Yangzhou Suzhou Mansion, Suzhou City.

The breeze blew dàng with slight ripples, the water boo opened in the layers of dàng on the surface of Jinghu Lake, and a fast boat shuttled quickly between the ripples of this bolan, chopping the thorns and waves, and drilling into a lotus bush.

Since last year's Japanese cherry blossom army attacked, the strange army broke through the city of Suzhou, although not too many rich people left, but with this experience, most of the rich households in Suzhou city fled, plus other counties in Suzhou Prefecture also looted a lot, as the most prosperous Suzhou Mansion in Yangzhou has not slowed down for a whole year, and even the sound of the loom in the city is rare and scattered.

The weaving of Suzhou is famous in Kyushu, and Suzhou embroidery is the emperor of silk cloth with Shu brocade, but now Suzhou weaving is greatly damaged, especially in Suzhou City, many large weaving households, and even the Bai family, which contracted the supply of the royal family in the past, has transferred the family business and went to the remote place of Jinfeng Mansion in the past.

The biggest blow to Suzhou weaving is undoubtedly the coastal pirate raid, as well as the blockage of the sea route, which makes Suzhou's regional advantages also greatly reduced, and at the same time, the situation of Mushroom City is now a slight situation, which for merchants, Suzhou City is no longer the holy land of the past.

On the shore of Jingyue Lake, the number of water thieves seems to have increased a lot, because of the recession of Suzhou weaving, as well as the loss of mulberry fields last year, which led to the silk households in Suzhou being hit hard, and the place where dàng was moved, but also made the people who fled because of the war unable to continue after returning home, and the things that were forced to go to Liangshan seemed to increase all of a sudden.

The whole Mirror Lake, get a few small boats, hold a few machetes, hang a black flag and turn around and become a water thief who robs houses, and those fishing villages along the lake are also in danger, and even the whole village simply did this businessless business, less than half a year, on the surface of the Mirror Lake, there are few merchant ships to come and go.

The fast boat rowed fast, and soon drilled through the lotus field waterway not far, in the distance in the lotus green, you can already see several abrupt outpost towers, inserted into the air and with the boat rowing, on the uninhabited lake, began to appear cruising flying fish warships, and there were seven or eight grasshoppers behind the buttocks.

All the way through the customs inspection, the lotus field gradually dispersed, the water surface gradually became spacious, and what appeared in front of this walker was a huge water fortress, and the guard tower was built on the top floor of several building ships.

On the surface of the water, a huge back ridge crossed the lake, parting the ripples, the clear water of the lake, reflecting the sun, from a distance, you can see a huge water beast swimming under the water surface, the spine-bladed sword shark, this is the guardian of this huge water fortress.

This ferocious underwater beast can tear open the bottom deck of a shark ship with its sharp spine blade, and even the heavy and huge building warship in front of it is not powerful, although there are only a few of these big guys, but they are the most powerful combat power of this water fortress.

Every time Wu Jiuzhang comes, he will be enthusiastic when he sees this water fortress, and every time he comes, he will change his appearance here, the whole water fortress is made up of countless boats pieced together, paved with iron chain logs, and the boats are of different sizes, forming a water fortress that is like a castle, high and low, and scaly.

It reminded him of the Weeping Blood Castle, the castle known as the City of Miracles, which made its way through a purpose-built waterway from the water fortress to a moored water, surrounded by the sound of trumpets and the stinging of sawsaw.

This is the water dock, and around this circle of water, there are twelve water docks of various sizes and a warship in shape, and countless boatmen go back and forth on those wooden frames, like industrious ants, nailing pieces of ship planks to the boats.

There are four such places throughout the water fortress, and almost every day several boats, large and small, are launched, continuing to expand the water fortress, jumping off a wooden pier where they can moor, and although you can still see the water of the lake below, you can still see the water below, but stepping on it is like walking on the ground.

Mirror Lake is already famous for its calmness, and such a large water fortress is like a water island, take out the pass token on his body, and release it all the way, although the outside has changed a lot, but the inside is still very familiar, Wu Jiuzhang greeted acquaintances all the way, and finally came to the heart of this water fortress.

A small water island, but this is the core of the entire water fortress, although on the shore of the lake in the east of Jinghu Lake, there is a Suzhou naval army camp, but in fact, this is the real camp of the Suzhou naval army, and Zhou Yu, the governor of the naval army, is here most of the time.

The three giants of the Suzhou Navy Army, Governor Zhou Yu, is also the water general who makes the Suzhou Navy continue to transform, and it is also a person who has a lot of power to speak in this Suzhou Mansion, the two deputy governors, Liu Renliang and Su Dingfang, the former is responsible for the training of sailors, the battle of warships, and the latter is for the training of land pawns.

The whole water fortress has many platforms built with huge logs, although the largest can only be used by a battalion of 500 people to train at the same time, but there are many such places, and when this water fortress was built, the problem of those soldiers who are not good at water was fully considered.

And the entire water fortress, how many soldiers and horses there are now, even he is a little confused, because on the mirror lake, those water thieves are almost all dressed as sailors here, and almost every two or three days, new soldiers will be sent here to join this increasingly large Suzhou water army, perhaps, this is no longer a water army, because it is too big.

