Due to the southward movement of Jiannu, the entire Gaoyou area was in a rumor, and under the persuasion of the people sent by Zhou Huchen, most of the families began to abandon their homes to escape the war.

The southward route of Jiannu was to take Jinhu by water, while the land route was to the south along the eastern shore of Jinhu. Gaoyou happened to be stuck at the exit of Jinhu, if you take the waterway, you must take Gaoyou, Zhou Yuji arrived, he brought a full 30,000 soldiers, plus nearly 20,000 auxiliary soldiers, not counting those sailors densely scattered at the exit.

Zhou Huchen's Jiang Defense Corps has been expanding its manpower, including those in the Gaoyou area, of course.

A few miles north of the east side of Gaoyouzhou City, there is a village named Liu Lizhuang, and Yu Laohan is a villager of this village. Yu Laohan has been working hard all his life, he is a standard farmer, he doesn't understand how not long ago, his son, who has been honest as wood, that is, he blushes when he quarrels with people, actually picked up a knife and actually participated in the river defense team. Yu Laohan can't control his son, the child is older, his wings are hard, Yu Laohan's repeated persuasion is ineffective, and his son's friends are constantly helping on the side. Without the land to live on, his son always had to eat, although he was worried about his son's safety, Yu Laohan still went with his son.

A farmer must have the appearance of a peasant, and Yu Laohan is such a person. Yu Laohan has driven a boat all his life, and he has also planted a handful of farms all his life, but now that he is old, he has to give up the paddy fields he has planted all his life. Yu Laohan can't accept it, he now wants to come and see the seedlings he planted in the spring, even if he no longer belongs to himself for the time being, he always has to come and see, this is the foundation of several generations of hard work to buy a family, Yu Laohan has too deep feelings for these fields.

The not wide river was empty, and he could no longer see the boats coming and going in the past, and he could not see the farmers and fishermen who were once busy in the water and in the fields, so Yu Laohan continued to move forward with this sad feeling.

It's not far from your own paddy field, as long as you cross the inlet in front.

Suddenly. There seemed to be a faint mournful shouting in the distance, mixed with some chaotic sounds.

Yu Laohan didn't want to do much, but he was still a little curious, the river was not wide, and it only took a few oars, and Yu Laohan's boat sailed towards the place where the sound came from.

The voice was clear, like a woman's howl, and the voices of several men were mixed in, some of which were still incomprehensible.

Yu Laohan listened carefully to the nearby sounds, after making sure that there was no danger nearby. He secured his boat with a stick, and then cautiously went ashore, climbed the river's embankment, and poked his head out where the sound was slowly made.

A scene appeared in front of me.

The heart-wrenching pain came instantly, and the old man became angry instantly.

It was more than a dozen middle-aged men wearing two types of military uniforms, some of them were wearing Ming army uniforms, and some were wearing strange military uniforms that they had never seen before, which made Yu Laohan realize that these people might be Jiannu. The men were tearing at the two women, who were desperately resisting and struggling. What's the use of facing a dozen strong men.

Yu Laohan closed his eyes, he lowered his head, what are these people doing Yu Laohan knows, he doesn't know these Ming soldiers. But he can be sure that this is definitely not Zhou Yuji's subordinates. Because, everyone knows that Zhou Dashuai's subordinates will never surrender to Jiannu, and they won't even take a grain of grain from the people, how can such an army be a woman.

"Brute! Sure enough, it's just like the legend. These slaves in the Northland are all brutes! These surrendered officers and soldiers are also brutes! ”

The only thing that can be done is to curse in his heart, what can the old man do, he is an old man in his fifties. Even when he was young and strong, there was no use in this situation, and he could only give his life in vain when he rushed forward.

Dealing with soldiers with weapons in hand, Yu Laohan didn't have that kind of confidence, not at all.

"Hey, my son and his friends are right! It's useless to be a good citizen! The war is chaotic, and only when everyone unites to deal with the enemy is right! ”

Yu Laohan thought of his son again, and his son once tried to persuade him to join the civil river protection team, but Yu Laohan disagreed, not only did he not agree, but also tried his best to prevent his son from participating. He was afraid of losing his son, after all, this was war, it was too dangerous!

"I'm going to join the River Guard! I am older than rowing a boat all my life, and I don't believe that you barbaric Jiannu are my opponents in the water, and I am older than when I was young and could swim across the Yangtze River when the water was weak! I want you brutal barbarians to know that we from Jiangnan are powerful, you wait!! ”

With tears, hatred, and red eyes, Yu Laohan silently turned around and went down the embankment, without hesitation, he made a decision, he was leaving, Tian didn't need to look anymore, he was going to find his son, he was going to join the river guard, he was going to deal with these brutal Jiannu, he wanted to defend his homeland, and he wanted to use the remnants of his life to do his best for the country.

Zhou Yuji's foot soldiers advanced quickly, and his army entered Gaoyou just before Jiannu's arrival.

Gushan Ezhenzhun Tower is also advancing rapidly, and it is advancing by land and water. Just when Zhun Ta arrived near Gaoyou in Baoying's south, Duoduo sent someone to bring him the news that the battle situation in Sizhou was not optimistic, due to the stubborn resistance of Zhou Yuji's army, the war had reached a stalemate, and it was difficult to break through in a short time.

The surrender of Liu Zeqing's subordinates allowed Zhunta to obtain a lot of ships, and at the same time, his total strength reached 60,000, that is, Liu Zeqing, who ran away, provided Zhunta with 30,000 soldiers. And Zhun Ta wants to outflank Sizhou behind him, he must go west to Xuyi along the waterway in Baoying, Baoying to Xuyi is a hundred and fifty miles away, and the fastest one hundred and fifty miles is to take the waterway, and it is obviously a difficult task to let 60,000 people reach Xuyi by boat, but Zhun Ta must do it.

Gushan Ezhen Zhun Ta is a brave man, which even Zhou Yuji admitted, because according to the news from the informant, Zhun Ta used a boat to transport tens of thousands of troops across the river, and then the army rushed to Xuyi on foot in the mud.

"Jiannu actually went west, we didn't have to fight, Jiannu really reacted quickly!"

Jian Chen, who was on the side, felt that Zhou Yuji was gloating, Jiannu's information ability was too poor, and he didn't know that Zhou Huchen had retreated.

But after thinking about it, this oolong incident is not a good thing, since Jiannu is here, he will definitely join forces to go south, and Zhou Huchen, who is located in Tianchang, will definitely increase the pressure sharply, Jian Chen hurriedly put forward his own suggestions: "Du Shuai, it is estimated that Jiannu will get the exact news soon, and the army will definitely go south to Tianchang, and we must go to reinforce Tianchang." ”

"What Mr. said is extremely true, then the whole team will set off and fight in Tianchang and Jiannu, I haven't been in battle in person for a long time, and this old arm and leg will be rusty!"

Zhou Yuji also meant this, of course he understood the pressure that Zhou Huchen would face, but Zhou Yuji was not too anxious, because his distance was closer, and he had a large number of ships in his hands, as long as he crossed the Golden Lake and went west along the Baita River, it would take only one day to reach Tianchang.

The rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River is commonly known as "mildew rain", and this long period of gloomy and rainy weather has made people feel very unhappy and have a feeling of mold.

is different from what Zhou Huchen and Shi Kefa imagined, in this moldy feeling, the Great Qing Dynasty Gushan Zhenzhun Tower desperately urged the army to rush west in the mud. And Zhou Yuji is different, the ship is enough, he leisurely began to command the army to get on the ship, and the direction is also to the west. (To be continued......)