Shisan changed his sincere expression, and said seriously: "Lord Yu, I know that you are determined to be a loyal minister, eggs can't be put in one basket, one is broken, it will be all broken, I will put him by my side as my army, the safety of the problem is assured, even if we meet on the battlefield in the future, I will definitely not be embarrassed by Dechen, please rest assured." ”

Hao Shisan saw that Yu Que was unwilling, and said: "I'm just such a person, can I still get out of your Anqing realm?" I'll send your family back, just exchange it as a gift, and let Dechen give me a ride! ”

Yu Que can't help it, send back four children, after all, it's better than having nothing to lose, and what Hao Shisan said is also reasonable, and it is sincere enough, if Hao Shisan has nothing in his hands to blackmail him, he can send a large army to send Hao Shisan's three hundred people in front of him to step on the city.

"A few of you, don't move things down, it's still a long way to go into the city, help your wife and children to get into the car, this car will be given to Xiao An'an!" Hao 13 discouraged the family who moved the boxes down.

Not only did he send it back to his family, but he also pulled a carriage of things that Mrs. Jiang wanted to bring.

Yu Dechen was only sixteen years old, and he also knew that he would have to part with his father for a long time, so he waved at his father in the military formation: "Father, you can rest assured here, Uncle Thirteen will treat me very well, my father is on the battlefield, but you must pay attention to the sword, take care of your body, Dechen is here to kowtow to you!" ”

Yu Que's heart seemed to be crushed in pain, but there was no trace of pathos on his face, and his face did not change: "Don't go past Mr. Hao, the dog will be entrusted to you, knowing that you will not break your word." "Turn around and turn your horse and go.

"It's easy to die, it's hard to benefit the people, sometimes it's irresponsible to choose death, and sometimes, it's more meaningful to live than to die!" Hao 13 knew that this debate would come to an end soon, and made a final statement.

"Chief Manager Hao said a lot, Yu Que received the emperor's grace, and the only way to be loyal to the court is to die, and don't say goodbye!"

Yu Que turned around and waved a Han family, and went without looking back, leaving Hao Shisan, who was empty and cold, and Yu Dechen, who kept crying and kowtowing.

Note 1: The Three Sages of Luyang, Bao Zheng of the Northern Song Dynasty, Yu Que of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhou Xi of the Ming Dynasty, and called the "Three Sages of Luyang", all three of them are from Hefei, and Yu Que participated in the compilation of the three histories of the Song, Liao and Jin Dynasty of the Derid Organization.