Luling County, since the establishment of the county in the 26th year of Qin Shi Huang, has gone through wind and frost, experienced more than 1,800 years, and is still there.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Luling County was placed under the jurisdiction of Ji'an Prefecture, Jiangxi Political Envoy Sihu West Dao, and the Ji'an Mansion and Luling County were in the same city.

The city wall of Luling is built along the Gan River, and the ships on the Gan River shuttle like a stream.

In the northwest corner of the river, hundreds of officers and soldiers set up checkpoints on the river to intercept passing boats, and the officers and men would intercept each boat and personally board the ship to search the cargo.

After valuing the goods transported by the ships, the officers and soldiers would collect taxes on the merchant ships.

In recent years, the money customs on the Ganjiang River are one after another, and every time you pass a banknote customs, you have to pay a tax.

The cargo ship set sail from Ganzhou to Nanchang, along the way to go through dozens of large and small banknotes, and when the ship arrived in Nanchang, the diploma of each ship was as thick as a base.

In recent years, the emperor was short of silver because of the suppression of bandits, and in order to make silver, the emperor sent eunuchs to set up banknotes all over the country to collect taxes on passing ships, carriages and horses.

Most of these collected taxes went into the hands of the eunuchs, who kept most of them and sent the remaining part to Nanchang to the eunuchs.

The eunuch himself will keep another sum, and the last remaining silver will be sent to Beijing and sent to the emperor.

The tariff of ten taels of silver collected was basically less than one tael when it arrived in Beijing.

Today is a good day again, Nie Jinhai, the eunuch of Ji'an Mansion, got up early in the morning, and after breakfast, he came to the banknote customs on the riverside to make a pot of morning tea, and stared at the officers and soldiers under his command to collect taxes and silver.

Father-in-law Nie had a rule, he would take a wooden box out every day, and within a day, he would fill a box of silver coins at the banknote close, otherwise he would not go back to the city to sleep.

Today is a good weather to open the door to collect money, Nie Jinhai came to the banknote gate and saw that the cash box yesterday night had been filled with a small half, and he couldn't help but smile.

There are few boats at night, and it is very good that the cash box can be collected for a small half.

When there are more merchant ships during the day, there will be more silver, and by the evening the box can be almost full, although most of them are copper coins, but they are not a few.

"Someone, make tea!"

"Yes, father-in-law!"

Nie Jinhai picked up the teacup, pointed to the box and said, "Everyone, it's still the old rule today, fill this box to the brim." ”

The officers and soldiers did not have much displeasure, they liked to work with Grandpa Nie the most, because there was oil and water to be fished with Grandpa Nie.

There are thousands of ships passing by on the Gan River every day, and every boat has to pay taxes from here, and a box of silver can be basically collected in a day.

Moreover, Nie Gonggong collects taxes regardless of gold, silver and copper, as long as it is money, he wants it.

Every ten days, Grandpa Nie would take out a small part of the soldiers who had been closed with reward money, and then carry the boxes full of money back to the city, which was one of the reasons why the officers and soldiers were willing to give Grandpa Nie a hard work.

Just after the New Year's pass, the merchant ships on the Gan River gradually started to move again, no matter the south to the north, if you take the waterway, the ships will inevitably pass through the Gan River outside Luling County.

The officers and men set up cards on the river, and there was only one thing a day, and that was to collect money.

Officers and soldiers guarded the banknotes day and night, and they took turns collecting money at 12 o'clock a day, never allowing a boat to pass in vain.

Business is good today, and as soon as it opened, several large ships were stopped and a lot of money was collected.

At this time, the time was just now, and the sun had not yet risen, and after Nie Jinhai drank a few cups of hot tea to warm up, he couldn't help but feel a little urgent.

He got up and went to the grass away from the banknote to get some relief.

Eunuchs are born with one leg less than ordinary people, and Nie Jinhai is afraid of being ridiculed by others, so every time Xiao Xie will go farther.

After walking for about thirty feet, Nie Jinhai glanced at no one around, then unbuttoned his pants and squatted down in the grass.

After squatting, Nie Jinhai pressed the remaining protrusion with his hand slightly to prevent urine from flying into his pants.

But after squancing for a while, he only pulled out a little bit, and he couldn't help sighing: "Alas, it's getting worse and worse." ”

Nie Jinhai finished urinating, got up and pulled up his pants and prepared to go back.

At this moment, suddenly a shadow appeared in the grass behind him and covered his mouth, and a cold thing was placed on his neck.

"Don't move, if you move again, I'll kill you!" A man's voice rang in his ears.

Nie Jinhai looked at it from the corner of his eye, it was a knife!

Nie Jinhai was instantly frightened and incontinent, and the urine that he couldn't pee out just now would be leaked, and his pants would be wet in an instant.

"Hey, why are you so sassy?"

"This kid is scared, general, why don't we just rush over and take the city directly." Qianhu Niu Ji couldn't help but say to Qian Dayou.

Qian Dayou shook his head and said: "No, this Luling City is built along the river, and the hiding place of the army is more than two hundred zhang away from the city gate, and there is no shelter in the middle, there are so many of us, once we rush out, the soldiers guarding the city will immediately find us, and when the city gate is closed, this city will not be able to be captured." ”

"So what do we do? You can't just wait here, can you? If you wait any longer, you won't be able to hide. Liu Tielong, another thousand-householder, said.

Qian Dayou thought about it, and suddenly an idea popped into his mind.

