Hou Fangyu said: "Back to Yu Wangye, from Xuzhou to Nanjing, there are two main roads, one is through Fengyang Mansion through the prefecture, and then to Nanjing by land, this road is relatively close, but the mountains and rivers are obstructed along the way, it is difficult to walk, and the other is the waterway through Huai'an Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion to Nanjing, which is relatively far, but it is much easier to walk. ”

Duoduo hummed softly and then asked, "So which of these two roads is richer?" ”

Hearing Duoduo's words, Hou Fangyu knew what he wanted to do, which was nothing more than robbery.

After all, Jiannu had destroyed the prison six times before, and the entire north was thrown to a pulp.

However, Hou Fangyu did not resist this, from the moment that slut turned his back on him to join the national disaster drama troupe, from the moment he refused to pass the "door of life and death" set up by Chongzhen, he Hou Fangyu and Da Ming had actually broken off.

After Du Yinxi was instructed by Chongzhen to return to the Juntian Mu of Defu, he Hou Fangyu and Daming had become enemies.

"Of course, that's the road of Huai'an Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion." Hou Fangyu replied without thinking, "The Ming Dynasty has seven points, three points in Jiangnan, seven points in Jiangnan, and at least three points in Yangzhou." ”

"Yangzhou is the largest gathering place of salt merchants in the Ming Dynasty."

"If Daming wants to say rich, of course, Yangzhou is the most."

Speaking of this, Hou Fangyu continued: "Not only Yangzhou Mansion is rich, Huai'an Mansion is also rich, and most of the richest market towns on this road are concentrated in the canal and two rivers. ”

Duoduo was a little worried, and frowned: "But the Huai'an Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion are waterways, and our army has no boats, so it is inconvenient to cross the river on the march, and it will be even more troublesome if you encounter the Ming army's sailors." ”

"It's convenient, it's more convenient to take the waterway." Hou Fangyu hurriedly said, "As long as Prince Yu leads the army to conquer Huai'an Mansion City, he will be able to obtain a large number of boats, and then my Qing soldiers can go south by boat." ”

"Got a boat?" Duoduo's heart moved slightly, "You mean that there are a lot of boats in Huai'an Mansion City?" ”

Hou Fangyu said: "Lord Yu, the Cao Yun Governor's Office in Nanming is in Shanyang, the city of Huai'an Prefecture, and there have never been less than a thousand Cao boats moored at the Shanyang Canal Wharf!" ”

"A thousand boats?" Dodor was overjoyed.

It would be great if we could grab these thousand boats in Shanyang.

Not only can the march to the south be easier, after grabbing food treasures and women and children from the south of the Yangtze River, you can also send them back to Xuzhou through the canal, and then send them back to Beijing directly by canal.

But Duoduo was still a little worried about the sailors of the Ming army, and asked Hou Fangyu: "Where are the sailors of the Ming army stationed now?" ”

"Lord Yu doesn't have to worry about the Ming Army Sailor at all." Hou Fangyu said, "This year, the weather in the south of the Yangtze River is exceptionally cold, and even the Huai River, which has never been frozen in previous years, has been frozen, because I am worried that it will be trapped by the ice. ”

"Oh, is there such a thing?" Dodor was overjoyed.

This is really in response to the old saying, when heaven and earth are together, heroes are not free.

Even God helped him, so he deserved Nanming and Chongzhen to be unlucky, maybe this time not only could they loot Jiangnan, but also had the opportunity to take Nanjing directly in one go and copy Chongzhen's lair.

If that's the case, what's the use of Chongzhen guarding Xuzhou?

It's just that Duoduo still kept an eye on it, and he didn't trust Hou Fangyu.

First let He Luohui take Hou Fangyu away, and Duoduo asked Fan Chengmo to call another gentleman who came with Shangqiu, and the result was the same as Hou Fangyu's rhetoric, and then Duoduo finally believed it.

……

On this day and one night, Duoduo slept beautifully.

However, Chongzhen didn't close his eyes at all, and the next day he was awakened by the continuous sound of horns, and hurriedly got up and came to the bunker hall, only to see Jin Shenghuan also rushing out.

"Holy." Jin Shenghuan was about to make a salute, but was stopped by Chongzhen.

"You don't have to worry about me." Chongzhen also said that Jiannu was going to attack again, and said urgently, "Hurry up and get on the platform." ”

Jin Shenghuan no longer cared about Chongzhen, grabbed the bowl stomach and buckled it on his head, and then climbed onto the platform.

A moment later, Chongzhen also came to the platform of the platform, but found that the wind and waves on the platform were calm, and the emotions of both the soldiers and the soldiers of the border army were very stable.

Because Jiannu didn't attack at all.

