Xue Lu and Zhang Wu led a team of people, about twenty people, and slowly walked out of a jungle.

The two of them looked at each other and looked ahead, almost gasping.

A hundred steps away in front, there is a canyon, there are high mountains on both sides, there is a hole in the middle, about thirty steps wide, the city wall has been built, and there is a huge wooden gate, the city wall is close to the mountain, and there are battlements, the battlements can obviously be seen on the black artillery, the distance between the two cannons is about twenty-five steps, in the middle of the artillery, you can see all kinds of firearms.

There was a row of Ming troops standing on the city wall, the gate in the middle of the city wall was closed, and there was a row of natives standing outside, and the local natives also had weapons, holding simple wooden spears, shields, etc., there were about 20 people, patrolling outside the city, walking back and forth.

"The defense is really tight." Xue Lu whispered to Zhang Wudao.

The corners of Zhang Wu's mouth twitched slightly: "Zhu Gaoxu's subordinates and him are the same appearance, they have always been insidious and cunning, and they are not easy to deal with." ”

After the two finished speaking, after touching each other's waists, they didn't have weapons in their hands, but behind their waists, there were small daggers made by themselves.

Just as they were talking, they had already been seen on the other side, and the Ming army on the wall was pointing here, as if they were talking to the natives under the city.

Xue Lu and Zhang Wu hurriedly waved their hands, with smiles on their faces, and walked forward with more than twenty people at the same time.

As they walked, the two of them looked ahead, scolding in their hearts.

The front was originally full of jungle, all the way to the mouth of the canyon, but after Zhu Gaoxu's people came, they should have cut down all the jungles within a hundred steps of the mouth of the canyon.

In this way, the sight of the canyon mouth within a hundred steps becomes very good, not to mention walking during the day, even if you want to touch it at night, it is easy to be seen.

As soon as the two of them took a few steps forward, the natives on the opposite side shouted at them and raised their weapons one after another.

Then, with a whoosh, the native threw out the spear in his hand as if it were a javelin.

The spear flew straight in, and Xue Lu and Zhang Wu hurriedly stopped.

Plopped, pinned to the ground a dozen steps before they could take a dozen steps, buzzing and trembling.

The two looked at each other, presumably warning them to the natives, but they still had smiles on their faces and walked forward.

"Wow, wow, wow" The natives in front of them roared, and the Ming army at the head of the city also moved.

Many Ming soldiers picked up bows and crossbows, and Xue Lu saw that the muzzles of the artillery above were also moving.

"Mother's." Xue Lu and Zhang Wu exclaimed.

By this time they had come within fifty paces, and with a whoosh, several spears flew at the natives.

The Ming army at the head of the city bent their bows and arrows one after another.

"Ready." Zhang Wudu faintly heard the sound of the Ming army's orders.

"Stop, stop." Zhang Wu hurriedly stopped.

Seeing that they stopped, the Ming army at the head of the city did not shoot arrows, and the natives under the city were still shouting at them, and one of the natives turned around and said something to the Ming army, and then came forward.

"Try a little further." Xue Lu said, waving his hand.

Several of his subordinates followed him forward.

"Collapse"

There was a soft sound in the air, and the arrows at the head of the city flew quickly, and at least ten arrows flew over.

Xue Lu and his subordinates scattered in a hurry and ran to both sides.

Flutter, those arrows were unceremoniously shot at the crowd, some missed, some were hit.

"Ahh

Zhang Wu and Xue Lu scolded here, knowing that the other side was really coming, and they didn't dare to go any further.

At this time, there were people surging at the head of the Ming army, and it seemed that more Ming troops had gone up.

Zhang Wu shook his head at Xue Lu, indicating that it was not easy to approach, and he would wait for the natives to come.

A native man came forward in front of them, and soon came to them.

The native can actually speak clearly, but he stammers a little and doesn't know clearly: "You are - Zhu Di - people? ”

"Yes, we have come to meet the thousands of households here and discuss something." Xue Lu said.

"I can only -—— come forward—one -—— the rest—wait behind—come forward without permission—kill—" Tu Human.

Xue Lu and Zhang Wu glanced at each other, and finally Zhang Wu nodded: "I'll go." ”

He took a few steps forward, and the native reached out to stop him.

He was inexplicably wonderful.

"Search-—— can't bring a weapon--"

The native said, and did not rise up in him.

Zhang Wu's face was ugly, but he couldn't help it, he watched the native touch the dagger behind his waist.

Then the native saw his boots: "Take it off." ”

"Mother's." Zhang Wu scolded secretly, but still took off his boots.

The natives searched very carefully, and Xue Lu, who watched it, was dumbfounded, feeling that there was no chance at all.

After searching his body, the native took Zhang Wu forward.

When they arrived at the city wall, the Ming troops above looked at Zhang Wu one after another, and one of them said to the bottom in the shape of a general flag: "Who is coming?" ”

"Zhang Wu."

"You wait." Above.

Zhang Wu wanted to go in to see what was inside, but he was blocked from the door, and after waiting for a while, a human head poked out of the city wall.

It was Xu Shishi.

At that time, Xu Shishi retired with 100 households and sent the Qi family to Tai O, but he didn't expect to find this gold mine, the emperor promoted him to 1,000 households on the spot, and his son inherited 100 households, so Xu Shi stayed in Tai O and did not retire.

Then the emperor sent a thousand men and horses under his command, and brought him a letter to keep it as a stronghold.

Xu Shishi was forty years old when he retired, and now he is in his forties, and he doesn't look young.

