One night of spring. color, the dawn suddenly stopped.

The two fell asleep groggily.

When I woke up again, it was already afternoon.

Liu Zihua's jade body is across the bed. On the couch, the snow-white jade arms hugged Yang Xiaoyu, a pair of spring. The watery eyes are charming and seductive, and there is a smile on the corner of the mouth.

Yang Xiaoyu opened his eyes, looked at the sky outside, turned to look at the beauty next to the pillow, and said with a smile: "You won't go back to Jiangnan this time, right?" ”

"The prince brought the concubine to the capital, but threw the concubine into the mansion and ignored it, and the concubine thought that the princess was a person who could be entrusted for life, who knew that the son had no conscience!" Liu Zihua's eyes rippled, and he smiled like a charming silver bell.

Yang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "It's not that Young Master Ben didn't come to see you, but the court has not been calm recently, Young Master Ben has to divide the emperor's errands, and the sky is dark every day, how can I have time to chant poems and make the moon with you?" ”

"The concubine body knows, I just hope that the son will remember the concubine body in his heart!" Liu Zihua snuggled on Yang Xiaoyu's shoulder, like a small jasper in the south of the Yangtze River, soft and charming, and whispered.

Yang Xiaoyu nodded, sat up immediately, and let Liu Zihua dress him and comb his hair.

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Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past seven days, Yang Xiaoyu stayed in the house to accompany Liu Zihua to spend time in the snow, cooking wine and discussing poetry, so unhappy.

On this day, the first sun rose, and the golden sun shone on the earth, warm.

Early in the morning, Yang Xiaoyu dressed neatly, bid farewell to the beauties in the house, and rode a horse to the Fusi school in Beizhen.

On the school grounds.

The three thousand brocade guards were dressed in short armor, embroidered spring knives hanging from their waists, holding spears, neatly and solemnly.

In front, Zhou Heguang, Zhou Tong, and Cao Tai rode high-headed horses and stood at the front.

Yang Xiaoyu changed into armor and put on a scarlet cloak. With the adjutant general Sun Chuanting, he strode onto the school platform.

As the saying goes, people rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, and the three thousand brocade guards put on armor and suddenly became a majestic armor.

"My lord, the food, grass and ordnance are ready!" Sun Chuanting followed behind Yang Xiaoyu to report.

Grain and grass are the lifeblood of a sergeant, Yang Xiaoyu knows this very well. nodded, turned to look at the three thousand horsemen below, and shouted: "Brothers, the opportunity to make meritorious contributions has come, eliminate the thieves and quell the rebellion, and kill the enemy for meritorious service!" ”

Kill-kill-!

The horsemen were on their spears, and the cries of killing shook the school grounds.

Yang Xiaoyu nodded with satisfaction, waved his big hand, and ordered to pull out.

The three thousand horses rode in a neat pace. Turning around, I slowly walked out of the school grounds.

The army was divided into three parts, Zhou Tong led the department as the vanguard, Cao Tai led the department as the middle army, and Zhou Heguang led the department to escort the grain, grass and ordnance palace.

Yang Xiaoyu took the deputy general Sun Chuanting to turn over and rode out of the school.

The army left the capital and marched to the official road to the north.

Along the way, Yang Xiaoyu ordered the army to go slowly. And sent Tiqi to inquire about the news.

Yang Xiaoyu has his own considerations, he only has 3,000 soldiers and horses. It didn't play much role in the war in Shandong, and only when the soldiers and horses of Yang Zhaoji, the general soldier of Datong, set off to attack Xu Hongru from the west, and then he sent troops from the north to assist, so that he could be invincible.

Therefore. Although Yang Xiaoyu was grinding all the way, the news of Tiqi's investigation was constantly reaching him, and some important news was collected by him.

Three thousand troops have entered the territory of Shandong!

Yang Xiaoyu ordered the army to camp on the spot, sent Tiqi to Xia Zhen to inquire about the military situation, and sent Tiqi to Jinan Mansion to give orders. He ordered the governor of Shandong and the commander of the capital division to lead the guards and horses to advance to the east, and formed a three-way attack with Yang Zhaoji, who was reinforced from the west, and jointly sent troops.

Xia Zhen is an important town of Shandong and the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, after Xu Hongru rebelled, he sent people to occupy this place, cut off the northern canal, and made the people of the county on both sides of the river miserable.

The location where Yang Xiaoyu camped was only eighty miles away from Xia Town, and it could be reached in half a day.

Ti rode to Xia Zhen to inquire about the news of the thief army, and then the flying horse rushed back to report Yang Xiaoyu.

Xia Zhen was garrisoned by Hou Wu and Meng Xianhan under Xu Hongru, with 8,000 soldiers and horses, most of whom were peasants, and most of the weapons were spears and wooden guns, and there were no firearms.

Although Xia Town is an important town of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, the city is not big, the city wall is not more than three zhang high, the city is dilapidated, and it is vulnerable.

Yang Xiaoyu got the detailed news of the thief army in Xia Town, and sent someone to send Sun Chuanting and three thousand households to discuss how to crusade against Hou Wu and Meng Xianhan's two thieves?

