Rarely, there are small snowflakes floating in the north of Yangzhou, although it is only scattered three or five pieces, as if floating like soy sauce, but this is still surprising for a long time.

The cold north wind howled through the land of Qingzhou, bringing a cold chill to Yangzhou, and the temperature dropped by seven or eight degrees at once, and coupled with the humidity in the south, the feeling of dampness and cold was quite unbearable.

In the past, Yancheng and now the canal water city, because the canal waterway was filled with countless giant trees and stones, causing the entire canal to become dangerous, not only whirlpools and rapids, but also the big boats drove in, and they had to run into those stone piles not far from the river.

The canal water city that was still under construction, the foundation was not finished because the Japanese people went up the waterway, and had to stop work, so in this piece of land, there is still a barren land full of puddles, and because of this, the Japanese people who saw the wealth of Yangzhou did not stay here, and even stationed a soldier and horse were not enough, perhaps, for Inoue Shunji and one of his generals, the strength of Da Chu was not enough.

Hey, hey

"Everyone is working harder, go up in one breath!" the foreman shouted loudly, more than 20 strong men in Qingzhou dragged the rope, one end helped on the cart, the other end on the shoulder, and shouted in a low voice, and the heavy cart was finally pushed up the hundred-meter-long slope under the efforts of everyone.

At the end of the 100-meter-long ramp, there is a flattened hill, this hill is next to Taihu Lake, two miles to the west is the mouth of Taihu Lake, standing on this hill more than 50 meters high, you can even overlook the mouth of Taihu Lake that pours the water of Taihu Lake like the mouth of the pot.

Heavy carts were pushed up the hill, and the heavy huge logs on them were carried down one by one by the soldiers who surrounded them, and not far away, a huge catapult had been assembled and began to take shape.

The canal water city is surrounded by hills on all sides, and in the west, the distance from the mouth of Taihu Lake to this flat land is more than ten miles of road, such low hills are no less than hundreds.

The canal connects to the mouth of the Tianhe waterway, and the temporary wharf is very busy, as if it has suddenly restored its former prosperity, but as long as you take a closer look, you will find that most of the surging heads are soldiers with helmets on their heads and armor, and they are driving into this land in groups.

A huge building ship slowly leaned against the simple dock, but the giant building ship did not attract people's attention, but on the dock, the hundreds of heavy armor were arrayed, and in front of the formation, there were Leng Zhuo, Zhou Yu, Sun Wu and a number of generals, which was worthy of attention.

The gangplank protruding from the giant building boat was set on the trestle, and from the side of the ship, Bai Qi, who was dressed in pitch-black ink armor and exuded a palpitating breath all over his body, was the first to step on the gangplank, and after Bai Qi, it was Zhao Yun who was dressed in silver light, like the silver gun and white horse of Prince Charming in a fairy tale.

Next to Zhao Yun is Han Xin, who is armed in Chinese clothes, these three people are the three giants of the Qingzhou Forbidden Army, although there are not many hundred generals in Qingzhou, there are nearly ten people, but Qingzhou is not peaceful now, these three giants appear at the same time, but it is quite rare.

200,000 forbidden troops, after the integration of the past three or four years, has been completely controlled by the three of them, with the support of Leng Zhuo, instead of reducing the number of soldiers and horses, the strength of the army has increased by fifty percent, reaching more than 300,000, and most of the main force is stationed in Huaishui on the northern front and Heze on the western front, respectively to guard against the empire and Li Tang.

Bai Qi, Zhao Yun, and Han Xin arrived at Canal Water City, in addition to being forced by the situation, but also because Leng Zhuo did not have the strength that could be secretly withdrawn, in Yangzhou, nearly 500,000 soldiers and horses of Dachu had been gathered, in addition to the Qinglong Legion stationed in Yangzhou, the Vermilion Bird Legion also transferred two divisions, counting the two land and water divisions of the Xuanwu Legion, this time all the most elite ten forbidden armies were drawn up.

Now the Great Chu has also launched a large-scale war in Chuzhou, although the offensive is smooth, Songling, Xiyan and Xiyan will be broken in less than two months, but the capture of the place does not mean that it will be included in the bag, the Holy Religion has ruled in the two places for six or seven years, especially the use of religious brainwashing, but it also has a lot of believers, and if they want to smooth the two regions and not cause chaos, the White Tiger Legion can hardly draw extra soldiers and horses.

And the other two legions, which are still stationed in the eleventh mansion of Great Chu, cannot be lightly adjusted, otherwise the fire in the backyard is not fun, and even if the troops and horses can be drawn from Chuzhou, the transfer of soldiers and horses can not be completed in ten days and a half months, and Leng Zhuo was very nervous when he thought that the Japanese army might be in cahoots with Li Tang, where would it drag on for more than half a month.

While slowing down the attack on Yangzhou, he wrote to him to transfer troops from Qingzhou, while his main force was stationed under the city to confuse the Japanese army that had retreated into Yangzhou and buy precious time.