He poked his head out and looked at Zhang Wu, and said, "Zhu Di didn't come?" ”

Zhang Wuqi is half dead, this dog thing, how dare you call the king's name?

But he could only endure it: "The place where we live is too far from here, so let's take a look first." ”

"General's surname?"

"My surname is Xu, and there are thousands of households here."

"Hello Xu Qianhu, I finally saw you, we have been in Tai O for so many years, we are miserable, lack of food and clothing, I hope Xu Qianhu will support." Zhang Wu cried.

"Your Xu Baihu, who has the same surname as me, didn't you say that?" Xu Shidao.

“。。” Zhang Wu glared, thinking carelessly.

Xu Shishi smiled: "Your Majesty asked Zhu Di to stay in the first city closer to the sea, but he didn't listen and went deep inland, Lao Tzu came to look for a few months but didn't find it." ”

"Xu Qianhu has come to us?" Zhang Wu asked deliberately.

"Well, on the way to find you, I found this gold mine and then occupied it."

Zhang Wu was speechless.

"Where do you live now, mark me a spot." Xu Shishi said and threw something down from above.

Zhang Wu lowered his head and picked it up, his face changed slightly, it was actually a map of Tai O.

Although they have been here for nearly four years, they did not know that the panorama of Tai O would be in this shape, and they couldn't help but be very shocked.

"The red dot is where we are, where are you located? You mark it down. Xu Shishi said.

"I don't know." Zhang Wudao: "We don't know anything about this place, we don't even know that Daao has grown like this. ”

"Which direction are you coming from? Walked for a few days? Xu Shi remained silent.

Zhang Wu's eyes rolled: "In the southwest direction, I walked for twenty-one days." ”

Xu Shi didn't speak, and with a wave of his hand, a native stepped forward and took the map back.

Xu Shishi said: "You go back and tell Zhu Di that everyone is a Ming person." ”

"Although he has tens of thousands of people, without the support of the imperial court, it will be difficult for you to develop."

"When you return to the court as soon as possible."

Zhang Wudao: "Aren't we here to contact you?" ”

Xu Shi sneered: "I look like I hit us." ”

“。。” Zhang Wu blushed and glared at him.

"Zhu Di really has a heart, he should move his troops to this side, as close to the sea as possible, and the imperial court can supply and help from the sea."

"It took us four years to build a city." Zhang Wu said angrily.

"With the support of the imperial court, a new city can be built within two years."

The two talked for a while, then broke up unhappily, and Zhang Wu returned to Xue Lu's side.

"Why, can you go in?" Xue Lu asked nervously.

"I can't get in, I'm very careful on the other side."

"Is it okay for the king to come?"

"When the king comes, he can only go in alone."

"So careful."

"Let's go, go back first."

Zhang Wu and Xue Lu led people back.

After walking for more than a mile, I saw two horses rushing out of a forest, which were Zhu Di and Jin Zhong.

Then a large wave of people poured out of the forest, all of them were Zhu Di's subordinates.

It turned out that they wanted to try if Xue Lu and Zhang Wu had a chance to get in.

"King, you can't get in, the defense is too strict, that Xu Shi, be very careful." Zhang Wu told Zhu Di about the situation.

"Is there any hope for a storm?" Jin Zhong asked at this time.

"It's difficult, there are artillery, firearms, the city wall is only thirty steps away, and the others are surrounded by mountains, no matter how many soldiers and horses we have, the people who invest at one time are about the same as them."

"Look for it, there's a place to climb up." Xue Lu thought that the mountain surrounding the Ming army should have a way to climb up.

Xu Li said: "The Ming army must be prepared, it's so easy." ”

Tang Rong said: "The place that can be climbed must be sinister, and a few people can not open it, what's the use?" ”

"If there is still a chance to be surprised, now that they know us, I am afraid they will be even more careful."

When the people on both sides meet, there is no surprise effect.

After listening to this, Zhu Di was silent for a while, and then asked, "How far is this side from the sea?" ”

"It's about 120 miles to the west, and about 70 miles to the north." Zhang Wudao: "They generally supply from the west, which is also the direction in which we got off the ship, and the road here is easy to walk and relatively wide." ”

Zhu Di said slowly: "They have war horses, and they have discovered our people, and they will definitely send sentry horses to look for them everywhere." ”

"Sooner or later, one day, they will find us."

There was silence.

After a while, Zhang Wu said unwillingly: "Why don't we move east again?" ”

Tai O is so big, let's go farther, I don't believe Zhu Gaoxu can still find us.

", the city that has just been built." Tang Rong scolded.

Xu Li couldn't help it: "What is the king afraid of?" Now that he has been found, it is better to cooperate with the imperial court and manage the construction well, after all, everyone is a Ming person, and Daao is so big, Zhu Gaochu can't eat a bite now. ”

"Who's in charge?" Zhang Wu said angrily.

Zhu Di's face was flushed, ashamed and angry, King Yan is better than the traitor king?

and the court, who has the final say?

"Tell the court that it is good, whether it is the east and west, whether it is the north and the south, in the future, half of each will be divided, first cooperation, and then everyone will share Tai O equally." Xu Li said.

"Where to divide the candy, can the country still divide half of it? Are you kidding. Zhang Wu said angrily.

Zhu Di also said in a deep voice: "Even if I want to divide it, Gao Xu won't give it." ”

I know too much.

He deliberately sent me to Tai O, and when I had almost built it, he would take it all back.