Chapter 238

On a bamboo building in Wotuo Village, the old man Si Dingzhou looked at the faintly visible red light in the northwest sky, unaware of the invading chill brought by the night wind.

A few days ago, two groups of people have come to report that Chishuiwei caught fire in the middle of the night, and it seems that the fire is not small - although the fire will be obvious in the dark night, but after years of war, the population of the entire Xiongsuo Zexi has been greatly reduced, and many villages have been abandoned, and the closest to Chishuiwei is this nest of tow villages. The red light can still be seen from dozens of miles away, indicating that the fire head is not small.

At first, the old man didn't pay much attention: the night man knocked down the lamps and candles, and the torches fell on the hay pile...... There are many possibilities. But then Si Dingzhou received the news of the second night fire, and the old man knew that there must be something strange about this matter, so he decided to go to Wotuo Village to see for himself.

Sure enough, in Wotuo Village, the old man heard more news, the most important of which was: The owner of Luo Village, who had already voted for the Han people, has been moving things from Chishui to Yongning for a while!

Si Dingzhou was a little puzzled. It stands to reason that the king of luxury was driven out of his home, suffered a big defeat on the Bijie side, passed through the Xiangshui River and then ran to his own Xiongsuo Zexi for such a big circle, and now tens of thousands of people are cats in the mountains - Luo Ganxiang himself is also a seedling, and will not be deaf and blind in the mountains like the Han people, and these news will definitely not hide from him - then he should greatly strengthen the defense of Chishui, why should he transport all the materials to Yongning? Thinking of the successive fires, isn't there a strong force of loyalty to the king of luxury on the Chishui side? But...... There's obviously no one in the luxury family there?

Xiongsuo Zexi is one of the six eyes of Shuidong, which used to be the sphere of influence of the Song family in Shuidong, and the object of loyalty of the Sijia family for generations is naturally the Song family. After the Shuixi family grew, it has been expanding eastward for more than 100 years, gradually encroaching on a large area of the Song family's hometown, and its influence even reached as far as Longli and Xintian east of Guizhusi, and its influence spread to the area of Duyun Mansion. Even the Song family was powerless to compete, and of course Si Dingzhou had no choice, so he had to rely on Shuixi on the surface. An Yaochen only left some hills near Jinsha Benzhai to Sidingzhou, and the rest of Xiongsuozhe Creek was taken over by the An family. In order to prevent the village from being completely swallowed by Shuixi, Si Dingzhou carefully maintained the relationship with them on the one hand, and at the same time intended to get closer and closer to the luxury village of Gulin, so he also became a friend with Yongning's luxury Chongming father and son. When Shuixi openly pulled the flag to rebel, although Si Dingzhou did not send troops with him, An Bangyan only didn't see it, except that his strength was too weak to play a big role, and more because of his relationship with the luxury family, but An Bangyan never broke it - and even solemnly recommended him to Luxury Chongming.

People often say that they step on two boats, and the old man Si Dingzhou now steps on three under his feet - although he has Zhang Fang's one hundred and ten official and military lives in his hands, but because he didn't leave a living mouth, no one knows about it, and because he responded to Lord Zhu's call very early, Si Dingzhou's identity is now the chief of the six products of the Daming Jinsha Chief's lawsuit! No way, this is the only way to survive in troubled times.

Because Zhang Fang drove his entire clan out of Jinsha Laozhai, especially killing more than a dozen clansmen, he took him in anger and took advantage of his defeat and escape. In addition, at that time, the Hao An coalition army had already defeated the Ming Kingdom, and in order to mend the relationship and make a stand, Si Dingzhou handed Zhang Fang over to Elder An. The lively-minded An Bangyan returned the enemy to the old man to dispose of himself, which means that the two sides are already as good as ever. Now that the Ming Dynasty is hiding in the mountains of Xiongsuo Zexi's own territory, Elder An asked someone to bring a message to encircle the pursuing Ming army, and he has already been appeased by the Ming State to become the official of the Ming State - these three parties, no matter which one is offended, the small Jinsha Village will be destroyed in one fell swoop, and the old man is not worried.