Sun Chuanting said: "Xia Zhen is easy to attack and difficult to defend, the thief army in the city has no cavalry, let alone the ordnance to defend the city, the lower official believes that the artillery should be concentrated to bombard the city of Xia Town, lure the thief army out of the city, and fight a decisive battle on the flat ground!" ”

Zhou Heguang agreed: "What General Sun said is reasonable! ”

Cao Tai and Zhou Tong didn't say anything, waiting for Yang Xiaoyu's order.

Yang Xiaoyu on the main seat thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "The herald rests for a day, cooks food on the third watch at night, pulls out the camp on the fifth watch, and around noon, the army attacks Xia Town." ”

"Obey!" The four of them got up and took the order.

Although Yang Xiaoyu has not led troops to the battlefield, it does not prevent him from judging the battlefield situation.

Now, the main force of the thief army is stationed in Qufu and Yanzhou, and is waiting for an opportunity to march to the counties on the north bank of the canal.

On the second day, the sky was gray.

The three thousand horsemen were in good spirits and galloped on the official road.

Yang Xiaoyu knew that he was not good at leading troops to charge, so he handed over the five hundred cavalry to Sun Chuanting to command, and he only left twenty cavalry heralds for himself.

The sound of hooves on the march was deafening, and the sound of heavy footsteps made the heavens and the earth change color.

Rows of sturdy horsemen with spears in hand rushed towards Xia Town.

Noon.

Three thousand horses rushed to the north gate of Xia Town.

Yang Xiaoyu ordered the three armies to line up, Zhou Tong led his soldiers and horses as the vanguard, Zhou Heguang soldiers and horses behind the palace, Sun Chuanting's cavalry as the Chinese army, and Cao Tai's department set up artillery within 200 meters of the city gate.

The three thousand imperial court officers and soldiers who suddenly rushed were arrayed in front of Xia Zhen City like ghosts, and the thief army in Xia Zhen panicked and hurriedly reported the military situation.

Yang Xiaoyu knew the truth of the speed of the soldiers, and took advantage of the fact that the thief army had not yet reflected, and issued an order from Cao Tai to attack the city with artillery fire.

Knock knock!

Boom Boom!

The sound of war drums resounded throughout the four fields, and the dense drums shook the eardrums of the three thousand horsemen.

With the sound of drums, Cao Tai rode on horseback, pointed his long knife at the gate of Xia Town, and shouted: "Open the cannon!" ”

The artillerymen, ready to go, pulled the lead rope.

Rows of cannonballs pierced through the air, slashed through mid-air, and blasted like meteorites towards the walls of Xia Town.

Knock knock.

The city wall was filled with gunsmoke, smoke and dust, debris splashed, and cannonballs hit the city wall, immediately smashing a large pit with a black hole.

The thieves in the city were splashed with shells and rubble, and they rolled on the ground in pain, screaming and wailing.

"Fire!" Cao Tai ordered again in a deep voice.

The horsemen loaded the cannonballs, pulled the ropes, and the sound of cannonballs was incessant, and the iron cannonballs hit the city walls, causing the walls to shake and sand and stones to fly.

After the two rows of shells were fired, Yang Xiaoyu rode out of the formation, looked at the city wall for a while, and then ordered Cao Tai to bombard the city wall of Xia Town again.

One after another, the black iron cannonballs streaked along the sky and landed on the city wall of Xia Zhen with unmistakable accuracy.

The simple city wall made of bluestone and red bricks was blown up by cannonballs.

Looking at the past, I saw that the city wall was uneven, the smoke and dust were endless, and several places had collapsed.

Cao Tai commanded the artillery to continue to bombard the city wall, and the short and dilapidated city wall was devastated and trembling, as if a gust of wind could blow it away.

One by one, the thieves in the city fled down the city in panic, and they didn't even bother to take the corpses of their companions with them.

The last row of shells bombarded past, and the broken and shaky walls collapsed in large areas, flying stones rolled, smoke and dust were endless, and the sound of rolling was louder than the sound of cannonballs.

Yang Xiaoyu smiled and ordered Sun Chuanting to lead the cavalry to prepare, and when the thieves in the city swarmed out, they immediately stepped forward to harvest their lives.

A short time later, a black-faced man in the city with two thousand soldiers came out of the dilapidated city gate and lined up in front of the city gate.

These soldiers were dressed in peasant clothes, with red scarves on their heads, of varying heights, and their weapons were varied, including spears, knives, shovels, and even wooden guns.

Yang Xiaoyu smiled bitterly when he saw it, Xu Hongru led these peasants to rebel, how could he succeed?

"Order, Tiger Squat Cannon Ready!" Yang Xiaoyu smiled and shouted.

The Tiger Squat Cannon is light and flexible, easy to carry, and the attack distance is about 80 meters to 150 meters.

At this time, the thief army gathered into a formation and bombarded it with tiger squatting cannons, which could disturb the formation of the thief army and make it difficult for the thief army to form an effective combat force. (To be continued......)