He pointed to the armor on everyone's bodies and said, "Yes, we are now wearing the clothes of the court officers and soldiers, and we can fish in troubled waters." Wait a minute, first grab someone and ask about the deployment of troops in Luling City, and then decide which gate to attack the city from. ”

Two thousand households and several hundred households agreed.

The 3,000 soldiers led by Qian Dayou, two-thirds of which were the officers and soldiers of the guard led by Xie Xuelong, surrendered in the Battle of Fenyi, and this was the first time they fought for the new master.

Since joining the rebel army, they have been able to receive enough military salaries every month, and they still have cotton clothes to wear in winter, and they can eat meat during the New Year, and their lives are better than when they were in the official army.

In order to repay the king's grace of not killing, more than 2,000 soldiers practiced hard every day, waiting for the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

Now that the opportunity has finally come, everyone is excited.

However, the army has been running for nine hours in a row, and even a man as strong as Qian Dayou can't stand his fatigue at this moment.

These 3,000 soldiers had been running with him all night, and now they could be said to be exhausted.

If it weren't for Mo Qian's daily morning drill and running method of tying sandbags, I'm afraid that these 3,000 troops wouldn't even be able to run this 190 miles.

Qian Dayou ordered the army to hide in the grove outside Luling City, and took the opportunity to start resting and recovering his strength.

While the soldiers were resting, he observed that there was an army of 400 officers on the banks of the Gan River intercepting passing ships on the river to collect taxes.

Just when Qian Da was at a loss, a eunuch ran towards the grass where they were hiding.

Nie Jinhai never dreamed that he would be caught by the thief when he swept the urine, and the moment the cold long knife was on his neck, Nie Jinhai was scared out of urinary incontinence.

Qian Dayou grabbed Nie Jinhai's hair, and the long knife was on his neck, and the skin was scratched with a slight touch.

"Be honest, if you want to live, listen to me, otherwise, you will be killed with a knife!"

"A good man spares his life, a good man spares his life, I must be obedient, I must be obedient." Nie Jinhai cried and begged for mercy.

"Let me ask you, how many defenders are there in Luling City?"

When Nie Jinhai heard this question, he immediately subconsciously wanted to look back at who was behind him, but as soon as his neck moved, the sharp blade cut through his skin, and blood suddenly seeped out.

"You still dare to move, you don't want to live anymore, answer my question quickly!"

"I said, I said, there are 800 defenders in Luling City, of which 400 were transferred by me to the banknote customs outside the city to collect taxes, and the remaining 400 are in the city."

"How are they deployed in the city?"

"Four hundred men scattered across four gates, with one hundred officers and soldiers at each gate."

"A hundred officers and soldiers?"

"Are all these 100 officers and soldiers at the city gate?"

"No, there are at most one or twenty people guarding the door on weekdays, and the rest of the time they are basically resting, and they change shifts four times a day."

"What time does the shift change?"

"Shifts every three hours."

"Did you change shifts this morning?"

"Changed, just when the city gate was opened!"

After getting this information, Qian Dayou suddenly had a plan to attack the city.

He said to Niu Ji of Qianhu beside him: "Niu Qianhu, after I enter the city gate, you will escort this eunuch without a bird to deter the four hundred officers and soldiers who are closing the banknotes, and I will clear the defenders at the city gate, what do you think?" ”

"No problem, General Qian, but let's go out rashly now, and we will soon be discovered by the officers and soldiers on the banknote."

Qian Dayi thought it was the same, but when he saw a few officers and soldiers under the banknote shed, he immediately smiled.

He put the knife on Nie Jinhai's neck and said, "You, find a way to call a few soldiers from the banknote gate." Qian Dayou stretched out his hand and pointed at a few officers and soldiers not far away, and as he spoke, he squatted down by himself, and pressed the knife against the center of Nie Jinhai's waist, making him stand up.

"You'd better be honest, but if you dare to be dishonest, I'll let you go in with a white knife and come out with a red knife right away!"

Nie Jinhai didn't dare to disobey, the cold long knife went straight against his waist, and he felt that it would pierce into his body at any time.

He stood up and thought for a moment, then shouted to the four soldiers closest to him, "You guys, come here, I've stepped on a snake!" ”

When the four officers and men heard this, they did not dare to slack off, and they did not remember in the slightest that it was only the beginning of February, and there was still more than a month before the snake hibernate and woke up.

The four of them ran over non-stop, and just approached Nie Jinhai, when suddenly a cold light flashed in the grass, and the four of them were cut throats in an instant, and they didn't even make a sound.

After dealing with the four officers and soldiers, Qian Dayou said to Liu Tielong, a thousand households: "Liu Qianhu, when you see me at the city gate, I will immediately lead my troops to attack the city, understand?" ”

"My subordinates understand, but general, there are only four of you, can you take the city gate?"

"You don't have to worry about this, I have a magic weapon in my hands."

Trying, he patted Nie Jinhai's cheek with a knife and said, "Let's go, escort this guy into the city!" ”

Qian Dayou took a thousand households Niu Ji and three hundred households to carry Nie Jinhai to the city gate and walked straight.

As soon as they crossed the suspension bridge, the officers and soldiers guarding the city saw Nie Jinhai being carried by two officers and soldiers.

"Grandpa Nie, what's wrong with you?"

"Grandpa Nie has a bad stomach and has collapsed, I'll take him into the city to see the doctor!"

Saying that, Qian Dayou walked into the city gate with Nie Jinhai, and after observing, he found that the defenders at the city gate were only eight people.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

He immediately drew his long knife and slashed the two people in front of him on the spot.