Stunned by the dark night sky for most of the night, he didn't figure out what was going on, and Si Dingzhou decided to go to the vicinity of Chishuiwei to see it again after dawn.

That's a big look!

The people who called Sidingzhou called Wotuo Village rowed a boat up the Chishui River, and he sat on the bow of the boat, and saw Chishui City from a distance, where the land was rampant, and the field was shrouded in smoke and dust. When he got closer, the old man rubbed his old eyes in disbelief: there were hundreds of thousands of people gathered up and down the east wall, and they—were actually picking up bricks! Looking up from the river boat, the swarthy figures on the wall look like characters in a marquee against the background of the clear blue sky, but unfortunately there are still a few intermittent plumes of smoke rising in the air, which destroys the beauty of the picture.

Last night's fire didn't seem small.

"Who? Stop it! ”

"Take the fine work!"

There was a Miao shouting on the shore.

Si Dingzhou was shocked: although he already has the official body of the Ming Dynasty, if he is found to be hundreds of miles away from the old village, he will appear in Chishuiwei...... How can it be explained? Hurriedly covered his face with a bamboo hat and told the boatman to sail back quickly. Seeing that the boat did not dock, a few horses galloped along the shore. This section of the Chishui River was very fast, and the boat went down the river lightly, and the pursuers on the shore jumped off their horses when they chased it parallel to the boat, and aimed their bows and arrows at the boat.

"Bastard, change the arrows! Really shoot them and you go to deliver the letter? The leader scolded in a low voice.

The boat had gone far away, and a few bamboo arrows fell weakly into the river.

"What? Naro traitor dog is tearing down the bricks of the city? "You can see clearly, they are indeed tearing down bricks, not reinforcing?" ”

Si Dingzhou glared at this stunned young man and did not answer.

"Nonsense!" Extravagant Chongming shouted.

"Uncle, Ah Yin is wrong." Hao Yin went straight to the point, and it was refreshing to admit his mistakes, "But Abba, Uncle, you say, why did Luo rebel dog tear down the wall?" ”

Si Dingzhou said: "It must be that Chishui can't stay and wants to go back to Yongning, this goes without saying." But why can't he stay any longer? ”

Hao Yin wrenched his fingers and said: "The people of the Universal Institute, the Mani Institute, and the Baisa Institute are all here, and there are not many people in the Gulin Old Village......

"Definitely!" Yu Chongming shouted, "We only think about our own side, but we forget about that side!" ”

"Which side?" Si Dingzhou and Hao Yin asked in unison.

"Mingguo's side!" Extravagant Chongming said, "Zhu Laogou led the governor of the five provinces, but his position is the governor of Guizhou, and the Ming State must have sent Xinchuan Fu over." Luo Rebel Dog is Yongning's Xuanfu Envoy, but it is impossible for Zhu Laogou to call him to lead Chishuiwei! When the new official took office, he naturally wanted to give Chishui to his own people, but Na Luo was unwilling to rebel against the dog, so he wanted to demolish the city and pat his ass back to Yongning. Behold, the fire must have been burned by the traitor dog himself! ”

"It must be so." Hao Yin hurriedly said, "Abba, hurry up and send troops!" If the wall tiles are stripped of by the rebel dogs, even if we take it back, the dogs won't be able to stop it again! ”

How can you not know this truth? Since being driven out of Yongning, Yu Chongming has used Chishui City as a base for his counterattack and rejuvenation, especially after being attacked by Luo Ganxiang, he has been strengthening the city defense for a long time. That time, Luo Ganxiang knew that Zhang Heming could not agree to his long-term defense, so he had already demolished the city wall once. The main body of the city wall of Chishuiwei is the same as that of other places, and it is rammed earth. But at that time, the Ming army was close at hand, and the Ming Dynasty did not dare to entrust the big kiln to burn bricks, so when rebuilding, the outer surface was directly planed the stone road outside the city, and the heavy bluestone was used to build up, and the defensive effect was much better than that of ordinary wall bricks. If Luo Ganxiang is demolished again this time, not only will his years of hard work be wasted, but the city will be no different from paper, and it will no longer be able to defend it!