Inoue Shunji's defeat this time was not light, more than 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command were killed and wounded, the Chinese army was beaten and not counted, even the left-wing army was beaten and almost wiped out, if it wasn't for the last moment, Leng Zhuo said his worries, Sun Wu deliberately left a way to live, let it escape into Yangzhou City, the Japanese army casualties are afraid to be even more serious, but even so, the Japanese army is also broken.

However, Inoue Shunji did not give up Yangzhou and withdrew, because the right-wing army pushing to the shore of the lake was the most well-preserved, and under the attack of the naval warships, the Great Chu Army was "suffering heavy casualties", and retreated with a sigh, and the naval warships seemed to have become the last support of the Japanese army.

Now the two armies are still facing each other under the city of Yangzhou, and the reason why the Japanese army has not given up Yangzhou City is mainly because they are searching the land of Yangzhou City, although Yangzhou City has been looted by Leng Zhuo, but the huge Yangzhou City, where can it be emptied, not to mention that some things that are not treasures in the eyes of Leng Zhuo and these people, and things that are discarded at will are treasures in the eyes of the Japanese people.

For example, those porcelain of average quality, as well as the gauze curtains made of silk in those big families, these pots and pots, Leng Zhuo can't look down on them, but they are a lot of wealth for the Japanese people, and they finally came here, losing their troops and losing their generals, but they didn't even have any spoils.

In view of all this, the Japanese army is still guarding Yangzhou City, but Leng Zhuo has been secretly closing the door and beating dogs, blocking the mouth of Taihu Lake.

"Bai Qi to meet the young master!"

"Zhao Yun (Han Xin) meets the young master!"

The three of them got off the boat, stepped forward quickly, and bent down in front of Leng Zhuo to salute, just this scene was enough to make the three heroes who followed Zhao Yun to the East Imperial Gate slightly surprised, and when they looked at Leng Zhuo, their faces suddenly became wonderful.

At that time, Zhao Yun seemed to be following one person, but Leng Zhuo used a pseudonym at that time, and after the fall of the Penglai Islands, the people from the East Royal Gate returned to the island.

It wasn't until Bai Qi led the forbidden army south to occupy the south of Qingzhou that the people of the East Royal Gate came out of the island again, of course, part of the reason here is because of the ice dream of the East Royal Gate, when he heard the news of Zhao Yun, he went to find Zhao Yun, and after that, he has been following Zhao Yun's side, and there is a reason why he is a matchmaker.

In short, the East Imperial Gate almost clearly supported Bai Qi, Zhao Yun and others, and most of the children of the Imperial Gate were also reused, like the three heroes of the East Imperial Gate, Shui Li, Mu Chen, and Feng Ran played important positions in the Qingzhou Army.

If Zhao Yun has a relationship with Leng Zhuo, everyone can still understand it, but even Bai Qi and Han Xin are the same, but it makes the eyes of several people in the East Imperial Gate widen, especially Leng Zhuo's closeness to several people, obviously the relationship is unusual, and the three giants of the Qingzhou Forbidden Army are treated with the courtesy of their subordinates, then it doesn't mean .......

The thoughts of the three of them are complicated, they are not fledgling disciples, after years of experience, they have long taken off their immaturity, this news is too shocking, if it spreads, it is estimated that the mainland and Kyushu will be shaken, especially the imperial court in the north, it is estimated that they have to vomit blood, you must know that in order to win over the three people, the empire is extremely capable.

Seeing Bai Qi, Zhao Yun, and Han Xin, Leng Zhuo was also very happy, speaking of which, they hadn't met for three or four years, after all, the Qingzhou army should not be exposed too early, otherwise, if Yangzhou is not stable, the Qingzhou army will take refuge in him, which is likely to attract the empire, and even Li Tang United strangulation.

Needless to say, the group left the dock and ran to the temporary royal tent, and after taking a seat, Leng Zhuo asked: "What is the situation here in Qingzhou, judging from the information transmitted back, Li Tang has recently intervened in the Huaishui area, isn't there a little reaction from the Yandu side!"

In order to help the three of them gain a firm foothold in Qingzhou, Leng Zhuo sent quite a lot of magistrates to help the three of them govern the place, and the leader was Kong Mingchen, so the news on the Qingzhou side was open to Dachu, after all, Kong Mingchen was in charge of some intelligence matters before, especially after contacting Bao Daring on the Dijing side, the intelligence in the north was more unimpeded, and the infiltration of Zhongzhou had also achieved some results.

"Back to the young master, the Tang army did bypass the salt capital and captured several towns in the upper reaches of the Huai River, and also got some help from the salt capital, bringing a lot of much-needed salt to Li Tang, in my opinion, the salt capital will not stand on which side before the three parties have decided on a high level, as long as it does not infringe on its interests, the salt capital will remain neutral!"

"Neutrality, huh, play balance?" Leng Zhuo scoffed, if it weren't for the fact that salt had a holy spirit in charge, if it was to make a move on it, it would force it to the opposite side, and the salt would have been washed in blood ten times or eight times.