"Jiuzhang, you didn't just go back yesterday, why are you here again today!" "The Governor guards the battalion, guarding this core place, and it is the clansmen of the Wu family who are talking to Wu Jiuzhang, since the Wu family that followed the north and south merged again, whether it is the two branches of the Northern Martial Arts or the Southern Martial Arts, they have all been on the chariot of the Leng family, and most of the children of the clan serve in their armies, which is the statement of the two families.

Wu Jiuzhang suddenly glanced at the cousin, and said: "What do you mean, of course I came in a hurry because of something important, hurry up and report it inside, delay the big thing, be careful of the board!"

"Hmph, you kid is so bold, you dare to argue with your cousin, when you come out, your cousin will have a good chat with you!"

Wu Jiuzhang is weak and does not practice martial arts, but he is a scribe, but his brain is flexible, so he asked for an errand from his cousin in Suzhou, but his cousin is a bit rough, five big and three thick, the two always look at each other, but they grew up from a young age.

"Alright... Let's go inside!"

Wu Jiuzhang snorted, tidied up his clothes, and stepped into a large courtyard.

"Du Du!" Wu Jiuzhang looked at the Du Du in front of him with clear eyebrows and elegant demeanor... His heart was unkempt, and this governor was the person he admired the most, and between the applause of the strategists, it seemed that everything could not be difficult for him.

"Jiuzhang, what's the big change over there in Suzhou City?" Zhou Yu raised his head and asked quite familiarly when he saw Wu Jiuzhang.

"Yes... Governor, last night, the information sent by the people we planted in the army in the city said that a brigade of the 7th Division stationed in Suzhou City left Suzhou City in the middle of the night, and its whereabouts are not clear for the time being, but we have sent people to track them along the way! I believe that the news will come back soon!"

"Well, I see!" Zhou Yu nodded, and then looked at the sand table in his hand... And on the sand table, there is the arrangement of the entire Suzhou Mansion and the army under the command of Prince Qing nearby, Zhou Yu picked up the flag representing a brigade... After glancing at the sand table, he finally planted the flag at a ferry port in the north of Linhe County.

"Come on, go and find the two deputy governors!" Zhou Yu pondered for a while, and then said loudly to the Shi Wei outside the door: "You go back first, let the prefect get ready, there may be movement in Suzhou City, let him find a reason to leave Suzhou City!"

An hour later, in the courtyard, Su Dingfang... Liu Renliang rushed to the hospital one after another.

"Dudu, you are in such a hurry to call us over, but something is going to happen in Suzhou City!" Su Dingfang sat down and asked, obviously staying in this water fortress for a long time, which made people a little irritable.

Zhou Yu nodded... Said: "The news just sent, another brigade of soldiers and horses was transferred away, this is the third time in the past half a month, Suzhou City originally stationed a division of soldiers and horses, the first two brigades were transferred in different names, although there is no clear location, but combined with the situation sent by the young master, I think Prince Qing should be planning to go north!"

"You see, Prince Qing occupies Suzhou and Taicang in Yangzhou, and has infiltrated Hangzhou and Yangzhou, and since the summer harvest in July, Prince Qing has been collecting grain and grass on a large scale, especially in Taicang, he has added a lot of taxes, and even raised a lot of food and salary from those landlords!"

"And these several transfers, although there is a name, but as long as you look carefully, you will find that these soldiers and horses are gathering near the Tianhe River in the north, although the other party is trying their best to conceal it, there are still clues left, if there is no letter from the young master, maybe I am also méng in the dark, but the current situation is all showing that Prince Qing's soldiers and horses are out of Suzhou, Taicang!"

"Is he going to give up the place he finally won in Yangzhou, this time, it won't be so easy to come back!" Liu Renliang said.

"Hehe, if you have to make a choice, obviously the throne is more powerful, once they have fought Qingzhou, entered Gyeonggi, and captured Wanlong City, Situ Hao will be able to become the emperor, and Yangzhou's territory is insignificant compared to this!

"If this is the case, wouldn't it be easy for the young master to take Yangzhou, with the help of the Nangong family, it won't take long for Yangzhou to become a monolith!"

"It is indeed no accident that Yangzhou fell into the hands of the young master, but I am afraid that Prince Qing will not leave an intact Yangzhou to the young master!"

"Does he dare to set up troops to loot, even if he becomes the emperor, he can't do things absolutely, if he really does this, we will have to thank him!"

"Of course he doesn't dare to do it blatantly, but don't forget, the place has been quiet recently, especially the recent emergence of several powerful bandit groups, I estimate that Prince Qing will bring the families who are willing to follow him north, and those who are unwilling are likely to be attacked by these bandits! Before leaving, he is frantically looting, making the place erosive, leaving us a mess, at least there is no time to chase after him!"

"If that's the case, then how do we deal with it, we don't have time to insert those bandits into it, it's hard to know the other party's target!"

"The target is easy to find, where there is more money and food, these people will go, but this team must be dressed up as an elite, I just want to know if our current strength can come in handy. Zhou Yu looked at Su Dingfang and said. ！。