Chapter 0309: The Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell

The wind is cool at night, and the grass and trees by the Hunhe River rustle loudly. There are a few faint lights on the shore, and a lampshade is deliberately used to cover one side to prevent light from penetrating into the south shore as much as possible. Thousands of people are boarding double-decker rafts via the trestle bridge, all of which are towed by thick cables to increase load and stability with minimal manoeuvres.

After the failure of the Mang Gurtai light cavalry raid on Fushun, he harassed Fushun City several times, and found that his troops were too small to take advantage of, so he retreated to Fushun Pass and stationed in several abandoned walled cities on the south bank of the Hunhe River. They have been there for more than half a month, and they are not easy to move, but they have been like a nail and just don't leave, and from time to time send some people to spy on the situation in Fushun.

With such a group of vicious enemies staring, it is not convenient for Zhou Qingfeng to do anything. He moved his raft factory to the north of the city, and the completed raft could only be transported by horse-drawn cart at night to the south of the city to the water of the Hunhe River.

In order to improve the efficiency of transportation, the way of connecting multiple rafts in tandem has been brought to the extreme. At first it was five or six ships in tandem, and soon it became fifty or sixty. Connected rafts are more difficult to start and stop, but once they are moving, they are much easier.

Zhou Qingfeng is now standing on the bank of the Hunhe River, staring at the evacuation of the last group of people left behind tonight. Most of the people here are the staff of the Traveler team, and there are also the Guards soldiers who are responsible for maintaining order. Before that, a large amount of grain, horses, cloth, tools, and even all kinds of pots and pans had been packed into boxes, through the Hunhe River, the Liao River until the mouth of the sea.

In the past half month, reinforcements from all over Liaodong have arrived in Fushun one after another, and generals from all walks of life often ask to see Zhou Qingfeng by name after they come. Most of the things were blocked by Mu Sinian, and Zhou Qingfeng took out a lot of wine, food, grain, grass and even silver taels to fool him for the time being. If you can't fool him, he will come out and beat people, and now you can't fool yourself no matter what.

"What about the people of the city?" Xu Bing stood beside Zhou Qingfeng and looked back at Fushun City.

Zhou Qingfeng also turned around, and he couldn't see anything in the dark night. But he knew that there was a border town in Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty not far away, which was his first foothold after arriving in this world.

When Mang Gurtai first arrived, Zhou Qingfeng imposed a blockade for the sake of stability. But in the past half a month, he has tried his best to fool the people in the city out. Take away as much as you can, and scare away as much as you can, but there are still more than 30,000 people in the city, most of whom are old and weak.

Zhou Qingfeng couldn't speak, he wanted to say, 'I did my best', but he only sighed and silently walked onto a raft. He had to go, and if he didn't go, he wouldn't be able to go.

Zhang Chengyin, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, finally arrived towards Fushun with 10,000 horses, and its vanguard had almost arrived in the west of the city. And Guo Jiao also discovered through the 'triplane' that a large army was coming in the direction of Hetuala. The two armies will probably meet at Fushun tomorrow afternoon.

Historically, Nurhachi's soldiers attacked Fushun and the surrounding Tunpu military villages in two ways, and it is said that more than 500 villages were looted by them. Zhou Qingfeng has basically moved most of the supplies in Fushun now, and those who remain in the city will soon find that they will not even have food to eat. But this disaster will not be small, and it will even expand.

"To a certain extent, I also have a part in the impending disaster in Fushun City." Zhou Qingfeng stood on the raft, and with the strength of the propeller, he was also driven by the current to go south along the Hunhe River.

In order to escape from Fushun, Zhou Qingfeng tried his best to deceive almost everyone, and even many people in his system only thought that he really wanted to transport goods to make money and then befriended all parties in Liaodong. In fact, he used various means such as water and land routes to transfer population and wealth, but he deceived a large number of officials and troops to Fushun to replace him.

