Xingyang, in the Luojing pocket strategy of Huangfu Wujin, Xingyang County is the rope on the mouth of the bag, and pulling it tight means starting to collect the bag.

Xingyang County is also the east gate and granary of Luojing, taking Xingyang County, which means that the east gate of Luojing is opened, and Huang Fuheng is because the east gate of Xingyang was conquered by the Qi army and urgently recalled Yang Sheng's army, resulting in the final defeat.

At this time, there are more than 3 million stone grains in the Xingyang granary, which is also the lifeblood of Luojing's life.

Luo Wei's judgment was very accurate, just after the Nanyang Qi army officially surrendered to the Chu army, Huangfu Wujin immediately issued an order, ordering Zhang Yannian, the commander of Dongjun County, to lead 50,000 troops to march into Suozao County, Xingyang County, and ordered He Qianjue, the governor of Liang County, to lead 50,000 troops from the southeast to Putian County, Xingyang County, and at the same time, Zhou Yanbao, the deputy governor of the navy, led 500 warships to block the Yellow River.

The Chu army, which had been gathering momentum for a long time, launched a full-scale attack on Xingyang County.

．．．．．．．． At night, a fleet of more than 800 flat-bottomed tugboats sailed quietly down the river in the Tongji Canal, and the waterline of the boat was very deep, indicating that this fleet was carrying heavy cargo, and the ship headed by the ship was planted with a pennant with the word 'Liu' written on it, indicating that this was the fleet of Liu Ji Ship, a large Caoyun family in Xingyang County, and was not an official ship.

Liu Ji Boat Company is located in Guancheng County, away from Xingyang County, just on the edge of the Tongji Canal, Liu Ji Boat Company is the leading giant businessman in Guancheng County, with thousands of ships of various kinds in all parts of Yuzhou.

Although all the military ships in Qizhou have been destroyed and official transportation has come to a standstill, non-governmental transportation still exists, especially some large non-governmental households, which organize hundreds or even thousands of civilian ships to travel between the capital and the counties of Yuzhou, transporting some ordinary supplies.

Inside the big boat led by him, there were two Qi army officers, who were nervously watching the situation in the river, looking very uneasy.

This fleet actually transported 400,000 stone of grain, which was transported from the Xingyang granary to the capital to meet the urgent need for military food in the capital.

After all the military ships were destroyed, the grain transportation was interrupted, and the military once organized ordinary people to transport grain by horse-drawn carts, but only organized it successfully once, transporting 50,000 stone of grain, and there was no second time, because the Chu army scouts spread a lot of propaganda in the countryside of Xingyang, saying that the peasants transported for the Qi army would be liquidated in the future, which made the whole of Xingyang County deeply panicked. The peasants destroyed their cars and resisted, the Qi army was unable to organize a second land transport, and the government refused to work hard, so the Qi army could only turn its attention to water transportation and borrow civilian fleets to transport grain.

This time, Liu Ji Commercial Bank also took a big risk to transport grain for the Qi army, and they were unwilling, but the old lady was in Luojing and had become a hostage of the King of Qi, so they had to agree.

On the big ship, the escort deacon of Liu Ji Shipping Company was also nervous, the deacon's surname was Sun, who had been a deacon in Liu Ji Shipping Company for more than ten years and had rich experience.

Deacon Sun didn't understand why the owner agreed to transport grain to the Qi army, once caught by the Chuzhou navy, the boat line was over, although Xingyang County was controlled by the Qi army, but the Yellow River was the world of the Chu army, his heart was full of complaints, but there was nothing to do, he could only pray for the Bodhisattva's blessing, not to meet the patrol boat of the Chuzhou navy in the Yellow River.

The thing is often that what he is afraid of, what will come? When the fleet had just entered the Tongji Canal and was about to sail in the direction of the Yellow River, a fleet of ships with black pupils suddenly appeared in front of them, and the ships were all very large, at least more than 3,000 stones.

A fellow exclaimed, "Deacon, look, Chu army warship!" ”

The two Qi army officers also turned pale and looked at Deacon Sun in despair, Deacon Sun was also stunned, the warships of the Chu army are generally cruising on the Yellow River, how could they enter the inland river today?

He stared at it for a long time, suddenly understood, sighed and said to the two officers: "I suggest you take off your military uniforms and pretend to be our fleet guys, you can't pass this level." ”

"Why, isn't this a patrol fleet?"

Deacon Sun shook his head, "There are at least five hundred warships of more than 1,000 stones here, this is the main force of the Chuzhou Navy, not a patrol ship." ”

When the two officers heard that it was the main force of the Chuzhou naval army, they panicked, and immediately took off their military uniforms and changed into ordinary crew clothes, and ordered all the 200 soldiers accompanying the ship to take off their military uniforms and hide their uniforms in the ship.

In a moment, 800 flat-bottomed tugboats were blackmailed and stopped, and Chu soldiers began to come on board to check.

This Chuzhou naval army is the main force of the naval army led by Zhou Yanbao, 500 warships carried more than 30,000 naval soldiers to Xingyang County granary, they were required to take Xingyang granary within two days, on the way to Xingyang County, they met Liu Ji grain fleet.

"Report to the general, all the food carried in the civilian ship is estimated to be about 400,000 stones."

