After the extermination of Du Fuwei, Jiangducheng's biggest henchman was removed, the news reached Jiangdu, Jiangducheng stayed awake all night, cheers continued to sound from all over the city, and the drinking and celebration of Jiangdu's rebirth continued until dawn the next day, and countless people were drunk. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After a night of celebration, the prosperity of Jiangdu City was immediate, and the merchants in the city began to become active rapidly, and many merchants hoarded large quantities of goods and were eager to transport them to the north to sell, either to Luoyang, or to Zhongdu.

For several days in a row, the two major official shipping lines of the MRT and the Beiyun were crowded every day, and nearly 1,000 prescient businessmen rushed to book ship places, and the two shipping companies each had 400 medium-sized cargo ships, monopolizing the shipping in Jiangdu, and the reason why the merchants were in a hurry was to clear their goods before the northern rivers froze.

But this is only small merchants, the big trading houses do not have to queue, they have already signed a long-term cooperation agreement with the shipping company, the shipping company will give them priority to transport goods, and only the remaining ship space will be allocated to the small businessman.

In the Beiyun shipping line, dozens of guys were so busy that their feet barely touched the ground, their voices were hoarse, and each guy was pestered by three or four businessmen, begging the guys to arrange a ship space for them by various means.

"I don't have a lot of cargo, unlike they have to use a few ships, I only need one ship is enough, I can sleep on the deck."

"Brother, please accept this little meaning, help!"

.......

In the inner hall of the ship's shop, Li Qingming drank tea and listened to the steward's report.

"Qi Qi Changshi, this batch of ships is too nervous, and now it is basically full, but there are still thousands of people queuing outside, and it is said that a large number of businessmen will come to book ships, and it is really difficult to do it!"

"Where's the MRT?"

"It's even tighter over there than here, and it was fully booked yesterday."

The steward sighed, "This time is very embarrassing, the northern rivers will freeze in another month and a half, this is the last trip to the north this year, everyone wants to grab this transportation, otherwise the merchants will suffer heavy losses." ”

"Has the ship been fully announced?"

"Not yet, I'm waiting for a long history to decide."

"Then don't leak the news that the fleet is full for the time being, and I'll think of a way to try to make all the merchants catch the last trip north."

Li Qingming gave a few more instructions, then got up and left the Beiyun ship, and hurriedly went to the left-behind mansion.

Zhang Xuan is currently living in the Liushou Mansion, he only returned to Jiangdu yesterday morning, and has been busy receiving Jiangnan scholars who have fled to Jiangdu for the past two days, although his body is very tired, but his mood is relaxed and happy.

Zhang Xuan's good mood came from the situation in Jiangnan, Meng Haigong did not disappoint him, and turned Jiangnan, which has always been unruly, upside down, forcing Jiangnan to come to him.

At this time, a guard reported at the door: "Your Highness, Li Changshi asks to see!" ”

"Let him in!"

After a while, Li Qingming hurriedly walked in and bowed, "See Your Highness!" ”

"No need to be polite, sit down!"

Li Qingming sat down, and Zhang Xuan asked with a smile, "Is there any news from Jiangnan?" ”

Li Qingming took out a piece of information and handed it to Zhang Xuan, "Back to Your Highness, this is just sent from Jiangning County, and Jiangnan will gather troops." ”

Zhang Xuan took the information and looked at it, and couldn't help sneering, "Gather Zhuang Ding and Meng Qi Ghost for a decisive battle, even if they are lucky enough to defeat Meng Qi Ghost, what about Meng Haigong's hundreds of thousands of troops?" ”

"Your Highness, what should we do?"

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "Don't worry, the later Jiangnan will beg us, the better our chances of winning." ”

"Then does Your Highness want to return north?"

Zhang Xuan laughed, "How could I let go of such a good opportunity." ”

Li Qingming said in a low voice at this time: "There is something that Weichen wants to ask His Highness for help. ”

"What's the matter?"

Li Qingming briefly told Zhang Xuan about the tension of the shipping, and finally said: "It is now late October, this is the last northern transportation before the beginning of spring next year, the businessmen are very anxious, and Weichen can also understand their feelings, after all, the business has been suspended for almost two years, the businessmen have accumulated too many goods, the big business houses are a little better, and many small businessmen are almost unable to survive." ”

"You want me to help them transport their goods in warships?" Zhang Xuan somewhat understood what Li Qingming meant.

"It's not necessarily a warship, such as ten transoceanic boats, in fact, they can also be used as civilian ships temporarily."