The water flows slowly, and each raft is lit with a lantern, and the meandering river is strung together in a line, which is very beautiful. Zhou Qingfeng sat silently, not interested in talking. It's just that after floating down the river for a long time, I suddenly heard someone on the bank shouting: "Who is on the river?" Stop and speak, my family is here. ”

There were thousands of people on the rafts, and the soldiers of the Guards clenched their weapons vigilantly. Zhou Qingfeng asked everyone to be a little calm, and he jumped out of more than ten meters and landed on the shore lightly. I saw that many people and horses had gathered on the shore, but they did not know where they came from.

"Where are you in the fleet, and why are you sailing late at night?" It was dark and dark, and there was a man wearing Ming army armor and a knife on his waist. He saw someone jumping ashore from the raft and came with a lantern in his hand.

"Who are you?" Zhou Qingfeng walked over slowly and asked in a deep voice. He vaguely looked at the other party's Ming army outfit, but he also guessed the identity of the other party.

The person carrying the lantern also brought his own soldiers, and the latter took the initiative to shout: "My lord is Tan Baihu under the command of Liaodong Zhang, and this time I was ordered to be the vanguard and lead the team to open the way for the Chinese army." This is going to Fushun. Seeing that your fleet came from the upper reaches of the Hunhe River, it should have come down from Fushun. ”

"Tan Baihu?" Zhou Qingfeng sneered, "I'm also a hundred households." It's just that I, a hundred households, can't take it seriously, just a trial, and I don't have a formal official status. ”

Hearing Zhou Qingfeng say that he was also a hundred households, the person carrying the lantern on the other side was a little polite, "You are also a hundred households?" I think it's a colleague in the army. Under the surname Tan Mingfeng Fengying, I don't know if the brother can report a name, maybe he can make a friend. Ah...... is that you? ”

Hahaha...... Zhou Qingfeng smiled. The lantern finally shone in front of him, and the young Ming military attache on the other side finally recognized him. He said happily: "I'll just say that the surname is Tan, I know one, but I didn't expect to meet Brother Tan in the middle of the night." It seems that Brother Tan is really a talent, and he hasn't seen him for ten months, but he has been promoted and climbed the big tree again. ”

Tan Feng was shocked when he recognized Zhou Qingfeng, and hurriedly took a few steps back and pulled out the waist knife. When his men saw that the situation seemed to be bad, they also grabbed their swords one after another. It's just that Tan Feng was stunned for a while, but then he was dejected, "Zhou Baihu, I can't beat you." I'll just let you go. ”

Having seen Zhou Qingfeng's fierce appearance of driving the 'Road Tyrant', Tan Feng didn't think that he could fight with this guy. It's just that he wanted to let Zhou Qingfeng go, but Zhou Qingfeng asked rhetorically: "As soon as you see me, pull out your knife, what's the reason?" ”

Tan Feng looked left and right, and after confirming that they were all people around him, he said helplessly: "It's okay to tell you, I got an errand under Zhang Chengyin and Chief Officer Zhang." This rush to Fushun is to keep an eye on you. Chief Officer Zhang probably sensed that there was something wrong with you in Fushun, and asked me to capture you if I had the chance. I can't say I can't catch it at all, so I have to come. ”

Zhou Qingfeng just smiled, "It seems that many people have reacted, this is to trouble me." ”

"Recently, many people in the officialdom of Liaodong have gathered in Shenyang, and they all say that they are people who 'make money'. They came with the army, but they all said that they would stabilize you first, and they were worried that you would suddenly run away. ”

"Hahaha, I'm really going to run." Zhou Qingfeng smiled heartily. When the 'Money Treasure' was confusing, a bunch of people frantically threw money into Zhou Qingfeng's place. But when the beacon fire ignited here, everyone was worried about losing their money. In the past half a month, I don't know how many people have gone to Fushun to ask Zhou Qingfeng to return the capital, and these people are now locked up in Fushun's prison.

In addition to the first phase of 'Money-making Treasure' is fake, the second phase raised 500,000 taels, and the third issue got more than 200,000 taels. The money was used by Zhou Qingfeng to buy a large amount of materials and transport them to Yingkou, and a lot of silver deposits were also transported by the river. It can be said that the first pot of gold earned by Zhou Qingfeng really made enough oil and water.