"Holy." Xu Yingwei, who was keeping vigil, came forward to greet him.

"Xu Qing, what's going on?" Chongzhen asked, "Jiannu didn't attack?" ”

"Nope." Xu Yingwei shook his head and said, "I only heard the horn and the sound of war drums, and I didn't see any Jiannu coming." ”

"Is there such a thing?" Chongzhen's brows furrowed slightly, and after listening for a moment, his face suddenly changed slightly, "Jiannu is preparing to divide the army!" ”

"Division?" Jin Shenghuan was stunned.

Xu Yingwei said: "The saint said that Jiannu is going to leave a part of the army to besiege Xuzhou for a long time, and then divide a part of the army to go south to invade and loot Nanzhili?" ”

"It's not just about invading and looting." Chongzhen said, "If there is a chance, Jiannu will not mind shooting a heart-piercing arrow at Daming and directly take Nanjing!" ”

"Huh?" The faces of the surrounding border soldiers changed drastically when they heard this.

Xu Yingwei and the other Qinwang scholars looked calm, because just a few years ago, on the way north to Xuzhou, Chongzhen took them to deduce the enemy situation of Jiannu to the south countless times.

So they are not surprised at all by such a change.

However, if you are not surprised, you are not surprised, but you are still worried.

Xu Yingwei whispered and persuaded: "Shengshang, if Jiannu really divides his troops to the south, he is likely to go to Huai'an, at present, Huai'an Mansion only has 200,000 newly recruited villagers, and even the 20,000 troops of the Cao Yun Department have been transferred to Pizhou with Lu Butang, and the minister is worried that Huai'an Mansion will be lost, otherwise the minister will lead a team of soldiers to rush to help?" ”

"Rush?" Chongzhen shook his head and said, "How are you going?" Going from the river with ice? ”

"Ice?" Xu Yingwei was stunned when he heard this, then reacted and sighed, "Also, as long as we go out of the city, we will definitely be discovered by Jiannu, and then the Mongolian cavalry will definitely come to chase and kill us, and we can't run away." ”

"So, let's put all your thoughts on Yunlong Mountain." Chongzhen said, "As for Huai'an Mansion, leave it to Yan Yingyuan, Mao Xiang, and Huaxia and other Qinwang scholars, I believe they can hold it." ”

As for Yangzhou, Zhuzhou and even Nanjing and other places in the south, whether Jiannu can go so far is still two words, even if he goes there desperately, he can't take it, is it really so easy to fight in Jiangnan?

After all, Huang Huai was not lost at this time, and Jiannu's heavy troops could not get through.

As he spoke, the sky gradually brightened, and he was finally able to see clearly.

Jiannu really divided the troops, and saw teams of horses, teams of foot soldiers, and carriages driving out of the gate of the camp in a steady stream.

No Hongyi cannon was seen.

The long queue lasted for nearly half a day.

Even the most conservative estimate is that there are 100,000 Jiannu who left the camp.

"It's a pity." Zhu Cijiong, who was standing beside Chongzhen, suddenly sighed lightly.

Chongzhen also said a pity in his heart, but it is a pity that even if the Jiannu soldiers are divided into two ways, the Jiannu who stayed in Xuzhou is by no means something that the Ming army can defeat, at most it is to defend the city, and the field battle out of the city is basically to send people to the head.

The next day, Jiannu, who remained in Xuzhou, once again divided his troops and divided them into four routes.

The four road Jiannu set up a large camp in the southeast, northwest and northwest directions of Xuzhou.

What makes Chongzhen even more regrettable is that even if Jiannu divides his troops again and divides them into four shares, the strength of Jiannu per share is only 30,000 or 40,000 at most, but the Ming army still can't fight in the field, so he can only fight a defensive war.

Immediately afterwards, tens of thousands of clothed minions began to dig trenches in the Ming army's twelfth heavy platform.

The blockade ditch dug by these dog minions is almost two zhang deep and five zhang wide, which is much worse than the trench in terms of specifications, but the length is much longer, and it encompasses Xuzhou City, Yunlong Mountain, the twelve-fold platform outside the city and part of the Yellow River.

……

Suining County is a small remote county in the northwest of Huai'an Province.

Less than a hundred miles north from Suining County is the county seat of Pizhou, at this time Pizhou City stationed a full ten towns of border troops, is one of the three major towns on the Huanghuai defense line, but Suining only has 10,000 towns.

The Huanghuai defense line designed by Chongzhen did not spread the pie and distribute the troops evenly, but stationed the three strategic support points with heavy troops, and then guarded the county towns and important market towns with the courage of the township.

As for the vast countryside on the periphery, it can only be strategically abandoned.

At most, when Jiannu came over, they moved the people into the city as much as possible.

