Chapter 867: Strangling Suzhou City
On the south bank of the Tianhe River, at Baiqiaodu in Linhai County, the clanging sound of metal blades crashing was endless, and groups of armored soldiers maintained order at the ferry amid the shouts of the generals.
Above the river, one by one, grasshoppers are like tireless ants, constantly transporting the soldiers on the shore out of the small inlet of the Baiqiao ferry, outside the inlet, a huge fleet of ships is moored on the river, constantly receiving the soldiers who are transported.
A floating board floats on the surface of the water in the upper reaches of the river, and the ups and downs of the water wave from time to time submerge the plank, and then floats up again, and if you look closely, you can find that there is a person floating in the water next to the plank, most of his body is sunk under the water, and only one head is out of the water.
The person floating in the water saw the hot scene on the river, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and a fierce man plunged into the river, quickly disappeared on the river, and all he could see was the wooden plank that went down the river, collided with the huge warship, made a crisp sound, and continued to float away with the current.
"The news is confirmed, the Qingzhou Army has crossed north from Baiqiao! Send the news back immediately!"
In the south of Suzhou, on the surface of Jinghu Lake, a fast boat also went quickly along the lake.
"Governor, the spies in Suzhou City have sent a letter, the last two brigades stationed in Suzhou City are also going to be withdrawn, and the generals of the Qingzhou Army are banqueting the rich families in the city in the rich and noble building in the city, and it has been clearly determined that the army will be drawn tomorrow!"
"Are you leaving, go and call Su Dingfang and Liu Renliang!"
"My lord, the news from the carrier pigeon from the north that the Qingzhou Army has begun to cross the river at the Baiqiao Ferry in Linhe County!"
"Got it!"
Outside the city of Suzhou, hidden in an abandoned manor, there is a crowd of people dressed in messy armor, some imperial and some Japanese, some iron armor, some broken leather armor, and all kinds of weapons... It's all disorganized.
In the main family compound in the manor, although this compound was burned down when the Japanese invaded, but because of the use of stone... The main body was preserved, and in the main hall where half of the ceiling was raised, a tiger-backed bear-waisted, eight-foot-tall, bearded man carried a jar of wine, and drank a jar of wine in one go.
"The big boss, General Liu of Suzhou City has sent a letter over... They will leave early tomorrow morning, so that we will go to Suzhou City at dusk, and he will be in the territory of Subei County, waiting for the big boss to meet!"
"I know, let the brothers give me a good rest, and tomorrow Lao Tzu will take them to kill, money, women are enough!"
Time... Bit by bit, there was no word all night.
When the mirror lake is above, sprinkled with the morning light... The mist floated above the lake, and between the curls, there was a hideous beast looming on the surface of the lake, advancing slowly.
As the sun rises, a touch of red glow hangs in the eastern sky, a waterfowl flies above the lake, starting a day of hard work, the sound of breaking waves makes the waterfowl can't help but look in the mist ahead, flapping their wings and constantly flying high, looking downward.
I saw that on the river, countless ships crisscrossed the river... Large boats, small boats, clustered on the surface of the lake like schools of fish, stretched for thirty or forty miles, as if there was no end, moving slowly in the direction of the north.
The sound of whimpering horns sounded over the city of Suzhou, and a team of soldiers in bright armor left the school camp... Gathered in the rolling army, the last two Qingzhou brigades stationed in Suzhou City drove out of Suzhou City.
Witnessing the disappearance of this army of soldiers and horses, a cadre of civil officials in Suzhou City, the head of the family seemed a little overwhelmed, although when this army of soldiers and horses was stationed in the city, everyone was very disgusted with its insatiable greed, but when this army left, the heart was empty.
The original defenders of Suzhou City were defeated and retreated under the attack of the Japanese people, although the remnants of the army later returned to the city, but Suzhou did not have the slightest trust in the remnants of the guard, and later the Qingzhou army went south, and the remnants were also absorbed, leaving only some old and disabled people to maintain the so-called Suzhou Guard, but in fact, the Suzhou Guard Army has existed in name only.
When the Qingzhou army left Suzhou City, it means that Suzhou City has become an undefended city, and the hundreds of crippled guards alone cannot bear the defense of Suzhou City, and the Qingzhou Army left, so that Suzhou City once again appeared a cake of rights and interests, and the families that were suppressed before, the civil and military forces began to seize power, and no one noticed that the prefect of Suzhou was gone.
Suzhou City has maintained this state of defenselessness, and before the rights are distributed, no one will care whether the city gate is guarded, whether there are guards patrolling the city, and what will be the result if someone suddenly kills them.
From the sun climbing overhead, and then setting towards the western mountain, the city of Suzhou spent a day in silence and chaos.
When the sun began to sink into the western horizon, in the direction of Dongcheng, the salt thieves finally killed the city of Suzhou after a full day's sleep and high energy.
"Brothers, Suzhou City is in front of you, except for a group of waste guards in the city, there is not half a soldier, tonight, the money and women in Suzhou City are ours, follow me to kill them!" Shang Qiu, the leader of the salt thieves, roared like a broken gong, and the more than 4,000 people under his command suddenly roared.