This news surprised Zhou Yanbao, and he immediately asked: "Where is the fleet, where is the grain?" Bring the fleet steward along! ”

After a while, Steward Sun was brought up, he was terrified in his heart, and as soon as he came up, he knelt down on the deck and kowtowed again and again, "It's just a little steward below, obeying the orders of the owner, and it has nothing to do with the villain, begging the general to spare his life!" ”

Seeing his appearance, Zhou Yanbao understood a little, and he said coldly: "The Chu army has already spoken first, and the merchants will do things for the Qi army, and they will all be beheaded, and someone will come!" ”

He shouted the order, and the soldiers on both sides agreed, so frightened that Steward Sun collapsed to the ground, trembling like chaff, unable to say a word, Zhou Yanbao squatted in front of him, sneered and said: "If you want to live, just tell me, how many Qi troops are on your ship, and what position does the leading officer do in the Xingyang granary?" ”

When Steward Sun heard the glimmer of life, he couldn't care about anything, and hurriedly said: "There are a total of eight hundred Qi soldiers, and there are two officers at the head, both of whom are captains of the Xingyang granary. ”

Zhou Yanbao nodded, and gave the deputy general next to him a look, the deputy general led the soldiers to get off the boat, and after a while, the soldiers of the Chu army escorted two Qi army officers in, and the two officers were already frightened, 'Plop! He knelt down, "General, we are willing to surrender!" ”

Zhou Yanbao smiled slightly, "If the two generals are willing to make great contributions to the Chu army, I can guarantee that you will return to your hometown to be the county commander." ”

Returning home has always been the ideal of most people, not only scholars, but also officers and soldiers in the army...... The unexpected water encounter made the Chuzhou naval army change its tactics, Zhou Yanbao ordered one of the officers to lead the Chu army in the guise of Qiao to go to Guancheng County to find the Liu family's boat, and at the same time changed the appearance of fifty thousand-stone warships, an hour later, one of the proprietors of the Liu family was brought back, and the fifty big ships were also dressed, and they were led by another surrendered officer to sail to the Xingyang granary.

．．．．．．． At the time of the two watches, 50 thousand-stone boats with Liu Ji's boat line gradually arrived at the Xingyang County Wharf, and there was an artificial canal about three miles long between the Xingyang County Wharf and the warehouse, and the grain ships could go directly to the wharf in the granary to load and unload grain.

Since the Qi army occupied the Xingyang granary, in order to protect the safety of the granary, three large pig iron locks were built on the canal, and heavy troops were deployed on both sides of the river.

The Chuzhou Navy originally wanted to fight a hard battle, but when they encountered Liu Ji's fleet, they changed their tactics.

This was an opportunity for Zhou Yanbao to come up with a bold plan.

Fifty big ships of Liu Ji Boat Line slowly sailed into the canal, close to the first lock, there is no difference between the naval warships of the Daning Dynasty and the large ships of the people from the appearance, the difference is that the warships have special naval symbols, and fully armed naval soldiers, if these two things are removed, and then the flag of Liu Ji Boat Company is inserted, and Liu Ji Boat Company's men are full, then the Qianshi big ship is no longer a war ship, but a grain ship of Liu Ji Boat Company.

When fifty big ships appeared in the chasm, it attracted the attention of the Qi army, the last time the Chu army sailed and destroyed all the Qi warships, so that they remembered it vividly, the Qi soldiers did not dare to be careless, and immediately an officer led the soldiers forward to interrogate, and hundreds of soldiers on the shore were very vigilant, a little worried to stare at this fleet.

"Where's the ship?" An officer shouted.

A person walked out of the cabin of the big ship at the head, it was Captain Zhang who escorted the boat to Luojing in the afternoon, and he smiled and said, "Old Five, it's me!" So what to do with nervousness? ”

When the officer on the shore saw that it was his own person, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, "Didn't you go to Luojing?" How did you come back again? ”

"Liu Ji Ship Company has transferred another fifty big ships from the south, and they can also transport another 100,000 stone grain, so I am back again."

At this time, a middle-aged man in a brocade robe walked out of the cabin, arched his hand and said, "Liu Zhi'an, the second proprietor of Liu Ji's ship, you General Luo know me." ”

The officer's face on the shore was cloudy, and he also clenched his fists and said: "Captain Zhang, you also know that you must go on the boat to check before crossing the lock, this is the rule." ”

"I know this, please!"

With a wave of his hand, the officer on the shore immediately went up to a few soldiers to check, in fact, it was also a routine inspection to see if there was any Chu army hidden, not a careful search, and after a while, the soldiers who checked came back one after another to report, "Captain Qiqi, there is no abnormality." ”

At this time, a group of cavalry galloped in, led by a general named Jin Ziqi, one of the eight generals under Luo Qiyu.

He reined in his horse and asked, "Where did the ship come from?" ”

The officer hurriedly reported, "It's the ship that Liu Ji came to transport grain, and there was our captain on it." ”

Liu Ji's second proprietor, who was standing at the bow of the boat, knew Jin Ziqi, and he smiled and said, "General Jin, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Jin Ziqi saw that it was Liu Zhi'an, the second proprietor of Liu Ji, so he nodded at him and asked, "Have you checked it?" ”

"It has been checked, and there are no anomalies."

Jin Ziqi waved his hand, "Then you can let it go!" ”

The locks slowly opened, and the fleet slowly sailed into the hinterland of the granary, and as long as the three locks passed the first one, they would be opened in turn, and there would be no further checks, and in a short time, fifty large ships approached the granary wharf.

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(To be continued)