Responsible for the training of the soldiers of Suining County, he is a member of Ningbo.

When Huaxia came to Suining County, he only had one will from Chongzhen, and in addition, he had the power to withdraw money and grain from the treasury of Shanyang City at any time.

If you have the ability or not, you can try it out as soon as you put it in a position that is in charge of yourself.

Huaxia is undoubtedly a capable scholar, and on the third day of Suining, he recruited more than 100 Xiangyong, and then took Xiangyong to Shanyang City to bring back the money and grain, and then came to recruit Xiangyong's strong men in an endless stream.

To put it bluntly, as long as the strong man at this time has a full mouth to eat, he can really sell his life to you.

However, Huaxia did not accept all the applicants without distinguishing between good and bad, but screened the strong men who came to apply, and they were screened according to the new book of performance, leaving only honest people in the countryside.

Huaxia finally recruited more than 10,000 villagers, and then began to start the whole training according to the training method of the Shizi battalion.

It is to memorize the new book of performance and walk the queue, and then train the equipment, and at the same time start to build the fortifications, anyway, it is the set of Chongzhen training the battalion of the soldiers to go through from the beginning.

In addition, Xiang Yong's rations were also sufficient.

In addition to three full meals a day, each person also has three buckets of rice per month.

I have to admit that most of the townspeople actually came for these three buckets of rice.

The scholar would rather starve to death than bend his waist for five buckets of rice, but the people of Shengdou can sell their lives to you in order to get a bucket of rice to feed their wives and children, and people are so different.

When Huaxia came back from Pizhou City, he felt that the weather seemed to be getting cold again.

"My lord, it's cold again." Wang Poju, the captain of Huaxia's pro-soldiers, said with a concerned face, "Add a piece of clothing, but don't freeze." ”

"It's okay, it's cold." Hua Xia said, "The weather in our Ningbo is almost cold. ”

But having said that, but when he walked to the edge of Suishui and was blown by the cold wind, Huaxia still shrank his neck, the sky was really cold, and the northwest wind blowing was like a knife, blowing on people's faces and hurting.

"Has the ice been knocked?" Hua Xia asked as she walked.

"Knocked." Wang Poju nodded and said, "It's a lot thicker, and it's no problem to cross the river with a carriage of thousands of catties." ”

"Is the ice already that thick?" Huaxia's brows immediately frowned, because Suining County is close to the south bank of Suishui, Suishui is the moat of Suining County, and now Suishui is frozen so thickly, it is equivalent to no moat protection.

But fortunately, there are still more than 100 platforms surrounding Suining County, even if the Jiannu army arrives, it is not easy to advance to Suining County in a short time.

After a pause, Hua Xia continued to ask, "Has the third batch of spears from the arsenal arrived?" ”

"Just delivered." Wang Poju nodded and said, "It has been counted, there are a total of three thousand spears, but they are bamboo pole spears, and it is said that there are not so many iron and wood." ”

"Bamboo poles are bamboo poles, which is better than nothing."

While the two were talking, they had already walked to the side of a platform.

I saw a team of Xiang Yong entering the platform from the entrance.

These villagers either picked it up by one person or carried it by two people, and carried buckets of dung water, bags of quicklime and a few large iron pots into the platform.

There is also Xiang Yong who is making fishing nets outside the platform.

Seeing Huaxia coming, Xiang Yong stood up and greeted him.

Huaxia returned the salute, squatted down and picked up a knotted fishing net, and pulled it vigorously, but the knuckles of the fingers were white, but the fishing net woven by ramie was still intact.

"Don't worry, sir." An honest villager said, "The fishing nets woven by ramie are fastened." ”

"Well, be tight." Hua Xia nodded and said, "If it's not strong enough, then you can't build a slave." ”

As soon as Huaxia's voice fell, a villager on the platform suddenly pointed to the northwest and shouted: "Look, look, my lord!" Wolf smoke has risen in the northwest! ”

Huaxia reluctantly turned around, and sure enough, he saw wolf smoke rising in the northwest.

In order to leave time for the people outside the county to enter the county seat to take refuge, Huaxia specially sent people to build beacon towers in all directions, once the Jiannu army invaded the territory, the wolf smoke was lit during the day, and the beacon fire was lit at night.

Now that the wolf smoke is rising, it means that Jiannu is killing Suining.

"Quick!" Hua Xia instantly became nervous and shouted, "The garrisons of each Gongtai immediately entered their respective Gongtai, set up a cauldron to boil the golden juice, and the Xiangyong who stayed in the county town quickly went to transfer the people!" ”

"Within an hour, all the people must enter the city!"

The farthest beacon tower is about forty miles away from Suining County.

The Jiannu army will come over, and it will take an hour and a half at the earliest.