However, Brother An made an appointment with himself to set up an ambush for Sun Jie to attack before and after, if he went straight to fight Chishui, would he miss a major event? However...... Just let Luo rebel dogs even dismantle and burn the red water into white ground, even if Sun Jie is destroyed and the base is lost, tens of thousands of people will become lost dogs, and they can't even wait for the day when they starve to death in the mountains, just a rainstorm, the flash flood can take the lives of most of the people, not to mention that sooner or later the Han dogs can think of the trick of setting fire to the mountain.

"Master Sizhai, is there any news from Brother An?" Yu Chongming asked. A few days ago, a letter had been sent from the car spoon, and Sun Jie's pursuit would be two or three days slower than expected. An Bangyan is ambushing with Zexi, and he is going to fall behind to encircle it, so he shouldn't bring too much food, and if it drags on for too long, it is obviously not a good thing.

"Not yet. But I think that's just a day or two. Perhaps, now that Elder An's people have arrived in Jinsha Village, it may be possible. Si Dingzhou replied. The old man didn't want to stay here for too long, but the news that Chishui was tearing down the wall was too shocking, and he had to come over in person—it wasn't fun for the people of the Ming Kingdom to know that he was colluding with the luxury family. No matter how many boats you are stepping on, it is important to maintain your balance carefully.

"Abba, don't hesitate! Luo Rebel Dog would never have imagined that we would raid, and when he finishes demolishing the city wall, Chishui will be terrible! The boy led 10,000 soldiers, and he could return in four or five days at the latest. Along the way, we have set up a lot of obstacles, and Sun Jie can't go fast! ”

Yu Chongming pondered for a moment, and what Yu Yin said did make sense. In order to consume the physical strength of the pursuers as much as possible, the mountain roads along the way were dug with potholes, and it was absolutely impossible for the Ming army carrying a large number of baggage to march faster than themselves. So he said: "Master Sizhai, you can go back to Jinsha later, Brother An, if there is a letter from there, you will send someone to say it." Ah Yin, let's go together to recapture Chishui, the injury can just stay, by the way, the wall will be repaired, and the others will rush back at full speed, then Brother An should also be on Sun Jie, as long as we move quickly, it should be in time. ”

Attacking Chishui, if you want to ensure the effect of destroying the enemy, the best way is to march northwest from Xiongsuo Zexi to Lin Zhou, and then turn to the southwest, take Mani to completely block the path of fleeing north to Yongning, and then send three or five people to sneak over and cut the rope of the pontoon bridge on the Chishui River in the south of the city, and the defenders will have no way to escape. But in this way, it will take more than two days to travel, and it is obvious that Yu Chongming will not dare to make this risky move. Fortunately, the current goal was to recapture Chishui rather than to seek revenge on Luo Ganxiang, so Yu Chongming led his army straight to the west, and after crossing the Chishui River, he directly launched an attack on the east wall of Chishui.

Luo Ganxiang seems to have become a frightened bird, Yongning Jun just appeared in the sight of the lookout on the wall, and before it could unfold to the north, he led the few remaining troops to run north, and before leaving, he actually set a fire - this guy has obviously been planned for a long time, and there are a lot of firewood piled up everywhere, and there are dozens of fireheads!

Lu Chongming, who marched into the city without a single arrow, saw that Chishui had been devastated by the scourge of Luo Ganxiang, and the hatred in his heart: most of the houses were either burned to the top, or the walls were chiseled, and some were chiseled through the walls and the roofs were lifted, and most of the wells were filled, as for the food and materials, there was no need to think about it, the granary was full of feces - that group of water brain thieves directly used the granary as a latrine! Somehow, a very appropriate but by no means appropriate Chinese poem that he read in his childhood came to his mind: This hatred lasts forever!

There was really no time to express too much hatred, so Yu Chongming left two thousand people, and he and Hao Yin led the others to turn around again and rush to the east again, towards the mountains of Xiongsuo Zexi.

At the same time, Si Dingzhou in Jinshazhai also saw the messenger sent by An Bangyan.