"Since Brother Tan is so easy to speak, I'll also give you a letter. Go to Fushun and don't stay in the city, wander outside as much as possible, find an opportunity to cut off a few Jurchen barbarian heads and run away immediately, it will be good for you. After speaking, Zhou Qingfeng shook his hand, kicked his feet and jumped back onto the raft that was drifting slowly. After a while, the kung fu disappeared downstream, and the sound was faint.

Tan Feng was still stunned on the shore, when suddenly a gust of wind blew, and a figure suddenly appeared and asked, "What did that kid say?" You're a little more concerned. ”

Tan Feng didn't answer, and asked, "Just a great opportunity, why didn't Brother Thorn do it?" ”

A gust of wind thorned but he didn't answer the question, "This kid has left Fushun, and you still want to run towards Fushun?" ”

Tan Feng could only smile bitterly, he had a headache for this assassin who couldn't be provoked and couldn't get rid of, and had a little brain problem. He couldn't explain to Thorn what it meant to be involuntarily, so he could only look in the direction of Fushun, and he didn't know where something was waiting for him. At present, the chaos in Liaodong is completely incomprehensible, and I am afraid that the only one who can see through it is the young man who left on a raft just now.

Zhou Qingfeng returned to the raft, and the next waterway was smooth. It was dawn and dark, and after two or three times he finally came to the beach. The raft fleet was very quiet along the way, and it was difficult to receive information from the outside world. It is said that after this period of time, the two armies with Fushun as the goal should have met, and even the results have come out. And he didn't know anything.

However, when he arrived at the beach, the vast sea finally made Zhou Qingfeng feel comfortable and in a good mood. After nearly a month of construction, more than a dozen docked trestle bridges have been established on the tidal flats west of Yingkou, and dozens of wooden pulley cranes are installed next to the wharf of the trestle. Thousands of houses are being built on the tidal flats along the shore, and the building materials come from rafts floating downstream.

At the mouth of the sea, the river becomes more gentle, and the rafts in tandem dock in turn. When Zhou Qingfeng jumped on the trestle, he saw Guo Jiao flying over from the north in a 'triplane'. The eldest lady chirped like a bird out of the cage, and when she saw Zhou Qingfeng, she shouted: "They are fighting, fighting." ”

"Who won?" After Zhou Qingfeng opened his mouth, he felt that he had asked a stupid question.

"Nurhachi won." Guo Jiao also sighed after speaking, "Zhang Chengyin arrived in Fushun with more than 10,000 people, and on the day he arrived, he looked for you everywhere in the city." They sealed your property and arrested people who knew you, only to find that you were already empty. So those who invested in 'money-making treasures' blew up on the spot, but they didn't expect Nurhachi to come with 20,000 people that afternoon.

The two sides confronted each other that day, and the next day a war began. I drove the 'triplane' in the sky and saw that our Ming soldiers were so bad that they almost fled when the war began. Master Zhang didn't expect that he would become a substitute for the dead and was caught off guard. I moved away from the Spirit Gathering Array, and you are not in the city to preside. Li Yongfang is even more soulless. The city's defenses were crushed with a single blow.

The soldiers defending the city suffered heavy casualties, and after less than an hour of fighting, they generally surrendered. General Officer Zhang was killed in the chaos, and his lieutenants, generals, and guerrillas killed a large number of them. When I left, the Jurchen barbarians were killing people, setting fires, and looting everywhere. Now don't worry about someone asking you for a debt.

However, Fushun's good things have almost been emptied by you, and Nurhachi actually can't get much benefit. I'm worried that he won't be satisfied with taking Fushun, but I'm afraid that he will invade Shenyang in one go. Hey, hey, I'm talking to you, but you're stunned, what are you thinking? ”

Guo Jiao stretched out her hand and shook it in front of Zhou Qingfeng, but Zhou Qingfeng looked in the direction of the sea and said, "I am now hundreds of miles away from Fushun." Life or death, it has nothing to do with me. From now on, the sea is wide and the fish jumps, and the sky is high for the birds to fly. It's time for me to build a turf for myself. ”

Although the world is the enemy, it should be the wind and waves!