Shangqiu's salt thieves are the strongest of several salt thieves, and their target is this prosperous Suzhou, although it has lost the prosperity of the past, but the accumulation of the last year, but it is still there, although it was killed into the city by a Japanese people last time, but in the end it was killed, and the city was not damaged too much.
More than a dozen disabled guards guarding the city gate saw this wolf-like salt thief, and immediately fled in fright, even the city gate was left there, and no one even went to raise the alarm, Shang Qiu rushed directly into the city of Suzhou with 4,000 soldiers and horses.
The firelight, reflecting the fire clouds in the west, is particularly dazzling, and the sky that gradually dims is filled with a tragic cry, Suzhou City is like a girl who has been stripped of all her clothes, and is pressed under her by a rough man who is five big and three thick, ravaging wantonly.
In the city, the completely defenseless forces were completely unorganized under the strong penetration of the salt thieves, and they were broken one by one.
"It seems that we have come at the right time! Riding the wind, the huge Suzhou naval army finally arrived before sunset, the south of the city has not yet fallen, and the fire in the city is still burning in the east of the city.
Zhou Yu could have arrived earlier, but he didn't do that, last time, they recaptured Suzhou City from the Japanese people, but they didn't get the rewards they deserved, those deep-rooted forces in Suzhou City were like maggots on tarsal bones, and they were restrained everywhere, but for various reasons, they could only withdraw gloomily, but this time, it was different.
Flames can destroy everything, but also bring light, one by one warships leaned on the dock in the south of Suzhou, a team of soldiers and horses stood on the pier, but did not rush into Suzhou City, just sent a team of soldiers and horses to occupy the south gate, and then, a large group of soldiers and horses began to assemble.
The generals were completely at night, but the city of Suzhou was full of fire, but Zhou Yu kept standing still and waited silently.
The fall of the east city, the fall of the north city, the west city, the south city also began to appear a large number of salt thieves, the news continued to come from the city, the neat array of soldiers looked at the city of Suzhou illuminated by the fire, but motionless, a year of training, the order to prohibit these four words have been engraved on the bone marrow, they are waiting for the order to enter the city.
"Deputy Governor Su, Suzhou City is handed over to you, you have to clean Suzhou City!" Zhou Yu stood at the top of the building boat and said slowly to Su Dingfang beside him.
"Yes, Dudu!" Su Dingfang clenched his fists, turned around and got off the boat, jumped into a small boat, and headed towards the dock.
Woo-woo, the melodious sound of the horn sounded from above the ship, and a long roar covered the screams and shouts in the city.
"Enter the city!" Su Dingfang stepped on the dock of Suzhou City, looked at the Suzhou City like a giant beast, roared loudly, and the rolling torrent of armor passed through the south city gate and rushed into Suzhou City.
On the street, there are not many sāo moving crowds, the people lock themselves in their homes, waiting for the chaos to end, on the street, groups of salt thieves are more than a dozen piles, towards their target crazy impact, chopping, if the collision can't move, can't split, simply throw a fire.
They are the most ferocious, the most unpopular salt thieves, there is no innocent word in their eyes, a few salt thieves chased two women in tattered clothes and rushed out of the alley on the side, but they were only ten meters away from Su Dingfang who rushed to the front.
Several salt thieves were stunned at first when they saw Su Dingfang and the soldiers and horses behind him, but then turned around and were about to run, but Su Dingfang let out a sneer, raised the shark blade fangs in his hand and slashed at the few people in front of him.
The gurgling sound of water poured out from the shark's fangs, this knife was like the spine of a shark's blade, thick and sharp, and it was also covered with shark fangs, the seemingly fine teeth, like a file, and this knife slashed out, and a water vortex directly involved several salt thieves.
And Su Dingfang's shark blade fangs are like sharks that are feeding in the sea, rushing through the seawater, opening the mouth of the blood basin, biting down fiercely with sharp teeth, the blade of the knife rubbed, and the flesh and blood on several salt thieves fell to the ground in a blur, and the wounds on their bodies were not one, but countless ones, as if they were chewed a few times by a shark in their mouths, and then spit out.
"Whoever wields a sword, who sets fire, who takes advantage of the chaos to disturb the people, will be killed!"
The south of the city is not the focus of the salt thieves' attack, because most of the people living in the south of the city are ordinary people in the city, there is not much oil and water, except for a few official warehouses, only a few salt robbers looted, these people almost did not have the slightest resistance, and they were overwhelmed by soldiers and horses several times more than them, but the news of Su Dingfang's army entering the city still spread quickly.
The army was divided into three routes, from the south of the city to the north of the city, the east of the city, and the west of the city to go in three directions, while Su Dingfang led people straight to the north of the city, the north of the city has always been a gathering place for wealthy families, where there are the most salt thieves, of course, the benefits are also the greatest.
After occupying Suzhou City, their troops and horses are going to be upgraded to legions, and if they want to recruit more soldiers and horses, they have to get some food and salary by themselves.
"Block all the intersections in the north of the city! Don't let a salt thief escape. "Su Dingfang didn't rush towards the north of the city, let the salt thieves fight with those wealthy families for a while. !。