Zhang Xuan thought for a while, "That's it! At the beginning, Yang Guang's thousands of dragon boat fleets are currently docked in Donghai County for transformation, and half of them have been renovated, so I will order the fleet to return to Jiangdu, and it will arrive in ten days at the latest, there are about a thousand big ships, but the slender man will have to solve it yourself. ”

When Li Qingming heard that there were a thousand big ships, he was so excited that he hurriedly said: "Let the merchants pay for the slender men, I believe they must be willing." ”

"These ships will stay in Jiangdu in the future! For north-south freight, not only merchants, but also official freight is needed. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

At this moment, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, and a soldier reported outside the door: "Marshal Qiqi, Jiangnan will Shen Jian ask to see you!" ”

Li Qingming was taken aback, "Could it be that they have changed their minds again?" ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "They didn't change their plans, Shen Jian just came to explain the situation to me." ”

Zhang Xuan immediately ordered his own soldiers, "Let him in!" ”

After a short time, the soldiers brought Shen Jian into the inner hall, and Shen Jian knelt down and said, "Xiaomin see His Royal Highness the King of Qi!" ”

Zhang Xuan didn't let him sit down, but asked coldly: "I heard that you are organizing the army, that is, you no longer need the help of the Sui army, is that what you mean?" ”

"Your Highness, we didn't build an army, we just gathered Zhuang Ding to protect ourselves, just because the thief army marched too fast, and Biling City was slaughtered, tens of thousands of people died, Danyang County was extremely panicked, as long as His Highness can exterminate the thief army, we will definitely disband Zhuang Ding, and we will not have an army."

"You say it beautifully, but what about your sincerity? As I said before, the Jiangnan Association must be dissolved, and a letter of guarantee must be written and publicized, but is the Jiangnan Association dissolved now? Where is the guarantee? ”

Zhang Xuan's series of interrogations made Shen Jian speechless, and said for a while: "Your Highness, can you give us a little time, after all, the Jiangnan Society has been established for decades, and if you say that it will be dissolved, you will be disbanded, and everyone is not ready in their hearts." ”

"I can give you time, I'm afraid that Meng Haigong doesn't have the patience, I still say the same thing, Jiangnan will not be disbanded, no guarantee will be written, the Sui army will never enter Jiangnan to suppress bandits, you can do it yourself!"

Zhang Xuan's attitude was very resolute, there was no room for maneuver, Shen Jian sighed deeply, he knew that this would definitely be the result.

.........

Wu County, Meng Haigong's more than 100,000 troops have besieged the city for more than 50 days, Wu County's food has been cut off, and the soldiers and civilians can only live on bark and rats, despite this, the soldiers and civilians of Wu County are almost unable to support it, and at the same time, Meng Haigong's patience is about to be worn out.

At night, Meng Haigong was surrounded by dozens of generals and climbed a huge wooden platform outside the west city, the wooden platform covers an area of dozens of acres, two zhang higher than the city wall, standing on the wooden tower, you can clearly see the situation in the city.

The city is basically still intact, and the reason why Meng Haigong did not attack with fire is because he planned to build a capital in Wu County and establish the Wu State, so he tried to tolerate it as much as possible and forced the soldiers and civilians of Wu County to surrender.

But just two days ago, he got the news that Zhang Xuan had broken through Hefei City, Du Fuwei's entire army was destroyed, Du Fuwei himself fled westward, and he didn't know where to go, and Jianghuai had been captured by the Sui army.

This made Meng Haigong a little worried in his heart, will the Sui army turn around and attack Jiangnan again?

Meng Haigong was even more worried that the gangs of the Jiangnan Society would surrender to Zhang Xuan and lure the wolf into the house, and he must end the Battle of Wu County as soon as possible, sweep through Danyang County, and kill all the people of the Jiangnan Society.

Meng Haigong stood on the high platform and looked coldly at the dark city, turned around and asked, "Has the tunnel been dug through?" ”

Digging tunnels into the city was the plan of the strategist Mao Wenshen, who suggested that Meng Haigong besiege but not attack, so that the defenders in the city would slack, and then surprise the attack, and Wu County would be at your fingertips.

A subordinate reported: "Mr. Mao has gone to see it, and there will be news soon." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw a thin scribe hurriedly walking, it was the strategist Mao Wenshen, this person was originally a scribe of the Huiji County Ya, and he was cunning and scheming, it was he who suggested that Meng Haigong kill all the Jiangnan Hui clans, and then support a group of new heroes, so that he could control Jiangnan steadily.

Mao Wenshen's suggestion won the heart of Meng Haigong, and Mao Wenshen was also reused by Meng Haigong and became Meng Haigong's military advisor.

Mao Wenshen stepped forward and smiled: "King Qiyu, the three tunnels have been dug through, and the defenders in the city have not found it. ”

Meng Haigong was overjoyed and shouted: "Order the whole army to assemble, and the city can be broken tonight!" (To be continued.) )