Chapter 41: The Lion of Eastern Wu
PS: This chapter is written from six o'clock to half past nine, and I really can't write it, so I'll update this chapter tonight! Good night everyone!
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At night, Jiang Feng fished and fired, outside Suzhou City, Fan Zhongyan and a few guards rushed to the road non-stop, and along the way, Fan Zhongyan asked anxiously: "How far is it?" ”
The guard replied: "It is said that Zhang Zhong is now in the area south of Taihu Lake, but I am afraid it is not easy to find!" ”
"It's urgent, but I can't even find anyone else!"
Fan Zhongyan's face became solemn, and he said to Hu Buxiu again: "It's too late, your son-in-law is in too much of a hurry, and I haven't prepared at all, so let's do it!" You first take my official certificate to the Yongxing army, and you can transfer as many people and ships as you want, and you must ensure that you can cooperate with your son-in-law's actions! ”
Hu Buxiu nodded, and then Fan Zhongyan sent two more people to go with Hu Buxiu, and then continued to hurry to find Zhang Zhong.
I don't know how many horses I changed along the way, and finally came to the camp of the Yongxing Army in Xiuzhou before dawn.
With Fan Zhongyan's official credentials and guards, the people in the barracks did not dare to slack off, and Du Tong immediately took Hu Buxiu to check the camp and order soldiers, Hu Buxiu felt that this was too troublesome, so he said directly: "My son-in-law said, at least 5,000 people, and they want to go to sea, please help arrange it!" ”
"Just call me Lao Pang!"
This Dutong is actually surnamed Pang, and Ye Heng's huge force by Lin'an's side has the same surname, called Pang Shubao, who looks about forty years old, has a goatee, a strong figure, and the demeanor of a Confucian general!
Hearing Hu Buxiu's request, Pang Shubao knew what to expect, and said to Hu Buxiu: "In this case, please rest and rest here, and the last general will go to order all the people first, and we will go out to Haiyan's ferry at noon to go to sea by boat!" ”
To gather 5,000 people, you have to arrange warships, which naturally takes some time, which is also a helpless thing, although Hu Buxiu is in a hurry, he can only wait.
Originally, Ye Heng also asked him to go back to Yanguan to Fengqiao first, but he didn't expect that Fan Zhongyan couldn't contact Zhang Zhong, so the plan changed!
Zhang Zhong's side is also very important, because Ye Heng sneaked up on the rear of the Qian family this time, which is equivalent to officially fighting the Qian family, and no one can guarantee what kind of counterattack the Qian family will make.
Therefore, Fan Zhongyan must have a guarantee, this guarantee is that no matter how the Qian family fights back or resists, first of all, he must ensure that Hangzhou cannot be chaotic, and it will not affect the people and Hangzhou's business, and Hangzhou and the entire surrounding area must be controlled!
can do this, in today's Dongwu area, in addition to Zhang Zhong or Zhang Zhong, after all, he has an army of 80,000 in his hands on Zhejiang East Road!
Although Fan Zhongyan has 30,000 Yongxing troops in his hands, the Yongxing army has been arranged between Hangzhou and Suzhou, and the southwest two directions of Hangzhou can only rely on Zhang Zhong, and Fan Zhongyan also needs Zhang Zhong to bring people to Hangzhou City to suppress it this time, so as not to jump off the wall in a hurry!
Although the Qian family in Hangzhou didn't know that their backyard was on fire, and they didn't know that Ye Heng had led people to take Fengqiaodu, and the target was directly aimed at their islands that colluded with maritime merchants, but with Fan Zhongyan's sensitive control of the current situation, he knew that the current Dongwu was like being on the eve of a storm, and it looked very quiet, once the storm hit, I am afraid that it would set off a monstrous wave in Hangzhou!
So he had to prepare early.
To his surprise, Ye Heng actually thought of this layer in the letter he wrote to himself, Ye Heng seemed to foresee how the Qian family would fight back, and he even listed the bad deeds of some officials in Hangzhou officialdom!
How much evidence Ye Heng still has in his hands Fan Zhongyan didn't know, but Fan Zhongyan knew that this time Ye Heng was only afraid that he would really stab the entire southeast sky!
Well poked!
Fan Zhongyan's heart naturally supported Ye Heng in doing this, and he was also pleased to see that Ye Heng had this fighting spirit of not being afraid of power, so he fully supported it, and even handed over the command of the Yongxing Army.
In fact, the evidence in Ye Heng's hand about the collusion between Hangzhou officials and the bandits was also because Lu Hongsleeve robbed Wan Jin's ship, so he learned some fur and then told Fan Zhongyan.
Ye Heng's purpose in doing this was to let Fan Zhongyan know how complicated the situation in the southeast was now, and Fan Zhongyan and Ye Heng, the master and apprentice, were now like bows and arrows in the hands of the imperial court!
Fan Zhongyan's bow had already been drawn when he came to the southeast, and Ye Heng's arrow had to be sent now!
Two days have passed since the agreed time with Hu Buxiu, whether it is Ye Heng who is looking at Fengqiaodu or Yun Que who is waiting on the east coast, they don't have any news about Hu Buxiu!
"Wait!"
Ye Heng stood in Fengqiaodu, he looked at the direction of the northeast, it was already late at this time, and it had been three days since they captured Fengqiaodu!
Three days is enough to do a lot of things.
Let's say gather an army and go to sea!
At this time, Hu Buxiu had already gone south from the sea with the Yongxing army, and Hu Buxiu didn't know the location of Fengqiaodu, so he was a little anxious.
He also changed into the armor of the Yongxing Army and stood with Pang Shubao, speaking of which Pang Shubao is still a relatively famous general in the Eastern Wu Army, at least this person's prestige in the army is not low, and this person acts quite like a general, and he is also very good at commanding ships.
Because they didn't know the specific location of Fengqiaodu, they spent some more time at sea, and in the end, Ye Heng's people found them first!
It was a chilly morning, the cold wind on the sea made the soldiers tremble, and later someone was pleasantly surprised to find that a warship was coming, and they all knew that it was the ship of the Yongxing Army, so they hurriedly reported to Ye Heng.
And Ye Heng hurriedly asked someone to inform Yun Que, and later after joining the large forces of the Yongxing Army, Ye Heng knew that Fan Zhong was drowning, but Hu Buxiu came, so he knew the approximate situation, and then he said: "Lord Zhang's side should not be wrong, you have already delayed the journey for a day, we can't wait any longer, we must go south immediately, clean up all the islands in the overseas area of Hangzhou, and even the Ryukyus, and take advantage of the Qian family's failure to react, first pull out all their secret forces!" ”
"Obey the general's orders!"
Pang Shubao is also not ambiguous, whatever Ye Heng says, he will do, as if Ye Heng is not only the general of the Tiger Battalion, but also the general of the Yongxing Army!
There is no way, who let Ye Heng be Fan Zhongyan's disciple, and Fan Zhongyan's official credentials were handed over to Ye Heng?